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VOI.. VI. - NO. 45.
TOPICS OF THE OAT.
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LoXTWN has more than a million pub
lic gaslights in its streets.
Mr Henry Henn appeared as a lay
member at a church conference in
Georgia-
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dentists and worked over into
sets.
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«®B <d by eleeU'ie light currents as
from the clouds.
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of that luminary being
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useless remarks about the weather.
There are nine octogenarians in the
British House of Commons, the oldest
being eighty-three. One member, Col.
North, who is eighty, has a son who sits
in the House of Peers as Lord North.
A Philadelphia man buys for half
a cent a pound tons of old rubber over
shoes, rubber overcoats, belts, car
springs and hose, and makes them into
toys for the children and chewing gum
for the girls.
A man at Norwich, Conn., claims to
have been in the habit of taking seventy
grains of opium daily for the last
twenty years, and says he can take a
fluid ounce dose without any unpleasant
eflect, and has done so repeatedly.
—
The New York Star describes an at
tack by a goqt on a policeman, and
says the man's piteous cries would have
drawn tears from the eye of a darning
needle. The trouble all grew out of the
officer mistaking the butt end of the
animal.
Ihe new kind of fly-paper, covered
w ith a coat of bird lime —a sticky sub
stance -white and glistening, attracting
the little pests and holding them fast
until they die of despair, would make
an admirable false scalp for a bald
headed man.
Thebe are 20,000 oil-producing wells
' n Pennsylvania, yielding at present
60,000 barrels of oil per day. It re
quires 5,000 miles of pipe line and 1.60 Q
non tanks of an average capacity of
barrels each to transport and
store the oil and surplus stocks.
At fred T. Gosiiorn, who was Direc
'/ 1 >riera l the Centennial Exposition,
nt Philadelphia iu 1876, while dining
r '" ntly with some friends at the Zoog
' r, ~' ca l (,ilr, lcns, Cincinnati, ate forty-,
'ku good sized spring onions, giving*
" n -tn undisputed title as the champion,
°nmn eater of the world.
W- sn > Lockport,
-, has claimed to be the first person
in the Union army in 1861.
- H 'i! 15, at noon, as soon as thd
77' <ame that President Lincoln had
lb .[ a call for troops. Bush ran front
‘ 1 graph office to his business office,
" up an enlistment roll and signed
T 1 1 a PP ears » however, that Colonel
r . '‘' unedy, of Auburn, anticipating
<■l7 ' 1 ccin P an yof 175 men under
' lll w hen Sumter was fired on, April
D, IHGj.
®ljr Dcilton Skgi®.
INDIA INK
Partially Unravels a Very Dark Mys
tery.
A Yonnj Lnd, '■ I.oirr Found Dr-ad in
the Wood,, iuda Klval Nowhere to be
Found.
Utica, N. Y., July 13.—Two young
Frenchmen, Paul Losee and Jean Franchot,
who toiled in the pine woods of Hamilton
County, loved Augusta, the seventeen-year
old daughter of John Fralick, a German,
who lived in the lumbering district. On
two or three different occasions they met at
the house of their inamorita, and always
came to blows. Late last winter
Paul and Jean met under the roof which
sheltered their sweetheart, and got into a
furious quarrel. Paul was a slender young
man and was easily worsted by his brawny
antagonist. He rushed out of the house
muttering vengeance against him. Au
gusta tried to overtake him, but she could
not. Ho plunged into the dense woods and
was quickly lost to sight. An hour later
Jean took his departure. This was
the last seen of them alive. In
quiries were made for both of them at the
camp next day, but no trace of either could
be found. What added to the excitement
was the fact that both of them had consid
erable money duo them for work. A few
days afterward there was a suspicion that
one of them had been the victim of foul
play, and a search was made. The snow
lay so deep on the ground, however, and
the streams were so swollen and turbulent,
that the search was soon abandoned. On
Friday, as some Boston gentlemen
who were encamped near the vi
cinity were traversing a narrow ravine on
a trouting expedition, they found the body
of a man entangled in some bushes which
were partly submerged in the stream that
coursed the gorge. The body, however,
was not only totally nude, but
much of the flesh had been torn
away, evidently by bears. The
face was entirely unrecognizable, and
one arm and both hands were gone. Just
below the neck, however, were three ugly
gashes, while the upper part of the skull
was crushed and broken in two different
places. It was evident that the man had
been killed and thrown into the ravine.
An old companion identified Paul by an
India ink mark on the remaining arm. He
declared that- there could be no doubt of it,
as he had frequently slept with him and
had seen the mark.
EXCITING TEN EMENT FIRE.
Several Pernor.* Jump from Window*,
Some of Them to D< ath.
New York, July 13.—The inmates of a
four-story tenement at 2195 Second avenue,
were aroused early this morning by an
alarm of fire. The flames broke out in the
basement, and communicating with the
dumb waiter and air shafts, as well as
stairway, reached every floor, and filled
the whole house with dense clouds of
smoke. The building was without fire
escapes, and the windows in front of the
house appeared the only means of escape.
The wife of James Morris, who lived on
the third floor, leaped from a window to
the awning, and rolled into the street, re
ceiving severe injuries. Her husband
threw the baby after her. It was caught
by a neighbor as it dropped from the
awning, and was uninjured. Morris him
self made his way down in safety. John
McMahon, who lives on the top floor, at
tempted to lower his wife and baby from a
window by means of sheets tied together,
but the fabric gave way, and the woman and
child came crashing down upon the awning,
which broke beneath the weight. Mrs.
McMahon fell upon the sidewalk, and was
picked up unconscious. Her skull was
fractured and arm broken, besides re
ceiving severe internal injuries. The
infant lodged upon the awning and was un
hurt. McMahon clambered down from
window to window. Louis Landon ami
wife, who occupied rear rooms on the sec
ond floor, jumped from a window into the
yard below. Mrs. Landon fell upon some
stone steps, and had her left arm broken.
Jacob Betz, a butcher, wrapped his baby
up in a blanket and dropped it from a
third-story window into the arms of a man
standing in the yard. The child’s head
struck the shoulder of the man, and was
knocked out of shape. Betz and wife es
caped by means of a ladder provided by
neighbors.
• FOUGHT TO THE DEATH.
A Duel Bctweoi Texnw Men Ends In the
I (li of Both.
Dallas, Tex., July 13.—A tragedy oc
curred at the National Hotel last night in
which two of the most prominent young
men of this city evidently fought a duel to
the death. W. B. Beal and Bowie
Strange were found lying dead
in a room in the third story of
the hotel. Strange was partially dress
ed, and Beal nearly stripped, showing
that they fouht as they were about to re
tire for the night. The pistol of each was
lying by his side. Both appeared to be
shot through the heart, and Strange also
through the head. The doors to their suit
of rooms were locked, but were broken open
when the pistol shots were heard. They
were devoted friends, but were said to have
had hard words just before the tragedy,
and one was heard to say to the other: “ I
will kill you.” The announcement of their
death has created a profound sensation.
Boating .Accident.
Pittsburg, July 13.—A skiff, containing
eight men, capsized in the Monongahela
River, near this city, this afternoon. All
were rescued, except August Schreiber,
who was drowned.
DALTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1884.
THE PLAGUE.
One Hundred and Twenty 1 homand Peo
ple Hair Fled From Marseille*.
London, July 12.—1 tis estimated that
one hundred aud twenty thousand people
have left Marseilles since the outbreak, and
the distress consequent upon such an ab
normal exodus from that city and Toulon,
particularly in the outlying districts,
which depended almost solely for existence
on their urban trade, is pitiful. It is now
feared that a similar panic in Paris is im
minent, many of the wealthier families
having already made arrangements to
depart at the first sign of the disease.
Marseilles, July 12.—Thirty deaths
from cholera here last evening, and eight
between nine o’clock and noon to-day. The
panic is extreme. The railway stations
were crowded early this morning with fu
gitives who fought for tickets, which the
agents could not issue fast enough. There
were sixty-five deaths here from cholera
in the past twenty-four hours.
Toulon, July 12.—Seventeen deaths
from cholera last evening.
Five deaths from cholera since 10 this
morning. Isolated cases of cholera are
reported among Toulonese refugees at
at Laseyne and Pignans.
Paris, July 12. —The newspapers declare
the cases of cholera reported yesterday to
be sporadic.
Lyons, July 12. —One death from cholera
here to-day.
Paris, July 11.—It is reported thatthere
is a case of cholera at Auteuil, a suburb of
Paris. The Intransigeant says the case is
Asiatic.
Marseilles, July 11.—Nineteen deaths
last evening, and twelve between nine
o’clock to-day. The number of cholera
deaths in the past twenty-four hours was
seventy-four.
Toulon, July 11.—Three deaths from
cholera last evening.
THE WRONG SIGNAL OUT,
And Human Life Pay* tbe Penalty ot
CarclrMne**.
Washington, July 12.—About half-past
eight o’clock this evening, as Train No. 7,
from Martinsburg, W. Va., due at Wash
ington at 8:12 p. m., was entering the city
on a “Y” switch, it collided with Train
No. 12, west-bound from Baltimore, and
due at Washington at 8:30. Train No. 7
was twenty-four minutes late, but the other
train was on time. The west-bound train
was shown a white light when a red
light should have been shown to detain
it until the other train had safely
passed the switch. Michael Riley,
engineer of the Martinsburg train, was
killed, and his fireman, Solomon Fagler,
badly injured. The engineer and fireman
of the other train escaped with slight in
juries. No one else was killed. The in
jured were as follows: David Drill, Pitts
burg; express agent, badly injured in the
legs; James Gallaher, Pittsburg, legs
broken; R. A. Tucker,Washington, slightly
injured. Baggagemaster H. E. Carter was
hurt internally. The wreck of the rolling
stock was complete, and it seemed almost
a miracle that so few persons were injured.
The engines were locked together, and a
passenger car completely covered them.
The loss to the company is heavy.
The Battle of the Boyne.
Newry, July 13.—An Orangeman, ar
rested yesterday during the Orange dem
onstrations for shooting a Nationalist, has
been remanded.
Belfast, July 13.—During the Orange
demonstration yesterday, near Carrick
Hill, an Orangeman shot a Catholic. The
police arrested the Orangeman, but he was
rescued. Fighting ensued, and at last
accounts, although the Mayor had inter
posed, the fighting continued.
White Haven, July 13.—An Orange pro
cession, celebrating the battle of the Boyne,
was returning yesterday to Cleator, a town
near here, when it was attacked by Nation
alists. Serious fighting followed. A tele
graph boy was killed and several persons
nj ured. Revolvers and swords were used,
stones thrown and windows smashed. The
police, armed with swords, finally dis
persed the rioters.
HORRIBLE DEATH.
A Boiler Explosion I’nnwe* an Aconizln*
Death and Terrible Torture.
Millfield, 0., July 12.—A terrific boiler
explosion occurred at Wolf’s portable saw
mill, six miles from here, yesterday, by
which one man was instantly killed , and
several others seriously, and perhaps fatal
ly injured. The explosion occurred while
all the men were near the mill and the
building was entirely demolished. Bar
rack Wolf was hurled quite a dis ance
and his body horribly mangled. He died
almost instantly. Eugene Wolf was struck
by the flying timbers and perhaps fatally
hurt, while the boy, Blackburn was oadly
cut up, and Hawley Howard scalded al
most to death by the steam.
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RIG RAILROAD SUIT.
The >’ew York Central Trnwt Company
Mart Railroads for *10,000,000.
New York, July 12.—A suit has just been
begun by the Central Trust Company
against the West Shore & Ontario Terminal
Company, the New York West Shore &
Buffalo Railroad Company, the New York
Ontario & Western Railroad Company and
others, to foreclose a mortgage for H0,000,-
000 which was given by the West Shore &
Ontario Terminal Company to the trust
company to secure its bonds.
Chicago Walking Match.
Chicago. July 12.—The six days’ go-as
voil-please walking match closed to night,
with only a fair attendance. The final
scores were: Pnnchot, 469 miles; Vint,
440; Schoch, 437; Gillis. 431; Krohne, 402.
The affair was not a financial success,
as the mania appears to have died out i»
Chicago.
A JAILER SHOT,
And a Negro Taken From the Jail By
a Mob and Hanged.
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Brave ConHnrt of the Oflklsl and Hl*
Wis« and Sion—Determined Hoik of a
Bod j of Masked Lynelit r*.
Owensboro, Ky., July 14.—A crowd of
masked men came to the jail here at 2
o’clock this morning and demanded of
Jailer Lucas the negro Dick May, who
recently outraged Stella Keller. The jailer
defended his prisoner bravely, confronting
the mob with his revolver and refusing
admittance to the jail, and it was not till
after he had fallen mortally wounded by a
bullet in his lungs from a gun in the hands
of some one in the mob of lynchers that
access was gained to the cells. An eye
witness says he saw one man fall, shot by
Tom Lucas, and that he was
placed on a horse and quickly
carried off. After firing six shots
from the porch the jailer was shot, the ball
entering the right breast near the nipple.
He was carried to his room still refusing to
give up the keys. His wife took a pistol
and tried to repel the mob, but they crowded
up stairs and forced her to give up the cell
keys. The outer door was battered down
by a sledge-hammer. They then took
May from his cell and hung him to the
only available limb in the Court-house
yard. They had ropes prepared for two
other victims. The rope was a new one
and the knot a regular hangman’s knot.
The jail premises are badly riddled with
bullets. The jailer carried a lantern in his
hand and afforded a good target for the
mob. After hanging their victim the mob
departed, leaving a number of masks
about the jail premises. It is stated that
among them were a number of negroes, and
that a portion of them came from Indiana,
opposite Owensboro, where the girl’s father
oncelived. May was the third negro hung
in the Court-houso yard by a mob, and the
fourth victim of the gallows in the county.
The outrage of last night is universally
condemned. There is great indignation
among the citizens of Owensboro, and the
end of the affair is not yet at hand.
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
Taken at Washington to Prevent the Im
portation of Cholera.
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Washington, July 14.—Secretary
ingbuysen to-day instructed by cable con
sular officers at London, Liverpool, Mar
seilles, Havre, Bordeaux, Bremen and Ham
burg, to at once appoint competent physi
cians to inspect all vessels and passengers
departing for the United States from the
ports mentioned. The consular officers
referred tp are instructed to refuse
clean bills of health in all cases
except upon the recommendation of
the sanitary inspector that such bills be
given. The Consuls are instructed to re
port by cable any case of infectious or
contagious disease known to csAet on
board the vessel at the time of her de
parture for the United States. It is prob
able that, under the authority conferred
by the contagious disease clause of the
Legislative Bill, medical examiners will be
appointed as attaches of the American
consulates at French ports infected with
cholera, whose duty it will be to report
principally upon the progress of the dis
ease.
THE CHOLERA. '
It* Terrible Bnvage* In France—A Blot
Threalene>l by I lie Workiiig’|ien at
Marseille*.
Marseilles, July 11.— The Working
men’s Commission has issued a red pla
card to unemployed workingmen, in which
appear the words: “The action of the
municipality has left ns nothing but suicide
or a hideous death from hunger or epidem
ic.” Calls to arms are issued and excited
meetings held, but as yet there has been no
outbreak. Sixty-six deaths from cholera
in this city in the past twenty-four hours
ended at nine o’clock this evening.
Toulon, July 14.—Thirty-six deaths were
officially reported yesterday. The Mayor
has been attacked with cholera. Illumina
tion in honor of the National fete is prohib
ited. *
Natural Gas Wells.
Pittsburg, July 14.—The Zimmerman
well at Brashion, in the East End, struck
gas this evening nt the depth of six hundred
feet. Four other wells are expected to
reach the vein in a few days. It is reported
oil was struck to-day at Coal Valley, fif
teen miles south of the city, on the Monon
gahela River.
Postmasters Arrested.
Camden, N. J., July 14.—Postmaster
William T. Kailey, of Camden, N. J., was
arrested this morning charged with embez
zlement, and held in $3,000 bail for bearing
on Monday. A warrant has also been
issued to arrest Assistant Postmaster
Jesse K. Mines, for embezzlement.
Buried By a Landslide.
Flttsburg, July 14.—Seven Swedish
tracklayers on the Allegheny Valley Rail
road were buried under a landslide at the
mouth of Clarion River to-day. Two were
taken out dead and four others fatally in
jured.
Expensive Fire Extinguisher.
Ran Jose, Cal., July 14.—A small mis
sion town was almost totally destroyed by
fire Sunday night. A church was saved by
throwing claret wine over the building, the
water being exhausted.
Three Men Killed.
Ashland, Penn., July 14. — Iwo sons ot
Thomas Lee, a farmer on Roaring Creek,
and a man named Kohler were killed while
saving stock from a barn fired by lightning-
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS,
Professor H. A. Clum, of Bingbampton,
iN. C., was instantly killed, a few days ago,
by the explosion of some oxyhydrogen
which he was generating.
Stkwabt Hall, indicted at Charleston,
W. Va., for the killing of Martin Moles last
fall, has been found guilty of murder in the
second degree.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture
in Atlanta has just issued a circular con
taining the statistics of commercial fertil
izers inspected and admitted to sale in
Georgia during the session of 1883-84.
During the season there were inspected
151,849 tons, all of which was admitted to
sale except twenty tons rejected as falling
below the standard required by law. This
is the largest quantity inspected for eight
years with the exception of the season of
1880--81 when it reached 152,404 tons. The
receipts arising out of the inspection of
fertilizers for the season were $75,914.92.
After deducting all expenses, there was
covered into the treasury of this amount
$62,133.92.
Miss Mary C. Colquitt, residing near
Sumner Grove, La., created some little
excitement by arranging to marry a young
Jman named W. C. Clarke, an employe of
|the New Orleans Pacific Railway Compa
ny, and at the last moment giving her hand
ito a young man, a neighbor, named Dock
iery. A special •adds: ‘‘Clarke and the
young lady were in the hotel parlor, in this
city, when dockery and his friends ap
peared, and the question was plainly put to
har, “Which do you want?” She said
“Dockery.” A license was at once pro
cured, and Rev. J. A. Hackett, of the Bap
tist Church, soon proclaimed Dockery and
Miss Colquitt husband and wife. Clarke
left for home, in his buggy, with a sad look
on his countenance. The father, it appears,
preferred Clarke, but as often happens, the
daughter preferred another.”
The other morning a heavy waterspout
fell near the bead of Drake’s Creek, Madr
son County, Ark., covering a radius of fif
teen or twenty miles of Brush Creek and
Richland Creek. Drake’s Creek and White
River soon overflowed their banks, and the
current swept everything before it, dealing
destruction everywhere, leaving ruins be
hind. Three women and threo children
were drowned in Richland Creek. Several
houses were swept away near Huntsville,
and the crops in many places ruined. The
loss to property can not yet be estimated.
Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, of
Richmond, Va., has elected the following
trustees for the Home for Confederate Sol
diers and Sailors: Messrs. N. V. Randolph
and J. B. McKenney, Capt. C. U. Williams,
Col. J. B. Purcell, Capt. H. C. Jones, Gen.
’V’se T u( ige E. C. Minor, Maj,
Lewis Liiiw.., ■ t •> Hon. W.
W. Corcoran, Lloyd Aspinwall, . .
James Tanner, J. B. Pace.
The reports from the mellon section are
anything but encouraging. About Albany
it has been raining continuously, and the
melons are rotting in the patches. The
crop will not exceed one-half, and proba
bly three-eights will cover it. The same
state of affairs exists on the Savannah,
Florida & Western Railroad.
Mrs. Theo. Rowland was instantly
killed, and her two daughters were serious
ly injured, by lightning, near Springfield.
Jefferson County, Ala., a few days ago
On the approach of a storm she, with five
little children, descended into a cyclone
pit under the house. The lightning struck
a tree in the yard, the roots of which ran
into the pit. The fluid followed the roots
with fatal result. An infant in the arms
of the mother at the time of her death was
not injured.
Senors Lemus and Borges, of Guate
mala, have arrived in New Orleans, bring
ing with them some native curiosities, the
like of which has never been seen in this
country. One of them consists of a trio of
savage Indians of the Cachiqueles tribe, of
Guatemala, with their celebrated marimba
or wooden piano, from which they produce
the strangest music ever heard. Another
is the most wonderful specimen of the
human species ever seen. He is a dwnrf
about three feet high, having an enormous
head. He is
Mountains of Chiquinimuna, Guatemala,
after a long and dangerous chase. This
singular being is perfectly wild and unin
telligible, uttering only such sounds as are
heard from the brute. He is ferocious and
untractable to an extreme.
William E. Edmunds, a highly respected
farmer of Dinwiddle County, Va., was
taken from bed by masked men, the other
night, blindfolded, carried about 200 yards,
stripped, tier! to a tree and horsewhipped
until his body was thick with bleeding
sores. Edmunds’ aged father pleaded in
vain for his son. Several weeks ago, Ed
munds’ sister, whose mind is unsettled, left
home to pass the night alone in the woods.
Edmunds and hi* wife, in bringing her
home, had to use force, ami she was badly
bruised; hence the horsewhipping.
Dr. Chas. A. Still, of Jackson, Tenn.,
was killed by lightning the other evening.
Dr. Still was born near Bowling Green,
Ky.
The Fort Smith, Ark., Oil and Compress
Company is making extensive improve
ments in the erection of largo cotton sheds
to facilitate the storage of cotton, cotton
seed, etc.
Jack Davis, who was suppose,to have
been the victim of the tragedy at Cross
Roads Church, Hempstead County, Ark.,
two or three years ago, is visiting his
father’s family at Mineral Springs in
that State.
Track is being laid on the railroad ex
tension to Nashville, Ark., at the rate of a
quarter Os a mile a day. New steel rails
are being received constantly, and it is con
fidently expected that the road will be
completed to Nashville by August 1.
Near Button Station, Texas, the other
day, a quarrel arose between Warren Mas*
and Alex. Ward, brother-in-laws, culmi
nating in Mass shooting and instantly kill
ing Ward with a double-barreled shot-gun.
Mass was arrested and jajled.
W’est Florida is no w confident of full (
crops of corn and cotton.
TERMS-S1 A YEAR.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
—Patti wore $300,000 worth of dia
monds in “Traviata”when she appeared
in London recently.
—London supports an eight-page
penny monthly, the sole contents of
selected poems.
—Governor Adams, of Nevada, is “a
natural faster,” sometimes goin<r &
week without food.— Chicago herald.
—An Icelandic illustrated monthly is
to be published at Copenhagen, under
the editorial direction of Bjornstierno
Bjornson.
—The journalists of Boston united re
cently in sending a congratulatory ad
dress to Colonel Charles G. Greene, on
his eightieth birthday. He edited the
Post for nearly half a century.
—James E. Stewart, a popular song
writer, and author of “Jennie, the
Flower of Kildare,” died the other day
in the workhoUse at Cincinnati after a
prolonged spree.—CinctnnaM Times.
—John B. Gough says, although he
has addressed thousands of audiences
and has grown gray in the field of ora
tory, yet his knees still tremble when
he has to face a large audience.—Chi
cago Journal.
—Airy Fairy Lillian is the name of
Bayard Taylor's daughter, who, accord
ing to her friends, lias developed such
extraordinary artistic abilities that
American painters generally will need
to take up Kalsomining to get a
—N. K Herald.
—Mrs. Paul Ferrin, of Boston, cele
brated her ninety-fifth birthday recently,
in the, same house she entered as a bride
seventy-three years ago. She has not
been absent from the house in all these
years for more than a week at a time.
—boston Journal.
—Miss Nellie Arthur, the President’s
daughter, went to the top of the Wash
ington monument the other day, and
set one of the stones in position with
her little hands. She is the second child
who lias assisted the work, President
Hayes’ little daughter having added her
mite to the enormous labor.— Washing
ton Post.
—Rev. Dr. Walker, Bishop of Dakota,
is a man wherever he goes. Recently
he preached at \\ ahpeton, D. T., and as
he left the church saw a crowd of men
form a ring in front of a saloon for two
men to fight. He crossed the street,
broke through the ring, separated the
pugilists, and dispersed the crowd.—
Chicago Inter Ocean.
—Rev. Dr. Eliphalet Potter, who has
been unanimously elected Bishop of
Nebraska by the Episcopal Council, is
President of Un'on
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“Close Willie.”
“What for, papa? It’s too warm in
here now.” “Do as you are told.
Don’t you see that Mary is going to
sing.”— Brooklyn Eagle.
A Cincinnati barber affirms that
poor people rarely get bald, but the
wealthier classes get bald soonest, the
“pro.'essional and business men, law
yers, pre’ (fliers, bankers, editors and
reporters,” said the barber.
—Mr. Cobbs Going to Europe this
year?” Mr. Boggs—“Can't aflord it.
Our pipe leaked, and the plumber—
Mr. Cobbs (interrupting)- “Null said.
Me, too. We can go to Coney Island,
though.”— N. 1. Herald.
sentimentally—“ I dearly
love io listen to the ticking of a clock.
It seems to me that a clock has a
language of its own.” Mr. Smart
“ Yes, Sophia, H e clock lias a language
—you might say a dial-ect. ”
“Hard lin■ s,” muttered the tramp
when he tried to cut a clothes rope and
found it was made of wire, “lhere s
something < rooked about this, re
marked the teacher, as he took a bent
pin away from a scholar. —N. F- Jour
nal.
—Because a Chicago girl leaves her
shoes outside of the door of her room
in a hotel to be polished, it does not ex
cuse the porter for knocking ano asking
if she wants “those valises taken down
to the office to be checked. —Boston
Post.
—An eccentric man, living on a farm
on t'le edge of Rhode Island, was very
averse to taking life. When asked why
ho didn’t slangier his fat pig. he le
plied: “I haven’t the heart to kill it,
for it seems so much like one ot the
family.”— Harper's Bazar.
••1 beg your pardon, madam, said a
gentleman, lifting his hat ’
a riehlv dressed woman on the street,
“but your face is strangely familiar to
„ . l-m sure th»l I
before ” “Yis. Misther Jones, re
pjied the richly dressed woman, it s
meself that knows ye. Oi m your
cook.”— Chicago Herald.
—A gentleman made his way into a
bed-chamber of one of his friends and
found him fast asleep with a pair of
spectacles on his nose. What, criel
h'e, awakening him, ”do you wear your
spectacles while you sleep:
replied the other, -l am 80
that without my glasses I could see
nothing whatever in my dreams.
- -I have a great nvnd to go down
town to-night," said Mr. Jobbleswizzle
to his wife” “What?” she> replied with
surprise. ‘’l have a great mnd to go
downtown to-night. Whose. h
asked. “Whose what? • Whose great
mind?” “Mv own. of couree, mad
am” “Oh!” And the rising in
flation she thq emulation was
verv provoking to a man ot tine feeling
—Slcr Jiant Traveler.