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The Osceola times., 1873-10-11
Terrific Combat Between two
Rocky Mountain Eagles.

The Virginia City Montanion,
gives the following account of Il
recent "battle in hhe air."
There was terrific battle be.
tween two large brown eagles in
the vicinity Of the lakes above Vir-
ginia, the other evening. When
first seen, the birds were soaring,
one above the other, in an altitude
of perhaps three fourths ofa mile,
and seemed on a sail for pleasure.
Presently the uppermost bird, clos
ing its broad wings, shot downward
like meteor for two or three hun
dred feet, and with a wild, piercing
scream, lit fairly upon the back OF
the other bird. Turning with the
rapidity Of lightning the victim
clutched its adversary with talons
and beak, and fierce struggle en-
sued. The savage yells, the strik-
ing Of huge wings, and showers of
falling feathers, gave unmistakable
evidence OF the ierosity with which
the contest was waged.
AS they fought, they fell earth
ward, and when within five hun
dred feet Of the ground, they be-
came disentangled, and each swoop.
ed upward again. Now followed
an interesting trial as to which
should first gain sufficient altitude
to make another plunge. The cir
cling of the smaller bird was rapid
and close, while that of his antago-
mist was made with greater limits,
and his ascension was quickest ac-
complished. The largest bird was
soon fully one halfmllo high, and
some hundred of feet above his vic
tim. Hovering in mid-air for a
moment, as if making sure of his
aim, he again darted down upon
his enemy, striking him as before
with force that seemed sufficient
to kill of itself. Again they grap-
pied and fought like winged de-
mons-whirling, falling and strik-
ing furiously for two or three min
utes. They wero now near the
largest Of the lakes, and gradually
descending to the water. The
struggle of the smaller became less
and less fierce; he was getting
weak, and was evidently nearly
vanquished, while his more power
ful enemy seemed to wage tho bat
tie with increased vigor.
Another moment, and the con-
quering monarch loosened his hold,
and, with an exultant shout of vic
tory, scared upward. The battle
was ended his prisoner, limp and
lifeless, fell into the waters Of the
lake with splash, and floated on
the surface without a struggle.
The Osceola times., 1873-10-11
A Woman Horse-Thief Hanged
in Texas.

The extremist among the advo-
Gates ofwomans rights rarely say
much about her responsibilities.
Nevertheless, the former involved
the latter. 1t woman exercises
her claimed rights to adopt at will
any pursuit Of man, she cannot es-
cape the end to which it leads. If,
Tor example, she is ambitious of be-
coming, like Nancy Hill, of Texas,
a notorious female horse-thief and
ranger, she must expect, if detected
and oyertaken, to be hanged like
her, The warning fate Of this
practical advocate Of woman's
rights is recorded by the Gains
vile Gazette, September End. She
was hanged on Denver Creek,
about six miles from GAINESVILLE,
Texas, a few days before that date.
Her body had just been discovered
suspended from a post-oak. Her
saddle and bride were lying near
upon rock, and her pony was
found mile or so away. 1t is sup
posed that Dave Porter, her con-
sort was killed at the same time,
but his body has not as yet been
found. The woman Hill and PoF-
ter we're together only short dis
lance ahead of their pursuers when
last seen, which was at Victoria
Peak, the evening of thursday, the
oSth ult
The Osceola times., 1873-10-11
Novel Duck Hunting.

An ingenious Minnisota youth is
to be credited with q novelty in
the way of duck hunting. He lives
at q beautiful spot known as Rice
lake, from the wild rice growing
on its margin as thick as wheat in a
field. Ducks love this rico, and
when they have partaken of q sufii-
cient quantity their flesh becomes
of o nature to tempt the palate of
an anchorite. But the Rice lake
ducks, either from experience or
an instinct which may be said to be
wisdom intensified, do not like hu-
man company, and when they see a
hunter approaching, generally has
ten out Of gun-shot range. Dick
the youth before alluded to, was
particularly fond of ducks, and
looked with contempt upon the fu.
tile efforts of his sire to provide the
table with this delicacy. Ho de-
termined to have some ducks for
dinner, ifit took all the morning to
accomplish the task. Proceeding
to the corn-feld, he selected a large
pumpkin, cut q hole in one end,
removed its internal arrangements,
carried it down to the shore, di.
vested himself of his clothes, placed
the pumpkin over his head, and
waded in among the rice. In a
short time the fat and tender pio-
neer of a flock Of ducks approach
ed, and imagining the vegetable
to be free from guile, encouraged
the Others to follow. They were
partaking of their matutinal meal,
when astonishments truck them at
the sight of the pioneer sudden
ly diying--not that there was any
thing astonishing IN duck diving
but this one divcd feet fore
most, and neglected to come up.
A committee was appointed to in
vesligatc, and approaching the
pumpkin, suddenly made back
ward dive, and was gone. This was
enough for the others. They fed
in dismay, and henceforth number
ed as among their deadliest terrors
the innocent ingredient of New
England pies.
The Osceola times., 1873-10-11
What did Paul Say?

Many years since, there liveHin
Virginia Baptist preacher, named
B. Though uneducated he was a
sound thinker and eloquent speak
er, and no minister had q moro
devoted flock. 1t was tho custom,
during the inclcmont season, to
hold meetings at the residences of
members. and once or twice during
the winter at the house Of tho
preacher. For many years II was
observed that B neither preached
nor conducted the meeting when
held at his house, but secured tho
services of a neighoring minister.
He was often pressed for an ex-
planation without success; but
final lly, in response to the impor-
tunities of some of his flock, gave
the following: l.i tn
"When I,was younger than now
in fact, not long after the COM
mencement of my ministration-I
held q meeting at my own house.
1t being customary for many of
the congregation to remain for
dinner, Mrs. b. sent our negro boy
Tim to ncighbor Paul's for some
butter. Tim returned, and located
himself, standing on one foot at
time, in the outskirts of the congre-
CATION. Being well warmed up in
my sermon. thinking neither of
Tim nor his errands, but only Of
the most successful mode Of press
ing upon my strongest arguments,
| demanded with all tho energy in
my power, "and what did Paul
say" Tim at the top of his little
voice exclaimed, as Tim
only could have done, ale said
you couldn't get any moro butter
tlll you paid for what you had
got" a, ~
This brought down the house,
and cut short one Of the first
efforts ofmy early ministry. 80
Since then, | have kept my
preaching disconnected from my
domestic affairs.
The Osceola times., 1873-10-11

"A Danbury BOY Of tenuer years
and heart has drowned seventeen
kittens, tied tin pans to the tails of
all the neighbors' dogs, ornament
ed his chamber by pinning flies to
the wall, cut brick bats with his
uncle's razor blown up ap tcanary
with a fire-cracker, pull the tails Of
three roosters, been thrown into
the top ofan apple.trcc, by a COW
that he was teasing, brushed his
fathers hat against the grain, told
his sisters lover about her false
teeth, and still his fond mother in
tends him for the pulpit. @
The Osceola times., 1873-10-11

Dealing with the case of the
fraudulent woman who calls on
people, sends in a wcll-known card,
and while the servant carries it up,
fills her pockets with valuables off
the mantelpiece and centre-table,
tho London News proposes as the
only remedy "a formal reception
saloon, like the waiting-room of n
railway station, with nothing in ii
but two or three heavy chairs, a
solid deal table, an empty water
bottle, and a very old directory"
The st. Paul Pioneer has been
sued for damages, and the damaged
man claims only five cents. Other
people with no better regulations,
often rush in q clam for $4,000,
and get what this man first de-
mands. tf.. rI4 .
"A minister who had negro
servant In his family happened one
Sunday when preaching, to see the
negro, who was at church, and who
could not read or write word,
scribbling away most industriously.
After meeting he said to the negro,
" Tom, what were you doing in the
church 2"
"Takln' notes massa; all
dc gemmen takes potcs."
Bring your notes here and lot
mo see them.' Tom brought his
notes, which looked more like Chi
nese than English. "Why, Tom,
this IS all nonsense"
thought 40, massa, all de time
dat you was preachia' it, .ha.s
What coca most against n fhrmor's Z
The Osceola times., 1873-10-11

"A young married friend tells a
good joke on himself, perpetratcd
by little three year old I" pride OF
the family" A few evenings since
a minister visited the family, and
remained until after tea. At the
table the reverend visitor asked the
blessing, and the little one opened
her eyes to the fullest extent in
startled wonderment.-When they
left 1T she walked up to the minis
ter, for whom she had formed a
great friendship, and said: "What
did you say at the table before we
commenced eatingY' "My little
darling, ! thanked God for his
goodness in giving us TO eat,
so that we might grow and be
strong" Papa don't say that. /"
/: What does your papa say 7" I" Pa
pa says Godlemighty, what q sup
per-" 1is
The Osceola times., 1873-10-11
Laws Governing Subscribers.

II subscribers order the discontinuancc Of their
newspapers, the publisher may continue to send
them until all arrearagos are paid.
IL subscribers neglect or refuse to take iholr
newspapers from their office to which they are
directed, they are held responsible until they
have settled their bills aud ordered the paper dis
continued
Irsubscribcrs move 90 other places without In
forming the publisher, and newspapers are sent
10 the gurmer direction. they arg hold r.-.ou..hs
The Osceola times., 1873-10-11
A paper tells of a woman who

A paper tells ofa woman who
sent her husband to buy a Jug Of
molasses. lie got drunk and fetch
ed home the jug filled with whis-
key. She took il up, smelled it,
set it back, and then squaring her.
self arms akimbo and eyes flashing,
she exclaimed: f" Where's them
molasses?" The old man smiled and
winked pleasantly, and waving his
left hand propitiatingly, exclaimed,
"Them's they" lie is now con.
valescent but the jug is hopelessly
deranged.
The Osceola times., 1873-10-11

b A NARROW EscApE.-A little
boy, fifteen months old, narrowly
escaped being drowned IN a tub Of
water, in this place, Thursday eve
ming last. While standing beside
the tub playing in the water, he
overbalanced and fell in, head
downward, but before any damage
was done he was pulled ont by u
little girl, between four and fivc
years old, while the mother was
some distance of, and not near
enough to save her child's life.
The little girl deserves. all the
credit. Children of this age and
all should be watched when play
ing near tubs of water. .-Arkadel-
phia Staadard. rMn .ui4O ls
The Osceola times., 1873-10-11

The post-oflice clerks and
gaugers in Iowa are travelling about
dressed in hickory shirts, pants of
jean and hob nailed boots, attend
ing every Grant campaign meeting
and bowling as if they belonged to
the neighborhood. They consti-
trite the majority of each assem-
blage. The salsryg garb speakers
pretend not to recognize them in
meeting, but after nightfall they
all go to hotel and have good
time on back pay 1t is easy to de-
tect them by their scratching, as
hickory shirts don't agree with
their siin.-[New York Sun.
The Osceola times., 1873-10-11

A paper speaking of strikes says:
" You never hear of farmers strik-
ing" Now 1T occurs even to us
that we have known Of such things.
We fancy you should let one of
them catch you in his orchard
Borrowing" apples, sampljpg cider
through a straw, We just hint that
you would be apt to SEQ him
strike or, tall events, yos Nigh,
.cel him striking. slsiss . t..!s'S.:..' ]
The Osceola times., 1873-10-11

Whst coca most againsta a farmer's
grain! His reaping machine. ~
The Osceola times., 1873-10-11
Professionals.
II. M. McVEIGH.
Counsellor at Law.
OSCEOE.s, arkansas.

Will practice IN the counties OF
MISSISSIPPI, CRITTEYDEN, Sr. FRAN
CHS, Cross, and PoINsETr, and in
the SUPPgMEs COURT at LITTLE
Rock.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-31
SPECIAL NOTICE.

1t is q we'll known fact that Dyapepsis and In
igestion are the causes Of nearly all the dis
,sra that the human badly ia heir to: then why
~ enormous doctors bills? By using Doctor
fENLEY'S CELEBRATED x L Bittfrs they car
',nrougtly ersdicated from The system and new
r. impaired! Is the syiffefer Read ph ysicians
IN advertisement in another column
mhl.3m
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-31

Cars, :. street mkt t~,- 20 "a. County Euilings
CARSON CITY. NEVADA.
Privatc tuirs me-. 'or Ladies' through the Gli'y
in n. .ar If Wills RrU- STR.
Thanking the Ladies and Grntl"nlfn Of Carson
AMI S.~ju.ty for III! II !ibrTal patronage b r TO-
:rr, b., we'd upon ne. now /, s1' rttuliv ln-
v.tc 4 c,,!iIut:aI..c uf the ro pains =
.Npru-t Will b., snar,l to iG4kt this tn" ucattst
sr.l most rolufortab. ahlishlntn ut in th. State
4: Nuva IA. Give Iut call.
Aft JACOB MULLER.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-15
The Coming Postal Card.

The new postal cards can be put to a
use bcnctiting large portion of our COM
unity. We have before us one of these
cards, with long message ON it written in
phonetic characters, which is intended to
show how considerable are the advantag es
which shorthand writer's, as a
class, will enjoy over the less
favored long-hand writer's in the
use of the postal cards. The card is
one of the ordinary cards, just as they are
to lie introduced into general us by
the POst-office Department.
The number of words upon the card is
1,34S, written without crOwding, in the
ordinary photographic style.
The great saving in space will be made
more noticeable if we state that the same
matter on the card if written on ordinary
note paper would fill fifteen pages. and if
printed in the Chronicle it would make no
less than a quarter of column.
In order to properly test the cOmpara-
tive advantages of the photographer
over the ordinary writer, we caused a card
to be filled with message in long-hand,
requesting the writer to get as many
words on the card as possible. When
filled it was found that the card contained
129 words.
In the matter of secrecy, shorthand
will play an important part in the use of
the postal cards, as not one in thousand
fthose through whose hands they pass
in their transmission through the mails
will be able to read their contents. Sever
al large mercantile houses in New York
and Boston, recognizing these facts, have
already engaged shorthand writer's to
conduct by dictation not only their postal
card correspondence, but also their gener-
al letter correspondence-the former, on
account of the comparative secrcsy in
vOlved, and the latter on account of the
dispatch that will result in the transaction
of business, each saving time, space and
labor, consequently Washing
ton C0ronScle.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-15

Will. Daily took hold with noble en-
ergy and saved many lives, and also
pushed on plank 70 the shore three wo-
men, then, pulling off his coat and boots
he swan back and rescued DR.. Hoffman,
who was on the bar, about half way to the
railroad bridge.
VIM. Dauntler saved seven lives.
Fred. L. Shaw saved five or six.
Henry Woodgett swan boldly into the
deep water and rescued many.
There were several bodies taken out of
the river as far down as below the railroad
bridge. The body of Fred. Hape, a Ger
man baker, was found floating on the
water nearly mile down the river.
This morning we learn that all those
reported missing are probably in the net
work of the bridge, at the bottom Of the
river.
1t is feared that we have not yet learned
the extent of the calamity, for there may
have been many on the bridge from the
country whose names we have not been
able to get
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-15

thereto be deemed and TAKEN in ali courts NJ this
State a. prma facie evidence that the rates there
In axed are reasonable maximum rates or charges
cars upon the railroads for which said schedne s
may have been respectively prepared, Said Com
missoners shall, from time 10 time and AZ often as
schedules When such schedules shall have h san
made or revised, as aforesaid it shall he the dntv
Of said Commissioners to cause publication thereof
public newspaper in the City of Springfield. in this
State; Provided, that the schedules thus PREPARED
shall not be taken a. prima facie evidence az
been prepared and published as aforesaid for ali
railroad companies now organized under the laws
Of this State, and until the 18th day Of January, A.
ls4 e OF nn &c ten days after the meeting Of the
vided session Of the General Assembly
shall be held previous to the 18th day Of Jan
to Se Printed and such DnnsSsS
shall be received and held in all such snits' A.
prima facie the schedules Of said Commissioners,
without further proof than the production Of the
with the certificate nf the publisher of said paper
that the schedule therein contained is true copy
o. the schedule furnished for publication BY said
ing to have been published at said city, and to be
PUBIC newspaper, shall be presumed to have been
10 paonsned at the date thereof and to be public
SEC; .. In all cases under the provisions Of this
act, the rules OF evidence shall be the same as in
other civil actions, except hereinbefore other
wise provided. All fines recovered under the pro-
visions OF this act shall be paid into the County
II sury OF the county in which the suit il tried.
by the person; collecting, the same, in the manner
now provided BY law to be used for county purposes
Tf" remedies hereby given shall be regarded as
cumulative to the remedies now given by law
against railroad corporations and this act shall not
be construed as repeating any statute giving such
remedies Suits commenced under the provisions
Of this act shall have precedence over all other
business. except criminal business
Sec 10. The term railroad corporation" con-
tanned ip this act, shall be deemed and taken to
mean all corporations, Companies or individuals
now owning. or operating, or which may hereafter
own or operate. any railroad. in whole or in part.
in this State and the provisions of this act shall
apply to all persons firms and companies and to
all associations Of persons. whether incorporated
otherwise, that shall do business a. common car
rers upon any of the lines Of railways in this State
(street railways excepted) the same as to railroad
corporations hereinbefore mentioned.
SEC. II. An act entitled AN act TO prevent un-
just Determinations and extOrtions in the rates to
be charged by the different railroads in this State
for the transportation Of freights on said roads,
approved April Z, A. d. 1911 is hereby repealed.
hut such repeal shall not affect repeal any pen
atty incurred right accrued under said act prior
to the time this act takes effect, any troteed.
ings prosecutions to enforce such rights or pen
allies
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-15

At Kingston, N. Y, recently, the wife of
Louis Pridecker, while temporarily insane
from an attack of puerperal fever, arose from
her bed one night and, taking with her her in
FAINT, nine days old, lcaped into the cistern in
rear of the house, and both were drowned The
husband awoke at O'Clock, and, missing his
wife, made search. and found her body with
that of her infant in the cistern.
Hon. James Brooks, Representative in Con.
grcss from New York, died in Washington on
the night of the 3oth usi., of malarial disease
contracted in India while he was making a trip
around the world, and which was accelerated,
undoubtedly, by the shock given his nervous
system by the cens"re OF the House of Repre-
sentativcs last winter in the Credit Mobilier
matter. He was in his sixty-third year.
Governor Dix has signed the New York City
Charter.
May LIST being the time fixed by the members
of the Rhode Island Ten-Hour Association for
strike in all the cctton and wooden mills in
the State heretofore working 81 to 66 hours
per week, most Of the operators left work at
O'Clock that evening, instead of remaining
until 61s or Z, as the regular time might be-
Some trouble was apprehe but no acts of
violence were committed. The owners have
adopted no concerted plan of action. 1t is said
that the cotton mills will shut down Temporal
rily if there is trouble in getting help to run
on the present basis.
The funeral services over the remains of the
late Hon. James Brooks took place in New
York City on the 4th Large numbers were in
attendance, among whom were several Con-
gressmen.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-15
Religious and Educational.

The Presbyterian churches of England
are to be united under one head.
The salary of first-class church
tenor in New York this year is from 81, 500
to $1,000.
Women preachers are increasing rap
idly. Ten new names have been added
to the list within the last six months.
The Bishops in the Methodist Epis-
copal Church receive salary of about
$4,000 each, and travelling expenses.
The General Lutheran Synod of Ohio
proposes at its next meeting to discuss the
question: us pre-Adamic perfection at
tainable in this life?"
"A meeting was recently held in Lon
don, the object of which was to recon-
mend the disestablishment of the English
Church from state control
Miss Angela Lozano has won the En-
glish Professorship in the Female College
in the City of Mexico, in a competitive
examination with six gentlemen candi-
dates.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-15

Little John Hanley, the boy survivor
of the Atlantic wreck, has had attention
enough to turn his head. Alderman KEEL
ley, Of Rochester, has just been to Newark
to propose to take charge of and educate
him, and the White Star Line Company
have also offered to educate him, with the
understanding that he should afterward
enter their service. His sisters have re-
fused, however, to part with him.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-15

"A temporary home for needy young
men has been established in Boston 1t is
under the auspices of the Young Mems
Christian Association, and was dedicated
recently. Such an establishment is al
ways much needed in large cities. The
homeless young women are usually well
cared for; but a young man may be in an
equally helpless and pcrilous position.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-15
Balance of interest paid by United

According to Washington dispatch of the
I'd, the Vienna Commissioners implicated in
the alleged irregularities are: Messrs. VIM.
Mayer, Robert Sergeant and A. E. Stiasny, to-
gcther with Chief Commissioner Van Buren,.
They are all from New York.
Hon. Samuel Shelahargcr has accepted the
position on the Civil-Service Commission ten
dcrcd him by the President
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-15

friend of ours, Parsons Pu,gatis~ Pills: they
are scientifically prepared, and are adapted to
all the purposes Of good purgativc medicine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-15

CoNsUMrrioN.-Fort the cure of this distress
sing disease there has been no medicine yet
discovered that can show more evidence Of
real merit than Aliens Lung Balsam. This
unequaled cxpcctorant for curing consumption,
and all diseases leading to it, such as affections
of the throat, lungs, and all diseases Of the
pulmonary organs, is introduced to the suffer-
ing public after its merits for the cure of such
diseases have been fully tested by the medical
faculty. The Balsam is, consequently, recon-
mended by physicians who have become &C.
quainted with its great success.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-15

The latest laborsaving invention is
teothpick that picks both rows Of front
teeth at once. A leading advantage Of it,
according to the inventor, is that it can
also be used as comb.