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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26
A Bear Hunt and Narrow Escape.

Last Tuesday evening a couple OF
farmers were returning home from Berlin,
and when about half mile west of our
village, and near piece of woods, their
team suddenly stopped and began to
back up and seemed greatly frightened.
1t was quite dark, but the men could
plainly see huge black bear directly
in the track, and he appeared to dispute
their right OF way. A school-teacher
who was riding with them jumped out,
and having an apple in his pocket threw
it at him. This having no effect, he
threw clubs, with no better result. 1t
was decided that the teacher should go
for guns, while the other men would
watch Bruin. He ran back TO Berlin as
fast as his legs would go, giving the alarm
and calling loudly for guns. Two rifles
were produced "double quick" andhe,
together with fifteen or twenty men and
boys, returned to the scene OF action
anxious for bear meat. When they
arrived at the place Bruin still held his
ground, and so did his faithful guard.
One of the party drew up his gun, cooked
it, and i'm another moment would have
fired, but a comrade said TO him, Wait,
don't shoot until the light comes up" AT
this the old bear says: For GODS sake,
bows, don't shoot me-" And they didn't.
1t proved to be drunken fellow who
had taken too much benzine, and was
crawling around the road on his hands
and knees. Bears having been frequent
ly seen hereabouts of late it is not strange
that he was mistaken for a bear. The
bows returned bearless, but they say,
had they not waited for light, benzine
would have been cheaper hereafter. II
was narrow escape for Old Med, and
rather rough on the bear family that he
was taken for one of their number.--Cor-
respondent Of the Grand Raptds (Aseh.)
EagLe
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents aal Accidents.

Hamilton Cooper, of Battle Creek,
was trying small cast-iron cannon the
other night, when it exploded and killed
his little son.
During q recent drunken quarrel
Joseph Rosenthal pushed his wife from
the roof of New York four-story tene-
ment house. Of course, she was instant
ly killed.
An old man named Shawsbeck was
recently found dead in the woods near
Port Sanilac, Mich, within few feet of
a deer which he had shot. No marks Of
violence were found on him.
A German family named Pfund, liv-
ing at Salzburg, Mich, were suffering
terribly at last accounts of trichina
One boy of fifteen years had died and
four others were not expected to recover.
Mrs. Sarah Wood, of Waterville,
Me-, died of fright lately. She had
given a party to which one of her neigh
bors was not invited. He got drunk,
went to her house and raised disturb
ance, and so frightened her that she be-
came insensible and shortly after died
"A man of middle age, entirely sober
and quite serene, recently threw stone
through the glass door of telegraph
Office in Worcester, Mass, because, he
said, he was without work or money, and
was discouraged, and didn't like to see
the men inside smoking and enjoying
themselves.
Sam Hinton, a Boston carpenter, re-
Gently died from the effects of the bite of
q hog received aweek before. When the
animal bit him he paid no attention to
the wound further than to tie rag
about it. Some days after it swelled and
mortified and then the services of ply
sicians were unavailing.
"A boy named Brigham recently died
in Springfield, Mass, from the effects of
a very singular injury. 1t seems that
while playing at school another boy
threw stone which struck young
Brigham upon the top of his foot, 50
affecting the nerves that the injury was
communicated to the spinal cord, and in
few days the lad was dead
in Salisbury, N. H., the other day,
Clarence <. Couch, aged fifteen, killed
Charles l.. Roberts, a lad year younger.
They had trivial quarrel, and young
Couch took cart-stake, chased the
Roberts boy into the house and dealt
him severe blow in the forehead, from
which death quickly ensued.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26
Little Folks Dictionary.

A WRITER in the Scltoolday Magazine has
gathered together the following diction-
airy words as defined by certain small
people here and there:
Back Diter-A flea.
Bedtime-Shuteye-
Dust--Mud with the juice all squeezed
out
Fan-A thing to brush the warm of
with.
FinsA fish's wings.
Ice-Water that stayed out In the cold
and went to sleep.
Monkey-A very little boy with tail.
Nest.egg-The egg the old hen meas
ures by to make new ones.
Pig-A hogs little boy.
Salt-What makes your potato taste
bad when you don't put any on.
Snoring-Letting off sleep.
Snow-Rain all popped out white.
Stars-The moons eggs.
Wakefulness-Eyes all the time com
ing unbuttoned.
A Small Observation-Disclosures.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26

The Baptist Weekly thinks that the
first want OF the churches is consciences
which shall make members ashamed of
the paltry excuses which keep them
away from evening worship, but not
from evening engagements of worldly
Measure
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26

SAUCE FOR DUCKS. Serve rich gravy
in the dish, cut the breast in slices; but
don't take them off; cut a lemon, ana
put pepper and salt on it; Then squeeze
Il on the breast, and pour spoonful of
gravy over before you serve it out.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26
s;v es,ablisbments in New Orleans

Six establishments in New Orleans,
with an aggregate capital OF LOO 200;
are engaged in the manufacture OF on,
and oil cake from cotton seed, the yieid
being 100000 tons per annum. The OIL IS
used as sweet oil, aud, mixed with per
fumes, is sold as hair oil, etc, while the
cake is fed largely 10 cows, IT giving the
milk a rich, creamy look and flavor.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26

The old lady who said: 30 doctor, I'm
getting SO terribly nervous that | wish i
had no nerves at all like an OYSTER"
made mistake in regard to the bivalve.
The nervous system Of the oyster has
been demonstrated by science to be a
very beautiful affair.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26

The English revision of the Old Tes.
lament had proceeded On the Sd inst. as
far as the seventh chapter Of III.
Samuel.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26

An old gentleman in Stowe, VT, tells
how he broke off drinking liquor. Every
time he took drink he would drop a
shot In the glass, and rs the glass filled
up his drinks were smaller, until he
dropped the use of liquor entirely.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26

A LANCASTER County pa farmer
writes to his local paper that as he was
going past his corn-crib the other morn
ing he observed rat carrying large
sized ear of corn In his mouth and drag
ging another behind him, around which
his tail was wrapped And it wasn't
good day for hauling corn, either.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26

Louis Frank, a farmer OF Iron1s
Station Ohio, recently fell from loaded
wagon and broke his neck.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
The Louisiana Tyranny.

The support of the Kellogg usurpation
by the present Administrations was a
wanton tyranny, establishing a force
which had no legal or moral right over
the liberties of free people. If the
farce of that assumption of State author
ity had been repudiated at Washington,
and new election ordered, all unpreiu-
diced men will admit that peace and Or
der must have been the result. But this
monstrous falsehood, upheld by Federal
authority, has drawn after it, as in the
nature of the case was inevitable, a series
of other wrongs, by which alone it could
be supported.
That usurping administration being
thus maintained by Federal authority be-
yond the possibility of immediate over
threw, we advised all good citizens to
submit to it without any demonstration
of opposision until such time as they
might have the opportunity of peaceable
redress.-N Y Jour. Of Commerce.
The kellogg tyrants had taken the
means of peaceable redress away, and
established an election registry law that
puts it out Of the power'of the white peo-
pie ever to get rid of the corrupt tyrants
while there is anything in the State
that was worth stealing. And men would
cease to be Americans who would patint-
ly wait while they were being robbed by
the Vermont carpet Dagger
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
The County Contention.

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY CONVENTION.
Gentlemen Under the rules of the
Democratic party, and by established
usage, it becomes my duty to request
you to attend Convention to be held at
New Castle on SATURDAY, the Goth of
SEPTEMBER, 1874, at IL o'clock, A. NJ,
for the purpose of supplying a vacancy
in the county ticket occasioned by the
declination of Thomas q. Bird, Esq, as
Representative to the Legislature from
Brandywine Hundred.
J. POULSON CHANDLER,
Sept IA, 1874. Chairman.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
"SOt Very Wells

A feeling of vague bodily discomfort, which
does not amount to positive illness. and yet is
incompatible with health, is often aptly de
sscribed by tho phrase. mot very we'll" This
feeling usually arises from deficiency of tho
nervous power which is required to keep the
vital machinery in vigorous and heaithtul
operation. Nervous weakness has too fire.
serious malady to admit Of any doubt in The
matter; Inactivity of the bodily functions as
surely beGels their arrangement as cause pre-
cedes ell, ct. N
IL IS therefore absolutely essential for the
preservation of health. perhaps of life itself
that this warning should be promptly needed.
The case does not admit OF delay. Revita:ize
the system at once and effectuaily With Hos
by infusing new health and strength into the
system. protects it against disease more surely
than ever knight Of old was protected by
armor OF proof against the foe. l7tO24
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
GR4Nl',S WICK DNESS.

HE AND HIS CABINET FROLIC ABOUT THE
COUNTRY WHILE THE PEOPLE TOLL AND
SUFFER.
From the Baltimore Ne'cs Independently
A military depotism is preferable TO
the wicked, shameless, Infamous ty-
ranny to which thepeople of Louisiana
have been subjected, Their patience,
outdone by the cxactions, insults and
prosecutions of the thieves, murderers
and adventures for two years past sad
died upon them by tho Federal Govern
mcnt conld brook no further outrage,
and the people struck in their despera-
ton, knowing that no result could be
worse than their recent condition.
They have been held down by theFcd-
eral hand, while Kellogg and his ire
ponsible crew rified their pockets, off
cred indignities to their persons and
mocked their misery. If mailed
hand at Washington thrOttles and
throws them down again, they can on
ly be ridden by the same set of scoun-
drels, and having endured all that vice.
cupidity and cowardice could inf1ict,
the trials of the future will not be un,
familiar and their poignancy willabate
under the Inconsistencies that the
world cannot charge it to their own
lack of intelligence and manhood :
They have made another effort, and if
sister States and kindred people refuse
to appreciate the cause and the blow.
it is because American deterioration
keeps peace with the decline of Ameri.
can love of liberty and justice. We
are drifting on to third terms, through
fraudulent elections on one side and
military force on the other, and this
shiverin the national extremeties is
but symptom of the complete spread
| ing of the disease.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
Grant Making U0r on q 'SOr-
erei1H state.

The course laid down by President
Grant in his hasty and ill-tempered
proclamation, if carried out us designed,
after the facts have been ascertaincd,
will be nothing less than making war on
the people of a sovereign State. Can it
be possible that the American people
will sustain such precedentp If the
President can, through drunken Judge,
set aside one government and take up
another, and sustain that in defiance of
the popular will of the people? If this
thing can be done in Louisiana it can be
done in Delaware or any other State.
We hope never to have any difficulty
about our choice of Governor. But any
one may see that the people of this
State would caval ut surrendering the
Office to man elected hy the illegal
votes OF the negroes in the Seventh,
Eighth Or Ninth Wards in this city. A
few years ago DIR. William Burton was
elected Governor Of Delaware by about
forty votes. Before that William Tharp,
the only Democratic Governor that Del
aware had for many years preceding,
was elected by about the same number
of votes.
There is now dispute as to the legal
ity of the vote of the Seventh Ward,
and Republican politicians who know
the ward well declare that they noted
down, at the late election, over sixty ne
gro votes that are Illegal Republi-
can, DIR. A. III. Grimshaw, is prosecuting
contest for seat in the City Council.
and has made solemn oath in which he
declares he verify believes he was elect
ed, while yet his opponent, also a Re-
publican, holds the seat by return of
twenty-one votes majority. Illegal ne
gro votes are known to have been re-
peated all over the State. A U. S. Mar
shal was charged with bringing to this
city over forty repeaters from Philadel-
phla two years ago who voted at our
polls. This charge has been repeated
by Republicans who ought to know, and
the said Marshal has gone SO far as to
say that Others were implicated in the
charged acts.
1t is not necessary for us to carry this
argument any further We believe that
John P. Cochran will be elected by ma.
jority that will settle all disputes; but
If President Grant desires this State in
1876, and sees proper to order his Mar
shals and Deputies to import votes OF
roughs to upset our elections, what is To
hinder him from doing it here. Men
came from Philadelphia and were sent
to Blackbird several years ago by U. S.
officer to destroy the polls, it has been
said, and we believe it could have been
proven at the time. The timely notice
dispatched by the writer prevented the
accomplishment of this thing. Samuel
Townsend, Esq, Joseph Roberts, ESQ
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
3, r. Cochran. Esq., Sas, Ksaslsy, Ess,I

D. r. Cochran. Esd, Sas, Hsaslsy, Essl
and mah$ other gsntlemehi We believe,
can attest to this matter, and the case
was to us at the time one of tho most
aiarmi1g and serious nature. n %
Shall We have such o contest in Della
warcp Shall q drunken. mot Judge, but
President,) by his agents sent here for a
purpose throttle tho voico Of the people
of this Statep We hope not. We hope
his bad judgment, his bungling course,
and his tyranny all fully portrayed and
proved by the organs Of the Republican
party will decide the people of Delaware
to vote in October and in November in
such decisive way as to allow no dis
pute about who shall be the officers in
this State. We want to keep Delaware
out Of the hands of the negroes and the
Ring in Washington that rule the coun-
try and are running all the States that
gather into its vortex. How easy it
would be for such Congress to make
Fisher q Judge, and then whatp Where
would your lands gop What would they
be worth in the hands of the negro
Ringp
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
Al tho Seenee Of the Conflict,

'fnp Crescent CITY coNTfNuiNG TRAN
f QUIL.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16.-T'he city
Continues quiet Police duty through
the city last night was performed by
volunteers. This morning there is a
general resumption of business. There
are no gathering of people or. evidence
of excitement in any quarter.
THE MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS MIN TO
THE PRESIDENT.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 16.-Major w.
G. Robins and John Gravel, citizens
wounded in the fight on Monday, have
since died. w
The following is the text of a tele-
gram transmitted to the President A
petition has been forwarded you to-day
by express, signed by 500 of the lead
ing merchants and business men of this
city, and reads as follows;
We, the undersigned merchants re-
presenting the commercial interests of
New Orleans, and deeply interested i'm
the welfare and prosperity of thcStatc,
gladly embrace the recent change of
government rs n guarantee of impair
tial rights to ALL We respectfully ask
the sympathy and support of the Ex-
ecutive. f. B. WHEEIocK,
Chairman of Committee.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16.-Governof
Kellogg and his followers remain in
the Custom house. The Governor ap-
pears in good spirits, and is quietly
awaiting the expiration of the five days
allowed by the president, when he ex-
IN hn
He insists that he must be put back
by the United States troops and main
tained by them.
NINE COMPANIES OF TROOPS ON TIE
GROUND AND OTHERS EN- ROUTE.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16.-General
| Emory is at the st. Charles Hotel.
There are nine companies of United
States troops here and others are re-
ported coming GOeernor McEnery
arrived tonight from North Louifiana
In Tangipatoa parish the McEneryites
took peaceable possession of the parish
offices, Lieutenant Governor Penn
states tonight that they Lave despatch
es showing the quiet installation of
their officers in a large number of par
ishcs. No opposition appears to have
been made in any quarters.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, SEPT. Is, 1874.
Under no circumstances recognize the
insurgent government of Louisiana
Within five days from the date of the
proclamation TO the insurgents such ac-
ton will be taken as the emergency may
require.
By order of the President.
L. ID. TOWNSEND,
Adjutant SECRETARY.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17

WE'LL SAID.-The New York Herald
thus briefly epitomizes the federal policy
in the South; Prepare deliberately the
events that will irritate and excite a
people, and that must provoke them to
violent acts if they are human; then
wait till the violence you have prepared
for occurs, and send your troops to occu-
py their cities. Is this the spirit of re-
construction that is to make the country
one again2 This is the plan that seems
the wisest to General Grants Attorney
General-to the head of the national
department of justice. If Mr.. Williams
proposes to himself results such as were
secured by a distinguished man in an
other department of justice in former
age, he chooses his means accurately. If
he wishes that his illumination Of the
national justice shall become as famous
in this country as was that of Jeffreys in
England he will continue as he has now
begun"
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
Democratic Mass Meeting.

A mass meeting of the Democratic
Party will be held at MIDDLETOWN,
on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18th, 1874,
at IL o'clock, M. 1t will be addressed by
Hon. HESTER CLYmER, of Penna, and
Hons. II. F. BAYARD and ELI SAUI.s-
BURY. A general attendance of all per-
sons who are opposed to the Civil Rights
Bill, and in favor of an honest and eco
nomical administration of the State and
General Governments are cordially invi-
ted.
By order of the Executive Committee.
VIM. HERBERT, Chairman.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
Wcather Report.
WASHINGTON, Sept. II, / A.

WASHINGTON, Sept II, 1 A. NJ
PROBABILITIES. Over New England
rising barometer, northerly winds,
slight changes in the temperature,
cloudy weather and light rains, Over
the Middle Atlantic States rising baro-
meter, northeast to northwest winds,
cloudy weather, and in the northern
portion light rain, followed by clearing
weather by Thursday night.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
HON tie Battinl0re Gazettn.

from Tue Bdtttnt0Ie GQzeIG.
The President OF the United States is
invited by the best and most loyal citi
zens of Philadelphia to be present at u
modest, sensible celebration of the hun
drcdthanniversary the meeting of the
CONGRESS of 1774. Bent upon "A frolic
dow Fast, and tempted by free pas
sa;se ON steamer which wants sub.
sidy he mislays the invitation and turns
the cold shoulder on Philadelphia. PEI
contra, we read
Colonel John s. Mosby has been in
vitcd to deliver an address before the
Agricultural Society at Hagarstown,
Md, in Octobe". The President and
Cabinet have accepted an invitation to
be present at the occasion.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17

1t has been truthfully said by the New
York Herald that it does mot believe it
has ever yet happened in the world that
n people accepted the hard consequences
of disastrous defeat with even so much
Of heroic patience as has been shown by
our own people in the Southern States"
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17

A model husband in Delaware
thrashed his wife fearfully because
their baby didn't get the prize at the
baby show, and wound up by Offering
to swop the baby for ii pig.-PmLA,
TELEGRAPH
The mistake in the above is in re-
mitting the word county" after Della
ware.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17

''The Gasette insists on showing Tilton
over this way. No sir; thank you; keep
him. &C Commercial.
1t is not Tilton that we "insi.t on
showing" "over" to the Commercial; but
Tilton's political views before his attack
on Beecher, which we have proved We're
also the views of the Commercial.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
TOIiGEi.

NOflCE.-All persons within the county
IN Of New Castle. doing business requiring
aState License. are hereby notified that tho
time for settling with the State is clio o at
hand. All persons who have not procured
the same willdo so soon as possible and save
expense. They are issued at all times during
the day at the Office of the Clerk of the Peace
at Now Castle, and mt No. 3U9 West Second
street, Wilmington, Del.
JOHN p SPRINGER,
sep17 Ct Clerk of the Peace.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
The Little Election

Takes place on TUESDAY, OCTOBER
9Th, between II A. M. and 6 P. M. DEM
ocrats should all vote promptly and se-
cure the Judges of the Election, and the
Hundred officers.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
CHAN G1
IN
PRICES OF ICE.

5o pounds daily. 40 cents o1ch delivery; 100
and Upwards. at 60 cents per 100 pounds.
in this city. ga ~" 10 any oho
ovv,o.,oo s,. .PUSEY d RICE.
Walnut SITS. anr7,c i2'o
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
Ladies Wishing TO Purchase n vob,

running and Simple Sewing Machine. wonld
do well to call at No. us Market Street. Viii
mington. Del .. and see ono of the incest Fami-
ly Sewing Machines in the world 1t ha, no
material if desired without change of needies
Our hobby is simplicity. durability, light
running. and no threading-up required: self
threading shuttle, and self f.setting needle.
discount OFF for cash. Ladies' don'tLnv a.
heavy and complicated machine but get the
light running New American. '"'
7ls Market St.. Wilmington, Del.
iy7d4wlv j. II. PEIMRelSE Asant
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
A Democratic Mass Meetin0

will be held in Wilmington on the even
ing of the 9th of OCTOBER.
By order of the Executive Committee.
VIM. HERBERT, Chairman.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17
SHOT, GUN and PISTOL
MANUFACTORY.
NATHANIEL MELCHOUR

Successor to the late F. Herting, No. 2l4
hing street. above ID, Wilmington, Del. 20
generally, that he will continue the mann.
iacture of Shot Guns. Rifles and Pistols at
the old stand, No. ga ling street. and has for
ng which are Nv N''ns'
Double Barrel Guns from ss to SIPS.
slngie-B Barrel uuns from s3 to s9O.
All kinds Of Pistols. Colts, Sharpe's. Al
Cartridges. &c.. complete. hlso. f.y'; T,.n hnai
donpie water proof Percussion Cans: every
SIZE ball and shot; Dame Bags, and uunnins
cnnsaaa, appasnt generally. h Fishing Tackle 10.
and retail at the lowest cash prices. ''''
n1:farticnlar attention paid to Bell Hang
nDvl0-w-tf
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17

DS,AOO 5 or S W years, Gn oorigase ON prnnsrtr r3T
worth three times this amount, A good bonny, ;,
gwen; Address this office. aug27-2tdltW
The daily gazette., 1874-09-17

NJ 0TICE.-A moating of tie Stockholders
~ of tho Mechanics Loan Association -
In rersuance Of a call. n meeting of the Stock
holders of the Mechanics' Loan Association,
and Market. on I'll TUESDAY, Evening, Sept.
2ith. at 7.30 o'clock. A full attendance is re-
quested.
sep15eOd7t W. J. MORROW. Secy.