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watching for a Resurrection i'm Blo0m-
HeId-An Extraordinary Family His.

On last Christmas day, Seth w.
Blackeney, aged twenty-nine years,
son of DR.. William Blackeney, of Cald-
well, n. j., fell from q roof and was
picked up dead, as supposed. The
family commenced preparation for the
funeral, and had laid out the supposed
corpse, Twenty-four hours afterward,
however, this corpse resurrected him-
self, and, to the joy of his family, shook
his fist in DEATHS face.S He had been
pronounced dead, the cause being at
tributed to paralysis, He went about
his business, but on. Thursday week
ago he dropped off again, and was once
more laid ost for burial After a few
DAYS the body was removed to vault
in the cemetery at Bloomfield. The
wife of the deceased, believing that her
husband might, after all, be merely in
a trance, caused the body to be watched
closely by the sexton, a man named
Arthur UHara, who visited the vault
twice every day.
Last week the body began to mani
fest signs of returning life, the face,
ears, etc, assuming roseate, llie-like
hue, and it was believed that the man
would surely come a second time to
lie. On SaluTudN ldot, HpWtNci1 thS
discoloration of death set in once
more, and increased until yesterday,
when all hope was given up of there
being any life i 1 the body. Not until
Monday, strange to say, did the friends
of the coffined man visit the cemetery:
Then the father, mother, sister and
wife appeared and fully satisfied them
selves that Seth was indeed dead. The
wife had still lingering hope, and
ordered the coffin to be unscrewed SO
that should Seth awake he might arise
himself. The Blackeney family have
; singular history in this resurrection
respect.
A few years ago a brother of de.
ceased dropped OF, as supposed, dead
In two weeks he rsse from the dead
: lived four years, and begot several
, children, when he really died. A sis.
ter also having been in a trance for sis
days, came to and lived two year
: About Il year ago the Blackeneys re
moved TO Caldwell, from Six Mile Run
F near Trenton. They are very respect
able people The widow of Seth be
: longs to Westchester county; she ha
two children. The foregoing particu
lars were obtained last evening IL
Bloomfield, from reliable persons. Th'
place is naturally excited over the mat
tor
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The wixnrl OF The Bn,ard.Tabic.
fFrom the Spirit OF tlto Times.

Adrian liar, the celebrated French
billiard.playcr, gave one Ofhis scientific
billiard entertainments in the New
castle Town Hall, England, lately be-
fore an appreciatiVc assembly. Though
an expert with tho cue, his favorite
mode of play is by spinning the ball
/ from between the thumb aud Gorefinger
Of the right hand; and he has this great
advantage over his opponents who use
| the cue, that he can move his ball from
any part of the board and spin it from
whichever side Of the ohject-ball shall
be most favorable for the intended
carom or hazard. The first item in the
programme was n carom game of $50
points up, wherein Mr.. q. II. Banks Of
the Black Boys billiard-rooms, re-
ceived fifty points start, and welded
the cue in opposition to the powerful
thumb and fOrefinger of the French
professor. Nothing remarkable was
done until the Frencllman strung to-
gether eleven consecutive caroms,
shortly after which game was called
eighty-eight all. Here Banks by some
good play, got away II little his after
shots being particularly good, but twas
only OH sutterancc, however, and Mon
sieur liar made his l5j points, while
Banks only reached 1870.
Next followed an ordinary game at
billiards, at 800 up, the cue, again
welded by Banks, receiving 200 start.
This time Banks again played well,
though his luck was rather against
him, his highest break being II; while
the professor, who seemed TO repeat
losing hazard in one of the corner
pockets any number OF times, won,
after marvellous exhibition Of skill,
by nearly 100 points, his highest break
being good all round one, in which
he scored 1877 points. Then followed
an exhibition of fancy strokes, among
which Monster LIAR played a new
stroke, known as the snake carom, the
ball running the gauntlet Of two decan-
ters and sixteen tumbler glasses before
making the desired carom. lie made
caroms after causing his ball to de-
scribe all sorts of curves, made carOms
from miss strokes; made carOins on
the woodwork of the table, from the
table on to the floor, caromed with tif-
teen pyramid ball, spun the balls into
all the pockets from every conceivable
angle, and wound up n most marvel
Gus entertainment by spinning one Of
the balls upon q plate for four minutes
and half.
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THE Denison News of Friday gives
the following account of the cold
blooded assassination of Il policeman
i'm that city on the night preyiOus.

The Denison News of Friday gives
the following account of the cold
blooded assassination of a policeman
in that city on the night previous:
About 10 o'clock last hight, police
man Day hearda boisterous noise near
the Eldorado saloon on Skiddy street.
He went to stop the noise, and it is
supposed he attempted to arrest the
parties. Probably he caught one by
the collar, and the other being behind
him shot Day in the back of the head
near the left ear, the ball ranging
through the brain, coming to the skin
in the top and near the center of the
forehead. Day died instantly without
struggle. He was carried to the auc-
tion room on Skiddy street, where he
was examined by Drs. johnson and
Sandford. Barney Daniels, James
Dalton and James Ellis, went in pur-
suit of the murderers, coming up with
them on the railroad track, near the
depot.
Dalton spoke up and said there are
your prisoners. Daniels halted them
and demanded them to throw up their
hands. The smaller man said / sur
lChuSty anu hiSNt "'iiN
the large man started in run. Dan
iels tried to discharge double barrel
, shot gun at his man, but IL missed fire.
He then clubbed the gun and knocked
the man down and jumped on him.
The murderer still kept discharging
his pistol, shooting Daniels in the arm
and in his hand, taking off one finger.
Daniels supposed he killed the man he
knocked down, and left him for dead.
Dalton's pistol held fire. 'g
Leonard and others heard the firing
and started to the officers assistance,
but was too late. -.s
Ellis pursued his man, firing couple
of shots at him, but neither were cap
| tured.
Mayor Perry summoned twenty men
and started them In pursuit of the mur-
derers. =
No stone should be left unturned
until these dastardly assassins are cap
tured and brought to justice.
Five hundred dollars reward is Offered
by the mayor. tt
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DALLAS old maids prefer the Y rail.
SINKING fund-Money paid for dig
ging a well.
A NEGRO babe was born near this
that for Africa?
STREET ''pools," other than the wet
ones, are turning not only their wheels, hut
good many men and boys heads.
THE morning express on the Texas
Pacific was three hours behind hand yester-
day. This caused much Suffering on the
train to those who were in the habit of get
ting their drinks earlier.
THREE "sleepers" for the Great
Northern passed East, over the Texas Pacific
yesterday for Houston. They will run be.
tween Houston and Texarkana.
A TELEGRAM was received yesterday
saying that all the machinery for the -four
| Ing mill to be located in this city, had been
purchased by Mr.. Kimball and placed in
transit. Its cost was twenty thousand
dollars.
ANOTHER horse, the property of a
from the neigh borhood of the Christian
church yesterday. The facts being made
known TO the sheriff, he at once instituted
steps for the arrest of the thief and the recov-
cry of the horse.
a MAN in this city tried to poison
his wife yesterday. who was sick, by giving
her arsenic instead of a powder Of a different
kind. He was much surprised on handing
it to her, to sec her empty it on the floor and
hear her decline dying in these words: "As
a pizener, Jim, you haint u success"
As"No. Q" was approaching the city yes.
! terday, and when about mile from the
depot, the king-bolt of the fourth car from
the engine broke, throwing the end of the
car Oft the trucks to the middle Of the track
| from which it soon bounded, carrying with
it the remainder of the train, consisting OF
six cars. inclusive of the passenger coach
which instead of going down the embank-
ment straddled culvert and thus doubt
| lessly prevented n considerable sacrifice OF
| human life, as the coach was crowded.
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The Final Test.

Yesterday morning the Silsby fire engine
was drawn by the iremen to a spot near the
residence of Plez Taylor, Esq, and an elab-
crate test of her capacity for carrying and
throwing water was made. The agent of the
Silsby manufacturing works, assisted by Mr..
Crossley, one of the most thorough machin-
lists in this State, superintended the opera
tons of the engine, while large crowd of
citizens were on the ground to witness the
results Of the experiment. The machine In
finish and general appearance is n adazz!ing
beauty and surprisingly elegant, and was
uniformly admired. After working 1t for
some hours, and the length and height of the
stream decided by the different gauges of
steam, 1t was returned TO the engine house,
toawait the action of the Council, which de-
cidcd last evening to accept the engine.
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LOCAL NEWS
fTrom saturdays Daily ncrald.l

I
/ THE wind put on airs from the north
yesterday.
\ FLYING rcport--The song Of n bird
on the wing.
The hens are laying eggs at twenty
cents dozen. Their owners keep the money
for thcm.
A CoLoRED man received some severe
injuries yesterday on Swiss street, by being
thrown from dray, the horse of which was
performing II fantastic Terpsichorean feat
In runaway.
A STRANGER by the name of Buggh,
in stepping out OF a street car yesterday, while
II was in motion, stepped the wrong way.
The result was that he was looked upon as
the earliest tumble Buggh ont.
In digging up a garden plat in East
Dallas yesterday, " gold thimble was found
II foot and a half under the sur ace. On the
outside Of the thimble was engraved the fol-
lowing: "From Samuel To Mary. Chilli
cothc, Ohio, May 3, 1917.
4 CHILD jumped from its nurses
arms out of n street car window yesterday
to the ground, and gentleman picked it up
and restored il to the nurse, just as that at
tentivc female had discovered that some
thing was wanted in her lap.
A "DRUNK and down" was picked
up in front of one of our photograph galle-
rles and demanded to be released on the eX-
PLANTATION of his lying on the ground in the
aforementioned spot, that he was having his
photograph taken sin the attitude of re-
pose"
AN engine conveying car contain
ing some of the officers of the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas road, and q corps of surveyors,
ran Cff the track by the displacement Of n
switch on Thursday night, about n mile
south Of the Central depot The engine was
ditched. the engineer and fireman were not.
. BY the advertisement in another column
IL will be scon that MesSrs. Russell d. Dis
mukeS have a broom factory in full opera
ton and are prepared to furnish dealers in
quantities to suit They propose to manu-
iacture none but the very best brooms and to
put their prices down low. The firm have
capital and experience ard Will make the
factory an important industrial feature of
this city.
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who took her picture that che put to-
darncd much mouth on it TO sui her.'
Copper ore Is being brought from
Archer county to Denison in larg'
quantities, and shipped to rhila
delphia.
! Gus Clayton, from Columbus, Gc0r
gia, was shot and killed 10y J. j.. Sims
at Waco, n few days since. 1t was al
about woman.
The Armstrong schoolh0use, seven
miles south of Cleburne, was destroyed
by Sn incendiaiy fire on Thursday
night of last week. ..
The Galveston News localizes pleas
antly concerning Il brilliant Baptist
social at Judge Ballinger's residence,
on the evening of the 5th instant.
A special committee has been APP
pointed to examine into the financial
status of Wood county, and, according
to the News, startling developments
will be made.
JEFF. Black and A. J. Walker are Oh
trial in Galveston for the murder OF
Green Butler in May, 1872. The pros
ecution is assisted by Major M. c. Nc
Lemorc and Colonel George Flournoy.
Gail Borden by his will gave to the
American Tract society $1,000; to the
American Bible society $1,000; to the
American Missionary association s., 600;
and the American Sunday School I'm
ion $1,000.
The Sulphur Springs Gazette says
that if the corn crops of Hopkins county
should turn out good the coming sea-
son, the number of marriages will be
doubled and the Democratic majority
be largely increased.
Judge Thomas NJ. Joseph was nomi-
mated in the Senatorial District con-
vention on the 5th instant. as the DEM
ocratic candidate for the vacancy in
the State senate1 from the Galveston
district.
The Southern Baptist convention is
to hold its next annual meeting at
Jefferson in May next. This body OF
christian workers was organized in
Augusta, Georgia, in 1913, when the
Southern Baptists withdrew from their
Northern brethren. 1t met at Mobile,
Alabama, last year.
The Austin correspondent of the
Galveston News, in speaking of the
inaugural ball, says: "General Harde-
man asked Miss Mary Campbell to
become his wife or go to the inaugu-
raj. She accepted the alternative, and
preferred marriage to anything else.
The ceremony was performed yester-
day evening" H. t'fa
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AS the result Of some "Teminiscen-
cesn published by eX-Governor II. S.
Foote, in the Washington Chronicle,
the old quarrel between him and eX-
President Davis has burst out with q
bitterness exceeding that with which
ii was waged twenty years ago. The
Washington Capital dishes it up as
follows for its readers. Mr.. Davis in-
dia5retion in allowing himself to be
dra sged into a newspaper controversy
with one whom he had publicly de-
nounced Us "a constitutional liar' twen-
tv ears ago, is our sufficient excuse for
olo,ling the article.in which he is pre-
seized in such ridiculous light:
ftyo venerable spit-fires, the, young
er lyer seventy, are Insulting each 9th
er through the prints in the liyeilest
manner. Davis, aged scventy-iive,
cal Foote, aged seventy-eight or
theNeabouts, q constitutional liar, and
the venerable Foote responds by styl-
inc Davis an old cowardly, slap-jawed
Derson. We think Davis gets the
worst of it, for if it is admitted that
Nny quality referred to in q Southern
m8nis constitutional it must be ali
right, but to remain d slap-jaWed indi-
vidual twenty years is ridiculous.
What makes him do it?
II is reported that the two old cocks,
one of Washington city and the other
In New Orleans, are approaching each
other by easy stages of ten miles a day;
and if thew survive the fatigues and es-
cape the dangers of the journey, anu
can stand up long enough to be shot ut,
there will be devil of time, in whiA.hS
owing to dimmed eyesight and aged
hands, the country at large will be in
more danger than the two gentlemen.
Governor Foote, who has been out sew
eral times, never was remarkable for
his sharp Shooting. 1t is related of
prentis, when he fought Foote and was
i'm position, he suddenly lowered his
pistol ON observing boy in tree some
distance to the right, and cried out,
acct down, boy, get down; Foote may
hit you; he is the devil for wild shoot
ingln alr..
fl is related of Governor Foote that
when in the senate he suffered a de-
feat of pet measure looking to a recOg-
milton ofwhat was then called Southern
rjgnts-the right under the constitu-
tlon for one'man to own another. The
fiery little senator sprang 60 his feet
and said solmnly, "Mr. President, this
Union will not last twenty-four hours
Ioneer."
senator Tom Corwin, of Ohio, looked
up With grave concern; then going oveI
10 Foote, asked him to step isA the
lobby. When there Corwin said, with
that expression of innocent wonder
thai was wont to set thousands in
roar:
"lfoote, do you mean to say thu
thing is going to burst in twenty-fou
hours?" ..
Certainly, sir"
.'Well now, Foote, have favorit'
bill here granting reliefto an nnfortun
att old neighbgrof mine couldn't yol
as aeIi defer the burst thirty days, eli
of say t@enty-eight daya and III
hurry upgi
Foote responded IN little Anglo
Saxon word that was neither poiit
nor parliamentary, but very expressive
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have never yet been made public.
Yankee curiosity VIII yet, no doubt,
bring it all to the light of day-all in
the interest Of science.
Remarkable ms these twins We're in
their life, their death was none the less
so. The latest advices from Mount
Airy, North Carolina, the home of the
twins, states that il was about six
o'clock in the morning when one OF
the sons of the twins, who slept up
stairs, heard II cry or call of alarm. He
at once repaired to the sleeping room
of the twins, where he found Eng in Il
very perturbed and excited condition,
the cause being the death of his brother
Chang After this Eng grew worse
until dissolution followed, his only
remark being 81 suppose | must die
too" In exactly two hours after
Changes death his supposition proved
true, and he departed this life. Eng
was in perfect health until he discov-
cred Chang was dead, and his death
seemed to DC due more to nervous eX-
element and to his horror at the situ-
alton in which he found himself than
to any actual disease. From all the
circumstances, it seems that if there
had been Il skillful surgeon on the
ground to sever the ligament that
bound the dead TO the living man, Eng
might still have been living. In that
case, would he still have been n Sia-
mese twin? Would he have been the
husband of both wives? etc., etc.
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The Siamese twins, who have for
fifty years been the physiological and
anatomical puzzle of the scientific
world, aud who died at their home in
North Carolina last month, aged fifty
three years, are said to have lived in
peace and concord until after they
found two English girls, sisters, who
became their wives. And even after
their marriage, or rather their mar
riages, they got along smoothly enough
until Chang and his wife got ahead of
Eng and his wife having children.
Chang had six children and Eng only
five. As soon as that status was defin-
itely established, the green-eyed mon
ster, Jealousy, took a Judgement in
Eng's wife's heart, and scattered to the
winds all the sweet concord that had
previously existed in the family. The
consummation of the marriage of this
wonderful pair of men is a curious
thing to think about. The details
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THE following extract from the pro-
ceedings of the United States house of
representatives, on Saturday, 3lst of
January, shows how our solons can
disport themselves at the rate of fifteen
dollars day and mileage:
Mr.. Kelley (Pa.) made a few remarks
upon his currency bill, and read few
extracts from a book to show the views
of BENJAMIN Franklin in 1854, and that
that lie knew more of the currency
question in those days than many gen.
tlemen did in the year 1874. After
reading few extracts he said he would
print the balance.
Mr.. Beck Ky inquired if the whole
book was to be printed.
Mr.. Kelley replied only the article
from which he quoted. :.
| Mr.. Beck (ironically. )-Oh put it all
in. 1t is valuable. 1t will make good
reading.
Mr.. Kelley said it would show that
Mr., Franklin in 1894 knew more about
/ the needs of the country than Mr.. Beck
/ did now. .l
Mr.. Beck.-I think he did know
more than 1 do after listening TO the
gentleman from Pennsylvania tMr
/ Kelley) for four days in committee
and upon three Saturdays. Laughter.
Mr.. Kelley.-Now, Beck, you know
that Is unfair. You know you took W
two of those days with silly and imper
tinent questions. Renewed laughter.
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UNDER FssE TRELF.ES.
BY KATE PUTNAM osoooD,


Under the treliis, 10 and fro,
Walking and talking 20 two together.
over their heads tie branches blow,
Under their feet the gfusSeS GroW, -
IN the sweet season Of Springtidc weather.
Under the trellis, to and fro,
Whispering close, 20 two togothor.
Trcnulous, misty, long and low,
The meadows loom through the sunaet EioW'
In tue hot prime of the summer "ea'I9r'
Uuder the trelIis TO and fro,
Silently pacing, go two together.
over the ycllowi9 poplar row ''
The harvest muuu comes large ana SLOW
The wandering ghost of he Autumn weather
Underfhe trcllis, to and fro
linnd in hand, 30 TWO together.
Til ok is the air with threatening snow;
Chtll winds wearly come and 70.
1eiling the tale of Winter weather.
Little of season or scene they know,
Under the trslis the two together.
April glimmer or Autumn glow,
sJiltly August or Winter SNOW
Forlovers 1t always isSummer weather.
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The Galveston News publishes the
following corrected list of officers of
the r.. w. Grand Lodge of Texas, for
the years 1874 and 1876:
FOR THE YEAR 1874.
M. ID. Herring, M. w. grand master,
Waco; a. II. Mckinney, r, w. deputy
grand master, Huntsville; r. Cheix-
neyder, R. w. grand warden, Bren-
ham; G. w. Grover, r. w. grand Sec
retary, Galveston; Thomas M. Joseph,
R. w. grand treasurer, Galveston, w.
Richardson, R. w. grand representa-
tive, Galveston; John Il. Harcourt, X.
w. grand representative, Columbus.
FOR 1875.
A. r.. Mckinney, M. w. grand mas
ter, Huntsville; r. A. Blandford, X.
w. deputy grand master, Austin; John
B. Choice, r.. w. grand warden,
Gainesville; Geo. w. Grover, r. w.
grand secretary, Galveston; Thomas
NJ. Joseph, r. w. grand treasurer, Gal
weston; George Dalmar, w. grand mes
senger, Galveston; w. Richardson, X.
w. grand representative, Galveston.
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4 Kentucky Miragc.

From the Hickman (Ky.) Courier, Jan. 3O.l
Paducah is ten miles on an airline
from Metropolis, and the bend in the
river between the places makes it i'm
possible to see any portion of one of
these places from the other. Iet the
people of Metropolis saw Paducah very
distinctly the other day, if the follow
ing, from the Metropolis Journal, may
be relied upon: a most remarkable
phenomenon was witnessed yesterday
morning by some of the citizens of this
place. Directly after sun-up, a dark
bank of clouds lay close to the horizon
in the direction of Paducah, obscuring
the gold-haired king of day, and just
above this dark embaukment, mir
rored in the clear and serene deep blue
sky, the city of Paducah appeared,
with all its spires, houses. streets.
wharyes, etc, clearly visible. The
mirage appeared about forty derees
above the horizon. At the time, the
beholder could see three steamboats, at
the wharf, the Tennessee river, the
towheads, and in fact, the entire city,
all appearing as natural as life, except
that everything appeared magnilied to
twice the natural size" A gentleman
who came down on the Fisk, verified
the appearance, so far as the steam
boats were concerned. This ana one
other, are the only lnstancrs Of the app
pearance af the mirage in this section
that we have ever heard of.