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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-14

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''MoRTALITY PUFFs,
NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL.
Eggs (cockatrice), l.
Milk (human kindness), Just ready to
sour, 1 drop.
Cream of Tartar-caught, 2 large
spoons, heaping.
Flower (of an hour, full cup.
Salt (of the Earth), uery small pinch,
mere dusting.
Raise with fermentations brewed as
follows
Hop te)s realized, l; 10
Sweeten with faith and submission.
Spice with variety.
Bake in earthen vessels, under slow
fire. till the vessels crack"
Aweek later, Miss Pbrygia put on a
pair of black gloves, q black bonnet,
and a black lace veil to let down In case
she should CRY, and went to church to
ace a plain gold ring take precedence
of the diamond she had pressed, and to
hear the hymeneal blessing pronounced
over the mist of golden hair.
She had to drop her veil once or twice
as she aazed at the cloud OF lace and
orsnee-blo before the altar, and
vhen ahe couldn't help seeing the new
brosdcloth suit that stood beside it,
She kept herself down by repeating as
fast AZ abe could, "Charity hopeth all
tbine.. eudureth all things, is not
easily provoked" Then she went nome;
put on the brightest dress she had, and
went to nurse Q sick neighbor VINO
could obtain no assistance for money,
and therefore must have it for love.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

On the 18th, the people of Shreveport
were startled by an explosion the
londest ever heard in that region. In
some Instances the window glass was
shivered. Great excitement ensued, of
course, but when it was suggested that
the report came from the nitro-glyce-
rinc factory, about four miles from the
city, the alarm subsidized, and by inves-
tigation this supposition was proven to
be correct. A reporter of the Times
visited the place, and found that about
1000 pounds of nitro-glycerine and
giant powder stored in the house, had
exploded, from some cause unknown
no one being near-and thus de-
scribes the scene after tie explosion
we soon after reached the spot, and
the scene presented was curious one
Not a vcstigc of the house remained,
but where it stood was a perfectly cir
cular hole in the earth, in shape re-
sembling It bowl, about ten feet deep
and twenty in diameter. There was
not Il leaf on the trees for twenty yards
around, but the ground was literally
StreWcd with their tsremainS" having
been reduced almost to a green powder
Asma11 tree had been completely upset
and several presented the singular ap-
pearancc of having been perforated by
say twenty thousand wood-peckers.
Nitro-glycerine has over twelve times
the explosive force Of gun-powder. No
cause can be assigned for the explosion
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

A convention of citizens interested in
the levec protection system was recently
held in New Orleans. The representa-
ton included number of parishes OF
South Louisiana, and O. II. Brewster,
self-appointed delegate from Ouachita.
We would suggest that when Il cOnven-
ton is held for the protection of the
planting interests, delegate ought to
be empowered to act for some one.
What landed interest o. II. Brewster
has in this parish, we are not advised
Of; or why he should represent Qua
chita parish in a Convention of leading,
respectable cstizens, who do not live us
parasites, is matter of which we are
profoundly ignorant. Mr.. Brewster
has simply thrust himself into this bus
mess, 50 far as he claimed to represent
any respectable portion of the landed
proprietors of this parish. If we have
not been misinformcd by men of his
own party, Mr.. Brewster's plan has
been excessive taxation to the ruin o
the planter and for the avOwcd benefit
of the negro. His proper place is in !;
contiscating convention of negroes AN.
depredators.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

In the Fifth District Court of New
Orleans, the case of Judge John r..
Ludeling, of the Supreme Court, against
the New Orleans Printing and Pub
fishing Company: wherein plaintiff
claims 100000 for damages arising
from the publication Of an editorial.
Rejecting on said Labelling, WAS con-
tinued by preference until the next
term of the court.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

were questioned. as to the charges
against them and then shot. VIM.
Henry Grumbles cursed the killing
party considerably, and on being missed
on the first fife, invited them to try
again, which they did, and VIM. Henry
-Grumbles no more, either at being
walked at an unreasonably hour or AZ
their bad craftsmanship. The jury of
inquest rendered It verdict that they
came to their death by gun and pistol
shot wounds, inflicted by parties to
them unknown. The public arc una
ware who the parties are that did the
killing. The sheriff was absent in this
city after 4 prisoner. 1t is confidently
believed that no person about the town
of Bolton had anything to do with it.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19
THE EELTON JAIL MASSACRE.


\ special dispatch to the Galveston
News, dated at Bolton, Texas, on the
9th ult., says:
Aposse of lo3 men from the east,
masked and armed, rode into the town
of Bolton and surrounded the Jail, hav-
ing heard there was to be Il Jail delivery
by the friends OF the parties in jail. The
masked men took possession of the
guard, broke open the Jail and shot
nine prisoners in their cells. Their
names are rs follows: W. l.. Coleman,
crime, killing his wife: Il man named
Cron, DEMONSTRATING; Winfield Beck
with, robbery; NJ. Mcdonald, horse
stealing: J. T. Mcdonald. assault with
intent to kill VIM. +. smith, pris-
onor from Denton MCGOWAN, horse
stealing; Henry Grumblcs, murder :;
john bailey, alias Alexander, robbery
of store. The killing was done at half
past O'Clock Tuesday morning.
The above is the account of Mr.. Will
kins, deputy sheriff Of Bell county.
Massey, II prisoner i'll an adjoining
room, who, with another prisoner, was
not m"iested, says that the prisoners
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

light, and then proceeded to discuss in
q broad and philosophie spirit, and in
a vein OF singular cloquence the relations
of the Southern people to the Govern
nent, and the manner in which they
had been treated by the dominant
party since the war. The injustice and
cruelty of this policy, and the rapacity
and eXtortion of the carpet bag govern
ments We're stated with an earnestness,
force and convincing power that went
home to the hearts and consciences of
all listeners. This is the first time since
the war that the case Of the South has
been adequately and fully presented
by one of her own SONS and it was
done to-day in a style to which even
Northern Republicans could take no
exceptions. Mr.. I4amar's time was
extended by general consent, until after
speaking nearly two hours he gave
way from physical exhaustion, having
made what many deem the ablest and
most statesmanlike speech of the
session. Nearly the whole house
gathered around him to the close.
REMARKS OF GEN. SHERIDAN.
1t was {, sad ending to such plea by
q Southern statesman for Justice to his
people, that the only choice for repre-
sentation as Congressman-at-Iarg for
the State of Louisiana should be be-
tween a mulatto and carpet-bagger.
In neither case would the native white
population have show. General
Sheridan made u speech, effective, in
some respects successful, in proving his
legal title, and was applauded as he sat
down.
! SPEECH Or PINCuBACK.
Next came Ex-Governor Pinchbaclz
who rose far above the level Of his
colored associates in the hall, by the
profound respect with which he spoke
of Mr.. Lamar and Of the gentlemen OF
the South. He gave Sheridan some
hard hits, but if there was any moral
III the proceedings Of the day, it was
to show that Louisiana deserved repre-
sentation in Congress by Mr.. Lamar,
and not by mulatto or cacpet-baggcrs,
whether Republicans or Democrats.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

back steps of the Office and was in three
feet of the press room, where before
there was over fifty feet of bank, the
caving stopped. There has been no
caving since. Our press room was,
however, in a dangerous place, and it
became necessary to remove it. The
removal of the building and the setting
up of the press on more solid founda-
ton, has occasioned the loss of two
issues of the paper. Our facilities are
again complete, the press being in bet
ter condition than before, and we are,
once more, prepared to go ahead. j..
To Maurice McKinna and Robert
Johnson, whose knowledge of machin-
cry materially aided in the taking
down and setting up of our press, and
to numerous other friends who cheer
fully rendered us aid in the hour of our
trouble, we tender our sincere thanks.
We have enough of solid ground re-
naming upon which to keep our fires
burning. The caving, which we think,
has permanently ceased, was doubtless
caused by the washing away Of sand in
the channel on this side of the river. A
very swift and strong current has been
steadily passing in our rear during tho
overflow, which must have washed
away the foundation of the bank, ant
caused the falling of the superincum
bent earth. People from all portions
of the city collected to witness the sud
| den catastrophe, but no one seemed t.
have a clear and satisfactory idea of thu
cause.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

On the 3Oth of May the people OF
Concorlia parish We're to have held Il
meeting to come to some agreement
Gas to the manner of providing for the
cultivation of the coming CROP So
says the Eagle of that date, and the
same paper says that "One of the largest
barhecues ever given in that parish
will be held on the 18th of .|uly,' tu
which Il large number of speakers have
been invited. Music has been secured
and nothing will be left unIome tH
make the barbecue a grand success.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

There has been no issue of the TELE-
GRAPH since the Goth ult. The Mon
day following ats O'Clock p. NJ, the
menced falling into the river. In three
hours, over fifty feet of solid, substan-
tial earth had fallen in. Meanwhile, it
seemed, ut the rapid progress made by
the caving, that nothing would be left
of the lot upon which this Office stands,
and steps were taken, rs in case of a
confiagration, to remove everything
out of danger. Our power press, job
and proof presses were taken down and
removed further from the river bank.
The Office, in fact, was a scene of con-
fusion-presses, cases and everything
else. When the river had reached the
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19
GOV. McENERY'S SPEECH.

[From the n. o. Times, 18th.
n large and enthusiastic crowd accu-
nuIatod around the Clay statue last
evening, and upon the arrival of a band
OF music, marched to merry strains to
the residence of Gov. McEnery, No. 10
Dauphinc street. a deputation of gen.
tlemen then entered the house and in
vited the Governor to make speech
The music subsiding, Gov. McEnery
commenced with a review of his mis-
sion to Washington to obtain an ac-
acknowledgement, or secure u comnittal
again to the people OF the right to elect
the persons Of their choice.
He stated that upon his arrival at
Washington the President was in favor
OF Carpenters bill, but that IL change of
his views was effected by the leaders of
his party stating that they were pledged
TO Kellogg, and by that pledge the
| party must stand or fall.
The Governor next referred to ana
interview that took place between the
! President, Mr.. Mcmillan and himself.
Attorney General Williams being also
present, i'll which the President made
searching Inquiry and received such
answers as to be nonplusscd, and quiet
~ shifted the responsibility of answer
| ing on Mr.. Williams. He next referred
to the feeling and opinions respecting
! their cause at the North wherever it
had been correctly and truly represent
cd also that the Congressman who had
to return to their constituents woult. s,s,
held to strict account.
lie then spoke of the traitors of the
party,whose actions had been distorted
and sounded to the people North as
ac4uioscencc in the Kellogg govern
mcnt. hcGOvcrnOr spoke next of the
Dem ocratic party, of its growing DOW
err, saying that us a straightout Demo-
crat he should fight his share of his
native States battles to the end. He
dWelt long on the good effects of Il con-
solidation among the party, and the
tact that the Democrats We're constantly
cunning strength. In referring to the
fact of nominating and elccting men,
bcrs for the next Legislature, he advised
them to elect good men, see that the
votes were fairly counted, and that
they took their seats.
! Somebody in the crowd mentioning
| Durcii, the Governor stated Dureil
would give the few remaining years of
his life to recall the famous midnight
! order. Thanking the :,ssembIage for
their attention and the honor conferred
on him, the Governor made way for f.
j. Ellis, Esq, who in Il stirring and
eloquent little speech awoke great ap-
plause.
Loud cries for Mr.. Booth were re-
spondod t" by that gentleman in his
characteristic manner, he being follow
ell by others and music.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

There was recently Il city election in
Monroe. An unhappy division in the
ranks of the Republicans resulted iu
the election of Il Democratic Mayor and
three COunciimcn. Docs not this little
straw show the necessity of Il perfect
union of all our forces in November
next? United we stand, divided we
fall.-SWgtn' Planter.
ga perfect union of all or forces -
So, the Sugar Planter has gone over to
the Radicals and negroes
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

Hon. Emile LaSerc, president of the
Democratic State Central Committee,
has issued an address to the people of
the State, but the address has not reach
cd this office, rs yet. In those parishes
where the Democrats have oven Il rcas-
enable hope Of success at the election i'll
November, the work of organization
cannot be begun any too soon.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

The notorious burglar and escaped
convict, Pierre Berlin, was rctaken by
the police of New Orleans few days
ago, without resistance. The Picayune
issued an extra announcing the capture.
Mr.. Berth has arisen to his present emf
hence from the humble calling of Il res
ta,lrant waiter.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

Mr.. Moncrcif, living north of Homer,
who travels about with a wheat
threshcr, says that in the parish fully
three times the usual amount of wheat
Will be made this year. This is en-
couraging news i'll the present condi-
ton of the farmers, and we sincerely
hope it is the beginning of 4 plan of
cultivation that will make all our
planters entirely sclf-sustaining in the
future. When mon make their /" hog
and hominy' at homo then we shall
have prosperous an,! happy people, but
not before, - EUjGO5rsc .14rOcute, GM.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

The large grocery house of Bayly &
Pond, of New Orleans, was recently
burned. Loss, 500, oO" fully insured.
Til" origin OF the fire is the subject OF
judicial inquiry, with closed doors,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19
LYNCUING IN FRANKLIN.
Two Young Men Hung by Naskcrs.

In the carly part of May, a most hor-
rible murder was committed on the
Bayou MACON, on the person of a man
named Arbuckle who was in the
Bayou with Il trading boat. Two
young men, a. b. and II. l.. Norris,
and young man named Henry Lewis,
fell under suspicion as the perpetrators
of the crime of numbering Arbucblc, to
which was added the crime of robbing
the dead man of $500. The two Nor.
rises were arrested, Lewis escaping.
A preliminary examination before
Judge Buic, Of Franklin resulted in
sending the accused before the District
Court. The testimony was strong
against both the accused, Tom Norris
being Identified by Mrs. Arbucl.lc and
her brother, both OF whom were on the
boat. Tho accused offered no witnesses,
behaving ON the trial, according to the
Franklin Sun, with Indifference and
even levity. n strong guard was put
around the Jail to insure the safe keeps
ing of tho prisoners. What followed
is thus narrated by the Sun, of the 18th,
which narrative we preface with the
remark that tho two yolng mon were
Of respectable family and had been
reared with tenderness and fathcrly
care:
On Saturday night just before twelve
O'Clock, between sixty and seventy five
armed men appeared all at once around
IL
surrender. or course they had no al
tentative left but to do so. The party
then demanded the keys Of the jail,
obtaining which they Immediately en-
tered it. They accostcu the Norris's las
they are said to have accOStcd their
victim Arbucl>lc, demanding their
money! Then they proceeded to take
Off their chains. Those Of \. Il. y orris
We're first lOoscd, and he was led out,
and on reaching the ground attempted
to run, but was soon secured, and II
rope being tied around his neck, was
hung to 4 thorn tree.
In the mean time parties were busy
with Thos. l.. Norris in the Jail, who
made desperate resistance while the
process of unchaining him was going
on which was attended with consider
able difficulty. lie said among other
tuIiS0 tltstI nc Ntttlt SlNcutf Ifc nlrtlc-
ulars if they would not hang him.
When he WAS taken out, an attempt
was made to hang him on the same
limb with his brother, who was already
apparently dead, when it broke and
they both fell to the ground. The two
were then run up on another branch
and placed back to back, in which posi-
ton they were left. Tho following
placard, in well formed Capital letters,
was stuck i'll some thorns right beside
them
"TlIE MTRDEREE'S AND ROBBERS
REWARD! HONESTY Is THE BEST
POLICY. NOU Nc MEN. Bt.WN ARE, AN d
TAl<t. W.\RNtNG FROM THEIR EN-
AMPLE"
With the exception of some cries
made by the unfortunate men, Cvcry
thing WAS carried on very quietly, and
their work being accomplished, the
parties dispersed rs suddenly rs they
appeared.
The bodies hung in the position they
were placed until about Ii o'clock on
sunday morning, when Coroner Mc\-cv
arrived and held an inquest over them,
when they were delivered to their rela-
tivcs, dressed, dccently coifiucd and
taken down TO the family grave ward
for intormrnt.
The entire Democratic State ticket
,1... t.N.l
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

Gen. Toombs, after his recent call at
the White House, was heard to. say
that the Civil Rights bill might pass
both houses of Congress, but it would
t'take n two-thirds vote of both houses
to enact it,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19
LOUISIANA IN CONGRESS-.
tam:T Makes Forcibic Speech
sheridan and rinchhHrk State
Their Cases.
louisville Couricr-Jourual. !
J.DtlSIANA ELlEt "rlD\.

A&IilNGTnN, June s, lS7i.-Thc
iouiSi:tuu election contest, between
piuchhacil and Sheridan, came up in
the House to-day and excited a degree
of intcScst altogcthcr unusual i'll cases
of this kind, which are generally very
dry and technical. The committee had
reported Il resolution declaring that
neither pinchhaciS nor Sheridan is en-
titled 20 Il scat upon the evidence fur
nishCd, and allowing both parties to
take further testimony. McsSrs. La
mar, Grassland, and Spccr, reported
that sheridan is entitled TO the seat.
The debate opened With Il dull speech
from Bourduan Smith, chairman of
the committee, i'll favor OF the majority
report. Nobody listened to him,
though personally he is much respected.
j. Halo Syphcr, the independent car
pet-bagger who was proven to have
stuffed the ballot boxes in his own
election some years since, spoke next
in favor of Piuchback, but gained no
audience.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19

Th" entire Democratic STATE ticket
was elected at the recent election in
Oregon.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19
COLONEL. LAMNk'S SPEECH.

Mr.. Lamar, of Mississippi, was the
next speaker. His reputation in the
House for ability and clouucnce and
fairness secured him 4 hearing, which,
rs he proceeded soon became general.
He spoke toreibiy of the law and the
points involved in the ease, putting
the claim of Sheridan in Il very strong
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-18
nesr nrlnkinr m EngIand.

In turning to England, says writer
upon the subject of beer, it should be
mentioned that Diodor, of Sicily,
ascribed love OF drinking to its inhab-
itants, and a passage in Ossian seems to
confirm It, But it is not certain what
they drank. In the translation of the
Anglo.Saxon Bible there is one passage
in st. Luke iii, l5)-" And ha ne
drincd voin ne beer" He drinks uei-
ther wine nor beer The inhabitants
Of Wales drank mostly hydromel
(mead) up to the year 1919; but also
beer, of which there we're two descrip
tions-commou ale and spiced ale-and
the law fixed the price OF the latter at
twice the value of the former. Beer
drinking remained family custom in
England, with high and low, up to the
fourteenth century, but about the year
1907 beer had become dearer and its price
according to quality was two, three or
four pence gallon. Accordingly, a
regulations of the corporation of the
city of London determined that gallon
of the best beer should only cost three
halEpence and common beer one penny.
In Hohnshed's time (about 1870 differ
ent descriptions of beer were brewed in
England. The best was called March
beer, because it was brewed in March,
and it was commonly drunk after being
one month old, but at the tables of dis
tinguished people. one and two years
old. From that time wine, which was
imported in many qualities, superceeded
beer-drinking. At the time OF Henry
III wines from Gsscony formed the
chief beverage. Beer likewise remained
in use, but the taste was for new beer very
little hoped, and at the royal table no
beer older than FIVE days was allowed to be
offered. There existed also some police
inspection of breweries ia the sixteenth
century; the officers were called ale con-
ners. 1t is also recorded how the En-
glish brewed their beer They made a
Eind of extract of malt which they called
graut, which was very thick, and kind
of common hopped beer called ale,
which was very Intoxicating, according
to description of the well known DR..
Cardanus, who drank OF it in England
and mentions it in his book, " De SAINT
Tuenda," iii SO, as mentioned by Grasse.
Celebrated was the beer OF Hertiord, cal
led kamma in the Middle Ages, the old
British koorow in the country of Derby
and especially the Yorkshire ale. There
was also spiced beer, called bracket
made Of ale, pepper and honey, and
much in favor with the common people
Another description was made OF sugar
beer, spices and bread; this was called
ale-berry.