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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-03

--brevet Brigadier General Leslie Of
New York city, died Wednesday. aged
~ FEARS.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-03
TRAIN ROBBERY IN CANADA
From the Toronto Globe, Nov. IA. j

1eSIerOay evening tue CITY was
thrown il to a state of intense excite
ment by a report that robbery-the
most daring and successful ever perpe.
trated in Canada, had been committed
on the Great Western Railway. A Globe
reporter was quickly on the alert, and
upon inquiry from ali the sources of
information, found the faPts to have
been these: The evening train leaving
Hamilton at about o'clock arrived at
Port Credit on time, and everything
then was in the usual order. Shortly
after leaving Port Credit, however. a
man entered the rear door of the baggage
and express car, and simultaneously
four other men came in the other
door, all disguised by having white
smocks drawn over their heads, cover
ing the greater part of their dresses,
with holes in the upper part to allow Of
their seeing their way for the carrying
on of their operations. The man at
the rear door kept guard, so that no
escape, however dangerous that might
have been, could be effected in that
way. The other four advanced in the
opposite direction, and two of them
seized the baggageman, named Mont
gomery, and first gagging him with a
sort of wad, previously prepared, Sc
curely tied him, throwing him on the
floor of the car. The other two des-
peradoes attacked the express mcssen-
ger. named Dundon, in the employ of
the American Express Company, who,
upon Offering what resistance the Cir
cumstances permitted, was knocked
down, and also gagged and bound. The
men then searched his pockets and
found the key Of the iron box in which
the valuable packages were deposited,
and had no difficulty in possessing
themselves of the whole Of them.
The train proceeded toward the
city at more than ordi-
nary rate, and, as usual, upon ap.
preaching the numerous switches near
the junction of the Great Western and
the Toronto, Grey and Bruce railways,
slackencd speed, when the ruthans who
had committed the outrage jumped
from the car and escaped. Such was
the account given by the two men.
when. upon the train reaching the
Queens Wharf, they were discovered
bound and gagged, lying on their backs,
On examination Of the car, it was found
that the bell rope had been cut between
the car and the engine. which must have
been done by the four men on the plat
form before entering the car, thus eff
fectually preventing any alarm being
given by the engine driver by the ex
pressman or baggageman. even if they
had not been so speedily overpowered.
The place at which the miscreants
alighted was near the barracks, place
which would afford them . good oppor
tunity to escape.
The amount stolen is variously esti
mated at from SO, 900 to 500. 600. bu
from careful inquiries it is Prooabl'
that the total will be something shor'
Of $4,000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-31
Reason Among Insects.

LOOMING al the nervous system of in
seCtS, in whom there is no definite brain,
but merely a succession of ganglia united
by double nervous cord, many physiol-
oEist> have thought that reason could be
one of the attributes of the insect race.
Yet nothing is more certain than that
they are able to converse With each 9th
cr and comm Inicatc ideas, this fact
showing that they must possess reason.
As far as we know the hymcnopterous
insects, namely, The bees, wasps and
ants, are the best linguists OF the insect
race, their language being chiefly CON
Quoted by means OF their antcnn@ a
good example Of this was Witnessed by
me last summer tlS12l.
At brcaktasf-timc some pieces of the
white Of egg were left on plate. A
wasp came in ut the window, and after
flying about for while algutci on the
plate. won't to the piece Of egg and tried
loraryy ii of Wishing 10 see what the
insect would do, | would not allow is to
lrdjs'ugucd. After several UuaNailju-
attempts to lit the piece of egg The
wasp laid It down and flew out of the
window Presently hr3 wasp> came in,
few dIrcc, to the plate, picked up the
piece of egg. and in some way or other
cunlrycd 10 get il out of the window
These were evidently the first wasp and
a companion whom il had fetched 90
help H.
! had kind Of suspicion that when
the WaSps reached thtir home they would
tell their companions OF their good for
tune, and so pat some more egg ON the
plate and waited In very short time
.t in, r..
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-31

fired two more shots, luckily missing
him also. The fellow having got between
Albert and the white wall the latter could
see the arm raised for another shot, out
before it could 10 fred the arm was
struck down and broken near the elbow
bv blow from Mr.. Van Brunts shot
gun, which was also smashed. Changing
the pistol TO his left hand and calling ms
adversary a vile name the burglar at
tempted to fire again; bat before he
could do so young Van Brunt had
whipped out his revolver and sent bul-
let into his would-he murderer's breast,
The burglar staggered, received an
other bullet in his head and
fell. Meantime the villain from
whom the elder Mr.. Van BrunJ's bullet
had brought the howl of pain continue
to fire away in the dark, and the hired
man replied with Il discharge from ms
shotgun In short, as far as any OF the
survivors can now remember, the iuSiI-
iading here became general, the only
thing positively known after the second
or third shot being the gratifying fact
that while none of the defenders Of the
Judges property were hurt, the TWO burg
lars were literally rddlcd with bullets
one was stone dead, with his empty
Seven shooter under his head; the other
lived until five O'Clock about two houIs.
The battle was heard in their houses by
many OF the neighbors, and the awful
suffering of Mrs Van Brunt and Miss
Van Brunt, who watched the whole ARRAY
from their window is something that can
not very well be told. 1t was no more
nor less than the woman, the wife and
the mother that soon atterWard spoke,
when Mrs Van Brunt, in reply to a re
quest for some whisky for the dying
burglar, said Whisky for him! for the
man who tries TO kill my husband? Oh,
no! don't want him to Iiye-let him die.
Atall events, he gets no whisky from me!'
A number Of the ncighbors came rush
ing to the place and got there by the
time the shooting was over. Among
them was sailor named Herkey, who
entered into conversation with the
Younger of the two thieves, who was
still alive Mr.. ticrkcy says: " | asked
him who he was and he said his name
was Joseph Douglass, and that he was q
single man, having no relations except a
brother and sister whom he had not seen
for twelve or fifteen years. MOshcr, he
said, was married man and had five
children. Then he said, It's no use ly-
ing now, | helped to steal Charlie Ross.
When | heard this | sent right away to
get all the people together that ! could
so that the evidence that he might give
would be fully established He said
that he helped Moshcr to steal Charlie
Ross; that he was in the buggy with
Moshcr when they stole him Mosher
knows all about it, said he told him
that Moshcr was dead and asked him to
tell me the particulars, Inspector
WalliuE knows, said he, and the boy
win get home all right l questioned
him further but could not get anything
more out of him, as he was suffering SO
terribly that he could not talk
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-31
Clean the Horse Stables.

An intelligent person would suppose
that such "a suggestion az the above head
rng conveys is entirely supcrduous Vet
ii one viii visit the premises Of farmers
II wall be seen that more than three
fourhs or those who keep horses are
surprisingly slack in regard to having
their stables cleaned We have in mind
several energetic and intelligent tilers
of the soil Who sometimes do not clean
their stables once in twowccks. A short
time since, having occasion 20 90 into
one of the stables of the farmers alluded
their hind feet ON the accommodations of
the stable. which were more than six
inches I'm drpth. while their fore feet
were ON the door Such a Filthy and UNI
bcaI,hv practice cannot be denounced
with too grcqi emphasis Besides this.
such - pllc.of manure renders the posi-.
tlon of amy animal. whether living or
standing. exceedingly uucomforabIc.
To-day we went into the stable of a
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-31
Locating Farm Buildings.

THE first settlers in the Eastern States
were in majority of instances Obliged
to clear away the forest trees before
building houses for themselves or sheds
and barns for their stock. The hfgh.
WAYS were not laid out, but the habit
was soon formed Of driving teams close
up to the front door Of the dwelling, and
the track thus formed aftcrward became
the public road. In all Of the older
Northern States we find the old farm.
houses standing close to the road, one
side of many forming the line, while
with others there maybe a few feet in
tervening, but in very few instances is
there sufficient space between house and
road to admit of anything like garden
or lawn. This fashion, habit, or what
ever we may choose to call it, arising
partly from necessity at first, seems to
have become prevailing custom over
large region Of country, and the sons
and grandsOns initiate their ancestors
without appearing to ask themselves
why they crowd the roads with their
al1n.buidings while there is plenty of
room further back, and neither necessity
nor wisdom in continuing the practice.
The pioneers upon The Western prairies.
paying only dollar or TWO per acre for
land, upon which there is neither stone.
stump nor other obstacle in the way of
locating the farm buildings, are very
prone to crowd the highways through
habit, and afterward suffer from dust,
stirred up by every passing team or
drove of cattle. OF course the placing
of the dwelling near the road necessi-
tates for convenience sake the building
of barns, sheds, and other outbuildngs
near by, and the farmer soon covers the
ground which in after years will be re-
Quired for ornamental purposes.
Such blunders and shortsightedness on
the part of the first settlers are certainly
bad enough, but we have seen hundreds
of instances where the crowding of the
highways with the dwelling-house did
not seem to satisfy the farmer; there
fore, to make the outlet still worse the
barns, stables and Cow-sheds were placed
directly opposite and close up to the line
of a very narrow country road. 1t is I'M
necessary to comment upon these absurd
and ridiculous arrangements of farm
buildings, for no man who stops to con
slider the subject for a moment would be
guilty of committing such blunders.
There are no doubt hundreds of our
readers who will during the coming year
locate sites for new homes, and we beg
them to place their dwellings and out
buildings at a goodly distance from what
is, or is to become, the public road 1t
may be that you are striking out into a
wilderness today, butitwill certainlynot
be many years before the wild grasses
viii give way TO the cultivated, and the
fruits, flowers and all the adjuncts Of
civilization will surround you, and it is
well to keep these things in view from
the beginning in order to have them fit
in nicelyWheu they do arrive Take the
first step right and the others will follow
in order; for good taste and judgment
can be displayed as well in locating
log cabin as in fixing the site of costly
palace N. Y. San.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-31

that of common garden-ant, and that
the shape and aspect are as different as
their size. The second point is a very
curious one 1t has long been known
that many beetles live in ants nests, buf
believe that this is the only record of
the beetles accompanying the ants in
their migrations.-"N Man and Beast Hers
aud Hereafter" by Rec. j. g. Wood, Lon.
11g
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-31

Tor the rest of the wasps acknowledge
their sentinel and trust to it for guard
ing the approaches of the nest while
they 90 about their usual task OF collect
ing food for the young and new material
for the nest
As for ants, some of their performances
are absolutely startling, SO closely do
they resemble the customs of human
civilization.
They have armies commanded by Of
tcers, who issue their orders, insispupon
obedience, and, on the march, will not
permit any of the priyates to stray from
the ranks. There are some ants which
will Till the ground, weed it, plant the
particular grain on which they feed, cut
it when ripe and store it away ia their
subterrancan graDaTies. There are ants
which are as arrant Shareholders as any
people on earth ever were. They make
systematic raids on the nests of other
ants, carry of the yet unmatched cocooGs,
and rear them in their own nests to be
their servants.
There are ants which bury their dead
IA fact which was discovered by acct
dent.
\ lady had been obliged to kill some
the ground. Presently a single ant found
its dead companions, and examined them
and then went off. Directly it returned
with number of others, and proceeded
TO the dead bodies Four ants went to
each corpse, two lifting it and the other
two following, the nam body, some POO
in number, following behind. The four
bearers took their office in turns, one
tIg.yr
tired They went straight TO a sandy
hillOCk, and there the bearers put down
their burdens, and the others immedi
ately began TO dig holes. A dead ant
was then placed in each grave, and the
soil filed in. The most curious part of
the proceedings was that some six or
seven ants refused to assist in grave
digging; upon which the rest set on them,
killed them, dug one large hole and tum-
bled them unCeremoniously into it!
In Frocbel's work on South America
there is a good account of the proceed
ings of some ants:
." had several opportunities of obsery-
ing the manner of several kinds of ants
living in the houses. All of them are
very inoftensive and even useful Great
ures. On one occasion witnessed a re-
markabe instance Of the concerted and
organized action of a crowd Of them.
They were of "a minute species, but by
the wonderful order and speediness with
which they worked together and which
it would have been difficult TO realize
with men, they succeeded in performing
"a task apparently quite beyond their ca
pabilitv.
" They carried dead scorpion of full
grown size mp the wall of our room from
the floor to the ceiling, and thence along
the undcr.surface Of beam to consid-
cradle distance, when at last they
brought it safely into their nest in the
interior Of the wood During the latter
part of this achievement they had to
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-31
The Shooting OF the Supposed hid-
napers of Charlie Ross.

shooting, on Long loldHu' w " imam
Mosher and, Joseph Douglass, while en-
gagged in committing burglary IN the
summer residence Of Judge Van Brunt,
at Bay Ridge The two burglars are be
lievcd 10 have been concerned in the alb
duction from Philadelphia of the missing
boy Charlie Ross;
On one of these headlands, about a
mile from the landing, stand two baud
some dwellings, one an Oldfashioned but
wcll-prcseryed house Of the Long Island
pattern, and the other Of the more mod
orn style Of country villa The latter is
the residence Of Mr. j Holmes Van
Brunt, brother Of Judge Van Brunt, and
the other is used as a summer residence
by the Judge himself, who was born be-
meath It's roof and continues to retain
possession of &C. The houses are sep
aratcd only by sinai piece of boundary
lawn When the Judge was closing up
his house at the Cud of the season NE
very prudcntly furnished il with burg
lar-aiam telegraph, which conveys IN
formation of the slightest inter
ference with any OF its doors or
windows into the bedroom OF Mr..
Holmes Van Brunt, in the adjoining
house On yesterday morning at two
o'clock this alarm.bcll rang the changes
violently Mr. Van Brunt and his wife
and daughter were awake and neard Il,
the old gentleman being on a bed OF
sickness and general wakctulness. from
which he has suffered for two or three
weeks, and the ladies being in attend
ancc on sick child. Upstairs and
asleep was Nh Albert Van Brunt. a
grownup son of the old gentleman
whom Miss Van Brunt called immediate
ly When he came downstairs the
father said Albert, 90 over and see
what has sounded that alarm; guess the
wind has blown open one of those blinds
again'-an occurrence which had more
than once before caused the bell TO ring
Albert complained n little about having
to step down and out all alone but, re-
mcmbcrjng the old gentlemans illness,
he went nevertheless, first taking the
prccnutou to put pistol in his pocket
Approaching his unClcN house he noticed
- ilIckedug light through the blinds of
one of the windows Then he re.
turned to his own house, told his
father about the light, procured a Ian
tern for himself and went to wake up
William Scott the Judges gardener, who
lived in cottage close by ON their
way back Scott and Albert made an
other reconnaissance, and asccrtained
that more than one man was in the house
with the light They then went to the
barn and awOke Herman Frank, the hired
man, whom they enrolled in their force.
Placing his little squad in WatCh-oHe
man in front and the other behind the
JUDGES huusc-Nr. Albert Van Hruut
returned once more to his father and re-
ported BY this time the old man felt as
II he should "makp am effort. and he
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-31

THE only thoroughly blighted being is
the young man who has been deceived in
a meerschaum When he has expended
his money in purchasing the costly COM
fort, when he has consumed tobacco
enough to unscttle the nerves of rhi,
noceros, and the stubborn pipe still re-
fuses to color, demonstrating to him the
fact that he has been sold, then does the
hoiiowness of this world and all that
therein is become fully and disgustingly
apparent
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-08-20

The l,Orld thus makes a long story
very short;
The least said is truly the soonest
mended. Decent people who find life
too short to wade through the filth Of the
Brooklyn scandal may like to have the
pith Of the case laid before them in its
four cardinal points, now all in evidence,
and fatally correlated by the dates.
TiitOH 10 MoHit0N.-December, 1870.
Six months ago | learned from my wife
that II. w. Beecher had dishonored my
home. Bring him TO me that | may
mention il to him. T. TILToN.
MONifoH 10 Beechy.-yanuary, 1871.
Tilton thinks you have ruined his bust
ness. Prove yourself his friend and il
will be all right. You can stand on the
truth. F. ID. MoULToN.
BseeheyO MoRGOH May, 1873. Pay
to f. d. Moulton, for the benefit oi
Theodore Tilton, FIVE thousand dollars
II. w. BEEcHER.
7RtoH 10 BeeekW.-June, 1873. Tc
II. w. b. Grace, mercy, peace.
r. T.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-08-20

SENATOR MORTON, Of Indiana, open
ed the campaign in Indiana week or
two ago. Speaking of his effort the
Morrison (Ill.) Times says:
He faced an assemblage who held
him to account for his actions in Con-
gress. After vainly endeavoring to ex-
plain his conduct, he tried the other
tack, and told his audience that the
coming struggle was to be between the
old Democrats and the Republicans.
How these salary-grabbers and Credit
Mobiler men will prevaricatel Senator
Morton knows we'll that the coming po-
litical struggle win be against fraud,
corruption, bribery and stealing Of eve
ry description that has disgraced our
county, State and National Legislatures
for years past. 1t is the indignation and
determination that the majority of the
people feel against the perpetrators Of
these wrongs, that cause SO much uneas-
mess among many leadersof the Repub-
lican party. As certain as the fall
campaign is approaching so certain are
the people bound to rise and defeat eve
ry man who has sullied his name with
any dirty job, q uI
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-08-20

stituton, 36I against license, ,. Wake
man, against the Constitution, 100
against license, 90. Milan, against III,
Constitution. I7o, against license, o..
Medina, against the Constitution. Al
against license, Al. Ashtabula county,
Conneaut, for the Constitution, 200
against license, II8. Sandusky county,
two townships, including Fremont City.
against the Constitution, 500; against IL
cense, 355. Seneca county, two town
ships, including partial returns from
Tifin City, against the Constitution, $40
for license. 1873. Mahoning county.
Youngstown township and city, againrt
the Constitution, "a; against license, I5I.
Trumbull county, Warren city and town
ship, Tor the Constitution, 20; for license,
s.. Jefferson county, Steubenyille,
against the Constiiution7I8 for license
81. Columbiana county, New Lisbon
and township. against the Constitution,
AT; against license, 200. Tuscarawas
county, Urichsville, against the Consti-
tuition, AT; against license, 400. Erie
county, Vermillion, against the Consti-
tuition, 3o for license, 81. Portage coun-
ty, Aurora, for the Constitution, as;
against license, 2S. Richland county,
Belleville, against the Constitution, 273;
against license, o.. Lucas and Monroe
townships, against the Constitution. 27I;
against license, 2o3.
In Dayton, the total vote on the new
Constitution was about half, The ma
jority for the Constitution was 56S; ma
ority for license, I,448.
Toledo city complete gives a majority
against the Constitution Of IS5, against
minority representation, 533 against
railroad aid, 6z9; majority for license,
6S7.
! MAJoRITIES AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION,
Athens gives 90 majority for the Con-
stituton; p majority for license, Zanes-
vile gives 100 majority against the Con-
stituiion 600 for license. Muskingum
county will probably give 1900 majority
against the Constitution. The vote in
Lancaster on the Constitution was a tic.
New Lexington gives 37S majority against
the Constitution, and % against license.
St. Clarsville gives majorities of 322
against the Consultation, and l4S against
license. Springfield gives majoritIes for
the Constitution Of 90, and for license,
1856. Ottawa reports Putnam county ma
jorities at 55against the Constitution and
393 against license Waynesville gives
ABS against the Constitution, and $50
against license Millersburg gives a
majority against the Constitutioe Of zoo,
and reports from Holmes county gives
1000 against. Mount Vernod gives $50
majoriues against the Constitution.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-08-20

GEY. ]. A. GARFIELD was, ON Thurs
day last, renominated by the Republi-
cans of the Portage district on the first
ballot by vote of one hundred in his
favor to thirty-four against him. IL was
but short time since, that Republican
county conventions in his district were
demanding his resignation. What has
he done since to purge himself? In this
connection we would also note that gag
law Poland was, ON Wednesday last, re-
nominated by the Republicans of the
Second district of Vermont. Thus, one
by one, the men who have proved un-
true to the people are rewarded by re-
nominations ut the hands of party lead
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-08-20
R. R. ACCIDENT.
COLLISION BETWEEN An EX-
CURSIONAND 4 COAL TRAIN

CORNWALL, Pa, August I5.-A train
bearing the American Mechanics Ex-
cursion party, which left Norristown
early this morning, for a trip to New
York and up the Hudson river, came in
collision with coal train on a siding
the switch being misplaced. The for
ward cars were telescoped and several
persons were killed and number in
iured. Physicians have reached here
from Philadelphia Trenton, Bristol and
other places. The alleged cause was a
mistake of the switch tender, who, hav-
ing no notice of the excursion train
coming, first turned the switch right, and
then, in confusion, put it back. An ex-
ira car, next to the engine, was tele-
scoped with the next passenger, Five
deaths are reported with fourteen persons
seriously wounded. -