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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-16
A California P0mer0y.

San Francisco boasts a youth the cOun-
terpart of Jesse Pomeroy. His name is
Harry Rogers and he is but ten years Of
age. When about eight years Of age the
youngster was detected in catching the
neighbors' chickens, which, having con.
veyed 10 some hiding place, he proceeded
10 torture to death by infiIcting cuts on
every part of their body with pieces of
glass, apparently utterly regardless OF the
sometimes painful wounds which his own
fingers received from his unmanageablc
weapon during the operation. Curiously
enough he seemed 10 have sense enough
10 prolOng the torture Of his victims by
avoiding any wound in the neck or other
vital part, so that the victims of his blood
thirstiness were occasionally able To make
their way home after being released.
About this time disposition 10 bite and
pinch children WAS manifested, and his
mother sent him To the Brothers School
in Oakland, and afterwafd 10 two other
private schools, from all Of which he was
sent home in hurry so soon as he began
10 display hts peculiar propenslties. FL
aally, after two years oil trouble win
him, the mother, who Is an in.
valid. procured him board with Il
family named Bennett, near Sgucelito,
and here for the first time he seems TO
have given full vent b. his internal appe.
tite for blood One day recently he In.
weighed child Of the family less than
three years old into The barn, and covered
it partially with gunny sacks, after which
with piece of bone, which had been
broken so as 20 present ehiseled edge,
he proceeded to cut the child's hips in a
most horrible manner, infiicti1g no less
than nineteen wounds, and finishing by
severing ts right ear from Its head with
the exception Of slight piece OF skin. The
father Of the injured child was absent al
the time, and voting Rogers was instantly
sent home to his mother, signalling his
arrival by setting fire 10 the curtains and
nearly destroying the house. His mother
declares that the mania has come upon
him entirely within :he past two years,
and that when accused Of bis deeds he
frankly owns up, only saying he +" could
not help it, On one occasion he got
hold OF black -and-tan puppy belonging
10 his step-father, which was Of sodiIninu-
tive a breed that when half grown IL
weighed one and half pounds, and liter.
ally fayed il alive, causing net loss OF
$75 to the owner.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-16
A NIGHT OF ALARM.

Nv sister Julia was always courageous
In our youth the country was wilder than
now; but il might be said OF her that she
was not brought up in the woods to be
scared by an owl. She would traverse the
most unfrequented paths, wondering al
my timidity,
There was nothing masculine, however
in Jula's appearance; she was simply a
sweet Joyous child, with an absence OF
fear in her character and consequent
clearness of perception in all cases of sup.
posed or actual danger.
When | was sixteen and Julia was
eighteen my father hired a laborer named
Hans Schmidt, Hessian, who had been
in the British service and who, at the
close of the war, had deserted from his
regiment.
He was powerful man, with heavy
imbruted countenance, and both julia
and myself were struck, at the very first,
with an intuitive dread Of him. The
feeling in Julia hardly took the charac
ter Of fear, but was one rather of loath
ing.
One evening she read of horrible
murder that thrilled our blood, and upon
turning her eyes from the paper they en-.
countered those of Hans Schmidt. There
was something terrible in that glance and
from that moment, she resolved that the
villain should be turned away.
As her wishes and opinions were al
ways of much weight with father, he gave
Hans his discharge.
Soon after this Julia and | were left
alone in the house, both father and mother
being absent upon visit until the follow
ing day, and we happened to be without a
servant at the time Qor we kept more than
one).
AT night we went up to bed and had
partly disrobed, when Julia turned hastily
to the window.
u declare" she said, "the evening is
so pleasant that it is pity to remain in
doors. Idont feel a bit sleepy; let's go
down on the lawn"
We descended the stairs. How little
imagined what was in Julia's heartl
Harry Irving came up just as we reached
the lawn. He was only casually passing
the house.
Julia engaged him in conversation and
he joined u.s. My sister was more than
usually lively.
Where are Tom, and Edgar, and
Will?r she asked.
sOh," replied Harry, they are over to
my uncle's. They will be coming back
soOn.n
The three young men soon appeared
upon the road; and, to my surprise, Julia
arose at their approach and called US
aside from the door.
Now, Mary, you need not be nerv-
GUS" she said. Keep quiet, and do not
speak above your breath There is man
under our bed--there, therep and she
clasped her hand over my mouth
man under our bed, and the young Irvings
are going 10 secure him"
They all provided themselves with
heavy sticks and then, guided by Julia,
assembled the stairs.
AS to myself, could not follow them
but remained trembling and leaned upon
the doorsteps Never did l experience a
greater sense of relief than when the as.
sailing party descended, looking partly
ashamed and partly amused, having found
nothing to justify their sudden anna
ment
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-16

A lady asked her little boy: Have
you called your grandma to tea?s Yes.
When went to call her she was asleep,
and did not wish to halloo at grandma,
nor shake her; so kissed her cheek and
that awoke her very softly. Then | ran
into the hall and said pretty loud: Grand
ma, tea is ready And she never knew
what woke her up'
No doubt at the present time there are
good many out of employment but sure
" we should have nothing 10 parallel the
fact mentioned in late English paper
that for situation worth 81 900, as clerk
TO certain schools, there were upward of
thousand applicants, while an advertise
ment for Postoffice clerk about the same
time, brought out 1900 applicants
Toronto Globe.
"A gentleman in want of house for
the summer months, in little town on
the west coast of Ireland, found CON-
modious residence close to the beach. On
consulting the house-agent's board he
read; " House to be let Apply opposite"
"Oppositet' cried he; "why, the house
faces the sea.n On making inquiry he
found that the house belonged TO New
Yorker, who was open to receive offers.
Many years ago, bill being intro
duced in the Rhode Island Legislature
"for the organization of the militia" a
hard headed member who had been in
structed by his constituency not TO let
them city chaps have everything their
own way arose in his seat and said
" Mr.. Speaker, / goes in agis that bill. !
goes in agin organs; they'll be dreadful
unhandy things in battle now, let me tell
you"
-Barstow hired farm of Norcross, in
Suffolk, Va. Norcross one day walked
across field with valued dog, when a
poisoned snake bit the dog. Norcross
sued Barstow, claiming that Barstow was
pecuniarily liable for injuries done by
snakes ON his premises. Barstow sued
Norcross for damages, claiming that the
farm was not worth the rent agreed upon
because of the presence Of the snake ON 1T.
The legal talent of the county is engaged
In these intricate suits.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-16
4LMA-KATERs ROLL.


nv EDWARD EVERETT HAZE.
~ an historical speech at the Phi-Bet
PTsnna dinner, at Cambridge, JAY !, 1884,
rssw her scan her sacred scroll,
haard her read her record roll
~ men who wrought to win the right,
NJ men who fought and died in fight,
when now hundred years by-gone,
The day she welcomed Washington,
She showed to him her boys and men,
And told him of their duty then.
aHere are the beardless boys sent,
And whispered TO them my intent
To free struggling continent.
The marks upon this scroll viii show
Their word a hundred years ago."
aOtisr-no lesser death was given
To him than by bolt from heaven!
Ouincy"-he died before he heard
The echo of his thunder word.
sand these were STRIPPING lads whom
Sent out to speak nations cry,
In sglittering generality
M living words that cannot die
John Hancock Here John Adams!
Here
sPaine, Gerry, Hooper, Williamsn Here.
NV Narragansett Elleryp Here
sam Adams, first OF freemenp Here
Nv beardless boys, my gray-beard men,
Summoned to take the fatal pen
Which gave eternal rights to men!
All present, or accounted forl"
I saw her scan again the scroll,
heard her read again the roll;
| heard her name her soldier son,
Ward, called from home by Lexington.
He smiled, and laid his baton down,
Proud TO be next to Washington!
uu nalIa1 har lisf nf hOys and men
Who served her for her battles then.
From North to South, from East to West,
He named the bravest and her best
From distant fort, from bivouac near,
!" Brooks, Eustis, Cobb and Thatcher
Here"
Name after name, with quick reply,
AS twitched his lip, and flashed his eye.
But then he choked and bowed his head
aWarren--at Bunker Hill-lies dead"
The roll was elosed-he only said:
"Ail present, or accounted for"
That scroll is stained with time and dust;
They we're not faithless to their trust.
mH those days come again-if
Call on the grandsons-what reply?
What deed OF courage new display
These fresher parchments to-dayg"
I saw her take the fresher scroll,
| heard her read the whittier roll,
And as the answers came, the while
Our mother nodded with smile:
"Charles Adams" ''HeTe" George Ban
croft" "Here."
"The Hoars." Both here" Dick
DANA "Heren
"WadsworthI" He died at duty's call. ,
'Webster!n "He fell as brave mer
fall"
everett "Struck down IN Faneui
Hail."
"Sumner!" "a nation bears his pail"
"Shaw!" "Abbottw Lowell" "Say
agem GAIL
Died thereto live on yonder WALL"
"Come East, come West, come far, come
near,
Lee, Bartlett, Davis. Devins!" "Here.'
All present, or accounted for!
Bows, heed the omen! Let the scroll
Fill as il may, as years unroll.
But when again she calls her youth
To serve her in the ranks OF Truth,
May she find all one heart, one soul;
At home, Or on some distant shore,
''All present, or accounted forW
--Scribner's Monthly for September.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-16

THE "Oneida Community" preserves
sweet corn by Getting the corn raw into
tin cans, then I'll with cold water even
with the top of the corn; solder up the
can, pricking a small hole in the cover;
solder that up also. Boil the cans and
contents in boiling water two and a hall
hours; then with hot iron open the small
hole and let the gas blow out; after which
solder up and boil again two and half
hours and set away for use.--W Western
Rnrnk
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-16

A LADY missionary in India has con-
verted whole neighborhood by simply
inducing the people 10 wash themselves;
Cleanliness once established, marked
improvement in morals at once followed.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-16

During dense fog Mississippi
steamboat took landing. A traveller,
anxious to go ahead, came to the upper.
turbed manager Of the wheel and asked
why the boat stopped. TOO much fog;
can't see the river" g But you can see
the stars overhead Yes" replied the
urbane pilot, but until the biler busts
we amt goin' that way" The passenger
went to bed satisfied.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-16

"A pauper's son ought 10 make good
balloonist, for he is an heir % naught.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-22

VIZ hear, tram many yit!ters isam the
Ho. Springs, complaints both loud aud
deep. about tho exorhltant cxaptiong Of
the resident physicians. The stranger
there Is led to believe that, should he be
able to gain access TO the bath houses
without the intervention OF doctor, the
waters will do him no good, for no other
breasts harbor the secret of their use.
Hence he hunts up physician, pays a
fee and obligates himself to repeat the
operation weekly, and then discovers that
he is paying out II considerable amount
of money without receiving anything
like an equivalent therefor. Personally.
we know nothing about this matter; but
II the complaints we hear are well
grounded. the king of esculapian lccches
congregated there should be broken up.
Nature supplies the water free. aud in
sufficient abundance for all; and n the
Springs belong to the government, it
seems to MS that all undue and unrcason-
able barriers against its free use, should be
torn down. If any of our citizens con-
template "A visit thithcr, let them obtain
quantity analysis OF the waters, and
any intelligent Cairo physician can give
all the directions that will be needed. I'm
this way they can lessen the expenses OF
their trip ID per cent or more.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-22

NEWSPAPER men who participated in the
Murphysboro celebration of the 9th. deny
with earnest persistency, the presence of
any considerable number of drunken men.
The editor of the Grand Tower Item,
grants, "for arguments sake" that a te,c
of the participators were drunk but jus
titles their drunkenness by Scriptural
precedents and present Christian prac-
tees. "lt Christians may have wine at
sacrament, Why" inquiries the ingenious
editor, "may not frcmcn partaLe of lager
beer on Independence Day. Noah and
Lot and other old patriarchs got drunk,
thousands OF years ago. Why, in view
of these examples, might not patriotic
citizens of this great Republic get drunk
on the Nations birthday!' And thus the
fellow rattles on, concluding with the in
timation that lager beer is essential to a
full expression of patriotic feeling, and
that, therefore, those who remained So
Der, during their stay at Murphysboro.
were not patriots.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-22

STANDING on the street corner. the
other day. we heard an inquiry pro-
pounded, Of the following character:
"lf Dan Mum was not participator in
the whisky frauds. how could he MAIN
tain an establishment and a style OF liv-
ing, the cost of which must have exceed
ed the salary OF his office fully tour fold?'
We felt inclined to deny that Mr.. Mum
did anything of the kind; but the
prompt interposition of bystander,
who declared that Mr.. Mum was worth
$4,000 before he entered upon the duties
of his office, rendered any such denial
unnecessary. And thus was the problem
solved, and Mr.. Munn's virtue vindi-
Gated
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-22

The number of citizens who are dis
posed to believe that Mayor Winters
superintendent of municipal affairs par
takes largely Of arbitrariness, has been
much increased by the recent threatened
decapitation Of Chief-of-police. w. NJ.
Williams. The appointment Of Captain
Williams gave great satisfaction, even to
those who resisted Mayor Winters cleo
ton. The act was received as n fore
shadowing of the Mayors dcterminat on
maintain dignified, respectable adj
minstration-to bring to his aid, in
the management of public af-
fairs, such persons only as had won the
confidence and respect Of the public. He
had promised to counsel with clear-hcad-
ed, unselfish men, and, bringing into hi.
police force Messrs. Williams, La Hue,
Whitcamp and other reputable citizens,
everybody felt assured that his promis,
would be honestly observed. Within
the past week or two, however, Mr.. Win
ter has very pointcdly indicated a pur.
pose to run the town in his own way
way that seems TO have more friction
about 1t than the council will tolerate.
lie has smacked off the official heads of
police constables Schuster and Whit
camp, and with an arbitrarincss that
would better become the Judge Advocate
OF Court Martial, than the
elective officer of a city, he utterly re-.
fuses to furnish even an intimation of the
causes that led to their removal. These
men have right to be heard, and as the
council will grant them n hearing, the
refusal OF the Mayor to inform them of
the nature of the charges against them,
will simply delay an investigation, and
prolong:the narred condition of the police
force. If. by such course, Mayor Win
ter expects to win q reputatio" ror
"Jacksonian firmness,'' many days will
not pass before he is brought to full
realization Of his mistake. Firmness has
no such clements. He is falling into ar
bitrary processes. and the sooner he
abandons them, the better for his own
reputation, and the good of the corpora
ton of which he Is the head.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-22

"A GERMAN, named Hoppe, tor many
years Mr.. Gallighcr's chef miller, has be-
come possessed of the strange idea that
he has discovered means whereby human
life may be prolonged indefinitely. His
idea is that gold and silver tubes may be
so connected with the respiratory system
as to insure perpetual existence to the
wearer. So thoroughly convinced is he
that the plan will succeed, that his
friends are apprchensive that he will at
tempt to apply It. ~ h's "'''.. H'"s' UT 10
,ne body of some child that he may be-
guile beyond the reach of succor. The
result, instead of everlasting life, will be
instant eleat!:. The man is unquestiona-
bly, insane, and should be sent to Jones'
boro. His wife, if we mistake not. is al
ready there.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-22
Mss. JyyxIx HoiNxs has htsu sub

tsWv' NRHEss <sNtNSs WV tr~W
looted 10 another exposure time at
the hands Of Boston splritualists, She
wore the sack provided for her by Olcott.
Olcott had declared II call right" but
these curious Boston people insisted up
on an examination of it for themselves.
An adroitly concealed draw string was
found, which, connecting with the
mouth of the sack, enabled her to dis
play hands and masks at pleasure. This
aid to her trickery was not removed, it
seems; but the circle essayed the adopt
ion of means to render its Use unavailing.
In this they were only partially
successful. She managed to exhibit
one OF her hands, and two faces. a lady
in the circle solemnly testified that one
of the faces belonged to the medium. A
gentleman present, who inspected the
other face, declared with equal certainty
that the other face was mask. On the
succeeding evening the circle insisted
upon test conditions. One hundred dol.
lars were offered for the privilege OF
searching her person. This offer she in
dignantly rejected. "Since Olcott's in.
vestigation she ought to be considered
above suspicion" Before en-.
tcring the cabinet, however
she consented to such restrain,
as might be imposed by pins, and til,
Bostonians pinned her more skilliully
than she anticipated they would. Tho
result was, no manifestations" Tho
willy woman managed to exhibit por
ton of the back of her hand, but all tho
signing and prayerful invocations of tn,
audience could bring out nothing further
Exhaustion, Mrs. Holmes insisted, EVA:
the cause of the failure" but, reaching
the sidewalk, she shook the dust of the
city from her feet in less than half al
hour. The members of the circle pub
lishcd the details of their "investiga
tion," adding an expression of theil
conviction that Mrs. II. is a bad woman
and an unhesitating trickstcr. And thu.
down she goes again; this time beyon,
the resurrectionery means of all the Oh
colts and Lippitts that ever attempte,
to invest her fraud with the seeming O
plausibility,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-22

The Io,ca Commercial is the name of q
mammoth weekly published in Davcn-
port and Dubuque by McLaury and San
dcrs. Twenty-eight years ago Mr.. Sam
ders published paper in Cairo--the
Delta, sprightly sheet. that attained a
circulation of nearly eight hundred sub
scribers. The Commercial is specially de-
voted to the material interests of Iowa,
and exhibits an ability and industry in its
get up that will speedily place it at the
very head of journals of its class. in the
whole Northwest.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-22
CONSTITUTIONAL IN KEN.
lucky.

No portion Of the American people
manifest greater concern for the pres
ervatiOn OF the "Constituton of our
Fathers" than our neighbOrs across the
Ohio. A State election will be held
among them In August next, and If one
might judge from the fervid utterances
of the thousand and one orators in the
field, the issue embodies this and nothing
more: 'Shall the Federal Constitution
Of our Fathers be preserved. intact. or
tall prey to vandal hands" Men who.
less than dozen years ago, were hurl-
ing storms Of shot and shell at the
avowed defenders of that sacred instru-
ment, are now sore distressed lest its fair
proportions be marred by its friends.
A Louisville orator, persuaded In his
own mind that Kentucky ought to be on
the alert, in the notwithstanding bust.
ness, admonished his hearers that all
other questions We're OF minor conse-
quence. slow can We" said he, "pre-
serve the constitution of our fathers In
view Of the pending danger, disputes
oyer minor points are as senseless as il
would be TO quarrel over the arrange.
ment of the. furniture in the house, while
the edifice itself is involved in a confla-
grafton. Let US first address ourselves to
the extinguishment of the flames and the
lesser matters can be adjusted afterwards.
Let us restore constitutional govern
ment to the country, and the consequent
peace, prosperity and happiness that will
flow from 1t will be the bright sun OF
the morning that will dissipate all the
mists that have been engendered by s?c-
tional hatred, the tyrannous legislation,
And villlanOus mlsgovernment OF the
Radical party" 1t was the "Constitu
uon Of our Fathers" about which the
orator was SO solicitous. The 18th, 18th
and 10Th amendments were not the work
Oh "our ia'hers;' and, as q consequence,
were not such objects as excited the
speakers concern. They prohibit the
payment Of the rebel debt; confer the
rights Of citizenship upon the negro and
formed, therefore. part Of the .tvran.
nous legislation" Admitting Of such .
classification, they may, (for all the
speaker intimated to the contrary she
smashed, and be id to EN-"
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-22
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