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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-12-18
Hsps and Misbnps.

"A boy named Allie Jones, Is years
of age, was accidentally shot and killed
at Cincinnati by Robert Jackman, aget
1G. The boys were firing at a mari
when the accident occurred.
Wesley Cornell, aged 10, while try.
ing TO close the window shutters in the
second story of a school house at Lo-
gansport, Ind, fell out Of the window
and was fatally injured, having his
skull fractured.
"A little daughter of Jacob Beard,
of Parke County, Ind, aged 4 years,
pulled a pot of boiling coffee off a table
scalding herself so severely that she
died the following morning in great
agony.
The boiler OF q portable engine be-
longing to William Nelson, New Har-
mony, Ind, exploded, instantly killing
Thomas Nelson, engineer, Solomon En-
low, a sawyer, and badly scalding sew
eral other workmen.
The little 6-year-old daughter of Levi
Binkley, residing about IA miles north
of Fort Wayne, Ind, attempted to put
wood in the stove, when, by some acct
dent, her clothing caught fire, burning
her to death. The father, while trying
to ave his child, was severely burned
about the face and hands.
AT Ottawa, Kansas, two young men,
named L. G McDill and John Hol-
brook, undertook to blow up four cans
of wet gunpowder, when the cans ex-
ploded with a terrific conclusion, tear
ing up the earth, and prostrating both
McDill and Holbrook. The latter is ia
tally injured, and cannot possibly recov-
er, while McDill is fearfully burned and
may die.
Frank Shaffer, 20 years old, while
out hunting, nea Seymour, Ind, was
accidentally shot by a man named
Boyce, who was also hunting. Boyce
discovered some object moving in the
brush near by, which proved to be Shat
fer Thinking it wa a turkey, Boyce
fired, the charge taking effect in Shat
fer's breast, killing him instantly.
Samuel Shibles, an orphan IA years
of age, grandson of Capt. Simeon S.
Shibles, committed suicide at Thomas
ton, Maine, by shooting himself with a
revolver. 1t is supposed he committed
the deed through remorse for a theft
from his uncle, it being a portion of the
proceeds with which the revolver Ga
new one) vas purchased. He informed
boys with whom he was playing,
that he should breathe his last
that night.-Christian Wallenmeyer, a
wealthy German farmer living near
Evansville, Ind, went into an orchard
with a shotgun and butcher-knife,
stood against an apple tree and dis
charged the gun in his mouth, and
afterwards cut his throat from ear to
ear.-Robert w. Dresser, a well known
merchant of Boston, shot himself at his
country residence, at Newton, Upper
dying instantly Charles Hen
committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head, at Grand
Island, Neb.-Gustavus Duder, a Ger
man sal06T Keeper of Adrian, Mich,
committed suicide by taking stryehnine.
He was 81 years old.-Seth Clark, an
old resident and prominent business
man of Buffalo, was found lying on the
ground in his undergrad, shot through
the head. A pistol beside him and the
circumstances lead to the probability of
suicide.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-12-18

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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-12-18
REPORT OF rH7 OF WAR.

Secretary Belknap, in his report, says that the
year has been uneyentful SO far as the Army rs
concerned. According to the report we have
barely 5000 soldiers, and these, in large part,
are employed in the Indian country. As COM
pared with the year preceding, assertions have
greatly fallen on, there having been but 2 ,521 as
against4 COG for the fiscal year 1874. The Sec
.etary recommends the repeal Of the act of March
y, 1863. under which all 'bands" were mustered
out of the service, and that a military band of Is
musicians be allowed TO each regiment. He also
the enlistment and organization of
men for transportation service exclusively. as in
The German army. He also recommends the
still further Encouragement of e~nlistments OF
men of family into the Army by providing a more
stringent oath for that purpose. The Signal
service has been kept up and extended, showing
good results, as the yerihcation Of 81 3.1( per
cent OF predictions Is an Improvement on preyi-
Gus years. Special attention Is called 70 tsa
recommendation Of the Chief Signal officer that
the Signal Corps be constituted 4 bureau OF the
Department. Under the act of Feb. 10, 1875, for
tions were issued to 50 1888 adults and as ,942 chill
dren under II years of age in the States of Min
nesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and the Terri
Of a system of annuities for the families Of de-
ceased officers by voluntary. deductions
from the monthly pay Of those holding commits
sions in the Army is recommended and urged.
The estimates. of the Chief OF Engineers for the
ensuing year in the aggregate are eli, 29S, S74.
Of this sum. $2,044 900 are for forti1cations and
other works of defense, and $14 ,30l 100 are for
improvement of rivers and harbors. An in
crease of the appropriation for arming and equip
ping the militia is again recommended 1t was
5000 900 in 1903, and still remains at that figure.
The present organized strength of the militia is
81 IA, while the unOrganlzed strength is 3 ,10l, :
977. TIL Secretary thinks, were arms and equip
ments forthcoming, the organized force would be
greatly augmented. The expenditures of the
Department (including river and harbor i'm
p~rovements) foot up s4i, 277 1915. %. being a re-
duction of 81 ,04S $50. - from the total of 1874.
The stimates for the ensuing year are s33 Az, =
1876. so. Tie Secretary recommends the restora.
ton Of the Old system of appointment of post
traders by Department commanders.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-12-18

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aissld fNa tins@ whD fya Hs~e NJ
prevent ~ sHi9flfe ~ YeHiio
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b. Asis. fafaFs b. ~ dasealilef aads
which, ma oNa saHk Aews uapHru ~ tNN
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mFaln. The fHff $50 censor a ilie
press. however. decided ihst fhis time
hDnafei nnd ssered tusfom dtfe n0t be-
ioeeieAcd axainn afsi suppressed ths
sniele.
3 married Nouan named noy0n
h4s been condemned 10 death NJ the lot
Aal1es. France, fDr mnrdering her
seven children md granddaughter BY
pushing needles into theif bodies She
had ten children, seven N whom died
under twelve months old. but v WINS nos
until tho death ~ her granddaughter
that IN investigation W. aHade. Her
apparent motive for tbs last crime WIS
that the child might die before its IA
ther, who ~ IN . desperate condition.
and that she might thus secure part of
his property, 10 the prejudice of her
daughter-in-law, whom she detested
When asked how slo same 10 think Of
sticking needles n her children's bodies,
she said that at the public house she
kept there was one day q conversation
OF iufanticide, and 1t was said babies
did not suffer when murdered in this
way.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-12-18
REPORT OF n OF THE NAVY

Secretary Robeson's report of the Naval Service
for the year shows that the number of vessels of
every class and description now borne on the
Navy Register is l4I, carrying l ,19j guns, and
l52 492 tons measurement. OF these, many are
sailing vessels of little or no value as part OF the
efficient force for either the cruising or fighting
purposes OF the present day. The steam vessels,
as distinguished from iron -clatis and torpedo
ships, number e5, of which % are tugs. OF the
remainder 80 are ready for use when required.
Our iron clad fleet consists Cd 26 YES
sells, 81 Of the monitor type, 2 torpe-
do ships, and 3 never launched. All
the vessels 800 are available, including 16 iron.
clads and 2 sorpedo- boats. Details are given of
the operations Of the fleet on each of the six sta
lions. The Secretary has the following to say
upon the condition of the Navy: ut is gratify-
ing to be able TO report that the Navy is now I'M
stronger and more efficient condition than II has
ever been at any time since the commencement of
your Administration II is not only very strong
in number and in the classes of its ships, hnt
what there are OF them are in as good condition
as it is practicable 10 keep such materials Of war
under the various and trying conditions TO which
they are. in the nature OF their service, constant
" exposed"
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-12-18
School and Church.


Rev. DIR. Eccleston, of Philadel
phia, has declined the Bishopric of Iowa
to which he was elected.
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross
at Boston. one of the LARGEST Catholic
churches in this country. was dedicated
on tn sth with the usual imposing cere.
monies.
Amo,a+h moe, ,otohlo
events in t5e South was tbe dodiaatian
- - - MaG T
College. In Nashville. This instilnfion.
with the Fisk University. in the sama
CITY. is devoted to the education of col
ored persons of both sexrs. and has
grown with GREAT raniditv
-Tbe Roara of Motbodist p;snons
has aJontad rasoln,ians atotiao ~ III
tbe anfhor;,;es ~ ~ ohrreh m"hiah
could he nansnitad bar;na aa.naa ~ ~
ren,o,aI - Ia IS ~ $500, en-
ference from g. Inn;s ~ pait;n,ora.
tba canaral ranfraoan III
sanhlo ~ pait;rne' 49, aIan W "'
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-12-18

The Emperor William on the birth
day of Won Moltke presented the vet
eral General with the family Order of
the Hohenzollerns, with a star and
crossed swords.
Emperor William has sanctioned
the scheme presented to him for a great
synod of the established Protestant
Churches In Prussia, Which is to con-
FeHe in a few weeks for the first time.
The Khedive Of Egypt was educated
IN faris. speaks French to perfection, is
capital talker on any kind of subject.
ana an especially keen interest in
England and any thing English.
-the Prince Of Wales shook the Khe-
owe warmly By the hand when he was
sSeeiEed by that parsonage at Cairo.
Iney arg Old friends, De Prince having
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-12-18

Steam is reckoned to be 80 times
cheaper than manual power, 20 times
cheaper than electro-motive COVER and
10 times cheaper than horse power
Blank2ts Of brown paper, of superi-
or arsn effoTsHd IN sucn . manner
as to permit u free passage Tor the *
halations of the body without diminish
ing the warmth, are ADVERTISED IN Ion
don.
American tanners are now sending
the best oak s~ole-leather to all parts of
Europe, and selling it at a profit, with
orders ahead, indicating that the trade
has been most satisfactory.
Leaves of the pineapple, now being
extensively cultivated in the East In
dies, are turned to account by being
converted into a kind of wadding which
is used for upholstering instead of hair.
A sort of flannel is also manufactured
from them from which substantial waist
coats and shirts a be made.
The Deseret Silk Association held
a meeting at Salt City, a few days since,
and authorized the purchase of a loom
dtio CluDlt1luCtl VI d NCdNCI, WIFI "
view of testing the industry practically.
The experiment of silk working on a
small scale has already been satisfacto-
rily made in several parts of the Terri
tory.
Experiments with the electric light
as a headlight for locomotives have re-
Gently been made in Russia on the rail-
road from Moscow TO Kursk, with sue
cessful results. The apparatus consist,
ed in a battery of As couples, which
produced sufficient illumination to light
up the track for a distance of from l.
500 to 1880 feet ahead. 1t has been
suggested that a small electric machine
would serve the purpose much better
than a galvanic battery, liable to injury
by agitation. 1t is proposed to connect
the mechanism directly with the front
axle, the revolution of which will set
the former in operation.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-12-18
.Chief-Instiee Waite sal.

-Chief-Justice Waite said recently
in conversation that under no circum-
stances would he permit his name to be
used as that of a Presidential candidate.
He said that in the line of his profess
sion he had reached the highest place
that he could W hope for, and that
his ambition was fully satisfied.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-12-18

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Hhs lhe a~ppaiHfmens n 1flfof ~ fhe
Nne1iHv yrtr
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aai Geu W feffs viii be fhf lid9es
af fae Intercollegiate afifgfiaMi toufeaf
N We've Y1rt 1tau4rYi
The humorous sksffhos n south
efn 14peN weseis eh1rtcter. publ ahed 10
the Niek shiny Hraid. are the prasiur.
lions - james 81 sulifsa, y Young
journalist n Memphis
Governor Walker ~ visginia h
pronounced " q susceptible Washing.
t0u lady correspondent the bapds0masf
~ All the NJ Ga "a tail. eieganf
figure. dark. brilliant eyes, and silgefy
white hair is the strain II this writer,
who adds, " When one does see o
really handsome mar the gush gushes
itself"
Whittier sent this response, recent
", 10 y request for his autograph
''Our HIVES are albums. written through
With good OF ~, with false or true;
And NJ the blessed angels turn
The pages ~ our years,
God grant they read the good with smiles,
And blot the III with tears
Michel G. Kerr, the new Speaker Of
the House, is a tall, stately man, more
than 6 feet in height, broad-shouldered,
with a head well poised, a full growth
Of brown hair, and eyes that seem to
read you at a glance. His scholarship
is Of the highest order; books are his
dearest companions, and his judgment
of men is keen and discriminating. The
man is wholly practical. There is no
element OF humor or romance about
him, and his manners are digniied al
most to austerity. He is AZ years old.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-12-18

The Southern Methodists have g.
tablished a mission among the 1000
Cuban refugees, who are living at Key
West. Services are conducted In Spaa
ash. Several conversions are reported
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fstr ~ romplesAsu ~@ hte fhst n
. Nri. ~ asoth s6isil GOD iemier. ha
hoe gsloe. bls arfe sllRhf sol ana.
ons.
hased a hln. sfsadiug theirs shig.
sfisx wish fhs eaid. est through ~
aeiffaw ss1rm sloeg the sno~ .eoyefa'l
mssemnfxip fssa we ~sra W travail ~.
rethsf. sni sHaef "Are yyu M tffsld
~ ggff
The landlord Interrupted
wlt d0nt mtfipr II ~ - afraid ~
belongs ~ me- Ne shgn e."
NO" I said " b. shsii noe ~, n he
y moi quite willing"
81 am not 81 Aii sfraid. The boy ~.
piled, ''asd am quite willing ~ r.. !
have gone Dfiep and often, through
Morse storms than lhia.
There wa an earnest, manly grtce
even IN the way he shook The gathered
fakes from his tatisrel cap, and W HE
voice there was sfpeh . hearty, cheory
/ ring. that from shat moment ! trusted
and loved the boy.
Jumped into it,e stage, took The back
seat, drew NV great frieze coat close
shout my legs, and we drove on from
among tie gaping, soOty crowd u min.
\ ers into the lonely mountain road into
the c~rueIest storm Of wind and snow
that I ever saw.
The boy sat on the front seat, wait
ing to be spoken TO, looking straight
ahead.
When we were quite clear Of the
Struggling huts Of the miners on the
outermost limits Of the town, / asked
him his name.
"sThey call me Lewis Shivcly,r he
said.
GLOW old are you, LewisP" was my
next question.
"Fourteen, next April, SIR
"Do you live at home, with your IA
ther and motherP"'
"That man yonder is all the father
or mother | have, and his stable loft is
the only home have had since he took
me from the poor-house. That was bet
ter than the stable though, for they
taught me something there"
There We're no complaining chords in
the tones in which these bitter words
were said, and while he was speaking
he was drawing the whip gently across
the horses back, brushing off the snow
that had fallen on it.
"Have you been driving on this road
longP" | inquired.
"Going on three years. 1t will be
three years in March"
"Is it cold out thereP Colder than
here, | meanP"
81 think it is" he replied; ''the wind
and snow cut so; but don't mind, sir!
We get used to rough weather up in
these hills"
az wish Won would come in here nv
coat will cover us both.n
"No. I can't.r he said. 81 must
watch the road now. We have to go
pretty close to the precipices, some
elbow closep" | asked.
within a few inches. / can't see
now five yards ahead, the snow falls so
heavily"
"Do you think it safe, then, to go
"Quite safe, sir! and / don't mind
the cold.n But his teeth chartered as
he said it, and the rudy glow was all
from his cheeks.
| did not talk more then. There were,
| discovered, wide cracks in the bottom
the stage. through which the wind
mercilessly. | was chilled
through to the heart in less than an
hour after starting. | do not know how
far we had gone, or how long we had
been upon the road, when [ heard the
bows voice. CHEEKY and BRIGHT. asking.
HHow are YOU now, sirp Feeling
pretty comfortable. STRIP,
| nodded nv head. and crept closer
into the corner. But he was wiser than
I ard ,ro,1d.no+ lat 40 have +bo sIoan
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Steam is reckoned to be 90 times
cheaper than manual power, 70 times
cheaper than electro-motive power and
10 times cheaper than horse power
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1875-01-02
Horses. and Mules
AT
Bamberg & Slater's Stables

T' bnlNt REAR OF 5vOSE & elzLAR'S,
Who're you will constantly find complete
stock Of the finest HORSES and MULES
that canybe procured from the best markets
in the emit States. We take pleasure in
showing ourstock as VIC know they cannot
be surpassed in the South. Our prices
range from $50 tog 1925. Orders received
and filed ut shoi notice
dec 10 1871 Gm
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-08-10
Jefferson on The Press.

When the attention of the people Is
called 10 some OF the false statements
and allegations seen in the press OF the
present day for panty purposes-slate-
ments about the character OF the govern.
ment aud its officers statements false,
reckless. malicious aud grOundess-it
appears certain that three iOurths OF q
century has no, improved its condition.
Jefferson said of the press OF his time:
1T is melancholy truth that suppress
sim oil the press could not pore con-
ple,ely deprive the natious OF It's benefits
than Is done by its al an loned proStitu'
ton Tor fAlseh0Od. Nothing can now be
believed which is seen IN newspaper
Truth itself becomes suspicious by It's
being put IN that polluted vehicle.
This is not wholly true OF the press OF
10. day; but there ara too many instances
here this language would apply.
There i, however. one grea, gain since
jefferson. Ii lhs press, in many cases,
is equally reckless, il is satisfaction to
know That the readers are more numerous
as we'll as more discriminating. The
reckless. audaoious press has its readers; ;
but many who taste its bitter waters will
10. swallow It's polluted contents or be
governed by its reckless lalshoods. They
are willing 10 be amused by its preposter-
Gus lies. While they hate aud reject them.
1t is cheering 10 know, or 10 think We
know. that he number OF conscientious
men and women is actually increasing;
and that although baseness and immoraii'
ty abound. the ability and disposition 10
lind tue truth and practice it Is on the
increase.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-08-10
DIxneId.

4 correspondent writes: Business Is
quiet at the present time. The IaI mer'
are busy haying and are getting then
barns well filled They are getting the
best crop Tor some yeats past.
The tooth pick factory IS running ana
turning out large number OF picks.
They have made some fifteen hundred
cases of lamp aud cigar lighters this
summer.
KIM Hiram Lodge, +. and A. NJ have
bought the upper story Of II. .. Stanley
store, and are hitting il up for u lodge
room Il is 10 be ready for use Oct. lO'h
Mr.. |. l.. Stockbridge has contracted 10
do The work.
Messrs. L. &. Harlow and Go. Il.
Fa,es have got TWO very nice pieces OF
hops. the best il Is III jughl, 10 The county
Oar cheese factory IS doing - good
business. under the management OF Mr.
WIN. ". Abbott. They are having $500
pounds OF milk, and are making tea forty
pouud cheeses per day. They are OF *
cell,ul quality and Ind ready market
in Augusta -LcWistgH JoTHaL
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-08-10
TOWN ITEMo'
Bethel.

Aue 2d.-The good hay weather o. ,''
wesk enabled the farmers oil pe'"'' -
soorro an abundant crop of hay IN goo"
-, p.ra.oes and grain are look
ING finely, but worm is at worn "p ~.
,ho hons n. The root. and will materially
damage the crop The apple crop wiz
=" an or,ire failure; but TO compensate
rosoberries are very abundant and ave
selling from eight to ten cents per quar-,
oar cheese factory Is in sueceS''u'
onero,iop. and is turning out some
I,,;oi,,s checso. which sells readily al
the factory lor fifteen cents per P'i"''
C. Chapman. of the iirm ol Norton
G. Cha,.,,n Portland. Thomas Twiichell'
- uo firm of Locke. T@itchell X Co.
and Roy Webster Woodbury. OF Skow
hooan with their families, arc each visit
inc their fathers families. and enjoying
lille rest from labor and business ana
living over the days of their boyAoou'
Row AIR. Woodbury. preached in the pull
nj, ofthe Congregational church, Sabbath
morning, 10 large and delighted
audience.
DR. n. T. True is spending his yaca'
ton at home, surrounded by his Children
who are all ut home.
Our boarding houses are well hlieu'
and our village presents lively appear
ance.
Aug. Gth.-The rain of the past lew
DAYS has been of great benefit TO the hoed
crops and moved fields. Some farmers
who are late in their baying have consld'
cradle hay damaged, but the crop Is
abundant and generally well secured.
W.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-08-10
(.Ilead.

Aug. IA. j. Jewilt, of the lirm OF
Bennett & JewiIt. has bought the Jonas
Green farm of Shelburne, n. H.. and
will take possession Immediately. lie
will hold his share in the steam mill at
present.
William Il. Peabody lost valuable
horse some time ago by letting him drink
from a cold spring while warm.
Gardner Wight, formerly Of tnis town.
out Tor The past six years residing with
his son, w. 5. Wight, in Bethel died nj
that place yesterday morning. His MANY
noble qualities of heart and mind has
won iot him The many kind friends who
came to visit him during bis long and
painful sickness. Funeral services took
place this afternoon at the house, and
was largely attended. b