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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-29
IN BLOOKLYN.

4 fire broke ont yesterday about $40 p. m.
In the threcstoly brick building .lped by john :.
LOOMS as O. molInr mill. a. Nryns and iauc stS The
a., was communicated 10 the building fom tAe ulac
Mr. LOOMS estimates ha loss stock AMI machinery ~
$50 OOO aud on tAe building a. tlOOooi fully Insured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-29
THE FIRE RECORD.


tcray afternoon destroyed two warehouses owned and
occuricd bv Custer & MolrclL C. soaucrmIn. william
Drake and others lose stock and property by r. and
stock also damaged by sn. a. Hud water loui loss
10000. nearly covered hy insurance.
- A.. an Midland. Non. SATURDAY. afternoon de.
stroycd four entire blocks ana a.rcrgl buildings on
others The to,al loss If estimated at 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-29
DISTURBANCES IN SPAIN.

PAEIs, Saturday, Nay -, 1870
II is rllmored here tonight that rising has
taken place at 1oosa the capital OF the Spanish province
Of Gupuzcoa, to the cry o; Lions live til, hepGo.c;
long live the Fueros"
san SEBASTIAN, Saturday, May %. 1879
Gen QueSada has proclaimed marua.-la~ and declared
state of siege throu hout the Basque provinces and
Navarro.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-29
NAVAL OEDEKs.

WAsuNGToN. MAY 2S.-Licut Charles NJ. Anthony
, ne. orlrred to Newport H. T. tho lst u Ira" luiAs
ton IN toruodo service surgeon Daniel MGnultlr .s
~ iuty an boar. the 81 Louis League Island rem ~.
ItI nm, uTrt surgeon T. G. Ncrmruln Is detached non
v ai rage island Penn, the LIST Of lane next and IA''u
IA fuiteI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-29
sEc9ETARY RoBEsON's DEMAND.
OPEN INvEsIICA1IoN.

OPEN iNvEsTCATIoN.
Icy TELEGRAPH TO TIE rGBCSEI
WASHINGTON, May 2S-Sccrotary Robson
has addressed the following letter to SIR Whtthorne
Chairman OF the House Committee on Naval Ahhrs;
May u, 1876,
Uo,, " q WmTTuoRNR, Chairman Of the Commute on
Earai Gdiis House Of RepTeScatltreS ..,....,
ep. YoT letter OF the 2lth inst Las been Tece'Ncu
I rnnv be0 10 say that tine demand o. be heard con
Sned IN ny letter founded upon he reasons therein Sa
made in response TO the resolution OF your Committee,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-29
GAUGE or A RAILROAD NARROWED IN DAY
Tt.,.,rtnr Y Nav DS.-llC

gauge OF the Delaware LIcElwauna and Western Rail
road was uirrowed between o'clock this morning and
o'clock ,Is evening. from Ioboken to Scranton Prni'
Uipebalpflu Osweco. Rome, and Uticl nnl narrow
gauge trains passed over the whole line "lthou in''
Oh the WORK.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-29

JUDGMENT AGAINST WHISKY RING BoNIsMLN
ST. LOTS, May 2S.-Judge Treat III the
limited states District Court yesterday o'crrulei tht
technical point made Friday to oncol TIC bondS"eh 'l
t-,rici Of the "WLisly Ring" aud ordered Judgment
,,i,.r,I Dor the full amount of the bond. I'll "o'".
T,gneot was also entered against g. -. bingham ANA
IL. LII - L M
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-29
Ar ~ InrIs-Ln.a s11o.no0.

ST. LOUIS, May 2s.-About Z o'clock last
evening tire broke out in The upper story Of Che Anchor
FIGURING NM ~ the 81 Frnlinayc. aud Twenty
uird-st owned by the Yacger FourinE COMPANY. aad
almost tine entire property was destroy r. Tine iJ-- Oh
tie nIL warehouse, and machinery, including about
1000 baIlcls Of huur, was $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-29
ERENCH NOTES.
PARIS, saturday, MAY 27, lS7e

PARIS, Saturday, Nav p, 1915
The F;qoro has been fined 800 for PUBLISH
Ing two letters OF Henri Rocbefort.
LoNDoS Monday, MAY 90 1875
The D1ily Teegraphs Paris dispatch announces the
de,tb OF ~ Pernrtt Republican Senator for saone ct
Loire The death OF Bonapartlst Senator Is also 70
uorted but no name is given.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-29
FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND PREPARING FOR WAR.

iDNDONs hoIui1s .ftf ~ iofO'
The Standard Of this morning says 100 tons
OF cunpowder and 100000 cartridges have inst been
dispatched from Wcowich 10 Gibraltar, Malta and tho
Mediterranean fleet This IS quite indercndent OF the
ordinary supply Il stated in Portsmouth, satur-
day, that all available wornen are 70 be placed mt work
the ships which To sea-gong condition
The turret ship rhuderer is understood % be the FIRST
whose completion will thus be pushed forward.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17

A correspondent of the Chicago
Inter- Ocean, writing of Clusters
scouts, gives the subjoined interest
ing story of Bloody Knife, chief
of the Generals Indian allies,
who died with him on the Little Big
Horn:
The Indian is tyrant at every
opportunity, and Bloody Knife was
no exception. A drunken Indian
once forced his way into General
Casters tent The General ordered
him out, but showing no disposition
to obey tho order, Custer knocked
him down with his fist and threw
him out. The Indian made his way
ut once to the camp of the scouts,
his mutilated face, and
told how Custer struck him. There
wn3 al tipfIsIhg Nc 0ricUs sHni,, puss'
ting on thcir war.paint, tho whole
band surrounded tho Generals tent,
crying, "custer Custer! guard-houso!
guard .honsei'' meaning that Gus
ter should bc put In tho gliard-house
for aSsanItan battery. Tho dencr-
nj scnt out an orderly TO invite
Bloody Knifo into the tont. The
warrior came, digniliod and angry.
Custor mot him with great Formally,
bowed very low, and accented his
"iI0w,p How with distinctness
LeIitting tho occasion. lilo handed
Bloody Knifc his own camp-stooI ms
u mark 0f unusual honor, and passed.
him a uiie and lallacca Ihau ha-
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17

long enough to tear up the rails;
they tried in vain to keep up the
fire Of their engine; they were about
to be overtaken; their oil had given
out; the axle-boxcs were melted by
the friction. The game was lost;
they stopped the engine and rushed
into the woods, where they hoped to
conceal themselves. Meanwhile,
the telegraph had everywhere an
nounced their presence, and the en-
tire population started in pursuit.
A regular hunt was organized in
these vast forest, and Andrews was
captured with all his men. The ma
iority of them were shut up in mar
row iron cages and publicly exhib-
tied at Knoxville, Tennessee, to in
timidate the Union men, after which
fifteen Of them were hung; the re-
naming eight were spared, and had
the good fortune to survive and re-
late their strange adventures.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17

Detroit free 5rcsn.I
Yesterday afternoon man dre'seu
in good clothes, an eye-glass, anu =
gold mounted cane, and possessing
altogether a rather clerical appear
ance. hailed passing street-car.
There was nothing unusual or par
ticularly noticeable in this, except
the air of lofty dignity with which
he commanded halt, and the des-
perate effort which he made 10 MAIN
tain his center of gravity as ne passed
to the car, revealed the fact that
he wasslightly inebriated. Arriving
at the door, he solemnly raised his
right foot to enter, but, not raising II
quite high enough, he fell headiong
on the floor of the car. Raising hiin.
self up with some difficulty, he cast
a severely reproving look at the OLD
gentleman sitting near the door, ana
said:
"Sir. what you lift up this car
for Just as / was goin' to get in?"
"My dear sir, didn't lift the car
replied the old gentleman meekly.
"Well, perhaps you didn't. l
won't tempt to argue with man In
your condition. My aniable friend,
| it's my calm and deliberate 'pinion
you've been looking upon the wine
when it is red. Very sorry TO see IL
i'm a man of your age. what a
s'pose your mother would say II she
would SEQ you intoxicated? MY
friend I've shed many bitter tears
over such cases as yours. Yes" con-
tinued he, in faltering voice and
pulling out his handkerchief, land
| If Pm id if / amt weeping now
as you readily observe"
Whereupon he wiped his eyes
with grand flourish, blew his
nose. and navigated to the other end
of the car.
When he reached his destination
he pulled the bell-strap and started
for the door. When he got about
half way, and just as he was in front
OF lady, he tripped and fell at full
length on the floor. Rising himself
to perpendicular DO turned to the
lady, and in tone of mingled severi-
| ty and whisky, said:
MADAME, you've certainly got
the biggest feet ever saw in my
| life."
"Sir!" said the lady, Indignantly.
ooh, don't 'pologize, madam. |
beg you not to 'pologize. You're not
TO blame for it. But If you would
just pare 'em down little 'twOuld
be a great 'commodation to the trav-
cling public"
The lady was speeches. with in
dignation, the passengers were con-
vulsed, and the gentleman stalked
majestically out to the door, stepped
to the ground, and Immediately sat
down. AS the car moved away he
arose, examined his clothes, looked
up and down the street, waved his
hand in an uncertain manner, and
walked away.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17
bishop Clarke,l


Some years ago when living in
lonely way, / took pains to cultivate
the acquaintance of remarkably
well-developed spider who had
formed beautiful symmetrical web
I'm one corner Of my room. In order
to propitiate his favor, / fed him
readily such food as / thought best
adapted to his taste, and after II while
he seemed to rely upon me entirely
for his supplies, relapsing, as human
beings often do under similar cir
cumstances, into luxurious ease and
inactivity. One morning, by way of
testing his temper, j threw q small
bit Of wet tobacco into his web.
He, supposing it to be his usual
morning fly, rushed toward the to-
bacco with hungry avidity, and in
stantly ran away to a remote quar-
ter of his premises with still greater
velocity. / was aware that the pres
ence of such a nauseous substance as
this In his domicile would be very
offensive, and also knew that he
would not venture so near a second
time as would be necessary in order
to remove the article; and my Curl
osity was excited to see what course
he would pursue. After while he
crawled to the upper part Of his web
and shook it with all his might, but
was unsuccessful in dislodging the
offending substance. He then re-
turned to his accustomed place In the
center of the web, and for a few
minutes appeared to be thinking the
matter over. AT last he stepped out
with an air of confidence that salts
fed me he had hit upon something,
although / was unable to conjecture
what it would be. True enough, he
had solved the problem, and accord
ingly he went to work at once to saw
away a circle around the tobacco,
some two or three inches in diam
eter, until the whole concern fell out
together, after which he repaired the
damage, and all was right again. /
think, however, that from this time
my friend never gave me his conf
dence.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17
custer. ~ would have knock

repIied Custer, 81 would have knock
ed him down in the same way. a
private soldier or an ordinary waf-
rior have no business here In my
tent. You can come here, and am
always glad to see you; my onlceis
can come here, and ! am glad 10 see
them. If the private soldiers nave
anything to say to me they can say
it through their officers; ifthe scouts
have anything to say to me, tney
can say it through you; put 'hsy
cannot come here any more tnan .
private soldier can come here, anu
/ would have punished private
soldier in the same way. Tell the
scouts mean no injury; but lney
must not come here unless seno lor
them or they come with you. u !,
want TO speak to them VII,
speak through you; II 'ney
want to speak to me they mus
speak through you. You are 'nei'
chief" :, ~
Bloody Knife said, "How,. wiz
great deal of emphasis, and lei. 'ne
tent. He sent the scouts pack "
their tent, and selling the cuipii'
beat him till he was almostsenseieSs.
Bloody Knife would have discipline
In the camp.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17
----------------------------
Wasn't Afraid of Bees.

AS they saw the bees passing them
selves around Familiarity, the lady
uttered timid "Good gracious we
can't go there"
"Pshaw!" calculated her lord and
master, don't be foolish. Bees
never modest any one that does not
modest them. They are perfectly
harmless If you let them alone. All
you need is a little nerve; When
they come buzzing about you walk
right along and don't so much as
make motion toward them even IL
they should light on your face.
Come on, now; if you haven't the
nerve, just look at me and see how
simple it is"
With feeling of pardonable pride
In her noble husband, the wife
watched him as he moved steadily
along towards the tree where the
greater portion of the insects were
having rehearsal la Gilmore's
band, while a number were doing
the Skidmore's Guards on the fence,
and still others were flying around
on picket duty, humming, "We
shall march around Jerusalem"
Seeing that her husband was not
annoyed by the little fellows, the
lady followed him, but took the pre-
caution to throw light shawl over
her head and shoulders, only leay-
ing peep hole for one eye. Run
ming up to her husband, who was
walking along, looking cross-eyed at
q bee which had lit upon his nose,
and wondering whether the cussed
little creature was going to give him
one, just for luck, and thinking how
sweet he would look with pro-
boscis resembling quarter section
of lobster, she inquired:
"John amt you afraid?" not
thinking of anything more appro-
pirate to the occasion.
He curled up his lip and turned up
the tip of his nose in disdain at the
thought, and just then he got it from
the bee on the upper deck.
His wife will never forget the ex-
clamation he gave utterance to, and
the bystanders remarked that it was
exhaustive and did full justice to the
occasion. He struck at the bee
viciously and in seconds sime the
Skidmore Guards, Jerusalem warb.
lers and Gilmore's band were upon
him.
They took him on the face and
hands, nibbled his ears, prospected
his back, ran up his nose and sank
more shafts on the top of his bald
head than there are in the Comstock
lode.
If he had been possessed OF
thousand hands he could not have
kept the enemy off, and if his name
had been Job he could not have
helped calling down maledictions
upon all the women as he heard his
wife advising under her shawl:
"Don't hit at them, John. Dom
fight Them"
There was general roar of laugh
ter from all spectators as the "man
Of nerve" took to his heels, his arms
working like an old fashioned wind
mill i'm gale, and his wife walked
along securely in her bee-proof.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17
INAUGURATION Day.
[Catskill Examiner.l


When the day for the Inaugural
ton of the President of the United
States was fixed upon the 4th of
March, it was for the reason that the
date occurred seldom on Sunday.
But twice during our history has the
Inauguration Day fallen on that day.
The first was the second inaugural
of James Monroe, the fifth Presi-
dent, March 18th, 1921. The second
was when Zachary Taylor was made
President, March 4th, 1910. Being
Sunday his Inauguration did not
take place until the next day. The
third will be the next inaugural,
March 4th, 1877. This will happen
three times during each century, or
one year after every seven leap
years. Except when passing from
one century to another there is q
slight variation, as will be observed
in the following dates OF the past
and future inaugurations, of the first
tu,n aantrr;ao ~ fhn Danuhl;n.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17

lodging apartment. He complained
that his cell was dirty and infested
by the cimex lectnlaris, the scientific
name for the festive bed-bug. There
can be no doubt as to the latter fact,
but such trifies ought not to disturb a
man who could coolly shoot down
a fellow creature. By urgent APP
peais to the storekeeper, Stokes Sue
ceeded this morning in obtaining a
better fitting pair Of pants than were
originally issued to him on his ar
rival, and has been in so much made
happier in his heart. His services
have been applied for as packer in
the flag collar shop.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17

tended to the shoulder, and the skin
was coppery color of the snake.
Stephenson's condition is critical.
The snake was about two and half
feet long.
Jacob Martin, blacksmith. saw a
blacksnake four feet five inches long
and three inches in diameter APP
preaching his blacksmith shop on
Chestnut Hill, Northamton county.
He shut down the window. The
snake made several efforts to enter,
but was prevented, and then it tried
to enter the house, in which were
Mrs. Martin and her child, but q
blow from Mr.. Martin cut it in two.
The hot weather makes serpents
more bold and dangerous than usual.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17

tAUbufu
Stokes, since his transfer from
Sing Sing to Auburn prison, has had
his first realization of the fact that
he was the murderer OF Jim Fisk.
At the former institution no never
~A-rss~>s~~.~-- sAlAs -a0~ $50. .a,Eis0n. -EAxa-
His lodgings were In the hospital,
and he was allowed to buy his own
food. The change has been brought
about by tho board of inspectors, and
Stokes now occupies cell like any
other convict. On being marched to
the gallery at locking up time, the
day of his arrival, he tainted, or,
rather, feiIted--being overcome at
the idea of entering one of those
horrible cells. His keeper very hu-
namely assisted the Sing Sing favor
lite to turn down his cot, laid him on
his little bed, and then after locking
him In, shook his cell door for him
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17
About snakes.
Heading Eagle.l

lheuulfiR
Mrs. Eveline Hamilton, of War
wick township, saw large black
snake on limb of tree, at her
home, holding bird by the tip OF
its wing. The bird had evidently
been seized in It's nest, which was on
the same limb. Mrs. Hamilton
stoned the snake until il let the bird
go. The snake ran over the tree
like lightning and then dropped
back on the same limb, and soon
dropped to the ground. Mrs. Ham,
ilton hit il with another stone and
killed it. IL was about five feet
long.
John Stevenson, of Hopewell Fur
mace, who has habitually caught
snakes and put them in his bosom
and in his hat, caught a copperhead
snake last Sunday, and, as he was
carrying it toward his mothers
house, it turned and bit him in the
thumb, tearing a gash about an inch
~..a#ss-A-~rr~-aas@A~~ss l-sl
ground. The wound bled copiously,
and the thumb began to swell like q
bladder, and became very painful.
A string was tied tightly around the
thumb at once, and DIR. Christman
was summoned. The young man
suffered much pain, and was at once
heavily dosed with whisky. lie
was kept unconscious with liquor all
day on Sunday. On Monday morn
ing he revived, and seemed to inn
prove until Thursday, when he
signs Of much fever. He
has been confined to his bed ever
since. The string was kept on his
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17
Daring Adventure Of Union
spies I'm 1861.

An individual named Andrews
employed In tho secret service oil
Buell., aud % soldiers selected by
him, went to Chattanooga, under
different DISCUSSES, and thence to
Marietta in Georgia, which had been
assigned them as a place of rendez-
vous, and which was situated In the
very center OF the enemy's country.
Once assembled, they got on board a
train of cars loaded with Confederate
troops and ammunition. During the
trip this train stopped, ms usual, near
n lonely tavern, close to the track;
everybody got out and both engineer
and fireman went quietly to break
fast. Andrews took advantage Of
their absence to jump upon tho loco
motive, which was detached by his
men, with three cars, from the rest
Of the train; they started off at full
speed, leaving their fellow-travelers
in a state OF stupefaction. At the
stations where they stopped they
quietly answered that they were car
rying powder to Beauregard'sarmy.
Presently they began the work of
destruction which they had pro-
jected; they cut the Geographic
wires, tore up the rails behind them,
and proceeded TO fire tho bridges
which tioy reached on their way TO-
Chattanooga. They hoped to arrive
AT that city before the news Of their
expedition had been spread abroad,
To- pass rapidly through IL and join
.AaaasIseIi al !. uuntaYillc. Nnt Ii was
NECESSARY 70 AVOID tho trains running
10 iha opposite direction, ono o.
fs,euc trains, which they had just
,a.ssszs on the WY, alter exchanging
s4s most satisfactory sxpIaSstiOgs,
g1as4ssd an efsi,ankncnt whore An
4,msx hal toya up tho fnijs, and
ysada every preparation toibrow tho
ss.sx on tlse fSaek. Tho conductor
.s1vyyerpd the trap In time, and
hacked Dsjs engine instantly, IN order
u, 0ysssfake tl,11 who laid IL. At
i,is s51,rxaed tie pndsraisf0aie or u,
xssms j,aste, throwing out NJ tho ears
everything that could enibarrass
ssssgy Tight They " first gotta little
4gs41eg, at}1 tbs few DcenEanLA Of log
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17
A RARE CHANCE.
Especially for, those who
want Lots for Residence.

/ am laying of in lots all OF my
grounds i'm the east part OF Knox
Vile, embracing the block on which
/ reside and the old nursery grounds
all of which are offered Tor
sale, with the fruit and ornamcn-
tai trees, shrubbery, vines, ETC., grow
ing thereon.
Most of tho lots will contain q
supply Of fruit for a family, with
eyergreens and other ornamentals, all
planted out from fifteen TO twenty
wears. and of the choicest In the
western country. 80 ost
There will also be an alley cas-,
and west through the Old Nurse ay
gro,u,ds and the two acres c1 ~. .,re<ss
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17
YOUNG MEN.

BAyIies Great Mercantile college, keOkUk,
Iowa on the Mississippi. Nineteenth year.
About sixty dollars pay all expenses, for Mem
herShip. Bonrd and Stationery BOok-kcepers,
Pennien REPORTERS Operators Architects. sur
yeyurs and Teachers thoroughly fitted Railroad
fare reduced Goood situations, No vacations
Don't fail 70 address Prot. Miller Keokuk, Iowa
2i-10yl
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17

The area of Europe Is 100000
square miles-population 303, 900, 900;
Asia 1905 900 square miles pop
ulation $4,000, 900; Africa, 100000
square miles-popuIation BOG, 900, 900;
America, 100000 square miles
population S4.OO0,0 600; Australia and
Polynesia, 100000 square miles
population 100000.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17

There is pleasure enough in this
life to make us wish to live, and
pain enough to reconcile Us to death
when we can live no longer.