Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

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they were the hardest ever Known
''Why," said he, Il works all day an
steals all night, am yet I'm bleSt ef / kin
make an honest livingr'
An old lady living in Rutherford eoun-
! ty, North carolina, who had four sons in
| the late war, on seeing the baseball clubs
dressed in their uniforms, says that the
"gittin' up of sich things is going to
bring about another war"
Col. Jas. Prestidge was released from
Jail on bail, in New Orleans, last week,
in the sum of fifty thousand dollars
| Subsequently the Grand Jury returned .
/ true bill charging him with the murder
Of Maj. w. ID. Hardeman, and he was re-
! committed to Jail to await his trial.
The Springfield Republican thinks that
according 70 the present prospects Mr..
GfistOu will have two-thirds 10 three
/ qliarters Of the NV f.n,ZIaat ailcleeates
and Blaine the rest. To the Democrats
| convention, Tilden viii stand in about
the same relation to Hendricks and Thur
man.
Mrs. Ella NJ. Barrett, Miss Louise Ger
rard, and Mrs. Caroline K. Manning, of
| Now York, and Miss Jenette Caldwell,
! from Pennsylvania, received the degree
of NJ. D., last week, at the commence
ment Of the New York Medical College
for women.
'You talk about your Pilgrim Faith
ers, !" exclaimed female lecturer, "but
where would you have been to-day if il
had not been for your Pilgrim Mothers p
1t is, indeed, 4 sad thought. We shall
never know how much we have lost by
the existence OF those Fumbling Old We
men.
One of the girl operators of Cranes
Paper Mill, Westfield, Mass, suffered a
severe attack of the IOckjaw one day last
week, in which the jaws were set for
more than an hour. The attending ply
sician gave it as his opinion that the dis
ease was the result of long and daily
practice of chewing gum, and that if the
young lady persisted in chewing the ar
ticle, fatal return of the disease may be
expected.
After putting in the particulars OF tile
official rascality that is being daily de-
veloped, there is not much room in the
newspapers for anything else; and if
somebody were TO start a paper called
the Washington Daily Record of Repub-
iiean Rascality, it would be a fortune to
him.
Boarding houses in Philadelphia fur
nish rooms for s. per week, but make it
part of the contract that after May lst the
occupant must vacate or pay SI2 per
week. Those Philadelphians are going
to make all the money they can out of
visitors TO the centennial.
John Cummings, of Abingdon. Va,
student At the University of Virginia,
committed suicide on the 18th inst, by
shooting himself through the heart with
a pistOi-ball. A note was left by him TO
his father which reads as follsws: 'FDear
Father am tired of life. have COM
mitted suicide in seif-defense. Please for
give and forget your son."
1t is stated that Mr. Williams, who was
nominated for Governor by the Indiana
Democrats, the other day, has not vet ac-
cepted the honor, and is in doubt whether
he will do so. He says that his ambition
will be filed if he secures one more term
in Congress, when he will retire TO his
Knox County farm, and spend his declin
ing days in the peaceful pursuits of agri-
culture.
The foreign missionary work By Prot
estant Christians is summarized rs fol-
lows: There are ! $50 stations, ,, 1872 mis-
siOnaries, and ,537, ,074 native converts.
The annual expense is over $500, ,OOO.-
Great Britain is doing more than half the
work, the United States about quarter.
Germany stands next, and ether coun-
tries are accredited with very little.
In New York paper printed on the
10th of January, 1888, may be found the
first pianO-fOTte advertisement ever pub
lished in that city. 1t reads: 81, Jacob
AstOr, at Ne. 81 Queen ST., next door but
one to the Friends meeting House, has
for sale an assortment of Piano FOrtes of
the newest construction, made by the
best makers in London, which he will
sell on reasonable terms. He gives cash
for all kinds of Furs, and has for sale
quantity of Canada Beaver and Beaver
Coating, Raccoon Skins, and RaccOOn
Blankets, Muskrat Skins, etc, etc"
The New York Herald says. Winfield
Scott Hancock is to-day the rising star in
the Presidential sky, a. but forgsome
unforeseen contingency, he is destined
to become the standard bearer i'm the ap-
preaching Presidential battle. The NOM
ination Of Hancock would spike the prin-
cipal campaign guns of such leaders as
Morton and Blaine, whose stump OratOry
mainly consists in illusions to the bloody
shirt. Besides, what more appropriate
name for Presidential candidate in this
our Centennial year than Hancock"
At Smiths Bend, BOsque county, Tex
rs, few days ago, Miss Davis commit
ted suicide. just before the rash act she
put on one of her best dresses. She rails
ed the friil, which hung over her heart,
before shooting, so that il would cover
the wound, sat on a bed, placed the pis-
tol over her heart and fired. She lay
back in bed and died almost instantly
Miss Davis was some time ago engaged to
Mr.. Green, who was lately sent 10 the in
sane asylum. Her brothers objected to
the match, and shot Mr.. Green, wound
ing him in the hand. The match was
broken OF; the sequel has been told a
bOve.
They were standing in front of her
gate. Hi right arm was occupied in
holding h ! up, while his shoulder fur
nished a T.sting place for her little head.
And they were watching the bright and
glorious moon. 1t influenced the young
man to such degree that ms said: -'With
what Tefulgenee does bright Luna shed
her rays upon all inanimate creation,
weaving weird, fantastic shadows among
the lcafless trees, and spreading 4 silver
glow over all Do you observe the mag
nificent effect, Manner" Yes, indeed,
Henry" she returned; ''and did you see
that Jen Clemens At the dance? She had
on last winters dress, made over; and
she's WORN that blue waist ever since L
can remember. l never saw such look
ing thing.
A rOnanu s is told by the foreign
journals of an Arab girl who li-d been
Turks. The girl was the daughter Of
chief and was married TO a warrior of her
tribe, who was murdered by the Turks.
The young widow made vow 10 avenge
his death upon the soldiers of the Padi-
shah. The emir, touched by the prayers
and tears of his child, called upon his
tribe, the whole of the BedOuin hOrsemen
of Beni-hawas rising in consequence
against the domination of the Padishah.
The daughter of the emir, armed like
the men, and carrying their banner, like
Joan of Are, and always foremost in their
attack against the enemy, closely fcl-
lowed by her father, the enlir, her broth
Crs and the remainder of the hOrsemen.
The Turkish Government set price on
her head, in order to capture her and stop
the slaughter of the soldiers. The Ara
bian poets have made the heroine the
subject of their songs, and she is now
the most favored parsonage in the district
Of Beder.
1t IS highly probable that the widow of
Alexander i. Stewart Will be annoyed
and prosecuted beyond measure by beg
gars of various degrees, even now that
Judge Hilton is employed TO assist her in
diSbursing it. III she had retained the
hn1s ha I.v-