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Sharp County record., 1878-04-26
HANS and Mishaps.

james Crum, aged II, OF Oil City,
Pa, while carrying a bucket of coal fcl
over a washtub and broke his neck.
&C. N. Noble, a herdSman near Mar
shalltown, Iowa, was gored to death the
other day by mad bull.
Edward Sumner, aged %, of Bos-
ton, cutlery grinder, was killed by the
bursting of the grindstone at which he
was at work.
"A house belonging to a Mrs. La
Mar, near Sioux City, Iowa, was struck
by lightning the other day, and Mrs. La
Mar and her son were killed.
"A little Boston girl named Winfred
Clarkson, while picking up wood in a
steam saw-mill was caught in some of
the machinery and almost instantly
killed
Three practical jokers at Toledo,
O., dosed an old mans beer glass with
crOtOn oil. The victim Of their joke
died, and the three jokers are now in
Jail repenting of their folly.
William Guilty, an employee of the
Cleveland CO., rolling-mill, was killed
by piece of iron flying from drop
used for breaking old iron, striking
him on the temple and causing sudden
death.
Peter Mitchell, of Boston, a granite
worker, was caught in the shafting of a
vertical polishing machine making 100
revolutions minute, and whirled around
at this great velocity for several seconds,
his feet and legs striking upon the ma
chine at each revolution. He was ter
ribly mangled and bruised when eXtri-
Gated, and died in a few hours.
At Springfield, Iowa, q 14-year,old
son of Ienor Eaber left the house with
revolver for the purpose of shooting
rats that infested the barn. An hour and
a half afterward he was found lying
against fence with bullet-hole in his
forehead, and unconscious. He died in
a few ours.-Howard L. Covert, the
12-year-old step-son of Mr.. Robert Ellis
of hartsdale, Weschester County, N. Y.
accidentally shot himself through the
head with toy pistol, and on his par
ents' return to their home they found him
dead on the parlor floor.
Henry Campbell, aged 73, a soldier
of the late War, committed suicide with
a pistol, at Smithville, n Y. The cause
of the act was his failure to obtain g
Sharp County record., 1878-04-26
Odds and Ends.

DO not insult the under-man in a
fight by telling him there is plenty OF
room on top.
A hard-drinking man, who went in
to the saloon business, explained that
he could make enough ofhis own drinks
to pay the rent.
If the adage Glove thy neighbor as
thyself" were generally carried out, 1t
strikes us that some people we know
would be dreadfully fond of their nelgn-
bors.-Neu York Commercials
The best thing ever said about a
war between Russia and England was
the mot of Prince Gortschakotf, who
said: "It would be fight between q
fish and a dog"
With what little friction the earth
would revolve if the suavity of new
beau in the presence of the mother OF
his adored would only become epidemic.
-Breaktast- Table.
The spring pattern of dresses IN
cludes cut-away coat and vest. Ihere
hasn't been such striking similarity OF
gentlemen's and ladies apparel since
the days of Adam and Eve.-BoSton
Post.
The Phonograph Age-"Will you
have re cavatina by Patti or re postllllon
songa by Wachtel?" "Move on you
beetle -browed garlic-eater, or I'll call
the police. You're the forty-ninth man
with phonograph that's been here
since daylight" artist proceeds to
the next house and strikes up a finale
from Wagner, Photographed at Bay
reuth. Cincinnati Commercial.
The Earl of Derby is in looks not
unlike the late Tom Sayers. His SlS-
penders are never fixed to the proper
height, consequently there is piece OH
the bottom of his trowsers, owing 10
their dragging. de is a sloven. very
courteous in manner, and when he opens
his thick-set mouth there issue master
pieces of English composition. His IN
come is about S2,000,00O per annum.
"A little grandnephew OF Prince
Sharp County record., 1878-04-26
A Terrible Occurrence.

Col. VIM. NJ. Cravens, writing from
Wadron, gives us the following
account of one of the saddest affairs we
have ever been called upon to record
the killing of father by a fond son I, IN
a mistake for wild turkey. Col u
saws: "Old Mr.. Tedrick and his son
were turkey-hunting down on Portea9
the other morning. The old man ma
himself between two large rocks ana
went to calling His son came up
within 125 yards, saw his fathers head
between the rocks, and thinking 1t was
a turkey he fired with his rifle, hitting
the object aimed at. He deliberately
reloaded his rifle and went to the rocks
to get his turkey, when to his utter nor
ror he found his dead father welterlng
in his blood, his shot having taken effect
in the back of the head, the ball coming
ont in the face. The son is crazed over
tbe sad occurrence, and the entire com
munity is overshadowed with sadness
Mr.. Tedrick and son stood well IN the
community and were clever people -
Fort Smith lArk.) Herald.
Sharp County record., 1878-04-26
A MiSer Robbed

The Columbus (O) Dispatch says: j..
j. Winegardner, better known in the
locality in which he lived as JEFF. Wine
gardner, was robbed Of large sum of
money Tuesday night, April I'd. He
lives two and a half miles northeast OF
RuShville, Fairfield County. Rushyille
is nine miles east of Lancaster, on the
Maysville pike. Mr.. Winegardner's
house is between Rushville and Pleas
antville. He is an old man, and has the
name of being a miser. He is termed a
miser because henever deposited money
in banks, but preferred to hoard it about
home, and was very close in his deal
ings with his fellow-men. His age IS
not known. He married recently. 1t is
an old saying that misfortunes never
come singly. His residence is old-fash-
ioned, and is situated on $500 acres OF
land, of which he is sole proprietor. In
this old house, in a room adjacent to his
bedroom, and in and about a closet IN
that room-called a wardrobe in the
city-Mr. Winegardner had his money.
There was box twelve inches long,
six inches deep and six inches wide, fill
ed with eagles, half-eagles, and quarter
eagles. This box was received from his
sister, and had never been opened. Mr.
Winegardner's four brothers and two
sisters are all dead They handed their
wealth down to one another, and the
last to die was a sister, who handed
him this box. There was some gold
and silver in another box and $4,000
in greenbacks, and some money in
the room where he slept. The burglar
or burglars opened a window leading
into the room where the wardrobe was.
They took the box of gold, and the box
containing the gold, silver and green
backs, and overlooked $4,000 that was
on top of the closet. Mr.. Winegardner
had never counted the box of gold re-
ccived from his sister, nor does not know
how much money there was init. Some
body has estimated the amount at from
$4,000 to $4,000. The day before the
robbery man came there and wanted
to borrow $1,000. He was informed
that Mr.. Winegardner hadn't the money
that day, and was invited to call the
next day and get it. Nothing more IS
said by our informant about this man.
Whether he called or not is not known.
The box that contained the coin was
found in the yard, The burglar stole
one Of Mr. Winegardner's horses to get
away. The horse returned home about
s or 8 o'clock the following (WedneS-
day) morning. There is bat little or no
sympathy shown by the people OF the
neighborhood for Mr.. Winegardner's s
loss. He has offered a reward OF sow
for the recovery Of the money. bis
wealth is estimated at from S50o,oOo to
100000. The stolen money IS part OF
some that has been boarded since 1860,
In addition to managing his farm Mr..
Winegardner was a regular money
shaver.
Sharp County record., 1878-04-26
Living in Ruts 1000 Years old'

The Asiatic, west of China, no doubt
is attached to his home, knows nIVie II
aught beyond it, and is so entirely lree
from ANNOYANCE at the daily monoto9Y
of a life confined to one place, that ne
looks upon such mOnOtOny as parC VI
The divine order and as essential 10 Ihe
true enjoyment of existence. tie lkeS
to live in one place, to see always Vno
same scenes, to meet always the same
people, to perform for years the same
dailv tasks, to find every thing, even
moderately unpleasant things, always
to-day what they were yesterday anu
will be tomorrow.
There are artisan families IN lndla'
and we are told, in Damascus, who nave
worked at the same work day by day
for thousand years; peasant faLnliles
who have not only titled the same tlelds,
but have gone into them and lett them
at the same hour, according to the
season, from period before the birth OF
Christ. They have no wish for change
no ambition to do better, no lncllnatlon
to roam, no sense of failure because they
are as their forefathers were, and as
their sons will be. Such cOntent-con-
tent whichis consistent with permanent
melancholy, and even in occasional in
stances with deep and persistent sad
ness-seems incOmprehensible to the
Englishman, who never witnesses it un-
less he has already uproOted himself
from his own home, and he very readily
exaggerates its limits. The Asiatic ad-
heres to his home only when, as the re-
suit of his adherence, certain conditions
are sure to be fulfilled. He requires
motive for movement other than that
hope of enjoyment in change, or that
desire of bettering himself, which is the
impulse of the Western man, but once
disturbed, once presented with q motive
for going which is sufficient to his own
mind, no man moves so easily.-1he
SDectdtOr.
Sharp County record., 1878-04-26

pension. Thomas r. Addy, a well
known young man Of Augusta, Ga,
committed suicide by shooting himself
in the head. He left note assuring his
friends of his sanity, and stating he had
found himself unable to pay his debts
Frederick Dumont, of Cincinnati, son of
Charles L. Dumont, a well known man.
ufacturer of machinery, committed sui
eide in his own house, by Shooting HIM
self with a revolver. He had been
married only about six weeks. No
cause known.-Silas Evans, an
old and well known farmer of Bourbon
County, KY, committed suicide on ac-
count of financial embarraSSments.-
Lansing Reed, of London, o., formerly
a wealthy farmer, but of late years fall
len into poverty through unfortunate
speculations, which also led him to hard
drinking, shot himself through the
head, it was supposed, fatally.-John
Fl. Bramhall, of Milwaukee, formerly
a thriving grocer, committed suicide by
taking laudanum.-Mr A. c. Kuehn,
of Milwaukee, wife of well known
business man, committed suicide by TAX
ing slow poison. Domestic trouble
was the cause.
Sharp County record., 1878-04-26

Bismarck was sitting on the Princes
knee the other day, when he suddenly
cried out, "Oh, uncle, | hope | shall be
a great man like you when | grow up!"
"Why, my child?n asked his uncle.
"BecauSe you are so great and every
one fears YOU" Wouldn't you rather
every one loved you?" The child
thought little, and then replied, "No,
uncle; for when people love you they
cheat you, but when they fear you they
let you cheat them"
-" Now, then, state your case," said
a Detroit lawyer, the other day, as he
put the tive-dollar bill away in his vest
pocket. "Well," began his client,
suppose the man living next door
wants to put barn right up against my
line, coming within two feet of my
hOuse?" "He can't do it, sir. Can't
do any such thing" replied the lawyer.
" But | want to put my barn right up
against his line," remarked the client.
"Oh-ah-yes! l see. Well, sir, 90
llSnC dnedu anu put your Ddrn Jnere.
All the law in the case is on your side"
-Scene-in a horse-car. A little boy
whispers in his mothers ear something
to which she says "No." The child
begins to whine, and repeats his request,
which is again unfavorably received.
Thereupon there is crying and sobbing
enough to terrify the whole "ar. The
gentleman opposite, gentleman whose
every feature beams with good nature
and good fortune, and all the better that
his teeth are enShrined in the purest
gold, thinks he ought to interpose.
"Dear little angel" says he, in pater-
nal tone, "why not give him what he
wants? Is it impossible?" "AbSolute-
ly impossible" replied the mother.
" "And what was it, then, he said?" in
quired the good man, unmasking still
more of his worries. "He said, Il want
Monsieur's teeth to play with. '"-Paris
paper.
Sharp County record., 1878-04-26
Foreign Notes.

The late Earl of Cardigan's horse,
which he rode at the Balaklava charge,
is stuffed and forms feature in the hall
of the family mansion.
The Grown Prince of Germany is
manned in the left hand and holds a
gun with difficulty. He is good lin
guist, and particularly well versed in
English, which he speaks like a native.
A memorial, to which nearly half a
million signatures of members of the
Church of England were appended, has
been sent to Queen Victoria, praying
her to use all the influence at her COM
mand "to repress the practice of auricu-
lar confession, which is so repugnant
to the conscience and feelings of this
Protestant country"
The Grand Duke Nicholas is tall,
strongly built, and soldierIy in person,
but with no indication Of capacity, and
certainly none of refinement, in his
countenance. His forehead is narrow,
his glance fierce but without penetra-
ton; his features are altogether rather
coarsely nodded. He is filled with
bluster. His Highness is one of the
best linguists in the Russian empire.
William Calcraft, the English vet
eran ex-executioner, is a mild, inOfen
sive old man, fond of flowers and a
rearer of rabbits. He has always evinc-
ed p great repugnance to hanging a
man of intellect, and asserts that on
such occasions he would have failed in
the task had it not been for a powerful
dose o. alcohol Calcraft, venerable in
appearance, grows handsome white
beard.
Sir Aubrey Paul, Baronet, is 50
poor that he is obliged to make living
by photography. His father, Sir John
Dean Paul, was the notorious Strand
banker, whose frauds broke the bank,
and led to his baniShment to colonial
penal settlement, where he remained
some y years till his death. He was
noted for his piouS pretenses, and Tor
the length of his white cravat, which
circumnavigated his neck several times.
The Prince of Battenberg, who IS
mentioned in the dispatches as the prob
able future ruler of Bulgaria, is Prince
Louis of Battenburgin Hesse-Darmstadt.
Louis is q son of cadet of the house OF
Hesse-Darmstadt and Julie, Princess OF
Battenburg, and is "a years old: 1t will
be remembered that last year this young
gentleman was reported to be engaged
to Beatrice Mary Victoria Fedora,
youngest daughter of Queen Victoria,
but nothing developed from the report,
so it is probable Prince Louis, who has
a very slender income, was not deemed
an eligible match.
Sharp County record., 1878-04-26
Bird Engineering.

Walter Schweikart, who lives on JET
erson Avenue, half a mile beyond the
Hamtramck toll-gate, relates that ne
has noticed two robins of late at work
in his backyard trying to carry away a
small toy basket which, considerably
worn and tattered, had been cast aside.
Evidently thinkingit would make a pal
atial nest the birds had rolled 1t along
and carried it short distances, but were
enable to get hold of it in such a way as
to make long journey with it. Yes
terday morning Mr.. Schweikhart as
usual went out to look at the work in
which he was deeply interested and saw
his birds busy with a piece of string
about eight feet long. Soon they had
pulled the string through the grass
woven basket, and chattering as If Won
derfully pleased with their scheme, each
robin took an end of the string in its
bill and flew away with the basket hang
ing on its swing.-DetroH Free Press.
Sharp County record., 1878-04-26
School and Church.

! School and Church.
Two of DR.. Otis Gibson's Chinese
converts on the Pacific Coast have been
| licensed to preach.
Miss Lou NJ. Reed, instructor in the
microscopic laboratory at the Michigan
| University, is the only lady ever en-
ploved in the institution, and IS giving
satisfaction.
The Bible College, situated at Bing-
hamton, N. Y, which affords free uni
versitv course to the daughters OF disa-
bled or deceased ministers, without re-
gard to sect, is full to overhowing.
Free schools flourish in Japan.
The latest educational report shows
that two million children are receiving
instruction in the schools, that number
representing six per cent. OF the whole
population of the empire.
"A Presbyterian chapel was dedicat-
ed in the City of Pekin, China, on the
1st of October, 1877. The chapel had
been built in part by the native Chris
tians, but mainly by gifts from friends Of
missions. All the missionaries in the
city were present.
"A separation of the State Church
of Prussia has occurred in the Province
of Hanover, occasioned by the suspen.
sion therefrom of the Rev. Mr.. Harms for
a refusal to observe the new marriage
ritual. A large number of members
have followed Mr.. Harms out Of the
church.
The statement comes from trust
worthy source, according to the Spring
field Republican, that fund from the
sale of Gospel Hymns, now amounting
to 5000, 200, is in the hands of John
Wanamaker and George H. Stuart, Of
Philadelphia, and John V. Farwell, Of
Chicago, as trustees, and that Moody
and Sankey's support comes from the
proceeds of this fund.
Prof. Felix Adler's exclusion from
the Temple Sinai, Chicago, in which he
had been advertised to lecture, was eX-
planned in letter by the Rev. DR..
Kohler, who said: 81 shall not allow
my temple to be disgraced by a lecture
to be delivered within its walls by one
who blasphemes God and Judaism.
He also speaks of Prof. Adler as one
who "has deserted the Jewish flag and
openly processes his disbeliefin God and
Immortality"
The Baptists and the Methodists are
both troubled with a surplus of minis
ters. The Yearbook of the former re-
ports in the United States at close o. the
year 1877, Baptist churches, 24,OO0;
Baptist ministers, 14,50O; that is, %
churches to II ministers. The Meth
odSt statistics show a minister for every
146 COMMITMENTS, and Bishop Foster
recently stated that there were now
1000 young men knocking at the doors
of the Methodist Church, and seeking
employment as ministers.
The clergymen in charge of the
Episcopal missions among the freedmen
of the South are encouraged at the result
of their labors. There are already in
the South 81 chapels for colOred wor
shippers Of that denomination, 81 clergy
men and teachers, five Of whom are col
ored, and one colored evangelist. 1t is
held that Of the 100000 colored peO-
pie one-third have since the war risen
to higher civilization and higher life;
one-third have gone down to a lower
plane, and one-third are left victims of
circumstances.
Sharp County record., 1878-04-26
Science and Industry.

wa, chattanooga steel rail works
h in Operation June /.
lies. Velve hundred and sixty acres
mt ar at are to be sown on one farm in
eym wood County, Minnesota, this
t OtTi
IT ca'ndon Herdware says: At an exhi-
venI Of japanese art and manufacture
le pi the Imperial Palace, the first oh
regimen met the eye of Commander
acS a. a., were an American plow
are large farm wagon.
T. Sloacco-smoking is on the increase.
n the quantity of tobacco used in
men llted Kingdom of Great Britain
eas Ireland was less than fourteen t'pll
pow. Ia . head of population; in 1876 it
u 'ne pound seven and one-half
III B. Knight of the Franklin
~ M' N Philadelphia, a scientific
4rD .tr,l ,sr' . pas made a thorough exam
,It" ot5 g q the Keely motor during a
nII " tai ei fye months, and reports that
,. 'S lraud' and that the varied Darts
St Sappa aratus have been a1 constr1ctad Ira p@,.i
'l@I ! intent to deceive. ''''N
Sar j,n ne Zones from farmers, kitchens
+ 81 amount to a large item of fer.
u i5g yg matter if properIv Wv reJnced DR. aoi-
Al pGne; grinding mill is not with
rod MI, .' 'ile bones may be broken up
cep .uu ona iIi.y pounds sulphuric acid to
a;s '"' hundred pounds of bones.
rife aoyel and valuable app,icatior Of
rns 'si's of TileiSigned toprevent the posi-
rt ,osst Of experiment int in the ts Mar. Tow
d; !. zion: Z 1t consists of an otI electric ari
az oin winch all the movements on ~ a
Iybsfona ybAliometres ct in length are brought
ps ~ slore o. the eye, and enables The ne
f', - pf'erS n erS,, to follow exactly the
ns E6soa pl every ', train. By this means ans
p Ped that all accidents ,e resuIfins lifh,ts
svciScg = or too rapid runs can be en-,
IL "nu arrangements are
Sharp County record., 1878-04-26
Is oF INTEREST

? bPopulat as Of INTEHES''
Russia, 4 -.,rv
s:-top485s It5s Hugo is worth over l'000'-
Iative ST. ,raddOn is in her thirty-seo0nd
considerS her forty-secOnd year -
Pry poss 81 Steel has been lgoturingi SdlHgidn in
depends1 9's'i oa the German Revolution
g weak
hat Of e. a4,s q Yosemite Valley" has IA
Il 1ered e pos9 sht I%' for S2,1OO by James H.
Tn, and ,ills NJ, Kicker, a Wash
emerge VAL nas,''' recently won the ac-
le coSs;a SGaNq syiIi ycIisnt charged with murder,
LESSONS I" Il George A. Sheridan, OF
W peN4 = IL fnisbed a series OF forty
q 'H%e, Ta53. ,I"SSi S ana for the benefit OF the
|ss TaO3 Iao1 Ionument fund. The gross re-
to repT re,r,3 'ounted to $4,000, , - +,o
ovetop,o, p,o1 are now published in the
factS tOT Z. @dom I'D of Great Britain and
|ngIan5 ~ Ia F44 Newspapers, England ana ana
| % as a ,6s;ming 1886. There are 1r 0o9
a con.l : land md reviews, of which 264 are
quare n7lous character
people Julia Tevis, the well known
he same of Science Hill ACADEMY a. .a5 J IL III
of butt, h, ,bv. With the title OF " Sixty
there ., : : school-room." More than
Lila, ra hess Years were spent in teach
erSelfh
which he Couzins, St. Loui8'S woman
Pi. Of medium height, and hand
ID thatt han oval countenance, aquiline
on Engl lad 4 If forehead, piercing, brilliant
etent. an Expressive mouth; also,
bilize dt nx,,riant hair, which falls in
ayS; e er her shoulders.
Dur mon m original women's club of New
l9ediaE rosis, still thrives finely. 1t is
e eH'. laI,a debt, and has S1,6l4 surplus
aghtlg asuw Besides its executive
es j forth e, it has standing committees
leu oni .ation, philanthropy, science,
n, So@ journalism and business
lyer ~ Mrs. Jenny June Croly was
oIone President at the last annual
SeFyG meeting.
my Cl tor Lamar sent this sentimentto
,,,, o. ~ Gal: "The typical Irishman:
caIu ea o,I e.-the world. His friends
D.. Go'W !, peoples. His faith-his own.
~ { VI VI stobim so cold as will not pro-
uO' a9 shamrock; no soil so barren as
y "a anu \ grow grow a shillalah, Foremost at
Iua' frolic, or a funeral, his gener-
u su ure finds a blow for the bad, a
yIlal S;h.a1 r the glad, and tear for the
igGt, aoe Y SmaIl-the "OId 81" Of
'UVU D,S,. lanta Constitution-is Secre-
1nitn% %nas the American Commission
riou, %"u' Paris Exposition. The
'Ou' says that he is one of the
ar5 liable of gentlemen, thorough
'taaga lga acholar, and thoroughly ac-
'' L9, 1 with the service of which he is
oong, n rtant an auxiliary. His person
,o5 0II n. titles make him as popular as his
4ou tour y ,lc humorous negro sketches
wv u, de an obscure Southern sheet.
.ervail lnyson's' most recent poem,
ow oklevenge, Ballad of the Fleet, "
q led On an actual battle fought by
| q NM hard Grenyille against the Span
ain nrY in 1890, and which many CO.
zotio1 ary writers forthwith celebrated
fm ; and verse. Gervase Markham
coy very stupid poem about it. Sir
its cag Rsleigh's account in prose is the
onta md 1ennyson follows it very
| + the in bis story of the fight. The
sed Of 4of Victor Hugo's "Ninety
nd T 4, will not fail to see how nearly
drawn ming incident in that novel re-
Pirthl this striking Ballad of the
Sharp County record., 1878-04-26
DR.. Foote's Health Monthly says

-Dr. Foote's Hed7N M0nthty says
people get sick by eating too much and
too fast; swallowing imperfectly-masti-
Gated food; by taking too much fluid
at meals; drinking poisonous whisky
and other Intoxicating drinks, keeping
late hours at night and sleeping late in
the morning; wearing clothing too
tight, so as to retard the circulation;
wearing thin shoes; neglecting to take
sufficient exercise to keep the hands
and feet warm; neglecting to wash the
body sufficiently to beep the pores open;
exchanging the warm clothes worn in
warm room, during the day, for cos
tunes and exposure incident to evening
parties; starving the stomach to crafty
a vain and foolish passion for dress;
keeping up constant excitement; fret
ting the mind with borrowed troubles;
swallowing quack nostrums for every
imaginary in; taking meals at irregu-
lar intervals.