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Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-11-01

strengthened the latter and weakened
the former. until now tits thought that
Robinson will receive two or three times
~ many republican a. Kelly will get
democratic votes.
Mr.. Cornell 10 . man OF some wealth,
who. while no absolute charges of cor
ruption are made against him. 10 \ rep
resentative of wirs-working, machine
politics in the state. As q machine
politician. he was thought by President
Hayes and Secretary Sherman unfit for
collector of customs at New York, and
he was turned out of that position, neck
and crap. This custer WAS at the ius,i-
CATION of tho importing merchants OF
Now York. with whom the gentleman
Is no moro popular now than he was
then.
l While the state 10 democratic when
the democratic party is working harmo.
niously together. it is not sufficiently
democratic to defy internal disssnsion
90 we'll IS external attack. As we show
above. the fight is not altogether par.
tisan one. as the pure republicans ar.
opposing Cornell. and the machine dem
oorats are opposing Robinson. So fal
as the results of the election may b,
taken as indices to the presidential cleo
tion OF next year. the election Of th,
entire democratic ticket will pom
strongly to the nomination OF Mr.. Til
den. Who is largely credited with MI
Rsbinson's nomination. Should MI
Robinson bs defeated, and the balance
Of the democratic ticket be elected. th
result will probably defeat Mr.. TildeD'
, aspirations for the presidency. while i
will place the state among the certail
democratic states for 1880. Should tn
tsptirs democratic ticket be defeated b.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-11-01

Mr.. James E. Carter, state printer
and prominent member of the masonic
fraternity, died at his home few days
ago, suddenly, of heart disease. Mr..
Carter was deservedly popular man.
He had occupied various high places in
the grand bodies Of masonry had been
twice mayor of his town, and enjoyed,
to large degree, the confidence of the
public men of the state. Genial.
obliging, kind, he was liked by all who
knew him, and his sudden death will be
greatly regretted by as large circle of
warm personal friends as is possessed
| by any man in Missouri.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-11-01

Grain quotations were as follows in
st. Louis, last Thursday: Wheat, open
ed lower NO. 2 red. 81 13 3-4 to ST. II 1-2
cash; 81 IA 3.4 to ST. 18 November /;
81 IS IA to 81 25 December; 81 % to
81 81 January; No. 3 red, 81 10 to
81 10 1-8. Corn, lower; .stiffened at
close; 81 IA to 81 1-2 cash 33 to 33 S-4
December; "a 1-S to "a 5-4 January !;
"a 1-2 to "a 34 February. Oats. easier !;
26 IA cash; % 1-2 December. Rye,
easier; 65 to 66. Barley. steady; choice
S5 to 80.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-11-01

The dead body OF Mr.. Burr, who ac-
companied Prot. Wise in his balloon as
cension from st. LOUIS, nearly month
ago. was found floating in Lake Michi-
gan, near Miiler's Station, Ind, on the
oath ult. The remains were fully iden-
titled, and were afterward conveyed to
St. Louis, where they were buried in
Beliefontaine cemetery
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-11-01

Gold continues 70 pour into this eoun-
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-22
A Detective Story.

Mr.. Baron Huddleston told the follow
ing story at the Flintshire Assizes, Eng
land, where a question of identity arose
in a charge of horse stealing: We al
WAYS ought to be very careful, his Lord
ship said, in cases eff this kind, because
mistakes might be made by the most we'll
meaning persons. When l was on the
Oxford Circuit, there was a friend OF
mine at the bar who went on fishing
expedition in the Principality. He had
a horse with him, and during the day he
took it to an inn in town to bait. Mean.
while, he walked down the street quietly,
| inspecting the shops He was closely
! followed by an inspector of police, and
| all at once he found himself the object
Of attention at the hands of this official
After walking after good way down
the town, the officer at last went up to
him and said, " It's no use your making
any nonsense about it it. You are Flash
Bill" The member of the bar and of the
Oxford Circuit was Mortified, but the
police officer said, It's no use; / know
you perfectly wei" and he pulled out
Police Gazette, in which there was de-
scriptiOn which, l am bound to say, fully
justified the officer in suspecting him.
sand" he added, there is the very
horse you have stolen up at the stable. -"
And it was with great difficulty he was
taken before a magistrate that day. He
always mentions the story with very
great gratitude to the magistrate who
was induced to leave his dinner-he
thought first he had better be remanded
for a few days to get witnesses down, but
ultimately did leave his dinner-and he
was convinced by the earnestIess OF the
gentleman that the policeman had made
a mistake. The next train brought his
friends from the neighborhood, and they
satisfied the magistrate that there was 8
mistake made. To this day this gentle
man tells the story. He now holds the
dignifed position of Deputy Chairman
of Quarter Sessions, and he says he ha
occupied every position in the Court; he
has been juryman, judge, witness
and prisoner.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-22
Executed bV Electricity.

Some German writers have long dis
cussed the evil influences of public exc
cutiOns. which possess the fascination of
a sensational show to the ignorant
masses. and demoralize with the bru-
taIity of the method of death. The
garrote, the guillotine and many other
improvements have received due cOnsid-
Grafton. but the sentimentalists have at
last concluded that a solemn killing by
electricity is the proper thing. The
present plan merely exptRtes one muir
der by making the exec Itioner do an
other, but the electricity can be made
to do the thing cOnacientiOusly and
officially" The walls of the room
shall be draped in black, and the win.
dows somDerly curtained, in order to ex-
clude all light. The only articles of
furniture in the apartment shall be the
Judges desk and an arm chair. In the
middle of the room shall be an iron fig
ure of Justice, with her scales and
sword. This effigy shall have, in place
of bowels, as powerful an electric bat
tery as may be necessary. The battery
shall be connected with the arm chair,
and governed by a mechanism in con-
nection with the scales. The scene shall
be lighted by single torch burning on
the Judges desk.
The only persons admitted to the exc
cution shall be the Judge, jury and
other officials concerned in the cJndem-
nation of the victim. That person shall
be brought in and seated in the chair, to
which he shall be manacled immovably.
Then the Judge shall read the story OF
his crime to him and reiterate his SEN
tence. This performed, he shall break
6 rod of Office and toss it into Justices
balance.
The scales shall be weighed down by
this, and the electric current thus set in
circulation. AS the balance descends
the Judge shall extinguish the torch,
signifying that he thus puts out the
victims life.
Thus the criminal win expire in
dreadful darkness, without a chance OF
the sort of sympathy which so often
adorns the scaffold. It win be as solemn
and awful as the doom of impalement
that the church inflicted on recusani
nuns.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-22
4 Terrihlr Practical Joke.

[PaIis Letter in New York 1Inne3.I
The Countess de st. F. is lively
youngwoman, with bedriddenhusband;
she nurses him like a good wife during
the day, but, for to make up for the
WEAKNESS of constant attendance inasick
chamber, gives party once week. Her
receptions are jolly-mOre jolly, indeed,
than absolutely prOper-and remind one
of the society shown up in the Age
Ingrat" at the Gymnase last winter;
still although s1ittishly inclined to kick
over the traces, she is not positively de-
cIassee and, being most amiable hostess,
gives no reason to any one for the out
TageOus practical joke played Oft on her
last week, when some funny wag sent
out 9. 900 invitations to every fast woman
and man in Paris. Fifteen hundred per
sons, Of whom uOI Uretenth knew the
countess even Oy sight, responded to the
summons, and as her apartment will not
hold more than 200, the Overplus of
guests filled up the stairs, got into other
peoples rooms, blocked up the entrance,
and, finding out the mystificatiOn, either
got into q rage and became vitUpeTative,
or else Joined in the spirit of the thing,
and acted like cads It was Bedlam
broke loose. Yells and screams and cat
calls rang through the corridors; some
BODY who was in the secret let Off fire.
crackers, the concierge interfered, other
dodgers Vociferated, the police were sent
for, and could not do any thing, and
only at 4 in the morning, after five hours
of persecution, did the poor lady sue
coed in clearing the premises OF lntruders.
Funny, some of the newspapers were dis
posed to call it; other persons thought
it cowardly, as the counts health de-
prived the wife of a defender, and fol-
another champion that the legally re-
sponsible editor to interfere would have
been compromising. However, somebody
did, and although this is not the cause
assigned, the two or three duels which
have recently come of, or are still on the
EaDis. are it's consequences.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-22
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.


ATLANTA-Flour: Superfne, 81; family
Sc; extra family. So 80; fancy, So 50@7 90,
Wheat-The following prices are millers'
buying prices Tennessee choice white, 81 IA
al is; Tennessee medium, 81 05(0L 10;
Georgia choice white and amber,$ ca; lower
grades, 81. Corn: Choice white, zoe,
mixed, 65R6c7. Oats, 45@75c. Meal, zoe.
ST. LOUIS-Flour: Double extra fall,
81 1904 80; treble extra fall, So 1895 %;
family, SIS $500 90; cnolce TO fancy, So COG
615, Wheat No. red fall, 4$115Z.
Corn No. 2 mixed, S5Mc.
E-Flour:Extra, $32 5;do. fam.
ily, So 75Cql4 %. Wheat: Red and amber. o.
Corn: White, AZ; mixed, 40 Oats: New
white, 30c mixed, 26Hc.
Il CINCINNATI-Flour family, So 259
90. Wheat: Red and white, .,.G$1 10
Corn, 42c. Oats 25%927c.
NEW YORK-Fiour Southern, common
TO fair extra, SIS 50G6 90; good to choice
extra, So 1907 So. Wheat: Ungraded win
ter red 81. 23@$I 81; No. do, 81 "a; No.
do, 81 2291 331S; No. do, 81 500
1887. Corn; Ungraded, 540551<c.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-22

ATLANTA-BuIk meat Clear rib sides,
G. Bacon Sugar.cured hams, 1890 lie;
shoulders, &C; bright small sides, &c; plain
hams, none; breakfast bacon, S@8Mc.
BALTIMORE-M Mess pork, 10 90. Bulk
meats Loose, shoulders, 3Mc clear RIB
sides, &c; packed, shoulders, Axe; clear
rib sides, 6Lc. Bacon shoulders, 45zc;
clear rib sides, SIC; hams, 11G1l14e. Lard,
refined, in tierces, 7c.
CINCINNATI-Pork,$ SO 30. Lard, Sc TO-
Bulk meats shoulders, SIZE; clear RIB, "a 70
as OO;clear sides, IS 80. Bacon: shoulders,
81 Is; clear ribs, So 3716; clear sides, 62lc.
NEW YORK-Pork: New mess, 80 co.
Middles Long clear, SIC; short clear, SIC
long and short clear, 5.75c.
LOUISVILLE - Pork, SO. Lard: choice
leaf in tierces, 72zc; do. kegs, SIC. Bulk
meats: Shoulders, B3 So; clear ribs s. 90
Gear sides, So %. Bacon Shoulders,$3 81 =
clear ribs, SIS So; clear sides, 55sc; sugar
cured hams, 991O12c,
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
ATLANTA-Eggs: Reliable selling at lie;
ordinary lots, 16c. Butter Choice Tennes-
see, 16G14c; medium, 12@16c; low grades,
9d16c. Poultry: Small, 9@12c; medium,
I20l7c; large, 16@18e; hens, zoe; ducks,
15@..c. Sweet potatoes, 6Ocg...c per
bushel. Irish potatoes, 9Oc8$1 pei busheI.
BALTIMORE-Butter Prime TO choice
western packed, Is 915c. Eggs, l5e.
LIVE STOCK.
ATLANTA-We quote Choice Tennes>
see cattle Sc, common 11z0215c, Georgia
1Ia2Ic. Spring lambs So. Sheep $l92
per head.
CTNCINNATI-Hogs Common 50 GOA
3 20, light So 4O@3 60, acking So 45@3 60
butchers So 6503 70.
LUMBER.
ATLANTA-AI undressed lumber, 81.
per NJ. Flooring dried, dressed, tonguec
and grooved, $16017 per NJ. Weather
boarding dressed and edged, Pl5 per M
Inch, all heart, So 80; shingles. No.
50 so
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-22
The BurO and the Bear.

The Rochester On. " Herald says:
John A.. Rockafellow, of Mount MOTIFS,
Is with William A. Hart, of this city, In
Southern Arizona, and writes TO friend
in this city an account OF very anus
inc adventure he had with cinnamon
hear. The latter is avery ugly customer
TO close with, but our friend was deIIY-
cred in the most unexpected manner, as
will be seen by the following: Last
night was coming up from the santa
Cruz Valley, eighteen miles below.
was riding a buro Gackass), but on COM
to a very steep hill, dismounted and was
slowly walking up when came on an
immense cinnamon bear, less than
twenty feet away OF course to run was
out of the question, 50 | stood and eyed
the old fellow and he stood and eyed me
as | slowly pulled out my six-shooter
from the holster. Old bear hunters say
IL isn't safe to tackle a cinnamon with
a rife carrying less than seventy grains
of powder, and then give him a dead
shot. as the cinnamOns are worse than
the grizzlies. / didn't have my rifle
with me, and as my six-shOoter only uses
twenty-three of powder, l concluded l
was not looking for fight unless the
bear was. Whatever his intentions
were l don't know; but my buro Gack-
ASST, who was some distance ahead, just
then caught sight of him and-instead
of running away as one would expect
started for Mr.. Bruin with tail and ears
erect, and to cap the climax commenced
to bray. This was too much, and the
old bear started as if he was shot out OF
a gun. He just tore up the ground, and
when he couldn't run fast enough he
rolled down the mountain side. old
Baalam' has played that trick before
with me when / have been trying to get
up on to a deer, and have always
pounded him for it, but last night l con-
Guided 1 would give him a leather
medal"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-22
rir0 Thnnsnnd Dollars a Year.

They pay female school teachers gSood.
salaries in England. Miss Buss, head of
Nor London Collegiate School for girls,
Is Maid 91. 900 per annum, with a prop.
arIv furnished and convenient suit of
onsrtments, The head mistress of ST.
PauPg school, also in London, receives
the same liberal compensation. There
are are at least twenty notwithstanding
in England the compensation 1oI W Ln1a
is from E3O0 to $500 year In eaeD fa'4s'-
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-22

A GENTLEMAN learned in the origin
of social customs was asked the meaning
of casting an old shoe after a newly
married couple, as they start on their
trip. He said: "To indicate that the
chances of matrimOny are very slip
perry"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-22

Keeps constantly on hand Metallic, Rosewood and
homs. IN ade Collins of ali sizes. They also keep
supply OF good durable bureaus bedsteads. tables,
&c. They ask inspection Of their goods, and
solicit the patronage OF the public. Orders by
telegraph mail promptly attended to-. aug27,79-ly
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-22

6Half a loaf is better than none," as
Ghe corner-loafer said to the policemen
when told to move on,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22
HUMOROUS.

"PKER AND PoLOGNY."-"Dis mon,
he comes into my blaze last night, und
calls for peer and pOlOgny," began the
witness, as George Dart was handed out
by Bljah.
al amt the man." replied the pris-
Oner with cheerful promptness.
"No talking back" said the court.
"Let the witness tell what he has 10
say, and then you can have a chance"
"Yhell, Shudge, he comes into my
blaze ind | gif him peer und pologny,
und he eats und thinks, und vhas going
away mitout paying, when dakes him
by der collar. He strikes M here und
here, und he dries to pite me, und /
hat to call der police"
"Now, I'll tell you how 1t was" said
the prisoner. "The beer was all
right, only too much vinegar In il, but
that bologna had a ten-penny nail in II,
and when | shut my teeth on 1t 1 broke
two of 'em of and nearly killed me. L
refused to pay-Of course | did. |
ain'i going TO pay for bolognys with
nails in 'em. | buy my hardware at
one place, and my bolognas at another"
"My gracious! Yhata shtory-vhat
a shtory !" groaned the witness.
"Where Is that bolOgny with the
hardware lining?" asked the court.
81 left it on the table, sir" replied
the witness.
"Und haf it in mypocket, Shudge,
und | proves What a shtory he dell.
Here it ish -
But l. wasn't there. He felt all over
himself, from top story to basement, but
the link was missing. 1t had dropped
by the wayside, to be'seen no more
"Py gollyl Ply gollyw gasped the
witness, as he gave his body a last
search.
produce your hard ware" coolly OBJ
served the prisoner.
although there is a missing link in
the evidence" remarked the court as
he gathered up the papers, cit is evil
dent that the prisoner was inclined to
raise a row when he should have ac-
cepted an explanation. | shall there
fore fine him So"
"Fine me So because | couldn't bite
through a ten-penny nail" exclaimed
the prisoner.
"Dot is shust right, Shudge, shust
right" chuckled the witness.
''This is a world ofaccidents and sur
prises, Mr.. Dart, and we should always
be prepared for cast-lron bOlognas or
even stranger things, and to gently de-
mand explanations instead of throwing
beer tumblers. You will have to pay
or go up for thirty days"
The prisoner tried to borrow S. of the
witness, and failing in this he went up.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22
A Great French Philosopher

once defined q doctor to be "a person who
pours drugs about which he knows little, into
a body concerning which he knows less, in
order to cure diseases Of which he knows moth
ing and the empirical, barbarous, useless
treatment of piles since the days OF Hypoc-
rates, when doctors burned the tumors off
with red hot iron, down to the absurd wonder
cures and nostrums of modern quacks, would
seem 10 bear testimony to the wisdom Of the
Frenchman. The great modern benefactor Of
the modern race is now admitted by every one
to be DR.. Silsbee, the dis coverer of an infallible
pile remedy in Andkesis. This miraculous cure
for the most painful OF all diseases is regarded
as the scientific triumph of the age, and is
prescribed and endorsed by physicians OF all
schools. 1t is not taken internally but applied
as a suppository directly to the affected part
It gives instant relief, soothes pain as a poul-
tice. presses up the tumors as an instrument,
and ultimately cures piles by its medication.
AndkeSiS, DR.. S. Silsbee's External Pile
Remedy, is sold by all frst-c'ass druggists.
Price 81 90 per box. Samples mailed free to
all sufferers on appl cation to p. Neustaedter
& Co., Box 3946, New York.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22
The Largest Diamond in the World.

A story comes frcm Parteall, India,
where diamonds are usually found
Golconda being the place where they
are merely cut and polished-thaL the
largest diamond in the world had been
discovered there. 1t is said to weigh
seven hundred carats, thirty-three car
ats more than the famous stone belong
ing to the Rajah of Mattan. The stone
is in all probability much larger than
the diamond. and both will be likely
to diminish under careful examination.
Great diamonds are interesting, because
they nearly all have curious and ro-
mantle histories. The Regent or Pitt
diamond, 146 "a carats, cut, found in
Hyderabad, was taken to England by
Pitt, grandfather of the first Earl of
Chatham and sold by him to the Due
d'Orleans for a sum equivalent to
5000, 900. 1t ornamented the sword hilt
of Napoleon; vas taken by the Prus-
SLAMS at Waterloo, and is now among
the crown jewels of the Emperor of
Germany. The Sanci, another cele-
brated stone, once belonged to Charles
the Bold, Duke of ~Bergundy, who wore
1t In his hat at the battle of Nancy
where he fell. 1t then passed to the
hands of Anton, King of Portugal, and
he being embarrassed, disposed of it
for $4,000, Then 1t was purchased af-
ter divers changes, by a Frenchman
named Sanci, whence It's designation.
One of his descendants, having been
sent as ambassador to Henry III, at
Soleure, the King demanded the jewel
as a pledge. The servant carrying II
to the monarch, was waylaid by rob-
bers and murdered, but not before he
had swallowed the diamond. His mas
ter confident of his fidelity, caused the
body to be opened, and found the pre-
cious stone. After awhile 1t was secured
by the Government of Great Britain,
and James III. carried II to France, in
1858. After varied fortunes, Louis
XIV. got hold Of it and wore 1t at his
coronation. Then IL passed from his
hand, and was bought, fifty odd years
since, by a Russian nobleman, for
$400, 900, and Is said now to belong to
one Of his heirs. AS II is too valuable
for almost anybody to keep, 1t will con-
tlnue, no doubt, as the years 10 on, to
add to Its memorable history. Dia-
monds supply most Of the rOmancO OF
precious stones.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22
Sarfoua

Threatens every man, woman or child living In
. region Of country whero fever and sgue is
prevalent since the germs Of malarial disease
are inhaled from the air and are swallowed
from the water OF such q regi n. Medicinal
safeguard 10 absolutely necessary TO nullify
this danger. As 4 means Of fortifying and &C
climating the system so as TO be abe to resist
the malarial poison, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters is i~ncomparably the best and the most
popular. Irregularities OF the stomach, liver
and bowels encourage malaria; but thee are
speedily rectiied by the Bitters. The functions
OF digestion and REQ elton are assisted by its
use, and q vigorous as vel as regular condition
OF the system promoted BY IL. Constitution
and physique are thus defended against the
inroads Of malaria by this matchless proven
tive. which is also q certain n thorough re-
medy in the worst cases Of intermittent andre
mittent feyers.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22

Electrical Communication Wlh Trains IN
AOtfOH.-M. de B%aillenache, a French
scientist, has invented a mode Of com.
municating with a moving train, which
has been tried with success on the
Western Railroad Of Paris. Along the
center Of the line. between the rails,
runs an ordinary telegraph wire,
placed so near the ground that the ash
pan Of the locomotive passes over the
wire freely, but 1t is very carefully iso-
lated. In the trains is a van containing
a telegraph apparatus, attended by a
competent clerk. From II descends a
movable metallic lever with a conduct
ing pad, which runs along In contact
with the wire, the ends Of which are in
communication with a special apparat-
US at the various stations so that a con-
slant circuit Is kept up, an0 a transmits
sion OF messages between the train and
the station is as easy as any two fixed
points on land. AS soon as a train has
passed q station the communication Is
cut of, so that nothing may impede It's
intercourse with the one it is approach
ing. Notice can be sent to the moving
train to stop In case the track Is impe
ded, and the train can give notice OF its
whereabouts at any given moment by
the ringing Of a bell or by sending a
message.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22

The excessive corpulency Of q certain
United States Senator has long been the
butt of editorial wit and spicy bon mots
from the pens of Washington cores
pondents. Few persons have suspected
that his obesity was a disease and liable
to prove fatal. Yet this is the sad fact.
Excessive fairness Is not only a disease
In itself, but one liable to generate other
and more serious ones. Chemistry has
at last revealed a safe, sure and reliable
remedy for this abnormal condition of
the system In Allan's Anti-Fat. Dis
tinguished chemists have pronounced 1t
not only harmless but very beneficial to
the system, while remedying the dis
eased condition. Sold by druggists.