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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-05
He was a Fighter.

Speaking Of duels, recalls famous
one. There was formerly in the French
service in Algeria general Of Arab or
IGN, Yusuf by name. One day all AL
geria was moved to laughter by sati-
rical sketch of Gen. fusufin the local
paper, under the title of monsieur
Jouiou." The writer was, it Is said, NJ.
Arthur de Fronvielle, the editor of the
paper took the responsibility. Moreover
one fine morning. the journalist heard
a terrible knocking At his door.
"Come in"
Ii was Gen. Yusuf who showed his
Arab visage at the threshold. He was
followed by an ordinance officer,
NJ. de Fronvielle was still in bed.
"Are you Monsieur.de Fronvielle ?"
asked the General. "Was it you that
called me Monsieur Joujou?' We must
fight"'
cat your command, General. | will
have couple of my friends ="
"N0 mo, no! ! none of that nonsense ~
thnndered Yusuf. "We will fight i'm
mediately. Understand! I want to kill
you.'
"Ah. in that ease permit me to rise.
And where shall we fight, If you please
General?"
"Right here"
"ln my beGroom?"
SIN your bedroom"
"All right. And this gentleman will
serve as witness -
"Yes."
every well. I'm ready for you now" "
Yusuf drew his saber. and at a sign
his ordinance officer did the same. The
bedroom was very small. Nothing
cheerful about this strange duel.
s'Take your choice, monsieur" said
the General, holding out both !swerds.
Fouvielle took the officers saber. Yusuf
threw off his tunic, rolled up his
sleeves, and held his saber In his bare
arm, which was corded with the mus
cles of an athlete. His white teeth
shone from his swarthy face. Possibly
Fronyille recalled at that moment lit
tie affair in which Yusuf had been for
merly the hero. The general was in
love with the Princess Kasoubah, the
daughter Of the Bey Of Tunis. One day
he stabbed in the chamber of his mis-
tress. TunisIan slave who threatened
TO expose them, and cutting out the
slaves tongue, he threw it at Kasou-
bah's feet, with tie remark: "He won't
talk any more"
The "Reminiscences, if it occurred to
Fronvielle, was sufficiently tragic to
cause him to reflect, especially as at
that moment Yusuf, his eyes protrud-
ing from his head, uttering yells like a
,sckal, and bounding like tiger, saw.
age, frightful, was making ready to
transfix his adversary. with his very
first stroke. This stroke the newspaper
man Tended, but it cut him terribly in
the right arm.
Yusuf stuck the point OF his saber In
the floor and said;
"You can't use your arm; to con-
tinue the combat would be murder. We
will finish this affair when you are cur
ed"
NJ. de Froneielle saluted.
! The second day after the light the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-05
Grceley's Trouble With His shirts.

One Winter Mrs. Greeley went to the
West Indies for her health and the fol-
lowing Spring she sent for her husband
10 come after her and bring her home
70 New York. Now, Ii there was one
thing the old man hated it was the sea.
The very smell of salt water made him
sick, Bat, nevertheless, he 0beyed his
wife'e call, as he was accustomed to
obey her every whim. In due time
they got back TO Gotham and that NOR
ming Mr.. Sinclair received word thae
Greeley was not feeling well owing 10
his voyage, and had decided TO stay al
home for the day. In the evening
Sinclair was going to Washington on
business, and so, valise in hand, he
called at Mr.. Greeley's house an hour
OF two before the train was to start. He
found the old man in bed. and actually
very i'll, having suffered terribly all the
way out and all the way back from sea-
sickness He was alone, the other mem
bers of the family being ill or away
from home, and so Sinclair determined
to pass the night with him, giving up
for that time his trip TO the capital.
"Sinclair," he said, in that querulors
whine of his, ''I'm as naked as the day
was born. Ny trunks haven't arrived
yet, and haven't got a nightgown."
but why not wear this 2" pointing
to the garment he had taken of before
getting into bed.
''Oh, L expect 10 get out 10 morrow,
and l want that to wear then. How the
blszes would It look after I'd slept
in it?"
Well, in due time his baggage arrived
and Sinclair made bolt for the article
needen. After some rummaging he
found il, and assisted the old man 10
put it on. 1t was soon fastened at the
neck, and the nurse took up one of the
wrists and tried to button it. There,
however, he stuck fast. The ends
wouldn't meet by fully two inches.
He tuged and twisted to his utmost,
but it was no 90. Still, as the patient
said nothing, he supposed it ought to
fasten, and rcdoubled his efforts for
that purpose. For about twenty mi
nutes he labored without success. Then
he said,
"This is failure. 1t won't fasten."
NO." said Greeley, with exaspera-
ting calmness, 81 knew it wouldn't.
The fact is, never could button the in
fernal thing myself. But you seemed
TO enjoy it, and so l didn't disturb
you"
He lay back on the pillows for a few
moments, as if thinking deeply, and
then, sitting bolt upright, he brought
his fist down upon the quilt and ex-
claimed, savagelv,
''lf ever MOrmOnism works as far
East as this, III have one wife to take
care OF my shirts"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-05
A Rascal Killed.

A trial for murder was concluded re-
Gently in Paris, which has created a
great social excitement. A cookbook
ing man of thirty, named Roche, was
charged with stabbing one Golbery
| with knife in the bowels, on the 9th
OF last October, and inflicting wounds
which caused almost immediate death.
The story seemed as if one was reading
a few pages from Emile Zola's abomin-
ably clever romance, ''L'AssOmmoir." !"
Roche, the accused, seemed to be an
honest, industrious poor fellow, who
served ercditably as a cavalry soldier in
the war of 1870. After his discharge
from the army he returned TO his ma
tive village in the Department of Gers,
where, having inherited small sum of
money, he met a girl of the locality
who had been in Paris for some years,
and had learned a good trade at Pleyel's
piano mandatory. He proposed for
Louise Debat and married her. They
came to Paris and set up wine-shop,
and the man being industrious he ad-
ded to his earnings by getting the ap-
pointment of Overseer or guardian in
the tapestry department of the late En-
hibition. In his daily absence a man
named Golbery began to visit at his
house. Finally Golbery was introduced
to Roche as an old friend of his wife's,
and the men were good deal together.
This constant visitor had been more
than a mere friend of Madame Roche
He had seduced her, and was father of
child of hers before the marriage. He
seems TO have used his influence like a
brute over the wretched woman, who
had returned TO virtue, and really loved
her attached husband. Through men
aces of disclosing her past conduct he
forced her again to become his mistress
Finally, i'm her agony, she confessed
all 10 her husband, and he forgave her.
He brought Golbery before the Police
Magistrate, and sort of reconciliation
appeared TO have taken Place by the
former lover promising not again to see
thc Niic. iioNCfci, ditti nHiit nc
began to wander about the street where
the Roches lived, and TO haunt their
windows and doorways. On the 9Th of
October Roche had returned in the
evening from the Exhibition, aud,
seated at dinner, observed Golbery
grinning at him from through the win
dow. He seized knife from the table,
ran out, and stabbed his rival and per-
secutor. 1t was proved, however, that
the act was committed when no one
was i'm the street, that Roche returned
stealthily TO his house, and denied the
act when interrogated by a neighbor
who too in the dying man, and heard
from him the name and address of the
person who wounded him. At the trial i,
however, if he did not show much con-
triton, he exhibited much feeling and
fondness for his wife, and the
daring dragoon who was wounded at
the battle of Gravelotte wept like a
child. The French jury acquitted him !;
the French Judge approved the verdict; :;
and Roche went home, a sort of hero,
with his wife.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-05
Tho Medicine Of Sunshine.

The world wants more sunshine in
its disposition, in its business, in its
charities, its theology. For ten thou
sands of the aches and pains and irri-
tations of men and women we commend
sunshine. 1t sOOthes better than NOR
phine. The Good Samaritan poured on
into the fallen travellers cash more of
this than of oil. Florence Nightingale
used it on the Crimean battle-fields.
Take in into all the alleys, on boards
all the ships, by all the sick-beds. Not
a pailful, not cupful, but soulful.
1t is good for spleen for liver complain,
for neuralgia, for the rheumatism, for
failing fortunes, for melancholy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-05
The Bank of France


There are sixteen directors of the
Bank of France. Nobody can be Il di-
rector unless he Gowns twenty-five shares
of the bank. Now, As each share is
worth $500, each director must have
$25 900 invested in the bank; the great
majority of the directors have two or
three times this amount of money in
bank shares, Reihschilds, Holtinguers
and Says are among the largest share
holders, and as they bought their shares
when they were worth si00 each, their
dividends on the money invested are an
enormous per centum. Only the POO
largest shareholders are allowed to be
present and vote at the annual meeting
of shareholders, it being assumed that
the interest of all the shareholders
would be securer in their hands than il
every owner of share had voice in
the banks management. These POO
shareholders consist of eighty-nine per-
sons who own a hundred shares, and
eighty shareholders who own about six
| ty shares.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-05

general presented himself at the wound
mans lodging.
And regularly every morning there
after.
81 hope you will forgive me for get
ting well so slowly general, said From
vielle; ''a little patience and | am with
you"
81 am very patient" answered Ynsuf.
When the wounded m,n was able to
90 out at last. Gen. Yusuf was the first
to meet him. But it was 70 offer him
his arm, and ask him to lean on il. All
his anger had slowly changed TO es-
teem
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-05

There is no peace to the wicked.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-17
All the Year Round.

BY dint of keeping constantly in the
saddle and having relays of horses all
along the road, the Prince de Ligne con-
trived to cover the miles between Vienna
and Paris-over five hundred, as the
crow fies-in six days. This perform
ance was outdone by the Count de Main
tenay, who rode the whole distance on
one horse, without dismounting. The
Count, one Of the most accomplished
horsemen of his day, was attached to the
mission sent by Napoleon to negotiate
for the hand of Marie Louise, and was
deputed to carry to his impatient master
the formal consent of the Emperor of
Austria to the marriage, and the minia-
ture Of the unwilling bride-elect. To
expedite his journey, six of the finest
horses in the imperial stables were dis
patched to different places on the
route, that the Count might
change his mount; but the Hungarian
roadster he bestrOde at starting went so
fast and staid so well that the relays
were not called into service, and the
matrimonial messenger arrived at his
destination long before he was expected,
but so exhausted that he was fain to
crave permission to be seated in the EN-
peror's presence, as he delivered up
the all-important mission, and repeated
the Archduchess message to her future
lord. A jeweled snuffbox, $4,000 francs
and the good steed be had ridden re-
warded the Count for his expedition.
The Count de Maintenay's feat was re,
peated in 1874 by an Austrian Lieuten-
ant, who undertook to ride his horse,
Caradoc, from Vienna to Paris in four
teen days. He was unlucky enough to
lose his way in the Black Forest, and 50
waste seven hours, and was further de-
layed by an accident to his horse, never
theless he accomplished his task with
more than two hours to the good.
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will be accepted, in the present state Of
ofg.;ro
City Commissioner.

The Supervisor of Repairs was ordered to
have the Third-street steps on Mt. Adams
repaired forthwith.
F. Meyer was granted permission to open
Hockberry street. north of Madison Plke'
for the purpose Of laying drain pipe.
The following was adopted:
Resolved, That, in accordance with the
opinion o. the City Solicitor of this date,
the declination of the brick sidewalk con-
tract by Patrick Leavy be and is hereby
accepted.
"Resolved, That there be retained out OF
money due Patrick Leavy on final estimate
for construction of the wing walls of Eighth
street Bridge over Millcreek the sum OF
$3.50, of which 5000 is the penalty for his
failure to accept the contract awarded to
him by this Board on the 9th day of Sep
tember, 1879, for the construction OF brick
sidewalks, and $50 for cost Of advertising
the same"
The claim of John c. Bradley for $6S,
claimed to have been incorrectly charged
to hin, for Inspectors wages for over time
on Mclean street improvement. was not
allowed
Mr.. Duckworth was relieved from the
supervision of the Fourth District, which
was assigned to Mr.. Rowland.
The pay roll for last week was ordered
paid as follows: Yardmen. $l8; street clean
ing, $977 80; Inspector Eighth street bridge
$l8; sewer, $73 Ii; Inspector Mclean ave
nue., $93; parks. $176 10, Inspector street
Improvements. $l95.
A petition for water main on south
! side OF Fifth street between Main and Wal
nut, and OH east side Walnut between Fifth
street and Church alley, was referred tt
Water-wOrks Committee.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-17

London Vanity Faifr "Lord Odo
Russell, while calling upon Prince Bis
marck short time ago, asked how he
managed to get rid of that class of un-
fortunate visitors whom he could not
well refuse to see, but whose room he
found preferable to their company. 'Ohv
replied the Chancellor, L have very
simple method. My wife knows them
pretty well, and, when she sees that they
are with me, she generally contrives to
come in and call me away upon some pre-
text or other He had scarcely finished
speaking when the Princess put her head
in the door and said: Otto, you must
come and take your medicine. You
ought to have had it ten minutes ago.
Lord Odo Russell had not till then any
idea that his room could more be welcome
than his company"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-17
kENTUCk KNlCKKNACKS.
Choice Currents Collected in the Corn.
cracker Commonwealth.
Special , to the star.

Special to the star.
FRANKLIN. Nov 1T.-Diphtheria prevails
here to an Alarming extent and several chill
dren have died in the last few days.
RICHMOND. KY..% Nov. 17.-Ex-Assistant
Secretary of State Thomas 8. BronstOn says
that while in the discharge of his duties I've
found the enrolled Constitution of Ken
tuckv. wrapped it up and filed it awav in
the office vault, and it can be found there
now.
SPRlNa LICK, KY, Nov. 1.-THE con-
tnued warm weather Is proving very dis
astrous to those who killed hogs during
the last cold snap. A farmer near Caney-
vile had over 1000 pork spoiled, and
many others have suffered q loss, but not
30 heavy.
OwxNsBoRo, Nov. 11--An old colored
patriarch, seventy-six years old, who recent
ly Joined church here had never heard a
sermon or prayer until two weeks ago.
PApuoAH, Nov II The late storm blew
down barn near Ogden's Landing Ballard
County, which was filled with tobacco, COM
pletely wrecking the whole concern. In
Marshall County the barn of DR.. Frank was
moved some distance from its foundation.
OAKLAND STATION, Nov. 17.-Three car
loads of mules were shipped South from
here yesterday by Hon. A. II. Smith.
They we're bought at from $65 to $S5 a
piece.
HARRoDsBURG, Nov. H.-Mrs. Lydia Ro-
barls, aged 70, was found dead in her chair
Last evening. Heart disease was the proba-
bic cause.
MAysvILLE, Nov. 1T. K. Ball & Sons
pamp-tube mandatory, all the machinery
and large stock stables belonging to the
Naysville Coal and Salt Transfer Company
were burned by an incendiary yesterday
Loss $500. ....
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his father. who insisted that he should 60


The contemplated fair to be held at Ma
sonic Hall. this city, on December l7th.
18th and 10th. under tile auspices OF the
Masonic fraternity is now q fixed TACT, the
ladies having taken hold of the affair In
earnest All female btiatives of members
of the brethren of the mystic tie are re-
qnested tn meet at the hal! on Wednesday
afternoon at half past o'clock.
Toney Hoff. on a charge of being an ac-
cessOry to the murder of Charles Scheurer.
will have an examining trial before Judge
Makibben to-day at p nj. The case Of
Anna Hoff will be called immediately
after. Toney Hoff was acquitted Saturday
by 'Squires Bodkin and Fuller. but was
shortly after rearrested on warrant sworn
out by County Attorney Edgar.
Yesterday was celebrated as the anniver-
sary Of St. Martins Benevolent Society.
There was procession, and the Society at
tended vespers at St. Stephens Chuich in a
body, and Father Baumeister delivered the
anniversary sermon, taking St Martin as
his subject The Knights of ST. George, OF
Covington, were liberally represented. and
the occasion was much enjoyed by the par
ticipants.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-17

A Roam Mountain, N. G., letter says:
Elias Stamey, Of this county, died Octo-
Der 10th, and about three weeks previous
to his death he said had vision, in
which, to use his own words, "God told
him that he would be taken sick on GER
tain day, and if he only nsed home med.
icines' he would live until the Monday
following, but if he had doctor he would
live until a week from the next Thurs
day" A physician was called in and he
did live until l o'clock p. m. Thursday,
that being the exact hour of che day on
which he said God had told him he would
die.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-17
A FATAL BATH.
APatient Scalded TO Death i'm a Bath
Tub.
fNapa (Cal. Register.]

lNapa (Cal.) Register.
Yesterday morning Coroner Coleman
was informed that the night previous an
inmate of the asylum had been scalded
to death, and, summoning jury, be
went over in the afternoon to investigate.
The result is herein stated: On the 7th
of last April the deceased, D. b. Hooe, a
native of Virginia, Was committed to the
asylum, and was from that time to the
day of his death helpless in body and
feeble in intellect, never conversing
coherently upon any subject. Sunday
afternoon at about o'clock, his attend
ant, G. V. Boggs, had occasion to give
the man bath, and the other attendant
being out for short walk, he called to
his assistance two inmates. HoOe was
taken to the bathroom, his clothing all
removed excepting his pants, when an
outcry was heard in the ward a short dis
tance from the bathroom.
Thinking that patient in room No. 6,
who had broken arm, had fallen out of
bed, Boggs rushed out, leaving Hooe in
charge Of the two inmates mentioned, in
the bathroom, with the tub partially
filled with tepid water. The attendant
went to room No. 6, found the patient all
right, and as he was ready for his bed,
placed him therein, and covering him,
hastened back to the bathroom. He tes-
tilted that he was gone about one min
ute or minute and half. Itappears
that when the attendant left the bath
room the two inmates took from deceased
his pants, pulled the plug from the bot
tom of the bath-tub, turned on the hot
water, which was almost Of boiling
temperature, and one taking Hooe by the
shoulder, the other tsking him by the
heels, they put him in the tub. The
two inmates, simple, half-idiotic fellows
in testifying, each one said he did moi
turn on the hot water but that his com
rade did; that one said to the other, see
ing the cuticle peeling off the body o
the deceased: "That water is too hot,
and then the cold-water faucet wa
+ opened.
When Boggs returned he found one o
the inmates in the doorway grinning
and the helpless man in the water
Hastily taking him out he stood him OF
his feet, and notified the supervisor O
the male wards, John Hawks (who wa
then making his regular rounds), Of tn
occurrence, and he in turn informed th'
resident physician, DR.. Wilkins, who i'm
mediately visited Hooe and applied ne
cessary remedies. The poor fellow wa
scalded on his feet, back, hips, side, ant
arms, the cuticle having been remove,
from portions of all the parts named. HI
was, when the doctor reached him, suffer
, ing intense pain. His burns were dressed
with lint, cotton-batting, sweet oil ant
water, and an opiate given to alleviate
the pain. By this time it was about 6:1!
o'clock. At $3.50 DIR. Wilkins again visi
ted the sufferer, accompanied by DR.
Dozier and Hatch. They found him il
: a great state of prostrstion and ordere'
stimulants, with view Of bringing abou
reaction. But one dose was given him
for he failed to rally, and he died abou
$50 o'clock-four hours and half afte
| he was removed from the bath-tub.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-17
CLERK AMBROSE.
His Arrest Progress Of the Investigation-
Judge Baxter's Arrival.

Last Saturday Major Chase, Chief of the
United States Treasury Secret Service, ar
rived from Washington, and upon consulta-
ton with Mr.. Newcomb and the District
ATTORNEY it was decided to draw up an aft.
davit for tile arrest of Capt. Ambrose.
Mr.. Newcomb verified the affidavit after
the District Attorney had prepared itand it
was placed in the Marshal's hands. As this
was late in the afterno n the attorneys frr
Mr.. Ambrose, Mr.. Warren NJ. Batenan
and Mr.. Edgar Johnson, made strenuous
effort 10 pos pone the arrest until to-day,
but this was refused, and Ambrose was re-
anired by Commissioner Hooper to give
bail in the sum of $40, ,000for his appearance
at 2o'Glock to-day.
Mr.. Newcomb this forenoon was In search
of the record OF certain fees, which he was
certain had been paid, but no account OF
them appeared on the regular fee books III
the Office. o. -.s. -.. .st,-.l.-l
He appealed to Mr. Ambrose, but was
informed that all the fees Which had been
paid in had been duly recorded in the
books then at Mr. Newcombs disposal.
He next ;nterrogated Deputies Blake.
more and White, from whom he learned
that two additional fee books had been
kept BY them up TIL last spring when they
had been turned over to Mr.. Ambrose.
Neither of these books had since been
seen until few days ago, when Mr.. Blake.
more found one Of tlicm. with all the leaves
upon which accounts had been kept torn
out.
He identified this book by two entries
which he had made in the back part of it.
but, the other book he could not find, al
though he had hunted the Office over for 1t.
Judge Baxter arrived from Louisville
last evening and opened the session Of the
Circuit Conrt this morning. and after hear
ing several motions for the hearing of cases
adjourned the Court until tomorrow.
M What action either Judge Baxter Oh
Judge Sv ing will take in the matter o.
Ambr, se's resignation, has not yet beer
made public, bat II is not probable that Il