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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-10

Imagination goes a long distance
with scent cigar.
We scuttle boat at the bottom, and
q house at the top.
The breath of scandal is beyond the
control of cardamom- seeds.
Some men can not stand prosperi-
ty. Others never get chance to try.
"A hog is monarch in his pen, for
"Where there's s-will there's Sway"
--Chimney-sweeping must be good
business; it scots every body who tries
it.
When you offer tramp bread, and
he makes a rye face, you can conclude
he prefers whisky.
-"Great heavens! he murmured,
as the dealer named the price, &" don't
want whole strawberry; l only want
small slice off the round"
The weather is very changeable in
New York. An exchange says a few
days ago a man in that country was
sun-struck right at the close of a snow
storm because he couldn't get his ulster
off quick enough.
"A newly married lady was telling
another how nicely her husband could
write. "Oh, you should just see some
of his love letters" Eyes, know"
was the freezing reply; "I've got q
bushel of 'em in my trunk" Tableau.
The house fly has once again made
its appearance, and the spider begins
to clean house for its reception, and
looks as happy as does the man who
sees the butcher-boy leave basket OF
meat down stairs when he knows that
the other family has moved out.
"A little girl at school read thus
"The widow lived on a limbacy left
her by a relative" "What did you
call that word p' asked the teacher
"the word Is legacy, not imbacy."
"But," said the little girl, "my sister
says 1 must say limb, not leg"
A gentleman who has spent some
days in the region of the coal-oil wells
in Pennsylvania says that in his opinion
the Government ought to interfere al
once, and put a stop to further pumping
and boring for oil. He is quite certain
the oil is drawn through these we'll
from the bearing of the earth's axis
and that the earth will cease to turI
when the fabrication ceases.
Judge to witness: "How do yo,
know the defendant is gentleman
did you ever visit at his house p'' sNo
SIR" "Did you ever see him at th'
bedside of the sick and suffering p
ssNo, SIR" "Have you an intimate &C
quaintance with him P'' ssNo, sir
8Have you any acquaintance witt
him P" ''No, sir; but he wears tn
longest ulster with the biggest plaids il
it of any man up our way"
"A flame is in her CLASSY eye, a broom
is in her eager hand, aloft she lifts
sudden cry that echoes like a new bras
band; her dress is reefed about he
knees, as through the house she cuts
path, and in her every stranger seems
being of majestic wrath. Step-ladder
scale the papered height, and tubs @
water flood the floor, her voice is hear,
from morning to night rising above tn
awful roar. Fly from her presence do
and cat, fly from her presence man an
mouse, it is the vernal frenzy that pos
sesses her-she's cleaning house.
"THE SAME"
The gay and festive soda -fount
Now sizzles in the land,
And Deacon and good Mrs. Jones
Around the counter stand
The lady's gentle nectartne
Within the glass is fZzin';
The Deacon slyly winks and says
He'll take the same in his'n.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-10

"SEE the moon," said lady to her
nephew, a bright little boy of 5, as they
sat looking out of the window the other
day. "The moon!" said the little man.
" You can't seen the moon in the day
time" "Yes, you can," continued his
aunt, "there it is over the trees" The
little fellow had to admit that he saw it,
but added, "'Taint lighted, any way
Boston Transcript.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-10

HERR KRUPP, the manufacturer of
great guns in Germany, had his little
love romance and marriage, as many
another great man has had. One day,
being in the theater at Cologne, he was
struck by girlish face in the box op
posite; he begged one of his friends,
who was acquainted with the family, to
introduce him. Next day he was en-
gagged, and in the following week the
wedding took place. This marriage,
concluded so hastily, has proved most
happy one, Frau Krupp being esteemed
and beloved far ard near. A kind, po.
lite hostess, and a most generous bene-
factress of the poor, there is not per.
son in the whole fact..ry who does moi
brighten up at the sight of her face, un'
| less he be Socialist of the lowest de
gree; for Socialism has penetrated ever
| to Essen.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-10

The man who believes he can NOV
the world sh uld begin by Wheeling
Virginia Detroit Free Press,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-10
Odds and Ends .

Something to he looked into-A
mirror.
The early burr oatoheth the small
boys hair.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-10
Travelling with a Madman.

A correspondent describes scene he
witnessed on Friday morning last in
one of the carriages of the mail train
from Calais to Paris: " AT Calais, a
mailman, accompanied by an attendant,
was thrust into compartment OF which
1 was, unfortunately, an occupant. He
behaved somewhat boisterously before
reaching Boulogue, but it was Only after
leaving that place that he proved to be
a maniac, as he suddenly seized the gem
tleman sitting next to him by the throat,
and kicked violently at the face of the
man opposite. The attendant was too
scared to exert any influence, and it was
only after q severe struggle that our
combined efforts ouerpowered the ma
niac-a heavily-built, powerful man
but not until he had greatly disdgured
two of the passengers. He was ulti-
mately taken out at Abbeville, but we
had to guard him for more than half an
hour, having securely fastened him with
cords and bag-straps. wish to bring
to notice the fact that the cord, which
one fondly imagines will bring instan-
taneous aid in case of danger, was used
in vain, and one of the passengers had
finally to grope his way to the guard g
van for assistance. Had we not been
fortunate enough to have at least one
powerful passenger, am convinced the
maniac would have strangleo the first
object of attack before assistance could
have arrived. London Times.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-10
-Eichus of white silk muslin. or

-Fichus of white silk muslin, or else
of lisse, are squares doubled in three
cornered shape, and all the edge bor|
dered with insertion in which the Breto4
design is done with colors. A find
knife plating of Breton lace edges thl
insertion, and the ends are caught to-
gether at the waist by bouquet of rose
buds, or of yellow buttercups, moss
rose, or some favorite flower.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-10
GENERAL.

Arrangements are in progress, and will
shortly be completed, for lighting the en-
tire Capitol at Washington with electric
lamps of a late invention. The apparatus is
now being put in the building, and it is
contemplated to place upon the summit of
the dome very strong lights, with a view OF
experimenting In regard To lighting ex-
tended areas Of q city from elevated points.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-10

at Clear Lake, Iowa. The fourth an
nual session of the Northwestern Sum
day-School Assembly, July 1928; State
camp-meeting, Aug. 1922; Min sterisl
aud Theological Institute of the North
west, date not yet determined.
The cost of elementary instruction
in Prussia amounts to $3, 100, 900 annu-
ally; the sum being covered by eleven
and half millions of marks from prop
erty ard legacies, five and third mil
lions from state subventions, and the
balance from communal grants. Gra-
tuitous instruction is given in II out of
the 60 towns in Prussia which count over
10000 inhabitants.
Oxford follows the example of Cam
bridge in providing for the proper edu-
cation of women. Funds have been
subscribed for the opening of two halls !;
one will bear the name of Mrs. Somer-
vile, the name of the other is not an
nounced. As to religious instruction,
one of the halls will folio " the prescrip-
tions Of the Church of England; the
other will permit the students to exer-
else, in this regard, their own choice.
Haps and Mishaps.
"A man named Kavka was killed at
Omaha, Neb., by the recoil of gun.
"A 4-year-old daughter of Moses
bennett of Springvale, Me-, died from
eating matches.
George Kapi of Cambridge, o. made
fatal mistake by taking half an ounce
of arsenic for EPSON salts.
Mrs. David Steupp, who lived 10
miles north of North Manchester, Ind,
died from burns caused by coal-oil
explosion.
Mrs. D. Lythe, aged 20, of Erie,
Penn, died from the effects of swallow.
ing pin which lodged in her throat ten
days previously.
George Stewart, an engineer, wal
fatally burned in Cleveland while clean
ing his engine, the can of fluid having
caught fire and exploded.
"A little daughter of VIM. johnson
of Patch Grove, Grant County, Mich.
was strangled to death while swinging
by being entangled in the rope.
"A 2-year-old child of Steve McIn
tyre, living near Greensburg, Ind, fel
headforemost into kettle of boiling
lye, destroying its eyesight and burning
itself fatally.
Mrs. F. Hoagland of Linden, Mich.
while carrying q child weeks old, wa,
suddenly taken with fainting fit, fall
ing to the floor and instantly killing tb
child.
Peter Otterson was caught in a bel
at Paine's mill at Mcmillan, Wis, an,
had his right arm completely torn OF
and was otherwise injured so badly tina
he died in few hours.
"A young man named Miller, EN-
ployed in spoke factory at McMinn
vile, Tenn, was killed by being strucl
on the head by worn-out pulley whicl
flew out of place while going at a hig
rate of speed.
Nelson Moquin, foreman in shin
gle-mill at Manistee, Mich, was instant
" killed in a horrible manner. Hi
clothes caught in a shaft revolving 60
times a minute, and every garment eS
cept his stockings was stripped froI
him, and every large bone in his bod
was broken.
George Rhodes and VIM. Lalanct
two lands of Syracuse, o., went fishing
and being out all night they went int
an unoccupied shed to sleep. The she
caught fire in some way not known an
both boys were burned to death, thei
charred remains being found in th
ruins.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-10
CURRENTS. NEWS.
WASHINGTON.


Justice Field of the United States Supreme
Court, in q case which came up from Flori-
da regarding the distribution Of certain
property in the lower court in which the
Jurors test-oath was administered, inciden-
tally gave an opinion that the test-oath was
unconstitutional, and could have no recog-
milton except as q war measure.
The public debt statement, issued May 1,
shows the following totals: Increase Of debt
during April, SO ,952; outstanding legal ten
ders, $S46, ,6s1 ,016; total coin bonds, 81 $685.
96a, 800; total debt, S2,44s, ,4S2, III; cash in
Treasury, $44s, ,4e7, ,156.
Prof. Comstock of Cornell University has
accepted the appointment Of Entomologist
to the Department of Agriculture, in place
of Prof. Riley, resigned.
The result of the deliberations of the
House and Senate Democratic Caucus upon
the Presidents veto of the Army bill Is sub
stantiaily as follows; A new bill will ha in
troduced in Ine House, entitled "An Act to
prevent interference by the Army with elec-
tions." 1t will provide in substance that
Sections 2,002 and zoos Of the Revised Stat
utica shall not be construed as authorizing
the presence of United States soldiers at the
polls, except under orders of the President
to repel armed enemies of the United States,
or in pursuance of a constitutional require
ment upon application of the Legislature Of
State or Governor when the Legislature
can not be convened, to repress domestic
violence. All -considerat on of the Army
Appropriation bill is to be postponed until
this measure is disp sed of.
The House Com mittee on Agriculture
have agreed to report to the House the bill
making it q misdemeanor for common car
riers to transport cattle affected with pleu-
ro-pneumonia or other contagious diseases.
After establishing the penalty for such ac-
ton the bill diree.s the Commissioner of
Agriculture to appoint agents at important
points along the lines of railroad, whose du-
ty it shall be to examine cattle being trans
ported, and authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury to designate agents at shipping
ports, who shall act in conjunction with
custom officers in examining all cattle i'm
ported or exported.
Mr.. VIM. L. Chandler has been elected
Secretary of the Republican Congressional
Campaign Committee.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-10
School and Church.


The wages of male and female
teachers come nearer to being equal in
Colorado than in any other State in the
Union. Men average $40 80 per month
pay, women SAG 95, less than 50 diff r
ence.
The eight Methodist Episcopal
churches in Detroit, Mich, after ma
ture consideration by large commit
tee of all their members, have resolved
to consolidate all their church debts
and remove them altogether.
1t is proposed, as a memorial OF
the late Rev. DR.. De Koven, to raise
S150, 900 for the endowment of Racine
College, of which he was so long the
warden. DIR. De Koven left bequest
to the college this with other sums in
hand will make S4S,000; the ground
and buildings are estimated to be worth
an additional S150,000.
Five large meetings will be held thi.
summer on the camp-meeting grounds
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-10
Foreign Notes.

Some of the doctors in England are
employing bicycles or tricycles instead
of horses, as q means of locomotion.
Tne bicycles used by them are of iron,
the rim of the wheel is covered with
rubber, and they can move over tolera-
bly, rough roads and up quite steep
grades, making from eight to ten miles
or more an hour.
The Sicilian brigands are ruthless.
An inhabitant of Calatafini named Tito
was recently seized by them, and ram
som was demanded for his freedom; the
family, after three interviews with the
miscreants in different places, finally
handed over to them 1887 francs, all
that could be raised, and the sum was
accepted in exchange for Zito's freedom.
The victim, however, did not return to
his family; and last week his body was
accidentally found in well two miles
from Pacco, with the eyes bapdaged and
two gun-shot wounds, which had caused
his death.
London Truth, in an article giving
anecdotes of the Prince of Wales, says
"He is fond of late hours, but no mat
ter how late he may go to bed he rises
early the next morning. He is a keen
sportsman and very fair shot. At whist
| he PLAYS an excellent hand. And wheth-
er the occupation of the moment be
whist, sport or dancing, he enters into
it with hearty relish, which contrasts
strangely with the blase airs of the gold
en- youths of the day. His constitution
is an excellent one. He rarely has a
days Hines, and he is a living proof
that no amount of tobacco can enfeeble
either mind or body. / believe that he
was the inventor of the now popular
drink, demon and soda"
Herr Franz Senbach, the distin'
guished German artist, commissioned
by the Emperor to paint a portrait oi
Bismarck, has had great difficulty in do
ingso. The Chancellor hates to sit for hi.
portrait, and Senbach has been obliged tC
take sketches of that rugged face when
ever he could get them. He was invited
to the Chanceilor's family and officia
dinners for the purpose, but failed to SCI
his subject by daylight until one day nj
was permitted to occupy convenien
seat in the Parliament. Senbach is al
artist of the highest standing, but he ha
retained all the simplicity of his com
paratively humble birth, land at the fash
ionable parties to which he was invite,
in Berlin, was perfectly unconventions
in his dress and manner OF speaking.
One of the statliest relics of OIL
London, the Church of st. Bartholo
new the Great, in Smithfield, has bee
abandoned to the cats. An antiquaria
complains in letter to the Echo ths
1 those agile and musical animals innC
Gently disport themselves by day i
choir and sanctuary, and profane tn
j walls by night with the widest orgies
: The altar is covered with u loathsOm,
: looking thing which was once a velv,
l cloth, and is embellished with two con
S mon earthen pots, containing artifici
plants, blooming with paper flower
f The Goals are seen in a heap on tt
Q floor, and every thing betokens the mo-
Q heartless neglect. Yet this fine No
g man priory is one of the most preciol
It monuments of antiquity.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-23
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

Death of DIR. Thomas e. Jenkins-Ken-
lucky Pistol Praetice-Street Walkers
Newspaper SaIe-S3OO Short-Bad Jail
Assignment.
Special to the Sentinel:
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 2l.-The death of pr.
Thomas E, Jenkins, the eminent chemist,
has cast shadow of gloom over the city No
man stood more eminent in his profession,
and as a citizen he was universally esteemed.
Zack Forst and John Obermeyer
yesterday indulged in FASH
ionable Kentucky shooting match, eight
shots being fired, Forst being wounded in the
heel. The parties were arrested, but as is
usual in such 'gh.to pastin,es, they will
escape punishment
The semi-annual morality edidemic has
again attacked the city, and the police have
been ordered to arrest all female street.
walkers in order that the fees of city officials
may be increased.
A report is current upon the streets thai the
Evening Post, the lively new evening paper,
has absorbed the Evening News-bought it
out, body and breeches, and that the News is
now a defunct institution.
John Stofer came over from Indiana to see
the sights in the giided palaces of sin in this
sinful city, and In his perigrinations last
night was robbed of $500.
The grand jury condemns the jail of this
city for the hundredth time. But 1t will not
be improved.
Jacob Marcus, dry goods merchant, made an
assignment to day for the benefit of his
creditors.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-23
BUNrINGBURG.

"A Dead Railroad Proiect-And Now sOn to
BoonyilIe'' is the Word at Huntingburg.
Special to the Sentinel:
HUNTINGBURG, Ind, April 2l.-Score another
victory for Huntingburg and Dubois county.
The proposed ''switch" of Kinsey and Eager
from the Rockport and Cincinnati railroad to
Bonneville is dead corpus, killed by the
Evansville people themselves, in public
meeting held last Friday night in ths. city.
And now the proposition of Henry = Han
son to complete the Evansville and Lake Erie
railroad from Bonneville to Huntingburg is the
popular one, and will be accepted by the peo-
pie of Evansville and receive all the aid asked
at that city, Buntingburg and all along the
line. "On to Boonv1lle' Is the popular cry at
this end of the line, and "On to Huntingburg'
from the Evansville end. And now, let the
Air line hurry up that road.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-23
CORYDON.

Three Years in the Penitentiary-Conditio
ance Demonstration.
Special to the Sentinel:
CoRYDoN, Ind, April 2l.-One of the cele-
brated "Buck creek cases" was closed in the
circuit court here to-day by the conviction of
Americas Duggins for arson, and his sentence
to three years in the penItentiary; and still
there's more to follow.
The women-Mrs. Mary Mauck and Miss
Sarah Vaughn-so terribly butchered up by
David 8. Mauck, husband of the former,
on the 9th inst, near New Am
sterdam, this county, reported as
greatly improved the past two or three days,
and their physicians say there is a strong
probability of their recovery. These cases,
should the women recover, will prove remark
able ones in the history of surgical science.
Mrs. Mauck received a terrible blow from the
pole of a six pound ak on the right side of the
forehead, crushing in the skull SO that por-
ton of the brain matter exuded, and entirely
crushing out the right eye. Sarah Vaughn Is
skull was fractured for a length OF four inches,
Immediately behind the right ear, and she
received six other terrible blows on the hea
and 20 on her arms and shoulders, one OF
which literally knocked off two of her fin
gers. The cases are indeed wonder
full instances of the tenacity of human life
Both ladies are now entirely sensible. Nothing
in the way of recent traces has been learned ol
the murderer.
The grandest tenn perance demonstration
ever held in Corydon was that of Friday night
| The cfDwd and the enthusiasm were simply
immense.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-23

Hunting for Evidence of Death-An Indig-
nant Mayor-DisbeIief in Death-I;ed
Confession.
Special to the Sentinel:
MADISON, Ind, April 2I-Mr. Michael Siers-
dorfer (brother to Louis Siersdorfer, of Indi-
annapolis, and Nicholas Siersdorfer, of Madi-
SOM at the time of his drowning, a few weeks
ago. held policy in the Northwestern Life
Insurance company for s2,C00. On account of
his body not having been found, the usually
required certificates, in order to obtain the
payment of the policy could not be given. His
brother, Louis, to obviate this difficulty, was
In town during the past week in search of such
evidence as the company may ask for. The
certificates given by the clerk and two of the
deck hands on the steamer United States and
also those of several bystanders on the wharf
boat at the time of his drowning will doubtless
be sufficient evidence. The body of Mr. S..it VIII
be remembered, was found at the mouth of
Spring creek in a state of decomposition, and
taken home, to CarroIlton, for burial Saturday
evening.
= Mayor Brashear is indignant at the charge
preferred by James Brennan, the defaulting
trustee, before the grand jury last week that
he (Brashear) and Charles A. korbly, two
leading Democrats, had approached him
previously to the last election
and offered to bribe him to
stuff the ballot-box In penan OF the Democ-
racy. Mr.. Brashear is anxious to have the
matter sifted, in order that he may clear him.
self of the alleged crime. Your correspondent
has not met Mr.. Korbly, but takes 1t for
granted he is equally astonished and wrathy
about IL.
The friends and relatives of William Ma.
honey, in this city, are not disposed to believe
the truth of the .sdeath bed confession" OF
Henry PrebIe, late of Versailles, Ind, in which
Mahoney is charged with the murder of {
Pennsylvanian named Englett, In 1852, ant
getting possession of the victims money
5000 to $1,000. Mahoney is weli-to-do far
mer, at present living In 1rimble county, op
,osfte Madison