davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun., 1880-12-12
rer.ona, Intelligence from tn. Capital.

WAsHINGToN. Dec. lit is understood hore
that Mr Sherman does expect Cabinet position un,
der Garfield but have trouble in securing
an election to the Senate.
There is little doubt here about Justices Strong and
Swaynes early retirement from the Supreme Bench
and of stanley Matthews's appointment To one OF the
in connection with the other vacancy
II is said here that Congressman Crowley will he the
CUnklIur candidate for the Senate
It's believed that Gen. McCoaks hill placinr Grant on
Il II can be reAcLeh. - Y '
The sun., 1880-12-12

Since there are enough buyers OF astro-
logical nlmanacs. even in these days, to make 1t
profitable to publish them. it is not at all un-
likely thar there are persons who will look upon
the eclipse OF the moon that is to occur on next
Thursday as sinister event. The astrologers
say that IN eclipse presages the death Of some
illustrious person.
The sun., 1880-12-12

Judge DoNoHUE is not injured. and will
not be, by the denunciations showered on
his head by JoHN KELLY.
No man on the bench has more indepen-
dcnce or greater courage
These are qualities uncongcnial to Mr..
KELLY. But tho people appreciate them
hinhlX
The sun., 1880-12-12

Now that we are passing through some
thing like revolution in city politics. let 1t be
carried still further by diminishing the number
OF onlcehoders. and reducing some OF their
salaries. The taxpayers are ready to stand
good deal Of reform OF that sort.
The sun., 1880-12-12
A New Y.cA, for Mr.. Ogden oo.,.,.

Messrs. O. R. Poillon are constructing n
schooncr'rlgged yacht for Mr. Ogden Gocle son of the
lat" Robert Goelet The keel laid last week when
tnnceu; se Is he lS Icet in length over s % feet
whn ana IL feet depth Of hold, The vessel is ta be
iasNloned after the Sappho She is Ia he completed hv
March l, Mr.. GOclct now ucCuprs Mr. James Gordon
Benuetts residence on FItth avenue.
The sun., 1880-12-12

The merits OF the Tolu Rock and RIVE which has re.
ceh! been Introduced has quickly found its way into
the leading hotels and families OF this city ''
inc Hotel Brunswick whose only In M rit
mas me goods IN STOCK ior pAtronL-Air,
The sun., 1880-12-12

II was in connection with the Palmer trial that he told
me he exrerienced what he considered the greatest
pme Mt paid to him. Palmer in the habit, as
he stood in the dock, OF writing instructions sugges.
nons to his attorney Mr. Smith, screwing them up into
little pellets and tossing them to their
One OF these which he wrote Immediately after the
dict Of guilty had been pronounced by the Jury.
aterward handed to Sir Alexander Cockburn. 1t y
cuntai ed these words: It's the riding that has
it conveying thereby, in sporting metap phor, which
Palmer constantly using, the prisone opinion III
IL solely due to the Atorne conduct OF
that the verdict against him h ad bee obtained
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14
Death of the Knight Of Kerry.

The champion general of the land
lords of Ireland has passed away in the
person of the Knight of Kerry, Peter
Fitzgerald, lately created a baronet.
The Knight could trace his ances-
try back to the time of the Nor
man invasion and his father was well
known as an advocate OF Catholic eman-
cipation and as a member OF various
Governments, both before the Union of
1880 and after that event. He always
lived on the island of Valentia, which
he owned ard thence he sent from time
to time to the daily and periodical
press letters in defense of the territorial
interest. He was an able man and had
a good style of writing, so that his pro-
auctions were highly valued by his
clients and deemed worthy of attack by
his opponents; but, of course, he gen
orally came to grief in the numerous en-
counters which he provoked or in which
he entered on invitation. His last pro-
duction was an article in the Nt1etee11th
Century for March, and it is remarkable
that in that article he announced that
he would probably write no more. In
person he was somewhat notable. He
was about the middle height and OF
1.-the and active frame. while a face OF
sbarply-cut features and large Keen
dark eyes was crowned by a head OF
snowy hair. 1t remains to add that,
though he was not accounted bad
landlord, most of his tenants lived IN
the most absolute wretchedness.-Dub-
lin Cor. Boston Herald.
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Rhymes CT Animals.

A correspondent OF the Cincinnati
Gazette writes: | strung the following
RHYMES together to tickle the ears of
my little boys, four and six years old.
They tease their mamma to read it over
and over again and then fetch the big
illustrated dictionary to have her point
out the funny animals with such strange
names and tell what she can about
them. This fancy for rhyme and
rhythm is, / suppose, a characteristic of
nearly all children and perhaps the pub
LEGATION of this will amuse wider cir
Gle than my little household. The aim
has been, after euphony, to have the
most incongruous animals in juxtapo-
sition:
Alligator, Beetle, Porcupine, Whale,
Bobolink, Panther, Dragonfly, Snail,
Crocodile, Monkey. Buffalo, Hare,
Dromedary, Leopard, Mudturtle, Bear,
Elephant, Badger, Pelican, OK,
FIyinSfsh, Reindeer Anaconda, Fox,
Guineapig, Dolphin, Antelope, Goose,
Hummingbird Weasel, Pickcrel, Moose,
hex, Rhinoceros, OEl, Kangaroo,
Jacksl. Opossum, Toad, COckatoO,
Kingfisher, Peacock, Anteater, Bat,
Lizard, IchneumOn. Honeybee, Kat,
Mockingbird, Camel, GrasshOpper, Mouse,
Nightingale, Spider. Cuttleiish, Grouse,
Ocelot. Pheasant, Wolverine, AUX,
Pcriwinkle, Ermine, Katydid, Hawk,
Quail, Hippopotamus, Armaiilio: Moth,
Rattiesnake, Lion. Woodpecser, Sloth,
Saamander, Goldfnch, Angleworm, Dog,
Tier. FlAmingo, cor;ion, Frog,
Unicorn, Ostrich. Nautilus, Mole.
Viper, Gorilla, Basalisk. Sole,
Whippoorwill, Beaver, Centipede, Fawn,
Xantho, Canary, PolhwHg, Swan,
Yeilowhamm-r, Eayle. Hyena, Lark,
Zebra, Chameleon, Butterfly, Shark.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A TERRIBLE accident occurred on the
Pennsylvania Railroad in the suburbs OF
Pittsburgh on the night of the 9th. The
Walls accommodation train left the Union
Depot in two sections, both being crowded
with passengers returning home from the
great political demonstration held that night
in the city. AT the Twenty-eighth Street
crossing the first section was compelled
to come to a halt on account OF another train,
and while standing still the second section
came up at considerable speed, the locomo-
tive crashing into the rear car of
the forward section, which was packed
with passengers even to the platforms.
Nine persons were killed; eleven others died
within a few hours afterward from their
injuries; while as many more were badly
hurt and large number sustained lesser in
juries. 1t is said that the engineer of the
last train was unable to see the red light
displayed from the rear of the forward train,
on account Of the crowd of persons occupy
ing the platform.
The cornerstone of the Egyptian
obelisk TO be erected in Central Park, New
York, was laid on the 9th with impressive
ceremonies, in the presence of large num-
Der Of people. A principal feature Of the
occasion was the Masonic procession and
ceremonies, in which all the Communicates
of knights Templar and Masonic Lodges of
New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Newark
and adjacent cities and towns participated.
ACoLLIsIoN on the New York and New
England Railroad, near Willimantic, Conn.
on the night of the 9th, between passenger
and freight train, resulted in the death Of
the engineers and firemen of both trains and
the conductor Of the freight train. Kenyon
and Flood were the engineers, FOrsythe
and Hurley the firemen, and Aldrich the
conductor.
TROUBLE between the whites and In
dams in Oregon is apprehended on account
of the killing Of two Indians by white man
named Anderson Evarts, in a difficulty
growing out of the latter having charged
the Indians with stealing from his cabin on
Baker River. The Indians were reported to
be gathering for revenge and the alarmed
settlers were fleeing to places Of safety.
THE cattle sheds at Miller's distillery
at Sterling, H., burned on the 9th. There
were over !, 400 head of cattle in the sheds,
LOO Of which were burned to death, and
of those gotten out many wert badly injur-
ed. The herd belonged to Isaac WaiXel, Of
Chicago, whose loss is about $4,000, with no
insurance. The loss on sheds and hay is
about SIC, 900; insured for 5000.
FRENCH & WARDS wooden mill at
West Stoughton, Mass. burned on the night
of the 9th. Over 800 employees are thrown
out Of employment. Several of them were
injured during the fire,
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PI yGEyT PARAGRAPHS.


Spring poetry: The metrical adver-
tisement of patent mattress.-N. I.
NelCS.
A girl babyl The impudence OF
the young thing in being born.-hiHg
Alfonso, IN Chicago Times.
Amid such raising of clubs in the
political world, somebody will get hurt.
Boston Transcript.
-" Are we extravaganza asks the
Boston Commercial Bulletin. If you
pay five cents for a cigar when you can
beg one, you are.-NOTriStO,Ci Herald.
1t rested tween two rows of corn,
And wildly to itself it said
How can help but feel fOrlorn-
I'm nothing but pumpkin head!
-DstroH Free Press.
Never despise humble beginnings.
What at first you might call an old stick
in the mud may in time grow tc
be beautiful willow tree, shading the
brook.-NeU Orleans PicagHHe.
"A hotel is to be built at Quebec
over the place where Montgomery
charged-and the charges in the future
there will probably be a long way ahead
of Montgomery s.-BOSt0R Commercial
Bulletin.
Three Niagara hackmen tried an
argument with Joseph Cook, whom they
took for an ordinary white man; and at
the end of thirteen minutes one was so
insane that he has done nothing since
but murmur protoplasm," and the
other two retired to weep in mortitica-
ton. Who says culture isn't of any
use to a man?-B0StOn Post.
=. ANY letter for me?" asked a
young lady of thefemale Postmaster, in
a country town. mo" was the reply.
q Strange" said the young lady aloud
to herself, as she turned away. . Moth
ing strange about it." cried the f. p,
through the delivery-window, you
amt answered the last letter he writ
YEP Cincjanatj Saturday Night.
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A Tombstone Embedded in a Tree.

Since the organization of the New
burgh Cemetery Association several
weeks ago, for the purpose of improv-
inc the grounds at the " Old Town
Cemetery, adjoining the First Presby-
terian Church, much work has been
done at the graveyard, and it now be-
gins to present an improved appearance
after many years of neglect. 1t seems
that during storms limbs of trees have
been torn off, and in falling have broken
valuable tombstones. For this and
other reasons it has been found neces-
sary to thin out the trees. Many New
burghers will remember q very large
willow tree that has for years past stood
about Twenty-Five feet from the fence,
nearly in a direct line with the north
line of Gidney Avenue. This tree at
the base was between four and five feet
in diameter, and to remove it required
considerable work. Last week Mr..
Pryor and his men began. 1t was neces-
sary to take off the large limbs, and
lower them carefully, and then dig
down and around the stump, until a
hole some six or seven feet deep had
been made, so the roots could be taken
out. When the workmen reached the
roots they found them tangled mass,
running in all directions, and thoroughly
intertwined. They had grown around
two foot-stones. so that the latter were
imbedded in the tree from twelve to
eighteen inches, the smaller part OF
them only being visible. On one stone
were the initials 50 H." and on the
other an. B." These stones were
carefully cut out and rest in the ground
at the same place where they were
taken out, which had previously been
marked. A maidstone was also firmly
imbedded in the roots of the tree,
which were growing about it closer
every year.
The most singular discovery, how
ever. was to follow. When the men
were ready to take the tree away, 1t
was necessary to cut the stump IN
pieces, as it was large and heavy. They
sawed into it, and after cutting about
fifteen inches from the surface, at a
point about three feet from the ground,
the saw grated across something hard.
Not expecting to find anything but
wood so far in the tree, they made sew
eral more strokes, and stopped only
when they noticed that the sawdust
was fine white powder, which they at
once knew was marble-dust. They then
split the stump, using powder and an AK,
until they reached the curiosity, which
proved to be a marble foot-stone, in
the heart OF the willow tree. The fibre
or grain of the tree had grown around
it, and evidently had been too powerful
for the stone, for it had been broken in
two pieces, and the top leaned con-
siderably out of its place, although
closely surrounded by wood. They did
all they could to get it out, but it was
quite impossible to do so without break
ing it up. A portion of it remained in
the stump, which was carried off to
North Street, we are told. where it was
thrown into some dumping ground.
The small pieces that did come out
were thrown into the hole from which
the tree was taken. No initials were
noticed on the pieces that were exposed
to view OF taken out.-NelC6urgh IN.
| T. Journal.
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The New Orang.Outang In London.

The somewhat formidable animal
whose arrival at Mr.. Jamrach's estab-
lishment was noticed in a recent i'm
preston of the Daily Ne0cS has been
safely housed at the Royal Aquarium,
Westminster. In order to secure his
comfort. and it may be added that of
the public also, a strong cage has been
fitted up, the bars of which are stout
enough to allay any apprehensions as
to the possibility of its restless occupant
finding his wav out Writing on the
subject of the orang-outang MIR. Frank
auckland saws that $50 far as can be
Judged he is an adult, or nearly an adult.
He has been brought from Malacca in
box three feet high, and as he sits in
the box the top of his head almost touch
es the top of the box.n Stretched to his
full height he measures about four feet
and SEXES the bars at the top of his
cage with the greatest ease, swinging
to and fro with all the agility of his
race. Some idea of his great strength
may be gathered from the nervous en-
ergy with which he grasps the bars with
his fingers, which are about five inches
long, and from the muscular develop
ment of his arms and shoulders. He
peels an orange with great dexterity and
sucks it with evident relish. He is fond
of retirement, and when an opportunity
offers will envelope himself from head
to foot in his blanket, any attempt to
remove which arouses display of pas
sion which would suggest a speedy re-
treat on the part of the offending per-
son. His anger is expressed in pecu-
liar manner. He purses up his lips as
though about to whistle tune and
dashes about his cage with restless en-
ergy, stopping every now and then to
peer through the bars in search of his
enemy. When in a good humOr his
natural ugliness and the fierceness Of
his ewes are much softened by the in
tellectval formation of his forehead,
which NAV be said to be beautiful by
comparison with the other portions of
his frame. This is a point in which
naturalists will no doubt be interested.
Although somewhat shy, he does not
absolutely shun the public gaze, but gen.
orally looks straight before him over the
| heads of the crowd, as though search
/ inc for some object familiar to him.
ANY unusual sound, such as the beating
of drum, attracts his attention at once
and causes him to turn his head round
sharply in listening attitude. Con-
Guiding his remarks upon this singular
animal, DR.. Buckland states that - the
hair about his head is so arranged that
he appears to wear whiskers. He has,
moreover, reddish beard, and under
his beard is a very remarkable pouch,
the use of which has not as yet been
clearly ascertained. As, however, it is
capable of dilatation with air, it is, in
all probability, directly connected with
the organs of voice. 1t is wonder to
me how ever the natives managed to
catch him, whether as an infant or full
| growth. "-LOlQOR DGily NelCS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14
The Ethics Of Stage Names.

Many men and many women feel all
exhaustless curiosity in prying into the
minutest details of the private life of
dramatic or operate favorites. The
aforesaid favorites, being wiser in their
generation than the children of light,
have prudently been accustomed to cir
cumvent the searcherS after truth by the
adoption of stage names which are all
the more genuine for being of home
manufacture. Along with the name
there is usually associated a miniature
biography of so plausible character as
to deceive the very elect. The avowed-
use of a stage name amounts to dis
tinct notification to the anxious inquirer
that, for value received, a chOice-Hob-
sons CHOICES allowed between the
acceptance of the authorized legend and
blank agnosticism. sfgTE
This practice has the sanction of
time -hOnored custom, and it would be
useless to protest against so harmless
and reasonable deceit The line must,
however, be drawn somewhere, and
most people will agree that it may
properly be drawn at the deliberate as
sertion that the stage pseudonym and
romance constitute real biography. It
was generally believed that the charm
inc actress and beautiful woman known
to both continents as Lillian Adelaide
Nelson really bore that name in private
life, but her premature death has rudely
torn the veil The English papers have
lately disclosed that the story of her
birth at Saragossa in 1850 is myth,
that her real name was Elizabeth Ann
Brown. that she was born March 3,
1889, at st. Peters Square, Leeds: that
ner mother, Gypsy woman, Is still
living, and that her introduction to pub
lie notice was first as bar-maid and
next as a ballet-dancer on the boards Of
a London theater. The world will not
harshly condemn her for wishing to con-
ceal her humble origin, but the incident
points q valuable moral to other MEM
bers of the professiOn-namely: to con-
suit plausibility in their stage myths, so
that they may not be too ruthlessly shat
tered by unforeseen contingencies.-Ne'0
York Herald
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The fund for the new professor
ships in Harvard's Divinity School has
reached Sl13,700.
MIR. Spurgeon has lately received
q legacy of $40, 600 for the benefit OF
his Pastor College and Sl25,000 for his
OFphanage.
Rev. w. II. DeNlotte, ID, of the
Illinois Wesleyan University. mas &C
cepted the presidency of the Kansas In
stitution for the Deaf and Dumb. at
Olathe.
There are in the United States S5S
colleges. OF these fourteen were es-
tabliShed prior TO 1870; thirteen between
1920 and 1850, and 251 during the last
thirty years FEh A 2
The Bureau of Catholic Indian
Missions received the past year only g.
SI,5IS, but with this small amount
thirteen boarding and four day schools
were supported, in which over four
hundred Indian children are trained
The Marquis of Butte. who has just
returned from his villa in Jerusalem IN
tends to establish a Roman Catholic
monastery for English monks on the
property. Plans are in preparation by
the architect of the new Brompton ora
tory, the cost not to exceed $4,000.
Rev. Stephen H. Tying (the elder,
of New York, now in his eightv-firSt
wear. enjoys pension of $4,000 year
from st. Georges Church, over which
he was thirty i've years the pastor. His
three sons entered the ministry. The
eldest died and the others are still in
the work.
Missionary Calhoun writes from
Tripoli in Syria, saying that as the
Greek priests of that place could do
nothing else to hinder the mission work
they cursed the missionaries and their
doings, as well rs the rooms they occu-
DIV and the people who enter them. The
cursing has not, however, greatly in
terfered with the missionary operations.
Great Britain sends out 1000 mis-
siOnaries and expendS annually E6OO,
coo. The Continental churches employ
400 missionaries ut Il cost of El2O, 900.
America contributes $50 men and $780,
OOO In all there are now at work in
heather countries 1000 Protestant mis-
siOnaries and the churches sustain the
work by an annual contribution OF about
/ s., 600, 900.
September q was the 500th ami
versary of one of the most important
| events in the history of the Christian
world, the completion of the translation
of the Bible into English by John Wick
life, who has not appropriately been
/ styled 1.-THE morning-star of the Ref
ormation." The event was celebrated
by a convention of representatives Of
/ the Bible societies of New Jersey at
/ Trenton.
The Rev. William Taylor has sent
out thirty-eight missionaries to South
America in the last two years, who
/ have established schools and preaching
places chiefly in Peru and Chill. The
missionaries are self-supporting. They
are organized into a society called the
South American Evangelical Associa-
ton. A college is to be established at
| Santiago, for which an endowment of
| $500 is asked of the people of the
United States. Mr.. Taylor, who is
| Methodist, will send out achievements
| in October, both to South America and +
] India
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

Farmer Stouffer, of Chambersburg,
Pa, shot and killed a neighbor who was
stealing his corn and potatoes. Stouffer
was indicted for murder, but has been
acquitted. Pennsylvania has no law
authorizing anybody to shoot thief,
but in this case the prosecution was
purposely weak, and the jury agreed
without quitting their seats.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

THE Russian papers are filed with
accounts Of the great restitution prevailing
in the interior. Many deaths from starya-
ton have occurred.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

PROF. JACOB BALL, a well known nat
uralist and geologist, died recently in camp
in Willeberger County, Tex, where he was
pursuing his scientific explorations.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

A TELEGRAM from Breslau, Germany,
reports that an accident occurred on the 9th
inst, in a mine near Kattowitz. Fifty-four
workmen were overwhelmed, all but four
of whom were suffocated.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

GEMS. GRANT and Logan attended
the reunion Of the survivors Of the Twenty
first Illinois Regiment at Decatur on the 9th.
Gen. Grant was the first Colonel Of this regi-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

THE Georgia State election, which
took place on the 9Th, resulted inthe re-elec-
ton Of Governor Colquitt, the regular Dem
ocratic nominee, 10y a majority of some 40
nO0
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A wELL-DEFINED case of yellow fever
is reported from New Orleans, but so late
in the season as TO cause no apprehension Of
the spread Of the disease.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

By threatening strike all along the
line, the employees Of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way have secured an advance in wages
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

A STRIKE of negro laborers, COM
pressmen and longshOremen, at Houston,
Tex, begun on the 4th and threatened to
assume serious proportions.
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ACCORDING to returns on file in the
Secretary Of States office, the constitutional
amendment voted for at the recent election
i'm Arkansas, favoring a scaling down Of the
State debt,was rejected by majority of 1860
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

The Supreme Court of Utah has de-
cided that the female-suffrage law in that
Territory is constitutional, and that under it
women are entitled to vote at all elections.
Judge BoremaSdissented from his opinion.