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The Osceola times., 1880-02-07

also; but we cannot refrain from giving
a few facts gathered from the hangman's
record. 1t shows that l0l men were ju-
dicially put TO death in this country
during the year, an increase of five over
the number for the preceding year.
When we say l0l men we mean men
in the more limited sense-not one
woman having been hanged during the
year. Two of this number were shot to
death, one in Utah and one in Texas,
the laws in each case giving them the
choice Of death either on the scaffold or
by the bullet. In the list of executions
North Carolina and Texas lead of with
twelve each, followed by Pennsylvania
with ten, Oregon with seven, and Vir-
ginia, Georgia and Arkansas each with
six. Only three were hung in New
York, Sixty-four of the 10l were hang
ed in the Southern States. In the res
pect Of race, So were whites, 81 negroes,
5 Indians and1 Chinaman.
Sad as the record is, there is a still
sadder one to come. Seventy-four men
were lynched in this country in the
same period of time-in Kentucky 8,
Colorado g. California O, Louisiana 8,
Texas 5, Tennessee Georgia 4, Missis-
sippi 4, Dakota 3, Nebraska 2, Wyoming
2, Illinois 2, New Mexico 2, Missouri 2,
Minnesota 2, Alabama 2, Iowa /, Ohio /,
MARYLAND |, Indiana |, Kansas l.. South
Carolina |. Montana l. These figures
are disgrace to this country. Let no
one think that the men who committed
these outrages are the only guilty par
ties-not by any means. A part of this
aggregated crime rests upon the incom-
petent, corrupt or cowardly officers who
permit murderers to escape; part upon
those sentimental judges and juries who
put mercy before justice, and part
upon public sentiment that winks at
murder and murderers. Judge Lynch
should be utterly driven from the United
States at least.
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07
What Appetite win Do,

The private history of the war con-
tains good many comical illustrations
Of the strength Of a tobacco appetite.
Repeatedly mortal enemies from the OPP
posite lines met, in defiance of sentry
duty, to drive secret bargain for a
"chew." The Council Grove (Kas.) Re
publican tells this story Of Private God
frey Hardy, known in the army as
"Grubby," one night when he was post
ed as picket on the bank of the Kappa.
hammock.
On the opposite shore, and perhaps
100 feet distant, were the enemy's pickets
pacing to and fro. There was no picket
shooting being done at that time, and,
although the opposing lines were only
separated by the narrow river, they
paced their beats in full view Of each
other without fear.
After "Grubby" had held his position
some twenty minutes, he approached
the sentinel on his right and asked for a
chew Of tobacco; but the man he accost-
ed never used the weed, and was unable
to supply his wants.,
The sentinel to the left Of him was
next interviewed, but with the same i'll.
success.
The case now began TO look desperate;
IN hour and . half yet before the relief
would come, and NJ tobacco. He slung
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07
Personal Points,

Ole Bull is a neighbor of Longfellow.
Jules Favre, the French statesman, is
dead
-Parnell has been invited to visit St.
Joseph.
joaquin Miller thinks of becoming a
lecturer.
Senator Dawes is Ill, and seems to be
overworked.
-Wilkie Collins says he has earned $780,
600 with his pen.
-Algernon Sartoris, Gen. Grants son-in-
law, is in New York.
Wagner, the composer, has written a
letter against vivisection.
The Duke of Bedford's London rentals
are about 5000 year.
Senator Don Cameron is purchasing
more property in Washington.
The Duchess of Marlborough's fund
for the relief of distress in Ireland amounts
to $1,000.
Chief 0uray wears store clothes, huge
brimmed felt hat, and a handsome watch
and chain.
Don Carlos feels more comfortable in
England than anywhere else, and is now
living near Windsor.
-Jem Mace, the fighter, owed his success
to the fact that he began early in life to
strike out for himself
Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone are very popu-
lar in Scotland. They received presents
from the people wherever they went.
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OSCROLA, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY :, $780,

his gun over his shoulder. and walked
to and fro in q mechanical way, the inn
age Of despair. kH
Presently he halted. faced quickly 10
the opposite shore, and called out in a
subdued tone Of voice to the confederate
sentry
"Say, you fellow over there, got any
tobacker?"
"Yes," came the quick response.
"Will you gimme a chaw if III come
over"
YES" said Johnny.
In twinkling "Grubby" inverted his
gun, thrust the bayonet in the ground,
took off his clothes, and was in the water
pulling for the other side. He got his
tobacco, and returned to his post just in
time to escape detection by an officer
who rode along just then TO inspect the
picket liae. ...t
The writer of this story was on picket
duty at the same time and place, and
can vouch for the correctness of it.
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07
NEWS In A NUT SHELL.
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
The Cream OF the Two Hemispheres Care
fully Condensed and Classified-An In
teresting Budget of Personal and
Miscellaneous Information.
Washington.


THE committee appointed to investigate
taking testimony.
THE subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on appropriations resumed the in
vestigation Of the Star Route service.
SENATOR BAYARD is preparing speech,
which he will deliver when the adverse re-
port of his resolution for the repeal of the
legal tender quality of the greenba cks comes
before the Senate.
THE Cabinet has concluded to recognize
the present King of the Samoan Islands.
With this exception, the session was devot-
ed to the consideration of business Of a
routine character.
The President has nominated James Rus
sell Lowell, of Massachusetts,, envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary to
England; John W. Foster, Of Indiana, min
ister to Russia; Lucius Fairchild, of Wis
consin, minister TO Spain; Philip II. Morgan,
Of Louisiana, minister to Mexico; Eli IL.
Murray, Of Kentucky, Governor of Utah
Territory.
THE bill of Representative Bragg for the
restoration of Ftz-John Porter, as amend
ed by the Military Committee, gives Gen.
Porter the pay Of Major-General from
January 2S, 1853, to the lst of September,
1866, and for Colonel from that date to
the present day. 1t roughly estimates this
allowance for arrears Of pay will amount
to between $4,000 and $4,000, and is in
lieu of the $4,000 at first proposed.
GEN. BoYNToS, correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Gazette, will at once institute suit
for damages against Gen. Sherman for libel,
and the latter will have chance TO prove
the truth of some of the hard things he
has said against Boynton. Last week, in
an interview that he knew was to be pub
lished, Gen. Sherman stated that Gen. Boyn-
ton was man entirely without character,
and that tor $1,000 he would slander his
own mother.
The Senate Committee ON Territories
some days ago, referred to a subcommittee,
composed of Senators Vest, Butler and Lo-
gan, the question of the organization ofthe
Indian Territory into territorial govern
ment. The subcommittee, after several
sessions, directed Senator Vestt prepare a
bill providing for the establishment of the
Territory of Oklahoma, and the appoint
ment by the President Of the usual terrific
rial officers.
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07

AT Halifax committee has been ap-
pointed to collect money for the suffering
people Of Ireland.
$4,000 houses were destroyed and that 40
900 people are houseless.
The Mexican Government will fit up
the celebrated Castle of Chapaultepoe for a
reception to Gen. Grant.
The Chamber of Deputies of Spain have
approved all articles of the bill for the abo-
lition OF slavery, which has been voted on
lately.
The Bank of Montreal has agreed to
loan the city of Montreal one million dol
lars, at five per cent, to retire six per cent.
bonds now overdue.
w. 0rtman, the old burglar who es-
capped from the Colorado Penitentiary has
been recaptured in Canada. He was only
confined four days when he ran the guards.
"A meeting of thirty-three Home-Rule
members of Parliament, under the presi-
dency of the Lord Mayor, passed at Dublin,
a resolution calling upon the Government
to institute reproductive relief works.
The Caughnawaga Indians, of Canada,
are agitated about encrouchments upon
their reservation. OF $4,000 acres allotted
to the Indians, $1,000 are occupied by Cana
dian spuatters, whose expulsion is de-
manded.
A st. Petersburg correspondent COM
menting upon the reported Russian arma-
ment, says some of his American friends
who have been there for weeks past on
business connected with the war depart
ment, have been told that a single rifle
would be ordered from abroad
"A dispatch from Rome, says the Pope
is surprised and indignant at Cardinal Nc
Cluskey's reception of Parnell in New York
and has ordered Cardinal Nina, the Papal
Secretary of State, to telegraph Cardinal
McCluskey for information on the subject.
The Pope is indisposed and confined to his
bed.
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07
Specializing Ex-Senators.

Washing ton Correspondence Boston Herald.
"Old Pom" as the hale and hearty ex-
Eenator from Kansas was once known,
still resides here in Washington, and
continues to make money and enjoy life.
His latest speculation is gold mine in
North Carolina, which he watches care
fully, and which is said to turn him in
81 900 week Gold and silver mining
seems to have a great fascination for the
senatorial mind at least one-third of
the senators are speculating in seme-
thing. The western fellows take TO min
ing, and when one of them happens to
get dropped out of the senate he goes at
il and makes fortune. Jones and Shar-
on, of Nevada, are successful mining
spectators, and nothing else. Sargent,
of California, who went out last spring.
is the owner of an extensive mining
property in California. Dorsey, of Ar
kansas, has undoubtedly made million
in land and mining speculations during
the past two years Chatiee, of Color
ado, who went out last spring, is one of
the mining kings, worth not less than
$4,000, 900. Hill, who succeeds HIM, has
made half million mining in Colorado.
1t is said that the next senator from Col
erado will be Tabor, who has made S4,-
0OO, 900 or $5,000,0O0 in Leadville. Lo-
gan, of Illinois, has long been largely IN
terested in mines. Plumb, OF Kansas.
is said to he able to make 100000 occa-
sionally in mining investment. He is
banker Spencer of Alabama, has
really become very rich by his invest
ments around Deadwood. He has as
large an income as any man ought to de-
sire, and lives in New York city in a
handsome way. Blaine has been trying
to get in with some of the lucky fellows
this year, but had SO much politics on his
hands that he has not time to attend to
it. 1t Is a wonder that these speculative
senators, there are 50 many of them,
don't have a stock indicator put up in
the cloak rooms of the Senate Chamber
80 that they can watch the market with
out sending messenger boys to find Out
about it.
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07
The South. .

MONTGOMERY ALA is enjoying the lux
ury of fire alarm telegraph.
FIFTY bootblacks make a fair living by
their occupation in Chattanooga.
"Ar one fell swoop" twenty-five appli
cants have been admitted to the South Car
olina bar. F>.
SEVERAL sales OF land are reported near
Gainesville, Ga, at prices 100 per cent.
higher than were paid last year.
The annual report of the Mayor Of Shrev-
port, La, shows that during the past year
the revenue of the city exceeds Its expenses
fl39.56.
TERRELL Co., Ga, is out of debt, and has
1000 in the treasury besides. As result,
the price of real estate has advanced nearly
80 per cent.
BAYLOR THORNTON, subordinate officer
in the Virginia House of Delegates, is
under arrest Tor abducting and commit
ting an outrage upon a young lady of Rich
mond.
THE Emmet Benevolent Association OF
Galveston, Texas, has appropriated 800 to
be sent to the Irish Land League in Ireland,
for distribution among the poor in that
country.
THE ice factory in New Orleans has in.
troduced new way of shipping fish, par
ticularly red-snappes. They are frozen in
cakes of ice, and in this condition they
are forwarded to all sections ofthe country
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07
Can a sheep Reason.
Groton IN. W Journal

We think that A. ii. Clark has the
sheep that stands No. as far as sagacity
is concerned. II is a male, and during
the summer has pastured with some
calves in an apple orchard adjoining the
residence. There were several trees in
the orchard well loaded with early fruit.
The trees were about six inches in di-
ameter. One evening Mr.. Clark heard
considerable noise in the orchard, and,
upon investigation, found the sheep and
calves quietly eating apples under one
Of the trees. In few minutes all the
apples were eaten, when, 10 his surprise,
he saw the sheep back off sew
eral yards from the tree, and tnen butt
it with all his force, bringing down a
quantity of fruit. This they proceeded
to eat as before, and when the supply
gave out he replenished it as before.
This was continued at intervals, until
appetite was appeased. So persistent
was the sheep in his novel mode of tree
shaking that Mr.. Clark was obliged to
protect the trees, lest the continual
bruising Of the bark should cause per-
manent injury.
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07
A Dead and Buried Man Come. to Lie
Geneva Cor. London Times.

Geneva Cor. London Times.
On the last day of November the body
OF man who had evidently died a vio-
lent death was found in the Sillerthal,
Canton Thurgau. The first impression
was that he had met with foul play, but
the medical experts who were called II
thought the wounds were seli-inflicted,
and decided that it was a case of suicide.
The body was identified as that Of a man
named Baumeier, sawyer by trade,
and native of Lucernc. As to this
there does not seem to have been the
least doubt, but the Amtmann of the
district, as required by the law in such
case, had the fact properly attested, and
several master sawyers for whom Bau-
meier had worked, his own relatives and
others declared that he was the man
whose body had been found on the Sill
lerthal. The local papers announced his
death, and his friends were invited to
accompany the procession to the grave.
His kinsfolk put on mourning for him,
and the deceased, having been Roman
Catholic, was buried in the cemetery of
Bischonzel by priest of that persuasiS Sn.
The evening after the interment, as a
number of peasants and neighbors were
illdhlHS llCfTF III lut NiildIt Inn OF Dis
chofzel. who should walk in but the
man who, as all supposed, had been laid
quietly under the ground the day before!
This apparition excited at first no little
dismay, but when Baumeier ordered a
plate of sausaees, loaf of bread and a
litre of lager beer the fears of the revel-
lers were appeased. No mere ghost
could be supposed guilty of conduct SO
unghostlike. Baumeier, who said he
had been away on journey, then heard
the story OF his death and burial, which
seemed greatly to amuse him. From
the inn he went TO the presbytery, and
thanked the priest for the eloquent fu-
neral Grafton which the latter had pro-
nounced over his grave. He then called
on the Antmann, and expressed his
gratitude TO that iunctionary for the
trouble he had taken in his behalf. Bau-
meier has still another account to settle.
1t appears that ne does not enjoy an al
together spotless reputation, and after
his supposed death journal of the
neighborhood made some unpleasant re-
Elections on his character. Baumeier, it
is SAID, intends to proceed against this
too impulsive paper for libel. As to the
buried man, no information is as vet
forthcoming, and the theory of murder
is again revived.
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07
The Fast.

The State seal of Maine Is still missing
and new one il to be purchased.
l. WITNESS fees In the Hayden trial have
already cost the State Of Connecticut over
$1,000.
AT Augusta, the Fusion legislature being
denied admission to the State House, heid a
brief session on the sidewalk.
THE engine of the Buffalo express, on the
Pennsylvania Division Of the Reading road
Jumped the track killing the engineer and
fatally lniuring the fireman.
DAVIS, the Republicans Governor of
Maine, has telegraphed to all the military
companies of the State, directing that COM
manding officers Of companies should re-
pos to him every morning by telegraph,
and If at any time the wires should be cut
TO start ut once for Augusta by rail with
their companies
AT New York the agents of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children,
brought into the Supreme Court all the
children in Shepherds Fold" twenty-five
in number. charging the Fold with starving
and neglecting the hapless little ones. Pend
ing investigation the children were commit
ted to the care of the Society. One child Is
said to be in the hospital because of lack of
nourishment.
ScEsEs inside the Maine State House dur
ing the afternoon hours were extraordinary.
The granite walled old structure resembled
a feudal castle awaiting an attack In every
passage way, from the subtcrranean regions
TO the reof were policemen armed with re-
volvers. Policemen challenged the steps of
the exceedingly few persons who had by
special favor gained admittance. A double
guard protected the Governors room. The
spacious rotunda swarmed with men, and
when any one succeeded in getting past the
guards at the step gate, he was not admit
ted to the State House without scrutiny
from visilent special sentries who tended
the carefully locked doors.
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07
Estates that Came from Gambling.
London Truth.


The late Duke of Portland and his
father assumed the additional name of
Scott, in accordance with the will Of
General Scott, the father of the Duchess,
from whom they inherited their Ayr
shire estate. General Scott was all his
life professional gambler, and notable
as being about the only playing gentle.
man of that time who was not half riiin-
ed at the tables. In 1855 Horace Wal
pole relates his having won over $50, 900
at Whites from Sir John Bland, and de-
scribes him as "a Captain Scott, who at
present has nothing but few debts and
his commission" Afterwards he took
to whist, and, living by rule and keeping
his head cool he always possessedin that
drinking age one very considerable ad-
vantage over his adversaries; beside, he
was most scientific player as whist was
played at that time. He made very
great fortune at play, leaving a consider
able estate, and large sum to Lady
Tchfield, and $50 900 each to his young
er daughters, Lady Donne and Mrs. Can
nng. His grandson, Lord Henry, inher-
tied his whist talent to the tull, for he
was one of the finest players of quite
an Augustan age of whist. 1t is Ques-
ton though, whether the General would
have approved his'grandson's invention
of the "call." A story was told him that
playing at the card table at Versailles,
before the Revolution, when Marie An
toinette was present, and when the
stakes were enormous, the Queen APP
pealed to the players for aims on be-
half Of a distressed widow. Scott, who
wished TO astonish the Court, cried out
in bad French, Voiia pour le pey," and
staked the whole of the great pile of
gold that was lying before him on the
coup, and having won, ostentatiously
poured it into the basket that was being
handed around
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07
The West.

THE Chicago Irish Land League sent 81
700 TO sufferers of Ireland.
TOPEKA is moving in the matter Of rais-
ing a relief fund for Irish sufferers.
The Post office at Blue Springs, No, was
entered by burglars and 500 taken from
the safe.
SARAH SMITH. a colored woman of Chi
cago poisoned her paramour, Chas. Adams,
tor his unfaithftrlness to her.
A pIspArcH from Oloka, !. T., TO Globe
Democrat says, the Indians are greatly eS-
cited over the Oklahoma bill, and say they
mean war if it passes. They say they can
raise 10000 fighting men.
AT Omaha, James L. Boyd's large pork
packing establishment caught fire soon
after s o'clock and the fire continued burn
ing all night. The several large three-story
buildings were all destroyed with stock
of provisions Of all sorts, valued at $2l3,.
600, on which there was an insurance of
$4,000. The buildings were valued at $780,
600, half-insurcd. One hundred men were
thrown out of employment. This was the
largest packing house in Oman.
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07

The present year will be distinguished
on the Pacific side of the country for the
construction of continental railroads.
For many years money has not been so
accessible for railroad building-that is,
for the great trunk roads-as now. The
Northern Pacific railroad is progressing
at the rate of 800 or 400 miles a year.
The Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad is pushing ahead nearly as fast.
The Southern Pacific is only waiting for
rails to push that road across the Terri
tory of Arizona. The Texas Pacific is
reaching out for the Rio Grande. The
Denver railroad appears TO be pushing
for the same point. All these operations
are likely to be accelerated rather than
retarded-.Sdn Francisco Bulletin.
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07

The arrivals OF steamers at this port
from Odessa are few and far between,
and for that reason they are of more
than ordinary interest. The "Elphin-
stone," winch left that port December
Sd, brings large cargo of old railroad
iron and rope When in Odessa she
was the only vessel loading with iron,
but we are informed that some $4,000
tons were waiting to be shipped to the
United States. The "Elphinstone" also
brings 3,400 tons of large-sized rope on
speculation. This rope, it is said, was
purchased from the Russian government
at trifing cost, and the shipper, paying
about el a ton freight, expects to realize
a handsome profit on his investment
here. Odessa, it is said, shows but few
indications Of the ravages of the recent
war, and commercially it appears to be
more prosperous than before. The
amount of'shippine there is very large,
and the exports of grain, notwithstand-
ing the powerful competition of this
country, continue on large scale.
Better accommodations have recently
been provided for tonnage, which for
that reason is drawn in larger volume to
the por.-N. Y. Bulletin.
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07
A NOVEL system of insurance tor girls

A NOVEL system of insurance tor girls
has existed for several generations
among the Danish nobility of Copenha-
gen. A nobleman, upon the birth OF a
daughter, enrolls her name with the in
surance society, paying at the time fee,
and subsequently an annual sum, until
she reaches twenty-one. She then be-
comes entitled to fixed income from
the society, and to apartments in a
large building of the association, which
is surrounded by gardens and park,
should her father die in her childhood,
she may Immediately occupy the apart
ments. Should she die or marry, the in
come and the right to entail the home
both lapse. .s
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07

THE oldest paper of uninterrupted
publication in this country is the Hart
ford Couont, which has already attained
the hoary age of ll6 years. In regard to
its last birthday il plaintively says: "We
believe that, with the already announced
death of New Hampshire paper recent
ly at the age of ll6, we are left in con-
dition Of absolute isolation. The last of
our early contemporaries is gone"
The Osceola times., 1880-02-07

TALMAGE says that tney have factory
in Brooklyn built and maintained on
purpose to lie about him. He says that
it turns out lies "ofa any kind as fast as n
button factory can make buttons-lies
round, square and oblong, black, white,
and yellow, single warps. and double
and twisted. patent lever, reciprocal
balance, never need winding up but
once to run forever"