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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-17
GIRL KILLED BY CARS.

OMAHA, NEB.. June ia train on the
Omaha & Southern Nebraska Railway yes
terday afternoon ran over and killed the
daughter of VIM. Haas, farmer living
near Fort Calhoun. The girl was about
thirteen years of age, was herding cattle,
and it is supposed had lain down and fallen
asleep on the track.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-17
CONDITION OF THE COTTON cRup.

The following is the condition Of the cot.
ton crop by States: North Carolina 90,
South Carolina 104, Geori, SO, Florida go
Alabama 96, mississippi 96 Louisiana 81
Texas LOG, Arkansas 100. Tennessee SO.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-17
cHLoRAL AND COLD WATER.

ATLANTA. June John ]. Gransley, Of
Farley County, committed suicide by TAX
Ing cha. raj. No cause is assigned for the
rash act. %
A youth named Griffin Robinson was
drowned while in bathing at Columbus
iGa. factory. He was aged seventeen and
the only son of widow.
FATAL RUNAWAY AT CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, o, June ia horse draw
ing carriage containing three ladies, a
boy and negro driver ran away down .
steep stone paved hill here this morning.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-17
FAILED TO PULL THE TRIGGER.

HoPKrNsv1LLE,J J une 17.-Adolph Weitzel,
butcher, attempted to commit suicide
yesterday, but was prevented frorn doing
10 by Mr. John Mincks, who took his pistol
from him just as he was about to pull the
All
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-17
BLEW OUT HIS EYEsIGHT.

SUMMITTvILLE, IND, June - James
Bridget and William Chestnut renewed an
old feud in pool-room here yesterday.
Bridget approached Chestnut with the in
tention of striking him, whereupon Chest
nut whipped out revolver and fired twice
at Bridget. The last shot probably ruined
Rridyet,s ev esiyht forever
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27
How a Town was Born.

ONE day last summer two men who
were riding in the San Juan country,
below Animas City, Colorado, drew reins
that they might water their horses in a
delightfully."- cool stream. The banks of
the stream were covered with grass and
flowers. Both men seemed to grasp the
same idea at the same moment-that
the spot would soon become the site
of prosperous town. They rode back
to Animas and bought what land along
the stream they were able, then pro-
ceeded on their journey up into the
mountains. When these men returned,
month ago, they found a settlement on
the banks of the stream where they had
halted. The miners at Silverton and
Rico had sent men into the valley to put
up permanent buildings, and the work
men having selected the beautiful site
indicated had named the place Duran
90. 1t is now the Mecca of the San
Juan country. People are fockiDg
thither as the winter approaches, and
houses are going up as if by magic.
The sounds of the saw and hammer are
heard far into the night. Over $4,000
worth of lots have been sold within the
last month. Several brickyards are in
full blast, and they fail to supply the de-
mand. Saw mills are springing up on
the outskirts of the place. Four squares
are reserved in the center of Durango
as "the fine district" and the erection
of brick and stone houses only is per-
mitted. A railroad is approaching.
Alread the "Animas and Durango
Stage Line" figures in the spicy local
paper. The town is located in a valley,
and is almost surrounded by mountains,
which make the rest of the San Juan
country so disagreeable in winter. A
half-dozen saloons are in full blast. The
Durango dance-hall is a thing of life.
The Durango church is thing of the
future. PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

THE death of the Maharajah of lew.
pore is mentioned as a misfortune for 81
native India. The speciality of the Ma.
harajah was that he was Prince who
improved his dominions without ceasino
to be native.
A CORRESPONDENT of the London
Daily NeoOs, who has lately visited Gen,
Garibaldi, reports that he suffers terri.
bly,, and is mere wreck, dependent on
the loving hands that wait upon him
but he is cheerful in mind, and does moi
aggravate his affiiction by idle com.
plants.
IT is an old Belgian custom that the
King stands godfather when a seventh
son is born in a family. On these occa-
sions the King is represented by the bur.
gomaster of the locality. The Roman
Catholic clergy in several instances re.
Gently have refused to admit the King
as godfather.
AT recent trial of the railway air.
brake in Brazil, printed pasteboard
imitation of an immense rock was put
on the track in front of train, on which
the Emperor was passenger. The en-.
gineer, who was ignorant of the decep.
ton, discovered the obstacle when tie
train, running at about thirty-two miles
an hour, was within less than five hun
dred feet of it. The train was stopped
in twelve seconds.
THE Office of Lord Mayor of London
has long been a standing puzzle to for
eigners. Its real status has at last been
conclusively explained. Lin-Tajen, the
late Chinese Envoy to England, sAys in
his diary Ga portion of which is trans
lated and published in the Nineteenth
Ceaatslry): "The Office of Lord Mayor
is the same as that of Village Elder in
China"
CREMATION has become so frequent at
Milan that it has been decided to build
by the side of the cremation furnace in
the cemetery cinerary temple or ash
house, in which the remains of the dead
may be deposited and labeled off in
jars made like the old Latin urns. The
Milan press is in favor of the new tenn
pie. The architects have, handed in their
plans, and they have been approved by
the city authorities.
Ex-QUEEN ISABELLA has profited by
the cordial reception she met with from
her former subjects to press claim for
a sum of money due her by the State as
heiress of the late King Ferdinand. 1t
is larger than Spain's weak treasury
could afford. But the Queen-mother
being satisfied with the interest in her
lifetime and the reversion of the capital
to her, it has been allowed. Part of the
money is due for the gallery of Ferdi-
nand, which his heiress is supposed to
have given, when she came of age, to
the nation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27
A Place Where Wood is $50 Cord and
Water Five Cents a Gallon.

CANDELARIA is without doubt the
toughest and most uncomfortable min
ing camp in Nevada. The houses, what
there are of them, are poorly built, and
the cold wind that has been blowing for
the past few days goes through them as
easily as it would through a sieve. A
great many people still live in tents.
Wood costs 500 cord and is scarce
and poor at that. 1t takes capitalist
to keep fire going here. Water re-
tails at five cents gallon and is hauled
in wagons from Columbus eight miles.
This water is not very good, being i'm
pregnated with alkali, but the average
Candelarian doesn't care much for
that, the majority of them preferring
beer, which, by the way, is sold at the
rate of bit a drink in many of the sa-
looms. The whisky is of good quality,
so you can see we are not altogether
without the blessings of civilization. At
present the camp is enlivened by the
presence of lot of Belleville people,
who are here attending the preliminary
examination of Child Brummett, who
killed Billy Bell in Belleville last Thurs
day. The killing occurred in front of
the Belleville Hotel on Thursday even
ing. Bell went to the faro game where
Child was dealing, Wednesday night,
and put $5 on the layout. Child said ::
81 don't want to play for you" Bell
said: 81 have been after you for three
years, and will get you yet. l would
like to have six bits dozen for whip
ping such men as you. You think
you are fighter because you licked a
drunk in Austin.' The next day they
passed each other and didn't speak. At
six o'clock in the evening Child was
walking up to the hotel from Jackson's.
Bell came up from the other corner of
the street. Child got to the porch four
or five feet ahead of Billy. Child had
taken two or three steps on the sidewalk,
and Billy had one boot on the sidewalk
in the act of stepping up when Child
turned and shot him in the neck. The
ball went through the collar-button hole
of his shirt, and was taken out from
the shoulder blade at the back. Pick
Handle Gulch is the name of the real
mining town of the section, being locat-
ed in the ravine directly below the
mines.-Virginsa City { NeO.) Enterprise.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27
Mrs SUsY DELEvAN.

Cards, to be sure, but no card-case.
She did not quite like to ask mamma
for hers, but there was the old silver
snuff box that had been her great grand
mothers. 1t would do very well, and
went at once into her pocket. Three
other things were lacking; a bird for
her hat, q chatela5ne for her fan and q
veil. Cousin Kate had all of these, and
Cousin Kate would be gone to the
Society with mamma, tomorrow. Why
couldn't she borrow them as well as the
snuff-box? She need not sag anything
about it, because-well, Noll, or some
body, would be sure to laugh, and she
did so want to be real stylish, once.
Never was there such long FORE
noon, and certainly never such an I'M
easy little girl. She. was perfectly
happy, of course, only when mamma
kissed her goodby, and said: "Wear
your new gloves if you like, only be all
ready when papa comes, and very
good little girl" she felt, oh such q
sharp pain, way, cray inside, where
none of papas medicine could ever
reach it. But even mamma must have
wanted her to look stylish, or she would
never have told her to wear her new
kids. That was what Sue said to her.
self, as she went slowly up stairs to
cousin Hates room to " finish her
toilet"
She fastened the big chatelaine around
her waist, balanced the pretty chip hat
on the top of her head, and tied the
strip of black lace so tightly over her
eye-winkers that they were all doubled
and twisted together.
But Aunt Pomeroy always looked I'M
comfortable. and it wasn't half as bad
as that choking sort of pain.
Papa stared little as he tossed the
small lady into the buggy; but who
would expect him to know one hat from
anotherp And if he thought Sue unu-
sually quiet, so much the better for the
consultation" over which his thoughts
were busy.
care you going IMP" asked Sue, as
they neared Aunt Dolly's.
II don't know-yes, for a minutes
they may not want you to stay. So the
old hitching-post is gone entirely! l
shall have to take Charley over to the
barn"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27
A Lost Diamond Found in a Chickens
GiZZard.

Mr.. E. Y. POUNDING, of Fairview,
Todd County, KY, vouches for the
truth of this story: Mrs. Jennie G.
Williams, wife of q Southern planter,
returning from an Eastern tour, in the
fall of 1872, stopped in the little village
of Fairview to visit the birthplace of
Jefferson Davis. While here she stop
ped with the family of Mr.. Jasper An
derson, during which time she lost a
very valuable set from her breast-pin.
After an unsuccessful search of several
days she returned home. A few morn
ings since while Mrs. Anderson was
dressing chicken for breakfast, she
found in its gizzard what she at first
took to be piece of glass, but which,
upon closer examination, proved to be u
diamond of considerable value. 1t Is
said by the best judges to be worth
$3.50. Mr.. Anderson will restore it to
Mrs. Williams as soon as he can get her
address.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27
=" GETTY KETTY.o

Her name was Susan Grant Delevan,
but they called her Etty-ketty; you
would never guess why, and so l am
going to tell you. She was the sweet
est, spryest, most stylish little lady you
ever saw, and boosted nine and one half
birthdays. Perhaps you don't count
the halves, but Susy did. She cele-
brated every half year-think of that!
Only there was difference. There were
the real birthdays, when she had her
parties and presents; and halfway be-
tween them the 'sblessed days when
Sue herself sent box to the Children's
Home, filled with old toys carefully
mended or new ones bought with her
own pocket money.
However, this has nothing to do with
our title. They never called Susy
'Etty-ketty," on those days. cit was
went to the academy and learned slang
quite as readily as Latin or Greek
FUSED only when Sue rode her high
horse; or, in other words, when she was
trying to do Aunt Pomeroy." "High
horse" may refer to the one used at the
siege of Troy; when mamma frowned
at the slang Noll always insisted it was
classical. Be that as it may, "doing
Aunt Pomeroy'' meant little Sues at
tempts to initiate that lady's grand airs
and elegant manners. Matter-of-fact
papa, quiet, busy mamma, boisterous
Noll, slow little Bess, even loving Cousin
Kate, were all content to be so very
commonplace. They never cared to
know what was proper, and stylish, and
fashionable. But she ''gazed, wondered
and admired" every single minute Aunt
Pomeroy was in the house.
And then she "did " it.
The trouble was, the others would
smile so provokingly whenever she
tried to be real extra polite; and when
she went out with mamma everybody
treated her like little girl ofs whom
nothing was expected beyond "thanks"
and q" if you please" Sues great am
bition was to make calls quite by her
self.
And at last the opportunity came.
81 expect to 60 past Aunt Dolly's to-
morrow" said Dr. Delevan one day.
"What pity!" exclaimed mamma,
thinking of the annual meeting of the
Woman's Board, which she could not
possibly leave. "The dear old aunties
will expect to see some of us. Suppose
you take SusyP"
Papa made no objection, and Sue
hurried into the library to begin her
preparations. Out came a daintily-
bound book, of whose existence bother
some Noll was in blissful ignorance,
and which Bess thought dreadfully
stupid for anything having such a funny
name. 1t was funnier to watch Sue
bowling, and curtseying, and repeating
elegant phrases before the long mirror,
Bess standing here, or sitting there, as
circumstances, or the book, demanded.
But one tires of even funny things,
and at the end of act fifth little Bess
slipped quietly out. However, Sue
could the more easily decide on her
toilet, with no one to ask "whyP" and
"what forp'
First she laid out half dozen bits of
paste-board, her own secret handiwork:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27

these requirements there was nothing
he would not do for them; he secured
them rewards and promotions; he
shared with them whatever he had.
If they failed him in these qualities, he
pursued them relentlessly, abused them
in unmeasured terms, and sought the
first opportunity to get them out of his
division.
His personal bravery was not only of
the most reckless character, but at times
it seemed to partake of the merest BRAY
ado, in which only extraordinary luck
prevented him from reaping in death
the well-earned reward of his foolish
ness. He always wore white coat,
white hat and rode white horse in bat
tie, simply because other Generals
usually avoided these target-marks. He
was perpetuany riding at break-neck
speed over some fence or ditch, leaving
half his staff or orderlies sprawling in
it. He never lost an opportunity of dis
playing courage. He went into battle
in his cleanest uniform and fresh under
clothing, covered with perfume and
wearing diamond-hilted sword, in or
der, as he said, that he might die with his
best clothes on. For a long time he
wore, with evident affectation, coat in
which he had been wounded, and
which had conspicuous patch on the
shoulder.
Yet all this was not mere bravado and
nonsense, but was the result of thought
and almost cold-blooded calculation. 1t
was intended to impress his men, and it
did so. They firmly believed he could
not be hit, and whenever they saw a
white horse, coat and cap among them
they knew that it was Skobeleff, and so
long as he was there they felt sure that
every thing was going well. At the be-
ginning of the war he made up his mind
firmly that he would never come out OF
it alive. After reading the telegram an
nouncing the armistice, one of the first
things he said was, ''Well, perhaps l
won't get killed after all" With this
idea firmly fixed in his mind, that his
death was only question of few weeks
or months, his one thought was how to
best use his life so as to make an i'm
preston on his men, and gain such
control over them that they would follow
him anywhere. In every thing that he
did he tried to eliminate the idea of dam
ger from their minds, and to make the
most dangerous exploit appear as an
ordinary, everyday affair.-Lteutenant
Greene.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27
Catching Humming-Birds.

AN interesting account of how hum
ming-birds are caught appears in
recent number of Nature: "Let us fol-
low little Dan, the oldest and sharpeSt
of the humming- bird hunters, as he
goes out for birds. First he goes to a
tree called the mountain palm, which
replaces the cocoa palm in the noun
tains, the latter growing only along the
coast. Beneath the tree are some fallen
leaves fifteen feet in length; these he
seizes and strips, leaving the midrib
bare, long, slender stem tapering to a
point. Upon this tip he places lump
of bird lime, to make which he had col
lected the inspissated juice of the bread
fruit and chewed it to the consistency
of soft wax. Scattered over the savan-
ma are many clumps of Towering BUSH
es, over whose crimson and snowy
blossoms humming birds are dashing,
inserting their beaks in the honeyed
corollas, after active foray; resting
upon some bare twig, pruning and
preening their feathers. Cautiously
creeping towards bush upon which one
of these little beauties is resting, the
hunter extends the palm rib with its
treacherous coating of gum. The bird
eyes it curiously, but fearlossly, as it
approaches his resting place, even
pecking at it; but the next moment he
is dangling helplesslY, beating the air
with buzzing wings in vain efforts 10
escape the clutches of that treacherouS
Oum.o
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27

Wasn't that fortunate! It wou,d
Sue just time to ring the bell nre Sme
her card and seat herself q la P6n U,1u'
She sailed grandly up the walk try
ing her veil little tighter over Sa.
nose, stopped second to open h Ser
snuff no, card-case-when suddenIr
around the corner of the house, came
big, black dog. Sue sprang for tba
latch, the door flew open, and in tbaU
went, Sue, Snuff-box, dog and all,
MISUNDERSTANDING eiaculst
ed Aunt Dolly, dropping her dish Of
beans.
"Mercy on me! what is it?" gasued
Aunt Lucinda, reaching wildly after her
'false fronts.'' "
''Bless me! it's only little Sue!' said
Aunt Deb, picking up the small bundle
of dry goods from under the table, and
kissing crushed bit of chip and black
lace, into which the little brown head
was tightly wedged. "Be still, Bosel
I'm ashamed of you. Well, well, doc.
tor, this is unexpected, and you took
us all aback, coming in so sudden"
which, considering the time the doctor
had spent trying to fasten frolicsome
Charley securely, seemed to him a
slightly inconsistent greeting, as he
walked up the path
"Oh-my-snuff-boxr' screamed Sue.
disentangling one eye just as Bose dived
under the sofa.
"Snuff-box" exclaimed Aunt Deb,
interrogatively. "YoursP Why-what
who"
'It's me-" sobbed Sue. II mean
Aunt Pomeroy-and the book-says-
you know-it's etty-ketty- to have
cards-and it was silver-.Aunt Pome-
roy's-"
A rc:r of laughter from papa broke
the sentence short off, and sue, rushing
out into the buggy, buried herself and
her disgrace under the lap-robe. No
coaxing, not even Aunt Debby's cream
cakes, could bring her back.
"All forlorn," she sat curled up on
the sea-, during the long consultation"
and longer ride home, the battered
snuf-box in one hand, a "crumpled"
hat in the other. Very softly she stole
into the house, only to meet Noll right
in the hall, that identical shook" in his
hand-Bess, left to her own resources,
having innocently tried to amuse him
with what "Sue liked best.'
Papa, stepping in to speak to Noll,
read the title, "Hints on Etiquette"
"Oh, you dear little Etty-ketty! Was
that what you meantP" he exclaimed,
with another roar of laughter, from
which poor Sue could not escape
because Noll had caught and held her
fast.
ITO be sure Little Miss Etty-ketty!
In borrowed plumes. Won't she catch
itr' he said, looking her solemnly over,
from head to foot.
'Let her 90, Noll; don't bother her;
she's been punished enough-poor lit
tie jack-daw!' said papa, kindly; 'make
it all right with mamma, when she
comes, and remember Truth and Right
have more happiness in their keeping
than Style and Show"
Mamma forgave her, Cousin Kate
''made over' her hat, and Noll ham,
mered out the snuff box, but they call
her Etty-Ketty whenever she tries to be
grown-up and stylish, instead of little
Susy Delevan. Christian Union.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27
Mosquitoes and Malaria.

MOSQUITOES, according to some doc
tors of the new school, are natures
prophylactic against malaria, the liquid
injected by the sting depositing crys-
tai which, upon analysis, is supposed to
be identical with quinia. The idea of
the mosquito being the counter-irritant
to malaria is certainly a very benevolent
one, though it will hardly prevent peo-
pie from killing their medicine on sight.
But why not assume the converse of the
proposition, that mosquitoes are the
cause of malariaP Certainly the big
gest mosquitoes and those that bite the
hardest are found where chills are most
severe and fevers hottest. In Louisiana
and Mississippi, where the "break-
bone " fever RACES, the mosquitoes have
the reputation of being able to pierce
through thick buckskin glove. In
those sections, ladies do their sewing
under mosquito nets, and the most
ardent lover, when he goes counting,
always finds "bar" between him and
the object of his affections. Exchange.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27

A LADY of rather a positive turn Of
mind once gave tea party to some
lady friends in her bedroom. "John,"
she said to her husband as she heard
the company coming, "get under the
bedr' John tried to resist, but finally
succumbed. Every now and then he
would make an effort to peep out as the
ladies laughed and made merry, but he
was mercilessly driven back by his
angered wife. At length after good
joke had exploded among the party
John put his head away out sect in
there, will your" whispered his wife as
she nudged him. ''Nop' shrieked
John; as long as have the spirit OF
man left in me will take peep"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27
Our Young Folks.
THE FITTING OF THE BIRDS.

WHIsTLED the Blaokbird to his mate,
:" / think we had better go, dear;
Showers Of gold and purple leaves,
Fields that are brown, and yellow sheaveS,
Tel Of the coming snow, dear:
think ". had better go, dear"
Queried the Catbird, fretful still,
unjust we so soon be leaving?
Trouble we had to build our nest,
When shall we ever take our rest2
oh, how my heart is grieving!
Must we so soon be leaving?"
Piped then the Blackbird, light and gay,
Long I'll not be rover;
Sunshine will follow days of gloom;
After the snow how soon will bloom
Daisies and purple cloverl
Long I'll not be rover"
Chirruped the Sparrow on spray
"Saucy was he, and spiteful-
OHome is the warmest place for me:
theirs may fly FER land and sea,
Winter at homes delightfulw
Saucy was he, and spiteful.
George Cooper, in NursefV.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27

QUEEN VICTORIA still shows herself
heartily interested in art and invention
In Scotland, the other day, she hap
pened to drive past field in which
new reaper and binder was being tried
She stopped her carriage Immediately,
making inquiries as to the working ana
construction of the machine, and eX-
pressing herself greatly pleased win
the opportunity of knowing something
about this implement.