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Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03
His Telephone.

"IGUEss haf to gif up my telephone
Already said an old citizen of Gratiot
avenue Yesterday, as he entered the Of
fee of the company with a very long
face.
s.Why, what's the matter nowP''
80! eferytings. l got dot delephone
in mine house so as could spheak NIT
der poys in der saloon down town, and
init my relations in Springwel, but hat
to gif it up. 1 nefer have SO much
droubles.
"HowP'
.sVhell, my poy Shon, in der saloon,
he rings der pell und calls me oop und
saws an old trent of mine WANTS to see
how she works. Dot ish all right. l
say: sHellor und he says: Come closer!'
1 goes closer und helloes again. Den he
saws: .Shtand little off, shtands a
little off und yells vunce more, und he
says. Shpeak louder yeIslouder. 1t
goes dot vhay for ten minutes, und den
he says: Go to Texas, you old Dutch
mansp' You seeP''
"Yes''
"And den mein brudder in SPRING
wells he rings de pell und calls me oop
und saws how vhas dis eafnings? l
saws 1 vhas feeling like some colts,
und he says: Who WANTS to puy
some goatsP' / says: Colts-colts-
coltsr und he answers: %! coats. /
thought YOU saidt goatsr When / goes
TO ask him of he feels peter hears a
voice crying oudt: What Dutchmans
ish dat on dis line?' Den somepody an
swers: Il doan' know, but l likes to
punch his headtr You see?"
"Yes." "A
"Vhell, sometimes my vhife WANTS
to shpeak NIT me when 1 am down in
der saloon. She rings mein pen und l
saws: sHellop Nopody spheaks to me-
She rings again, und says Hello! like
dunder! Den der Central Offcetells me
go aheadt, und den tells me holdt on,
und den tells mein white dot l am gone
avhay. wells oudt dot ish not so, und
somepody says: How can talk If dot
Dutchman doan' keep sthillP' You seep''
Eyes, '' lsAtt
"And when gifts in bedt at night,
somepody rings der pell like der house
was on fire, und when shumps oudt and
saws hello, hear somepody saying:
Kaiser, doan' you vhant to puy dogF
I WANTS no dog, und when tells 'em SO,
/ hear some peoples laughing: 'Haw!
haw! haw! You seeP
"Yes."
"Und SO you dake it oudt, und when
somepody likes to speak init me day
shall come right away to mein saloon.
Oof nv brudder ish sick he shall get pet
ter, und if somepody WANTS to puy me
dog, he shall come where / can punch
him NIT br'-Detroit Free Press.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03
A WOman's Wickedness.

Few women would have the enter
prise and audacity, not to speak of the
wickedness, to wreck railway train in
order to get ridsof an Objectionable hus-
band, and then sue the company for
damages. But such woman has been
found at the town of Evart, Mich, and
has been arrested, together with her
brothers, for committing the crime as
long ago as last November. Her name
is Mrs. Nevins, and her brothers are
Frank and William Rexford. Having
obstructed the track of the Evart &
Osceola Road they threw the engine into
a ditch, fatally injuring the engineer,
John Nevins, the fireman, Peter Ross,
and passenger, Charles Delude. The
first two died in three hours and the
third in twenty-eight hours. Mrs.
Nevins having been on very bad terms
with her husband, and having been
heard to make threats against him, had
been suspected, but nothing could be
proved against her. Finally detective
sought her out, pretending he wanted to
marry her, and SO gained her confidence
He proposed at first to aid her in her
plan for obtaining damages from the
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03
Mad Over the Puzzle.

Daniel Cenroy, of Erie, a highly re-
spectacle citizen, has gone raving mad
over the solution of &c the fifteen puzzle. -
He is a strictly temperate man, de-
voted husband and kind father. For
several days he had neglected his busi-
ness and applied himself constantly to
the game, until his brain gave way un-
der the attempt to master the 13, 10, IA.
On Monday last he grew violent, seized
his infant child and was putting it on a
hot stove when the neighbors rushed in.
He was overpowered, and a body of po-
lice carried him to jail, when he was
found to be a raving maniac. A re-
porter visited him and saw him crouched
in the cell scratching out the game on
the wall. Although handcuffed he had
torn off all his clothes, and was flinging
himself against the iron, yelling g Eff
teen, thirteen, fourteen. ~ The Jail ply
fsician has ordered him to the. county
asylum. The greatest. sympathy is felt
for the man and his family.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03
LATER NEWS.

SECRETARY SHERMAN arrived at Mans
field, Ohio, on the 31st ult. He made speech
in the evening, in which he said, speaking of
his Presidential aspirations, that his candidacy
depended upon this condition. that If the Re
publ1cans OF Ohio DO not fairly and fully In
their convention express preference for him,
and support it with substantial unanimity III
the National Convention, his name will not be
presented to the convention with his consent.
In the recent municipal election at
San Francisco the Citizens Union ticket was
successful, defeating the Workingmen's ticket
5000 or 600 votes.
The Cincinnati Price Current states
that there were G, 6,950, 200 hogs packed in the
West during the winter.
GENERAL GRANT arrived at New Or
leans on the 31st ult. and was enthusiastically
received.
Both Houses of the Kentucky Legisla-
ture passed bill on the 31st ult, providing
that the death penalty in that State shall here
after be inflicted in some inclosure close to the
prison where the defendant is confined in the
presence of not exceeding fifty persons.
THE receipts from customs for the
month ending March 81, reached the extraor-
dinary total of $4,000, 900, while the receipts
from internal revenue were about So, 100000.
THE London Daily Neaos, on the 31st
ult, stated that the first days polling for
Members of Parliament resulted in great
Liberal victory. The Liberals gained fifteen
members.
The religious associations of France
viii probably contest in the courts the legality
of the DEGREES of the Government against un-
authorized religious societies on the ground
that the laws they are based on are obsolete.
In the Senate on the 31st ult., bills
were passed providing for an international ex-
hibition in New York in 1883, and to equalize
homesteads by allowing locations in more than
one place where necessary to make up 160
acres. In the House the following bills
were reported and ordered placed on the caien-
dar: Authorizing National banks to make loans
on mortgages of real estate; for the recoinage
of the half dollar for the restoration to citizen
ship of such citizens of the United States as
have become naturalized as subjects of Great
Britain. The Post-route bill was passed. The
Star Service bill was considered in Committee
of the Whole, but without coming to vote
the House adjourned,
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03
:. California and the West.

California Passengers! The Chicago
& Northwestern Railway, and that line
alone, runs the celebrated Pullman Hotel
Dining Cars between Chicago and Coun-
ell Bluffs. They leave Chicago and
Council Bluffs daily. This road is the
oldest, Shortest quickest and best line
between Chicago and the Missouri River,
and has the best equipment of any road
in the West. All Ticket Agents will sell
you California or other Western tickets
by this line. This is also the best route
from Chicago to. all points in Nebraska,
Dakota, Minnesota and to all points north
or northwest. 1t operates 2400 miles of
the best road there is in the country. If
you are thinking of going West write to
the General Passenger Agent Chicago &
Northwestern Railway, Chicago, ILL.,, for
free maps and rates.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03

The Rhode Island Senate, on the 25th,
rejected the proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution giving school suffrage to women.
E. F. WILLIAMSON, the man who had
for sometime annoyed DR.. Dix and others of
New York City, by means of letters and postal
cards, was arrested at Baltimore on the 24th
He is reported to have served one year in New
gate, London, for blackmaihng.
The striking spinners of the Harmony
Mills, at Cohoes, N. z, were paid off on the
26th, the company retaining two weeks earn
ings of each man under an agreement requir-
ing two weeks notice of quitting work. The
right to retain the money viii be tested In the
courts.
KEMBLE and Petroff, recently convict
ed at Harrisburg, Pa, of bribing members OF
the Legislature, viii have to go to the peniten-
tiary, the Board Of Pardons having refused to
grant pardons-
The United States ship Constellation,
with provisions on board for the Irish suffer-
ers, sailed from New York City on the 9th ult.
AN oil-tank at Foxburg. Pa, contain
fng nearly ten thousand barrels of oil was
struck by lightning on the 2sth ult. and totally
destroyed.
FIVE THOUSAND workmen of the Har-
mony Mills at Cohoes, N. z, were out on a
stril;;ee CT <a the Goth ult.
The Kelley State Committee, on the
sOth ult, issued call for State Convention
to be held at Syracuse April 20 for the purpose
of choosing delegates to the Cincinnati
Convention. The call invites all Demo-
Gratis and others who are opposed
to a pledged delNation to the
National Convention for the support of any
one man, but in favor of the nomination of an
upright and acceptable candidate for President
Eone who can unite the Democratic party of
the State and Nation-to meet and elect dele
rates to the State Convention. The regular
Democratic State Convention has been called
to meet at Syracuse on the same day.
WISE, Brandt and Hummell, the, three
condemned Raber nlurderers, viii be hanged at
Lebanon, Pa, on the 18th of May.
WILLIAM II. KEMBLE, .ex-Treasurer OF
Pennsylvania, recently convicted OF bribing
legislators, disappeared on the Both ult.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03
Help for Ireland.
WASHINGTON, March Is.
The following letter explains itself:
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, March rs.
The following letter explains itself:
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON. March Is.
To Commander E. E. Potter, Commanding Con-
stellation, Navy Yard, New York:
SIR: So soon as her cargo is on board you
will proceed in command Of the Constellation
to Dublin, Ireland, and there deliver her
cargo to the H,rald Relief Committee
for DISPOSITION at their discretion. You will
make known to the committee that this cargo
of provisions is contributed by few generous
hearted citizens of the United States to relieve
the wants of suffering people in Ireland, whose
condition has aroused extraordinary sympathy
in the American mind. Congress, in obedience
to this sympathy, has directed that these dona-
tions shall be carried on board National
man-of-war, and have designated the Con-
stellation for that purpose. l am sure it will
be more agreeable duty to you to take her
without her guns upon this mission of peace
and benevolence than to command her upon a
warlike expedition. Your visit will enable the
people of ireland to realize that "Peace hath
her victories no less renowned than war"
and that, in this age, these victories
do more to create amicable relations
between the people of different nationalities
and to draw them closer together than the roar
of battle When you shall have discharged the
trust hereby committed to you, you will return
to New York and report your arrival to the de-
partment. Very respectfully,
r. w. THOMPSON,
Z Secretary of the NAVY.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03
OHIO JOURNAL.
NOTICE.

Subscribers who find blue x drawn
through this notice will know that with
this number of the JOURNAL their pres
ent term of subscription expires.
We sincerely trust that all will testify
their appreciation of the paper by re-
newing promptly.
1t should also be remembered that the
JOURNAL is now furnished at the ex-
tremely low price of 81. SO per year,
and that it is, in consequence. the cheap
est weekly paper in the Congressional
District.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03

short scream of agony, then the sound of
struggling in the opposite bunk. The
intrepid hunter struck light and there,
sure enough, was his cat, fully five feet
in length, lying in the bed, its life
blood Slowly oozing through a bullet
hole in its breast and bedabbling with its
crimson stream the blankets on which it
had sought repose.-SaH Lake City Her.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03

A SCHOOL TEACHER recently electrified
her pupils, who was annoying her with
questions, Children, 1 am engaged"
Noticing the general look of astonish-
ment, she added, "but not to any fool of
a man. and the excitement died away.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03

EVER since it was stated that kiss
drove an Indiana girl crazy all the girls
have been saying: Pooh! I'd like to
have it tried on mer'
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03

railway for the death of her husband,
and next to marry her. Then he would
get his life insured for some, $4,000;
cut hole in the ice on the lake; suborn
witnesses who would swear they had
seen him drown; and after securing the
insurance money, they would enjoy
themselves abroad. She was delighted
with the scheme, saying that he was
Just the man she had been looking for.
She suggested her brothers as witnesses,
who for liberal sum would make oath
as to his drowning. As the detective
expressed some fear that they might
lack the courage to commit perjury, she
told him as proof of their nerve, that
they had put. the log on the railway
which had caused the supposed accident.
He assumed to be satisfied. They were
to journey to Muskegon to get married,
as he pretended; but he telegraphed the
police to arrest them when they should
arrive there. The detective, John
Malutte, having induced her on arrival
to tell the whole story in a room where
witnesses were concealed, she was
promptly taken into custody, and her
brothers soon after. 1t might be pru-
dent for persons intending to travel by
rail in Michigan to inquire beforehand
how the engineers of the trains they take
are regarded by their wives. Mrs. Nevins
must be an agreeable woman to set up
cooperative housekeeping with.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03

Does a belle have p striking ap-
pearance?
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03

West and South.
The Texas Republican State Conven-
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31

ii is astonishing how quck brakes Magic
Liniment rbmoves the soreness from sprins and
bruises. For sale by M. Lively. sep3-1m
WANTED.-AIl the old gold and silver in the
country, for which E. w. Clark will give full
value in any goods in his store 46-tf
For man OF beast the most healing remedy
known and the surest and quickest is brakes
Magic Eminent. For sale by NJ. Lively.
sep3-lm
-Neuralgia, that disease of all most painful,
Is instantly cured by thorough application of
brakes Magic Liniment. For sale by M.
LiTely sept3-1m
The regular Wednesday night meeting of
lie Hancock and Bloxham Club, was unavoida-
bly, deferred in consequence of the occupation of
the Hall by the Republican Convention. AS
viii be seen by notice elsewhere, a called meet
ing viii be held on Monday night.
Call on your druggist and geta circular con-
tanning particulars and certificates of the wonder
ful cues effected 10y brakes Magic Liniment.
The only lniment known that can be taken
internally. For sale by NJ. Lively.
April 6-6m
The Bone and Muscle-producing Malt the
Nerve-quieting Hop, the superb Malarial anti
dOie Quinine, and other precious ingredients,
combined without fermentation, are the ingre-
dients of Malt Bitiers,' prepared by the Malt
Bitters Company sill
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31

The poultry houses OF Mn. Brokaw were bro
ken open during the storm on Monday night last
and everything taken in the shape Of poultry, o.
which good stock hadju been iaidin. These lit
tie Incidents arevery common during campaign
and sorry s We are for those who suffer we Car
offer nothing in the way of consolation but the
hope that with continued succession of sound
Democratic administration, the good State o.
Florida will in time be exempt from such troub
les. We know of whole corn fields near the city
where the thieves have positively taken al but q
small remnant Of The crop, but as these depreda
tons take place on the darkest and stormiesi
nights, when detection is almost impossible there
would seem to2be no remedy but that improved
state Of public morals which inevitably follows
in the train of good government.
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A Florida BOY.

Zone of Morgans Men," in series of war
"reminiscences published in the Cincinnati En-
quirer, relates the following concerning the es-
cape of Mr.. Henry Damon, formerly of this
place, from the prison at Rock Island, ILL.,:
A youth from Florida, young Damon, from
Tallahassee, who messed with the writer, quietly
communicated to HIM one evening that he did
not propose to die of disease which was then
prevalent in prison, and that he intended to get
out or die Immediately after evening roll-call
he seized a large, sharp case-knife, crept along
the shadow of the barracks, crossed the dead
line lit was death to be seen after Ollcall in tho
rear even of the outer barracks] slid down into
the ditch and was lost to sight. He had attached
to him string, with the agreement to make
certain signals in case he succeeded in cutting an
outlet under the plank wall in order that others
of us might follow. But the signal did not reach
us, not shot was heard, and nothing WAS heard
from him that night The next morning we
could see where he had dug his way to open air
and free daylight. A few Federals looked glumly
at the impudent hole, which was at once filled
up again, and a close watch ordered. Damon
was our hero. We loved the boy. He was not
more than sixteen.
The Corsicana Uexas) Courier Of August 9Th
prints theabove and adds the following:
The Florida Boy" alluded TO in the article
published in another column is Ii. G. Damon, Esq,
OF this city, at present CITY Attorney Aller MS eS
cape which occurred September 10, 1854, he made
his way to Chicago and made himself known TO
Mrs Judge Morris, who sent him TO Marshall,
Ill, the headquarters of few Confederates, who
were then concoctng plans for general rising
OF the Sons of Liberty. and other disafected
persons against the government. BY the merest
accident the plot leaked out, and Damon, with
Captain Casteman, of MOrgans command, and
Lieutenant MumfOrd, was arrested and placed
in Camp Morton. On the 14th Of November he
was one of the sixty who unarmed charged the
guard and scaled the walls OF Camp Morton
After a series Of adventures, he finally reached
the Confederate lines in Western Virginia and
rejOined his command.
We learn from Mr.. George Damon that Henry
has Just taken to himself a wife, and are sure
that all his old friends here will join the FLoRI-
DIAN in wishing him and his bride long life and
happiness The COrsicana Courier of late date
contains the following reference to the brilliant
wedding:
City Attorney Damon returned from Calves
ton last Thursday with hls bride, formerly Miss
Maggie Rogers q highly accomplished young
lady of the Island City Both are universally
esteemed and along with their many other
friends we wish them unallOyed happiness and
prosperity.
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II is not too early to begin the consideration of
the business of raising early vegetables for north
ern markets by our people. This is an industry
which has proved very successful in other por-
tons of the State which are not blessed with the
been tried experimentally, and in small way
here, TO a sufficient extent TO prove its possibi-
ties as source of profit. The only difi1ulty
seems TO he in inducing people to 60 into it. The
FLoRIDIAN will do its best, from time to time,
to furnish to its readers such matters of inorma-
ton and advice as the Importance of the subject
u~r.-~-i-y - a e.. AOPSu
sufficient interest in the matter may be aroused
to create business which will be profitable and
satisfactory. In this work we are promised able
assistance from those who have been engaged in
the business and are competent TO advise.
We had the pleasure of meeting few days
since Mr.. A. NJ. Ives, travelling agent tor the
Southern Express Company, who very kindly
furnished US with some statistics OF the business
so far as it has passed through the hands of that
Company's agents From him we learned that
the total shipments of vegetables by that COM
pany for the months of March, April, May and
June of 1873, amounted to 1901 ,814 pounds ;
for the same months of 1879, 2,067 800 pounds
and for the same months of 1880, $3.50, $50
pounds, thus showing the rapid increase in the
volume of this growing industry.
The shipments may be classified according to
districts as follows:
Pounds
From Jacksonville Observation-Disclosures. 1926
From Florida Central R. r. ........... 64sSO
From Lake CITY and r E. 4 III :. si9
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Personal.

Mr. A. s. Minis has been quite i'll for some
days with chills and fever.
Mr.. G. Hal. Dickinson, formerly Of the firm
of Saxon & Dickinson, is in Town on brief bus
mess visit
Mr. Julian Betton returned home on Sunday
from his Eastern "trip. He Is looking much i'm
proved In health.
Col Frank B. Papy arrived by the morning
train on Thursday. having been again summoned
home on account of illness in his family.
Attorney General Raney arrived from East
Florida yesterday morning, the storm having
interrupted the appointments made for him.
Mr. G. J. Garwood Of Monticello. who ope-
rated in cotton here last year. arrived this morn.
ing, and will probably buy during the present
season.
Mr.. E. w. Clark, the jeweler, left for the
North day or two since to purchase goods
During his absence, Mrs. CLARK will have charge
of his establishment and it Is safe to predict that
she will have much larger trade than the place
has ever known.
Prof J. N. Whitner, the newly-elected Prin-
cipal OF West Florida Seminary. arrived on
Monday 10 attend meeting Of the Board oil
Trustees OF that Institusion. He win take mp bis
rermanept sreeidence IN Tallahassee the latter
part of this month.
Miss Carrie Hawkins, daughter Of the late
distinguished Judge Hawkins, of Marianne, who
has been visiting Governor Walker family fol
some weeks, and who, by. her yivaciiy and &C
complIshmenls, has ehdeared herself 10 many
friends and acquaintance, old and new, len fol
her home BY this mornlns's train.
Mr.. c. G. Pearce LET On Thursday with hii
family for the North 5Or . trip II . few weeks.
He was accrlnpepied ~ quIlR party ef Flpridp
young iSdlss, sdld a u Ssssnd ihs Coinage Semi
nssya' DC Prot GI O. Butler, Il POtiat0wn, Pa
includine his Slsses, HI 1lA6kis PeArces Nh
IeIlaf lQ6 6l iSu1h Is IT. r 4. Roberta d
This county, 4 daqablps Ql MI Jap La ~ Of
county, ana Miaa Nnlaa Eimkisas n MoMliosllo
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Card from &. q. Pearce. ESQ.

To Ny FRIEHDs Being compelled to be alb
sent for q few weeks during the campaign, In at.
tendance as representative OF the Grand Lodge
Of Florida, to the Sovereign Grand Lodge Of the
United States, l. o. o. F., which meets at To
ronto. Canada, on the 10th inst, ask my friends
not to Abate their interest in my behalf as can.
dldsts for rsAppointment a. Collector Of Rev
enue ior Leon county. III a#Es
Respectfully, C. C. PEARcE.
TALLAHAssEK, September 2. 1880.