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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-01
A DESPERATE MANIAC.
He Holds Thirty Men at Bay for
Six Hours.
Ipittsburp telegraph

lPittsburg Telegraph
A man named David Hughes, who was
employed as a laborer in Youngstown,
got on spree last week and drank so
heavily as to unsettle his reason. On
Sunday, about dark, he went to Struth-
ers, climbed up to the top of the fur
mace, where he began to make wild
speech. He said that some of the men
had killed his brother, and he wanted re-
venge. The men were anxious to 60 to
work, but he, at the top of the furnace,
babe them desist. There were around
him cinder and ore and crowbars, plenty
of ammunition, and from his vantage,
point he found it easy to carry his end.
Every one who attempted to ascend mar
rowly escaped death, as some missiles
were hurled down with violent and vim
dictive force. Time went on.
The furnace needed attention, the fuel
was burning out, and yet the maniac held
his position. About midnight Marshal
Evans was sent for, but hesitated to 60
out of his bailiwick, but, on being urged.
consented. Toward l o'clock this morn
ing he arrived upon the scene, and was
at his wits end to know what to do. The
fires of the furnace were fast dying out,
but in the darkness the maniac yelled
and threatened, complete master OF the
situation. From the side of the furnace
upon which the ascent must be made,
the Marshal took everybody away with
their lights, leaving it dark below, send,
ing all to the other side to attract the at.
tention of the man on top. At the same
time he fired a couple of shots from the
side of the ascent to frighten the man
from guarding the stairway. The strate'
gy was successful, and Hughes was soon
on the other side of the platform, talking
to the men below. But who would make
the perilous ascent?
The marshal was willing to lead the
way, but did not care alone to encounter
the maniac at that dizzy height where {
slip was easy and slip was death. Al
length James Kennedy, who was there
with his father, agreed to accompany
the marshal in the perilous undertaking
and together through the darkness they
started up the stairway. When nearly
at the top the mad man heard them
turned, and seized large board. A
that moment, but not moment too soon
the marshal sprang up the intervening
stairs, avoided the blow and grapple,
j with the maniac. The two went dow
!. on the platform together, on the yer,
} edge, but few inches between them an
certain death. Kennedy was in an in
!, slant to the assistance of the marsha,
and they were enabled to hold their ma
until the men below could reach the toI
The marshal then put the hand-cufl
} upon him and brought him to Young
town, lodging him in the lookup.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-01
A Girl Receivers Her Lost speech.
Peoria (Ill.) Transcript

In December last, at Peoria, ILL.,, a
young woman named Maggie Lehr was
mysteriously abducted from the heart Of
the city, taken out into the suburbs and
there tied, her clothes set on fire and
then abandoned. Maggie was fortunate.
ly rescued by parties who happened to
be in the neighborhood, and taken back
into the city in a condition more dead
than alive. One of the effects of the
outrage was to deprive the girl of her
speech.
From that time up to Thursday last
Maggie has never been able to articulate
a word, or even make a sound. Wednes
day evening she listened to the songs Of
a bevy Of little girls. Tie following
morning she went out 10 the coal-she(
for bucket of coal, and thinking O
these songs, made an effort to repeal
them.
The result was an inarticulate sound
She tried again and succeeded. He
voice and speech returned. In her ,t
citement she dropped her coal-buc .e
and ran into the house, carrying tn
news. She could speak again-she coul'
talk. In a short time the news sprea
through the neighborhood, and 500
Maggie Lehr was the center of an excite
and interested crowd of neighbors, all az
quainted wi her singular case bein
overjoyed at her good fortune. The cas-
of Maggie LeAr, IS One of peculia
interest. The 3gea which led to her ak
duction still rAifains Islirouded in my
terry. The girl Undoubtedly lost he
voice through fright. There has been n
humbug in the case, and the girls singr
lar recovery of her voice nine month
after she lost it is something worthy {
the investigation Of the medical frate
nitv and men of science.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-01
KnOx,s Faro Ga me.

James Boyd, VIM. Wright and Charles
Walker were arraigned before Judge
Knox Yesterday afternoon, says The Vir-
ginia City Chronicle, on the charge Of
vagrancy. Boyd and Wright were, on
motion of Acting District Attorney
Tuska, discharged from custody. =
Walker, who was one of the gang cap
tured at Mrs. Gaines lodging-house,
pleaded not guilty, and demanded jury
trial. Twelve good and lawful citizens,
who had been dragged away from their
business, were sworn to try the case fair
ly and impartially, and to rendera YER
dict in accordance with the evidence. z
The arresting officer testified to the par.
tieulars of the capture and the general
diaolute and lazy habits of the prisoner
at the bar. . .- =
Walker was permitted to testify in his
own behalf. He said: ~ have very lit
tie to say, and L don't think it will do
me any good to say that, for believe
the Judge and jury have already made
up an opinion on the case. 1t looks to
me as if poor man don't have much ,se q
chance" .a...., s.,l...
Acting District Attorney, (interrupt
| ting)- COnfne yourself to the case, sir.
Judge Knox--Make your own state
ment and say just what you please. %
4 Walker Continuing and addressing
/ the Acting District Attofney):% We'll
A the way it looks to me, this Court is lik'
a hogging faro game. The Judge VI
| there Is the dealer, you're the case-keeper
! the jury are the check guerillas, and tn
oonstables and the policemen are the cap
pers who rope in the suckers. That'sth
way I put it up. ah9
4 This brief grafton In self-defense wa
delivered in quiet, self-possessed mar
J, ner. Walker had the appearance Of
| man who has given up the struggle q
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-01
A pleasing little scrimmage occurred

A pleasing little scrimmage occurred
in court at St. Louis the other day. Two
lawyers who were trying case fell out.
The first one said: "The position Of the
defence is q hollow-hearted pretence." !"
"Thatis false" said:the other. "What DO
you mean, you scoundrelr' retorted the
first. Then the other seized huge
wooden inkstand and hurled it at the
head of his antagonist. It.did not hit its
mark, but several jurymen were much
spattered. Then the Judge fined the
inkstand hurler $50, and wouldn't remit
it, although the parties made the matter
up, and shook hands in open court. Hi'
Honor was glad Of the reconciliation
but he thought that the fine ought u
stand. And he was right,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-01
A Fight Between a Hawk and q
Snake.
I slD f.i columbus Times.I nj ihiN

A terrible fight occurred on the plan
tation of Mr.. J. H. Hamilton, a few
miles from Columbus, Ga. on last Sun
day evening. Mr.. Hamilton was driving
alons the road in his buggy and heard a
noise in the woods near the roadside. On
approaching the place he saw a large
hawk in the close embrace of 9 seven
foot black snake. The hawk had at
tempted to carry off the snake, and the
snake was msking q terrible resistance,
and had wrapped itself completely
around the hawk. Mr.. Hamilton's driver
made an end Of the fight, by knocking
the hawk over with his buggy whip, and
afterward killing the make. z
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-01

life as hopeless task. He did not seem
greatly depressed, but he appeared to
have reached q state of stolid indiffer-
ence, being willing to accept the inevita-
BILE DEGREES of fate without grumbling.
The jury brought in verdict of guh-
ty, and the Court sentenced the prisoner
to forty-fve days imprisonment in the
County Jail.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-01
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
Corrected to Accord With City Time.

CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Depot, corner Mclean ave. and Gest street.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24
HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

LAMp-snADEs Of ground glass should be
washed with soda and water, which will not
discolor them.
To RESTORE VELvETs. Hold over a
basin Of boiling water, back down. 1t takes
long time, but the nap will rise.
LEMON ZEsT Rub loat.sugar over the
surface Of lemons. The friction breaks the
oil.ducts and the su.GT abGorbs the OIL
Put into fruit jars in the lump, or pound
tiuc. Keep tightly corked. Thi. is very
fine for hayoring custards, creams, etc.
CoFFEE.-Thc best coffee is made by US.
ing mixture Of two>thrdS Java and one
third Mocha. Dclmonico is said to allow
one and onc-half pound of coffee to gallon
of water. The water is filtered through the
coneo-it is not boiled.
FRIED MUsu.-This simple breakfast
dish is much improved, if the slices of
mush are first dipped in beaten egg and
then in cracker crumbs, frying in mixture
Of lard and butter to light brown The
mca! should be thoroughly cooked and
the mush allowed to become cold before slic-
ing.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

JUTE.-Onc of the most promising new
fields for farming in the Southern States is
the cultivation Of jutc. AS n fiber it is
largely taking the place Of flax and hemp
in coarse products, and it is also said to be
much used in much liucr goods, some Of the
handsomcst carpets being partly Of jutc.-
There is no doubt but the demand is to be
large AMI to steadily increase.
Jutc is as easily raised as corn, and plan
ted in March or April, it may be harvested
in June, july and August, after cotton has
been laid, and at time when there is no
special call upon the farm force. The labor
Of cultivation is light, as its growth is so
rank as to ovcrshadow everything else in
the field, and its yield is simply enormous.
There is very wide field of industry in
jntc cultivation, and one which viii cycntu-
ally Lccomc very profitable. The importa-
toua Of jutc during the year ending juno
80 1880, were over 81 900 eco, ali Of which
can easily be produced at home. -i'"rW
N1c lor&cr,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

PoiaoNa. If a person swallows any poi
son whatever, or has fallen into convulsions
trom having overloaded the stomach, an in
stantancous remedy, most efficient and APP
plicabl3 in largo number Of cases, is n
hcapiug tcnspoonful of common salt, and as
much ground mustard, stirred rapidly in u
tcacupiul Of water, warm or cold, and swal.
lowed instantly. 1t is scarcely down before
it begins to come up, bringing with it the
remaining contents OF Tie stomach. and lest
there be any remnant Of the poison, howev-
CT small, let the white Cf an egg or a tea
spoonful Of strong coffee be swallowed as
soon as the stomach is quiet, because, thcss
very common articles mu}Iity large number
Of yirulcnt po;s0ns.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

IMMIGRANTS FOR ANDERsoN.-Four
families of GerdSan immigrants, number
ing sixteen in all, brought under the aus
pces of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air
Line via Baltimore, reached Seneca City on
Thursday morning. Three of tho families
left for tho plantations of. b. +. Crayton &
Sons, and one to the place of Major j. W..
Provost near Anderson.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

ALpHABETs.-The English Alphabet
has 26 letters, the French 25, the Italian
20, Spanish u, German 26, Slavonic AZ,
Russian 35, Latin 23, Greek "a (16 until
4O3 b. c., when the "a Ionic characters
were introduced), the Hebrew %, the Ara
bic 20, Persian 32, Turkish 20, Sanscrit
AZ, Chinese 214.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

Coop FARMING.-Our friends near PEN
dleton seem to be good farmers and have good
land. On the Boscobee farm, near Pendlc-
ton, crop of 65 bales cotton is being gath
cred from about 80 acres upland, and on
the Woodburn farm 60 bales from 85 acres
with a corn crop of 1900 bushels. These
farms lately belonged to the Rev. DIR. Adger
and his brother
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

q A .WALLAcE HousE'' South Carolinian
would baye felt at home In the Ohio SEQ
ate Chamber at Columbus on "Wednesday.
The body has nineteen Democrats and nine
teen kepubIicans, and thereSwas a dead
lock cser the Organization. The State Au,
ditor assumed the right TO call the Senate
to order and voted with the Republicans.
Thereupon the Democrats elected sanothss
set of officers, and the two charmed, two
clerks and double set of scrgeants at arus,
kept matters lively for several hoursEsora-
tors ofthe two sides speaking simultaneously.
A Compromise and division of spoils was
finally effected. Y
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

When a man asks favor at newspaper
office and states that he has been a subscr:-
Der for number of years, denial becomes
an impossibility. The argument is clinch-
ed, and he can have the entire establishment
for the asking.-OH CITY Derrick.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

TIE EVILS OF Hot BREAD.-There is
no law in this country to prevent the con-
sumption of hot bread but the law Of COM
mon sense, and, unfortunately. that is a
dead letter as governing principle. That
hot bread in niue cases out of ten will pro
ducc dyspepsia is no newly discovered fact,
and especially is this terrible result sure TO fol-
low persistent Indulgence on the part Of those
whose pursuits are quiet, indoors and sed
cntary. Aud yet the reformers, or men
that call themselves such-thc men and wo-
men who work themselves into white heat
over the sale of glass of cider-will go on
year after year, not only making no outcry
against this pcrncious indulgence, but act
ually filling themselves up day by day with
the hot and poisonous gases of the oveu.-
This servant of the housewife can be made
us terrible stomach destroyer us the distil
lcry, and the sworn foes Of the latter are
apt to be its best patrons. Dyspepsia paints
the nose and spurs the temper as surely as
dram drinking, and many sufferers from the
former, though by their own wiltul acts, in
Weigh the most loudly against the latter
a wel-actincd case of jm-jams is the eli
max to u course Of intemperauce, and warns
immediate reformation. But the dyspepsia
that hot bread mince pie, and kindred abomi-
nations cause, has no sudden warnings. The
man who uses them goes on making both
himself and those around him wrctched, and
refuses to acknowledge that he is sinner
above those whose lighter faults he tiercely
condemns.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

a New Yorker is named Stealing, and he
hates the name but he took, thefHnrse off
it for his daughter by making her Christian
name "Worth"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

During one month last summer the Phil
adephia mint coined 100000, and how
they all got past us without our seeing one
of them is what astonshcs us.-Burlington
UdWkeye:
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

That fellow is just like a telescope sal
a dnshing New York girl You Shn dra,
him out, see through him, aud shut him u
again"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

n Philadelphia man has perfected plan
for bringing coal out of the cellar without
exerting any Of his muscles. He makes his
wife cart it up.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

1t is cliamcd by some medical men that
smoking weakcns the eyesight. Maybe it
dees, but just see how it strengthens the
breath
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

Sage advice is applicable when you think
of "stuifing" somebody.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

X WALKING ENDwAys.--Po Political foyorit
ism during the course. of the late war inadb
some very interesting officers. Having re-
turned from the front in june, 1862, bust
ness called me to the town of Wabash, Ind, +,
some time in July. They were organizing
regiments in q camp south OF the town.
Colonel c. was Commissioned for the
----- Indiana Regiment. Tho drum beat
with book in his hand, from which he
was reading tho commands. After the
adjutant had formed tho companies in line,
the COLONEL took his position near the Gen.
ter and gave the commands: "Attentiop,
battalion Forward march - He forgot
the fright face" and the regiment CON-
mcnced moving toward him. Then he
commanded halt and broke out in n roar ::
"What in thunder did you do that way for
want you TO get in two lines Of fight and
,caM endways like you did yesterday. We
are going over in the fiat to drill, condemn
yc; [ don't want you marching out here
where l am. There ale too many rocks and
stumps here to drill aud you ought to know
il yourselves"
The same Colonel appointed the noncom-
missioncd officers, but he insisted that the
Governor Of the State had to sign their
warrants, or they were not legal appoint
mcuts.
On one occasion, coming up the road
where 10 made square bend, he gave no
command of "filc left" The file leader of
Company A kept on in a straight line in
military style until he came up to the side
of barn. There of course ho stopped
and marked time The Colonel rode down
the line in hot haste and terrible anger :
"You ID long sergeant, haven't you got
sense enough to keep in the road What
in h-ll are yon trying to march through
barn Cor z"
Sometime in October, while in Kentucky,
he resigned for the good Of the service
No doubt it was the most brilliant act of
his life, and many others could have aided
their country more than they did if they
had done the same Detroit Free Press.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24
Black Cashmere.

If you Intend buying Black Cashmere don't
fail to examine those at
SPEARS s. CoLTON'S.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

Time docs not stop because mans watch
runs down. Noo more does newspaper
because one man lose his head and orders
the paper discontinued to his address Foni
dG Loc Rportcr,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-12-24

Fancy Cakes and Crackers,
4 LARGE assortment of Fresh Fancy Cakes
IN and Crackers just received at the
GREEN FRONT STORE.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-19

ATToRKEY-GENERAL Devens replies in
the following terms to the letter of the Wen
dell Phillips Colored Club of Boston thank
ing him for his legal labors in the negro
jurors cases: 81 sincerely trust thai, as
these decisionsss ARE an authoritative exposi-
ton of the binding force of the thirteenth
and fourteenth amendments, the colored peo-
pie of the country will be permitted here
after peacefully to enjoy the benefits plainly
intended by them. In letter from my dis
tinguished friend Alexander Rives, Judge of
the United States District Court for the
Western District of Virginia, of the 7th inst,
after exchanging congratulations upon the
recent decisions, and kindly thanking me
for my arguments in assertion of the great
fundamental doctrines now settled by them,
he adds: 'Henceforth the fourteenth amend
ment is a living and pervading force through
out the States, and available to the hum
blest citizen. Heretofore it was regarded at
the South as mere paper guaranty that it
was commendable in State officers to deride
and evade, while it was ostensibly held as
binding on the State. I anticipate the best
results from these sentences in recalling
our people to sense of their constitutional
obligations, and repressing the disorders and
expressions that have been such disgrace
to the South.'"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-19
Ventilation,

An illustration of popular ignorance as to
ventilation is furnished by the Sanitary Engi-
neer, and is as follows:
A gentleman while attending church one
evening found that his feet were icy cold, so
that he had to raise them from off the floor.
Calling the attention of the sexton to the fact,
the latter said, with some perplexity:
.'Yes, we have good many complaints of
cold feet from others; but l don't understand
the reason why we can't keep the church warm;
we surely have fires enough"
So saying, he pointed to a register in the
floor directly behind the gentleman in the ad-
Joining pew. Looking around the latter could
see that there was hot fire in the furnace be-
meath, and yet no heat came up. When a
handkerchief was laid over the register it
scarcely stirred. The visitor asked the sexton
"Have you any means of ventilation?'
s'No, SIR" taGa
"Are there no windows open?"
"None whatever"
'sHow then can yol expect the air to come
in here if it can't get out somewhere?"
There was no reason--the man was nom
plussed
tinued the inquirer.
mo, SIR"
"Do you think if you did, that you could
force any more air into bottle by blowing
than was in it before?" He couldn't say.
Never had thought of it,
"Well' continued the gentleman, 'you
would soon find out, if you tried, that it was
impossible, and neither can you force air into
this church through register if you don't
open window or some other orifice."
But" the sexton demurred, "opening a
window would let in the cold air, wouldn't it?'
'You just try it," was the response. "Raise
some of the windows on the leeward side of the
church, and see what will happen"
1t was done, and instantly the handkerchief
lying on the register rose half way to the CELL
ing with the force of the ascending current
The sexton stood and stared in astonishment.