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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26
FORTY.SIX DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.
An Invalid Lady In Newark Dies
After PrOtracted Fast.
tsg New York Herald - if

Mrs. Emeline Winans, a lady forty
three years of age, died a week ago at
her home, No. 179 Newton street,
Newark, N. J., after having been abso-
lutely without food for forty-six days,
according to the testimony Of her rela-
tives and her pastor, Rev. George F.
Dickinson, of the Trinity Methodist
church. A reporter called upon Mrs.
A. E. Jones, sister of the deceased, in
whose house the latter lived, and OBJ
tanned the facts connected with Mrs.
Winans' case. 1t appears that when
young woman Mrs. Winans was re-
markably fine looking, strong and
healthy, of fair complexion, with very
light hair and large blue eyes. Nine
years ago she was afflicted with rheu-
matism and became somewhat Grip
pied. One Sunday, several weeks ago,
Mrs. Winans thought to surprise her
sister by making the fire and getting
breakfast She was taken with a fit
and had to be placed in bed at once.
From that day until she died she never
tasted particle of food. Once she
asked for some pigeon, but when it was
prepared she could scarcely taste the
soup and ate not an atom. She was
very thirsty and wanted water con-
stantly, which was given her sparingly.
She wasted away. to a skeleton. Al
most every hour, day and night, she
vomited. She bore her sufferiilgs with
great fortitude and was the most cheer
full party in the house. She rejoiced
in the approach of death, and selected
the text and hymn for her funeral ser
vice. sa3
When lifted into the scasket the
corpse of the woman who, nine years
ago, weighed 200 pounds, weighed only
about fifty.
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Remarkable Discovery of Murder.

The following account of murder
which was committed in Bermuda in
the autumn of 1878 is by the Attorney
General of the islands, Mr. S. Brownlow
Gray:
'In the autumn of 1878 a man com.
mitted a terrible crime in Somerset,
which was for some time involved in
deep mystery. His wife, handsome
and decent mulatto woman, disappear
ed suddenly and entirely from sight,
after going home from church on Sun
day, October 90. Suspicion immediat-
ly fell upon the husband, clever young
fellow Of about thirty, but no trace Of
the missing woman was left behind,
and there seemed a strong probability
that the crime would remain ,,ndetect-
ed. On Sunday, however, October 81,
a week after the woman had disappear
ed some Somerville boatmen looking
out toward the sea, as is their custom,
were struck by observing in the Long
Bay Channel, the surface of which was
ruttled by slight breeze, long streak
of calm, such as to use their own illus
tration, cask of oil usually diffuses
around it when in the water. The
feverish anxiety about the missing wo-
man suggested some strange connection
between this singular calm and the
mode of her disappearance. Two or
three days after-why not sooner I can
not tell you-her brother and three
other men went out to the spot where
it was observed, and from which it had
not disappeared since Sunday, and
with series offish hooks ranged along
a line dragged the bottom of the cham
mel, but at first without success. Shift
ing the position of the boat they drag
geda little to the windward and present
ly the line was caught. With water
glasses the men discovered that they
had caught it in a skeleton which was
held down by some heavy weight. They
pulled on the line; something sudden
ly gave way, and up came the skeleton
OF the trunk pelvis, and legs ola human
body, from which almost every yestige
of flesh had disappeared, but which
from the minute fragments re-
manning and the terrible stencil,
had evidently not lain long in
the water. The husband was Il
fisherman and Long Bay Channel was
a favorite fishing ground, and he calcu-
lated, truly enough, that the fish would
very soon destroy all means of identiti-
cation; but it never entered into his
head that as they did so their ravage,
combined with the process of decom-
position, would set free the matte which
was to write the traces Of his crime on
the surface of the water. The case
seems to be an exceedingly interesting
one; the case is not mentioned in any
book jurisprudence that l have, and the
doctors seem not to have had expert
ence of such an occurrence. A diver
went down and found stone with a
rope attached, by which the body had
been held down, and also portions of
the scalp and of the skin of the sole Of
the foot, and of clothing by means of
which the body was identified. The
husband was found guilty and execut-
ed" "-Scieaifc american.
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board of equalization, Samuel johnson, Of

board OF equalization, Samuel johnson, O
Clinton county.
The republicans of the Seventh Illinoi.
congressional district have nominated
William Cullen, editor of the Ottawa Re
publican for congress-, and Amos Savage
for member of the state Board of Equal
ization.
THE state democratic convention OF
Georgia, has nominated Clifford Ander
son, of Bibbs, for attorney-general; d.
n. Spear, of Troupe, treasurer; VIM. A.
Wright of Richmond, comptroller; N. G.
Barnett, of Baldwin, secretary of state.
THE democratic conventions of the first
and second congressional districts of Ohio
have nominated for congress Hon. Samuel
T. Hunt in the first district, and General
II. B. Banning in the second district
The California republican state conven.
tion nominated General John +. Miller
of San Francisco, and Henry Edgerton, of
Sacramento. for electors at large, with w.
T. CARAT, of San Francisco, and Henry
Cowell, of Santa Cruz, alternates.
The Democratic convention of the seven
teenth Ohio congressional district made
the following nominations: Judge L. d.
Thoman, of Mahoning county, for con-
gress; Hon. Thomas Hayes, of Carol,
presidential elector: Major Wallace. of
Columbiana, common pleas Judge, and
Andrew Portius, of Stark, member of the
state board of eaualization
nun ro,,th G.,;to.n;. oo,,auo,.; ;,
a;slr;nt nonuant;o , roma wa - o4 Bo,oidn s,oal
Pacheco for congress, Thomans r. Bard
for presidential elector, and Walter S.
.ho th;nJ I oon"nnaa; tHe d;e. PuoiiGalns "
Georae 4 Tp;aht &C HmmhoIdt fnr "on
oress w W McC,r,;r fnr nrss;dont;nl !
eslentor ona r. p Nisannor .9h fa. aitannota
InnGn ~ T. u u TunM.N seoi Of f. Yo"nastown " %
was nom;natad fnr oonnros0 " NV ~ ,ssIUm' Jon,n,'
crafts ~ m Of the seventh m 6h;o conaress;onol ~ ]
district -, 80 - us '' ''''io""i <'''''
GrS J.Nps Rop,xsox of H.rdo,
comfy has been nominated for cnnaress
in the OH district Of Ohio Nv The rennbI;, liz
cans ~, vie ''n u's'ii'' o. on'o''y 'ne fepu0''-
% Tnp democratic congressional conven
ton for the a;nhth % d;str;ct of M;oh;non
hamo how w non,;na.ad 1 T;mathH ~ an;
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FOREIGN.

| A HOME-RULE demonstration of Glasgow,
on the 18th inst, was attended by thirty
thousand Irishmen, gathered from all parts
of Scotland.
HEAVY rains have caused disastrous
floods in Donegal, Ireland. A church at
Com mienon has been carried away and
number of people have been drowned.
A DISPATCH dated Camp Zargunshahr.
Aug. 10, says: Gen. Roberts arrived here
to-day. This will probably be the last
news of him until he arrives at Candahar
A new association for collecting money
been formed. A daily tribute of one cent
ime is to be demanded of ali Roman Cath
olics
In the faction fight on the 18th inst, at
Portadown, County Armagh, between Rib
were badly wounded. The Ribbon men
were routed.
A AsTEAMER with 953 Mohammedan pill
grims from Singapore, bound for Jiddah,
a town in Arabia, sixty miles from Mecca,
foundered at sea, all but twenty-one of
these on board going down with the ship.
ANOTHER agrarian outrage is reported
in Ireland. Mr.. Levin, a justice of the
peace, was fired at by unknown persons,
near Tuam. Three bullets struck him,
but, as he wore coat of mail, he was nm
harmed
WE have, at last received statement of
the. losses to the British by the battle of
tho 9th of July, which positively places
the number of casualties at 81, officers,
800 Europeans, and 700 Natives killed
or missing, and 500 officers and 80 men
wounded. $50
ENGLAND has telegraphed circular to
all the.powers, proposing new joint note
to Turkey, entirely rejecting the last
suggestion of the porte, and insisting
upon the fulfillment of the original man
date.
THE latest advices from Cabul are of
reassuring and satisfactory character. The
new Ameer has succeeded in conciliating
many Of the hostile tribal chiefs, especial
ly among the Ghjlzals, who are among the
most powerful and warlike of the native
tribes, and have heretofore resisted all adj
vanceS.
THE national council of the Albanian
league has adopted declaration of indie
pendencc of Turkish rule All the prin-
cipal cities decline to take part in the Of
toman movement on Greece, and many of
the mountain chiefs refuse longer to resist
the cession of territory to Montenegro
provided for at the Berlin conference An
archy prevails in almost every portion of
the province, but in some localities the
people are organizing for war upon the
Turks.
REroRTs from the west of Ireland show
that the peasants are arming and drilling
and that Fenianism is rampant. 1t has
been found that the murderers of the
Boyd family in Tipperary were armed
with Enfield rifles bearing the government
brand, and this revelation has led to the
further discovery that the late tory gov
ernment disposed of many arms Of this
pattern. Dispatches from various points
in Ireland indicate that rebellious move
ment of some magnitude is in progress.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26
CRIME.

A CATHOLIC priest in New Mexico has
eloped with one of the Sisters of Loretta,
and her relatives are in hot pursuit.
BURGLARS blew open safe at Clerk
vile, n. :, and carried off $25, 900 worth
of railway securities belonging to II. e.
Hunt
HARRY HAHrwELL, of Bunker Hill, ILL.,,
killed his wife with a shot gun, and ended
his own wretched career by cutting his
throat.
DR. BENNETT, dentist, of Stevens Point,
Wis, on the 18th inst, while under the in
fluence of liquor, procured a shot gun,
went in the hotel, and instantly killed DR..
Hagle, an opposition dentist.
The parties in custody at Oswego on
suspicion of being the Blenders have been
released The offer Of reward from the
state has been withdrawn. The opinion
is strengthening that the Benders never
escaped, but were lynched.
Mrs THRoPHAGEN, of Massillon, O., a
plaintiff in divorce suit, went to the
door at 10 o'clock on Saturday night in
response to the bell and received a quanti-
ty of vitriol in her face. She has had her
husband arrested for the offense.
! AT barbecue at Goudeysville, S. c., a
difficulty occurred between a man by the
name of Bullock and his son, the father
stabbing his son six times, from which he
will die. The old man is now in Jail
awaiting the result of his sons injuries.
The cause of the difficulty was whisky.
| A TELEGRAM to the COurier-JOurndl, of
Aug. 16, from. .Shepherdsville, says: Hon.
J Proctor Knott was shot and mortally
wounded, this morning. at Mt. Washing
ton. ten miles from here, by j. w. Lewis,
greenback candidate for congress. No
The Courier-Joaundl does not believe the
| report to be true.
THE Cincinnati Ga.ette's special from
New Albany says Roger Russel,
seventy years old, fired two bar.
rels of shot gun into the face and
breast of John Norman, his son-in-law,
wounds The cause is alleged as ill-treat-
un-arrested.
A YOUNG lawyer named Parkhurst, OF
Bath. N. j. shot and killed Miss Fannie
Howell on the 18th inst. They were mar,
ried four years ago at picnic, but hel
parents refused to let them live together
and obtained decree from the courts an.
nulllNS lHc uldAlldSC. DoCh aiO Aio" vi
age and Parkhurst insisted on re-mar.
riage but Miss Howell refused; upon hel
refusal he drew a revolver shooting hel
and then himself.
1 DURING a temporary absence Of Mr.. S
B. Abbott. proprietor of the Abbott house
Parsons, Kan, his stepson, Mona Dilllng
hem, and his clerk, Ed. Cox, got into al
alteration concerning trifiing matter
when Dilllnghem picked up a chair ant
threw it, one of the legs striking Cox il
the left eye, crushing it to a jelly. Go,
lies in critical condition. They wer'
equally to blame.
THE federal grand jury at New York
which has for some time been investigat
, ing the Sewanhaka disaster, has returned
indictments for manslaughter against fou
q government inspectors of life-boats ans
boilers, and the captain and engineer AMI
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26

PROPHET VENNoR is on hand with Il
new prediction, Il part of which is after
the event, and little of it agreeable.
Heat will extend, he says, through the
first half of Augusta heat equal to
that of July or exceeding it. Some re-
lief will be had through "a cool to cold
term with frosts,'' which may occur be-
tween the 10Th and Goth days, and then
cheat may again be expected up to Sep
tember L." A singular caution and a
genius at hedging may be detected
under the audacity on the surface of
the Canadian weather prophets utter
ances. But he has succeeded in saving
his reputation the present summer, for
his predictions regarding the June and
July heat were abominably well full
filled
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26
A Carrier PigeOa Killed While trying to
Cross the Ocean.
philole1nhia preSs

Mr.. John S. Alburger, who resides at
7O5 Callowhill street, this city, encour-
ages his two young sons in a taste
which they have shown for care and
rearing of the ''high-blooded" carrier
pigeons. He has purchased many
pairs of this kind for them, several Of
which he has imported directly from
Antwerp.
Last fall Mr.. Alburger succeeded
through q friend-an officer Of the
steamer Rhineland, belonging to the
Red Star line-in procuring a pair Of
"white cheques" the male bird of
which accomplishes the feat of flying
from Paris to Antwerp inside of three
hours, and winning an important
match. Ten days ago this bird escaped
from his Callowhill street home while
being fed. He was seen to rise direct
ly upward, and in moment struck out
for Jersey and disappeared in south
erndirection. Theboys not only gave the
silver-winged fellow up for lost, but had
the smallest possible hope of ever hear
ing from him again.
The same day on which the bird es-
capped, and, as nearly as can be calcu-
lated, within a hundred minutes of the
time he was last seen by young Alburg-
er, he made his appearance OH the
beach near the Ashley House, on Bar
negat Inlet. For several days he con-
tinued to appear and then would put
out to sea, again to return, and after
apparently having rested would 'again
attempt the flight across the Atlantic to
his old Antwerp home.
While out shooting some days ago a
son of Mr.. j. Warner Kinsey ofthe
Ashley House fired and succeeded i'll
killing the "silver cheque," and, upon
examination, found stamped in red ink
the name and adress of his owner. ~.
w. Alburger, 705 Callowhill street,
Philadelphia"
Mr.. Kinsey Immediately sent note
to this address. Mr.. Alburger promptly
replied. thanking Mr.. Kinsey, and ex-
onerating young Kinsey from any
blame whatever in killing the bird.
Under the circumstances, Mr.. Alburg-
er congratulated himself upon having
heard the tidings, however unfortunate,
but authentic, of the fate of the bird.
If any further verifcation were needed
beyond the word of q sportsman as
well known as Mr.. Warner Kinsey,
it was furnished yesterday by Mr.. Kin
sey himself, who came up from the inlet
on business, and brought with him the
two wings, both of which are stamped
rs described.
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exaggeration. sDo you see that spring
over there, stranger?" said one of them
to him. He said he did, whereupon the
settler added: "Well that's an iron
spring, that is, and it's so mighty pow
erful that the farmers horses about
here that drink the water of it never
have to be shod The shoes just grow
on their feet naturally"
The following actors are among the
stars who appear on the American
stage next season: Mile. Sara Bern
hardt, Miss Fanny Davenport, Nine.
Selma Dolaro Miss Ada Cavendish,
Mrs. Genevieye Ward, Miss Mary An
derson, Mrs. Scott-Siddons, Miss Emily
Soldene, Miss Dion Boucicault, Miss
Louise Pomeroy, Mr.. John McCul-
lough, Mr.. E. A. Sothern, Mr.. Joseph
Jefferson, Mr. Lawrence Barrett, and
possibly Nine. Janauschek and Signor
Salvini.
One of the most remarked figure
now in London is the secretary Of the
American legation, Mr.. Steinway. He
is Kentuckian, six feet eight in height,
as straight as a rush, thin, bony, mus
cular, 50 years of age, with the most
wonderful typical Yankee face and
general aspect it is possible to conceive.
There is something almost ridiculous
in the realization that he is, though
Kentuckian, the typical Yankee of
Punch. When he stands in IL room, a
full head and shoulders over everybody,
all eyes are OH him.
One of the fashions of the day is for
lady visitors to seaside resorts to carry
pet dogs with them. The custom is SO
popular that leading hotels have been
compelled to give notice that guests ac-
companied by dogs will be charged $40
per week for board of the canines.
This is not an unreasonable charge if
the order for a dogs breakfast sent by
a visitor at a Cape May hotel to the
dining-room is a sample of the guests
demands. This person called for
tendertoin steak, very rarely broiled, a
cold chicken wing and a pint Of milk,
ior "dear little Jupiter" which was a
.pug-nosed bull-pup.
S A Woman at Carson, Nevada, is said
to have undertaken to refrain from
speaking for forty days. The report
runs as follows: "She began at 8 in the
morning, and at 1O3 her pulse was SO
feeble from exhaustion that the ply
sicians feared she would die by noon.
At II her heart beat but twenty-six q
minute, and her respirations were hard
ly noticeable. Her friends here urged
her to discontinue her terrible task, and
told her some gossip about a neigh
Dor. On hearing it she immediately
rushed from the house. and going
across the street, met a lady friend and
talked to 81 that evening, and is now
fully restored
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26

JOSEPH MELODY of Independence
Mo-, was murdered by Lewis Hiltz, and
Hiltz was acquitted on the ground of
insanity; but he was recently struck
dead by sunstroke, on the same day of
the month, at the same hour of the
day, and on the very spot where he
committed the deed.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26

The newest feature in western life
has been the exhibition of the alleged
butdoubtful Bender family, in a Kansas
Comic Theatre, under the auspices of
the sheriff who has them i'll charge, at
twenty-five cents a head admittance.
Selling reserved seats for hangings has
long been among sheritfs' perquisites.
In Camden, n. j., not long ago, an en-
terprising official peddled pieces of the
rope. But the Kansas experiment
opens new vistas of business for sheritfs,
and also, perhaps, for detectives and
constables sent to arrest illustrlous
criminals and convey them from one
place to another. By an arrangement
with their charges of sharing the net
profits of exhibitions, they could start
IN all the prominent villages on the
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26

THE Prussian government it is said,
are seriously thinking of abolishing
civil marriages. They profess TO sbe
shocked at the wide and rapid spread
of irreligion and rationalism, and con-
slider that some step like that contem-
plated is necessary to recall the people
to = sense of their religious duties.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26

THE Boston Adrertiser presents Il care
fully prepared table, showing the result
of the census by states and bysections,
with the rate of increase in each state
and for each section. The table, it
should be said, is valuable only as an
estimate on the returns, for only nine
states are official. Four of these are
in New England, three in the West and
two on the Pacific. The exhibit by
sections is rs follows:
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THERE is an anecdote of Victor Hugo
which exhibits the poet in a very sensi-
bile if not somewhat prosaic light. When
he came back to Paris in September,
1870, he made no speeches at the rail
way station, but drove off Immediately
TO the bureau of the academy to draw
the arrears of pay due to him as one
Of thn Forty
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26

SPECIE continues to come over from
Europe Superintendent Orton, at the
United States Assay Office at New York,
received last week, from England, be-
tween 100000 and 100000 in gold,
a part in sovereigns and the remainder
in bars. This metal is to be minted in
to United States coin. About $1,O00,0OO
more is on the way,
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26

The value of exports of petroleum
and petroleum products from the Unit
ed States for the twelve months ending
June so were $50, ,22l ,O36; same period
the previous year, $50 1905, 5,249.
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D.. THURSDAY, AUGUST

the owners of the steamer. Among the
proprietors arrested are s. l.. NJ. Barlow,
f. D. Morgan, James Udell, and S. II:
Townsend. The presentment charges all
these men with criminal negligence and
carclessness
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26

A DISPATCH from Washington says
that ''the National Board of Health is
pleased to announce that the general
health of the country at this time is eX-
ceilent.N
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The ceremony ofmarrying John Hall

THE ceremony ofmarrying John Hall
and the widow Miller was performed by
q Justice at Cincinnati, Ohio. The
couple went to restaurant for q we'd
ding dinner. After the meal was over
the husband said that he had an errand
to do, but would not be absent more
than, ten minutes. He put one arm
around the brides neck, kissed her,
and with the disengaged hand took 800
from her pocket. She hasnOt seen HIM
since.
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express matter originating there, and
destined to the exclusive offices of the Pa
cifc Express company. This has resulted
in an acrimonious controversy, and the
companies are calling each other hard
Names
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THE situation both in Albania and in
Greece looks more warlike. 80
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COMMENTS.

THE weather is intensely warm in
the East.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26

A statistical barber in Philadelphia
says that the longest-eared men want
their hair cut the shortest.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26

JAY GOULD talks of building branch
of The Union Pacific from Cheyenne to
Puget Sound and past the Yellowstone
Park.
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JOB DEPARTMENT.
Having New Job Type
A FAST JOB PRESS
Weare prepared to do anything. in this line with
NEATNEss,
AND ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
Correspondenc.a

Correspondence.
Correspondence solicited from all parts of this
county, on all matter pertaining TO local news
All communications must be accompanied by the
writer's name not nc caesariy for publication, but
as . guarantee Of good faith.
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Thirty eight. 4s,456,l5l 3s,155,5l5
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VERY LATEST NEWS.
4 Record Ct Important Events,
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

THE president has appointed ?. w.
Slaughter postmaster at Canton, lll;' and
VIM. Towan postmaster at Independence,