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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26
The Jingling Bells.

How many boys and girls know how
the jingling sleigh-bells are madep
How do you think the little iron ball
gets inside the bellP 1t is too big to be
put in through the holes in the bell,
and yet it is inside. How did it get
theree
This little iron ball is called "the
jinglet." When you shake the sleigh
bell it iingles. When the horse trots
the bells jingle, jingle, jingle; in max
ing the bell, this jinglet is put inside q
little ball of mud, just the shape of the
inside of the bell. Then mold is made
just the. shape of the outside of the
bell. This mud ball with the jinglet
inside is placed in the mold of the out
side and the melted metal is poured in,
which fills up the space between the
mud ball and mold
/ When the mold is taken of, yousee a
sleigh bell, but it would not ring, as it
is full of dirt. The hot metal dries the
dirt that the ball is made of, so it can
be all shaken out. After the dirt is all
shaken out of holes in the bell, the lit
tie iron jinglet will still be in the bell,
and it will ring all right.
1t took good many years to think
out how to make sleigh-bell.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26
JAMES BLACK, colored, was hanged

JAMES BLACK, colored, was hanged
at Marion, S. c., on the 18th, for the muir
der OF friend in aquarrel about woman.
He was convicted by a Jury composed Of six
white men and six colored.
SAMUEL LEWIS, a well-known mining
speculator, killed himself with strychnine at
Deadwood. He formerly lived at Ann Ar
Dor and Ypsilanti, Mich. ~rv
SAMUEL CLUGsToN, Of Valley Forge,
Pa, was shot twice and killed by a burglar
who had entered his sleeping room and
whom Clugston undertook to capture. The
murderer has probably been arrested. ~
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

MATILDA STREAZLE, Il years old, ar
rested for infanticide at Cincinnati on the
10th, testified that she gave birth to the
child in an clubhouse unattended, knitted it
to death TO still its cries, and threw it into
the vault to conceal her shame, claiming to
be mentally deranged. Examination Of the
body showed twenty mortal wounds. Carl
Seibel, the reputed father, has also been
arrested.
A RAILWAY collision near Palestine,
Tex, on the 18th, resulted in the death of
j. e. Bond, express messenger. Nine per-
sons were injured. Part of freight train
detached from the locomotive, started down
grade by the wind, was met by a passenger
train from Longview while at great speed.
HUGH O'HARA, miner, was found
dead on the track near Alton, ILL.,, having
been struck by train.
A BOILER explosion in Tyler & Har-
rods saw-mill at Frankfort, KY, resulted
in the death of eight men. .--
The body of an unknown man, rid
died with bullets, was found hanging from
tree near Jacksboro, Tex, on the 10Th.
AT st. Joseph, Mo-, on the 10Th, Jno.
L. Adams died from an overdose Of NOR
phine mistaken for quinine.
The Bartlett cloth works, at New
buryport, Mass, was burned on the 18th.
The loss may reach 100000; insured for
$249, $50.
Mrs. ZUMALT, the widow who was so
badly burned in Platte County, Kans., the
other day, died on the 18th.
A FIRE in Hillsdale, Mich, on the
10th, destroyed property valued at 10000,
including the roof and steeple Of a Metho.
dist church.
VIM. FOLEY was shot dead by City
Marshal Lewter, at Corning, Ark, the Goth.
Foley and some companions were drunk and
defed the authorities. f
ADAM BYERs, a saloon-keeper at River.
side, near Cincinnati, in tussle with one Of
his boarders on the Goth, fell and broke hi:
once. A..L- "a ,---sef
THE mangled remains of John Seals,
the missing pilot Of the tow-boat John
Means, were found on the 10Th in a field sixty
yards distance from the bank Of the river
ALEXANDER SNYDER, farmer, was
killed by a fall from his wagon near Union
City. Mo-, on the 18th.
/ PATRICK DooLEY was killed by q
Chicago & Alton train near Plainview, III.
ROBERT LYNCH, miner, died on the
10Th from the effects Of a fall in a shaft al
Tombstone, A. Il.
MICHAEL FITzPATRICK, a boy of l6
was instantly killed and his body horribly
mutilated by the machinery of a saw factor,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26
lin New York there are about 500

ID I'm New York there are about 500
venders of sawdust, having a capital Of
$500, 900 invested, and doing business
amounting to more than 81, ,000 900 an
nually. Forty yearsago the mills were
glad to have sawdust carried away;
twenty-five years ago it could be bought
for fifty cents load, but the price has
increased, and now it brings $3.50 u
load at the mills. 1t is used at the
hotels, eating-houses, groceries, and
other business houses. 1t is wet and
spread over floors in order to make the
sweeping cleaner work. Plumbers use
great deal about pipes and buildings
to deaden walls and floors. Soda-water
men and packers of glass and small ar
ticles of every kind use it. and dolls
and some living creatures are more or
less stuffed with it. Washington mar
ket takes two or three loads day, and
great deal is spread on the piers, and
stables require many loads day. Yel-
low pine makes the best sawdust, as it
is the least dusty, and has a good,
healthy smell. But any white wood
dust will do. They make great deal
OF black walnut sawdust, but it will not
sell, and is burned.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26
Our Young Folks.
TIE BABY's NLGHEBELL. /.


Oh, ii was funny! Upon my word
The queerest story that ever heard.
The one that lately to me was told ~
About baby just one year old. .r
1t gives baby terrible fright
To wake up suddenly in the nght isi1 NJ
And what can it do but cry and scream
When. it's had such a dreadfuly naughty
dreaml
But this little baby of whom tell
Reaches over the crib and takes u bell, NJ
Which he rings as loud as ever he can,
Till the mother comes to her little man.
You may be sure that she gives a spring
When she hears the bell go tng-a-ling-Hng,
And hugs and kisses away each trace -
OF n flown that rests on the baby's face.
Now, wouldn't believe this story: | couldn't
II I'D made II up; and know you wouldn't;
But it's true, for twas told me not long ago.
BY the baby's mother, who ought to know.
-Y0uth's COmpdnion.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

{ 1CBRIG. GEN. EMORY UPTON, U. S. A,
committed suicide by shooting, on the 18th,
near San Francisco. Gen. Upton was
-well-known authority on military tactics,
Sahd author-of a york onthat- subject. The
cause of his suicide is not known.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

THE Pope's encyclical letter has been
issued procaiming the jubilee from March
10 to November for Europe, and to the end
OF the year for the rest OF the world.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26
NEWS AND NOTES
4 Summary Of Important Events.

A DREADFUL plague is playing sad
havoc in the villages of Mesopotamia.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 18th
stated that the Republicans will nominate
Mr.. Gorham for Secretary of the Senate,
and Manstree, of Virginia, Readjuster
and friend of Malone. for Sergeant-at-
Arms.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

IT is not believed that Alexander I'll.
will in any material way modify the repres-
siye policy against the disaffected in Russia
which was carried out by his father. -
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

Hon. EDWARD SERE, Consul General
OF Belgium to the United States, has arrived
in Chicago to investigate what may be
termed the pork scare. It is said that rep
resentatives from Spain, Portugal and Aus
tria will instgate similar investigation. y
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

j. STANLEY Brown has been appointed
Private Secretary to President Garfield.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

The general outlook for the winter
wheat cropis considered favorable, with a
prospective, yield about the same as that Of
last season. r. III. l.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

GENERAL ECKERT says twelve hun
drcd miles OF Western Union wires viii be
laid this year toward Mexico and the Pacific
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

THE Mexican Telegraph Company's
cable from Brownsville, Texas, to Vera Cruz,
via, Iampico, has been completed and con-
Glfatulatory messages have been exchanged
between the Presidents of the United States
and Mexico
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

The British colonies that have ex-
hibited the smallest increase between
1873 and 1879 are Tasmania and West
ern Australia. Neither of them pos
sesses the same great attractions as
their neighbors, but both have lately
shown signs of more rapid progress.
New Zealand, the Britain Of the South,
shows the most marked increase OF pop
ulation, that having risen from 296.-
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

ns ITi@as understood on the 18th that
the Democratic Senators would resist by
parliamentary devices, all attempts Of the
Republicans to elect new officers Of that
body. ~
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

On St. Patrick's Day, Mr.. Lowell, the
American Minister at the Court of ST.
James, received a telegram from the Presi-
dent of the Knights of st. Patrick, of ST
Louis, expressing sympathy with Parnell
and requesting Lowell to forward the tele-
. gram TO Parnell. t..| ..
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

made a contract for cable north and south
from, thu Isthmus of Panama, to connect
Swththe International lines. ~ Na
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

s{t THE Stockmen's Convention, held at
Caldwell, Kans., elected S. S. Birchfleld,
President, and Robert +. Crawford, Secre-
tary. The Cherokee range was divided into
six districts, with captain for each, and
May fixed as the date for beginning the an
nual roundup.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

The Navy Department has purchased
the whaling steamer Mary and Helen, for
,$l00,Q0o, 10 DC sent in search of the missing
Z. Arctic explorer ,leannette
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

A, BOX containing forty pounds of
gunpowder with lighted fuse attached was
found by o policeman on duty near the Lord
Mayor OF London's residence on the night Of
the 10th. lie extinguished the fire and took
IthoSbox to the police station. There Is no
clew TO the guilty parties,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

. .hlACCoRDING to reliable information
Orange Free State farmers are in very un-
settled condition and only awaiting suffi-
cicnt excuse to join the Beers. They regard
the strong reinforcements coming from
Eugland with suspicion, as indicating an
neXatiOn Of the Free States ,.,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

-eIGEE. GRANT has resigned the Presi-
dency of the Worlds Fair, in consequence,
as is said, Of his Mexican engagements. 1t
is known he has been for some time dissat-
listed with the slow progress made in raising
funds to carry out The enterprise, and has
expressed doubts as to its ultimate success.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

THE United States of Colombia has
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

The lGlobe-DemOcrat'S Washington
special of the 18th says that Representative
Farwel and Senator Logan have locked
horns in contest over the Marshaship of
the Northern District of Illinois. Senator
Logan champions the cause Of "Long"
Jones, while Mr.. Farwel's man is Stillwell.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

"A lady living near MoultonVille,
N. H., has obtained one hundred and
twenty-five eggs from one turkey since
lest fall. Paste this up in your hennery,
sHys an exchange. 1t may bring your
fowls to a realizing sense of their un-
worthiness. |IilH.ff
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26

-Fonr or five female peddlers have
been quilting the ladies of Cincinnati
with lace at five dollars per yard which
usually costs thirty cents at the stores.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-19
LAND LEAGUE.

Norris hall was densely crowded Sun
day evening to hear City Attorney Parks
address on the Irish question. President
Cary and Secretaries Mulqueen and
Wheelan were at their posts, and the at
tendance of ladies was much larger thar
at any previous meeting. The minutes Of
previous meetings were read and.approved
An original poem, a welcome to O'Con
nor, and a defense Of the Irish cause, was
read by the author, Mr. Joseph EvaEs, and
we'll applauded.
President Cary made an excellent speech
in relation to the progress of the league
closing by introducing Capt. James ]
Parks, city attorney, whose speech was
roundly applauded. ,--..,
A hearty vote of thanks was rendered tc
Capt. Parks.
Two little girls, Miss Maggie Gormley
and Miss Mary Mcdonald, sang an Irish
song, and were much applauded.
Capt. William j. Ransom was called out
and made appropriate remarks in sympa
thy with thel and league and republican
governments everywhere.
Quite number joined the league,
among them about twenty ladies.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-19
EXCURSION.

The present mild weather with the open
condition of the river has proved too
tempting to those who have a particular
fondness for excursions on steamboats,.
They could not resist the opportunity and
accordingly this morning the little steamer
Evansville arrived at this port loaded down
with people from LeClaire and Princeton.
The bright, particular object OF the trip
was TO allow the denizens of those villages
an opportunity to lay in christmas pres
ents from the several large houses OF this
city and Davenport. The excurtionists
were numerous and the venture proved a
success not only to the various merchants
of Rock Island ond Davenport, but also to
West Rambo the manager and originator
of the whole affair. The novelty or a
Christmas gift excursion attracted quiteaa
crowd to the levee when the Evansville
landed. The boat will depart during the
afternoon for LeClaire.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-19
THE LECTURE.

The Hon. T. P. O'Connor, M. P. fol
Galway arrived in the city this morning
and win deliver lecture this evening al
Harper,s theatre, under the auspices of the
local land league. The subject of the dis
course win be ireland, her condition and
wrongs.
The Irish question has lately excited
general interest in this country, and O
description of the condition of the Elmer
aid Isle.' her political excitement and
other kindred subjects of vital importance
to the future of that country by one who
has been no inconspicuous actor in the
scenes, can not but prove very attractive.
A small admission fee viii be charged,
and the proceeds of the entertainment will
be sent through its proper channel to Ire
land
1t is thought that large audience will
be in attendance this evening, as the lee
turer is said to be o very pleasing talker,
in addition to being fully posted on the
subject under discussion.
The lecture win begin promptly at 8
o'clock
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-19
HONEST CONFESSION.

This morning Charles Wilson made his
appearance before Justice Cooke on a
charge of assault. The complaining wit
ness in the case was Samuel Schenk. The
little affray took place at the fair grounds,
where Wilson has been employed. and was
discharged to make room for Schenk. Will
son believed in agitation so as to compel
his former employer to reengage his SER
vices. He accordingly agltated
Schenk by pounding him and
otherwise making it very interest
ing for his victim. Schenk did not appre-
ciate his attention in the proper manner,
and had Wilson arrested.
This morning plead guilty to the accu-
sation, as he admitted that he had not
treated Schenk in manner that begets
love and friendship. The justice fined the
prisoner SO and costs, and this ended the
first suit,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-19
PATENTS.

The following is list of patents issued
during the week ending December 18th, to
inventors residing in Illinois.
James NJ. Blackman, Chicago, ventilator wheel or
fan.
NV. Blodgett Chicago, loop and lock stitch sewing
machine. z 81 p
James Brady Dixon, eultivator.
q G. b. Branard. Joliet, frame for supporting and
stretching woyen-wire mattresses.
j. Burton. Geneva, manufacturing sized paper.
@. E. Buschick Chicago. boiler furnace.
d. Carskaden, Chicago, machine for separating
ores.
L.w. craney, Chicago, convertible table and
Thomas H. Dodge De Kalb, barbed fence-wire.
S. Elliott and T. B. Jeffery, Chicago, sewing
machine.
c D. Field, Chicago, magazine stove.
?. W. Gates. Chicago, machine for breaking stone
and crushing ores.
W W. Giles, Chicago, drilling machine.
". Hayden, Chicago, needle-bar for sewing
machines.
N W Holt, Chicago. dust collector.
A. j. Huh, Sterling, pump.
james W McDonough, Chicago, telephone.
B. Phelps. Moline, check-row corn planter and
check-knob for corn planter.
j. L. Seem, Macomb, clock calendar.
p. H. and 7. A. Sprague, Cornell, plump piunger
ID. Sprechcr. Rehview, nut-lock.
j. E. StoezeI, Perm. hearse'and coffin barrow.
/. NJ. SuInlaerfeld, Mattoon, carpet stretcher.
L. NJ Summerneld, Mattoon. shirt. ~
D. C. Thompson. Chicago, bellows.
James Thompson. Chicago, box-joint for sewer
pipes
j. A. Thompson, Chicago boot and shoe strap.
+. Tysdal, Lee, nftten. ~
D. F. Van Liew Aurora. grain door.
G. VAIL Chicago, vacuum pan.
A. Wenlple, Chicago, machine for cutting grain.
g. L. williams and II. Rumble, Edwardsville, bill
jara
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-19
FLORAL rANc1Rs.

vick's Floral Guide for 1882 presents
its charming face for inspection. It is
well worthy of notice and attracts even
those who are fully persuaded that their
ability does not include horticulture.
The book opens with two colored plates
one picturing luscious cluster of
golden" grapes, the other q bright sum
mer bequet.p csS aa
The contents are shown in d pleasing
manner and the instructive pages can hap
PLY be utilized, by the Iunskilled learner.
Well-cut and clear engravings. seem to
speak for themselves, from the dainty
lilly of the valley" to the flaming, unbend-
ing .marigeld." af
The vegetables are displayed at then
best and surely pleasure would be derived
from their cultivation, if every one were
certain of producing such perfection as
the inviting prints set forth. 7'11@@2
s In looking at the many-eyed potato
one is surprised that so much watehfulness
would allow of ever being-taken in.
The different varieties Of choice plants
seem to include all that are desirable to
the taste. a a= S9
The price of book, seeds, etc is placed
at reasonably low figures, a-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-19
AT THE COURT HOUSE.

This morning marriage license was
issued to E. o. Kertzinger and Miss Emma
L. Titterington.
There are now but thirteen prisoners in
the county jail, and they viii be given a
Christmas turkey dinner by the sheriff
The Board of Supervisors win meet this
afternoon at two o'clock and viii remain
in session during the week.
The civil docket for the January term of
the circuit court contains thirty three cases,
while the criminal docket is only burdened
with fifteen suits.
Tho members of the grand jury win
meet on the 2nd of January 1882, as that
is the first day of the January term of the
circuit court.
The tax collectors books for the present
season have all been completed with the
exception of the township of Moline.
The entire batch viii be finished the pres
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-19
LOANS.

The Supreme Court of Illinois has just
rendered decision that will be of interest
to loan agents and to all who have lent or
borrowed money through them. As is
well known, it is the custom with loan
agents to get the premium from the Dor
rover, even though the funds are placed
in their hands, to be lent. by the owner
It has long been question in legal circles
whether in such cases the party placing the
loan was not really the agent of the lender.
and the premiums exacted of the borrow
er were not properly usurious, If with the
interest charged they amounted to more
than the lawful rate
A case of this kind was appealed from
the circuit court in Livingston county, and
finally to the supreme court, where the de-
cision referred to has recently been render
ed. The decision, as summed up by the
Chicago Legal Neaos is that, when a person
employs another to loan money for him,
and places funds in his hands for that pur
pose, the relation of principal and agent
arises; and if the agent exacts from the
borrower q bonus for procuring the loan,
with the knowledge or subsequent ratifica-
ton of the principal, it is usurious, and
the latter is effected by the act of his prin-
cipal.
lnC S4cCl Oh ILLS ucCiSiOu WOuI0 seem
to be to render unlawful all premiums
charged by the agents in excess of the
legal rate of interest whenever the mon
ey loaned is placed in the agents hands
for that purpose prior to the transaction.
A great deal of money is lent in this way
at the present time by the loan agents of
this city, though probably not so much as
formerly, and it would appear that they
can collect no premiums on such loans
additional to the lawful eight per cent
interest and when such premiums have
been paid they can be deducted from the
amount still due on the loan in the same
manner as other usurious interest. 1t may
be presumed that parties having money
to loan will not hereafter place the funds
in the hands of agents or directly employ
them to negotiate their loans, but there
can easily be an understanding between
the parties which will amount Ito the same
thing.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-19
THE SUPERVISORS.

The Board of Supervisors met this af-
ternoon in regular session with majority
of members in attendance. The minutes
of the last meeting were read and approved.
The<reports of the county officers for the
last six months were submitted and refer
red to the proper committees.
It is fully expected that the meeting viii
continue until the latter part of the week,
as lively contest is anticipated over the
appointment of a successor to Mr.. Sturgeon,
as county superintendent of schools.
At present there are understood to be
four aspirants- the position which are
Ed Guyer of this city, Prof. Southwell OF
Milan. Miss Kenworthy of Andalusia, and
Mr.. Sturgeon who would not be averse to
serving the remaining year or until the
general election takes place next fall.
The members who are best posted on
the question claim that while all the aspi
rants have friends among the supervisors
who will stand by their favorites, yet it is
believed no single one of the candidates
have sufficient strength to be appointed.
This will result, so it is stated, in the selec-
ton of dark horse" WHO'S yet unknown
to fortune and to local faEe. The APP
pointment of this officer viii probably not
come before the Board until tomorrow
when some lively times are fully ex-
pected.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-19
HER DEATH.

The death of Mrs. George Butler oe-
CURED last Saturday evening, from the
effects of wound inflicted by her OWL
hand The self-shooting occurred at
o'clock in the morning, and the patient
continued in great pain until o'clock Sat
urday night. when death relieved her of all
sufferings She did not appear to regain
perfect consciousness after the fatal shot
was fred, but remained in partial coma
tose state until her death.
No new facts have been developed in
connection with the sad affair from those
made public at the time of the fatality. i'll
health, and a morbid mental condition re-
sulting from that cause, are the causes as
signed for the self destruction
The coroners jury returned q verdict in
accordance with the facts already made
public.