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Freaks Of the Telegraph.

B Names are always great stumbling.
block to the clerks, and addresses are
composed of names. Most of us have
tricks of writing names in any but dis
tinct fashion; and although the Post
Office persistently reminds US, on the
forms given us to write our kilograms
on, that the writing should be plain, this
advice, like most other advice, Isl but too
often neglected. Hence many kilograms
get altogether astray, sometimes to the
not slight discontinue of those into
whose hands they fall, and who, unwit-
ting that any error has been made, forth
with act upon them. 1t is related that
q woman residing in some small street
in Manchester once received what ap.
peared to be 4 summons from her hus-
band to come up to him in London.
Very much alarmed, she iat once start
led. On her way she got into converse
ton with another woman who was in the
same carriage, and who she found was
also going up to see her husband, who
was in London i'll. This woman had
been expecting to receive . telegram
from her husband, and, not hearing,
had grown anxious and had finally set
off without the telegram. Further par
lev revealed the fact that their names
were the same; that their husbands
names were the same; that they both
lived in the same quarter in Manchester
and IT finally transpfred that the tele'
gram which had been delivered to the
lirst woman was the very one which the
second had been waiting for-the error
| in delivery having been caused by some
such mistake Is Hamilton Street" fol
+" Henrietta Street va mistake very
likely attiibatable I'd wasn't of dfstinctnesl
in the writing. Another curious case o.
coincidence 81 which Ne have heard
was that Of . telegram addressed
John Stillingwise, Brookdean, mr.
Kirby, Lonsdale, !" from Robert Shilling
wife, lis brother, begging him to come
at once to him ct . hotel which he indi
Gated, in Leeds. The address ''Brook
dean" was in some way altered, and tn,
telegram was delivered to another Johl
Stllingwise living somewhere in til,
neighborhood Of Kirkby, Lonsdale. Thi
unfortunate man, who had not heart
anything of his brother Robert TO
some twenty years, at once started OF
in stormy, wintry weather, reaches
Leeds in the evening, and was told b,
tho Landlord that he could not see hi
brother that night, As he was very ia
from well, and had gone to bed: TIL
next. morning he was ushered int
Robert Stillingwise's room expecting +
see this long-lost brother, when, to hi
extreme astonishment and disgust, b
found himself confronted by an ute
stranger!-Bkekwood'A Magazine.
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Effects Of Petting on Animals.

Il Mr.. A. D. Bartlett, of the Geological
Gardens, London, has remarked that
while adult carnivorous animals-lons,
tigers, leopsrds, etc.-can seldom be
tanned and then only at the cost of dan.
ger, the young become very tame and
fond of those who feed and caress them;
on the other hand, housed vegetables
feeding animals-stags, antelopes, oxen,
sheep and goats If reared by hand from
birth. become when adult the most dan
qerous animals to be met with; while,
Il caught after they have grown up, they
are timid and fy from man. His ex-
psrience with all animals Of the hitter
class has been the same as with the
lamb, whose case he describes, that was
brought up as Zone Of the family" As
it grew larger and stronger, it became
selfoonscious and Independent, having
emo, fearand less gratitude" and grew
SO sauey that it had to he consigned to a
large field, where it became a terror to
passets-fDr, with hop, skip, and
Jump, he was behind any one in an in.
stant; with one good spring, the unfor.
tdnate traveller Was on his hands and
knees, IL rot Va Ills face"- was
finally sentenced to the butcher. Such
OF these animals u have been bred in
captivity (not petted and handled) and
reared b. the parent, become exceed
ingly Wild Il On attempt is made to catch
them, pack them up, or move them from
one placo to another The reason for
these curious manifestations appears to
b that the tanned animals, having lost
their fear of man and become familiar
with him, when the time comes for them
I'd manifest their belligerent propensi-
tbs, have no. respect of persons, and are
ready to attack their former friend as
they would any other real or imaginary
| antagonist;s but, when anything new i
/ attempted with them, it is as novel as i
would be in their natural state, and
awakens oil their natural wildness.-'
Popular Science NoslMy.
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Election on the Yoricks of his day. Old
Aunt Mary, the colored rag"picker' bet-
ter known as the Judge, has been tig'
ure in that Athens of the West as long
as the memory Of a generation or two.
Industrious in her pursuit, she has &C.
cummulated few hundred dollars, put
independent enough" to live in q dry
goods box surrounded by her rags. 1t is
painful to say that thijaemporary doml'
Gle was utterly consuRed'by fire win
ter Or 80 ago. the Judge only escaping
with the rags on her back.
PerAapsthc blue grass region of Ken
tucky Aoes not afford a greater number
of queer people than may be found else
where, but few instances may make
good our point that personages as
quaint as may be found in Dickens,
suitable material for any genius of his
kind, abound with us. We would not
have to go far from home to find char
acters grytesque in person, as we'll as in
manners and mind. But we do not court
personal violence from our local Quasi
modos and Quilps.
TO returnto the district where both
the cattle and those who eat them are
we'll fed, if not fat. Was old man Bill!
Cook, of Nicholasviile, ever known to
drive a horse of any other than . cream
color? There was Sprigsins, also, who
lived in the pugnacious days of fist lights
and personal encounters, who was a
man we'll connected and educated. His
general course was in the middle of the
Street, especially at night, stone in his
pocket or hand. When asked the rea-
son of this habit, he used to reply, 80,
q man never knows who is waiting
around the corner for him." In Wood:
ford County lives a man, the owner OF
1000 acres of the best land in the world,
who accumulates enough money every
year to add 100 acres to his possessions,
who only buys what is absolutely essen
tial to existence. A few years ago he
married. During his courtship he bought
a buggy. Starting to Lexington on his
first trip after marriage his wife spoke OF
buying some articles necessary to the
house. "Have you any money for the
purpose?" he asked. "Why, haven't
71ou?" "No.": Whereupon he at once
drove back, nailed the buggy in the
carriage house, whence it has never
emerged. ,.., ..--.
The sanity Of the hundreds of queer
characters within the experience of ev
ery man can not be fairly questioned
They exist in every community. There
is a great deal Of monotonyin American
life, but grotesque individuals, as well q
people with romantic histories, and PEG
ple with hearts, all subject to the artist
pen, are everywhere. ! sfat' -
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SAINT CHARLES C0LbMb'
GRAND COTEAU, La,
Conducted by
Fathers Of the Society Of Jesus

1ocat,on most healthy and pleasant. on ~.
Alexandra branch of the Morgan; gan. NV Nv nil
leans and Texas Railroad, Twelve i,.e ssrcunds
from Vermillionvllle. Bcautllui E'"s 10, 1snmiOrt.
and avenues OF oak trees. ba an;,;"ent: divine
able. Church new ana MAJ s.'hstnntial and
, %nceeo epfEsds Education psern. I
the heart as we'll - the mind C'a sncaia, 4.
IGNITION paid TO E"ok keeping . ana rsn I,o"rd
shin. Terms moderate. Per session JOAN" SO;
Tm|tion washing $3.50; Fed and BEDDING, cs'
Medical Fees, $40; First entfa''c' ~
lation fec, SO. ., oa.o,,erl.
Opening of Session 1880 Ve y. Tn.ries Col.
. References: President ot 81. C"", no,s0.ly
:c"eHiesutt Fathers. New orleans. ho'''''s
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CONDENSED TELEaRA1s.

LATER dispatches place the number OF
Iest by the London (Ont) disaster at not far
from $50.
THE Executive Committee Of the Iowa
State Farmers Alliance have organized
FArmers' Protective Association, under the
incorporation Laws Of the State. and retained
elm. B. F. Butler, Of Massachusetts,, and
Hon. Chester c. Cole, Of Des MONIES, a.
counsel. This, it is said, means . Zig fight
against the barbed.wire patent monopoly,
ali egotiations having failed TO secure any
modification Of prices for barbed wire to
farmers. il "a. 5t5JTs ii
|CoMMrss1oNER RAuM Is officially in-
formed BY the Internal Revenue Commits.
sioner at Atlantis, Ga, Of the forcible release
|of number of moonshiners confined in the
jail at Morganton, Fannin County. In that
state. The Federal officials have been au-
|tlorized to arrest all parties engaged IN the
transaction. -, ,g s ..ol..s3 :.
Mr.. THOMAS T. R1cnARDs, Treasur-
| et Of the Missouri Zinc Works, q well. known
! and wealthy citizen Of St. Louis, committed
Ispicide with Z revolver In . 6t Of mental
alteration. 'ii,il III .5s'ia. ,..Aa4lisf.
GEN. ". A. WILLIAMSON, Commits
s;oner OF the General Land .ofice. has ten.
dered his lon, Tor the purpose of ac-
I$pting the appointment Of General Land
dommissioner for the Atlantic 4 Pacific Rail-
way on tho Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Ihfanch Of that road. ,ts1i}ita.h s
! LARS BouLAND, IN eccentric old man
who had lived alone in . hut near Swede
Bend, Iowa, over twenty years, was mnr-
dered the other, day tor some money he wa
supposed 10 possesa His head vas mashed
ii and coen.ccb crowded into bis mouth ID
tile his cries. The body Wa found IN
ditch BY neighbMs. 81. ,i9ee@, i
| TIE vile Of D. +. Coon, formerly
County Surveyor, living II Lyndon, Ksns.
DIT her thfoat from eur to ear With 4 razor,
/ The wound u not deep and has been aewed
| u. She caused tie accidental death Of he1
laby some time ago. an a wa " thought y = b
j insane. 1890: 4I,,s so. q
/ CoxxoDoRr NUrf s dead.
/ n. Z, SAaD aad Fl. r. Lott, Jr., o
| Floyd, La, had . difasulty which ended n
! jhs death q he lattsr. ]. T.Lo.t, brothe
/ II the murdered man, took part immediatel.
after the shooting, and received prooaDl!
| latal wounds. :o - .rssa
/ At Boscobel, Wis.,, an old man names
! Hughes had On altereatton with John Phii
| lips, saloon-keeper, about , pig.pen, whe'
| IL former picked up On ax and chass'
| Plillips, who shot him dead. as.t st,lss
eAr wstkihs, n. II. Helen Grsy
assd q, shoe herseR With revolver d,lrin
Temporary aberration q mind conseqaen
uDoa l.hesltA. ahs W. graduate q y
a IN Itmal1 cailesA
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Must 10 punched BY the conduo-
tor to make them good to return" This
Is posted up ID q railroad depot, and re-
isfs 70 excursion tickets and not to
passenesrs.-M O. Rcsyssse. ...
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Grant and Conkling were extolled - the
saviors Of the Republican party In the late
Presidential campaign, and denouncing
Secretary Blaine for his alleged malignant
warfare upon these gentlemen and their
friends. Mr.. Conkling received the address,
1919 a. rad II at.
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. .s:.. =, o n.,,,4. - Nfov;oo
-, E ;n y asc samt 80 =, ,ola rs'o
oa.. Ss en - ~ .ka s Ch;c.@o T,S.ns
oo1lespolu:u. ~ ...o Hni."G s"o
s :S ,...s = -. Imply "a . ,n,pS Of
an.,ros. uS;ch have ,,ear ea a,ha"stea To-
Z" do"rea ~ s"r;cu1tnrai s ond comm or er.
c;ai distress L beyond the nos nossibiIitv Of
recnnerafion This country is natural
" t,oor. Volcanic tires have blasted its
mrfsne. Vast 'sections hundreds 5of
sonare le.cnes ara Int extinct craters. =
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Confidential.

d The other morning when Mr.. Jones
entered his family drug store to have q
prescription put up he found q new
clerk in attendance. Mr.. Jones has
considerable curiosity, and while he
waited he began.
% "Been here long" r.
"Only two days"
"Going to stayP 'N'E, ,'''F @5.',. =
II think So" q 2g9s E,4 5ia
"Old clerk gone for good?" 7
"Yes." - tfasg ~ ~ ~ Is &
"Come from New Yorke'' FiJIa4 al9
mo. I came from St. Louis" .
"Didn't like the town, / snppose!'
"Oh, fairly 80 =, I, rs. :. ~
"Got a better offer here, ! presumed
"Well, not much better.'' 20 a3s
,sDrnggist related to your @
''Going to marry his daughter?'
"Haven't thought of it."
There was q brief rest until the clerk
had finished his labors, and then he
beckoned Mr.. Jones into the back room
and said: Il g..1s .
"Y0u look like q person who can be
depended on, and III tell you in con.
fdence why came here. l liked St.
Louis, and had good wages, but
happened to kill three or four persons
by putting up wrong prescriptions and
/ thought change oflocation would re-
lieve my sorrow. This ison the square,
you know, and nothing is to be said un'
less lay out twoor three Of your leading
| citizens, in which case l shall give UP
the drug business altogether and &c
sailing sand-barge."
Jones went out feeling Of his left cal
and looking into vacancy, and his sor'
throat got we'll without the help Of thu
gargle. Detroit Free Press. -s..
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TAnER & KINNEY,
SHREVEPORT,

Al kind, o, cemetery work neatly ea.c %'sa
orr Mr.. TwLer will make sr"'c.u. ' cemaxp.os
rcoucsted. We sell the celebrate s;,v the best
Wrought md malleable iron fene' rn1s,n,i.ston.
in the country. We employ no s.s saaried
agents. our travelling s.!rs'n '.,.s ar patrons
BY the month or y sSs,r: ,t i've 70 agents.
euge5.ly
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NEWS, aINt''N NORRIS.
y Aaelnis,,aty 1mpo rsanti Rvents1s
PRocEED1AGs,0El G0AGREss,,,

1OoI2A tlso1ssn4ffs ~ "a. "a
MAY 19.-Mr. Kellogg offered resolution
calling for names Of Officers and employees Of
executive departments, together with the date
of their appointments Ut S1sahaBhieac
sm saaIsed as
20 how many such clerks or employees served
in the volunteak Art S6tSo1 tfthe United
States during the war Of the rebellion. sena.,
tor Sherman opposeu NC resolution and
ma1elb tA1ggjPsok NeeWas p seaeioab ,iastIs
x oS8 tRe lux aEopsa xM g. ef nom
nations. 49, Md On eKscs1tie0ses wefe
Reglyeet 81 sh0 Treasury g: B. Ioring. Massa-
ch4 %sSa n RI F{S|EaS slst rso at
Brazil; Lew. wallace, Indiana, United States
M 1ais Minister sS s1 Kilpatrc
jersey, ip l91steF T. gqttph Chilli Ii g,as ros
%YNdTTbAS@ase adjourned sire die.
InH4ecujdP seesii91I the following were CON-
hrmasA4o mM slafee b White, Maine United
sst tHs W Rs$ss s. Sis(Ees q
India1R0gmf, aansG Agency, Indian Terri
ITa,fYpq4ferd, sEeeasjaAlg bousal and KNOX
i sc sS& 8Seh @ GiSims;
Chsel@ HGG00H8 C0ilSctor Of tp1stoins, Dis.
6iMeS Weeks NJ iIem xuDrayo,
cSS8QRra, ,Sss rejected
l1fW6Js 66haeSf eimef0n, " 'Penhsylv wanna,
wditAeAAls1apeA l1caaI totina nay. but sev!
erNA RenNAA3q0 M ~ vote ataA.i Ct z 'H'
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:HWDtIOI s3 SEiSs1 onuoYoyI -.
PERSONAL AND POLkMCAL.i

The report of the Secretary 1t State
upb2t ietasgss u sl&ha eip BPstai,, ia'iEresteq
in ireland, says tAs eass g iflE} pps which
wopld, warrant tha l Of the Unit,
ed F9yyeFpmfnt bYt declares that
sh0I{dd hatbe s}S9ss. Of thu Senate hewonld
co4ptli 5hs PFeeiAsat to appeal to the be-
n>al1eHpObi the'Rtitiib Government 10 Boy
to1sAebalflo snss4IO val III 97ilf1h9d5'' I
Iu1l jydictmsats against aKenward
PhHp' ~ 1fmtlsat2nihRl H. Sl bhHH|b1pg th "
foIR saa Mfg0@ ellal ]b5fR I. set aside a ,
nd ,haYip6 h 4As epteIad inlths case, "a
0I&TsVo1o AR1IH. th0d PYusoiNn di.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-28
WAiLAID AND SHOT.
An InOhensIve RTau Perhaps Mur.
dered by Assasslns.

CHATTANOOGA, April 27.-The Times pub
fishes the following:
"a mysterious and bloody tragedy has
just been enacted near Lookout, a small
station on the Cincinnati Southern Railway.
nine miles above Chattanooga, in the upper
end OF this county, which may result in the
death Of an inoffensiVe man at the hands of
unknown assassins.
Richard Trowser, a colored farm hand
on Hickman's farm, came to Stringer's gro
Gerry about 1870 p. m Saturday, to make a
few purchases. After he had concluded his
business he started home, his path living
through dense thicket, a few hundred
yards from the store. While proceeding
through the copse, he suddenly heard a
rustling of leaves and Immediately thereaf-
ter two guns were fired, almost simultaness
ously, from behind the trees, not twenty
five PAGES from him. He Immediately fell,
pierced with bullets, and his groans con
vinced the assassins that they had accom-
plished their purpose, and they soon disap-
peared in the darkness.
"The report of the guns soon drew a
crowd to the spot, and Trowser was found
by the roadside weltering In his gore. A
load OF slugs had pierced his breast, and the
calf OF his left leg was perforated by the
second charge. There is but slim chance
for bis recovery.
"The murderous assault is the deepest
mystery, as dark to the victim as to any.
He is young man, industrious, diligcnt
and highly intelligent; has never harmed
anyone that he is aware of, nor done any.
thing to provoke such an attack. The
county officers have given the matter a
thorough investigation, but have neither
found any clue to the would-be assassins.
nor in any manner unraveled the mystery"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-28
A. F. AND A. M.
Officers of the Grand Chapter and
Grand Council Elected for the En-.
suing Year.

MACON, April 27.-The following officers
of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Geor-
gia were elected to day for the ensuing year;
Charles E. Lambden, of GAINESVILLE, Grand
High Priest; William A. Graham, of Fort
Gaines, Deputy Grand High Priest; VIM. j.
Pollard, OF Augusta, Grand King; Andre "
NJ. Wolihin, Of Albany, Grand Scribe; Joseph
E. Wells, of Macon, Grand Treasur
er; j. Emmett Blackshear, of Macon,
Grand Secretary; Rev. James B.
Hanson, OF GAINESVILLE, Grand Chaplain;
Jacob Morris, of Atlanta, Grand Sentinel
Thomas Ballantyne, of Savannah, Royal
Arch Captain; A. NJ. Lambden, Grand Cap
tain of the Host; Hiram Middlebrook, Grand
Principal Sojourner; George H. Holiday,
Grand Master OF the Sd Vail; j. B. Smith,
Grand Master OF the 21 Vail; G. Z. Bryan
Grand Master of the 1st Vail; G. II. Free
man, Grand Tyler.
The election Of officers of the Grand Coun-
Gil OF Royal and Select Masters for the en-
suing year resulted as follows:
G. E. Armstrong, G.. T. /. NJ.
w. J. Pollard, G. D. l. NJ.
I. Ballantyne, G. P. G. w.
]. e. Wells, q. T.
A. NJ. Wollhin, q. r.
Il. Middlebrook, g. c. G.
A. Stern, g. s.
j. Morris, Sentinel.
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FRANCE AND TUNIS.
The French Army on the NIarch-A
Fort Surrendered--The Bey Asking
for an Ottoman Representative.

PARIS, April 27.-General Logorot, after
taking Kef, will leave garrison there, and
march through the Oued Melah valley to
the Medjerdo valley. General Forgemol's
column has marched into the Medierdo val
ley, and will occupy Bejaon, the border of
the Kroumir country. General Delabcque's IS
column is crossing the frontier heights to
attack the Kroumirs in front. They will
then be taken in reverse by the troops land
ed at Tabsrca.
Gen Logerot telegraphs from Kef that the
Governor surrendered that place at the last
moment, when everything had been pre-
pared for an assault. General LOgerot con-
tinues his march through the Medjerdo
valley, leaving a garrison at Kef. The tele-
graph between Tunis aud Algeria has been
restored. Fifteen hundred French troops
have been left at Tabarca with orders to
fortify the island against an attack.
LONDON, April 27.-Dispatches received
in Paris announce that General Ritter dis
lodged the Kroumirs from their positions at
Dame Belle and Hadeba yesterday, driving
them back towards the Oued, in the
D'Jenan valley. Gen. Vincendon reached
the submits OF the hills on the right of
this valley, and took up a. strong position
yesterday.
LACALLE, ALGERIA, April 27.-The
French troops have occupied Fort D'Jendid,
on the mainland, meeting with no opposi-
tion..
CoNsTANT1NoPLE, April 27.-The Bey has
requested the Porte to send an Ottoman
Commissioner to Tunis.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-28
THE MEXICAN RAILWAY BOOM
Glowing Prospects of the Lines
Under Control of the PaImer-SuIII-
van Com binaIIOn.

GALVESTON, TEX, April 27.-The steamer
Aransas, which arrived yesterday morning
from Corpus Christi, brought Gen. Palmer
and other members of the Mexican National
Company from Northern Mexico. The
Captain of the Arkansas reports twelve
vessels between Corpus Christi wharf
and Galveston loaded with rail
road material for this company. Gen.
Palmer says he now sees 10 reason why this
company should not have its tracks compile
ted to Laredo in June, to Monterey 1886 miles
from Corpus Christi, in December, and to
San Louis Potosi by the close of next year.
A meeting line is being built by the same
company from the City OF Mexico north
ward.
There was a very heavy force on the latter
section, and the heaviest work of the entire
road, including two difficult tunnels, will
be completed and the road opened to Toluca
early in July. General Palmer also says the
existing business awaiting the Toluca diVis-
ion is larger than that of any railroad he
knows of west of Kansas City. Having
been heretofore over the entire route from
the Rio Grande to the City of Mexico, and
repeatedly over portions of it, he believes
from the day the line is opened the traffic
per mile will exceed that of the Denver and
Rio Grande Railway, of which he is also
President.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-28
RALEIGH AROUSED.
The Prohibition Convention A
Notable Gathering.

RALEIGH, N. c., April 27.-The Prohibit
ton Convention met at Tucker Hall at $3.50
p. m. to-day. About $50 delegates were
present, representing every county in the
State. The personnel Of this body is nota-
BILE. Among the members, besides many
distinguished clergymen, are many promi-
nent politicians and public men of both
political parties and of both races. The Of
tcers of the convention were chosen from
both races. Major j. G. McRae, of Fayette
vile, is President, and there are twenty
Vice Presidents.
Many enthusiastic speeches were made by
both white and colored delegates. Ex-
Senator MerrimoD speaks Tomorrow
At mass meeting held tonight
the hall was denselY packed. The
convention has appointed a State commit
tee to arrange for the appointment of dis
trict and county committees, and the action
of the convention and the tenor of the
speeches indicate that the campaign will be
a lively and aggressive one.
The convention will probably adjourn to-
morrow evening and begin the campaign
work. The popular vote on the prohibition
question viii be taken on the first Monday
in August.