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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-29
A Chinese Chowder Excursion.

New YORK, Sept. 2O.-The most
novel picnic of the season was the first
annual Chinese chowder excursion,
which was held at New Dorp, Staten
island, to-day. This quiet spot was
never before the scene of so much
noise as was produced by the Chinese
orchestra, comprising several flutes,
two or three mandolins, huge guitars,
banjos, o monster bass-drum, snare
drum, two cymbals, and an immense
gong. This dreadful collection of in
struments was kept in constant opera
ton during the entire day. There
were fifty Cinnamon and about score
OF Caucasian guests. Deputy sheriff
Tom Lee Was master of ceremonies,
The Cinnamon engaged in foot bali,
tamely at first, but gradually warming
to their work. Then there was a foot
race between four Cinnamon, and az
terward a novel horse race, in which
three white men and one Chinaman
took part. The stand was filled with
excited Cinnamon, hooting and shrek
ing. The riders jumped on their bare
back steeds, and went off at tremen-
dous speed, the Chinaman leading all
the way. Tom Lee said that about
twenty of the excursionists were citi-
zens and voters. There was not a
drunken Chinaman to be seen. Very
little beer was consumed, and no
whisky. Just before dinner number
ofChinamen made a large pot of strong
tea, which was handed around in cups.
There were q few laundrymen present,
nearly all being s:oTekeepers and opium
sellers.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-29
Fatal Smash Up,

DEs MONIES, Ia, Sept. 26.-An acci.
dent happened to c Instruction train
on the Des Moines & Northwestern
one Of the Wabash narrow guape con,
nections in Green Bria, township
Green county, about seventeen miles
north of Panara, Gashire county. The
train consisted of a locomotive, six flat
cars and caboose, and was carrying
construction party to work on the
line. All the cars left the rails and
the caboose was badly smashed. Three
men were killed. and thirty more
or less injured. The names of the kill.
ed are: Mr.. r tthbome, James Murphy
G. G. Gilbert; injured, S Harris both
legs broken; JOS. Dearborn, skull crush.
ed, probably fatally, WilIes REYNOLDS
lost one foot; Jno. Mundson, wound in
the left leg; Jno. sullivan, compound
fracture Of an arm; VIM. Mitchell, arm
broken; Geo. johnson, leg sprained.
Barney Graver, collar bone broken:
VIM. Johnson, James Fox Charley
Ross, were somewhat jammed.
r. M. Johnson, arm broken; A + olbes,
side bruised; VIM. Bates, hand jammed;
John WEIGH, side sprained; John Bar.
rett, leg sprained; Jeff Paine, A. ]. .
Michal, Joe E. Devilpliss, 3D.. Graham,
A. Ma ate, all bruised. The cause of
the accident is unknown. The Off GERS
of the company and several surgeons
and assistants, repaired to the scene,
and no pains or expense will be spared
to make the injured as comfortable as
possible.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-29
THE JUMPING OFF PLACE.
northern boundary Line OF the
United States-HOw 1t il Marked
and Where IL Runs

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The northern boundary Of this coun-
try is marked by some cairns, iron
pillars, wood pillars, earth mounds and
timber posts. A stone cairn is seven
and half by eight feet, an earth mound
seven by fourteen feet, an iron pillar
eight feet high, eight inches square at
the bottom, and four inches at the top;
timber posts five feet high and eight
inches square. There are three hun.
dred and eighty-two of these marks
between the Lake of the Woods and the
base of the Rocky Mountains. That
portion of the boundary which lies east
and west of the Red River Valley is
marked by cast-iron pillars at even
mile intervals, The British placed one
every two miles and the United States
one between each two British posts.
Our pillars or markers were made at
Detroit, Michigan. They are hollow
iron castings, e-eights of an inch
in thickness, in the form of a truncated
pyramid, eight feet high, eight inches
square at the bottom and four inches
at the top, as before stated.
They have at the top solid pyramidal
cap, and at the bottom an octagonal
t1ange one inch in thickness. Upon
the opposite faces are cast in letters
two inches high the inscriptions, econ
vention of London" and "Oct. 20, 1873"
The inscriptions begin about four feet
six inches above the base and read
upward. The interior of the hollow
posts are filled with seasoned cedar
posts sawed to fit and securely spiked
through spike-holes cast in the pillar
for that purpose. The average weight
of each pillar when completed is eighty
five pounds. The pillars are set four
feet in the ground, with their inscrip-
ton faces to the north and south, and
the earth is well settled and stamped
about them. For the wooden posts,
well-seasoned logs are selected, and the
portion above the ground painted red,
to prevent swelling and shrinking.
These posts do very well, but the In
dams cut them down for fuel, and
but iron will last very long.
Where the line crosses lakes, monu-
ments of stone have been built, the
bases being in some places eighteen
feet under water and the tops project
ing eight feet above the lakes surface
at high water mark. In forests the
line is marked by telling the timber a
rod wide and clearing away the under
brush. The work of cutting through
the timbered swamps was very great,
but it has been we'll done and the boun-
larry distinctly marked by the commits
'ioners the whole distance from Michi-
gan to Atlas.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-29
A Kitt.n Adupted by a Hen.

A man moving small field of oats
near the Ocean View Hotel, Block
Island, noticed hen, which seemed to
be very busily engaged in caring for a
single chicken, in whose welfare she
took very fussy interest. He attempt
ed to drive away the hen, lest he
should cut her with his scythe, when
he found the supposed chicken to be a
small kitten. Great interest was ex-
cited concerning this anomaly among
the guests of the hotel, who looked for
some instructive as we'll as entertaining
developments, when an unforeseen
event broke up the novel family ar.
rangement A man by the name OF
Bowles, prompted by base instincts,
drowned the poor little kitten, leaving
the hen to mourn the loss of her adopt
ed child.-P,vvidence Journal.
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WERE IN A GREAT ggu ,2.:. . !.

/ noticed in the sleeper they all wore
SLOUGH hats pulled well down. Leaving
the sleeper, they marched me back
through the entire train to the express
Car. This car is a combined express
and baggage car; the door is not kept
locked. The service is done by the
Iron Mountain company on this train,
the Southern Express company only
running messenger on Nos. and 2.
The leader said that if any one makes
a move, you'll get it. Crowding me
along with his revolver, he crowded me
into the express car ahead of them.
Messenger Ben Sain went for his re-
volver. I said, "Throw up
your hands, Ben; if you
shoot Pm goner." He was compelled
to do this, for there was one revolver in
my face, and the muzzles of two others
against my head. They made Sain un-
lock the safe, took the packages them,
selves, tearing open the envelopes, and
the messengers purse, containing $40,
they also appropriated. After going
through the safe, one said, "Now show
us good place TO get of, and they
got off right where they robbed the
train, about four miles north of Hope
ana the same distance south Of En-
met. When they had climbed upon
the embankment, the leader yelled
out: Now 90, and be DID quick. .
George Stanton, the engineer, who had
been standing out on the ground watch
ing the robbery, started to get back on
the engine, and not moving fast enough,
10 stiit the desperadoes, they
FIRED 4 yOLLEY AT HIM,
0f the engine, was in the baggage
Gag and fired four or five times out of
the door 70 make the passengers &c,
saaess aasssseesss CT: Of the windows, for
did NOT know but what they might fire
INTO the cars, ~ we went past them
my bssgagesHaB, Ford, told them that
he MAD no taoney. They did not even
search him, One OF the passengers, q
negro, said 10 the demand for change
Lac paid once, boss" thinking the
r0bber was the conductor. They wen,
ca g. . s'5ssh;: Diist MIN. Inc report they
had confederates on the train, I be
lieve, is a mistake. The robbery
took place about 10 o'clock. The de
lay was not over fifteen or twenty min
utes. The robbers, who are stranger
at Hope, had been there but 4 fey
hours. It was known that they spen
q good portion Of the day It the Hop,
water tank, three miles north Of Hone
where they had horses. The train
however, did not stay at the tank, y
20 = \ ~
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Bayard, Ingalls,, Pugh, Blair, Camden
and Morgan. ~"
The meeting then adjourned.
Business at the executive mansion
is proceeding quietly, correspondent,
being kept up under the direction NJ
Brown, secretary to the deceased presi
dent, he having been requested by Pies.
ident Arthur to continue in charge Of
the executive offices for the present, "
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SIX PAGES.
The Iron Mountain Train Robbery.

THE AMOUNT oBTAINED-THE CONDUC.
TORS STORY
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Sept 24-Addi-
tional particulars have been received
Of the robbery of the train on the Iron
Mountain railroad, last night.
Conductor Whitside, in an interview
with a reporter, gives the following
statement of the affair:
When | was pulling out of Hope, two
men got on Us the tain started. After
ward another ran out of a saloon and
got on the train, joining the other two.
On going through the tain he found
the three in one on the extra coaches,
there being several extras in the train.
There were no other passengers in the
Car except a lady and gentleman He
walked up to the men and asked for
their tickets. One of them inquired
''What is the fare to Emmerrett? ?"
pronouncing the name Of the station
incorrectly, it being Emmett. He told
him and he paid the passage for the
three. He asked one of his compan-
ions for pocket book, and it having
nothing in it one of his com panions
handed him another from which he
took money and paid the fare. This
man,
WHO WAS THE LEADER,
had black mustache. I went back
into the ladies' car. A lady who was in
there said they got up and followed me,
stopping at the d or and drinking from
bottle They then opened the door
and went out, and came into the Car
where | was. They walked up behind
me. The one with the mustache cried
out: 81 want your change" thought
they were half drunk, and turned
around to make them be quiet, when
saw their revolvers. The leader then
said, looking at me, "We mean bust
ness; we don't want to hurt any one;
we only want your change" turned |
to walk away, when he brought his re-
volver down on me, saying, "We want
your money tirst.' ran my hand in
to my pocket and handed him out $15
in silver.
GIVE Me YOUR GREENBAcKs, QUICK"
he continued. II have none," told
him, and that saved them, for he did
not search me.
sGo along now" and he stepped be-
hind me. The other two getting ahead,
they proceeded to rob the passengers,
calling for change occasionally. and
giving back three or four dollars to VIC
Tins, They gave back 500 to one man,
from whom they took $500. They did
not rob more than ten or fifteen pas
sengers. One man bluffed them off
with so cents. When we went into one
car where | knew John Pollock, who
has charge of the ice Car. and
who generally carried several hundred
dollars, was asleep. | called out to
him, giving him an opportunity to save
something, saying, "Get out your
money. John" He handed the robber
$45 or $50, throwing roll of $500 un-''
der the seat. They then pushed me
along into the Pullman sleeper, banged
the door open, and began talking very
loud. The conductor of the car came
running up to us and said, "Shut up
that racket or you'll wake my passen-
gers" The leader drew his gun on the
conductor and compelled him to shell
out $40, which he said was all he had.
They did not rob sleeping car passen-
gers. They did not even wake them
up, and
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THE AMOUNT OBTAINED-THE CONDUC.
TORS STORY.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-29

Mother-in-laws are vii dicated at last.
A widower married his deceased wife's
mother in New Jersey, the other day
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-29

Finger nails two inches long are the
pride Of Baltimore woman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-25
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.

Special to the REPUBLICAN.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 81, 'S1.
All is quiet on the Potomac. The
political storms which have swept from
the White House to the Senate are
rapidly passing away and Washington
is settling down to its long summer
sleep. Judge Robertson was confirmed
yesterday and there is but little of the
excitement remaining occasoned by
the designations of the New York SEN
ators. The question now is will the
Senators be returned. Some of Conk.
ling's friends say that he is in earnest,
and even if elected will decline the
Senatorship. They say that he would
now even decline the use of his name
as candidate for reelection, were il
not for the fact that such an act on his
part might be construed by his enc.
mics as an intimation that he feared
the result. Hence, they say, he will
allow his name to be presented as a
candidate, and if he succeeds, will at
once decline. The word "if' used
here is likely to mean more than is
now thought. The anti-Conkliugites
claim strength enough to postpone the
election until next winter, and this
taken in connection with the fact that
the enormous patronage of the New
York Custom House will in a few
days pass into the hands of his enemies,
and with all its powerful influence
may in the almost evenly divided
State of the contestants, result in the
final defeat Of Mr.. Conkling. Another
version of the outcome of the resigna-
tions, told by Mr.. Conkling's friends
is, that it is already fixed" that both
Conkling and Plat are to be re-
elected, but that Platt will agree that
ConkliGg be elected for bis, the long
term, be taking the short term. If
such an arr9hgament be brought about,
it will giTa Conkling a term in the
Senate uRtiI 1887, which will be two
years beyond the term Of President
Garfeld ana leave him absolutely
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-25

THE gratifying announcement is
made that the condition of Mrs. Gar.
field is hopeful. The political excite.
ment of the past few days has not shut
out from the public mind the fact that
grave anxiety reigned in the family
Of the President, and has not prevent.
ed expressions ofsympathy from going
out to him upon all sides. There will
be universal hope that the encour.
agement offered in the later bulletins
respecting Mrs. Garfsld's condition
will be amply justified, and all cause
Of solicitude removed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-25

foot.looso toa ntagonizs the President
without the worry Of looking oat for
his own Senatorial bacon in 1884.
There is rumor that General Grant
has written letter to President Gar.
field deprecating the appointment Of
Judge Robertson. A copy of this
letter is said to be in possession Of
Senator Jones, of Nevada. This Sen.
atOr said he delivered a letter to the
President from General Grant, but it
had reference only to General Badeau,
who by the way has declined.
Yesterday the Senate sent com.
mittee to the White House, to enquire
of the President if he had any further
business for the session. The committee
upon its return announced that the
President had two hundred nomina.
tions yet to make. A weary express.
ion settled down on the faces of those
present, and the Senate Immediately
adjourned until to day.
Final adjournment may be had on
Saturday. 1t is now declared that if
the Senate failed to pass upon the
nomination of Wm. Z. Chandler to be
Solicitor General of the Treasury, that
President Garfield contemplated re.
nominating him. In such event, in
the absence of the Senate Mr.. Chand.
Ter could take the Office at once. 1t is
thought however that he may be con.
frmed by the Senate, now that the
Robertson complication is out of the
way. His ability to fill the place is
conceded.
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-25

The House is really down to hard
work at last, and accomplishss more
in two hours than it did in two weeks
a month ago. There will be no
trouble about getting through with all
the needed legislation by the I'd of
June. Some bills of course, will not
be acted upon, and they would not be
were the legislature to remain here till
August. The reformers can blame the
Times and the Press Of Philadelphia
for this failure. There cry on the
start has been "On to Richmond" with
the army in no fit condition to move.
The blackguard course Of these two
papers towards the members of the
legislature has been carried on with.
out rhyme or reason, and no wonder
that reaction has set in. We may
coax men, but our representatives
would be wanting in manhood to be
coerced and threatened into the sup
port of any measure no matter how
meritorious. In relation to the hue and
cry about the tax bill for Philadelphia,
we are satisfied from a candid examin.
alton Of the matter, that il is all cry
and very little wool. If the people
paid up their taxes when they should
the Office of delinquent tax collector,
would be worth nothing. As it is, this
officer saves large amount of taxes
to the cily; and it is not his fault if
his fees aggregate in proportion to the
delinquency of the taxpayers. The
tardy taxpayer is compelled to pay
these fees and the city loses nothing.
The same argument holds good for the
Recorders office in Philadelphia
Harrisburg Saturday Night.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-25

SECRETARY WINDOW is resolved to
administer the Treasury Department
10 the very striotest sense in accord.
ance with law, requiring of all audi.
tors, heads of bureaus, chiefs of divis.
ions and clerks the same rigid per.
formance Of duty in the very closest
conformity to law in reference thereto.
Ia vast Organization like that of the
Treasury it is almost impossible to
eyade irregularity. 1t will creep into
transactions in shapes at once danger
Gus to the public interests and dam
aging to the regulations Of public
officials. Recent acts show this, but
SO stern is the present direction ofthat
department that only resignation
would satisfy the Secretary for such
derelictiou. This looks like business.
-Harris5urg Telegraph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-25

ADDITIONALT TRAINS LEAVE Parker
6:30am, FoXburg 6:40am, Franklin 9:O6am.
Oil City 0:50am. Arrive Tionesta 1l:22
am, Tidioute 12:30pm, Irvineton 2:0Opm,
Warren 2;35pm., Stoneham 2:4Spm.
LEAVE Stoneham 7:30am, Warren 7:45am,
Irvineton S:45am. Arrive Tidioute 9:57am.
Tionesta 1n:57am, Oil City l2;20pm
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE DIVISION
Trains leave Oil City for Pet Centre, I'll
tusViile, Spartansburg. Centreville, CORY,
Mayville, Brocton at 6:50am, 10;45am, 2:40
pm, 5:00pm, S:50pm. Arrive ut 7:55am,
9:42am, 2:l0pm, 3;50pm, S:G5pm.
Sunday Train leaves 7:2Qam arrives
7:20pm.
UNION & TITUSVILLE BRANCH
Train leaves Titusvile 5:j0pm; arrives
Union City S:00pm. Leaves Union City
7:O0am; arrives Titusviilc 9:l5am.
Trains run daily except Sunday.
Trains are run on Philadelphia time.
Pullman sleeping Cars run daily
between Ttusvlle aud Pittsburgh on trains
leaving Brocton 3:l5pm and Pittsburgh
S:45pm.
Et~ Tickets sold and baggage chocl<e
to all principal points.
Get time tables giving full information
from Companys Agents.
r.. II. WILSON, Gen. Supt
w. y BA LDWIN, Oil City, Pa.
Gen'l Pass. \ gent.
AZ Exchange St., Buffalo, X. Y.
j. l.. CRAIG, Agent, Tionesta, Pa.
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The following order has been is
sued by the Post Office Department
"On and after June /, 1881, no print.
ing or writing will be permitted upon
the addressed side of postal cards, ex,
cspt that imprinted thereon at the
mandatory, and such as may be nee
essayy for the proper direction of The
same. All postal cards bearing any
other writing or printing upon the
address side are declared unmailable
and must be returned to the sender by
the postmaster at the office where they
may he mailed. Such cards may be
treated as Spoiled" and redeemed BY
any postmaster upon application o.
the holder, as prescribed in section
III, postal laws and regulations 1879
Future supplies of postal cards will
be printed on the address side with the
words, Nothing but the address car
be placed on this side
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-25

GENERAL WEAVER, the great Green.
back apostle, has cancelled all of his
Eastern engagements to address Green
back meetings, pleading other engage
ments elsewhere. This probably
means that General Weaver will de-.
vote his time to the West, which is
better Greenhack ground than the
East Venango Spectator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-25

JUDGE RoBERTsoN's confirmation
as Collector of the Port of New York,
tosk place in the U. S. Senate on
Wednesday last. There was very
-3ittle opposition, and the vote was
nearly unanimous. Hon. G. w.
scofeld, of Warren, Pa, was con-
firmed Judge of the Court of Claims,
and Ex-senator Bruce takes Scofeld'
place as Register of the Treasury.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-25

EDWARDS PIERREPoNT, who stood
by General Grant through thirty.six
ballots at Chicago, say II caunot see
how the Republican party caa be ben
Gifted by throwing the Senate into the
hands of the Democrats as this course
does" A good many others of the 3O6
have the same trouble with their Wis
ion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-25

1867 and 1859 he served in the State
Senate In 1861 he was appointed
President Judge Of the Eighteenth Ja.
dicial district, and in 1862 he was
elected Representative from the Erie
district to the Thirty-eighth Congress,
to which he was reelected repeatedly,
At the bar, on the bench and in Con-
gress, Glenni w. Sco6eld has displayed
abilities Of no common order, aud
commanded confidence and respeot
which gave him prominence in all
bodies in whose deliberations he took
part. In the debates of Congress he
bore himself the equal of any man in
the House while he was a member of
it, aud in the Treasury Department, as
Register. his great legal ability with
out a doubt won him the place he now
gees to fill on the bench of the Court
of Claims, which will last during good
behavior. In 1868 Mr.. Lincoln ap.
pointed David Wilmot and Joseph
Casey to the bench of the Court of
Claims, both of this State and both of
whom had served in Congress, the for.
mer having served short term in the
Senate and for several Congresses in
the House. Harrisburg Telegraph.