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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-07-14
Mum for Thirty five Years.
A BOY WHO SAW A MURDER COM
MirrEp SAYS NOTHING ABOUT 1T.

Mr.. ID. g. Owen, of Ghent, Ky,
was in Madison, Ind, on June 13. "A
correspondent received an introduction
to him ad expressed the wish that the
venerable gentleman's visit here might
be pleasant one, when he replied: !:
"My visits to Madison are always
pleasant, for was brought up here
went to school with Isom Ross, JIM
Hunt and many other boys of this
city. know every foot of ground in
this valley, although there have been
great changes Speaking further about
Madison, Mr.. Owen said: 81 never
come here but l recall a horrible
tragedy-the murder of White by
Sheets--a case that created more ex-
citeinent, perhaps, than any murder
ever committed in these parts. 1t was
along in 1927, l think, that it occurred
| was the only eyewitness to the
bloody deed, and l Kept it a profound
secret for thirty fve years.
"Remarkable!
eyes, sir, didn't tell living soul
that | saw the murder for that length
of time, and John Sheets, the murder
er, was the first one told it to. | was
boy, and | was skylarking around
down near the south end of Mulberry
street, just after dark. l saw White
come out of an alley with a Yankee
yoke on his shoulders, carrying two
buckets of water. Sheets came along
just then and he struck White with a
cane several times. White snatched
the cane from Sheets and struck him
several whacks over the head with it.
Sheets jerked out his knife and plung-
ed it into White near the heart.
White staggered off few steps, gasp
ing: i am dead man ! fell upon his
face and died in two minutes. | can
remember the heartrending screams of
Whites poor wife when she learned of
his death. fJ l,''... tt-.'... ...
Snow, here's the reason l didn't tell
what l saw: My brother in-law, Will
Carpenter, was Prosecuting Attorney
and knew if appeared as witness
the only witness who saw the mur
der-Sheets and all who favored his
acquittal would say that Carpenter had
gotten his little boy brother-inlaw to
swear to made up testimony. Sheets
was tried, but the circumstantial evi-
| dence was not strong enough to con
vict him. When | told Sheets about
my knowledge of the affair thirty five
years afterward and convinced him OF
it by describing the encounter, he
almost fell in his tracks and exclaimed
.My God, Greene, your evidence would
have hung me! - Louisville Courie,
Journal. ..... ...s '...
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A Novel Dish.
DELICIOUS OMELErrE MADE FROM EGG!
OF THE PYTHON SNAKE.

'|. ~. 't--' 1.' H'
The gentleman who has thus taken
the epicurean cake is Doctor Hermes,
curator of the Berlin Aquarium. The
doctor has several large pythons in his
"snakery," and one of these, without IA
premonitory cackle, laid him a hand
some batch of tifty-six eggs. The eggs
looked good, and it occurred to the doc
tor that here was source of human
food which might be available to some
starving straggler in distant land
where snakes are more plentiful than
chickens, he decided to test their mer-
its as an article of food, Now some men
would eat nice lot of eggs alone, and,
smacking their lips at the recollection,
would afterward tell their friends bow
rich the feast had been. Not so with
DR.. Hermes. He invited a few gour-
NETS to share his delicasies with him,
and after they had assembled he began
experimenting boiling one of the ser
pent's eggs for several minutes and
tnen opening it forltheir delectalion
To his surprise, the boiling failed to
coagulate the contents of the leathery
shell and gray liquid was all that wa,
to be seen of the expected tidbit
His second essay was to make al
omelette. Breaking few of the egg,
into apan, and adding the usual con
dimcnts, he placed the mass on the fire
and succeeded in presenting his friends
with python omelette such as canuo
be obtained in the ordinary New Yorl
boarding house, But even then the,
somehow did not show any enthusiasm
over it, Notwithstanding that i
"smelled uncommonly appetizing,
| The doctor grasped the situation; h,
must lead in this assault upon the work
of prejudice. He took a good portion
aud never flinching under the gaze o
his confreres, he ate at it, and afte
swallowing it helped himself to anothe
generous portion and remarked Sc
schmeckt, which, rendered in Amer
can might be freely translated "bully.
His herosm was contagious; his friend
rallied, they attacked the omelette o
snakes eggs After eating it they i'm
mediately organized society to impol
the oya of py;hons, boa constructor
aud anacondas to supply a restauran
to be built in Berlin within whose wal
prejudice shall be unknown,-Fore,
and Stream
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Wear and Tear of Gold Coin,

The relative cost in wear and tear of
gold coin as compared with bank notes
has lately been Investigated in Eng
land, and the advantage has been
found to be largely with the coin. To
manufacture a million of soyereigus
costs $4,000. or about a cent piece.
In fifteen years they lose III weight
one half of one per cent, or about
S25,000, and become too light for
further use. This makes their total
expense as currency for the fifteen
years $4,000 The paper and print
ing of n million one pound notes would
cost, it is estimated, four cents a piece,
or $4,000 at the outset, and during
fifteen years they would have to be re
placed at least three times, or, with
active use, six times, thus requiring an
outlay of certainly Sl60,000, and per-
haps S2SO,0OO, for the same period
that a million sovereigns would remain
in circulation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-07-14

KEEPING Rust FROM TooLs The
simple preparation employed by Pro
fessor Olmstead, of Yale College, for
the preservation of scientific apparatus,
and which he long ago published for
the general good, declining to have it
patented, is made by the slow melting
together of six or eight parts of lard to
one of resin, preventing rauoidity and
supplying an air-tight film, Rubbed
on a bright surface ever so thinly, it
protects and preserves the polish effec-
tually, aud it can be wiped off nearly
clean, if ever desired, as from knife
blade; or it may be thinned with coal
oil or benzine, If oxidation has begun,
no matter in how slight a degree, it
will 90 on under coating; it is there
fore essential that the steel surface be
both bright and dry when painted
| over.
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The Columbian.

tooLuNBIA DEMOCRAT, STAR OF THE NORTH, and co
LUMBiAN, Consolidated.l
Issued Weekly, every Friday Morning. ot
BLooMsBURG, COLUMBIA co, Pa,
AT TWO DOLLARS per year. To subscribers out OF
the county the terms are strictly in advance.
W NO paper discontinued except at the option
OF the publishers, until all arrearages are paid hut
long continued credits viii not be given.
All papers sent out OF the State TO distant post
slble person I'm Columbia county assumes To nav
the subscription due on demand
HOSTAGE Is no longer exacted from subscribers
In the county.
JOB PRINTING.
The Jobbing Department Of the COLUMBIAN is very
complete, and our Job Printing Will compare favor
ABLY with that OF the large cities All work done on
short notice, neatly and at moderate prices.
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Rates OF ADvssT's'rq.

Yearly advertisements pay able, quarterly. Tran
silent Advertisements must be patdfor before inSert-
ed except where parties have accounts,
Legal Advertisements two dollars. per inch fog
three Insertions, and at that rate for addluonal
insertions without reference 10 length
Executors, Administrators, and Auditors notices
three dollars Must be paid for wheninserted.
Transient or Local notices, ten cents line, regu
lar advertisements halt rates.
Cards the Business Directory column, one
dollar car for each line.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-07-14
KIDNEY COMPLAINT CURED.

B, Turner, Rochester, n. Y, writes !;
| have been for over a year subject to
serious disorder of the kidneys and often
unable to attend to business procur-
ed your Burdock Blood Bitters, and
was relieved before half bottle was
ased. intend to continue, as | fee
confident that they will entirely euI e
me- Price Sl.00.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-07-14

A letter from p o. Sharpless, drug
gist, Marion, Ohio, in writing Of Tho
mas Eclectric Oil, says; "One man
was cured of sore throat of eight years
standing with one bottle" We have a
number of cases of rhumatism that
have been cured when other remedies
have failed We consider it the best
medicine sold.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-07-14

Country people are saying that if
meteorologists are what they profess to
be they will explain why the peculiar
spring weather set back the strawberry
crop at least a fortnight, yet brought
in the mosquitoes two weeks ahead OF
time. at.. .
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-12
NEWPORT NEWS.

LOOKING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW
STEAMERS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND
BRAZIL MAIL AND STEAMSHIP COMPANY-A
BUSY PORT.
correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.J
NEWPORT News, VA, October o, 1882.
Captain j. NJ. Lachlan, manager for the
noted ship-builder JOHN Roach, Of New
York, visited this place last week in order to
acquaint himself with the present shipping
facilities OF the port and get such infoIma-
ton OF the plan OF the wharveS as to enable
him to so construct the new steamers for
the United States and Brazil Mail Steam
ship Company as TO facilitate their loading
at this place. He expresses great deal OF
satisfaction as regards the work and future
prospects of the port.
To give an idea OF the business done here
at the merchandise pier one day last week:
The British steamship Compton, OF $500
tons, and. the Norwegian bark Temple, OF
$50 tons, both loading lumber and logs for
Liverpool, England; the steamer Allegha-
ny, OF the NJ. and NJ. Line, of 5000 tons,
discharging -four, lard, and merchandise
for South America, and the steamship Ted
dington, OF 5000 tons, OF the United States
and British Mail Steamship Company, load
ing flour and merchandise for Brazil This
steamship has gone TO sea, having on board
about 10000 barrels OF flour and 500 tons
OF merchandise.
The coal business here at present is be-
low Its average run, and therefore not wor-
thy OF particular note.
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AstO Supervisors.

The following questions demand an
swers, as there may be other persons need
ing the information asked for:
PETERSBURG, october 10, 1882.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Be so kind as to inform the writer OF
this
1. By whom are supervisors OF election
appointed?
,. What pay are they entitled 20!
3. By whom are they paid!
A. Whether both political parties are en-
titled to them! READER.
/. BY the chief supervisor. on applica-
tons made to the United States Circuit
Court. Send your application to NJ. F..
PLEAsANTs, Esq, Richmond.
2. In cities of over twenty thousand in
habitantS, the supervisors get five dollars
day for each day they are actually on
duty-that is. we suppose, registration
day and election day-but not till Con-
gress appropriates the money. In the
country the supervisors are not paid ut
all-why, we cannot imagine.
8. They are paid by the United States.
Congress has sometimes withheld their
pay for several years, but they have al
WAYS got it in the end. The chief super
visor pays his deputy supervisors. But
only those, we repeat, living in cities OF
over twenty thousand inhabitants.
4. The law provides for two supervisors,
belonging to different political parties, at
each voting place.
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FINCASTLE.

MAUONEITES MADE MERRY by MoRRIS-uANS-
BROUGH HARANGCES -DEATH-SAD ACCI-
DENT, ETC.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dspa'ch.I
FINCAsTLE. VA. October ., 1882.
To-day the Ccalitionists had everything
their own way. Speechc, were made by
Il. w. p. Morris, OF LynchburS Ca brother
in-law Of Postmaster Statham, and, | I'M
derstand. a new convert to MahOnci,m),
and by Colonel G.. W. IIansbrOugh, Of
Salem. Woodfin was on hand. bur Tor
some reason did not speak, and no one was
here to represent the Democracy. Morris
was introduced in a fiery little speech by
II. Haden Penn. 1t is needless TO give m
account OF his speech. They all harp on
the same string-frec ballot. free schools,
and protection, with variations on Massey
and the Big -Four. The speaker ridi-
culed Blaine's suggestion OF Federal aid
TO pay Virginia's debt; said they didn't
want any such help. His speech was a
taking one with his party, though there
were many Inaccurate statements which
passed Tor true. as there was no one 10
contradict He succeeded in holding quite
a good audiencc-quitc number OF re-
groes. the familiar iaithfuls among the
whites, and some Democrats. This young
man is quite a good speaker. nOtwithStand-
ing he filings his arms and grins unplcas-
antly mo o1ence) all the time he is speak
| ing.
Colonel Hansbrough followed in a short
! speech. into which he threw more life
than is his custom; for while the Colo
mel is fine lawyer, he does not excel rs 4
stumpcr.
Mir. Woodfn has no following here that
! know OF.
Miss Mary, the oldest daughter OF DR..
John :. DOggett, a dentist Of this place,
died this morning OF typhoid-feyer.
To-day, aS Mrs. ;. W. Smith, in company
with her niece, Mrs. Alexander Shipman,
Of Salem. and a little son OF the latter, was
on her way to HaymakertOwn to visit a
daughter, the horse which drew the buggy
took fright, ran off, and all three were
thrown out in the road. Mrs. Shipman
and her little son were very severely
bruised and lay unconscious for some time.
Mrs. Smith had several ribs broken, and is,
perhaps, injured internally. She suffered
intensely.
The first new corn OF the season was sold
to-day on our streets at fifty cents per
bushe.
The County School Board acted to-day
on the report Of the advisory committee
that had been appointed to select books for
the Use of the public schools in this county.
For some time past the comet and the
unparalleled scarcity of butter, eggs, lard
and bacon have largely usurped the place
OF politics in our thoughts and converse.
ton. Have you seen the cometl |
wouldn't have missed it for q great deal
| IL is GRAND SIGHT and such remarls ara
frequently made by those who have had
the resolution to rise between the hours Of
4 and in the morning. ACTON.
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Hard on Malone.

GORHAM protests that Mr.. GARFIELD was
is favor Of an alliance with General Ma
HONE. GoRHAM says:
"Being informed that General Malone
would undoubtedly continue i'm the Sem
ate, the fight he was making in Virginia
against the Bourbons, he MIR. Garfield
said emphatically that IL that should prove
to be so he should make no distinction be-
tween him and any other Administration
senator. We have stated that aftF the in-
a,lpuration he agreed on the mode Of CO.
alition, as subsequently followed"
But BLAINE never consented to be party
to the alliance; and without BLAINE's
countenance the alliance would have come
TO nought.
"Being informed that General MALONE
would undoubtedly continue in the Senate
the fight he was making in Virginia." saws
GEORGE. So Mr.. GARFIELD had this assn.
rance before General MALONE declared
himself In the United States Senate TO be q
better Democrat than Ben. HILL. That is
pretty hard on General MALONE, who, il he
had previously declared that he was not q
Democrat and would not act with the De-
mocrats. could not have been elected TO
the Senate. He had been fighting on the
debt question in Virginia. How could that
fight be continued in the United States
Senate! All il was not that fight 1t was
the fight against the Bourbons-the Demo-
crats-that he was TO continue in that body.
And yet he afterwards claimed TO be a
better Democrat than Ben. HILL!
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o.ppf,IL COUNTY.
LAUREL Fox, VA, October ., 1897
m a, ,,,,,-f tbs Mspdtch

LAUREL FORK, Va, O''o , y, -
To ne Editor of the Dispatch
The New.Rlycr Baptist Association met
=, 80, ri church, near this place, on
last Friday and closed on sunday Inc
,yoather ,v,s line. and very large crowd
,vas IN a,,endance. Many were here from
tho ad;oin;ng counties OF Floyd and Fat.
rick we are clad to note the presence OF
Colonel Cabeli and son. who were most
cordially welcomed by our people.
Colonel Cabell Is not stranger among
no n Is here. amid the sublime mountain
scenery nv which we are surrounded, that
no. when worn out by the worry ana Ia
tie'ue Of n canvass, delights to rest ior
few days and exchange greetings with tne
friends who never fail TO come up 10 MS
support on election-day. On Yesterday ne
addressed a goodly number OF the voters
ri this section at the Blue Ridge sulphur
SPRINGS. two miles north OF Wllllss tap
the old place for speaking. He made q
spIepdid and most satisfactory speech, WIN
which the audience was greatly delighted.
We shall not attempt even synopsis,
much less a lengthy report, OF his speech.
In the large assembly we do not believe
that there were three persons that viii vote
against CabeIl. Indeed, we do not know OF
one.
The swapping-horse game OF the Coali-
tionIsts has weakened their forces in the
west end OF this district in no small degree,
particularly with those VINO were Republic
cans before the question OF readlustment
was raised. That Scott, their first candidate,
had always been Republican was some con-
ISOLATION to Them but now, since Malone
has brushed him aside and set up Sims for
their support, they will prefer to vote Tor
Cabell. a consistent Democrat that changeth
not, rather than for Sims. who has been
panting for the Democratic nomination Tor
several years, and "turned over" because
he couldn't get il. Less than two months
ago il was well understood in this part OF
the district that Colonel Sims was candi-
date for the nomination, but the people
preferred Cabell awhile longer, so Sims
seeks another road to Congress.
At our precinct, where the Malone cam
didates never get more than twelve or III
teen votes, Cabcll will receive the almost
unanimous vote. We are credibly inform
ed that at the Mcadows-Of-Dan precinct in
Patrick but two men are known to be OPP
posed to Massey and Cabell, and those
are Judge Shelor, elected. by Mahone'S
Legislature, and United States Deputy
Marshal Lawson. 4 magnificent Cabell
flag has been raised at the Meadows. From
every section Of this county we get en-
couraging news. Two years ago she gave
Cabell GGG majority. This year she is eX-
pccted TO roll up 1888 majority.
Yours, OREsTES.
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DEATHS.

Died. on Tuesday, October 10. 1882, at the resi-
dcncc Of her parents In Manchester. Va. AT
O'Clock i. NJ, ANNIE LEE O'CONNERS; aged
two years aud tweniy-hy DAYS.
The funeral will take place from her parents
residence THIS Thursday AFTERNOON a. ,
O'Clock Friends of the family are respectfully in
yitcd % attend without further notice.
Portsmouth and Norfolk paper, please copy.
Died, at haf-past 10 o'clock Tuesday night. az
ter 4 brief Illness. THOMAS LEIGH POWELL.
eldest sou Of John II. and Rebccca Powell, IN the
eleventh year Of his age.
The funeral service were held at the house We'd
ncsday evening. and The remains carried the same
night TO Halifax county for inicrncnt.
Died. October II. 1852. ZACHhRIAH TAIL
LEY, In the twcnty-sccond year Of his age.
Brother, th0u art gone to rest;
Thine j. an early tomb
But Jesus summoned thee away.
1hy saviour called thee home.
Brother. thou art gone 10 rest,
Thy tolls and cares are DER.
And eorrOw. pain. and suffering now.
Shall ne'cr distress thee more.
Husband. thou AIT gone 10 rest.
And this shall be our prayer.
That when we reach our Journeys end
Thy glory we may share.
His funeral viii take place from the second Bap-
ti.i church TODAY at o'clock L. VI. Friends
respectfully Invited 10 attend.
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Are They Democrats ?

What sort OF Democrats are these that
are cast down because OF a Democratic vic
tory in Ohio? What manner OF men are
they that they should have voted for HAN
COCK in 1850 and yet mourn over the sue
cess Of HANCOCK's party in 1882! Are
they true Democrats ? Is MALONE what
he was in 1880: No, you will say. Is
MASSEY for HANCoCK's party now, as he
was then. Certainly he is.
But you are going to give a half-yote for
JOHN :. WISE, AR1HUR's District Attorney,
and the MAHONE-Stalwart Administration
candidate for Congress. MASSEY is not
good enough to receive your vote.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-12

The Central Presbyterian OF this week
contains Il very interesting letter from Mr..
SoUTHALL, dated at Paris. He discusses
knotty questions, and thus interests the
scientists; and here are two references to
Richmond, which will be of local interest ::
"The Somme was then a very different
stream from what it is now. You will see
the corresponding grayels exposed any
where around Richmond in the street cut
tings and the railway cuttings-and James
river at that time was at least six or eight
miles wide above Richmond"
"The great cemetery here, Pere Ia
ChaiSo, where the rich and distinguished
Parisians are buried, is great disappoint-
ment; it is not equal in beauty to Holly
wOod-stiif and formal"
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The Democrats OF Richmond have al.
ready had Federal supervisors appointed
for this city. We don't think any OF them
will aid MALONE. The Democratic super
visors are appointed upon the recommen-
dalton OF Democrats. The State Executive
Committee Of the Democratic party is in
full accord with the Dispatch In regard to
this matter, or we are greatly mistaken.
The Democrats of Philadelphia have for
years relied upon the Federal supervisors
TO protect them from fraudulent counting.
AT the last congressional election we had
Federal supervisors not only in Richmond
but in various counties.
We have nothing TO say in favor OF the
law. We opposed It's passage. We should
favor It's repeal. But as long as it is the |
law let the Democrats derive whatever
benefit they can from using 1t to prevent
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-12
A Malone Gun that Kicks.

Intelligence here from Virginia to-day is
TO the effect that Mahone's gun Langston
has kicked its owner over, and that many
white men in the State who had intended
voting for the General will now vote against
him because Langston is advising the ne
groes to maintain the color line and vote as
unit. They say that blood is stronger
than water, and that il the negroes all vote
one way, the white people must all vote the
other or commit crime against nature.-
washington Correspondence Alexandria
Gazette