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Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04
Internal Machines.

Two pastebosrd boxes, each incloslng tin
canister containing about half pound Of pow
der and glass bulb which would be broken by
the opening Of the boxes, precipitating into
the powder seme explosive compound at pres
ent unknown, we're mailed in New York on the
10Th ult., one addressed to William II. Wander
bilt and the other to Cyrus W. Field. In their
transportation in mailbag over the elevated
railway one Of the internal contrivances ex-
ploded, scorching some Of the other contents
Of the bag, but injuring no one. Investigation
disclosed the other box, which, having been
soaked in water six hours, WAS opened by Post
master Pearson. On the same evening q ma
chine similar to those above mentioned explod-
ed in the hallway Of John l. Davenport's resi-
dence, where it had been placed by some un.
known person. Only slight damage was in
ficted. The police are on the alert, although
as yet no clue to the perpetrators Of the out
RACES has been discovered.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04
TOLEDO.
ST LOUIS.
All He Wanted Wa. Common civiIity.

Down at Cape Cod, last summer,
Chauncey NJ. Dewew heard of rough
skipper on whaling voyage who, when
obstinate, could see nothing. The mate
shouted out one day, "Thar she blows
and thar she breeches;" and the captain
says, "I don't see no blows and I don't
see no breeches." Pretty soon the mate
yells out, "Thar she blows and there
she breeches;" the captain said, A" don't
no blows and don't see no breeches."
Again the mate yells out, "Thar she
blows and thar she breeches;" the cap
said, "Mate, If you think thar she blows
and thar she breeches, you can take the
boat and 60 for her" The mate took
the boat and brought alongside whale
which tried out eighty barrels Of oil,
and the captain said:
Mate, you have done we'll. and shall
be mentioned to the owner; you will be
complimented, perhaps rewarded"
And the mate said:
"Capt. Jones, don't want no CON-
pliment. and don't want no reward; all
] want 10 common civility, and that Of
the d-dest, commonsst kind"
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04

lot Of jewels from Europe consigned to the
Elgin Watch Company was rifled to the extent
Of from S3, 200 to $4,000 on the 27,h.
The Belgian consul in New York, in the
name Of Leopold H., has obtained an attach
meDt for S340, 900 against Leon Bernard. who
is accused Of robbing an archbishop of bonds
and jewels valued at $1,000, 900. Bernard il
believed to lie in the United States, and cx-
tradition papers have been prepared.
Peter b. Yoskley, living on farm near
Camden, Ark, has been transferred to the
Detroit house Of correction for life, for hold
ing up mai!-carrier and rifiiug the registered
packages
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04
Halfway MiSlsnus.

A collision occurred in tunnel at Br1er Ridge
two miles from Lexington, o., on the 9th, BE-
tween hand car having on board ten section
hands, and regular train. John Fraucy and
James Darrell were fatally injured.
broken train resulted in collision near
Plymouth, Mass, on the 27th. Conductor
Stone was instantly killed aud q brakeman
fatally injured.
BY q collision Of construction trains near
Eagle Pass, Tex, several men were killed or
wounded. A boiler explosion on the Texas
and Mexican road literally cooked William NJ
Caring, foreman Of the shops, and a negro
fireman.
trestle on the Columbus, Hooking Valley
and Toledo Railway, over sun Run Fork Of
Monday Greek, in Ohio, gave way on the 26th
inst. An engine and lender went into the
creek. Enginee. Dewland, aud his son Charlt
the fireman, were killed. James Hiles, a
brakeman. had both legs broken.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04
wrecked nv Winds,

The citizens Of Denison, Sherman, Whites
boro and Vanalstine Texas, have cause to re-
member q hail and wind storm which swept
their section on the 2sth. Many houses were
demolished and crops ruined. citizen Of
Whitesboro named Day. was killed.
A cyclone caused widespread destruction in
Iuckehoe Ridge. Ky., on the 23th ult. At
Lawrerce brick church and a school house
were ruined and several dwellings unroofed
and twisted. Several people we're injured.
The vicinity Of Macon, Ga, was scourged by
cyclone on the Gath inst. Great damage re-
suited. Samuel +. Cove, eS-member OF con-
gress, is among the victims, which number five.
The storm prevailed in Bibb County Ga, Dal-
lks County, Ala, and in North Carolina. Que
death reported from North Carolina.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04
BioOdthirsty Sayages.

fight occurred near Lordsburg, \. NJ. on
the 10Th inst, betseen band OF scouts under
Capt. Tupper, Of the sixth cavalry. and party
OF hostiles. -Four Of the scouts and four Of the
private soldiers are reported killed.
In fight with Apaches at Horseshoe canou,
three soldiers and four Indiln scouts we're
killed. Among twenty whites butchered along
the Gila River were John T. Risque, a lawyer
Of Silver City, and Captain John i. Lawson. Z
mi ing superintendent. The hostiles number
over three hundred, and are said to be conf
pletely corraled in Doubtful Canon.
The burning Of Gulteville, n. NJ, by savages
is confirmed. The number OF killed is about
thirty.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS.

The year 1862 usually regarded rs
marking the beginning of new era in
the progress of agriculture, since ii was
then that the department of agriculture
was created as an independent bureau,
and congress made its liberal sppropri-
alton OF $4,000 acres of the public land
for each representative for the endow-
ment In each state of an agricultural
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04
Blaine and Sbipberd.

EI-Secretary Blaine appeared before the
house on foreign affairs committee to make
sweeping denial OF the statements OF Shipherd.
and they did not meet again for three months
The reason why Shpherd was not at Inst kicked
ont of the department was that he was intro
drted by senator and had three ex s senators
aud an ex-secretary Of the treasury a. counsel
Mr.. Blaine produced letter from Henry W.
Blair. denying that he heard Shipherd state to
the ex-secretary that Minister Hurlbut had been
offered S250,000 in the stock Of the Peruvian
Company. Mr.. Blaine at one time expressed
the opinion that Sbipherd should be sent be-
fore the grand jury for perjury.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04

tached out ran spider, the manifest
cause Of the childs sufferings. OF
course the old fend who had devised
this piece Of devilish ingenuity was sent
to prison, but it is an infuite pity that
she was not cut up and fed to chickens.
Further inquiry proved that the child
had been stolen from his parents.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04

Intelligence has been received that q survey.
ing party was surprised by Sc siman, in South
0ran, Algeria, and forty killed. A number
were wounded
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04
Eatal ExplOsiNnA.

boiler exploded in the Dalton Pail Com
pany's works at Elmira, N. Y, on the 2Sth ult.,
killing Newell Olney and Frank Baker. Several
were injured.
The steamer Marion exploded ber boiler at
Kingsyille, s. c., on the 2Sth inst. Three lives
were lost. Several were badly scslded.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04
Steamer burned.

The steamer City Of Sanford caught fire at
Jacksonville, Fla, on the 22th inst, and was
entirely consumed. Nine lives were lost.
Names OF victims: Mrs Oscar Keep and child,
Mrs. Ireland and daughter, Mrs. q. II. Dawes,
Capt. Shortell, Chas. Pierce. Willie Brooks and
Dorsey Shaffer.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04
A LAck-Out.

Of employment at Cohoes, N. Y, by the closing
Of the six extensive cotton mills of the Har;
mony Company. Cause.-The company resolved
to reduce wages and the employees refused to
accada.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04

CArcHINa muskrats and gathering cat
tails was most profitable employment
for John Kloss, Of Newark, N. ]. Now.
at the age Of go, he fiuds himself worth
$4,000.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04

DR.. Lamson, a native Of this country, but re-
siding In England, was hanged in London on
the 2sth ult., for the murder Of his wife's
brother, by poison.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04
Work Of the Flames.

A fire in Newmarket buildings, Aberdeen.
Scotland, on the 30th ult., caused fl00,000
damage. Three persons we're killed.
The iron-yorks Of the Geiscr Company, at
Waynesboro, Pa, were destroyed by fire on the
29th ult.
Casey 4 Whites shoddy mill, Philadelphia.
Pa, burned on the 29th ult. Loss $50, 900.
Two four-story brick factories, occupied by
J. B. Mauer, dealer in cotton and wooden waste,
Joseph White, furniture factory, and several
other small industries, burned ON the 29th ult.
Loss $4,000. The buildings were not totally
ruined.
The wholesale tobacco house OF J. Schreiber
4 Co.. Cleveland, o., was destroyed by fire
early on the morning Of the 28Lh ult. loss over
100000.
Many shops and houses belonging to the
Jews at Kamenetz, Russia, we're burned on the
night Of the Goth inst. Damage 500, 900 roubles.
An entire block was consumed by fire at
Searcy, Ark, on the Goth. Loss on buildings
and contents about $4,000.
Tho Belleville, H., rail works burned, on the
night of the oath int. LOSS $50, 200.
McIlyain Bros. drug and spice mill, Phlladel.
phia, was damaged to the extent Of $4,000, on
the oath inst.
The. furniture warehouse OF Geo c. Flint
New York City, was swert away by fire, on the
25th inst. Loss $4,000.
The Parksdale (Ont.D warehouse containing
four locomotives, was reduced TO ashes, on the
25th inst. Loss $4,000.
Sparks from passing engines fred the round.
house Of the Credit Valley Railroad, at Toronto.
causing the destruction Of four engines, valued
at 100000.
McCulloch's tannery, Salladasburg. Pa.
burned on the 23d inst. Loss $4,000.
The Mason Block, Coles Cariing Mill and
several other buildings we're reduced to ruins
at Norway, Me-, ON the oath. Loss about
go, 600.
A blsze in the Bowlder Fertilizer Works, at
Elizabeth, y. j.. caused 100000 worth Of
damage.
fire at Eau Claire, Wis, which originated
in farm in the rear Of the Pioneer block. re-
duced sixty-three buildings TO ashes. The
burned district embraces the business portion
Of the west side Of the town. The total loss ls
estimated at 1850, 900
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Death Of a aTrOster
Hanged.

White Stocking the famous trotter, with a
record Of 2.21, died at New York City recently.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04

John q. sullivan. the actor, the husband of
Katie Aayhs., died at Mercy hospitai, In CHI
cago, On The seth ult.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-04

John @. +. Zoellner, the German astronomer
and natural philosopher, Is dead.
DIR. George +. Hayes, u Buffalo, N. Y, one
OF the leading dentists Of this country, and who
is credited with the iuveution OF the vulcanized-
rubber method in dentistry, died en- the 9th
ut., aged 78.
DR.. John Y. Hodgen, the eminent surgeon,
died al st Louis on the 2stb nit, after brief
illness.
Col. Geo. W. Patten, u. s. A., a Mexican war
veteran, passed away at Houlton, Me-, on the
28tb.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. the poet, died at bis
residence in Concord. Mass, ON the 9th inst.
Judge J. G. Knapp, who was the democratic
candidate for governor in Iowa in 1871, died at
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, in that state
on the 9th inst. lie was elected judge OF that
district in 1877 AMI had twice been an unsuc-
cessful candidate for the state supreme bench.
James W, Borden, prominent democrat Of
Indiana, Judge OF the criminal court at Fort
Wayne, died, on the 25th inst.
The death Is announced OF DIR. Trieber, the
physician who attended Byron during his last
illness.
Sir Thomas Erskinc Perry. formerly chief
justice Of Bombay, is dead.
Henry s. Halstsd, one OF the Oldest members
of the Chicago board OF trade and leading
man in marine circles, died on the 23d inst.
A company Of Texas rangers started from
Colorado City in pursuit Of the gang which
robbed the Texas Pacific Road. Rumors are
stcat in Dallas that eight thieves have been
corraled in q frame house six miles from the
scene Of the robbery, and tn at in fight which
occurred one Of them was killed while attempt
ing TO escape.
The German National Bank Of Denver has
suffered to the extent Of $4,000 through q
forgery by mail. robbers. A treasury draft sent
westward from Washington was found to have
cashed coon afterward on false signatures.
Burglars entered the resi.rnce Of Samuel C..
Holmes, deputy collector Of city revenue. New
York City, and abstracted s5, $50 worth Of bonds
from the safe.
An iron safe ia the postoffice at Paris was
forced by burglars and robbed Of l80 letters
the value Of their contents being estimated at
l, ,000, 900 francs.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-20

made sure she'd come back. But she hasn't ;
and here's the telegram from New YORK.
Read it, some one. 1 haven't the face to
do it,"
Judge Toucey, who stood next to her, put
on his spectacles and leisurely perused the
telegram:
"Good- by, everybody r' it said saucily. 81
am married to Captain Swedenborg, and sail for
Europe tomorrow. Every woman has right
to change her mind, and have changed mine.
"TILLIE SwEDENBoRG."
There was brief silence of second or two,
and then Squire Marden spoke out.
"Changed her mind, has she!" he said in a
clear ringing voice. "Well, haven't changed
mine. / came here to be married, and mar
ried | intend to bel If it is not to one bride,
it shall be to another. Little JAMIE" to the
pale girl in the dove-colored silk dress, who
stood at his side, Twill you take the place, in
my love and home, which this heartless Wo-
man has left vacant? Will you be my wife %
To the day of her DEATH jamie never knew
exactly what she answered. She only knew
that She was gently led to the BRIDES place :;
that Squire Johns strong hand held hers !;
that his clear voice spoke the responses; that
she murmured her share, feeling, all the while,
as if she were in a dream.
But when the ceremony was over, and the
guests crowded around to offer their congratu-
lations, the mists all cleared away from her
heart and brain, and the tranquil light came
back to her eye.
John Marden's wife What higher happi-
ness had life to offer to her?
And when they were driving home, in the
soft autumnal moonlight, she looked Wistful-
ly into his face.
.''John,'' said she, ''are you sure that you
do not regret this sudden step of yours ?''
"Regret it, sweetheart ?" he said, tenderly
pressing her hand. Regret that l have dis
covered, ere it is too late, that false, fair wo-
mans crafty nature? Regret that | have
found my sweet guardian angel at last ~
And 50 the nine days wonder of Squire
Marden's marriage died away Mrs. Sweden
borg never returned from Europe-and jamie
and her husband live happily in the old farm
house, which never has been altered, and nev-
er will be.
s'It is good enough for u.s." says Squire
Marden, when people talk about ''moderniz-
ing the place"
ut is home !" jamie adds, softly. "Our
homen'
And the words are full of the sweet happi
ness of her heart.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-20

tics, would occasionally rush on our right
flank. We made barricades to oppose them.
Then they would run down the front OF the line
and Jump over and were met with the bayonet
and clubbed with the musket. Generally they
were repelled; occasionally they succeeded and
captured some men. Private Hoke, Of Compa-
ny A, was thus cut off, and refused to surren-
der, and struck down several of the enemy be-
fore he was bayoneted. Few battles could
show more bayonet wounds than this.
After severe hand to hand fight, disputing
every inch, and losing the gallant Lieutenants
Lowry, Pratt, Mcdowell, and Captain Duno-
want, whose arm was shot off, and many brave
men, we were driven down the hill to Ran
som's brigade, which at this time was pouring
in an enilading fire.
The fourth division, in front Of the lines of
Elliott's brigade, must have numbered II, 600.
Besides this, General Turner with 4, 600 men
charged Ransom's brigade on our left, and
was driven back.
At 10 O'Clock I was ordered to the brigade
headquarters to see General Busbrod Johnson,
our division commander. Sometime after Ma
hone came up, the Seventeenth under Captain
Steele, tile ranking officer present, was turned
over to him by order Of General johnson.
Mahone's troops were formed in the lire al
ready there. 1t took probably two hours be-
fore Mahone's men all came and then splen-
did charge was made.
The final charge which catured the works
was made about o'clock 2. NJ. The testimo-
ny of the enemy is that the troops retreated at
2 o'clock, but this refers to the many who
ran back before our men got the prisoners out
Of the crater. Our dutiful Lieutenant-Co
was on the brink of the crater and came from
the hospspital, when he was i'll, in time to
dered, and had the opportunity of receiving
number of banners, but cared not for such
honors. Our adjutant more ambitiously re-
ceived two Of them, but subsequently allowed
some of Mahone's men to spirit them away.
Elliott's brigade lost SIT men that day, &C
cording to the estimate made by Adjutant
FAINT a few days after the battle. This was
more than half the Confederate loss on this
day:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-20


The CARE OF Our EYEs.-When so much
is being said and written every day concerning
improved methods of illumination, the follow
ing observations on ''The Care of Our Eyes,"
by Professor Thomson, in "Or C0ntinem,"
will be found interesting:
''To care for our eyes is to be aware that
any symptoms of fatigue or pain may be due
to mechanical causes, which may lead to change
of form or structure, and which should be cor
rected by the use of glasses selected with the
greatest care, to obviate any Individual pecu-
liarties of form, either congenital or acquired,
and to be used even in childhood. No pro-
longed near work should be done in light,
either natural or artificial, which is felt to be
too feeble, nor in badly ventilated or close
rooms.
"Since fatigue is usually due to the strain
upon the muscular apparatus, and as this is
greater in proportion to the nearness OF the
work from the eye, care should be used to
avoid bending over or placing the head nearer
to the work than is requisite for clear vision.
''The early use of glasses for persons passing
beyond middle life, and their increase in power
as it may be needed, is also strongly advised
"The avoidance of all irritating gases, dust
or smoke, which are felt to produce pain, and
the suspension of near work when it gives its
danger signal of fatigue are sef-evident.
'aSSuInQlE lllG ldCC HOW dllLlGlcu llltG Gile
most educated nations present the highest av-
erage of diseased eyes, and that the cause and
effect are now clearly perceived in the over
tasking of the visual apparatus during the ed
ucational period of life, it becomes requisite
| to consider how instruction may be as efficient
ly transmitted to the brain through the organs
| of hearing as by those Of vision.'
OK THE BLUE DANUBE.--Th floating grain
mills on the Danube are it's most curious fea-
ture. Fancy two canal boats moored parallel
to each other in md-rver, about fifteen or
twenty feet apart, and supporting between
them the crank of a gigantic mill-wbeel, turn
ed by the current of the stream. Fancy, more
over the sides of one of these boats carried up
one story higher than the other, then rooted
over la Noah's ark, with windows and doors
rs needed, and youwill have fair idea of these
Danube grain mills, some four or five thousand
of which, in groups of ten or twelve together,
are scattered along this watery highway, all
the way from Vienna to Belgrave. Each mill
! is inscribed with its owners name.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-20

LEFT-HANDEDNEss.-W man should
strike with his left hand when unarmed, but
should use his sword or lance with the right,
is a difficult question to answer. That there
is no innate disposition to prefer the one OF the
other hand for any purpose, is abundantly
proved by the fact that out of dozen young
children, half will show preference for the
one and half for the other. In some cases the
partiality for the left is so strong as to tri-
umph even over the persistent attempts OF
parents and nurses to ''break" their charges of
what they consider bad habit. These Obsti-
nate youngsters grow up left-handed, and are
often in after life much exercised to know
whether, after all, their peculiarly is an adj
vantage or the reverse. Certainly, to man
who becomes good at cricket, it adds much to
his efficiency as bowler, he is able to deliver
his ball from the left, and thus puzzles the
batsman, whose experience leads him to calcu
late upon twist in the opposite direction.
Left handed swordsmen and boxers are also
specially difficult to encounter, and the same
thing may be said Of racquet or tennis players,
and many other profcients in outdoor exer-
cises, who have the use of the left hand either
by preference or concurrently with the right:
1t is, however, plain that in all times and
places the right has had the preference, and
has been armed with the engine of attack, so
much so that amongst the Greeks a favorite
expression for s'by the left' was the phrase
''tOward the shield side" The Romans had
a term which shows still more strongly the
comparative uselessness of the left hand-for
in their language ''left-handed" means clumsy,
and is almost identical with the similar word
qu,eche in modern French-bOrrowed by some
of our own writers as convenient and useful
metaphor. Madame de Remusat relates that
Napoleon, who was at first extremely remiss
in matters of etiqutte, displayed at one of his
entertainments the utmost perplexity at find
ing himself unaware which arm he ought to
offer to q great lady of the court.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-20

PERILs OF RIDICULE.-I know Of no prin-
ciple which it is Of more Importance to fa, in
the minds Of young than that of the most de-
termined resistance to the encroachment of
ridicule. Give Up to the world, and to the
ridicule with which the world enforces it's do
minion, every trifing question of manner and
appearance it is to toss courage and frmness
to the winds, to combat with the mass upon
such subjects as these. But learn from the
earliest days to insure your principles against
the perils Of ridicule you can no more exer-
else your reason, if you live in the constant
dread Of laughter, than you can enjoy your
life, if you are in the constant dread of death.
If you think it right to differ from the times,
and to make a stand for any valuable point of
morals, do it, however rustic, however an
tique, however pedantic it may appear, do it,
not for insolence, but seriously and grandIy-
as man who wore soul of his own in his
bosom, and did not wait until it was breat he'd
into him by the breath ef fashion.
Let men cell you mean, you know you are
just; hypocritical, if you are honestly, rtlig-
ious pusillanimous, if you feel that you are
firm resistance soon converts unprincipled
wit into sincere respect and no ftertilne can,
tear from you these feelings which every ipan
carries with him who has made a noble and
successful eXertlon in virtuous cause
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-20

The enemy's loss, according to General
Grants estimate short time afterwards, was
above 5000 men, including % commanders of
regiments and two commanders Of brigades.
These desperate trenches became the abode Of
the Seventeenth for the rest Of the war.