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A Norristown paper thinks that
if Miss Theresa Sturla, who killed
her brevet husband In Chicago for
ill-treatment, and was sentenced to
one years imprisonment, going on
the stage, some actor should try to
shoot an apple off her head.
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A Lady Cured of Rheumatism.

Baltimore, Md, May 7, 1880.
My health was much shattered by
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scarcely had strength enough to at
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am now using the third bottle and
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| cannot say too much in praise
oft. Mrs. MARY r. BRAsHRAR.
I73 Prestmanst.
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Queens county, n. Y, is afflicted
with blind hogs. We are not in
formed whether they are of the same
breed whic:. are to be found in horse
cars; but probably they are not, as
these latter are blind only when
somebody wants one of the two or
three seats they are occupying 80
carelessly.
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Mr.. GEORGE DODGE SPEAKS.

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This gentleman lives in Empor-
ium, Pa, and says: Zone of my
men, Sam. Lewis, while working in
the woods sprained his ankle SO bad
he could hardly hobble to the house.
Used Thomas Eclectric Oil and was
ready for work the next morning. |
have never yet seen so good medi-
cine.n
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Suffering from kidney disease.
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]. KYLE MONTAGUE.
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Dec. 2, 1881.
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St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-08
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

On the night Of the 9th Lesh & Co.'s
Rim and Bending Works at Warsaw, Ind,
burned. Loss, $4,000. Seventy-fve men
are thrown out of employment.
On the night of the 25th, at Port Per-
ry, Canada, fire destroyed $4,000 worth of
property.
On Lake Geneva, Switzerland, twen-
ty persons drowned recently in conse-
auence of the sinking of a steamer by COLI
sion.
A BOLD sneak thief entered the Mer-
chants National Bank at Des Moines, Ia,
on the 26th during the noon hour, grabbed
a handful of notes and fed. He was pur-
sued, but managed to elude capture by
dropping a portion of his booty, which his
pursuers stopped to gather in.
A RIOT between employees of rival gas
wells at Murraysville, Pa, on the 10Th, re-
suited in one man being killed and o
badly wounded.
AFTER two years separation from his
wife Raj Scott returned to his home near
Eaton, twelve miles from Muncie, Ind, re-
Gently, and insisted hat she should live
with him again. She refused, and he
stabbed her to death with a knife, then kill
ed his W child and took a dose OF NOR
phine, from which he died.
ELIJAH CRAIG. for the murder of
John Scanlin in Pike County, Ind, in
August last, has been sentenced to fifteen
wears in the Penitentiary.
Ar Mt. Gilead, O., the four children
of Carson Mosier were seriously poisoned
by p~artaking of cabbage on which Paris
green had been used.
Mrs. ELLEN LONG, of hartford, Wis,
has confessed having murdered the boy
Harry Whittemore, elevenyears old, whose
body was recently found. She does not
give her reason, but it is supposed the
crime was prompted by the boys knowl.
edge of a criminal intimacy between Mrs.
Long and Mr.. Whittemore.
A TERRIBLE accident occurred at
GAINESVILLE, o., the evening of the 10Th.
Two little boys, Tommy and Ed, sons OF
EVAN Davis, a puddler at the rolling mill,
had been in the habit of playing with an
old gun that was lying about the house
Recently an older brother loaded the gun,
placing it in a corner and warning the
youngsters to leave it alone. The evening
in question Tommy found q cap on the
floor, and asked his father il he might shoot
it off. The father, who did not know of the
loading of the gun, gave his permission
Ed. stood up in a corner Of the room and
told his brother to shoot at him. which he
did. The boy fell, shot through the lungs
and died in a few minutes.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-08
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Germans are reinforcing their
Asiatic squadron.
The American Bishops leave Rome on
the 10th of December.
MASKED burglars are %plundering
farm-houses in Michigan.
OtDoNNELL's trial for the murder OF
Cary began on the Both in London.
KING ALFONSO unveiled a statue to
Queen Isabella in Madrid on the 30th.
Mrs. RYALL, of Baltimore. while in
sane, cut the threats of herself and two
daughters ON the 30th.
EIGHTEEN persons We're killed by q
railroad collision in France on the Goth.
THE Porte will ask the support OF the
powers in its demand to be permitted to
send troops to the Soudan.
The lower house of the Hungarian
Diet has passed a bill legalizing marriages
between Jews and Christians.
RICHMOND STUART, colored, was
hanged on the Both at Shreveport, La; Am
brose West at Macon, Ga, and JOS. Jewell
at San Jose, Cal.
The driver and conductor of an owl
car in Cincinnati were murdered on the
Both by a solitary passenger with whom
they had a quarrel.
APPLICATION has been made in Dub
lin to quash the conviction of Poole for the
Kenny murder on the ground thatthe court
was Illegally constituted.
A SCHEME has been started in the
East for holding the next Presidential Re-
publican Convention at ~Chautauqua, N. Y.
LAWRENCE FEENEY, ten years OF age,
a resident of Sing Sing, N. Y, became in.
sane recently and starved himself to death,
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-08

On the 9th three young ladies' at-
tached to the Russian Court were arrested
on a charge of being connected with a Mini
list conspiracy.
On q recent trip to Pekin the Gov
ernor of Hong Kong saw the principal min
listers of the Chinese Empire. He is of the
opinion that China is resolved to- fight it
forced much further by France in the Ton
ouin matter. China, he says, has 100000
trained men available for operations
against the French.
A DISPATCH of the 9th from London
saws there is nothing there to confirm the
report in America that Khartoum had fall
len into the hands of Ell Mahdi. On the con-
trary, last advices indicate that the siege
was likely to be stubbornly opposed, as
the garrison was being reinforced and pro-
visioned.
On the goth the engineers struck on
the Texas & st. Louis Narrow .guage Road.
IT is said that in England 8,142 land
lords collect $175, o00, 900 rent annually on
40, 500, 900 acres of land.
For melting Orange disturbances the
editor of the Tyrone (Ireland) Courier has
been arrested.
THE recentdiscoveries of silver mines
in Chilli continue to occupy much of the
public attention.
1t was reported by a Paris dispatch OF
the 18th that Admiral Courbet had begun
his advance and secured important posi-
tions.
In London a Frenehman has been
L. f---J r-,+l 11,1~i,,,r rpffh
Wolff to blow up the German Embassy.
No evidence is forthcoming to show
the completely of any American in the
London underground railway explosions.
At Gloucester, Mass, fears are enter
tanned thai six fishing schooners were lost
in the recent gale, with seventy-ive men.
DURING the present year several ex-
ceedingly active volcanoes nave sprung
into existence in Central America.
OF the force of 600 gendarmes FORM
ing the advance guard of the reinforce
ments for Upper Egypt, 26S deserted before
reaching Suez.
In Lancashire, Eng, a strike OF
$4,000 cotton operat YES is threatened.
The cigar-makers' strike in Mon
treal, Cam, has ended. 1t lasted six
months.
IT is reported that considerable ex-
element prevails among the Moslems in
Algeria over the war news from Egypt.
On the 28th the decree abolishing the
right of Cubans to punish slaves with
stocks and letters was gazetted in Madrid
In County Mayo, Ireland, thirty per.
sons have been recently arrested for con
spiracy to blow up houses of an obnoxious
landlord.
The recently issued French decree
abolishing the prohibition Of the importa'
ton of American pork states that if pork is
carefully salted there is no danger of tri
chinosis. The municipal authorities viii
seize any bacon imperfectly sailed.
THANKSGIVING DAY was observed BY
the Americans in Berlin. Services were
held in the American Chapel, and United
States Minister Sargent gave a banque
and ball attended by $50 persons.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

In the municipal elections in Dublin
on the Goth, the Parnellites gained eight
seats.
The report that American Bishops
proposed that the Vatican send a Nunclo
to America is u~nfounded. The report prob
ably arose through a misrepresentation OF
the fact that the Vatican thinks of sending
Mgr. Sepiacci to preside as Apostolic Lee
gate over the 1abors of the Council to be
held in America in 1884.
A MARsEILLEs dispatch Of the goth
says: .sIt is rumored that $4,000 men will
be modified Immediately for China, and
Gen. Campenon, Minister of War is nego-
tiating for the service of ten great trans
ports by which to forward the troops to
their destination"
IT is reported that the American
Bishops at Rome are opposed to further in
reference in Irish politics.
The troubles between France and
China were the subject of a Cabinet con-
ference at Washington on the 9th.
The restrictions against American
pork have been removed by France.
In the past year the gross earnings Of
the Erie Road increased - ,922,617.
On the 9th the graves of two OF the
original Mayfower Pilgrims were discov-
cred at Plymouth, Mass.
In Orange County, n. j., q man has
been arrested on suspicion of being the
murderer of Phoebe Paulin.
THE United States steamer Shenan-
doah is at Boston under orders for a voyage
around the Horn, but neither officers nor
men can be found willing to take her.
The new Spanish Minister to the
United States is charged with the arrange
ment Of a commercial treaty in behalf of
Cuba.
By the failure of Doble & Co., Glas-
gov, s~hip-builders, twelve hundred work
men were thrown out of employment.
On the 9th anxiety was manifest in
Paris over rumors that Admiral Courbet's
command had been defeated and his COM
munications interrupted.
THE Government of Egypt holds that
, no change can legally be made in the status
| of the Suez Canal without fresh concessions
from Egypt.
The Press Club of New York held its
third annual dinner at Delmonico's the
night Of the 9th. Letters were read from
General Grant, Henry Ward Beecher and
others, and toasts were responded to by
Mayor Edward and Governor Butler.
a SYNDICATE of leading capitalists OF
| Cincinnati propose organizing a stock com
pany, with a capital stock Of S5OO, 900 to es.
tablish a large cotton-mill, with a capacity
Of j, 900 looms, for the manufacture Of sheet.
ings and cotton. A meeting to organize
has been called.
On the 9th the London Times com
menting upon the celebration Of Evacua.
ton Day in New York, said: 1.-THE keen
American mind is turning eagerly toward
the best the modern world can give it. The
intellectual future of such a race is moi
likely to disapIoint the most sangulne
J prophets"
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-08

The Dutch bark Judith foundered re-
Gently on the coast of Norway. The Cap
tain alone was saved.
AHUNTING party consisting, OF FRED.
Jenkler, with his two sons Emil and Fred
erick and a printer named Dick Hartlg, OF
Dubuque, Ia, are supposed to have been
drowned during a recent storm which over
took them on the Upper Mississippi. Their
boat was found bottom side up nine miles
below the city.
On the 9th Albany, Wis, was almost
completely destroyed by fire. Several men
were fatally injured.
On the 9th every business house on
the public square at Waverly, Tenn,
burned; loss, $685. 900.
A coLoRED boy named Peter Jones,
confined in jail at Springfield, Tenn, was
found dead the morning of the 9th, having
been murdered by a white prisoner named
Ernest Worthington.
A SHOCKING tragedy occurred recent
ly at ~Ixlaczaquittan, State of Pueblo, Mex
leo. A party of robbers attacked the mouse
of Rev. Father Miguel Cabo at two O'Clock
in the morning. They got in by either
forcing the doors or were admitted by d
washwoman who was spending the nlghtat
the priests house. They forced their way
to the fathers apartments and killed INN,
pouring five shots into his body. They also
| severely wounded his niece. Agriplna, VINO
fought bravely with the robbers and had
her hands badly cut. The cook and man
servant were also killed. The thieves then
--tL.J L. l.a,,oo o,J looontpaH ~
On the goth a hand-car with five men
was struck by a train near Bethesda, /.
Two of the men were killed.
On the goth Mrs. Mary A. Green
burned to death at Louisville, KY, her
clothing having caught fire from a candle.
EARLY the morning of the 18th the
Hotel Clifton at Boston caught fire. The
guests escaped in their clothes. The hre
followed the elevator from basement to
roof, spreading on all the floors, causing
damage to the amount of $4,000.
AT Saxonville, Mass, five blanket
factories burned the morning of the 18th,
causing a loss of $500, 900. Four hundred
hands are thrown out of employment.
TIE night of the 29th the Windsor
Theater. the largest in New York, burned,
together with two hotels enlbr ced in the
block.
On the morning of the 2Sth the bust
ness quarter of st. Paris, O., burned; loss,
$15O.0O0.
WHILE attempting to arrest a thief
on the 2sth Policeman Billiard, Of. Detroit,
Mich, was fatally shot.
On the 2sth, by a collision near Ash
land. o., a conductor was killed and engi.
neer and brakeman seriously hurt.
On the 2Sth a passenger coach was
derailed at Worcester, Mass, and went
down an embankment, rolling over twice
A large number Of the passengers were
badly hurt.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-08
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

II is thought that the departure OF
the Marquis Tseng from Paris is but the
matter of a few days time.
M. De LEssEPs regards the settle
ment Of the question of the construction of
the second Suez Canal as virtually accom-
plished.
HENRY MONTGOMERY, of Oil City,
Pa, in a fit of jealousy, on the 10Th, fired
three shots at himself with suicidal intent,
but the bullets would not kill.
A BERLIN dispatch of the 26th says:
"Some anxiety has been caused here about
the Emperor William. For the past two
DAYS he has not taken his accustomed drive
from Inter Der. Linden to ~Theirgarten.
The truth is, he returned on Saturday
evening from Etzlingen, where he had been
on a hunting excursion, and felt exhausted.
On Sunday he determined to take a rest,
and remained in the palace yesterday and
to-day, but received the Minister'S reports
as usual, and there are no fears of a serious
illness.D
THE wife of O'Donnell, Carey's MUIR
derer, has arrived in London.
The King of Spain expects a visit
shortly from the Prince of Wales.
1t is said that Sergeant Mason is go
ing on exhibition in a Pittsburgh museum.
COUNT Won MoLTKE has been made
Chancellor of the Order of the Black Eagle.
SECRETARY TELLER has declined to
formulate any new rules to regulate prac-
tice in pension cases.
The French banker, Fraissinet, who
recently failed for a heavy amount, had
the monopoly of trade from Marseilles
with Madagascar and Zanzibar.
The noted actor, Joseph Jefferson,
was stricken with complete loss of voice at
Peoria, Ill, the morning of the 9th.
PRESIDENT BIGELoW of the National
College of Pharmacy at Washington, DC,
and thirty-eight students left the institu'
ton on the 9th in consequence of the adj
mission of a colored man.
AN expedition to the South pole is
being planned by Prof. Nordenskjold.
DURING church service on Thanks
giving Day Rev. Warren Fl. Chudworth, q
Boston, dropped dead.
The Crown Prince of Germany has
been elected a Fellow Of the Academy o
Jurisprudence at Madrid.
On the 29th Theresa Sturlata, who
killed Charles Stiles caller Of the Chicago
%call-board, was released from the Illinois
Penitentiary.
COMMODORE KoUNTz, Of Pittsburgh,
Pa, has been sentenced to Jail for thirty
days and to pay a fine Of 5000 for crimina
libel.
AZ LETTER has been written by Jane!
g. Blaine opposing the proposition to dis
tribute the revenue surplus among th'
States and advocating instead that the ta1
on spirits be so distributed.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-05-24

At the annual meeting of the stockholders of
The Portland Press the following directors were
chosen: James ?. Baxter, Charles F. Libbey,
W. w. Thomas, Jr., Sidney w. Baxter and
Geo. 5. Hunt. James p. Baxter was chosen
president. Stephen Berry clerk and treasurer.
Mrs Eliza Pearson, of Scarboro', is 10 years
of age.
Hon. Abram Sanborn, of Bangor, was admit
ted to the Penobscot bar, in June, 1888, and
consequently next month will have been in ac-
half century of professional life enjoy such eX-
cellent health as Mr.. Sanborn. He is widely
known, not only as an able lawyer, but as a
cultured gentleman of the old school.
GOWN Wilson, landlord of the Columbia
House, at Columbia Falls, died May 10th, after
eight weeks sickness, aged Seventy-tive years.
The reports from the upper Penobscot river
regions are not encouraging to the lumbermen.
well known operator says that within his re-
membrance there has never been season when
it looked so badly for getting the logs.
\ numerously signed petition has been sent
to the Governor and Council, asking for the APP
pointment of two or more constables to enforce
the prohibitory liquor law in Bangor. A strong
remOnstrance against the granting of the petit
ton will also be forwarded. A hearing has
been appointed for June 1st
The Maine Central railroad has issued neat
ly engraved map of its line and connections,
giving the distance of all the principal stations
from Portland.
Rev. DR.. Butler will act as Memorial Day
orator at Hallowel. Howard Owen, Esq. Of
Augusta, received an invitation to deliver the
address there but was obliged to decline owing
to pressing business.
On Tuesday last, the day of Governor Wash
burns funeral. there was planted at 1.-The Nor
lands the birthplace of the Governor, in Liv-
ermore, Me-, memorial tree for him. 1t was
dedicated to Governor Washburn's memory. to
be known as the Israel Washburn Memorial
Tree"
1t is rumored a syndicate has been formed
for the purchase of the Portland & Ogdensburg
Railroad in the interest of an established rail-
road cOmpanN.
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MONROE. Mr.. samuel +. Nlau~ui, Of Ills town.
who fell through scuttIc IN the hardware establish
mcnt Of \. II. Bragg sons, Bangor, some time
ago, died OF his injuries Friday, at the American
House. in that city, where he has been since the
accident. Mir. Mansr was aged 81 years and S
months ut the time Of his death. The remains were
brought TO Monroe for burial. The funeral took
~ace Sunday, and was attended by Archon Lodge
Of Masons, Of which deceased was member. Mr.
Mansur will be greatly missed in his family and
nelghborhood...... The trustees of the Agricul
tural Society met at the Park on Saturday last
to make the necessary arrangements for build
ing and repairs, A new stable, 100 feet long, with
seats on the roof cattle Shed, double, 100 it.
long, new stand for the Judges and some other
small buildings will be built. The contract for the
new buildings has been let to Franklin Chase. The
fair will be held this year oct 4th and 9TH, Thurs
day and Friday. The trustees have partially de-
cided to have trot on the park the coming it'll Of
July. .Jeh Ncalley, who has held many important
offices in town and who was supposed to have con
sumption, is fast recovering. Ed. Lufkin has a
telephone from his house to Reuben Rickcr's The
cheese factory began operations Monday. Not so
much milk as usual the first day; only 800 pounds
were received. John Deyine of Newburgh, makes
the cheese.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-05-24

THORNDIkE. Charles b. Hathaway, Jane Hath
away, wife of Charles, and Isdore, Charles Hatha-
ways daughter, W ere brought before Trial Justice
H. s. Rich on complaint of Benz. r. Kelley, all Of
Unity, for assault and battery The wife and
daughter were acquitted for the want Of sufficient
evidence and CHARLES was fined five dollars and
COSTS in all amounting TO twenty dollars. Charles
paid his fine and cdsts and discharged Mrs.
Mary Lord has brahma hen which laid an egg
measuring around lengthwise nine inches, and
girthng seven indhes around the center. Mrs
Lord has eighty chickens of this breed and has
seven hens sitting On eighty more eggs. She is 60
ing in for poultry. ..... Tuesdays rain was much
needed The GROUND was very dry, the grass suf-
ferng for rain. ID wintered well and If there is
sufficient rain shall get good crop of hay.
VISALtIAvEN. MIR. James Richards, formerly
of Belfast, atemntJd suicide last week by cutting
her throat with razor. She prevented by
little grand daughter who with her who seized
hold of the razor which Mrs. Richard drew through
her hand cutting thf girl quite badly Mrs. Rich
ards has been insane for some time. Capt. Pink
ham, of Bristol, man about IS years of age died
last week of brain fever About two years ago he
came here In Il yes-d and has lived on board Of her
ever since, the scho9ner being hauled up Roberts
barbor He followed fishing, lived alone, was
very reticeHl, auj but little is known Of lln..,.
| Capt stephen Dyer in his new fishing schooner
went into New York last week with l5a barrels of
| fresh macEcre Al Stone weighing forty pounds
was thrown frola Iast at the Sands quarry, one
| day last week, and went through the boxing shop
near by six men were at work in the shop but
| fortunately none Wct1 injured
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