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upon what they characterised such
heather conduct.
The dead man is uu4nestionably IN
American, of slight stature, sandy chin
whiskers and mOustache. and apparently
thirty five years of age. His clothing and
general sppe srsnce we're of such q charac-
ter as to indicate that he had seen better
days.
As there can be no question as to the
manner in which deceased met his death.
DIR. Overstreet will not put the county to
the expense of an inquest. and the remains
will to-day be inferred in the potter's field.
LATER
Since the above has been put in type the
name of the man killed has been ascertained
u be John Stanley
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Fell From the Train.

Mrs. J. w. Mcdonald, wife of the popu-
lar commercial traveller, met with a slight
accident at the depot, yesterday mnrnipg,
her company. They entered a coach for
The purpose of bidding some friends good
bye, and the ain commenced to pull out
before they were aware of it. They has
tened to the platform, the gentleman in
advance. He attempted to al Rht, but
missed his footing, it se+ms, and fell IRON
the car steps to the depot platform. and
pulled Mrs. Mcdonald down with him.
Neither were seriously hurt, but the lady
WAS badly scared, rs we'll she might be.
One of her arms was bruised, aud her
watch chain broken, while the gentleman
had only few bruises on his side and
shoulders.
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County Court
Convened yesterday, with full board.

Convened yesterday, with full board.
The following road overseers we're APP
pointed: JAS. Calvert, for district 5, town.
ship IS. range %, vice Jas. Anderson, re-
signed; Andy Ochweire, for district /,
township 4S. range d, vice 7. Shipiey, re-
signed.
Ordered that taxes on lots "a snd So,
west division of Dresden, be compromised
by the payment of $40, for 1869 to 1882,
inclusive.
The following warrants we're ordered TO
BF Yankee, out of funds of district 3,
township As, range q, SIS; James Robb.
oft of district l, township A. range g,
$50; JAMES Calvert, out of district 5,
township "A, range %, SIS; Eliza Reed,
paupr, 81; Mrs. Warner, pauper, s.; Mrs.
Saunders. pauper, 81; J. q. McFadden,
services as superintendent of the poor farm,
$1n.4O; Peter Bryant, assisting pauper,
81; Louisa johnson. assisting
Ing pauper a; Mary Greer, assisting
panper, 81; Nancy Harmon, psuper, s.;
A. Imhsuser and Pat. Anderson, services
as rad overseer, each Sc; Mrs. Prewitt, as
sisting psuper, So; Bent Reese, out of dist
ricl %. township As, range %, S.
The following petitions for new roads
were presented: Jno d. Crawford and X.
E. Warren ask for new road beginning at
Whites station, on s. w. & s.. where said
railway crosses the township line between
A and 45, in sections 33, % and %, which
petition being seen and heard, was, by con-
.e1t nf parties, continued TO next term. C..
Newkirk and w. H. Anderson, ct al, pre-
scented petition for new road in 8. W. cor. of
The 6. cor. Of the 8. e. of sec. 9, town.
ship A, range q, thence north along the
land line to the n. W. | cor. of the n. e. 4 Of
the n. e. /, ending in sec. 4, township As,
range 81; also to vacate the old road run
ming through the e. of 6. Of sec 4,
which petition after being heard, and evi.
dence adduced of proper notice having been
given, the petition was referred to
the county commissioner for his
report, rs the law directs. A petit
lion was also presented BY ]. T. Seller,
James Kahrs, Ell al, for q new road COM
mencing in section'27, township As, range
20. and it appearing that due notice has
bern given, the petition was referred to the
county commissioner for his report at the
next term.
The jury, consisting of P. H. Longsn,
H. 4 QuiseHbury and j. +. Arnold, APP
pointed TO view and assess damages on the
line of road petitioned for by w. F, Tuttle,
Joshua Gentry ct al, reported that Dollie
Gentry will be damaged to the amount of
$235, which report being heard the road
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dark. He was finally found at bis Office
and the following 10
DIR. BoYER's STATEMENT.

DIR. BOYERS STATEMENT.
81 was treating Mr. Frank Hardy for q
severe attack of bilious collie, to which
he was subject. This is the third or fourth
time have treated him for this complaint
within the past four years. The last time
he vas attacked Sunday evening sbou:
o'clock, and was sent for. / found him
suffering from q heavv chill, though Pr
spring copionsly and purging and vomit-
ing freely. / administered a quarter of a
grain of morphine hyperdermically.
In twenty minutes he was easy
Monday morning at three o'clock his pains
returned, though unaccompanied by vom-
iting or purging. 1 then administered an
eighth of a grain of morphine hyper,ier
mically. Al six O'Clock he was again
easier, and took my departure. leaving
prescription for thirty grains OF Gin
chonidia, and two grains of opium, to be
d vided into ten doses, one dose to be taken
every two hours, which was administered,
with the exception Of one dose, which was
left untouched. Twisted him four times
Monday. At six o'clock Monday evening
h rallied and took toddy. then went
to f st Sedalia to see patient and returned
about ten o'clock that night, when /
again called on Hardy, and found him
sinking fast. but not from the effects of
naacotic poisoning, but from overwhelm-
ing prostration produced by his attack Of
bilious collie.
"The last time treated Hardy / warn
ed him that be was liable to die in hi, next
spell.
I'm giving hyperdermic injections /
make solution of one grain Of morphine
10 one drachm of water. / use graduated
syringe and never use more than one-fOurth
of drachm of the solution at one injection.
As before stated, gave Frank two injec-
tons in alone Sunday night
of quarter of grain snd
snother Monday evening of an eighth of a
grain-this much and no more. 1 claim
that he was not given an overdose and that
he did not die from opium poisoning.
When first called to SEE him, told his
friends present that he was in a critical
condition, but that had hopes for his re-
covery."
This was all the doctor had to say
upon the subject, and now the reader has
both sides of the sto.y.
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THE MONTROSE MURDER
A Bazoo Reporter Interviewed
Him in the Clinton Jail
Sunday Evening.
He is Thought to be Insane, and,
IL not, is Playing it Re-
markably Fine.

A representative of the BAzoO was at
Clinton Sunday evening, and called at the
Jail TO ste the prisoner, Caas. h. Adams,
who shot VIM Nichols.
Through the courtesy OF the jaiier, j. L.
Barker, the reporter was led into the
dimiy lighted Jail and the prisoner was
awakened, as he was asleep
I'VE have him under the influence of
cLloral by the order of the physicians, rs
he is very nervous" remarked the jaiier.
Reporter, addressing the prisOner-How
old are you?
Adams-Thirty years old.
R-How long were you IN Texas?
A-Seven months
R-what was your business there?
Al was sick and not able 10 transact
business.
Rid the "trip help you?
A No; am no better tnan before l
went.
R-What business did you follow in
illinois?
Al sold whisky.
R What did you shoot Nichols for?
Al did not shoot Nichols. shot al
DR.. Bailey.
R-No, you shot Nichols.
A-The toys we're all shooting, and l
don't know who was hit.
The prisoner talked incoherently when
the murder was mentioned. On every sub
ject except that touching the murder he
talked As sensible as any person under the
circumstances would.
The jailer informed the reporter that the
prisoner is i'm feeble health-to all appear
anc.s in the last stage of consumption, but
that ne Eats we'll. He at times is yiscious,
and it is the jsiler's opinion that he is ill.,
sane
WIN. Hudnut, a resident of Henry coun-
~, was at the Jail Sunday TO see Adams
Mr.. II. is a relative by marriage to Adams.
He says that Adams, while selling whisky
at a small town in Green county, Illinois,
became such a topper that ne had to be
cared for by relatives, hence probably went
To Texas
1t is quite probable ii at his insanity has
its founuation in the whisky he drank.
In this connection, the following tele
gram from Dallas, Texas, will prove Of
interest:
Frank Cockerell. leading millman of
Dallas and one of his employees, William
Nichols, millwright, we'll known through
ont Texas, left here on Thursday for New
York, 10 purchase machinery. Private
dispatches from Mr.. Cocksrell to-day
s;aie that Nichols was shot and killed
last night, at Muntrose, Mo-. in Missouri
Pacific car. Nichols was a smart, iDtelll-
grnt German, but man not generally
liked. and, although details or the cause
of killing have not been received here, the
,ragrdy does not arouse public sympathy.
About year and a half ago he was &C.
cused of outraging young German w.
man named Wolf just arrived in the coun-
try, who could not speak work of En-
glish. He was arrested by the police, but
Tor some cause was not tried. But several
months later, when Miss Wolf was abou,
to be delivered OF a child, she had Nichols
arrested for the crime of rape. After
spending several days and nights in Dali
AS county jsil, he agreed to marry Miss
Wolf if the prosecution was abandoned,
and :he ceremony was accordingly per-
formed, and he was liberated. He soon
sent his wife to Germany, where she still is,
and, no doubt, will remain.
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A tel. gram was received in this city,
yesterd ~ afte Noon, from Dallas. Texas,
bearing the painful intelligence Of tie
death there Of Mrs. Geo L. Witt.n, wife Of
the gentleman who was, until few weeks
ago, msnager of tue Western Union Tele-
graph Office here.
Mr. and Mr.. Wit'en came from Dallas
to Sedxlia, and made III city their home
for several months. Mrs. Wltten's health
was very poor, and thinking she would i'm
prove il she returned to Texas, Mr.. WiIten
asked to be transferred back TO Dali,s.
His request Was compile d with, and they
left for that city but few weeks ago.
The parents OF the d.cess. reside at
Trenton, Mo-, and it is quite probable the
remains will be shipped to that point for
interment.
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Crushed His Foot.

J. III. Conrad. . brakeman on Conductor
ThomasOn's train, on the western division
of the Pacific, came down from Pleasant
Hill on No. yesterday morning and was
taken to the hospital to have crushed foot
dressed. He was about to make Q coup
ling. and with that object in view Was
standing bet xeen two cars. when his left
foot was caught under the brake beam,
with the result stated.
The train men thought it quite probable
amputation would be accessory, but the
hospital surgeons decided otherwise, and
will do their best to turn Mr.. Conrad out
in good shape.
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A Little Too Fast.

Yesterdays BAzoo made mention of the
street. of q young man named VIM. Darby,
charged BY g. W. Noftsker. the plasserer,
with having distracted from his pants
pockets the sum of Sill. Darby gave bond
for his appearance yesterday morning be-
fore Squire Rife. and was there on time.
Mr.. Nof,sker also put in an appearance,
but had rather sheepish look. When the
case was called, Mr.. N. stated that he could
not prosecute the yonng man. whom he
had done great injury already BY h. wing
him arrested. When he swore ont the in
formation he thought Darby was guilty,
but upon going home and feeling in the
pockets of pair of pants h. had laid of,
he found the money he suspected the boy
of taking. Mr. Noftsker paid all the costs
which had accrued, and Squire Rife hon.
orably discharged the innocent young man.
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Sad Accident.

A little son of William Coleman, .
farmer residing seven miles west OF Sedalia,
on Saturday evening caught his hand in .
corn planter and it was 30 frightfully
crushed that smputation was necessary,
which operation was performed by Dr A
v. Small, Sunday morning The lad is
about FIVE years old.
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IOlut 6uu I0WdTuS IOdu, a. VIC uOAsuC1Ss
corner of the southwest quarter Of the
southeast quarter Of section twenty mine,
township forty-6ve, range twenty-three.
and rs no objections were offered the road
was ordered to be opened.
Frank Houston ct al, presented q petit
ton for q new road, commencing at point
on the north line OF the northwest quarter
of the northwest quarter of section thir-
teen, township forly-six, range twenty-five,
and it appearing legal notice had been
given, the matter was referred TO county
commissioner.
Ordered that the bridge commissioner
make estimate of cost of bridge across Lake
creek, near Mr.. Mundchunk's place, and re-
port at next term of court.
Ordered that all road overseers be DOti-
fed of their duty in regard to the cutting
and removal of hedges on the lines Of pub
lie roads, as provided by sections l, 2, 3,
and 4, of laws of 1881, q great deal OF
complaint having been made to the court
of a neglect of this duty.
Ordered that WIN. Gentry,
Presiding Justice of the county court,
be directed to execute a contract of lease
on the part of the county for the leasing
from A. Never and j. II. Boutwell, certain
rooms of a building, to be erected at once,
near the northeast corner Of Lamine and
Third streets. for the use of the various
courts of the county and of the county
Offices, at an annual rental OF $500; lease to
extend FIVE years, or until county shall
erect q court house. The rooms are 70 be
furnished according to plans submitted:
]. C. johnson, B. II. Ingram, e. G. Heard
and H. Y. Field appointed q committee to
inspect the erection and furnishing Of said
building.
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Large black lace 6chus will be worn
in place of NANTES with midsummer
dresses
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Horsford's Acid Phosphate
In Sick Headache.

DR. N. 6. READ, Chicago, says: Il
think it is q remedy of the highest value
in many forms of mental and nervous ex-
hanstion, ATTENDED by sick headache, dys-
epsia and diminished vitality.
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Cured of incompetence.

Men are cured Of intemperance at
an institution in New York, known as
the Christian Home for Incorporate
Men, by peculiar method. 1t seems
that cures are effected by treating
drunkenness rs sin, no Incorporate
man being received unless he expresses
desire to become Il Christian. None
is received for less than four weeks,
and some stay as long as three months
No liquor is ever allowed for "taper-
ing-otf," as it is called and yet, con-
trary to the generally-received opinion,
no cases of delerium tremens, arising
from sudden deprivation of the
accustomed stimulant, are reported.
Warm milk with little salt in it,
beef tea, and, in exceptionally bad
cases, bromide of potassium, are adj
ministered. Victims of the opium
habit have been also cured, some of
whom had taken as much a. 260 grains
per day. Tobacco Is excluded as
vigorously as liquor. The patients
have the use of a library and reading
room, are expected to attend upon the
large number of religious exercises
which take place daily, and to sign a
promise pledging themselves upon
their honor not to use while in the
house, or have in their possession
liquor, opium or tobacco. Amuse
ments are not encouraged inmates
are expected to read, write, mediate
and pray. There is no physician, the
dea being that if a man desires to be
saved he can be. There is good deal
in this belief, as all reformed men
know. The institution has had 925
inmates in five years, of which number
it claims to have reclaimed sixty pei
/ cent.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-19
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

A scientific writer asserts the long
current belief that the concentric rings
of q tree are a record of its age, each
ring representing years growth, is a
mistake. A series of experiments have
shown its falsity.
In the United States there are only
three venomous snakes, the rattle, the
copper-head and the moccasin. The
East Indies are full of venomous
snakes, and in British India nearly
twenty thousand persons are killed
every year by snake bites.
The Parthenon Athens famous tenn
pie is so built that there is not a rec
tangular form in the whole building
The sides and the front curve very
slightly, the columns do not stand
quite upright, and all the horizontalS
curve upward slightly.
An opera house on wheels is the
latest dramatic novelty, and company
with headquarters at Kansas City has
been organized to build and manage it
Its to consist of eight railway cars
which can be expanded by ingeniou.
mechanism into Il capacious structure
with auditorium and stage complete
and is designed for the benefit of com
munities which do not possess facilitie
for the production of plays. 1t vii
run e,om place to place on the railroad
and carry a portable track, upon whicl
it can be switched off and TRANSFORMED
into theatre.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-19

Much interest is expressed in Paris
with regard to the bestowal of the
Cross of the Legion of Honor upon
Nine. Hess, who has acquired stupen-
dous wealth as vendor of the hair
wash which bears her name, Eau de
Hess. BY the sale of the wash she has
become one of the greatest capitalists
of the city, and the manner in which
she disposes of the wealth thus &C
quired forms the subject of universal
admiration. When asked by the muni-
cipality "for little assistance" for the
poor, she sends vast Suns, even to the
amount Of one hundred thousand
francs. She provided for an immense
number of starving workmcn and their
wives during the siege, and took upon
herself the payment Of all necessaries
for the wounded brought in from the
Notifications. In recognition Of these
services the municipality of Paris had
gold medal struck off in her honor,
and this, with her nominatio as officer
of the Academy and other testimonials,
reposes beneath glass case upon the
same rickety wooden table upon which
she prepared the herb, when about to
make the arst trial of the hair wash
The table stands in the middle of the
room now lied with the most costly
artistic furniture, and surrounded with
the finest collection of pictures by the
old masters at present Existing in Paris
Nine. Hess possesses the most extra
ordinary instinct of artistic beauty
and has formed the most wondrou.
gallery of pictures and bronzes dar
ever beheld. SO great was the natura
ambition of self-improvement evinceC
by her, that although long past you'll
when this great good fortune i.ll upoI
her, and she had never learned even t.
read and write, she Immediately sc
about acquiring instruction in litera
ture and art, and is now regarded as
high authority in both. And Will
thus she INDUCES her taste for tn
beautiful she neglects not the char
table duties imposed upon her by he
position, and distributes large sum
daily to the deserving poor.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-19
Strength and Health

1t is quite common idea that health
keeps pace with strength. / know in
telligent persons who realty think that
you may determine the comparative
health of q company of men by meas
uring their arms-that he whose arm
measures twelve inches is twice as
healthy as he whose arms measures but
six. This strange and thoughtless mis-
apprehension has given rise to nearly
all the mistakes thus far made in the
physical-culture movement. have a
friend who can lift 900 pounds, and yet
is an habitual sufferer from TORPID
liver, rheumatism, and low spirits.
There are many similar cases. The
cartmen of our cities, who are our
strongest men, are far from the health
lest class, as physicians Will testify. On
the contrary have many friends who
would stagger under 800 pounds that
are in capital trim. But l need not
elaborate a matter 50 familiar with
physicians and other observing people.
No rest of health would prove more
faulty than tape-line or lift at the
scale-beam.
Suppose two brothers-bank clerks
in bad health. They are measured
round the arm. Each marks exactly
ten inches. They try the scale-beam.
The bar rises at exactly 300 pounds
with each. Both seek health. John
goes to the gymnasium, Hts heavy
dumb-bells and kegs of nails until he
can put up 125 pounds, and lift 900,
and his arm reaches fifteen inches.
Thomas goes to the mountains, fishes,
hunts, spends delightful hours with the
young ladies and plays cricket.
Upon measuring his arm we find it
scarcely larger than when he left town,
while he can't put up sixty pounds nor
lift 500. But who doubts Thomas will
return to the counter the better man
of the two? John should be the better
man, if strength is the principal or
most essential condition of health
Health.
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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

A new form of phosphorous-termed
white phosphorous-has been discov-
cred by Professor Remsen, Of the Johns
Hopkins University.
The captain-general of the Philip
pines reports that, after a severe hurri-
cane, The cholera, which was of bad
type, nearly disappeared from Manila.
Unripe grapes contain an unusually
large quantity of extractives, acids,
ash and phosphoric acid, and small
proportion of alcohol, the extractives
having as a rule, sort Of gelatinous
consistency.
Continuous baths, as carried out in
Vienna, are reported unollicially by NJ.
Lenoir as very eficacious in the treat
ment of skin diseases, and he warmly
recommends their introduction into the
hospitals of Paris.
Where the air is charged with sui
phur fumes the tints of foliage in the
| fall, so noticeable elsewhere, are not
produced, and there is no burst of glory
in the woods before the trees sink into
the repose of winter. The leaves sim
ply blacken, shrivel up and fall to the
| ground.
Mr.. f. c. Whitehouse contends that
the caverns of the island Of Staifa, in
GLIDING the famous Fingals cave, are
artificial, and created by the hand OF
man at some very early period. lie
bases his theory on the Gothic shape OF
the roofs, the sheltered location OF the
caves, the lack of evidence of erosion OF
the rocks by water, and the insufficient
mechanical power of the sca-waves ut
that island to excavate such caves.
According to Professor Loomiss about
one fifth of the entire land surface of
the globe has an annual rainfall of less
than ten inches, and still larger part
has rainfall so small as to make it
valueless for purposes Of agriculture,
except in the limited districts where
irrigation is practicable In North
America an almost rainless region is
found in Southern California and Ari-
IONA, and in a large district about Slave
Lake the yearly precipitation Of water
is only about ten inches.