davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27
Electric Cars in Paris.

Negotiations have been going on be.
tween the French Electrical Power
Storage company and the General Om-
nibus company Of Paris, in reference to
the substitution of electricity for horse
traction. and a practical experiment was
made recently to test the efficacy of the
system. One Of the ordinary tram care
OF the company, fitted up with the a %
paratus. was timed to start from the
Place de la Concorde about 5 o'clock.
The motive power is electricity. stored
IN Faure's accumlatOrs. These are
placed under the seats, which have to
De raised for the purpose, and them.
selves weigh as much as two tons and a
half: The car is lighted within and with
out by electric light. In order TO mark
the importance of the event NJ. C)chery,
the ministers of posts and telegraphs,
NJ. Ferdinand de Lesseps, NJ. Rouvier
and a number of engineers attended
and took their seats in the vehicle. The
first run was hundred yards 10 the
Avenue des Champs Elysees, when the
car was turned round lit could be guided
everywhere with extraordinary easel
and taken back again into the Place de
Ia ConcorIe. At one time stop
page had to be made to allow a num-
Der OF the OCCUPANTS to dismod nt, since
the weight of the accumulators and OF
the passengers combined was found too
much TOR the springs This, of course,
will be provided for when special yehi-
clcs are built. The car was then run on
to the tram lines that pass through the
Place de la Concorde, and went at a
quick pace along the Qual de Ia Confer
ence in the direction of the Trocadero.
Even along the slight incline the speed
could have not have been less than elev-
en- miles an hour. At the Place de T.
Alma another turn was made, and the
car taken quickly back to Port Royal. In
every way the experiment was success.
1t is at present proposed to run the cleo
trio tram cars to Versailles, and a con.
tract to this effect is on the point o. be-
ing signed indeed. if there had be en-
any objection it must have been re.
moved by the experiment. The srgu-
ments in favor of these electric car are
many and CONFERENCE.-The one fact that
the cost is less than half that of the old
system should alone suffice.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27
New Electric Gun.

NJ. Clair, Paris engineer, has an cleo
trio gun of his invention exhibited in
Amsterdam exposition. The guu is a
breech-loader, and metallic cartridges
are used, but instead Of having a cap,
has copper wire which runs through q
wad and eye, and is connected with a
platina wire. When the button is
pressed, the current, which is derived
tro::a an accumulation in the stock of the
gun, heats the p'atina to q red heat, and
this sets fire to the powder in cartridge.
The barrel may contain several car
tridges, which may be fired of success.
sively as follows: The diameter of thu
Platina wire Of each cartridge is slight,
larger than that of the cartridg in front
of it, so that the thinner wire by heating
first fires off the front cartridge, and the
others follow in the order of thickness
Of their respective wires.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27
Tie Statue Of Liberty.

A recent number; Of LIE, Genie Civil
contains an exceeding interesting illus.
trated paper on the Bartholdi Statue Of
Liberty, by Oh. Talansier, c. E., from
which We make the following extracts:
The entire statue will be completed in
few weeks. Mr. Ei6ei, the engineer
of the famous Douro Bridge, and at
present in charge Of the Garabit Via
duct-to be the highest bridge in the
wor'd-was the designer of the iron
framework which is ultimately to sup
port the exterior of the beaten copper
plates which form the figure. The COP
per work was done in the shops of the
Messrs. Gaget, Gauthier & c., in Paris.
It is not generally known that as long
ago as 1907 a Colossal statue of st. Char
les BOrrOnleo was erected near Aroma.
on the borders of Lake Majeur, which
In Its construction, approaches
very nearly that of Bartholdi. The
height Of this. Saint is IS 2.l0ft., with the
pedestal it is loft, high; it was the
work of the sculptor Caraili. It is like.
WISE formed Of beaten copper plates on
All iron framework, but con tains inside
a mass OF masonry reaching to the
proportions OF the Statue of Ii LibertSy o
From tn base of the6gure to the sum-
nit of the torch l50ft. lOin., the index
finger is SIT. long and At. Gin, IN circu n
ference at the second joint, the finger
nail is 10xl3in:; the head is aft. 5 IA in
hight. Recently a dinner of 26 covers
was served in mid section Of the body,
and there was plenty Of room TO spare.
The total weight of the statue is 4, 900
pounds, of which 10000 pounds are
copper, the remainder wrought iron. In
sending the statue to the United States
it will be dismembered in more than
800 pieces, to be rivited together
again piece by piece upon its
foun 'ation. To prevent any accident
from the unequal expansions Of the two
metals, copper and iron, the iron frame
is not riveted to the copper shell. Gal.
vanic action between the copper, ex-
posed as this statute will be to currents
of air charged with salt, etc., will be
guarded against when the figure is final
ly erected in New York, by inserting
small copper plates. coated with red
lead, between the sheets of copper and
the iron framing wherever they meet.
This method has been successfully used
in the shea'hing Of shi ps. The ultimate
cost is difficult to Tx with any precision.
LIE Genie Civil Gays the metal portion
will cost about $50, 900, or by the time
the statute reaches Nsw York about
Sl5O,OJO, and with the pedestal, to be
erected by the Americans, puts the to-
tai cost at $24o,OOD. The remaindinr
portion of the paper is devoted to the
strain diagrams and calculations, which
seem to have been most conscientiously
worked out in all derAiI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27
Didn't Mean Him.

"Takea square look at mel" h, com
manded, as he halted in front Of police
man on Michigan avenue Yesterday.
The policeman looked him all over.
He was pretty good chunk of man
carrying ford face, a promin mt nose,
and an air Of general Innocence.
II don't see anything wrong about
you," said the officer.
"Do my clothes fit? Do wobble when
I walk? Do wi pc my mouth on my
co ,t.ta!l? Does the s,snt Of me remind
You of cabbages and other green
things?"
swell, no. You look to me like an
honest, good nstured fellow"
''Then," said the stranger as he
brought his fist down with thump,
there's going to be b!oodshed in the
town. I came in this morning Will, an
excursion. We had scarcely landed
when a man called out; Ibid you bring
along the Aeow?" did yeu mean that
for me?" says l. He said he didn't and
passed on"
''He might not"
"fhen, as I was going up the street,
chap in door says he: 'Ah, smell the
carrot crop? DO you mean that for
me? say as l walks up to him. He
saws he didn't, and passed On"
II presume he didn't"
''Well, got up to Griswold street, and
l was looking for the postoflice and a
man calls out: 'i'll bet he brought along
raw onions and turnips for his dinncr!'
DO you mean that for me? says l asI
walks up to him. He says he didn't, and
passed on"
"He must have referred to some one
else.'
"Well, walked through the pcstof.
fee and started FOR the city hall, ard l
was almost there when young fellow
in the door Of a barber shop calls out:
There goes the biggest cabbage-head OF
the season! DO yon mean that for me-?
says as walks up to him. He says he
didn't, and l passed on"
He could not have meant you"
"Well, as / W walking throgull the
city hall, great big overerown chap
sings out through his nose: "Behola the
second crop Of dandelions! Oh, my!''
"Do you mean that for me?" says as
walks up to him. He said he didn't,
and passed on"
That's right"
"Mebbe SO, but you look a-here! I'm
going down to the ferry dock. The first
man or boy who calls out carrots. pump
kins, onions, turnips, scare crow, green.
horn, pigxeed or huck!eberry blossom
to me won't have no chance to lie about
it. III turn on him and rend him, and
slay him. and hammer him stone blind!
Mebbe nobody means anything, and
mebbe its simply thei. way, but i've got
my dander up, and if you hear a roar
ing sound like a cyclone you may know
chat I'm climbing for man who hai
called out summer sguash!' to me-
Detroit Free Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27

The Loudcn Times, III an editorial article,
EXPECTS trea, struggle between capital and
labor in the cotton trade. The operatives
will resist the proposed reduction & wages,
which the cotton masters consider the pres
ent condition Of trade makes necessary:
The British treasury department, in &C.
cordance with recent act of parliament,
has cancelled s25,00o, coo OF various stoeks
representing portion Of the national debt,
and has issued terminable a2nuities therefor.
Spectators are Introducing American
rail way ctotks in the Berlin bourse, but
their admission meets with stronS oprosi.
ton.
At the centennial exposition at Hogue
United States exhibitors Obtained 81 of
2 553 awards.
The widowed Comtesse Chambord will re-
tire to . convent.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27

been buying their stock in trade. They
with the Northwestern Forwarding com.
pany for IL 7C0. this Montana Lumber COM
pany s., O00, and Ogden parties about s.
900 1t IS thought that they cannot. have
left the country with less than 10000.
Great excitement was occasionea at Val
ley City, Dakota, on the Goth inst, by the
arrest OF Herbert Root president Of the
Farmers and Merch ants National bank of
that city, on an Indictment tor perjury
found by VIZ grand jury Of Barnes county.
Nocs waived areumen: ard entered a plea
Of guilty. He was held to bail in the sum
OF 81 600 for his appearance. Poet is plain
tiff in a libel case against the Times of that
city, in whicE case he places his damages at
A young man in the employ of W. d,
Marsh, grain buyer for Bsssett. Hunting &
Co., Mitchell, OAK, has been detected in
selling grain to the warehouse in the morn
ing that he had stolen from it the Eight
before. His plan was 10 get around in the
morning and represent to Marsh tat the
grain va. sonle he had bong: t OF farmers
whc had driven III earl paying for it out
of his own pocket, and MARSH would &C.
cordingly reimburse him.
Ed Short, who, ne + Whi!esboro, Tex, in
1878. killed his step-father by splitting his
head open with an axe, severing his back
bone, has just been arrested. After COM
hitting the murder Short escaped to South
west Texas, living there some time, then
drifted to New Mexico, thence to Wyoming.
and faally back to the scene Of his crime.
A Lordsbury, ;. Mex, special says: Five
Mexicans had fight with four rust]ers who
we 9 running of their horses near Clifton.
Two rustlers were killed after two hours
fighting. Subsequently the rustlers re-
turned with reinfOrceulents, and at last &C.
cnuDts had the Mexicans surrounded In
house.
The Jackboro {rex) stage was robbed re-
Gently light miles ont by lone highway.
man, one OF the same two VIII, robbed the
same stage some weeks ago. The passsr gers
three ladies and one gentleman, were not
molested, the robber demanded the mail
sacks.
Frank A. Hayward, late of the finn OF
Thompson g. Hayward, carriage manufa:.
turers, Oshkosh, Wis, cut his throat with
a racer recently in the pres eDce Of his wife
and four children. Business troubles
caused temporary insanity, which was the
cause.
Miss Alta Fisher, dfteen miles south of
Dexter, Dallas county, Iowa, was outraged
by an unknowa maa. Toe girls parents
were absent. The fellow called at the house
discovered that she was alone, overpowered
her and accomplished his purpcs,.
Edward Belington of Ellsworth is in
jail to await trial on charge Of adultery.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27
Discovery in Indiana OF tho Bones
of q man Of Gigantic Stature.

George Arnold, farm hand in the en-.
ploy of Franklin Boots, made a discovery
which has excited widespread interest
in this country. The object of this in
terest ie the skeleton of what once was
a man of gigantic proportions, which
was uncovered in a gravel pit on Mr..
Booths farm. The skeleton was found
in sitting posture, facing the east. and
abo"t Six feet beneath the surface.
Some OF he bones were badly broken
by caving Of the bank, but the skull
and some Of the larger bones were TAX
ing out intact. and from them may be
easily realized the gigantic stature of
the being to whom they once gave sup
port. A measurement of the skull from
front to rear, the rule passing through
the eye socket to the back of the head,
shows it to have been about sixteen
inches, while the breadth of the inferior
showing that the brain must have
weighed from four and one-half to Eve
pounds. Careful measurements of tie
other bones establish the 'act that the
man, when alive, was not less than nine
feet in height and large in proportion.
From the appearance ofthc teeth, which
are very large and do not show the
slightest sign of decay, although they
are worn down almost to the bones Of
the jaw, the man could not have been
less than l0O years Old when he died.
and of course he may have been much
older. The bones Of the lower Jaw are
very large and thick, showing an ex-
tent OF muscular development in that
organ which IS far beyond any thing of
the present day. How long ago the
was unearthed, or to what tribe or ma.
ton he belonged wher he trod the
earth in all the majesty of his strength.
it is impossible to lay, but it must have
been ages ago, as all the indications
show at the soil where the remains
was discovered had not been disturbed
Tor many generations. Steps have been
taken to have casts made of the bones,
and they will be placed either in the
state collection or some Of our college
museums.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27
OF THE NEWS

To supply certain omission in the order
recently issued by the postmaster general
toroidding the delivery of registered lette::s
to M. A. Dauphin, It has heen sc;:ehded a.
follows; In Pursuance az the finding of
Postmaster General hey, which fiudir re-
mains in full force. it is ordered that al,
Postmastsss be, and they are hereby tor.
o1odeo 70 pay money orders drawn to the
SIcsi OF NJ; A.. Dauphis,, and they are here
oy directed to inform the remitters of said
postal money orders that payment Of them
has bsen FORBIDDEN and that the sum Of such
money orders will BE- returned on prescnta-
tion o. me duplicate orders applied for, and
ootatned under the regulations of the DEPART
1nent: All postmasters are also forbidden
60 deliver registered letters arrivi,;e Mt their
omces directed to said n. A. Dauphin and
gre instructed to return all such registered
le!ters - the postmaster at the otices at
WHOA they were originally mailed.
Inc feauisition on the postoffice depart
meos by p,'stmasters for new 2 cent STAMPS
are so large that tie contractors are unable
to supply the demand, and the deDartrc Mt
consequently is reducing the amounts
called for In acquisitions. The Contractors
AZ present are able to furnish 1900, 600
stamps daily, bat this is much lcas than
ene NUMBER demanded. During the early
par OF me present month. the department
"lstllouteu q large nun5er of 2 cent stamps
emo among smaller poe'oiicee, yet it is believed
Par:ment, tcily one.third of the postoffices
an inc cornt1y will not have an ADEQUATE
supply Ut stamps upo the date whet, the
.ae Jaw providing for the new letter rate
goes into operation. Tho department off,
Gals. however, do not fear any serious OBJ
structions to business.
Collector Tsrble, Pensacola, had another
snterview with the secretary Of the navy re-
Gently, relative to furnishing rations to the
Destitute naval reservation. The secretary
OF the navy is disposed to take the RESPONSE
ollity OF issuing rations to destitute families
upon the reservation to limited extent
out expects help to be given by the iAhab
fante OF the state and city.
The secret service division of treasnrv
department has received from Boston one
OF the IS notes Of the IrisI, republic. previ.
ousIy reported in circulation there. It il
said by the treasury experts to be a tair imi.
'at1o0 OF the United States treasury notes.
The bond call which has been an;icipat-
ed for some time has been ordered BY Sec
retary Folger. 1t is for about SIS 600, 600
perhaps 1t will overrun that amount by
S25oe0O-snd is payable Dec. l.
Supervising Architect Hill has rendered
his resignation to Secretary Folger, to take
effect on the appointment of his successor
secretary Folger says that the resignation
OF Hill would be accepted.
The court marshal cases of Msi. 1lges
AMI Maj. Kress have not yet been consid.
ere9 py the secretary of war, and will rot
tie disposed of for several weeks,
secretary Chandler will take his chances
with the next congress and ISIS lie rations to
the destitute Pensacola naval reservation.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27
The Criminal Record.

A cowboy by the nsme of Tommy, re-.
Gently shot and killed another COWBOY bv
the Name of Charley. about twelve miles
above Chs mberlain. Dakota, on the r.serva.
tlon. Deputy Marshal Callahan is in p11r.
sntt, tut no t1acs has yet been had OF him
Ihe boys had been drinking and it 40
pear; that Charley lad accidentally shot
another cowboy, they called the Kid.
through the foot. and the boy Tommy was
> friend OF the Kids. He at once, without
the heart, and he died almost in stantiv. .
The murderer put spurs to his horse and
lode away towards Pierre.
Parties doing business in the feed and
produce line in Butte, Mont, under the
firm name of slu'z, Mahaftey & Co., have
made themselves scarce. much to the regret
Of several parties from whom they have
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27
SOldter.' Home Abuses.

The Milwaukee, Sentinel publishes an &C.
court of the visit of the board of manspers
OF the National Soldiers home t. the Mil
waskee branch on the 2lst inst, giving in
detail the movements of the inspectors
while on the grounds showing up the su-
perhciality Of the inspection. This will be
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27
Personal Mention

The funeral of Junius Brutus Booth took
place at Mancl. ester. on.the-sea, Mas,., on the
Goth. inst. The attendance of relatives aid
professional friends were very large. He
was inferred In Rosendale cemetery.
Lieut.. iDanehowef, who lost al eye on
the Jeanette excursion. and Capt. Tyson, of
the Polarts, offer to 60 sitter the Greeley e&-
petition.
Gabrielle Greeley is described as bloom
ing brunette, and a woman of great nerve
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27

Some Of the students Of the Indiana col
leee dressed up gawky. long-legsed COM
lade as Oscar Wilde, accompanied him on
lecturing visit to Crawfordville, and dined
with an aesthetic vilager.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27

A very drunken man, who had Pocket
book marked ''Tommy McCauley, Dies
bach. Minn.." fred Eve shots at his own
head, in L. Crosse, resulting in only ilssh
wound. he sctered up in the lookup.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27
MINNESOTA NEWS.
The State Election.

The secretary of the state sent notice to
al the country auditors and accompanying
blanks, touching the November election for
governor, Lieutenant governor, secretary OF
state, state treasurer, attorney general.
railroad commissioners, judges Of district
court, county auditors, county treasures,
sheriffs, register OF d. eds, judges Of probate
country attorneys. county surveyors, county
coronecs, clerks OF district courts. court
commissioners, superintendent of schools,
state senators. represen tatives to the legis-
lature TO fill vacanci.s) and county com.
missioners. Also for the vote
on the amendment to SEC s
Art. s OF the constitution, amendment to
AIT. of the constitution; amendment to
Sec. 2. of Art. 6. of the constitution, rela.
}ing to the the term of lfIice of clerk of the
supreme court; amendment to Sec. 3 OF Art.
OF the COZ stitution, relating to the term CT
office Of judges of the supreme court, and
amendment to Sec. 4 OF Art. 6 OF the con-
stitution, relating to the term Of Office Of
judges of the district courts. There are
slso two VI cn cies to be filed by the Third
Al Thirteenth Senatorial districts caused
by the resignation of Senator w. L. Hollis
ter and the death of Senator James Nc.
Lsughlin, respectively. In the house Of
representatives there are two vacancies to
be filled. through the death of Representa-
tive T. A. Richardson in. the Second Repre-,
sentative district of the Fifteenth Senatorial
district. and the resignation of L. w. COL
Inns in the First Representative district of
the FOrtieth Senatorial district.
The Republican journal., 1883-07-05
Boston Market.

SATURDAY June ~.
BTTER-1he market Il ca-y ~ quotations, with
a downward tendency; western creamery remains
~ ~ 2c; fair 70 good, l@g2c; ca-tcry rreamcry.
2Jc; fair a. good, I1g52r.
C1ILE-E-1he market T. steady -aIc- are made
from lOzgllc, few at the latter figures for fine
whole milk cheese; fair - good. 1al0c kim, 4a7
~; buyers are purchasing cautiously ~ the high.
or hgurcs they seeming 10 anticipate lower prices.
EGGs-1he tone Of the market IS CASTER with
downward turn: frcsh -tork T. scarce: eastern, u
1Isitc.
BEANs-Fancy hand.picscd pea, z2.Da2.2j for
hnc-t, mediums, +2.-ja230. yellow eyc- improved,
sj~Jg3tD, nat. e}.-U43.-J; red kidney-, S3.lDa3JD
PofA1OL- The best new -tOck sold for .2H bbl ,
other grades ranged from +1.2j - a17j; Oh pDta.
zoe. are not quOtablc, though they On the mar
kct sell moderately and low.
1IAN AND -TRAW--Pricc- are weak for the best
northern timothy. with thc eastern al Sl7aI- "
ton, enc hay, =lj9lG: -walc, ~; rye straw. :l3a
- z ton. the latter for choice, oat. - ton.
The Republican journal., 1883-07-05
foreclosure Notice.

pANGOR SAVINGS BANK, Of bangor, il the
b County Of PcnobScot, gives notice that Will
LIAM ID. LEWIS. Of Boston, by his deed, bearing
date the first day Of October, A. y. lS13and record
Ell in waldo Registry Of Deeds, book Isl, page 3Is.
conveyed in mortgage to said bank and il, success
or4 certain lots parcels of land situated in stock
ton, in said county Of Waldo at Fort Point, social
cd. the same being near ana adjoining the Govern
mcnt Light House embraces the so-calcd Fort
Point lIotc'-hcing all the premises conveyed 10
said bank in mortgage by sanford II Ross by deed
dated Nov. eth, lS1I. and recorded as aforesaid
book l5G page IA. 50 far the premises described
are located in >tOckton also including the prem
ises conveyed in mortgage to said sanford " Ross
by Fort Point Hotel Go. by decd dated Nov. 27th
1871, and recorded aforesaid book 1876. page 34G
and assigned to said bank Also including the in
tcrcst conveyed by said Ross TO said bank by deed
recorded book I7G, page BIB, being The same prem
iscs conveyed by said bank 10 said Lewis by deed
Of the same date with his said mortgage reference
10 al said deeds to he had The conditions Of said
mortgage being broken the said Bangor Savings
Bank hereby gives notice thereof, and that by reason
Of such breach it claims Il foreclosure.
BANGOR SAVINGS BANK,
BY ). ID. THUKSTON, Treasurer
Bangor July 3, lsS3.-3w21
The Republican journal., 1883-07-05
CITY HACK !!

rT1IlE subscriber has purchased frst-cass circu-
L lar glass front hack, which he will drive about
the streets for use at funerals, private driving par
ties, or for any purpose for which first class hacks
are used. 1t is easy riding, well ventilated, and
furnished with all modern improvements. II is the
only iirstclass hack in the city, and has been pro
cured at great expense. Charges will be reason
able. O. W. MCKINNEY.
Belfast, June 20, 1ss}.-2jtf