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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-10

Not "A case OF rheumatism, not case OF nCu
ralpia not a case Ot lnmenC7S. not n case OF
pain or sprain-nOt OnO--hnS failed 10 go when
attacked by Thomas Ecicctric OF. For sale
by II. B. Cochran, druggist. 1877 and l3I North
Queen street.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-10
All Around tho Bases


Tho Philadelphia League team will be
here lOI certain tomorrow afternoon and
should draw largo audience.
Yesterday afternoon SwCitzer, who had
beon released in the forenoon, was rein
stated and is playing this afternoon with
tho Irunsides.
The Altoona club have secured Miller
and McClOskcy catGhcrs, late of the llar-
rsburg club, and they will play with them
tho remainder Of the season.
The Sommer club, of Philadelphia, IL
playing the lronsides this afternoon. This
is iine club and on their former visit the
Irousdcs wero given all they could do f"I
twelve innings.
Oujntou, who caught for the Trenton
Yesterday until he was compelled to go
into the field, was fined by Manager SIN
mons for misbohavior during the game.
He is q nice specimen Of a tough aud is
very hard to keep straight. lie says he
only monkeys" when he plays here lie
does not have to go far out of his line to
initiate any animal.
Other Games rIayed Yesterday.
At Baltimore-Baltimure 6, Cleveland
4 4; New YOrk-BoS, on o. Metropolitan !
PIttsburE-ProvldcuCe lG, Allegheny
81. Louis-St. Louis II, New York l
Observation-Disclosures, o, Detroit Z Phila
lphiA-Athletic |, Buffalo 7.
The Gamo This Afternoon.
Tho following is tho result of the gam
az we go to press at o'clock
Ia3l5 C7s .
- - -
somGrs...''.....'..... o . -
Umplrc-J. W. Is. Bausman.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-10

Oscar Wildes new book, " Impressions OF
America" will be eagerly read by all who ns
sis ed to make the poets trip so decidedly
pleasant His impression OF DIR. Bulls COug II
syrup IL Il matter OF little consequence. rs the
public have already pronounced IL tho remedy
Tor coughs and colds par excellence.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-10

l'sTaTE .'F hENKY ESHLEMAN, LATE
IL of Strasburg township, deceased. Letters
of administration on said estate having been
granted to the undersigned, all persons in
deDted thereto are requested to make imine-
diate payment, and those having claims or
demands against the same, will present them
without delay tor settlement 10 the under
signed, residing ut Quarryyllle 7. ..
W. U. HHNsRL, CYRUS q. BARR.
Attorney. Snn2R- hllM
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-05-26
xIILW ENrOSITION.
The Big Show That is in Progress at
ChiCaQo

CurrAcs. M.ty % -Thc nntinn,L r,po-
tiou ni railway npplinnrcs y,,,. thrnvu
urcn to the public Inst nipnt. Tno omen
nig cXrrcls,s included payer nv Prot.
David swing. an aJ ltr-s nf Welcome nv
Mayer Cnltcr n lnrli.nu md a, l,lr,.sh 10
Eliuu f. Wnshhunr. intro.m,tiop nt
veteran locomotive builders and engineers
hy the vice president A. French aud
rIn-,nr with .t,nd ~nyr the Ourrn r nnt
of compliment to Nirtnti b hirihdnv
\ Iur,,, ntIuhrr ot urnuIp tl,rnn.,rj tine
building. hacking the .t.,rr in trnnt ar th,
-urnkcr.' sr,.nJ ia tho Limits nt b,nr.n,,
Exhibits nrr far from brinu i'm , communal
,t,tc, but even in TN, cunil. ,n th,rr. nr,.
urrs,ut m.,,y iutrrl-Iip,, mint inr .li,t,.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-05-26
GENERAL TElEGRAMS.
NEWS WIRED FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY.
rur mG-mrruN> BLOODY cMsM

LrNpNaro>, Mny %. Tho committee
ON bills uu uyruures IA reference to
overture tmrtN tourfrum the preshytrry .
Of tine upper mission. iu regard to- the
appointment of u comulttcc 10y the
southern assembly To confer with %
slmur committee from the northern
uascmhls lu rctrrcuc' to- Org tnlNug Is .
Huinu, recommended the following
Nuur correspondent recommends the
adoption uf tine following form NJ
answers The general assembly declines
to- appoint % committee for the purpose
state ga tine overture. Our prl uplcs
urr essentially different IN several
point from those NJ the northern union,
and organic union cannot bo enter
tanned DE- lumroso moved { amend
10y saying, your committee dcome At i'm
cNpcdIrut tO appoint such e. mmittec.
Iho amendment WAS adopted, yeas lO2,
nays f.,
d. Smool. OF Texas. moderator.
opposed Oh" amendment uu pru.
Diplc. opposing orguuic union and
thinking the Hs.vmhly should
give ljs reason when the vote oc.
'urrvi ou the question us amended, Mr.
DUvi- moved to amend making the
paper read. "Ihc general assembly re.
cline to appoint the committee for the
purposes named which was uuunl-
muu,iy uioptd.
r. fc-eur llcmphll- resolution ON
frutrruI rrlpuo . was taken mp.
4 Telegram was received from Dr
Brown, Southern delegate to the north.
,ru uS-vrnlIuu. saying tn Grossly rr-u.
luuuu totructng the rmputUuuug against
the southern church were hcld huck by
the commit ur, tho committee saying It
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-05-26
NUMBER 1872

brrs alsn t,lpI,,.l ihe,,,s.,l,cs D., ot.ti, H..
lurmqtior Of "a national assn,to,inr ~, w.,
nose nil rouprcssmrn who viii ,,t NIX
Ice To assist In getting the indn.trl .%,..
guatrly protected.
mr. >,s,,v,I,. ,,r.,,,
N..,,.,,,r N,y ., All. .,.-.
A., ..,,,,,r,.,'s ti,, ,,no.,, 'u'r'n-
competitive ain, and u is likely to Prove
financial success de- p'tc the DAD weather
"' Tue HI7 anu secuhI u"h ne hr"-
GIAhht '"I '"-lhN ih''uueu an aIIl'IrIN
nm ana 'Npt' Iu' Nus WI" N@'ln gun
"a urt>' pAIale anu shHhl ia'te' IN the
WNl''iN ~, IN thv moihH- the Nh7E-
lhE' ~ NL"''''N uI''''u HI,' ana gave ih'
'"' urn ever WIN, 80 Nv uI'hN critics.
an rfi"irnt Ir,I' In" ccrt'.t rie "' N.Y.
tween these two companies.
1u.raR,rI ANu TELEPHONE LINE.
No. Van, Mo-. r..n,iu..,.. .,..
,.,r,'n,.,i,n t,,, Ill.,, = ,,'iI, w., :" t w.,
,,r,,,L .,nJ t,I,,,i,nn. ,.,,,,,,,,,,,. h,,, ',.
tiIrI rhr inns Of the cn'1nai', ,rc tn
lu run hrwr,u saratoga and ALBANY. New
OH n'roSN tue country sonlh"esterlv
y" N ln'I,'1 l MY ,"S." W'" 10 pas
I"."",,S" ,''.'n "a t'oIh' 'l''" s-'Vo"'o"'
h'si&hSs FAILURES.
NEW York, May - The bus u,s4
fnilu.es turuughog the country reported
I" bun '", Tor 'hr p1st week ARE l10,
Trai,"5 .,o,.s W. ,,a. I"S' Wis NE"
arn r. ni,IIi y. pa,,Gn .,a , ao"'''i
,.rr,,n,,,s r. N,.,, VIZ .,,, G t'','
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-05-26

The proof Of the pudding is not in
cheNing the string put IN having an op-
portumty 10 test the article direct.
Garter h Moore and Dr. j. l..
Cornish, druggists have "a free trial
bottle Of Dr. Bosaukos Cough aud
Lung Syrup for each aud every one
who is aillictcd with Coughs, Colds,
Asthma, Consumption or any Lung Al
fectIou.-Oill WITT
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-05-26
CASH AG.TII.S.
A Railroad Train PreCiptated Iato
RIVER.


JoiIrl lUL. May 15. "A freight train
,,I t,-r',,n ., ',.'.'
riyrr Thn .ngin, and s.v.r.,I rars 90,
,cro-s before The Lrij,, partad Fiy.
freight and one pn-srngrr cans andn r,,-
,'I ....,''-,,,,,,.., ,.,,,,,, ,.,'.,,
,ni,r.I
.,..... ..............
"'"'f" "' .'.'''H '>'', "''.'N'
u -N'l.h' PAX MAY % h"I,r ~ the
W"'Ny 'iloi DIV ~ To- 'hb', eN ''I'i yes.
carpenter nnd -.adnl tw" otar.,
ana slightly lnlunn@ two more. Damage
'I'VJl'
STEAMBOAT EXPLOSIONS.
san FgAscr.,o. Ma 25.-Th, Steamer
plof blew nm, tb,s moruIug urnr Ink.
w. t, RUE were A''o" 40 P''"''
''"7
,.., -........ 80 -..t. t...t.
, ~, l'"7ni iI!',.ol '''' WIN ''' "''' !U
"' ON ."l. mum " ''"1''' '.' ~"
Druggists, Waco 7. Nas.- u-DSbm-l
r.,.-.l ,,,-., ,..I,I. and .,,...,
u I.. sI,lp,s C.t,.-rl, r.,,,,
"i'"'' - 800. J., ,,'''
gH ' ,','',, '.'' a., 'm1 w., ,''''
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-05-26

rrrruuu. Ma, - ME reun,, lyuua
W,ui-gro 'cr- .auilud state a,-ocia-
u.n Zoo dar. John VI Bowel az wash
ng' DO q. u.t'. vt- elected prr.iIrut, and
Nm Ilrmuu, oft Allegheny county. scr-
rul't., one hundred name, were IN
r". rl E~o.utj'us were ldoI Ted strong
d. HuuuNu.uG congress, amt Senator
sherman particularly, tor failure 10 pro-
tc,t thee woo.-~rowing industry. Mem
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-05-26

SAS fGASoI,,o MAY 20 The steamer
Pilot blew up his morning, near Lake.
wi e.. FIfte % were killed.. 40 paruc-
ulul4
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-05-26

Acknr'' celebrated EugIi,brrmcdy for
Coughs Colds, and Consumption. Sold
by u- pu guarantee. Castles, Murrl-
son Co., Waco, Texas. Oll6iwly-l
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-05-26

New loRK, May % rresi 'cnt Arthur
kept hls room to-day being fatigued
after yesterday hustle and confusion
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-25
Song and Dance Shoes,

r ANCAsHIRE AND OTHER CLOGS, ALL
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SooIETY BADGES, JEWELS AND CHARMS
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-25

BEATIFIg LODGE, No. =, X. OF r,
MEHT6 EACH FRIDAY OF EVERY
Ul month, ct 20 O'Clock ?. H.. st it, Castle
Hall, in the Richard rolex t11idtng.
All Brother Kn1ghts, In good standing. are
fraternity invited to attend such meetings.
+. N. ROBINSON, O. O.
". =. DAVIDSON, Z. Of n. and 9.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-25
An Extraordinary Razor
Az BEEN INVENTED By THE QUEENS

HAs BEEN INVENTED ~ a,ai By The rs. ouakss que .rs
body IL 40 THIN and FLEXIBLE A6 NEVER
TO REQUIRE GRINDING. and hardly ever
setting It glides over the face like piece OF
velvet making shaving quite luxury 1t 10
among the experts, who pronounce II PER
FEOTION. Two dollars in buffalo handle; ~
in ivory. Every razor. to be genuine. must
hear on the reverse side the name OF Ma.
cisco, the only place In the United States
where they are obtained. Trade supplied; !;
sept by mail lOc extra or O. O. d.
sri.roed {hetr factory, are now making PEARL
md IVORY CARVING KNIVES, TABLE Anc
POCKET KNIVES. HUNTING KNIVES ana
SCISSORS, OF the same Quality - tneir mar
velously wonderful RasoF. seHlyd6W
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-25

A. o. H.
MEETS EVERY FIRST AND THIRD SAT-
Iu urday Of each month. at their hall.
corner CLARK and Edwards streets, at 7:30
O'Clock. PATRICK STANTON, President.
EDWARD MuLcAHY, Secretary. my22n
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-25

EUREKA LODGE. NO. 10. r. 4 A. n.
VyHE STATED COMMUNICATIONS OF EU.
i reka Lodge, No. 10, =. = 4. n. viii be
held In ODD Fsllsws' Hall Saturday, on or ~
fore the full moon.
Members Of sister lodges, and sojouYning
brethren In good standing, are cordially invit
cd to attend. b. q. BAfLY, W. II.
JoHN T. JOHNS, Secretary.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-25
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Notice.
soa ns'e nne or complicated watch or
or .sv %asio box sn sutOmason singing bird
meoh.n,.r, v.nsr delicsse and intricate piece Of
onronometer, watch and ciocam.rs-
Jewelry neatly repaired dnaAer
ton ~ WI. ,wsrrsnted TO give perfect satsfac.
- y ehsfte. ~
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EUREKA LODGE, No. ~, 1. D. D. r.
MEETS AT THE FOLEY b RICKARD
N Building every Thursday evening st
O'Clock Brethren in good standing are cor
daily invited to attend.
J. SCHANLANKER. N. g..
J. J. BAIRD, r. 8.
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NOTICE TO TRAVELLERS.

DARTIEs DESIRING PASSAGE TO RAIL
WAY Stations will please procure ticket
At the Jackson House, or At the Fashion Stables
and leave orders TO be called.
w. H. SWEENEY co.. Rms Proprietovs.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-25
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
SOCIETIES.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR,

OCULAR CoNvooATIoN OF EUREKA
II ,mmandery No. 2, Knights Templsr.
held every seco ID and fourth Monday evenings
of each month. j. N. HILL, Recorder.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-11-29
CONDENSED TEIEGRAMs.

EXTENSIVE forest fires were reported
near Huntington, Pa, on the 23d. efI
THE Province of Yum Nan, China, is
organizing a force for home defense.
SURGEON ROBERT MURRAY has been
appointed Sargeen-Generql, the Army.
THE HaEtien steamer Dessalmes has
DESTROYED, wair23ship Or the revolutionists.
THE London police arrested. q Social
ist 0nathe 23d ndfound two -inferral. maj
chimes in his house. t..,T .ts.,.rf -r
BosToN bank Presidents have held
-meetfhg and decided that they want a
bankrupt law passed. q .-a1H TslGs 5Vsl
\ ITHE Crown Prince of Germany ar ar
rived in Madrid on, the 23d and was given
an exceedingly cordial reception by all
classes of the populace. The city was in
holiday attire, the buildings, both public
and private, being profusely decorated
with Spanish and German flags and flow
ers.
A FRENCHNrAN named Soulier is said
to have organized the forces of the False
Prophet in the Soudan.
J. PHIPPs, a condemned murderer,
escaped on the 23d from the jail at Sand
wich, Canada.
The British Mediterranean squadron
has been ordered to support Egyptian in
terests on the Red Sea.
p ANOTHER Liverpool cotton firm has
succunbed in consequence of the Morris
Ranger failure. -. e-tH III
+ THE Egyptian. Government wants to
l7send a strong force to open communica-
tion with KhaTtoum. -
A MAN and his wife were found muir
tadered in bed at Hickman, KY, on the
morning of the 23d. Robbery was the mo-
tive. - fH
/ NINE Salvation Army constables have
/ been sworn in at Kingston, Canada, to pre-
( serve order at the army meetings.
A NUMBER of inmates of the Indian
/ apolis Blind Asylum were slightly poi
-soned recently by some unwholesome
4 food. resr -
THE Chinese Ambassador at Paris has
informed the British Foreign Secretary
that war between France and China is IN
avoidable.
PoLITICAL prisoners in Siberia are
represented as going mad and committing
suicide on account of the treat tment they
receive.
The business failures for the sever
days ending the 28d throughout the United
States and Canada, numbered PAT, against
235 FOR the previous week.
AT Philadelphia, an express train OF
the Pennsy ylvania Railroad on the night O
the 23d struck wagon, killed Mrs. Christi
ana Frey, aged fifty-two years, her sol
William, aged twenty four, and fatally in
lured William Frey, Sr.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-11-29
THE CHANGE IN TIME.

The New Time Adopted by Most of the
Railroads of the Country at Noon ON
November 1S--OnIy Five Instead of (as
Formerly Fifty-three Kinds of Time
The Arran cement In Dfvisions-The
Difference Calculated for Many Cities.
We are indebted to the courtesy of
the Chicago Tribune for the map given
below, explaining the standard time
which has been adopted by ytherailroads
OF the North American Continent, In.
connection with the map-the Tribune
also published the table given below,
showing the difference between the new
tinael and the local or solar timeaof the
leading cities of the country.
+ A change in time, says the Tribune,
somewhat similar to that which is now
effectedain America, was brought about
in England as long-ago as january 13.
1S48 and aTeform could no longer be
delayed in this country owing to the
complications arising under the old
dispensation. It may not be generally
known that the RAILROADS of this country
have been conducted of late years un-
der fiftyLthree diIfer34it' kinds OF time,
the difference between the times being
very slight Tin,usonlei instances, !. bat
enough to make people miss. trains
repeatedly, besides causing Others incon-
venience.
FIVE GRAND DIVISIONS.
The tifty-three kinds of time were
represented on the old railroad maps
by an elaborate system of colors which
would confuse an ordinary observer.
Under the new system there are five
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-11-29

120th, eli ght- -houIs-thus making FIVE diff
ferent standards between the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans. These five standards.
are shown on the map in the order just
mentioned, viz: Intercolonial, Eastern,
Central, Mountain and Pacific time.
MERIDIANs.
The goth meridian. on which Central
time is based, is nine minutes slower
than Chicago solar time. The 18TH
meridian, which gives Eastern time, is
one hour faster than Central time, or
-four minutes slower than New York
CITY solar time. Inter-colonial time,
being based upon the Goth meridian lis
two hours faster than the, Central time
Mountain time, which is based upon the
105th meridian, is one hour slower than
Central time Pacific. time, based uponi
the I20th meridian, is two. hours slower
than Central time- .n n 0f s
The severat Ineridians are indicated
upon the, map, as well as the territory
included in the different divisions. The
irregularity in. the boundaries is caused
by the various roads Wishing to adopt
as their standard the time of the.rnerid-
ian nearest to which the greater nusns
Der, of their lines are situated. .M. taa
Pc Il .aafvALUE OF, THE TABLE. ~
H,may he stated that many of the
townssip Illinois and Iowa are run on
. Chicago time. which the railroads run
ming from this city introduced. The
tables herewith printed show the differ
ence between the solar time of those
towns and the standard time. This ex-
plantations; may prevent the towns in
question from confounding the Chicago
six hours; the 105th. seven hours; and the
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-11-29

Well may Darwin speak of the brain
of an ant as one Of the most wondrous
particles of matter in the world. We
are apt to think that it is impossible for
so IN mute a piece OF matter to possess
the necessary complexity required for
the discharge of such elaborate tunc-
tions. The microscope will no doubt
show some details in the ants brain,
but these fall hopelessly short of reveal
ing the refinement which the ant brain
must really have. The microscope is
not adequate to show us the texture Of
matter IL has been one of the great
discoveries of modern times to enable as
to form some numerical estimate Of the
exquisite delicacy of the fabric which
we know as inert matter. Water or air
or iron may be divided and subdiVided,
but the process can not be carried ON
indefinitely. There is n well-delined
limit. We are even able to make some
approximation TO the number Of mole
cules in a given mass OF matter. SIr
w. Thompson has estimated that the
number of atoms in cubic inch OF air
IS to lie expressed bv the figure three,
followed by no fewer than twenty
ciphers. The brain of the ant doubt
less contains more atoms than an equal
volume of air; but even If we suppose
them TO be the same, and if we take the
size of an ants bra to be a little globe
one-thousandth Of an inch in diameter.
we are able TO form some estimate Of
the number Of atoms il must contain.
The number is to be expressed by writ
inc down six, and following it by eleven
ciphers. We can imagine these atoms
grouped ia so MANY various ways that
even the completely Of the ants brain
may be ineligible when we have so
many units TO deal with. An illustra-
ton will perhaps make the argument
clearer: Take million and a half of
little black marks, put them in certain
order, and we have a wondrous result
Darwin's Descent of Man" This
book merely consists Of about 100000
/ letters, placed one after the other in a
certain order Whatever be the com.
/ plexify Of the ants brain. it is still hard
Z 60 believe that it could not be fully de-
scribed in 100000 volumes, each as
/ large as Darwin's work. Yet the num-
4 Der of molecules in ghe ant brain is at
/ lerst 100, 900 times as great as the num-
/ Der Of letters in the memorable volume
/ IN question. n.-LOnqngan Magazine.