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Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31
He Learned the Railroad Business.

A fresh countryman came to Atlanta
O. short time since to get situation on
some of the many railroads centering
here. He gained admittance soon after
his arrival, and commenced the follow
ing conversation with q railroad official
81 want to get some work on the
railroad"
"What can you do?" said the rail
road man.
"On, most anything"
"Can YOU run locomotivep"
GA Leo whatp" inquisitively asked
the countryman-
"An engine, | mean"
"Well, 1 can't say | can; but | have
rid on 'em and | could mighty soon
know how"
ave have no time to learn you.
Probably you can lay track. Have you
ever tried thatP' f'
81 can't say that | can." .5
The railroad man studied awhile, and
remarked: 81 don't think you know
much about railroad business, but if you
want place just for the name of it Ill
give you place as car ar-coupler. You
can report to Mr.. -, and he will tell
you what to do. 1t will pay you ten
dollars per week when you learn to do
the work"
The countryman was delighted; the
wages were as large as he expected and
he hurried off to hunt the man he was
to report to.
About three days after this converse
ton the oountryman came back to the
railroad official. His right hand was in
a sling, his left hand was black and
blue, and ought to have been wrapped
up. He was dragging his left leg be-
hind him as he walked, and piece of
his left ear was gone and the left side of
his face was solid scratch. Altogether
he looked as if he had been through a
thre shing- machine. He inquired mourn
fully if he could get a pass-ticket to Lin
colnton. iH4e
"You are not going to qaitP" said the
railroad man.
"No, amt gwine to quit, cause I've
done quit. want to go home. This
business don't suit me. If stay here a
week | won be able TO get home. I'm
o gwinel"-Attaata Constitution,
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31
PITH AND POINT.

An honest man is the noblest pur-
suit of woman.
Steele Mackaye is said to work
eighteen hours every day.-Erchange.
His motto is, evidently, "Mackaye while
the sun shines. - Chicago Herald.
-"pd have people know I'm no.
body's fool,' said Henderson. ''In
other words,' remarked Fogg, ''you're
your own master. - Boston Transcript.
The readiness with which the foot
of the modern man taketh him TO the
club ould 90 far to prove that man Is
by nature club footed. Rome (N. ~
Sentinel. r.- .e-
-Queerl The cashier, who is short
in his accounts, is universally con-
demned, while reporter short in his
accounts, is universally praised--N. 7.
Journal.
-"I hope" said the Boston mother,
.my little daughter wi forgive the
naughty girl who struck her." "Oh,
yes," said six-year-old, promptly; ~
will, mamma, if don't catch her.
Boston Post.
The minuet is to be revived at fash
ionable dancing parties in New Orleans,
and the Pteay,t,1e SAYS it will then be
proper for the young lady who always
must be dragged away to say: 80 ma,
let me stay one minuet longer?"
-s'I don't want no rubbish, no fine
sentiments, if you please" said the
widow who was asked what kind Of an
epitaph she desired for her late hus-
bands tombstone. "Let it be short and
simple-something like this: william
johnson, aged seventy-five years. The
good die young. .'"-Detron Post.
. No, Joseph, the New York Steam
Heating Company was not formed for
the purpose of beating steam. Steamls
heated before it is made-that is to say,
when you heat the steam-no, when you
make the steam-n no-well, confounl
you, don't you know that steam is hot,
anyway, and doesn't have to be heated
by company.-Pstc6.
Man is continually saying 10 woman:
"Why are you not more wise?'' Woman
is constantly saving TO man: "Why are
you not more lovingP" Unless each is
both wise and loving there can be no
real growth. And yet no woman is wise
enough to put up stove-pipe and no
man loving enough to do it without
swearing. - Chicago Tribune.
81 have made one human being
happy to-day" said Fred Blanks to Bob
Belt, an Austin lawyer, "Did you send
barrel of -four to poor widow"
asked Bob. "No; my means do not
at1o,u RIO IN he so extravaganza. but
told an applicant for position in the
Legislature that knew he was going to
oct it," "Well, that was one of those
little courtesies that casts a ray of sun
shine into the troubled life of a fellow
traveller in this vale of tears and which
does not cost anything" "The mischief
it didn't cost anYthingi borrowed two
dollars from him On the strength OF i, "
-gsras Sftla9s.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The only point where the Mississippi
River was at all troublesome on the 9th
was in the Concordia Parish of Mississippi,
where backwater was still rising at the rate
of six inches a day. The water was en-
croaching on Vidalia, opposite Natchez.
Heavy and continued rains were the chief
cause. Elsewhere falling waters were the
rule.
AvALANCHEs destroyed several small
villages at the foot of Mount Ararat re-
Gently and over one hundred people were
killed and as many more injured.
THREE feet of snow was surprising
portions of North Carolina ON the 9th, a
two-days' violent storm having contributed
that amount. The snow-storm extended
over the northern part of the State and the
southern part of Virginia.
FIVE more of the Jeanette survivors
had arrived in New York on the 9th.
The steamboat Aggie sunk on the
9th at jefferson City, Mo. Loss, 5000.
THE discovery of gold on the north
end of vancouver's Island has been re-
ported.
SlA IlOIc vi OuC oIitSSd -
murder conspirators were convicted ON the
9th, at Belfast, Ireland.
CATHERINE MCCAIN, a Chicopee
(Mass) clearinghouse keeper, has sued
Father P Healy, of that place, for Sl0,o00
for libel. The priest denounced her place
some time ago, and, she claimed, ruined her
business.
AN indictment was returned by the
Washington Cd. c. Grand Jury on the 18th
against Brady and Senator Kellogg, charg-
ing more star-route crookedness.
LORD & MUM, Montreal (Cana.)
shippers of western produce, have failed.
Liabilities S250,000.
A MOVEMENT is said to be on foot
among the iron puddlers OF Pittsburgh,
Pa, to reorganize the old order OF "Sons
of Vulcano and withdraw from the Anal
gamated Association.
THE Roman Catholic Church in Nor
walk. Conn, was broken into the other
night and the Easter collection, over $500,
stolen.
JAMES n HoUGH, a farmer, was ar
rested in indianapolis few days ago, on
suspicion of being the murderer OF the
Foreman women (mother and daughter) at
Traders Point, Ind, two weeks ago.
A STRIKE was threatened among Chi
cago & Alton Railroad employees at Bloom
ington, ILL.,, on the 27th on account of the
discharge of seven men who asked for an
increase of pay.
For violating the New York election
laws in 1879, Washington E. Hall and
Thomas Boland were on the 26th, sentenced
to eighteen and twenty months imprison'
ment respectively,
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

100; silver dollars and bullion, Sl06, ,4S7, 1872;
fractional silver coin, S27, ,709, ,519; United
States.notes, S4, ,S17 800; total, S361, 1856.
Certificates outstanding: Gold, SAC, O,075 $40;
silver, S69, 7o5,37o; currency, $9,s79,50O.
1HE poetess, Mrs. Helen Hunt Jack
son, has been commissioned by the Govern
ment to investigate the condition Of the
Mission Indians of California.
A DUBLIN Qreland) newspaper cor
respondent said recently that the person
referred to as :" No. ~ by James Carey in
his testimony at the hearing of the assassin
alton prisoners, was known to be in Mexico,
beyond the reach of the English authorities.
EDRIE A. BLAKE, defaulting Cashier
of the Chicago g. Alton Railway freight
office at Bloomington, ILL.,, and who was
arrested and taken back to Bloomington
from Massachusetts, had preliminary ex-
animation the other morning, and was held
to bail in the sum of $4,000.
IT was believed that the debts of
James Dunn, who disappeared from Long
Branch, N. j., recently, would aggregate
$4,000 to $4,000. Daniel Ferns, his father
in-law, who indorsed heavily for him, had
transferred his property to his son.
THREE soldiers of the One Hundred
and Eighth Regiment, who were arrested at
Paris, France, on charge of Socialism,
have been found guilty and sentenced to
join regiments in distant parts of-Algeria.
SNOwDEN & Co., Montreal (Cana.)
shoe dealers, have failed for 100000. Also
the wool house of Harrington & Symonds
of Boston, Mass, liabilities $4,000.
G. P. MARKLE & Sons, the largest
paper manufacturers in Western Pennsyl-
vania, have made an assignment.
The attorney who defended Sergeant
Mason in his trial for shooting at Guiteau
has sued him and his wife Betty for $3, 800
counsel fees.
THIRTEEN buildings in Duluth, Mimi,
including the Central House, were destroyed
by recent fire. The total loss was esti-
mated at SAT 800, upon which there was an
insurance of $35, 200.
CHARLES MITCHELL, an English pu-
gilist, arrived at New York the other
morning via the Republic. He came over
under the auspices of Billy Madden to fight
Sullivan.
FERGUSON, the Louisville (Ky.) de-
faulting Back-tax Collector, was given five
years Imprisonment under plea of guilty
on the Goth.
In the Indian Territory General Por-
ter's forces had disbanded on the 26th and
the United States troops were after Spie-
chez.
DWIGHT E. WHEATON, accused of the
murder of Engineer O'Niell at Bloomington,
ILL.,, has been acquitted by the jury.
EDWARD NOBLE, who with his father
stood trial in Peoria County, ILL.,, few
weeks ago for murder and was acquitted,
was shot from ambush and killed the other
night in Tazewell County.
LIEUT.-COLONEL FRANKLIN HAIR
wood, United States Engineer Corps, was
found dead in his room at Boston (Mass.)
hotel on the 26th. Congestion of the brain
was the cause.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

JrpGE JACKSON, of Louisville, KY,
,,Ies that the fact Of a mans having read
obout a case in the newspapers does not
disoualifv him for jury service.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

rn 17rited States double-turreted
,.a s+aamer Terror, having been re-
ilon.',. u. -ras launched few days ago at Phil
adplphia, Pa
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

THE search at the Diamond Qll)
co,nit for victims of the great disaster
had been rewarded by the discovery, up to
The evening of the 18th, of six bodies.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

popcrT1oys were being taken at
cb.tbam. Eng, recently, to guard the
aaraI r station there against the possibility
of q Fenian raid.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

vo,c,s1c ashes have been falling at
.hoim Norway. 1t was supposed the
psr, lD,,otion Of Mount Hecla had occurred
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31
NEVS And NOTES.
, Summary of Important Events.

1ootb of Rear-Admiral Thomas
hN Irn;+ad States Navy, occurred the
1uln'-, .,orning at Glenn Mills, Pa.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

PATRICK EGAN, Treasurer of the
Land League, arrived at Chicago, Ill, on
tbe 2ith, and would remain several days in
consultation with prominent Irish leaders.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

r,,r bich-license dramshop act re-
,aossed ~ bv the Missouri Legislature
cen'.s lived the sanction of the Governor.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

r,,r remains of John Howard Payne
E .1s - Washington, D. c., on the oath
arr,'ou ara . rlaeed in the chapel at Oak Hill.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

A SEVERE wind and rain storm oc-
cured in Western Texas the other night,
doing much injury to crops and farm prop
erty In some localities large hailstones
fell, creating havoc among the lambs.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

NJ. DUKES, the UniontOwn (Pa. ,
man whose acquittal of murder charge re-
Gently caused SO much excitement, returned
to that place the other night, and was
promptly waited on by committee who
notified him to leave town within twenty
ianr hnnrS
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

THE Indians of Arizona, were report
"a on the war-path on the oath. They were
Killing white men and Mexicans around
Total Wreck. The troops were ordered out.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

A DUBLIN Qreland) newspaper cor
respondent said recently that the person
referred to as " No. u by James Carey in
bis testimony at the hearing of the assas-
anation prisonerss was known to be in
Mexico, beyond the reach of the English au-
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

Up to noon on the 26th, twenty-six
oodles had been taken from the Diamond
.ll') GOAL Mines, of whom nineteen were
identified. The bodies generally were in
sn advanced state Of decomposition. Many
Heaftrendlng scenes occurred as the bodies
were being brought out.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

CAPTAIN O'SHEA, member of the
British Parliament for County Glare, an
nounced his intention the other day to make
Parliamentary inquiry of the Home
Secretary whether or not the police had
concluded that Lady Florence Dixie was
On imposter.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

AsTATEMENT has been prepared by
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
which shows the receipts Of the Office for
the fiscal year to be SAG, 100000. Receipts
rom July |, 1882, to March 81, 1888, exceed
ne receipts for the corresponding period
last year by s., ,2O0, 900.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

RECENT dispatch from Dublin,
nvland' stated that counsel for the murder
,0"splracy prisoners were confident they
Iouu T De able to shake the testimony of
James y, Carey. A committee of ladies were
5s.1l'lns 5.. FUNDS to defray the expense of
defending the prisoners
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

9th :, IMoTHY o. HOWE died on the
Years u Aehosha, Wis, aged sixty-seven
one terra - was a native of Maine, and served
He raral III the Legislature of that State.
Where bot eu to Green Bay, Wis, in 1s45.
from 1sso ~ ned the Office of Circuit Judge
sive tern = 1913. He served three success
ginning ,s 10 M IN the United States Senate, be-
appoin5aa ~ Il ro6l and ending in 1879. He was
Thomas ostmaster-General, to succeed
accessioa 'afnes, soon after Mr.. Arthur,s
held tba 70 the presidential office, and
gsath. position up to the time Of his
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

,a, olArEMESTs as to the strength of the
1Pacnes depredating on the border of Ar
Ln-s anu MEXICO vary from fifteen to two
Injured I, m Further outrages upon settlers
RI. +, saVa9es were reported on the 26th.
ln.I uehican troops in pursuit of the
Apaches had orders to take no nr;soners
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

tion,r,. letting Of the English Revolu-
Other j.. league was held at London the
inr ~ Iry I 70 consider the question Of hold
tionista Tnhatlonal e, Convention of Revolu-
The Gov. ne resident of the meeting said
fact that --iiehe oinclals now recognize the
ii poIit;ae;y y namlte is an important factor
Louisa ,,al ,,a iie. 1t was resolved to invite
ists 10 ,hn ii'nel and other prominent Social
~ proposed convention.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

The Iva announced few days ago that
Tim ;aSufy :; Department would take no ac-
portinn regard to the question of ex-
in las. 0onded whisky into Canada
Until ~ Quantities than 100 gallons
tention le u. matter had been brought to its at
Conn; O.iicially. 1t was understood the
The nrar ~'ioher Of Internal Revenue favored
Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31

n j ~ was reported from Washington on
gr..-t - 'nat correspondence was in pro-
ba p' Ce'~een the State Department and
ts,a' D'''iSh authorities relative to the ex-
NM 'verances of prominent Irish leaders
OMAN -iS country regarding the recent
explosion and attack in London.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-01-06
Notice.

Firemen's Fair Grounds Cd
ed for Fares, Pic.Nics, pr
ailments.
Apply to s. 7. GkI1
President Ciremen's Hall
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
London.

The continuous growth of London,
and its absorption year by year OF sur
rounding rural districts must be reck-
Oned among the most remarkable phe-
nomena of the present age. Already
London, in the wider sense of the
term, has population little short of
100000, and if the increase in the fu
ture Is at the same rate as in the past,
there are those living who may see the
fulfllment of old Mother Symptoms
prophecy, that the day will come when
Highgate hill be its centre. For the
purpose of comparing the rate of in
crease of the population of London,
the report of the census of 1881
divides it into three zones, the central
one consisting of the ten most densely
populated parishes, the inner
ring including all that is pop
ularly considered as London, and
which comedies nearly with
the jurisdiction of the metropolitan
board, and the outer ring containing
all those populous suburbs, such as
Hammersmith, Putney. Sydenham,
West Ham, and others, which are now
as much part of London, connected
with it by continuous streets, as were
Hampstead, Kensington and Green
witch but few years ago. This outer
ring corresponds nearly with the
metropolitan police district, and it is
to this that the aggregate term OF
London is now properly due. The
central area contains a population of
S77.8OO, and shows a reduction during
the last tw enty years of no less than
$4,000, owing to the gradual disper-
sion of the population over the
wider district, and the sub
stitution of warehouses, rail-
way stations, public offices, and streets
for the densely populated alleys of
former times. The inner ring, eXclu
Sive of the central area, contains a
population of 1886, 900, an increase of
,143,OO0 during the last two decades
or 62 per cent; and the outer ring has
a population of $4,000, an increase Of
53l 900 or 126 per cent in the last two
decades. Taking the whole of the
areas, the increase has been from 3,222, :
600 in 1861 to the great total of 4,764,-
700 in 1881, or AZ per cent. 1t contains
million more inhabitants than the
whole of Scotland, and about 100000
only less than the whole Of Ireland,
while it exceeds in population such
countries as Sweden, Holland and
Portugal.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
What Constitutes Drunkenness.

From the New York Mail and Express
The question of what constitutes a
drinking man was extensively dis
cussed this morning in the trial of the
action of Regina Hesselberger against
the Connecticut Mutual Life 1nsur-
ance company. The lady sues to re-
cover $1,000 on policy on the life of
Felix Hyman, which was assigned her
by her husband. The company refuse
to pay on the ground that Hyman was
an habitual drunkard and died of de-
lirium tremens. Among the witnesses
called was ex-Jugde Dittenhoefer.
did you know Hyman's habits as
to drinkingp" he was asked.
"Yes; he was drinking man."
"What is drinking MANI"
"a man who drinks"
"Was he an average drinker?"
"If you will give me the standard 1
will tell you whether he was an aver
age drinker."
How much must a man drink to be
a drinking MANI"
I'm the city of New York that is a
conumdrum."
"What kind of a drinker, in your
Judgment, is man who has delirium
tremensp"
HE is extreme, unconscionable
drinkerv
"Was he intoxicatedY asked the
court.
HE may have been, but Inever saw
him intoxicated. He was nervous
excitable man, much depressed by his
misfortuneS in business"
Several other witnesses, among
them Mrs. Hesselberger, testified that
they had seen him take glass of
beer, but had never seen him under the
influence of liquor.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
A Bit of Ancient History.

A communication to the Washing
ton Post from Charlottesville, Vir-
ginia, gives what purportS to be the
true inwardneSS of the nomination of
Franklin Pierce for the presidency.
The writer says:
There were about eighty delegates
from Virginia, but giving only the
fifteen votes to which the state was
entitled. After many ballots, in which
we voted steadily for Mr.. Buchanan,
it was, as the delegation thought,
clearly ascertained that Mr.. Buchanan
could never command the requisite
two-thirds; and we accordingly in
structed our chairman, Hon.
J. s. Barbour, the father of
from the Alexandria district, to ask
leave to retire and consider our next
vote. 1t so happened that at the Eu-
taw House the preceding night there
were six of our delegation assembled
in private room, in which were VIM.
f. Richie, then the editor of the Rich
mond Enquirer; Chaskin White, then
a member of the Virginia senate from
the county of Hanover; two others,
and your humble correspondent. OF
course, we talked about the situation
of affairs in the convention. All of
us agreed that we must find COM
promise candidate At last Chas-
kin White called out: "Why not
vote for Franklin Pierce, of New
HampshireT And we all agreed we
would, as far as we could, push Gen.
Pierce the next day, and accordingly
we did so. When Virginia asked leave
to retire, as before stated, there was a
hush as of death cast over the whole
body. 1t was clearly foreshadowed
that she was about to change her vote,
and that vote would exercise poten-
tial influence upon the result. We
did retire, and after an animated and
somewhat heated discussion, in which
II. A. Wise led for sticking to Buchan-
an, and Gov. j. B. Floyd for Pierce,
we instructed our chairman to cast
the vote of the state, and that by an
overwhelming majority, for Frank
lin Pierce. l shall never forget the
scene when we re-entered the hall.
There was almost solemn stiffness,
and when Mr.. Barbour rose on his
crutches to announce the vote of the
state you might have heard pin drop.
Mr.. President said he, i am instruct
ed to cast the fifteen votes of Virginia
for Franklin Pierce, of New Hamp-
shire Then there was such shout
ing, Yelling and hurrahing by the del
egation of that state as l have rarely
heard. The deadlock was broken,
and upon the very next ballot, 1 think,
Pierce was nominated almost by &C
clamation."
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
In.and.in Breeding.

The English are beginning TO adj
wise their breeders of thoroughbreds,
says the Michigan Farmer, to go out
side for an infusion of new blood, and
point out that the success of the
American horses now in England en-
titled them to be considered fully the
equine of any in the world and that
no deterioration in form or quality
need be feared from such action. 1t Is
limited at the same time, that the
English have bred too closely and
that the consequence is lack of
stoutness in their stock. While there
is no doubt falling off to some ex-
tent in the stoutneSs of the English
race horses as compared with thirty or
forty years ago, it is more owing
we believe to the early system OF
training, the sacrifice of stoutneSS to
speed to meet the requirements of the
four or five furlong and mile races,
and the hot house system of forcing
they have followed so as to be able to
bring their animals to the starting
post long before they would have
matured or acquired the form and
endurance necessary to race horse in
natural way. ln-and-in breeding is
frequently held responsible for any
! thing that the breeder cannot under
stand. There is not a single domestic
animal of superior excellence that is
not indebted to this very system for
its most valuable characteristics.
The race horse, the various improved
breeds of cattle, sheep, swine, dogs
and poultry have all been improved by
in-and-in breeding, and those who
have acquired fame as breeders have
invariably done so adhering to this
principle. There are undoubtedly
many cases where in-and-in breeding
may be positively hurtful, but the ju-
dicious breeder can easily avoid them.
Ii breeder has an animal of peculiar
excellence how can he retain and fix
his excellence upon the animals
he is breeding except by follow
ing this princlplep Where an ami
NAL is faulty, in-and-in breed
ing will just as surely fix those
faults into a type as it will fix good
qualities. A judicious breeder would
avoid such mistake as this, and it is
the judgment that enables him to Sc
lect proper animals to breed from, that
is at the bottom Of his success. In
and-in breeding is absolutely neceSSa-
ry, and it is not hurtful if the animals
chosen are free from blemisnes and
have only good qualities to impart to
their otfsprings. 1t is positively hurt
full where the animals are Informed
or lack constitution. Bad qualities
can be bred into an animal just as
readily as good, and in-and-in breed
ing will fix the one just as surely as
the other.