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St. Landry democrat., 1883-04-07
Death Of Postmaster-GeneraI Howe.
KENosHA, Wis, March Is

KENOsHA, Wis, March IS.
Postmaster-General Timothy o. Howe died
in this city this afternoon. Mr.. Howe came
here on Monday last to visit with relatives for
few days before returning to his official
duties at Washington. Before coming ne had
been at his home in Green Bay, and had visited
Appleton, Oshkosh and other cities in the
northern part of the State. A week ago to-
day he took long walk in a driving snow
storm and contracted severe cold. His inn
mediate friends urged him to remain there,
until the difficulty arising from the attack
should pass away, but on Monday, feeling no
worse, he started for this city, his friends at
Green Bay believing that all danger was
passed. Arriving here he experienced the
same feeling of illness, but nothing serious
was feared. Tuesday symptoms of pneumonia
set in. He was not confined to his bed, how
ever, till Thursday, when, his symptoms be-
coming alarming, DR.. Isham, of Chicago, was
summoned. As the result of the physicians
ministrations the symptoms Of the case inn
proved, and Mr.. Howe became so much
better that it was hoped and believed that ALI
danger was at an end. Saturday night, how
ever, sudden change for the worse took
place, and dispatches were forwarded to-
Washington and other points addressed to
the family and immediate friends OF the sick
man asking them to come here on the first
train. Mr.. Howe continued to grow worse
until two o'clock this afternoon, when he
passed away. He remained perfectly con-
scious till about ten o'clock this morning and
suffered but very little After that hour he~
wandered somewhat in his mind, and his Ute
terances at such time showed that his official
duties weighed upon his mind up to the mo-
ment of his death. He was conscious at
times, and at eleven o'clock showed unmis--
taxable evidence that he recognized his
daughter, who arrived from Washington
at that hour. His death was peaceful
and without pain. He seemed to pass
away as though entering upon natur~
al sleep, and for some moments
after death it was almost impossible to decide
that he was not simply asleep. Mr.. Howe
died at the home of his nephew, Colonel ]. H.
Howe. He came to this city two weeks ago,
when he first arrived from Washington. and.
spent several days here. He was then in ex--
cellc-4t health. He went from here to Green
Bay, and his intention was to return here and
complete his visit before returning to WASH
ington.
Judge Howe was native of Maine, born att
Livermore in that STATE. February 81, 1885,
and was consequently sixty-seven years old
His wife died in 1851, and his only SURVIVE
ing relatives are his SON Frank, daughter
Mrs. Totem, wife of Colonel E. Totten..
Washington; his nephew, Colonel James
III. Howe; and his niece, Miss Grace Howe.
of Kenosha.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-04-07
Escaping from Burning Car.

The passengers who escaped from the burrl~
ing sleeper on the Pennsylvania Railroad telp
thrilling stories of their narrow escapes from
being burned alive. One of the most remark
able was that of General Dudley, Commission
err of Patents. He had only time to seize hiss
artificial leg, tuck it under his arm and drag
himself along the aisle toward the door, keep
ing his face close to the floor to avoid the
binding, suffocating flames As he reachedi
for his leg he remembered that Representa-
tive Ben Wilson, Of West Virginia, who occu-
pied berth some distance down the car, was
deaf, and the thought flashed across his mind
that perhaps the alarm might not have aroused
the sleeping man. AS he crawled along on hlss
hands, knee and stump, he felt in every
berth, making all possible speed, but not
missing q bunk in his blind searcha
for Wilson. Sure enough, there lay
the Congressman In one of the berthsa
sound asleep, in the very embrace Of a fiery
death, totally oblivious of his danger. The"
Commissioner shook him vigorously, but hes
could not arouse the sleeper. Reaching over
the PROSTATE form he raised the window, and
then, Jumping into the berth, he seized Mr..
Wilson by both shoulders and shook him with
desperate earnestness, which at last ac--
complished the desect, and the member Of
Congress crawled through the window as the'
train came to a halt. The General remained
cool in spite Of the heat and binding smoke-
and he again placed his face within two or
three inches of the floor and dragged himself
through the doorway and fell from the plat
form more dead than alive. The car Within
two minutes was all ablaze, and but for Gem
eral Dudley's presence of mind, there woulds
have been another vacancy in the West Vir-
ginia Congressional delegation. Very few OF
the passengers got away with anything except
| their night clothes. Luckily. General Dud-s
ley 5 pantaloons were fastened to his artificial
leg, and when he carried that off in triumph
the attachment came with it--cor chicago
Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-04-07
The News IT Washington,

@at4ts w <A5hlSuAoSs -ldA Si ~tls
"Frank, your father is dead" 1t was in
this cruel manner that comparative stranger
informed young Mr.. Howe upon the street.
this afternoon that his father was no MORE
The shock which the son received was scarcely
greater than that felt by the entire commu-
nifty this evening when it became known, and
the surprise was less, for dispatches which.
had been received by members of the family
during the day had prepared them for fatal
termination of Judge Howes illness. Assist.
ant Postmaster-General Hatton, early this aft
ernoon, received dispatch from Kenosha in-
dicating that Judge Howes illness had be-
come of more alarming character. He inn
mediately dispatched messenger to the Pres
ident and to the house of Judge Howe. This
messenger had hardly left when another dis
patch came indicating still more alarming con-
ditions and soon after came the news of his
death. Mr.. Hatton Immediately took a car
rage, went for Secretary Lincoln and for Sec
rotary Chandler, and with them proceeded to-
abe White House. The President was visibly
affected. He had scarcely heard of the serious
turn in the illness Of his Postmaster-G eneral
before the news came to him that he was dead
The death of the ostmaster-General, OUT
side of his immediate family, will bring sim
cere grief to no one more than to the Presi-
dent of the United States and to the remain
ing members of his Cabinet. And to Judge
Folger, who is himself lying upon bed of
pain, the news, when his physicians permit
it to be broken to him, will be terrible
shock. They were nearly of the same age.
their habits were judicial, and, though COM
parative strangers before they had entered
the Cabinet, their relations had become of the
most cordial character. The President had
learned to look upon Judge Howe as one Of
the most trusted of his counselors, and, while
the Postmaster-Ge General seldom volunteered
opinions, there was no one about the Execu--
tive council-chamber to whom the President.
more readily turned for suggestions than to-
the late Postmaster-G General.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-04-07
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

q ~ - II !.
LOUISE MICHEL has been arrested
at Paris, France, charged with taking part
with mob in plundering bakery
The Jeanette Board of Inquiry con-
vened at Washington on the s305h, and
three of the late arrivals of the crew ap-
peared before it. They had no complaints
to make.
DIR. OTTo WILHELM STRIVE, Direc-
tor of the Imperial Observatory of Pulko-
wa, Russia, was in Boston, Mass, the
other day to test the object glass made to
order for the Russian Government, the
largest ever constructed thirty inches in
diameter.
An Austrian Count, President of the
Court of Cessation, was found murdered at
his residence in Ofen few days ago. He
had been strangled and his tongue had been
cut out. The house was ransacked by the
murderers. A hussar, who was on the
premises, has been arrested.
Mrs. MEAKER, protesting her lnno-
cence to the last, was hanged on the Both
ult., at Windsor, VT, for the murder of her
little niece. For the murder of r. N. Nc
DoWell, Oliver Bristow was executed at
Camden, S. c., and Charles William Bea-
yer paid the penalty Of an assault on a
little girl with his life at Leesburg, Va, on
the same day.
q AN analysis of explosives seized in
Liverpool, Eng, the other day showed
them to be Of composition SO easily COM
bustible that it was said to be a wonder they
did not explode while being carried through
the street.
THE business failures in the United
States and Canada for the seven days
ended March SO numbered 1s2, as against
195 for the week previous.
By q. landslide on the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad, forty miles from Gin
/, cinnati, o., on the 30th ult., a train was
wrecked and sixty persons injured, some it
was thought fatally Sc
/ GERMAN artists have petitioned their
Government to intercede with the United
States Government regarding the increased
duty on objects of art.
THE SecretMy of State has auth rized
Minister West to say to the Canadian au-
| thorities that this Government has no. OBJ
| lection to such change of Canadian Gus
/ toms regulations as would admit of the inn
lsportation of bonded whisky into Canada
from the United States in packages Of less
than one hundred gallons.
/ a FOREST fire was reported raging on
the Blue Mountain, near Lehigh Gap, Pa,
/ on the 3oth ult., and much valuable timber
Twas being destroyed.
The failure of Antonio Lewis, Schultz
s. Co, general merchants and cigar i'm
/ porters, London, Eng, with liabilities o.
fs2o0O, has been announced.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-04-07
THE Commissioner of Internal Reve.

lHE commissioner Ol 1HtCIudl leCfS-
nue. has issued circular to collectors, Civ
ing minute directions relative to the allow
ing of claims for rebate to tobacco manufac-
turers under the new tax and tariff BILL
E. G. WEIcHMANN & Co, iobbers of
woo1ens, of New York, have failed, with
liabilities amounting to 100000
The thirty-fourth annual report OF
pork packing in the West by the Cincin-
natl (O.) Price Current, shows Western
packing for the winter to have been 6,1S2,-
212 hogs, against 5,747,760 last year; III.
crease, 3s4, 452. Average net weight, 213.62
pounds; increase, 3.46 pounds. The yield
of lard shows decrease of 10.1 pounds per
hog. The pork produced shows an increase
Of iii 900 barrels. Stocks of the products
in the West on March showed an increase
of SO 800 barrels of pork, 100000 pounds
of meats, and a decrease of q, 700 tierces OF
lard, compared with the same date last
year.
THE libel suit of George B. Hite,
father of Wood and Clarence Hite, MEM
bers of the James gang of outlaws, against
the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Jour3adt for
publishing certain statements regarding
the relations of his wife with the late Jesse
James, has resulted in the jury finding for
defendant. The amount sued for was
$4,000.
A COMMITTEE of the Irish National
| League has repudiated the charge that the
League was connected with the dynamite
| party of America.
In consequence of the difficulty OF OBJ
/ tanning hotel accommodations for the
| knights Templars there was talk recently
| of not holding the triennial conclave at San
| Francisco.
IT was announced on the Goth that
/ the work of clearing out the Braidwood
/ uu.) mine would be abandoned. No bodies
were discovered the day before, and it was
estimated 5000 carloads of material re-
NAMED to be removed. The mine would be
closed.
THE Edison Electric Illuminating
I Company has been organized; capital
/ 81 ,000, 900. Ex-Governor Rice, of Massa-
chusetts, is President.
/ d The annual reunion of the Society
| Of the Army of the Potomac will be held in
/ Washington, D. G., May is and Il.
The stockholders of the Philadelphia
/ (Pa. Permanent Exhibition Company have
resolved to wind up the affairs of the COM
/ pany. 81
In order to appease the demand OF
the working people of Paris for cheaper
rents, the French Government has award
/ ed contraus for the erection of a large
number of dwellings.
The will of the late Gustavus S. Ben
son, of Philadelphia, Pa, disposes Of prop
/ erty amounting to 100000. He bequeaths
i $4,000 to various Presbyterian institutions.
A CLUB has been organized in New
j York in opposition to monopolies and in
] favor of the promotion OF wise and pure
i government Office-holders and candidates
for office are barred.
i A BRIDGE of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company at Second street, Philadel-
! phia, Pa, was torn down the other night by
laborers supposed to be in the employ 81
the Newton Company.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-12-04

energies of mind and will. There are
numbers of others that l could mem
ton with the same pride: I speak of
these as wonderful sample of youths
ful feeling. in old age-are standing
like old oaks, the waste and wreck of
time. Another, while think of it,
is Mrs. Blessing, whose husband
catered to John Browns last break
fast. As memento of parting, he
left his well-thumbed Bible with
him, which : is considered quite a
relic, so much so that the Historical
Society of Bleeding Kansas has offered
her quite little sum, so as to placeit
among its archievs of the great and
fallen. She still hold it as relic
for higher bid.
Gas works have been re-estab-
lished and streets lighted-theyw were
destroyed during the war, by Yam
kee, who blew himself up with his
wonderful smartness-gonc where the
woodbinc twineth. Charlestown,
among other attractions, abounds in
(" bachelors, ,-finelooking and other
wise-with a sprinkling of the gay
and festive widower. Manufacturer,
to some extent, have hold here.
The Valley Fertilizer Company, Eagle
Machine Company, Musselman &
Sons Handle Factory, Rozelle Man
ufacturing Company, WeiricE & We'll
ler's Foundry and Machine Shops, SO.
Now, dear old Shield, if you con-.
slider these pen wandcrings worth a
place within your columns, for, the
sake of '' by gones," will bow my
thanks. EvERGREEH.
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Climbing the Spiral Stairs.
inptstO5e Arcttlcctmy in a Ne,o Eagland Par

Invisible Architecture an a Neso England Par
sOndJe.
YES" she said, Sour children are married
and gone, and my husband and sit by our
winter fire much as we did before the little ones
came to widen the circle. Life is something
like spiral staircase, VIC are all the time COM
ing around over the spot we started FROM only
one degree further up the stairs"
That is Gpretty illustration, remarllc cd her
friend, mi!singiy gazing into the glowing Goals
which radiated Il pleasant heat from the many
windOwed stove. ''You know we cannot stop
tOiling up the hill. though"
"Surely we cannot and for myself don't
find fault with that necessity provided the adj
vance i'll life is not attended with calamity or
suffering, for l have had my share of that.
Not long since my health utterly broke down.
My system was full of malaria My digestion
became thoroughly disordcrcd and my nerves
were in wrctched state. l was languid, ate
little and that without enjoying it, and had no
strength or ambition to perform even my light
household duties Medical treatment failed to
which seemed to be weakness of all the vital
organs-prOgressed until had several attacks
which my physician pronounced to be acute
congestion. of the stomach. The last of these
was desperate struggle and was given up to
die. As the crisis had partially passed. my
husband heard of the merits of PARKER'S
TONIC as an inVigOrGnt in just such cases as
mine. took it and felt its good effects at once.
1t appeared to pervade my body, as though the
blessing of new life had como to inc. Taking
10 other medicine l continued to improve and
am now in better health than have been for a
long time"
Extract from Interview with the wife of Rev.
P. Perry, Pastor of Baptist Church, Coldbrook.
NaSs
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BALTIMORE CARDS.
DRY GOODS
FOR FALL OF 1883.
Hamilton Easter g. Sons,
OF BALTIMORE,

Invite the attention of persons wanting DRY
GOODS to their splendid WHOLESALE and
RETAIL STOCK, much the largest and most
varied, to be found in Baltimore.
Their assortment includes every class of
goods, from the most fashionable to low priced,
"BUT NO COMMON GOODS that may look
cheap, but would be dear at any price"
It has been their aim throughout q. business
career of over FIFTY YEARS to sell only goods
that will give satisfaction and prove of full
value for the price paid. This policy, steadily
pursued, has built up their large trade, and
given them the confidence of the public to the
fullest extent. Being LARGE IMPORTERS
OF FOREIGN GOODS, and in position to
purchase ALL DOMESTIC FABRICS DIRECT
FROM THE MANUFACTURERS. to the best
advantage, we arc enabled to give our GUS
toners the benefit of position, in low prices.
Samples will be sent to parties desiring to
buy from us, on receiving definite instructions
in regard, to the class of goods wanted, about
the price, color preferred, &c.
The price IN PLAIN FIGURES, marked on
each piece of goods, from which there is no
abatement.
Hamilton Ea ster q Cons
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-12-04

~ ASOLINE and Bcnzine. by the pint and
VI gallon. sold by GEO, T. LTGITT'
A IL the popular Lnimcnts. including Ken
IN dall's SPAWN Cure also for sale bv
GEO. T. LIGHT, Druggist.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-12-04
CHAPTER II.

CHATTER II.
maiden, Mass. Feb. 1880. Gentlemen
1shffcrcd with attacks of sick headache.
Neuralgia, female trouble. for years in the
most terrible and excruciuting manner.
I" The first bottle
Nearly cured me;''
The Second made me as well and strong as
when a child,
"And have been so to this day"
My husband was an invalid for twenty years
with serious
% Kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
Pronounced by Bostons best physicians
"tncurablc!'
Seven bottles of your btttors cured him and
know of the
''Lives of eight persons"
In my neighbOrhOod that have been saved by
your bitters,
and many more are using them with great
benefit.
'.They almost
Do miraclcs?'' -3frs E. d. Slack.
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Various Items.

Rev. G. w. Ofley, New Bern, N.
c., says: ''I have taken Browns
Iron Bitters and consider it one of
the best medicines known"
Enjoying splendid health. Took
p. NJ. L. p. Is cts. box.
1t is no vanity for man to pride
himself on what he has honestly got
and prudently uses.
The Ex-Sheriff of Iredcll county,
N. c., Mr.. w. F. Wasson, says:
Browns Iron Bitters has improved
my digestion and general health"
Ideas generate ideas like potato,
which, cut in pieces, rcproduces
itself in multiplied form.
CLEVELAND Omo.-The Daily An-
zeiger says: 'Chief Superintendent
of Police, j. w. Sehmitt, ofthis city,
who has been in the service quarter
of century, endorses st. Jacobs Oil
as pain-banisher. 1t cured him of
rheumatism.
As the pearl ripens in the obscurity
of its shell, so ripens in the tomb all
the fame that is truly precious.
Josh Billings says: ''Ncxt to
clear Conscience for solid comfort
cums an old shu," He nrohahlv
never suffered with n cough or cold.
othorwiso bn would have Tcforrod ~
Dr RnIrs Congh Svr,,,I os hni,,r oIso
a rood tbing to snc,;ro roiiof and cor,l ON
fort
Mr.. Purcell. of the Clarksburo
Neacs, has sued Mr.. Richards, of the
Clrrksburg Tcle4ran1. for libel, CLAIM
ing $4,000 domage.
Roforo tho doctor rooo1,os rho IL.
iurod Pbonor SoJinuo 10 tho ,,rnss;nt-
Which Will offorJ nronnt raIiof froE1
noin +Lo oLonl,intr - ofhTood;rSr onS
ioY,;5 r" I,aot;n~ @ - ,ho M "i,,t,rnt .aste "4 "
;Tbo T." ,i,~s;n;sor s w sTou1J Sa toIn;i;a. r.
+v;tI, ~ rn,na,l,, n,;Ii ,1ro;so ~
- 'sm III +S,ons.1,t ;yh;oh .uIa"atoa ".9 ito
nspf' nse '1''' A s7''0 -
Tho Fr;onasb;,, F;ro Co,,roro ~
Winchester, by invitation of the Ju-
niors of Hapcrstown. will visit that
citv November 29th.
Sent. 14th. 1890.
Hop Bittcrs Co. Toronto: 81
have been sick for the past six wears.
suffering from dvspensia and general
wealkness have ,1aod three BOTTLES
of Hon R;ttcrs and tbev bove done
wonders for IHa 7 nm VOL and obIe
to work, and cat and sIecn we'll +
cannot say too much for Hop Bitters.
SIMON RoBB1Ss.
Ir1s TO YoUR IsrEREsr to call and
see the New Goods which have Just
come in from the east. Assortment
larger than ever before kept in
Charlestown. A new lot of Silver
Ware, YiOIins, Harmonious, &C., just
received and for sale cheaper than by
any other man in the county of def
ferson or elsewhere Watches, Clocks
and Jewelry repaired at short notice,
and warranted for twelve months
Call and see for yourself. Look for
the Big Sign, II. A. Burton, Watch
maker.
MER1TED SCCCEss.-Dr. ). u.
Hartman d Co.-Cents PeTunG sells
very well here. / have ordered sey-
,.oi ,I,,,o,, L,l,tt1o,, - .e.s..A
S''h NO%SH DOLtCS 5IHCe SOuE HRSuG
| Vfs1,r o
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PoETlCAL.
He Was, Dear Girl, He Was.

He Was, Dear Girl, He Was.
For the sake of recreation,
Once Iasked. IN explanation;
From young man Cno relation)
What was meant by Stosculation,"
While shifted IMPLICATION
To invite the sweet sensation.
We'll, imagine my vexation
When he gave me the translation
And its Latin derivation
Aud lot of information,
Like pcdagogue's Grafton,
Just as if he were at SCHOOL,
Wasn't he an awful fool?
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Candidates Announcements.-For County
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Mrs. Henrietta NJ. Bowland, ma
tive of Charlestown, and for some
days past visitor at the Carter House
in this place, contributes the follow
ing interesting letter to her home
paper, the Mansfield (Ohio) Shield &c
Banner:
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Spring and Summer Goods,
- AT
ELIAS e. ROHRER'S
April 5. 1888. ''--N'7 49, i =

PRESCRIPTIONS BRING THEN TO US
Il This department of our business receives
our greatest care and attention. and nothing is
spared to make everything connected with it as
Purcst and best ingredients are ever used. The
greatest care and attention to even the minutcst
details are invariably observed. None hut cX-
Perienccd and thoroughly competent persons
are allowed i'll this particular department No
pains is spared to have the prescription pre-
pared from the very hest ingredients with cx-
trcmc accuracy IN order that the result may be
PERFECTION. We invite your patronage guar
antecing satisfaction and reasonable charges at
all times. GEO. T. LIGHT,
OctObcr 3, 1857. Druggist.