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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

Mrs. PETER BANeARTs, of Racine, Wis,
aged 81, recently joined her husband in
the sale of a small house they had occu-
pied since 1910. After it was over she
had crying spell about it, aud next
morning was found dead
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06
A KENTUCKY COLONEL.
He Wants to Shoot the President and
Comes Near Sampling Ben Butler

He Wants to Shoot the President and
Comes Near Sampling Ben Butler.
One day last week man go Years
of age entered the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. BE took up his position
near the entrance to the sample
room. Ii was evident that he was
a stranger waiting for some one.
He acted very neryously. When
Gov. Butler stepped into the corrid-
or the old man stepped forward and
gazed cautiously at him. The Gen.
glared at him and moved towards
the front entrance.
WHO is that?' whispered the
stranger to a by-stander.
Gen. Butler,' was the response.
He is not the PRESIDENT he said
with sigh. Is he republican,
No, he used to be-
The old man not finding the Oh
ject Of his search moved up stairs.
He opened the doors and made use
of the key-holes to see what was go
ing on. Mr.. Prior on going to Tho
second floor, found the old man. He
was clutcnlng something Deneatn
his coat.
What do you want prowling
about here?' asked Prior sharply
/ haye q duty to perform. Il am
a Colonel Epm Kentucky, and have
maS26n east-for the purpose
OF 2,esident Arthur
,tsr buI.ttrM these words he tapp-
Gino Z. si5b pocket of his coat sig-
He hurried to the side
walk. called carriage and was driv-
en- off.
Detective Prior believes that the
stranger would have shot the presi-
dent had he seen him.
Las. evening, it is SAID a stranger
was seen III conversation with two
men near Delmonico's, and hurried
ly drove off in carriage.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06
The Wing That Hurts.

It IS the Danvilie massacre itself,
and not The adverse comments on it.
that hurts Virginia. But more IS
she hurt by democratic apologies for
1t north aud south. Capital will
not go where violence is not only
practlced' hut defended by power
ful faction.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

EX-SENATOR SPENCER was brought be-
fore the District Grimm al Court in Wash
mgton last week to answer for contempt.
He was given an oppo rtunity to purge
himself of contempt, and required to
give So, $40 bond for his appearance,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

WHEN ayoung man goes to place to
engage board and discovers the motto
Give us this day our daily bread hang
ing above the door of the diding-room,
he wonders il this is notla plaintive re-
quest from the hungry Boarders tothe
landlady, and hesitates before making
the fearful plunge eaLowen Citizen.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06
Not Worth Much.

Bill Nye, in the Detroit Free
Press says: am always sorry
to see a youth get irritated and
pack up his clothes, in the heat
OF debate, and leave the home
nest. His future is little doubb>
full, and it is hard to prognosti-
cate whether he will fracture
limestone for the streets Of a great
city or become the president of
the United States, but there is
beautiful luminous life ahead of
him in comparison with that of
the boy that obstinately refuses
to leave the home nest. The boy
who cannot summon the moral
courage some day, to unc0il the
tendrils of his heart from the clus-
tering idols Of the household, to
grapple with outrageous fortune,
ought to be taken by the ear and
led away out into the great un,
tried realm Of space.
While the great world throbs
on, he sighs and refuses to thrOb.
While other young men put ON
their seal-skin overalls and wrench
the laurel wreath and other vege,
tables from cruel fate, the youth
who bangles near the hOmeAiiest
and eats the hard-earned grocer
les of his father, shivers on the
brink of life's great current and
sheds the scalding tear.
He is the young-man-afraid-Of-
the-saw-buck, the human being
with unlaundrIed spinal column.
The only vital question that may
be said to agitate the pseudo
brain is whether he shall marry,
and bring his wife to the home
nest, or marry ana tear loose
from his parents to live with his
father-in-law. Finally he settles
it and compromises by living ais
ternately with each.
How the old folks yearn to see
him. How their aged eyes Light
up when he comes with his grow
ing family to deyour>~.eyerythlng
in sight and yawn through the
space between meals. This is the
Iheyday Of life; the -highrncon'of
the boy who never yentured ito
ride yearling colt, or be yanked
through the s1immering sunlight
at the tail Of a two-year-year old.
He never dared to have any fun
because he might bump his nose
and make it bleed on his clean
clothes. He never surreptitiously
cut the copper wire off the lights
ming rod to snare suckers, and he
never went in swimming because
the great rude boys might duck
him or paint him. with mud. He
Stunned the green apple of bOy>
hood and did not slide down hill
because he would have to pull
the sled back to the top again.
Now nc borrows other peoples
newspapers, eats the provisions of
others and sits on the counter of
the grocery until the proprietor
calls him a counter-irritant. 'n
There can be nothing more
un- American than this fiabby
polpy, this ohe-horse tadpOle that
never becomes frog. The ayer~
age American would rather burst
up III business SIX times in tour
years and settle for nine cents on
the dollar, than to lead such a
life. He would rather be an. .ac-
tive bankrupt than q weak and
bilious barnacle on the clamshell
of home. t1Eih r
The true American would rath.
er work himself into luxury Or the
lunatic asylum than to hang like
a great wart upon the face Of ma
ture,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

RosAMoND DALE OWEN, granddaughter
of Robert Dale Owen, claims that the
actor should never leave his dressing
room to go on the stage without utter
ing prayer. A short prayer before he
looks at the box receipts would also be
good thing at times.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

A YOUNG man began to read para
graph about a mine to his sweethearts
commencing, "Youba mine, . when she
interrupted him with, 4 don't care if
do, John. .'-( Hartford Times.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

The Duke of Norfolk is the wealthiest
of English mobiles, and is rated at $40, ,O0O.
600. The Marquis of Butte comes next
with $50, 100000, and there are dozens
of others with fortunes of from twenty to
thirty millions,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

PosTMA ER-GENERAL GRESHAM deserves
praise for checking the practice of Civ
ing leave to postofices to close upon
local holidays, as in the case of the cele-
bration of Evacuation day at New York.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

JUDGE Hoover, who once upon a time
was chief justice of Arizona, is now
waiter in Il restaurant in southern Cali
fornia. Judge Satterthwaite, also of
Arizona, is now doing tinker's jobs for
a living.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

The largest locomotive ever built is
now being rhade IN Sacram ento by the
Central Pa cific Railroad. The engine
and tend@ will weigh l05 tons, and will
be 65 fec inches long. .-...
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06
Advertiser.

WHEN Brother Watterson was inter
viewed by the World he threatened
every Western or Southern Democrat
with political death if he dared to vote
for Randall |
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

COUNT Won Moltke's mind is failing
His memory is blank and he fails to
recognize even intimate friends. He is
living on his estate at Kriesau in strict
privacy, having ceased all official work.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

Go to Alaska, young man, go to Alaska,
The last citizen who went up there has
already bebomc q solid man. He was
frozen to death-New York Commercial
Advertiser. a.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

lT IL just as well to sit down in the
office and write up an Interview with a
Lead .ng politician as it is to hunt him up.
he Il deny seven-eighths of the article
AZ ~ way, after seeing il in print.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

Miss. E. A, ORMEgoo stands in the
lead of English entom ologists, and she
believes in calling bugs by their English
bug name in the class room. The Latin
must go. - @5St1 '85S
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

PEARL and crystal brandebourgs and
7fourages fasten and decorate many eve:
ming corsages of white or pale tinted
satin or silk --'N--1
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

Gins was the very corcise verdict of .
coroners jury in Idaho: we find that
the deceased came to his death by call
ing Tom ,SVatllngs a liar.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

Hon. CARL SCHURz has retired from
the New York Evening Post, the reason
given being that close editorial work is
irksome to him, ai- -a- D.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

FIFTY millions of people in this coun-
try use ON an average five matches per
day. This makes $4,000 a day Tor
matches, or s27, 375, 900 year: - !
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06
Paralvzing aDog With Awe.

Hon. Phil Hoyne, Of Chicago, is
accountable for the following:
L was going along the other
evening when savage looking dog
flew at me, evidently ready to rend
me in pieces. Now what dye sup
pose did?'
{. Whipped out your pistol, pre-
sumo, and let fly at him.
Not bit of it. 1 simply lifted
my hat. Don't laugh. The dog
stopped, looked at me, growled and
finally crouched back to the door
step and began wagging his tail
[ have done the same thing over
and over again with the same le-
suit
.How do you account for the re-
sult?'
"rhis is how I figure it out said
Mr.. Hoyne. Dogs in my opinion,
think-in a crude way. They see a
man, such as |, walking along, say
with plug hat on his head, and so
forth. TO him I present a complete
picture, just as a dog with Tapping
ears, switching his tail and with four
legs presents one equally complete.
Now, mark! The four-footed pic-
ture cannot, so to speak, disinte-
CRATE, No dog ever saw another dog
take off his head, lay down his ears,
or throw away one of his hind legs.
This human apparition suddenly
begins to take himself to pieces. =
He lifts off his hat. The dog don't
know what is coming next, perhaps.
He begins to think. He IS oyer
awed. He meets with a power
which is beyond his comprehension,
and he succumbs. Mind you, this
is only my theory, but l have tried
1T on several times, and | always
found it to succeed
Selling Kisses at Two Bits Dozen.
San Francisco Examiner.
The Appeal tells us of a Maryvllle
girl who is deriving quite lucra-
tive revenue from the sale OF kisses
at two bits dozen:
ut is reported" says the Appeal
sthat last week she sold ~ dozen,
and that her receipts were $l1.25,'-
Atreo oular rates she should have had
s1I75. but she sold one job lot OF
ID dozen for So so, which accounts
for the discrepancy. 1t IS hlnted
that. in addition to these receipts,
one devoted admirer has prevailed
on her to make special contract,
after the fashion adopted by the
railroad company, under the terms
of which, and in consideration of
his doing all his kissing with her,
he is charged much less than the
regular schedule rates. 1t appears
that this osculatory traffic has
been going on for months past
without the knowledge of any per-
sons except those Immediately con-
cerned, the pan lticipants being
pledged to secrecy. But an inquis-
tive little sister has peeped into the
pretty girls diary and seen the
scores entered into the back of the
book. Now the secrets out, and
lots OF girls ara inquiring at the
book stores for diaries"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

A CIkoINNATI physiciah has examined
140 of the best whistlers in the city, and
finds them sadly lacking in mental de-
velopment
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

LIE United States Court in Savannah
is advertising far good, honest and re-
sponsiblc men to act as jurors
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06
EnE Eailnre

The liabilities of Jacob S. Cohen
x Co, fur dealers, New York, as !.
100000,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

F1oRIDA newspapers have their joke
about the swamp lands. Some of them
say that the lands are to be sold "by the
gallon" $50 - o. r. /
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

q A TRIBE of Indians having tails from
six TO EIGHT inches in length; is saidt to
have. been discovered in Paraguay
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

SILK has superseded fur as the fash
ionablc lining for outdoor wraps of every
dcscription.j Ntf A
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

! The newest gloves are made Of Jersey
cloth, and have the wrists beaded.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

TIE crowning of the Car piled $15,'
ZOO, 600 on the Russian national debt.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

The colored population of Birmingham
Ala, are so excited over the 1ynching
of Lewis Houston, colored, who attempt
ed to ourage a white lady last week,
that two white military companies were
kept under arms and mounted Gatling
gun stood ready on one of the principal
streets. CJgs z - No G q
If the New York papers keep on cut
ting rates, by andby the government
will have to issue a new coin with which
people can buy New York paper. If
it is made small enough it can also be
used for foreign missions and other char
tiles. Burlington Hawkeye.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

The. Democrats have just seventy
five majority in the new House. +
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

SENATOR EDMuNps is. the.peer Of David
Davis in afrugality, but not. In ayoirdu>
pois.a.-- 7--,- - - ~--,- 81, s'4as1so
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

Talk OF the Times.
Daily Republican., 1883-04-11
- What's in q Nnme''

seems to be of some Importance tt
| William khoem of Lancaster who is
evidently not in a "sweet' humor,
from bis letter to the Examiner in
which he says 4 was under the i'm
preston that if l would move to the
place where | at present reside (the
| North pole) ! would have rest. But,
alas, ! am satisfied now that no mat
ter how far move to the other side OF
the North Pole, l will still be your
subject. 1t is strange that l should
suffer for all who are the happy owners
of names similar to mine, and to show
you, | will cite few instances Some
years ago S. A. Croft and William
Ream were the proprietOrs of the Key
stone House. Philip Baker, deceased,
at that time constable, wanted to levy
on horse belonging to Ream and was
by him resisted. All the evening pa
pcrs had William Roehm. OF course
| got that corrected. Not long after
that a SciSsor-grinder, whom you see on
the streets almost daily with a pushcart
machine, was locked up on account of a
slight misunderstanding with his wife.
His name is William Rehm. My name
was published again. | had that cor.
rected. Not more than two months ago
| received a letter from an attorney-at-
law, stating that my case was down for
trial. AS bad luck would have it, my
wife got hold Of the letter and it was
useless to explain TO her that | had no
law suit. Now, you and all the rest of
the papers come at me again. Please
let up. | have no case at the court and
| am at peace with the law and the peo-
pie of the world"
Daily Republican., 1883-04-11
A Long Riddle.

A young Bible-stulert was asked:
" How many boys are there in your
class ."
He replied: off you multiply the
number of Jacobs sons by the number
of times which the Israelites cOmpassed
Jericho, and add to the product tho
number of measures Of barley which
Boa2 gave Ruth, divide this by the
number Of Haman's sons subtract the
number Of each kind of clean beasts
that Went into the ark, multiply by the
number Of men that went to seek Eli ijah
after he was taken to heaven; subtract
from this .Joseph's ag" ut the time he
stood before Pharoah, add the number
Of stones in David's bag when he killed
Goliath, subtract the number Of fur
longs that Bethany was distant from
Jurusalem, divide by the plumber of
anchors cast ont when Paul was ship
wrecked, subtract the number of per-
sons saved in the ark. and the remand
er will be the answer.
Daily Republican., 1883-04-11

Two small boys, named George and
Harry Sersion, were before the Mayor
last evening charged with disorderly
conduct and breaking windows. The
boys live in South Wilmington, in the
vicinity Of Madley NJ. +. Chapel
several members of which testified that
the stained glass windows had been
broken IA number of times. Two little
hoys testified that Harry Sersion
threw stone through the window last
Sunday afternoon, but George was not
present and did not have anything to do
with it..
The parents of the accused were pres
ent, and the father told the Mayor if he
found the boy guilty. he could send him
to New Castle. There was no Witness
es for the defense except the mother. and
she could only account for the boys part
Of the afternoon. The Mayor dismissed
the case against George, and imposed a
fine of 81 and costs ON Harry. The
father and moth er with the oldest boy
then started for home, leaving Harry,
who is apparently about 10 years Of age,
to his fate. He was taken down and
locked in the corridor, where he stood
at the gate beSeeching every one that
passed to pay his fine SO that he could
90 home,
Daily Republican., 1883-04-11

UNIoNTowN, April 10.--Duk"s is in
town and the popular indi gnation has
cooled down sufficiently to allow him
to walk along the streets without being
molcsted. He has remained with his
mother in the country until he deemed
it safe to venture forth. He calur on
horseback to-day and put up at his Old
room at the jennings liousr. This after
noon he went up about the court house
and talked with his counsel and with
his political adviser, Prothonutary 7. b.
Searight, after which he went back to
his room. In this trip he had to pass
along the greater lrnL) Of the town and
it was curious to note how he was re-
garlcd. Most people seemed TO shlldder
and turn away from the sight f him
Nothing is known Ofh intentions. The
wife and daughters OF the hotel proprlc-
tor are worried sick over his presence.
Daily Republican., 1883-04-11
He IL Still HANGING.

II. d. Holt, 2l3 West Second street,
is still hanging wall paper and window
shades cheaper than any other man in
the city. Wall paper and window
shades from the cheapest to the finest
quality. Window shades low rs 50
cents a piece, with fixtures. A very
fine guilt DadO shade and fixtures for
81 each.
Rooms papcred cheap, at the shortest
notice, by experienced men. | hang
10 cent paper for l2I cents II piece
Estimates given with pleasure. Practi-
cal men always ready to hang paper
and shades in the city or country.
Country work done al city prices
Shades hnng on srlt-acting rollers u
speciality. To be convinced of his
rAcapncss and promptness you should
giy" hm atrial. II. ID. HOLT, practical
paper hanger and window shade maker
!l5 West Second St, Wilmington, Del
Daily Republican., 1883-04-11

The conference committee Of the iron
manufacturers and Amalgamatcd AS
Socia'ipn will meet in Pitt,hnrg on
saturday, to arrange u scale of wages
for the year beginning June LIST. 1t is
understood that the workmru' com
mlftcc will protest against any rrduc-
ton from last years scale, while the
manufacturer, will "insist that wages
must come down"
Work in the mills of f. q q. Brooke,
al Birdsboro, Penna., was resumed
yesterday.
Twelve hundred cigar makers in
Cincinnati are on strike for an increase
Of q per thousand, in consequence of
the reduction Of the tax Of 81 per thou
sand 1t was reported yesterday morn
Ing al meeting Of the strikers that
.rycral manufacturers had consented
b the increase
All the freight brakrmcn on the
Second and Third Divisions Of the Iron
Mountain Railroad, in ARKANSAS struck
m Monday in consequence" Of an order
mucing the number Of hrakcmcn on
each train from three to two. The order
applied only to the Third division, but
The men on the Second .ioinrd in the
strike, believing that similar action was
Intended in their case. No freight
rain left Little Rock ON Monday, the
strikers uncoupling the car, in The few
instances in which attempts Were made
70 SEM them OUT. The trouble ended
Yesterday, the Sheriff ana his posse
preventing interference with th" trains.
Superintendent Kerrigan offers Il re-
ward # 500 for the arrest Of each per
sou who engaged in the work OF OBJ
Strnciiuu,
Daily Republican., 1883-04-11
State CAPITAL Dots.

DOVER, DEL, April lO.-The ap-
pointment of State superintendent OF
Free Schools, which was to have been
made to-day, will not be made until
Friday next.
1t was announced that the Republican
State Central Committee would meet in
Dover to-day, for the purpose of devils
ing some means to pay the debt incurred
by the late campaign. Part of the COM
mittee met at noon, but as there was
not majority present they adjourned
until afternoon, yet nothing could be
aScertained in reference to the meeting
and it is supposed that no meeting was
held.
Burdette the Burlington IIawkrye"
man lectured on the" Rise and Fall of
II Moustache" in Court House Hall to-
night before large audience. Those
who heard him were well pleased and
their sides We're made to ache with
laughter.
The ballat the Capital Hotel on Thurs
day night will be another social event
of the season.
Prof. Webster has very successful
dancing school here. The class numbers
twenty-siX and meet Mondays and
Tuesday nights.
Daily Republican., 1883-04-11
The Baltimore 4 Ohio,

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany are anxious to proceed with the
construction of their road as soon as
possible, but are delayed by the action
of several parties through whose lands
the road will pass i'll refusing to agree
upon price. For the purpose Of set
tling these difficulties, the following
Commissioners have been appointed
Edward r. Bellah, William r. Por-
ter, Joseph l.. Carpenter, Jr., Robert
l.. Armstrong and John W. Hawkins,
who will condemn the properties Of the
following persons James Brown,
Thomas Cory, Thomas Green, Robert
Cotlinghan, William A. Fisher, John
Soreth, II. K. Baylis, James McGowan,
j. +. Trynor, William Forrest, Patrick
Bonner, Stephen Nichols, Francis
Wild, heirs Of Charles Spencer Will
liams.