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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-10
THE coNDIrIoN At HELENA.

HELENA. Arm. March 9-Thc river has
been stationary since yesterday, with IS
feet II inches ON the gauge. II was sta
tionary at Madison yesterday, and is pro-
badly falling to-day. 4 decline is conf
IDENTITY expected here by Sunday. Work
on the leyce t. still going forward. The
peoplc Of this vicinity now have confidence
in their security. The country below /,
entirely submerged. The water in many
places i pouring over the leyees back into
The river. Report, from Austin, Clarks-
dale. and triar, Point are OF the most dis
couraging character. Not single house
i'm any Of the places named escaped the de-
luce. To-day is clear and calm.
MEMPHIS, March 9.-The river here has
declined two inches.
The AppcdrS Helena (Ark.) special says
the river i falling Tonight.
Several hundred negroes Just Souih OF
here are reported about out OF provisions.
4 large number OF cattle, horses, and mules
are standing in the overflow from knee 10
waist deep, hopelesSly abandoned IN the
st. Francis swamps.
Trains over the Iron Mountain railroad
are abandoned east Of Forest City, owing
TO the track being submerged Just below
Helena.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-10
The Wind NisSissinni.

DIsCOURAGING VIEW or TIE SITUATION.
IT. LOuIs. March 9.-Thc Globe Dcm0-
crdfS correspondent. who reached Helena
Yesterday from Memphis by the steamer
Chouteau. gives the following view OF the
situation along the riycr-bank: There are
moi more than two or three spots OF g'ound
visible between Memphis and this point.
score, Of the best farms in Arkansas and
Mississippi are completely ruined. and
most OF them are abandoned. the owners
and aborcrs having fed to higher ground.
In many places the cattle are standing in
the water. which oycrilows the platforms,
and almost every clubhouse is filed with
coored people. At Iarbut'S Landing
there were eighteen negroes in two
boats moored to tree on the
flooded bank, waiting for 4 steamboat
to take them away. There is rot foot OF
dry land i'm forty miles. Skill-loadS Of col
ored people. with their household goods,
are 10 he seen at various points seeking for
ground to rest on. At Sterling the colored
people, horses. and caitleare indiScriminate-
" huddIed in the upper story OF the only
store there. Most OF the fences and houses
along the bank are still intact, though many
have floated away. At star Landing the
dwellings are lllll OF caltle, ana IIlc GIN
houses full OF negroes. 1t is proba-
bic that there win lc 4 biz rise
below here. a. the flow OF water from
st. Francis river i undimnishcd. Cap
tain Thorwegan, OF the steamer Chouteau,
thinks there is high water between Nicks-
burg and New Orleans on account Of the
closing OF Bonnet Carrie creyaSse. The
bridge and trc>tlc over CasSador's lake on
the Iron Mountain railroad, one mile west
OF here. was discovered TO he alloat last
night from The backwater coming up from
the break in the leyee near here. This will
cut Helena of from railroad communities
ton. as the r.iroad-mcn say il will he inn
possible to get trains out until TIE wafer
subsidies.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-29

towns in 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-
PLANTATION may prevent the towns in
question from confounding the Chicago
time, which they now use, with their
solar time.
THE ORIGINAL SUGGESTIONS.
The country is indebted to two citi-
zens of New York for the original sug-
gesti0ns leading up to this important
innovation. The idea occurred to Prof.
Cleveland Able, of the Signal Bureau
at Washington, and his plans were elab-
GRATED by DR.. F. A. P. Barnard, Of Co
lumbia College. Prof. Able proposed
his plan as early as 1878, at meeting
of the American Meteorological Society.
1t is unnecessary to review the many
discarded suggestions made from time
to time in regard to time-standards.
Suffice it to say that they were all found
to be too sweeping and revolutionary.
The scheme which is now adopted has
received the emphatic approval of
number of scientific associations, among
them the American Meteorological So
ciety, the American Geographical So
ciety, the Canadian Institute, the Inter-
national Geographical Congress at Ven
ice, and the Imperial Academy of Sci
ences at st. Petersburg.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-29
THE CHANGE IN TIME.

The New Time Adopted by Most of the
Railroads of the Country at Noon on
November 1S-Only Five Instead or las
Formerly Fifty-three Kinds of Time
The Arrangement in Divisions-The
Difference Calculated for Many Cities.
We are indebted to the courtesy of
the Chicago Tribune for the map given
Rhl6w, explaining the standard time
which has been adopted by the railroads
of the North American Continent. In
connection with the map the Tribune
also published the table given below,
showing the difference between the new
time and the local or solar time of the
leading cities of the country.
A change in time, says the Tribune,
somewhat similar to that which is now
effected in America, was brought about
in England as long ago as January Is,
184S, and a reform could no longer be
delayed in this country owing to the
complications arising under the old
1t may not be generally
known that the railroads of this country
have been conducted of late years I'M
der fifty-three different kinds of time,
the difference between the times being
very slight in some instances, but
enough to make people miss trains
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the 120th, eight hours-thus making
five different standards between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. These five
standards are shown ON the map in the
order just mentioned, viz: Intercolo-
NAL, Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pa
ciic time.
MERIDANS.
The goth meridian, on which Central
time is based, is nine minutes slower
than Chicago solar time. The 10Th
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 is
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 upon
the 10th meridian, is two hours slower
than Central time.
The several meridians 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 merid-
ian nearest to which the greater num-
Der of their lines are situated.
VALUE OF THE TABLE.
It may he stated that many of the
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rhe Michigan Butchery.

JACKSON, MICH. Nov. g.
The negro Boles in an interview with the
sheriff claims that, when he heard the
noises mentioned in yesterdays report, to
have sprung from his bed and concealed
himself in a chest, which was found too
small to admit his body. He further
claims hearing cry of ''Oh," but heard no
firing.
The former story is highly improbable.
Some time since his brother was discharged
by White and a quarrel ensued. Boles'
brother threatened to kill White with an
iron bar held in his hand. The Sheriff is
hunting for him. On the night of the odd
two clerks from Jackson, coming from a
wedding at Concord at two o'clock in the
morning, say they saw three men standing
on the roadside near Crouch's. The report
now is that the family drank cider before
retiring and it is believed it was drugged.
A quantity remaining in pitcher has been
sent to Ann Arbor for analysis. Should it
prove to be drugged the stomachs of the
victims will be removed and examined A
ball taken from Crouch's head this morn
ing was found somewhat battered, but
proved to be 32-caliber. The scene of the
murder was visited by large concourse of
people this morning, hundreds standing in
the rain around the house. There are
threats of lynching should the murderers
be found; no clew is gained as vet.
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An Ants Brain.

| 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 minute piece of matter to possess
the necessary completely required for
the discharge of such elaborate func-
tons. The microscope will no doubt
show some details in the ants brain,
but these fall hopelessly short of reveal
| ing the refinement which the ants brain
must really have. The microscope is
not adequate to show us the texture OF
! matter. 1t has been one of the great
discoveries of modern times to enable us
| 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 a well-defned
limit. We are even able to make some
approximation to the number of mole
| cules in given mass of matter. Sir
w. Thompson has estimated that the
number of atoms in a cubic inch of air
is to be expressed by 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 brain to be little globe
one-thousandth of an inch in diameter,
we are able to form some estimate OF
the number of atoms it must contain.
The number is to be expressed by writ
ing down six, and followingit by eleven
ciphers. We can imagine these atoms
grouped in 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 half OF
little black marks, put them in certain
order, and we have wOndrous result
Darwin's descent of Man." This
book merely consists of about 10000
letters, placed one after the other in
certain order Whatever be the COM
plexity of the ants brain, it is still hard
to believe that it could not be fully de-
scribed in 100000 volumes, each as
large as Darwin's work. Yet the num-
Der of molecules in the ants brain is at
lerst 400, 900 times as great as ire num-
Der of letters in the memorable volume
in question. -Longman's Magazine.
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AN ARCHITECTURAL TRIUMPH.
The Great Bridge Over the Niagara River
Almost Completed.

The Great Bridge Over the Niagara River
Almost Completed.
LocKPoRT, N. T., Nov. 19.-By Monday
or Tuesday next one of the greatest engi-
neering feats of modern times, the first
canti-lever bridge ever built in America,
will have spanned the great chasm, five
hundred feet wide, of the Niagara River
at Suspension bridge. The last section
of this massive work which will be
placed in position there will be the key
stone of the arch, and will of necessity be
fitted to hair to the exact dimensions of
the space to be filled. The last pieces ara
now awaiting the finishing strokes at the
Central Bridge Works at Buffalo. These
pieces are expected at the bridge Monday,
and if they arrive in time will be put in
place Tuesday, November 20. There is some
work to be done after the crossing is complete,
but there is no doubt that the bridge
will be ready for the passage of trains Of
cars by December 10. The bridge has been
built in shorter time than any work of its
kind ever was before. The first work was
commenced April 20, so that in just seven
months from the commencement it will be
substantially completed. The Niagara
has heretofore boosted that it had the
first railway suspension-bridge; it can
now boast also of having the first canti-lever
bridge, which is just the opposite of
suspension bridgefn its design and struct-
ure. There are other cantilever bridges
being built, but this will be the first one
completed The bridge approaches will not
be done as soon as the bridge itself, but all
will be ready for the tracks by December
10, and the Canada Southern and New York
Central Roads will then have their own
bridge over the Niagara.
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HICKMAN, KY, Nov

Awaiting the Assassin if Found.
HICKMAN KY, Nov. q.
This community was Mortified this morn.
Ing by the most fearful tragedy horrible
double murder and robbery-ever chron.
lcled in the history of the county. Old man
Hillsman King and wife, Amanda King,
two old respectable citizens of this county,
aged respectively about eighty and sixty
years, living about three miles from Hick-
man, were discovered this morning by their
son, Arthur King, butchered in a most ter
rible manner. Both were dead. King and
his wife resided alone on their farm and ii
seems no one has seen him alive since last
Tuesday week. He had very large family
of children and grandchildren living around
HickmaA, and this morning Arthur King
called at the house. No one answering his
call he went in, and i'll the center of the
family room was Mortified to see his mother
stretched out dead in a pool of clotted
blood, with chairs and everything strewn
around the room and gun with broken
breech on the floor. All gave evidence Of
terrific struggle between Mrs. King and the
murderous ffend. King then looked for his
father and was unable to find him. He i'm
mediately alarmed the neighbors and citi.
zens Of the town. Mrs. Kings throat was
cut from ear to ear, showing frightful
gaping wound, and her head showed three
heavy strokes. The floor was all clotted
with blood.
Mr.. King was subsequently found out at
the stable under pile of shucks with a
frightful cash above his right eye and his
left temple badly beaten in. Rats had eat
en- his entire left eye out, and great por-
ton OF his face was also eaten by rats, |
presenting most sickening and revolving
sight.
There was nothing in the house to indi- !
cate stranger as the perpetrator. The
trunk in which King kept his money was |
chopped open with Ratchet, but no draw !
ers were touched. 1t is known that King !
had about 81 800 in currency and from $500 /
to 500 in gold at his home, which he usual !
ly kept in this trunk, and none of which can |
be found. The murderer left about 5000 be- /
hind.
No one knows when the foul deed was |
committed, and many theories are adj |
vanced. Some think they have been MUIR
dered since last Thursday week, while 9th !
ers think the murder was done Yesterday
morning The spare bed had been occu-
pied by one person, and there were three
knives and forks on the table, showing
there had been visitors there just prior to
the killing.
No clew to the fend can be had vet,
though circumstances point very strongly
to peddler or clock-mender that has been
in the neighborhood for ten days or more.
He was last seen near Kings late Wednes-
day night last, and the general public be-
lieve him the guilty parry. He is Prus-
sian, and gave his name as Frank Miller.
Intense excitement prevails here over the !
crime, and it is reported that 81 900 re-
ward is to be offered by the heirs OF King
for the apprehension Of the criminal, and
his conviction will certainly follow by
Judge Lynch.
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STANDARD TIMETABLE.

II. s. METEOROLOGICAL TINE.
IA 20 faster than Halifax, N. s.
81 4S faster than ST. Johns, N. E.
"a IA faster than St Johns, N. B.
EASTERN TINE.
Is 571s slower than Portland. Me.
Is 46 slower than Boston, Mass.
IA 4 slower than Concord, N. II.
q 40 slower than Montpelier, Vt.
IA "A slower than Providence, r, L
Il - 10 slower than Newport. r, i.
9 IL slower than Hartford. Conn.
IA slower than New Haven, Conn.
ID slower than Quebec, Can.
A slower than Montreal. Can.
40 faster than Ottawa, Can.
II 2415 faster than Toronto, Can.
SO slower than New York City, n. z.
5 ~ slower taan Albany, N. Y,
Is 40 faster than Buffalo, N. 7.
81 slower than Trenton, n. j.
10 faster than Philadelphia, Pa.
2 20 fastet chan Harrisburg, Pa.
20 10 SIS faster than Pittsburgh, Pa.
2 s fastar than Dover, Del.
% faster than Baltimore, Md.
8 rs faster than Washington, d. c.
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10 8 slower than Battle Creek, Mich.
II 40 slower than Kalamazoo, Mich.
IA So slower than Niles, Mich.
% IS slower than Adrian, Mich.
10 81 slower than COldwater, Mich.
% % slower than Ypsilanti, Mich.
Is 4 slower than Muskegon, Mich.
IA 16 slower than Pentwater. Mich.
Ii 40 slower than Manistee, Mich.
u So slower than Mackinac, Mich.
ii 10 slower than EScanaba, Mich.
l5 0 slower than Manistique, Mich.
10 20 slower than Marquette, Mich.
2 A slower than Ontonagon, Mich.
6 As slower than Eagle River, Mich.
"a slower than Milwaukee, Wis.
8 81 slower than Racine, Wis.
5 So slower than Oshkosh, Wis.
6 20 slower than Fond du Lac. Wis.
8 "a slower than Manitowoc, Wis.
6 16 slower than Menasha, Wis.
z 81 slower than Green Bay, Wis.
i SO slower than Stevens Point, Wis.
] "a slower than Wausau, Wis.
8 81 faster than Ashland, Wis.
8 IL slower than ShebOygan, Wis.
6 8 slower than Oconomowoc, Wis.
6 16 slower than Geneva Lake, Wis.
8 80 slower than GAINESVILLE, Wis.
SO faster than La Crosse, Wis.
81 faster than Eau Claire, Wis.
8 81 slower than BelOit, Wis.
6 A slower than Waukesha, Wis.
:. 8 A slower than Kenosha, Wis.
20 slower than Menomonee, Wis.
slower than OcOnto, Wis.
IS faster than Black River Falls, Wis.
II faster than Superior City, Wis.
6 IS slower than Appleton, Wis.
81 faster than Prairie dn Chen, Wis.
| slower than Baraboo, Wis.
"a faster than Chippewa Falls, Wis.
10 81 faster than Hudson, Wis.
8 4S slower than Waupaca, Wis.
20 slower than hartford, Wis.
4 "a 81 over than Berlin, Wis.
IL slower than Neenah, Wis.
4 As slower than Ripon, Wis.
slower than WATERFOWL, Wis.
5 s slower than Waupun, Wis.
a slower than Depere, Wis.
2 81 slower than Madison, Wis.
II % slower than Charlottesville, Ind.
16 4 slower than Elkhart, Ind.
A slower than Evansville. Ind.
10 "a slower than Fort Wayne, Ind.
16 40 slower than Goshen, Ind.
II 80 slower than Greencastle, Ind.
Is % slower than Indianapolis, Ind.
Il 4 slower than Jacksonville, Ind.
II "a slower than Lafayette, Ind.
Is % slower than Kokomo, Ind.
Il . slower than Logansport, Ind.
Is "a slower than Madison, Ind.
II Is slower than Michigan City, Ind.
Is "a slower than Muncie, Ind.
Is So slower than New Albany, Ind.
Il A slower than Plymouth, Ind.
Is 40 slower than Peru, Ind.
40 slower than Princeton, Ind.
20 "a slower than Richmond, Ind.
Is 20 slower than Seymour, ind.
10 "a slower than Terre Haute, Ind.
IL rs slower than Valparaiso, Ind
IL 20 slower than Washington, Ind.
Ii "a faster than Albert Lea, Mimi.
Is "a faster than Anoka, Mimi
IL 40 faster than Austin, Mimi.
l6 faster than Duluth, Mimi
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-Newbern, Tenn, has law that IIa-
poses fine of not less than twenty-five
dollars nor more than fifty dollars on
any person who goes into a saloon on
Sunday.
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II SO faster than Faribault, Mimi.
| IL II faster than Hastings, Mimi.
9 4 faster than Lake City, MINI.
| Is IS faster than MankatO, MINI.
u o faster than Minneapolis, Mimi.
| 10 faster than Red Wing, Mimi.
A faster than Rochester, Mimi.
IL 4 faster than Saltwater. Mimi.
II 8 faster than ST. Paul, Mimi.
| 8 IS faster than Winona, MINI.
% q faster than Yankton, ID. T.
2S 81 faster than Fort Gary, Man.
j 81 faster than Dubuque, Ia
| Ii 16 faster than Des MoineS, Ia.
a faster than Burlington. Ia.
| ~ faster than Keokuk, Ia.
o 20 faster than Council Bluffs, Ia
II 20 faster than Mason City. Ia.
| 81 faster than Ottumwa. Ia.
50 faster than Cedar Rapids, Ia
II faster than Waterloo, Ia.
II 81 faster than Marshalltown, Ia.
6 4 faster than Iowa City, Ia.
2 is faster than Davenport, Ia.
% 81 faster Sioux City, Ia.
50 slower than Cleveland, o.
q 81 slower than Columbus, D.
q 4S slower than Cincinnati, o.
p 4S slower than Toledo, o.
20 IS slower than Frankfort, KY.
16 So slower than Louisville, KY.
q 4S slower than Lexington, Ky.
II 4S slower than Nashville, Tenn.
"a 20 slower than Knoxville, Tenn.
19 slower than Chattanooga, Tenn
The same as Memphis, Tenn.
35 40 slower than Savannah, Ga.
% 0 slower than Atlanta, Ga.
p As slower than Tallahassee, Fla
81 40 slower than St. Augustine. Fla.
II 81 slower than Montgomery, Ala
A slower than Mobile, Ala.
o 40 faster than Omaha, Neb.
20 A faster than Lincoln, Neb.
"a 0 faster than Jackson, Miss.
3 faster than Vicksburg. Miss.
5 Is faster than Natchez, Miss.
0 s faster than New Orleans, La.
% faster than Baton Rouge, La.
% s faster than Austin, Tex.
So 81 faster than San Antonio. Tex.
10 II faster than Galveston, Tex.
10 80 faster than Talequah, Ind. Ter.
Al faster than Little Rock, Ark.
l faster than st. Louis, Mo.
IS 20 faster than than Jefferson City, Mo.
10 "a faster than st. Joseph, Mo.
10 A faster than LeavenwOrth, Kan.
p Al faster than Topeka, Kan.
20 40 faster than (Atchison?) Kan.
MOUNTAIN TINE.
slower than Deadwood. D. T.
Is Sc slower than Bismarck, ID. Z.
% 591S faster than Fort Benton, NJ. 7.
q 46 faster than Virginia City, NJ. T.
/ II slower than Cheyenne, w. I.
81 So faster than Salt Lake City. Utah.
0 27-l5 slower than Denver, Col.
faster than Leadville, Col.
40 faster than Santa Fe, n. NJ.
% 40 faster than Tucson, A. T.
20 A faster than Prescott, A. Z.
i 2 1915 slower than Chihuahua, Mex.
20 81 faster than GuaymaS, Mex.
PACIFIC TINE.
IL faster than Olympia. W. T.
9 SO faster than Portland, Ore.
IA 40 slower than Boise City, Idaho.
l 40 slower than Virginia City, New.
81 faster than San Francisco. Cal.
90 A faster than Sacramento, Cal.
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repeatedly, besides causing other incon-
FIVE GRAND DIVISIONS.

FIVE GRAND DIVISIONS.
! The fifty-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
! divisions of time on the North Ameri-
! can Continent: Intercolonial, embrace
! ing Nova Scotia aud New Brunswick;
Eastern, taking in the New England
States, New York, Pennsylvania and
the States south of Pennsylvania; Cen
trail, including Illinois, Ohio, Indiana,
/ Missouri and the States north and south
of them; Mountain. comprising the
roads west of the Missouri River in the
mountains; and Pacific, taking in the
lines on the Pacific coast.
THE FIVE COLORS.
The five colors can not be given IN
the map presented above, but the divis-
ions are marked by shades, and the
| change will be comprehended at glance
when these facts are recalled. The
time in which the earth revolves upon
its axis is divided into twenty-four equal
parts, termed hours, and for conven-
fence in measuring distances the
distance around the earth from East
TO West is divided into $50 parts,
called degrees of longitude. The
surface of the earth. therefore, travels
as many degrees in one hour as twenty
four is contained times in $50, or tif-
teen. From this it is seen that there is
difference of one hour actual time
between each succeeding fifteen de-
grees of longitude around the earth,
faster going East and slower going
West.
FIFTEEN DEGREES AN HOUR.
The railroad officials of the Continent
decided to adopt as their standard of
regulation the time of the Greenwich
Observatory, London, England, and as
the longitude in which their roads were
situated was so many times fifteen de-
grees westward from Greenwich, they
made their standard of time that many
hours slower than Greenwich time.
Hence the Goth degree of longitude is
four hours slower than Greenwich time;
the 10Th, five hours slower; the s0th,
six hours; the 1G5th, seven hours; and
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Governor Ireland, of Texas, has sent
Governor Madero, of Coahuila, lot of carp
for breeding purposes.