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Convicted at fast.

LYNcHBURG, VA. May 31.-The t,ial of r.
D. Hall, for the murder of C. A. DOwyer, OF
Montgomery County, was concluded
at Christiansburg, with verdict
of murder in the first degree A
new trial was refused. He was sentenced
to be hanged August g. Bowyer sold
Esll small tract of land and quarreied
over the settlement. Hall waylaid BOwyer
III lie woods and killed him. A woman
and child testified they saw BOwyer behind
q small tree begging for his life. The woman
called to Hall, who fired and fed After
eleven years he was captured while visiting
ais fathe
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-05
THE SOUTH.

KATIE MEDINGER, a handsome school
girl in Baltimore, after too close applica-
tion to her books disappeared last week,
and was being searched for by large force
of police and detectives.
INGE 6 MALONE, large tobacconists of
Petersburg, Va, have made a deed of
trust for the benefit OF creditors. Liabili-
ties and assets unknown. The junior
member of the firm is the oldest son of SEN
ator Malone.
THE skeleton remains of an unknown
man were found on the shores of West Bay,
near Galveston. At the inquest held
nothing was found to establish his identity.
His remains were evidently those of soEIe
poor unfortunate who lost his life at sea.
TIE Hot Springs (Arkl National Bank
closed its doors recently, owing to run
on the bank, caused by the absence of Pres
ident Andrew Bruon. Liabilities, $4,000.
Bruon was reported to have deserted his
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Suicide from Pecun,ary Losses.

WAUKEsHA, Wis, May 30.-JOhn Nelson,
prominent citizen of this place, com
mitted suicide by hanging. He lost con-
siderable money in the late Boorman
failure, and ever since has acted strangely.
His family had made arrangements to have
him sent to the asylum for the insane at
Oshkosh His trunk was packed and every
thing in readiness. While his wife was pre-
pairing breakfast he slipped from the house,
and when. few moments later, she went
in quest of him she found him hanging in
the barn quite dead. Deceased leaves a
wife and six children. This was his
second attempt at suicide, he having taken
poison ONLY few days ago.
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THE LATEST,

A VIsALIA, Cal, special says: A cloud
burst near here on the night of the 31>t
with such fury as to sweep away the house
of Peter Stewart and all of its inmates,
consisting of himself, wife, mother, two
children and R. Weisner, a sheep herder.
The bodies of Stewart, his mother and one
child were recovered. They were fright
fully mangled and their clothes torn into
shreds. Weisner was injured beyond re-
covery. The house was dashed to atoms.
IMMEDIATELY on the conclusion of the
Theodore Thomas musical festival in the
Exposition Hall at Chicago, on the 31st IAN
army of carpenters and gasfitters took pos
session of the building refitting and alter
ing it to meet the necessities of the Repub-
lican National Convention.
THE Senate was not in session on the
3lst. In the House bill was reported
granting the right of way through the
Indian Territory to the Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Gulf Railroad Company. The bill
granting the right of way through. the
Indian Territory to the Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe Railroad Company was finally
passed, after its consideration had con-
sumed the greater part of the day. The
bill was passed granting the right of way
through the Indian Territory to the South
ern Kansas Railroad Company.
SAMUEL NJ. SHOEMAKER, one of the most
prominent business men of Baltimore and
a director of the Adams Express Company,
died recently.
JOHN B. GIBSON, one CT the proprietors
of tie Gibson House, Cincinnati, died re-
Gently.
THE Pittsburgh rolling mill men were re-
ported to have signed scale of wages
which settled the dispute. The strike will
not take place, though the mills will shut
down ten days for repairs.
d. D. HYMAN, Wholesale liquor dealer of
Gunnison, Col, has failed.
HARVEY d. PARKER, proprietor of the
Boston House, Boston, died on the 31st,
aged seventy-nine.
FAILURES reported for seven days:
United States, 151; Canada, &c; total, III
decrease of fifty-five.
In the burning of transfer company'S
stables at Glasgow, Scotland, recently, two
hundred horses perished.
THOMAS j. WATSON, oil broker, arrested
on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the
Penn Bank, of Pittsburgh, Pa, gave bail in
the sum of $4,000 and was released. He
refused to talk.
A MoNoNGAHELA CITY special says the
delegate convention of coal miners of the
third pool decided to strike against a re-
duction of mining rates. Fifteen hundred
men were affected
TEN COW boys were drowned recently in
cloud-burst during cattle round up on
Frenchman Greek, close to the Colorado
and Nebraska State line.
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GENERAL.

THE English Derby, on the 2Sth, resulted
in dead heat between st. Gatien and Har-
yester, the first time in its history. The
stakes were divided.
MILE. CoLoMBIER has been sentenced to
three months imprisonment and a fine at
Paris, for her brochure "Sarah Barnum."
MOODY AND SANKEY closed a successful
meeting at Croydon, England, on the 26th.
They will sail for America July 9TH.
LONDON newspapers appeal to the public
for fl 600 with which to send British artil-
lery to Quebec to compete in practice.
A LETTER from the Philippine Islands
says band of fanatics, under the leader
ship of a socalled prophet, appeared there
last month. Troops dispersed them with
a loss of thirty-eight killed and wounded.
A SPECIAL commission will be organized
at st. Petersburg to inquire into the cause
of the spreading of Nihilism in the Rus
sian army and navy. Political arrests con-
tinue.
AN open quarrel exists between Prince
jerome (Plon-P Plon) and Prince Victor, his
son. Prince jerome expressed the wish
that his son would make tour of America
and the East and abandon politics. Prince
Victor declined to respect the parental
wishes and rupture occurred, the result
of which is that the father and son live
apart. The young Prince aspires to lead
the Bonapartist party in France.
PLACARDS were posted throughout Mos
cow reminding the Gar of the Nihilists'
proposals of 1881, that in order to avert
his fathers fate he should grant constitu-
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THE Canadian Government has decided
to try the experiment of reducing tolls on
the canals for the season.
THE earnings of the Northern Pacific for
the third week in May were $2SS, 900. The
actual gross earnings of the road for the
month of April were $1,441, ,5146S. The
operating expenses for the month of April
were $599, ,167.9S, or 40 41-100 of the gross
earnings.
The Freneh Government has resolved to
prohibit the entry into France of the
journal Freiheit.
The annual spring review of troops at
Berlin was held on the 10Th by the EN-
peror. who appeared on horseback. The
Royal princes and princesses were present.
RoCHEFoRT, editor of the L'IntrGnsige-
UUG, OIL dTlS, HIS dlbdShS
upon General Grant. It was reported his
reason was that Grant refused to receive
| him when in America.
THE men who recently struck on the
Wabash Railroad returned to work on be-
ing assured their pay would be forthcom.
| ing in n week.
THE French Government proposes to
celebrate the centenary of the commence
ment of the French revolution in 1889. 1t
is also intended to make an especially bril-.
| liant exhibition at Paris in 1889.
The work shops of the Swan Electric
Light Company at Lille, France, the capi.
tai of the Department du Nord, burned re.
Gently and four persons were injured by
| falling floors,
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The Unconauerable Payne.

HUNNEwELL, KAs., May 29.-Captain d.
L. Payne, with two hundred men, is at
work laying out town four miles from
here and three and half miles down in the
Indian Territory They organized yester-
day morning and elected a regular set Of
town company officers. Captain T. n.
Ecachelberger, President; I. X. kresler
Treasurer, and Mr. Cochran Secretary. The
surveyors are busy at work laying off the
aswn site and streets. Captain Payne sayS
ae is determined to remain. They expect tc
have over five hundred people there before
Se2..urtIay. The town is on the Chicaskia, al
Hhat is known as the falls. The new town
has Deen named Rock Falls. it is beauti
fal spot for a town. Payne leaves for LeaV
suwOrfh tomorrow to attend his trial.
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THE EAST.

THE Fall River (Mass.) strikers returned
to work at the reduced wages.
CHARLES HoLCoMB shot a young man
named Miller at Conneautville, Pa, re-
Gently, because Miller accompanied Hol-
combs best girl home from church.
The first message by the Commercial
Gable was received at Rockport, Mass, on
the 27th, as follows: "From the steamer
Faradsy to the selectmen of Rockport: !:
The Faraday wishes to thank the selectmen
of Rockport as well as her citizens for the
reception she received at her hands, and
can only regret that her arduous work
called her away so SOON"
The Empire buildings III New York have
been purchased by London syndicate for
s., $780, 900. -
AT the New York horse show on the 2Sth,
Cyrus W. Field received the first prize for
received the first prize for hunters mare
or gelding; also special prize.
The Union Deposit Bank at Greensburg,
Pa, closed its doors on the 29th.
THE Massachusetts Legislature defeated
the bill TO abolish the contract labor system
IN the State prison.
DISCLOSURES as TO the condition of the
Penn Bank, of Pittsburgh, Pa, show defal-
cations amounting to 81 go, 900. The bank
lost heavily some time ago in attempting a
corner In the oil market. Allegations of
downright theft of the banks assets were
made.
NOTICE has been issued to the coal op-
orators of Schuylkin County, Pa, that
coal mining will be suspended during
twelve days in June.
The other night, at Albany, N. Y, q
German woman, Caroline Schreifer, while
insane from the loss of her bank book,
murdered FIVE of her children, and running
with the oldest child, nine years old, threw
herself in front of a train on the Central
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Conductor EeZekiah McKin

-Conductor Eezekiah Mckinney,
who was killed in Connecticut recently.
was the man who had little episode
with the supposed Northampton Bank
burglars the night after the robbery. A
passenger in the smoking-car handed
him what was Supposed to be 500
bill in payment for fare. When Ire went
to the baggage car for change, Mckin-
ney found that it was Il $1,000 bill. and,
returning, gave it back to the man he
supposed he got it from. The man de-
MEL giving him any bill, and, as no
owner to it could be found, he turned 1t
over to the railroad, which deposited it
in a Hartford bank, and some four years
afterward gave it to Mckinney
Boston POSk.
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-"Oh. the wickedness of them play.

-"Oh, the wickedness of them play
actorsr' said country aunt in town on
a visit, just then indignant They make
q laughing stock of marriage by getting
married on the stage; they make believe
murder and shoot, and set fire to
houses, and now if there amt one of them
actually advertising for people to come
and see him die on the stage. o, no; L
amt mistaken. l read it with my own
eyes. Last night and farewell appear
ance of John Mccullough L suppose
the doctors have given him up, and ne
wants to make a heap of money the
last thing. - Chicago Times.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

DEMOCRATIC leaders in the House of Rep
resentatives have been negotiating with
Republican Senators for the adjournment
of Congress.
COLONEL FREI, Swiss Minister at Wash
ington, has resigned, owing to his failure
TO secure an increase of salary.
A FALSE rumor was circulated at Wash
ington on the 9th that Secretary Lincoln
had been killed. The Secretary was at his
desk in the War Department in his usual
health.
GEORGE S. KooNrz, for many years gen.
eral agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road Company in Washington, died the
other night of paralysis.
COLLECTIONS of internal revenue for ten
months of the fiscal year, S99, 164, ,745; de-
crease, Sl9,9OS 637, compared with the cor
responding period of the previous year.
The principal decrease was on tobacco.
There was an increase of 81, ,460, ,564 from
spirits.
COLONEL j. A. P. BURNSIDE, disbursing
clerk i'll the Post-ofiice Department at
Washington, has been removed on a charge
of having embezzled $45, 900 and a warrant
is out for his arrest. He speculated with
Lewis, the missing oil broker.
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Second Day.

INDIANAPOLIS, May S0.-The National
Greenback Convention reassembled yeSter-
day morning, General Weaver presiding.
After the adoption of the platform, the role
of States was called and c. E. Cunningham,
of Arkansas, nominated General B. F. Bnt-
Ter. which was seconded by Chase, of Cali
fornia, and by the representatives OF the
States until Georgia was reached, when
Craven, of that State, nominated Jesse
Harper, of Illinois. Jones, of New
York. nominated f. A. Allis, Of Wis
cOnsin, and Atwood, of Pennsylvania, NOM
mated Armstrong of that State. A ballot
resulted, Butler 323, Harper 9S, Allis 2,
Davis l. SOlon Chase, though not placed
in nomination, received two votes. Butler
was declared the nominee. The convention
then proceeded to the selection of canG-
date for Vice President, and General A. NJ.
West, of Mississippi, was nominated by ac'
clamation. Colonel Winston, of North Car
olina, d. A. Hopkins, of New jersey, Cen
eral w. P. Innis, of Michigan, George b.
Hutchinson, of Massachusetts,, and ex-Gov-
ernor Sprague, of Rhode Island, were ap-
pointed committee to wait on Governor
Butler and General West, To notify them OF
the action of the convention. Adjourned.
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GRERNBACK CONVENTION.

Meeting OF the National Greenback Con-
vention at Indianapolfs-The Orgsniza-
tion-Butler Nominated-The Platform.
The National Greenback Convention to
nominate candidates for President and Vice
President met at Indianapolis on the 2sth.
A permanent organization was effected by
the election of General John B. Weaver, OF
Iowa, Chairman, with Vice-President for
each State, and the following Secretaries:
C. F. Davis, Iowa; c. F. j. DOody, New
York; S. c. Post, Illinois; j. W. Northrup,
Ohio; C. Roberts, Texas; S. F. Norton, Illi-
nOis; B. w. Ferlend, New jersey. The re-
nainder Of the day was occupied in ap-
pointing committees and speech making,
when the convention adjourned until morn
ing, pending the report of the committees.
General Weaver proved to be model pre-
siding officer. His speech was only about
fifteen minutes in length, and was devoted
to a brief review of the work and achieve
ments of the party and plea for it to con-
tinUe in the discharge of its duty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-17
Harvesting Corn.

have come to the conclusion that a
majority of farmers do not harvest their
corn early enough for profit; it is the Gus
tom to let the corn stand until the husks
are rpened. For few years | have prac-
ticed cutting and stocking mine much
earlier. BY examining some of the ears
with the greenest husks | could satisfy
myself that it would answer to begin
cutting. If the kernals of these green
ears are partially glazed I 60 ut it. 1t
will need to stand and cure a little longer
before hauling to the barn, than it would
if it was ripe when cut: but the diff
ference in the amount and quality of
corn obtained will hardly be per-
ceptible, while the difference in the
quality and value of the fodder is very
great Mine. cut early, is bright and
green as need be- Cattle will eat it even
now while upon grass with evident relish,
stalk and all while when it stands until
fully ripe it is 50 tough and woody that
cattle will hardly eat it all. Again, it is
quite often the case that by this early cut
ting frost is escaped. 1t was so with
me this year. | helped my neighbor
handle some OF his fodder that was not
cut until after two quite hard frosts, and
would rather have one ton of mine than
four of his. Brother farmers, try cutting a
piece earlier next year. A.
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The Swell Society Girl.

According to A correspondent of the Chi
cago Tribune. the visitor to New York and
the average citizen who works for his living
seldom or never sees the really swell society
girl unless he catches glimpse of her in her
box at the opera or sees her roll by in gilt
tering drag once year on coaching day"
Any one more thoroughly guarded than the
girl in question it would be difficult to mag
inc. To begin with, the season has been so
shortened of late that she is only in New
York few months in the year. Six years
ago social festivities began in September and
no one thought of leaving town before July.
Nowadays fashionable people never come
home before November and the season is not
fairly started before December. 1t goes fast
and furious for five months, and then comes
on the Coaching Clubs parade in May, which
officially closes the season.
The society girl runs over to England in
May and catches the London season at its
height. About the second week of August
she goes to Newport, where she remains till
quite late in September. Thence she
journeys to her fathers country home and
builds up in preparation for the New
York season. She is called bud--s debut
ante-in her first year, a society girl in her
second, and is pronounced passe in her third.
ments She rises late in the morning, goes
to o'clock breakfast or luncheon in her
mothers broughmap. returns in time to
make an elaborate toilet and be whirled
through the park at 6, when she is brought
back to dress for dinner and the subsequent
opera, reception, or ball, or perhaps all
three At an early hour in the morning she
steps out of the carriage, wrapped to the
chin in furs. and falls YEARLY into the arms
of her maid Her manner is very English.
1t is fashionable just now to be brisk, wide
awake and Jolly. The romantic girl, the
nov ell reading girl. the spirituelle girl and
the accomplished" girl are all out of style.
The girl of the period is very bright, bit
horsey and uncommonly attractive. If her
flow of spirits is sometimes forced and pal
pably unreal, who can wonder? What
would you have? Fatigue will overtake the
strongest of us. Eventually she marries in
her own set, becomes one of the married
woman beauties" rides to hounds, goes
yachting with her husband, and brings up =
family of well-bred boys and girls. Rarely
very rarely, indeed-a bit of scandal tar
nishes her name. Whether in London. New
| port or New York, she is always as carefully
guarded as a princess She never goes out
without her chaperons. and her mothers eye
is ever upon her. And the father Does any
one ask about the old man He plugs away
steadily in town eleven months in the year
making the money necessary for the mainte
nance of the girl.
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ing the camp between New Baltimore and
Warringtown about the 10th OF November
1862, he went TO Washington for supply
of papers. Having accomplished his OBJ
iect. the young lad set out on horseback
tor the camp, having to travel a distance
of 80 miles. A change of position by the
army during his absence had occurred, and
as consequence he ran into the rebel
picket line and was taken to Gen j. +. b.
Stuart's headquarters at hotel in Warren
ton. and from there sent to Libby prison,
in Richmond. arriving there November
Is. Major Turner was in command OF the
prison. and when the young prisoner came
into his presence. observing that he was a
mere boy, the major spoke kindly to him,
and, after his name had been enrolled.
asked him the customary question, if he
had any money or valuaDles about his per-
son.
The frightened boy had managed to
conceal his money. $3.50, in his boots. and
in answer to his question. put his hand
down, and while a teardrop glistened IN
his bright eve. and his boyish lip quivered
ihe brought it forth and handed it to the
rebel major, and trying hard to choke
down the swelling in his throat. he told of
his widowed mother at home, his four
brothers in the army. his having
made this money selling papers.
and saving to send, with his brothers
wages to his mother. The major folded
the boys passes around the money, and
said to him. ''you shall have this again,
my boy, when you are permitted to go
from here" Six weeks afterwards the
boy was paroled, and repairing to Major
Turner's office, the kind officer, handing
him the package of money and the passes.
just as he had received them, said, "Here
is your money my boy" With again
trembling hands, but a joyous heart, the
little fellow took the package. He was
sent to Washington, and few weeks af-
terward was going his old rounds selling
newspapers. The boy was doc" Aubrey,
1.-The newsboy of the Iron brigade" who
now resides in Milwaukee, and he gave
us these facts during the late reunion of
the Iron brigade in this city.
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DaiIu Kfnnebsr JcurnaI.
The Sheen Fold.

1t is often said, and with much truth,
that there is room enough and place for
each of all the different breeds of cattle,
but we cannot say the same of sheep.
New breeds are easily obtained and have
often been originated by crossing two OF
the older breeds; but there is in them a
constant tendendency to deteriorate or to
90 back to one of the parental types. in
crossing the Merino with the Cotswold, a
nice-looking, valuable sheep is produced.
but when we throw away prejudice
and the desire for novelties, we find in
Southdown, except the color, just such
sheep with the added advantage of fixed
and permanent characteristics and GER
tainty that they will appear in the offspring
of any breed that the Southdown is crossed
upon. The fleece of Cotswold can hard
ly be called wool, and is is so loose
that sheep of that breed will be wet to
the skin in storm quicker than Jersey
COW and will be much longer drying out.
The Leicesters and the Oxforddowns are
open TO the same objection. and for this
reason are not fit for the back pastures
and mountain ranges of New England.
II is claimed that Southdown buck will
improve any flock that he is put with.
They are peaceable, and easily kept, doing
we'll where larger sheep would starve;
they make the best mothers. and the best
mutton in the world. For a man who
wants to keep sheep to renovate a farm
and to furnish mutton and good quality
of wool, | recommend the Southdown.
For large ranges, remote from market,
where wool is the main object. have
nothing to say against the Merino.
North Turner, Me. o. II. L.
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A Story Of Libby Prison.

So many acts of heartlessness and cruel
ty during the great civil war have been
recorded that it is real pleasure. saws a
Wisconsin journal. to have an opportunity
to record an act of manly kindness on the
part OF a gallant Confederate soldier to a
Yankee boy.
In the town of Bennington. in the Green
mountains OF Vermont, in the spring of
1861, there lived poor widow with six
children. FIVE bows and one little girl. the
youngest of the former stripping IA years
old. When the wires flashed the news
from Washington all over. our land that
the rebels had fired upon the old flag at
Fort Sumpter, the four older boys respond
ed to the country's call and hurried to
the seat of war. The younger lad.
his heart fired with genuine Green
mountain patriotism. ran away from
home. and eluding pursuit, made his
way to the camp on the Potomac. But his
ardor was somewhat dampened by the
discovery of the fact that he could not. in
consequence of his youth and diminutive-
ness. enlist as soldier. Determined to
remain at the front and having, as the
saving is, to scratch for living, he went
to sell newspapers to the soldiers. Leay-