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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-03

sab. He raised his hand and said, Ser
geant, why this indiscriminates slaughter;
win not your revenge ever be satisfied: ,
I saw. sab, that tkewholed-o Yankee
line was wavering, and said, Gen. Lee
only let me kill a few more Of EN-, oaly
a few more, I implore you. IshaI never
forget the look On his face when he
glanced at me and said, Don't call me
general-caI me Robert" We often
hear Of funny stories from the Union
side, but it is seldom that q genuine con-
federate yarn creeps into print.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-03
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Cur facilities are unsurpassed by any Office
in the state. We have the only ghrOmatiC
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OTs ut one impression, also the only Railroad
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printing li,O00 tickets an hour.
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-03
" Call me Robert"

Towle in the Boston Traveller.
Even some of the native Nirginians
find time occasionally to make fun of the
staggering braggadocio Of some of the
citizens of the - Old Dominion. 4 gen
tleman from Richmond said to me day
or two since: The most eccentric char
acter in the Confederate army, so far as
l know, was Sergeant John R. Carp, "a
man always boasting of his own valor
and achievements. Carp was a charac-
ter. and no mistake. He said to me one
day: / did more to frighten the Yam
KEGS at Charlottesville than any other
one man. Why, sab, had sixteen Mig
gahs. sab, yes sab, sixteen niggahs, sab,
loading guns for me, sab. and l moved
the Yanks down like I was using a scythe.
sab. Yes, sab, they laid out in front of
me in heaps of dead men. While I was
doing my level best, and enjoying the re-
suits Of my execution, an officer, sab,
yes sab, an officer. sab, in a general'sun-
form, rode up to me and exclaimed, Is
this Sergeant Carp, of Goochland county,
Virginia ?" I responded by saying, it X
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-03

GRANGER.-Judge J. n. Granger died
a few days ago at the United States hotel
IN New York. He was brother-inlaw
of the late Stephan A. Douglas
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-03
The most for the Least Money.

The most for the Least Money.
E. V. smaney.
considering the cost of its production,
the daily paper is the cheapest product IN
the market, whether it be sold for one
cent or five.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-10
THE AWFUL CRIME AT TURZIG.

Mr.. and Mrs. Seifert, Who Kept the Little
Tavern Where Merchants MysteriousIy
Disappeared, Located at Meriden, Conn.
MERIDEN, Conn., Oct. 8.-A cable dis
patch from Berlin a few days ago announced
the discovery Of six human skeletons in the
cellar Of a tavern in a town called Turzig,
near johannesburg, in Germany. One of
the bodies was identified as that of B.
Fuerstenberg, Jr., prominent merchant
by his friends after he had entered
that tavern. His identity was discov-
cred by his clothing and valise. The
authorities are looking for the former own
er of the tavern-Carl Seifert. He has been
found in this city, and is recognized by sew
eral of the Germans here who came from
Turzig, as the keeper of the tavern in queS-
ton. He displayed considerable money
after he came here last April, and bought
several building lots. The German Consul
was notified OF the whereabouts of Seifert,
but he replied last night that he was not
aware that Seifert was wanted in Germany,
SO he had not been arrested. Chief-0f-PO-
lice Ford went to New York to-day to con-
suit with the Consul. The theory is that
these skeletons are the bodies Of travellers
who were murdered and robbed.
Yesterday Mrs. Seifert was seen while
her husband was away. She explained that
she and her husband had come to America
because their son-in-law, Carl Schroeder,
had sent for them. They had kept the tay-
ern at Turzig for four years. She knew
that a search had been made for the missing
merchant Fuerstenberg, but denied all
knowledge of any dead bodies in the cellar.
She and her husband had intended return
ing to Germany. They had purchased lot
here for $500 and sold it for $3.50, as they did
not intend remaining here. They did not
own the tavern at Turzig, but simply leased
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-10
He Had Qualifications.

He walked into the Office of the
wooden mill with his hat on his head
and look of beautiful uncOncern on
his face.
A porter was going to fire him out as
a tramp, but, on second examination it
dawned on the porter that may be the
visitor was a cowboy returned to civil
zation and too busy to change his
clothes. Being a man with family to
provide for he concluded he would
tackle truck instead.
'sYou the boss ?" the unknown asked
of the gray-haired gentleman at the
desk.
Yes"
"Mebbe I'm off the path; but you got
an advertisement in the papers fur a
mule-spjnner. M I'right?"
"You are"
"Wall, h'ar [ am. Size me down
fine n say am l yer ch'lce."
81 want mule-spinner, it is true,
but, excuse me, you don't seem to me
as if
ooh, Tn a-lookin tough, fur fact.
But what's the odds? The right stuff s
here, fur all the coin on yer clothes.
What the job?"
Let me see. Umph! What expert
ence and qualifications have you?'7
"Sp'riance N quail fcatiors? Wall.
bin walkin' the tow-path off n on the
last thirteen years. l kin handle any
animile they ever hitched to craft an
make better time n emmy livin' driver
ez ever cracked a lash over a lazy
mules back. Mule-spinner Tie me
up with bow-line an drop me over
the banks eff [ can't make emmy mule ez
ever tramped the tow-path spin livelier
n live! Var me?"
''My good man," said the old gentle
man, as he picked up his pen again
and prepared to resume work, II fancy
you've made a slight mistake. A mule
spinner in wooden mill and mule
driver on the canal are scarcely one
and the same thing, when you come to
think of it. / want spinner for my
factory. Good day.
oval, don't cit inter q fritter, Cap,
I amt said nothin ter rile yer, hey IP
But femme tell yer fore meander. F
ever [ run up agin the slumper that
gimme this bad steer Z II turn him into
SIGH shape ell scare the hair often
the grittest undertaken ez ever handled
stiff"
And he bit off section big enough
for three chews as he made for the
door. WASHINGTON HGtchet.
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A MILE In 2:O6 1.4-2:s Ia.

CHICAGO, Oct 4.-The grandest effort
OF the racing season of 1884 took place at
the Chicago Driving Park yesterday after
noon, and only three hundred people wit
messed the performance. Commodore Kilt
sons bay gelding Johnston paced mile to
sulky in the unprecedented time of 2:06A.
again placing the pacing record below that
OF the trotters and casting the 2:O9%
of Maud S. in the shade
Splan first drove Johnston a warming-up
heat in 2:19. This one seemed to timber
up the flyer. When he again appeared on
the track the st0p-WatcheS came out and
their owners sought positions opposite the
wire. Johnny Campbell also appeared on
the track behind Richball. President Hes
ing then announced from the judges stand
that Johnston was to pace mile against
his record of 2:10 and that Rchball would
also go to beat his record of 2:1215. The
horses were to start about fifty feet
apart, Johnston leading. At the first
attempt Splan nodded for the word. Camp
bell also nodded Away went the two
fastest PAGERS on the turf. Johnston was
going for all he was worth, with his long,
sweeping gait. The chunky little blaze
faced gelding followed close behind, with
his rapid, springy movement. Johnston
passed the first quarter in thirty-two sec
ends. Rounding onto the straight road of
the back stretch, Johnston travelled even
faster than he had made his first quarter.
always keeping up that heavy long stride,
but moving little faster. Riehball
had dropped seventy yards to the rear, and
went off his feet halfway down to the half
mile pole. AS Johnston passed the half
shout went up again and the watches
stopped at 1:0319. Rchball had dropped
way behind. AS Johnston showed at the
foot OF the back-Stretch and began coming
home fast and strong, the men with watches
began to dance around uneasily and look at
their watches. The maroon silk Jacket of
John Splan could be seen over the fence
coming around the turn as though he was
flying. He was bending over and lifting
the gallant PAGER along. He was getting
every bit of speed that was in his horse.
Coming the last quarter in the shade of the
buildings the geldng seemed to get a new
turn of speed. Splan was leaning
over and yelling at the top of his
voice. The horse never faltered. He
was as strong and steady as
when he started. An instant he was in
front OF the grand-stand while the crowd
held its breath lest he should break. The
next fraction Of second and he swept
under the wire. The fastest mile ever
travelled in harness to sulky was finished
and had gone on record as 2:O6I There
were hardly enough people in attendance to
get up good-sized cheer, but the men did
their best and greeted the king of the turf
with ragged volley of yells.
Minnie R., with Firebrand for running
mate, next took the track. After several
unsuccessful attempts to get a good start,
the gallant mare got fairly off, and came
under the wire in 2:O3L.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-10
NEWS OF The WEEK
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
From WASHINGTON.

At Washington on the 1st the Prime Me-
ridian Conference, with forty-two dele
gates representing twenty-five countries,
assembled, being welcomed by Secretary
Frelinghuysen.
On the LIST the revenue of the United
States showed decrease during the last
quarter of So, 466,09j
THE public-deb5 statement for September
IS as follows: Total debt INCLUDING inter-
est) 81 $50 49s, 1915; cash in Treasury, $780,
OBJ, 321; debt, less amount III Treasury,
81 40, 467, 055. Decrease during September,
$12,047, 039 Decrease since June so, 1888,
$24,5S3, 1S0.
THERE were 221 business failures in the
United States and Canada during the sew
en- days ended on the Sd, against 229 the
previous seven days. The distribution
was as follows: Middle States, AZ; New
England States, 81; Western, SO; South
ern, 81; Pacific States and Territories, 80;
Canada SO.
In the United States the population is
now placed at 57,O0OO0O.
A FEW evenings ago the new Corcoran
School of Art and Science was opened in
Washington.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR on the 4th desig
mated Frank Hatton, First Assistant Post
master General, to act as Postmaster Cen
eral for ten days.
THE exchanges at twenty-four leading
clearinghouse in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the 4th aggregated
$SO5,O01, 1876, against sos, S,294 the pre-.
vious week. As compared with the cor
responding period of 1883, the clearings
showed decrease of 237 per cent.
b DURING the week ended on the 4th the
issue of standard silver dollars was 491, 1897,
against 6l5,999 for the corresponding
period last year.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-10
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs. Langtry says she is twenty
nine.--A. I. herald.
-"Mrs. Professor Ida Shafer'' is
horse tanner in Northern California.
Henry James goes Lickens one bet
ter. He is writing "A Tale of Three
Cities"
The newspaper boys of New Haven,
Conn, are not allowed to sell their pa
pers upon the streets on Sunday.
Robert Bonner is said to be worth
$1,000, O Ga neat balance on the right
side of the Logger. Chicago Herald.
John Habberton made . lot of
money by Helen Babies" but he has
lost it all by indorsIng q note.-M Y.
San.
Israel Cole, of Waterbury, Conn.,.
is the lone survivor of the State Legis-
lature OF 1924, of which he was the
youngest member.
Verdi, the composer, is seventy
three years of age. He has snow-whlte
hair and mustachc. He has written
and published l25 operas.
The late Senator Anthony is said
uCNCI W GttfC NtoC1 JObetCNO uLbl4 llt W ttS
fifty years old. Then he was adv sed
by his physician to try smoking for
bronchitis; but it did no good and he
soon gave it up.
The London Times recently com
tanned what is probably the longest ed
itorial on record. 1t filed seven coli
umns. The Atlanta Constitution says
we have Lad editors in this country who
wrote editorials columns long, but they
are dead.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, reply
ing to his many distinguished friends
who, on the occasion of his seventy
fifth birthday, sent him letters of con
graduation through the Critic; said
among other happy things: Even the
shriveled centenarian loves word of
praise--it is the sweetmeat of his second
infancy"
Fifty years ago there was boy in
Africa who was taken prisoner in one of
the fierce wars between the tribes. and
was carried away from his home to be
sold as a slave. After being sold and
reSold, now for sugar and again for
rum. he was finally carried away in
SldfC-SIllp IA DLlJISn u ioGL CtlJlul Gu
the SLAYER The boy is now Bistop
Crowther of the Anglican missions in
Africa. albany Journal.
The original "Blue Book" was the
work of Peter Force, of New York, q
iourneyman printer, who went to Wash
ington in 1915, became the proprietor of
a printing Office, and for some time
compiled without charge the biennial
Register, " better known, from the color
OF its binding, as the "Blue Book" of
which the Government purchased a
small number CT copies. lie in lime
purchased large quantity of rare books
and pamphlets, many of which bad
been thrown away from the executive
departments as rubbish, and purchased
by him of the dealers in waste paper
| GhScaQ0 Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-10
HUMOROUS.

-Talka4ive boarder Ito landlady's
daughter). "Ah! Oh, yes, indeed. You
see I've become q fl ture here; am,
you seez-" Landlady's daughter (briei-
ly). Gas fixture"
Little brother (whose sister is play
ing cards with gentleman: "Mr.
Smiler, does Mamie play cards well"
Mr.. SIN ler-''Yes, very we'll indeed"
l.. B.-'fGhen you had better look out,
for mamma said if she played her cards
well she would catch you."-M Z.
Graphic.
-" Why do you want to set such
tough chicken before meP" indignant
" exclaimed fair dansel in q restaur-
ant the her day. SIS Age before beau
ty.' always, you know ma'am," re-
piled the polite attendant, who well
knew how to serve his employer and
tough chicken at the same time.-CbG-
cogO Herald.
Just think OF itr' eacuIated Mrs.
G., OF more money than bra ms, to an
other lady similarly favored. 81 saw
by this mornings papers how that hor-
rid MacFlimsey girl led off german"
"Oh, my! He's some poor Dutchman,
I suppose, but l always suspected she'd
do something awful, - replied the other.
B ZION Ir tHSc1Ipt.
The Oil City Derrick wants to know
what ''pelerine" is. Such ignorance
in the editorial profession is deplora3le.
A peerine is an article of dress worn
by the female sex, and differs from the
pelisse, and the redingote, and the
fchu, and the satin mervilleux polon-
aise, and those things. We supposed
everybody knew what pelerine is
NoTrist0a31a Herald.
"A little boy about nine years of
age was riding Yesterday afternoon in
a red-line coach, and his mischievous
pranks led his mother 10 siyiy pinch
his arm in the hope that he would take
the hint and keep more quiet. He as
tonished the old lady by casting a saw
age glance in her eye, accompanied by
the exclamation: "Say, mother, |
should think was snuff the way you
pinch met Boston Globe.
-''Speaking of the difficulty foreign
ers experience in giving the proper ac-
cent to English. > said Captain Boslum,
reminds me of the fact that when
Grst came hither / could not speak
English, yet you can not detect for
cign accent" "To acquire sach per-
lection must have taken much time"
replied a lady. "Oh, yes; it required
years" "Must have been young when
you came to this placer" Eyes, was
very young. In fact, was born here"
Boston Traveller.
-"Oh, Penelope" said brown.eyed
fairy to her blue-eyed chum, 'Tm Just
the happiest girl in the world. Pm 90
ing to be married" "Oh, my, isn't
that nee! Of course, its Charlie
CrooneyP" '"No, indeed! it's VIII
Hende6oy. He's the dearest fellow in
the world" ''Why, who is he? I
never heard of him." "Never heard of
him! Oh, Penelope, he's the pitcher of
the Bungtown Batters, and he pitches
seven different curves" Oh, you are
the luckiest girl in the world!'' shrieked
Penelope. and then they Rugged each
other and giggled in DEMONSTRATING
ton HGtchet.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-10
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

AT Kostroma, Austria, several ships
were burned recently on the Vo1ga River,
| and dozen persons were killed or in
jured. The damage amounted to several
million roubles.
In a railroad accident in India few
days ago sixty persons were killed.
On the ID the public proclamation of
General Dias as President of the Mexican
Republic was issued.
AT Cirvy LIE Noble, France, dynamite
outrages were recently perpetrated, caus.
| ing great damage. The inhabitants of the
town were greatly alarmed.
ADvIcEs were received at London on
the I'd of a hurricane which swept over
Iceland the 18th of September. Nineteen
trading vessels and sixty fishing boats
were wrecked off the coast, and thirty
two vessels were disabled. The loss of
life was appalling.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted at recent
meeting of the United Temperance organ
ization of Great Britain and Ireland, con
| graduating Neal Dow on the success of
| the prohibition movement in Name
GENERAL GORDON it was reported on the
\
the Soudan, after vigorous bombardment.
| The rebels escaped with all their treasure.
| The French Ministry denied on the Sd
that France had asked the United States to
act as mediator in the Chinese affair.
| THERE were POT new cases of cholera
and 1876 deaths in Italy during the twenty
four hours ended at nine p. m. on the 9th,
80 of which occurred at Naples and 20 at
Genoa. Six deaths were reported in
France and two in Spain. The Italian
| Government had spent the sum of &c..
100000 trying to check the spread of
| cholera.
The emigration during the past six
months from the British Islands has been
directed towards Australia. America has
not received its average number of emil
grants.
| OBSERVATIONS of the total eclipse of the
moon, which occurred on the night of the
4th, were successfully made throughout
Europe. The view in London was fine,
the atmosphere being perfectly clear.
! The eclipse began at 9:33 p. m. and ended
| at 1916 a. m.
A FIRE recently destroyed the royal pal
ace of Denmark and the archives of the
Rigsdag. Ten soldiers were burned to
death while attempting to save property
| from the flames.
A FEATURE of the American exhibition
in London will be an illustration of the
styles of cooking, North, South, East and
! West.
On the Adra3ic coast terrific storm
occurred on the 9Th. At Ravenna a rail-
way bridge was washed away and twelve
persons were drowned, and as Pesaro
many vessels were wrecked, the town was
flooded, and several persons were
drowned.
GAS explosion caused the burning of the
Windsor Hotel at Kingston, Can, few
nights ago. One guest leaped from a third.
story window, and others barely escaped
with their lives.
THERE were go new cases of cholera
and 100 deaths in Italy during the twenty
four hours ended at nine p. m. on the 9th,
II of which occurred at Naples and % at
Genoa. Sixteen adeaths were reported in
| France.
In Austria fourteen children were
drowned recently in The River brave
while playing in boat which capsized.
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catch was of good average, and that new
volcano had been discovered and the
Kowak River fully explored.
The other day Joseph Winfield and S.
Fritz, with their wives, and James Raffero
ty, were found murdered at ranch in the
mountains near Tucson, A. 7. 1t was be-
lieved that band of Mexicans committed
the murders.
IT is reported that John Jacobs, cigar
peddler at San Francisco, has fallen heir
to property in England valued at $780,
900.
In the Calumet and Hecla mine at Calu-
met, Mich, serious fire was raging on
the 9th, eleven hundred feet below the sur
face. Two men had been suffocated. and
it was feared that other lives would be
lost.
A FEW evenings ago Minnie Brooks, a
white woman, and keeper of house of i'll
repute in Chicago, and her husband, Giles
Hunt, colored, were killed by negro
named Joe Williams during an alteration.
In the vicinity of Peters burg, Va, farm
ers reported on the 9Th great damage to
the growing crops.by drought. The streams
and wells were drying up.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-10
LATER.

MRS. MARY DAVIS, wealthy lady living
near Alpine, Ga, was shot and killed by
unknown parties on the 7th while walking
in her yard. Her body was perforated
with twenty slugs fired from ambush.
FIVE more incendiary fires were started
at Cleveland, o., on the 7th, but they were
discovered before much damage was done.
The British steamer Miromar, from
Yokohama to Hong Kong, foundered at
sea recently, and forty persons were
drowned. The only persons saved were
two Cinnamon.
The opera-house at South Bethlehem,
Pa, and four adjoining buildings were de-
stroyed by fire on the 7th. The loss was
about 100000. One man was fatally in
jured.
VESSEL agents in Chicago reported on
the 7th that business was the dullest for
the season in thirty years, and the opin-
ion was general that more sail craft
would be stripped this month than ever
before.
The ninth Episcopal Congress of the
Bishop Harris, who presided, delivering
the welcoming ADDRESS,.
BECAUSE of the increasing number of
defaulters and the immunity offenders en-
joy, it was said the British and American
Governments were on the 7th engaged in
negotiations for revision of the extradi-
ton treaty.
THE exports of produce from New York
during the seven days ended on the 7th
aggregated $7,110,000, against S., 1893, 900
the previous seven days and SC, 500, 900 for
the corresponding period of last week.
THE heat was so excessive at Savannah,
unable to work at loading vessels. One
death occurred from sun-stroke.
THERE were forty-three new cases of
cholera and twenty-seven deaths in the
city of Naples, Italy, on the 7th, and twen-
ty-one new cases and seventeen deaths in
Genoa. Eight deaths occurred in France.
GREAT distress prevailed on the 7th at
the Magdalen Islands, in the Gulf of st.
Lawrence, and many families were said to
be starving. The Government had been
asked for assistance.
The straight Republicans of Missouri
met at Macon on the 7th and nominated a
full State ticket, headed by Adon Guitar
for Governor.
| HE following Congressional nomina-
tons Were made on the 18th: Republican
New York, Thirtieth District, Charles S.
Baker; Arkansas, Fourth District, J. N.
Sarber; Wisconsin, Fourth District, l. w.
Van Setback. Connecticut,
First District William w. Eaton (renom-
inated); New York, Thirty-frst District
Robert s. Stevens (renominatedl. Pro-
Observation-Disclosures, Eighteenth District.
Henry N. Moore.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-10
What She Was Looking For.

A young married man in Avondale
worries the life half out of his wife by
quoting for her benefit all sorts of
maxims, adages, mott3es, and so on.
The other day she was sitting by him
and playfully slipped her hand into his
vest pocket.
What are you after, dearP" he
said.
Oh, q nickel, or dime or dollar;
I don't care which she replied.
That's good; you don't expect to
find bristles on g goose, do you, dear?"
"Of course not, darling; L wasn't
looking for bristles."
She smiled up at him so significantly
that he didn't throw off another
proverh for q week. Merchant arGU-
eler.