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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-10-11
A NEBRASKA BUTCHgRY.

A Horrible Story of Outrage nnd Murder
from Nance County, Nebraska-Fiye Per.
sons Killed TO Cover Up u Fiendish Crime
The Remains Of the Victims An Found
and Hot Ciew to the Perprtrator.
OMAHA. NKB.. Octoberb
The butchcry Ia Nance County Is still the
ruling sens ltlon, and IN tongue OF eos.
sip has been busy. Rumors and specu.
latlons OF all kinds are current, but sus
picion has generally centred on II. A. q.
Baird, u young man, twcnty-Onc years
old, for whose capture VI, 200 reward Is
offered. Sheriff ZIbDel ol Nance County,
who has tracked him 10 Omihi, arrived
here last evening, aud makes tho fol ow.
Ing statement;
After numbering Harry perclyal, vile
and child, and ugh Alair on Monday
night II Is thought, Baird rode n
horse to Fullerton, aud there, on
Tuesday morning, bought licSet f1f
Omaha, and left on the m rhing train.
Whether he obtil ed any p Under Is
pot known certainty, but 1t I, su .
posed that he did, aud furthermore II Is
believed that he pawnel somi articles VI
iewclry at pawnshop In Omaha.
WORSE THAN piRsr REPORTED.
It seem. that young B,irL was living
with Perciya, aud the theory now Is
that while perclyal was In Fullerton on
Monday aiternoJn, BaIrd committed III
outrage on Mrs. perciya'. Baird, seeing
what he had done, killed her and hcr
.hiid Th. sununaiftnu a. thar tlttr
then laid Ia wait for perc val anJ Killed
hlm on Ills return from fullefton. Pr
ciyal was shot twicc near the haY.siacs
and the body was found there badly eaten
BY hogs.
MORE KILLING.
Hugh Mair, who was alsJ Killed, lived
with his friend Farniyal, hall a mile
from L slyal, ad II Is believed thai
Baird Killed him for fear lhtt h. had
learned somethlnI. furdiyii, who I,
missing and was thou ght at lirst TO be
implicated with Diird, Is now believed
10 have been sl Killed by Baird, an,
his friends thins that his body will be
found. Tbs theory that Furniyal A.
tempted TO escaps from Biiri bs rillng
away un uis HOTecf Huk Nlah blttif WIZ
Is a dead shot, Killed him At Ion. rang
and buried the body. A peculiar sin
was discorc cd twJ ~ les w'st oi farnl
val's house ye t'rday m Jrnihg, an pr
ties are endc .yo-ing 10 locate 1T Ia thl
hope Of finding riruly,rs body.
baird Is a bright looking young fcl ow
with smooth face except light mus
tsehe. lie wears good clothc-, pay
pool and drinks easionally; Is an En
gllshman, and Is believed to have gone q
New York Intending 10 rstnrn to Eng aud
All his victims are Fig i,h. Mrs. Fer
cival's father, who lives at fanbinlt
passed through oDaht last . ght cI
route for Nanc 'Couhiy.s q E /
rrRNIvAL FOUND.
LATrn-Ali day yesterday the scare
for furniva.'s body was kept up, aud Ia /.
venIng ,he searchcrs were rewarded bl
finding the corp.e 10 q poud mar III
scsne of the other killhgA
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-10-11
misCELLANEou,.

Noric. was given by the 0livtr Iron
Works at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the ist, to
the employees oi u reduction OF l2s per
cent. In va res on account Of the depres.
sion In trade. 6
Tmz mills sat Minneapolis. MINI. arc
turning out more 4 ur than ever before Ia
the history OF the city. Several are run.
ming on now wheat cxclusively.f
IN Virginia the drought Ia alarming.
The heat has also been intense for several
days. Grass has dfici up In the south.
west, creeks are dry aud cattle are bcin :
driven into Tennessee for water aud graz.
Ing. =
THE termination Of the railroad war Is
announced by Commissioner FINK.
EouTa AFRICAN advices report a move.
ment 10 raise local force TO fxpel the
Beers from B1shuaualand aud restore
English authority.
THE deaths from cholera In France are
rapidly decreasing.
THE financial exhibit OF the Postal De.
partmsnt forthe fiscal year IL given 10 the
public. Il shows a deficiency OF about
ss,ooo,0o0.
In several counties In Maryland hogs
are suffering and dying from malignant
disease.
OK the "a there were ass fresh cases Of
cholera In Italy aud i0i deaths.
AT stratfurd. Ont. a scheme TO smuggis
grain into Canada has been discovered
The actor. Frank \ chsnfran. well
known for his his.impersonaticns OF akii, ths
Arkan-ss Traveller" died st Jersey City
on the "a.
or The evening of the ala grand dem
opstration was hell In Baffslo. y. Y. In
honor Of the visit cf Governor Cleveland.
Thousands Of people wen, FROM the nd
joining country. and the affair was The
most imposing Of the kind ever held there.
The Governor msds speech, aud much
enthusiasm was msuifes,ed by the people
/ Of his horn<. Aheavy rain fell during th'
entire evening. -
| Rxsxroncs,frsrs Of fftsen thousand
mes have beer scnt % the Chinese troops
81 ks.Lsug and TsmusL
Bxusrsx hs shook hands WIN ksri Hpsn
c-r, the Prssiueus of branch OF The frisi
National League - DsbIia has been en-
p<iied.
TnE sultan Of Morocco has dismissed
from oalss and imprisoned the Governor
Of Demnsh, Who is charged vim havinI
sortured Ne Js~s, in ssrseqnsnrs Of tn
protssi Of tns.ltal1as cpssel.
q 1>xa<t1s .ssrp,i v.lss q prspsrs,
has - y 20 ,x1r Over lasf year.
i FnAxus edI<aiiy denIss That she ha
/ askssl fs.e uast5d > sttsto act ~ meiistol
IN fhe tlain<ss a fIlcultr. 80
Il or TIE night srns3i I: ~ss % YARN q
n. PAD. Ninn-. Wet psopis fsarsd som
Inzp<ndisz dangsr.
i y Ckse<~a ~ k<<1st>hsr u~s hsv'
sssnn>d Ne aGgrpssiss y ~ vsr IN
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-10-11

Tho difIiculty In obtaining good,
steady. Trustworthy houzehold scrv-
ants Is no loss ID England than II
America. In the hope Of iinding ~
lief number Of English families have
begun tho importation Of Norwegian
girls for domestic service. Those who
have accepted places give much ssiis-
faction. They nrc spoken Of :. giant
rsses IN slxc. tho po>ss<sofs OF hondo
and feet modelled upon natures broad
est plan. end showing Rrsai Rood -
tuFe. They cant speak . Wurl q -
gIlsh. but seem willing 10 learn. ~
are wondsrfulIy ps1ieaL o ueezl14
days with shlldrvn end puR dug n
deztript!on . cord> With lA1 e<p1ric-cu
Of ths empIoyofn n |tbe ool1llio4vllH
servant girls Z ~ We1. 4eI.lly e.
Minnesota, whts ny ~ 1lx y
ployeul In llg1ae>11s 11fxl<l1 -
highly acpfocIalc1 ~ ~
I.lzKZI2f ! 4 H. 4 -.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-10-11

NIw YoHg. oriobsra.
EARLY Last evcuisx. a DE broke
out In the four.story building No is
west Fourteenth street The first and
third floors were occupied y charle.
Eaton, manufacturer Of hpust furnish.
ing xoods. Loss, so 90. The MaTsion
Remedy Company, WIN occupied The
second noor, stimst. thsir lois al
$4,000 Gfotcs Closes photographs
. establishment on the top 4 sor wis dati.'
aged $3.50. Ths buihiiHT, shieh Il
cwned By the Van Amburg estii~, wsss
damaged 90. 900.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-10-11
GlIhlr Espressed ssrrsM.

Taking with a friend the other day
about the tricks Of youth and the ,limIy
remembered gentle parental admonl.
lions administered with slipper. while
the subject wns In an knee-sy recumbeni
position. he said that he fccollccted one
day when bis mother was sick and his
prIm old aunt came 10 preside over him,
the older brother and tho table.
Having teased his aunt past all en-.
durance. she tapped his sconse. when
he called her an old fool. Al the supper
table bis father was informed OF his Inn
pudence and VIII was told 70 20 10 the
head of tho tsbIe and It'll his aunt hs
was sorry. ils vent and fuiflled the
command. with hanging bcsd. by say
Ing
Sim sorry you're m old fool. Aus'
Ne. !" iis Fpf no supper. but meant
well.-- 6orAam HoaH'aise<x
- e----.@--
IAN underground stream naws 10
nealh the eiff n birmingham. Ala II
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-10-11

Htfsh fAaWa aays NE sHseaHsl.a n
lla EfYpllsH siHklagiuai wss ~ alss.
lH'H hsHs*aitYs
~ iHe ) . Fumaf was II eifsaEsglsa
~ Washington lhat Hsefrsfy lAnsslh uas
ihlakiaK II feslaslna.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
FIyinT-FiSIl.

In the sea there are three flyers that
really, from the extent of their flights,
deserve the name. Those of our read
ers who have been at sea, especially IN
the South, may have seen the common
fiying-fish, with its blue-and-sllver body
and lace-ike, sheeny wings. From the
crest of blue wave they dart, s1ngly
or in focks, fiuttering along, rising and
falling, turning In curves, and return
ing to the water with splash-per-
haps to fall a victim to some wathful
bonito Cor dolphin that has been closely
following them beneath the water.
These privateers of the sea are their
greatest enemies, as they rise in the air
following them under water, and emerg-
ing Just in time to catch the luckless
flyers as they descend. The dolphins
Will take great leaps of twenty or thirty
feet in following the poor fying-tish,
which, notwithstanding their long
wings and wonderful powers, often fall
victims to their tireless pursuers. They
frequently fly aboard vessels at night,
perhaps attracted by the lights, or, it
may be, caught up by the wind from the
crest of some curling wave, and carried
high in air against the sails.
The gurnard, though it has also long,
wing-like fins, presents otherwise
totally-different appearance. Its head
is inclosed in bony armor, from which
project two sharp spines. Some of
these fish are of rich pink color, while
others are notified with red, yellow and
blue, and as they fly along over the
water, and the sunlight falls upon
II. 70
glow with golden luster. With such
hard heads, it will not be surprising in
formation that they are disagreeable
fellows to come in contact with; at
least, so thought a sailor who was
standing at dusk upon the quarterback
of vessel, near one of the West India
islands. Suddenly he found himself
lying upon his back, knocked over by
monster gurnard that, with score of
others, had darted from the water, this
one striking the man fairly in the fore
head. The gurnards are also chased by
dolphins, and they are frequently seen
to rise in schools, to escape from the
larger fish, while lowering above them
are watchful gulls and man-of-war
birds, ready to steal them from the
Jaws of their enemies of the sea.
In company with these fying-fish
may often be seen curious white bodies,
with long arms and black eyes. They
are fying-squids, members of the cut
fetish family, and the famous bait of
the Newfoundland cod-fshermen. On
the banks they are often seen in vast
shoals, and during storms tons of them
are thrown upon the shore. When
darting from wave to wave, they re-
semble silvery arrows, often rising and
boarding ships in their headlong fight.
So valuable are they for bait, that 400
or 500 vessels at st. Pierre are engaged
in catching them by means of jiggers.
Many of the squid family leave the
water when pursued. Even the largest
of them, often 40 OF so feet long,
have been seen to rise ten or fifteen
feet in the air, and sail away as if pro-
PEELED by some mysterious force, their
hideous arms dripping and glistening.
They are certainly the largest and
strangest of the flyers without wings
st. Nicholas.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
How One Should Plant a Lawn.

He should first employ competent
surveyor to make him a topographic
map, locating upon it all buildings and
all trees desirable to be retained. Ex-
cept to make room for house or to
obtain a smooth surface, there should
be no removal of soil. Earthwork is
very expensive and rarely justifable.
A varied and undulating surface is al
ways preferable to dead-level; rocks
removable can be piled upon rocks per-
manent, and spaces between or above
planted with small shrubs fanked by
trees.
The map being secured, he should
manure the whole ground very thor
oughly If he has courage enough, he
can use 800 worth of stable manure to
the acre with great advantage, as my
own experience teaches me. The ground
should then be planted with potatoes,
beets, or some other root crop, to
deepen or pulverize the soil. ---
While these are growing let him seek
landscape artist; and here will lie his
difficulty. He can find men who will
draw him beautiful map, and whose
correct eyes and taste may enable them
to locate for present effect any material
which is given them. He will find,
however, very few who have the knowl
edge of trees and plants which will en-
able them to select that material. A
landscape artist who is master of his
profession must be familiar with all
hardy trees and shrubs which are at
tainable, in order that he may select
those which, by their harmonious or by
their strongly contrasting forms and
IL IL, g.,
lawn. He must know not only the size
of the tree when planted, but what will
be its height or breadth fifty years aft
erward. Without this knowledge he
would place a Norway spruce where a
yew should be, and his finest trees will
be planted so closely that some of them
will require to be cut away at
the end of twenty years, or the
whole plantation be ruined Want
of tree knowledge has spoiled many
costly places, and true landscape art
ist should be so saturated with this
knowledge that he can always speak e,r
cdthedT'a, and thus give his employer
that confidence in him which is essen
tial to success. A lover of trees must
be at heart an artist, because he is famil-
lar with the best forms; but an artist
may have no knowledge of trees, and
may therefore fail, because he strives
for ultimate effects which he cannot
possibly foresee.
The true landscape artist having been
found, let the owner of the grounds give
their whole arrangement into his hands,
holding him responsible for the result
He may limit the expenses by requiring
the selection of the more common trees
and shrubs, in many of which there is
great merit, but if he desire the highest
expression of beauty he must be pre-
pared to pay for it. Tiffany's diamonds
are better than his garnets, and many
who buy of him willingly pay for the
best.-S. B. Parsons, IN Harper's
MdQdzi1le.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
The Original CIOthes-Wringer.

In September, 184S, says the Scier1-
tltic american, the forerunner of the
clothes-wringer appeared in a washing
machine patent which claimed simply
the combination of the conical rollers
with the hinged platform for the pur-
pose of rubbing clothes and squeezing
the water out of them as herein de-
scribed." This patent expired IN 1862,
but the Commissioner, under the law as
then existing, In 1862 gave it a seven
years extension, which carried it down
to 1859. In 1861, however, the holders
of this patent surrendered it for re-
issue, which restated the original claim
and added two new ones, the more i'm
portant being 'the combination and use
of elastic rollers which shall readily
yield to any inequalities of the clothes
passing through them and thereby pre-
vent injury" etc Here, as will be OBJ
served, the idea of elastic rollers came
In for the first time. In 1868, only
eighteen months later, this reissued pat
ent was itself surrendered in exchange
for another, which went further and in
PRODUCED new and broad claim, thus:
!~The application of india-rubber or
other elastic gum impervious to water,
substantially y. in the manner and for the
purposes described, to the rolls of ma
chimes for washing and squeezing
Clothes" This, as Will readily be
seen, is a claim covering broadly and
fully the foundation of the modern
clothes-wringer, and if it could be sus-
tanned and have a number of years to
run it would be worth a large fortune.
But there was not even hint of elastic
roller in the original patent of 1S48,
and that was for a washer, and not
.wringer; then a reissue got in a claim
for elastic rollers, and the reissued re-
issue "took in" the substance of the
wringer without even a grimace. Con-
gress has been asked ostensibly in the
interest of the heirs of the original pat
emit, to revive and extend it Congress
has not done SO, and if it had there can
be little doubt that, in the light of SUI
preme Court decisions on dishonest re-
issues, the parties concerned would
soon find themselves set back to the
ground covered in 184S. The case re-
lated herein is a pat illustration of one
of the mischiefs of encouraging inven-
ton which has now to be restricted and
reformed
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
PULLING A TOOTH.
An Irish Girls Experience.

"Weel, Bridget" said Margery, chow
did you get along with the docthur?"
Bridget-"Says / Och docthur,
dear, it's my tooth that aches entirely,
and [ have mind to have it drawn DOT,
and it PLACE yell Says he til me, Och,
murther, can We ask me that now?
these three days?' So thin the doc
thur took his iron instrument in hur-
ry, with as little consarnment as Bar
ney woulds wape the knives and forks
from the tables. Be aisy, docthur,' says
I, there's time enough-youll not be in
such hurry when your thurn comes,
I'm thinking 90, well, says the doc
thur and Yer no ready now you may
I'll not stir from this safe wild this auld
tooth alive in my jaw says I; clap on
yer pinchers, and mind ye get hold of
the right one-ye may aizily see it by
its aching and jumping
with that he dabs razor-looking
weapon Until the mouth, and cut up the
gums, as if it were naught but cowld
mate for hash for breakfast. Says |,
'Docthur, what are you afther? Dye
want to make an anatomy of a living
creather?' sit STILL says he, jamming
something like corkscrew into my
jaw and twisting the very sowl out OF
me. [ sat still, because the numbering
thafe held me down with his knee and
the grip of his iron in my lug. He
then gave an awful pull, hard enough
to wiring a wet blanket as dry as gun
powder. Didn't [ think the day of
Judgment was come till me? Didn't
see the red fire of the pit?
Il felt my head fly off my shoulders,
and, looking up, saw something in the
docthur's wrenching- Iron. Is that my
head you've got there?' says L. No,
it's only yer TOOTH he made answer.
Maybe it is says l, as my eyes began
to open, and putting my hand up L
found the outside of my face on, though
[ felt as if all the inside had been
hauled out. [ had taken a dollar to
pay for the operation, but thought I'd
just AK him the price; so I says, Doc
thur, how much may We AK beside the
trouble?' Fifty cents, says he. Fifty
cents says L. Sure I've not been sub
hitting three days to that tyrant of
tooth for fifty cents? Troth, this same
tooth-pulling is not so very expensive,
and I'm much obliged till ye, doc
th11r -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07

The minister called at the house
where the freckle-faced little girl lives,
to see her mother about getting up
donation-surprise party for him, and
was invited to make himself comfort
able in the sitting-room while waiting
for the lady to come down stairs.
"Sayl Hullo"
The holy man started violently, and
the voice said again, "Say, 1 know
you'll"
This was becoming interesting. The
minister recognized the tones of the
wicked little girl in the inquiry, "You
don't know where l am, do you?"
Dear me, is that you?" he said,
greatly relieved. Really, 1 can't say
1 do know where you are. Are you
under the sofa or behind the book
case?"
Thought you didn't know. Tn in
the closet, n I've got to stay here ever
so long. Bet you don't know what I'm
here for, thought"
I am constrained to admit that I do
not, but 1 might surmise that you were
in durance for talking slang. Little girls
should not say bet"
Does spreading the gospel make
little girls good, so they don't get
whipped by their pa?" inquired the
freckle-faced girl through the keyhole.
yes, indeed; it makes them Chris
tians, and then they don't do naughty
things, but go to Sunday school and
learn to be good to everybody"
Amt ashes better ?" asked the young
heather In the closet.
"Ashes betterl Why, what In the
world does the child mean? What is
that girl talking about, Mr.. Holyroll?"
asked the girls ma, who had Just en-
tered the room in time to hear the sin
gUlar question.
Indeed, madam, / am puzzled my
self can't understand the bearing of
her question at all"
you know, ma" said the wicked
little girl, you know when Uncle
Dick slipped down on the side
walk In front of the church, last
Sunday, n hurt his wrist, he said if
MIR. Holyron would spread more ashes
n less gospel he'd take more stock n
his bein' Christian. "
The relations between the family and
the pastor are now somewhat strained,
and the servant girl has been instructed
to lock the freckle-faced cherub down
cellar every time the door-bell rings
Boston Globe.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
FEMININE MUsTACHEs.
Removing Hirsute Appendages-AF Female
Barber Who Uses a Thread instead Oh

Removing Hirsute Appendages-Af emale
Barber Who Uses a Thread Instead OF
Razor.
The New York Morning journal
says that a novel phase OF social lie
came to the notice of one OF It's report
ers, the details of which Will afford con-
siderable interest and possibly some
profit to ladies who are troubled with
hirsute appendages. Through the cour-
tesv of an acquaintance an introduction
was given the reporter to Slgn0ra ae lt71
Georgeides, female barber, VINO shaVes
without razor. She has TWO hand7
some-looking boys, one OF whom acted
as interpreter.
"My mother is a native OF Smyrna;
Asia Minor" one of these SAID, III very
good English. o,
"Can you describe the process
Certainly; but my mother does not
use anv razors. and she confines her at
tention exclusively to ladies. She uses
a thread instead of razor, and tne pro-
cess is not only more speedy, but more
satisfactory"
Does the lady object to giving me an
illustration of her skill?"
After some coaxing the feminine pro-
fessor consented. Taking the reporter
into another room, he was requested TO
bare his arm. Taking strong linen
thread she placed one end between her
teeth, and with peculiar see-saw mo-
ton with both hands she applied the
thread quickly up and down the arm,
the hair being caught up by what APP
peared to be a small slip-knot in the cen
ter of the thread. This motion was
continued for several seconds with re-
markable results, the hairs being
quickly removed by the process.
"Of course you will understand" con-
tinued her interpreter, "that my mother
does not pretend to shave gentlemen
their boards would be too hard and
rough; but she has been very successful
with the ladies', -ssstit=has quite large
number of customers who visit her reg
ular1y."
How long does it take to effectually
remove lady's mustache?
well, brunette will get shaved by
her process once month, blondes once
in three weeks. Very much depends
upon the nature and growth of the
beard or mustache, as the case may be.
The first stage is to anoint the skin
well with an ointment, the preparation
of which is a secret. The idea is tc
soften the skin thoroughly, so that the
hairs may be removed without causing
discomfort to the patient.
after the skin has been well sat
urated with the ointment the hairs
come out very easily, and the prepare
ton checks their growth for severa
weeks"
DO you find many ladies who are
afflicted with beard and mustaches?"
ooh, yes There are dozens of then
in this big city. Brunettes are NOR,
troubled in this way than blondes, ant
the older the patient is the more time /
takes to remove it. My mother ha
many customers, real fashionable la
dies, who are so years of age, wh'
visit her regularly. But the maiorit.
of her customers are professional PEG
pie, such as actresses, singers and sucl
like. They are very particular, too
but money is no object with them, ant
on special occasions they do not hest
tate to pay as much as S. visit. He
regular fee is 80"