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Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

There are over zoo, 900 horses and
100, COO vehicles of all kinds licensed in
New York City.
--Cleveland's 1856 mills, with S2l,-
202, 500 capital and IL, ia hands turned
out S32, All 900 worth of manufactured
iron last year Cleveland Leader.
The State debt of Ohio is 4,4eO,-
600. The aggregate debts of counties,
cities, towns and school districts In the
State is S43, 3SS. .000 = Cincinnati Times.
The average of the pulse in infancy
is 120 per minute; in manhood, 80; at
sixty years, 60. The pulse of females
is more frequent than Of males. .-Scien-
tifc american.
Slaves in the Soudan are taken
down to the coast, put on board ves-
sci and shipped by night to Arabia,
whence they are distributed to all parts
of the Turkish Empire.
This years sales of petroleum az
New York, Oil City and Bradford
amounted to 4,249, 5000 barrels
more than hundred times the entire
supply of oil in the world.-N Y Her
aid
"A belt made in Lowell, Mass, and
sent to a Western fiouring-mill is l6G
feet long, 65 inches wide and five-eighths
of an inch thick. 1t contains 200 hides,
weighs one ton, and valued at 2,0OO.-
Chicago Times.
The Governor General and the
members of the Cabinet OF the Domin-
ion of Canada are paid salaries amount
ing to Sl55, 900 yearly, which is N49, 900
more than is paid to the President Of the
United States and his Cabinet.
The statistics of the New York
Coroner's Office for 1883 are as follows:
Sudden deaths from natural causes, l.
296; deaths where there was no medical
attendance, principally ch ldren under
one year of age. ], ,23l; accidental deaths
by violence, 414; deaths from falls, 405;
suicides (males 1856, females 24) total
l6O; deaths by drowning. 225; run over
by vehicles and killed, 81; homicides,
40; ante-mortem examinations made,
18; total number of cases attended to
3,S80.-N. y. Tribune.
In the vocation of fishing, during
the year 1883, seventeen Gloucester
Mass. vessels were lost and 200 lives
were sacrificed Of these men lost at
sea, forty left widows, and sixty-eight
children were bereft of their natural
protectors. In the stress and strain of
a seafaring life seventy-one men were
capsized or were driven from their crafts,
and were carried ashore or rescued by
passing vessels after incredible hard
ships. The total tonnage lost was l ,120.
valued at $9l, 800, on which there was
an insurance of S76,972. In 1882 the
total losses were lis lives, and twelve
vessels valued at $79, 700.-Boston
Herald
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01
Daniel Webster and His Retainer.

When Webster was at the zenith of
eis career, gentleman waited upon
i'm one day to engage him for the de-
ense in an important case at law, the
mount at stake in the suit being
100000 The gentleman asked Webster
what the retaining fee would be.
"a thousand dollars"
"A thousand dollarsr exclaimed the
gentleman.
"Yes. But think for moment what
{ engagsuke do, sir. do not only hold
myself at your service in the matter,
perhaps for a month or more, but l
debar myself from accepting any offer,
40 matter how large, from the plaintiff -
The applicant was satisfied with this
explanation, wrote out check for the
amount and gave it to the great ex-
FOUNDER, who. after he had put it into
ais pocket, said:
Il will now giveyou q bit of advice
gratis. II you can compromise this
business upon fair terms with the plain
iff. you had better do so."
The client expressed his thanks, and
;ook his leave. In few DAYS after the
gentleman called upon Webster again
and told him that compromise had
oeen effected, and the matter satisfac-
sorily settled. Webster duly congratu-
lated his visitor on the result and would
aave turned to other business, but the
dsitor seemed to have something further
n his mind.
"Of course" he ventured, after Q
use, "Ishall not require your services,
:. Webster"
Certainly not, sir
"And-and how about the 81 200
paid youa" family asked the gentle
man, who was not quite reconciled to
paying such q sum for services which
we're never TO be rendered.
"Oh, ah!' responded Daniel, with o
bland smile You don't seem to un-
ierstand. 1t is very simple. That was
retaining fee--called' in law re.
ssiner.' BY virtue of the contract, I
also became a retainer. What shouldI
retain. Il not my fee7"-Boston Gloo4
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01
A Legal Fight for Half a Million.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, Jan. 81.
Mrs. Margaret Kennedy, resident o
st. Louis during the war, died in New Or
leans last spring, willing her property
amounting to nearly half a million, to the
Catholic Church, of which she was de-
vout member, and benevolent societies.
Larry Flaven. of this city, a nephew. will
contest the will on the behalf of his broth.
ers, Robert and James, of st. Leuis, Louis
Of Los Angeles, Cal, Charles, OF Kansa
City, and his sister Mary, of Sedalia. The
popularity and philanthropy of Mrs. Ken
nedy have caused the citizens of New Or.
leans to commence a monument in one
OF the most fashionable portions Of the CITY
to her memory
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01
The Zura Burns Case.

DECATUR, Ill, Jan. 2l.
Mrs. hebecca ]. Carpenter, the Decatur
witness in the Zura Burns case, will leave
Tor Lincoln tomorrow, as will the boy Cry.
mer, to testify before e Grand Jury. Mr..
Burns and his daughter, Mrs. Fannie Dukes,
are now in Lincoln. w. H. Carrington, of
Decatur, who thought he saw a man re-.
semDling Carpenter at the depot in lincoln
that Saturday night before the mur er in
company vita young woman looking like
Zura Burns, lately visited Lincoln in conn
pany with Decatur friend or the accused.
and took look at Carpenter, whom he had
never seen before. Darlington at once ad-
mitted that Carpenter is not the man whom
he saw walk away with the girl at the ie.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. e.
The Mexican treaty will yet be ratified,
its friends believe. Il viii not be called up
again till they are ready to put it through.
An active canvass is being made, and it
win be known how every one stands before
It is tried again It is not probable there
will be much more discussion upon It, but
it will be called up and voted upon when
they are prepared for action. It Is the
opinion of Senators generally that it viii
not be necessary to resort to ratification Of
the supplementary protocol extending the
time OF the treaty because the Senate has
authority to do that itself, and has covered
the point by the amendment to the time
clause.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01
A Double Tragedy.

GUNNIsoS, COL, Jan. 81.
Willis Kissee, saloon-keeper, and John
Kellogg, gambler, quarreled over CANT
Of cards, in which Kissee was worsted. A
short time after Kissee met Kellogg on the
street and Immediately drew q pistol.
Kellogg attempted TO wrench it from him.
but slipped and fell. Kissee then fired,
shooting Kellogg through the body. Al.
though mortally wounded, Kellogg drew
bis gun, returning the fire, aud killed Kis-
see instantly. Kissee was a vicious man
when under the influence of liquor and has
frequently been before the Police Court.
be was formerly from Springfield, No.,
Kansas here, and Is unmarried. There is
little hope OF his recovery.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01
WIT AND WISDOM.

1t was son of Erin who asked the
meeting to excuse him from serving on
committee because he expected to be
unexpectedly called away Chicago
Tribune.
Good manners is the art of making
those people easy with whom we con.
verse. Whoever makes the fewest per-
sons uneasy is the best bred in the
company. -Swjt.
-Doctor--''There, get that prescrip-
ton filled and take tablespoonful
three times day before meals"
Pauper Patient-''But, doctor, don't
get but one meal in two days. ."--ie1as
Sittings.
"A generous young lady, having
loaned Sniilins fifty dollars. he declares
that he has at last arrived at an owe-a-
sis in his life. There are people who
would fetch puns all the way from the
desert. y Mail
why don't you get up as early as
you used to a few days ago?" angrily
asked a wife of her lazy husband.
because, my dear, it's sleep year." he
grinned, as he turned over for another
snooze. Chicago Times.
hO aulllOl Va int lH&OlubDJ 1<O~
gends" used to tell story of the COM
plete discontinue of wit of no inferior
order by message, politely delivered
at supper party by little girl: III
you please, Mr.. Jones, said the child.
mamma sends her compliments, and
would be much obliged if you would be.
gin to be funny"
john" said Mrs. Parvenu,
''what's all this in the papers about o
Bakers pershaw and the SoudanP"
"Oh," said her husband, "it's some
further trouble i'm the East. / don't
know much about it, Trouble i'm the
East" said Mrs. Parvenu, ''well, you
might expect il. always said them New
England folks was no earthly use except
for pumpkin pies and darning stock
ings!"-M Y. Mail
The Fun OF It
A hill: sled painted red,
The name in yellow;
A boy In cap and mits and wrap
happy fellow.
The track like ice-thats very nice;
scrape and rumble;
little swerve. tricky curve
And such tumble!
whirl a stop; the sled on top
Snow ali is hiding;
A merry laugh-yet is this not
The fun of sliding?
Wide Awake.
Good humor is de safes quality In
man. As long as de dog wags his tail
dar ain no danger in him. Use
'spicious o de man whut bows low DE
mole goes down mighty low, but ah,
Lawd. whut mischief he does. Dar's no
hope in dis worl' an no hope in de
naixt fur de man whut doan' lub his
chile. In dis respeck he's wus den de
wolf. Too close 'tention ter business
amt good fur de system. DE rooster
what crows all night crows de weakes'
in de mornin' Arkdnsdsc Traveller.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01
The Howard County ark RIos.r..

LITTLE hOCK, ARk-, Jan. -
J. ID. Conway and Dan w. Jones, of
Hampstead County, are here and putting
forth strenuous efforts to induce the Gov.
ernor to commute the sentence of death te
life imprisonment in the case of the three
Howard County rioters. They held O
lengthy interview with him to-day, but
nothing as to his intentions could be dis.
covered. The men are to be hung at Gen.
terpoint next Friday unless there is Exec
utive clemency. To-day petitions are fly
ing around the city and obtaining many
signers urging the Governor to take the
grep.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01
Cruelty In the Virginia Penitentiary.
RICTInnNrrn VI Iar,

hICHNUND, VA, Jau 2.
In the Senate to-day letter was present.
ed by former employe at the Penitentiary
containing grave charges against the Peni-
tentiary officials, showing from neglectful
and careless treatment OF sick convicts q
number of them died. Among the cases
mentioned is that of an Italian serving o
term for attempted wife-murder, who be-
came ill last summer from eating under
cooked peas. Owing to his writings the
doctor said he was insane and ordered him
bound in an iron bedstead. Next morning
the man was dead, the flesh dreadfully cut
from the cords with which he was tied.
The committee will investigate.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

The irrcPressible Mrs. Myra Clark
Gaines. widow Of General Gaines. who
has figured as plaintiff in many heavy
suits the past quarter of century and
who recently got = verdict again the
City OF New Orleans for over two mil
lions Of dollars. Is again to the front
The House Committee Of Private Land
Claims recently unanimously reported a
bill for her relief. II provides for the
issue OF patents to Mrs. Gaines for thir-
ty-cight thousand four hundred and fifty
acres Of land on account Of grants made
BY spain TO John Lynd and Thomas
Urquehart. from whom she received tho
title. provided that no mineral lands be
included in the grant.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

AT Newark. n. j.. the other day
Judge McCarty sentenced John Egan.
ex-Spoaker Of the Assembly. to oimprison-
ment at hard labor for thirty days in the
penitentiary and TO pay n fine Of five
hundred dollars for an attempt to bribe a
member Of the Legislature. The court
took into consideration the plea Of
guilty. the prisoners health and the
petition for mercy. also the fact that
Egan Is forever disqualified from hold
ing any Office of trust or profit in the
state.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

THE first statue ever erected in indi-
ana was that II Oliver z. Morton's. re-
Gently unveiled at indianapolis in the
presence of an immense concourse of
people. The entire cost of the monu-
ment Is $4,000. all Of which has been
collected. This included the cost Of nm
iron fence 10 inclose the monument.
The pedestal upon which the statue is
placed is eight feet high. and is Of
Ulark's Island (Me) granite. the one
word Morton" being cut in large.
clear letters on the south side.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

DELL AsHECoFr recently confessed,
At Chardon. o.. that he, Ira Bidlake
and wife. thireen years ago. murdered
and robbed Mrs. Robinson. aged eighty
years In her own house at Mungen.
where she lived with her imbecile son.
The murder had been a mystery since
Lts OCCURRENCE.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

A CoLoRED man named Robert Cor
den who was n slave until he was thirty
live years old. when he purchased his
freedom, recently died at Cincinnati
leaving handsome estate. After am
ply providing for his widow. in his will.
he devised s25, 900 for the establishment
near Cincinnati Of home for aged and
INDECENT colored women. lie expressed
the hope that others might add dona-
tious for the same object until the
homo is adequately endowed.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

CONGRESSMAN ANDERSON. of Kansas.
proposes to materially curtail the
privileges Of the lobby by an amendment
20 the rules Of the House providing that
cx-Congressmen shall have i've days
entry upon and privilege Of the floor.
after which they will be required to
sign = pledge in writing that they will
not engage In promoting or retarding
legislation respecting private claims or
corporate measures. The object of this
amendment Is 10 prohibit the abuse Of
privileges of the floor Of. the House by
sx-members, who make business of
lobbying.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

THE Chairman Of the House Commit
tee on Public Lands recently told cor
respondent that the report Of the com
mittee in regard TO grant of lands to
railroads would contain ''some sighty
interesting reading" and that in the
next three months twenty million acres
II railroad lands will certainly be de-
ilared forfeited to the Government and
open 10 public entry"
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

THE Bolivian Congress has voted a
sum Of money for exploration in the
Madro de Dios River. The region
drained by this river. tradition asserts.
IS the wealthiest gold-bearing region in
The world, and from it, close vicinity
The Peruvian lncas are said 20 have OBJ
tanned the gold which was so abundant
in the country at the time of the con-
uuest
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

RECENTLY there was an ATTEMPT to
burn the Foster Grammar School build
ing In Summerville. Mass. in which
were several hundred pupils. Inyesti-
CATION discovered the incendiary to be
Fannie g. Walker. fourteen-year-old
pupil. The evidence showed the girl TO
have n mania for setting fires When
quite young she was nearly burned To
death In fire which she set while play
ing with matches. and she still bears
the scars upon her facr and neck. Al
though the evidence was positive against
her the girl firmly denied her guilt.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

DURING the late grain excitement in
Chicago, IL was said not to be improba-
ble that In wheat at least a quanti-
y equal 20 the entire amount Of the vis-
Iblo supply In the country. II not ex-
'eeding IL. was traded in each day. II
was n lively week for the commission
men. and no matter who else suffered
their harvest was bountiful.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

HENRY JOHNSON, Of Iron County.
Mo-, aged thirty. was recently married
TO Charlotte Cooper. aged one hundred
and three. The brides descendants to
the fourth generation attended the we'd
ding. and there were great-grandchil-
iren present older than the groom.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

TiiE police Of 81. Petersburg are said
TO be occupied exploring cellars. exam
ming basemcnts. dragging alleys and
lrering behind every box or other OBJ
iect that might shelter or hide Nihilist.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

THE House Public Lands Committee
recently considered the arguments
which have been made and unanimous
y voted to forfeit the grant ofthe Texas
Pacific Railroad. The bill was to bere-
ported at once; other land grant cases
would be considered by the committee
as rapidly as possible.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01
POLITICAL AND PRnSONAL

SAMUEL L. GLOVER, a weIl-known attor.
ney and prominent citizen Of st. Louis,
died recently, aged seventy-one.
JOHN FRAZER, Liverpool lumber mer.
chant, lately arrived in New York, was
found the other morning sitting ON q
stoop, frozen TO death.
Tue Legislature of Kentucky continued
at dead'lockOn the election of a United
States Senator. Senator Williams was I'm
the lead, with Blackburn close to him.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

QUEEN VICTORIA Is said to be- in good
health. with the exception that she is
unable TO stand upon her feet longer
than n few minutes Mt n time.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01

THE City Council. of Halifax, IN. So
recently passed resolution permitting
colored children TO enjoy the same
school privileges as white children.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-01
CURRENT COMMENT.

GENERAL SHERMAN is reported as
having recently said that hs would
sooner go 10 the PenitentjRry than to
the White House."
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-19

IT IL quite natural that Massa chusetts
Republicans should squirm at tho iden of
voting for Blaine. In his philippe
against the old Bay Stale, delivered Ia
tho United States Senate in 1878. tho
Plumed Knight described his ncighbor-
ing commonwealth as "a State bristling
"all over with unpatriotic records going
"clear up to the verge k treason. aud
"in the opinion Of some patriots step.
"ping ono point beyond it," Boston also
came la for little Of his caustic inve, :
tive, and ho lasbed II unsparingly To
him its inhabitants "wero ill.informed
"and prejuJieed, Incapable Of UNDER
standing or approaching brave and
generous people," like those Of the
Pine Tree State. The Maine state smnn
took II great delight in going back to the
days Of the old Hartford Convention and
in laying bare the wounds which natives
OF Massachusetts u are 80 fond Of conceal
ing. What effect this oratorical per-
formance will have upon the vote which
Blaine will receive in New England wa
shall have 10 wait till after the 4th of
November TO find out, but 1t certainly
ought to be considerable. Your genuine
old Bay State voter is not apt TO forget
or forgive such n rough handling.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-19

Our Republican contemporaries are
very much outraged at the ilea that
MIR. Hendricks should descend to asking
the votes Of his fellow citizens in
Indiana. II is n striking tribute to the
personal worth and invulnerability of
the Hoosier statesman That this IL the
most serious charge that can be brought
against him. They regard this action as
undigni6ed and highly deroeatory to the
Democratic nominee for iee.President.
A little consideration will put an en-
tirely different complexion upon the
matter. Mr.. Hendricks nocepts and
holds fast to tho Democratic dsotrius
that the people are sovereign and ,b At
public men are their servants. H. al.
together rejects tho Republican, usnge
which regards the masses as to 90 driven
rather than ontreated, TO man hold
ing these views it is n perfectly natural
thing that no stsal'l regard it as not in
any sense beaoath him TO ask the
suifrages ct his noighbors and friends
But we cpine that ii is not the de- .rence
whics, MIR. Hen9 ricks shs'-v tho peonle
'"a' sraveis onS -, publican contempor-
80 WV the contrary, it is the
!, 500 and convincing cloquence OF
rr bile addresses which mako these
.thies so restive. 1t is the contrast
between Hendricks's luminous and able
presentation of great national questions
and the turgid and inflated efforts OF
John A. Logan which is doing the mis-
chief. Hence these hypocritical tears.
1t would be a gala day for the Republic
ii all its public men shoull take to pat
terning upon the unobtrusivo patriotism,
sterling integrity and sense OF rcspon
sibility TO the people of Thomas A.
Hendricks.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-19

THERE are very few men who succeed
In carrying water on both shoulders, but
In the late Maine election Mr.. Blaine
made an effort to do so, hieing him to
Bar Harbor to avoid voting for the Pro.
hibiiion amendment TO the Maine con
stitution. lie had conveyed assurances
10 Neal Dow that his friends would sup.
port the amendment, while ho doiges
the polls to bc able to say out West that
he had not voted for 1t. The HERALD
some time ago published an autograph
letter from Neal Dow 10 friend IN Port
land (Me.l In which the apostle Of Pro-
hibition said "Mr Blaine will vote for
the amendment" The man who ont.
wiited Mulligan has succeeded in pulling
the wool over the eyes Of Neal Dow, but
we doubt II such transparent trickery
will accomplish its object. As for tho
German vote, which Mr.. Blaine Is 30
anxious to conciliato, II is done with the
Republican party for aye.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-19

THERE is quite general sentiment in
this community, and it is largely irre-
speetive of politics, that it would be q
good thing to send the Hon. Asa Ellis to
represent this county in the Assembly
this year. Both the city and county will
require great deal of legislation to put
them in shape for the demands of the
immediate future; and, as we have only
biennial legislatures in California, the
more experienced men we have at Sacra.
mento the better. During his legislative
career Mr.. Ellis was the father Of great
deal of the best legislation on our statute
books and won the distinction OF being
regarded as ''old indefatigable. He
worked for his constituents in season and
out. We are pleased to see that he has
yielded to the opportunities of his friends
and announced himself as candidate for
the nomination, subject to tho action Of
the approaching Democratic County Con.
veniion. Though Mr.. Ellis is an un'
swerving Democrat even Republicans
coneede the fact that he would do val
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-19
THOS. A. HENDRICKS,
nf Ind,ana
r. r. DEL VALE,
Of Los Angeles.

THE "necktie party arranged for the
2Oth inst. has been indefinitely post
poned, appeals having been taken which
will be considered by tho Supreme Court
In their Los Angeles session in October.
1t seems very likely, therefore, that the
morbid curiosity Of those who enjoy
witnessing the death struggles OF fol.
low being will have to wait till sometime
in November for Its qualification.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-19

By general consent the Hon. Aaron
A. Sargent has his eagle eye fastened
upon the United States Senatorship, in
the very improbable event Of the Repub-
licans carrying majority of the Legisla-
ture. Tho Honorable gentleman is also
supposed to be entrusted with the Re.
pnblican "sack," which is pretty good
evidence that Ex-Governor George c.
Perkins sees nothing in it for the Repub-
licans and does not propose to enter the
lists. From whatsoever source the sack
cometh it is certainly not from Perkins.
and Miller is reserying his energies aud
his Alaska Fur Seal Company shekels
for two years from now, when his own
Senatorial bacon will be at stake. Who,
then, is putting up the cash which is be.
ginning to rercolaie through the gate:
and alleys of the Republican body polit
ic! This is the question which is just
now engaging the attention OF the
guid nuncs.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-19

We doubt II the gallant Col, Dunkel
berger, our worthy Postmaster, can re-
sist the appeal Of his brother Colonels
which appears in our local columns, tC
place T. light or two in the vestibule ol
the Postoflice TO enable his PATRONS to
see their way to their boxes o'nights.
Aided by the muniiicent snbscriptio
rendered him by his brothers in arms,
thore ought TO be no difficulty in the
matter. All the signatures appended TO
this document arc genuine and they rep
resent the greater portion of the field
officers Of this city, numerous us these