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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
Flood and Strike.

Pittsburg, 16.-This section was
visited this evening by a terrific
hail and wind storm, several build
iDgs were partially unroofed and
considerable damage done to goods
by water; many cellars in this city
and Alleghaney are flooded and
some streets covered with water to
a depth OF two feet. The miner:
STRIKE in the fourth pool assumed a
serious aspect to-day. and grave feaTs
are en- Ell tanned of an outbreak.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
The Facts Coming out.

San Francisco, 15.-To-morrow's
Alta will publish q written state
ment by Nellie Bracket. a witness
for the plaintiff in the Sharon di-
vOIee case, which alleges that the
word "wife" in the Dear wife,"
letters was forgery. and the MARI
riage certificate was written over
the signature of Senator Sharon, on
paper stolen from his room by
plaintiff. Geo. A. Tyler, counsel
for plaintiff in the suit pendin Z,
furnished the form of conti act.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
YeIIoH Fever.

Washington, 16.-Dr. Guiteras, Of
Key West. telegraphs that the case
of yellow fever there Is in the ninth
day of the disease, and the pstient is
recovering. 1t is q sporadic case,
aud ought to cause no uneasiness.
No other cases are reported. Ar
rangemants have been made for the
transfer of hos oital tents from New
Orleans to Key West if they should
be nee ded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
The Ant1-NIononolists.

Chicago, 16. -Members OF the ex
ecusive committee of the national
anti>monopolist party began a sea-
son in this city this morning. While
no formal vote is yet taken the SEN
tlment is unanimous for the nomi-
nation OF Alanoan M. West, of
Mississippi, for vice-President on
the ticket, with General Butler.
This will constitute the only busi-
ness of Importance to be transacted
by the committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
Reform Demonstration.

Aberdeen. 49, There was great
reform demonstration here to day.
Resolutions in favor OF the franchise
bill and in condemnation of the az
ton of the Lords in rejecting it were
ADOPTED. Shops generally were
closed and the whole city made a
holiday. Eighty aged men who
took part in the reform demonstra-
ton of 1892 marched at the head of
the monster procession.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
An.old Boy.

Ipswich, : Mass, 16.-The 25Oth
anniversary of the incorporation Of
Ipswich was observed tosday. The
houses were all decorated: the pro-
cession was the largest here in
years. In tine line were Governor
Robinson and staff, Congressman
Stone snd Major Ben. Perley Moore.
The literary exercises included ad-
dresses by George Haskell, the read
ing Of tine scripture, posms by
Harriet Prescott Slofford and Ga
Hamil on.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
The Irish.

Dublin, 16.-At least 10000 rer-
sons took part in The Nationalist
procession at Monaghan yesterday.
In the evening banquet was given,
at which the notables were enters
tained. The Osangemen abstained
from any counter demonstration;
Parnell will attend the county con-
yention at Cork and announce that
John O'Connor Will stand ss the
Nationalist candidate FOR Parlia-
nent in Waterford.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
Dynamite.

Paris, 16.-An explosion OF dyna>
mite in Perfecy Les FORCES, viii
lage near the Mantecaute mines,
department of Saone Et Loine, in
the house Of the engineer OF the
mines. badly damaged il; windows
of the houses in the vicinity were
shsttered; the engineer aud VIE
were serlOu.ly injured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
The Mexican Conspiracy.

New York, ia dispatch from
the City of Mexico sent directly TO
the Associated Press. referring to
the reports, via st. Louis, that q
great conspiracy against the govern
ment had been unsarihed, says the
reports in circulation are greatly
ex ggerated. It Is true a few arrests
were made, but the so-called ccu>
spiracv is go ridiculously weak thai
it does not merit the name.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17

AYERS Ague cure is q powerful
tonic bitter, comp sed wholly of
vegetable substances. It's action is
peculiar, prompt and powerful,
breaking up the chill, curing the
fever and expellIng the poison from
the systea,yet leaving no harmful
or unpleasant effect upon the pa
tient. Sufferers from chills and
fever who have used quinine as
remedy viii appreciate THE. +
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
Richfialds gn,inos n v 1e

Richfelds spiings, N. Y, l6.-
The regatta today was attended Dy
fully 1000 persons. The contest
ants in the first place ere Wallace
Ross. Fred Piaistsd, George Gaisel
and j. Ii. Riley. The heat was won
by Riley in 10 minutes. The course
WIS claimed to be- 40 seconds short.
The second heat was won by Lee in
1888, beating Gaisel by half a
length. Third heat was won By
Ross in 1925, beating Lie by half a
length.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
Beach The Chninnarn

London. ga dispatch from
Sydney, New South Wales, reports
the sculliDg match between Hsnlon
and Beach, for the championship Of
the world snd $500 a side, took place
to day on Parraietta River. Beach
won by seven lengths.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
IncominsGold.

New York, 16.-Five hundred
thousand dollars worth Of British
gold bars aud $4,000 American
gold coin arrived here from Europe
TO daY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17

a costly plate glass window in
the Commerce Block was broken
yesterday. by the awning being
blown down by the gale. Los about
$500.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
GENERAL NEWS.

Another Reputation Scheme
From Virginia.
More of the Mexican COnspir-
acy.
Dora Buck Wants Her Brother
Examined.
A Hundred Thousand Dollar
Fine in Minnesota.
CAPITAL ChipS---YellOw Fever at
Key West.
The Cholera ScOurge---France
and China.
Million Dollar Fire in AuOka,
MINI.
Other Items of Interest, For
eign and Domestic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17

LEGAL BLANKS.-Most 81
proved forms-this office.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17

Ticka.s will be on ISLE Monday, aug
18Th. st Calder's Music Ps'aee'
Choice ea:s for Subscriber
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-13
Tried on the Train.
he Pittsburg Dispatch.

Letter to the PittSburg Dispatch.
One Of the most novel trials on record
took place on a passenger train of the
Memphis and Little Rock railroad be-
tween LOnoke and Little Rock. Judge
F. r. Vaughan, of the circuit court, was
on the train After it left Lonole coun-
ty. man named G. b. Farmer, of that
county, was arrested by a deputy sheriff.
The charge against the prisoner was for
carrying q slungshot. The law in Ar
kansas against carrying deadly weapons
is rigidly enforced. When the prisoner
learned that Judge Vaughan was on the
train he went to him and begged for an
immediate trial. He said that his wife
was sick, and me did not want to be taken
away from her. The learned Judge is a
character in his way, and said he would
try him at once. He declared the court
open for business, and called Farmer to
the witnoss-boN-thatis is, to seat in the
car-and asked him whether he desired
to plead guilty or not. The passengers
collected around this novel court, and
watched the proceedings from various
perches on seat-rails and from the aisle.
Farmer replied: Your Honor, / desire
to plead guilty"
'All right, continued the Judge: 1.-The
prisoner pleads guilty. assess the fine
at$40. Mr.. sheriff, take the prisoner"
This ended the brief trial and the
prisonerpaid his $40 to the sheriff At
the next station he got off the train to
make his way as quickly as possible to
see his sick wife. This is the only case
of justice ON the wing of which there is
any record.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-13
Natural Gas.


Great interest has been excited by the
discovery of vast reservoirs OF natural
gas under belt of territory extending
from Lake Ontario sOuthwestwardly to
Pittsburg. Pa, and thence through West
Virginia. east Kentucky. Tennessee, and
probably north Alabama. In some of
the gas wells there is no sign of oil. That
this gas will be extensively used for illu-
mination and for fuel in the future is
generally conceded, and extensive prepa-
rations are now being made in Pennsyl-
vania to use it for both purposes. One
thousand feet Of gas is equivalent to four
bushels of bituminious coal, plus the cost
of labor saved in handling the coal and
firing and getting rid Of the furnace re
fuse. Gas wells average / 1000 feet in
depth. and it costs from s.. 600 to So. .000
to drill and case Cne. The duration of
the we'll is not known. Wells opened q
years ago are still flowing with undimin-
ished pressure, and after we'll is appa-
rentIy exhausted it renews its flow after
being cleaned out. The natural gas
burns with pure rose color and gives
out great heat. 1t IS believed that the
supply win never be exhausted. It is
entirely practicable to convey this gas in
pipes for hundreds of miles to supply
manufactures with fuel, and the proba-
oility is that before long it will be util-
lied on a large scale.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-13
Spontaneous Combustion.

Lowell (Mass.) Courier
A curious incident happened in the
yard of the Merrimack manufacturing
company yesterday. 1t was a case of
spontaneous combustion No damage
was done, and the occurrence would not
be especially noteworthy but for the pc
cuIiar circumstances under which it took
place. An old log-roller used in a wash
ing machine in the dye-house had been
condemned because it was worn from
age. The iron rod running through the
centre of the log, by means of which the
roller revolved upon its bearing. was sur
rounded by sulphur to prevent the wood
from rotting quickly by the ready con-
tact with water which the iron rod alone
would allow, and also to make the parts
of the roller hold firmly together. When
the roller was condemned it was taken
out into the yard and split open to sepa-
rate the wood from the iron. The parts
were not removed but left in the sun.
Some chips among the refuse were dis
covered burning about an hour after
ward 1t created no little surprise at
first that wood should take fire by SIM
ply being exposed to the sun. An ex-
planation was subsequently arrived at.
In splitting the log pieces Of sulphur
were also broken from the rod A
chemical action, made easy by the long
and intimate connection of the sulphur
with the iron rod Che latter had rusted
considerably, had been partially com
pleted and needed only the burning rays
Of the sun to produce perfect combus-
ton. The contact of the sulphur with
the oxidizing iron formed sulphide of
iron, afterward changing to sulphate,
which is very sensitive to igniting agents.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-13
A Tobacco Trick

Cincinnati Enquirer.
The field hands in Kentucky and &
ginia recognize the poisonous nature Of
the weed, and when the sun is eNcer
tionally hot. or from any cause they
have pan ocular disinclins ton TO work,
it is a common trick for them to bruise Il
leaf of tobacco and place it under their
armpits In an hour after doing 50 the
strongest among them viii be seized
with shuddering, his face VIII grow
pale as death, his muscles refuse to act,
and after a time he falls to the ground
in the most horrible spasms. OF course
in the FIRST stages of the illness. he is
generally excused from work by the
overseer; bnt If the leaf is retained in
position for any length of time it is
weeks before the man is able to take up
his old duties.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-13

There Is complaint over scarcity of
money in London. and vet in the august
court of chancery S350,O00, 600 lies idle
under the ban OF the law, awaiting
proper heirs
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-13
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

4 LII CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF
"a S. II. DemOnt must be presented as pre-
scribed by law or this notice viii be pleaded
in bar. And all parties concerned VIII take
notice that six months from the date hereof
/ will ask for my final discharge from such
administration before the county Judge or
Putnam county Florida.
&. A. KNOWLTON
Ap Administratr,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-13

The men who STATED the Cincinnati
News-Journal managed to lose $500, 900
before the paper was turned over to the
court for sale.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22
saved by a Mothers Influence.

In a railroad car man about 60 years
old came to sit beside me. He had heard
me lecturing the evening before on tenn
perance. II am master Of a ship" said
he, sailing out Of New York, and have
Just returned from my iiftieth voyage
across the Atlantic. About thirty years
ago | was sot, shipped while dead drunk,
and was carried on board like log. When
came to, the Captain asked me: " Do you
remember your motherY | told him she
died before | could remember. WELL said
he, ! am Vermont man. When | was
Young was crazy to go TO sea. At last my
mother consented should seek my fortune
Ny boy she said, / don't know anything
about towns, and | never saw the sea, but
they tell me they make thousands Of
drunkardS. Now, promise me you'll never
drink drop of liquor He said, | laid
my hand in hers and promised, as looked
into her eyes for the last time. She died
soon after. I've been on every sea, seen the
worst kind OF life and men. They laughed
at me as a milksop and wanted to know if
| was 4 coward But when they offered me
liquor | saw my mothers pleading face
and ! never drank drop. 1t has been my
sheet-anehor | owe all to that. Would
you like to take that pledge? said he"
NV companion took it, and he added, " it
has saved me- ! have a fine ship, wife and
children at home, and have helped 9TH
e.-s" That earnest mother saved two men
TO virtue and useiulness-how many more
He who sees all alone can tell Wendell
Phillips.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22

E. F. Hardman's letter. in a recent issue
of Nature, with reference to the suicide of
blacksnakes, recalls an incident which |
once witnessed. | was quite small, but the
memory of the strange occurrence is very
clear and distins. 1t was in the State of
Illinois, when at that early day a short,
thick variety of rattlesnake was very nu-
merous, so much so that the State acquired
an unenviable reputation in the older parts
of the Union. Farmers in breaking
sod was called, would kill them by dozens
in the course of single summer. They
were very venomous, but owing to their
sluggish nature and their rattle, which was
always sounded before an attack, but few
persons were bitten by them. Moreover.
there was little danger Of death if proper
remedies were applied at once. was one
day following one of the large breaking
plows common at that time. Itwas drawn
bv five or six yoke of oxen, and there were
two men to manage the pillow and the team.
As we were going along one of them dis
covered rattlesnake, as | remember, about
twelve or fourteen inches in length. They
rarely exceeded eighteen or twenty inches,
so that this one was probably two
thirds grown. The man who first
saw it was about to kill it, when
the other proposed to see if it
could be made to bite itself, which it
was commonly reported the rattlesnake
would do if angered and prevented from
escaping. Accordingly they poked the
snake into the plowed ground, and then
began teasing it with their long whips
Escape was impossible, and the snake soon
became frantic at its Intellectual attempts
either to injure its assailants or to get
away from them At last it turned upon
itself and stuck its fangs into its own body
about the middle. The poison seemed to
take effect instantly. The fangs were not
withdrawn at all, and if not perfectly dead
in less than FIVE minutes, it at least showed
no signs of life That it should die so
quickly will not seem strange if it is borne
in mind that the same bite would have
killed full-grown man in a few hours
time The men watched it long enough to
be sure that it would not be likely to move
away, and then went on with their work.
| trudged around with them for an hour
or more, and every time we came near
where the snake was | stopped and looked
at it, but it never moved again. In this
case | do not remember that the snake had
been injured at all | have often heard of
rattlesnakes biting themselves under such
circumstance, but this was the only case
that ever came uuder my observation
| Chicago News.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22
The Ecyntian Climate.

The further one journeys up the Nile
the more one appreciates the delightful
dryness of the Egyptian climate, writes a
correspondent of the London Standard.
Travelling across arid wastes one would
soon begin to long for the mists and rains
of England, but here there is always belt
of verdure to charm the eye, and, though
the desert comes at places quite down to
the river bank, in others is only separated
from it by cliffs Of bare, rugged sandstone,
never wholly disappear, while total
absence of humidity in the air makes it
invigorating even in the hottest hours of
afternoon. We slept last night within the
tropic of Cancer A brisk north breeze
kept the atmosphere deliciously cool till
sunrise, and though the temperature rose
at midday to nearly ninety in the shade,
there has been no feeling of lassitude as
there would have been in moister climates
The result of this is that troops show so
far no indication of suffering from heat,
whether atioat in barges or encamped on
shore. Unlike the natives of most tropi-
cal countries, Nubians are not given to
idleness. They go on laboring with zeal
Gus industry when vertical rays of sun
shine are striking full upon them, just as
they do in the white light of morning and
the dusk of evening. Without this inces
SAINT toll the narrow strip of fruitful
country, at places not more than a
few yards wide, could not support the
dense riverside population. Villages
are set so close together that they
seem like one long struggling street
broken by patches of cultivation. Every
yard of ground upon which anything will
grow is made the most of, and no land is
wasted by having to bear useles vegetation.
The mimosa nilotica, that fringes the banks
with its green foliage and crown of golden
blossoms, would be welcome enough one
would think if only for the shade it casts
but it serves more purposes than this.
From its branches exudes gum arabic, its
pods are exported for tanning, and its wood
is burnt for charcoal. From tamarisk trees
the natives extract mamma. Date palms of
the graceful lbremee species are valued for
the superior fruit they bear, and where
neither of these things grow there are
rows of dull green castor oil plants, with
broad, fg-like leaves and pale purple ber-
ries, or hedges of henna, wherewith Arab
ladleS dellSht 10 Deautliv thelr hahuS ana
nails. Walking along the banks where
this shrub hourishes, its aromatic odors,
like the mingled perfume of peach and
meadow sweet, are almost oppressive.
With all this luxuriance of vegetation in
the narrow limits assigned to it
there is marked absence of animal life,
except insects The myriads of flies appa-
rently make it the business of their lives
to atone for the lack of more formidable
beasts, and they certainly do it very effect
ually, leaving one not moment in peace
| from sunrise to sunset. As we neared Ko-
rosko, however, small birds began to reap
pear in flocks, and, fitting among the
acacia branches, sent the blossoms down in
| Golden showers
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22

TALKING WITH MAN 1000 MILES
AwAY.-The most remarkable piece of tele
phoning yet attempted has been Just accomp-
fished by the engineers of the Interna-
tional Bell Telephone Company, who
successfully carried out an experiment by
which they were enabled to hold CONVEX
sation between St. Petersburg and Bologe,
a distance of 2,465 miles Blake trans
hitting and Bell receiving instruments
were used, and conversation was kept up
notwithstanding rather high induction.
The experiments were carried on during
the night, when the telegraph lines were
not at work. The Russian engineers of
this company are so confident of further
success that they hope shortly to be able
to converse with ease at distance of 500
miles, but to accomplish this astonishing
feat they must combine all the conditions
favorable for the transmission of telephone
sounds. If it is found possible to hold
audible conversation at such extraordinary
distances, it is possible that this fact will
be speedily improved upon, and we shall
be enabled to converse freely between
London and New York, and by-and-by
between London and the antipodes-
Chambers Journal
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22
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