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The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-20

In the United States tin has been
found in eight states, but in slight
paying quantities, except in the Vir-
ginia mines, which rate at ten cents
per pound and have more than paid
the expenses of developing them. The
discovery of the r at Kings noun
tain, in Cleveland county, North Caro-
lima, about forty miles from Charlotte,
was made in a singular manner
Among the minerals exhibited at
Boston from North Carolina was a
small quantity of blaek-looking ore, OF
unusual heayiness, labeled unknown.
A lump of this unknown ore would
outweigh a piece Of iron ore twice Its
size. and a scientist, curious to see
what it was, made IN analysis and
found it to be tin ore of q very rich
quality. An agent was sent out, who
arrived at Kings mountain and gath
cred up a large quantity of the ore,
which he forwarded to Boston, and
which, on being worked up, was found
to Weld seventy-fve per cent. of tin
the richest yield known in the world
The matter was brought to the atten'
tion Of the North Carolina State au
thorities; hence the efforts to locate &
vein and establish a mine. There arr
only three tin-bearing mines In thu
world. and there is a standing reward
Of $4,000 offered for the discovery O
one in the United States.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-20

he playing Of confidence games by
men for the good of their living bodies
is a common thing enough, but the
late Samuel III. House Of Galesburg,
Ill, secured a unique sort of fame 10y
playing one for the benefit Of his
CORPSE. He went to Eureka Springs,
Ark, for his health. appeared well and
represented himself to be a lawyer,
and when his disease became aggraVa-
ted and death approached, called in a
lawyer and made a will. He gave
$4,000 to a woman in Missouri, large
sums to others, and made r. D. Mont
gomery of Eureka Springs the cxecu-
tor. And on the strength of his
representations he got Montgomery to
adyance 1927 for the expenses OF the
| sickness and to buy a burial easket,
and after House died the victim took
the body to Galesburg with all the
| honors. There he found that House
was an ex-convict without a cent, and
went home marveling at the ingenuity
of the man in providing for the trans
p~ortation and eare of his own body by
| elaborate fiction.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-20

The Indian of falcon glance and lion bear
ing, the theme of the touching ballad, is
gone: but the petroleum they discovered,
now made into Caroline, the natural Hair
Restorer, will live forever.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-20

In the delirium of fever,an in restlessness,
there is no such remedy as SamoritdnNeTrin
Mr.. B. j. Anderson, of Egypt, Tex, writes:
ertiae cured my ~daughterof fits.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-20
Us

It is not a matter Of SO much sur
prise that 10000 600 letters should an
nually go astray in this country when
one considers the many towns Of the
same name. For instance, there are
in the United States nine Philadelphias
and eight Pittsburghs, while the record
of other cities is as follows: Brooklyns,
eighteen; Bostons, eleven; Baltimores,
five; Buffaloes, sixteen; Burlingtons,
seventeen; ~ChaAestons, seventeen; Chi
cagoes. four; Cincinnatis, eight; Cleve-
lands ten, Columbuses, nineteen; Day
tons, twenty-five; Detroits, five; In
dianapolises, two; L%ouisvilles, fifteen;
Lowells, fifteen; Memphises, eight;
Milwaukees, three; Nashyilles, four
teen; Omahas, five; Portlands, twenty
four; Quincy's fifteen; Richmords,
twenty-five; Springields, twenty-five;
St. Josephs, fifteen; st. Louises, four;
St. Pauls, twelve; Toledos, seven;
Washingtons, thirty; Wilmingtons,
thirteen, and WILLIAMSBURG, twenty
eight
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-20
Phoenix Pectoral cures cold and cough Csc.

Mother swans Worm Syrup.
Infallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartic; for
feyerishness, restlessness, constitution. 25c.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-20
rbe nocnnr,a Indarsement.

DR.. W. D. Wright, Cincinnati, o., sends
the subjoinei professional Endorsement: 81
have prescribed DR.. Wm. Halls Ba,sam fol
the Lungs in a great number of cases and
always with success S. One case in particular
wa given up by several physicians who hat
been Called in for consultation with myself
The rat:ent had all the symptoms of CON
frmed consum tion-cold night sweats, hec'
tic fever, harassing coughs, etc. He com
menced immedia. ely to get better, and wa
soon restored to his usual health. ais:
found DIR. VIM. Halls Balsam for the Lung
the most VI 7uable expectorant for bfeaxn
up distressif e coughs and colds"
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-20

One Of the prisoners in the Califor-
MIA Penitentiary relates an interesting
story of life behind prison bars. lie
says: "The men who have been con-
victed of the highest crimes are always
the most popular among the prisoners,
and the officials, too, and if they have
coin as well, there is no end of favor
shown 'em. Just take Black Bart as
a sample. He sticks up stage coaches
single handed. You newspaper gents
give him whole columns for a send OFF.
He blows his own trumpet, and struts
around as a swell %highwayman. The
prisoners at San Quentin look at him
with a wish that they'd gone in for the
same big game, and the officers OF the
prison gather him in as a pet lamb,
and appoint him right off at the start
as head man of the laundry, where he
gets lots of pickings. where he sits
around in a private office, and has his
meals cooked by his own Chinaman-
one of the prisoners, of course on
his private stove"
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-20
Decline of Man.
After Three DAYS.

Weakness, Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexua
Debility, Cured by Welsh Health Renewer.S1
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-20

Ask for Rough on Coughs" for Coughs,
Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness. Troches, 15c.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-20
s.Rongh on COmgI,s.',

Camphor Milk cures aches and pains. %
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-20
The waut of A re-
A SPECIFIC FOR


Epilepsy,
Spasnas, Conyul-
sions, Failing
Sickness, St. Vitus
Dance, Alcohol
ism, Opium Eat
ing, Syphilis,
scrofula, Kings
Eli, Ugly Blood
Diseases, Dyspep-
sia, Nervousness,
1Siek Headache,
NRheumatism m,
Blood Sores,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-27

ST. LOUIS, May 27.-it has just transpired
that John D. st. Maur, chief clerk in the
Office of Wells H. Blodgett, general solicitor
Of the Wabash railroad, through a system Of
false fictitious vouchers and certificates pur-
porting to represent claims against that
road, has succeeded in swindling par
ties here out of from $4,000 to $2O,-
600 The matter has not fully de-
veloped yet, but it is known that the
road is in no way responsible, and will not
lose a cent. St. Maur is not yet arrested, but
is Swallowed by the detectives. His wife is
lying at the point Of death, and he has prom
ised, if not molested until she dies, he will
make full confession of his operations. St.
Maur has been connected with the Wabash
road about year. Previous to that time he
is said to have been an editor or reporter on
St. Paul newspaper.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-27
SUSPENDED AGAIN.
The Penn Bank of Pittsb,fg Closes
It's Doors Again.
Failure TO Meet Its clearinghouse
Obligations the Cause.-The Presi"
dent Very Iil-Baiiing
Bank officer.

PITTsBURG, May 27.-At o'clock p. m.
the following notice was posted on the doors
of the Penn bank:
lowing to the serious illness
of President Riddle and the inabil-
ity of the directors to consult
with him, we have deemed it best again to
close the doors of the bank"
This was signed by the directors 1t is
said that their failure to make their balances
good at the clearing house was the cause.
President Riddle in confined to his room at
the Duquesne club and is threatened with
henolThage of the lungs.
LATER-As stated in previous dispatches
President Riddle, of the Penn bank, just re-
closed, was seriously ILL., He has been sick
Try and save the bank from ruin. He was
seized with sudden pam in the bowels at 10
o'clock a. IN, and to allay it took morphia,
of which he took an overdose.
The doctors are now using the stomach pump.
When told how serious his condition was,
Mr.. Riddle said: Il don't mind dying, but
hope will baspared long enough to see my
bank, the pride of life, set on its feet again"
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The news of the second suspension of the
Penn bank at noon, spread rapidly, and
created intense excitement and surprise
owing to the fact that everybody had faith
in the banks ability TO pay all claims against
it. The immediate cause is at present I'M
known, and nothing definite can be learned,
as the dire tors positively refuse to be inter-
viewed. Large crowds have been flocklng to
the bank, and the pavement in front is filled
with anxious depositors and persons attracted
through curiosity.
President Riddle appeared in his usual
health at 10 i'll the morning, but half an hour
later was Frustrated with hemorihage of the
lungs and since then he has had three
repetitions thereof He is lying at the
Duquesnc Club-Tooms unconscious, with only
slight hopes of recovery. Close friends of
Mr. Riddle are unable to give an explana-
ton of this sudden turn of affairs. 1t is said,
however, that there has been heavy run on
he bank, principally by checks, and that
S260, 900 were drawn out this way through
the clearing house
The crash was brought about hy the clear
ing house throwing out checks to the amount
of $265, 900. According to a statement, the
directors of the bank had raised 1891, 900 to
pay liabilities of $9lS,000. 1t is said there
were $500, 900 of certified checks out which
were not included in this and which had not
been paid. The banks which loaned the sus-
pended institution fun DIS to tile it over are
amply secured.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-27
The Great Oil Fire.

PHILADELPHIA, May 27.-Thousands of
people have fiocEed to the great oil fire at
Point Breeze, a dense column of smoke which
overhung the entire city serving as beacon.
There are four seperate refineries, with their
groups of oil tanks at Point Breeze; all
have been gathered into the monopolistic
z asp of the Standard Oil company. The
fire has only touched one of the refineries,
the Philadelphia refinery. The pumping
house and the parafline works are the only
buildings destroyed, but the destruction
among the tanks has been enormous. Thirty
two nave succumbed to the flames, all of
them filled with oil. Great twisted masses of
iron Uttered the ground in all directions
and half a dozen engines are at
work playing upon the twelve
remaining tanks, which have so far escaped
the fire. which has been raging for forty
eight hours. The flames are now under con-
troll and are not likely to spread any further.
The loss viii probably reach not far from
So, 900 Already men are at work clearing
the ground. The greatest loss is in oil, as
most of the iron can be used again, and the
tani-5 can be replaced i'll a few days.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-27
HAD BETTER BE SEEN.
A Colored Leader in Georgia Who
Could I" Boom - Somebody.
He Declares Himself the Messiah and
His Negro Brethren Accept His
Leadership and Yield Him
Devotion.

GAINESVILLE, Ca, May 27.-El Mahdi
promises to have rival in Georgia in the
colored man who has been gradually spread
ing singular delusion among the people of
hisrace for several months. Considerable
religious fervor has existed among the
colored people of Madison, jackson, and
neighboring counties, one of the strange
features Of which was the secrecy
with which the proceedings were kept
from the knowledge of the Whites.
Meetings would take place in out
of-the-way places and at late hours of
the night, when chosen few would he called
aside to listen to a new oracle that had arisen
to point out the way TO future life. This
new speaker, who was stranger in the
county, always introduced himself as zone
who was TO come," "the hope of Israel" and
by other similar designations He found fol-
lowers who believed implicitly in his mission,
and who never lost an opportunity
of securing perverts The increasing zeal of
his followers heightened the pretensions of
the mysterious preacher, who soon began to
announce his early appearance on a great
white horse, when the world would bow in
submission to him. The colored man had
been under foot long enough, and the day of
his deliverance was at hand, when he should
enter into possession OF the promised land.
Reports from points where this man has been
thus holding forth indicate that there is a
firm conviction on the part of the negroes
that the prophet who has risen among them
has no common mission Within the past
week the pretensions of this man passed all
belief. He boldly declared himself TO be the
Messiah whose coming had been foretold from
tile beginning. His deluded followers eagerly
assented to this claim, and speak of him as
the veritable Christ
A gentleman who has just arrived from
one of the haunts of the impostor declares
that his dupes worship him, and that he has
forgiven the sins of a large number, being
quite lavish in his clemency. He exhibits
scars which he pletends are marks of wounds
in his hands and feet and a spear wound in
his side. He has evidently used an instru-
ment upon himself SO as to secure the marks of
the nails. The colored people who are in his
following are shy of all inguirerS, aud al
ways give equivOcai answers. Whether the
impostor is lanatic OF knave is hard to
decide. He gives no troble to the communi.
ties which he visits, but is simply travelling
around, continuing himself to the propagation
of his claim to divinity The Gainesville
press, speaking of him, says his dupes are
ardent in his support and are going to every
sort of length to testify to their devo ton.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-27

CINCINNATI, May PA dispatch has been
received from Superintendent of Police
Waiting, OF New York. saying that body
answering the DESCRIPTION of Miss Arabella
Hazard found drowned at Hastings, n Y
Miss Hazard formerly lived Hobbs Ferry,
N. Y, near Hastings. Her friends left for
the east to take charge of the body in case
its identity he established.
LATER.-The telegram from Superintend-
ent Walling, New York, giving the descrip-
ton of a foater found in the Hudson river,
near Dobb's Ferry, is thought by some
friends of Arabella Hazard to be an import
mt discovery. S. S. Davis says the ring and
clothes answer the description and as the pay
ing teller gave Miss Hazard four $50 bills, the
one found must have been one of them Mrs
Glasgow, a relative of the missing lady, says
she does not think the body found is that Of
Miss Hazard, as neither the jewelry nor the
clothes she wore tailed exactly with that Of
the drowned woman.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-27
DeSsilnisiic IfaW.

New YORK, May 27.-The Sun says with
reference to the situation on Wall street:
1t seems, also, that even if things should
straighten ont in New York; disturbing in
f1uences are likely to come from Chicago,
Philadelphia ard Boston. Loans are called
in everywhere, and while the Chicago grain
and provision gamblers are thus forced to
let 20 their covered holdings, III Bo ton and
Philadelphia reams Of stocks are thrown
upon the market not only by brokeu-iown
individual holders, but, Just a. it is i'll New
York-by banks and insurance and trust conn
panies which had money loanel cut on them.
Philadelphia is especially suffering from the
influence of the depression in the coal
trade and the deplnrabe condition of the
Reading & Jersey Central affairs. As for
Boston, there can be no doubt that her losses
have been immense. Taking the fraudulent
element of the recent New York collapses
out of the consideration, the average indi-
vidual losses of Boston capitalists must have
been much larger than those of New York.
Union Pacific and the Gould stocks alone
must have given the BOstonians terrible
dose. The Hub was the great stronghold of
these securities, and it had besides a big lot
of specialties of its own, of which we scarcely
ever hear here and all of which went down
head over heels. 1t really begins to look as
if we must wait for full information about
the actual condition Of affairs i'll these three
cities before we can make up our minds how
we stand here
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-27
SUNDAY HORSE RACES.
How 81 Chicago Man Proves That
They Are Popular In That CITY,

They Are Popular In That City.
CHICAGO, May 27.-The question of Sun
day racing has attracted the attention of
large number of the thinking people Of this
city, and the clergy have denounced the idea
vigorously Mr. Washington Hesing takes
up the cudgels in favor of the sport, with the
following mathematical argument:
THE city Of Chicago contains 100000 in
habitants; of this number 10000 are Ger
mans, I25, 600 Irish, 10000 Scandinavians,
6O, UO9 Poles and Bohemians, 30 900 French,
Russian and other nationalities, making a
grand total of IA, 000-15 per cent. foreign
population. This entire Misunderstanding,
OF urSe, a small, intnitesimal proportion
Is, by TRADITION, by education and by Gus
tom, i'll favor of Sunday amusement In All
ditioh to this number thsre are, of the 600,-
coz inhabitants, l55, 900 Americans OF this
number it is safe TO say that 40 per cent be
lieve in rational enjoyment Sunday. This,
then, gives us a grand total of 500 900, who do
n1tagree with Your views, Let us take another
viaw of the case from standpoint of religion
as rega ards numbers There are in the city
Of Chicago 200, 600 Catholics and 100000
church-gong people who are not Catholics,
which leave 200,c00 people who, at least, are
not church-soing people, if they are not dis
ciples of Pope Bob | am not saying toe
much if assert that all Catholics are moi
opposed to Sunday racing; that Of the 200,
000 church-going people, not Catholics, fully
p per cent. do not object to innocent amuSe-
ment Sunday afternoon, after they have at
tended divine service in the morning, and
that of the 100000 non-church-going people
fully half approve of Sunday racing
This summary would then be: Catholic,
20J,000; church-going people, $4,000; non.
church going people, 100000, or a total Of
350,D0J out of population of 100000 il
favor of Sunday racing"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-27
THE NEWS In BRIEF.

Miss Mary c. Lee, daughter of Gen. r. f.
zee, is visiting in Washington.
There is no foundation for the report that
bank at Urichsville, Ohio, had failed.
President Gonzales intends to ask the
Mexican congress to permit him to resign
lext month.
BY a railroad collision at Savannah, n. Y,
Sunday, three persons were killed and num-
Der seriously injured.
1t is rumored that Judge W. H. West, the
blind orator of Ohio will present Blaine's
lame in the convention.
A cablegram from Paris says Sara Bern
lardt played Lady Macbeth in a white jer-
ey, close-fitting as a glove.
During thunder shower which passed
,ver Shirley Village, Mass, there fell with
he rain large quantities of small stones.
James D. Fish, late president of the
wrecked Marine National bank of New
FORK, has been arrested for fraudulent prac-
ices.
A South Carolina man thinks he has dis
overed that a chalk-line about barrel will
;eep away the ants, and is mad because the
government will not give him patent.
AudDl DIdDbHocl, VIC W WIG NiAO
county Savings bank, who returned home
aturday, was placed in jail by the sheriff,
unday, so as to protect him from mob vio-
ence.
| Mr.. Kennard, the rector of the Episcopal
:hurch at Cedartown, Ga, paid court to
Toung woman who yelled her smiles and
'rankly unmasked her frowns, and upon re-
| ection he lost his wits He has been placed
n an asylum at Atlanta.
| Mrs. Alexander Edmunds, living at 141
South Compton avenue, St Louis, while la
boring under a temporary fit of insanity,
tut the threats of her three little children
With a razor, and then deliberately drew the
Weapon across her own throat
The explosion of three boilers in the sash
.actory of Carr, Snyder & Co, Dubuque,
iowa, killed Engineer Meller, Fred Weilder,
". Ill. Mclaughlin, George Maher, aged Is,
md child named Walters. Three women
md several children were injured, but none
,atally. The property loss is about 5000
Timothy Lowe, a resident of North And
,ver, Mass, entered the house of Timothy
sullivan, while the adults were absent, and
.ttempted rape on daughter of Sullivan,
lged 10 years As she resisted he strangled
Ter, and upon her sister Hannah attempting
o interfere he choked her, but not fatally.
The mscreant was arrested.
Miss Jettis Storm and Mr.. Rudolph Bloy-
.ey, of Patterson, Va, started for Luray
Thursday to be married, but on the train the
Toung man changed his mind, skipped out OF
she car at a switch, and took the passing train
,or home. Miss Storm did not discover his
,Ira,1 no until the train was under way again.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-27
Fish Gives Bail.

New YORK, May 27.-The arrest of ex-
President james D. Fish, of the dofunct Ma;
rine bank, has been followed by his going
around for bail. At .. p. m.
Mr.. Fish, accompanied by counsel
and two deputy marshals, entered
United States Commissioner Shields
Office, and took a seat in COOL quiet man
ner. Commissioner Shields then said to
prisoner: "Mr Fish, you are charged with
violation of the United States law in wilfully
misapplying for your own uses certain
monies belonging to a United States bank.
This is criminal charge. Do you appear
COUNSEL"
Fish pointed to Gen. Smith, who said
ave plead not guilty." and then asked the
district attorney what bail was wanted.
After a short consultation Commissioner
Shields fixed the bail at $50, 900
The prisoner was then escorted to the mar
shals office, where he remained until his
bondsmen qualified
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-27
Proceedings in Congress.

WASHINGTON CITY, May Eth the senate
Ingalls, reported favorably from the commit
tee ON judiciary, with amendment, the joint
resolution proposing an amendment to the
constitution, changing the terms of office of
president and vice president Hoar moved
to concur in the house amendments to the
bill extending the duration OF the court of
Alabama claims. Bayarl and Garland
opposed the motion, but it was finally agreed
to- Plumb reported favorably, with amend.
ment, the bill forfeiting the unearned lands
granted to the Atlantic & Pacific railroad.
In the house Rosecrans offered a resolution
authorizing the military committee to investi-
gate the plans OF management and working
OF the National Homes for Disabled Volun-
teels; adopted Dibrell, of Tennessee, re-
ported back the agricultural Appropriation
bill recommending that the house non concur
in the senate anne ndments; adopted.
Bills introduced for reference as follows:
By Herbert Of Alabama, reducing internal
| taxation by abolishing license taxes on deal
ers in tobacco; Hewitt of New York, amend-
| ing the act authorizing the formation OF ma
| tional banking associations CThe bill for
| bids the president, cashier, teller, or other
| officer of the bank, procuring any loan from
the bank; and in case of any loss accru-
| ing to the bank from such loan, it
is made a violation of this act and
the officer guilty shall be deemed guilty
of ENLIGHTENMENT, and punished on convic-
ton by Imprisonment for not less than one
year nor more than five, and fine equal to
the amount embezzledl About seventy-f1ve
bills were introduced.
On motion of Steele, of Indiana, the sen
ate substitute for the house bill providing
for the muster and pay of certain officers
and men in the volunteer forces, was
adopted. The bill gives rank and pay from
the date of commission and service without
regard to the date of mastering.
Turner, of Georgia, called up the Wallace
| Kckinley case as a question of privilege, al-
dressing the house i'll support of the maj orty
! report giving Wallace the seat