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The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-09

During the war with Tripoh many
fatal collisions took place between
American and English officers, and
also in 1918 between American naval
officers and officers of the British garri-
son at Gibraltar. During the civil wal
in the United States there were few OF
no hostile meetings among Federal
officers. Among the Confederates there
were a number of fatal duels, the most
conspicuous being that between Gene
raj Marmaduke, of Missouri, and
General Walker, of Georgia, in which
the latter was slain.
Undoubtedly the four most noted
fatal duels fought in the United States
were those between Alexander Hamil-
ton and Aaron Burr, at Weehawken,
n. j., July II, 1904; stephen Decatur
and James Barron, at Bladensburg,
Nd, March %, 1920; Jonathan Cilley
and William J. Graves, nearthe bound
AIRY line of Maryland and the District
of Columbia, February "a, 1880; and
David Broderick and David S. Terry,
neal the Laguna de la MERGED, about
twelve miles from San Francisco (Cal.),
September 10, 1859. All of the chal-
lenged parties in these encounters were
MORALLY wounded or killed; none of
the Others were injured except Barron,
who, Though dangerously wounded,
survived. The weapons used in three
of these duels were pistols, while
Messrs. Cilley and Graves fought with
rifles. Hamilton was a general in the
army, and Burr was vice-president of
the United States; Decatur and Barron
were post.captains of the navy; Cilley
and Graves were members of Congress
from Maine and Kentucky; BrOderick
was a United State senator from Cali
fornia, and Terry was eX-chief justice
of the Supreme Court of the same state.
There has been no strictly American
code of honor, although a majority of
the duels fought in the United States
by gentlemen have been arranged and
carried OF according to rules and regu-
latiOns p-rOmiscuOusly adopted from the
code duelLO of foreign countries. "Post-
ing, " however, is strictly an American
conceit, and seems to have originated
with General James Wilkinson, L. S.
A., whose challenge to John Randolph,
member Of Congress from Virginia in
1907, vas disdainfully declined by the
naughty Virginian, who concluded his
letters as follows: ''In you, sir, | can
recognize no right to hold me account
able for my public or private opinion
of your character that would not sub
iect me to an equal claim from Colonel
Burr or Sergeant Dunbaugh. l can
not descend to your level. This is my
final answer" The audacious Wilkin-
son was not to be thus summarily dis
posed Of, and he Indignantly replied:
81 have received your letter of the 25th
inst, by mail, in which you violate
truth and honor to indulge the inherent
malignity and rancO of your soul. On
what level, pray, sir, shall we find the
wretch, who, to mask his cowardice,
fabricates f~alsehoods, and heaps unpro-
voked insults upon unmerited injuries2
You cannot descend to my leyell-yain,
equivoeal thingl And you believe this
dastardly subterfuge will avail you, or
that your lions skin viii longer conceal
your true character2 Embrace the
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-09

DR.. Rouire, describes Tunis as con-
sisting principally of three distinct ba-
sins, that of Medjerdah, that of Oued
Bagla, and that of Chottes, the first in
the north, the second in the centre, the
third in the south. There is also a lit
toral zone, consisting of several little
basins distinct from those of the interior.
Were it not for the ardent sun, the
coast, like that of Languedoc, would
consist of pools of water separated by
sandy isthmuses. As it is, the low areas
are but dry ''sebkas." The stream or
"Oued" Menes, which enters the sea at
the Sebka of Dieriba, is usually dry,
but its principal branch is the channel
by which in rainy seasons Lake Kelbiah
discharge. into the sea the surplus wa
tiers brought down by the Oued Bagla,
which empties into it. This Oued is at
the northern end of the region known
as the Sahel, a land of rounded, calca-
reous hills, whose narrow valleys hide
pleasant villages, and on the slopes of
which grow olive thickets. West of the
Sahel is the sandy interior desert region
of Kairwan. The term Sahel is given
to other regions similarly covered with
rounded hills. The Tunisian Sahel,
which contains about 1900 square kilo-
metres, furnishes some fine building
ing stones, as well as gypsum and chalk.
Many ancient quarries show the ource
from whence were obtained the nateri-
ais for the colossal amphitheatre of
Thysdrus and for the houses of the
cities of the coast. The Arab mosques
and the Spanish monasteries are built of
the same materials.
No stream from the interior plain of
Kairwan crosses the Sahel or the region
of Sfax south of it; yet, while the rela-
lively large streams of the interior are
usually dry, the smaller one Of the Sa-
hel preserve a constant thread of water.
South of the arid and deserted zone of
Sfax come the mouths of the Oueds
which water the gardens of that town,
and further south the coast consists of
sandy tracts separated by GASES, of
which that of Gabes is the most impor-
tant. The gardens of Sfax, filled with
olive, almond, pistachio, citron and fig
trees, with cereals and legumes growing
among them, offer a remarkable con-
trast to the desert region around. r.
rigation has worked the wonder; the
people of Sfax are every year enlarging
the irrigated area, and may yet, if no
hindrance occurs, redeem the entire
coast between their town and the Sahel
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-09
Scandal IN Berlin.

Court circles in Berlin are stirred up
by a scandal which involves the two
proud houses of H~ohenzollern and
Anhalt. The alleged culprit is Prince
Frederick Charles Nicolas, the nephew
of the emperor and II of the most
distinguished generals of the Franco
Prussian war. His wife, the Princess
Marie Anne, daughter of the Duke
Leopold Frederick of Anhalt, lately
discovered what she considers cOnclu-
siye evidence of the princes inidelity
with a lady who is prominent in the
court of the Empress Augusta. The
princess confronted him with a proof of
his guilt and demanded that he should
abandon his unholy amours A terrible
scene resulted, and bitter ordinations
were exchanged.
The upshot was that Prince Frederick
Charles absolutely refused to comply
with the demand of the princess that he
should refuse to speak to the lady, and
that the princess threatened to institute
a suit for a divorce. There have been
a yet no public proceedings regarding
the scandal, and the Berlin newspapers
contain only the vaguest allusion to the
affair. 1t is known, however, that
Prince Frederick Charles has submitted
the question to the emperor and agreed
to abide by his decision.
The emperor, after expressing his
profound sorrow for the occurrence,
decided that a suit for divorce could
not be permitted, but that a separation
might be arranged after due provision
has been made to protect the heritage
rights of the princess and her offspring.
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alternative, still in your reach, and
ascend to the level Of a gentleman, if
possible; act like a man, if you can, and
spare Inc the pain of publishing you to
the world for an insOlent, slanderOus
prevaricating poltroon." No further
action in the matter was taken by Ran
dolph, and the next time Congress as
sembled General Wilkinson stuck up,
or posted notices as follows, in all the
taverns and street corners Of the na-
tional capital:
HECTOR UNMAsKED.-In justice to
my character, l d%enounce to the world
John Randolph, a member of Congress,
as a prevaTicating, base, eliminating
sc0undrel, a poltroon and coward.
Posting became frequent III the
United States after this episode, and it
has been no uncommon thing to meet
"a card in a newspaper, or a notice in
some public place, the declaration that
---'' sis an u%nprincipled villain
and a coward" The author has wit
messed many cases Of this custom of
posting in New Orleans, Nashville and
Savannah, and calls to his mind, while
writing, a young gentleman of Los
Angeles, Cal, who posted a former
friend with whom he had a disturb
ance at a party, and subsequently sent
him a challenge, which "a unnOticed),
''as a cur and a coward, =" and sat under
the notice with a double barreled shot
gun for seventeen hours.
Practically, public opinion firmly sus-
tains the consolidated enactments for
the suppression of dueling in the United
States; and, as an institution; it may
be said to have ceased to exist in our
beloved country; Notwithstanding the
Cash-Shannon duel III South Carolina
in 1880, the Elam-Beirne meeting in
Virginia in 1888, and the remarkable
encounter in Louisiana between a soda
water seller and a catfish dealer in New
Orleans only a few months ago, which
was fought with rapiers, and lasted
eighty-three minutes before either of
the combatants drew blood.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-09

The ruhians ate steadily and silently
on,
The little woman began to grow
faint-not alone with fear, but from
the weight of the gnn. Her han
trembled.
Suddenly there rang a wild shout,
mingled with furious curses. Chairs
and table were overturned, and in the
fash of an eye Mrs. Lathrop saw three
men spring toward her, each with a
knife in his hand.
She saw, and then, with a wordless
prayer, she pressed the trigger.
A tremendous roar shook the air; two
outshooting flames followed by two
puffs Of blue smoke; two heavy falls;
then a dark figure drawing himself out
Of the open doorway. That was all.
And as the brave woman leaned back
against the wall of her cabin she heard
the song of the birds outside, and she
saw the mellow sunlight fleck the
rough floor, but she did not see her
enemies. Then she tainted.
But close before her, doubly fierce in
death, lay the forms of two men,
While without, upon the green grass,
writhed Black Dan, sightless and filled
with wounds.
Twenty minutes later the hired man,
Johnson, appeared, alarmed at the
sound Of the shot, and saw what was
done. Three days later, Mrs. Lathrop
received the thanks of the Pixies Peak
camp and a golden regard. But she
would no longer live alone, and her
husband is now a merchant in Denver,
while she is known as the brave woman
who caught Black Dan.
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refuse TO SPEAK.

When loving lirs refused to tell
The feelings of the heart,
When friendships fervOr once grows cold
How soon our joys depart !
How sad when trusted hearts deceive
That fondly cherished prize,
That sweet affection ever holds
In warmest, sacred ties J
When parting, all, how keen the pain
To hearts that ne'er forget
Each speaks in s~oftest, tender tones,
Which tell that sad regret
Will come some day in after years,
When they are far apart,
When each will long once more to be
Back to that lonely heart.
In hasty moments, cruel words
viii cause the sharpest pain,
Which often breaks the strongest links
Of friendships golden chain:
And thus the heart that is sincere
The owe that's ever pure,
Is cast adrift on sorrows sea,
All tortures to endure.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-09

On the floor III one Of the rooms of
the NOrwalk, Conn, Iron Works Com
pany is a long, heavy cylinder. Its
length is about twenty-eight feet and
the diameter of the bore is about four
inches. In another department men
are at work constructing an air COM
pressor. When the latter is completed
it will be connected with the tube men,
toned above, and what the inventor
confidently believes will be a most ire
mendous engine of wal will be complet-
ed and ready for trial. Several years
ago, while in Washington, a gentleman
from Ohio heard a naval officer say that
If agun could be constructed that would
throw dynamite it would thoroughly re-
volutionize modern warfare. Mr.. Milf
fin-that was the gentleman's name
proceeded at once to invent such a gun,
and he has reason to believe that it will
be a perfect success. 1t would not do
to use powder asa %propelling power, for
its suddea action would explode the
dynamite cartridge at the start, and
blow the gun to atoms. Compressed
air, at a pressure of about 300 pounds
to the square inch, will take the place of
powder, and the gun now in South Nor
walk IS expected to throw a three. pound
cartridge a distance of two miles. Ina
CINE the effect Of a cartridge Of even so
small a weight striking the side or deck
of a vessel, OF the ramparts of a fort,
The explosion would be terrible in its
results. If the gun is a success others
of a size sufficient to throw 100 pounds
of dynamite ten miles will be Gonstruc-
ted. The gun, loaded with sand instead
of dynamite, will be tested in South
Norwalk at an early day, in the presence
of naval officers, scientific men, and
others.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-09

WHEx your grandfathers left a few
shucks ON each ear, and then braided
all together and hung them in the gran
AIRY or attic where they would be kept
dry and safe from rats and mice, they
adopted rs good a plan as has ever been
discovered for keeping seed corn.
Mistakes may serve tor guides as
well as success; and we can learn about
as much from seeing what not to do.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-09

Under the laws of Providence. life is
a probation; probation is almost a sue
cession OF trials; temptations are emer-
gencies: and for emergencies we need
the preparation and the safeguard of
prayer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-09

Senator Lapham wants 10 change
the name Of Utah to Altamont,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

MULLIGAN, ON BLAINE.-Boston,
Sept. 17.-Mr, Paul West, a prominent
lawyer of this city, in letter tn The
Journal. says he made the acquaintance
Of j. Fl. Mulligan, of Mulligan letter
notoriety, in 1879. while he'was acting in
law case with Loheir & WEIGH, Multi.
cams lawyers Mr.. West says he was
Grant man az the time, and asked Null
ligan's opinion about Mr.. Blaine. Null
ligan said he did not consider Mr.. Blaine
a corrupt man; also that he believed he
never sold his vote, nor did he ever use
his influence as speaker or congressman
to influence legislation in which he might
be personally interested. All that could
be said against Mr. Blaine was that he
was very able man, and that while in
congrpsslhe saw measures going through
in which he took no interest, and made
some money for himself; that is to say.
he improved his opportunities and used
bis knowledge to make good investments
and was fortunate in them. Mr.. West
made memorandum of Mulligan's state
ment at the time, and afterwards showed
it to F. 3. Calender, brother lawyer,
who also writes confirming Mr. Vests &C.
count of Mulligan's conversation Null
ligan, by the way, seems, under the pc
culiar interest of Mr.. Barnum, to have
changed his opinions OF Mr.. Blaine since
1879.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24


GENERAL THOMAS EWING, leading
Democrat of Ohio, and ex-member OF
congress, in an interview published in
The Chicago Tribune, replying to the
question whether he thought the Multi
gan letters are having any effect in the
canvass said:
Not much Those who are making the
most noise about these letters would op-
pose Blame if he had not written one O:
them. I refer to the Independents. The
most of them are free traders who are
drifting to the Democracy as likely to at
least reform the grossest abuses of the
protective system. | shall not take any
part in the cenvass because of its ex-
tremely and outrageously personal char
acter and because of my lifelong friend
ship for Blaine. know him to be thor
oughly true in all relations of life, public
and private, and / would not be willing
to address political meetings at which he
is SO constantly and savagely denounced
without paying my personal tribute to
his public and private virtues. There
fore | will only contribute my vote to the
cause of the Democracy in this cam.
psign.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

AMONG the active opponents of Mr.
Blaine's nomination at Chicago was Hen
ry Cabot Lodge, one of the leading dele
gates from Massachusetts. On Monday
last he was interviewed by the Boston
Herald respecting the new batch OF
Mulligan letters. The interview was as
follows:
1.-THE fact is" said Mr. Lodge, "there
is not much to say about those letters
anyway. They add absolutely nothing
to the case and make no change whatever
in the situation. Ia short, they are OF
no sort of consequence
"Why, do you think, have these letters
not appeared before?"
Because they are worthless; they
amount to nothing as against Mr.. Blaine,
and they were not worth using"
what Influence do you expect they
will have in changing votes?"
81 can't see why they should change a
single vote, and do not believe they will.
Now this is really all there is to say on
this subject. 1t isn't worth another
word"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24
A Great Discovery.

VIM. Thomas, of Newton, La, says:
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She had used many remedies without re-
liefard being urged to try DIR Kings New
Discovery, did SO. with much gratifying
results. The first bottle relieved her
very much, and the second bottle has
absolutely cured her. She has not had
so good health fer thirty years" Trial
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Store. Large size $l.0O.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

THE correct Republican majority in
Maine is now given. Governor Robbie,
the Republican candidate has a plurality
of 1851, and his majority over all is
15.411. The total Republican vote is
1892. In 1880, at the State election,
the Republican vote was 73, 597, showing
al absolute gain of 5,325 votes. The
Democratic vote has fallen off since 1880
from 1876 to SO, 81, showing an absolute
loss of 1925. There is no reason to
suppose that this ratio of losses and gair 8
will be greatly changed in any state.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24
Never give up.

If you are suffering with low and de-
pressed spirits loss of appetite, general
debility, disordered blood, weak constitu-
ton, headache, or any disease of a bilious
nature, by all means procure bottle of
Electric Bitters. You will be surprised
to see the rapid improvement that will
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pain and misery will cease, and hence
forth you will rejoice in the praise of
Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a
bottle by H. T Eberle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

THE policy of the free traders is TO
break down the manufacturers, close the
doors of the workshops, drive artisans to
the farm, and buy from Europe, whera
things can be manufactured cheapIy.
But wait until he disinterested, patriotic
foreigners have us in their power, they
will make free trade a dearly bought
luxury for their American dupes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

THE Courier Journal shouts: eve do
not want change of parties without a
change of policiesr' The Democratic
party is for free trade, and 'three-fourths
of the Democrats in the last Congress
supported the Morrison bill, and Cover
nor Cleveland was in thorough sympathy"
with them. Now let us hear from Ran
dali & Co. "You pays your money and
takes your choice"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

BURR JONES, the Democratic candidate
for congress in the Third district, in his
speech accepting the nomination, referred
to the "bootless prosecutions against the
Star route criminals" Why was he not
honest enough to tell his hearers that the
star route prosecutions tailed.because the
Democratic foreman Of the jury, now a
member of the Democratic National
committee, voted to acQuit the criminals?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

INDIANIANs should take notice that
openly that Kentucky ought to be able
ia raise money enough to take care of
Indiana" Kentucky is solid and she can
raise and equip an army af 10000 or so
for neigtborly duty in Indiana. The
people of Indiana should prepare to give
such "a warm welcome"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

The editors of the three leading 2 cent
New York organs of Cleveland are by
half more French and foreign than they
are American. They live mostly in
Europe, and their papers could as well be
edited from Paris and London as New
York,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

AFTER Carl Schurz's Democratic ex-
perience in 1872 he was publicly repent
ant, and said in speech: "Only once
hare slept IN the Side-room Of the
Democratic party, and there hare I
heard enough not to cote Democratic
ticket again an my life. Yes, my hand
shall aoither before I do so again
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In Indiana they believe idr. Hendricks
was the first to circulate the scandal of
Maria Halpin against the Buffalo fat
man
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

The Washington Daily Critic says that
Governor Cleveland will go four squares
out of the way rather than pass by an
infant asylum.
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

In New York City no Sheriff eyer
personally acts as hangman. An exc
cutioner, whose name in unknown to the
public, and who is always unseen, being
inclosed in box or a closet which is a
part of the gallows fixtures, acts as hang
man. An account OF the hanging OF
Patrick Morrisey, in Buffalo, September
6, 1872, when Grover Cleveland was
Sheriff, says:
At 1910 the signal was given, the
Sheriff pressed the lever and the soulless
body of the matricide hung dangling ia
the air.
In the newspaper report of the hang
ing OF John Gaffney, at Buffalo, Feb.
IA, 1878, Cleveland being then also
Sheriff, it is stated that as the signal was
given to the Sheriff that the moose was
properly adjusted. he "pressed the lever
and the trap dropped" Sheriff Cleve-
land was paid by Erie county $500 for
hanging Morrisey and $3.50 for hanging
Gafney. He could easily have hired a
hanguan for $40, but the thrifty Sheriff
wanted the money and got it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24
watertown Market.

Corrected Weekly by VIM. Buchheit
Commission Merchant, Third Street
Waterfowl.
WEDNESDAY, Sept q 1854.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24
COUNTY TICRE Ell.

Sheriff-Charles Lynch, Watertown,
Register-David Bryant, Waterloo,
Clerk of Court-A. S Porter, Palmyra,
County Clerk-Frank Kispert, Jefferson
Treasurer-Wm Schultz, WATERFOWL.
Dis. Atty-Orson E. Curtis, Koshkonong,
Surveyor-C. P. Goodrich. Oakland,
Coroner--Robert Moore Sullivan,
Supt. of Schools-E. B. Gray, Palmyra.
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