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Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
The Zura Burns Case.

DECATUR, ILL.,, Jan. Il.
Mrs. Rebecca j. Carpenter, the Decatur
witness in the Zura Burns case, will leave
for 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. II. Carrington, of
Decatur, who thought he saw q man re-
semtling Carpenter ut the depot in Lincoln
that Saturday night before the mur er in
company with a young woman looking like
Zura Burns, lately visited Lincoln in COM
pany with Decatur friend OF the accused,
and took look at Carpenter, whom he had
never seen before. Darlington at once I'D
mftted that Carpenter is not the man whom
he saw walk away with the girl ut the do
pot. '-
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
A Maniac Negro.

OAIRJ, ILL., JHII
A powerful negro named Samuel POWELL
q raving maniac, was brought here to-day
from Unity and placed in Jail. ltrequired
four men to control him, even after being
tied down to a wagon with a half inch line,
which he several times, amid most horrible
raving, snapped though mere fiddle
strings, while his eyes emitted Wild blaz-
frothed at the mouth like rab.d dog, and
would at times be seized with most horrible
commissions. The strength exhibited by
the maniac was simply wonderful, throw
ing three powerful men from him as though
they were children, while the line was
wound round and round to give it the re-
uuired STRENGTH.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
A Legal Fight for Half n Million.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo-. Jan.

INDEPENDENCE, MO, Jan. II.
Mrs. Margaret Kennedy, a resident OF
St. Louis during the war, died in New Or
leans last spring, willing her property,
amounting to nearly half n million, to the
Catholic Church, of which sho was a de-
vout member, and benevolent societies.
Larry F1aven. OF this city, n nephew, will
contest the will on the behalf of his broth
ers, Robert and james, of ST. Louis. Louis,
of Los Angeles, CAL, Charles, of Kansas
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
Z
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
KendaII's Spavin Cure.

DowNEY CITY, Los Angeles Co, Cal. Oct. ., 81.
Dir. Is. j. Kendall y Co. Dear Sirs:-l feel II
a duty well as II pleasure to place my tcsti-
mony before the public in regard totic merits
SPAWN Cure FOR the last three years. and in
every ease ] have accomplished mor,Atllan you
claim il to do. l have cured shoulder lame
ness, stiff Joints, cuibs. capped hooks, dtstcin-
and in fact everything that horse il subicctto,
ana ] would chceriuly recommend II to all
hOrScmcn. Respectfully yours,
CHARLES II. TT,YER.
Mcssrs. II. IIiny * Co, Chicago, Illinois,
publishers of chicago HOIscm0H, under date OF
Sept. !. S3, write rs follows: kcndalfs SPAWN
Cure is found an invaluable medicine, n:id tho
fact should become generally known to horse
men.
FREMONT. ONO, Sept cath, 1883.
DIR. B. J. kendall. n Co, Gcnticmcn:-
having had an OPT ortunity of seeing your
''Ircatisc ON the Horse this summer FOR tho
first time was induced ~ try your kcndalls
SPAWN Cur" ON valuable horst that had been
SPAWN. had blistcrcd it several times and
concluded that my horse would never get over
being lame. Five weeks today COM
mcnccd using K"ndail~ SPAWN Cure and nf-
disappeared. II has been worth 5000 TO me-
IL. II. House
MOUNT PRAIRIE. MINI. sept. -. 1883.
DIR. Il. j. KENDALL y CO., Gcnttcmcn:-- Last
Spring had II valuable Young hors" tlIaf from
some cause got II very Ia e. lamp about half
WAY her shoulder and wa~ very tame for N
long time. I had the best horse do"tors cx-
anime hcr; some called II on" thing some un
none could cure H. After had tried the cure
nj | went and bOuyl,t one bottle OF kcndalIs
SPAWN urc. did not use Onc-hult of IL bo-
fore IL was all smooth and clean. Lamencss
al, gone too. AS a horse linimcnt II is inval-
ANDREW ORR
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
MOUNT PRAIRIE.
KendaIl's SPAWN Cure.

SACRAMENTO, CAL. Aug. 3rd. 1887
II. J. KENDALL. II Co. Gcnts:-f have during
the last three years used In my stables your
linincnt known as Kendalrs SPAWN Cure with
great success, having treated spiints, spavins.
curbs and various kinds OF strains to my en-
tire satisfaction, and in every instance where 1
have recommended il to my friends they have
been equally well satisfied, and DO not hcsi-
tate to say that asa linimcnt believe IL has
no equal, and thus believing l chccrfully
recommend it to any one who may have occa-
sion to use IL medicine OF this kind.
KcsDcctfuIly yours, LEE STANLEY.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
KendaII's Spawn Cure.

DENVER, Col, April -, 1852.
Dr. B. j. Kendall Il Co, GcntS:-FOur years
ago while in the employ of \. 4. Pcrlcv n Co..
Dunvcrs Mas, we had II horse that became
spawned during the first year of my stay with
them. ana remained so for four years, though
we used every remedy we knew OF or could
hear of, but of no avail Some time during tho
firth year for | was in their employ between
five and six years. were recommended to
try kCndalls SpaNi in Cure. and after using IL
two months the horse was cured, the enlarge
mcnt having been entirely removed. and thus
believing i; to lie n valuable medicine ! fully
recommend il to all who have occasion to uso
it. Respectfully, L. IA. LYONS.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE
On Human Flesh

SANTA Rosa, CA'.., Feb 9TH 1882
Il. J. KENDALL * Co. .Gentlcmcn;-l feel 1t a
duty TO others suffering with the piles and
falling of the rcc,um to write you. have had
the piles and prolapSus of the rcctum for hve
years: for the pat three years have suffered
the most agonizng pain. Tried everything
wi hout relief, but after ten days use of Ken
dali SPAWN Cure ] have not sen or heard OF
The piles since. One who has not suffered as L
have can not comprehend the great joy tha'
feel at being cured { a disease alnos: wotso
than death. 1 had valuable young horse
that had n large bunch gather on his breast
bone. ] tried all kinds OF liniu c lts and had Il
cut open without any benefit Saw your adj
yeftisemcnt and bCu Int a bottle OF kendals
SPAWN Cure and ordered my teanster 10 use
as directed. In less than one week the lump
hal disappca ed. Thinking that u linimcut
that would DO what Kcndalrs SPAWN Cure has
done Tor my horse might benefit more i tried
II rs n last resort.
With gratitude and best wishes for your sue
cess. am faithfully yours,
j. ii. GLENN.
Price 81 per bottle, or six bottles for S.. All
Druggists have 1t, or can get IL for you, or It
will be sent to any address on receipt of price
by the proprietors, DIR. Is. J. KENDALL &
CO., Enosburgh Falls, VT
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21
The Latest Pulmonary Resort.

1t has got to be a matter of certainty
that people suffering from diseases of
the respiratory organs have been cured
by spending two winters in the region
Of Santa Fe, or have prolonged their
lives by living there permanently. The
high altitude of Santa Fe 1900 feet
above the ocean, and the entire absence
of swamps and the great distance from
the lakes and seas, all combine to give
the atmosphere that freedom from ma
Iaria and dampness so essential to
health. The purity and dryness of the
atmosphere is so great that meat hung
out in the open air will not decay, u
will dry and become like dried beef.
Owing to the rarity of this atmos-
phere the lungs of the consumptive are
compelled to inhale a larger amount OF
air, thus exercising and expanding
them, which aids the work of recovery.
The dryness of the air enables it to abb
sorb more of the moisture of the sys-
tenn, thus crrrying off the phlegm more
readily from the throat and lungs than
can be done in a damp climate. This
alone is a great help in the work of cur
ing pulmonary diseases. In addition
to all these are the uniformity and
mildness of the climate, and its freedom
from extreme cold and heat. This
brief statement will give the reasons for
the great superiority of the climate OF
Santa Fe for diseases of the throat and
lungs for catarrhal troubles, and asth-
matte diseases.
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21
A Bank President Kneels and
Weeps.

A New York paper says that Presi-
dent Daniel Dodd of the Newark Saw
ings Institution has been SO nervous and
worried since the bank failed that dark
circles have appeared under his deep
set eyes and additional lines of care are
seen on his sallow face. He is restless
by day and night, and his friends say
that the preparation Of his answer to
the allegations of contempt of the New
Jersey court of chanceryi is a great strain
on his mind. The manager of the bank
cast all the blame for the failure on
Dodd. A story is told in Newark that
on the day Fisk & Hatch suspended they
notified President Dodd that they had
used the banks money and cash. Mr..
Dodd's face blanched and he came to
this city. In the Office of Fisk & Hatch,
according to the story, Dodd fell upon
his knees and with tears streaming down
his cheeks implored Mr.. Fisk and MIR.
Hatch to give him en- ough securities to
save hlm from eternal ruin and dis
grace. A large batch of securities of
different kinds were packed into q stout
satchel, which was handcuffed TO the
arm of President Dodd's son, who Is
employed in Fisk & Hatch's Office, and
a clerk of the firm entered the carriage
with President Dodd and his son. The
party drove rapidly to Newark, the Sc
curities were locked in the vaults of tie
bank and then Chancellor Runyon was
notified that the bank was in trouble.
Then came the crash and the discovery.
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21
Great webster's Great Snake.

From Thoreau's Summer"
B. M. W tells me that he learns
from pretty good authority that Web
ster once saw the sea serpent. Il
seems it was first seen in the bay be-
tween Manomet and Plymouth beach
by a perfectly reliable witness (many
years ago., who was accustomed to look
out on the sea every morning the first
thing, as regular as he ate his break
fast. One morning he saw this mon
ster, with a head something like 9
horses, raised some six feet above the
water, and his body the size Of a cask,
a trailing behind. He was careering
over the bay, chasing the mackerel,
which ran ashore in their fright, and
were washed up and died in great mum.
bers.
The story is that Webster had ap-
pointed to meet some Plymouth gentle
men at Manomet and spend the day
fishing with them. After the fishing
was over he set out to return to Dux-
bury in his sail boat with Peterson, as
he had come, and on the way they saw
the sea serpent, which answered to the
common account of this creature. i
passed directly across the bows only
six or seven rods off and then disap.
peared. On the sail homeward, Web
ster, having had time to reflect on wha
had occurred, at length said to Peter
son: "For Coda sake, never say a worC
about this to any one; for if it should
he LDou that T hava scan the san ser
pent I shouldnever hear the last of it
sea serpent wherever I went 1 should
have to tell the story to every n
met" So it has not leaked out til
now.
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21
What Influenced Kitty.

An extraordinary cat-story is told by
the Worcester Gazette. What it Illus
t~rates, we don't exactly know. 1t may
show the cats obedience to habit, or its
respect for superior strength. Perhaps,
as the Gazette suggests, it may exhibit
a cats pity and generosity, though the
chronic feline selfshness makes this
last suppos ition doubtful:
A householder is the possessor of two
Thomas cats, the elder of which has
never shown anything but a selfish,
grasping disposition, while the young
er is the possessor of a generous, hap
Ply spirit.
At meal-time the elder of these two
feline brothers has an unpleasant habit of
forcing his junior to sit at second table,
in fact showing a selfish and catty dis
position.
His greediness often excited the in
d~ignation OF members Of the family,
and when, one day, the daughter of the
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21
Cost of Our Diplomatic Service.
Washington Letter.


Washington Letter.
A study of the consular and diplo.
matte bill just passed by the House
shows that some of them got what seem
to be very handsome salaries. For in
stance the salaries of the ministers to
Great Britain, Germany and Russia
are SIT 800. Those to Japan, China.
Spain, Austria, Italy and Mexico
get $4,000 a year each. Those to
the United States of Columbia and
Turkey, Belgium, Netherlands. Swed-
IN and Norway, VENEZUELA, Argentine
Republic and Hawaiian Island 81. SOC
each. The ministers to the several
Central American states, Guatemala.
Costo RIGA, Honduras, Salvador and
Nicaragua, who has to reside at such
place in any of the states as the
President may direct, gets $40, 900
per annum The ministers resident
and consuls-general in Switzer-
land, Denmark, Portugal, Liberia, Bo-
livia, Hayti, Persia and Paraguay and
Uruguay and Corea get s. 900 apiece.
Secretaries of legation at London, Par:s.
Berlin and st. Petersburg, get %, 625
each per annum. The secretary of
legation at China gets $4,000. Inter
prefers in China and Turkey get 50, 600
each and in Japan SO, 500. The secre-
tary of legation in Constantinople also
acts as consul general and gets So, 800
a year. Consul generals at London
Paris, Havana, Rio Janeiro receive &c.
500 a year each. Those at Calcutta and
Shanghai So, 900 each; those at Berlin,
Panama, Montreal and K%anagawa $4,-
900 each. From hat figure the prices
paid for consuls run down as low as ST.
900 & year, those at some thirty-five
places in Great Britain, Germany, Bel
GUM France and Italy, South America
and elsewhere being allowed a salary Of
but 81 900 per annum each.
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21

bouse went to feed them, she took
Master Selfshness by the nape OF ms
neck. and intimated to him that he
should wait a few minutes, until the
other had had bis dinner.
The younger astonished at the sud.
den turn affairs had taken, gazed as II
paralyzed at the feast thus spread be-
fore him. His establishment, however,
speedily gave place to pity; he could
not appreciate the justice of this I'M
usual division of flood.
Frasping in his jaws the largest
piece of liver on the plate, he hastened
to deposit it beneath the nose OF his
captive brother, who made short worn
of it. while the Samaritan betook him
self to the remainder of the food.
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21
A Correspondent With a Wonder
full Memory.

M. Henri George Stephan de
Blowitz, the famous Paris correspondent
of the London times, rarely has a scrap
of paper in his pocket, and his pencil
is a trinket attached to his watch-chain.
He never takes notes, and his memory
is so sure, says the London World, that
he can boast of never having been ac-
cused of i~naccuracy by any of those
whose words he has recorded. AS a
feat of memory, M. de Blowltz relates
an incident which occurred In 1873. M.
de Bl3witz had been with MIR. Delane to
Versailles, on an occasion when M.
Theirs made a great speech: and as the
correspondent was accompanying Mr..
Delane to the Northern Railroad station
the same evening, Mr.. Delane said,
what a pity we can't have a speech
like that extenso in the Times the
morning after its delivery" M. de Bio
WITT, who had simply listened attenti-
vely to the speech, without any inten-
ton of reporting it, took advantage Of
this opportunity of showing his editor
what he could do, saw Mr.. Delane into
~
the Calais express, drove to the tele.
graph Office in the Rue de Grenelle
sat down at a table,, and wrote out M
Theirs speech from memory. Wher
Mr.. Delane arrived at Dover. anC
opened the times, he found M. Theirs
speech occupying two and a half col
umns of the journal a full verbatim
report.
1t is related of M. Blowitz hat h
does most of his work with a type
writer; that he never has a headache
or n other aches; he can sleep at an,
hour of the day or night, or wake a
will; that he can eat at any hour, o
fast, as may be required; that he is tn
slave of no fixed habits; that the chic
editor of the Times leaves him entirel
free in his movements and In his writ
ings; that he lives as he pleases. an
seems to enjoy life.
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21
An Adirondack Tragedy.

From the Albany Journal
About two years ago John Frolick, a
German, settled with his family, con-
sisting of a wife and four children, in
the lumber districts, near the ource of
the Indian river, beyond Lake Pleasant,
Hamilton county. His sixteen-year-old
daughter Augusta, who was possessed
of a sllapely form and handsome face,
attracted the admiration of two French
men, Paul Losee and Jean Franchot.
They became bitter rivals. Last winter
Paul and Jean met at the home of their
sweetheart and an encounter took place.
Paul, who was slender, was easily n
quished by his muscular antagonist.
He left the house swearing revenge.
Augusta tried In vain to overtake him.
An hour later Jean took his departure.
This was the last ever seen of
either of them alive. Inquiries were
made about the camp the next day, but
no trace of either could be found.
The fact that considerable money
was due each for work added ex-
element to their strange disappearance.
Snow was deep on the ground and the
streams swollen, and a thorough search
difficult. In a time the excitement SUBJ
sided. Last Tuesday while a party OF
Boston gentlemen were camping in the
vicinity, they found the body of a man
entangled in some bushes of a narrow
ravine. The body was entirely nude
and the flesh torn away by wild beasts.
The face was unacceptable, and one
arm and both hands were gone. the
skull was crushed and two ugly gashes
about the neck. Mr. Charles Bascom,
one of the party, had heard the story
about the F~renchmen, and sent word
to the camp where Paul and Jean had
worked, but only one man could be
found who had known them. He Wis
tied the spot and identified the body as
that Of Paul Losee by means of a faint
ink mark on the remaining arm. The
ravine is eight miles distant from the
camp, and the murderer must have car
ried his victim that distance on his back,
through a painless mountain forest, In
the dead of night, and deposited it in
the ravine, where it was found by mere
chance. What became of the murderer
is not known. Augusta Frolick, the
cause of the bloody affair, vas married
two weeks & to a young German.
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21

been haiIing him, WHOM two shots were
fred at him-One from the side and one
fromthe front. Jack Davis then rushed
upon Blair, and placed the muzzle OF
his double barreled shotgun againss
Blair's breast; the latter seized the gun
with his left hand and threw 1t up.
Blair then cliDched Davis, aud In the
scufle swung him around so that the
bright stage light struck sqnarely on
Davis back, when Jimmy Brown, from
his seat, sent a charge Of nine bltck-shot
into Davis back, between the hips.
Davis exelaime,, Il am shot; | surrend-
er," and fell to the ground. Brown
started to get down and received a shot
in the leg which shattered the bone.
Hamilton and his brother then fled INTO
the darkness, Blair following and firing
at them as they ran. The two men IN
the barn were then liberated and Davis
was taken in ard care for until morn
ing; when the stage turned back to Eu-
reka, carrying Davis who died on the
way.
Bob Hamilton was caught, convicted
and sent to the Nevada state prison for
a term of fourteen years. Bobis broth
er was caught and tried, but the jury
disagreed and the indictment was dis
missed. Laura was caught, convicted
and sent to the state prison for q term
of fourteen years, and was pardoned by
Governor Kincaid June 20, 1882.
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21
A M1LKMAID IN TOP-BooTs
s~omething Concerning a Young Woman
who, in Masculine Attire, Turned Farm'

something Concerning a Young Woman
who, in Masculine Attire, Turned Farm'
er.
From the Nashville American.
A wealthy farmerin Rutherford coun'
ty not long since was applied to by a
good-looking lad for work, the boy say
ing he preferred to drive a harvester or
a wagon or do other light work about
the farm. The applicant looked SO deli
cate that the farmer refused the request,
but gave the lad the name of a farmer
in an adjoining county, who wanted a
boy to milk cows. The situation was
sought and the lad taken on trial. The
two farmers met a few days since, in
Nashville, and got to talking about the
lad. Said the employer of the boy:
"He is the best mixer I ever saw, and
can get more milk from the COWS than
anyone I ever had before him. He at
tends strictly to business and suits me
first rate, but I'm afraid he is going to
create a sensation yet"
Being pressed by his friend, the
IHIuGI WIS ~OhlDGllC W III hhh' AA'
wife had discovered, through the merest
accident, that the supposed boy he had
employed to milk the COWS was a wom-
an. "When l found it out 1 told my
wife the girl would have to go, as it
would never do to have our neighbors
know we had a woman parading around
the farm in top boots. My wife told me
she didn't think anybody else would ever
find it out, and it was worth while tax
ing the chances on it, and the lad suited
us so well. I liked George and took
nv wife's advice, and l think she will
be able to stay with us and wear mems
clothes as long as she wants to.
"She lived up in Indiana and had not
heard about Middle Tennessee, where
YOU could throw your hat on the ripen-
ing wheat and it would bear it up, il
was so thick and strong; so she deter
mined to come down here and get work
on a farm, where she could get work in
the open air nearly all the year round.
1t was then that she determined tC
carry out a ong-cherished plan, that OF
assuming the garb of a man, which adj
ded much to her independence in seek.
ing a situation. And you ought to see
henry mixer. She's a dandy, L can
tell you. She weighs about 140 pounds
is large for a woman, being about five
feet eight. Her hair is black, and she
parts it on the side and e it very
short. She has large feet and hands
and wears kid boots two sizes too long
for her. She has a round face and
roguish twinkle in her large blacl
eyes, and her coarse shirt is alwayI
kept buttoned close around her wei
shaped neck.
When I tell you she wear a wide
brimmed, coarse straw hat on the bacl
of her head, and tight-ftting greer
jeans pants thrust loosely in the top o
her coarse boots, always has a kind wore
and a joke for everybody and is ver1
much liked by my wife, I leave yo1
nothing to add to the picture"
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21

In the National Cemetery at Vicks-
burg, Miss, where oyer II 900 graves
are marked unknown,a marble shaft has
been erected to mark the spot where
Gen. Grant, in his interview with Gen.
Pemberton, demanded an unconditlon-
Il surrender.
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21

Rev. DIR. William Alvin Bartlett,
formerly of Chicago, now of Washing
yon. will sail on a vacation trip to Eu-
rope the last of this month.
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21

Ladies, if you wish to be considered
aesthetic, gather rose petals to strew
upon the floors of your apartments be-
fore the maid uses the broom.
The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21

Henry Havemsyer, of New York, with
! yearly income of $25, 900, has been
declared unable to manage his estate
because of inebriety.