davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19

election of saloon-keepers and their
syinpathizers to municipal or State offices,
and an active propaganda in favor of
temperance reform. The President stated
that he had administered during the past
year temperance pledges to nearly 12,oO0
persons.
BRANCH of the Elk River in West Vir-
ginia overfowel on the 18th, causing the
lumber companies along The banks a loss of
nearly $1O0,0JO.
THE Legislature of Iowa convened on
the 18th.
REPORTS received on the 18th by the
Michigan Agricultural Bureau state that
| the wheat crop of the State was 23, 147, 135
. bushels, of which 49,, ,ooo bushels still re-
manned in the hands of the farmers.
WILLIAM STRONG, youth aged nine.
teen years, living at Brighton, Chicago
suburb, few evenings ago playfully
pointed loaded shotgun at his little three
/ year-old brother who held a pop-2un, when
the weapon was discharged, killing the
chill almost instantly.
THE Constitutional Convention of Mon
tana was organized at Helena on the 14th
| by the election of ". A. Clark (Democrat), b.,
| of Silver Bow County, President. Seven
ty-siN Democrats and eighteen Republican
delegat were in ait ,nd1nce.
| three largest tobacco factories at Peters
| burg, Va, struck on the l4.h against a re-
! duc:ion.
AT indianapolis the other day John NJ.
| Swcaringen, Chief-of- Police, dropped n re-
volver from his pocket, which dischar -ed a
| ball in'o his bowels, inflictinS Il fatal
wound.
THE Inauguration of George Hoadly as
| Governor of Ohio took place at Columbus
on the II. h. In his inaucural address he
| recommended tho establishment of a
Board of PardonS and graded license
! system.
| NIsBIT s. Co., cotton merchants of Sa-
| vannah, Ga, have ia d for 81 ,C0} $50.
| Up to the 14th the people of Hillsboro,
! H., had subscribed four hundred dollars
I for Miss Emma Bond. AMI proposed to
! double the sum. Mr.. Bon, was confined
| to his bed by nervous prostrat ion: his
/ farm was Eeavil- mortgaged to meet
! medical and Legal expenses, and he would
be comp lied to leave it unless aide by
! the pui lie
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
EPITOME OF THE week.
Interesting News Compilation.
XLVIIIth Congress.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 9.-In the Senate
Mr. Plumb presented petition from
twenty thousand veterans for n soldiers
home in Kansas. Mr.. Logan presented a
petition for pensions for ex-prisoners of
war A resolution was adopted that
the AttorneyGeneral furnish copies
of reports on abuses i'll the Federal
courts in the Southern States. In the House
resolutions Were offered for retalIatory
legislation against countries which have
arbitrarily excluded our food products. y
bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter was
reported by the Military COMMITTEES.
THURSDAY, Jan. 10.-Mr. Dawes intro
duced bill in the Senate to provide
for the establishment of a postal tele-
graph system by the Government. Four
bills were introduced in rela ion to pen
sions and awards of Ian to soldiers. Mr..
Sawyer introduced bill to prohibit the
mailing OF newspapers containing
lottery advertisements. A resolution
was adopted directing the Secretary of
War to inform the Senate of the amount
of money required to equalize the bounties
of those who served i'll the late war. In the
House joint resolution for the Immediate
appropriation of $1,000, 900 for Mississippi
River improvements was referred. A res
olution was adopted calling on the Secre-
VI INC give HIS
for discontinuing the issue of silver GER
tificates. Adjourned to the 14th.
FRIDAY, Jan. lin the Senate bill
was passed apprOpriating 100000 to
continue improvements on the Mississippi
River. Mr.. Elmunds handed in a bill for
the relief of the survivors of the Jeannette
expedition, and Mr.. Call introduced one
for the establishment of savings banks at
all Presidential PoSt-Offices. Mr.. Cullom
spoke at length in regard to his bill to re-
organize the legislative power of Utah by
means of Governor and Council of nine.
Adjourned to the 14th. The House was not
in session.
MONDAY, Jan. 1i.-In tho Senate, Mr..
Anthony declined the honor of the Pres
idency pro tenn, owing to ill health,
and Mr.. EdmundS was elected and sworn
in. Mr.. Vest presented a petition from st.
Louis pork packers, asking for retaliatory
duties. A resolution was passed that the
Secretary of the Treasury report the
amounts of gold coin or bullion deposited
in exchange for silver certificates and
whether there has been any refusal to re-
ceive gold for silver certificates. In the
House bills were introduced: To repeal the
Civil Service act: for a bank currency Sc
cured by gold and silver; for Depart
ment of Commerce; to abolish postage on
newspapers: to retire the trade dollar; to
permit Confederate officers to serve in the
army, and for dcIegat, i'll the House
from Indian Territory.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
A TERRIBLE CHARGE.
A Father Suspected of Having Caused the
Death of his Daughter by administer ng
COIJMEIA s . ian. I

COLUMBIA, S. ., ian. IA.
At Prosperity, S. c.. Laura Ninnari,
white, was found dead in her fathers
house January s. She had apparently been
sitting in front of the fire place and had
fallen forward her face into the fire.
Her arms were burned nearly of and her
face charred beyond recognition. As soon
as it was known in the community her
friends and relatives went to perform the
last rites, but the father refused them ad-
mission to the rooms and would allow no
Que to enter. The Coroner was driven off
by him on Saturday, but afterward return
ed and forced his way into the room and
held the inquest. Her father refuses to al
low hor roma ms to Ee inferred. AT tbs Er-
quest kinnard admitted InaU he had given
his daug hter some medicine the day before,
but refused to tell the jury what it
was in the presence Of the ply >cians who
had been attending at the inquest. After
the physicians had retired he said it was
| an infusion of bayberv. skull-cap and al
der. This created Il suspicion i'll the minds
of the jury, and they Eai the stomach
taken out and sent to Charleston for ;naly-
sis. The father bears rather bad repu-
tatiOn in the community : a root doctor
and among the negroes "conjurcr."
He now permits negroes to enter the room
where the corpse lies, but strictly refuses
white people admission. Laura was Kin
nard's only child, and she was expected to
shortly, hence foul play is suspected.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
SWEPT BY FIRE.
Sixteen Buildings Destroyed at Naples. I'LL
nois-Loss Est ilnat ed at ssS5 900.

HANNIBAL, Mo. Jan. IA.
The business portion of Naples, Scott
County, H., Il town of 800 inha abitants, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire early
yesterday morning. The fire originated in
the storeroom of W. II. Green & Co., from
a defective flue. When the alarm was Civ
en- the flames were beyond control, and not
an icle in the building was saved. The
flames spread rapidly, both north and
south, in n row of sixteen buildings, and in
three hours time all were consumed. n
stiff breeze, added to the fact that the citi-
Zens possessed no means of successfully
combat nfy with the fiery element, gave
the flames full sway. The loss and lnSur-
ance is distributed as follows: S. f. Marsh,
drugs, loss 2,500; insurance, $500. John
Harper, groceries, loss S1,J00; insurance,
81 .20o. II. G.. Jeffords, brick building, loss &c.
600; insurance, 81 800. Sarah Turner, Spaner
House, loss 1900; insurance, Si0o Henry
Abbott, three stores and stock, loss 30 10:
no insurance. Avery & Berry, vacant
store and Chapman House, loss $500; no
insurance. George Abrams, sore and
stock, furniture store, etc, loss 81 800; in
surance, 800. w. III. Green e Co., general
store. loss 5000; insurance, $1,000. Hysen-
ger & Graham, general merchandise, store
and stock, loss 900; insurance, 5000
Frank Quintal, three StOre-rooms. milli-
merry, boots and shoes, harness, ETC., loss
$4,000; light insurance. 4. & F. Kunns &
Son, lumber and grain dealers, loss $1,000; /;
insurance, S35'. Total loss, S35000.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
The East.

IN a recent storm the English bark Ell
NINA was wrecked near West Greek, n. j.,
and the crew persisted.
IT was reported on the 10th that Mr.. and
Mrs. Townsend, who were nearly murdered
by robbers ut Oyster Bay, l.. L., were rap
idly recovering. Mrs. Townsend accused
n man nameI Rapelye, who, with two
brothers, are preachers i'll a colored church,
of committing the crime, alleging that she
recognized him before he entered the
house.
TIE fiual burial of the remains of Captain
Webb, killed while attempting to swim the
Niagara whirlpool, took place on the 10th
at Suspension Bridge, n. ", with Masonic
honOrs.
The Quidneck and Arctic mills at Can
onchet, r. l., belonging to the Sprague es-
tate, Were recently sold to the Union Com
pany for S26o,0o0.
THE carpet-weavers of New York re-
snmed work on the 10th. They had been
on n strike for nine months, and the
amount of wages thus lost would aggre-
gate S162,O
CHARLES d. HOLMES and Henry Jackson
were on the 10Th indicted by the Grand
Jury at Freehold, n. j., for starting fires
at Red Bank which causei losses of $780,
900.
BUCKLEY & Co, dry goods merchants at
Utica, n. ", made an assignment a few
days ago to secure liabilities of S2O,Ooo-
AT River Head, R. l., George Jetfery
confessed on the 10th that he had killed
his step-child by twisting its head first
one way and then another until he broke
his neck; that his only motive for the
crime was that he hated it because 1t was
not his, and that it prevented his wife
from earning money for him.
A PARTY containing the Marquis OF
Lansdowne and wife visited Niagara Falls
on the 10th, viewing the falls from both
sides. This was the first time Lord and
Lady Lansdowne set foot on United States
soil.
JOHN SHEA, aged fifty years, of Piovi
dence, R. l., while in drunken frenzy or
the I1th killed his wife with a razor and
then committed suicide.
AT Sandy Neck. Mass, the other day 6
boat containing Henry o. Holmes and
and Mrs. Paul Sherman was upset during
a gale, and both occupants were drowned
JOHN BEARD, farmer residing at Bever
ly.N Y, while dismounting from mule
a few days ago caught his foot in stirruI
and was dragged to death by the ifisn'
eped animal.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
A Victim OF "AlcOholic Insanity" Sen.
fenced to BE Hanged for Murder.

On the night of November 3 an in
toXicated New York policeman while on
duty went into n liquor saloon for
drink. While there he got into quar-
rel, drew his pistol and shot an inoiicn-
sivc by stanrler. Last Thursday, after
a fair trial. he was sentenced to be
hanged February s. The defense WAS
"alcohulic insanity and two eek
pcrts'' were found who were willing to
swear that he was irresponsible for his
acts at the time. In answer to Il ques-
ton from the Judge presiding, one of
them admitted that he could make no
distinction between his alcoholic in
sanity and ordinary drunken frenzy.
1t was justly remarked by the Judge in
his charge to the Jury that when a man
voluntarily puts himself under The in
fuencc of liquor and becomes - fighting
drunk the law holds him responsible
for any act committed while in that
state, precisely as if he were sober. The
celebrity with which Policeman Conrov
has been tried and sentenced will have
an excellent effect upon the police force
of this city, provided the example is not
weakened by Il series of appeals and re-
prevcs, or by The final escape OF tho
culprt from his doom.--N. y. En-
UDlLnPr
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
Foreign Intelligence.

STRONG rccommo ndationS were made Ey
the Corn Exchange of NJ ontrcal on the 10th
in favor OF untram,ncie Interchange OF
the pro luct;on of Caradu an the United
States, and the abolition of all burdens
! upon shppiu; by the S.. Lawrence route.
DURING recent fire in the barracks at
Broga, Spain, eight persons were killed.
THE other day fifty Eules wcre stolen
near New Laredo, Mex, after tho lad in
charge of them had been murdered, and
run across the Rio Grand, where they
were found by n squa of Texas Rangers.
OFFICIALS at St. Petersburg on tho
11th lied doc iments $ owing that Il rev
olutionary league existed among the stu
dents of Moscow. All the officials at
Gatschina Pa,ace We're unlcr strict control.
On the 11th the baSem ants of mills at
Cornwall, Ont, We're inundated by back
water from the st. Lawrence, AMI work
had been Suspended.
UNEMPLOYED citizens of Paris to the
number of four thousand met on the 13th
and listened to speeches favoring armed
revolution to en- the stagnation in trade.
SEVEN men were killed bv n recent ex-
plosion in the Feriay colli4ry, at Arras,
France, and twelve others were wounded.
IT is announced that Leon Chotteau is
coming to America to use his irfiuence for
against France lecause of the pork prohi-
biiinn.
ADvCEs OF the 18th from Hong Kong
been sent to Hailan. The greatest activity
prevailed in Canton. Blrges had been
sunk in Canton River to blockade the chan
mel.
ORDrRs gi~en ny rne egyptian
Government en- the l2ih to evacuatc kEar-
tuum, spike the guns and destroy the pow
der. This would leave eleven thousand
Christians and Europeans to he d, alt with
by the Moslems, unless the Government:
should send a flotilla up the Nile to assist
| their escape.
In Paris an extraordinary increase in
| the number of suicides is shown lay the fact
! that four thousand persons destroyed them
! selves last wear i'll that city.
The Upper House of the hungarian Diet
| has rejected tie b II .eSalizing marriages
! between Jews and Christians.
| THE Chilian Chamber has approved the
| treaty of peace with Peru.
MEN to the number of il ,00) are now
! employed in the construction of the
| Panama Canal. The work proceeds rapidly.
| BY a premature explosion OF dualiIe in
| Kingston, Can, a few days ago, Cornelius
| McMahon was killed and James Murphy
was fatally injured.
! 1T was announced on the 14tl that over
| two hundred lives were believed to have
| been lost on a steamer bound from Shang-
hal to Hong Kong, whi,\ was wrecked on
! tie coast of the HieShau Islands.
! On the 14th the steamer Celtic, which left
| New York December I5, was towed into
! Queenstown. The cause of the long delay
was broken shaft, the accid mt occurring
when but two days out from New York.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
TEMPERANCE Items.

A New YORK chemist says he wants
nothing more than three pals of water
and twenty cents worth of drugs to
make six gallons of Just such CHAMP
pagne as fools pay dollar pint for.
THE New York Tribune says that the
revenue in Maine was four cents per in
habitant on the manufacture and sale
of liquors, while over the United States
it is 81 40 And what the Governments
receives in Maine is mainly from drug
gistS.
HoN. THEODORE FRELINGIIUYsEN
said: elf men will engage in this dis
astrous traffic. if they will stoop to de-
grade their reason and reap the wages
of iniquity, let them no longer have the
law book as a pillar. nor quiet con-
science with the opiate of court
license"
OUT of ,OS1 criminal convictions in
the State of Iowa during the year 1880,
$50 of the criminals convicted were sa-
lOon-kecpers. In 1881, in the same
State. the convictions were 1860, and
the convicted saloon-keepcrs GIL. Tho
total expenses of these convictions for
the two years were S7l4, 293.94, of
which the saloon-kcepcrs' share was
S303. 986. S7.-Unioa Signal.
FASHION no longer demands that
wines be offered callers on New Years
day. Temperance must be popular
when it can break down a custom OF
such long standing as this. One of our
Mob Hill ladies last year stcadfastly re-
fused to offer wine to guests; since then
several large receptions have been held
without the introduction of liquors OF
any kind.-San Francisco Rescuc.
A FRIEND writes us from n Western
town: 1--WE have one of the most
splendid whisky saloons in the State,
and of course it brings forth fruit in its
season. Two weeks ago a wealthy
farmer came into the town, found
choice liquor there. got into a quarrel
and shot his man. The wounded mar
is now doad and the man who shot Lin
j. under hopds," etc.-M \, ObsssgsF.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
They Thought Better of 1t.

LEXINGTON, Mo. Jan. Il.
Miss Clara Hughes was married yester-
day to Charles Talbot, both colored. This
is the couple alluded to in the dispatch of
time appointed, because one wanted a
Methodist preacher and the other Baptist
to perform the ceremony, neither being
willing to yield. Tho brides mother threw
her trunk out of doors in quarrel, which
SO enraged her that she left the paternal
roof and went to her sisters. Talbot was
sent for, and the ceremony took place, two
ministers Officiating.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
LATER.

In the Senate on the 1:th Mir. An
thongs resolution in relation to retaliatory
legislation was discussed. A resolution
was adopted calling for correspondence re-
garding the discovery of phosphate beds in
Brazil and the rights of American citizens
in connection Herewith. The report OF the
select committee appointed to examine the
river and jetty improvements was present
ed. 1t favorS a uniform system of i'm
provement vigorously sustained. 1t was
decided not to discuss the Mexican treaty
with open doors. ......In the House several
measures were reported and referred. A
minority report was made on the Fitz John
Porter bill. The Judiciary Committee was
| directed to prepare report Oh the powers
of the President to negotiate treaties chang
| ing existing tariff rates. A resolution in
quiring whether any navy officer had re-
ceived a gift from a foreign Prince was
| adopted. The bill appropriating one mil
| lion dollars to continue work on the Mis-
sissippi was considered in committee of the
whole.
BARNUM's white elephant arrived in
Liverpool on the 18th.
| GOVERNOR ALBEIT of New Jersey
| was inaugurated on the 18th.
| IT is estimated that the evacuat on Oh
the Soudan will cost Egypt fI,0)0,ojo.
| IRISH Fenians and Russian Nihilists
are reported to be concerting joint action,
| A STATUE to ex-senator Morton was
unveiled at Indianapolis on the 18th.
| A TURKISH brigade with British Off
GERS is to be added to The Egyptian army.
| GOVERNOR MURRAY gave the Utah
Legislature some timely advice i'll his an
nual message On the 18th.
The French in Tonquin are chasing
the pirates out of the province of Nam
Dinh.
A LARGE number of witnesses wero
examined in the Mutt trial at Pitts
burgh, Pa, on the 18th.
Two children, left alone in a room in
New York on the 18th, lighted fire on the
floor and suffocated.
| A BILL to forfeit the Southern Pacific
land grant will be drawn up by the sub
committee in charge of the subject.
A TUNNEL under St. Clair River be-
tween Sarnia, Ont, and Port Huron, Mich,
is the latest Canadian engineering pro-
ject.
A SECOND process sion of pilgrims dec
grated the tomb OF Victor Emanuel in the
chapel of the Pantheon on the l5th.
/ ROBERT BOYD, tobacco merchant,
died in New York on the 18th, of yellow
fever, having contracted the disease in
Havana.
A. K. SPENCER, the ucted New York
lcaterer, was sentenced to the penitentiary
lon the 18th for violating the excise law,
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
All on Account of Bismarck.

BOONvILLE, Mo-, Jan. H.
George Nicholas G. ooms, aged about
forty-five years, living five miles west OF
this city, who for some time past had been
laboring under an alteration of the mind,
imagining that Bismarck was trying to ar
rest and place him in the army, yesterday
afternoon took his gun and let home, os-
tensibly to shoot rabbit. Failing to return,
search, was made, and about ten O'Clock
last night his body was found near an
old spring, about zoo yards from the
house, with one boot off and a gunshot
wound in the head, doubtless having
placed the muzzle of the gun to his mouth
and pulled the trigger with his toe. Do
ceased leaves q wlte and six children.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
Wanted $3.50 Worth.

JEFFERSON CITY, No, Jan. IL.
Governor Crittenden to-day issued a
proclamation Offering a reward of $3.50 for
the arrest and delivery to the Sheriff OF
sStoddard County of Thos. T. Dickson, who
escaped from the Jail at Bloomfield, Sep
tember 8, 1888. Dickson, had been tired
and convicted Of murder in the first degree
in the Stoddard Circuit Court. He took an
appeal to the Supreme Court, where the
Judgment was affiI med. Pending the latter
decision he escaped from Jail. lie is now
wanted to suffer the extreme penalty OF the
law for the crime. The County Court also
offers a reward of Sl0'.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19

SENATOR GARLAND, of Arkansas,
never drinks. IL was passing by the
cemetery near my home one day." said
he. land I saw tho graves of dozen
brilliant men who began life with me.
every one of them hastcncd to his end
by whisky. ! made up my mind that
! bs4 drunk my share, &ud stopped"
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
KendaII's SPAWN Cure.

DENVER, CoL., April -. 1852.
DR.. B. J. Kendall * Co, Gcnts:-Four years
ngo while in the employ of a. =. Pcrlcy * Co.,
BanvrrS, Mass, we had II horse that became
spawned during the first year of my stay with
thcn and remained So for four years, though
we used every rcmciy VIC knew of could
hear OF, but Of no avail. Some tinc during tho
fif;h year dor was in their employ hrtwccn
Hvc and six years. we were recommended to
try KcndnlIs Spawn Cure. and after using 1t
two months thc horse was cured, the enlarge
mcnt having been entirely removed, aud thus
believing II to hc Il valuable medicine | fully
recommend II to all who have occasion to use
It, Respectfully, i. ii. LYONS.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
KendaII'S S SPAWN Cure.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Aug. Bird, 1882.
II. J. KENDALL. CO.. Gcnts.-T have during
the last three years used in my stables yoiIr
great success, having treated splints, spavins
curbs and various kinds OF strains to my en-
tire satisfaction. and in every instance where I
have recommended IL to my friends they have
been equally well satisfied, and | do not hcsi-
tate to say that liniment believe IL has
no equal, and thus believing 1 chccrfully
recommend II to any one who may have occa-
sion to rsc n medicine of this kind.
Respectfully yours, LEE STANLEY
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE
On Human Flesh.

SANTA ROSA, CAL. Feb. 9th 1888
b. j. KESDALL Co. .Gcntemcn:-I feel IL n
duty TO others suffering with the piles and
falling of the rec um TO write you. have had
the piles and prolapsus of the rcctum for Ave
years; for the pat three years I have suffered
the most aYoniziny pain. Tried everything
wi hout relief. but after ten days use of Ken
dali SPAWN Cure have not or hcnrd OF
the piles since One who has not suffered ms
have can not comprehend the great joy TIM 7
feel at being cured Cf "A disease. almos. worse
than death. / had n valuable young horse
that had large bunch gather On his breast
bone. tried all kinds of iniu MS and had IL
cut open without any benefit. Saw your ad-
vertiscmcnt and bcu hit bottle of kendaIs
SPAWN Cure and ordered my tcanstcr to use
as directed In less than one week the lump
hal d:sappca ed. Thinking that linimcnt
that would 90 what Kendalls SPAWN Cupe has
done for my horse might benefit more, / tried
II last resort.
With gratitude and best wishes for your sue
cess am faithfully yours,
Price 81 per bottle, or six bottles for IS. All
Druggists have it, or can get IL for you, or It
will be sent to any address on receipt OF price
by the proprietors, DIR. B. J. KENDALL &
CO., Enosburgh Falls, VT.
| Qnl n nv All npllHcloro
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
MOUNT PRAInIr. MIxN.. scpt. -. Issa

DIR. II. j. EESphIL X 90, ,G"nii"In.n:-I.ast
Spring E.td valuable Young hors" that from
some caus" got n very la;gr lump nhnui hair
way her shoulder and wa very lam" Tor "a
long time. ! had tn" best horse doctors cN-
umIn,. her; som" called IL one thing some
other. one .aid the shoulder wits broken but
nonr cuul! cure il. After had tried the cure
all went ana bought one bottle of kcndalls
SPAWN Cure. aid not use Our-half of II bo-
fore il was all smooth and clean. Iamcncss
All gone too. As Il horse llnimcnt it IL inval-
uabIr. Respectfully,
I'm