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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20
A Real Tragedy in a. Texan Theatre.

Two men named Thompson and Fisher, who
had been drinking together, entered the San
Antonio theatre in each others company. They
met man named Foster in the dress circle,
and some words were exchanged, bringing about
melee, during which Thompson and Fisher
we're killed and Foster wounded. The circle
was quickly cleared, the occupants jumping in
to the parquette below and through the side
windows into the street. No one sesms to know
who fired the first shot, or how many were en-
gagged in the shooting. After the firing, Thomp-
sons brother put In an appearance, but was
promptly arrested. The remains of the two
victims were takenin charge by a host of friends,
and obsequies have been ordered on the grand
est scale, regardless of expense. The theatre
where the affray occurred was the scene last
year of the killing, by Thompson, of Jack Har-
ris, then proprietor of the place. Fisher and
Thompson were probably the two most desper-
ate and widely-k known men in Texas, and have
each killed fabulous number of their fellow
citizens, At the inquest, the jury found that
the killing was justitiable, and done in self-de-
Tense There was no direct testimony as to who
did the shooting, but evidence went to show
that Foster one of the proprietors who refused
to shake hands with Thompson, who was drunk
and had year before killed Fosters partner.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20
Cen. Grant in Fad Condition.

A republican representative who has just re-
turned from Fortress Monroe, said he was sur
prised to see how much Gen. Grant has changed
during his recent illness. From newspaper re-
ports he had supposed that Grant was getting
well, but he found the old commander fallen
away, his face twisted out of shape, with infam-
portion of his limbs and bearing every appear
ance of a mauwhose time on earth is limited to
few months or a few years, at least He looks
very badly and like man who has outlived
both legs and stomach. He doubts very much
if Grant ever gets well. This was discourage
ing view, he said. but the others who called on
Grant agreed with it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20

Counterfeiting runs in families, and
without exception the men engaged in
it are all poor. For instance, take the
Billiard family Thomas, Benjamin,
George and John, four brothers, all in
our clutches, together with an aunt.
There is one brother out of jail, but
we are satisfied that he is an honest
| man. Thomas Ballard is wonderful
fellow. He is the only person, SO far
as we know, who has succeeded in imi-
tating the fibre paper upon which the
genuine notes and bonds are printed.
At present he is serving thirty years.
sentence as reward for his discovery.
He is chemist of no ordinary attain
ments, and he invented a process by
which he was able to take q genuine
two or one-dollar bill and completely
remove all traces of ink from its sur
face.
Then with a counterfeit plate of
higher denomination, he would print up
on the genuine paper, and thus raise
here is a check on the Third National
Bank of New York, which was raised
from $451 to $50, 1868, and paid, in 1876.
The perpetrators worked off with
chemicals all that was written in the
check except the signature, and regret
to say that we have never been able to
discover who did it. Here are three
steel plates which were engraved by
Ulrich for a fve-dollar issue, The en-
craving is done on soft steel, and
when completed the plate
is hardened. To give you some
idea of the amount of labor it takes to
engrave these plates can only say that
we have evidence that Ulrich was fifteen
months completing them. Perhaps the
greatest curiosities in our entire collec-
ton are the bills which made their. ap-
pearance about four years ago, executed
with pen entirely by hand. At first
we thought that it must take a great
amount of time for the rascal to turn
out one of those bills, but now we think
he produces about one week. The
denominations are fifties, twenties and
tens, and they are turned into the
Treasury for redemption from all parts
of the Union. Sometimes our officers
do a little work outside of the suppress
sion of counterfeiting.
eve had hand in the determination
of the famous Ku-Klux, and here is
suit captured from one of their mem
bers." Mr.. Knight unrolled a package
and brought to view blood red hat of
conical shape, on which was printed in
black, ''Mori! K. K. K" Then came
black mask, which covered the face and
neck. The holes fer eyes and mouth
were colored red, and there were lambs
wool eyebrows and beard of white. A
red shirt and black trousers, with a
white strip along the outside seam, COM
pleted the attire, which was drawn on
over the ordinary citizens dress of the
wearer. These are few of the inter-
esting things that can be seen by the
visitor in the headquarters of the secret
service. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20
Great Fire In Michigan.

a fire started shortly before noon on the 18th
on the west side of the business quarter of the
village of Allegan, twenty five miles northwest
Of Kalamazoo, Mich, and under high west
wind swept through the entire district to the
river, taking every brick store building in the
place, except the Chafee hotel and Peckfs bank
building. The fire had run its course in two
hours. The aggregate loss is placed by Ale
gan business men at $500, GOO to $5OO, OO0-
probably a high estimate The insurance it is
believed will amount to $150,0OO. Help was
telegraphed for, and sent by the fire depart
ments of Kalamazoo and M1skegon and Hol-
land Among the business places burned were
the sherman house, the First
National bank, and three newspaper offices,
VIZ: The Journal, Gazette and Democrat
The principal building was known as the
Union block, containing five stores which cost
100000, and now estimated as worth 100000
Three of the stores were owned by the Hall es-
tate of Allegan; half insured ]. K. Wagner
and the Fleming estate of Kalamazoo owned
the other two; Wagner's insurance $4,000.
The Sherman house block was owned by d. H.
Moon of Allegan. Loss, $35, 600: partly insured.
lhe hotel furniture was owned by J. Osgood.
Loss, $4,000; no insurance The heaviest
business was that of the cooperative general
store of AlleCan grange societies. Loss on
stOck, $4U,UU0 no insurance.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20
Another wisconsin Murder.

Waupaca, Wis, Special Peter Vierka, a
German farmer over eighty years old, was
found near his barn, in the town of Lind, this
morning brutally murdered. His head was
split open, ond the brains had run out upon
the snow bloody ak was found in the snow
some thirty feet distant, where it had evidently
been thrown by the murderer. The cash on
the head was five inches long and four inches
deep, and must have caused instant DEATH
James Harris a young man working for Vierka,
lis suspected of the crime. He calls himself
Wild Bill of the West, and has devoted much
time lately to reading dime novels and other
highly sensational literature Heis now under
arrest for the murder. Vierka was an old and
respected resident of the town of Lind, and
there seems to be no well-founded reason why
his life should be SO suddenly and brutally
taken,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20
A Good Record for Mormons.

The criminal census of 1881 showed fifty-one
prisoners in the Utah penitentiary Mormons
constitute So per cent. of the population, and
hence should have furnished forty-two of these
prisoners; but instead they furnished only five,
and two of these were in for polygamy The
Salt Lake county Jail contained six conyicts
and by the same proportion five of these should
have been Mormons; but instead not a Mormon
was there and only three had been there in five
years. The Salt Lake city prison, at the same
time, contained twenty nine convicts Three
fourths of the city population were Mormons,
and hence we should expect twenty-five of
these prisoners to come from them; but instead
not Mormon was among them. The Gentle
fourth of the city had furnished the prison
with every one of its criminals
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20
a FREE RIDE.
The Device Of an Ingenious Englishmen to
Beat Railway Company.
Ifrc, I, A,,,o De-
service.

The Device OF an ingenious Eng lishmen to
Beat Railway Company.
From the American Register ~
A free journey by rail inside car
riage holding complimentary" in
your waistcoat pocket may be, and
doubtless U.s. . geas pleasant thing. To
travel free as Mr.. George Adams, OF
WolYerhampton. England, did the other
day, however, is scarcely to be RECON-
mended Nor is it at all pleasant, as
that gentleman will be ready at this
moment to admit. Mr. Adams found
himself in Liverpool sans six sous, and
being of a sans souci disposition, deter
mined to get home by a new and origin
al method Of "macing the RATHER" asa
craftsman would say, instead, of cheat
ing the railroad company. His idea, to
say the least of it, was ingenious, but
be had reconed without his host. He
procured two stout pieces of rope, which
he fastened to the axles of the carriage,
leaving moose at the
end Of each. Into one moose he put his
legs while he inserted his shoulders into
the other. In this position he hung
when the train started The train was
an express and did not stop until Crewe
was reached, which is about seventy
miles from Liverpool. He was rather
uncomfortable when the train began to
move, but whenit got into full swing
he had real torture and when he reached
Crewe he was nearly dead with fright.
Here he was taken into custody. To the
Magistrate who adjudicted on the case
he explained that his sensations when
swaying to and fro were something
awful and the effect of the sleepers as
they rushed past him nearly robbed him
of his reason and he "was afraid that
every moment the rope would slip from
his shoulders and hang him" The Mag
istrate decided very cutely that he had
had enough punishment and remarking
very sagely that he was not likely to re-
peat the experiment sent him about his
business. An excursion on the stick of
a Congreve rocket on the tail of comet
might be more exciting than this, but
not much.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20
order Against Dynamiters,

The following circular has been issued in
Washington:
Department of Justice, Washington, March
IL, 1884. To District Attorneys and Marshals
of the United States: By direction of the pres
ident have to inform you that it is reported
certain persons are aiding in the prosecution
OF p a aeogS e1mgs by shppPg to fo
degree to life and property. No proof has
been adduced that this rumor is founded upon
fact, and the president cannot believe it truth
The honor of this nation, however, requires
that it should not be open to the imputation,
unfounded though it be, of the slightest APP
pearance of tolerating such crimes, whether to
be committed against our people or those Of
other countries. Your attention is therefore
called to sections 5353, 1854, 1856, 1878 and
1870, Revised Statutes of the United States,
which regulate the shipment of explosives and
the punishment of those who infringe on their
provisions, and you are instructed to be dill
gent in your efforts to prevent the offences
described, and to detect and prosecute those
who have or may commit them. Very respect
fully, BENJAMIN HARRIS BREWSTER,
Attorney General
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20
Lansdowne Entirely safe.

Ottawa, Ont, Special: Your correspondent
has been informed by Governor General Lans-
downe that there is not one vestage of truth in
the statement telegraphed New York and Bos
ton leading papers that he had been in receipt
of threatening letters and letters warning him
Of impending danger. He enjoys himself at
Rideau Hall splendidly and without restraint,
having nobody on guard or hindrance, partakes
freely in fashionable tobogganing parties and
parliamentary dinners and prominent social
events during the session. The guard of Rideau
Hall has not been increased, nor any precau-
hons taken to prevent injury to Lord Lans-
downe, as none is anticipated.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20

The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette,
in thanking contributors to the food
sufferers, says there is no need of furth-
er contributions from abroad. The
method of relief commonly used is to
distribute small sums of money, suffi-
cient to assist for a week or two. As
an example of the method, this incident
is cited: The agent found a woman and
three children living in q cow she'd.
Hello How are you getting on ?" said
The agent. 80, I'm all right; I'm out
OF the water where is your house ~
Flat on its back out yonder." What
will it cost you TO get it up?" About
five dollars I reckon" And the relief
IS given,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20
Tremendous Upheavals of the Sea.
From the Alta California =

Tremendous Upheavals of the Sea.
From the Alta California.
A submarine eruption occurred on
the 22d Of January, off the east Cape of
Hawaii, which was Witnessed by
Charles N. Spencer and others. It
consisted of terrific explosion, by
which column of water was thrown
six hundred feet into the air, accompa-
MED with most terrific detonations, as
if battery Of cannon had been dis
charged. These noises were SO loud as
to have been heard forty miles away
and continued for several hours, and it
is probable that the water was disturbed
during the whole day. But as dense
smoke and steam, which came from the
submarine eruption, filed the air and
prevented any further observations,
nothing was afterward seen Of it during
the day, The occurrence was followed
by a storm of wind and rain, which last
ed only afew hours. The next day was
clear and pleasant.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20

Sixty-four counties in Texas did not
vote at last p Presidential election. Many
of them have since been organized, and
viii be heard from this year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20

Jonathan Mason, a prominent citizen
of Boston and the father-in-law of
Charles Sumner. died Thursday, aged
SO years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20
The bodies of ten of the victims of the snow

The bodies of ten of the victims of the snow
slide at Woodstock, Colorado on the 10th. inst,
have been recovered They are George Alex
lnder, Michael Shea, J. Cashemell, Joseph
Tracy, Andrew Christopher, Martin Christopher
Kate Marsilla and Maggie Doyle, children OF the
Widow Doyle, who with Miss Dalton and Hugh
bodies of the operator, J. G. Brown,
Of ChateauGey, N. y, Joseph Rivers, and
John Mulholland have not yet been recovered
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20
1.atest Nortnwestern Patients.

George NJ Brannigan, GAINESVILLE, Wis, boil
er water purifier; Dennis Collins, New Hamp-
ION, Iowa, gate; Albert Cooley, osceola, Iowa,
hay stacker; Dexter Curtis, Madison, Wis,
horse collar pad; Donald Fraser, S. and v. l.
Rice, Minneapolis, Mimi, car coupling; Mary
E. Jones, st. Paul, Mimi, bed-spring frees
cape; Lewis B. Kennedy, Keokuk, Iowa, brick
machine; Charles l. Krum, Minneapolis.
Mimi, beer-cooler; Willis l. Moore, assigno1
of one-half to ]. T. Ladu, Rochester, MINI.
nut lock; George Steudel, Chiffon, Wis, plow;
Ferdinand Wetstein and F. H. Dickman, Sleepy
Eye, Mimi, trace buckle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-29
LOST AT SEA.
The French Brig senorine Slulks and
Sixfy-four Persons Perish.

ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 23.-The French
brig Senorine, with ffty-three passengers
and nine of the crew, sunk, to the eastward
of the Great Banks, and all perished. She
left st. Malo, France, on the 9th of March,
laden with a general cargo, bound for
Saint Pierre, and succumbed to gale on
the 9th of May.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 24.-The following
are the only details obtainable as to the
loss of the French brig Senorine: The ves-
sell left st. Malo on the first of March (not
the 9th, as previously reported), laden with
salt, provisions, and general cargo,
and bound for st. Rierre. She had in her
ships company nine hands all told
and fifty-three French bankers.
About the Goth of April she was
slgnaled in DRIFT of ice on the eastern edge
of Great Banks. A few days later strong
gale arose from the southwest, by which
various changes were made, and the veer-
ing continued until May. On some day in
the first week in May her sides were crushed
in by ice, without giving any warning,
carrying down every soul on board.
The British clipper schooner Consuelo
passed by the scene shortly afterward and
picked up sufficient debris and general
wreckage to identify with certainty both
the missing vessel and her actual doom.
The Consuelo took on board some beds,
trunks, baskets and clothing that had
doubtless hoated out and up from the
crushed and collapsing vessel. No further
particulars are ascertainable, nor ever will
be. She sank and made no sign.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-29
GRANT and THE PATRIOT.

. was with Grant," the cripple said.
Said the Patriot: "Say no more.
My heart goes OUTFIT yearns, in fact
For men who've dabbled in gore"
+" was with Grant" " he feebly said.
"Nay, nay" was the response. mo more;
You have fought your country's battles well,
And now you are old and poor.
HCome sit thee down in this quiet nook,
And well wrestle q couple of beers;
As your mem'ry awakes you'll tell me DER
A tale of those dreadful years
liant chief
From Belmont's bloody shore
Down to that Appomattox field
Now famous evermore.
The stranger slipped of the foaming need,
In his eye glistening tear;
His trembling lip of his anguish told,
But he rallied under the beer.
" was with Grant," he grimly said;
But twas not in the Civil War.
/ was with him down in the street called Wall,
When he cleaned 'em both near and far.
81 happened to be depositor.
And / fell in the foremost rank.
was with Grant, and likewise Ward,
In the explosion of their bank"
Then spake the Patriot never a word,
But he beat with his cane full sore
This fraud who f1nanciered with Grant
Some years behind the war.
IN. Y. World.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-29
Romance of a Pretty Irish Girl.

TRENTON, N. J., May 25.-A couple of
months ago Mary Jane Caffrey, a petite
Irish girl sixteen years old, Of rather at
tractive manner, secured employment as o
clerk at State street variety store.
She had only recently come from across
the water, and several times
mentioned to her employer a
strange incident that happened to her at
Castle Garden. A young man with lots of
money and fashionably dressed happened
to meet her one day and fancied the girl.
When she was leaving New York he said he
would come to Trenton for her some day and
take her away. She was almost penniless.
Yesterday afternoon coach was driven up
to the State street store, and the young man
showed his face at the window. The shop
girl dropped her scissors and apron Snd
soon was seated in the carriage. The
couple drove to clergyman's, were mar
ried, and then returned to the Trenton
House for tea, and then left for New York.
The girl did notstop to get the balance of
her weeks pay from the storekeeper. The
young man is said to be lawyer in New
York CITY,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-29
pamaae by the Iexas Floods.

GALVESTON, TExAs, May 24.-Railroad
traffic throughout the flooded district of the
State is still generally suspended. There
have been no mails from the North for two
days. No accurate estimate of the damage
to the various railroad lines is yet obtain
able, but well informed gentlemen
in this city place the damage to
railroad property as high as $4,000, ,000
This, however, includes loss by delay, and
the probable decrease in agricultural pro-
ducts. The actual immediate damage is
placed at $1,000, 900, besides several hum
dred miles of submerged track, in spots,
culverts, small bridges and some trestle-
work have been carried away or loosened.
Large quantities of freight are accumulat-
ing. =
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-29
A MAD MOTHER.
Her Terrible Work With a Razor in St.
Louis.
Third Badly wounded and Her own
Throat Cut.

ST. LOUIS, May 25.-Mrs. Alexander Ed
avenue, left her bed about 4:30 O'Clock, and
going to an adjoining room, forced open
desk belonging to her husband, and pro-
cured his razor. Returning to the bedroom,
she cut the throats of her three months old
baby, Gerster, and four years old daugh-
ter, Carrie. Then passing to the next
room, she drew the razor across the throat
of her daughter Emma, six years old, but did
not make very deep wound. The child
awoke and screamed, which awakened the
father, who rushed into the room. While
he was caring for the child his wife went
back to her own room, lay down on the bed
beside her dead babies, and deliberately
cut her own throat. A moment or two
later the husband, hearing a gurgling sound
in his wife's room, looked in at the door,
and after gazing moment at the CHASTITY
sight of his two dead children and
bleeding wife, he rushed into
the street for aid. A policeman was just
took the razor from the hand of the woman,
who now lay insensible and bathed in
blood. A physician was Immediately
called, who restored the woman to con-
sciousness and dressed her wounds, which
proved not to be necessarily fatal, neither
the jugular vein nor the windpipe being
severed. They are very severe, however,
the cash reaching from ear to ear, and she
now lies at the city hospital in very
critical condition. Mr.. Edmont
is railroad engineer, and is
now employed at the Missouri Pacific
round-house in this city. Two years ago,
while living at Poplar Bluff, Mo-, his wife
started for Crowley County, Kan, to visit
relatives, aud was found wandering round
the union depot in this city insane. She
was sent home, and after treatment was
believed to be cured. At all events there
was no return of the malady until this
morning, when it reappeared with the
frightful results stated. The child, Emma,
will recover, but the two babies are dead,
and there is scarcely a hope for the unfor.
tunate mother.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-29
a Prsmonition Terribly Fulfilled.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, May 24.-Wm. r.
Cooper, young man of this city, met
with a horrible death this evening with
mysterious circumstances attending it.
When he left his home during the afternoon
q companion began detailing plans for
spending the coming Sunday pleasantly,
when young Cooper interrupted him with
theremark, ST don't want to make any plans
for tomorrow. 1 feel as if something were
going to happen A short time afterward he
was seen on the Nashville & Chattanooga
tracks, walking leisurely, with his head
thrown down, as if he was deeply preoccu-
pied. At that juncture a switch engine
came in sight. The whistle was sounded
and the bell was rung, and all means taken
to warn him, but in vain, and the engine
struck him. His head was completely sew
cred, causing instant death. He was in
prosperous circumstances and up to this
afternoon in good spirits. He likewise was
sober and industrious man,