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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
A FRENCH VICTORY.
More Thnn Three Thousand Chinfse
kiIIed--War Notes


General dc rIsle telegraphs from Chu, on
the Upper Loochuan river, as follows: "Coi'
onel Donnier, after brilliant engage
ment on Friday, carried tho heights
commanding the fortress OF Chu,
forming the point dappu oi
A large entrenchod Chinese camp, which
was defended by i've casemated forts lhe
Chinese forces were large. Their losses were
heavy. On Saturday they attempted to as
sume tho offensive, but our artillery streweu
the ground with Chinese bodies. ,,,,os0
"After losing all their positions the Chinese
aed toward IanCs,n. They halted near fhu'
,runng and Khanh The French loss was
twenty killed, inrud NJ one officer, ana
ninety wounded. Two plic,rs received sligh'
y,unds uur troops were animated win tht
,rcatest aror. The Chinese In ms en-
',orement were a pnlt of the best troops oil III,
omnirp They were pertcc ly ARMED, hllc
manTuyrcd in European style. The ChineS
Ios,,.s were 500 killed, including their cIile
commander. The Chinese invasion Oh Ion
'mIn has been arrested III the direction o
inur.nn The wound sustained by Geheru
%c,ricr during the recent engagement he''
kcp is healing satisfactorily. 49,.
Genrrnl Briere tie rlsle has advised the GOV
ernmcnt tlat q further advance III lonqui
wiIl he imprudent until the French army
heavily reinforced. ,, ,,...,,,,o,
,,otn Tim, the losses ot he French IN their T.
cent defeat mt Tamsui were sixteen Killed al
fortv-niue wounded. OF the latter thirty-tV
received only slight wounds.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

A banquet was given in PARIS Monday by the
snci dad Latino Antr ricanO to commemorate
tne sg2d Anniversary of he discovery OF Amer
lea hy Christopher Co umIuS. NJ. de Ltsscps
was pr, sent and made speech, in which he
echoed the wish expressed ly the president OF
the society tnat the difference between the
Latin peoples inhah,ting America Should be
settled paclilcally. NJ. de Less ps descr bed
the work of blasting along the line OF the Tan,
anna Canal, and announced that there would
lea grand ceremony ON Mach l. 1888, To
mark the formal commencement OF the works
at Panama anu Colon.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

Two Thousand Turkish troops have been
ordered from Bagdad 10 attack the hano'eho
Kmds who have rcNoted.
-.Catani,, in Sicily, has been visited by an
other cyclone. Thirty persons we've kiil'd:
King IIumbort has sont E4OO Tor the felie' VI
the sufferers.
The new university building in Vienna was
opened by the Emperor Francis Joseph on
Monday.
On Sept, Is Yokohama and Toxic were
yisi,,d by terrible typhoon. In tho latter
civ 5000 houses were wholly or partially de de-
siroycd and twenty persons were HI, d. lhe 70
los Of l,ie al sea was appalling. No estimate
iii ho made of the number of lives Loot.
SS"' TS. ypho"a TS a"s wa" % followed On hs l5tn by
another %S Of great force, but of brief duration
Tho cholera in Spain is officially All
| nouuced tu have ceased.
Ell Mahdi Is sending two large arniss ia' U
attack Dongola, 1t is believed tlat C,lone
s,"w r, was not in command Of the part.
which was uassacrcd ut Wady darna'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

The French bark Gaathea, OF !. .2O7 tons
.r-don ir m iavre, with a cargo OF coal aT. y.
pu'ueI on n yalnaraiso, Chill, Monday. While
Tmu" rOuuaing nj Cape Horn an explosion Of gas 90,
cn,red in the Lold, necessitating the throv,s ,hs
oyerboard OF 100 tons OF cargo. one VI '"0
crew was killed by the explosion. =, so,.,
Captain Charles B. Dix, q No. ,..,0, ~ oEus s~nm
street. New York, has reeeiysu <, Hrsan,snd % convey
one one o. u,ormation orr Of the finding Of more jean
nette relics. - ....n N A
,,in,ona in the Cincinnati Hospital ien
,nn,IS ,nrnagS hatohway with his adehdah'' anu
both we're killed. -, ann.
wv. IA dispatch from Montevidso, .,S,,.os says ~
The steamer Ramses reports HAVING passea s,iy oty
steamer Artcque, abandoned aud puJnhas' ~, ~,
'vir virgins Cape. The Ramsss dsnsusa nsr' w
received no reply.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

... ,hs entire business portion OF
AIN ZAl%cTS, Ts 'SS Ss. Sssn SsS destroyed by fire.
THE Kansas prshipis.nss'ts iSor st.ts ssts es Pcs " L.
Tnrough llisOn Of freight light u,s uS,ns siled ed
,,O p, nnsyivana Railroad one man WAS A'ne'
Wv. ."d another severely injured ..,.v n,
a n;U,nSon JoI,,ufS fSr q burglar and fatally in'
'' Hos choleyp prevails in the ,,~ss.n;s wsss,n pa''
,.,,e., ra 1S.issaii = ssii,n9 4I'SiA SSsi, A's
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

-Twenty.eight Cuban filibusters and over
hundred packages of dynamite aud other mu-
ui,;ons of war we're found slowed away on the
Spanish steamer San Jacin'o' =.
"A collision on the West Jersey road AZ
Camden killed one man and wounded several.
"A farmer near Quebec was mistaken loI
duck and Killed by neishbor who was hunt
ing. ,-...
Ayoung lad lv ng in Mecklenourg county,
Va, accidentally shot and KILLED Ills pro'hcr'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
r.. Cho,era Germ.

Koch's report before the Berlin Me''0s' ~ ,he M
slssy, In regard to his Investigation o' o,a,v sn
ehoisrs germs, shows that, although tney sroM
.bsss under temperature OF loo' ye' 'ns, :. w nor
I not be frozen 10 death, but will, ander '.I sIn
sbls conditions, revive and develop sS'ar, aSa,~,
BuI the Oxygen Of the atmosphere Is nsSs'sa, son
Z y thsis w, This y why thsy 'pe'ai'' WV
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

England will attend the Congo Conference
nroyitl,d the business shall be confined to ques-
lions of commerce, and shall not include
French isputes relative to territory in West
Africa.
The Irish Republican Brotherhood has is
sued a circular warning the Dublin Corpora
lion not TO IRE the names VI Fenians In re-
naming streets.
A mob at senzclles, Belgium, in retalia,,
tion for the action Of the Communal Counci!
in having closed girls school there, entered
! Inc Council Chamber and drove out the Coun-
/ ci.lofs. They afterSard plllased the house OF
the priest. The gendarmes succeeded IN re-
! storing order
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

A MANS domestic relations -. aou ,;nns
bother him half 80 much " 'ns 's''Ns'
Of his domestic
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
Foreign

E,. MAHpl, the Falso Prophet has sent Two
armies to attack the city of Dongoa.
porIrIcAL riot at Birmingham, England,
raw az out of an attack made by Liberals upon
Form 'S, was demolished and the hall where tle tSs
U ,Ussting was held looked asi It 1t had been 1ns
scene OF an explosion. -------
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

:, OHIO there is one divorce IN every
,eyep marriages. The other si1 paiIs 2
sse probably boarding With thew pa''n
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-23
NORTHWESTERN CATTLE.
altering Prospects for n Big Business
This Season.

live stock agent of the Northern Pacific
railroad has returned from an official trip over
the road, lie went MS far as Miles City, and
devoted his time to making inquiries regarding
the condition cf cattle ON the several Montana
ranges, On tho ranges tributary to Miles City,
tho inter he snys, has been very favorable.
lho loss will not exceed 2 per cent. on range
cattle--thlt is cattle raised upon the ranges in
that locality. The loss on stock shipped
into Montana lust season Will probably
be per cent. The beef outlook is very
tlattering. As the spring opened early, the
feed is now very good, and the tile themselves
in much better condition than is usual at
this time of the year, North of Billings, in the
lake basin and Mus.'el Shell river localities, the
winter was more severe, but the loss was COM
paratively light. In Judith basin, the winter
was also severe, but, owing to the fact that all
stock in that neghborhood are range cattle, the
loss viii be very Light. In the Big Horn basin,
where the most extensive ranges are located,
the wint' rwas IN ch more favorable than has
ever been known, and as consequence the
total less upon all cattle there will not exceed
per cent. The loss in Montana will be one
half lighter than that in Texas. The Northern
Iaciiic are making extensive arrangements for
shipping east-bound cattle during the coming
season. The stockyar,ls ut Dickinson are NOV
ing TO point better suitable for hauling cattle.
The company is also building yards at Beaver.
These are The most extensive and important
shipping points ON III, road. Mr.. Wilson saws
there are probably 25,003 car loads of beef trib-
utary to these points
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-23
The Mexican Congress.

A letter from Mexico, describing
sitting of congress, says: The members
wear faultless suits of black. Many of
hem, perhaps majority, have white
neckties and white gloves. 1t is almost
a full-dress affair. They are a fine
looking body of meD. Some of them
have faces to be remembered. There
an astonishing uniformity of COM
plexion. Black eyes, black hair, in
whatever direction the observer turns.
There is not one blonde in the build
ing, except among the handful of
foreigners, who are attentive spectators.
Most of the members, too, are of only
middle age, or younger. Three gray
and as many bald heads exhaust the
list of exceptions to this rule. One in
stinctively falls to speculating why
there are no old men for council here.
The most natural conclusion is that the
men of the last generation either failed
to reach middle life, because of the fire.
quent bloody political revolutions of
their times, or else continue to be so
far behind the hour that the present
progressive age has no use for them.
Modern ideas are certainly gaining
ground in Mexico. And it is fitting, if
not inevitable, that modern men. and
they only, should expound them.
There ought to be large attendance
of fair women to greet these brave
men and jealous legislators. But there
are not two dozen women in the
audience.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-23
"Oleo" in Boston.

'What class of people buy oloomargarine
did you ask 7" The Faneuil Hall dealer gave
his trousers htoh and continued : "Wen
poor, sen ibie people buy it because they have
learned by experience that icc-hUlse butter,
held over from June until this season of the
year, that has got oily on the side and strong on
the top is not ms good rs oleomargarine. We
have been obliged to sell this oily substance at
aqumter of a dollar per pound-whereas we
now dispose OF surprising quantities of 'oleo' at
from fifteen to eighteen cents. The latter is
manufactured from the best ingredients to be
obtained, and includes three different grades.
One kind is composed of oil of tallow churned
through milk; another kind is made from but
ter and coton-seed oil; then, there is third
grade, comprising butter and leaf lard, mixed
together and co!ored Ofcourse, in cold wea-
ther the lard butter is good, but the tallow
stands up better in warm weather.
'sNo, indeed, poor folks are by no means the
only class that buy 'oleo. Why, Eknow man
worth ball a million who has a fine farm little
ways out Of town, He makes and sells Jersey
butter, but, strange as it may appear, he uses
the best quality of adultcrated butter on his
own table mean concoction of stale tallow
is made here in Boston, which retails at about
fourteen cents a pound, but in the West the
tallow is torn right out of cattle us sot us they
are killed, and thrown into ice-water, so that
a traces of the animalcule perish in few
hours.
as the sale Of aduterated butter on the in
creasc?"
cover five times the amount is sold now that
there was two years ago. Members of the
Produce Exchange, who were then its btterest
enemies, are to-day selling it, for the simple
reason that they have found it impossible 10
force thaJ iuietior ice-housc butter upt the pub
lie. The old prejudice against oleomargaiine
is entirely undermined. The quality has i'm
proved of necessity, and if there was no adul-
teTated butter to-day, dairy butter would be
worth fifty cents per pound. \ on see the
growth of the country has been tre-
mendous, and the dairy product is
not large enough to supply the
consumers. This substitute for butter is now
generally conceded to be a good and healthy
one. Moreover, we do not misreprcsent 1t or
try to palm off oleomargarine on people for the
genuine article. There is now no necessity for
doing that. We are willing to call il by its
sd, pied name"
Another dealer, doing business in Quincy
Market, said: ~ think oeomargarine will
eventually Danish from the market all the me-
dium grades of butter, so that only tn finest
products of the dairy can be found. The great
trouble with this ladle-packed butter that comes
from the west is that it gets strong and rancid
q little while after il has been exposed TO the
air. In that regard the adulter,ted article,
impervious to air. As long as oleomargai1ne
is sweet and wholesome, people don't care what
YOU call it; they will buy it despite the unde-
serving odium which attaches to it, b cause it
lacks those qualities which make cheap batter
the most abuminable curse Of poor mans
Dict"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-23
SO. LONDONDERRY, VT, FRIDAY MAY 49, 1884

Pacific, to be recorded in Japan (ac-
cording to Professor Milne) twenty
five hours afterward, at distance OF
nearly 5000 miles from the original
centre of disturbance-not bad time as
ocean travelling goes. The Java wave
not only affected the entire coast of
India, but ran up to Hooghly halfway
to the CHATS of Calcutta, and even
made itself felt in the port of Alden.
1t was also noted in South Africa and
at Mauritius. Curiously enough, the
great earthquake OF Lisbon produced
no visible effect on land in England,
but it Jared and shook all the rivers,
lakes and canals, so that the water in
them oscillated violently for some time
from no visible external reason. Loch
Lomond rose and fell two and a half
feet with every wave for five minutes;
Coniston Water dashed itself wildly
about as if it expected it was going to
be made into a reservoir for the supply
of still infantile Manchester; and the
bargees on the Godalming Canal were
only prevented from supposing that
steam launch had just passed over the
course by considerations of historical
propriety (highly praiseworthy in men
of their profession), owing to the fact
that steam launches themselves had
not yet begun their much objurgated
existence. This curious effect is, of
course, due to the greater mobility of
liquids, just as very slight jar which
would not visibly affect the substance
of the table will make the water in the
fnger-glasses rise and fall with slight
rhythmical motion. Indeed, it was
similarly noticed at the time of the
Lisbon catastrophe that in distant
places where no other effect was pro-
duced, chandeliers, and even rows of
tallow candles hung up in shops, began
to sway to and fro slowly, after the
fashion of a pendulum, about the time
when the earthquake might be ex
pected to have reached their neighbor
hood. The fact that they were hang
ing freely from above made them
easily susceptible to the slightest
tremor which would not otherwise
have been perceptible. Ardent seis-
mologists might improve this hint by
practicing as much as possible upon
the trapeze.- CornhiU Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-23
Alfred TennysOn.

Alfred Tennyson was born in the lit.
tie rectory Of Somersby, in Lincoln
shire, England, 1909. The rector was
quiet, scholarly man and quite un
known outside of a narrow circle; but
all his sons inherited his literary taste
and each has contributed something of
merit to English letters. Alfred has
however, far outstripped them all
though his brother Charles was his first
and ablest critic, and published in con-
junction with him volume of poems
in 1927. Later. Tennyson took the
Chancellor's medal at Cambridge Uni
versity, for q poem in blank verse, en-
titled "Timbuctoo;" and in 1880 he pub
lished a volume of Poems, Chiefly
Lyrical His first great poem wa
"The Princess" which appeared in
1S47. Three years later, on the death
of Wordsworth, Tennyson became poet
laureate. "Maud, and Other Poems,"
"The Idylls of the King "Enoch Ar
den," and "The Widow" followed in
rapid succession; and in 1875 the poet
entered the field of drama with
"Queen Mary" followed by Harold"
n dramatic writing, however, he is not
successful, for there is an unreality and
monotony in his plays that renders
them unpopular. The poet has Just ac-
cepted a peerage from the Queen. He
lives in quiet elegance on the Isle of
Wight. having but few friends whom
he cares to entertain or visit, and de-
voting himself wholly to his literary
work.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-23
INSURANCE.
Annual Meeting of the New YOri
Board of Fire Underwriters

Annual Meeting of the New York
Board Of Fire Underwriters.
The annual meeting of the board of fire un-
derwliters was recently held in New York.
lhirty-five companies were represented. Pres
'dent d. A. Heald in report said that the de-
structlon Of property by fire during the year
caused an aggregate loss of overSl00, 100000,
which was equal to 81 for each inhabitant. He
thought some legal measure should be adopted
to compel more caution. The average rate of
premium has increased. The report ofthe com
mttee on incendiarism showed a subsc iption
to the reward fund of $l49, ,43l by l24 compa-
mes. There have been ll3 rewards offered
amounting to $3S, $50; nine rewards amounting
toSl9O0 were paid, and 10 convictions obtain
ed. There has been a marked increase in the
number oflocal boards, there being 1858 now
operative in the Western Union territory
There is sS0,544,652 capital employed in fire
insurance. An increase in total premiums for
tho year of $9,S99,079, and nm increase in
losses paid of "a, $50 G93, were shown. Amer
lean companies have gained, on every SlOO
written, 2-27 cents as compared with 1852. Ten
thousand million ofrisks have been taken, with
q loss by fire of $40 ,76O.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-23
THE WEEK
In the United States and the
Old World.
FOR GREELY'S RELIEF.
leo Conditions Favorable for an Early
Arctic Trip.

Arctic Trip.
Secretary Chandler has received n report
from Lieut.. Emory, commanding tho Arctic
steamer Bear, under date of st. Johns, May 3,
in which he says the ice conditions are consid
cred favorable. If castcrly gales have prevailed
IN the Arctic regions, as there is reason to be-
heyc, the ice viii have set in motion to tho
sound sooner than usunl. All tho seal steam-
eis report unusual quantities of ice oil the
straits of Belle Islc and the northern coast OF
Labrador. Lieut. Emory statcl his intention
to pursue the following course: Take the mid
die passage of Davis stnitS, and when progress
is obstructed by ice to skirt the d1o until the
Greenland coast Is reached; thence along the
edge of the foot ice to Disco and Upeinavk
Upon arriving at Upernavik, if the leo condi-
tions are favorable for the passage of Melville
bay, it will be attempted at onco, Lieut..
Emory states that in addition to the whalers
Narwha' and Esquimaux, the Arc ic and Po-
lonia were to sail the following week for Cape
York and the north waters, and that their de-
pnrture two weeks earlier than was intended is
due to the offering OF the Greedy reward. Sew
eal whalers have left Dundee for the same
destination. All those vessels have inst,uc-
tions for the relief Of the Greedy party. Their
intentions ore to communicate with Cape York,
and should they rescue the Greely party to land
them at Upemavik They have no authority
to go beyond Littleton island.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-23
ON A CURVE.
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT NEAR
C0NNELLSvlLLE, PA
Fourteen Men Killed and Their Bodies
Iturncd,

Fourteen Men Killed and Their Bodies
Burned.
A west-bound freight tmin collided with n
gravel train on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
one mile east of Connellsvillc, Pa, on 4 recent
morning. and number of laborers were killed
and many injured Tho scene of the disaatcr il
on sharp curve just west Of tho Speer sand
works. The freight train was heavily laden
with ore. The gravel train consisted of six
cars, and contained about so men, Both trains
were going at high ratio OF speed and came
together with terrible crash.
ond tclescopel each other into
the smoke stacks, but the heavy tenders
Jumped into the air and fe |, the freight tender
upon Its engine md the gravel train tender back
upon the hn.t car IN the rear of it. This car
WIS the scene of DEATH In it six men were
Killed outright, and four others who were
fastened down by broken timbcrs were roasted
10 death, the car catching fire from the over
turned stove and burning up before the stupeiied
survivors could comprehend the awful situation
oi ther shriekinS companions. Three mon
escaped from the car, and one of them stated
that the fire could have been extinguishod had
water been applied in time. The wreck itself
was Shas y sight, Inside the iron car that
was burned, could be seen, sitting among the
glowing embers, iron rods AMI dead ashes,
three grlnning skeletons, one sitting bolt up
right apparently reerng into the flames that
had smothered out his life. 1t is known
that John Neville, John Ward john Carey
and John Hughes were burned. Pat Cassidy,
who was on the second car, was instantly
Killed. Another man named Shay, who was
injured, has since died. At noon Il large force
OF shop hands were on the ground extnguish-
ing the flames, and the wrccking tr,in was at
work pulling the debris away and rcscung the
ch@red remains. The burned trunks four of
the victims have been taken out Across the
breast of ono, the white unsiogcd flesh con-
trasts strongly with the blackened surround
ings. That spot was where the heavy timbers
cnuGht and held him until the flames lett moth
ing but a headless armless, legless trunk The
remains were placed on board and laid down
on the grass. A lean and hungry looking dog
smiled the roasted flesh, and, licking his chops,
descended upon the remains. Fortunately he
was discovered and driven away. The officials
decline TO say who is to blame, but popular
opinion places the responsibility on one of the
train runners. When the wreck was cleared
away it was discovered that II persons had
been injured, and If NOR, were missing. OF
those recovered, only two, Cassidy and Der
mott, could be positively identified. Tho 9TH
ers were burned into n shapeless mass. One of
the injured, j. L. O'Shea, died on the way to
the hospital.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-23
BATTLE WITH A MADMAN.


A lunatic, evidently escaped from some
asylum, arrived in Decatur, ILL.,, recently, and
created great excitement by his sanguinaly
demonstrations. He took possession of the
temporarily vacant house Of Mr.. Bicnz. The
owner drove him out, when the madmun pro-
duced IA revolver and shot several times, when
he again took possession of the house. Nearly
300 citizens accompanied Blenz and the officers
to the house, when tho lunatic opened fire
again, one shot hitting Blenz on the arm. He
then began an stuck on the crowd with the
knives and eenvers no found in the house,
Blepz being butcher. He was finally ielled
with a club by an officer, who climbed 10
second story window and overpowereu and
took him to jail
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-23
FiftY-four DAYS Without Food.

The case of Mrs. Armstrong; of Sparta is in
some respects without parallel, says a Ia
Crosse, Wis, dispatch. About two months
ago she was taken sick with what
tho doctors called onward fever" Her
stomach n t only refused TO retain food, but
she rejected IT W tn violence which has been
compared to the aversion hydrorhoba Wet M
has for water. Up to her death fiity-lour days
had passed since she had partaken OF food in
any form. She used water in considerable
quantities. She wasted 10 skin and bone in a
more literal sense than the term was ever used
before. The doctors say the inward fever hal
gradually consumed her body and sustained life