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Fatal Quarrel.

CAMERON, Mo-, June 6.-Two farmers
named n. Middaugh and J. Dehart, near
neighbors, two miles east of this place, quar-
relied over the location Of road through
Middaugh's place, resulting IN an encounter,
during which Dehart struck Middaugh on
the head with an ak four times, INJECTING
wounds from which he died Dehart came
in and gave himself up, and was taken to
Kingston by the Sheriff Of Caldwell County.
Both men were highly respected.
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the State, and the SON spent ser
eral years In early youth at school u
Lancaster, o., living in the family %
the Hon. Thomas Ewing. who was at tht
time Secretary Of the Treasury and an uncle
of young Blaine. In 1s4S he entered
Washington College at Washington, Pa
and graduated in 1s47, at the age Of only
seventeen years After his graduation. Mr..
Blaine taught for some years in the schools
Of the neighborhood, at the same time max
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Shooting for Coal OH.

LITcHFIELD, Ill, June 6.-:he experiment
of torpedoing dry oil well was attempted
here yesterday, ten pounds Of nitroglycerine
being exploded at the bottom Of six
hundred foot hole in true Pennsylvania
style The shooting has probably ac-
eomplished the desired result, but this can
not be known with certainty till the pumps
are put to work.
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Suspicious Suicide.

OTTAWA, KAs., June 6.-SIiss Lizzie
Wyatt, aged about twenty, daughter of Rob
ert Wyatt, a farmer, died from the effects Of
dose of ergot and strychnine, administered
by her own hand. Several stories are afioat
but the coroner's jury could not decide as 70
her intent in taking the drugs.
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The Chairman at this point, finding him
self unable to make his voice heard in the
confusion which prevailed, handed the
written announcement to the Secretary,
who read it as follows:
James G. Blaine having received the
votes of a majority of all the delegates
elected to this convention, the question now
before the convention is, shall the nominal
ton of Mr.. Blaine be made unanimous"
The tremendous shout of ayes sent up by
the vast multitude clearly demonstrated
the fact that the nomination was unani-
NOUS.
Adjourned until evening.
LOGAN FOR vICE-PREsIDENT.
at the evening session John A Logan, of
Illinois, was nominated, and without any
other names being mentioned, the Senator
was chosen for the second place on the
ticket.
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ing a decided mark as a magazine and
newspaper writer. In 1858 he went ia
Kennebec, Maine, where he had been asked
to assume the management of the kenne-
bee Journal Shortly afterward he accepted
the control of the Portland advertiser. In
1858 he was elected to the legislature and
served there four years. At the beginning
of his last term of two years,
was chosen speaker and pre-
formed the duties of that Office to the salts
faction of that body. In 1862 he was elected
to Congress. He was repeatedly reelected
from the same district, and in
1859 was made Speaker of the House
His rulings were always prompt aud
accurate. and it was not often that his Bit
terest enemies could find flaw in his par
liamertary armOr. When General Garfield
was elected President after the memorable
struggle in the convention of 1880, he ten
dered Mr. Blaine the position of Secretary
of State. He retired from the Cabinet
shortly after President Arthur'S accession
John A. Logan, Nominee for Vice-Presi-
dent.
John A. Logan, nominee for Nice-PreSt-
dent, was born in Jackson County, H., Feb
ruary 9, 1896. He has been prominently
before the country since early manhood. He
served as Lieutenant in the Mexican War
and during the late War of the Rebellion
served as a General of volunteers with
marked distinction. He has filled many inn
portant public Offices, and is at present one
of the United States Senators from Illinois.
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ton TO the beholder seldom to be expe-
rienced
THE FIRST BALLOT.
The following is the total vote on the first
ballot:
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Planters Eneourarsa.

VICKsBURG, Miss, June 6.-The reports
received daily from the Yazoo, Tallahatchie
and Sundower River country regarding
the crops, are generally very encouraging.
Planting is brisk and the planters are IN
good spirits.
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Emma Foss, eleven years old, saved
her fathers house in Temple. Me-. from
fire recently by tearing the shingles of
with her hands. Both hands were
blistered, but the flames were checked
until help could be obtained.
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Adjourned until evening.
Brief sketch of MIR. Blaine.

James G. Blaine, the Republican nominee
for President, was born on January 31st,
1880, at the Indian Hill farm in Washing
ton County, Pa His father was one
Of the heaviest landed proprietors in
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At the Government house in Ottawa, Can
da, recently, the police found a Dynamite
cartridge near the main entrance, coRnecte9
with a line Of wire to maple grove.
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REPUBLICANS In CONVENTION.

The Eighth National Republican Conven-
ton Assemblies at Chicago and Presents
Candidates for President and Vice-Presi-
denI-The Plztform-National Commit
tee-James G. Blaine, of Maine, Nomi-
mated for President, and John A. Logan,
of Illinois, Selected for Vice President.
The Republican National Convention to
place in nomination candidates for Presi-
dent and Viee-President, assembled at Chi
cago at noon on the Sd and was called to
order by Hon. ID. NJ. Sabin. Chairman of
the National Committee. After tenn
porary organization by the election of John
R Lynch, of Mississippi, Chairman, and the
appointment of the usual committees, the
Convention adjourned until Wednesday
morning.
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Wednesdays Session.

The Convention was called to order at
eleven o'clock, when the Committee on Per
manent Organization reported the name of
General John b. Henderson, of Missouri,
for Permanent Chairman. The report was
adopted by vote of the Convention, and
General Henderson escorted to the chair.
Charles W. Clisbee, of Michigan, was also
reported by the committee for Secretary and
elected by the Convention. A resolution to
bind each delegate to support the nominee of
the Convention called forth an animated
debate. Among those who spoke strongly
against its adoption was George W. Curtis
The resolution was finally withdrawn. Many
resolutions were offered, among them one in
regard to woman suffrage all of which were
referred to the Committee on Resolutions.
At the evening session the Committee on
Credentials announced that they would not
be able to report before morning, and a
resolution was presented that five
hundred tickets of admission be
distributed TO Union veterans present,
but the Chairman announced that
tickets had already been issued for every
seat in the hall. The resolution was voted
down.
AS the Committees on Credentials and
Resolutions were not ready to report, the
Convention adjourned until Thursday
morning at eleven o'clock.
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THIRD BALLOT.

A second ballot was taken without ma
terial change.
TIITIn
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sis life worth Hving?-well, to tell you true,
It scarcely is, if all men were like you"
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ABUNDANT, But HARD TO FIND.
Now, 1 believe in hidden pearls.
have no doubt the deep unfathomed
caves of ocean are so full of them that
their feet stick out of the dormer win
dows. l think some of them are rarer
and finer and purer than any that have
graced the diadem of an Empress mp
to the date of this writing. Down in
the gloomy caverns of the earth, there
are diamonds, l firmly believe, that
would make the KohinOor hide its di-
minished head and sell itself for a pebble.
But. dearly beloved, we don't know
where they are. If we did, we would
dive and dig for them; we would bring
them out. and by them gain wealth and
glory and the envy of our neighbors.
In the meantime, as we can't oct down
to the unseen pearls and thew can't get
up TO us, we must accept the stars we
have Is the best of their several kinds.
Undoubtedly there may be preachers
more eloquent than Mr.. Beecher.
lecturers more popular and earnest
than Mr.. Cough, GUNNER humorists
there may he than MIR. Clemens. But
l do not know where they are. They
do not preach. neither do they lecture,
nor Vet Go they write books. Conse-
quently, have no clue by which may
find them. And what shall it profit an
eloquent man if he have a lecture as
long as whistle and have no audience?
How shall the poet sing if he can find
no publisher to string his voiceful lyre
with golden cords? Why do not these
blushing flowers cease to waste their
sweetness on the desert and bring their
wares to buoyant market? Is it not
because they lack the diligence
which enableth men to stand before
Kings, and is not the diligence just as
essential as the talent?
THE BURIED TALENT.
o, dearly beloved, the talent that is
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Leave |
Richmond
Arrive |
Scottsvinel
Lynchb'rgl
Lexingt0nI
Clft'n F''gel
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Grief Of o. Faithful Dog.
New York Times.


A singular exhibition OF fidelity on the
part OF house-dog was shown in Sta
pleton, Staten Island, during the past week.
Last Tuesday morning Mrs. Walter Odell,
wife of a tinware-6ealer in that village,
died. A Scotch terrier named Fido had
been a pet Of Mrs. Odell for the past
twelve years. During the two months that
Mrs. Odell was sick Fido remained continu-
ally by her bed. After her death The
dog persisted in lying beside the coffin,
and he followed It to the hearse, trying to
Jump inside. When the funeral process
sion reached the grave F'ido was there, and
he watched the intcrment. Then he re-
turned home and took up his former posi-
ton beside the bed lately occupied by Mrs.
Odell. The dog from that time refused to
eat, and he grew angry at any efforts to
disturb or feed him. At times he moaned
in low tone.
On Sunday Fido came across a pair Of
shoes that formerly belonged to Mrs. Odell,
and had been thrown outdoors. These
he took up in his mouth and carried 10
his seli-assigned post near the bed, and,
placing them on the floor, laid his fore
paws aud head across them, in which po-
sition he remained several hours. Du-
ring Monday night Fido reused the house
hold by his means. and Mr. Odell, who
was very much attached to the animal,
went TO the room where he was. Fido
looked up and wagged his tail, and then
dropped his nose on his mistress shoes
dead
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Demorahizcd Militia.

4 Dayton, Ohio, special says: The de-
nland for Cincinnati papers here yesterday
morning was greater than at any previous
time, not excepting the day after Presi-
dent Garfield was shot. Naturally the cit
izels turned first TO see what part the
Fourth regiment, two companies OF which
arc from here. took in the suppression OF
the riot. Reports were brief, but indi-
Gated decentralization, and along through
Che day members OF the regiment came
Struggling back on freight trains aid on
foot. A lot OF Xenla boys came this way,
wanting 10 go home and see their mas 8.
There was great disgust at the youths for
ouch apparent desertion, and expressions
in deuunciation aud ridicule were heard
everywhere.
Every man Of the Returns" as they
have been dubbed, has been called upon To
explain his presence here and the reason
Cor The regiments failure 10 walk I'D 10 the
scratch. Some blame the commander
which came in bad grace from those who
ran home sixty miles TO tell the faults of a
Colonel who remained ut his post. Others
among whom is Adiutant Anderson. saw
thai tue fault lies with the men, who were
disobedient and refused TO follow their
seaders. Still third excuse Is, that In ap-
preaching tie courthouse the Fourth be-
cane separated from regiment in front
and another In the rear, and to fire at the
nob In either direction was likely TO be
1aiai TO their iellow-soldiers. To-day all
sxpianatlcns were cut short by an order
rom Adlutant-General Finley to the BOYS
mere 10 return to Cincinnati at once, and
this afternoon they repacked their knap.
sAeks Tor another campaign and departed
10 retrieve their reputation.
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A Wife Who Helped Her Husband
Build Up q Great Enterprise.

A New York telegram says: Mrs. Anna
Ottendorfer, the wife of the editor OF the
New York Stats Zeitong. died this evening
shortly before O'Clock, after a severe i'll
ness OF several months duration. Mrs.
UttendOrfer's maiden name was Anna Sar-
tOris. She was born in Wurzburg, BaVa.
ria. on February IL. 1915. and came to
New York in 1886 as the wife OF Jacob
U6l, who started printing office in
Frankfort street, and in 1915 bought
the Stats Zeitun9, then a small weekly.
and soon turned it into a daily. His wife
was his able, conscientious, Woodworking
eolabOrer in his newspaper enterprise.
Mr.. Uni died in April, 1852. when his
widow took control of the paper, and in
1859 she married Mr.. Oswald Ottendorfer.
For many years Mrs. Ottendorfer took an
active part in the business management of
the paper, and had the satisfaction to see 1t
develop into one of the leading Journals
of the United States.
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After Many Years

In 1S4S Mary Poythres, The handsomes
young lady in Sylvania county, Ca, be
came engaged TO John Gross, the son of
wealthy plantation-Owner. He went &c
New Orleaus on some business, and from
there wandered away to Texas, and did
not return for ore year. He fully expect.
ed to find her married, but not so. AL
though she had not heard word from him
all this time she remained true to him.
They renewed their engagement again, and
once more became estranged. Recently he
returned to celebrate his siXtieth birth.
day on the old homestead, and was sur
prised to find Mary waiting for him. This
time he got minister, and they had the
ceremony performed before he had an op-
portunity of getting away. 1t is said that
no less than three OF those who had sued
for her hand, and were refused on account
OF her love for Gross, were afterward
OF Congress, one was in the
Senate, and one was elected Governor.
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people who had secured themselves were
afraid 10 emerge from their hiding-placcs
for some time but one after another finaiiy
went out 10 render what assistance they
couldto the suffering. Discovering smoke
issuing from the dsbris Of the negro house,
a farmer ran 10 Il and saw the burning bed
with two little negroes lying In IL. That they
were alive never entered his bead, but Judge
Of his surprise when. on reaching them. he
found they were alive and sound asleep,
not having been awakened during inc
storm. They were promptly rescued, and
when aroused. and seeing that they were
in strange locality aud in the open air.
they we're nearly frightened TO death:
They had been shaken up and knocked
about, carried up into the air above the
tops OF the trees, and then dropped INTO
the broken shell or another house. and yet
were not awakened. The story Is tough
one, hut Is vouched for by Mr.. Smith, on
whose plantation they lived.
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1UsTRiAs EMPRESS.
a Regal Beauty and Her whims and sacri
ices.

Hoes.
The Empress IA at once proud and ca.
pricious, and in some ways Is one Of the
most interesting as well us extraordinary
wosnen of her rank that the century has
produced, writes q correspondent from
Vicnna. She Is equally proud OF her hair
and her figure, the first being as abundant
"a q Magdalen's--ihe latter as slender
As a girls. The former she wears
as loosely as possible; the latter she tight
ems as much as she can. Her waist-belts
uscti TO be shown rs curiosities in exhibit
lions. They measured only eighteen
inches In circumference. / can remember
but one other woman with q waist so
small.
The Emperor has always been model
husband so far as admiration for his w6e's
beauty Il concerned. He is reported to
have said on one occasion that :" the En-
press Eugene might be the most beautiful
woman 10 the world IL there were rot my
wife,
When the Shah OF Persia travelled some
wears ago In Europe the Empress OF
Austria was the only sovereign who would
moi receive him. She shut herself up in q
country castle all the time that he was in
Austria. She never could be induced to
70 TO Paris during the empire. the style oil
living at the 1uileries not being 10 her
taste. A short time ago also. when passing
through Paris, she would not go the Elysee
60 return the Presidents visit. She never
follows fashion. it Is said, but makes hel
own fashions, and, as all her inventions
are suited to her own peculiarities Of per-
son, they do not become many Other
women. IL was she who introduced thf
abominable fashion OF high-shOudered
sleeves fulled in on the shoulders
fashion which does little credit to her arts
tic taste, to say the least.
Altogether, however. Austria is proud
oil its Empress. who, take her for all in all
IL wonderfully attractive woman for hel
age. | must add that no woman evel
Studied her own beauty so much as the En-
press does. Every hour in the day il
employed in its conservation. She rise
by daybreak and goes to bed at dark, t.
Keep her Complexion clear, and she spends
her days on horseback TO keep her figure
trim. Her food and drink are carefully re
gulafed, and for the same object. This i
certainly better than painting her face, bu
IL is life Of sacrifices which few womcr
would be willing to lead, even for beauty
sake.
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Earcsfs ON Fire.

A Columbia Is. CO. telegram SAYS: Large
conHagratlons are raging along the line OF
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta rail-
road and the Central road On the former
line several houses have been swept away
by the flames and the fires are Speeding.
Along the latter line the forests are ablaze
for miles, but no serious loss has been re-
ported. The railroads are all in running
order, but the heat in passing by the fires
is very great, and the smoke sitting. No
loss OF life has been heard Of. Telegraphic
communication has been interrupted by
the wires beng blown down. A few
small houses several miles from this city
were blown down. A forest fire is raging
in Lexington county, opposite this city,
and great damage is feared from the fires,
but the wind while furious il not believed
to have been destructive.
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Conductor Greer's Story.

cambridge (Ohiol Jeffersonian.l
A few days ago JeferSonidn reporter
came upon pleasant gentleman from Will
mington, Ohio. who said that bis name was
Greer, and related the following: That he
was conductor of passenger train which
was wrecked in q collision ut what he
called Hanna'S Crossing, place near
SCOTS mines, just cast OF town. The col
lisiOn occurred by another train running
off ats time at forty-fve miles an hour. His
train was going at the rate OF but twelve
miles IN hour or the loss OF life would have
been greater. AS ii was several people
were killed. In one Of the coaches was u
cousin of Mr.. Greer. lie was found dead
in one OF the ears. No bruisc or mark of
violence could be found upon his body.
He died from fright. His hair and chin
whiSkers were black, but when the body
was discovered both hair and whiskers
were thoroughly white. The body was put
into a vault at GAINESVILLE, and at the final
interment in month or two hair and
whiSkers had changed back to their
original blackness. The story was 3
curious one worth noting.
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GLLDED NICRELS.
manufacturers Of Cheap Jewelry Warned
10 Stop Using Them.
TDOstOn Globe 1

boston Globe
The seizure OF gilded nickeIs still con-
tinues in and around Boston. Officers
connected with the secret service of
the Treasury Department have been
working vigorously and with good
success TO prevent the manufacturers OF
cheap jewelry from using the nickels
in their business. Last week seYe-
raj hundred of these coins already gilded
were seized, but in every case the dealers
said that they had no idea there was any
thing illegal in gliding the nickels and
making them UP into cheap iewelry. To
such I'M extent has the practice gone that
those who have possession Of any OF the
nickels coined last year without the word
cents upon them, OF which there were only
a few thousand issued, are advertising
them for sale at prices ranging from fifty
SCENTS to 81. When gllded they look almost
exactly like So gold pieces. 1t was recently
decided in California ease that this gild-
inc was just as much Of an offence as coun-
ferseitlng. No arrests have teen made
about here, but simple warnings to discon-
dnue the practice have been given.
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A Career Of Fraud Stopped.

A Baltimore telegram says: Charles II.
Unvcrzagt, secretary and general agent of
what he calls the Great Eastern Mutual
Life-Insurance Company, to-day was found
guilty in the United States Court Of using
the mails to carry out mis- fraudulent in
surance schemes. His insurance was OF
the wildcat and graveyard order. and he
did al enormous business, having issued
over 5000 policies for 81, 900 each within
the last two years. He started business at
Harmony, 4 small town in Frederick cOun-
ty; but his business increased so rapidly,
extending through Pennsylvania and the
West, that he moved his company to Balti-
more about year ago. He wrote Off a
number of circulars, signed them with the
names Of responsible people. speaking in
glowing terms Of the company, and sent
them through the mails. Complaints came
in by the hundred, and UnvcrZagt was ar
rested. His trial lasted several days, and
though many witnesses told how they had
been swIndled, yet Unverzagt protested
that he only did legitimate insurance
business. He insured several persons
eighty-fve years OF age. The penalty for
his crime Is a heavy fine or imprisonment
in the penitentiary, or both.
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Frightfui crime TO Settle the Owner.
ship Of an Old Hen.

A Wheeling wv. Vs.) special says: Mrs
Eliza f. Richardson, widow residing on
Cedar creek, in the extreme eastern part OF
Rltchie county, was murdered by Jane
Thompson, assisted by two other women.
The trouble grew out Of dispute between
Mrs. Richardson and Jane Thompson over
the ownershipof an old hen. Jane Thomp-
son enlisted the other two females in the
bloody enterprise, and after enticing the
victim TO her house the three assaulted her,
Jane leading the attack with bowic-knjfe
striking the unsuspecting visitor In the
left breast, the knife-bladc passing entirely
through her body. While living prosirafe
Mrs. Richardson was assaulted by the other
tw' women with clubs. and the knife was
vigorously piled by Thompson, who in
0icted many horrible wounds on her victim.
cutting and slashing until exhausted. The
three women have been arrested.