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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-09
TELEGRhPHIC NOTES.

THE OKLAHOMA CoLONIsTs TO TRY AGAIN.
CALDWELL, Kan. May S.-Captain Couch has arrived
here with twelve teams and about $50 boomers, and
eight or teams arrived this morning I'm a
storm Captain Couch said " There are about $50 OF
the and there are about forty expected
In a few DAYS with about $50 more, making total OF
400" He thinks that In about sixty days they will
make another attempt 10 gain possession OF the forbid
deu land
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-09

had arrested tho previous night at NO 2l 81
Thirdave on telegram from the superintendent OF To
lice OF Philadelphia 1t is charged that she stole quan
tty of valuable wearing apparel In that city she was
remanded to await the arrival OF the Phiiadeipha '
tlorities.
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uURpERER AFRAID OF DARKNESS.

PHILADELPHIA, May s (SpeciaD. - James
Kane who is under sentence OF death for the killing
his brother has grown restless Of late and shows fear Of
be fate that awaits him For week he has begged
the rsong officials to allow light 20 burn in his cell
al night. The request was granted to-day.
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oIvING Up REGIsTRy ROOKs

PETERSBURG. Va. May s.-under a decision Of the
Supreme Court OF Appeals OF Virginia 10 the effect
e Joint resolution creating electoral boards passed by
the General Assembly did not require the signature OF
the Governor, the registration books OF Petersburg
which have been In the hands or Republican registrars
were to-day given mp to the Democratic registrars.
SINKING OF A SCHOONER.
NORFOLK, Va. May S.-Ihe steamship Seneca OF the
Old Dominion Line, due here yesterday. arrived this
morning from NewYOrk. She brought the crew OF the
schooner W. c. McCabe, which she ran down In dense
fog of the Highlands.
DELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION IN ATLANTA.
HARRISBURG, Penn, May s.-Thc Governor this morn
ing appointed Samuel Moore, heavy tobacco dealer
and Francis B. Reeves Of the firm OF Reeves, Parvn
Co. wholesale grocers both OF Philadelphia 10 be dele
TO the National convention to be held al
Atlanta May 49, 20 and 2l for the purpose OF view
ing the unsettled condition Of the finance and commerce
of the country. Both the appointees have signihed
their Willingness TO accept
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-09
THE MAHDrs FORCES DEFEATED IN NKARDoFAN

DoNGoLA, May S.-Reports reacn mere tiat
the Mahds forces have defeat at the hands OF
the insurgents In Kardofan aided by the garrison at
senaar The remnant the Mahs forces has retreated
according TO these reports to Abu Haraz The Mahdi
himself is at omderman, near Khartoum. But he mas
only few troops with him and is unable 10 seho rei
forcements against the insurgents
ROME May Sits reported here that the Egyptian
sorsor has been ordered TO withdraw from MassOwah.
LoNDoN May SIN tho House OF Lords today cues
tion was asked regarding the condition OF inc bllsn
troons serving in the soudan The Duke OF Cambridge
Commander Chief Of the Army In repohse su tnaV
the troops had never been better cared ior LII any
paign than they had been in the S0udan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-09
FORGED DRAFT ON THE BANK OF NEw-YoRK.

MONTREAL, May 8 (SpecidD.-On the stock
market to-day Bank of Montreal declined per
cent and it was thought that the decline was
the result of rumors that the bank had suffered
through extensive orgeres Upon inquiry al the mousse
of the president, Mr. smithers, this evening, 1t was
learned that day or two ago person persons at
present unknown forged draft from the Bank OF Mon
trea on the Bank of NewYork for $4,000 and that the
Bank of Commerce, at Buffalo, cashed one-haf OF the
draft namely So 500. When the matter was reported
TO the Bank OF NewYork, however, they declared the
draft be forgery. representative OF the BanH Oh
fouluerce was to-day about the matter 1he
Bank of Montreal will lose nothing. There are also
rumors of other forger e but Mr. Smthers says that
nothing is as yet known about them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-09
IN TIE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

LONDON, May S.-Thomas Sexton, Home
Rnle member for County sligo asked in the House OF
Commons to-day whether the Government mad inter-
fered in any way with the appointment OF Mr. Kelley as
American Minister To Austria Under Foreign Secre-
tary Fitzfnaurice answered no. l,
MIR Gladstone gave notice OF proposal by the Gov
ernment of marriage dOwry for Princess Beatrice VINO
Is TO be married shortly Prince Henry OF BattenDerg
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-09
THE DEMANDS OF RUSSIA
,rrrnvNcrs rETwEEN THE NATIONS

,,,rp ATIoN-sIR sTAfro"
rpyISG TO AGREE on ARBi 'rv
s"'i' xoRTucoTE's NOTICE.. ,..O;or
,o-Raron de Staal, the huSsian
ELoNpos ;n,narted to Earl Granville to-ua' .-0
n..a.,oe of a note from Nj. de oleis WIN
ss 60 tho basis of the Afghan 1ionuoi 49,
80. n Is reported that the note Is nos 0"uo''D
COW 70 the British Government a conioronoo
tbe frontier question will be neiu on ,.,ts
The differences between the TWO IN ~
INC INC ~ tarros upon which the question shall be
referred TO an arbitrator are becoming grea'el. n
.totsment of the O6fciat Messenger, OF 81. refers
hnro ,hat the DISPUTE will be Submitted 10 arpl- u
tration only in case of necessity is seml-ohioi.!
declared IN he inaccurate. Earl Granville III n''
5;scnssion with Baron de Staal, holds tnat nus
sia,s acceptapce of arbitration must De aDsoiu'o'
In the Honse of Commons this afternoon slr star
ford Northcote gave notice that ne wouio on 'ro"
,,,ovo that the House is entitled to the 1ules'
Lno,sIa5ge of the Governments action IN regard W
the Afghan dispute and the uses 10 wn,0n M, 'n
ell .OOO. 900 to be voted are TO be put iho oon-
.ervatiyes will muster their full strength u eup
port the motion of censure
dispatch from Calcutta to IRE i"'e' S"SS
"Tbe news of the peace arrangements mas crea'ou
sismav here. Peace so obtained is considered dan
.oro,,s and bumiliating. The reports which reach
here from the northwest provinces ana from
Afpbauistan agree in representing the vachla'ion
of the Ministry as ruinous to British prestige
Colonel Patrick Stewart has arrived at mera.
for which place he had started before ine
for him TO return to London reached hln d.
The report published in ihe Morning fost ioruaS a
that Earl Dnfferin had resigned his posltlen as
Viceroy of India is pronounced by GoVerhmen'
officials to be utterly untrue. ,.... c-ot,e
Sir. PsTERsBURo. May 6.-The Mesc6c GszS,m GeaSaG
with reference to the submission OF the Aieln NJ as
frontier difficulty to arbitration, says ds wa" Vas
only possible to permit the correctness OF our
action to be certified by a third party. oucn Ia d
course as this is not arbitration IN any us piopo
sense of the term, but simply Iespectapio no""'
of terminating the Incident" ,oo o.root
The NorOe Premya and the Norosh express geeI' eeY
pleasure that Sir Peter Lumsden, who, .TeS soS'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-09

ACCUSED OF STEALING WEARING APPAREL.
A well dressed and rather prepossessing young
woman Jennie Clifford, taken TO the Tombs Police
Court yesterday by Detective Maey of the Steamboat
Squad The detective informed Justice 0Reiy that he
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
OF A
Brave Soldiers Who Indulge Their Joking
Propensitles at Critical Moments.

Brave Soldiers Who Indulge Their Joking
Propensities at Critical Moments.
1t is one of the contrasts of war that
no matter how serious the surrounding
circumstances, the bravest of the sol.
diers will fire off their jokes. Durings
battle before Richmond, a regiment wa,
ordered to charge a battery which was
doing fearful execution. The Colond
swung his sword and shouted:
"Men. we are ordered to take tina!
battery, and we must do it,"
"S-s-say. C-c-colonel," stammered s
Sergeant, "w-wouldn't it b-be {,
g-g-good p-p-plan to t-t-take up j
c-c-collection and b-buy the pesky|
thing? I'll p-p-pay my share"
The hen burst into peals Of laughter
and it was with difficulty that ths
Colonel could so control himself as to-
shout: Forward! march! charged
and the funny Sergeant was one Of ths|
first in the charge that followed.
One day, during a furious cannonade
a solid shot tore a large hole in thu
ground near where a regiment Of inI
fantry were lying down.
Lightning never strikes twice in ts|
same place?' shouted a soldier, as bel
sprang into the hole. In a moment an.
other Shot, striking the ground a few
feet in advance, covered him with dirt
"But it comes very near it," he add
cd, as he scrambled back to his plas|
in the ranks.
At Gettysburg, General Lee stood o..
Seminary Ridge to watch the result Of
Pickett's famous charge. A little b
his left n of Longstreet's veteran'
was leaning over the broken wheel oil
gun carriage, chewing tobacco. a
Lee saw the brave Virginians rA|
above the Federal brea>t-works, hsi
face flushed with pride. A momsn
later he saw them swept back, and
knew that the charge had failed. TN
turned pale, and tie veteran, anxious
to condole with his beloved Chief
looked up into his face and drawle
out:
General. we've bit OF more'n Vi
can chaw!"
At the battle of Fredericksburg
Dutch Colonel led a company Of ski
mishers, and captured a large brio,
house in which sharp-shooters haa
taken refuge. Describing the captuA
he said:
II leads my men aroundt de corneA
und orders dem to sharge dot 'ou's
put dey shust proke und rundt ava
like some scheep.
II formt dem againt, und said: ls1
looks dot 'ouse.' But dcy rundp
II more, like some scheep.
"Vonce more l finds dem, und say
i plows out your brains less N
charge dot 'ouse!' Und dey schu,
rundt CUP dot street und into dot ous
like fun, l dell you!'-Youth's 0r
Uanion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
P,TH AND POINT.

"A word in mind is worth two in II.
dictionary.
Never Judge a man by his salar,l
And never judg his salary by his ain
louisville Cour7er-Journal..
Why is it that the man VIII,
whangs an old copper cent into n.
contribution-box generally leans becs
with q twenty-dollar look of beneyo
lence.-Chicago Tribune.
"A Rutland man is credited wifi
sleeping four hours with his feet in tin
water. But then, some folks are in bast
water all over all the time they arr
awake.-Rutland (Vt.) Herald.
Nothing exasperates a woman Win
has been shading her eyes from tin
gaslight with her hand all the evenins
50 much as to find that after all ST.
had left her best diamond ring on ths
washstand.
The "All Sorts" man of the Boston
Post asks us how we make "greensn
+ and '.smithereens'' rhyme. The ecn.
tleman is out of order. If such cues,
tions were allowed they would kill all
newspaper poetry in a week.-Lynn
Bee.
Kate Field tells how the Mormon
iniquity can be got rid of. "Giya
them," she says, ''whatever they ara
most opposed to; whatever they don'i
/ want, make them have" just wbai
we have always said. Give them mil.
linery stores.-PAAadelphia Call. !!
The Journal of Pekin, China, wa
established in Oil, and the present pub.
Usher opens his eyes with surprisewhe
an old gentleman from the rural dis.
/ tricts enters the office and says he hal
| been a subscriber since the first number
| appeared and shows a receipt to prove
it.-No17istown Herald.
'What did you have to give 70,
that bonnet, Mrs. Crimsonbeak":
asked Mrs. Yeast. while on their way
to the matinee. TWENTY-FIVE dollars!"
replied the fashionable lady, proudly.
II don't mean the trimmings, dear. /
mean the bonnet alone" ''Oh; six.
teen cents!"-Yonkers Statesman.
Smith and Jones were strolling up
Fifth avenue. Said Jones: How
much does it cost you a year for cigars,
Smith," ooh, about four hundred
dollars, at a rough estimate" "Wen,
that's a wicked waste of money. |
never smoked a cigar in my life. Why,
the money you have fooled away on to.
bacco in the past thirty years would al.
most buy one Of these fine mansions" y
EYES," replied Smith, II suppose i'll
would. BY the way, JONES'" he added,
(which one of these mansions do YOU
own?''-M. Y. Times.
-"Horatius," said the school mis-
tress to a nine-year-old boy with two|
imposing freckles on the knees of his|
pants, s'Horatius, please form a SEN.
tence with the word toward in it and|
write the sentence on the board. ~
Horatius went to the board, and, after
much scratching of head and friction
of brain, printed with the crayon, iD|
letters that looked like a lot Of half.
feathered Shanghai chickens running
after a piese OF dough, the following
sentence: 81 toward my trousers
Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
ENGLISH HOMES.

Where the Englishman Builds His Castle
Dull and Uncheery Decorations and Fur
niture, and the Arrangement of the
Rooms. .
The Englishman's house is his castle.
1t is the center of his life and of his in
terests. His house is usually of red
brick and of two stories, with a high
wall all around it. An Englishman
likes to be shut in. The sea shuts him
in, and he is therefore born to it. The
best part of his house is at the back.
His drawing-room and dining-room
front back. In all the houses where I
have visited, except, perhaps, two very
modern ones. the front of the house is
taken up with the kitchen or offices of
the house, such as buffers pantry and
layatory. Most suburban and country
houses are square, with a central hall
and rooms arranged around it. The
doors are small, and indeed, the Win
dows and all openings are small. The
rooms are large-larger than in this
country or in France or Germany. In
mlddle-class houses there would be
drawing-room, dining-room, sitting
room, and perhaps billiard-room on the
first floor, besides a large space given
to kitchen and pantrics. The outside
of the house is almost uniformly with
out architectural decorations. The
dullness of the climate is seen
in the sombreness of the furni-
ture and the decorations of the
house. lean not say 1 admire the in-
side of most English houses. for they
are dull and uncheery. 1t is perfectly
true, as the French say. that snothing
screams" and it is also perfectly true
that ''nothing sings" There is no
joy, no eight and sweetness" in the
color, form, and expression of the
house. Matters are mcnding and the
more modern, or rather the quite re-
cent fashions in house decoration. are
of lighter and more brilliant tones.
Up to within five years the wood
work was all dark, usually grained in
walnut OF very dark oak, and the
furniture was mahogany, of very
heavy and umgainly construction.
This, however. must be said, that the
chairs were for use, and were very
comfortable. There is q spirit of COM
Aorl apouC an EngllsL nome tnaG is very
marked-that is, it one can only disso-
ciate tho idea of art,from that of COM
fort. The sof; is easy and big, and
just the thing to lie down upon.
There is Il soft cushion and a sofa rug
OR wrap: the cushion is soft and the
wrap is warm, and the whole arrnge-
ment is snug and inviting to rest and
ease. But the cushion and the wraps
arc almost sure to be offensive to the
eye Of art. The colors arc almost sure
to be atrocious. Niuc times in ten
there will be a dash of lavender and
of purple in both. The common pco-
pic of England have no sense OF pro-
portion or OF color. The wealth;er
classes have more taste, but the ma
,iop has more pronounced merits than
esthctic ONES.
All English houses that l remember
ia aaye seen are popcred. The walls
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
..+. ~ b;s ease. Indeed, he encourages

fate or his case. Indeed, he encourages
no confideDces of any sort He LOOKS
ike one who is calmly Warrington some
thing he has expected and provided for.
Yet # he has money he carefully con-
ceals it. Tobacco is his only luxury,
and his surroundings are hard and I'M
lovely. -
hearty one, and he smokes and reads
or muses. until his early bedtime: lie
rests long, yet is not a sound sleeper.
At the dead of night wakeful prisoners
often hear him cry out in his sleep or
tossing restlessly. Sometimes he
spends the night gliding up and down
the corridor, having got permission.
Nobody is disturbed by his silent prom
enade, and he merely says he is I'M
commonly wakeful.-M. Y. Graphic.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-Seventy-eight women r studying
medicine in Paris. =
Prince Bismarck has managed to
pick up $500, 900 during his political
career.
"A pamphlet has lately been pub
lished in London advocating the filming
OF people who have more than three
children.
"A French scientist has written a
pamphlet which proves theoretically
that the future man will have a large
brain, but nc natural teeth.
According to Nh. j. Harrington
Douty, of the asylum at Worcester,
England, an imperfect supply of oxy-
gen. or simply breathing a vitiated at
mosphere. may suffice to produce the
mental disorder known as melancholia.
The English wheat crop of 1884,
from official returns of the Board of
Trade, is u, 1867, GIG bushels; Scotland,
2,348,2 POI bushels; and Ireland, 1,O0O,-
900 bushels-making for the United
Kingdom, 81, 215, S77 bushels of wheat.
Among the people who inhabit
New Britain, which has been annexed
byGermany, is said to be a race of men
with tails. They live in the interior
and r shy of visiting the coast. This
being a traveller story shouldn't preju-
dice n against it.
Prince Demidoff, who was the
grandest seigneur in Paris under the
late empire, died recently at his villa
near Florence. He spent his riches in
%patronizing art and artists. He it was
who said: beware of blondes, put no
faith in brunettes, and avoid all the
Others"
The London Globe remarks that the
late Duke of Buccleuch evidently had
no fear of land reform, for it appears
that in his will, dated 1883, he made
arrangements as to the management of
his Clithoroe estates for 1900 years to
come. In the year 31S3 the holder of
the estates will be able to make his own
arrangements.
The title ''Black Watch, by which
one of the Scotch regiments now serv-
ing in the Soudan is known, was
originally given to certain armed COM
panies employedin early times to watch
the highlands of Scotland, the term
black coming from the tartan of dark
colors which they wore. The compa-
mics were afterward formed into the
Forty-second Highlanders and became
one of the mostdistinguishcd regiments
in the British army.
The solemn tolling of the great
bell of st. Paul's at the recent death of
the Bishop of Londen attracted great
attention in the metropolis, and crowds
assembled to note the sound which is so
seldom heard. The bell is never tolled
but at the death or funeral of members
of the Royal family, or of the Bishop
of London, o. a Lord Mayor dying in
Office and of the Dean of St. Paul's. 1t
weighs about nine tons, and has a
diameter of nine feet.
The nerves of even the Iron Chan
cellor are no longer proof against the
wear and tear of his multifarious
duties. Last week q delegation of
Lubbock citizens, invited by him to a
conference and subsequent dinner, were
received by Princess Bismarck, who,
after vainly waiting an entire hour for
the appearance of her licge lord, en-
tered his study on tip-toe, and found
him fast asleep on his writing desk
Paris american Register.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

Two farmers of central Pennsylvania,
iwhe did not believe in banks, and hid
!1heir hard-earned savings in out-of-the-
way places on their own premises, are
now mourning the theft of half the treas
are. The only consolation they have is
the reflection that, had the money been
An bank, they would perhaps be obliged
10 accept twenty per cent. instead OF
;Gfty.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

ERE long the adulterators will let no
fioodaasome articles of food escape.
sBuckwheat is now dosed with powdered
:soapstone. The pater-familias of the
tflriure will probably have to ignore the
principle of the division of labor and
bake his bread, butcher his own
beef and make his own sugar,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

1T is understood that the gentlemen
of The army are highly gratiied at the
appointment Of Mr.. Endicott as Secre-
aary of War, for the reason that he has
mo affiliations with the army either
through personal friendships or by hav-
ling taken part in military affairs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

! The bill making twelve hours a days
work for street-car drivers and conduc-
TORS, which was vetoed last year, has
again passed the New York Senate, and
is likely to pass the House.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

/ missouri has a bill before it's Leois-
Nature requiring managers of circuses
and shows to perform all they adver-
Else. Some of the Missourians have
salke'y become disguised by the lack of
harmony between the gorgeous scenes
represented upon the posters and the
;sicklY reality,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

ACCORDING to a special report of the
Cast census, the United States consumes
TAG, 900, 600 cords of wood annually,
worth 1920, 600, 900, and "a. 600, 900 BUSH
els of charcoal, worth 5000, 600.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

; AN Eastern man thinks that q pea
cock rancho would be a paying institu-
zion. Possibly it might, but the neigh
bors might object. The melodious voice
of o peacock is thrice more bloodhound
Aing than that of q love-sick cat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

No people in the world are as luxuri-
ous IN the matter of fires as the Ameri-
gan, While we have the most perfect
E!and costly fire departments known
fsa11ong men, we manage to burn up
property of the value of more than a
squarter of a million dollars a day, av-
se1agging by the losses of the year.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

a FEW nights ago a manager of a
skating rink in Massillon, O., turned a
gig loose upon the floor of the rink. For
Mhe amusement of the spectators a
'half-dozen boys attempted to catch the
animal for a prize. The porker was
CREASED and was not injured a particle.
Next day the manager was arrested for
cruelty to animals, and fined $14. rs
and costs,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

"A DISTINGUISHED American doctor
says that people who take the greatest
care of their stomachs are sure to have
dyspepsia. He maintains that if man
will eat when he is hungry and eat any
GOOD that tempts his appetite he may
dave the govt, but will surely escape
dyspepsia, This will turn the pet theo-
@ies of professional dietists t%opsy-turvv.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

A coLoRED man recently travelled
frosn Toronto to Chicago with a palace
cor all to himself. He Was cook on the
car, and had been taken down with the
smallpox.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

A BIRMINGHAM (England) CONNER
ciai house is employing lady travellers.
Having faith in the power Of beauty on
tradesmen, we presume they employ
She prettiest women as their represen-
satiyes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

A Chicago reporter has been s. :
fenced to two years Imprisonment
IN assault with intent to kill. lhs
very unusual, but a more remarKas
thlng is that there are not many pee!
IN Jail TOR trying 10 kill Chicago
Professionalism Eagle.