davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1885-01-30

BIRMINGHAM, Jan. ga special to
the Age from Jonesboro. Ala, says A
most horrible murder was committed last
night near here, the victim being Bennett
Parsons, a respectable farmer-72 years Of
age. Between 9 and 10 O'Clock p. M,
according to their story, Mrs. Parsons and
her two daughters went to the stable for
something, and during their absence from
the house they heard the report of a gun.
They paid little attention to it, as it is not
an exceptional occurrence, and returning
to the house, retired. They declare they
did not find out that Parsons was shot
until the next morning, when they found
his body badly burned, lying on the hearth
in his room. A coroner's jury to-day
rendered a verdict: THAT Bennett Par
sons came to his death by being shot with
a gun, we believe, in the hands Of his
wife. We also believe his two daughters
were accessories to the crime"
, 1885-01-30

LONDON, Jan. 29.-Further news from
Gen. Earle shows that his total force
amounts to $500 men. They are pro-
ceeding up the Nile, partly in whale boats
and partly by a road on the river bank.
After the capture of the village of Warag,
Earle's force started for Abu Hamed, two
days march distant.
, 1885-01-30

HALIFAX, Jan. 29.-Three ice boats
with mails, fifteen of a crew and seven
passengers left Cape Traverse P. T. l.,
at ] a. m. yesterday. since which no
tidings of them have been heard at Cape
T%ormentine, N. B. A snow storm pre-
vailed all day and the land marks will not
be visible. 1t is hoped they landed some
where on the Nova Scotia, as to remain
out in last nights weather would mean
death. DR.. Mcintyre, NJ. p, is one of
the passengers.
, 1885-01-30

To all who are suffering from errors
and indiscretions Of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss Of manhood, &c., |
will send a receipt that will cure you,
FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by a missionary in
South America Send self addressed
envelope TO Rev. Joseph T. lnmanT
Station d. New York.
, 1885-01-30

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Col. Morrow,
on trial on a charge of duplicating pay ac-
counts, has decided to plead guilty to the
specifications presented AGAINST him, but
not guilty to the charge of conduct unbe-
coming an officer and a gentleman. The
accused denies any dishonest intent in the
acts with which he is charged.
, 1885-01-30

SPRINeFrELD, Jan. 2s.-Eliiah NJ.
Haiues, Independent Democrat, was elect
ed permanent speaker Of the Illinois
assembly on the second ballot to-day,
breaking a deadlock which has existed for
three weeks.
, 1885-01-30
The Exposition Nearly Complete.

The Exposition Nearly Complete.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 29.-There was
a very large attendance at the exposition
to-day. Visitors are rapidly arriving,
most Of them intending 10 remain until
after Mardi Gras. In the man build
ing all the exhibits are in place and in a
few days the sound Of the saw and ham
mer will be unheard except in the way OF
Improvements. 1t was the original inten-
ton to place the Liberty bell on a plat
form in the centerofG Government building,
but this evening it is learned that the
committee decided to place it just as it
hangs on the car in the main building.
1t is understood that the final locating OF
the bell will take place on Wednesday
next with appropriate ceremonies.
, 1885-01-30
Inoendiary Mine Fire.

SrRAreHrsvmLE, o., Jan. 29.-The
mine at Plummer hill was fired this morn
ing. There is no hope of extinguishing
the fire. The mine is valued at $500, 900.
Additional guards which were brought
here yesterday are supposed to be the
cause Of this incendiarism.
, 1885-01-30

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-uovernment 3s,
1t; As. l2G; As, 2ll; Canadian Pacific,
80; Canada Southern. %: Central
Pacific. 2ss; Burlington. ia; Lack
awanna, $50; Denver & Rio Grande,
s; Erie. l2a; Hannibal & st. Joe,
ssi, Kansas & Texas, ISL; Lake Shore. OH;
Louisville & Nashville, 2si; Michigan
Central, "a; Northern Pacific, Is;
Northern Pacific, preferred, at; North
western, 90: New York Central. S7t;
Rock Island, 3; St. Paul. 72l: Texas Pa
cifc l2i; Union Pacific, 49l; Western
Union, So.
, 1885-01-30

Remember that a so cent bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is fully
equal to a dollar bottle of any other
cough medicine in the market Sold by
Hunt Il Whipple.
, 1885-01-30

Persons desiring pure Lake Mahapaluta
ice should leave orders at Christ. Mauss',
baker, 3ls Ferguson street, or with the
undersigned. SLOAN & Co.
, 1885-01-30

Singing, irritation, inflammation, all
kidney and urinary complaints, cured by
'Buchu-P aiba." 81.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
ABOUT WIDOWS.

l have q vague idea, says writer in
the San Francisco Chronicle, that a
widow, to be natural, should always
be plump. can't give my reason for
it. have long had conviction that
grief over a departed husband is fat
temng. l notice that stage widows
are always wan and pale and faint at
the sight or any relic OF the deceased.
But that is a dramatic license and only
in comedies where true love and devo-
ton are made funny, not to say ri lieu
lous, do they make widows plump!
Come to think of it, don't see why a
widow should't be plump. She has moth
ing to worry about. She is the heroine
of one great battle, with weakened
world before her to conquer. l like
widows. 1t always seems to me that
a widow is woman who has got the
best of man. He may have been a
good deal of a man, or very little of a
man, but she's got the best of him. 1t
seems to me awfully hard for woman
to survive her husband. l do not wish
to ask whether matrimony is, after all
a disease that is fatal to women.
don't say that a woman shonld never
marry at all. She should always mar.
ry some other man.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
DREARY ALASKA.

A we'll known journalist, who has
recently returned from Alaska, where
he has spent four years, said in Wash
ington City Monday :-"Yes, Alaska
is a great place, but somehow it does
not increase in population. 1t is a
dreary, lonesome spot, and Of the four
hundred Americans there | think three
hundred would leave if they had the
money to get away. There are mines
there, and plenty of them, but there
don't seem to be az much in the mines
az the owners of them would like
The recently established government
there is all right Us far as it goes, but
of the half dozen officials sent there by
the government but one of them has re.
manned there more than TIN ee months
ut time. There are but few who
would remain there at all if it was not
that they had some kind of Officia
places there. The people there are as
rule Russians, and the efforts of the
Presbyterian missionaries to start day
Sabbath schools there are not reward
ed with much success except for the
missionaries themselves, who manage
to draw salaries enough from the pso
pile who send them to have a pleasant
living As for the children, they have
to be driven into the schools and KEEP
there by force, for their par
ents take little or no interest in Oul
religion. The various officials who hav,
been there from time to time writ,
glowing descriptions OF the country
ami speak of its numerous advantages
but just as soon as they lose their sit
uations they take the first boat ant
leave Alaska and all its glories benin,
theIu"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
4 FRENCH DISH.

A New Jersey countryman sat down
in fashionable restaurant on Broad
way, picked up the menu, which was
plentifully interlarded with French
dishes, or dishes with French names,
glanced it over and then said to the
waiter:-
"Durn your furrin' things! Bring
me a good square dinner; roast beef
and baked potatoes, bread and butter,
vegetables Of any kind, cup of coffee,
and pudding and pie to top off with"
His wants were attended to. and
while he was doing full justice to the
meal he again took up the menu and
commenced to study it.
"Menu! heml" said he. "Suppose
that means bill of fare. Well, lets see
l will tackle one Of these here furrin'
jawbreakersj just to tell mother and the
girls about it. Here, young fellow,
bring me some Of that" pointing with
his fork at "haricOts de pore au gratiu
en- cocotte la Bostonienne." off it's
as long as the name guess it'll fill me
up. There's something about pork in
it, and pork is my favorite dish"
The waiter smiled and brought him
little dish of baked beans and pork ,
supposed to be in Boston style. The
granger eyed it wonderingly, and then
said
"Well, I'll be burned if that don't
beat me! So that's what You call har-
rycoats aud all the rest, is lit? Gosh
but won't the girls laugh when / tell
'em about it'll" And he slapped his
knee and hawhaw'ed so that young
fellow opposite jumped and spilled his
coffee down his shirt front. Then turn.
ing to the waiter, he astonished that
party by asking in loud vOice:-
.'Say, young fellow, did any of these
here harrycoats get away while you
was a-bringing 'em?"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
COMPRESSED AIR FOR RAILWAY
ENGINES.
From the Galveston News. |

Mr.. Frank S. Tull of this city, FORM
erly engaged as the master mechanic
of the Houston and Texas Central rail-
way shops at Houston, has perfected
an invention, which, if found practical
bic in it's application is calculated to
create quite revolution in railway
motive power. Mr.. Tull has already
applied for papers patent and associa-
ted with him in his enterprise are
Messrs. w. F. Beers and Herman
Kuehn, OF this city. The invention in
brief is called a compressed air motor
and attached to q railroad locomotive
in place of the tender will furnish the
motive power with which to run the
train, thus doing away with steam as
the motor. The compressed air machine
imparts its force directly to the driving
wheels of the locomotive and once
started the momentum of the train
furnishes the motive power without
exhausting the original supply of COM
pressed ar furnished at the terminal
points. The invention is indeed ingeni.
Gus, and Mr.. Tull has enlisted sufficient
confidence in its ultimate practicability
to secure all the capital necessary, in
Galveston, to further his enterprise.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
EVARTS CEASES "WOBBLING" Al
LAST.
From the BROOKLYN Eagle.

lTloh liC bioOhiN
Mr.Evarts now walks the republican
chalk line without deviating hairs
breadth TO the right or to the left.
This is al unusual thing for Mr. Evarts
to do. Until quite recently he had
been famous "wobbler." Phil Sheri-
dan said it would take dozen EvartseS
to make one republican. Among the
fish that frequented the troubled waters
of liberalism some thirteen years ago,
his species was never very clearly de-
fined. He had the endurance of Il
sturgeon and the habits of an eel
Since then his amorphus political phe-
nomenon has assumed a definite shape.
His republicanism is as sharply out
lined as Blaine's. The senatorial tonic
has given him form and made him
fierce. He speaks like Sir Oracle and
his eyes are set on the magnetic lead
er's shoes. But he will never be presi-
1ont
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02

USEFUL AND CURIOUS.
There are $3.50 languages.

There are 1880 languages.
A square mile contains 6i0 acres.
A hand (horse neasure) is four
inches.
Watches were first constructed in
1476.
The first lucifer match was made in
1929.
The first iron steamship was built in
1880.
Modern needles first came into use in
1915.
The first horse railroad was built in
1861.
Measure 3O9 feet on each side, and
you will have square acre within an
inch.
A colored man at Key West bought
conch at the fish market, and on
cracking its shell found pearl the size
of bean, which he sold for $50.
The deepest we'll in the world is at
Buda-Pesth, Hungary, said to be 1920
feet deep.
1t is estimated that 4 ton of gold is
buried each year with those who die in
this country.
England supplies three-fourths of all
the dolls carried by the children of civ
ilized nations. Even the so-called
French dolls-those with CHINA heads
are made for the most part in Eng
the head alone coming from Frace.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
The Old Mill.

Here from the brow of the hill look
Through a lattice of boughs and leaves.
On the old gray mill. with its gambrel ROOT.
And the moss on Its rOtting caves.
hear heclatter that jars Its walls,
And the rushing waters sound,
And see the black floats riRe and fall
As the wheel goes slowly round.
rode there often when WAS young,
With my grIst on the horse before.
And talked with Nellie, the milier's girl.
As waited my turn at the door.
And while she tossed her ringiets brown,
And firted and chatted SO free,
The wheel might stop. or the wheel might 60
1t was all the same to me.
IT'S twenty years since last stood
On the spot where stand to-day,
And Nellie il wed and the miller Is dead.
And the mill and are gray.
But both, till we tall into ruin and wreck,
To our fortune OF toll are bound.
And the man goes and the stream flows.
And the wheel moves slowly round.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
Who Carries the Business on.
from the Chicago Tribune

from the Chicago Tribune
Men don't believe in devil now, as their tath-
srs used to do;
They We forced the door of he brozdest creed to
let His Majesty throuEh;
There isn't print oil his clover lot. or a dery
dart from his bow
To be found in earth or air to-day, for the
world has voted no.
But who is mixing the fatal draught that palsies
heart aad brain.
And loads the bier of each passing year with ten
hundred thousand slain
Who bights the bloom of the land to-day with
the fiery breath Of hell,
II the Devil isn't and never was? Won't some
body rise to tel.
Who dogs the steps of the toiIing saint, and
digs the pits for his felt?
Whe sows the tares IN the field of Time wherever
God sOws his wheat?
The Detil |, voted not to be- and OF course the
thing is true;
But who is doing the kind of work the Devil
alone should do
We are told he does not 90 about As q roaripr
lion now;
But whom shall we hold responslble for tn,
everlasting row
Te be heard in home, in church and state tt
the Earth's remotest bound.
II the Devil, By unanimous vote Ia nowhere
to be found?
Won't somebody step to the front forthwith
| and make nis bow and show
How the frauds and the crimes Of q single da,
! spring upi We want to know
The Devil was fairly voted out, and, OF coarse
| the Devil 10 gone;
But simple people would like TO know whs
carries his business onf
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02

in its infancy. He shows that even pig
iron and its products. aided by the
tariff and governmental support, was
Of only half the value OF dairy pro-
ducts. And, as though not satisfied
with this comparison, Mr.. Sheppard
sums up the value of the capital invest
ed in national banks, and placing il
alongside of the value of the cows, he
finds that, without estimating the
creameries, farms, buildings and stock
the value of the cows exceeds all the
combined banking capital of the coun-
try over Sal, 100000. In the face OF
such satisfactory showing the govern
ment should grant the request OF the
Dairy Association by putting down
bogus butter manufacture. If the pro-
ducts of the dairy are SO valuable they
are worth protecting, not with tariff
law, but by preventing the manufacture
OF any articles that initiate or counter
felt the genuine. While the capital il
dairying is enormous, the number Of
persons engaged in the business is also
large, and they are determined to bt
recognized in their rights, hint which
should not be overlooked.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
A Relic.

We found that night, when free from pain II,
last,
She slumbered In the dsrsenri room below,
In her old Bible. pressed and foded fast.
A Hover gathered fifty years ago.
SO Witbered. and with curious eyes read O'eI
THE writing traced bene ,,h it on the pssr-
\ date. u dim ia.tisl-aothinx more
And a"ked. with ryes that hiled We knew mol
Aud hands that touched 1t gently. r.ser.
emily.
What dear memorial uf day : gone ty
Ihis little faded nowret might be
Why hall she kept il hidden th-rs away
Through all tho years. What hopes. what
joys that We're.
What golden memory Of somr Tar III day
spoke soitly from those wilhrred leaves 10
her?
What potent talisman WAS This. 10 start
To lille agaln that old forgotten time.
Renewing in her chill and Wiutry heart
fh. nash and fragrance oi her youth. 1lau
time.
Had hand Ut lnvsr x:, hrrei il That day.
That lair, b1iRa: SUNNI day 50 lonX ,go2
What sweet. shy tire tins lay ioli.d th-r- away
What inGldru hope. and Tears. We MS sh
not know.
Silent Ne stood. We i-lt u serse OF shame,
AS those who, wondering, enter unaware
Some holy ptAr" All. me, we we've 10 blame
Soniy We turned aud ieIt II lying there.
| Bat when We gathered for II last. long Look
Upon ter IN her calm ami tranqail rest,
We drew the ho~er from The worn Ol.t book,
Aud land IL gently ON her peaceful breast.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
Llfe's Weaving.
BY REsTrR CRAWFORD DORSEY.

We bold In our hands such Various lLre4d.
For The pattern iu lies weaving
The golden ones oi joy and love.
The darker once of grieving.
From the Cradle ON to the shadowy tomb
We guide an intricate maze thro' the loom;
Some tor n TO the pattern each separate thread
lends,
Though we see but the tull side, of KNOBS and
rough ends
ly sight,
Seem llav ing along The strands shtnlug bright
while others seem weaving with heavy, Tired
tread,
Oaly strands "r The lulleei AMI som bret ttr cad
But the pattern each weaves Is from II. cOu-
c-aI-d,
And the character fOrmr't i. 10 u. not rrvea ell
Till The thread has run uu'. . and tis busy hand:
stilied.
And thr web with bright spots and Il, e, shaL.
ows ID d!iet.
rheu tho iar2 stra dI ,i grief mid The yul,
that were spn,
Shiue purtst aua brightest v hen turned TO lii
sun.
So you Eho are weary, with low. droopIul
h, ads.
And longing 10 Gre,A all the rrugn. isasied
threads.
y bs more content, Tor the dark ones yo
hold
Will xeum in The weaving far brighter thai
gold.
And Ih- Wise hand which showed You the dull
so:nber side,
Will show Ou the h.ling. BY love gloriied.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
Wall Paper! Wall Paper !

Our stock is most all in and our samples
are all ready and we shall be glad to show
them, our stock is entirely new and of tho
latest styles, they will please all, and our
prices will be as low as possible.
feb2lw9 LOOMS BROS.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
"Josiar. "
From the Estonton Messenger ]

From the Eatonton Messenger
never kin forget the day
That We went cut a-walkin'
And sot down on the river bank.
And kept on hours a-talkin';
He twisted up my apron string
An folded It together.
An slld he thought Tor harvest tim
Twas GURUS kind o. weather.
The sun went down as we sot there;
JOSIAH seemed uneasy,
And mother she began to call;
"Loweezy! 0, LooweGzy ~
An then Josiah spoke right up
As I was just a-startin'.
An said. "Loweezy, what's the use
Ofus two ever partln'?
It kind o. took me by surprise,
An yet knew twas comm;
I'D heard II all tho summer long
In every wild bees hHmmtn';
I'D studied out the way I'd act;
But, lawl couldn't do Il;
Imeant to hide my love from him,
But seems as If lie knew It;
10 looking down into my eyes
He must seen the FIRE;
An ever since that hour I've loved
An worshiped my JOsiar.
-"
T,C.po yH@~v~;--
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02

For Sale-175 acres of extra good land
within one mile Of Page City. Price $35
per acre. More land adjoining can be bought
if desired. Terms 10 suit. Inquire of J. p.
Ardinger. noy2SU
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
WALLACE + CzKILEs,

!A rroKNEYs AND CoTMsaIhf0Gts oisosl fsoRt room an
q La Law, ,Isxinston Savings Bank, " opposite
yer soart house W practice IN the eng s9arss ss G1 n
and ,sis a Missouri I and
Q s4prsmsC Cireuit SU and District courts for the
Testern District of Missouri:
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
ATTORNEYS.
,ss a. sL.AcKggIL. ALBERT r.. sTRoTHER
RLACKWELL g. STKOTHER,

TTORNEYS AT LAW. VIII practice in all
4 the courts OF the state. Prompt attention
ven to all business entrusted TO their care
mce in Masonic building over Trigg y Shieid 8
ora janl0yl
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-02
XENOPHON RYLAND.

IL rToRNEYs-AT.LAWe Lexington, maj. maj.
A will practice in the courts OF tne SA'p Promnt
iisi C,rcnit and United states courts, ffonp.
ltfsntion givsn to collections. ONCE over she
commercial Bank.
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Lowest Market Prices.

Auuoats delivered from this market are thor
ouglv chilled Immediately after killing by means
of n BelI-COleman Patent Dry Air Refrigerator.
Meat 90 treated retains all It's juicy properties.
ana ia GUARANTEED TO KEEP LONGER
AFTER DELIVERY TRAN FRESHLY
KILLED Mat, 1871
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NOTICE.

rR JOSEPH SMITH WILL RUN FOR
Nj Representative for his oistrlct' So5tn ~
hala, Hawaii.
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.. WIN. PLAoEMANN.
AGENTS WANTED

IMMEDIATELY TO INTRODUCE OUR FAST
1 selling subscription books, Albums, Family
RibIes Maps Charts, Aliases. Encyclopedias BRIT
AMIGA American Reprint, etc. Send for circu-
lars and special foreign terms. Agents are max
ing from 500 to $500 per month selling our publ
A L. BANCROFT & CO.,
s4sisnI san francisco, Y. s. a.
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G. v. MacfafIane 4 Co., Agents.
The Risdon
Iron & Locomotive Works,
Corner of Beale and Howard Streets.

Corner OF BeAle and Howard Streets,
w. II. TAYLOR-................ President
JOS superintendent
J =. WILLIAMS-.................. Honolulu
agent for Hawaiian IslandsD
BUILDERS OF STEAM MACHINERY, IN
. all it's branches; Steamboat Steamship,
Land Engines and Boilers, High Pressure or
Compound.
STEAM VESSELS, of all kinds. built complete
with Hulis of Wood, Iron or Composite
ORDINARY ENGINES compounded when adj
visable.
STEAM LAUNCHES, Barges and Steam Tugs
constructed with reference to the trade In
which they are to be employed. speed ton
mage and draft of water guaranteed
SUGAR MILLS AND SUGAR-MAKING MA
CHINERY made after the most approved
plans. Also, all Boiler Iron Work connected
Herewith.
WATER PIPE, of Boiler or Sheet Iron, of any
size, made in suitable lengths for connecting
together, Sheets Rolled, punched ana
Packed for shipment, ready to be Fiveted on
the ground.
HYDRAULIC RIVETTNG, Boiler Work and
Water Pipe made by this establishment,
Riveted by Hydraulic RiVetlng Machinery
that quality OF work being far superior to
hand work.
SHIP WORK, Ship and Steam Capstans, Steam
Winches, Air and Circulating Pumps, made
after the most approved plans.
AGENTS for Worthington Duplex Steam Pumps
PUMPS-Direct Acting Pumps, for Irrigation or
City Works purposes, built with the ceIe
brated Davy Valve Motion, superior 10 any
other pump. =-oSeoV-Iy