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The National tribune., 1885-09-24
Death of " jumbo"

Old Jumbo, Barnum's big elephant, is dead.
He was killed by a locomotive at st. Thomas,
Ontario, one night last week. There were 81
elephants with the show, aud all had been
placed on board the cars ptJumbo and Tom
Thumb, the dwarf clown elephant. AS these
two were being walked along the track in order
to reach their cars, about $3.50 o'clock, special
freight train approached from the east. The
headlight of the locomotive was not seen until
it was within 500 yards Of the animals, when
signals were given. At about the same time
the engineer noticed the elephants on the track,
and whstled for brakes three times and re-
vcrsed his engine, but the track there being
down grade the train could not be stopped.
Jumbo was ahead in charge of his keeper Mr..
Scott known to all the circus people as "Scotty,"
with Tom Thumb in the rear. When Scott no.
ticed the danger he urged Jumbo to increase
his pace and the noble animal started on a run
down the track, with its keeper bravely run
ming by its side. But it was of no use. The
train could not be stopped and as it came
laundering along ii first struck the clown ele-
phant, throwing him into the ditch, and then
dashed into Jumbo. As the locomotive struck
the mighty monster it was as if two trains had
come together, and the freight train was stop
ped, the engine and two cars being dcrailed.
Jumbo was struck in the hind legs, and as
the cowcatcher hit him he gave loud roar and
fell the engine and edge of the first car pass
ing along his back and inficting terrible
bruises Jumbo was not instantly killed, but
lived for Is minutes after being struck, dying
while efforts were being made to take him from
under the train. The engine was badly dam
aged and will have to be sent to the shop and
be rebuilt.
Jumbos measurement after death was Cir
cumference of forearm. feet, 6inches; around
front foot, feet. inches; twice around his
foot is about his hight, viz, IL feet; length of
trunk 4 feet inches arOuDi his tuSE | foot
81 inches; length of fore leg 6 feet.
Jumbo's skeleton will be preserved in the
National Museum at Washington His hide
has been presented to Tufts College.
The National tribune., 1885-09-24

| and j. NJ. Alexander. Carbondale; Sec, DR.
| Charles Wilson, Plymouth Treas j. W. Wren
Plymouth. 1t was decided to annex Columbia
| County to the association, and the Rext meet
| ing will be held at Berwick.
| The annual Reunion of the Soldiers and
| Sailors Association for Northern Indiana will
be held at Valparaiso, Ind, on Sept. 30 and
Oct. 1, 1885.
The veterans of the 10th Mass held their 18th
| annual Reunion at 1.-THE Willows" Salem,
Mass, Sept. 8. The following officers We're
elected for the ensuing year: Pres, Lieut.-Col.
Joseph A. Dalton, of Salem; V.-P.s. Capt.
VIM. II. Cundy, of Boston; Hon. Andrew j.
Bacon, of Chelsea; Chap, Prof. ]. Henry
Thayer, of Cambridge; Sec. and Treas, Capt.
Edward l.. Giddings, of Beverly. Executive
Commttee-Co A, Warren F. Copp of Saugus !;
Co. B, John III. Russell, of Salem; Co. C, John
g. Weston, of Lawrence; Co. d, Edward B.
Marvel, of Taunton; Co. Z, Slas H. MurdOck,
of Brockton; Co. F, James A. Litchfeld, of
Boston; Co. G, Nelson III. Sibley, of Charles
town; Co. III, Job 3. Savery, of Attleboro; Co.
/, Frank Alger of Hanover; Co. K, Lieut.. JOS
w. StOcker of Beverly.
All soldiers and sailors are invited to attend
the soldiers Reunion on Sept. 81 and %, at the
Fair Grounds, Clinton, ILL., They are requested
to provide themselves with blankets. Rations
will be issued on the grounds by the Commits
sary of Subsistence. Addresses will be delivered
by prominent speakers. Campfire at night for
the entertainment of the soldiers.
The veterans of nine counties assembled at
Erie, Pa, Sept 10, mastering about $500. The
city was gayly decorated and the ladies of Erie
entertained the old soldiers. Three regimental
asSociationS-thc 1I1th, SD and 1i5th-held
their annual elections before the parade. Col.
j. NJ. Wells. Rochester \. Y, was elected Presi-
dent of the first named association; A. b. Ed
son, of Meadvile of the second, and Gen. d. B.
McCreary, of the third. The SD passed reso-
lutiOus denouncing Frank Metzgar, proprietor
of the Revere House, Warren, for refusing
shelter TO fataily-injured comrade.
Thursday evening, Sept. II, (the anniversary
of the battle of Antietam,) the 18th n. Y. Vet
eran Association First Scott Life Guard) held
their annual Reunion at the residence of Com
rade Love- 181 Adelphi street. Brooklyn.
The 10th annual Reunion of the 72d Ind. was
held at Lebanon, Ind, Sept II and Is. 1t was
pronounced the most successful meeting the
regiment ever held.
The 104th n. Y. held its Reunion Sept. II at
Geneseo, n. Y. There was very large attend
ance, including representatives ofseyeral Grand
Army Posts and more than 20 regiments. The
following officers were elected for the ensuing
year: Pres, Henry A. Wiley, Springwater;
V.-P., Fl. c. Lattimore, Groveland Sec, n. A.
Gearhart, Geneseo; Treas, John r. Strang,
GeneSeo.
The 153d Pa. held their Reunion at Williams
burg on Saturday. Speeches werc made by
Capt. Young, Horatio Yeager, G.. l.. Xander,
Capt. Buzzard and Col. Dachrodt. The follow
ing officers were elected: Pres, Col. Dachrodt;
V.-P., ii. Yeager; Treas, Capt Young; Sec,
Thomas d. King. The next Reunion will be
hold NJ Nnoraofnyyp in Nav 1874
The National tribune., 1885-09-24

President Adam Bartender, who confedcrated
with his CASHIER Reuben Petit, to wreck the
Erie County Bank, Pa, has been sentenced to
two years st solitary confinement in the West
ern Penitentiary, in Allegheny. Brabcnder
was once the pillar of his church, the Supern-
tendent of one of Erie's first Sunday Schools,
and an honored citizen. He was born in Lam
caster 81 years ago. He and his cashier used
over $4,000 of the bank funds in the grain
and oil markets Brabender used his cloak of
religion and his position as Sunday-School
man to coax in the poor with their hard earn
ings. A number of them are now in the aims
house, and four or five are in the Insane Asylum
The Judge, before passing sentence, was ap-
pealed to by defendants counsel for mercy, but
the faces of the dcpositors who filled the court
room had stronger appeal in them than that
of the eloquent counsel, and the penalty of
the law was enforced. Brabcnder's wife lies at
the point of death.
The National tribune., 1885-09-24
"Thich as ifOns.o

The extent of the hop-pickng industry, the
Kingston IN. W Freemcn says, is attested by
the fact that on Saturday and Monday week
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
sold 1900 tickets for hOp-pickcrs going to the
belt that lies between Clayville and Norwich, a
distance of about 40 miles. The Delaware &
Hudson Road sent out special train of six
coaches in the morning to carry the pickers
into the region between Clinton and Bouck-
vile. Several hundred have also gone from
Waterford and other points along the Lower
Mohawk into the Sch0haTie region.
The National tribune., 1885-09-24
How Does Compound Oxygen Curei

We answer, in two important ways: First, by
a rapid publication of the blood, in consequence
of a larger supply Of oxygen to the lungs, and,
second, by revitalizing all the nerve-ccnters,
the Compound inhaled having in its manufac-
ture become niGg.cti=cd. which gives it the
quality known to chemists az ozOne." A new
and healthy action is at once set up in the
diseased system, and general improvement
follows IS surely as effect follows cause.
=" Treatise Compound Oxygen" will be
sent free by DRs. STARKEY & PALEN, 1899
Arch ST., Philadelphia, TO any one who will
write TO them Tor it.
The National tribune., 1885-09-24
The License Question.

Reports from 50 cities and towns throughout
Wisconsin Oh the result of the license question
show that % carried 500 license, 36 carried
$500 and one town $3.50 fee The low license
majority in Milwaukee was nearly 900. The
result is great surprise to brewers, as it was
not thought that a dozen places would adopt
the maximum figures.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, has vetoed the
ordinance imposing $500 license on brewers.
The Mayor says that when the high license
went into operation the brewers, in order to en-
able retailers TO pay their licenses, voluntarily
reduced the price of beer 10 per cent, amount
ing in all TO more than 100000
The National tribune., 1885-09-24
Sale of a Ia aSehaII Club

The Buffalo Baseball Club, of the National
League, has been run at loss this season. and
its supporters have got tired. The franchise of
the club has been sold to the Detroit club. The
"big four of the Buffalo nine-Brouthers, first
base; Rowe, catcher; Richardson, short-stop !;
and White, third base--have been transferred
to the Detroit team. Friends of the latter say
they will have next year the strongest nine in
the country, particularly at the bat. They
say they have secured Dunlap, formerly of
Cleveland, and now of St. Louis, who has no
superior as a second base player
The National tribune., 1885-09-24
GAR. RECORD.
An Extraordinary Offer.

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has secured control Of
II. o. Teed's superb GAR. Record - which has
been so much admired by comrades everywhere.
This is genuine work of art, being printed from
a steel plate engraved by the best artists in the
country. In the center Is q blank for the military
record of the owner be attested by the officers OF
his Post. Around this spirited pictures of war
scenes-all executed in the highest style of bank
note engraving. A vignet of Lincoln on the left
hand and representation of the GAR. badge on
the right real artistic gems. When the blank
i'll the center is filled out in fine engrossing hand
with the name of the soldier, his rank, company
and regiment, and the battles he participated in,
wounds, and other facts of his military history it
will make n magnificent ornament fo= the parOr
and invaluable heirloom for the owners chill
dren. 1t has never been sold far for less than 81
but Will send il, securely packed in a tube, to
any address for club of 10 subscribers to THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE; or will send it and THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE for year for s.. This is 3
splendid chance TO get this superb work of art
cheap. Address
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington, ID. C..
The National tribune., 1885-09-24
The Markets.

At the time of going to press wheat closed in
Chicago S1l cents for September, October 94i,
November Si2 and December S5f. Corn
brought 423 cents cash, September as, October
AZ, November 49,. Oats We're dull. Cash 252,
September 25t, and October 255. Mess pork
was steady at 50, October $9.05, and November
$S.s2. Lard was quiet but firm. Cash $6.25,
October $625, November $G.l5, and December
$6l2|.
The National tribune., 1885-09-24
PERSONAL.

Claire Virginia Cramer, niece of Gen Grant
was married in New York Monday to Alphonse
Bernhard, OF Paris, France, a well known lit
terateur and journalist of the French capital
The bride is daughter Of Hon. J. NJ Cramer
ex-Coasul 20 oDen1ark.-Prof John NJ Lang
ston late Minister TO Liberia, has decided TO 90
to his lative State, Virginia purchase a farm
and settle down as a farmer Nj Langston
says his choice has been determined by a desire
TO be where he can benefit his race.-Capt
Albert y. Goodrich, one of the pioneers in nayi-
CATION on the great lakes and founder of the
Goodrich Transportation Company, died in
Chicago Monday.--A Winnipeg MANI dis
patch says that Riel has been respited pending
the decision Of the Priyy Council Of Great Bri.
tain.-Rev. Benz. L. Tetft died at Bangor.
Me-, Wednesday last, aged II. He was once
president of Genesee College. editor of the
Methodist Book Concern. and author Of several
works. He was United States Consul to Stock
holm In 1852, and acting Minister
Secretary Of the Treasury has appointed \. B.
Bacon TO he Superintendent OF the Custom
House in Toledo, o. Mr.. Bacon is brother
in-law of President Cleveland. .-Aialeom Hay.
late First Assistant Postmaster General is in a
very feeble condition of health, and his re-
coycry is net considered possible.
MISCELLANEOUS.
On Lake Maranacook, Me, in the professional
double scull race, the contestants were Hanlan
and Lee, Hosmer and Peterson, Mckay aud
Hamm, Ross and Ten Eyck. The distance was
three miles. They took the water well to-
gether, and kept in close company until one
fourth down the course, when Iianlan and Lee
pushed to the front. Soon after the turn Ross
and Ten Eyck left the course. On the way
back Hanlan and Lee had 3 lead Of FIVE b,at
The National tribune., 1885-09-24
SOLDIER REGULATIONS.

They filed with the breath of the bugle and their
brisk rythm moves 10 the tap of the dEum.-CRicags
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HIY'9
Cream Balm,
|Cl a n $ es the
Head. Allay s
lBhamma tt0n !.
| Heals the Sores.
| Il Q 8 t re 8 the
ISenses of Taste
& Sinell.A quick
A WATER FAMINE.
Fifteen Thousand People without
the Means for QuenchlnS Thirst.

NoRwALK. COM, August 95.-This
town has pop ilaiion estimated at over
Is. 600 people The upper portion Of the
Town, represented by 1l.000, is to.dsy
without water except what can he obtain
ed from wells. These are few, mans
having been ahanioned when public wa
ter was introduced some years ago A,
the center there is scarcely house which
does not depend on the pipes, and nu.
merous manufacturing establishments de
pend almost entirely upon them. The
distributing reservoir is 10 the to wn, and
8 ample for all ordinary requirements.
On Saturday morning, when an attemp,
was made to send water from the upper
to the lower reservoir, it was discovered
that, as the two were nearly at a level,
and the connecting pipe was a sort Of
slphnn, The water In the lower reservoir
could not be utilized to impel the water
from above, and therefore the immense
surplus in the upper reservoir and also
that in it's feeder in Lewisboro was use.
less, From that time to this-over three
days--,here has been water famine In
the town, which must continue until q
system of pumping is introduced. This
will require time, and 1t uay be week
before pumps can be adjnsted. The sit.
uation is perplexng, for should DIRE oc.
cur any distance from the river It would
be mex to impossible to ex,ingu sh it.
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HThe best time to pick watermel.
ons is after dark. A moonless night is
best adapted to good yield. II, how.
ever, the picker is compelled to garner
the crop on moonlight night, be will
end that the melons in the shadow oi
the fence or hedge, though not so large
as those growing in the center Of the
lot, are very desirable. II the dog is
allowed to walk around in the melon
patch at nights his presence is apt to
make the melons email, sour and unde.
sirable generally. In selecting melon
I've sure and cut small plug from it,
By the simple progress of placing this
plug in the mouth the saccharine char.
acter Of the melon Is ascertained. This
is more satisfactory way than the old
fashioned process Of rapping on the rind
as the latter had tendency to wake the
family and generally interfere With the
harvesting. Do not attempt to carry
the melon in your arm when leaving the
patch. It is hetter to roll II gently un'
der the fence, or II that is Impossible
pass IL easily over to somebody station.
ed on the other side. Silence is obso
lutely essential TO successful melon pick
ing.
S-I,ook out for tho ahot oun
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MRS. N. Q. WEST, Local Editor,
Index to Now Advertisements.
Road Receipts .. % cents per hun.

Road Reoeipts ct ID cents per hun
dfed.
Miss NAME WAY, OF Elm Cove, is Wis
lting friends In town.
The Niagara excursionists are home
and report splendid time.
MI. B H. MALLORY, Postmaster at
Claringtor, has not resigned.
While at the Fair this week call o.
THR SPIRIT offlce and subscribe.
The County Commissioners meet II
regular session on Monday, the 9th inst
Our township correspondents are com
ing to the front in good shape this Fall
Mr.. JAxss TAaeERr has been appoin
ted Postmaster st Doherty, this county
Mrs. LIB BUCHANAN. OF Detroit. Mich.
is WISHING her father, Mr. NJ. BuRKHEAD
Of this place.
Jas H. JAcK,oN and FRANK TYLER
Of Clsrineton. recently purchased ths
Drug Store Of Mr. s. TsoHArPAr.
Don't fasten your wire clothes linei
to the house. During storms, lightning
sometimes take them for its path.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-09-01

@ There Is science, after all, 10 so
simple a matter as driving nail. A
correspondent in an exchange writes
that be recently witnessed the expert
ment Of driving nails into timber that
had been hard seasoned and we'll dried.
The 6rst nails after passing through an
ordinafy board. went Into the timber
about ah inch and then doubled up under
the hammer. The tips Of the rest OF the
nails were dipped in lard, and the dri-
wing was accomplished without any diff.
ficulty. The remedy is not new one
but is simple enough to be recommended
for trial.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-09-01

n The Barnesv,lle Fair tas attended
by very few people, until the last day
when the attendance was fair.
The stock and Floral Hall exhibitions
we're decidedly thin.
The horse racing was tolerably good
the entries 10 all the races exceeding the
number OF former years.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-09-01

~ The I. o. o F.'s OF this place
have been holding "big meetin'" I" the past
week. Team work has been the order OF
the day. woodsdeld Lodge does not
propose to be behind her sister lodges in
this advance movement, and have had
the services Of w. o LuproN, captain OF
Olentangy Team, Delaware, Ohio, and
GEO. YoUse. Conductor in same team, to
instruct and assist in the organization OF
the team. They understand their busi-
ness perfectly and have done the Team
here lasting and beneficial service. On
Wednesday night the Lodge conferred
the Sd degree on Bro. E. L. LYNCH.
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HA new time card wen, into ef,e


EyA new time card went into effect
on the B z & G. R. R.. Sunday. August
80; after which trains will run ss fol.
lows: Mail and Passenger train leaves
Summerfeld 6 A. NJ, pass Wood-field
Z 7:25; arrive Bellaire 10:l0 A. M; re-
turning leaves Bellsire 2:30 P. NJ.
Woodsfeld 5:25. arrive Summer6eld 6
35 P. M. Passenger. and Mail train
leaves Summerfield 6:30 A. M. arrives
Z,nesville 10:l5 A M; returning leave
Z,nesvi'le 2:30 P. M, arrive at Sum.
merfeld $40. Local freight leaves Bel.
laire at 6 :15 A. NJ. Woodsfeld 10 80;
arrive Zsnesville $50 A, NJ. leave
Zanesvile 8 80 A. NJ, Woodafield l 20
P. NJ, arrive Bellaire 5:25 P. N.
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New York Herald 9th ult.
Senator Sherman's Sectional
r.i- Speech,

The main part OF the speech Of Sena.
tor Sherman, OF Ohio, opening the Re-
publican campaign in that State yester.
day, 10 reported on another page. His
own return to the Senate depends upon
the result OF the election. Thousands oil
his admirers in the East, knowing his
great intelligence and capacily for dis i.
Guessing the prsctlcEl questions Of the
hour--'he commercial and financial ones
tions which rqrire action at Washing.
tcn-will be NOR i6ed and grieved to
read this bitter and unpatriotic harangue,
in which he merely seeks to revive among
the people OF Ohio the passions Of the
civil war
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-09-01
A PhOMlNE ENr OhlO nEr UD-
LlCAN Cow ES OUT FOR
DEMOCRACY.
The Beginning of the October Stam-
pette.


A prominent Ohio Republican, who
has held the positions OF Postmaster al
Toledo and Internal Revenue Agent un-
der he Administrations o. Grant, HAYES,
Ca field and Arthur, and has alwa, 8
been leading and active member OF the
organization iu his State. has announced
his abandonment OF the Republican par
". The reason given by Cap, P H
D,wling Tor his charge of politics is
significant.
The Ohio Republicans, in their plat
form, endesvored to revive the sectional
issue and raised the cry that "he rebels
have taken charge Of the administration
Of The Government" This ia regarded
bv Cspt Bowling as an unpa,rio,ic and
unjus'i6able attempt to keep alive see.
iionaI ami inosities al the moment they
have been finally laid at rest IN the tomb
OF Gen. Grant. and while the whole peo-
pie are extulling the last words of the
Union Soldier in favor OF peace and
good will all over the country.
II seems to be forgotten that The bulk
of the Republican party was never in
sympathy with the abolition element
which for years before the war ted the
fires of sectional strife. The best men
in the Union ranks fought against sec.
tionslism when they arrayed themselves
against the South, and they would now
he as much the enemy OF those who
might endeavor to foster political dis
nn;on IS they we're twenty-five years
ago the enemy Of those who endeavor-
ed 10 destroy the Union by the sword
The natural attractions of party AID an
honest doubt in many minds whether
the Democrats we're fl tn be trusted With
the Government, have induced such Re,
pubicans TO submit thus far to the
"5loody shirt" policv Of their party
leaders. But now that Grants diving
words have exhorted to the people to
hurv sectional snimcsitv forever, and
have expressed his confidence in the
entire devotion tf the South to the
Union, and especisllv now that the d..
mocrscy has proved its capacity to al
minister the Government honorably 7;
honestly and ably. these conservative
and patriotic Republicans can 70 longer
lend their countenance to an eff,rt 10 re-
kindle sectional animosity and TO re Gre
ate doubt as to the good faith Of the
Southern people.
| Il woul1 he fortunate for the country
AZ the attempt to drag sectional issues
again into political campaign should
ne signsllv rebuked wherever ii may he
made ibis year. Then the folly Cf such
policy would hecome selfevident and
the wsv would he prepared for a Presi-
Dental campaign in 1888 conducted ON
living aud practical Issues and not on
appeals to the most dangerous passions
and prfjudices that can be excited
among people.
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L| The dread disease called "the Si-
berian plague" has m.de IT'S appearance
10 three different villages within the i'm
mediate district of Oieasa. Among
Russians choleea has comparatively
slight terrors to srouse nv the presence
Of this disease, which fs alike Ioat thsome.
fatal, and terribly contagious. The alb
normally hot simmer, such as has not
been experienced during the last elk
years In the south Of Russia. is propa-
eating in an alarming degree many epi.
denies The nights bring little OF no
reli,f from the heat of the day. The
crops are being scorched for want of
rain, and apprehensions are entertained
for the harvest.
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Advice to I,Aysfciaus.

In an article OF advice to young ply
sicians medical journal thus concludes
"The last and greatest precept OF all
is: never violate in thought, word or
deed the sanctity OF the sick chamber
He is villain who reveals the secrets oi
that prison-house, where pure humanity
lies bare and helpless; he is atraitor to
his profession who gossiTs about the in.
irmities be is called to relieve he is un
worthy the name oi physician who.
abnstns the confidence which 10 repose5
in his humanity and his hcnors has no
sooner turned from the bedside OF the
patient than the in6rmities be has wit.
messed become the subject Of . ribald
Jest"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-09-01

fg The Bsrnesv,lle Enterpriss de.
scribes shrewd swindling scheme that
Two men are working in Belmont coun.
ty. They call at iarm house and of
10 renovate old feather beds SO as to
make them as good as new. for q cent
pound, or some other ridiculously lo1
price. The beds once secured and load.
ed on their wagons, the farmer never
sees feathers or ticks again. Another
variation Of the swindle is to offer to
exchsnge good new husk mattresses fol
old feather beds The husk mattresses
never come to hand. Look out for these
fellows in Monroe county.