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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-30
foreign.


INTELLIGENCE has been received from
West Africa that the king OF Dahomey. with
many followers, made raid on the villages
under French protection near Porto Novo.
His troops INDUCED in wholesale massacres
Of the inhabitants and burned all their dwell
lngs- One thousand youths and women
were taken prisoners and carried back into
Dahomey to be eaten by their captors.
A PLYMOUTH England dispatch says that
the Liverpool and London steamer Cheerful
foundered through collision, and that eleven
persons on board were drowned.
A LARGE force Of Arab rebels attacked
Kassala, but were repulsed with loss of
5000 in killed and wounded The garrison
at Kassala following up their victory, cap
tured the rebel camp, with 1900 oxen and
sheep and ZOO rifles.
In all Spain on the 23d there were 1887
cases Of cholera, and 97l deaths from the dis
ease.
Ell MAHDI, the False Prophet, is reported
to have died of smallpox
EIGHT married men were drowned at Var
mouth, England, by the upsetting Of the life
boat in which they, with seven others, were
going to the assistance Of a vessel in distress
THE French artist Schoenverke has com
mitted suicide. He was member Of the
legion of honor.
a sHEIK has arrived at Cairo. Egypt, who
declares that he witnessed the funeral Of the
False Prophet.
SEVERAL persons were burned to death and
sixteen houses consumed at fire near AK,
France
HEAVY rains and disastrous floods in the
interior Of Japan are causing great suffering
among the Inhabitants.
Two houses containing sixteen families
collapsed suddenly in Cologne Many per
sons were killed and many more wounded.
A FIRE in Paris has destroyed business
buildings covering five blocks, the pecuniary
loss reaching several million francs.
THERE has been 4 terrific storm at Tore
Cajetani, in Italy. Thirteen persons were
killed and twenty-five injured by light
ming
As mark Of respect for General Grant,
military bands throughout England refrained
from playing the usual Sunday selections on
the 26th, but played dead marches instead
THE cholera scourge is gradually making
Its way from Spain into Portugal the sani
tary guards having proved Intellectual
INcEND1ARx fires have become common
in Russia, ana are attributed to the nihilists.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-30

A cat Of Searsport, Me-, made friends
with pet rat, but killed all the wild rats
it could find
A cat Of South Brooks, Me-, watches
cradle, and when the child cries ca
resses it until it falls asleep.
a gentleman at Newport, r. T., let a
mouse out of trap for his cat, but a big
rooster standing near jumped on it first
took it in his bill by the neck, and shook
it until it was dead.
A cato Hyde Park, Mass, took charge
of brood Of six chickens. She licked
their feathers until they grew the wrong
way. The chicks followed her as they
would have followed hen.
A Lewiston cat made friends with d
pig, became his constant companion, and
slept with him at night. When the PIC
was slaughtered she watched By his
eorpse, and refused to eat any Of his
flesh.
A Maine cat accidentally stepped on
the keys Of piano board one day, and
was surprised 81 the sound. Since then
she goes to the piano regularly and paws
the keys, waiting with ears erect and
eyes sparkling for the sounds.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-30
PROMINENT PEOPLE

JUDGE LAMBERT TRHE, the new American
0,000.
JOHN Bach MclIAsTER, tho historian and
professor ct Princeton college, is but thirty
three yearT Old.
GENERAL LEW WALLACE, late United
States minister to Turkey, has two novels
ready for the press.
BARTHo1.DI, the French sculptor, designer
Of the great statue of Liberty, Is to vialt tta
United States la September
UNITED STATES MrNIsTER PHELPS is said
to De the best bird shot and the most accom-
pllshed driver Of q four finland id Vermont
PRINCE ALBERT VIcToR, 81 Wales, tha
prospective king OF England il, tits privately
SAID, a very awkward and hashful young
man.
PRINCE HENRY of BattenherE hns become
Dy his marriage with The Princess Beatrice
both uncle and brother-in-law to the Princess
Victoria Of Hesse.
The emperor of Japan can trace his descent
Ior @,oUO years during All OF which TING hiH
family have been on The throne His in
Japanese is 'Metsuhiton
COUNT ToLsToL, tx celebrated Russian
novelist, has for some time past set aside bin
literary lab0rs GIld applied himself To learn
ing trsac-that OF o shoemaker
z[Is, MARY J. HoLafEs, the novelist, has
written twenty rornances, and has made
good deal Of money att A New York paper
gave her $1,000 for ons Of her stories.
GEORGE BANCROFT, the historian. whose
fondness for roses amounts to positive pas
sion, sent nineteen varieties to the recent
flower show at Newport r. l., and received
q prize for each.
Nh. GLADsTONE's popularity caused hirn
much Inconvenience lately. He happened to
go into London book store, but was unable
to leave on account of a crowd Of 5000 per-
sons before the door. Finally a carriage was
procured, and he departed amid great en-
thusiasm and loud cheering.
a WARN welcome was given to Sir Charles
Wilson on his return to Mountioy Barracks.
Dublin, from the Soudan. Triumphal arches.
bearing such inscriptions as "Welcom8
Home" NKhartoum." and 'EI Gubat, were
erected across the avenue from the entrance
to his residence The Royal Engineers turned
out, removed the horses from his carriage
about half a mile from the barracks, and
nragged the carriage home. The rejoicing
terminated with display Of Fireworks
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-30
THE NATIONAL GAME

THE Lancasters are about the freest batterS
in the Eastern league
THE St Louis League club leads in one
respect being shut out.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND people witnessed
game at Toronto, Can, recently.
TIE New York team leads the league in
batting and fielding, with Chicago close
behind.
BENEFITS catching for the Detroits this
year is said to be something remarkable-the
finest in the league.
THERE are actually some Chicago papers
which consider New York stronger club
than Chicago, and say SO too fright out in
meetin, )" as it were
II now looks as if there would be few more,
IL any, disbandments to chronicle before the
end Of the season. The Southern league is
solid; the Eastern league bids fair to last the
season out and the Southern and Eastern
New England leagues are all in good condi-
tion.
In the Southern baseball league there are
1875 players, managers and umpires, engaged
at aggregate salaries of perhaps $4,000 a
month or 500 each. OF the clubs it is be-
Iieved that Atlanta, Nashville, Macon, Au-
gusta and Memphis are playing profitable
seasons in the order named, and the other
clubs losing.
HENRY's talk. as usual, was confined
entirely to base ball Nellie had not usually
shown much interest in the subject but last
evening she evinced great animation (which
player do you like bestF' she asked Henry
replied: 'eThe pitcher by all means; don't
yous" ''No, Henry said Nellie, with q sug-
gcstive yawn, II prefer the short Stop The
answer came SO sudden that before Henry
recovered his presence Of mind he was out in
the street, with his hat crowded down over
his throbbing temples, and walking at tho
rate Of fifty laps an hour.
The championship records up to recent date
ara as follows:
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-30
FACTS ABOUT GRANT.

THEoyGHouT the war be never received
q wound
HIS mother died over a year ago. His
father has been dead several years.
HE leaves two sisters-Mrs. Cramer and
Mrs. Corbin-who live in Jersey City.
HIS last public speech was at Ocean Grove
a year ago before the Christian commission.
He always disIiked doctors and resented
their attentions as much as possible to the
last.
Hrs mother was an enthusiastic Methodist
and believed in personal holiness and the
nearness Of the second coming.
GENERAL GRANTS most intimate friend
was G. w. Childs, Of Philadelphia, whose house
he made his home whenever in Philadelphia.
AMONG the portraits in George w. Childss
Office is one Of General Grant and the en-
pcror Of China, taken seated together arm in
arm.
AS far back as February last he wrote to
Mr.. Childs that whenever he took drink Of
water it felt las if hot lead was going down
his throat
UNTIL given over to the government all
the souvenirs of his European trip were at
the Office of George W. Chiids, to whose Gus
tody he condded them.
LIKE 80 many other great soldiers, be was
a fatalist and believed that t'What is to be
win be-. If he had adhered TO any religious
form, he would have been a Presbyterian.
The two greatest ovations of his life re
ceived by General Grant were those rendered
in Philadelphia before he started on his trip
around the world and upon his return
THE husband of Nellie Grant Sartoris, Ii
daughter, is an Engishman, an only son al
a nephew Of Fanny Kemble, the actress, wi
became Mrs. Pierre Butler, of Philadelphia
WHEN a boy, if he ever went beyond
place he never retraced his footsteps, but took
round about tour to reach the destination
some other way He often said he attributed
his success to resolution taken in youth to
stneyer turn backn in any undertaking.
GENERAL GRANT smoked his last cigar on
the Goth of November, 1884. In a letter to
friend mentioning the circumstance, be said
he had smoked many thousands of cigars ana
they had been his greatest comfort through
the last years of the war on the battlefield.
IT is a curious coincidence that the fathers
in-law Of General Grants sons all suffered
financial reverses like himself. Fred Grant
married daughter Of Mr.. Honore, Of Chi
cago, once millionaire. Buck Grant mar
ried daughter of Senator Chaffee, Of Col
orado, who lost heavily. Jesse Grant mar
ried daughter of Mr. Chapman, a former
California Crossus - Philadelphia Times.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-30
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

THE queen Of Italy writes theatrical
er1tlques for an italian paper.
JOHN McCULLoyGH, the actor, has been
declared lunatic by commission
TIE 'Enchantress, y d pretty opera, seldom
done, will be revived by ALA Norman.
AN early work of Beethoven, recently res
cued from oblivion, is to be performed at a
Bonn festival next week.
ANOTHER American soprano has made
hit in London Her name Is Medora Henson.
The lady is well known resident OF Chicago.
TIE Curtain theatre in London, which il
mentioned as far back as 1877, is said I'd haFe
been the first theatre to adopt stage cur
tain.
IT is reliably stated that Lotta, the actress.
is worth close to 81, 000, 600, the result of good
investments Of money derived from thH
stage.
J. MONTGOMERY SEARS, the young mil
honaire Of Boston, is a fine amateur violinist
and plays in the choir Of St Marks church att
Southboro, Mass
JOHANN STRAUSS has completed lis new
opera, The Gypsy Baron,n and is now ar
ranging for its simultaneous production In
Vienna and Berlin
THE company stated to come to this couu-
try with Rosina Vokes Is parity amaterE
EEstace and Claude Ponsonby and Sir Charles
Young are the non professionals.
M SARDoU, the leading French dramatist,
who Is soon to sail for the United States, e.
poets to remain in this country several
months, but if he likes the new world he may
extend his visit.
NILSSON is about to make her first pr0fez
sional tour in her native Sweden since She b.
came a great singer. She was born in q
woodchopper's hut, in the forests Of Wexi0,
forty-two years ago.
MADGE WICKHAM, an American viOlinist,
has given series OF concerts at Baden Baden.
The German papers predict for her q great
future. Miss Wickham is a New Yorker and
relative of ex-Mayor William Wickhanl.
NILSSON recently astonished Paris au-
dience by appearing In silks Of the Swedish
national colors-blue and yellow-while Oh
her neck, from shoulder to shoulder blazed
Swedish, Spanish Australian and Russian
orders set in diamonds
TEE theatrical season in London has BEEN
disastrous to all except three managers.
From melo-drama to farce hardly anything
has pleased the public One of Sims pieces,
usually popular with the masses, has bank
rupted the house in which it was finely pr0-
duced; tragedy with Mary Anderson has
drawn very moderately, in spite of her fame,
and Mrs. Langtry was so entirely neglected
chat her manager is said to have lost $26, ,000
on the engagernGnt.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-30

Leslie haEtened to WarTen's side.
eFoolls he Kissed; why do VOC shrinl
and tremble2 Who is he2 What hi1 rela
ton to you? Strike before he RECEIVERS hii
wits and spoils all
He had pressed knife into WaRgel1t
hands, but the latter. when he seized It
shook with emotion as he muttered
hoarsely:
II cannot kill him
Then fail to get the fortune, and gair
the prison, perhaps the gallows, whispered
his evil prompter. Strike, 4 say; he Is too
overcome to resist.
With single leap Warren, as il impellet
by some demon, gained the side of Sher.
wood.
A loud scream burst from Ediths lips o.
she saw the glittering blade descend; ant
then, bathed in his life blood from ghast.
ly wound in his breast Percy Sherwoot
sank 10 the floor with groan Oh agony ant
pain.
Fiendi monster You have put a fl
climax to your many crimes, T" he cried t.
Warren. You have done well to alienati
the wife Of my bosom from my heart when
| sought to bear your crimes to shield you
to redeem my promise to Q dying father
Edith, my wife, my darlingl"
Ills utteTSnce was cnokeu WIN blOOu.
dark film had come over his eyes.
With a passionate cry, abandoning al
emotion save her deep love for him, Edit
flung herself on the floor by his side, ant
lifted his hand to her breast.
They have deceived you. he gasped
family :, Beatrice is rot my wife, ans
that man, as his eyes turned to Warren
with dying glance, is my-brother!3
[To BE Continued
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-30
rHE NArroNAL IEAauE.
LIVING a CENTURY.

THE liveIiest man OF GchooHcraft, Mich, i
Godfrey Knight He will soon celebrate bis
Tooth birthday.
Mrs. HENRY ALrHoNsE, of Concord, No,
needs no assistance in her household duties,
although 105 years old.
UNCLE JOE OvERToN, Of jackson, Tenn,
professed religion after he had lived a century.
He has been baptised.
FRANCESCA HERNANDEZ, aged 102 years,
and RafaeIa Cachu aged I13 died on tho
same day in Colima, Mexico.
WILLIAM SEsK, Of Columbus, Ind, was tic
oldest man in the county. He had lived a
century, and his funeral was The largest ever
known there.
AN old Virginia coiOred nannafned Stephen
McTyre has just died in Chesterfield He
lived to be los years Of age. and then met bis.
death from burns
HGTYE me one more smoke from the old
clay pipe, said Rachel Narvel Of O6ings
viiies Ky, just before she died She was l0l
AFTER five years Of hard ser Frank
Boykin, or Montgomery, Ala ed his
freedom, and then married. Bixty
years ago. Frank has iu is old
home att The aEs OF l5 wa
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-30
NEWS SUMMARY



1HREE workmen were instantly killed and
Two others fatally injured by the explosion
of blast IN railroad cut near Fort Little
ton, Penn
1IiE extreme heat which has prevailed III
nearly al parts Of this country resulted in
ABOUT double the usual number of daily
deaths IN New York city, where the ther-
mometer went up to ninety eight in the shade.
a great many cases Of deaths and prostra
lions from snnstroke have also been reported.
A SCHOONER brought into Portland, Ne.
the other day, a monster turtle seven feet
Two inches long and weighing 1000 pounds
The attorney-general Of New Jersey se-
cured lnJunctions restraining two hundred
corporations in the State from transaeting
business. The injunctions were issued be-
cause the corporations have not paid the as
sessments levied by the State board of asses
JUDGE I. LYLE DICKEY,- Of the Illinois
supreme court, died few days ago at At
lantic City, N. j.
FIVE men while under the inffaeuce of
nquor attempted to cross the Susquehanna
river at Wilkesbarre, Penn, in a small boat.
Wnen the boat was eapsized and three Of them
were drowned
BABCoCK a. ANDREWS, brokers Of Syracuse.
A. ~, proprietors Of the largest ''bucket
shop" IN the State, with offices in numerous
other towns, have failed for S500,O00. Small
spectators all over the State are sufferers.
NINE firemen were injured by d sudden ex-
plosion at a fire in big building on Barclay
street. New York. The pecuniary losses are
about $150,000
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-30
President CIeveIand's Grandfather.


President Cleveland's grandfather was
the Rev Aaron Cleveland, born at Had
dam, Connecticut, February 8, 1744.
Mr.. Cleveland was Federalist of the
school Of Jay and Hamilton, whom lie
supported with more than ordinary zeal,
and perhaps not without something of
the prejudice which ranked all Jeffer-
sonians with French fatalists and infidels.
Many stories are told illustrating his
power Of repartee. Among them is the
following: On horseback one day Mr..
Cleveland was riding from Middletown
to Durham; little stream bounded the
limits Of the townships. EIe halted to
water his horse; meanwhile young man
having come from the opposite direction,
drew rein so suddenly ss to render the
water by the disturbance unfit to serve
for drink.
s'Good morning, Mr.. Minister" said
the youth.
"Good morning, Mr.. Democrat" +" re-
piled the reverend gentleman.
'sAnd pray, why did you take me for
Democratic" queried the young man.
Pray, why did you take me for a
ministerGn rejoined Mr.. Cleveland.
ooh, said the fellow, s'that is plain
enough-by your dress"
"And that you are Democrat is plain
enough by your address, Z was the retort
of the preacher.
While visiting in. New Haven, Connec-
ticut, Mr.. Cleveland died suddenly, Sep
tember 81, 1916. His remains were in
tered in cemetery in that city. His
inheritance was much loved, respected
and stainless name.
The man of whom we are speaking
must not be mistaken for his father, the
great grandfather of President Cleve-
land, although each was called Aaron,
and both were ministers Of the gospel.
The elder became a resident of Halifax
the year subsequent to the founding of
that city. He there established what
was known as "Mather's church, !" so
called after the great New England di-
vine Of that time. His pastorate con
tinued five years; during that period he
founded church library. Many of the
volumes were his gift The library is
still in existence, and number Of the
books containing his autograph presenta-
tions may still be seen.
A Scottish preacher succeeded Mr..
Cleveland, and the society has since that
date been known as est. Matthews" !" Ii
was the first organized Presbyterian
church in the British lower provinces.
To-day it is the fashionable church 81
that denomination in Halifax. The word
is preached from the old fashioned box.
like pulpit, TO which the minister as.
cends by two long winding stairways
The pews are, as in the ancient time,
padded throughout with scarlet, and the
British s'red-coats" constitute large
portion of the audience in the high
gallery that reaches around three sides oi
the building. Haaper's Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-30
CHAPTER TX.
A FArEFUL MEETING

Twenty -four hours had passed since Edith
Leslie was so abruptly removed from her
home by Reuben Leslie; and, Just as the
cycle was on its turn again, the latter en-
tered the corridor of the old works. bent
upon the fultillment Of the final act Of the
tragic drama which had opened SO event.
fully; which was not destined to close until
new victims had been added to the list.
AT the table, stupid from excessive in
diligence III liquor, eat the old bag, while
on the lounge, her eyes shaded by he
hands. Edith awaited the return Of her per-
secutors, wondering what new indignity
they would offer her.
But although the face expressed mute
submission to her fate, the eyes contained
a secret, fIe knowledge of which had de-
termined her on q changed course mall her
future actions.
Even as she sat there the results Of new
discovery we're in her lap hidden from The
vie of the old woman, whose occasional
fits of vigilance and suspicious searching
glance caused her to move cautiously in ali
that she did.
Half an hour before her ewes resting on
the floor. Edith had discovered long thin
packet, tied with faded blue ribbon. She
realized at once that it was something left
behind by either her father or Warren, and
in this conjecture she was correct. AS she
saw that the old bag was too thoroughly pre-
occupied IN her liquor to notice her particu-
iariy, she began to pace the floor and at
INST her curiosity fully aroused seached
forward and secured the packet.
She had resumed her seat on the lounge
carelessly, but watching the old woman.
Yet she could scarcely repress a cry Of
astonishment as she noticed ON the yellow,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-30
A HOT WAVE
Terrible Effects on tIhe Heat i'm Gremt


Terrible Effects or tine Heat i'm Gremt
Rrftains
A London dispatch says that 9 fearful
wave of heat extends over the whole Of the
United Kingdom In London the effects 0f
the long spell Of torrid weather ar appaiI-
ing Every one is more or less affected.
Children are dying by the hundreds, scores
Of men are prosrated by sunstrolze each day,
and the roads are often Blocked BY horses
suddenly falling dead "A new terror ID
added by the prevalence Of hydroph05iH
The streets are absolutely unsafe, owing to
the number Of mad dogs running at large,
and many persons whonever carried weapons
before are now buying. .revolvers.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-30

the workraen in seven contis suous horax fac
tories in Italy we're quite free from the dis-
ease, which killed 0R One third III THE pcpula
ton of q village iii their immediate neighbor-
hood An eminent Italian physician rec
0mmends internnl administrations Of boxRz
Az ch0lara prATentiTa
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-12-05
A Cranky Newspaper Idea.

The newest and most unique and
cranky idea of newspaper enterprise
is the newspaper to be started at
Chambersburg, Pa. 1t is to be call
ed.Death," and is to be devoted
solely to chronicling suicide and muir
der. The EDITORS name is VIM.
Fletcher. A Chambersburg paper
says his "cbief idea is to make mon
ey, but he is in love with the subject
of death and has for years made it a
study. He scans all exchanges which
have accounts of suicides and mar-
ders, while public hanging is Joy
that throws him into ecstacies. He
sleeps in a room with two cofips
which Re bought last year; white
skulls, skeletons. stuffed snakes. pic
lures OF hell and designs in devils
ornament the walls Of his sleeping
apartment. He fist got the idea OF
such paper while doing an under
taker's route or Harrisburg daily
years ago.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-12-05
LOVES LANGUAGE.

There's language that's mute, there's a
silence that speaks,
There's something that cannot be told;
There are words that can only be read in
the cheeks,
And thoughts but the eye can unfold.
There's look so expressive, so timid, so
kind,
So conscious, 50 quick to impart;
Though dumb, in an instant it speaks out
in the mind,
And strikes in an instant heart.
The eloquent silence, this converse of
souls.
In vain we attempt to suppress;
The more it.appears from the wish to con
troll,
The more apt the fond truth to express.
Then, oh, the delight! the features that
shine!
TIL RAPTURE! the bosoms that melt!
When blest with each other this converse
divine!
Is mutually spoken and felt.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-12-05
Baseball Sta tistics.

The amount of wood consumed in
one year in making bats is almost in
credible. 1t would make 131, 479
hoe-handles, 327,345 ax-helves; or,
converted into toothpicks, would sup
ply every freelunch fend in Chicago,
st. Louis and Cincinnati for years to
come. The loss to agriculture inter
ests and mechanical industries by the
employment of ablebodied mon in
baseball service is enormous, and at
the lowest calculation may be put
down at S23,470,345 per annum.
The expenditure of muscular energy
In one hotly contested game alone
has been estimated to be sufficient to
break two tons of stone, saw five