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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28
WASHINGTON NOTES. ,

During the examination of Gen. Hazen
on March II, he testified the newspaper in
tervieW complained of was inaccurate in
several particulars, and that he was not
aware that he was being interviewed with
g view to publication. There was a decided
sensation in Court when Gen. HaZen with
great feeling said: 81 had no official re-
spOnsibiity for the decisions Of the SeCre-
tary of War. I had the responsibility to
do everything in my power for the relief of
the XpeditiOn-the responsibility which
one bears to another. There was no fortune
which 1 possessed, no energy which 1 pos
sessed that was not due to these imperi1led
men, to help them out. L was ready to spend
every cent 1 possessed, and in 1882, when
the Neptune was to be sent, and Congress
engaged that vessel on my own response
bility. I would have done the same in 1888
if had been permitted to do it"
Rear Admiral Janett, commanding the
North Atlantic squadron, telegraphed Com
mandsr Clark, OF the Alliance, at New Or
leans, instructing him to proceed to Garth
agena and Baranvuilla, United States OF
Colombia, and protect American interests
in that country during the present dis
turbed condition Of affairs. The dispatch
informs Commander Clark that vessels be-
longing to American citizens, which have
been seized by the insurgents without COM
peEsatiOn may be fOrcibly recovered, aud
igatiOn Company, of New York, has called
the attention of the Secretary Of State to
the seizure Of their steamers by an armed
force.
Secretary Whitney sent a dispatch to Com
mander MahOn of the Wachusett, at Pan
ANA, informing him that hOstlites would
likely take place between some of the Cen
tral American States and BOrriOs, which
viii endanger the lives and property Of
citizens Of the United States, and directing
him to proceed with his vessel to La Union
and La Libertad and other points on the
Central American interests. The Secretary
also directs Commander MahOn to protect
against any attempt to cut any Of the
cables, or interfere with their use, and take
all precautions to protect the health of his
officers and men from diseases which would
render it necessary tor the vessel to leave
that coast.
The Senate in executive session ratified
the treaty with the Khedive Of Egypt and
the convention relative to the boundary
lines between this country and Mexico.
The treaty with the Khedive extends to the
United States the commercial privileges
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28
FOREIGN.

AS a memorial to Gen. Gordon a great
hospital and sGnitarium is to be built at
Port Said, and viii be open to the people OF
all the realms of the earth.
Zebehe Pasha, the man Gen. Gordon
wanted made Governor of KhartOum, was
arrested, and documents were found prov
ing his completely with the mahdI.
Parneu presided at the banquet IN Lon
den in honor of st. Patrick's day. He pre-
diCted that better times were coming.
Natives spies who reached Suakim report
that messengers from Osman Digna's camp
brought the news OF the fail Of KassaIa.
Admiral Courbet will abandon his po-
sition at the island Of FOrmOsa and operate
on the coast Of Narthern China.
The weather is intensely cold through
out Canada, the temperature ranging from
3 to 80 degrees below zero.
Dublin corporation rejected the motion
to present an address to the Prince of Wales
during his visit in April.
EThe City of Panama was attacked by rev
OlutiOnists, and the Government IS O1er-
ing a stout resistance.
A French man-of-war stopped and
searched the British steamship Surat, in
Chinese waters.
The Russian troops Will make no further
advances provided the AfghaDs. keep with
in bounds.
The terms of the arrangements with
Russia are denounced by the Liberals at
London.
5 The British Government has provided
E26, 600 for extra mail facilities with Amer
lea.
England continues her preparations for
war despite GladstOne's statements.
War rumOrs at London almost produced
a panic on the Stock Exchange.
The French chamber Of deputies adopted
the new tariff bill.
Dynamite was found concealed in Irish
quarters in Liverpool.
A bread riot was suppressed by the police
at Cracow, Russia.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28
CHIMES AND mIsHaPs

The Racine Wagon and Carriage COmpR-
ny has within the past year been defrauded
of between $20,C00 and $4,000 by W. b.
Spaulding head bOOk-keeper of the institu-
ton. About the middle of February SpauId-
ing disappeared in company with Mamie
MinUOn, disreputable woman Of that city,
with whom he had been intimate. They
went to New Orleans, then to New York, and
from there to Buffalo. There Spaulding
procured tickets from himself and cOmDan-
ion for an out of the way point in Canada.
But she gave him the slip and returned. He
/ is supposed to have gone to Canada. The
Racine Wagon q Carriage Company is the
largest institution of the kindin the North
west. Spaulding is an excellent BOOK
keeper and had the complete confidence of
his employers. He is said to be the son of
the proprietor of a prominent hotel at w ash
lngtOn. he left 8 vile and two children
nearly destitute at Racine His manner of
operation is not known. The prOpritOrs of
the works are very reticent. Chicago detec-
tives have been hunting for Spaulding Tor
several weeks.
A disastrous freight wreck, resulting IA
tally TO one person and seriously injuring
three more and the destruction Of the loco
motive and fifteen lOaded cars, occurred
near AuegEppa, on the Pennsylvania Rail
road, some GWenty-elght miles east Of Pitts
burg, The train was proceeding east ward
over the mountains, and when near Gallit-
zen the train parted IN the middle. The
engineer losing all control, both sections
started down the mountain at a frightful
rate. AT AllegriBpa the two sections col
hded and jumped the track, wrecking ths
entire train. The 4agman, J. Nichols, was
instantly killed, Engineer Fox, Conductor
Hatch and Fireman Berger were seriously,
bat it is not thought fatally injured.
The party which went mp Bridger Canon
to rescue the SchlOssman party, buried in g
snow avalanche, returned with the bodies
Of SchIossman, one Of the Hazard brothers,
and ?. J. Smith. The other Hazard could
not be found. The sIidehad crushed in the
cabin, and all were badly crushed, and were
dug out Of eight feet OF snow, with tinbers
across their bodies. Their eorpses were
hauled by hand through deep snow for 6
distance Of Eve miles to where horses could
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

A Des MOines, Iowa, special, March 18th,
says Governor Sherman went to the Office
of the State Auditor to-day, and again de-
manded admittanCe, but the Office was
locked, and he was not permitted to enter.
ThereupOn the Governor ordered out a file
Of State militia, who proceeded to the capt
toll and battered down the doors of the Au-
of arms. Cartel, Auditor pro TEN. by ap-
pOintment, then took possession Of the
Office. Brown in the meantime had been
arrested by the sheriff. There is much ex-
element over the matter.
The Grievance Committee of the LocomO-
tive Engineers of the Missouri Pacific Rail
road, which has been in session in st. Louis
for several days, had q conference with Vice
President HOXie, when they presented q
writ en- statement of their grievances. Mr..
Fitzgerald, chairman of the committee, stat
ed that Mr.. HOZie promised to give the mat
ter speedy consideration. He had no doubt
but that their troubles would be satistaetC-
rily arranged in a very short time.
Ed Doolittle and John Sohonbaoh, the
two railroad strikers arrested at Hannibal
for interference with the operation OF the
Wabash railway, had a hearing before
Judge Brewer, Of the United States Circuit
Court, and were each sentenced to sixty
days in all.
The various Irish societies Of New York
city celebrated st. Pstricks Day by a
parade, which was reviewed by Mayor
Grace.
The constitutiOnRlity Of the prOhibitOry
law Of Iowa has been affirmed by the
Supreme Court of that State.
The Daily News, a new evening paper,
has been started in Kansas City.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

be procured. The parties must have been
dead three weeks.
About three weeks ago John N. Oliver q
prosperous white man living near Stone
wall. ChiCasaW Nation, sent to a neighbOr
named Crockett for some hay and Crockett
refused TO send the hay until Oliver paid 8
small debt he was owing him for & few DAYS.
Later Crockett, while passing divers house,
was shot by Oliver. Several Deputy Mar
shals pursued Oliver and attempted to ar
rest him. He resisted with q rife, but final
ly after being wounded four times a bullet
struck him IN the mouth, killing him in
stantly.
Charles Briggs, the Philadelphia wife
murderer, was hanged in the cor
ridOr of the county prison at PhiIa-
delphia. Briggs killed his wife on
July 7, 1888. He had been on a prolonged
spree, came home called his wife down
cellar and cut her throat with a razor. He
was arrested almost in the act.
North western Indians are dying of in
large numbers from singular disease, the
first symptoms Of which are stiHeniug Of
the knees and Joints, from which death
soon follows. Chicken pox and diphtheria
is taking of many more, and they arein a
generally starving condition.
Both Houses of the Delaware Legislature
met in separate session and ballOted for
United States Senator. Attorney General
Gray received the vote Of every member.
Fire on the 18th destroyed the paraf6ne
factory at ElizabethpOTt, n. J. Loss $780,
600. Also the James Bank block az At
lanta. Ga.
The Lindell Hotel atSedalia, an old land
mark and lately used as a boarding. house,
burned recently. Loss 800.
At West Plains, No, a fire destroyed ten
stores. Loss $40, GOO, insurance 5WO-thirds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28
CapItel ropIes.

A petition signed by 2S5 house hoIder rs
living IN Clark county was filed with the
Governor yesterday, asking him to issue
ms proclamation to organize that county.
The Executive Department is still re-
minded, on an average Of three time as
week, that the Bender family still lives
They have appeared, been discovered
and identified simultaneously In Germa-
ny, France, Texas, Canada, Arizona and
several other parts Of the inhabited
globe. The last man who caught them
is blind man up IN Michigan, and the
Governor had a letter from him yester-
day.
The following ArbOr Day Proclamation
was issued from the Executive Depart
ment:
Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, yemay
be sticking in a Tree; 1t win be growing, Jock.
when ye'Te sleeping. Sir Walsr Scott
The custom Of appointing an ArbOr
Day now prevails In eight States of the
Union, and it is believed that it viii soon
be hOnOred in all the States and Terri
tories, the East and West following the
lead of the Central States of the Missouri
Valley. The people Of Kansas went to
planting trees as soon as they began to
pillow. and increasing millions Of shade,
fruit and forest trees are planted every
y
has shown itself on every farm and vii
lage lot; in city parks and the grounds of
the church and the school, and the Gods
Acre where our beloved ones sleep their
last sleep. This feeling is equally strong
IN the minds Of old and yOung-in WOm-
en- not less than men; it leads to practi-
cal results In increasing the value of land,
and in ameliOrating the asperities of our
climate-that there has been an increase
in the rainfall in Kansas is fully proved
by the statistics of our oldest meteOIO-
lOgists-and it leads to uses of beauty in
our homes, and making them
scenes Of loneliness, the remembrance of
which viii follow our children to the
last days Of their old age. The State
which the pioneers found treeless and a
desert, now bears upon its fertile bosom
more than twenty millions Of fruit trees
and more than two hundred thousand
acres of forest trees, all planted by our
own people.
In view of these facts, and in obedi-
ence to the popular viii, 1, John A. Mar
tin, Governor of Kansas, hereby set apart
April ?, 1885, as ArbOr Day /
and respectfully ask that it be made a !
general holiday. School officers and
can greatly aid in carrying out /
the purpose Of the day by giving their |
pupils a holiday, and by devOting special |
attention to the adOrnment Of school /
grounds and parks.
Done at Topeka, this 10th day of
March, A. D., 1885, and of the State the |
year.
Il. 81 JOIN A. MARTIN.
By the Governor.
E. B. ALLEN, Secretary Of State.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

Wide Awake.
I suppose you know that nearly all
kinds Of birds take their flight to a warm
er part of the county in the far distant
south upon the approach Of cold weather
and come back to US again with the
opening days of spring. Among these are
blackbirds. But one winter, not many
years ago, In logging camp, away up in
the Minnesota pineries, where the
weather is very cold in midWinter,
two blaCkbirds remained all winter max
ing their home in the building used as a
stable for the oxen. The rough lumber
men, who had never known of a case
before, were pleased and were kind to
the little birds; the man who had charge
Of the camp and cooked for the stalWart
choppers scattered crumbs for them in
generous quantities near the camp door,
and the birds soon learned to expect
their food at regular times each day.
When the weather was extremely cold
the little birds kept in the stable Tor, as
the men call it, "hOvel') all through the
day. That is, they would ''Bit in the
harm to keep themselves warm and hide
their heads under their Wings-pOOr
things" And when the oxen were
driven home from their work in the
evening, the birds would hail them with
cries of welcome, and alight on the warm
backs Of the oxen and nestle down In
the thick bushy hair, probably to warm
their toes. And every night they slept
on their chosen perch, nestled down
snugly on the back Of the goOd-natured
beasts, who did not care or were unaware
Of their presence. In sunny days they
few about, alighting on the tall pines
and on the big log building-Which the
men call the "camp'-but never, during
all that long winter, did they 60 far away
from their chosen home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

A YOUNG chap at Tobasco, Mexico, of
fered to wade into the river and kill an
alligator for fifty cents for an American
traveller, and the traveller has been wait
ing four or five weeks for him to return
to the shore.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

The scarcity of wild geese this Winter
is noted in all sections Of California. In
some places farmers who heretofore had
to employ men to drive the geese off
their young crops are not annoyed at all
this season.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28
me s1shIp Of '40'' a Real Ship.

California ArgOnaut.
Bret Harte's new story, "a ship of
as" is evidently inspired by the strange
fate of the ship Mantle. For many years
she lay at what is now the northwest
corner Of Clay and SansOme streets, and
was occupied very much as described in
the story. AT last the raising Of the
street grades and the filling in of the low
lying water lots caused her to disappear
from the sight of men. Over her were
erected some shanties, which were torn
down about 1872, to make way for the
erection Of a building. When the work
men who were eXCaVaung for the fOun-
dalton got down some six or eight feet
below the level Of the street they struck
the skeleton of the old ship. The dis
cOvery was quite a San Francisco sensa-
ton at the time. A foUr-story building
now stands where the ship lay for so
many years, and bears the name Of "The
Mantle" Those who are not familiar
with San Francisco may be interested In
knowing that the place where the ship
in the story land in fact) was beached is
now over half a mile from the shore
line. Old residents Of the city VIII, we
think, recognize another local curiosity
in one of Mr. Harte's charaCteTs-the
Frenchman, DeFerrieres. He seems
much ike the strange individual once so
familiar on San FrancisCOis streets, and
locally known as 'The Great Unknown"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

A WIDOW and former resident Of New
Haven, who recently died in the West,
found herself suffering actual poverty on
the day that R. B. Hayes, whom she
had tilted, was inaugurated President.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

THERE is growing on Mrs. DelannOy's
place, in the hammock near Rockledge,
Flo, Sicily hemp plant that has put on
the remarkable growth of thirty feet in
less than three months.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

NINE golden weddings have been cele-
brated in Castleton, VT, within few
years, and all the persons concerned still
live except one. Six couples are between
so and 81 wears old.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

THE South is complaining of unusual
severity of weather. The grass refuses
to grow and the peach trees to blossom
in many of the States which rejoice usu-
ally in early vegetation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

TIE business Of the Brooklyn bridge
is rapidly increasing, showing a gain Of
50 per cent last year over that of 1888.
Last month the bridge turned in over
$50 600
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

TIE Fifth ward Of Chattanooga is so
dissatisfied with the new charter that it
proposes to secede and establish Itself
as an Independent municipality to be
South Chattanooga.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

This caused bitter feeling and yesterday
ali the strikers and their wives stood about
the mouth of the pits and abused the work
men. LatimOre hnterfered, hence the as
sauit- Warrants have been sworn out for
the arrest OF the strikers and there wives.
MARCH IS.
The District Convention of miners held
at StraitsYille yesterday decided to return
70 work Tor 90 cents ton, being the syndi-
Gates terms. There is 3 great surplus OF
men searching for work, and it is held that
necess ,ty forced this action.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

CHINA has hundreds of thousands of
professional beggaTs, but not one Chinese
beggar, it is asserted, has yet been found
in the United States, even on the Pacific
coast.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

THERE is great demand for real estate
in severel o. the towns of Georgia, and
in some instances, it is reported, families
are compelled to board, being unable to
secure houses.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

THE attempt of the lime burners of
Calera, Ala, to form a syndicate has
failed. Lime will continue to be sold at
the lowest prices ever reached, fifty cents
a barrel
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

CoRMAoK, who was logged at Winni-
peg by ORDER of Attorney General Miller
for attempting to escape from custody, is
to be released after serving four of his
six months, service.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

THE ice at the entrance of Long Island
Sound is heavier than it has been since
the Winters of 1874 and 1875, when the
Sound was closed to navigation for three
or four days.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

ONO has thirty-five colleges and Mas
sachusetts only seven, and Ohio has161,-
302 volumes in her college libraries,
while Massachusetts has 3O8, l26.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

a FRENCH magazine has an article tell
ing how George Washington shot the ap-
pie off his sons head at command of the
ty rant. The scene is located near st.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

THERE are eighteen thousand veterans
going through the world on wooden legs
who lost their limbs in the United States
civil war.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

a WISCONSIN farmer recommends as a
re cure for potato bugs to Plant one or
two fax seeds in each hill of potatoes.
He says the bugs viii shun it every time,
and for ten years he has been successful
in growing potatoes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

THE common school system introduced
into Utah by the various religious de-
nominations is said to be slowly but
surely undermining the system of pOlyg-
amy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

A FARMER living near Schenectady, n.
Y, retired the other night in the best of
health and eyesight, but woke in the
morning stone blind.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

THERE will be three Quakers in the
next Congress. Although Friends are
not given to Office seeking their merits
have often pressed them into public ser
vice
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

LA1PBLACK is the principal adulter-
ant for rubber of which over-shoes are
made. The more lampblack in your
Overshoes the sooner you need another
pair
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

GERMAN research has shown that the
menowness Of old wine is due to an in
crease in its proportion of glycerine.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

EGGS packed in well-dried ashes and
so as not to touch each other have been
kept perfectly sweet for twelve months.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28

A New JERSEY town has fitted up the
town hall as a skating rink in order to
raise money to pay off its debt.