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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-01
A MAN AND A BROTHER
A True Story Of the Gallant Act
of a Fcttored Prisoner.

The chief told tNc story. lie said It
was tr,c; AMI whatever e.s1 M ght BE-
said Of him, no one had ever accused
him of telling falsehoo | wilfally in
his life. A r;g'd d Seiplinariau. ana
something of a martinez in the service
of the great trading company at who*
head he stood in America, in his OWL
house he was simply the perfect host.
the most courteous aud the most hos.
pitable of men. When his subordinate
officers came from the interior TO the
capital, his reside lcc was their natura
resort Of i'm evening wion tht business
of the day was done. Twice ] heard
him tell the story that am about te
narratc here, each Tins with the same
words and with the same gestures. J
believe it to be true, and when he said
lie witnessed the incident which i, the
center of it, have no doubt whatever
but thai he did sec IT, 1t is II slory
finely touched with that human interest
which appeals 10 all hearts. | have
never thought OF it without cling tha'
there isa grandeur and AZ dignity in life
that 80 far to counterbalauce its too ap-
parent mcannesscs and lis too evident
sins.
The story itself takes us back dozen
years or more, 10 somewhere about
1870, when the Northwestern States and
provinces were in the first dawn of this
day of that amazing vigor which ha;
surprised and astonished the world
Chicago, standing on the eastern edg'
of this vast territory, had not ye. tri
umphantly emerged from its baptism o
fire. The smoke OF Milwaukee, hung
like cloud over the western shores o
Lake Michigan. st. Paul and Mime
apolis. young twin giants OF lust,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-01
InAanlmatory rheumatism.

have been afflicted for nearly four
teen years with the severest form of
infiammatory rheumatism. For a
large portion of the time was coniin-
cd TO bed, and suffered the most ex-
cruciating pain, my legs badly swol-
len. My case was thought incurable
by the physicians, and l have often
hoped that death would ensuo and
relieve me of pain, Last month l
secured, at the suggestion of friend,
one dozen bottles of Swift's Specific,
and after using about six bottles I
am entirely free from pain, the first
time in nearly fourteen years. My
joints are becoming more supple and
the swelling gone. l am ready TO
answer any inquiries as TO the fact
in the case.
Cabot, Ark, April 10, 'S4.
q. w. ST. CLAIR.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer g.
Atlanta Ga.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-01
A Cockroaoh has 300 Teeth.

This seems great many; but we
must remember that the cockroacll
eats a little of everything he picks up,
and has need of a tremendous diges.
tive apparatus. Our digestive APP
paratus is altogether different
First we chew our food with the teeth
then send it to the stomach to be dis.
posed of. If the stomach is not in per.
feet working order, take Brown:
Iron Bitters and make it do its work
properly. Mrs. Sophia Torbert
Georgeton, Del, says, 81 used Browne
Iron Bitters for dyspepsia ; it greatly
improved my digestion"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-01

our pipes and take a smoke, still Mr..
AndersOn's under jaw is striking at
his upper jaw. We get uneasy and
suggest that we will have breakfast
Still he holds his place and trout af-
ter trout disappears until finally they
all are gone. lie wipes his mouth and
for the first time for an hour
speaks. ''lf those fish had not
been so salty they would have done
pretty we'll"
We had heard him tell before that
he could hide some trout, but we
doubted his ability TO achieve the
fl at he formed ON this occasion.
The matter inspired our poet 81
much that he composed the following
lines:
We all had our doubts,
As TO the amount OF trouts,
To say nothing Of bread he eats,
But are fully satisfied now
That he can discount n COW,
And Is holcr lear down to his feet.
THURSDAY, APRIL %.
Up and at it hy daylight. get
breakfast. Buck rcnews his fuss with
the mill hog9, Mr.. Anderson is still
alive to our surprise.
IL looks like rain. We all get TO
business. | 90 above the dam some
hundred yards select a fine minnow
and set out a hook, then 20 back be-
low the dam and try fur black perch
In about two hours | visit the hook
above to find my minnow had come
up in thee inches of the top and To
the bank and had hid himself in a
hole. / move him fifty yards down
the river and set him out again and
returned and found him at the edge
Of the water again, so | set him free
aud selected one not so wise.
Mr. Hopper landed and strung the
largest trout yet lie strung him but
after an hour or 50 he discovered
that lie had got away. We all SYM
pathized with him but it did no
good. So our poet composed these
lines on the circumstance
Our Mr. Hopper landed him a whopper,
That would measure twenty inches to the tip,
'u' ne le' nm gee away, .ne soli sallle way,
Hu" 1t "e''"'''u i'o''' ''' p,'"'"'eT y, "'' "'p'
II rains al uark all" VIC all get 10
ocu carly
FRIDAY APRIL "a.
I,is s,;u ro,,;rn nis mor,,;,o
Cl.ors nm abolII nine. Our tent leak.
cd OH US last night. wake up about
two and find my blanket wet, 90 to
sleep until day. The river rises three
or four feet.
We do no good to day.
cross over to the mill. The miller
has customer. lie places his grisl
in the hopper, (llot our MIR. Hopper,
but the mill hopper grinds about
half and gets to relating to his Gus
toner the circumstances of the killing
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-01
Fifty Thousand a Year.

To be sure. You've "only got a
cold "only cough" BE all over
it in II few days" "Don't worry about
me-" Well, we won't. But $4,000
people die every year in the United
States from consumption. And every
soul of them began in that way. Bet
ter stop it noW with Parker's Tonic.
This remedy will eXpel the cold at
once. mayl-lm
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-01
OBITUARY.

Willie, son of Mr.. w. L. jenkins, of
Roaring Spring. died OF pneumonia,
April 22nd, 1885. lie was a good
bright boy of twelve years, the idol
of his home, and beloved by all who
knew him. A short while before his
death, he awoke from doze and told
his father that he dreamed he and a
schoolmatc were rowing on a river
Ere the lapse Of many moments little
Willie crossed the river Ofdeath and
though seemingly alone, we are sure
that Christ was with him.
Father your son has gone above,
To dwell with God, in peace and love.
G.,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-01

The life of quadrupeds generally
reaches its extreme limit when the
molar teeth are worn down. Those OF
the sheep last about fifteen years, OF the
OK twenty, of the horse forty, and OF
the elephant one hundred. Many in
ferior species die as soon they havo
laid their eggs, just as herbs perish os
soon as they have lowered.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-01
The Mirror

is no hattcrer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale2
Magnolia Balm is the charm
eF that almost cheats the
looking-glass,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
ACCIDENTS,

ELEVEN miners have persisted In a
snow slide in Romestake Noun tain,
Colorado.
DIPHTHERIA Of a malignant type is
epidemic in Greenwood township, rear
Hllsboro, Ill.
a TORNADO at Pleasant Hill, No,
Wednesday night wrecked houses, blew
thirtheen freight cars off the track,
badly wounding three men who Gccu-
pied the caboose, and killing q number
of hogs with which some Of the cars
were loaded. A child was killed at
Holden, and property in the vicinity
suffered severely.
u. c. O'DonaId, clerk employed by
the Illinois Central Roaa in Clinton,
Ill, died from the effect of chloroform.
He had been suffering intensely from
rheumatism of the heart, and Tuesday
night before retiring, he thoroughly
saturated handkerchief with chloro-
form, and, placing it over his face,
went TO sleep and never awakened.
THE most disastrous flood known
there in fifty years is reported in the
Canadian province of New Brunswick.
The village of Randolph, n. Y, has
lost sixteen buildings by fire. At Ash
Fork Station, in Arizona Territory,
Mine buildings ware consumed Satur-
day, and confagration has wiped
out number Of business houses and
many other buildings Ia Strathroy
Canada.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
'I'EIlEGRA}' PHI.
GENERAL NOTES.

THE Belgian Chamber of Deputies has
passed a bill increasing duties on
foreign sugar per cent.
The population OF Dubuque Iowa,
according to the state census, is 26,330,
a gain of 1000 since 1880.
Hon. HUGH G. CHILpERs, England
Chancellor of the ExcheQuer, IN pre-
senting the budget to Parliament Thurs
| day, reporting an increase Of 3 pence III
the income tax and an increase of the
! duty on tea and beer.
Miss ENDICOT, the daughter Of the
| Secretary of War, is said to be the pref
test girl that the new administration
has brought to Washington.
| UNITED STATES Senator STANFORD at
tributes the Improvement in General
| Grants Cancero us affiiction to the use
! of clover tea, which was suggested by
q large number of letter writer's.
JUDGE ASA FOWLER, formerly law
partner of ex.President Pierce, at Con-
cord, n. H., died in California On Sun
day, He was "A yaars old, and was
graduated from Dartmouth IN 1888.
MAJOR GEORGE n. STERNBURG, of the
army, has been designated by the Prssi-
dent to represent the United States at
the sanitary conference to be held at
Rome on the 18th Of next month.
THE governor OF New York has ap-
proved the bill that recently passed the
legislature reserving the American side
Of the Niagara Falls locality as state
park, to be under the supervision of d
state board Of commissioners. It is
understood that Canada will take sinil-
ar and reciprocal action in regard to the
Canadian side Of the falls.
The United States naval commander,
who, with 8 force of 500 marines, took
possession Of Panama last week. has re-
linquished the city TO tile revolutionist
leader, on his promise of protecting the
interests OF American citizens there.
At last accounts Columbian Govern
naent troops were expected at Panama
TO attack the revolutionary forces in
possession Of the town, and a battle
was anticipated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
FOREIGN.

SINCE the opening Of the AngIo-Rus-
sian war controversy the price of wheat
in England has advanced 4 shilIings
per quarter about dollar on eight
bushels
MEASLES has carried off $50 children
in New York City since January /.
Pneumonia also continues to claim
many victims, especially among elderly
people, in New Yerk and Boston.
ABsENTEEISM continues to dera oraIize
the sessions of the Illinois Legislature.
Under the feeling that the members
might as well be at New Orleans as at
Springfield, as far as any effective use
fitness is concerned, it is probably that
a majority will leave for the Worlds
Exposition to be gone a week.
THE port Of Vladivostock, in Siberia,
near the confines OF China, has been
closed to commerce. - The Russian
naval authorities have so disposed tor
pedoes that only narrow channel re-
mains fol- the entry and exit of their
own war ships
THE Independence Belge's st. Peters
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
FROM THE CAPITAL.

GEN. SHERIDAN expects TO leave
Washington in q few days on an in
spection tour Of the military posts OF
the west. BY the way, it is denied that
there is q misunderstanding between
the general and the secretary of war.
WARREN GREEN Of Kentucky, the new
United States consul general for Kan
agawa, Japan, is q son of DR.. Narvin
Green, president Of the Western Union
Telegraph Co. He Is about 40 years of
age, and is now president of the Louis
vile Board Of Trade.
Col. ROBERT E. WITHERs, Of Virginia,
who succeeds Gen. Mo8by as United
States consul at Hong Kong, is 6 years
of age, a physician by profession and
practice until Virginia passed the or
dinance of secession, when he entered
the Confederate army as major. He
was soon promoted to be colonel, and
served in the field until disabled by nu-
merOus wounds. After the war he
edited the LyncLburg News, was elect
ed lieut.. governor in 1875. He served
in the senate until 1881.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07

burg correspondent reiterates the state
ment that t.ere has been a fresh en-
eageznent between the Afghans and
Russians; and that the latter were re-
pnIsed. He asserts that the report has
been officially confirmed.
MAJOR GEN. FREDERICK D. MIDDLE
TON, who is in command Of the Canadian
forces operating against the rebel half
breeds and Indians, is the third son of
the late Major General Charles Middle
ton of the English army. He was edu.
Gated at the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst, Eng, and obtained the first
commission as Ensign on December 80,
1912.
THE Journal also says: 1T IS no
wonder that the British Cabinet sum-
moued home MFR. Stephen, attached to
tho British Afsan Boundary Comnlis-
sion, to reconcile the statements in
Gen. Lumsden's four contrary reports.
VIII is see clearer after his testimony ?
We hope so, in the interest Of truth and
for the appeasment which must fo;-
low.
1T is reported that French fleet has
been ordered to rendezvous at the
Piraens, Greece, and there await fur
ther orders. This action is taken in
reference to a naval demonstration be-
fore Alex3ndria in the event of Egvpt
refusing to accede to the demand of
France regarding the rehabilitation OF
the Bosphare Egyptlen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
CRIME.

WILLIAM FOSTER, a farmer near Por-
tage, Wis. hanged himself in a barn.
He was IS years of age.
JOSEPH ECKARB, a butcher OF Terre
| Haute, Ind, who disappeared seven
weeks ago, was found drowned We'd
nesday.
THOMAS @. CAMPBELL, the Cincinnati
lawyer accused Of bribing jurors in the
case which provoked the riot of a year
ago, was acquitted of the charge Mon
day. In . previous trial the jury dis
agreed.
EUGENE A. CRAFT, travelling sales
man for McCUne, Smithop 6 Co.
wholesale grOCers at Indianapolis, was
arrested Wednesday, charged with ena-
bezzling the FIRMS fumes s.
ANOTHER social sensation was caused
Thursday at Baltimore By the fling Of
q bill for divorce by Mrs. S8lie V.
Thompson daughter of Mr.. Richard
Hardesty) against her husband, Char
les R. Thompson, on the ground of
adultry.
w. r. Smith, charged with stealing
! $24 800 while q clerk in the Virginia
State Auditors office, at Richmond
has been found guilty and sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary.
THE apprehended collision between
| the striking quarrymen and the militia,
| at Joliet, did not occur, and there is a
| prospect that the wOTkmen will aban-
| don the strike.
AN old feud between the TomIingon
and Bridges families, living at Indian
| ap0iis, broke out afresh Monday, Perry
Tomlinson fatally shooting John
Bridges. The murderer is in jail.
A WEALTHY old lady of Erie, Pa,
named Mrs. George E. Marley has been
vic3imized by sharper who pretended
to sell her the secret Of perpetual
! youth, The fellow got away with q bag
of gold and some jewelry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
TRAINS in COLLISION.
Terrible Crash on the IRON
Mountain Road, a Few Miles
from st. Louis.
Ten Men Killed and ShOckingIy
Mangled, and a Number of
Others Wounded.
DEATH ON TIE RAIL..

ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, April .28.-A rumor
reached this city this afternoon that a
frightful wreck had occurred on the
Iron Mountain Railroad, but owing
to the rehcence of. the railroad officials
was 8, difficult matter to obtain con-
frmatlen OF the report The action
of the coHpany's reprGsen tatives led
to the belief that the affair was q
serious one, which proved to be cor
rect. a special train bearing a mum
Der Of Pennsylvania and Missouri
Pacific officials left here This after
noon. via the Iron Mountain, on a
tour Of the Texas and Pacific Rail-
road. When sone distance below
Jefferson Barracks the train collided
with an up-bound train from Nom
tesano Springs and g tragedy was the
result.
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
TIE special train consisted of bag
gage car, Pullman sleeper, and two
directors cars, AID both trains were
running pretty fast and came to-
getber on a sharp carve under q high
cliff on the river bank The crash
was terrific, and completely wrecked
both locomotives, but neither train
was injured much. Both engineers
reversed, and applied the air brakes,
but there was no time to save them
selves, and they and their firemen
went into the wreck with their en-
gines.
William Stevenson, engineer Of the
special, received q conclusion Of the
spine, and was injured internally.
His fireman, Louis Christ, had both
legs taken Off, his chest crushed in,
and was killed.
John McGovern, engineer of the
Montesano train, was thrown into the
river, and was not hurt, and his fire.
man received only slight injury.
Philip Toland, nephew of General
Wistar, of the Texas and Pacific
Road, and connected with the locomo-
tive department of the Pennsylvania
Railway, was riding on the engine of
the special, and was frighfully
mangled. one leg being taken off, and
his chest crushed in, killing him in
stantly.
The other members Of the party
were IN the rear car ana were SOme>
what shaken up. but the most serious
Injuries were to ex Governor Brown,
General Solicitor Of the Missouri
Pacific, who had one shoulder dislo>
Gated, and General Wister, who was
slightly hurt about the head.
Medical aid was summoned as
speedily as possible, and all were
brought to this city. Engineer
Stevenson was taken to the railroad
hospital, and Governor Brown and
General Wister are at the Southern
Hotel. The body Of Mr. ToIand has
been placed in charge of an under
taker, and that Of Christ, the fireman,
was left at Carondel9t.
The special train had the right of
way, but owing to misunderstood
ing of the train dispatcher, Mr.. Burns
the Montesano train. No z, was not
ordered TO wait until the special had
passed.
An inquest on the body of Mr.. To
land was held this evening, and Burns
was declared responsible for his death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07

THE Jerseyites find porpoise fishing
SO profitable that it is likely to be-
come one of the chief industries on
the Jersey coast. At first the fish
were caught for the skin and blubber
alone, the carcasses being thrown
away or merely used as fertilizers.
From the blubber is extracted a very
fine oil, while the skin makes super
Tor quality of leather. 1t has lately
been ascertained that the flesh is
savory TO the taste and popular as an
article of food. The juicy red meat,
which is taken from beneath a layer
of fat next to the skin, is pronounced
by epicures to be more palateable
than any porterhouse steak ever cook
ed. In appearance it resembles beef
but is more solid and finer grain, and
very tender.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07

ertlons are being made to place the
colony of Victoria IN state of Sc
cu1ity against attacks BIZ Russian
cruisers Ia case of war. Popular en-
thusiasm In the matter has been
thoroughly aroused.
Military and neutrality-suspicious. are
IN high state OF efficiency. Large
meetings have been had, In which
there were demonstrations of the
loyalty of the colony to the British
government, and a strong feeling of
confidence prevails. A part Of Me-
bourne is considered to be impregna-
Die, New rules have been issued
regulating the lights Ia lighthouses
and the plotting of in. coming vessels.
PERMANENT GARRIsoNs ESTABLISHED
LONDON, May Russian military
authorities have established uerma~
nent garrisons at Krasnovodski. Ask
abad and Chickistar.
RUSSIA DISPOSED TO ENGLAND's LAST
PROPOSAL.
LONDON, May There is 8 SLIGHT
relaxation Of the tension of relations
between England and Russia. Russia
appears TO be disposed to entertain
England's latest proposals to submit
to the arbitration Of one of the crown
ed heads of Europe the question
whether the convention of March 18th
was to be received by Russia. 1t is
believed that the king of Denmark
will be selected as arbitrator in the
event of the mediation being accepts
ed.
THEY DON WANT TO CHARTER
STEAMERS FOR RUSSIAN PORTS.
NEW CASTLE, May 1.-The directors
of the largest steamship insurance
clubs advise the members not to
charter steamers for Russian ports
during the war.
MONTREAL GARRISON ORDERED OUT.
MONTREAL May 1.-The Montreal
garrison and artillery has been order
ed out for service at the front. The
battalion numbers six companies or
batteries.
MORE TORPEDO BOATS.
LONDON, May 1.-The dockyard
authorities at Sheerness have been Or
dered to furnish Immediately % tor
peGo boats
SHIPS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER.
LONDON, May IA telegram from
St. Petersburg to-day states that the
Russian government has forbidden
the entry of ships into port Crons
Stadt.
COUNTER PROPOSALS.
PARIS, May, LIT is rumored that
Russia made counter proposals to
England and that England will prob
ably accept them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07

The gardener of the John Hopkins
estate in Baltimore county, Maryland,
has cultivated figs for the past twenty
five years with success, having never
failed to secure 8 crop. He gives the
method Of treatment as follows: From
the 10th to the goth OF November we
dig trench around the bushes, cut
ting away about half the roots they
have made the late season, when the
bushes are growing vigorously, and
less when they are not SO robust,
bending down the branches to the
ground in the form of a cross and
covering them with earth from the
trenches from three to four inches in
thickness, and in spring uncovering
them from the LIST to the 10th of April.
They bear fruit abundantly, ripening
about the list of July, and continuing
to bear until November, and later if
not DESTROYED by frost. s Z
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07

THE information may not be con
tanned in works on natural history,
but it is asserted that the giraff can SO
closely initiate nature that the most
practiced eye has failed to distinguish
the animal from one Of the dead and
blasted trees which abound in It's
haunts. Lions have been knowa to
gaze long and earnestly at a motion
less girafee, and, being unable to de-
eide that it was not tree, to trrn and
skull away.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07

AN ordinary woman's waist is thirty
inches around. An ordinary mans
arm is about thirty inches long, How
admirable are thy works, O nature!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07

CINCINNATI stands forth among the
publishing centers Of the country, her
annual product Of books and papers
amounting in value to more than S.,
900 400
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07

A SMALL speckled trout having been
found in the mIlk of Philadelphia
milkman, he has raised the price Of
his milk to 40 cents q pound.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07

THE floral Offering Of Qeen Victor
ia at the obsqaies Of President
Garfield is to be preserved ia a hand
somely-carved oaken frame presented
by The Cleveland Sons of ST. George.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07

PATIENCE has q limit. 4 French
tailor recently committed suicide
after paying forty-six unsuccessful
dunning visits TO single creditor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07

HOOD RIVER, Oregon, claims to
produce the most luscious peaches IN
the west, and will have an abundant
crop Of them this year.