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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-06

May ga. j. Porter and wife to ID
Y. Bowman, 1876 acrcs in 10 dist; $400.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-06

last week and will remain some time to
recruit his health.
Republican, sth.
We understand the G~reeneyille Wooden
Mills will ruH day and night during the
summer season, beginning about MAY 1st.
A military company is being organized
in Greeneville. Already about forty
names have been enrolled.
The picnic on the Goth was a splendid
success. The weather wa fine, and ev-
erything was favorable. The streets were
crowded early in the morning, and by
the hour that was set for the parade there
was scarcely walking room on the streets.
The parade was a success. 1t was head
ed by the Greenevillc band with their
bran new uniforms. Their playing was
splendid, and considering the time they
have been practicing, they did remarka
bly, well. When the crowd assembled at
the Fair Grounds the exercise were op-
ened by prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Maupin,
after which an address of welcome was
made by Capt. j. NJ. Brabson, which was
very appropriate and was enthusiastically
received. The audience was then enter.
tanned by an address by Rev. Mr.. Maupin
which was a manly and able defense of
the /. o. o. F. Maj. Pettibone was next
called to the stand. He made a brief but
characteristic speech; after which dinner
was announced. In q very few minutes
the whole face OF the earth was covered
with the good things of the land in lavish
abundance. This was certainly q very
enjoyable part of the exercises. After the
repast the crowd re-assembled and was
entertained by addresses from Col.
Doughty and Rev. NJ. G. Price, in which
they both ably defended the order. We
hope the order may prosper and that its
good work may help TO rescue the world
from wickedness and crime. We are not
one of you, but we like to be one among
you.
News, May 4.
DR.. John p. Hammer, arrived in town
from Washington City this morning, He
has a furlough of 60 days, and will spend
the time on his old stamping ground.
Mr.. X. b. Ovcrman has moved his
music store 10 the Burson block, on the
south side of Main street, two doors
above Mrs. Frost, Bowler & Co. He has
fitted it up in elegant style.
Here and There.
"A Union Depot correspondent of the
johnson City Comet of the Goth ult. says
Robbers made a pretty good haul lately
at the residence of the late Jesse Allison
of the Goth district. 1t Is estimated that
, the articles stolen including money
+, would amount to $3.50, 900. An entrance
was made through a window in the base,
ment of the building, when the unlock
+ ing of a stair door gave access to the en-
s tire house, every room of which gav'
= evidence that the robbers made n thor
8 ough search for booty. Many believe
# that the family were chloroformed, a
none Of them had any knowledge of tn
robbery until they awoke the next morn
10 ing, after the usual hour Of rising. Tw,
n fierce dogs of the bull dog stocklwere o
the place. but if they gave the alarm non
ID of the family heard them.
* How many bald heads you Sc,
Work, worry, disease, dissipation. Thcs
in do it. Parker's Hair Balsam stops fal
ing hair and restores gloss and youthft
~ nnlnr ENcnniinnallv clnnn elpnnni
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-06

The judicial Convention-Heid At Jones'
boro.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

CIVIL ENGINEER ROBERT E. PERRY OF
the United States Navy has been granted
leave of absence for year for the purpose
of exploring the interior of Greenland.
DURING the first nine months of the pres
ent fiscal year, ending June 80, 1856, there
was an increase Of over $7,OO0,O00 IN the
revenue of the government as compared
with the corresponding period last year.
TIE people Of Keysport, N. j., are in
terrible state of excitement over the nor
rible butchery of the four Smith children
by their insane mother.
THE total exports of specie from this
nort during the week ending on the 24th
were 81 23o, ,4S3.
WILLIE WHITNEY, was shot three times
and killed by J. d. Wycke at ball at Har-
rison station, Miss, on the night OF the 80.
The murderer escaped.
THE Russian woman who was bitten by
mad wolf, and who had been under treat
ment by NJ. Pasteur for the prevention OF
hydrophobia, died on the oath.
FRANCE has written to Greece advising
her to disarm 1t is believed that Greece
will follow the advice.
3
on posts and used as sleeping quarters for
| laborers, toppled over on the 24th ana
caught fire from stove. The building con-
tanned thirty EIGHT Italians, six Of whom
were burned to death.
TIE total imports of merchandise at the
port of New York during the week ending
on the oath were valued at S5,645,5S2, and
for dry goods S2,369, ,0O3.
PRoF. Roscoe, the celebrated English
chemist, and four other British medical
scientists have arrived Paris to study
NJ. Pasteur's system of incubation
against hydrophobia.
Fort SMITH, ARK, was visited by most
terrific ail-storm, accompanied by hard
rain and very high wind, on the 26th
THE question of citizenship in the Cher
okee Nation is assuming serious aspect,
and the Legislature is urged to enact
measures which will settle the status OF
residents of the Nation.
UP to the 2Sth three breaks had occurred
| in the levees on the Arkansas side Of the
Mississippi river between Memphis and
Vicksburx, and two on the Mississippi
side.
Mrs. JAS. SMITH, who murdered her fouf
children on the oath, died at New York on
| the 27th from the effects Of poison taken
soon after the murder.
| THE House judiciary Committee on the
9th reported adversely the bill to pro.
bibit aliens from acquiring titles to OF
owning lands within the United States.
GEORGE GRAHAM, the wife murderer
was lynched at Springfield, Mo-, on the
9th.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01
The decrease in the visible wheat supply

The decrease in the visible wheat supply
of the United States and Canada for the
week ending April "a was ], 1854, ,232 bushels.
THE clerk of the House on the Goth pre-.
sented to the Senate bundle Of 213 pen
sion bills which had passed both houses
and been engrossed and signed by the
Speaker, and which required the signature
of the President Of the Senate, when thew
will go to President Cleveland for his ap-
proval and each become law.
THE calico ball at the Chinese Legation
in Washington on the night of the 26th for
the benefit of the Garfield hospital was a
financial as well as a social success.
Stewart castle, the residence of the Chi
nese Minister. was thronged with distin-
guished people. The ball lasted until af-
ter midnight. Mrs. Logan, president Of
the Ladies' Aid Society, received the
guests.
DISPATCHES received from San Diego,
Cal, announce the death at that place on
the 18th of Solomon Whitney, United States
District Judge for the Western District of
Michigan. He had been prominent citi-
zen of Grand Rapids for forty Ell ght
Years, and had been District Judge since
1874
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01
XlIXTH CONGRESS.

IN the Senate on the 21st a number of
private pension bills were passed; also a
bill to authorize the Secretary of War
to settle the claim of Rev. S. w. Marten,
Of St. Louis; also House bill to protect
homestead settlers within railway limits
......ln the House among the bills reported
from committees was one limiting the juFis-
diction of United States courts in pa tent
cases; also to erect monument over the
grave of General Daniel Morgan. In com
mittee of the whole the River and Harbor
bill was taken up.
In the Senate on the 22d bill contribut-
ing $4,000 for aiding in the erection of
National monument at Plymouth, Mass,
passed. The bill was reported to indem-
nifty the hinese for the Wyoming out
RACES. Sever Il bridge bills, already passed
by the House, were favorably reported.
After some debate on the Land Grant Tax
bill, the Inter State Commerce bill was
taken up and discussed. ...In the House the
Indian Appropriation bill was reported with
Senate amendments, and conference com
mittee appointed. Several bills of minor
Importance from the judiciary committee
were passed, after which the River and Har-
Dor bill was taken up in committee of the
whole.
THE Senate was not In session on the
2jd........In the House the committee of
the whole continuation of Thursdays ses-
son) considered the River and Harbor
bill for an hour. Fridays session then be-
gan with the reading of the President 8
message on the labor troubles Debate
ensued on the question of reference, which
finally ended by the message being sent
to the labor committee. The private calen
dar was then taken up in committee of the
whole.
IN the Senate On the G6th Mr.. Whitthorne,
the new Senator from Tennessee, was sworn
in. The bill relating to bonds Of brewers
passed. Mr.. Blair addressed the Senate at
length on the proposed constitutional
amendment prohibiting the manufacture or
sale of alcoholic liquors. Tie Inter State
Commerce bill was taken up and Messrs.
Van Wyck and Stanford made
speeches. The Post office ApprOpri-
alton bill was reported......In the House,
under the call OF States, many bills were in
troduced, among them For the admission
to the Union of the whole OF Dakota; to
create a board of arbitration and establish
q department of labor; to regulate inter
State com nerce; to amend the Pacific rail
road acts. The River and HarbOr bill was
taken up in committee of the whole and de-
hated ionpth.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01
DUTY BEFORE EVERYTHING.
\ Canadian Prison Warden Who Preferred
to Sacrifice His Own Life Rather Than
Save 1t and Allow His Wards to Escape.

Canadian Prison Warden Who Preferred
to Sacrifice His Own Life Rather Than
Save 1t and Allow His Wards to Escape.
MONTREAL, Can, April 26.-About one
thousand prisoners in st. Vincent de Paul
Penitentiary, not far from Montreal, re-
solted. The men were in gangs, and on
given signal each gang leaped upon
heir keepers, disarmed and then tied
hem. They procured crowoars, and at
irst endeayored to break down the walls.
Chief Warden La Violette tried to induce
them to desist and surrender, but they
bounced upon and tied him like the rest.
They moved forward to the walls,
which were guarded by dozen men with
rifles, and were ordered back. They
pressed forward with ladders, holding
Chief Warden La Violette before them as
target, and also using deputy wardens
Tor the same purpose. Chief Warden La
violette shouted to his men:
"Never mind me; fire away, If you kill
me-,
The guards, thus ordered, poured in
volley of rife balls upon the convicts.
The first man to ascend a ladder was
Convict Wan. When he had neared the
TOD of the ladder he was fred at and fell.
Convict Corriveau next sprapg up the
adder. hut was shot through the heart.
Chief Warden Id Violette was almost
iddled. He was shot through the wrist,
hot through the body, hit in the groin
md had his jaw almost shot away. Con-
lets Monday, Holton and Norman were
Ill badly wounded, and so were seven or
light others. Chartrand, a guard, was
hot through the leg, and several other
ruards were wounded.
The fight lasted for over an hour, and
he casualties must reach twenty-five, out
If which there will be three or four deaths
n addition to La Violette, for he will die
Not j prisoner escaped, as all fed TO
heir cells when tha!F ammunition gave
spt,
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01
BAD MARKSMAN.
The Nightly Shooting at East st. Louis,
But No One Hurt.

The nightly SnoOtInS at East ST. LOUIS,
But No One Hurt.
EAST ST. LOUIS, April 25.-About
twelve O'Clock last night the report Of a
pistol shot followed by five rife shots in
quick succession and after an interval Of
about ten seconds three more rife shots
were heard in the direction of the Louis
vile & Nashville yards. Great excitement
prevailed at headquarters, and General
Reece ordered out Company A, Captain
Able, of Rock Island, Sixth regiment,
who had retired for the night in the
coaches near the Relay Depot, to start at
once on the double-quick for the Louis
vile & Nashville yards. The battalion of
Battery A of Danville quickly got their
Calling gun in readiness, General Vance
with a guard of men were taken on a
fat car with a switch engine to the
Yards, but when they reached there all
was quiet. The shooting was occasioned
nv Sentinel Benbow, of Company ID,
Fifth Regiment, who, while patrolling the
Louisville & Nashville yards, and in front
of a box car, was nearly hit With big
rock which passed close to his head, and
he saw man looking under a car and
called on him to halt, but meeting with
no response, fred one shot at him. The
man returned the fire with volley OF
stones. The sentinel then fred two more
shots at him, The man started on run,
and other guards coming up fired several
shots at his retreating shadow. The maj
made hia escape, and as no tracks OF
blood were discovered On his trail he u
sVppossa ~ aaye gef away aAlnjassa'
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01
POWDERLY GETTING TIRED.
The General Master Workman Complains
of Being Misquoted and Made the Sub
ject of Bogus Interviews.


of Being Misquoted and Made the Sub
ject Of Bogus Interviews.
PHILADELPHIA, April 25. - General
Master Workman Powderly was to-day
asked what he thought Of the situation in
the West. He said;
81 am not prepared to make any state
ment. The papers have published all 1
have to say about it and much that | have
not said. have been credited with many
interviews never held. Yes, it has been
charged that Mr.. Irons was working in
the interest of the gamblers, but | place
no belief in the assertion. You must
not ask me to express my opinion of the
merits of the strike. have been SO fire.
quently misstated that prefer to say moth
ing about it. So far as my dealings with
Jay Gould are concerned, he not only
deceived me, but he deceived all Wall
street / never used such language
toward him as have been credited with;
nor did ever claim victory or state, as
a New York paper credited me with
doing, that he was ssquelched.' Such re-
ports have done me and the cause rep
resent great harm, and are very unjust.
The reports that / have stated that |
would not be gubernatorial candidate is
true. have frequently said | would not,
and I will nOto
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

OoNGRESs has been in session nearly
n'S months, yet more than half the num-
!" general appropriation bills remain
:. "'''''ea upon by the House, in which body
N lucy must originate. The Consular and
n,ronatlc and Military Academy bills
.r s'V 'ne general appropriation bills now on
the calendar.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

o.-i.-, -nt statement is current that the great
,ri ,@b.'a'lstS of the country, including all the
tl"Tipal railroad corporations. have en-
na.., " combination whose avowed pur-
r.h r3ss . 10 antaSonize the Knights of Labor
alereyer :. that organization makes a show
vested capital. ''- -
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

Tuv Canadian Government has reduced
,ba canal tolls on grain shipped through
n Montreal to two cents per ton.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

GREAT damage has been done to light
houses along the St. Lawrence In Canada
bv ice-iams and floods.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

soaacl ah city ministers of Cleveland, O.,
rbn., prep oy Bishop Bedell of the Episcopal
dar 'u' are preparing to boycott the Sun
cni. ',ular newspapers. Confidential cir
anal HIFe been issued to clergymen, and
!, an5 naTe been urged to join the movement
pnlni. av"oonee Sunday papers from their
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

The labor investigating committee
rlosed its sitting in Washington on the
o9d and the members intended to leave
for st. Louis on the 9th.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

INDEPENDENT coke manufacturers, op-
peratlng nearly eight hundred ovens in
'ne MeConnelsville region in Pennsvl-
'anla and employing 5000 men, have fol-
iO"ed the example af the coke syndicate
anu advanced wages from five to ten per
cent, to take effect Mav1.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

A1oyAL1sr meeting was held at Glas-
cow on the 24th, and the usual collisions
took place between Catholics and Orange
men.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01
News from Everywhere.

Iris not thought probable that Congress
uiIl be able to adjourn before the lst OF
August.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

IT is reported that ex-President Arthur
is rapidly convalescing, and that he is
very much better than at any time since
the commencement of his indisposition.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

THERE were 1874 failures in the United
States and Canada during the seven days
ended the Esd, compared with 1S2 the pre-
ceding week and 2l5 the week previous to
that
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

The visible supply of wheat in the United
States and Canada, with the quantity
aloat for Europe, on the 23d amounted to
@'T'S'iS3 bushels, against "A, $50, ,9Sl bushels
one year ago, and of corn 49, 235 ,026 BUSH
es' against 1882 ,l95 bushels last year.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

SECRETARY MANNING continues to i'm
prove daily. He left his room on the 25th
and walked down stairs. His physicians
expected that he would be able to take g
drive in a few days.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

SENIOR ELNoRE, who has represented the
Government of Peru at Washington for the
past five years, has been recalled, and will
take official leave of the President this
week
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

STATE PRISON KEEPER LAvERTY of New
Jersey was found guilty Of one of the
charges against him, and he has been dis
missed from office and disqualified from
holding any office of honor, trust or profit
In the State hereafter.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

Mrs. HENRY AGNEw was arrested in
Philadelphia on the 21st on a charge of
arson, her residence, in which the furn-
ture wa heavily insured, being recently
discovered on fire ten times within four
hours
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

THE ignorant Galicia peasantry are dam
gerously excited over rumor that the
government intends to restore the forced
labor laws and that the aristocrats are
organizing to massacre the Polish peas
orte
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

CHARGES have been filed with the Attor-
ney-General at Washington that the fee
bills presented by District Attorney Bliss
in the Lindsay case are illegal, and the
matter has been taken under consideration.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

The first nin. 1''oiS OF Internal revenue for
ending Inv months M of the fiscal wear
From sniri rlie 90, 1886, were as follows.
SO,lai sis. sp,.its' Is s5o5sl,795; from tobacco
$3.50; +, M lr0m fermented liquors. sls- :
sFease of ~ g., 'o.a' o of sA,57l 252, or an in
The oogrssno'g'tt,'O' e'gt'O'S oyer the COLLECTIONS for
y%s, '"sa'ns period OF the lass ,iseaI
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

birth Of - = fourth anniversary of the
sttba " GENERAL Grant will be celebrated
Church il NJ vpoiltan Methodist Episcopal
Ing, Anrn II " ashlngton on Tuesday even
Preside - Chief-Justice Waite will
Senators 1nu n addresses will be made bv
Evarts, snd d1rown, Sherman, Logan. and
tlenen. A 'ii0hy other distinguished gen.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

Minis YEN WoN, the new Chinese
hrtov s.er and his suite, arrived in Wash
iser ~ :" Tue night of the 22d. The min
BY tba 'u a' MS party were met at the depot
oftba, eurlng minister and the attaches
enbsSs,s sauoh and Were escorted to the
ninistS IN carriages, after which the ex-
tel. N MS suite returned to the ho-
Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-01

aoo1 toIlecs list of the victims of the
\ \ M. a. East Lee, Mass, is as follows: A.
sga5 ''e' aged forty eight; Mrs. White,
len. U' ~, y seven; Ida May White, aged
Dow5' ',,ge y l. White, aged eight; Simon
Kin, Mrs L. King and Mrs. Charles
Ebsa, he bodies of Mr.. Dowd and Ida
lag not been found ND to the DIST
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-22
That Fast Train.

CHICAGO, July Observation-Disclosures
of lines between Chicago and Council
Bluffs met yesterday to consider the re-
quest of the Union Pacific that they
should cooperate in putting on a fast
limited express between Chicago and
San Francisco and shorten the time
between the two points. They decided
that they would make no change for
the present IS it would interfere with
their local traffic and business did not
warrant special train. 1t is probable
that the Union Pacific will postpone
carrying out its plan until September
next, when affairs with western roads
are not in such an unsettled condition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-22
THE FIENDS' TRIAL.
Progress of the Case Against
the Anarchists.
SOME STRAIGHT TESTIMONY
That Should Contribute TaArd
Giving All the ! uman Butd
Dance in the Air.
The Anarchists Trial.

CHICAGO. July 21.-Upon opening tn,
court in the Anarchists trial, William
seiiger, who is regarded as the principa
witness for the State, was placed on the
stand. He testified that be lived il
Sedgwick Street. and that Lingg, one o.
the defendants, had boarded with him
On Monday night before the massacre
witness ATTENDED a meeting of the Car
penters' Union at Zeopf's Hall. There
copies of the revenge circular were dis
trIbuted. On Tuesday, at Lingg's re.
quest, witness worked all the morning
with Lingg and three others loading
or fifty of them. Lingg urged
them TO work diligently, and
said the bombs would be taken
away that day. Llngg told him every
workingman should have dynamite
and know how to use il. There was
going to be agitation and all working
men ought to learn the use of dynamite.
He said the bombs they were making
would be good fodder" for the capital
lists ana the police. The bombs were to
be used that night, Lingg said. When
the bombs were finished they carried
them to Nef's Hall, where they were
well distributed.
From Neff's Hall witness and Lingg
went over to the Larabee Street polic-
station. There was to be disturbance
made ON the North Side that was ar
ranged previously. Another disturb
ance was to be made on the West Side,
and one more on the North Side to pre-
vent the police m lssing at any one
point.
Tell what conversation you had
with Lingg that night when you left
Neff Hall2"
He said disturbance ought TO be
made everywhere on the North Side to
prevent the police from going over TO
the West Side
What did Lingg say on going over
TO the Larabee Street station2"
HE said il would be beautiful thing
to throw a couple of bombs into the
police station. Two tofficers were sit
ting in front of the station; Lingg said
they could not do much, and that If the
others ran out we could shoot them
down. The patrol wagon came up.
Lingg said he was going TO throw the
bomb; that was the best opportunity.
said that was not a good time; that
{ would be without effect. He then
wildly excited; he wanted me
% give him some fire. / was
smoking a cigar, and went into
he hall and struck a match
IS if was going to give
I to him. The patrol wagon was
coming by; it passed US before he got |
he match, when he wanted to follow !
he wagon. He thought there was
.rouble on the West Side, and wanted to |
90 where it was. persuaded him not |
% go; we got to the horse a little be-
ore IL O'Clock. He asked me if l had |
ieen a notice in the paper that armed |
men were going to hold a meeting on |
he West Side. / said no. He showed |
ne the ArJiter Zeitung; he showed me 1
he word "Ruhe," and said that meant 1
here was to be meeting on the West
nd; that everything was to be turned |
Upside down, and that there was to be
rouble. Witness gave in detail their
movements that night, and the inside
history of the Anarchist society. He
Tas closely examined, but his testimony
Tas mistaken.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-22
Killed by Thieves

LITTLE Rock, Ark, July 21.-James
c. Cook and Frederick Gerharty, liv-
inc in Montgomery County, were shot
and killed by horse thieves on Monday
night who were in the act OF stealing
a farmers horses. The thieves, seven
in number, escaped and are still al
large. A posse is now in pursuit OF
them.