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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-21
Z VERY EXPLICIT.
What . Woman Considers . Clear State.
ment Of Grievances.

Whist . Woman Considers . Clear State
mont Of Grievances.
Lawyers and doctors must acquire tn.
virtue of patience as part of their ed
ucation. The man who states his case
clearly and concisely is rare; the woman
who does 50 is rarer still. A woman
recently called on a Western lawyer fol-
the purpose of having him enter suit
against one of her neighbors for dam.
ages done by COW. Tell me the ex-
act facts in the case" said the LAWYER.
"Well. won't tell anything else, -
said the woman. positively. 'Iwouldn't Z
tell a lie to anybody. Lying don't run
in our family"
"Who did you say owned this cow?''
"Mrs. Hunter; and her and me has
been neighbOrs for nine years. and a
better neighbor wouldn't wish to have,
until this old COW of hers kicked up this
fuss. 1 amt any hard feelings agin
Mrs.
"What did the COW do?"
swell, I'll tell you. She's a mean
old COW. and it's been a wonder to
ev'rybody that Mrs. Hunter has kept
her 50 long. I've often said as much
to Mrs. Hunters very face. for aint a
person to talk behind backs. 1t don't
run in"-
Eyes, yes. but what did the COW do?"
swell, she's one of them hooky kind
of cows, and there amt any fence she
won't try to jump. Why, I've seen
that old COW knock down a ten-rail
fence, and one time, two years ago.
Tell me as concisely as you can
exactly how she damaged your prop.
erty."
..Well, you see, I've got some damson
plum-trees in my back yard, and it's
many and many a mess Of the best of
them plums I've carried over to Mrs.
Hunter"
81 don't want you to say any thing
about her. Stick to the cow"
"OI. that COW! II I had a COW like
that, d.
Ibid the COW get into your back
yard?"
.Did she? If it was only once she'd
been there I'd never open my mouth
about it; and I've told Mrs. Hunter
time and again.
''Does Mrs. Hunter refuse to pay
damages?"
LA me! She got mad at the mere
mention Of the COW. Iwent over yes
terday to take back her basque pattern.
You see"-
Ibid the COW jump over your fence?"
Jump over it! She just put her
horns right through it HTd had a
->:l - hot -otopS
"And did she ruin any Of the trees!"
"She broke one clear down. But il
I'd had the broom or any thing else
handy. But there, don't know.
After all. plum tree ain't much, is it,"
..No, it is not"
.And Mrs. Hunters been a good
neighbor so long! When my little
Henry had lung fever"
"Do you want to bring suit?"
81 don't hardly know.
After taking full hour Of the busy
lawyers time, she concluded that she
would let the matter drop Youth:
C0napdni0n.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-21
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS,
IN THE HEART.

You ask where Is youths fountain,
In what far distant lands
Are its sparkling waters flowing
Ger shining golden sands?
It's not where eastern rivers
Flow downward to the main,
In that bright land OF sunshine
You seek it all IN vain.
sTis not in the sunny southland
Meath fragrant orange groves,
Nor Jet in the shadowy solitudes
The northern wild bird loves.
lis In the heart, my child. where dwelh
Honor, and love, and truth:
There, in perpetual freshness,
Flows the beautiful fountain Of youth.
-Bessie q. Hart, in TrcdsuTc TrorG
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-21
-..Well exclaimed Mrs. Snagps

-"Well," exclaimed Mrs. Snaggs, 81
think it is . perfect shame the way the
Government discourages literature.
..Ah" replied Snaggs; "what has il
done now?" ''Why, . man in New
jersey has been fined $3.50 for book
making. Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-21

Country parson (who, in his poor
old Pensioners last illness. had chari-
tably sent him can of mix every day
from the vicarage)-"W,'l, Il, Mrs. Pow
ley, and how have you oeen since your
sad loss?" Widow-"Yes, sir poor
Izaak!-he's gone! But afore he went,
sir, he left the quart o milk to come to
me daily, poor dearn-Punch
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-21

Washington dispatches say that
most of the one million dollars neces-
sary for the endowment of the new Ro-
man Catholic University has already
been subscribed, and that ground will
be broken for the erection Of buildings
next spring.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-21

The best honey plant, says a New
York apiarist. il the Wild red rasP-
bsu%
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17

THE dignifed and strong speech of Senator
Harrison properly closed with the simple but
eloquent statement of the facts in one of Presi-
dent Cleveland's hppant and brutal pension
vetoes. The facts are enough to stir the indig-
nation of any one who has patriotic blood in
his veins The man who thinks the indis-
criminate and sneering vetoes of President
Cleveland will not be rebuked by the people
puts too low an estimate upon the loyalty and
honor of great nation
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17
At Tolono and Savoy. III.

ToLoNo Ill, Sept ia terrific cyclone
swept over this place at o'clock this afternoon.
The storm-clou came up from the southwest.
and approached so rapidly that before any one
expected it, it burst in all its fury. The steepls
on the Catholic Church had been undergoing re-
pairs, and the men, working 100 feet above the
ground, had hardly time to descend when the
scafold was caught up by the wind,
and crushed into kindling- wood the
fragments being scattered about for more
than one hundred rods The storm carried
away the east end Of News livery stable and
part of the roof. Some of tho timbers from this
building were carried an entire block and hurled
through the side Of the Herald Office, three hun
dred feet away.
At Savoy, small station FIVE miles north of
here, the new NJ T. Church, which was just be-
ing completed, was totally demolished and a
large barn vas completely wrecked The extent
of the loss cannot be ascsrtained to night, on ac-
count of the continued rain. but the damage
must be very great all through the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17
Severe Gale at Michigan CITY.

MICHIGAN Cry, Ind, Sept ia rain and
wind-storm which for severity has never been
known here before, swept over the lake and city
this morning. After steady downpour for sew
eral hours the wind became stronger. and at 10
o'clock attained the velocity of cyclone. Large
trees sheds, out-houses, lumber-piles, ETC., were
leveled The wind capslzed a small fishing
smack, which was four miles out in the lake,
and its occupants, Christopher Kimball and
Fred Adlitz had narrow escapes After cling
ing to the bottom of their boat for three hours
they were rescued by tug which went out to
search for them. The sufferings of the men in
the cold water, with the heavy rain beating
down apon them, were terrible. The storm also
played havoc with the telegraph and telephone
lines. cutting off nearly all communication
The damage to the surrounding country was
also great
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17
TELEGRAPHIC BREyITIES.

Miss Augusta Comstock youngest daughter of
Mrs. A. A. Comstock was married. on Wednes-
day, at her home in st. Louis, to Mr. John F.
Ballantyne, managing editor of the Chicago
Daily News
On Sunday evening cat-boat capsized in
Boston harbor. and Sergeant Carroll. of Battery
B, Fourth Artillery, was drowned Carroll was
the man who had charge of the Drexel cottage
during General Grants illness.
Henry Barnes colored, was lynched yesterday
at Millen. Ca, for outraging a white lady, at
Rogers Station on the Central railroad A party
of masked men did the lynching Barnes was
taken from a train, near Millen, and riddled with
bullets
John Wyatt and Demps Loftin are neiehbors
in Marshall county. Kentucky. who have not
spoken for years Loftin spoke to Wyatt on
Wednesday at a funeral. and the latter
knocked him down with a rock 'Loftin them
drew knife and killed Wyatt stabbing 2im
seven times.
carriage containing VIM. Lewis, Joseph
Mullen and man named Carpenter was struck
by train on the Philadelphia, Wilmington e.
Baltimore railroad at Kerin-street crossing
Chester. Pa, Wednesday night. and Lewis was
killed and the other two badly injured that
their lives are desbaired Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Things the German Colonial Congress Would
Like Done by the Government.
BERLIN, Sept 16.-The Colonial Congress
closed its lahors to-day. During its session the
congress adopted resolutions praying that the
imperial government subsidize line of steam
ers from Germany to African ports; grant con-
cessions for the erection of German colonial
banks; create a fund for the establishment of a
professorship of African languages at the Uni
versity of Berlin, and to encourage German emil
grafton to south Brazil aud south Australia
permanent colonial committee was appointed.
1t is generally believed that Germans desiring
to emigrate will embrace the Brazil movement,
as they mistrust the published reports concern
ing the climate, land and condition of the Ger
an.African possessions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Close of the Reunion at Rock Island-Next
Meeting To Be Held in Detroit.

ROCK ISLAND, H., Sept. 16-At the meeting
of the Army of the Tennessee. this morning, the
committee reports were made and adopted The
next meeting is to be held in Detroit, on the Sec
ond Wednesday of September 1887. Officers
were reelected as follows:
President. Gen. W. T. Sherman: vice.presi-
dents. Col. j. F. Howe, St Louis; Capt W. D.
Leach, Cedar Rapids; Capt G. z. Lonstrum,
Galesbure: Maj Charles H. Smith, Cleveland;
Maj. A. V. Bonn, Leadville, Col; Surgeon S. @.
Plummer, Rock Island; Capt j. G. Degrees.
Austin, Tex; Capt G. G. Chadwick. Detroit;
Lieut.. j. w. Hill, Rosedale Kan: Col Edward
H. Wolf, Rushville, Ind; Capt Edward Spear,
Minneapolis Maj Geo. B. Hogin, Des Moines;
recording secretary, Col. l.. NJ. Dayton; CORE
urer, Gen. NJ. F. Force.
The matter of having headquarters for the
society, and permanent place of holding the
meetings, was taken up, and, after spirited dis
cussion, the president was empowered to appoint
a committee of five to report on the matter at
the next meeting. The thanks of the society
were extended to the people of Rock Island for
the generous Inequalities to the committee and
the removal of the Rawlns monument and to
General Chetlain for his learned and philosoph-
ical address The society then formally ad-
iourned, General Sherman closing tho proceed
ings with brief address. expressing his hope
that all would have happy year, and como to-
gether again at the next annual meeting
In the afternoon the society were taken on
special train to Rock Island Arsenal, whero "A
salute of seventeen guns was fired in honor OF
Governor Oglesbv, and where the workshops
were gone through. In the evening there was q
banquet at the Harper House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17
PARNELL'S LAND BILL.
How His Followers Hope to Secure a Second
Reading of the Measure.

How His Followers Hope to Secure a Second
Reading of the Measure.
LONDON, Sept. 16.-The Parnellite members
of Parliament, at an informal meeting to-day,
agreed to abate their obstructive tactics after
full debate on the vote for Irish police, and per-
NIT the government to conclude consideration of
the estimates The object of this decision is to
enable Mr. Parnells land bill to reach a second
reading on Monday. The plan of the
government is to pass the appropriation
bills also before allowing a division on
the Parnell bill. The government whips
will muster as many members as possible and it
is thought the attendance of Conservatives will
be larger than at any time since the opening Of
the session. No special call has been issued for
the Gladstonian members eighty of whom, in
Guiding Herbert Gladstone and Right Hon
Henry Hartley Fowler. member for East VOL
verhampton have paired. Gladstone will speak
in the House on Tuesday. At the opening of
the next session the government intends to in
troduce rules of procedure to prevent OBJ
struction of business.
1t was stated in the lobby of the House of
return to London on Saturday. 1t is said he
approves the principle of Parnell's land BILL
and will speak in its favor and vote for it's
second reading, but objects to several minor
details which will be rectfed in committee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17

year in which State election was held in
Maine that was not presidential year. With
that year, then, and not with 1884. must the
result Of last Mondays election be compared.
In 1882 the Republican plurality over the
Democratic candidate for Governor was but
1872. This year it will be between $1,000
and $4,000. gain. of about 5000 votes, show.
ing that the Republican party has much more
than 'held its own" It is possible that there
are voters who can be deceived by the trick re-
sorted to by certain Democratic and mug
wump papers, but it is not to the credit of
either the papers or their readers to say so.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17

WHAT is the use of lying about itf What
the use of trying to so distort the facts as to
make it appear other than it is? Maine is a
Republican State, and it were better for Dem
ocrats and mugwumps to make their argument
on that ground than to attempt to make it ap.
pear that the Republican plurality has fallen
short of what it should be- There is not a
man intelligent enough to write his name but
knows that the Republican plurality in Maine
this year is above the average for ''off years, !"
and nearly double what it was at the last cleo
ton than can fairly be compared with that of
this year. Any effort, therefore, to bsfog the
people on this point is simply dishonest and
contemplate. The year 1882 was the last
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17
Gable Notes.

Cardinal Lodovico Jacobini, Pontifcial Score
tary of State, is seriously i'll.
Justin Mccarthy sailed yesterday on the Bri
tannca from Queenstown for New York
Cardinal Carmne Gori Merosi is dead aged
seventy -six years The dead prelate was an
Italian by birth, and was member of the Sacred
Congregation in 1884
Emperor William has tonight a severe cold
and his doctors have ordered him to take the
greatest care of himself. 1t is unlikely that he
will 60 to Metz. He will probably start on Sat
urday for Baden Baden or Berlin.
Miss Charlesworth, whose enlistment in the
Salvation Army against the wishes of her parents
and detention in the ranks despite the protests
of her father led to such an outcry against the
Booths some time ago, was married yesterday at
Clapton to General Booths son. The marriage
ceremony was attended by thousands of persons.
Miss Chsrlesworth's sisters were present, but
her father was not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17
THE LATE RAILWAY SLAUGHTER.
Engineer Brewer Writes Letter Which Fixes
the Responsibility Upon Himself.

BUFFALO. N. Y, Sept. 16.-The list of
killed in the Nickel-plate collision. which
was further sweled to nineteen by the find
ing of three more bodies, mangled beyond
recognition, is now supposed to be complete
The responsibility for the disaster has now
been settled as nearly as possible pending full
investigation. Engineer Brewer has not yet
been found, but letter from him. addressed to
the editor, appeared in today's Express. The
letter bore no date. and the post-mark on the
envelope was that used by the clerk on the Lake
Shore train. In it he says
81 see that it is reported that ran away for
fear the blame would be put on me for that ter
rible accident at Silver Creek have not run
away, nor do intend to. but in jumping from
my engine hurt my back and hip, and, as was
unable to assist, left the wreck But in regard
to my stopping at Silver Creek, / did stop and
took on passengers. HAD to meet the local at
Silver Greek. There is no sidetrack there, and
never having had orders before to pass train
there. proceeded, the conductor having given
me the signal to go ahead, which he should not
have done, as he had the same orders that / had,
and when he saw me starting the train he should
have used the bell-cord or automatic brakes in
the coaches to stop me-"
If the above statement is true it relieves those
in charge of the freight train and the train dis
patcher from responsibility, and places it solely
upon Conductor Harrington and Engineer Brew
er. Parties at Silver Creek assert that Harring-
ton signalled Brewer to go ahead. but that he
did so Oh the supposition that the engineer had
no orders to the contrary, there having been no
orders given to either of them at Silver Greek.
The railroad officials state positively that Brew
ers orders were to pass the freight at Silver
Creek, and that he disobeyed them. Coroner
Blood of Dunkirk will begin an inquest to NOR.
row morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17
YESTERDAYS STORM.

Violent Blow and Heavy Rains at Terre
Haute-Houses Unroofed.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAETE Ind. Sept ia half-formed
cyclone passed over the city at noon to-day and
did considerable damage to the business portion
of the town, and thoroughly frightened all who
saw it There were a dozen roofs lifted from
business houses and mills. and vehicles and large
signs were blown along the streets ct fright
full rate. A circus tent in the center of town
was blown down, and some Of the performers in
jured by the falling poles. AT the fair grounds
a tent in which was displayed a panorama of the
battle of Gettysburg went down. and the picture
was seriously injured.
The storm was very severe west and north of
here. The St Louis wires have not been work
ing since morning. There was report that the
town, of Montezuma on the Wabash, north Of
here, was swept away by cyclone, but word
from Hillsdale, across the river, is to the effect
that, while the wind blew hard. no serious loss
resulted.
During the afternoon the weather was de-
lghtful. but about o'clock this evening storm
clouds from the northwest met with rapidly
moving clouds from the southwest over the city,
and there was repeated the experience of this
noon, except in the damage done. There were
heavy rains. but they were of short duration.
There was comparatively little or no lightning
or thunder, and neither storm lasted over ten
rnnuteS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17

THE "wife" of Anarchist Parsons now shows
up to be the undivorced wife of colored man
in Texas. She has always claimed that she
chad Indian blood in her veins" as though
that added anything to her self-respect. This
is one of those things that are beyond COM
prehension. No respecting negro can more
compromise his dignity than by setting up the
claim that he is part Indian. A more worth
less race than the North American Indian has
no existence. The Indian is lazy, vicious, dis
honest, treacherous, revengeful, and as nearly
devoid as may be of every manly instinct. No
negro can afford to admit that he has any
faint of Indian blood in his make up. The
tradition that half breeds are beautiful, is a
tradition only. The less Indian mixture any
person has in his constitution the better for
him
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17
CHEAP GOODS FOR KNIGHTS.
Big Scheme Which Is To Be Presented for
Consideration by the Richmond Convention.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

special to the indianapolis Journal.
BALTIMORE Md, Sept. 16-At the general
meeting of the Knights of Labor, to be held in
Richmond. next month, there will be submitted
gigantic plan looking to the lessening of the
cost of everything, either manufactured or pro-
duced, that is used and consumed
by the great mass of the people
The project comprises the establishment. al the
outset, of great central depot in New York
city, to be controlled by the General Executive
Board of the Knights of Labor, with sub-bu-
reaus depots later In the various cities, to be
used as an agent or intermediary in transaction
of business between the producer and consumer
and the distribution Of goods, thus doing away
with the hundreds and thousands of commission
merchants and brokers engaged in the transfer
of the commodities of life from the mills, facto-
ries, etc, to the homes of the toling masses. To
illustrate: The shoe store at which the working
man deals would be required to order its goods
from the central bureau in New York, or from
the ub-bureau in its own city. The central
depot will have arrangements with co-opera
tive shoe manufactures, or with shoe manufact-
urers favorable to labor, Cor large and constant
supply Of boots and shoes at fair profit to such
manufacturers, and can ship them to the dealer
from which the workingman buys direct at the
same cost, plus slight charges for transportation
thus enabling the last dealer to sell at large
duction on the prices charged now by reason of
the goods having to pass through 30 many
hands before reaching the consumer. The same
plan, it is agreed, if it works we'll in the shoe
trade, must work equally we'll in the hat trade,
groceries, clothing, and, in fact, rythng that
the workingman is in need of. Then, again,
1t is claimed that the central bureau, neces-
sarily becoming a vast shipper of freight
the railroads and all other TRANSPORTATION com
panies would in order to get its immense bust
DIV ai tac md in nc al1oa
additional saving to the consumer The scheme
is at yet in embryo, but by the time the conven-
ton meets in Richmond it will be in shape to
present to that body for consideration"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17
Western Export Association.

CHICAGO, Sept 16-The executive board of
the Western Export Association has been in
secret session here to day. Tomorrow there
will be meeting of the whole association, when
the question of the control of the production of
whisky will be considered At present the dis
tileries in the Western export pool and all north
of the Ohio river now in it have a capacity of
converting 160,0 900 bushels of grain into spirits
in day. AS the demand is only for the pro-
duct of $4,000 bushels it has been found neces-
sary to close about three fifths o. them and limit
the product Of the remainder. which are capable
of turning out 65 900 bushels, to about half their
capacity. The profits of the distilleries which
are in operation are divided with those closed
down.