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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
GIRLS OF THE MAROUESAS,
Their Polite Imitation Embarrasses
aNaval officer.

As our men took their meals on the spar
deck, the women, and as many of the ma
tive men as could be provided for, ate with
them. The natives are not dainty, but cram
their mouths full, and eat vOraciously. The
women are fond of meat, but are not al
lowed to eat il on the island, where II Is Ia
boo to them-another instance of the selfish
character of the men. 1t is too scarce, how
ever. for the men to indulge In except at a
festival. The taboo is laid merely by the
proclamation of a priest.
They have pair Of goats on the island.
and that they may increase undi3turoedly,
they are taboo to all persons for FIVE years.
Our dinner table In the ward room being un
der an open hatch, they clustered round
the hatch and watched the manner Of our
eating with great delight. Anything that
was handed to one Of them from the table
was thankfully received and divided among
the rest, and eaten with so great sstisfac-
ton and greediness that they reminded us
of monkeys.
Once, for curiosity, we took several of the
prettiest and cleanest girls below to dine
with us. They behaved with great deal
of decorum, and In order that they might
make no mistakes and do nothing wrong.
they watched us closely and did exactly
what we did.
Each officer attended TO the girl that he
brought down, and he was the model by
which she governed her actions. she would
put no more In her mouth at nme than ne,
nse her knife and fork as he dio, lay them
down when he did, be helped when he was,
drink when he did.
One of the ON ,ers attending on a girl had
a nervous affection in his under jaw, and
every now and then would screw up MS chln
and facs In a very ridiculous manner, and
| he was very sensitive of It's being remarked
on. His girl anxious to initiate him in eve.
nv respect. 20 be perfectly decorous, Kept an
eve on him all the time and when be screw
ed his mouth to one side she would instant.
| ly do the same, 10 our INFINITE merrimen' men
and no less to his mortificatlOn. NJ j. oSai'
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Fleeced q Farm err.

HoT SPRINGS, Ark, June 80. Chief Of
Police A. p. Davis arrested one Sam Hig-
gins here to-day on charge of fleeing
Hilery Whitlow. a welltO-do farmer OF
Honey Grove, Tex, Of $50 by means of the
three-card monte trick. Higgins partner,
James Richardson, who also had hand in
the game, has skipped out with half of the
money, but kilograms have been sent to Of
ficers along the line of railway;tO look out
for him. All the parties are colored. The
principal, Sam Higgins, is mulatto, and
halls from Fort Worth, Tex. He has papers
showing that he has been deputy sheriff
and deputy United states marshal n.ina at fGal OF
tective and has just come here for his
health. He has been placed in jail to await
trial.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
FARM HANDS STRIKE.
Plantation Laborers Demand an
Increase Of Wages.

Great excitement was caused Monday by
the report that the hands on Col. Sam
Tate's plantation on the Arkansas river
nine miles below Little Rock, were on
strike, and that Sheriff WOrthen had sent to
Little Rock for aid 10 suppress threatened
lawlessness. A posse of thirty or forty
men, all armed to the teeth, were soon or
ganized, and left in transfer wagons for the
fighting grounds.
On Thursday thirty of the forty negroes
employed on this cotton plantation quit
work, telling their managers, the Fox broth
ers, that their cotton was extremely dirty and
unless they raised their wages to 81 per day
they would quit work and no other hands
would be permitted to 60 to work. The men
were getting IS cents per day.
The thirty belligerentS used every known
endeavor to induce the remaining ten men
TO also quit work, but without avail. All
day Saturday and Sunday they argued with
them, but no argument that could be pre-
sented bad any effect, and so violence was
threatened. The trouble got noised about
adjoining plantations and its force of dis
reputable darkies began to grow larger.
Whisky was used and Hugh Gill, big
burly negro, addressed his fellow cOlabor-
ers, telling them that they had gone into the
trouble for the purpose of whining and that
if Sheriff WOrthen came down to quell them
he would not get home alive. Gill, Aubrey
Larkin and Henry Hill were the leaders of
The trOuble and had subiugated things on
the plantation into their way of thinking,
when a courier was dispatched for Sheriff
Worthen and posse to repair to the place
and put down the impending riot.
The messenger arrived late Sunday night
and the sheriff and two or three deputies
reached the war ground at o'clock Monday
morning. Hugh Gill's threat was told to
the sheriff, and that officer at once made for
Gill's cabin. He knocked at the door and
was answered by the burly darky opening
the door.
"Worthen is my name, and L am the sher'
iff of this county, and l want you to come
with me nOw,' was the salutatiOn given the
astonlshed negro, but Gill never quailed
On the contrary, he made for his shotgun,
which stood in the corner of the cabin, but
Sheriff Worthen got a bead" on him before
ne could reach his weapon and sent a bullet
Grabbing through both of the negrO's arms
Gill fell, and in less time than it take to tel
It the officer had him shackled. He made
Gill's house his headquarters.
1t is stated that the colOred Knights o1
LABOR have been investigating the trouble
and that there are apprehensions OF race
war brewing, as the negroes have been urge6
to insist upon concession OF their demands
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Foreign.

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A South American exhibition will omen I'm
beriini September. ~
Seneral dissatistaction is caused in Ger.
many oy the new telegraph rules.
farnell and Maurice Healy have been
~eosed 10 represent the city Of Cork.
ne eeryian peasantry refuse To nav THAR
generally. -1 ~1e r'ouns
6lsdstone has been elected IN the N,d,o,h,.n
Letths3urgs. Ano"n as
Justin Mccarthy was defeated IN Y.,a,
0rce votes. "aJorty OF
Sonn Morley, chief secretary for r.s,.,s
,,nC no =, " Cntlders, home secretary. have besr
nen q escorted everywhere hs .oe. hv
vorcvy euard of personal friends, All stsIWsryt
.s msnt Hon. Geo. J. Goscheu. ona n, n,.s
49, eitterest opponents. vas SeSa. VA uHu, u,
sss division OF EdinburFh' ~
~ p5se london Times rejoices becau.. Tn, ,
s. remains hrm and uncomnrnn;s,no ~ IN !,
on 70 9.adstone's lrish scheme.
49, s announcement Of the resuIt n, ~.
b ~ oontesf IN Londonderry Wss foiIoveS
80 49, 49, o Dublin in which inssy ner"on,
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Miners Strike Ended.

PIrTsBURa, July 4. The general strike
along the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, in
which originally all of the miners in that
section were out, is now fairly ended. A
short time since the men at the Osceola
mines resumed work. Their example has
now been followed by men of nearly all OF
the other mines, and they are all working
again with the exception of those who are
employed at Scott's mines. The operators
claim that they have won victory. When
the miners went out they demanded that
scale for dead work be signed for year.
They have finally gone back to work with
out this scale being signed and are now
working on the Columbus scale.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Secret Order Suits.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June so. Two i'm
portant suits of special interest to secret
ended in court here to-day, one
of them Mary Harrington VS.. Supreme
Lodge United Order of Honor, to collect on
a 5000 benefit certificate held by the late
j. d. Harrington, and the other mandsmus
proceedings instituted by Martin A Haney
and others or Progressive lodge Of jersey
City, N. j., against A. W. Wishard, su-
preme president of the United Order Of
Honor, 10 compel a return of their charter
which had been taken from them by him in
his oficial capacity. By the compromise
the widow is allowed 81, 900 on her claim and
In the mandamus proceedings there Is a
finding for defendants, each side to pay re-
spective costs. Harrington was peniten'
tiary convict, but kept his dues paid after
he was ordered expelled by the Grand
lodge, but the local lodge neglected the
NrdaY
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Escape or ConvIcts.

JACKSONVILLE, Tex, July l. About
O'Clock while some very heavy castings were
being loaded on cars inside the Rusk peni'
tentary, six convicts. who were lett in
charge of a car that was run inside the walls
to load, turned the car loose and let it down
against the gate bursting the gate open, and
the six convlcts followed it close and got
outside the walls. Four of them were re-
captured near the penitentiary. Tine ether
two. a white man in for four years and a
Mexican in for life, made good their escape.
The guards followed the cOnvicts with their
dogs about four miles, when night overlook
them and they lost the trail.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
A Square Kentuckian.

LOUISVILLE, KY, June 30. A sensation
was created here last night by rumor that
Col. R. M. Kelly, until recently United
States pension agent at this point, was short
in his accounts to the government. The
rumor has been current Ut several days, but
last night the Courier-Journal received
d,spatch from Washington saying, on au-
thcrity of Editor Williams, that when Col.
Kelly was succeeded by Gen. Buell. as PEN
sion agent here, February q, settlement
of his accounts showed credit to the gov
crnment OF S5l 900 in the New York sub
treasury. Inquiry at the subtreasury, how
ever. revealed the fact that only about *
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Saved by q Flash.

A young man named Peter Corcoran, re
siding about mile east of Carlyle, ILL.,, re-
Gently escaped death in a miraculous man.
ner. He started home on horseback during
a severe rain, accompanied by thunder and
lightning. The lightning flashed vividly,
and just as COrcOran had crossed the sus
pension bridge flash of lightning revealed a
savage looking bull in the middle of the
road. The horse was badly frightened and
made leap down an embankment of about
twenty five feet. breaking his neck in the
fall. Corcoran jumped from the horse and
escaped with only a few scratches.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Poisoned by Paris Green.

VANDALIA, ILL.,, July 1. At tea party
given by Mrs. Julia Fouke yesterday even.
ing to young lady friends, several parteok
of some chicken salad, all Of whom were
taken violently sick with vomiting soon af.
ter returning home. Only those who ate Of
this particular article, eight in all, were af
fected and it is believed the poison wasc
tanned in the cabbage, which formed part
of the salad, and which was poisoned by
means of paris green or insect powder. A
Miss Milmer Of Chicago, who is visiting here
and Misses Maude and Mary Haller, 81
were very sick, Hiss Maude Haller's condi
ton at first being thought very critical.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Leasing Indian Lanos.

An Indian Territory special to the Dallas,
Tex. Daily News says negotiations are ip
nroeress for the leasing Of nearly all the
available grazing land belonging to the
Usage. Ponea, Pawnee and Otoe Indians in
the territory. The parties who desire the
lease are cattlemen from Kansas, Texas
and elsewhere. The land in question en-
braces several million acres. The recent
rulings of the courts Of the District OF Co
lumbia in relation to the independent posi-
ton occupied by the Cherokees is held to
apply TO all the tribes uamed. they having
hence their right to lease the lands cannot
be questioned. The price will be only few
cents per acre.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Telegraphic Cipher Prohibited.

Manager Baker of the Western Union
Telegraph Office in Dallas, Tex. has re-
ceived instructions to receive no more tele-
grams written in cipher or secret languages
for Russia and the Turkish islands. The
same instructions have been given all
Western Union offices in Texas and proba-
bly, out Of the state, many Russians living
along the line of the Texas and Pacific
road in the West and a colony near d. Has.
The interference is that the presence of
Nlhilists is suspected in this country and i
is thought expedient to preclude the posi-
bility Of secret telegraphic communication
between them and their brethren in Europe.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
The Lake shore Strike.

For the present there are no violent efforts
by the striking switchman Of the Lake
shore Road to prevent the movement of cars.
During the afternoon Of Tuesday twenty
empty cars were delivered for use In the
stock yards and one brought away. There
was no disturbance except the hooting of
the crowd at the Pinkerton guards.
Superintendent Amsden said that the
company liked its old switchmen and was
ready to take any of them back who had not
participated in the harassing. movement
against the road, as soon as the men them.
selves thought it safe to 20 to work. 'Un.
der no circumstances" said he, Twill we
take anyone who attempted to hinder the
movement of trains. We will not attempt
to shift cars In these yards at night until the
last of September. We have no pressinS
need TO work at night at present. OF courst
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Northwest Crops.

ST. PAUL, Minn., July4. Special cropre-
ports compiled for the Pioneer Press state
that the rain of Saturday night extended
over the northern portion of Minnesota and
Dakota, as far south as The Hastings and
Dakota railroad. 1t insures the crop with
out further rain till harvest. In the South
ern Minnesota and Southeastern Dakota
the weather is intensely hot and dry, and
the crops are drying up, but tO-night's indi
cations are for raid throughout the North
west. Crops in the latter section are already
seriously injured by the drought.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Young Robbsr Cauaht.

~ -. LouIa July /. Sergeant Brse and
Saeer S, wall last night arrested Harry
49, nuson OF Anna, ILL.,. On q telegram
.vu 'oe marshal of that town. The arrest
!. MADE at the Union depot and the
49, ee n embezzlement. Richardson is
sy = years of age, but looks several
-. - oioer. The charge against him is that
,,s : ~ s,naay he decamped from Anna, tax.
~ =. si,a him large sum of money belong
= I y s,s.e Me willard bank. He was employed
rs',s.x e.six IN the bank and belongs to 4 M nost I
6efst .oie snS lam iiamily. A revolver, a railroad
a. rstne stno Wy were found on his person.
chsvree eiused 70 say anything about TN; the
= flIlnossso soe against him, and is held for
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
A Wandering Lunatlc.

New YORK, July 6. Louis Senner is ~
years old, and came here recently from
Falls City, Neb. Last night he amused
himself by presenting Antoine Pedro, a
boot black at the corner Of Bleecker and
Mercer streets, with valuable gold watch.
Several persons in the neighborhood were
recipients of his generosity to the extent of
S1l7. The money was recovered by Police
man Sullivan of the Fifteenth precinct, who
arrested the man. He was this morning
brought before Justice Smith In the Jeffer.
son Market police court. As II was evident
that the prisoner was OF unsound mind he
was committed to the care OF the commits
sioner of charities and correction.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17

was there due the government from the
pension Office here. Col. Kelly was notified
and Gen. Williams says he Immediately
paid over the S5l, 900, thus squaring his ac-
counts. Gen. Williams, without explain
ing, said he thought Kelly had been deceived
and duped by those he trusted. Col. Kelly
says that his accounts have been examined
and found to be correct and that he owes
the government nothing. Col. Kelly Is
prominent and popular, socially and pO.
ltically, and is the editor OF the Republican
paDer here
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Thousands for Home Rule.

DETROIT, Mich, July g. Rev. DIR.
O'Reilly, treasurer Of the National league,
to-day cabled $4,000 additional to the per-
liamentary fund in London. This makes
e9O, 900 or 100000 RENTED by the league
within the last ten days. Prof. Charles N.
Gayley of the Michigan university is to
stump Ireland for the Nationalists. Prof.
Gayley is an Irishman, the son of Pres
byteriap minister, now resident in the
West of Ireland. He left here two weeks
ago, and is now in London.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Capitol Cuttings.
What IS Transpiring at the
Fountain Head of the Fed.
ePal Government.
CONGRESSIONAL.

appropriation bill was passed after a lengthy
discussion and voting on amendments. The
river and harbor bill was taken up. ResOlu-
tiOns on the death of Representative Hahn
of Louisiana were adopted, and Senate ad-
journed. In the House, bill for additional
Justice Tor Montana supreme court passed.
land laws were nOnconcurred IN and con-
ference committee appointed. General de-
ficiency bill was taken up i'm committee of
the whole and voting on amendments Occu-
pied the rest of the session, the work not
being completed.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17

Mr.. Lyman of Iowa presented in the House
a petition from the veterans of the old hCme
guards and United States reserve corps of
Missouri, asking that Congress take up and
pass the equalization Of bounty bill before
it adjourns this session. The petition has
upwards of 200 signatures. This is an en-
deavOr to put the men who went in for three
months service on the proper footing.
Private dispatches announce the death at
Mt. Pleasant, TO-, of Col. George B. Corkhill
ex-district-attOrney of this district. Col.
COrkhill served in the Union army through
the late war, and at the close of the rebellion
was made district attorney for one of the
judicial districts of Iowa. Subsequently
President Hayes appointed him United
States district attorney for the District of
Columbia, which position he held until near
the close of President Arthur's term, and
since that time has been engaged in the
practice of law in this city. He became
widely known as the successful prosecutor
of the assassin Guiteau. He left here last
Thursday for Iowa, in good health, and the
news of his death caused a great shock to
his numerous friends In this city.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
TERMS---S2. 90 PER YEAR
A CLOSE CALL.
How an Actor was Persuaded to
Abandon Drink.


Sheridan, the actor, paid us brief visit.
He came quietly and as quietly slipped back
to Australia. Sheridan's habits have under
gone complete change. 1t is matter OF
public knowledge that few men whe trod
the boards were such abnormal tipplers as
that talented tragedian. But he looks upon
the wine no more. He is model OF sOorle-
ty and his appearance is infinitely Improved
by the fortunate change. Few know no"
the reformation came about. | have II from
his own lips.
Zone afternoon" said the actor, 81 was
on the stage at rehearsal. The play was
King Lear the lines of which am as FAM
liar with as you are with the Lords pray
er. came on, but judge of my dismay and
astonishmeDt when found that could not
remember single phrase or speech in the
part. sent the cali boy after bottle OF
brandy, took couple of drinks and tried IL
again. The result was the same. My mem-
ory WIS blank. Then l slipped back to my
dressing room, took down book of familiar
recitatiOns and tried one which had known
for years and dcclsimed, might say with
out cxaggeration, not less than hundred
times, Not line of it could | remember.
l tried more brandy, but my memory cou-
tinued blank. l was terribly shocked. ~
seemed to me that was forever ruined and
that my profession had slipped out of my
grasp, and this was the beginning of imbe-
ciity, and that should wind upin the luna
tic asylum. rushed from the theatre, jump
ed into hack and directed the driver to
take ME to the Office of doctor in whom j
had the utmost confidence and who had Of
ten braced me up when enervated from the
effects of a prolonged spree. The tact that
could remember the number of his room
filled me with inexpresslble delight. felt
there was yet some shred of intellect left
and that all was not lost He told me not
to be alarmed; that my brain was not seri.
ously affected and promised that l should
be ali right within month. But only on one
condition and that was absolute and rigid
abstinence. l followed his advice, though
IL was hard pull at the beginning and you
see me now better than | have been for
many day."
And he looked it. The crimson nose, his
striking feature, was toned down so that
little of the old flash remained. His eyes
were clear and bright and he seemed IN eve
nv respect IL new man. San Francisco Let
ter.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
A Killing Justified.

VICKsBURG, July 4. This morning on
Mayors plantation, ten miles below this
city Bob Jackson, colored, shot and killed
his wife, and mortally wounded Charles
Mcclellan, colOred, whom he found in his
house when he returned home. The ver-
dict of the cOroner's jury was that Jackson
accidentally killed his wife while shooting
at Mcclellan. and that the shooting of Nc
Clellan was justifiable.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Shot In Sunday School.

CHARLEsrowN, S. C., July 4. About the
first of June, in Barnwell county. John
Steadley was publicly cowhided by w. I.
Connolly and Al OFT for circulating Sian.
derous reports about Connelly's sister
Emma. At Hunters Chapel church this
morning, while the Sunday school was in
session. Steadley was shot and killed by
Emma Connolly, who gave herself up to
the authorities after the shooting.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
Damage to the Hop Crop.

UTICA, N. Y, July 4. Serious damage Is
being done to the hop crop of Central New
York by vermin and the blight known as
honey-dew. The hops are not yet in the
blow and the full extent of the
damage cannot yet be told. The growers
are considerably alarmed and the price OF
old hops, of which there are good many in
store, have doubled within a month,
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17

Commissioner of Public Works of New
York City, and accused by the Mayor with
being identified with corruptionists in con.
nection with the award of paving and other
contracts. He was born in Springfield, VT,
in 1886: was admitted to the bar in Boston,
and became a resident Of New York City
four years ago.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
"What kindr'
Hoe cake"

An Irishman visiting Boston was being
told by a Yankee about a famous sausage
machine they had there, the bullock beng
driyeL IN alive at one end and coming out at
the other ready-made ssusages. "Od, that's
nothing" replied Pat "Snure and we
nave a machsne jist the same IN County
Care. only, If the sausages begin 10 get
hlVh. they jist put them IN at the other end
OF ;he machine and they come out lowe
bastes again."
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
A Good Demand.

"Yes, I've had big trade" said CON-
mercial traveller for a downtown liquor
house, on his return from trip. 81 think
sold whisky enough to float the Great
Eastern"
"What part of the country did you visitg'
mo particular part. l just took In the
different watering places" N. Y. Times.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17

as long as the strike continues, we may be
subjected to annoyances from the strikers"
There ia belief among the men on strike
that they will 90 back tO.work soon, but Mr.
Amsden denies all knowledge of any plan
looking to that end. He says none but an
individual arrangement will De entered into,
and that no consultation with committees or
officers of the union will be engaged in by
the representatives of the road.