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How the Murderer Was Acquitted.

On Sunday of last week Nat. n Kinney shot
and killed Andrew J. Cogbum at Oak Grove
Church, in TaDey Co., No. Kinney aud his
boy rode up 70 the scEoolhouse where Rev. II.
c. Dennison was holding a meeting, and com
maudcd Cogburn, who was standing near the
door, to throw mp his hands, and meeting re-
fusa shot him down, killing him at once. The
inquest was held ana Kinney was acquitted by
the Coroners jury. From what can be learned
there were several Of Kinneys friends at the
inquest heavily armed, and Kinney himself
carried shotgun and revolver although being
under arrest.
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4 Good Rat Story.

The latest and best rat story comes from An
niston, Ala. 1t is to the effect that three boys
went out hunting one day last week in Barbour
County. They came to an old mill inhabited
by rats and snakes. There came up a shower
of rain. The boys went into the old mill for
shelter. Both boys and dogs were frightened
to see the whole place covered with rats. The
boys and dogs put in to kill the rats, and after
about an hours fight they were surprised to
count and see that they had killed 745 rats,
three of which weighed 10 pounds.
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She Got Fortune Out of Ash Barrels.

Ida Schneider, aged 81, was last week com
mitted to the insane asylum at Chicago Ill.
For 20 years she has been a rag picker i'll that
city. Year after year she has been turning
over ash heaps and refuse piles and from gar
bage barrels of the hotels and restaurants has
procured food enough to sustain life Her
sleeping place was any hole into which she
could creep, and so Winter and Summer she
has made her rounds, spending absolutely no
money, until she has laid away nearly $SO,000.
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Survivors OF the Sultana.

To THE EDITOR: A meeting of the survivors
of the SuItana disaster was held here some time
since at which an organization was effected
called the Sultana Survivors Association, with
the following named as officers: President, s.
H. Raudebaugh, of Findlay, O.; V.-P., A. c.
Brown, Mediapolis, Iowa; Sec, William Fies,
Marion, O.; Cor. Sec, A. w. King, Defiance o.;
Treas, L. w. McCrary, Mungen, o. All sur
vvors of the Sultana are requested to send
their Names company, regiment and postoflice
address to me.-WILLIAM FIEs Nj trion, 0.
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CHARGED With n Brutal Crime.

William Price, City Councilman, of Wind
sor, H., was arrested last week on the charge
of being the perpetrator Of the horrible outrage
on Miss Aldridge a short time ago. 1t will be
remembered that the lady was found hanging to
a tree i'll the yard of her father, Dr. II. III. Aid
ridge, and was insensbic when cut down. Price
is q near neighbor of Dr. Aldrdge and there
has been bitter enmty between them.
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KIND WORDS.
Inyasions of Death in the Ranks of Our Comrades

InyasiOns of Death in the Ranks Of Our Comrades.
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A Yacht for Mr. Vanderbilt.

The Harlan &; Hollingsworth Co., Of Will
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The searci, for the Nanticoke Miners STOPPED

to abandon further efforts to recover the bodies
of the % men and boys cntombed by the explo-
sion of Dec. Is, 1885, in No. l slope at Nanti-
coke, Pa. A meeting of citizens was held at
Nanticoke and committee sent to demand
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
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II. Pazteur wants 100000 francs with which
to start a hydrophobia hospital in Paris and
$1,000 francs per annum for its support Prime
Minister ncFrcycinet IS in favor Of the State
granting the latter sum.-Buns, Hyndman,
Williams and Champion, the Socialist leaders IN
the recent London riots were committed fortrlal
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the Queen to roit. The defendants were per-
miJted TO furnish bail for their appcarance.-
Cardinal Angelo Jacohui died in Rome last
week He was born in 1925 and was created a
Cardinal March p, 1SS1.-Pope Leo XllI
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tanning, besides the driver, three men and one
young lady, WAS attacked and the passengers
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rcachCd.-Until recently a Canadian voter
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the law has prohibited mere than one vote by
any one person.-Frank Flood, an American,
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An earthquake, which threw down num-
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ponce, while dining at Perpignan, France, in
the Hospital of the Sisters of the Poor last
week, was murdered by a band of robbers.--
The Russian Government has expelled num-
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laud.-The English Government has con-
sentcd 10 make room for number OF Turkish
officers in the Egyptian army by displacing
British officers.
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Michael Madden, Of Schenectady. n Y, broke
bottle of vitriol on the head Of John Mead last
week, from the effects of which the latter will
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pected Mead of alternating the affections of bis
wife."Hugh Mcmahon, who pleaded guilty
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-05-05

sion at Woods Holl, looking to the
artificial preparation of Holsters. The
Matching of small quantities of lobster
eggs, as we'll as the eggs of other spe-
cies of crusteaceans, had been success.
tnlly accomplished, from time to time,
by members OF the Fish Commission
party interested in embryological stu
dies, and the possibility of conducting
Matching operations on a small scale,
and OF carrying the young through at
least the first few stages of growth,
needed no further proof; but the ques-
ton of how to care for large masses of
eggs. and especially for the young after
Matching, has to be practically deter
mined.
1t is not known how long the young
can be kept in confinement. nor at
what age it would be advisable to turn
them over to the care of nature, but it
will probably be possible to transport
them alive to any other portion of the
eastern coast, rs the distances are no.
where great. That a decrease has
taken place in the number of Holsters
Mr.. Ratbun says, and that in some re-
gions it Las amounted to a serious loss
is attested by the statements Of many
fishermen and dealers. All the States
interested in the lobster fishery. ex.
ce2ting New Jersey, whose fishery is
small, have enacted protective laws
but, either because these laws are in
adequate or are not properly enforced
they have failed to stop the decrease,
though they may have checked it more
or less. AS Il result, the fishery is fall.
ing off in the United States, and we are
even now dependent, to a greater OF
less extent, on the British province fol
the supplies of our larger markets.
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An Eskimo illumination.

The first snow of the winter does
not make good strong snow-blocks for
the igloos, however deep it may fall,
it, the Eskimo often have to wait three
or four weeks before it is fit for build
ing. As it gets too cold in their sum-
mer sealskin tents before the time
comes, the natives generally build pre-
liminary houses of ice. which, singu-
lar as it may seem, are much warmer
than the tents, but are not as comfort
able as the houses of snow. When
the ice has formed to about six inches
in thickness on some lake close by,
they cut out their big slabs of ice for
the sides of the house. Imagine an
ordinary-sized house-door to be a slab
of ice about six inches thick, then take
a half-dozen to dozen of these doors,
and place them in a circle, joining
them edge to edge. but leaning in
slightly, and you will have formed
your curious house of ice. Over this
circular pen of jce-which you can i'm
itate on small scale with circular
row of upright dominoes on their ends
and joined edge to edge-the summer
sealskin tent is lashed across poles for
a roof, and the ice house is complete.
BY and by, this roof, sagging with
snow, may be taken off and dome of
snow put on, which gives more height
and consequently more comfort.
Before these houses get covered in
side with the black SCOT from the burn
ing lamps, and before the snow out
side has drifted up level with the roof,
night scene in village of ice, and
especially if the village be large one
and all the lamps be burning brilliant
ly, is one of the prettiest views stran-
ger can find in that desolate land. If
you could behold village of cabins
suddenly transformed into houses of
glass, and filed with burning lamps,
it might represent an Eskimo ice vii
lage at nigbt.-from "thildren Of The
Cold," by Lieut.. Frederick cltcatka,
in st. Nicholas tor September.
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but, suspecting something wrong, re-
fused to go on in the race. General
Butler was matched against Cooley for
purse of $1,000 William Riley, the
driver of Cooley. refused to enter upon
another heat, alleging foul play on the
part of McKeever, who then took But
Ter in hand. After considerable wrang-
ling Riley was persuaded to re-enter
the ring. By this time the sun had set
and the rival horses and their drivers
could hardly be distinguished. 1t was
impossible for either the Judges or the
spectators to follow them around the
track, and the crowd waited with in
tense interest. Soon shout was
heard and Butler, at break-neck
pace, came under the wire, but the
drivers seat was empty.
''Where's McKeever?' ''What's the
matter?' came from the multitude. A
morient passed and Cooley came in
with Riley holding well in hand. The
spectators crowded around the stand,
demanding explanations, when it was
announced by the Judge that McKeever
was left for dead on the backstretch.
The widest excitement then ensued
and at one time it was feared a riot
would take place, but this was prevent
ed by the large police force on the
ground.
''Butler is coming; clear the track.
The crowd parted, Butler speeding
on. The multitude closed up and
shouts of "McKeever is murdered!'
ARREST Bill Riley!'' came from all
throats. A crowd went in search of
McKeever and found him insensible,
lying on the track on the backstretch.
On the left side of the head, just above
the cheekbone, the skull was broken
and portion of the brain was pro-
truding from the wound. He died
the next day. The manner in which the
fatal wound was given is supposed to
be as follows: A board taken from the
fence was held over the track and
McKeever came against the end. his
horse running at the time. Several
arrests were made, among them Riley,
the driver of Cooley, but no one was
ever convicted of the cri me. 1t is al
legged that there are at least four per-
sons now living who could call the
name of the man who held up the
board before the dashing horse.
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A Strange Burial.

A strange interment took place in
Norris City cemetery, at Norristown,
recently. Old Charles johnson was bur-
led. Everybody in Montgomery coun-
ty knew old Charles johnson. He and
his brother Isaac lived near Hickory
town. Charles was 80 years old, but
Isaac has not yet reached 20. Many
years ago they kept the North Star no.
tel, near Hickertown, which they had
inherited from their father, who had
received it from his father. They went
into the lime business and grew rich.
The hotel requiring too much attention,
they gave it up and devoted their entire
time to the other business. How much
money they made nobody knows, but
the amount is estimated from 100000
to 100000.
With increased wealth came in
creased parsimony. Their house was
always as neat as pin, but no woman
has been in it for quarter of a centu-
ry. They once had hcusekceper, but
after she left they made no attempt to
get another. Whether this was because
of their perjury or their hatred of wo-
mankind no one knows, but it is very
likely that both were the motives that
actuated them. Both, of course, were
bachelors. Charles was taciturn, close
listed, aud worked like slave until
five or six years ago, when his left side
became paralyzed. The brothers lived
in constant terror of being robbed, but
Charles had a still greater fear. He was
afraid that ghouls would steal his body
after death. Thirty years ago he placed
$500 in his vest pocket.
when | de-" said ne to his BROTH
er, stake this money for the funeral
expenses, and have my body walled in
the grave"
In all these thirty years he carried
the money around with him. When he
died the roll of bills was taken from his
pocket creased and Himsy with age.
The body lay incased in handsome
rosewood coffin, with massive silver
handles, and plate of sterling metal
bearing his name. When the grave
was reached the rosewood casket was
placed in cedar box. This was low
cred into strong casing of brick and
cement, which had been built in the
grave. A heavy stone slab was then
laid on the mason work, and the grave
diggers shoveled the loose soil by the
side of the grave into the yawning aper-
ture that contained all that was mortal
of old Charles johnson.
He made two wills, but his fear of
death made him superstitiously post
pone adding his signature, and they
were never signed. His money, for
which he strove so hard, depriving HIM
self of everything but actual necessities
to augment the pile, will be divided
between his brother Isaac, his sister,
who is widow named Yerks, aud the
children of another brother who died
some years ago.-Rhsladelphia North
A112ericNa
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The Story of Il Greenback.

The following story appears in a late
issue of the Atlanta ,aplla':
In 1864, when a confederate camp
was located on Marietta street, an in
cident occurred which, with it's sequel,
makes an interesting "reminiscences of
the days when the old Atlanta was
more of soldiers barrack than city.
The camp to which l allude was a good
way out on Marietta, and the site is
now occupied with number of new
dwelling-houses. DR.. Roy, of this city,
was then one of the physicians of the
camp. The late Capt. Alphonse Hur-
tel, of the 24th Alabama, had been
placed in temporary charge of the
prison, and one day Yankee prisoner
gave him 500 greenback bill to keep,
fearing theft on the part of other pris-
oners. Shortly afterward the prisoner
escaped, and Capt. Hurtei sent the
money to his wife in Mobile, Ala, tell
ing her to keep it. and if he did not
send for it. and the confederacy fell. to
use it. When Mobile surrendered, that
800 was godsend to one of the many
impoverished families of the Gulf city.
ana now the strange Sequel: len years
after the close of the war, one day
while Capt. Hurtel was sitting in his
office, poor and ragged soldier walk
ed in and asked: ''ls this Capt. Hur-
tel3'' After a quick glance at the
mans features, Capt Hurtel answered:
Eyes, and you are the soldier who gave
me 500 bill in Atlanta, Ca, during
the warp Eyes, sir, am the SOL
der replied, as the tears rolled down
his cheeks, land if you will give me
just S. of it now will be thankful. -
a check for 500 was given him, and
the man fell on his knees and wept like
child. Once again had the same
money proven godsend in the hour OF
bitter need.