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Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26
SOME BIG FIGURES.
The Report Of the Commlssioner of Inter
nal Revenue.


WAsHINGroN. July 25.-Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue Miller has submitted
preliminary report TO the Secretary of the
Treasury, showing the operations Of the
bureau for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1855 The total collections for the year
were SIG 9J2Sl5, or S44S1,74 more than
for the preceding fiscal year. The cost of
collection for the fiscal year was
about 81 BOO 600. being 81 100 per
cent OF the amount collected and Sl55.
900 less than the cost of collection for the
year ended June so, 1888. The receipts from
taxation on spirits, fermented liquors and
tobacco during the past two fiscal Years were
as follows. For loS5 spirits, S65 oil Dos, for
lsS6. S690522 263 Fermented liquors for
1850. SIS 2307S2 for 1SS6. $40 676. 73l. To-
baccO for lSS5 S26 iU7 .OSs for lss6 So
q07 So During 1850 tax was paid on 81.
$50 30 gallons of spirits distilled from grain
aud other materials. and IN $50 on 69 295 35S
gallons Tax was paid on 3.5lO.o7 Ass
cigars during the fiscal year against 3 35s-
972 633 during the calendar year ended June
80. loS5. and 30 96l 300 cigarettes against
I l05S go 23s during the preceding fiscal
year By States Illinois stands first in
amount Of internal revenue collections.
So. So 352; Kentucky second SO. .746 80,
New YORK third. Slt 300 .30S OHIO
fourth. Sl292I34g. Penusy lvania fur
nIShed about s. 9OO 600. Missouri, 81
O00.000. Indiana. nearly S5O00000, New
Jersey, about 100000. and Wisconsin
5000 010 Il is vet too early. the Commits
siOner says, % make and accurate estimate
of the total collections for the current fiscal
wear Reports from the various collection
districts however. and information from
the larger manufacturing centres together
with the large increase in the receipts for
the present month As compared with the
same month of last year, indicate that the
receipts for the year viii be considerably
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26

aai his .rultfr l1af-es sss1 "a Ffar,
a..-s4i raaaa.a lle A=w y af1 entrances af
t.e nrnrlrl4i1 al olas ana ~ erl
minutes l-fsr henn Nas observed Ht
aeer heal 10 climb over t1e r-l-
rtai ut.feaars iata .hf sslla roadway
l-al tle Ho.lt where broale llate ais sac
cessflt l-ar and rapaiiF oiFes- himself ~
bis c.oNuz hi, brsr her bad followed lim
closely h1aefer aud Na- holding 4lm an1
CRYING for he.p when iae orllaf arrived
Henry "a. arrested aua brought to fhr
NarA So police -faleu. When Questioned
1s f1 - hF Le made fle attempt to t1roe
himself into tae river he saia that
ls only object vas - olf1o
Braila aud gain mnneF Tor tne father. eho.
Del sald eas olt of emplay meut and lu des
utute circumstances lu fle pocket ~ hls
csat which vas b eked up. Vas noie giN
ine Ai> name and requesting haf his par
euts be informed if be- snuHii be drowned.
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26
THE THREE ESCAPED
A Brutal and Fatal Fight at
a Picnic.
HENRY HAsNS INSTANTLY KILLED.
Others are Badly lniJred-The Fight
3 gfns Q, er a Demand
FOR Beer-No Ar
rests.

Pur-HCRG, July 25-Lale this evening as
picnic party of about ffty employees OF
Pier Darrals d Co, brewers, together with
their families. We're preparing 10 leave
Blair's grove, near Gienw0od station on The
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad where they had
spent the day in picnicing. A party Of three
unknown men who had been lettering
around the grove demanded drink
Of beer The supply being exhausted
they attacked one of the wagons, which
Henry Hams had charge. Hams resisted
the assault and was struck on the head
with a large stone, crushing in the skull and
killing him instantly. In tue fight aud eG-
element which followed Gus Dailar re-
ceived a fright al wound on the head from
a club and Thomas lilhart had his Jaw
broken with stone The three strangers
made their escape
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26

LEWtsrov Ne. July - Yesterday morn
ing Kate " Pinc.n. war widow Of 90
drove from her hOme in East Monmouth 20
Gardiner. and went thence by train TO Au-
Eu-ia to draw her pension money. While
counting 10 she saw an ugly looSing man
watching her Passing through deep wood
o1 aer return from Gardner t0 East Mon
month the same man drove past her seized
he- hurse ov lne birdie and demanded her
MONEY! Mrs P.nen ieveIied A revolver ar
the mans head. forced him to mount bis
buggy. turu around and retreat towards
9frhaer. s1e then whipped up her horse
anal drove home
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26

The lines of one member of the Salvation
Army have at least fallen in pleasant
places. One of tie brightest and prettiest
having gone TO Plymouth 90 con-
vert the town, met with such success
as a preacher that, at the suggestion Of
many prominent citizens, She has been in-
duced to leave the army aud establish her
self a. an independent minister in church
of her own. 4 gentleman who offered 90
escort her h0me was rather taken aback
with the response. Fl have come 10
Plymouth To catch souls, not heaus. -
Llfll lIL--LLe.
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26

Iovnov Ja'v T-Mr Howard Vincent
has written letter 90 the Newspapers quot
ing front che yearly reports which be made
while he vas director Of criminal investi-
cations Poi prove the urgent necessity f1r a
more cou prehensive extrsiinon treaty. not
ae Saws directed especially against fenians
8nf 1rramifsrs. hut 'nCiuing large class
of offenders whose apprehension is nor 0ow
provided fr The civilized world. he SAYS.
- vaHrsing rhs uittd States Senate
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26
HIS HOHRlO CRIME.
A Cincinnati Druggist Arrested for killing
His Wife.

CINcINNArI o., July 25.-Mrs. Fred Win
kleman died at her home this city on
Wednesday irom the effects of an abortion
and Was buried yesterday. Today her hus-
band was arrested for the crime but was
bailed out on 5000 The dead woman was
the owner of $4,000, which she gave to her
husband the day before they were married,
fo.r months ago and the charge Is made
that 10 obtain absolute use of Tins sum was
Winklem object no getting rid OF her
Her death was an awful one Her maiden
name was Miller and she was the last mem
Der of the family. all the others having pre-
ceded her to the grave. Winkleman is "A
druggist. inclined 10 be somewh hat fast, and
Is 26 years old.
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26
ne CUTS OFF HIS Gus.

a High Toned Chise- Forswesrs His Own
Country
WssHSerov. D. C., July 25.-The Capital
says thar the member Of the Chinese lega-
ton. who recently lost his cue. deliberately
cut it of himself aud that the member We
hemently asserts that he viii never return
t0 his own country, and does not desire
longer to BE- a mem oer OF the legation. The
loss of the cue. until this announcement.
was surrounded in mystery and II vas gen
orally supposed % have been cut OFT by
some one Of a miscnievous turn Of mind.
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26

FAN BIvFR. Mass july 25 About 700
Providence people came here oy boat today,
patronized the saloons literally. got pretty
well loaded and began TO fight As result
thirty oi ihe most vicious we're arrested and
viii be fined 0r baiied tomorrow There
were several fights ou the dock before the
boat started % return home
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26

The House Of samuel Peckhaln Destroy ed
by Lightning.

-sc-ts..t 80 Ttt Et-tetAa- -ttes-p-
MANcELoNA, Mich July 25.-The house
of Samuel Peckham, of this place was
struck by lightning during a thunder
shower this forenoon. The house was shat
tered and Mr.. and Mrs. Peckham were
stunned and their daughters legs Were
burned out none were seriously injured.
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26

HoRvrrLsSIIE. July 25.-The through
passenger train so. - eastward on The Erie
road jumped the track near Andover. about
two miles west of here. az 8 o'clock This
evening one baggage cor. mail car and
$3.50 c.achcs were somewhat hroken ap b1f
no one was seriously hurt
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26

Drsuv July 25-The funeral of Hickey.
She Feman, who died here ou Friday. was
attended hy several thousand persons and
was entirely orderly Among those present
were Timothy Harrington. n P- John
Orenuor. N r. Alderman 0Cnuor and
sheriff Clancy
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26

NNnARn Hsvrs Mass July - The
steamer Gate City having been pumIea out
and pui in sea-eane condition ara'n. get
up steam ihis morning and ed D m. ief
fsr Rnslnn
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26
A GREAT tXpLOS ON.

Forty Persons Killed at Constantinople by
Powder BiOw-up.
CoNsTANTINoPLE July 25.-An explosion
occurred in the government magazine near
this city to-day killing forty persons and
wounding large number. The buildings
were entirely destroyed.
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-26

4 Terrible story " Cold and
Starvation
E4tllg Clothing and Books 20
Sustain Lie.
Hundreds " DWellsrs 10 the
North Dying.
The Seal Cateh Wholly Fails
This Year
The Details # Horrible Win
Ter 10 LABRADOR
Dying by Inches Near the
North Pole
A Tale 20 Make the Bravest
Explorer Quail
Days and Weeks Without
Food or Raiment
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-24
Paralyziup the Cats.

Excise Commissioner Morris of the old
board lives on West Twenty-first street Four
years ago cats drove people from their homes
in this street by their midnight music. Com
missioner Morris owes the peace of his home
to his son. who is an amateur electrician. He
put a wide board ON top of the back fence to
better facilitate cat locomotion. He then ran
six bare telegraph wires along the top of this
board, a very little distance apart. He con-
nected these wires with the strong battery in
the house, and a key, within easy reach, con-
nected the battery with the wires on the
fence.
With darkness the cats came When a
few vigorous notes gave indication of a
promislngly loud concert, Wettmore touched
the key One long, loud yell followed. Four
cats were seen several feet above the fence
paving the air, and all fell down in the yard
quite paralyzed. One by one they got up,
sInelled of their paws, murmured NEW, and
quietly stole away. This was kept up for
several nights, until every cat in the block
had tasted lightning.
Now, whenever a cat finds it necessary TO
cross the dangerous path, he first puts paw
gently out upon the wires, and crosses very
slowly, with every muscle wound up for a
spring to the ground at the first suspicion of
Shock-New York Star.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-24

NJ. dc Parnelle has called the attention of
the French Academy of Sciences to a curious
Illusion of the vision, which may account for
the apparent oscillation or swinging of stars
sometimes observed, and which is called by
the Germans Sternschanken When the eye
looks for some time at a small, feebly lighted
body, itself being in complete darkness, the
body appears to oscillate or describe certain
curves. 1t is phenomenon of the subjective
order, and appears TO be of the same nature
as the movement of a star observed when a
person leans his head against wall and fixes
his eye upon the star. The star appears to
be agtated in its place and To oscillate rapidly.
In order that the motion may be noticed,
there should be no moon and the sky should
be clear y lunette takes away the apparent
motion.-New York Mail and Express.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-24
THE eucKEYE PANORAMA BUSINESS.
a Place Where Big Paintings are Manu-
facturcd for Exhibition-Big Scheme.

a Place Where Big Paintings are Manu-
factured for Exhibition-Big Scheme.
Chicago is the center of the panorama
business in America. And the panorama
business is a more extensive one than most
people imagine it to be. There are several
panorama factories in town, or near BY
One of these stands near the Rock Island rail-
way tracks in Englewood-a monster turret
Of wood, whose doors are closed to all visitors
except those accompanied by the proprietor,
DR.. Pierpont In this turret-like house
painters are always at work upon panoramas
not creations, but copies of works already
known to fame. Gettysburg is the favorlte,
and it is estimated that there are now in ex-
istence something like two dozen copies OF
this famous panorama. The copies are
known to the trade as buckeyes" though
the origin of the term in this application Is as
vet a mystery. These buckeyes cost all the
way from g., 900 to SO, 900 apiece, and some
of them are fine copies of the original. They
are sold to enterprising chaps in large cities
throughout the country, and exhibited usu-
ally in cheap wooden buildings. Some OF
them have male fortunes for their owners i'll
n few years.
The cheaper paintings are carried about the
country by railway cars, being wound up for
shipment on big spool, and exhibited III
tents. Some of the first buckeyes" manu-
painters, and sorry jobs they made of them,
too. In addition to their ignorance OF per-
spective and coloring they only knew how to
mix paints for wood surfaces, and some of
the canvases which their clumsy brushes
,laubed and which have been carried around
the country until they are weary, cracked
and weather-w worn, do not much resemble the
original Gettysburg.
A queer feature of the business is that the
painters of these buckeyes pay the proprie-
tors of the originals nothing for the privilege
of copying. Photographs are on sale of all
sections save one of the Gettysburg panorama,
the exception being the view of the wheat
field The copyers buy these photographs,
slyly take notes as to the coloring while pre-
tending to look at the canvas, and in the same
manner make hasty and crude sketches of the
wheat field.
1t is said hat there is a scheme on foot to
procure : 600 copies of Gettysburg, Shiloh,
Missionary Ridge, Siege of Paris and Atlanta
(thc new picture being painted in Wehner's
studio, Miiwaukee), and combining them all
under one canvas-''only one admission ticket
to the five greatest panoramas on earth"-go
on the road in true circus style. Surely, this
is great world for schemes. Chicago
Herald
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-24

/ sorTowed, slept; and this my dream:
looked. aEa saw a large Hesper gieam
Right in the east, above the bar
OF morning mists-a morning star
Full luIstered, tremulous he stood
Throbbing ON silent stream and wood
.sB,.hoidr' cried That watcher bright,
Who trims the lamp of jealous Night,
Hath on q stolen errand gone,
Todo the service OF the Dawn"
Then spake n voice, serene in air:
Thou art new come, nor yet aware
How the calm heavens of the dead
Above thee and around are spread,
SO Inarvelest thou that Hesper clear
Doth in the van of Dawn appear.
But from thy brow chase vexinS thought,
And be thou apt, and soothly taught;
The star of eve TO sorrowing men,
Is morning star in spirits ken
Thou seest the other face of Night
And planets flushed with orient light
! dreamed, and woke. and did rejoice,
So dwell with me the blessed voice.
Edith Thomas in Boston Traveller
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-24
On the Brooklyn Bridge.

While riding in the cable cars on the Brook
lyn bridge one may look across and see the
return cable passing in the opposite direction.
As it runs at the rate of about ten miles an
hour, it is passing at the rate of twenty miles
an hour, and, although made up Of strands
like hemp rope, it appears like smooth
cord. But if the observer will look between
the wheels of the the strands will for an
instant become visible, the same as if the OBJ
server and cable were at rest.-New York
Tsffnr
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-24
Souvenirs of Beauty-

a gray headed man was recently brought
before a court in Berlin, charged with picking
n lady's pocket OF her handkerchief During
the trial it was proved that he had as many
rs 100 costly handkerchiefs in his posses
sion, obtained in the same manner. His
defense was not kleptomania, but a mania
which impelled him, whenever he saw a
beautiful woman, to try and obtain some
object from her rs a souvenir. He was acquit-
ted.-Chicago Herald
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-24
The Undertakcr'S Bill.

NJ. De B. has been a widower for week
The undertaken puts in his bill Carriages,
mutes, gloves and all the paraphernaiia rep
rssented an outlay of 800 francs Its
very DEAR he exclaims- Nonsense" sug-
rests a friend; -your wife would have ex-
nended cheerfully twice rs much on you.'-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-24
j. J.F.Tenney & Son
FEDERAL P0IHT. FLA.

IlAVE IN STOCK ABOUT THIRTY THOU
SAND good handmade and aIi-heart Cypress
shingles, much superior To sawed AZ they
have several hands making for them. they
can supply almost any demand. Price g 50
per 1900 delivered on the wharf here.
SCI CmdSw
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-08-21
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

A new Indictment containing twenty.
six counts was found against Squire and
Flynn Tuesday.
The Lehgh Coal and Navigation Com
pany is negotiating for the right of way
for railroad from Wilkesbarre to Scran'
ton.
A fire occurred Tuesday in the glove,
calf ana sheepskin factory of Henry Dyer,
at Lynn, Massachusetts,. The loss is, from
s., 600 to $4,000.
A basis of settlement of the mill
troubles at Augusta has been agreed upon
and the operatives will return to work
Immediately, A committee will be APP
pointed to revise and adjust wages.
The North German Lloyd Steamship
Company announced another reduction in
their steerage rates between New York
and Bremen, this cut being 81. The
former rate was $21.
The extensive preparations for the great
triennial conclave of the knights of Tenn
plar which is to be held at st. Louis next
month are rapidly approaching compile
ton. Positive advices assert that fully
100000 other persons will be present to
witness and share in the great demon
StratiOn,
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-08-21
The Trials ola Sch oo1m fstress.

Teacher Gin mental arithmetic)-If there
were three peaches on the table, Johnny,
and your little sister should eat one OF
them, how many would be left !?
Johnny-How many sisters would be
left?
Teacher-Now listen, Johnny. If there
| were three peaches on the table, and your
| little sister should eat one, how many
would be left +?
Johnny-We amt had a peach in the
house this year, let alone three.
Teacher-We are only supposing the
| peaches to be on the table, Johnny.
Johnny-Then they wouldn't be real
peaches
Teacher-No.
Johnny-Would they be preserved
peaches?
Enthusiastically not.
Johnny-Pickled peaches ?
Teacher-No. no. There wouldn't be
any peaches at all, as I told you, Johnny :;
we only suppose the three peaches to be
there.
Johnny-Then there wouldn't be any
peaches, of course.
Teacher-Now, Johnny, put that knife
in your pocket or I will take it away, and
pay attention to what I am saying. We
imagine three peaches to be ON the
table.
Johnny-Yes.
Teacher-And your little sister eats one
of them and then goes away.
Johnny-Yes, but she wouldn't go away
until she had finished the three. You
don't know my little sister.
Teacher-But suppose your mother was
there and wouldn't let her eat but one ?
Johnny-Mother's out of town, and
won't be back till next week.
Teacher (sternly)-Now, Johnny, will
put the question once more, and if you do
not answer it correctly I shall keep you
after school If three peaches were ON
the table and your little sister were to eat
one of them, how many would be left ?
Johnny STRENGTHENING up)- There
wouldn't be any peaches left. I'd grab
the other two. '.-
Teacher touching the bell)-The schol-
ars are now dismissed. Johnny White
will remain where he Is.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-08-21

we had been drugged, and 1 suspected
with what drug. 1t was one with which
I had experimental great deal Hence
the reason why it had not overcome me as
1t had Norton. In few minutes / feign-
ed sleep as deep as his while fought to
save myself from the abyss of sleep into
which felt myself sinking with dreadful
rapidity. But 1 braced every nerve and
held on. 1t seemed as if nothing would
ever happen. At length I felt fragrant
hand pass over my face and heard the
woman's voice say:
ITS all right now, Charley. He's done
for now till morning" Then felt a valu.
able ring being removed from my finger,
after which I was relieved of my watch
and purse, the woman humming all the
while the air of Break, break"
Are we ready 20 said the man..
eyes" answered the woman, "don't
forget to bring the brandy this time.
You got us nearly found out in Paris by
leaving it behind. Respectable people, as
a rule, are not in the habit of drinking
drugged spirits"
The sense of being ut last able to act
seemed to reauimate me. With a cry
sprang up, rushed to the door. locked it,
flung the key out of the window, through
which shouted for police. The man and
woman sprang on me and there was
desperate struggle. but in the midst of it
steps hurried upstairs, the door was
forced open, and our friends were in the
hands of the police. at once identified
our property found in their possession.
and the drugged brandy confirmed my
tale beyond doubt. For many years, in
Europe and America, the pair had follow
ed this original way of making IL ireli-
hood. I am glad 10 say they got good
time of hard labor for it.
Norton came to in time, and he main
tains, so like the dear old Norton. that
whatever may have been the weakness of
Mrs Brankstonc, she was an unusually
pretty woman.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-08-21
THE NHEXACAN I2EVOLUTkOH.
Penas and DE Econ's BANDS Holly
Pursued.

METAMoRAs, Mexico. August g.. Tho
revolutionists in this part OF the State arc
gradually breaking up Penas and De
Leon's bands are being hotiy pursued by
the forces Of Colonel Gomez and Pima.
The MundO, of Sunday. published an
extra edition, which in substance reports
that on the Sth, at seven O'Clock in the
morning, the revolutionists, los strong,
under Mauricio Cruz, attacked the State
forces under Hilario Gonzales, at San
Antonio de Mujicos near Cedral. State, OF
Neuvo Leon. Instead of finding fifty men,
as he expected, Cruz encountered a force
of 800 Infantry and cavalry, who, though
surprised, took refuge among the jacals,
and made n sharp fight. Cruz retired,
after capturing the horses of the troops.
He lost an officer, Domingo Rivera, and
two men killed and of the troops sex en-
were killed and eight wounded, among
the killed being Maxine Gonzales. The
Government is sending heavy reinforce
ments against Cruz, and he is also bring
ing several new bands of revolutionists
under his banner