davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-03-11
beaten Dsath,

a brutal and deliberate murder 0c-
Cured on Thursday afternoon, about
thirty miles east of AshevilIe, N. G.,
ant! near Marion. Herbert Bird and
his two sons, heretofore considered
good peaceable citizens, own a tract
of laud through which NJ. d. e..
Bright, u prominent citizen and neigh
bor, had what he considered a right of
way. The Birds had warned him not
to come on the land AS he was pass
ing there dispute commenced, when
the three Birds fell upon him with
clubs and beat him to death,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-03-11

threat proposed IN tho resolutions nnyy
before the Senate that no contirmations
Will be made unless the demands of
that body be complied with, are
sufficient TO discourage CIR deter me
from following in the way which, |
am convinced, leads to the better gov
ernnlent Of the people,"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-03-11
THE REVENUE BOND SCRIP.
What is Thought about the Decision De-
cIaring 1T Invalid.
( From tie Nc'os and Courtcr.)

(Fr0m tie Nc1Os and COuricr.)
The news Of the decision Of the
United States Supreme Court in the
revenue bond scrip cases in favor 0f
the State created something of q scnsa-
ton on Broad street. The brokers
were, as general thing. disposed to be
non-comnittal, although it was frecl,
admitted on all sides that the dcc>i, II
renewed the State Ofa very grave bur
den, and that its effect would be TO
add considerable stiffness to the mar
ket for State securities. These were
quoted at 108 last week, and Yesterday
lO9 was asked for Brown consoIS,
which were stiffat these figures. 1t j.
improbable that the price may 90 up
still higher. No sales have, however.
been made since the reception of the
news in Charleston.
1t was learned that about 800, 900
of the revcnac bond scrip ie held i'm
Charleston by not more than eight or
ten people. The market for revenue
bond scrip here has always been very
weak. Some of the present holders
came into possession Of their scrip
soon after it was issued 1t has been
sold III Charleston, however, as hioh
as II cents on the dollar, at which
figure one purchase was made here of
$4,000. The scrip was bought by the
person who sold it, it is said, at three
cents on the dollar. Most of the issuo
of 81 800, 1000, which was put forth in
lieu of the State endorsed bonds of The
Blue Ridge Railroad, is held by MIR.
Amos d. Williams, a well known New
York broker, and others in that CITY,
who brought the suit which has been
decided against them. The suit, il |
will be remembered, was brought in |
the United States Circuit Court before |
Judge Bond, who decided in favor OF
The scrip. This decision reversing |
Judge Bonds decree, il is said, will |
not only relieve the taxpayers Of The |
State of q great burden, but will pre-
vent untold disorder in the finances of |
he State.
The only Charleston holder Of the |
scrip to any large amount, it is said, is
Col. j. E. IIagood, the Clerk of the |
United States Circuit Court.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-03-11

"A freight train on tho Ontario and
Western Railroad went through
bridge in New York, and four men
were killed and their bodies burnt to
cimder. ..-
"A fire in the of the docks National
Steamship Company, New York, on
Thursday destroyed $35, 900 worth OF
cotton received from Charleston
Fully insured. u.s..
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-03-11

FOR colds and for hoarseness, for pain in
the chest,
Inc Cherokee Remedy surely is best;
All druggists will sell II, for all are assurod
you've only to use it, and soon you'll be
cured! -.''
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-03-11
A Clear Skin

is only a part Of beauty;
but it is a part. Every lady
may have it; at least, what
looks like it. Magnolia
Balm both freshens and
beauties.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-03-11
ADVICE TO MOTnEKs

MRS; WnNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP should al
tt,S WtaSS oS used Tor children teethng. IL soothes
Lne child, softens the gums alIays ali main
StnSS SStuisS wind collie and Is the best remedy for
JulylGLtyI N''O'0
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-07
Joke ON a Journalist.

Last May year ago the junior edi-
tor OF the Lakeview Examiner, with
some little assistance from ourselves.
placed two dozen klamath Lake frogs.
a quantity of mucilage, and a handful
OF tacks into a bed occupied by the edi-
tor OF the Linkville Star. When the
veteran OF the quill showed his legs be-
tween the sheets and the tacks penetra-
ted his tender pink skin he set I'D in
bed and inquired of yours truly wheth-
er our bed had any insect inhabitants.
He said he was experiencing sharp pains
like wasp stings. We remarked care
lessly that while such pains were al
most invariably followed by paralysis.
we hoped he would live until morning.
de made another dive under the covers.
A cold, Shiny frog was disturbed and
began drawing its Shiny length up the
Journalists off leg. Two more awoke,
stretched, and yawned, and with exui-
tant croaks performed a double clog on
the alarmed mans stomach, which was
more than he could stand. He gave q
yell, and sprung into the middle of the
room. 'IoOs, Loos," he cried, s'I'm
growing cold-the paralysis is settin'
In Go bring two doctors. a preacher,
and gallon of whisky, for I'm nearly
q goner.s just then frog jumped out
OF the bed and struck him in the small
of the back. AS he had struck a light
the time-honoTed journalist compre-
hended the situation at a glance, and as
he piled the bed sheets in a corner he
remarked. good-naturedly '4Gol darn
you scamps1 wouldn't had such a
fright for a hundred dollars" We laid
it all to Beach. and tried to induce the
Star editor to shoot him on sight
YrekG ICdk. Union.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-07
A Blazing chr,ssma. rrss.

A huge Christmas tree, bearing ali
kinds of gifts for the patients and atten-
dants a. the county hospital in Chicago,
and lavIshly illuminated with wax can
dies. caught FIRE Christmas day while e
hundred o. more people were packed
closely about it. The tree and ita con-
tents blaZed 80 fercely that the clothing
OF some twenty persons standing nearest
to it caught FIRE.
Several persons were Injured in the
rush for the door. Over three hundred
persons were in the chapel when the ac-
cident occurred. The small room was
densely packed. and ''Santa Claus'' was
forcing his way through the crowd to the
tree To distribute the gifts.
Suddenly q wreath of colored paper
caught fire from q candle, and almost in
stantly the entire tree and Its contents
were pyramid Of fame. The garments
OF those next TO the tree caught fire anc
every one rushed TO the Goor In q panic
Before the room was halt emptied of the
crowd, some one with q FIRE extinguish-
or subdued the flames and drenched the
clotbIng which had caught fire.
A later survey of the situation shows
that al least one hundred persons were
injured, the greater part receiving
bruises by being trampled on by their
panic stricken neIghbor. A num-
Der OF children patients had been
brought into the chapel in their
cots Before they could be removed sew
eral suffered from the smoke and fright
and one or two were slightly burned.
The excitment was intense, and but for
the GOODNESS of Warden McGarigle and
some attaches of the hospital lives would
certainly have been lost.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-07
What Your Name means.

The only Frank know is short and
stout. and slow thinker, who begins
TO dribble out his words before his
thought is ready, and then has to make
a clumsy pause while the poor slow
thing is oyertaking him. How different
from the bright and winning Frank OF
fiction
How many Georges does one know
who slay their dragons.
Tom is somewhat near Jack. but
less attr -ctive, for these yielding. sus-
ccptible SINNERS are generally very lik-
able.
Andrew is not He is slow and sure
and quite reliable. SO far as his own in
terests jump with yours. I think /
should hate to be married to an An
drew; that Is, the typical Andrew.
As to John and James, or else Jack
and dim, and worlds divide these from
each other. james and John are fixed
stars-Jim and Jack are planets, If not
comets with the exception that not all
the science in the world could with GER
tainty predict their movements.
Then there is Alfred, often 8 quite nm
bearabie prig, while Fred Is the verv
contrary. Frederick is a very differ
ent man from Fred, and it seems as i'm
possible for Harry to grow old as it il
Tor nenry to be very young.
Charlie L. surrounded by historic
grace, which disappears when we ex-
anime into facts but the name Is i'm
proved hy the cloudy halo that sur
rounds It But Charles! Oh, Charles,
3 dreadful. London Truth.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-07

An associated press dispatch says that
R0y. Charles Reynolds is dead. He was
minister of the Protestant Episcopal
church and had been chaplain of the reg
uIAr army at Fort Riley, Kansas, a num-
Der Of years. At the time of his death,
we believe, he was on the retired list. BE
has been in Kansas q great many years.
He Was at Lawrence during the Guam
treli raid, and had q narrow escape,
Subsequently he went to Junction City,
and for great many years
has filed the pulpit of his
church there. He was also president of
the Central Kansas Agricultural society,
HReing great lover OF fine stock and
ping generally. He was q fine ap-
pearing gentleman, and wherever he
went, he attracted general attention by
- distinguished bearing and venerable
eearance He had gained quite
Ration AS wkter on
favorite topic agriculture.
RI papers by him may be found in
d Kansas Magazine. and the re-
of the Kansas State Horli.
-ral society. Few men are better
wn in Kansas, and none were more
lilly respected than DR. Reynolds.
Lace TO his ashes.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-07
DemandiaxPens,on.,

INDIAKAPoLIs. Dec. 30.-At 9 meet
ing of ex-sOldiers held at Terre Haute q
preamble and resolutions were adopted
demanding the passage of . law grant
ig pensions TO all soldiers who served
sixty days or more at the rate of
So per Month. The proposed Law
is not TO effect pensioners who
now receive more than So
per month. Widows of soldiers, sailors
and marines the act demands shall be
pensioned st the rate OF $l2 per month
and children at the rate of So per month
up to the age of sixteen, unsound and
physically disabled children to receive
pension without any limit as to age.
An act embodying these demands will
be introduced and advocated by James
E. Johnston, representative from the
Eighth district
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-07
a Light-Givlne MEXICAN insect

At . recent meeting of the Academy
OF Sciences at Paris a plate half filed
with water, in which were half dozen
insects about an inch in length, which
shone like diamonds, although the room
was filled with sunshine, was passed
around among the members These in
sects had been brought from Mexico.
where they are to be found in the for
ests The scientific name ie the pyro-
phore; and, as none had ever been seen
before in Europe, they created quite a
sensation. The light resembles that of
q gloW-Worm or FREELY, although as
much more brilliant and intense as an
eiectric1ight surpasses q wax taper in
its power of illumination. When the
light begins to fade it can be made as
brilliant as before by shaking the in
sect OF dipping it In water. It Is said
the Indians of Mexico use them for
light At night, and 3 few viii suffice TO
illuminate an entire room When they
are walking at night they put one on
each foot 50 that they can be sure Of
their way, and also that they do not
step on any Ee1omoas snake or reptile.
with which the tropical forests abound.
The Mexican ladies buy them Of the In
dams and inelose them In transparent
bag which they wear IN their hafr or at
the neck. The effect Is vesy beautiful,
especially when several sra worn; and,
as the Indians sell them for few cents
3 dozen, they are within the reach Of
every 1aIr one. They are led on sugar
cane. ana 8 a3I talEeH care Of Win I've
g a placed mon paes
8 read with ease &
uzs7 6cie,lts' 30 Aasevseas.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-07
Mai. oes. John Pope, in a recent .r

Maj. 0ea. John Pope, in a recent arti-
ole In the Oeatary on the Second Battle
OF Ball Run" lakes the occasion to let
q little daylight into an old story applied
% him during the war. The story lie
that Gen. Pope wrote dispatch Head
quarters 10 the saddle" This dispatch,
30 goes the story, fell into Genr. Lees
, hands. and as he read 1t, he is s said to
hare psrpetrated the only Joke of his
life. saying; 'Genl Pope's headauar.
sar3 are where his headquarters should
s'beP Gen'l Pope says he is sorry to de.
priye bis friends of the pleasure OF re.
,tAilinR this joke. but he heard 1t when
a bow At West Point, and thinks It can be
traced back to the time OF the crusaders.
he never wrote dispatch or other CON-
nunication under the heading Head.
quarters In the saddle"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-07

WARRINGTON, D C., Jan. Captain
Meads of the Dolphin is in Washington,
but as he has not made his Official re-
port To secretary of the navy, he declines
to be interviewed with regard to the
performance of his ship. The Dolphin
called from New York for the
cspes and thence towards the
Bermudas, in search Of Q
gale. She encountered q twenty-four
hours gale, during which the wind
reached velocity of seventy miles an
hour. The vessel was placed to several
trying positions with regard to
the sea. and the shaking up
which the officers and crew received
made them all SICK. The ship made
twelve knots an hour througout the gale
and from this 1t is inferred that her per-
fOrmances were very good. It is not
learned that she suffered any damage
She reached Fortress Monroe yesterday
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-07
EMPoRIA PRIZE LIBaART.


RULE Library and reading room orez
daiIy-from Sept let 70 June Isl, nom s q 8
sept. Iss. from :. z. @ i a ana n fSo q
80 % 10 2. m. Sunday; Reading room open
RuLE SGEernsnsus res,depts Of the etty
library. Thsse livise in the ins~disss
g permanent residents. upon the payment
d the following fees: Family cards. Sa.0o
osIs s sia sr ysal 50 s1 per s1
OF 1oc per yol:, and upon registering their
RCIE 3. yitIns in tie books Is preh.ht-
ted, and ali injuries 10 books Seyond REASON
able wear. AID al losses shail se promptly
HUH L--Each family is-ensitied 70 draw
NOS 70 exceed tW1 books IT one time On
family cards; On OIL er cards. only oae. WhIcn
must be returned before any others can be
taken. and no hook csn De retained LONGER
than two weeks at time; provided, how
ever, Il the same boob Is not wanted BY say
other psFsoa. {; may he taten toF Al additi0a-
E1IE G-any person retaining q beOk fer
. longer time than i 2boye si1egtGed, shall
be subject 20 ane Of tea cent? pr week or
fraction OF week beyond that tisse- and no
other volume OF bo.,h can be aiken ous nEtti
RUE III = hoes i kees more tbea foar
week the neTs keeplng g tsan Be nSti-
Ged ofthls delinquency b the Librarian. BY ;
no<tce thIeuEh The post afEce. and n nee rel :
suFDed within one week thereafter. Is 49,
be consideTsd - lost. and the holder ehAeEe9
RgLB 7-So person shall be eBt1sie scse1r
privileges OF the library Whlie there are zz1
CHARGES Against tnrm on kceDiEuf OF fIo
library Fez. shining unEsafd
RsLE & Hoeka can only be tahen fEots sac
e1sIsts nv the librarian.
BuLz Any 5aersoa Of stzod sletortn Il
and habits nay use SIR xeadfng Fn11f fs1|5s
us9 o. tobacec. eHd eif epBslEE zffOn -
ether cOndsef ret eaEstsfBf win TIE u,szr7
a1zs cEslssl lss re EeaG.ipg room. -
-lu11 HI eote d reserenee aasi iaesfi.
leais cannes - tesbeE IRON fhl sessEiar III ~
BrAH liss-AH stock holders 81 The ~
n1ris LapruFf ~ entIeies1 e tile saz5e nFfV1s &
- e sd e<Ell1ess8a e ESrr1-7s i
hesaEK As.sllllleZ.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-07
u YOU ARE RnINa

10 FlOrtdas 20 the Worlds Fair at New
Orleans,
Or to any point south, and wish to have
q pleasant trip, you will need to be in
formed as to the best, quickest and
cheapest route. The Memphis Short
Route south, with its through buffet
sleeping cars Kansas City to New Or
leans, its free reclining chair cars Kan
sas City to Memphis land being over one
hundred miles the shortest line to the
south), is practically the only line from
Kansas City, the west and northwest, 10
all southern cities No other line runs
through cars between Kansas CITY and
New Orleans. No other route can offer
but one change of cars from Kansas CITY
TO Jacksonville and ether Florida points
There is no other good route between
the west and the south. Ask your ticket
agent for tickets wa the Memphis Short
Route Write for large map, with time
tables, showing through connections.
Mailed free. J. IS. LOCKWOOD.
g. P. S T. A.. Kansas City, No.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-07
THE DRY GOODS TRADE.


The first number Of the "DrY Goods
Chronicle and Fancy Goods Rsvfeso''
published In New York City, was laid
upon our table this morning. 1t Is q
volumInous paper and full of matter in
terestlng to the dry goods trade as we'll
as 10 manufacturers generally. It lie,
naturally enough, more especially de-
voted 70 the interests of New York,
and shows by quotations from
the books OF insurance compaRies
that the amount Of risks in the area
covered by the dry goods district from
Duane to Prime street, on both sides of
Broadway In that city. foots up oyer
TWO hundred millions of dollars, exclu.
sive Of other property not classified as
dry goods. The writer then proceeds to
say:
When We revert TO the dry goods
jobbing trade. there is nowhere q house
whose business compares with Claims
In magnitude, and nowhere q group of
houses like left, Weller & Co., Dun
ham Buckley& Co., E. 3. Jaffray & Co.
Swaetzer, Pembroke g Co, Lee
Tweedy s. Co., Mills 8 Glbb, and
others, while in notions, Calhoun, Rob-
bins q Co., VIM. h. Lyon & 20. and
Others lead the world
New York is also the great clothing
centre. The census of 1880 shows that
there were 966 factories, employing 81, -
361 persons, In the manufe cture of
clething for men, women and children.
Value OF product, $7S. 72S, 600.
These are certainly enormous figures
for one city to offer, but being complied
from reliable statistics are unquestion.
ably true.
In It's weekly review OF the dry goods
market the Chronicle says:
The dry goods market is so fully IN.
der legitimate control that its various
phases and features at this time of
changing from the old year into the
new, are what naturally might be ex.
pected when business is divorced from
speculation and Overtrading. The holI-
day trade, which for the past three
weeks impaired some animation to thu
demand. has ceased. as buyers for holi-
dsy specialties have finished their pur-
chases and retired from the market.
The volume of holiday busl.
ness transacted was about the same as
last year. The regular jobbing trade
Is quiet. as retail merchants from the in
terror are giving immediate attention to
reducing stock on hand, and are not add
ing thereto unless from actual necessity
to repair broken assortments. Jobbers are
also making special effort To distribute
the remainder of strictly winter goods
before stucktaking, and for this purpose
are offering special drives and bargains
in all departments.
The review Of the Dry goods market
appear in the eyes of the Chronicle to be
hopeful in the matter of an increase In
the volume of business for 1850 con-
summation devoutly to be wished.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-07
a Flexible Heart.

A story comes from Louisville which,
says the Cincinnati Sun, ON account of
the presence in Cincinnati of the parties
concerned, makes it of local interest
In Miss Effie Ellsler's company, playing
at the Grand, are Mason Mitchell and
Miss Marjorie Bonner. Mr.. Mitchell is q
nice-looking, sentimental, star-gazing
chap, who is very susceptible to the
charms of a pretty face, which is pos
sessed by Miss Bonner. Indeed. the
little lady is SO charming that seVeral
individuals or the masculine gender
yearn to bask in her smiles. The fes-
tive Mitchell fell madiy in love with her.
but was distressed by that hot fever of
hope and fear and jealousy. The fair
Marjorie, he thought, took 100 much in
tereSt in another member of the compa-
ny. MIR. Mitchell demanded-so a bell
boy stated who claimed to have heard
the conversation-that Miss Bonner
Danish forever from her sight the other
fellow, who was causing heart-aches
and ceaseless pain to the ardent lover.
81 have taken poison, and will kill my
self unless you will promise to be mine
alone" was substantially the despair
ing wall of the sensitive Mitchell. He
rushed into his room, which was In close
proximity to the apartment of his ~-Eeet-
heart in the Gait house, and was about
to swallow four ounces of laudanum.
bottle and all, when friends interfered.
Mr.. Mitchell still lives He is a young
man who, if reports be true, has been
singularly unfortunate in his love affairs.
1t is said that last winter he was smit-
ten with Sophie Eyre to such an extent
that upon learning the news of that
lady's marriage to Mr.. Winslow, of this
city, he suddenly disappeared, and was
subsequently heard of in the Riel rebel
lion, where it was rumored that he had
been killed. He recovered from his I'M
requited passion and returned to New
York, which necessitated a few lines
contradicting his obituary notices
Members of Miss Ellsler's company
seemed to think that Miss Bonner Is not
Indifferent to Mitchell's attentions.
When notified of the expose of the little
scheme in the Louisville hotel the Young
man seemed inclined to annihilate the
reporter. 1t was a miserable lie, all ex-
cept the taking of chloroform. He had
been long sufferer from neuralgia,
and when the pain came on he was &C
customed to inhale chloroform, which
was the only relief he could find. At
the time at which the attempted suicide
is said to have occurred he was in the
throes of neuralgia and was following
his usual prescription. The beIl-boy
was an internal little liar, a direct de-
scendant of Ananias. THAT Sophie
Eyre story is also base falsehood,n de-
clared Mr.. Mitchell, with much yehe-
mence. Il was in the Riel campaign.
When / saw the announcement of my
death In the Winnipeg papers at once
denial. ~ The young actor
much concern lest the story in
circulation should compromise Miss
Bonner