Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-27
The statement is made by Pension off,

The statement is made by Pension off,
cials that at the recent term of the United
States court held at jackson, Tenn,
twelve persons were convicted of perjury;
forgery, and other violations Of the pen
sion laws by which various sums OF
money were wrongfully obtained, in many
instances on forged pension receipts in
the names Of deceased pensioners.
The President has been securing the
country about Washington for house in
in which to locate his family residence,
and is said to have selected Duddington
Hall, four miles from Georgetown. II is
an old fashioned manor house and is rep
resented as "cozy and comfortable, and
Just such place as man would ike TO
take his wife TO in the month of June"
Mrs. Alice Pendleton, wife OF the Hon.
George II. Pendleton of Ohio, our Minis
ter to Germany, was thrown from o car.
riage and killed in Central Park on the
afternoon of May 90 Mrs. Pendleton was
81 years old, and was married in 1S46.
She was Miss Alice Key, daughter of
Francis Scott Key, the author of "The
Star Spangled Banner" and sister of
Philip Barton Key, who was killed by
Gen. Sickles. She was the niece of Chief
Justice Roger B. Taney.
Since 1t has become known that Poles
and Bohemians in large numbers have
taken part in the outbursts of violence in
the West, the impression has become
general that most of these men were
brought to this country illegally under
contracts to labor. This is not true.
There are in the United States to-day
only about 100,0 900 Poles and Bohemians
and they began to come in 1s47. So far
as evidence can be obtained at Castle
Garden they all immigrated thithcr Of
their own free will.
Nothing win purify and keep stable
from odors as the free use of dry earth
and every one keeping horses or cattle
will find it pays to keep heap of it al
hand, to be used daily. A few shovelfuls
of earth scattered over the floor after
cleaning will render the air of the apart
ments pure and wholesome. The value
of the seasons manure pile may be large
ly increased by the free use of such alb.
sorbents. The strength of the gases and
liquids absorbed is retained, and Is the
very essence of good manure.
The farms of America equal the entire
territory Of the United Kingdom, France
Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary,
and Portugal. The corn fields, equal the
extent Of England, Scotland and Belgium;
while the grain fields generally would
overlap Spain. The cotton fields cover
an area larger than Holland and twice as
large as Belgium. The rice fields, sugar
and tobacco plantations would also form
Kingdoms of no insignificant size, and
such is the stage of advancement reached
| by American agriculturists that it is esti
mated that one farmer like Mr.. Dalrym.
pie, with field of wheat covering hun.
dred square miles, can raise as much
4 grain with 400 farm scrvants as 5.OOf
peasant proprietors in France,
The murder Of Preller in St. Loui
over year since, and the finding of tn,
body in trunk, and the subsequent ar
rest Of II. w, Brooks in Australia, ant
his return to st. Louis, charged with tn
murder, are familiar to our readers. Las
Tuesday Brooks trial came up in ST
Louis, when he made statement to tn
effect that Preller had been sick, and q
his physician, he had prescribed for
private disease, and afterwards attempted
a surgical operation, administering chic
roform, as he had previously done. He
Brooks, then became frightened and con
cluded to conceal the death of Preller
fearing that he would be arrested 70
malpractice. lie was Prellers friend anC
his death was caused by chloroform.