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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-14
Two Boys Fatally Burned BY . Powder
fN Explosion. r4 = t.,

MEADvIII.E, Pa, July s.-Monday even.
ing while several boys were celebrating the
Fourth BY exploding powder in section OF
natural gas pipe ono Of them threw hand
full Of powder on lighted paper which was
being held to the pipe exploding the whole
and setting fire to the clothing OF Elliot Cox.
colored, and George Aobrny, whits. Their
cries brought assistanca but not until their
clothes were completely burned of. The
Cox boy was fsarfully burned about the
l0ins and face. flesh hanging In strips
There Is no hope OF his recovery. The
Mobray boy was horribly disfgurea and his
charred and blackened body was . sad sISht
TO look upon.
Mr.. Frank Weber. Of Samville, venango
County, who had just returned home from
Grover City College to spend the Fourth,
was firing an anvil. 1t exploded. piece
striking him On the right ankle and nearly
severing the foot from the leg.
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MEXICAN MATTERS.

The American Colony Celebrates the
Fourtl'-Mexioan National Railroad Sub
sidy.
CITY OF MEXICO, July 6.-The Ameri-
can colony here celebrated the Fourth Of
July by ball on Saturday night which
was largely attended by resident and visit
ing Americans. Many distinguished Mexi-
cans were In attendance. The National
standard of Mexico was displayed on tha
Mexican Governments buildings In honor of
the day. 49, 80.
The subsidy to the Mexican National
Railroad Company began July with .
trlfle over one.half per cent ON the customs
revenue The percentage will be increased
on January to threerfOurths Of one per
cent and on July next year to one and
one-hah per cent.
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AN EFFECTIVE APPEAL,
How Ben. Brannan Was Induced to Clos,
His Saloon.

His Saloon.
At last they reached the establish
ment whose proprietor had so persist
emily refused to yield; the saloon was
brilliantly lighted, and Brannan him
self stood in the door. As the ladies
passed he spoke to them very politely,
and they commenced their meeting. It
continued for half an hour, and then,
in the interval between q prayer and
hymn, he told them he had listened to
them very patiently. and now thought
1t very civil that they should hear what
he had to say. Brannan began by
complimenting their music, telling
them how much he and his customers
had enjoyed it. He said he hoped it
had amused them to come there day
after day, and that he had no objection
to their doing so fer a few days, but it
was now assuming the shape Of nui-
sance, and if they did not discontinue
these visits he would appeal to the law.
He said he had as good a right to
make living for his family as any
man in the city, and if he chose to do
80 by selling liquor, it was nobody's
business. He closed by an emphatic
declaration that he had never harmed
anybody by his saloon, and again told
the ladies If they annoyed him any
more he would have them arrested.
just then the great clock in the
courthouse struck nine. 1t was near
the hour for closing their meeting, and
while Brannan and his party congrat-
ulated themselves upon a victory. the
women prepared, oh, so sadly! to 90
away. Their faith had been SO strong.
they had believed that God would COM
plete his wonderful work that night.
and now they must 90, leaving it Still
unfinished.
Suddenly they paused, for q childish
voice, which had the depth of a wo-
mans anguish, walled out: .Oh. don't
give it up, it's to save NV father!''
Then they parted right an left, be-
fore the bent and twisted figure of
Mamie Burke, who passed 20 the front
of the crowd. As she stood there. with
her tattered shawl thrown OF, the light
from one of the colored lamps fallino
full on her poor little form. on the
iosting hair and pale face, with solemn
eyes-there was something so weird
and strange in her appearance. as
though she were q MESSENGER from the
world of spirits.
"Ben. Brannan," she said, md the
weak little voice grew firm and
stern as an accusing angels,
''my father. George Burke, is a
kind and tender man when he lets
whisky alone; he earns two dollars a
day, and you know that's enough to
keep us well. We live in miserable
little garret on Vine street; there is
hardly enough fire to keep me from
freezing sometimes, and I have had
nothing to eat to-day but piece of dry
bread; the money my father ought to
spend ON his home goes for whisky,
which makes brute Of him; and yei
YOU stand there, Ben. Brannan, and say
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BATAVIA, T. T., July a-About uIns
O'Clock Tuesday evening VIM. Enright and
August 6char6 were seated In front Of Blum
eri ck's saloon, 6charfi busying himself
with loading IN old musket with wad
Of paper for charge He fred at .
post near By and the charge passed
through tho post 6eharR then entered
the saloon. again loaded tho musket
and going TO where Enright was sitting
pointed the muskst at his back and pulled
the trigger. The charge made hole two
inehes IN circumference and Enrlght died
within hAlf - AQal eahaE9 wle auested
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The accumulation Of books in the
public library at Boston has increased
20 much that the city has appropriated
145o.oOQ for . new building. -8assex
ybst,
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OUARRELSOME PEOPLE.

One Of the Most Fruitful Causes OF Fail
ure in tho Lives Of Individuals and of So
8ciety-A Question for Evolutionists-An
Old Story and . Wise Example.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-11-27

Tho thanksgiving dance, given at
Browns Hall by the Phoebe string band.
was brilliant success. Everybody with
his wife and babies attended, and those
who were so unfortunate ~ to not have
babies borrowed them from some Of their
more prolific neighbors. The music was
inst ensrancing-the customary wheczy
organ. for accompaniments, having been
discarded for the clear winding notes Of
the B fat cornet. Our second cousins Ct
Panaca all came en- masse to assist ia
calculating the art Of terpsicore. The
ball wound up at 10 the morning.
A trial Of the Meecber Amalgauating
Process was made In Bullionville short
time since. with the following result:
From q tons Of tailiugs put through the
machine, but 200 pounds Of amalgam
were obtained and the smalgam sasayed
only $95 per ton, being mostly lead.
Rather poor showing for the process or
the tsilings; perhaps both. We arc in.
eliued to think, however, that tho fault
lies with the tailings, and the tailings
alone. To extract silver from pile Of
sand, where 1t does not exist, must b. q
difficult matter.
A young gentleman friend ventured 10
elucidate the other day: my allusion
to the young lady in question. did not
Of course necessitate the fact Of hsr being
smitteu by you, aud were IL not for ths
fact Of your being at present in an afiusnt
position, / should never have mentioned
the matter. As the case now stands.
however, will do all / can to further
your mutual interests. I will try and
fulfill my premise; that Of sparkling BY
proxy.
Mestrs. r. II. Elan and Jas. Mead
den will Leave here next Monday fol
San Francisco. M.r. McEsdden take
his sop, Clarence, with him for the pur
poae Of having an operation performed
Mr.. Elan taking the trip fer the benef
Of his health.
d, We call the attention OF the public t
J WertheimeF's ad. under the head Q
".ew ro'Day." Mr.. Wertheimer has
fne lot Of gools. He will dispose Of ia
came, for ca1h, to make room for ne,
. lot Of aprng and summer goods.
Who says that the Peoples Meat Al
socistioa does not keep fat, juicy meat
e Call and examine and you surely will b
j. convinced.
ALI Of tho State papers agree th,
. Fitzgerald is elected by about l2o IN
: joEity.
n Silver was quoted at sl.G25 on Il
e Gath. Last quotation of lead SAGE.
H. W. Turner departed on Friday 4
the 0nondaSa mine.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-11-27


Sensations Of vision require definite
time Of exposure Of the retina, which
time Mr.. J. II Cattell Of the University
of Leipsic finds to bs considerably do.
pendent on the nature Of the object and
the intensity Of the light. It varies
with the several colors. Orange gives
the quickest impression of the eye and
yellow closely follows it, then comes
blue, red and green; while the rstina is
least sensitive to violet light.tims. which
is from two TO three times - long as for
orange. By lamp.light tho eye works
more slowly than by daylight. and the
order Of perceiviug eolors is changed to
orange, red. yellow, violet and blue.
--lChicago News.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-11-27
THE Ia BELLE MYSTERY.

We copy the following from the South.
ern Utah Times in regard to the mystery
Of La Belle, Of which we published a
lengthy article last week:
Several months ago an invalid gen.
tlemsn named La Belle and clximiug to
represent Sherman, Clay & Co., San
Francisco. spent some time in Frisco and
then went south through the settlements
hiring saddle horses to carry him from
place TO place. On his return to the
north he hired an animal Of someone in
Ponaca, New, northwest Of that damned
spot in Utah, the Mountain Meadows.
After hs bad proceeded few miles on
his way, the horse escaped and La Belle
made his way on foot to Milford, Utah
where be was oysrtakon by pair Of Nor.
son yaps. who, without process Of law,
took tho rnsa back % Nevada, where liis
body was found riddlsd with bullets.
Walter James reports that parties came
out from Panacs and TOOK the body into
the settlement for burial There was nc
evidence 70 show that La Belle was 0
horse.thief. He was murdered in cold
blood and it will be another case oi the
Indians did IT,"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-11-27
Items that should be published arc

otner cause than that the editor fails 70
hear Of them until they are old and moss
covered. Quite often some one regrets
that certain news items are not in the
paper. So docs the editor. A candidate
wanted come political news in, but he
did not want it bad enough to come
around and say SO. Some one has been
away on visit OF has made some new
improvement, but does not think it
worth while to notify the editor. A
gentleman remarked few days ago that
he might come and 60 forever, but the
paper would not mention it. Hand in
your local news il you want local paper.
1.-THE early bird catches the worm"
Well, SO does the early squaw. We've
seen her, at the hour when the gray Of
dawn pales the stars, prowling around
the streets picking up bits Of frozen grub
for the family, while her staunch and
steadfast buck, neglecting his morning
duties o. lighting the fire in the parlor
stove and busting of the piano. reposes
on his couch Of down. Our admiration
OF the asrly squaw is more than sincere
it's intense.
Stock.raisers should be careful in
branding cattle. Csttls branded on the
side sell for SO less head than those
that have been branded on the
neck or hip. 1t is stated On the best
authority that Sl5,OOo.Coo are annually
lost TO tto:k.raissrs through branding
ariiasl- On The side, Branding stock on
tae sito depresissss the value of the
hide.
NJ J. Howard james, manager sluc
Gdrta Livery, el9 \. 5sa street, Phila
deiphia, Pa, asya: Aissr trying al
e.i.=r r-ss;;.,,..!ss without felief Coz heavy
cold on lie che.t, sas5m gsf.ied BY
severe cough, / ussi Re- Star Cougl
Cure, and ii a very shlrt tias vas En-
49,
Nhea Jasties Young crawla fr7m hi
indictments OF aAoe'posg'ng into thos
d ministerial cut 1t would he VEL t
tbs young boys, % well an tbs cid onsa
....a..,.t,.a4si,.;.,., a,ta $50
On Monday 40 Gus Adlsnann was en-
gagged IN cutting up sheep, be hit hin
sell with the ak on sns leg, Just oela'
the Knee, making gash OF come tnre
H. p..oa go -. 49, -
The Light cloak Of snow, now lyle
upon the earn IKE T. hoilea and mud b
drasgled manas' t"at hai Lang nnS
pasSso 'es Jays u u'e'''pess' mas USE
hos. .,o,s.b,,lins and co,,,;rg s.c
cor,;nc !, th.,r rroror order
BY another, or a conclusion OF the n
count OF the votes OF Lincoln county,
a.o,,aa ss,nra.T i.,t Ri. n.m =,
.,,.,. viii F;sh RAJ h, 4 uaior;,,
Ts;. s.,t,., a.. '.,.. h.,
For agood square meal, pleasant an
,.;,s n;,a o,a,r haa m 20 ,ha Naysd
~, -. ~. tar.aa.. ~
~, r. -, - . ,..,, u,,..n.h,
e
.rfT.r from, coll f,et will find Il a diff
III. ,n,ttar - ,ar,n ,h.m by 10 ucl
- ,ha moou 7 F;,suno,r r. On a,
a.. J.. -, g ena,o. =, bo,t;r
stoves.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-11-27
TsE WOULD ne.

He's lively sort Of fellow with leg,
as long as the moral law. Hes a enc
dancer and guitar player and is per.
petnaliy on the move. There ia always
heavenly smile on his face when lady
approaches; this smile, along with his
dancing aud musical attainments. h.a
won manya heart among the fair sex,
and the winning Of hearts by the score,
has won him the title Of would be, a well
earned title too There is one great
drawback that casts its shadow over
him. however, and in great measure
acidulates his milk and honey enjoy.
nents. He drinks milk punch and il
very fond Of honey; but he can neither
eat or drink the fair ones mothers
some Of them beirg to old and tough for
inassicaticn and swol.owation (word
coined; Mr. Webatsr give us credit.
Yes. tho fair ones mothers, prudent
mothers, invariably stand between our
would be and their daughters affections.
Quite often while standing in the door.
way Of some fair one, has be been warm.
" invited to 60 out en- the street, by the
fair ones mother, and quite as often la.
he accepted the invitation, but the very
next night he'd 60 right bacl. again.
Then the prudent mothers tried another
plan; that Of sealdire him. Therefore
a boiler OF hot water was got in readi
ness, and, orc dark night, as he tuuec
up his guitar under fair one'o window
the sash was gently raised and swa,t
went the not water Did it acald oql
her7' ada ga such q ding. As noiee
lsAaly u the sash was raisol, tic hear.
II, and lis long lsga gaa BIN ont Of th
way iugt il time Tor tbs boiling wz.er :
scald all the hrstioi off tho 5sek u
hes .hs. !!agersd pnAer ,he window To-
the purpose Of nearing tie music 1hs
y all, with the exception Of his b., IN,
lie town yesterday, having good 20
siiion il teaching the Young idea h9g
to shoot, He leis oil HE mssaes j
charge Of this oai1e.
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clWse OF tdi5 p-i5e.
We might write several ohRp.era Of
tho greatest morality On the adventures
Of 4 gentleman who thiad his easter into
the poIiiissl arena. At asss he vas IN.
commonly poeticsl aal rosy, painting
in the lnest language the charming 81
appearance Of his political opponent,
when looked down upoa from the ex.
allied position occupied by himself. he,
the opponent, was totally unit for the
position he aspired to. Why? For
zone certain kinds Of business. where
brain work. talent, etc, were not to be
considered as bearing on the case, tho
ppponeat might fill the bill; hut where q
ponderous intellect was required-sn in.
tellect' so thickly sandwichsd with
knowledge, Of suoh a universal character,
aa to put an encyclopedia to the blush
our gentleman friend was the man, and
tho only man fitted for the position.
And he'd walk over, too. he'd ipat sail
above his opponent like the North Pole
star. He blossomed like tho rose; his
petals opening. exhaled the sweetest per.
falne; he smiled oil over, so confident
was he that victory would perch on his
banner. The votsrs OF the county must
appreciate his worth so far above that Of
his opponent, who was but common
man. 1t would seem that they did not,
however. Eventually came the bitter
frost Of disappointment and withered the
foliage Of our friend. blossoms and all;
the smiles were acidulated to density
Of 81 degrees; he was defeated. That
this contains q moral ia beyond the
shadow Of doubt.
At the Onondaga mine, Saturday last.
Uncle Abe: Gerald was Frustrated,
through severe cold, AMI evineed all
the symptoms Of being loaded. The old
man was'so badly OF that IL was con.
sidered necessary to bring him to town.
where medical aid could be had, or the
consequences would be- serioua. There
being no conveyance at hand, Mr.. H. W.
Turner, one Of the owners Of the mine.
being at the mine at the tin,c, put on his
sixteen.mile walking zhoes and started
for Phoebe, arriving here at about two
o'clock in the afternoon, having accom-.
phshed the distance, sixteen miles, in
three hours and q half. He then pro.
cured a team, drove back to the mino
and arrived in Phoebe with the sick man
at ten o'clock. Is there newspaper
man on this coast who can beat this
record. II SO trot him out. Mr.. Gerald
has 40 far recovered aa to be able to
walk around the toom.
In our las. isaae we published the ac'
count OF an unknown mans demiso at
the residence Of Gus wilson, at Hiko.
From Mr.. Wilton we now learn that the
deceased came from san Pete, Utah,
where he has father and brother ilvia
and tina. his name was James Stayene.
Wilson thinks that be died tfom ex,
posure. Tho citizens G. Iiiso cave hlai
decent burial.
The stagss are no. making very Gcod
time, tie roads being in bad condition.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-11-27

body was found riddlsd with bullets.
Walter James reports that parties came
out from Panacs and took the body into
the settlement for burial. There was no
evidence 10 show that La Belle was a
horse.thief. he was murdered in cold
blood and II will b another case ii the
Indians did IT,"
Thanksgiving day was ushered in
Through . GOOD Of golden sunshine.
Quite early in the morning. under the
various roof.trees Of the town, the Gus
tomary turkey gobbler was put into the
pot Of hot water, In order to tone down
the toughness antscedent Of ripe old
age. Doubtless . six weeks psrboil.
would have made the average antiquated
boarding. house gobbler much more en-.
durable and the more readily maaticated,
although It might have somewhat reduced
the prost Of the average boarding. house.
- the average hungry boarder capa.
city for well cooked turkey is simply
enormous. The back door yard Of the
printing Office was not strewn with tur.
key feathers; the only hint 1t contained
Of edibles was soup bono that had been
boiled and rs.boilsd and scraped until it
looked A. white and polished as fancy
skull In . doctors shop. But the day
passed as Thanksgiving days generally
pass to the infinite satisfaotion Of every.
body who stood in front OF the walnut
counter. and Of everybody else.
There arc 1871 prisopers in the Nevada
Stats pripou. --Exchanss.
II the swarm Of murderers and law
breakers that have infested Lincoln
county and its Utah boundary for the
past few years. only had their just
deserts, the above count would be much
greater. The tract of country in close
proximity to the boundary line should be
called the "Murdsrers Paradise" 1t is
so easy 70 alp over from one aide to the
other, murder man and slip back again
~ innocent ~ . child, aud who is going
to the trouble Of hunting the murderer
up! Echo answers who!
J. Nssbitt 4 Bro, have just received
from New York and Chicago new lot
Of dry goods, ladies and gents furnishing
goods, and the largest and most complete
stock Of boots and shoes ever offered for
sale In this market. They make a
speciality Of ladies' and childrens dress
goods. cloaks, nubias, fno shoes, rubbers,
etc. Their grocery department is com
plete. Several rolls Of Hpe carpeting
have bssa added 10 tho ltock, all Of
which will b soad cheap for cash. Givc
them q trial and satisiy yourselves.
Ex.Prssidsnt Chester A. Arthur, after
IN illness Of long duration, died At hi,
rssidsaes In New York City, on the eve.
ming Of the 18th inst The funeral ser,
vices were held % Monday morning.
Nov. 22d, At Q o'clock, in the church Of
Heavenly Rcst. President Cleveland
and Cabinet. md others Of distinction
attended tho funeral.
Mrs. MI. Latimsr, having Just re-
csivsd The lAtsst fashion plates from
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-03-18
4 Little Stroke of Business.
Tid-Bits.

Patent Medicine Man-See here.
Jenkins, have noticed in your ex-
penses for the last three months items
OF $50 for murderer of Hawkins. !"
Now, | don't mind your giving away
money to your friends once In awhile,
but when it comes down to fifty a week
right along I think It's time [ knew
something about it.
Advertising Agent - You don't
seem to realize the big boom he's 90
ing to give our stuff from the scaffold
A murderer's last speech is something
the newspapers report in full. Now.
sir, Hawkins has promised to talk
half an hour on the virtues of our
medicine, and tell the crowd that he
was cured by it.
Patent Medicine Man-But suppose
the fellow is pardoned.
Advertising Agent-I've got that
liked, too. He will then take six bot.
Ties OF our stuff. He's fair about it,
He says he doesn't want our money
for nothing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-03-18
Starting Hot Beds.

Those who expect to grow early
cabbsges. cullfowers, or toma-
toes for market should prepare hot
beds this month. The family gardener
who requires but few plants, may
perhaps do better to buy a sufficient
quantity Of some market gardener,
than to go to the trouble and expense
of making and taking care of a hot
bed.
II the proper sort of manure is
scarce, and if the grounds not frozen
TO hard. it is we'll to remove the earth
TO the depth Of about eighteen inches,
over a space equal to the area covered
by the frame, and to place the man
ure below ground. When the frame
is in place, sufficient earth should be
packed about it to turn offWater.
Horse manure that contains con
siderable proportion of droppings,
and which has already begun to fer
ment, is most suitable for hot.bed.
If no fermentation has taken place, it
is apt to heat up too rapidly, and to
fire-fang, which soon destroys It's val
ne for producing warmth. On the
other hand, the fermentation should
not have gone SO far that the heat has
begun to subside, otherwise the
warmth will be in danger of giving
out too soon. Il fresh manure must
be used, it is we'll to pack it in a COM
pact pile, until the fermentation be-
gins, and then fork 1t over, taking
care to place that which is in the CEN
ter on the outside In the new pile.
Then when fermentation is well start
ed again, it may be placed III the hot
bed.
In regard to frames for the hot-bed,
we think portable ones are much more
convenient than those which are sta
tionary. We have used frames made
IN sections, so that they may be taken
apart, and packed away under cover
when not in use, and find them salts
factory. The parts are fitted together
like the sides and ends of a wagon
box, except that the ends are furnish
ed with lemons, which pass though
the sides, and are secured with pins
on the outside. A convenient size for
frame is six fest wide. and fifteen
feet long. This gives room for five
sashes-each three feet wide, and six
feet long. The frame should be pro-
yided with cross pieces every three
and taking off the sashes. These
should not be fastened in place, but
made so that they can be taken out
easily. It is a good plan to dovetail
them into the top of the frame, SO that
they may keep the sides from spread
ing.