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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
plumbing Good Work,

Smith & @cGrslb, ut 100 Poplar
street, axe practical plumbers, with
long experiences in the business. There
is 30 branch Of indu-try in which first
class workmen ere 81 much nee led as
in this All ordMs will receive prompt
attention. Subtraction is gun ateed.
Their telephone is 49,. Gail them
when you want good Job executed.
Repairing promptly attended to.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Manhattan Savings Bank.

This is a comparatively new bank
started under tavo'ab ci cnms ances
aud doing a good bushes. Il receives
deposits Of 81 and upward and allo~s
interest On same SEM annually. IL
buys and sells lIcai investment b Jnos
aud tecuriiief, pays taxes, sc,s IS
trustee, issues drafts on Europe and
does otntr tinanciai business.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Mercantile Bank.

Thisis one OF the strong and p,pu-
lar tanSs, and has done go1d busi.
ness from the start. Is bas clpital
nf 100000 and & su'p'ui Of S25, 900.
]. r. Go1win is preriGent and Hunter
Raioe is secretary. Ia board OF d.
recto,s ia compt sc a OF lsadjug business
men. In deal nR with IL all persons
will receive such iavoIs as leading
banks are tuppose1 to t4tend.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-03-18

An army officer tells this story OF Gen.
Hancock and bis love for dignity and dis
cipline
He was in command Of the train which
brought Grants remains from Mount Nc
Gregor, to New York. Gen. Hancock and
bis staff were in the coach nextto the last.
In the rear car was party Of Pennsylva-
mia militia officers, who were popping an
occasional bottle OF champagne and smok.
ing quite socially. Gen. Hancock saw
from his car what was going on in the rear.
II did not comport with his ideas Of the
proprieties OF so solemn an occasion, and.
calling the conductor. ho said:
Will you please present my compliments
to those gentlemen. with the request that
they cease smokng2
Ia few moments the conductor return
ed with the announcement that the conyi-
ival officers returned their compliments
with peremptory declination to relin.
quish their cigars.
Where is tho next switchY asked Han
cock.
About five miles below, replied the con-
ductor.
When you reach II, II the smoking In
that car has not ceased, switch II on side
track and leave 1t.
you may tell the gentlemen what said.
In two minutes there was not cigar
to be seen 10 the offending coach. Its
occupants knew that Hancock meant just
what he said.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-03-18
How are yon. Mr.. Kise'

II. ID. Holton, wisconsin's Comm las
ioner to the Worlds Fair at Copenhagen
expressed q desire to SEQ the King Of Den.
mark and an official promised to sec that
he was presented to his Royal Highnsss
in due time. The official took Mr.. Holton
to the kings palace one day to show him
around the grounds. As they we're wan
dering about, the official pointed out .
quietly dressed gentleman who was walk
ing around looking at the flowers.
There is his Majesty, said the official to
Mr.. Holton.
What, replied Mr. Holton, is he the
king? Well. I'll just walk over and in
troduce myself to him.
The official begged and impored Mr..
Holton not TO create q scene. explaining
to him the requirements Of royal etiquette.
Never you mind, Mr.. Official said Mr..
Holton, ! can present myself and with this
he strobe across the flower beds and grass
plats TO where the astonished ruler stood
King, said the irreprossible aud good
natured Mr.. Holton, in his broad Yankee
brouge. am very glad to meet you. l
am Il. d. Holton, Of Milwaukee, and you
are the first real king ! ever had the pleas.
ure Of meeting.
His Majesty smiled aud extended his
hand, and began conversing freely with
Mr., Holton. They talked about royalty,
politics and turnips. and the interview
ended by the king cordially inviting Mr..
Holton to call at the palace the following
day, where he was formally presented to
the queen and the royal household.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-03-18
Had A Dead Arm

The other day "a well known Detni,
doctor was eating lnnch ID q restaurant
along side oi business man. when the
latter remarked
l Just raw . case 10 in,ereet you In tho
cigar store There is man there Who
has no feeling at all 10 his rigb, arm.
Case OF paralysis. of course. replied The
doctor.
Oh no. |, isn't lie has been examined
by some Of the most eminent surgeons
and they declare il isnt lit was case
Of paralysis he conldn't move bis arm you
know,
How long. has il been so'
Over twenty years he tells me-. lie ssya
he'll pay any doctor $4,000 To restore The
natural fecling.
Ill sec him. remarked the doctor. aud
whom dinner was over the two went into
the segAr store, and tho medical mAu MAS
introduced.
Did this thing happen all at onces
asked tho doctor.
Yes sir; there was no warning What
ever.
Does the arm feel dcadp es
Perfectly dead. You can stick yonr
knife into II without my telling . sehsshaa.
That's odd. Lot me feel Of IL. trs
The doctor put ont his hand, made ena
grip, and then turned ou his heel snd left
the place, his face, as red as paint and
his gait somewhat eccentric. "a feaAl
II was wooden arm. The real ono VS.
shot of at Gettysburg. @a tse
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-03-18

The late Josh Billings was once on ,
passenger train bound for his old home q
Lanesboro, Mass. On the train wer.
several commercial travellers, who, t.
while away tho time, proposed game o.
whist. fourth man was wanted, and 9
gentleman sitting near was requested Il
take hand.
No; do not play. But there is an old
fellow who is capital player; try him
pointing to the "old fellow" who sat de-
murely on the seat in front.
Good player, is he? said the commercial
man. Then we'll have some fun with old
Hsyseed; and accosting the quiet, farmer.
like passenger. the young man, whose
cheek was his fortune, blandly said My
venerable friend, we would like to have
you take band in game Of cards with
us, just TO while away the time. Will you
oblige us?
Looking the young man in the face a
moment, Old Hayseed answered, Ya-as,
we'll be there in about three hours.
You don't understand, my friend; we
want you to take hand
Ya-ss, the stand OF corn is very good
uncommon handsome.
The commercial man was annoyed.
Speak little louder. suggested the gen.
tleman in the seat behind; he Is somewhat
hard OF hearing.
My friend, shouted the young fellow,
will -you--take IA - hand lin "a game?
Ya-as. game is uncommon plenty; all
you want is
Oh, go to tho deyill You'.e as deaf IS
post! aud the man Of cheek subsided
amid the laughter Of bis companions.
When Pittsfeld was reached, old Hay
seed arose to depart, when he quietly
handed bis card to the commercial man,
who sat glum in his seat, and in a partic-
ularly comical way remarked Young man
when you travel on your check. don't get
hay seed in pour eye. See?
The young fellow glanced at the card.
The superscription was Josh Billings.
josh got of tho train, and the man Of
cheek had 10 find q seat in another car 10
escape the run on him by bis compan.
ioas. = Ha,per's Draser.
Tom Apjerry. student at the Uniyer-
Texas. spilled to Professor Snore
"! O. Ssiou TO be absent.
OF PERM Ike 10 be excused from nv
vouia :. this afternoon. NJ / wsnt
geography lesson -iding, said Tom.
0 take my sister ont = fool Looked =,
The professor who Is 4 a.. speets-
be young man over the top
les aud said slowly: 80,
Want to take your sister out ridiL.
nggy, ehf L. she related TO your
Nobody ever heard Of sn antediluyisn
Isctor. According 10 tbs traditions Of
hs Jewish rabbis. there was no physical
liseas among men before the food. Nat
,saily no medicine man vas required. I
3ut how. II there is 20 sickness among the
Iutssiilu,ians. did they manage TO die1
The snsser Ia very simple, II We msy be- |
ieys the rabbis A man just sneezed and
'xpired. aud that was All. Thencsforth
ranked as one OF the most i'm
postsut of human phenomenA
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-03-18

Beasy acquiesced and responded, and tool
his side warmly whenever there vas need
OF IL This arrangement gave entire salts
faction on both sides. and continued 10 d.
30 al their lives. Richard never quits
saw reason for the existence OF contradic
tory views, aud his wiie's worship va
balm when the world differed from him
while his wise. il stringent domestic rule
his considerato care, aud gallant courtesy
sufilced for her lifelong content
When the Wedding day came. Bessy vas
arrayed in silk pelisso. IN color OF very
pale apple green. aud trimmed with
swans down; and Mrs. Hassop SAINT her
coach TO convey tho party to the church.
some four miles away. But il was not
deemed secmly that tho coach should
come up to the door, II was drawn up At
the other side OF the market place. and to
IL walked Bessy, fair and blushing, with
her hand tucked under her fathers arm,
whilo her gallant Richard with her mother
followed behind.
Many o long year after an old man aud
woman sat together before winters fire.
The light Ackers ON the wall and ceiling.
on massive furniture and rich drapercs,
and on the two faces His is strongly
marked and keen still, though the light
is quenched Of the piercing eyes beneath
which Bessys used to fall; and hers is
still fair and soft, with round old cheeks
that have not lost all their bloom, and the
snowy hair is abundant to crown it. They
have been lovers, these two. through 60
years. and they are lovers still. Stirring
times have they seen together. The Weekly
Chronicle, started by Richard Wake in his
young manhood, has held its own through
the stormy times Of the corn law distur-
Dances, the Catholic emancipation bill, the
abolition Of slavery, and the reform bill
Through all il has held its place in the
vanguard Of progress, and it has feared
God and honored the king. Richard
Wake, infrm and blind, but with intellect
undimned, has lived to see in many pub
lie movement the realization Of schemes
which his active brain had years before
conceived.
And through all these changeful years
Bessy has been doing just what she does
tonight, as she utters q cooing, Well.a.
day, my dear, to her husbands complaint
Of his rheumatic leg, or responds with
Yes, yes indeedl to an expression Of his
opinion on compulsory education.
The maiden Bessy lives in her still. AT
80 she is dsintily bashful as at IS. Look
at her now as her daughters tease her
anent certain derogatory note
she made when first casting eyes on young
Richard in the meeting house at Malby. |
It is a time worn joke now, but it does not
fail to call mp blush on Mrs. Wakes fair
old face, and mildly reproachful, Oh,
what nonsense, what nonsense!
And it was SO unjust, my dear, remon-
Etrated her husband, for / have reason to
believe that competent judges held me to
be very well-looking young man.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-03-18

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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-03-18
An Honest Man

am going down town, said citizen on
Q Woodward ayenne car yesterday, 10 re-
turn lost wallet 10 its owner ~ Fti
Every man 10 the car pricked mp his
ears and one OF them moved mp closer
aud enquired;
You found wallet. chr
Yes, sir.
On the street,
Yes.
In the day timer
No, at night.
Anybody see you pick il upS
Not q soul.
And you would have been perfectly sale
10 keeling iti H
would
Well. sir. lot me shake hands with you.
l have wanted TO live long enough to4And
IN honest man. and have found HIM.
They shook.
ssny Of the passengers were unbk
afIectel .s,,..
'tsuogstor after wiping biz
9ueped ihe Il -derei Lsndksrehisf
eyes 90 pink bo.
Not . blamed cent
Then Tie curtain y. Wv oo'A -" -
audience filed out,
T.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-03-18
THE ioIBUNE. NeW-York.

4 MIR Send 10 cen, Po."s, Prov., vain.
kIbI VIA mail YOU "a Il Goods thaI
y uJJJ bis sample box = - ,.onS,
uill put you In "a way Of mikins A. T68
at once, Than anything eise 10 America, 4 IN
sexes Of aii sges can live a. home and vo. :.
spare time, or all the time. Capital not requ..
ed. We will start you. Immense pay sure for
tho:e Who furt a. once. sTissos 4 Co.. Port
land. Maine.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-03-18


Posts1fptrm My wifs desires me TO sdd
that We shall bs Obliged by your company
on Sunday afternoon TO drink tea.
On sunday. Richard wAts preseatsd
himself. ssd was duly vsisetSed ~ the
old folks. aad With swset bAshfulness by
Bessy. But when they vent to meeting in
the evening. they walked dincrent ways.
lsst neighbors should observe. aud this
custom vas kept up throughout their en-
gagenenL Ga ocsssion. however. they
veDt for 4 walk on week evening, but
afier dssk. ssd In uniseqasnt vsys. The
talk vss usually onesided. Richard sz
pounded his views on I'll matters, and
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-03-18

ssns.or Jones has urgent .sps'ssss 70
Detroit. 10 wit, 70 WOO.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-02

cents bottle under the name o, Sea, a
Oil" 0r american OIL To-day i IS
dear at - dollar barrel i.s value at iha,
time lay in ito remedial use as cure for
spra.rs. rheumatism, besides the msDge
aud various horse troubles 1t oo2ed
though he ground ard "as collected in
d., or draius Gug 70 receive il or was
sk.mmed in the form Of scum fcou the
surface @! the water \ spring OF il WAS
found !gOm which Oil creek obtained
ijs Dlna. a company was formed
10 lsS+. under the name OF the Rock Oil
comuauy, TO gather tnis OH and eudeavor
70 rrtilc il and compete with the coal Gil
sbi,h had then become an important 10.
d9s,ry. The company did not prosp-r and
the property tell Iulo the hands Of HE New
Haven coucsrn. the Sen5ca Oil comp any
which sent Col Drake, an old railroad
conductor, out 10 examine the property
and report. This WAS il 1857. In 1858
b. conceived the idea OF boring an arte-
sien well, and on August %, 1859, after
boring sixty.nlne and half feet he struck
sand thai contained oil. Daring the pro.
peas Of the boring he waa troubled with
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-02

Tee death OF Professor John & Draper
in Nsw York, at the age of 50, removes
another Of that celebrated family Of sci
enrist5, and will bring regrets TO prs2tition
ers Of medicine or those interested in med.
ical science the world over. Professor
Draper had about reached the fallness Of
knowledge and had just finished the tssk
Of committing some Of it TO paper in the
form CT On advanced text book Of medical
physics when he wes called away. His
last illness was pneumonia, and the best
medical skill together with his own, aided
By hi5 robust constitution, was unable to
withstand its attack. he died sfter two
days sickness.
Professor Draper Tas NirginisD and q
SOD OF the late Professor John W. Draper
In 1851 he was graduated from the med
icsl department OF the University of the
City 0: New York. . BE spent the follow.
ing year pursuing his tpdles in Europe.
On his return he became professor Of
analytical chemistry At the university from
which he Was graduated. Here ne con.
tluued for life as o professor and lecturer
in various departments Professor Draper
Published May scientific papers CT great
value, which showed the originality OF his
researches His paper OF tobacco. which
was en- argument against its use, created
sensation both here and in Europe
Trinity college, Hartford, conferred the
degree of Ii d. on DR.. Draper in 1873
In lsGt he married. His widow survives
bin, bat no children
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-02

expressive Of some language =; thai time
uuknoSn TO any Of the p5:soas mentioned,
Together with the golden tablets we're Q
ps;- Of spec'ecles set IN silver bows Smith
told how lie had ,oceived the pl5tes from
tSo angels who commanded TO haze them
trauriatea il the presence Of three Wit
neesss. In accordance with the command
Smith Cow3ery and Whtmer proceeded
10 The latter home, accompanied by
Smitn8 wife, and bearing with them the
preclOus plates and spectacles.
TIE work Of trsnslsting the tablets con-
summed about eight months, Smith acting
as the seer and Oliver Cowdery, Smith :
wife, sad Christian Whitmer, brother OF
Da7id, performing ths duties Of anGna.
enses By the aid OF the spectacies found
with the plates Smith was enabled to de-
cipher the cnsracteTe.
The Book cf Mormon was given TO the
world in 1880 cad a church organized
The following year the disciples moved to
Ohio and built temples st kiTlleEd.
Mr.. WEitmer, who always adhered -
the teachings CT Mormon, lett kjrtiand
and iolrneyed into,tne wjlds Of Missouri,
establishing the settlement q Jackson
county. Missouri. 1t waa here tina, the
Ohio Mormons found refuge when driven
away from Kirkland after Smith and Rig.
don had been tarrel aud tea'herei for
fraudulent banking,
Az citizen Of Richmond IL stand de.
seryedly high, having filed The office Of
mayor and councilman. OF these who
took part in the original translation,
Joseph Smith was shot bT a mot in 1874.
Oliver Cowdery died in this country thirty
years ago, lea ing a wife ard dauc hter,
/ both of whom are vet living, and rss:Ge in
Silver City, Mo. John Whitm5r, pros
porous farmer, died at Far Wesi in l67S,
I leaving children and grandchildren
/ Jacob Whitmer passed away many years
/ ago, and bis son, John c, q White haired
elder Of the Church Of Christ, continues
to preach the religion OF his father in and
about Richmond
Mr.. Whitmer adhered faithfully 10 the
Mormon creed, with the exception OF what
he termed the viper Polygamy. which is
strictly forbidden by the Book Of Mormon
! Though he split oil from the church wher
Brigham Young oired il, he always held
that Joseph Smith was IN upright, God
fearing man. The Mormon Church offered
him once 100000 for the orr ginsl mann
script Of the Book of Mormon. which b,
refused, aud it ia interss;ing 10 know ncS
what will become Of it.
FRANCIS J. LELAND.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-02

water fllirg the well; this ne oVercame by
lining the sides with an iron tube in,
side 0, which the drill worked This well
Of Drake started lowing with oil at the
rae Of eight or ten barrels per day, ard by
Introducing pump i's production was in
creased 10 lirY barrels. worth on an aver.
age 81 per barrel
Then BEGAN the oil excitement which
most OF US remember No mining craze
ever ompared with the fury with which it
took hold OF the victims ANY one could
zee that 4 we'll that gushed forth its wealth
at the rate Of -, 600 per day, ives like u
fountain in tairyland Mems heads become
turned and the process Of twisting them
around FROM the normal has continued
ever SINCE. Property that heretofore had
been sold in tracts OF one hundred acres
was now sold BY the square foot. Again
u transformation hes taken place, and this
same property is in the market Tor &
sorG.
The extent of the trading done in this
city m9g b. Judged from the appearance
OF he principal building in which the bust
ass5 !. transacted Ihrrs are very hand.
come buildings Throughout the oil region
in which the business Of buying aud sell
ing oil is carried on The mos, notable OF
these are ct Bradford, Titusville aud Oil
City The New York Consolidated Stock
and Petroleum Exchange has not IS yet
erected g building TOR its own use,t hough
il mas done a buslress this year Of about
5000 CeO.O9O barrels There are SO many
cities in this region that have gone up and
down Ike the proyerb;al rocket aud stick
that i, il considered risky busiue to III
vest oyernrch confidence in it as reli-
a5,s bueincsa, hence rha hes!,aHcy with
which buildings tev2tei to the business
were grccIed
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-02

made between II and L. o'clock. lht
tone was firm throughoU; ihc
afternoon and in some case!
earlier losses were recovered. Prices this
evening are about equally divided between
advances and declines. New York Central
closed with net gain OF ! Lake Shore
With net gain OF ] per cent, Missouri
Pacific q, Manitoba IS up &c, New Jer.
sfy Central lost &C, Delaware and
Hudson I. The market closed
dull bot s'roDg. The Sales today were
2sl AT shares. Sales for the month wer-
l09l5 800 shares, against Is i52.SOO
shares for November TIE changes IN
prices are for only small amounts Lack
awsnna shows gain OF a. Missouri Pocfc
I per ceut Louisville Il Nashville is down
), Missouri Ksnehs & Texas Il, North
western and Western ULion 3 each, ard
Texas & Pacific 81