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Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06
a HORRlO DEED.
A New York Hair Dresser Pours Nitric
Acid on the Arms of His Love

A New York Hair Dresser Pours Nitric
Acid on the Arms of His Love.
New YORK, Sept. adam Herbert, a
hair merchant, went to Long Branch for
mixed business and diversion. He had
branches of his store there, and he staid at
the Rowland Hotel. at the West End,
close by, was a chambermaid. Nettie Tucker.
whose arms were so perfect in shape and
color that she habitualy worked with her
sleeves rolled up 10 her shoulders. Her
face was not pretty, and her mental caliber
was low. He had a wife in town, but that
did not prevent him from removing the girl
to apartments in Long Branch village
There she slyly used the money he gave her
in entertaining young fellow TO whom she
was betrothed. When Herbert found out
that he Was being fooled he became wildly
Jealous. He bought a bottle of nitric acid,
broke INTO her room when the favored rival
was with her. and poured the liquid, not
into her face, but upon the arms that had
led him astray. Nettie is frightfuly dis
figured for life and she will never be able
to roll her sleeves up without disclosing
horrible scars instead of the former cOmeli-
ness. Herbert is 10 be tried tomorrow. He
may 90 TO prison for ten years.
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06
a CELTIC LEAGUE.

Some Of the Strongest Men IN the British
Empire Unite to PORN one.
LoNDoN. Sept. 5.--A conference will be
held at Bonar Bridge, southerlandsbire
Scotland. sept p. for the purpose Of form
ing Celtic League There will be present
DR. Parr Jones and Principal Jones Of Balla
College. who will represent Wales Com.
moners Sexton and Chance. who will rep
reseuf Ireland. and Comm0ners Macdonald.
Couy ybeare. Soufberland and Cameron. rep
resenting the Highlands. The gentlemen
having the movement in charge have re-
ceived from many parts Of the kingdom
communications in which the writers prom
ise 10 i0in the league
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06

Nav YoRK, sept "a biE IRE began rag
ing in Long Island Cly 81 O'Clock this
morning. Dennis sash and blind factory
and Donohue 4 Quinn planning mill burned
10 the ground large three story brick
hotel owned by Joseph McGee Was then ln
flames. One of the largest business blocks
in The city was threatened but was saved.
The damage amounts to $1,000
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06
BATTLE with BURGLARS.
Break o. Day Johnnics Make IL Lively 70
Night ut Pekin. III.

Break o. Day Johnnics Make IL Lively for
Night At Pekin, III.
PEKTN, H., Sept. 5.-Yesterday morning
William Muehmann, a druggist Of this city,
was awakened by a slight noise, and found
at his bedside a masked burglar who placed
n revolver at his head and demanded his
money and jewelry. Mr. Muehlmann
grappled with the burglar and desperate
struggle followed. in which the burglar
was thrown from the window Carl
Muehlmann. a son, fired four shots at the
rObber one OF which took effect bnt he man
aged 10 cross the river and escaped Mr..
Muehlmann has a deep cut over his eye
where he was struck with the butt end Of
the burglars revolver. About the same
time the residences Of judge y. W Greer,
Col l.. T. McGraw. Jno. Roos and o, A
Becker were entered and ransacked but the
occupants were not awakened.
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06

Woonsrocs IN. Sept s Capt John
Codg. q Corsi vss addressing The old sol
8iers A. fhe reuuion ~ the Ninety Fifh
Regiment Of Illinois Veterans a. Msrsngo.
wh-n be suddenly fell dead he vas born
iu Enx'snd Ia 1921 and csr-e fo tnis conn
trv IA i-- He served thrfe years in fhe
civil var ss Captain ~ Company = Ninety
FIfh Illinois infsrf-7 Elaborate fgnerai
services wiii ~ de8 under ths auspices 81
fhe 9rsi8 Army ~ tie Republic
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06

Bosror. SEPT -Wm. J Kendall The
er-pa'ioersn who swan Nisears raTi5s
hss announced his &eiern ination ~ exhibit
himself here far e fer DAYS and then ~
start on t3nr ~ fhf S0uth and Wet re
ssvs he tas a standing offer 0f sf5a week
~ tie season. hut prsfers % ~ = sisne
re ria exhibit his oork saii and 3stsi his
esr.rr.er.ra
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06

CHrcAGo. sept 5-H 7 Howe The bait
ter inspector. is stil pushing the Trosecu-
tions against those who sell butter sdul-
terated with ele0marsarins and butierine
that is not labeled as such Yesterday slf
for violation of the Az in this respect ~
entered FEB Justice kistlers Court aeairl1
A J. & ID Nac.eau. Who gave bail for con
unusnce II fhe case
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Atlanta Wins the Southern Pennant

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 5.-The finishing
game of the Southern Leagne clubs was
played here today between Memphis and
Charleston and was won by the home team
by the score OF II 10 o. The order in which
the Southern League clubs stand is: Allan
ia, Savannah, Nashville, Memphis, Charles
ton Macon
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06
LouisvilIe-St. Louis

LOUISVILLE, Sept ;.
Louisville. 2 O 0 @ 0 o 0 1 SIS
ST. Louis 0 o o , 0 o o %
Base hiis-LOuisville Il, st. Louis ,.
Errors-LOuisville ? ST. Louis g.
Pitchers Ramsey and Fouty.
Umpire, Kelley
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06
SHE STILL SQUlRTS
The Great Well at Belle Plaine Cannot be
Suppres-ed.

Suppressed.
BELLE PLANE, Ia, Sept 5.-The great
well still flows For a short time last even
ing it was partially shut off. The great cone
heading enlarged to thirty six inches
was lowered full of sand. It went easily
for sixty feet when it became necessary to
drive IL and the 600 pound hammer was
applied 10 the 5-inch pipe c0nnected with the
cone This pipe stood thirty feet above
the surface After few strokes had been
given the flow Of water was so much di-
minisbed that the people began to shake
hands, and many bags of sand were thrown
in TO give additional weight to the cone to
fill up the aperature. The big hammer was
again applied and after a few strokes the
pi pe shot down into the vortex like rocket
does upward. A swift gush Of water and
the hopes of all were buried out of sight
with the cone and its connecting pipe.
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06

W.sHrverov. Sept 5-The sacred con-
cert here tonight at Herzogs Opera House
for the benefit of the Charleston sufferers,
vas a gratifying success in every sense.
The programme vas excellent, the perform
snce tine. the house crowded and the re-
ceipts viii reach $1,000 before forwarded
% Mayor HuEar tomorrow The police of
The city IN their rounds Friday saj Satur-
day sold nearly ,Goo tickets Many people
purchased Who could not or did not az
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06

PsRrs. SEPT 3 10y esterisy sffernocn n
T.eroux easbiero ~ ths backing h1uss q tbs
Rothsshi .ds s.ed ~ sroFdexr whie sttsna-
ine the f1ne-sl ~ Baroness 80 Rathscbi.d
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06

BErffT. eers H-lf - ssaie5 fhsf she
Gorsrnufers has offered A. Ylrrrfsss eieht
rsi vsgs thus oou1Fs'et nf fht statt controi
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06
The Quake

Thrilling Scenes at Sunrise III
Charleston
Births OF Many Children Dur
ing the Excitement.
The Wreck ola Historical and
Battle Scared House
Strange andMysteriOus Freaks
of the Quake
The Negroes Mad With Reh-
giOus FervOr.
Strange and Impressive Cere-
monies Amid the Wreck.
What Scientific Men Say
About lt.
Mayor COurtnay Arrives
AT New York and Learns
the News.
Another Shock Visited the
Unfortunate City Last
Night.
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06
go eUILes KILLED.
The Big st louis Boss Done For in = Con.
xenfIon Flsht.

81. TorIs, sept. 5--At 8 meeting Of The
Democratic Congressional Committee u The
Ninth district last nigbt FL Butler the
with fom Fitzpatrick = menber of ths
cornuifree. snd vss 80 seriously hort fhaf
his lifs is in danger one of bis ribs Vss
hroken and driven into his luHgs The
trouble was over n she denomination ~
Ino n Glover farGonEress
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06
SUNDAY BASE BALL.
4 Game stopped by the Police at Brook
lyn

BROOKLYN. Sept. 5.-The game between
the Athletics and Brooklyns today was
stopped by the police in the first half Of the
sixth inning. Score.
Innings , 3 3
Brooklyn, 0 o. s
Athletics > / o o. 3
Base hits-Br ooklyn. 10; Athletics, I.
Errors Brooklyn, 3; Athletics, 4
Batteries-Porter and Pope; Hart and
Robinson.
Umpire Valentine.
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06
The MAYOR HOMg
80 Arrives si Ns0 York and Learns Of
Hi- Wrecked Home.


NEr Toax. sept 5-Wm A. Courtna7.
Mavor Of Charleston. who arrived ou the
Ef-nria i,st rizhf was q u-sfioned today as
ta ti. plans &c the relief 0f the wreC Sed
rftv he saif How t0 meet the ere-
Eencies ~ the hour - something that J am
nor prepared to cay I see shat some Of tue
newspaper correspondents den9uuce The
cry government ss weak and I1aiFeient.
Whst car be fone in a case ixe tfrs' The
cifv government has ire bands f1h and 10
tsSrs time to right such a catastrophe. ln
few dav.. horeVe- order ViH ne restored
far che people are gritty Ard wiN 90 aI that
can ~ done to gef upon their fPct again.
Nr Coartnavs FIRST iuHuauon of Che
Charleston r sasfer wss received from TIE
rfof rho boarded the steamer VII
papers and nail on rnnrsdav
n.rht Hsr0r Crurtnav Iefr f1r
Nss gtcn st f.N tnis fsf-ernoon. lie 70
-feef srrars here nf1rming him chat
esi children were camping out in
a tens THe.r handsome home 81 ruined.
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06

a. Fs-- Vffra.s ~ ere svfsi Scenes -
Cssrfs-rer reits ISL. -srrF
HasT -rrt Ers ~ tris
srsr,az r-frts most gracte tn3 ari 1z
Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06
TO The SAGINAWS
The Route Recently Opened
10 the Salt Country.
BUSINESS REVIEW Or The VILLAGES
Great Changes Time Viii Bring
whst Wright Has Done TOR Alma
A Prosperous CounirY-ttessy
Lumber Shipments.

The opening Of the new route 10 Saginaw
via The q r. & L. D.. L. & \ AHd Saginaw
Valley and "a Louis railroads develops a
bright future Tor the towns along the lines.
aud gives 10 Grand Rapids most import
all feeder in the WY Of freight and passen
ger business
Leaving Grand Rapids the passenger takes
the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad. =
pleasant ride Of an hour brinsing the pas.
seneer % Howard Oty, one OF Tie most en-
terprising villages IN Northern Michigan
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How cay
I-akesIew,

located ON Tamarac Lake and great
lumber centre The town was settled some
eighteen years ago, but its rapid growth has
only been in recent years. a handsome
depot has recently been erected, It's stores
are in keeping with It's enterprise and the
place now has population Of some .2p0
souls. IL has i've churches. good school
buildings, an opera house and an excellent
weekly newspaper the Eafsryrisc
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The Seycnteen-Year Locust.

The seventceu-year locust isn'ta To-
Gust at all. This may seem a strange
thing to say, but it is true, nevertheless
The locust looks very much like grass
homer, while the seventcen-year clcada,
which is the insects proper name, looks
great deal more like gigantic fly than
anything else.
Just fancy spending the best part OF
your life prowling about in the darkness
underground and then coming up into
the sunlight with a gorgeous pair OF
wings, only to de in short time!
That is what the seventeen year cicada
does. In the very first place, it is an
egg which its mother deposits in tiny
hole in twig. In few weeks 1T makes
its wav out OF the egg and drops to the
ground, into which it burrows, and In
which it remains for seventeen years be-
fore it is prepared for life above ground:
When, at last, it is ready for the bright
sunlight, it may be one foot from the
surface or it may be ten feet deep In the
ground. In either case it begins to dig
onward until it finds its way out. when
it climbs up the nearest tree and fastens
itself by it's sharp claws to leaf or
twic. There it waits until its back splits
omen. and behold it immediately crawls
out of itself, so to speak.
The new insect is soft, dull fellow at
first, but he grows as if he had been
storing up energy for seventeen years,
for just that one purpose. Within an
hour, two pairs of most beautiful wings
have grown, and in few hours more 1t
has become hard and active.
The female cicadas are quiet enough,
but the males are as noisy as so many
little boys with new drums. Indeed,
thev do have drums themselves. Just
under their wings are drums made OF
shiny membrane as beautiful as white
silk. and these are kept rattling almost
all the time.
One ci ada can make noise enough; !;
but imagine the din of millions OF them
all going at the same time. 1t sounds as
if all the frogs in the country had come
together to try to drown the noise OF a
saw-mill. Now it is the sawmill you
hear, and now the frogs.
1t sounds like big story to say mil
lions. but if you could 60 into the woods
where they are, you might be willing to
say billiors. / have counted over thou
sand cast.off shells on one small tree,
and on one birch leaf have seen twelve
shells. And the earth in some places is
like q sieve from the holes made by the
cic das.
But within few weeks from the in
sects' first appearance their eggs have
been laid and the cicadas have all died.
A great many of them are eaten by the
birds and chickens, but most of them
simply cannot live any longer.--& Nieho-
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The Presidents Fortune.

The Washington Sunday Capital says
that the Prc,l1ent's salary is paid him in
monthly installments-$4, l6G. G6 On the
last day of each mcnth-and the treas.
urer always makes it a point 10 send him
notes of the latest issue. Mr.. Cleveland,
lis his predecessors have done, keeps Il
private bank account with Riggs & Co.,
and makes deposit the first of every
month, reserving enough of his salary to
pay current expenses and setting good
example by putting the rest aside fer o
rainy day. l am told that his account
has shown balance as large as $35, 900,
as he has an income aside from his Off
cial salary. While he never has been a
money getteT he has earned in lis pro-
fess:on all lie rs ever made. Mr.. Clcvc.
land has an economical disposition, and
no luxurious tastcs like his immediate
pred cessor. Before he entered public
life hc was making from 500 to $1j,-
900 a year 10y his practice, and could
have lived like lord. His expenses, l
am told, we!c never more than $4,000 q
year and he enjoyed himself as much as
most men do.
His frugal habits were acquired in
youth, for he was not born with o
golden, or even silver, spoon in his
mouth, and he has found his pleasure in
hard work The Presidents Buffalo
friends estimate that he was worth from
5000 to $75, 600 when he Was elected,
and has already increased that amount
considerably by profitable investments
and by the surplus of his salary.
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Breaking a Log Jam.

A letter from Minnesota describes q
monster jam of logs in the St. Crol&
River:
The workmen did all they knew to
prevent the closing of the stream, but in
vain. A constant stream of logs poured
over the falls, which are about thirty
feet high. At times the rapids fill with
logs for several hundred feet, and then
ali settle down into the jam with rush
and roar like the discharge of artillery,
swapping large logs in two as pipe stems,
and throwing others on end forty or
fifty feet in the air. This continued un-
til bv the end of the week the jam hal
reached up over the falls a distance OF q
mile and a quarter, and logs were still
running in at the rate of 500, 600 feet an
hour.
In the mean time the lumbermen, with
the aid of a stationary engine, were busy
trying to break the jam, and each day
thousands wtre loosened and sent down
the river to Saltwater, but as they ran
in above the jam faster than they ran out
below, the progress was slow. In pu ling
cut gs, says the St. Paul G|be, great
deal Of Judgment is required to know
Just which are the key logs that should
be caught by the ropes in order to loosen
the largest number. A rope of two inches
diameter is used, and on this are attached
huge hooks about like ice tongs, only
larger and stronger. There are probably
200 or 800 feet of this rope in single
length, and it takes from six to ten men
10 handle it. An experienced man is at
tie end. picking his way among the logs
ut some distance from the water. He
knows his business, and though it looks
rs if he loopcd the end of the rope about
any log taken random, he never does
this until he has some good reason for
taking this particular log.
Sometimes, by making an especially
fortunate choice, q raft OF hundred logs
are loosened. AS the little engine down
on the boat pufrs away winding up the
rope there is heard a terrible groaning
and creaking among the dry logs. 1t is
terrible strain that is brought to bear,
and then the whole end of the jam seems
to be moving down stream. The creak-
ing continues, and all at once mass OF
logs packed together, their ends stick
ing in all directions, parts from the
larger mass and comes down on the boil
ing water and floats away. No sooner is
it loosened from the big Jam than score
of the lusty rivermen run from log to log
and mount it, with their cant-hooks pull
ing the small tangle apart. They keep
up continuous shouting and leaping
from log to log until they are all untan'
gled and float away, then, by few
jumps on stray logs, they are back again
for the nextpull.
Experts say that there anywhere from
$50, 900, 900 to 400, 900, 900 feet of lum-
ber in the jam, and that it may last all
summer and quite possibly until next
fall. If it is broken up without loss OF
life it will be fortunate.
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The Passage of the Forts.

Captain Beverley Kennon, who COM
mandcd the Confederate gun-boat, Gov
ernor Moore, and helped in fighting Far
ragut below New Orleans, has paper in
the Century, from which We quote as fol-
lows: ''The evening prevt ,us to the bat
tie reported 10 Geneial Duncan, the
commander of the two forts, my obser-
yations on the enemy's movements Us
seen by myself from the masthead. Yet
to my knowledge no picket boat was sent
down by US, or any means adopted to
watch the enemy and guard against SUR
prise. The result was they We're abreast
the forts before some of our vessels fired
q shot. In few moment this space was
filed with smoke from the guns and ex-
ploded shells, intensifying the darkness
of the night. A sl@ckening OF the fire
on both sides was necessary, since neither
could distinguish friend from foe. In
some places no object was distinguishable
until directly upon it, when it was as
soon lot to view, yet the U. 3. squadron
steamed ahead, blinfolded, as it were,
through the darkness and confusion, soon
to find themselves in places of absolute
safety and with comparatively few cas-
ualties.
cat about $50 A. NJ. (April "a, 1862
an unusual noise down the river attracted
nv attention. AS we expected to be
attacked at any moment, l descended the
ladder to near the water, where | dis
tinctly heard the paddles of steamer
(the Miss 'ssippi. I saw nothing on
reaching the deck, but instantly fired
the after gun, the one forward being fired
by the sentry there; at the same moment
the water batteries of Fort Jackson and
Fo:t St. Phillip let drive, followed in an
instant by q general discharge from all
the available guns in the forts, and both
batteries of the advancing fleet, mounting
two hundred and forty-two guns, and
Commander Porter's squadron of seven
vessels mounting sevcnty-two guns, which
attacked Fort Jackson's flank below the
distractions. There was also splendid
practice from nineteen Federal mortars,
which fred their thirteen inch shells at
intervals (bctween the vessels) of ten
seconds.
The bursting of every description of
shells quickly following their discharge,
increased a hundred-fold the terrific
noise and fearfully grand and magnificent
pyrotcchnic display which centered in a
space of about twelve hundred yards in
width. The ball Lad not more than
fairly opened before the enemy's ships
were Letwcen the forts, and the Uncle
Sam of my earlier days had the key to
the valley of the Mississippi again in his
brecches-pockct, for which lie had to
thank his gallant navy and the stupidity,
tardiness, ignorance, and neglect of the
authorities in Richmond"
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Increasing His HEIGHT.

A story is told of youth at West Point
who was bright and proficient in all his
studies, but lacked by quarter of an
inch the stature required of cadet. lie
had been admitted. however, with the
understanding that he must be dismissed
if at the end of the first year he had not
grown enough to reach the standard. He
did not grow, and on the night before
the examination which would be fatal to
his hopes he and his room mate were
sadly talking of their expected separa-
ton, when bright idea occurred to the
taller cadet. Selling a broom stick he
hit the little fellow two or three sharp
raps on the top of his head, raising fine
bump. The next morning the boy came
away from the examiners exulting in the
knowledge that he had attained the full
stature exacted of cadets, with at least
an eighth of an inch to spare. Worcester
(MdSs iSDu
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Better that the feet slip than the
tongue.
Silks and satins put out the fire in the
kitchen.
He who revealeth his secret maketh
himself q slave.
When all is consumed, repentance
comes too late.
It is foolish sheep that makes the
wolf his confessor.
Praise, when the reasons for it are
given, is double; censure, without the
reasons for it, is only half ccn:ure.
Contentmcnt is more satisfying than
exhilaratlon; and contentment means
simply the sum of small and quiet pleas
ures.
Nature has supplied remedies for great
evils-has balanced genius with adver-
sity, ambition with peril, virtue with
calumny.
There are natures which bloss I'M and
ri"en amidst trials, which would only
wither and decay in an atmosphere of
ease and comfort.
Low measures of feeling are better
than ecstacies for ordinary life. Heaven
sends its rains in gentle drops, else the
flowers would be beaten to pieces.
A man or woman may be highly irri-
table. and yet sweet, tender, gentle, low
ing sociable, genial, kind, charitable,
thoughtful for others, unselfsh, gen.
erous.
The law of harvest is to reap more than
you sow. Sow an act and you may reap
habit; sow habit and you reap a
character; sow character and you reap
destiny.
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Uncle Esek's Wisdom.

There is nothing so valuable, and yet
so cheap, as civilty; you can almost buy
land with it.
The great beauty of charity is privacy;
there is q sweet force even in an anony-
nous penny.
1t isn't so much what man has that
makes him happy, as it is what he
doesn't want.
There are many comfortable people in
the world, but to COLL any man perfectly
happy is an insult.
All political parties are made up OF
foxes and geese-about five thousand
geese to one fox.
My dear boy, if you must part your
hair in the middle, get it even, if you
have to split hair to do it.
independence is a name for what no
man possesses; nothing, in the animate
or inanimate world, is more dependent
than man.
Men of great genius should not forget
that their failings. or vices, are more apt
to he noticed, and even admired, than
their virtues.
Ny friend, if you must keep pet, let
it be one of the serene kind Ga rattlesnakc
OK swapping turtle, for instance); this
will exercise your caution and strengthen
your genius.
The great mss of mankind can only
gaze and wonder; if they undertake to
think. they grow listlcss, and soon tire
ont. - Century.