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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-29
RAILWAY BRAIN.
The Amiction OF Railroad Employees,
Against Which Employer should



Against Which Employer should
Provide.
AT a recent meeting of the Society
Of Physicians of the Charity Hospital
II Berlin, Thomson exhb ted patient
whose case he described as one of .'rail-
way brain. neurosis resembling in
many respects the condition already
we'll known under the name OF 'Tail-
way spine" A healthy railway en-
oloye. aged 30 years. without history OF
alcoholism. or of any pred sposing neu-
'otc condition. b. the sudden motion
f his train was thrown violently
against the side of car. striking his
head. He sustained no wound. and ut
ihe time Of injury consciousness was
preserved. Some hours afterward,
however. he was suddenly seized with
yncope, with mental terror. lost all
sense of location, could not recogn re
.he simplest familiar object and de-
Ter bed what he saw erroneousl his
,ne objective symptom was absolute
inethesia of the entire body. On the
'ourth day after his injury he had V o.
ent headaches. pulse rate of A, and
n add ton to the cutaneous anethesia.
oss of olfac:ory and taste sensations.
with difficult hearing. On the fifth day
the psychic symptoms suddenly ceased.
he could remember nothing which had
happened and had no explanation for
ais condition.
The patient subsequently, became
fery melancholic complaining of nso-
mania headache. spinal pain. weari-
ness and failure Of appetite; no sensa-
ions of terror or dsordered dreams
were present The objective symptoms
remain ng were well marked cranical
and spinal hl per@lhesia. ia lure TO dis
sngus h between white and colors. loss
Of smell and taste and impaired hear
ne. numbness, and at times paresis
md spasms of the region supplied by
The facial nerve were also present. He
was d discharged from the hospital as
improved. but two months afterward
his condition was unchanged; he was
lnable TO work on account OF headache
md weakness. Thomsen's diagnosis
was railway BRAIN" cond ton of
profound disturbance of cerebral func-
lions from shock.
The increase in mechanical appli-
lnces and the immense extension Of
railways afford abundant opportunities
Tor observation of nervous shock. both
N its fatal and milder forms. While
cost m0rtem demonstrations of hemor-
rhage and structural les ons explain
.he course of these cases, when fatal,
Il is evident that we must RELY upon
The continued observat on of surviving
patients to determine the development
Of les ons which will illustrate the
pathology of this condition. The pos
sibiity of the product on of degenera-
We changes in nervous matter and GER
ebral cond tons causing permanent
menatl impairment is an interesting
question for neurologists, and. in its
medical-legal aspect, for the corpora
ton whose property may cause such
injuries to their patrons and employees.
-WediclI NeIOs.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-29
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1888.
HOW TO HIT lT.
4 DsggaP Makes strike by Pre-
fsrring HE Request I'm Various
languages.

A DsggaP Makes a strike by Pre-
esrring HE Request I'm Various
Languages.
ibid get anything in there7" re-
peated dilapidated-looking fellow as
he came down the steps OF Jefferson
avenue residence yesterday. says
The Detroit Free Press. swell. you can
cackle to cacchinate that l did"
They generally bang the door
against the toes of tramps."
'.And they ought to. Not one tramp
in fifty knows how to work a house. 4"
How did you work that one"
"Well my ring mt the bell was
answered by a servant-girl lifted my
cap to her and said:
please inform the lady that
q gentleman DIES res to communicate
with her.
'In minute the lady herself was
before me, and / took off my cap
again. made very low bow, and
said:
".Redivus imprimus deJacto curan-
terf
which, she says.
"'Oh, you don't speak Latin7 Very
few ladies do. You of course. speak
French. German. and Spansh' In
which language shall / say to you
that have met with m isfortune. and
desire food. an old coat. and little
money!
oh. you needn't m nd. being a.
you told me in English. Go to the
kitchen and the girl will attend to
you
4" Thanks. mama. Bon jour re-
pub'tque ma for.'
Z" oh. of course
"'Sabe que es pulque cama,JoF
Certainly, / will. l am sorry for
your misfortune, and will hunt up \
suit for you.
"And there's the suitp"
You bet; and she gave me a square
meal and thirty cents in cash TO boot.
Recherche de jean hoehandieF"
"OtH, santiago de cheese-bor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-29
An Awful Scare.

society Belle-"Mother, Mr.. DeBrass
as proposed and l have accepted"
Mother-"What? Oh. you wicked,
uugrateful girl. after all we've done
f,r YOU. Mr.. DeBrass hasn't a cent
10 bless himself with and won't have
until his father and gran dfather die"
The Mr.. DeBrass am referring to
is the grandfather.
oh! bless YOU my children.
Omaha World.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-29
Baseball in Allowance.

When the walking match began In
New York the other night Q. 600 people
We're present and several thousand
more were on the outs de, bowling to
get in. Who says we cannot forget
baseball long enough to take up other
matters of great importp-Louisuit!e
Courier-Journai.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-29
A UNIQUE Distin ction.

A petrified man has been found lean.
ing against II rocky blum near DAYTON.
q. He ENJOYS the stinction of being
the only man in Ohio who has no: vet
been mentioned for the Presidency. We
cannot refrain from observing that
II nominated he would be a "hard''
man ~ beat. -Bmgiamtoa Republican,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-29

Graphic 1 .acription OF a Boom.
Last summer overheard two men
talk ny as they were digging away IN
the mines. and one said: Jim. they
say thar is a biz bum up al ROM"
What's lhat?" su Il jim.
why. hts kind Of thing whar
one Teller gifts nothing for something "
"Whv. that ; = faro bank or a ottery,
ain it?' said Jim.
"No. ii aiu'i. tell you it, a bum -
a kind of new tradin' business what
swels and shrinks and the swcllcr and
shrinkcr stays down in cellar and
works the machine. They trade in
stock.
Horses and mues?' said j M.
"No. hts all on paper. AMI nobody
IAN see what he's buvin' You put
your muncr in and wall for II swell
II il comes YOU arc all ght Int il -
shrink comes you are busted. and on
feel 80 ashamei that vun don't ~
anything about it and 1t never gets
into ihc papers-nothng but the sw lis
gifts int, the papers. " I'M .Irp.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-29
A Good Thiny for Bows.

Manual train pg is one of the few
good things that are good for every
body. 1t is cool for the rich boy. to
teach him respect for the dignity of
beautiful work. 1t i, good for the poor
boy. 10 Increase his fac lltv for handling
tools. if tools prove to he the thing he
must handle for a living.
II j. good for the bookish boz, TO
draw him away from books. But. most
OF all. II is good for the non booki,h
boz: il shows him that there is some.
thing he can do well. The boy utterly
unable. even il he were studious, TO
keep up in book-',nowle lge and per-
centage with the brighter b)ys, be-
comes discouraged dull and moody.
Let him 90 10 the work-room for an
hour, and find that he can make "A box
or plane a rough piece OF board as well
a. the brightest scholar, nav. very ike
" better than his brighter neighbor,
AMI on have given h m an impulse of
self-respect that i Of untold benefit TO
him when he goes back to his studies
He Will be brighter aud better boy
for finding ont something that he can
10 we'll Mind YOU. it is planning the
board in the presence of other BOYS.
who can no longer look down upon
hm when they see how well he can
pane.
He might 90 home after school aud
plane board in the bosom OF his fam
lv. or 20 10 an even NJ school 10
learn to plane without a quarter part.
nav. without any. of the invalulb e cf-
feet upon his manhood that it will have
io let him plane side b. de W TN tho ,e
who in mental aitlium1nts may be his
superiors. -dMeyicm iihgH;itc
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-29

q ca wish TO measure the rapid flight of
90 poTrOs hundred dollars for thirty DAYS
d see how gu ckly pay day will yet around.
." giAa's Vineyard Herald.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-29
TO CORRESPONDENTS

We cannot notice anonymous communities
done In all cases va require the writer's name
and address, not for publication. but ~ .
guarantee OF good faith. And correspondents
.hould write upon one side OF their sheet only
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-29

Girls OF fine feather promenade together o
days OF the matinee. 0,lsans Pcdyu o..
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

The Ackley house, at Ackley, Iowa, was
burned.
z. BIssMAN d Co, wholesale grocers at
Mansfield, Ohio, suffered a loss of $780,,
600 by fire.
MUsKEGoN, Mich.-The Shippley shin
gle mill at Lakeside burned Tuesday
night. The loss is about $4,000
THIRTY horses, valued at $4,000, and
the property of the Mutual Benefit Iron
company of New York, were burned to
death.
FIRE is raging in the Hidden Treasure
mine at Sunny South, Cal. Two miners,
Robert McKetchen and John Bouerning,
have been taken out dead.
The nitro glycerine works near Lima,
Ohio, were destroyed by an explosion.
Three tramps were blown to atoms.
THERE is almost total abandonme ment
of trains on local divisions of the South
ern Pacific and the Sonora railroads in
Arizona, because of immense washouts
caused by heavy rains.
SPECIAL to the Milwaukee Evening
Wisconsin from Winona, Mimi, says
the steamer Belleview. with over 100 ex-
SuiSAOAioNo oh poatb, Shhh hShI shoiC ictc
Sunday afternoon. The passengers were
rescued.
A TERRIFIC storm occurred at st. Cloud
and Sauk Rapids, Mimi, Wednesday
night. Great damage was done, but no
loss of life occurred. A St. Cloud funeral
party was overturned in washout, and
narrowly escaped death. Water in the
Mississippi rose foot, and in the dam
at St. Cloud it rose eight feet.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10
CRIME.

j. p. j. Howard, the noted colored
politician of Brooklyn, has been sentenc-
ed to the penitentiary for seven years for
perjury.
A THIEF grabbed a package containing
$4,000 of bonds from a citizens buggy
at Albany, N. Y, on the street and made
good his escape.
W. A. SMITH, of Philadelphia discount
clerk of the Commercial National bank,
of Philadelphia, is under arrest charged
with embezzling S6042 from the bank.
CARNIE O'BR1EN, aged II, and Warren
Marphy, aged 15 are under arrest near
Usage, Iowa, on the charge of murder.
They administered beating to Henry
Slocum from which he died.
New YoBK.--An investigation institut-
ed at the request of the relatives and
friends of John J. MCCARTHY, ~ho il
serving his third year of a twelve-yeEr
sentence for murder, established the fact
that he is serving for crime committed
by another. In few days the evidence
Will be in shape to present to the COVER
nor, with an application for his parton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10
THE LATEST TELFGRAMS
GENERAL NOTES.

THE largest grape crop ever known is
now maturing In California.
OVER 300 Italians who could not find
work, sailed from New York for Italy.
PRELIMINARY Injunction against the
Iowa railway commission has be@u or
oered.
SEVEN deaths from excessive heat oc-
Cured in Kansas City, durldg twenty
four hours.
CalEF ARTHUR has called a conference
| of broth. fhoUd engineers to be held in
ST. Louis, August 9.
The Sioux Indians still refuse to sigh
the treaty opening up part of their res
ervation to settlement.
CHICAGO will be supplied direct from
the OIL region with 10000 barrels of fuel
oil daily from the pipe lines just COM
pieted.
july, 80 was the hottest day OF the
season III northern Illinois and southern
Wisconsin, the mercury ranging from 80
to 1O5.
HENRY VILLABD, who has just arrived
in New York from Europe, has succeeded
in disposIng of large blocks of American
railroad stock on the foreign market.
A SATISFACTORY seals for glass bottle
workers has been arranged, and five
thousand workers in the W. st will resume
operations.
Mrs. PARNELL, mother of the Irish
leader, will attend the Universal Press
Unions convention at Mystic, Conn, on
August 18th.
New BEDFORD, Mass.-General Sheri-
dan continues to pass comfortable nights
and 10 important change in his con
ditiOn is noted.
LAST yeaI the value of the imports ex
ceeded that of our exports S27 $50, ,527,
the former being $723, ,865, l46 and the
latter $295, ,946 6l9.
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER will move to
Washington in October, it is said. He
has rented the spacious granite establish
ment of A. l.. Barber, on Maridian hill.
In the immediate neighbor hood resides
Mrs. John A. Logan.
JAMES G. BLAINE sailed Wednesday
from Liverpool, on the new steamer,
City of New York. The trip is expected
to be very short one. Large delega
tions will go from all parts of the coun-
try 10 welcome Mr. Blaine on his arrival.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10
Rivers Going West.

II appears that the western and south
western bank OF the Rio Grspke is the One
which suffers most from the abrasion of
the current. Why does the river show
this tendency to work 20 the Westward :
Something like this appears in the case
OF the Mississippi. Formerly the river
had Its principal debouchment into the
sea through the Bayou Mauohac aud the
lakes. In the course of tirne that route
was abandoned for the one now known as
the main river, which is very considerably
to the westward of the old outlet. In the
meantime the river has shown disposi-
tion to transfer its channel still further
to the westward through the Atchsfalays.
Can it be made 20 appear from these
facts that there is a tendency in yrvs.
rivers flowing in general directions slopS
meridians of the earth's longitude 10
serve to swerve to the westwards Can it
be held that because OF the rotation OF
the earth on its axis to the eastward the
weight of the water in such Longitudinal
rivers is thrown by the centrifugal force
against the western banks so as to abrads
them with increased energy and efects
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10
A CnRrnRArE MACHINE

The leading characteristios OF Benja-
mine Harrison and Levi z. Morton, are
not of kind to awaken enthusiasm in
the hearts of the laboring element of the
country. That they were both nominal
ed at the behest of the great corpora
tions, and because their sympathies are
in that line is becoming as we'll under
stood as aGy truth can be. What was ut
hrst suspicion, has become n
conviction. The time had ar
rived when the corporations de
termined to give the granger element a
set back, and they did what they intended
1t was bold, high handed piece of work,
that did not seek to conceal its purpose.
The one commendable feature about it
was that it was not -hypocridcal. Cor,
poratiou magnates and their salsried at,
torneys, took control of the convention
at the outset and managed it to suit
themselves. They maguarimously gave
the graugers a charce to learn that they
had no chance and then nominated the
ticket. The grangers may and probably
will vote republican corporation ticket
rather thHu abandon their party, but their
demonstrations in its favor will not be
IOud
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10
An Obdurate Diamond.

North American Review.
Some of that very curious form of dia-
mona knowR as round bort, found only in
Brazil, we're exhibited at the Amsterdam
Exhibition of 1882. They were perfect
spheres, the result Of multiple twinning
of the cubic form of the diamond. One
of these Messrs. Tiffany & Co., cut into the
rude outline form of a brilliant, and
placed its table on an iron polishing
wheel with diamond dust on it revolving
at the rate OF ? 800 revolutions per minute
The circumference of that part of tt e
wheel on which the diamond was placed
was about two and a half feet. 1t tremain-
ed there nearly one hundred days, ten
hours per day, so that the surface which
travelled over it amounted to over $4,000
miles. Four and at times eight pounds of
pressure were added to the usual two and
quarter pounds and two and half
pounds of the the clamps or holder, while
for time forty pounds extra we're added
causing the diamond to throw out scintil-
lations several feet long. The wheel was
plowed up and ruined; yet no polish was
produced, and the diamond was only
slightly ground away after all this i'm
mense abrasion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10
DEATH ON THE GALLONS.

The Desperate Career Of Blinkey Morgan
Ended.
COLUMBUS, Ohio.-Charles, alias Blinkey
Morgan, the principal figure in the
Ravenna rescue and murder of Detective
Hulligan, of Cleveland, Ohio, was executed
at the Ohio penitentiary at an early hour
(Friday) morning. The prisoner spent &
quiet day, refusing to see visitors except
those with whom he had been intimate
and who had taken an interest in com
mutation Of his sentence. All with whom he
had talked be prOJasted his innocence
of crime. There hes been wonderful Gu
rlosity to see the prisoner, and the war
den this evening had received morethan
five hundred applications to witness the
execution. He left a long letter to the
warden of the penitentiary thanking him
and his assistants for the uniformly kind
treatment he had received at their hands,
and EN- phasizing his previous declara-
tlons CT innocence of any connection
whatever with the theft of the furs, the
rescue of McMuun or the murder of De
tective Hulligan.
The robbery occurred on the 29th of
January, 1887, and the killing for which
he suffers the death penalty took place
on the following Monday or Tuesday.
The trial commenced at Raveus, Ohio,
on October 3rd, 1887.
The execution took place shortly after
one O'Clock and was witnessed by about
thirty persons. When Morgon was put
on the scaffold the warrant was read but
he refused to say anything. After the
trap Was sprung the body writhed in
great agony aud slowly strsngled to
death.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10
IN GEN EtsAk
FIERCE STORMS IN IOWA.

Farm Property in the Vicinity OF Clinton
Destroyed by Lightning-No Loss OF Life.
CLINTON, Iowa.--An electric storm pass
ed over here Tuesday evening, the flashes
of Lightning being vivid and the thunder
defening. The barns of Lang Buell., west
of the city, with valuable horse, bull,
hogs, hay and machinery, were struck
and burned, entailing loss of $4,000;
partly insured. Ed Vosburg's rye stacks,
west of the town, were struck and burned.
Two people and one horse, during the
storm, we're prostratec by flashes in the
city, subsequently recovering, whiio a
house was damaged and the electric light
and telephone poles were splintered By
other balls. Later in the night another
storm passed over the city, accom- panied
by incessant lightning, which did no
harm. Both storms Came from the north
west
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10
NAShiNu TON.

On motioa of Mr.. Struble of Iowa the
house passed tne senate bill for q public
building at Sioux City, Iowa, at a cost of
S15O,0U2.
THERE is prospect that the Canadian
authorities will remove the existlng dis
terminating tolls on grain shi pmen is
from tire United States for Montreal.
SECRETARY Villas appeared before the
senate committee on Indian affairs in re-
latior TO bill proposing the establish
ment of a court Cor the ajudication and
settlement OF all claims for all Indian
depredations. A bill authorizing its
establishment will be reported.
By order of the Secretary of the Interior,
hereafter appeals from the decision of
the Commissioner of the General Land
Office under timber culture, desert land,
homestead, pre- emption and mineral lano
laws will be considered and decided by
First Assistant Secretary Mu:drow. Ex
optional cases will be submitted TO the
Secretary.
The following appointments have been
made in the Interior Department.: W. Il.
Plat, of Alabama, Principal Examiner of
Land Claims in the General Land Office;
George NJ Moore, of Missouri, Special
Examiner in the Pension Office; William
A. Crofut, of New York, in the Geological
Survey, vice James Stephens, deceased.
The house committee on military af-
fairs has ordered a favorable report of
Mr.. Townshend's resolution calling upon
the secretary of war for Information re-
specting the condition of the flags, guns
and other relics of the last var, now
scattered about among the army posts,
arsenals and navy yards of the country.
This is incident to the collection of these
relics and their deposition in some CEN
trail museum.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10
FOREIGN.

II is reported that the Prince of Wales
will pay visit TO Dublin before long.
WILLIAM OBRIEN secured verdict of
800 damages in his libel salt against the
Cork Constitution.
ENPERoR WILLIAM and King Humbert
will meet at Rome, and the smperor will
also call on the pope.
RECENT unfavorable weather is report
ed to have had disastrous effect upor
the crops in France.
THE River Moldau continues to rise.
The villages on it's banks are submerged
and many of the inhabitants have been
drowned.
. The tories are determined to rush the
Parneu commitIon bill through in spite
of all opposition.
MESSENGERS from the interior of Africa
report that Stanley il in desperate straits,
out of men and provisions, and hem med
in by hostile natives.
PATRICK BERRY, returned American
residing at Sistowel, Ireland, has been
arrested on suspicion of numbering For
bon, the boycotted farmer, last Sunday.
THE Italian press is much stirred up
over the agitation in the United States
against Italian immigration.
THERE is an uufounded rumor afoat in
England 20 the effect that William E.
Gladstone will eater the house of lords
SIS the Earl of Flint.
The ex-Empress Carlotte of Mexico is
rot, as lately reported, in IL health.
Physically she is as sound as ever, but
her mind shows no sign of regsining its
normal condition.
THE volcano on Mount Iwahasse, japan,
has recently burst forth, destroying parts
of several villages and killing hundreds
of inhabitants.
The German Emperor ana his party of
exeursionists are tie guests of the Dan
ish authorities in the city of Copenhagen,
where they were received with imposing
naval snd civic displays.
Two Sxw appointments have been N ade
/ in the DoNiniou Cabinet-John Haggert
| for Postmsstec General and Edgar De~d-
/ neg for Minister of the Interior and
| Superintendent General of Indian At
Z fairs.
! 1HE North German Gazette says a Ger
| man collector of customs ana his wife
were insulted BY Frencamen while travel
| ing through Arnaville. Travellers, it
/ says, should remember this incident
It proves that France is savage coun-
| try.
| The circulation of reports that France
| intends TO seize Tripoli has brought
| forth note from semi-official source,
which says the reports are regarded In
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Mile. Juliette Grevy, sister of the e1
President of France, is dead. She had
been insane since 1860.
The late Eugene Rimmel, the London
perfumer, left an estate valued at 500.
100000.
Gen. Sherman says he doesn't think hs
can go down the bsy to met Mr.. Blaine,
but he will be at the Fifth Avenue hotel
"to meet him on arrival, to welcome
lback home man who has shed
lustre on his native land"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10

tsclon, strikes and lockouts than in
states not so protected. There must be
something wrong In our political ma
chlnery thst has compellsd the wage
worker and also the farmer to orysn,ze
In associations for frotection against ex-
'orHon, abuse and wage reduction. 1t is
a sad picture TO look at, after a century
or oousti uuousl existence.
In conclusion | will say that between
taxing the tariff off the mecesssries of
Ete ahd he internal revenue tax off to-
oscco and whisky, l shall vote for the
former every time get a ct ance. Chesp
t'oacco aid whisky means more democrat
'zauon snd drunkenness, and l cannot
give consent to such measure yerv
truly yours, HENRY SMITH, NJ. C.