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Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-03

New York city police force, used to
vouch for twenty-five Years ago. n
friend of the captain--a very proper
sort of Il person. whom we will call Mr..
Good-had conceived an intense horror
Of prize fighters in general. and John
Morrissey in particular. Mr.. Good, one
day while travelling up the Erie road,
dropped into a conversation with q gem
tlemanly stranger of herculcan frame
who occupied the seat next to him.
When the train arrived at Turner's the
depot was seen to be in the complete
possession of mob Of roughs and stall
wart lumbermen. who had taken possess
sion Of the lunch room and terrori2ed
everybody in the place. Mr.. Good was
hungry. and he and his unknown COM
panion left the train to get something
to eat Mr.. Good pushed his way
through the crowd, and ordered an
oyster stew from the waiter. The pro.
prietor demurred, on the ground that
the roughs would not permit any one
else to be served but their own party.
"Oh, give my friend an oyster stew
spoke up the unknown Hercules. 81
guess there'll be no trouble"
The stew was no sooner served than a
horny hand reached over Mr.. Goods
shoulder and tipped his stew upon the
floor.
Suppose you give me an oyster
stew said the Hercules quietly, with IA
defiant glance at the burly six-footer,
who had spoiled Mr.. Goods lunch. An
other stew was served, and it was as
promptly tipped over by the same hand,
while the mob of roughs laughed up
roariously. But the Hercules, like an
avenging thunderbolt, had leaped from
his stool and the laugh died away as he
went right through that crowd, strik-
ing out right ana left until he had cut
a broad swath clear to the door way.
When the cyclone was over five roughs
had 80 be picked up out of the remains
of those milk stews on the floor. and all
the rest had escaped. Then the Her
cules smoothed down his cuffs, resumed
his stool, and remarked as quietly as
ever, Just let me have another stew.
please. and fresh one for my friend. :"
Mr.. Good looked at his companion in
awe as he calculated: Excuse me.
sir, but who are you anyhow" The
Hercules reached into his vest pocket
and produced card bearing the name
John Morrisey, New York" The
stews were eaten in peace, and Mr..
Good afterward said to Captain Fair
child, as he described the encounter:
well, they say ? good mary hard
things about John Morrissey, but he's a
mighty good man to travel with"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-03
Getting Even With the Horrid Man

A we'll known society woman, speak
ing of the attacks made upon her sex for
their methods of handling their skirts
or bustles when sitting down, carrying
their parasols, and other habits, says:
Il think three-quarters of such talk is
nonsense. | am perfectly sure that men
have as many marked habits as women.
What can be more absurd, | would like
to know. than to see man every time
he sits down fling his coat tails wide
apart as. though something frightful
would happen if he forgot to part them.
Then, again, that everlasting twitching
at the legs of his trousers so as to
pull them up in folds above the
knees and exposing generally the not
always attractive top of a pair of shoe
with strings tied in a by no means
picturesque knot. To me one of the res
pulsive habits is the refolding up of a
handkerchief before replacing in the
pocket, which is quite common to men.
| always wonder if the user is afraid of
getting them mussed or only wants the
outside fresh and clean. AS regards
the perpetual movement of the hand to
the head and face, pulling down cuffs so
they will show beneath the sleeve and
similar tricks. Are they not everyday
sights? Upon my word, I'm really sick
of the whole subject, and when / walk
upon the streets particularly, and OBJ
serve the habits of the male pedestrians,
and their utter disregard of the rights
of others, think the less they say about
the weaker sex the better"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-03
FROM THE UNSEEN UNIVERSE,
Visitations Of Spooks, Ghosts, Phan
toms and Hobgoblins.
REMARKABLE sEANcE AT ONSET
The Ghost of Dead River Swamp-Pur
sued by His Granny's Ghost
Men, Women and Places
Haunted by SpcCtres.
The Ghost of Dead River swamp.

New York Sun, The mystery of the
Dead River swamp has been cleared
away. For a year past the people in
that neigh borhood have been terrified
by the appearance after nightfall of n
weird object near the public road in the
swamp. Travellers gave evidence that
after night at certain point on the
road figure dressed in white appeared
and moaned piteously as it crouched be-
side the road. Excitement ran so high
that no one could be induced to travel
the road after night. The negroes who
lived near by left their cabins and de-
serted their crops. No one had the
courage to investigate the mystery
until one night Dick Dennis, a reckless
character, made q wager to some of his
associates with whom he had spent the
night a few miles from the haunted
spot, that he would prove what
the ghost was. He accordingly
started little after midnight on
the road. AS he approached
the spot where the object usually
made its appearance, his horse SHE'D,
and Il figure robed in white, knelt in
the road, and moaned and cried. In an
instant Dennis shot at the object. and
sprung beside it. With cry of pain
the spectre fell to the ground aud the
immediate discovery was made that it
was a man and that he was dangerously
wounded. Later his identity was fully
established. His name is Swinton. A
year ago he murdered his wife and es-
capped. Leading a hermit's life i'm
paired his health and affected his mind, 9,
and he put on a white robe and chose
the swamp for retreat.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-03
Pursued by His Granny's Ghost.

San Francisco Chronicle: The Off
GERS of the city Receiving hospital have
under treatment the case of young
man who is afflicted with n peculiar
species of insanity. Three times since
Monday has he attempted to end his ex-
istence, and from his own statement it
would appear that the ghost of his
grandmother had prompted him to
shuttle of this mortal coil. His name is
John Edward Hills. He is an intelli-
gent Englishmar, 26 years old, who,
unit, week ago, was a gripman on the
Powell street cable road.
He walked into the city prison last
night, and in frenzied manner asked
for admission to the hospital. Scrgt.
GIlchrist opened the iron gate and the
young man jumped inside, exclaiming
at the same time:
Don let the old lady inn
Gilchrist looked at Hills in aston
ishment. The only woman in sight was
Lizzie Murray, who is waiting trial for
robbery.
Look hore, young feller," said the
sergeant, "if you play any monkey
business on me, I'll throw you out"
Don't you see her,r" replied Hills,
seriously, ''just outside the door there;
she's my grandmother, you know,
"h" h.' pSSh Pi"S 'it' ViNN9 o' iiiS III q
week."
Hills was taken into the hospital and
laid on cot. Steward Kooshar felt of
his pulse, looked at his tongue, and then
said, "Humph!" in strong Slavonic
tones. He then gave the sufferer an
opiate, and Hills slept soundiy for an
hour or more.
On awakening he looked around in
surprise, and turning to a Chronicle
reporter asked in perfectly natural
tone:
"What in the devil am doing
here?"
"You came in here about two hours
ago, crazy rs bedbug," was the an
swer.
"Another one of my freaks" said
Hills, with a smile, "But, if you have
faith in my sanity now, III tell you a
sero-comic tale.
For two months past I've been a
gripman on the Powell street road, and
Eave been rooming at 1914 Powell
street. Last Sunday, while handling
the lever, was startled on seeing the
apparition of my grandmother, dressed
in fantastic garb, dancing along the track
about four rods ahead of the dummy.
rubbed my eyes and looked second
time, for the old lady has been dead four
years, and was buried near London.
There she was, though and saw her as
plain as ! see you now. AS 1 kept on
looking at her my head began to whirl
and was seized with Strange desire
TO run over her. But she kept out Of
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-03
Remarkable Seance at Onset.

A writer in the Banner OF Light fur
nishes an account of an interesting
seanco recently given at the Onset
Mass camp-ground, The seance was
witnessed by over four hundred people.
He says:
Mrs. Carrie f.. S. living, after read
ing in an impressive manner the poem,
He and She" was controlled by Ika-
bod, and made a prayer full of good
sense and uplifting sentiment, though
couched in quaint language.
DR., Stansbury then invited those who
had come with test states TO walk upon
the platform. Some eight people came
forward with states which they had
previously cleaned and sealed, tied or
secured together with screws; each
person sure that his slate was fraud
proof
DR.. Stansbury paced back and forth
upon the stage, placing his hands upon
each pair of states while they were held
by their owners.
Soon he was seen to start-throw up
his arms and pass his hands rapidly over
his head. Then he pointed to one pair
of states and said: "Open it," This
was done by the owner, and message
found inside.
A little more walking and handling
of the states by DIR. Stansbury. and the
others opened their states, when mes
sages were discovered to be written in
side.
Remember, these states had never
been touched by the doctor till he put
his hands upon them in presence of the
audience.
The message upon the pair OF states
held by John w. Free was written in
four different crayon colors- although
Mr.. Free declared that nothing was
placed between the states, not even bit
of slate pencil.
On one side was message in German g,
on another were several messages ad-
dressed to different people in the audi
ence. Some six pairs of states were
written on.
Mrs. j. J. Whitney next (under con-
troll gave q number of spirit messages,
which were intensely real, and were
listened to with close attention. She
gave full names and incidents that en-
ablcd the listeners to easily identify the
spirits described.
A vote of thanks was passed to these
three mediums. 1t was the universal
verdict that the seance was the most re-
| markable ever given at Onset, as no
writing medium especially had
ever before exhibited such varied and
super-abundant power before a public
| audience in this place.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-03

nut juice. shoe string for ribbon TO en-
circle il. and knitted worsted gloves of
three shades of green-the darkest bot
tie shade being around the wrist. while
the color tapercd to the lovliest color
of the pea at the finger tips. Yes, we
were busy women those days. The noise
Of the spinning wheel was heard
throughout the land, and 1.-The constant
clip of the scissors as we cut up our tlan-
mel skirts to make shirts for the sick in
the hospitals. and our best dresses to be
turned into dressing crowns for them.
We tore up our linen sheets to send for
baudages, and we stripped our floors of
carpets to make soldiers blankets.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-03
An Absolute Cure.

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cents per box-by mali 80 cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-03
How Intelligent Women Decide.

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praise it. OF druggists,
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-03
GOOD MAN TO TRAVEL WITH.
Clergyman Recalls a Story of John
MorrisseY and a Mob.

Philadelphia Press: "The account in
last Sundays Press OF the exploits of
prize fighters as knights errant," said a
well-known clergyman, who didn't want
his name mentioned lest he might be
suspected of too great familiarity with
such subjects, reminds me of story
which Captain Ben Fairchilds, Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-03

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danger and in the chase several persons
on the street narrowly escaped being
knocked down by the ear.
FINALLY the apparition disappeared.
| became terribly despondent for some
reason, and the next morning did not
go to WORK. but remained in my ROOM
Again my grandmother appeared and
talked to me in the voice that | remem-
bered well. She said: Follow me- |
got up and followed her to a drug
store. and at her suggestion bought six
bits worth Of laudanum. and returning
to my room swallowed it all. 1t made
me sick and threw it off my stomach,
the overdose saving my life. On Tues
day the same thing happened, only this
time | bought chloral hydrate. and
again took an overdose and vomited.
The two occurrences became known
at my lodgings, and at s o'clock
on Wednesday night my landlord told
me to look elsewhere for a room. |
went out and at the bottom of the stairs
met my ethereal visitor. She beckoned
me. | followed her down to Broadway
and, continuing on that street, we came
TO the wharf. She sailed out on the
water and jumped in. She grinned
and kept on beckoning me. Being II
good swimmer | kept on until the phan
tom disappeared. Then my senses re-
turned and | was picked up by the tug
boat Monarch, the officers of which
treated me very kindly, put me to bed
and this morning gave me good
breakfast. No sooner had landed on
shore, however, then the old lady again
paid me visit, and | chased her all
over town, finally winding up here"
"You must have been source of
trouble to your grandmother before she
died. suggested the reporter
'On the contrary, | was her pet" re-
piled Hills. "She was a dignitied old
woman, too, and why she should appear
so horribly dressed and make such
grlmaces, / am unable to tell. Now
that's the story, and | can assure you
that all my experiences the past few
days are us | have related
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-03
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To remove these troubles there is no
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1t has been tried and proven to be a
specific.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-03

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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-09-13

The Wilmington Star, one of the
ablest of our State papers, has been
criticised by certain of its contempt
raries for daring to speak out its opin-
ion about certain things. Taking no.
tice of this the Star says-and we en-
dorse every word of it
Our Democracy will at least COM
pare with that of our assailants. The
Star has upheld the cause of the peo-
pie for nearly twenty-one years, in
the Presidential campaigns of 1868,
1872, 1876, 1880, 1884, and it is not
idle or Indifferent in 1883. Its rea!
JiIenas are satisfied with its labors.
1t is just such attempts to dragonade
and bull-doze and prevent 4 full and
an honest expression of opinion that
has brought North Carolina under
disrepute abroad as being a State not
yet educated up to tolerance of opin-
ION. Blgotry, intolerance and pro-
scription have no terror for any hon
est man or conscientious journalist.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-09-13

JUSTICE is too tardy in North Car
DINA. It takes the authorities too
long to move This disgusts whole
communities OF citizens and they move
for themselves-in lynching parties
frequently. Last June-three months
ago-a murder was committed. The
parties escaped. The State has just
taken steps toward capturing the muir
derers. Why could this not have
been done sooner, without giving them
so much time to put themselves be-
yond reach? The Raleigh correspond
ent Of the Wilmington Messenger,
writing under date of the 9Th inst,
says:
The Governor offered a reward of
$500, each to-day for Daniel Thorn
burg and William Thornburg, white
men who, last June in CASTOR county,
shot and killed Lee Aderholt, a we'll
known young man. The affair oc-
cured at a concert at private house.
The Thornburgs misbehaved and were
put out. In revenge they fired into
the house, right among the audience
and killed young Aderholt instantly.
Both the fellows at once fed the Coun-
ty and are believed to be in South
Carolina.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-09-13
HOW TO ORGANIZE.

I. Let there be County Commit
tee composed of active, working, zeal
Gus, intelligent men.
2. Let there be Township Com
mittees composed Qf tie 0s,y best men
in the t0zonshib. Right here the work
is to be done, and hence the absolute
necessity for the very best men the
party has in the township.
g. Let each township be divided
up into convenient districts, with
known, we'll defined boundaries, as
far as possible, such as roads, creeks,
&c, each committee taking one sub
division under his especial charge In
each subdivision let there be a sub
committee of three, or four, or FIVE, or
as many as need be, with It's proper
township committeeman at its head,
and appointed by him. This sub
committee is to report to its chair
man and operate under his directions.
4. Let each subcommittee, at the
earliest moment, prepare list of all
voters in its subdivision and return
thc same to the Chairman of the Ex-
ecutlve Committee Of its township, so
that the township chairman may fill
up and return to the Chairman of the
county Executive Committee the Can
vass Books heretofore sent to him by
;he Chairman of the State Executive
Committee.
5. Let each ub-committeeman and
each township committeeman exam
inc the registration books from time
to time and check off the voters who
have not registered and then use
every effort to get Democratic voters
to register.
8. On the 10th of October let each
subcommittee meet with its chairman
and check the Democratic voters who
have not registered and make ar
engagements for inducing them to reg
lister, On 5oth October let them
meet again for same purpose. The
election takes place on Tuesday, No
vember 9th.
On election day let the township
and subcommittee be early at the
polling places with their list of voters.
Let the names of voters be checked
oil as they vote, and at one O'Clock
let list OF absent Democratic voters
be made by the township chairman
and given to the sub committeeman,
who Will at once proceed to ascertain
II the absenteeS cannot be induced to
come 10 the polls and vote. For this
purpose the chairman of the township
committee must have provided suita-
bic conveyances and have them con-
stantly ready to hand.-Dtmofyatit
Hnna-6ook ef North Carolina PoH-
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