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Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18
CONDENSED TE-EGRAMS-

| BILL has been introduced in Congress
appropriating $4,000 to pay for carrying
of mails in the Southern States during the
years 1856 to 1850 and part of 1861.
! THERF is NO prospect that any Tennes-
see cases will come up in the United States
Supreme Court until after the February
recess, which closes March 10th.
| TEN convicts made their escape from the
barracks of the county workhouse on the
| 14th. They all occupied the same cell, and
cut their way through the floor with jack
knives Every man who escaped was sent
for a long term.
The twelfth annual meeting Of the Ten.
nessee Farmers aud Stock Breeders Asso-
citation was held at Nashville on the 14th.
The attendance was good, and large
number of new members were elected.
A BLOODY and fatal riot occurred near
Helenwood, Tenn, on the 14th, in which
Reuben Reed was fatally cut by boy
named Smither, and several others badly
hurt.
A BILL providing for the teaching of
scientific temperance in the public schools
has passed the Mississippi Senate.
WOOD is being extensively used in Con-
necticut now on account of the high price
of coal.
THE extraditlon treaty with Great Brit
ain is said to have been laid over until De-
cember.
CITIZENS Of Pensacola, Fla, have COM
pleted the subscription of 100000 asked
for toward building the Memphis and
Pensacola railroad.
A VERY juvenile wedding took place at
Fairmount, ILL.,, few days ago, the con-
tracing parties being Grant Martin and
Oracle Silvers, aged 15 and 13 years re
spectively.
THE following fourth-class postmasters
have been appointed in Arkansas: John M.
Holland Picayune, Howard county; j. b.
Erwin, w ebb City, Franklin county; w. j.
Witcher, Witcherville, Sebastian county.
TIE largest skeleton ever heard Of has
been discovered in Eastman county, Tex,
and is being exhumed.
Four Mohammedans, the first to arrive
in many years, landed at Castle Garden,
on the 11th, en- route to Savannah and New
Orleans, where they will engage in the
manufacture of CLOTH
NATURAL gas was struck at Fort Worth,
Texas, on the 18th, at depth of $50 feet.
Great volumes of gas, accompanied by a
cloud of sand, rushed from the well with a
roar that could be heard q mile distant.
James Gabriel, a workman, lit his pipe
twenty feet from the well, igniting the gas,
burning off his whiskera and hair and
throwing him a distance of fifteen feet.
The flames scared upward sixty feet, burn
ing the llmbs Of trees thirty feet distant.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18
AN INDIAN AUTHOR.
Young Sioux Writes a Readable Boo
on Indian Legends.

A Young Sioux Writes q Readable BOOK
on Indian Legends.
Bush Otter. young Sioux Indian.
has been engaged by the geological
Survey for some time in the prepara-
ton of series of legends which he
learned while a child in Dakota. Bush
Otter, says Washington CORES pond
ent, had received an excellent educa-
ton. and the survey people considered
his work If great importance. Un-
fortuna atelv Bush Otter went to Hedges
stories in that quiet town and there
met his fate. He scorned the paltrY
forty dollars per month he was recelv-
ing to write a book, which he had
every reason to suppose would be Of
interest TO white readers. Moreover.
it is said. he suspected that several
people in the survey were prepared to
claim the credit for his work, and this
was exceedingly distasteful to him.
He mentioned his grievance and
hoped that all cause for complaint
would soon be removed. The weeks
rolled by ami nothing was done. He
began to despair, and finally rendered
his resignation. The survey had Sc
cured from him two hundred and
ffty-six stories, and that being
considered sufficient for the pres
Int. his resignation was accepted.
Bush 0 ter retired in disgust to
Fl d oesyiI le TO seek consolation Of his
ady love. He will doubtless be given
mployment in some other branch of
he service. Bush Otter is The only
fill bloodel Indian who was ever en-
,loyed in an executive departme Mt at
Washington. - Chicago Herald.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18

On the 10th resolution was introd iced
in the Virginia State Senate to investi-
gate the affairs of the Chesapeake & Ohio
railroad, in which the State holds over
one million and seven buudred thousand
dollars in stock. General w. G. Wick
ham, the receiver of the road, bulldozed
the Senate into voting down the resolu-
ton.
The freight-rate war between Chicago
and Missouri river points continues. The
st. Paul ordered another drop of four
cents on the 10 b. which was promptly
met by the Burlington, Rock Island Sc
Northweste tern.
BUSINESS failures during the last seven
days as reported by r.. G. Dun & Co. !:
for the United States, 23T; for Canada,
81; total, 2S9, as compared with 267 for
the corresponding week last year.
1T has been decided by the Senate COM
mittee on agriculture and abor to report
favoraby bill to provide for commits
sion to inquire in to the alcoholic LIQUOR
traffic.
DURING January cotton exports from
the I'm tied States aggregated 542474
bales, valued at $26 07o, 430; against 6S2,-
354 bales, valued at $50, 9l0,048 in Jan
uary, 1887.
On the 10th the marble cutters of Boston
demanded n reduction of hours at full
pay, which precpitated lockout, involv.
ing eight hundred mon.
AT the Kelley Run (Pa.) mines further
trouble is feared when the company at
tempts to resume operations, but the lead
ers are coniide mt they can hold the man
in check.
On the 10th William NJ. Donaldson &c
Co., dealers in pictures and frames, No.
113 Main street. Cincinnati, assigned to
Howard Douglas. Their liabilities are
placed at $4,000; assets, $40 900. Prefer
ences were given to the cunt of $24, 900.
On the 10th the Odessa University was
reopened. The university at Kazan now
is the only one in Russia that remains
closed.
On the 'front.' of continental Europe
general preparations for war appear to be
going forward with unabated zeal.
AT its meeting on the 18th th9 Central
Labor I'm ion of New York protes ted
against the pending Tenement House
bill; denounced the sugar trust, ETC., and
opposed the repeal of the Saturday Half
Holiday law.
ON the 18th pack of wolves broke from
and spread terror among the elephants,
camels and other animals confined in the
stable. They were finally trapped in a
corner, where they were ravenously de-
vouring horse they had slain.
AFTER undergoing the painful operation
of tracheotomy, the fortitude, cheerful
ness and recuperative powers of the
Crown Prince Of Germany challenges
the adm iration of all who are about him.
NOTWITHSTANDING the publishing of
the Austro-German treaty Russia con-
tinues her military preparations on tho
German and Austrian from tiers.
On Sunday. the 18th, the proposed meet
ing of Socialists in Trafalgar Square, Lon
don. was preventedby the police. When,
however, the crowd adjourned to the
Thames embankment, they were not
interfered with.
IF the Porte persists in sending Kismail
Pasha, the present Grand Vizier, as
Turkish Commissioner to Sofia, Russia
threatens to sevelIh Iher diplomatic relations
it'll Turkey.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18
The USE OF SLAM :.
A Pernicious Habit Which Seems to Have
Taken Possession of Every Body.

Slang seems TO be making alarming
headway among us. Society ladies'
who are way up in the social scale in
terlard their sentences with slang
phrases. The school girl and school
boy of the period can scarce express a
single thought without lis use. II is
the common language of the people Of
The day. A young girl with face
like seraph shocks you by asking il
you are going to the ''mat." this
.aft. !" and says if you keep
your eye "peeled'' you can get on
to' her presenca in some part OF
the house. Even the babies in the
nursery are versed in the use of slang.
1t creeps in in subtle and insidious
manner. and corrupts us unawares,
and quite frequently brings the blush
Of shame and modification TO our
faces. The other day little woman
of my acquaintance. herself we'll
and correct in the choice of her lam
guage, happened to get aboard of the
same car in which / was riding. She
was accompanied by her two pretty
little daughters-tots Of four AMI six.
The pretty babies were the cynosure
Of many admiring glances. During
the ride they amused thems elves by
spelling the different words on adver.
Using cards which 50 profusely
de corate the West Side cars
A particularly hard word caught the
attention of the elder child, and she
began spelling it out letter by letter.
thus: That's letter A, and that's let.
ter L, and'-and the next letter was
forgotten one. She appealed to the
other tot. With a look of owish wis
dom on her dimpIed face, she replied:
''Why, H len. think that that is-iet-
ter go Gallagher" The shrill little
voice was perfectly audible to every
one on the car A roar of laughter
followed, while the mother blushed
and gave her offspring a soto voice
lecture on the evil practice of slang
Chicago Journal.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18
For Medicinal Purposes.

A farmer living out on the Gratiot
Dad bought gallon IF whisky as he
vas trading the other day, and while
ne was absent from his wagon some
me substituted a jug filled with water.
Back he came next day, walked into
she grocery with the jug, and setting
it down with bang he exclaimed:
Here that whisky and it's frozen
Us solid as a rockr'
Nor
"1ry it and seer'
The groceryman took stick and
jabbed away until satisfied that such
was the case and then said:
We'll, it's queer, and I'll make il
III right That must have come from
ne barrel that sell for medicinal pur-
,osesr Detroit Free Press.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18

"A steeple jack near Hu dersfield
rad climbed to the top of an immense
chimney to remove the scaffolding.
when the rope by which he was to
lescend broke and fell to the ground.
While the crowd were wondering how
hA would ever get down. he unrav-
lied his stockings. and letting down
he thread finally drew up a rope big
enough to let him down.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18
THE GREAT WALKING MATCH.

James Albert, the Phi1ade1phian, Breaks
the Six Days Record with a Score OF Six
Hundred and Twenty-One and Half
Miles.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-At ten o'clock
last night, when the great six-days'
pedestrian match was concluded the
score stood:
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18

A Cincinnati man, whose favorite
irving mare fell sick, turned her out
pasture among a lot Of mules.
While she lay. TOO feeble to care
what was going on. they ate her name
nd tai of a. thoroughly Is y 5ir3af
could h.,v- cut t!aem.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18
AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES.

The Efforts of Major Powell. Director of
the United States Geological Survey, to
Collect and Preserve the Relics of the
Ancient Peoples of the Western World.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Major Powell,
director OF the United States Geological
Survey, is taking an enthusiastic interest
in the proposed expansion of the National
museum in this city, SO as to make therein
a vast collection of American antiquities,
records and relics of the anciant neonlas
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18

of the w esternworld.
To a reporter who
called upon him, Ma
jor Powell said that
it will be a surprise
to most people to
know tina t England,
France and Germany
are paying large at
tention to American
antiquities, and max
ing far more ex-
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

IT is reported that Italy claims not to
be bound by the treaty of the triple alli
ance to act against Russia if the latter
invades Bulgaria.
AT Guiana iuata, Mexico, a wealthy and
eccentric Englshman proposes to build
Sc, 900 palace.
In Hungary leading papers combat the
position taken by Bis smarck in his speech
that Russia has a privileged pos ition in
Bulgarian affairs.
The Secretary Of the Navy has issued
telegraphic orders for the United States
steamer Alert, now at Panama, TO pro-
ceed to Callao, Peru, to look after the
American interests in that vicinity, re-
ported to be in danger by reason of local
disturbances.
THE special committee appointed to
make an examina tion and count of the
internal revenue stamps in the vaults of
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue at
the close of business January IA last has
submitted its report to the Secretary of
the Treasury. Every stamp was found to
be properly accounted for.
A LOCOMOTIVE has been sent by the
King of the Belgians to Tangiers as a
present to the Sultan of Morocco
singularly inappropriate gift, consider
ing that there is not yard of railway or
tram line within the dominions Of the lat
ter.
On the 10th nothing of Importance was
developed in the tally-sheet investigation
at Columbus, O., but highly-sensational
testimony was said to be forthcoming.
ON the 10th q writ of habeas corpus was
granted in the United States District
Court at Louisville, Ky,f the members of
the Hatfield gang.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various Sources
-eo,oIlL IROCEEDMGs.

..o an the 7th resoiutlon was
IL the Senate " the committee on COM
adopted insE " s'HT irto the right and expedtency
nerce 10 mum -in1 control of the erection
Of Congress -,o1,igable waters within State
bibrioge rlot4 concluded his speech IN crit
limits .ha Presidents tariff message......
Icism o. ,,o,se = largely signed petition IA
II TIC raeeare of the Breckenridge WOOL
Torins w '-.ior+ed resolution was adopted
bl N"' +ba Secretary Of the Treasury for m
cslline " as TO whether the circulation OF
iof0. c+o+es notes has been kept at the legal
Un' and whether there has been any
lIi7 said notes since 1858. number
pss pssrs we're reported from the various COM
aU.n, and referred, and bill to amend the
-ssd Statutes, providing punishment lor
hs,mI,;ng or negligent bank officials, so as 70
l,'So hank examiners. Also a bill to pro-
w. tor the recovery of internal revenue taxes
nenalties enormously paid in certain
,sses.
.tbe Senate on the Sth the bill appropriat-
,.r ON mn for the erection OF a public build
-s.t Kansas Citv was passed Mr.. Riddle
ss,ger tried again to force action on his reso-
r+,on anent the British treaty, but was choked
| - nv the Senate going into executive session.
Tras decided to act finally upon the Blair
mn next Wednesday at three o'clock......In the
Eonse the bill making bills of lading conclu-
sive evidence Of receipt Of goods by the carrier
was passed
n the Senate on the 9th Mr.. Edmunds re-
noTted bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal
Gomnany OF Nicaragua. A long discussion
was had on the question Of expenditure on pub
lin buildings, and Mr.. Riddleberger succeeded
m letting out the fact that action on the British
sxtradition treaty had been postponed
until next December..... Mr.. Tarsney
in the House reported the bill for
he adjustment of accounts OF laborers
sising under the Eight-Hour law. The House
passed the bill to discontinue coinage of three
cent pieces, and then considered the bill COM
peing the Union and Central Pacific railroads
to maintain their own telegraph systems, which
was laid over.
IN the House on the 10th, the bill granting
right Of way through the Indian Territory, to
he Choctaw Coal s. Railroad Company was
passed; also. the resolution directing the Post
naster-General to inform the House, after in
lu1y Of the cause Of the complaints
made by newspaper regard
ing the western mail service. II
committee of the whole, the bill
for the relief OF Nathaniel Mckay and thu
executors Of Donald Mckay was taken up ant
discussed at length without arriving at a vote
and the House adjourned until the 18th
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18

covered 621 miles and 1890 yards in 14O
hours, and that he rested 10 hours and %
minutes. There were the usual scenes OF
iubilation at the close.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

- " SOUpuyS SSOi DOhhoiiA,
who was convicted on the 9th, of the
murder of his mother-in- law, Barbara
Kandl e, has been sentenced to be hanged
on Thursday, March 90.
IT is learned from later news of the
wreck of the Abercorn near the mouth of
Columbia river, Washington Territory,
on the night of the 9Th, the number of the
lost is placed at twenty-five.
A FEW days ago Charles Stewart, alias
Tate, Kentucky murderer, was sent to
the penitentiary from Owensboro, KY,
for stealing hogs.
On the 9th John Hopp, his daughter,
aged fifteen, and son aged nine years,
were burned to death in the destruction
of their home at Kutztown, Pa.
On the 9th the wife of Clarence s. y.
Bowers, worthless character living
| near Greenfield, N. H., died of starvation
| and exposure. On hearing of the death
of his wife, Bowers went off and hanged
| himself.
| On the 10th Morris B. Congden was con-
victed of manslaughter at Courtlan N.
Y, for killing his daughters child.
On April 5 next Edward A. Deacons will
be hang for the murder ofMrs. Ada A.
Stone, at Rochester, NY, last August.
On the 10th the north bound freight
from Evansville, Ind, picked up an un-
| known man near st. James. He was
senseless when found and was taken to
Evansville, where his I'M uries were pro-
nounced fatal. The cause of his injuries
| is unknown. 1t is supposed, however,
that he fell eff the midnight train.
On the 10th the powder mills at Wap-
| wallopen, few miles from w Wilkesbarre,
Pa, blew up with terrible force, killing
four persons ana injuring forty others,
many of whom will die. The conclusion
was felt for forty miles.
On the 18th the body Of Russian,
| named Lorenzo, was found two miles
north of Huntington, Ind, with bullet
hole in the back of his head. The pockets
of the dead man had been rifled of valua-
| ables. Jacob Kallenback was placed
under arrest ON suspicion of having COM
mitted the murder.
On the 11th twenty eight men were ar
rested in New York on charges Of main
tanning and running bucket shops, and
were arranged at he Jefferson Market po-
lice court on the 18th. All but Arthur
Coleman and Andrew r. Hammond
waived examination and were held each
in $500 bail.
On the 11th, at Vincennes, Ind, Larry
McCaffrey was shot and killed BY Georg g
Hartman. The men quarreled over dice
and women. McCaffrey insulted Hartman
and drew a knife when the latter fired
three shots, instantly killing McCaffrey.
Hartman fed and has not yet been ar
| rested.
AT Boston, on the 11th, Mrs. Sarah j.
Robins on, charged with the poisoning of
her brother-in law, Prince A. Freeman,
was found guilty Of murder in the first
degree. She is supposed to have poisoned
seven persons, all relatives, for their life
insurance.
WHILE conscious that she was dying
from the effects of kicks and blows ad-
ministered by her husband, Mrs. Stella
| Fay, of No. Alb East Fifteenth street, New
| York, refused, on the 11th, to make an
ante-mortem statement duplicating the
| brute.
On the night Of the 18th several persons
were injured, one fatally, by jumping
from the windows of burning Brooklyn
boarding house.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18

Thus Albert beat the best previously
recorded time of $40 miles in 142 hours, by
eleven and ne-half miles.
WHAT THEY WIN.
An estimate of the gate moneys to be
received be the men who covered 525
n,iIae and over iS nc follovvc.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18

AT the anniversary celebration Of the
birth OF Abraham Lincoln, by the Repub.
llcan National League at Washington, on
the 18th, Senator Cullom was the pr incipal
speaker. Fred Douglass, Simon Wolf and
Captain OFerrall also spoke.
IHE Governor of Pennsylvania has been
asked by officials of the Reading railroad
to call out the militia in the event of tn >
coal and iron police being unable to pro-
tect-such persons as desire to resume
work.
On the 11th Dr.. Patton, president-elect
OF Princeton College, preached in Mar.
quand Chapel, Princeton, n J. The SER
mon was a strong defense of faith
against materialism. No alusion was
made to his election, except in prayer
asking guidance in the decision of the
monentous question of the present hour.
The chapel was crowded.
SUIT has been brought against a number
OF alleged receivers of embezzled Denver
q Pacific stock by the Kansas Pacific
bondholders who failed to make a case
against Messrs. Gould and Sage.
AT Gilmore's Madison Square Garde n,
New York, last week, James Albert beat
the record for six-days' go-as-y please
pedestrianism with the remarkable score
of 621 1-2 miles.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-12
ROCKINGHAM.

Last week was excellent hay wealth
er and many of the farmers secured
more hay than ever they did before
in the same length of time.
David Fairbanks recently lost %
sheep-struck by lightning.
Hon. Levi p. Morton, candidate
for Vice President, once resided in
our neighboring village of Springfield.
His father was for several years pas
tor of the Congregational church al
that place and was well known
throughout adjacent towns.
S. A. Cutler of Springfield recent
ly had colt terribly mangled by barb
wire fence while running in j. r.
Rollins pasture.
Hop Compound-Pint 30 cents. Guar
anteed to do you good and make yoJ
stronger and healthier.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-12
LOCAL SUMMARY.

Mrs. f. N. Randall of Ticondero-
ga, N. Y. is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. A. H. Holden.
GET A PICTURE FOR Your BEST
GIRL.
S. S. Smith, the photographer,
who was here for a few weeks last
fall, will be here again tomorrow to
remain until the 2lst. Mr.. Smith is
a first-class workman, as those who
patronized him last fall will testify,
and his prices are the lowest, ranging
from $3.50 for card size to $3.50 fol
cabinets, S1.75 to $2.75 for half doz.
ems. Come and see him.
MORE PENSIONS AND BOUNTY.
A gentleman representing Milo B.
Stevens & Co., of Washington, d.
c., can be seen at Towns Hotel.
Bellows Falls, Wednesday, July %,
and American House, Brattleboro,
Thursday 26th by persons desiring
information concerning pensions,
bounties, ETC., or having claims which
they may desire to have prosecuted
by said attorneys.
School closed in Dist. No. l, June
20, with picnic in which were exer-
cises of well spoken pieces by the
children, in the school room, after
which the scholars with invited friends
were seated to well filed table il
the grove. Lemonade, popcorn. anC
candy to finish up with. All were
happy to see each other happy
Scholars not absent or tardy through
the term, Fannie Sexton, Sadie Sex.
ton, Mary E. Sexton, Willie AL
drich, Bernie Sexton, George Hall
Jennie Landfear, teacher.
Learning and order was the motto
OF this term, for we had a good teach
er. II
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-12
SAXTONS RIVER.

City boarders begin to arrive lit
tie.
VIM. Rand of Townshend is visit
ing his brother, Fred Rand, here fOl
a few days.
The 4th was unusually quiet here
no fire-crackers and but little racket
Fred Burwill of this village shot ,
crow the other day that measured
from bill to tail, 25 inches, and from
wing to wing feet, l 1-2 inches.
The speaking by Hon. Franz
Plumly of Mortified, at this place OF
Friday, at the Republican Rally was
fine.
A beautiful flag 24x15 feet wa:
presented to the Republican Clul
here by Hon. John A. Farnswortl
ON Friday evening, and swung to the
breezes. The Club have now abou
so members and will take an active
part in this coming campaign.
Nothing SO popular as Coburn's Hol
Compound. Every one needs it at this
season. Pints 50cents.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-12
ZEPHYR.

This horse was sired by Enchanter, he
by Administrators and he by Rysdyk's Ham
bletonian, all noted sires of our fastest
trotters. Zephyr's dam was sired by Ken
lucky Chief, he by Mambrino Chief; and
he is thus closely related on both sides to
the two great trotting families of the coun-
try, with records of 230 or better, and
some of them as low as 2;l7. He Is Of
good size, fine style and action and has
shown himself a sure getter of fine stock;
is 25 3 hande high, weighs l,l50 lbs, ma
hogany bay, small star in face, one hind
foot white. He was shown at our fair In
1884 and easily made ;55 without train
ing. He has been in this section five sea-
sons and his stock are large, stylish, and
show perfect trotting action.
He will make the season as follows ev-
cry Friday and Saturday at the hotel sta
bles, Londonderry, the remainder of the
time at the home stable. Terms to in
sure SO, PAYABLE March LIST 1889 All
mares disposed of to be considered with
foal.
S. E. THAYER, Proprietor
Manchester Centre, vt.