News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-06

a candidate for Congress was defeated
by an overwhelming majority IN Chat
State; indeed, SO badly was he beaten
that he determined to leave the district
In which he ran, forthwith, without con
sulting his neighbors. He retired to the
n~eighborhood of Florida, Mo. Shortly
after, on being inquired for by sympa-
thizing friends, they were informed that
he had "gone up Salt river. Salt
river, Mo-, is formed by three branches
which unite neal Florida. 1t flows
thence east, and after n s~erpenttne
course of IS miles enters the Mississippi
river III Pike county. Small STEAMBOATS,
can ascend from its mouth to Florida.
There being q Salt river in Kentucky,
which empties into the Ohio, o similar
story is reported of gentleman (Davy
Crockett) WHO ran for Congress there,
and who was, like the other, badly
beaten.
HERE and there throughout the coun-
try the women have shown their lnfiu-
ence in the elections, without having the
power to cast q ballot themselves. A
notable case OF this kind occurred in st.
Louis. Some time ago, in a very impor-
ant and much talked of case in that city,
q bright young lawyer was fool enough
to make the remark that on the witness
stand women were almost invariably
liars, and as o consequence that their
testimony in cases involving large lntet-
osts should be very carefully scrutinlzed.
This lawyer became a candidate at the
late election for one of the most impor-
tan judicial offices in st. Louis. The
women rose unanimously against him.
They placarded bis foolish saying all
over the city, and then went to work
with their husbands, sons, brothers and
s~weethearts to defeat him. Was he
beaten ! Why. they showed him I'M
der in q way well calculated to make him
no longer n political possibility in the
State of Missouri.
\ WILD deer, q huge buck, with ant
lers of splendid proportions, swan the
Ohio river from some point below the
Illinois Central East Cairo incline,
landing at the warehouse at the foot Of
Fourth street, in Cairo. Shaking him
self free from the somewhat chilly
water, he trotted gently up the levee
slope to the street, where be stopped,
and, taking in the situation, snuffed the
breeze and lit out up the street like the
wind. With the bright light streaming
NlILONtSSA VIZ ~ SS ylubC SluSo IIOlIG III
Illinois Central office, he made O short
strides directly through the door, shat
tering the large glass and taking part of
the woodwork along inside. He con
tinued his rapid pilgrimage by jumping
over the cashiers desk and dushing
through another plate-glass door. He
followed n narrow hall to the rear, where
he encountered d number of train de-
spatchers hard ut work. They succeed
cd in running the now thoroughly fren-
zicd animal into another hail, leading to
the front door. Reaching the front Of
fee, he dashed his head against the
brick wall, falling senseless to the floor,
where he Jay upon his back, blood
streaming from his limbs. A gun vas
procured and the animal shot. The
wall where death ovelt took him was
marked by q big round stain Of blood,
while the track from the front door in
ward is plainly defined by broken glass,
pieces of desks, scattered stationery and
dislocated ink bottles.
AN instance Of the instinct and fdeli-
ty of a young monkey comes from Batig-
a suburb of Paris. A little boy
$50 says a French journaD, the son of IN
inhabitant of that part of the city, was
playing in one of the rooms of his IA
theirs flat with tho monkey, which is a
most intelligent and domesticated mem
Der of its species. The boy, in n fit of
juvenile c1price, tied the cord of q win
dow blind around his neck and pretend
ed to hang himself, to the immense
of his Simian playmate, which
grinned and Chartered on q chair. Sud
denly the boy became livid, and began
to cry, for the cord had got into q real
moose around his neck. In q very short
space of time the monkey took in the
situation and tried to undo the moose
with IFS paws, but had to give up the at
tempt. 1t then hoped away to another
room, where the boys grandmother was
sitting, and began to pull at her gown,
to chatter, grimace and look wistfully
the door. AT first, thinking that
the animal wanted to bite cr5|tfe-ete
lady was frightened, but seeing that it
was ~endeavoring, with might and main,
to drag her toward the door, she rose
from her seat and went, piloted by the
monkey, to the room where her grand
son was moaning. The boy was instantly
from his perilous position,
though it was some time before he re-
from his pain and fright. Jocko,
the deliverer, says the French authority
for this strange narrative, received a nice
little tablet of chocolate cream for his
action, and he deserved it.