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Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
EOtIND FLOATING

ARKANSAS CITY, Ark, Jan. 1s-Two
white children, a girl and boy, evidently
sister and brother, aged about T. and IS
years respectively, were found this morn
ing dead floating in the Mississippi river.
near Huntington, Miss. They were tied
By a rope to floating log, and also
and their bodies Invested of clothing
They had been in the water four or five
days. The boys head was crushed in, and
the girls left side shattered by shot. The
girl had long auburn hair. Nothing MAS
found 10 indicate where they came from
The coroner's jury returned verdict that
they Were murdered by unknown persons
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
RAIL ROAD WRECKS

MoBERLY, Mo-, Jan 1S.-A train on the
Wabash & Western railroad was dischet
near Coatsville, Ia. yesterday. Thirteen
persons were injured. but none fatally.
DUBUQUE, Ia. Jan. is-The passenger
train on the Illinois Central road that left
Dubuque for the east at noon was thrown
from the track at Scalesmount. twenty
five miles east, and il is said that several
cars rolled down a steep embankment
The railroad officials are dumb as usual
and il is difficult to obtain the facts
Several passengers are reported dead oi
severely wounded. among the latter being
Nail Agent ComsIock.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
AN OLD MAN KILLED.

kEoKUK. Ia, Jan. ls.-John w. Par
sons, aged - years, was accidently killed
Monday evening at his home, three miles
from keokuk He went TO the woOd-shed
and. as ne did not return. his wife pro-
ceeded to search. and found Mr. Parsons
lying on the ground dead. He had fallen
and struck his temple against "A sharp
point on ii stick of wood. Two sisters Of
the deceased reside in st. Louis. Mrs. l.. l..
Harrison and Mrs. McCarty
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
STARVING IN TfiPHEN

BoSroN, Jan. lS.-A despatch has
reached the rooms of the American board
of foreign missions from Mardin. in east
Turkey. stating that $4,000 people are
starving and calling for immediate relief
II is also reported that the famine at
Adana, in central Turkey, still continues.
and the number who are suffering in
creases daily.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
PASSENGER RATES

CHICAGO, Jan. 1S.-The Michigan Contra
today decided to at once put on sale thous
andmile tickets at $50, or cents mile
1t takes off of sale the wo-thousand- mile
tickets at $40. The special committee OF
the western roads today concluded to rec
ommend to the managers TO retain the
present system of $40 for two-thousand
mile tickets and S25 for one-thousand-m mile
tickets, and ignores the action of the Hi.
nois Central in selling at S25 for Thousand,
mile tickets with rebate of S.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
HOTEL BOIL Err Expl osIoN

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. IA stationary
boiler in the kitchen of the Garfield house
exploded last evening as the boarders,
thirty in number, were sitting down to
supper. A half-breed Indian girl, en-
ployed in the kitchen, was struck by a
piece of the boiler, and had her ribs stove
in and was blown toward a window,
through which she crashed, cutting her
face and hands badly She was taken to a
hospital, and may recover The explosion
completely wrecked the kitchen, and so
alarmed the boarders in the adjoining
room that they ran over the landlady, Mrs
st. Clair, and tramped on her severely in
their efforts to escape. Mrs. st. Clair's
husband dropped dead of heart disease
two weeks ago on the day they took pos
session of the house The cause of the ex-
plosion was lack of water in the boiler on
account of the pipes being frozen.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19

We are pleased to announce that we have
at last secured the services of Mr.. r. L..
Decker, who is an experienced piano
maker. Mr., Decker will hereafter take
charge Of our tuning and repair depart
ment we employ no men. no matter
WHIST department they occupy. but what
ara experienced and fitted for the place
and all our men are salaried. Therefore
we are enabled to employ none only those
whose ability is beyond question We
would toe pleased TO receive your orders for
piano tuning Satisfaction in all cases
guaranteed Special rates given 10 schools
and the profession. Conover Brothers,
2iS y. Main 81. 5OGt
Leave orders at Conover Bros for mann
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, ! a. m.-For Mis-
souri,: Warmer. followed by colder, fail
weather, followed by snow; light to south
erly winds, increasing in force and becom-
coming northerlv.
For Kansas: Colder, fair weather; fresh
TO brisk winds. becoming northerly.
A colk wave is indicated for Nebraska
The temperature will fall fifteen to twenty
degrees by Friday morning.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
TURKEY.

CoNsTANTINOPLE. Jan. 1S.-During Mr..
w. Is. Nanderbilt's recent visit here the
sultan strongly urged him to construct
system of Asiatic railways Mr.. Wander
biit stated that his visit was merely for
pleasure and that he had no chance TO
study the suggested scheme. The sultan
has now. forwarded to Mr. Vanderbilt,
who is an Egypt, all the papers bearing
on the question and he expresses the hope
that if Mr.. Vanderbilt is not disposed to
accept the task, Mr.. Jay Gould will under
take it,
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
.CONVICTS TURN The TABLES.

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 1S.-Last night four
convicts, two white and two black, escap.
ed from the convict camp of Mr.. T. ".
Powell, at High Shoals. They were holly
pursued for twelve or fourteen miles by
bloodhounds. The pursUers were delayed
trying to cross creek when the hounds
caught up with the convictS, who tied the
dogs and carried them on with them.
When last heard from the convicts were in
Above river swamps. The chase has been
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
fivs-pound pail apple butter % ernts ..
s.-M- supply Co a. au
kvs,ysoey rasa n

ne th3ca2o, Kansas & Nebraska rail-
way st Joseph * loss Railroaf %
5essesl, - the lest eguipr.1i line west OF
tns missouri river Our equipment ~as
o1iii expressly for this line BY the Pull
Ii4an Palace Car Company. which Is n guar
aDtee 70 TIE travelling public thai X i-
s,r1csiY arSt ciass. fou will fIad al Of our
eosaS nSs elegantly upholstered and very
are grSing to any part n kanxas or Sebras-s
kA- or 70 any point ss.i, reraeint<r you will
never rrxrsf hsEipx started right fys tai
iSs The Chicago. Kansas & Sebraska raj.
way. fkock Island Route Fer fur-h~r
tartsfular. zsisirs--. Jno. sebastian, G. r A.
Il. A, Topeka. Kan coz
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
A GRAND Rail-

FAYETTr, Mo, Jan. lS.-At n negro
dance at Peter Hawkins house. near here,
Monday night fight occurred in which
Tom and Bill Kline, Bud Given aud Wash
Dudgeon we've shot. The Kline brothers
will die aud the recovery of the others is
very doubtful
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
EIiCTRIA

PEsTH. Jan. 1S.-Pesther Lloyd says that
Russias candidate for the Bulgarian,
throne is Vice Voida Marks Milanoff, of
kiczi, late Montenegrin commander.
The paper considers, however, that he has
even less chance OF success than the prince
of Mingrelia
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
VERV II 1

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-Colonel W. C..
Moulton, the brother-in-Iaw of General
Sherman. was reported very low tonight at
the Hotel Arno. His trouble is CONGESTION
of the brain His family are with him.
Colonel Moulton formerly lived at Mans
field, o. From there he removed to Gin
cinnati and came to this city five years
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE
BILLIARDS. EFFECTS.
School Children and Teachers Suffer
Severely in Nebraska, Sew
eral Freezing to Death.
A List Of 2l7 Deaths Figured Out by a
st. Paul Paper-Aany Covered by
the Snow.
The loss of Stock Known to Be Very Great
in the Panhandle Railroads in
New Mexico Blockaded.

OMAHA Neb., Jan. 1S.-Chas. Gray, liv-
ing near Tekomah, died yesterday from
exposure in Thursdays storm. Miss Louie
Royce, school teacher eight miles from
Plainview, had but three pupils on the day
of the storm. She started at three O'Clock
with the children for house about thirty
rods distant, but lost her way. All lay
down in the snow and Miss Royce wrapped
| up the little ones as best she could. just
/ as morning broke the third child succumb-
ed to the cold. Miss Royce then managed
! to reach the house, less than twenty rods
| away.
| A school teacher and eight children,
names unknown, are resorted from Neigh
| to have.
| Five men named Sickle. brothers. are
reported from the same place to have been
| frozen to death Also an old man named
Close and boy named Miller. Mrs.
Miller, the boys mother was also badly
frozen and will loose both legs.
Fort WORTH, Tex, Jan. 1S.-Two re
ports, of freezing to death were, received
here last night in addition to those sent
out Monday. A tramp was found stiff
near Henrietta. A negro named John
Backson and another colored man were
frozen to death near Waco. No reports of
loss of live stock in the Panhandle have
been received yet, although the loss Is
known to be great one.
DUBUQUE, Ia, Jan. 1S.-The fatalities of
the late blizzard on the prairie districts of
Iowa are being gradually made public
Byron Cleveland, of Manchester. Delaware
county. here received information that mis-
two sons, aged Is and II years, were frozen
to death during the storm, together with
ninety head OF cattle John Olney was
found in a snow drift near Marathon, frozen
to death.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 1S-A Times special
from Albuquerqe n. NJ, says the Atlantic
q Pacific railroad is again blocked by
snow. The indications are that stock of
all kind Oh the ranches along the line of
this road has suffered severely from the
cold.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 1s.-An evening paper
figures out a list of 2l7 deaths by the biz
card and adds that the remains of many
people who are reported missing may not
be found until the SHOW thaws IL the
spring, the bodies being covered by the
deep drifts that formed over them.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
PIG IRON PRODUCTION.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. ls.-The Bulletin Of
She American Iron anu Steel Association
says that the total production of pig iron
in the United States in 1881 was 6,4!1.I-S
gross tons, and was much the largest il,
the history of the country.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
ENGf AND

LONDON, Jan. 1S.-A conveyo OF prison
ers while being taken from South Russia
to Caucasus mutinied and attacked the
driver. The train was stopped and des-
perate tight ensued, in which eight
soldiers, two gendarms and thirty-one
prisoners were killed. Twenty-one pris-
oners escaped.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19

The II. Louis & San Francisco railway
VIII sell tickets - Texas points for ons
fare FOR the round trip. ailQwInga inf CT
u days gong also - Gays rssnTning. and a
This will afford ats eyee1isn-, opportunity
70 Tisis the cities Of the soufl. W An small
~ UsenS@- Pullman cars run or usoETsinz
and night traits. Chair cars free Apply
for tickets ri the | MON ticket Office, IL
y Main, and the zion depot en- 9Th ave
north OF OAK street w - NrgDc~E
4stf Passenger ard Ticket Agent
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
COUNCIL GROVE NOTES.

COUNCIL GROVE, Kan. Jan. 1S.-The
electric light system was inaugurated here
tonight. The cold ware is subsiding.
There has been no suffering here to man
or beast
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
Nice Warm Stoves

Cars leave the post office, corner Of First
and Water streets every hour. commenc-
ing at 40 a. m. until 1910 D. m. for Fair
mount and points between
LEE TAYLOR, Manager
Once oil North Main. room /. aD-ts
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
IREI- AND.

DUBLIN, Jan. 1S.-Mr. w. J. Lane. men,
Der Of parliament for the eastern division
OF Cork county, has been sentenced TO d
months imprisonment without labor for
melting tenants to resist bailiffs
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
COAL EOuND-

NEWTON, Kan. Jan. 1S-The Darling
ton Mining company today struck n
inch vein OF coal at death of 315 feet in
their prospect well south of the CITY,
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
Each Township Treasurer shoult

have Treasurer Record. stray Record,
Transcripts, Complied Laws of 1885. and
= fun assortment of blanks. For sale at
this Office.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19

Free reclining chair cars are now running
on all trains ON the C., h q n. railway.
Rock Island Route, between Niehit-a-
Topeka, kans.,s City, 81 Joseph, Chissso-
s. Louis. UT
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
a DEEAiII TER

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan iS-Frank NJ
Iron. clerk and register of the city court. is
q ciefauiter TO the extent of over $4,000
Real estate speculation caused his trouble
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
LIABILITIES


l. John G. pe-st. Cashier Of ths above rznl@d
bank. DO soier3niy swear that the foregoing state
nent Is true 70 tSe brst % ny kso ledge anH belief
JosEx {. DEEsT CASHIER.
swova and subscribed before tEis is;n day 0,
Jan, A. d. lSss. C. A. &aL&zs
IsEGLf Notary f>uhiic.
Ny commission expires July II ~. osi-H
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19

i4aave orders for piano repairing at Con
over Brt,~. dfsI5t
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19

Hacker 4 Lo1dsyrnsik, dealers In greer
ies pIggissoE.. fest and hay, corner N C,k
and Main strsets- We sell goods cheap TO-
ASH. <sxf
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19

S.TATENENT OF the condition ~ The CITIZENS
BANE, ms.ir 20 the Ssc-staF Of state at the cfo=e
OF business, Saturday. Jan. u. l.e1.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19

Get vour pianos tuned Leave Orders q.
Co1oyer Bros d5tes
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
The National Building, Loan and Protective Union

Loan Improved Real Estate city limits
Of interest
money. Office: 122 NORTH MAIN STREET So
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-19
WICHITA & SUBURBAN.

Leave orders at Conover Bros. for piano
tuning. dJO-6t
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-05
THE UNION IRON WORKS.

4 correspondent of an Eastern paper
saws: " | had no idea, before this visit,
that San Francisco was a manufacturing
city of such importance. l spent day
recently III visiting the Union Iron
Works. where the new cruisers for our
navS are being built. Although no
mechanic, the works seemed astonishing
to me in their extent and completeness.
A naval officer now stationed here has
told me that this shipyard is the most
perfect and best equipped In the United
States The works cover an area OF
twentv-three acres, are lighted by cleo
trlcitv. and are underlaid throughout
with a high-pressure hydraulic system
employed in lifting, forging, riveting, and
the like. l wish l could describe, as l
saw them, the huge hydraulic hammers
that can crack clay pipe or pound
molten mass of iron into symmetrical
shape with equal accuracy; the enor-
nous travelling cranes in the foundry
that carry the great ladies OF glowing
liquid metal and pour it, splnttering and
scintillating like Japanese fireworks, into
the sandy mold the tireless rollers from
which the white-hot iron pig, two feet
long and half foot square on the end
comes out, in three minutes, q slender
rod thirty feet long and half an inch IN
diameter; the accurate ana Ialthlul
lathes, cutting and shaping the engines
and machinery of the cruiser " Charles
ton :" the "CharlestOn" itself, which
lies on the stocks outside like huge red
lobster, her sides and decks of metal re-
soundingunder the blows of the riveters;
the hydraulic dry-dock-one of three In
the whole world-which in two hours
will lift a vessel OF 3, 200 tons, simply by
means of stream of water forced through
pipe no bigger than my arm; the gi-
gantic shears or derrick, on its three
towering steel legs, which can pick a
one-hundred-ton boiler or engine from
the wharf, and, with the aid of few
cog-wheels and relentless steel screw,
can place its load gently in the hold OF
the steamship lying alongside. What
an amazing thing the brain of man-at
least of some mems! Having seen
that foundry, l shall handle cast-iron
stove-lid with more respect after this. q"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-05
HIGH LICENSE IN PENNSYLVANIA.

The statistics of the workings of the
high license law in Pennsylvania are
now complete, and throw an important
light upon the question which the French
Commission has been considering. The
mum Der of licenses has been reduced from
l4,553 in 1887 to Z, 724 in 1888. The rev
enue from these licenses has meanwhile
been increased from $4,000 to 81 1885,
O00 So far, then, the workings have
been extremely satisfactory; but the
Philadelphia Record publishes inter
views with some of the leading brewers
in that city which indicate that the re-
duction in the number of saloons has
caused a very slight reduction in the
amount of beer consumed. One of the
brewers said: " / do not believe there is
a brewery in the city which has been
materially affected, and most OF them
have been benefited" In explanation
of this he said that the shutting of the
saloons upon Sunday had been in part
compensated by the increased trade In
beer furnished to private residences, and
that what losses yet remained to the
brewer were further Offset by the fact
that the saloon business is now in the
hands of a weather. class of dealers,
who are securing greater profits and are
able to pay all their debts with prompt
ness. Altogether the brewers appear to
regard the new law with great equa-
nimity. AS the Record is far from be-
ing a Prohibition organ, considerable
weight will attach to these reports,
though they are, of course, inconClusive.
i Exchange.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-14
HELEN KELLER.

Nearly eight years ago, June 81, 1880,
a little baby girl was born in Tuscum-
bia, Ala. She was bright, active child,
and when she was nineteen months old
she could walk, and was fast learning to
talk. Then che had severe illness, and
for several days it was thought she could
not live. She did, however, but when she
was quite we'll otherwise it was found
that she could neither hear nor see. OF
course, not hearing anybody else talk,
she soon forgot how herself, and before
she was two years old she was deaf, dumb
and blind.
But she had busy little brain. She
followed her mother around everywhere,
and felt of every thing, and learned it's use.
Her parents took her to a great many
physicians, but none could help her. So
they finally employed Miss Sullivan. a
graduate of the Perkins Institution for
the Blind, who came in March, 1887, to
be her teacher. Miss Sullivan says
"I found her a bright, active, we'll
grown girl, with a clear and healthful
complexion and pretty brown hair. She
was quick and graceful in her move
ments. She has a merry laugh, and is
fond of rompinR with other children.
Her disposition is sweet and gentle, and
she is remarkably affectionate and de-
monstrative.
"Her fondness for dress and fnery is
as noticeable as that of any seeing girl.
She is happiest when she has on her best
dresses, and she spends much time over
her toilet"
Miss Sullivan took Helen's doll for
her first lesson. After she had felt of it
until her curiosity was satisfied, her
teacher took her hand and passed it over
the doll, then she made the letters
DOLL slowly with the finger alphabet,
Helen holding her hand and feeling the
motions of her fingers. After the second
time she dropped the doll, followed the
motions of her teachers fingers with one
hand, and made the letters herself with
the other hand, and in very short time
she had learned it. This process was re-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-14
DON'T HEAR EVERYTHING.

The art OF lot hearing should be learned
by ALL 1t is fully as important to domes-
tic happiness as cultivated ear for
which so much money and time are ex-
pended. There are so many things which
it is painful to hear, many which we
ought not to hear, very many which, il
heard, will disturb the temper, corrupt
the simplicity and modesty, detract from
contentment and happiness, that every
one should be educated to take in or
shut out sounds according to his pleas
ure.
II a man fall into q violent passion and
calls us all manner of names, at the first
word we should shut our ears and hear
no more. II, in our quiet voyage Of life
we find ourselves caught in ons of those
domestic whirlwinds OF scolding, we
should shut our ears as sailor would
furl his ssile, and making all tight scud
before the gale. If hot and restless
man begins to inhame our feelings, we
should consider what mischief these
fiery sparks may do in our magazine be-
low, where cur temper Is kept, and in
stantly close the door.
If, as has been remarked, all the petty
things said of one by needless or ill nat
ured idlers were to be brought home to
him, he would become a mere walking
pin-cushion, stuck full of sharp remarks.
IL we would be happy. when among good
men we should open our ears; when
among bad men, shut them. 1t is not
worth while to hear what our neighbors
say about our children, what our rivals
say about our business. our dress, or our
affairs.
Tie art of not hearing, though I'M
taught in our schools, is by no means un-
practiced in society. We have noticed
that well-bred woman never hears a
vulgar or impairment remark. A kind
of discreet deafness saves one from many
insults, from much blame; and from not
little connivance in dishonorabie con-
versation.-Treasure TroUe.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-14
glre Hone Sage.
REST.

Rest will be sweet in the evening, when the
days long labor is done:
Now l must be up and doing, for my work is
scarce begun.
Peace may be dear to the veteran, grown
weary with wars alarms;
But I'm longing for the battle, for the clash
and the clang of arms
Once, in the early morning. when the dews
were not yet dry,
In the misty summer morning, or ever the
sun was high
As 1 looked along the road, whereby needs
must go,
And saw how great was the journey, how
fierce the noon would glow
Life felt too heavy burden, and was so
weary and worn
Weary before had labored, and longing for
night at morn,
Weary before had labored, but labor has
brought me rest;
And now am only eager to do my work with
the best.
What right have 1 to be weary, when my
work is scarce begun?
What right have l to be weary, when aught
remains to be done?
1 shall be weary at even, and rest will sweeter
be;
And blessed will peace be to them that have
won the victory
But now is the time for the battle, and 1
would strive with the best;
Now is the time tor labor, hereafter remain
eth rest.
-DdUn Of the Morning.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-14
ABOUT EARS.

Few features of the human body are
more distinctively beautiful than the ear,
when it is beautiful ear; that is to say,
when it is rosy and little, and so thin that
the blood CLOVIS behind it like flame.
No ses-shell with its myriad delicate
whorls, with it's pink and white, with its
polish and brittle daintiness, is half so
lovely, for no sea-shell after all is alive
when we see it, or when it has reached
that state of beauty. But the ear in it's
perfection has the white throat beneath
it, the clustering hair above il, the dam
ask cheek beside it. and is set off and
heightened in every line and tint by it's
surroundings, and as often as not has the
eye Of the beholder fastened to it on the
point of quivering jewel glittering in it.
Yet, let the ear be ever so small and curly
"a bit Of transparency in the young girl
hers will be very exceptional case, if,
when she has attained the age that makes
caps advisable, she is not glad of the cap
to hide large, fiat piece of cartilage on
either side of her head-not the least
dissgreeable of the disagreeable things
that have come to her as warnings and
evidences of the end of all things. This
Is not the case with every person, of
course; enough people to prove the rule
retain sufficient shape to the ear in old
age; but by far the greater number of
ears cease to be objects on which the eye
of another cares to linger, and become
objects which make every contemporary
put up his hands to see if his own ears
have turned into flaps of elephantine pro-
portions. As life goes on every year IN
curls and Strengthens out the pretty whorls
Of most ears; and flRttens and seems 80 to
enlarge the upper and outer edge, per-
haps not through growth, nor even
through the daily wipmg OF the part, SO
much as through the loss of fat in the it's
sues and the falling away of the neigbor-