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Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-19
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 CORNELL,S DISPUTED LEGACY.
The University Appeals to the Suprem
 COWrt of the United States.

ITHACA, Dec. 1S.-Hon. Samuel D. Halli-
 day, attorney for Cornell university, this af-
 ternoon filed in the Tompkins county clerks
 office three documents, constit ing an ap-
 peal to the United States Ss ,me court
 from the decision of the Court of~Appeals,
 the writ of error granted by Chief Justice
 Ruger, the citation to the defendants in er-
 TOT and the bond of Henry W. Sage. Wm.
 H. Sage and George R. Williams, who quali. fy in $3, 100, ,000. The writ is made returna- ble at Washington, D. O., in October, 1889, and will at that time be placed on the calen- dar to await it's turn as a preferred cause having precedence of all save government cases. The ground of the appeal is not stat. ed, but is believed to be that the State holds
 or should hold in trust the lands or the pro- l ceeds given by the national government to this State upon which Cornell university was I founded. If the university is not the abso- lute owner of the grant and it's accretions and expectations in value, but merely a beneficiary of the interest or income of the l principal, it is alleged that the charter limit | of $3, ,00e, ,0e0 will admit of the university'f reception of the Jennie McCrea bequest.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-19

Suiting reduced from $1S5 to $1 per yard.
 VIM. NEELY & Go,
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-19
THE mAYTIEN MULTIPLICATION. Details of the Rombardment or Cape
 E1ayti by the Government.

NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-Passengers on the steamer Saginaw, which arrived this after- noon from San Domingo, report that on De-
 cember Legitime's men-ofwar bombarded Cape Hayti after granting thirty-six hours
 for consuls and otaer foreigners to leave the
 place. About fifty shots were fired. The
 natives were fleeing to the mountains when
 the Saginaw sailed. Shortly after dsybreak
 on the second day after the arrival of the
 fleet the Haytien officers trained their guns
 on the town and the bombardment com-
 menced Operations were begun at an early hour because a favoring tide enabled the four vessels to lay broadside to the town in
 the order named: Toussaint, Belisle, Des- salines and an unknown gunboat.
 The Toussaint fired the first shot, which went whistling through the air and
 buried itself in the sand on the beach just in front of the frail matched bamboo houses of the poorer natives.
 The other vessels followed suit and fired
 wildly. In a few minutes, however, the shot began to tear through the town demol- ishing the frail structures. The bamboo huts succumbed easily. but the stone build ings in the central and more elevated por- tion of the town were not so easily destroyed, the heavy walls resisting the fire for several hours. Despite the warning they had re- ceived to leave the lated town, many of the residents clung to their habitations, while it was impossible to move many of the sick in the time allotted by Legitime. On the top of all the houses in which sick person was known to be white flag was placed, but the shot and shell were not respecters of the ap- pealing emblems. It is thought that 15 or 90 persons at least, were killed by the deadly fire.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-19
East Rock Line

 NXYINTER arrangement. Regular trips to East WV Rock discontinued till further notice. Special trips will be made any time by making application to proprietor. See card of information on bulletin boards and at Klock's drug store.
 d4 ". B. DQoLITTLE.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-19
Parlor Suites

Henrietta Cloth, All colors, 46 inches wide, only 45c. yard.
 VIM. NEELY & Go.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-19
FOR SALE.
A Few Hundred Dollars Will Sc.

CNE O 68 ~OOM 6zODA0s AM ONE-FAMILY HOUSE, 200 Atwater street. House and barn, 2o Auburn street. Two-fAm-
 .ily house, No. il Clay street. Two-family house 460 Orchard street. All to be sold low If sold within ten days. Also torrent, first floor 7S Wool sey street; first floor 10 115 Portsea street 121 Portgea street. BIO Congress avenue and second floor 29 Auburn street.
 A. M. HOLMES, HOUSE MOVER, OFFICE 60 CHURCH STREET noiS
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-19
Sudden Death Ofa Prominent Bridse
 port Man.

BRIDGEPORT, Dec. 8.-Henry N. Beardsley, the general manager of the Bridgeport and West Stratford horse railroad, died very sud denly to-day at his home. He had been att tending to business, as usual during the fore noon. The deceased was widely known throughout the city. He was the chief pro- jector of the Citizens Water company and also of the West Stratford horse railroad company. In the latter he was one of the largest stockholders. He was formerly in the dredging business with his brother, A. J,
 Beardsley. The deceased has just passed the 61st year of his age. He leaves wife te mourn his death.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-19
MerIden l, New Haven 0.

The game at Meriden last night was lost on account of an injury to Connors by Cunning. They had played nineteen minutes, neither side scoring, when Dunuing accidentally gave Connors a terrific whack in the eye and the latter had to be taken from the floor. Later he resumed playing with handkerchief tied over his eye. Phelan played goal in place of Lations and the spectators almost went wild over his marvellous stops. He was entirely uncovered when Meriden made her only goal, which took thirty-seven minutes, Valiant played half-back and Perry center. Phelan will be played at goal for the present.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
A THOUGHTFUL BANKER.
He Left the Key to the Safe Where
 His Partner Would Find It.

',It is queer, said the gentleman who will sometimes do thing that you head would be guilty of. remember the day well-I suppose it is thirty years ago, at least-when it happened, everybody in the bank except myself bered an important errand that had to and asked to go out.
 1t and I'll take care of the ban k until you come back: l put on my hat and coat and sallied forth. It seems that I ton remembered most important en- Things were primitive in Cambridge at that time, and he simply went and got his hat and started to leave tho bank.
 .'He had got to the steps when he called to mind the fact that he had left the safe unlocked. He went b,ck and locked it; and then it occurred to him that when l came ill I ought to be able to get into the safe. So he put the key in SaIo plaCe aC tue DOCGOm or the waste basket and covered it over with envel- opes and scraps of waste paper. It was safe enough there, but how was to know where it was2 He got around that difficulty by placing the waste paper basket under my desk and pinning q note on the desk in plain sight. Then he went out about his business; and when I came in found, pinned there in plain sight, staring me in the face, 8 note that read:
 "'John: You will find the key of the safe at the bottom of the waste basket.
 B.
 "Any chance thief who had come in at the unfastened door of the bank would have seen that note, and, guided by it, could have opened the safe and carried off all he could lay his hands on. But Bolton was one of the most careful in- vestors and financial advisers that ever lived in Cambridge or Boston. "-Boston Transcript.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
FLOGGED BY WHITE CAPS.
Two Mormon Missionaries and a
 Female Convert Hurt

In Perry county Ind. the White Caps have been going for Mormon missionaries and their converts. The Mormon ders, Franklin Murray and James Fallen, were driven out of Mullen the citizens. The terrified elders fled across the Ohio, landing near Rome, Ind. They went back into the country and began spreading their faith in of the most illiterate sections of that part of the State, meeting with little success. Two women, Clara Tyng and Maggie Jarvis, were the only converts in that vicinity, and when the elders started northward the two women accompanied them to assist the mis- sionaries until they reached the nearest station on the Louisville. Evansville and St. Louis Railroad where they were to take train for Missouri, to join converts in that State.
 They arrived in the northern DOT tion of the county and stopped at the house of widow, Mrs. Thomas. That night bundle of switches with 8 note attached was left on the doorstep. The note warned the missionaries to leave that portion of the State and allow the women to return. No attention was paid to the threats, and next night band of the regulators visited the house. ] he door occupied by the mission aries was forced and the frightened men and women taken to the woods. The two elders were stripped to the waist and tied to & tree, and each regulator, twenty in number, admin istered five lashes to each victim. One blow struck Fallon in the eye. destroying the sight. Both men tainted long before their punish ment was ended.
 One of the women was then flogged until she, too, swooned, and the remaining woman was told that unless they returned home they would get double punishment, and the mis- sionaries would be hanged unless they left the country at once. The regulators then dis assistance and had the victims taken to the house, where they now lie ill critical condi- tion- The farmers are organizing to quell this White Cap business.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
CANADIAN DIGNITY.
Fines for Technical Offences R.
 mitted-Vesscls Released.

The Dominion government have notified the United Stat Consul at Halifax that the fines of $40O each imposed upon the schooners Annie Hodgson and Arthur Story for violation of the customs regulation have been remitted. The case of the Hodgson is peculiar one. She was seized year ago off Shelbourne, on the ground that she had landed men without re. porting to the Custom House.
 The facts, according to the captain of the Hodgson, were that two of her men in a dory had been lost in a fog while attending to the travis, and being unable to find their way back to their vessel had made for the harbol and landed. The Hodgson search d vainly for them long time and the next morning sent a boats crew ashore to whether anything had been heard of them.
 The customs authorities evidently dis trusted this story and thought that the captain of the Hodgson was in complicity with the two men. Fresh fish for bait was found on the Hodgsor, which it thought had been brought from the shore although the Captain said it came from his travis. It is understood that the action of the Government ill these cases as in the release of tho Adams and Doughty, has been influenced by a desire tc deal as ]eniently as possible in view of the fact that the right to make such seizures was tacitly admitted during the recent negotiations at Washington, and the seizures last year were made almost solely with a view to establish that right
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
DIED FROM EXPOSURE.
Fifteen Men Robbed and Left to
 Perish in Alaska.

The people of the Italian quarter of Chicago are excited over the reported return of per son they have long desired to see. They swear by all the saints in the Italian calendar that if other night lot of Italian women saw him, a man they thought looked like him. They bounced upon him with their bare hands and would have torn him to pieces then and there if the patrol wagon had not driven up just then, sea tered them right and left and rescued the object of their hatred The reason for this animosity, as they tell it themselves, is this
 He is an Italian employment agent, former ly in good circumstances. Lately he has been engaged in hiring contract laborers among his countrymen for the railroads. Last fall he met man from Alaska who was here trying to hire laborers for the Treadwell mine in that Territory. The agent volunteered his services and collected thirty Italians, who were to work in the mines under his command. They signed 8 contract by which they were to get $2 8 day, food and lodging. The agent was to be their interpreter and leader. Most of the Italians left families. Frr long time nothing was heard of them. In June letters came from the survi- yors of the expedition who had work ed their way as far as British Columbia. They said that about two months after they reached Alaska the agent deserted them and their effects of any value. They were left penniless, half clad and without means of Communicating with the people arou Id them, for not one of them could speak C word of English. Fifteen of the party died from exposure, most of them while trying to work their way back to Chicago. Ten of these left families. The rest succ eded in reaching British Columbia, where they got work on railroad.
 Swindling tricks practised on The ignorant Italians from the East are common. few days ago well-dressed Italian, who called
 himself Giuseppe Fedrol, went from one Italian saloon and boarding-hous, to another and represented himself as an agent of some railroad company in Michigan. He said he had contract for furnishing the railroad company 330 men. The company was willing to pay IS day and to provide work for the whole summer and fall. He showed the men all the nt cessary papers and succeeded in con- vincing them that he was what he really pre- tended to be. From every one whose name he entered in his book he collected Sl as security. In tho course of one week he thus collected $33a. When the day came for the departure of the lsborers for Michigan, Fedroli could not be found. He was searched for all over the city, but he was seen no more. He disap- peared, and tho Ss3O went with him.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
HEALING HANDS,
A Farmer Who is Making Remark
 able Cures in Kentucky.

For some weeks rumors of wonderful cures by one 'Dr." John Beard, effected by the mere laying on of hands. have been coming from Allen County. James Buchanan, for years sufferr from rheumatism, who was drawn into knot, great sufferer and entire- ly helpless, was among the pronounced cures. His case was taken in hand by the edo tor' some four weeks ago, and within week he was apparently we'll man, with good use of himself, and has so remained until now Numerous similar cases are reported, and the fame of the doctor has grown until he is sent for far and wide.
 'Dr." Beard is not physician, but rough looking workingman, who has spent his life in farming. He is about 35 years old, but recent ly discovered his power, which he has since been kept actively exercising. He is unedu- cated, simple-mannered, and retiring, but does not hesitate to treat all patients though he promises none of them cure, telling them he cannot tell himself how much good he can do them. He operates by tapping the affected parts gently with the back of his fingers, or slightly rubbing with his hands, He seems heavily surcharged with electricity, SO much so that mere touch shocks the patient and causes burning pain in the affected part, but as the soreness of the affection goes away the pain ceases, and his touch no longer shocks. number of responsible persons have seen his operations and testify to his wonder full cures.
 The last case undertaken by him is that of
 
 Southwick, of this place. She has been help less for several years both lower limbs being as if hfeless, except for racking pain at times in them. Mr. Southwick, hearing of ssDr." Beard, went after him and to day he began on the case. Although tue young ladys limbs have been long numb to tho touch of extrane- ous objects, the moment the doctor tapped the bottoms of her feet with the back of his fin gers she screamed with the pain of the shock Soon, however, the shrunken vein svelled with the circulating blood, the pain ceased to follow his touch, and tonight she can move her feet and the lower parts of her limbs with ease and freely. Tomorrow he will apply his healing hands to her body, and she has every prospect of permanent relief. His hands are to the af- ficted part like burning plasters drawing out the poison of disease. It can only be account ed for on the principle of animal magnetism, and the numerous cures of rheumatism made by "Dr." Beard, attested to by responsible people, make the only claim this story can have to public credence. number of similar in stances can be given, but the treatment and results of all are so akin that only these two well-authenticated ones are deemed necessary "Dr." Beard will operate on number of other Bowling Green people,
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
Four Dollars a Pound.

As the reporter stepped into his favor ite confectioner's yesterday afternoon place where he enjoys some acquaint- ance, and where certain degree of inn pertinent inquisitivene s might conse- quently be pardoned him-he noticed in the show case box containing a few curious looking objects, the like of winch he did not remember to have seen be- fore.
 "What are those, please?" he askel.
 '"Those," said the confectioner, "are sugared violets."
 "Sugared fiddlesticks!'
 'No, sugared violets. "
 ''Dear me, can I afford to buy few of them?"
 Possibly, they arc imported from England, and we sell them for ss4 Q pound."
 els that all9 We'll, you may send me up half ton, please; and be sure and have the men on the wagon take baskets to deliver them in."
 The reporter was inclined to treat the matter as little joke of the part of the confectioner, but he found that the su- gared violets were reality and the price actual. Upon closer inspection one could see the violet nestled in its coating of sugar. Dainty food for an exquisite generation Transcript.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
Chills aud Fever.

The sovereign remedy in the treat ment of intermittent fever is quinine, and the most common forms in which it is employed are the sulphate and bisul- phate, and the Boston Journal of Health, says that, owing to its greater solubility, the latter is preferable. Several meth ods are employed in giving quinine. Some advocate the use of single large dose to ward off an expected attack; others prefer to give the remedy in small doses, repeated at intervals of two or three hours. The weight of evidence is in favor of the latter method; still, in some cases, the former will be more ef- fective. If the disease has existed but for a short time, five grains of quinine should be taken during the sweating stage, or as near as possible to the par oxysm which has passed, and repeated every four hours until ringing noises in the ears are experienced. Even if by this method the second occurrence of paroxysm is prevented, the use of the drug should for several weeks be per sisted in, and be given three or four times daily in decreasing doses.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
Migratory Potato Bugs.

An interesting discovery which estab- fishes the fact the potato bug is migr,,- tory insect and that he goes from place to placein large numbers, is reportedby res idents on Wolfe Island, which lies but few lilies from Watertown, N. Y., at the foot O. Lake Ontario. In some places the shore is covered with dead potato bugs, which had been washed up by the waves to the depth of two or three inches.
 It is supposed that the bugs became exhausted in their migratory flights over the lakes and that myriads of them were destroyed by falling into the water. This is the first time this phenomenon has been noticed in this locality, though something similar has been observed with water insects, such as the gadfy, eelfy, etc. The potato bug has not heretofore been known these parts as having migratory habits.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
Wants a List of Copyrights.

The Canadian Postmaster General says that, having no list of American copyrights. he cannot see how he can check the trans mission through the mails to the United States of Canadian reprints of American copy right sheet music, has b2en complained of by the United States authorities. The postal treaty between Canada and the United States prohibits transmission through the mails of all publications which violate copyright laws of the country of declnation, but, of course, the Post Office Department must be placed in possession of knowledge as to what publications arc protected by United States copyrights before any steps can be taken to prevent infractions of the treaty complained nf
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
The Burglars Oak.

One year ago, says an Augusta, Ga, tele- gram the house of l.. s. Sessions, a few miles from this city, was robbed of some money and silver plate The thief was discovered and al- most captured, when he mysteriously disap- peared in the darkness, and tue most diligent search failed to trace him. Yesterday Mir. Ses sions ordered tree to be cut, it gave evidence of rapid decay and it's proximity to his dwelling made it dangerous. It was an immense oak, and for years hollow had extended up through it. When the tree fell the skeleton of a man was found wedged in it, and near him the silverware and money that had been stolen from Sessions The supposition is that the burglar in escaping climbed the tree and step ped in the hollow so as to elude discovery, but found it impossible to get out.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
AN INCANDESCENTG GAS LIGHT.
The Novel Invention Exhibited in
 New York City.

We are favored by a corres- pondent with sketches and 8 description of an apparatus invented by Dr. Von Welsbach, of 13 West 27th St., N. Y., which seems to show a marked advance on old methods of us- ing Illuminating gas.
 1t may be thus described: A cylindrical net or mantle of fine cotton thread, 2 inches in diameter and 5 inches long, is saturated in a patent solu- ton of lanthanum, Zirconium and yttrium, and when dry is suspended over Bunsen or water-gas flame by means of a simple wire attachment to the fixture. The cotton fiber is at once consumed, but the oxides remain in the form of a fine but firm skeleton cone, in which the gas flame is confined. This skeleton becomes incan- descent, and gives out a re- markably pure and steady
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
OHIO FARMERS HAPPY.
Indications of Remarkably Large
 Corn Crop.

The farmers in Ohio are feeling good over the promising indications for one of the largest corn crops in the history of the State. This crop has been partial failure for number of years, and high prices have ruled, while wheat has been ridiculously low. Owing to the drought last Fall and the injury received by the thawing and freezing during the Win ter, large percentage of the wheat fields were The increased acreage devoted to corn makes the area larger than ever before, while the favorable weather of the past few weeks indi- cates that the yield will reach a full average. It is now estimated that the crop will not fall short of S5, ,OO0, ,0O0 bushels, and may exceed
 that estimated by GOO. GOO or 9 OOO OO0 bushels
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
Over Two Hundred Miles of Oil,

The new oil pipe of the Standard Oil Con- pany, which has just been completed from Lima, O., to South Chicago, las received it's first test. Water began to flow through the POS miles of conduit pipe, and the company will at once begin filling the pipes with oil. It will take eight days to pump 10000 gallons into the line, and no appearance of oil will be seen at the South Chicago end until that quantity has been safely placed ia the underground tunnel Once filled no trouble will be experi- enced in keeping up the supply, and the six thirty five thousand gallon tanks at South Chi cago will be kept full constantly.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
Cured of McJarfa. 9 FLORIDA ST., l NAZARETH, N, J.;

March l7, 1884. have been using ALLcoCK's POROUS PLAs- TIERS for tha last five years. Scme two years ago, after having been sick for upwards of six months with malari,, I fo nd my self with an enl 'rged spleen, dyspcptc, and constantly trouble with headache, and my kidney did not act very we'll either. Having spt nt most of my money for medicine and medical advico, I thought to save expense would use ALL COCKS POROUS PLAsrERs, two on the small of my back, one on the spleen or ague cake, and one on the pit of the stom ,ch, just under the br astbone. I continued using the Plasters about thirty days, chang ng them every week. At the end of that time was perfectly well. and have remained so ever since.
 GEORGE DIXON.