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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-08-30
HELLIsH WORK.
Dynamite Cartridges Placed IN
sheaves of wheat.
ne Object Being to Wreck Thrashing.
Machine-workmen Afraid os
an Explosion.

PORTSMOUTH, o., Aug. 20.--A startling
. dlscovery was made on the farm OF John
Z. Miller, some ten miles below the city,
last Saturday. Mr.. Miller had prepared
20 thrash his wheat Friday, but, owing to
unavoidable delays, did not get ready for
work until Saturday. While preparations
for starting tho thrasher were going on
ono Of the hands chanced TO notice small
wire protruding from one Of the shcaves'
Thinking II had bccn accidentally bound
up In the sheaf at harvest time, he
gave It pull to draw IL
from the straw, and, when tho wire
came out, was horrifled to find cartridge
attached to the end Of the wire, hidden by
the straw. The information and nature Of
bis find was at once impaired to his asso.
ates. II took but o glance from an eye
that had ever seen O dynamite cartridge
70 know that this was one Of the smaller Of
those Internal instruments. It was the
same In size and general appearance rs
those found in the hands Of chill.
dren here in the city from time to time
during the past three months. An exami.
nation by experts shows IL contains
dynamite sufficient TO have wrecked tho
machine. The men, thoroughly alarmed,
continued the search, disclosing other
cartridges. All thesc were attached to
wires, and In such manner that, had they
got into the machine, the escape from OK.
plosion would have been an impossibility.
Some part Of the gearing would have
caught the wires and wound them up
until the concussion would have lib.
Grated the dynamite, and the result
would have been fatal in the extreme.
The search was continued for some timc,
but no other caps werc discovered. Tho
fears of the men were raised to such a
pitch that II was with difficulty they could
be induced to continue work, and then
only by opening each sheaf and examin.
ing IL carefully before Il was allowed to
enter the thrashcr. The police are at work
on the case and have clew as to who the
perpetrators Of tho piece Of villainy are.
Nothing definite, however, can bc deter.
mined without most searching invest.
Ration,
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DISASTROUS RAINS.

Wheeling Again Visited by Destructive
F1oods-Bridges Carried Away by the
Rushing Torrents.
WHEELING, w. VA, Aug. N.-It rained
here last night, at II o'clock, for about an
hour, and then quit, but began again about
1870 a. M, and rained with varying force,
but without cessation until 0 this evening.
The rain at no time was to be compared
with the awful storm Of month ago In
f1erceness, but whereas that rain lasted
but fifty minutes this foil for twenty -four
hours. The results are even moro disas.
trous, except for the fact that the rain,
falling in daytime, and the wa
ters rising gradually, enabled every
body to escape from exposed positions
and 80 far as now known there was no loss
Of life. All the B. & .. trestlcs erected in
place OF those carried away on July 10 are
again destroyed, and the timbers carried
into the river. A portion Of one Of these
bridges struck tho b. & o. bridge over
Wheeling creek, at the foot of Sixteenth
street, and 1t was again demolished. Mo-
body was on IL at this time. At $3.50 o
huge log struck the middle pier Of fine
and costly stone bridge over the creek at
Main street, built in 1897, and II was
wrecked Three seconds before several hun.
dred people were ON It, but an early shock
caused il to tremble so that the crowd fed
In wild alarm. They were barely in place
of safety when the crash came. Tho
bridge Of the Wheeling and Elm Grove
railroad at Leathwood, just rebuilt after
the flood Of July, was carried off. The
water was three feet higher at Triadcl-
phia, Elm Grove and Leatherwood than
last month. A fine iron bridge 1S0 foet
span at Elm Grove, which escaped the
former stoim, was destroyed. 1t is feared
the B. & o. depot here, which stands over
the creek, will go, and IL has been closed
to the public. Railroad traffic has been
seriously impeded on all lines and on
others is suspended entirely. So far there
have been no trains In or out since 3 p. M,
and only through trains on the b. & o. west
will arrive and depart tonight. The electric
lights are out, natural gas cut Off and the
entire half of the city south of the creek Is
without light water or telephones. The
gas-works are in danger Of overflow. II q
fire should break out on the south side the
city would be at its mercy. Efforts to
reach the section east Of Wheeling, where
the damage is always the greatest, are
futile. Roads are overflowod, and the mar
row streams which TO, III perfect network
are swollen to rivers, and all unite in one
big torrent. The loss will reach $780, 900,
and many people who suffered severely
before will now be bankrupt. The county
and city are in a bad way, their funds hav.
ing been about exhausted by the former
disaster,
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Driven 10 Suicide BY Griei.

NEW York, Aug. 2o.-John Creagan,
aged twenty. five, shot himself dead to-day
while excited with grief over the death Of
his father, mother and brother, oil within
a few months. John returned to-day from
the funeral of his brother. The efforts Of
his sister, the only surviving relative, to
comfort him were unavailing, and going
into an adjoining room ho shot himself.
Miss Creagan, girl Of eighteen years, has
been made temporarily insane by this ad.
ditional bereavement.
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Yellow Fever.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Aug. 2l.-The stu.
alton has changed very little to-day, save
that five more new cases have been report
ed. Business is going on as we'll as possi.
Bile, but 1t is handicapped in every way.
The increase Of new cases causes very
slight excitement, as they are now expect.
ed. The physicians are now alert, and tho
board of health proposes Furnishing all doc.
tors who conceal suspicious cases contrary
to their orders,
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'nuDBry of B1ighted Love. Rsooneillation
and Urban Rapid Transit.
/. Hasn't he come YETI" shrieked tho
hapless bride-elect N.
= The richly dressed attendants mourn
fully shook their heads and the still
ness Of desolation settled again upon
the princely North Side mansion. In
the darkened banquoting hall the mag
nihcont wedding feast lay upon the
table untouched. The guests had
silently departed. II was long past
midnight. Nothing was heard save
the muffied swish OF the sand-nies
against the windows on tho outside
and the subdued whispers Of the sad
dened members Of the family as they
tiptoed restlessly from room to room
lin consultation concerning the un-
toward event that had shrouded o
happy home In gloom and blighted the
life OF its fairest flower.
Veronica Washabaugh, attirod in
her bridal robes, sat in fearless woe
I'm her own chamber, dazed by the
!calamity that had fallen upon her.
Gould II be that only few hours had
elapsed since she was the happiest Of
the happyP Had an angel come down
from the abode Of the blest
when the sun went down that
evening to assure her that Cyrus
Barker would play hor false she
would have laughed him to scorn.
Cyrus Barker was truth ITSELF She
could not realizo--would not realize
his perfidy. Yet why had he failed to
appear as tho bridegroom at his own
,weddingp
Years passed. Time had mellowed
the grief Of Veronica Washabaugh,
land the silvery .thronds that now be-
;sprinklcd In profusion the once auburn
glory Of her hair shone above a brow
THAT bore tho impress Of a chastened
lsorrow and the light Of n calm and
peaceful resignation. Yet there was
that in her eyes that testified to q
,deathless expectation. In her inmost
heart shc trusted that the mystery Of
CYRUS Barker's apparent treachery
would yet be cleared away and the net
that mado his name a forbidden one in
the home he had desolated would yet
!be atoned for. amply and honorably.
Toward the close OF n beautiful
autumn day middle-aged man, attired
in q faded suit Of black, slowly mounted
tho steps of the Washabaugh mansion
and rang tho bell. He inquired for
Miss Veronica and was shown into the
reception-room.
She came down.
He stood up, weary, haggard, and
shabby, and looked imploringly in her
face.
Veronica" he said, at length, II
can explain"
"Cyrus, is It indeed you!" she gasped,
sinking into chair. ''At last! At
last! o. thank Heaven! I knew you
would come!"
He foil at her fest and in broken
sobs assured her Of his innocence and
bis undying devotion, and with q
heavenly smile she beamed forgivingly
upon the lover Of her youthful days,
and waited for him to clear up the
mystery that had darkened both their
lives.
Veronica" said Cyrus, "there is
but remnant Of life now left for us to
enjoy, but lot us be thankful for even
that remnant. On the afternoon OF
that eventful day so long ago"-and
he shuddered-"I took North Side
cable car, two hours before the time
for the ceremony, and"
''Well!" exclaimed Veronica, breath.
lessly.
THAT cable car got here just Eve
minutes ago. Chicago Tribune.
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ex.chist Of poIIcs Shoot. M. wlis.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, Aug. 2O.-A special
70 the Erening Wisconsin from Superior,
Wis, says Richard Collins, ex-ch!ef Of
police, shot and seriously woundsd his
wife at the residence Of James Meyers.
Meyers, in defending his gucst, was
wounded, and in turn shot Collins In the
head. Collins and Meyers will recover,
but Mrs. Collins is in critical condition.
Cause, jealousy.
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CatlIe Djseass In indiana.

BRAZIL, IND, Aug. 20.-The pink eye has
greatly scourged the cattle in this vicinity
Tor the past two. months. Several deaths
occurred. It 10 now abating, but Is fol-.
lowed by what Is pronounced Spanish or
Texas fover. disease invariably fatal,
calling for strict quarantine. A number
of deaths have been reported, the loscrs
being John Missel, r. 8. Stewart and VIM.
Sanders Drincipally,
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A shooie, FataIIv ehol.

GALLArIN, TENN, Aug. 20.-esm Fits,
who has been in numerous shooting
scrapes, was shot at Bsshpage last even.
ing by John Vance, and IL dying this
morning. They quarrelcd over the recent
election, and Fits attacked Vance with .
knife, when Vance drew his pistol, shoot.
ing Fits through the right lung, the ball
passing through his body. Vance escaped.
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Mrs. Shsrjdau's Pension,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-The Committee
On Pensions to-day agreed to report bill
pensioning Mrs. Sheridan at $500 year.
This Is the largest pension on the list be.
low that OF a Presidents widow. Mrs.
Logan, Mrs. Blair and Mrs. Hancock re-
ceivo $1,000 year. Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Polk,
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Garfield receive
Xh.0l0
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Killed BY q FaIIIna Tree.

MEMPHIS, Aug. 2l.--A singular and fatal
accident occurred near Aurora, Ark. Sun.
day, Samuel Williams, with his wife and
six-year- old child were returning from
field near the house when large oak tree
fell upon them. Williams' neck was broken
and his skull crushed. The child was
smashed into jelly. The mother escaped
with serious injuries.
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A Youthful knlia.usor.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Aug. 2l.-This
evening about half-past six O'Clock Grace
Higginbotham and Rufus Kessler, two
boys about fifteen years Of age, got into
difficulty over trifiing matter which end.
ed In Higgenbotham stabbing Kessler in
the left breast just above the heart. The
wound is probably a fatal one. Higgin.
botham escaped, but will probably
captured,
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UncIs Sam Dojno Good BusIns,,.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-The Treasury
Department to-day paid out 40, ,0Oo, 900 ON
account Of pensions, notwithstanding
which payment the total receipts for the
month to date are s5,00o, 900 In excess of
the total disbursements for the same
period.
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kEwDURsH, N. ", Aug. 2l.--The heav.
lest rain storm Of the season is now in
progress here. II began early this morn.
ing and continued all day. Water IL
rushing through tho streets knee-deep,
and II II continues all night must do con.
siderable damage.
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Prince Won saImrsinsrschsId.dy Suicides.

BERLIN, Aug. 2l.-The suicide Of Prince
Won SalmreifYerscheidtdyc has extin.
guished a crying scandal in Berlin. The
Prince was Grand Marshal Of the Imperial
Household and hereditary member Of the
House Of Peers. Notwithstanding his
great age, seventy -seven, he led what, to
speak euphemistcally, may be termed a
gay life. He was too familiar with kind
Of libertinage practiced at the Golden
House in the time of Nero. He was de.
posed from office by the present Emperor.
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ousl with Knlvss Ia ! DARK Aeon.

CHICAGO, Aug 2O.--Charles Anderson
and Charles Holderness fought q vicious
dneI with knives in o ozark room yesterday.
Each pretended that the other wanted to
rob him. Both mon were taken TO the
County Hospital, where their wounds were
pgouounced serious.
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Shot His wife ior : Burglar.

KANSAS CRY, Aug 20.-Isaac Speckter,
merchant af this city, was aroused by
his wife early this morning and informed
there were burglars in the store. A mo-
ment later shadow crossed the door and
speckter fred, fatally wounding his wife.
The noise in tho store had been caused BY
rata
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ChoIera Vaccine DIseevesed.

PARIS, Aug. eO.-Dr Pasteur to-day read
before the Academy Of Sciencos letter
from Or. Galamlia, Of Odessa, Announcing
che discovery Of cholera vaccine. The sn'
nouncemcnt was favorably recsived.
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Bishop Harris Dead.

LONDON, Aug. N.-Right Rev. Samuel
8. Harris, Bishop Of the Protestant Epis.
copal diocese OF Michigas, who was re-
Gently stricken with apoplexy while
preaching in Winchester Cathedral, died
Tonight.
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NEW York, Aug. 21.-Dan. Lyons, the
murderer Of Quinn, the athlete, expiated
his crime this morning upon the scaffold In
the Tombs. He was hanged at 7: :15 q. m.
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RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 2O.-Meroisr's
nnodsl Of the equestrian statue Of General
1ebevt r. Lee was unlocked to-day. The
~ nonumeut Board has seceptsd ~
cneteI and tslsGFAphsd its approval ~
eatslat!ons e W Axtist
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Good Cvop, In Russls.

sr. PETERSBURG, Aug. 2l.-Reports re.
garding the wheat crop Of Russia show
that the prospects for summer wheat are
promising end that the yield Of wintor
Wheat wm yeaoh ~ average
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Out West-Army Officer" How
are you, Hankp hear you had q
wedding at your house the other
night" Hank-prominent citizen on
the divide-"Yes; my gal got married
to Razor Bill" Ofiicer-"Very quiet
wedding, wasn't it?" Hank--..Woll,
] should bilo over! You see, Bill he
got SO drunk by seven o'clock we had
TO pile him up In the corner, and later
In the evenin, when the other fellows
got 70 shootin', they was 20 ratified
cause BIZ wasn't on hand that they
didn't do 3 durn thing but breek olt
The wipder-glass and nalEe ~ Wo6.
~ 1xpeneiye. = ashl.1lo9 ~ 4
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NEVER give way to melancholy. Nothing
encroaches more. ] fight against it vigor-
ously. One great remedy is to take short
views Of life. Are you happy, Arc you
likely TO remain SO till this evening, or
next month, or next yeari Then why destroy
present happiness by distant misery,
which may never come at all, or you may
uever 1.-Two to see III For every substantial
erief has twenty shadows of your own
making. Sidney Smith.
HAPPINESS Is like mama. It is TO bc
gathered In the grains and enjoyed every
day; 1t will not keep, 1t can not be accumu.
lated; nor need we go ourselves, nor into
remote places, to gather it, since it hos
rained down from Heaven, at our very
doors, or rather within them.-Chwisttas al
Work
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-07
How Batemnn Made Hi. Barrel.

Commodore Bateman, who used to be in
the United States navy and is now skipper
Of the Meteor, one of the finest steam
yachts in American waters, has risen
within few years from a thousand to a
millionaire. He is compactly built man
of some FIVE feet nine inches in hight
weighs about one hundred and ninety
pounds, and has closely clipped black
mustache and strong, positive face
Commodore Bateman is not much if any
more than 49 years old. His career in
New York has been a most interesting one
Through the advise of General Garfield
and other friends, after he left the navy
he settled down in Washington and opened
little banking and brokerage establish
ment. AS the Commodore himself de.
scribes it, there was, for the first six
months or so of his business career, =" a
continuous struggle between labor and
capital" Finally the star of capital got
in the ascendant and he began to make
money. He concluded that Washington
was too small place for him to amass any
considerable quantity of Mammon, and
turned his steps to the Mecca Of Mammon's
pilgrims-Wall street. He has never
ceased to be glad of it-Netc York World
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-07
The Trials of an Artist.

had occasion the other day to visit the
room of newspaper artist. While wait
ing | overheard conversation between the
artist and one of his staff which | under
stood quite well, but which would have
sounded strangely enough to one not ac-
quainted with the place and the business.
81 want you,' said the artist, ito make
| me dog"
"What kind of dog?
"a dog that is running. You know
what kind of dog can run best"
Greyhound ?"
81 don't care; make it greyhound il
you wish"
"What will the dog be running after p
"Oh, forgot to tell you. 1 want him
chasing a jack-rabbit. The rabbit, of
course, must be scared"
The young man who had received the
instructions went to his work and in few
moments returned.
"You have got the rabbit chasing the
dog" said the artist.
"You are mistaken. That is the rabbit"
Here the young man pointed, indicating Il
figure in the drawing.
"Oh, l see. Then this must be the
dog"
Exactly.
"My remark, or my mistake, is not to be
construed as a reflection on your work"
said the artist in very polite manner,
which thought was very neat. "You
see" he continued, Il never saw a jack
rabbit, and l never saw greyhound, to be
honest"
Il never saw a jack-rabbit," said the
young man.
81 think" the artist answered, looking
at the drawing, "that you had better make
two dogs. Pm afraid that the one you
have here won't catch the rabbit, so to
speak-that is, his gait appears SLOW The
eye of the reader may get this impression.
But if you make another dog, and stretch
his legs out more, the reader will lay down
the paper with the impression that the
rabbit will be overtaken."
'Will the article explain that ?"
Probably not; the writer may forget to
state it. Besides, there may not be any
thing in the article about the dog or the
rabbit either"
'Oh, [ see."
And he went off and made two dogs after
one rabbit.-ChicagO Mail.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-07

popping of the question was most deli
cately done. Miss Grace had been wind
ing skein of yarn while he held it
for her on his long arms. The skein
had become badly entangled, and through
its untwisting the heads Of the two
overs came very close together. AS the
knot became united Mr.. Webster said ::
1--WE have succeeded, Miss Grace in unity
ing this knot; can we not now tie another
which will remain tied as long as we
live ?" Miss Grace blushed, and a kiss, it
is said, sealed the bargain. The two
lived happily for eighteen years, when
Mrs. Webster died in New York, on her
way to Washington, where her husband
was then member of Congress. She was
i'll three weeks, during which time Web
ster watched at her bedside. Two years
after she died he married again. His sec
ond wife was Caroline lie Roy, New
York lady, tall, brown-haired and beauti-
full. She presided over his establishment
in Washington, and accompanied him to
Europe, where she dined with the Queen
She always addressed her husband as Mr.
Webster, and his favorite term for her was
"Lady Caroline"
Stephen A. Douglas, the little giant of
Illinois, was twice married, and it is said
he courted Mary Todd at the same time
her hand was sought by Abraham Lin
coin. Miss Todd, on being asked which of
the two she intended to marry, replied
that the one she thought had the best
chance of being the President of the United
States. When Lincoln was elected, this
remark became prophetic. Douglas after
ward married Miss Martha Martin, the
daughter of Colonel Robert Martin, a rich
planter and slave-owner from one of the
Carolinas. She brought fortune, includ-
ing a number OF slaves, into the family,
and died in 1850, about seven years after
her marriage \ few years later Senator
Douglas married again, and this time he
in the departments at Washington. Her
name was Adele Cults, and she survived
him, marrying again after his decease.
George Bancroft was married twice His
second wife, wins died several years ago.
was very popular in Washington and was
noted society figure Henry A. Wise, the
noted statesman of Tylers day, was mar
ried three times His first love was the
daughter of one of his professors at college,
a Miss Jennings, whom he married in
Tennessee, and with whom he went on a
wedding tour to visit Andrew Jackson at
the Hermitage. His second wife was the
daughter of John Sergeant, the Wing can
didate for the Presidency i'll 1882 Wise
proposed to Miss Sergeant, it is said, on
the dome of the Capitol at Washington,
and one of the results of the marriage was
John Sergeant Wise, the Virginia states
man of the present day. John S. Wise
was born in Rio Janeiro, where his father
was officiating as Minister at the time. At
the moment Of his birth his father deter
mined to have him born under the Amer
lean flag, and ran up dozen on different
parts of the Consular mansion