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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-17
A SERIOUS OUTBREAK.
Miners Returning From Work
Attacked By Angry Poles.
a Battle With Policemen inWhich
Six MN We're Wounded.

THE bad feeling e 7gendered by the miners
strike has cuInuinatet in a serious riot at
Shenandoah, Penn Ac cording to dispatch
from that place the MINI IS returning from
work were attacked at thru different places
on the outskirts of the town by bands Of
Poles. The Coal and Iron policemen, act
ing as an escort, in their efforts TO
protect the men were set upon with clubs and
stones and all of their prisoners except one
were reSuced. The officers fired inLb the
crowd and six men were shot, two OF them
in the act of assisting the officers.
Two officers who used their revolvers were
arrested by the town police and taken to
Squire Monaghan'S Office The rioters fol-
lowed them, gathering in force in every
1000 in number. After the men were
taken inside, the Squires Office was
assailed, the windows and doors broken
in and the Squire himself was assaulted and
painfully bruised, while the arrested men
saved their lives only by jumping
out of a back window. The rioters
who were arrested were taken be-
fore Squire Shoemaker, whose Office i'll
ilarly assailed by another crowd of about
three hundred and the fact that the office
on the second floor alone saved the mag
istrate from personal injury.
For over two hours the principal streets of
the town were in the hands of crowd, with
which the local police force were power
less to deal. Had it chosen to do so,
every store in town could have been
sacked and the lives of hundreds of inno-
cent persons sacrificed. Fortunately. how
ever, its efforts were directed entirely to
rescuing the prisoners taken by the Coal
and Iron police, and wreaking ven
geance on the latter. The names of the
wounded men are as follows: Michael Heffron
aged twenty-four, a wellknown baseball
player, under engagement to play shortly
with the New Orleans Baseball team, shot in
the jaw and seriously injured; a part of
the roof of the. mouth shot away.
He was at first bystander. but went to the
assistance of Coal and Iron policeman, who
was hotly beset John Gather, aged twenty
two member of the firm of Gather 81
Brothers, iron founders, flesh wound in
the upper part of the left arm. He was
helping Coal and Iron policeman to hold
his prisoner. Joseph Schwincefski a Pole,
age unknown, shot in the cheek not
seriously; one of the rioters, Pole, name
unknown, upper half of left shot
off; a rioter, Pole, about twenty-five, name
unknown, shot through right and flesh
of right side; a rioter, Pole. about
thirty, name unknown, shot through
the scalp Squire MonaGhon received
painful bruises on the chest and
leg from stones and clubs. Lieutenant Will
lam H. Meyer, in charge of the Shenandoah
Division of the Coal and Iron police force,
had the scalp on the top of his head cut open
by blow from billy.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-17
Making Pottery With Great Rapidity

A novel and remarkable exhibition
was given at the Westminster Musce,
when Harry FlaXman, the clever pottery
worker, undertook the feat of making
an entire tea-sct of forty-four pieces in
the short space of u minutes. When it
was announced that such an attempt
would be made those who were un-
acquainted with the record of the young
man from WedgwoOd's great pottery
establishment, England, offered wagers
that it could not be accomplished. Much
interest was manifested by the large num-
Der present when Manager bingham gave
the word and Flaxman began his task,
while several watches licked off the
minutes. The pliable clay was mani
pulated with deft and skilful fingers and
twelve cups and saucers adorned the
board in short order. Then twelve plates
were piled upon each other, and then
four large plates, teapot, sugar bowl
and two other vessels sprang up as if by
magic, all shapely and almost perfectly
formed. When the last piece was
finished the hands on the ma .ority Of the
watches indicated the lapse Of eight
minutes from the time Of starting and
the remarkably quick workman rested,
beaten by a half minute. But he can
make the set in sc en- and one half
minutes under more favorable circum-
stances. The whole work, including
molding. is accomplished by the fingers,
and the only tools used are a thin brass
wire for cutting the clay and a small re-
volving wheel. = Pr0UideHce JouraaL
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-17
Not a Paradise for Doctors.

The Chinese penal code provides that
when an unskillful physician, in admins
terin2 medicines or using the acupunc-
ture needle, proceeds contrary to the
established forms, and thereby causes the
death of the patient, the magistrate shall
call in other physicians TO examine the
medicines or the wound. If it appear
that the injury done was unintcntional,
the practitioner shall then be treated ac-
cording to the statute for accidental
homicides, and shall not any longer be
allowed TO practice medicine. But if he
have designedly departed from the estab-
lished forms, and have practiced deceit
in his attempts to cure the malady in or
der TO gain property, then, according to
its amount, he shall be treated as a thief;
and if death ensues from his malprac-
tice, then for having thus used medicine
with intent 70 kill, he shall be behcaded.
There appears TO be nothing in the
Celestial" code answering TO the laws
of barbarian" nations concerning civil
damages recoverable by parties made TO
suffer from ''unintentional7 malpractice
-CHtcgg> Netrs.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-17
HUM0R OF THE DAE.

A swo-foot rule-Never wear tight
shoes,
a very Troublesome young lady Mis-
understood.
For weighs thH are dark commend US
to coal scales.-Pitt>bUy9 CHRONICLE.
The sweetest thing in purses is when
a pretty girl pursesher lips-Epoch.
\ firm resolve-an agres zacnt 10 go
into partnership. Merchant Trpyeler.
Jay Gould's advice is to keep out of
bad company" The Western Union
Company for instance.-LUe.
How to cook a canvas back duck is in
structive. How to bay one, IS present
prices, is a problem. i altim2.-a -iD.eyi-
can.
The cat is shining as bright as silk
She's a beautiful sight 10 see;
For she seems TO feel while tapping tie milk,
The lap of luxu-ree.
Boys, these days" remarked = news
boy, as he picked up. the stump Of
cigar and pulled away at it. begin
where the grown people leave OFF,
Maud awakening suddenly at 3 \. ND
-"Mother, there's man trying to break
into the house" FLUSH, my child it's
your father. He's afraid TO ring the
bell"
There is a man in Chicago who plays
billiards for the drinks before he goes
home in the afternoon and then whips
his youngest son for playing marbles
Merchant T7uUeIer.
''Silence in the court room, " Numbered
a recently elected police magistrate.
"The court has already committed four
persons without being able 30 hear
word of the testimony"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-17
PHASES

A song OF lie I sing.
4 ripple in a stream
\ day OF bliss
4 srnile-a kiss
A sweet. enchanted dream.
We strive for might and power,
Some newer heights TO climb
Our triumphs ring
We shout and sing
4 0salm OF life sublinls.
Web 'ng for sweet repose,-
For re- I and quiet sigh
All, wherefore gaust
We LIN s-in dust
Our shatter 81 idols lie.
We moan ana look for Death.
And count his, omins dear
Our hearts a III PAIN
Knows no refr. IN.
Save sigh and sob II d tar.
With meekly foldel hA 1ds,
We neither sing nor stgA -
Our longings done
Our rest begun
In peaceful sleep we lie.
-Sardh jL Osborne.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-17
A DESPERATE BOY.
He Kills a Girl and Himself Because
She Rejected Him.

An awful tragedy has occurred two miles
northwest of Plattsburg, Mo. Neva Ever
ett' a pretty girl of sixteen, was one
OF the bellies of the neighborhood.
one of her most persistent suitorS
was William Ball, youth of
~ He made no attempt to conceal his
affection for Miss Everett and haunted
her footsteps continually. She received
MS addresses in a pleasant way at
hrst but when he began to assume
so much persistence she began to dis
courage them. This maddened the boy and
lie told her that he could not live without
Ier, and if she refused to marry
nun something terrible would be the
result She told him that she did
not desire to marry yet, and
mat he, too, had better be think
ing of some other subject. The other
Jay he called at her home and renewed his
suiI. There was no one at home but the girl
ana her mother. She still maintained that
S Slle dld not desire TO marry him. The rejected
iioVer then pleaded with the mother and begged
HH Ne 10 influence her daughter in his favor.
prs Everett said that she would not allow
N Nr daughter to marry for several years yet.
e No sooner were the words spoken than Ball
SI-pped back and, drawing a pistol, shot the
poor girl dead, He then placed the muzzle of
ue weapon to his own head and blew his
u ANS out. Both were dead in five minutes
ana the unfortunate mother is demented
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-17

Mr.. Joseph Douon, who died at st.
Augustin, Canada, recently, at the age
Of eighty-two years, left widow aged
eighty-one and sixteen children, l01
grandchildren and eighty-three great
grandchildren, making in all a family
OF 200 persons. He had been married
sixty-four years.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-17

MINISTER PAX, of Corea, now in Washing
ton. has received a cable message from Saoul
which cost S4O6. 60, and returned an answer
at an expense of over $500. The cable tariff
between Saoul and Washington Is -. - a
word
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-17

THE Dominion fishery cruiser Dream has
heen frozen in in st. Andrews Bay, and
Maine fishermen have taken advantage of her
misfortune to fish inside the three-mile limit,
and are taking an abundance of fish.
, 1888-04-10

The realm of the half supernatural has
been much worked, but it is by no means
exhausted yet. Is there nowhere a family
merged in our complex civilization which
descends, n knows that it descends,
from the race believed by old common
tators to be mentioned in Genesis,
the half breeds of heaven, the children
of angels and men. and which re-
tains from that descent powers and
capacities n ~longings, and, above all,
certainties as to another life, and with
them religious obligations unknown to its
fellows all around, always operative, yet
always of necessity concealedy Is there
no one who is undying, yet must obey all
other conditions of humanity; no one,
except st. Leon, for whom wealth is pro-
ducible at will, yet who breads to use his
power; no one possessed of the faculty
Bulwer used to hin at, but never utilized
in his half supernatural stories, of gen
Grating III another mind any idea he
would? The novelists who have used
mesmerism rs a machine have thought of
that power, but hav always limited it to
its SUBJECTS periods Of un~consciousness,
and employed it for some comparatively
trifling end.
Except in the departments of mesmerism
and sleep walking, the romance writer's
have hardly utilized the facts of physiology
now creeping slowly into common knowi-
edge, while they nave left the machinery
of science to Jules Verue, who uses it
with the intellectual subtlety of a peep
show proprietor who has hired an electric
light. Suppose a man in sleep learned all
that waking he desired to know. 1t
would be but a grand exagCeration Of
some well known mental processes in
sieep.-London Spectator.
, 1888-04-10

A professor or governess is engaged to
instruct boys and girls, let us say in Latin,
history, or physiology, and it is assumed
that he or she will act precisely like n
teaching machine for that particular sub
ject, and never step beyond its borders.
A little common sense would dissipate
this idle presumption-supposing it to be
really entertained, and that the mania for
examining sheer knowledge down the
throats of the young does not make their
elders wilfully disregardful Of the MORAL
poison which may filter along with it.
Every human being, as 1 nave said, ex-
ercises some influence over the emotions
OF his neighbor, but that of a teacher,
especially il he be a brilliant one, over his
students often Mount to n contagion of
enthusiasm throughout the class. His
admiration are adored, the object Of his
sneers despised, and every opinion he
enunciates is an oracle. And It is these
professors and teachers, ~forsooth, whose
opinions on ethics, theology and politics it
is not thought worth while to ascertain
before installing them in their chairs to
become the guides Of the young men and
women who are the hope of the nation
FOrtnightly Review,
, 1888-04-10
Stocks and Cattle Markets.

NEW YORK, April Transactions in
the stock market to-day, except for those
of the first hour, were dull, tame and I'M
interesting, with a general drift toward
lower values and accompanied by small
and insignificant fluctuations. Almost
everything is lower. though a few frac-
tional advances were made, but the Bur-
lington & Quincy is down 3, Canada
Southern and Wheeling and Lake Erie
IL, Rock Island | and the remainder
fractional amounts.
Governments, dull and steady. Money,
pos per cent. Mining shares, dull.
Copper-Market firm. Lake $l6.75.
Petroleum opened strong at 794 and
advanced to 81 before noon on tie failure
of recently drilled wells. Realizing sales
and raids by the bears then caused a de-
cline on which the market closed weak at
795. Petroleum exchange sales, l,S7O,
600 barrels. Opening 794, highest 81,
lowest 10, closing 79B. Stock exchange
sales, 5000 barrels. Opening 792, high.
est 805, lowest 79b, closing 79B.
Following are closing prices of stocks:
Pacific 6's. 1901; American Express, 10Y;
Canada Pacific. 500; Canada Southern,
493; Central Pacific, 1898; Burlington,
llS; Delaware, Lackawanna. 1853; Den
yer Il Rio Grande, l7g; Erie, 24s; Lake
Shore, S94; Louisville & Nashville. $50;
Michigan Central, II; Kansas & Texas,
1874; New York Central, 104B; Northern
Pacific, 2lb; preferred, AL; Northwest.
ern, 1868; Oregon Improvement, 50:
Navigation. S74; Transcontinental. l9I;
Pacific Mail. 3l4; Reading, 57s; Rock
Island, 100; Milwaukee & St. Paul,
70i Texas Pacific, %; Union Pacific,
524; United States Express, ~; Fargo,
1873; Western Union, 734.
CHICAGO, April misunderstanding,
1000; market firm; steers. So 4O95.O 5;
stockers and feeders, $2:35@3. 70; Texas
fed steers, SO. 3O(@4. 40.
Sheep-Receipos, 1000; market dull
but firm; natives, So. 5O(36 6. SO; Western,
"a. 1906. 10; Texas. 1905.
Wheat Market steady. Cash,
72a; May, 72s; June, tn.
Corn-Market steady. Cash, Ash; May,
80 5-l6; June, 5l3.
, 1888-04-10

1.-The coming weapon of civilized war
fare will not be an explosive bullet, but a
chemical one,n remarked a scientific gen
tleman n short time ago. "Many sugges-
tons of this sort have been made and
som plan will be adopted before long,
unless l am greatly mistaken"
"What is the best plan2"
81 am inclined to favor the suggestion
of Weston, the electrician. He suggests
the use of nitric of amyl. 1t is well
known that thisd drug possesses the power
of causing insensibility very quickly in a
human being breathing its fumes. The
effect is equivalent, temporarily, to a
paralytic stroke. Now, nitrite of anvil is
very cheap and plentiful. He proposes to
fire shells filed with this chemical instead
of gunpowder. 1t will not be necessary
to penetrate n ship. A few gallons Of this
nitrite dashed on the deck of a wal shin
would soon render her crew helpless. The
most powerful ironclads would be even
more vulnerable than the light cruisers,
for they would be sucking down great
draughts of air through their artificial
ventilators and the odor would thus
rapidly permeate the whole ship. The
whole crew being rendered helpless for an
hour or two, the ship could, of course, be
lowed into a safe spot, while the captors
ventilated her and removed the insensible
York Mail and Express.
, 1888-04-10
Eulog1zing tho Dead.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-In the SUI
preme court to-day Attorney General
Garland presented a resolution recently
adopted by the bar and officers of the
court respecting the late Chief Justice
Waite, and spoke at some length in eulogy
of the deceased. Justice Miller in re
ceiving the resolutions, also paid an elo,
quent tribute to the late chief Justice, and
said:
We fully appreciate the great loss
which the country, the bar and officers OF
the court have sustained by this sad
event. The blow falls, however, with
more force upon the members of this
court, who associated with him in the
performance of its functions, and have
been accustomed to the benefit of his
learning and his ability in the discharge
of duties common to us all,
for not only has he guided our pathway
and llghtened u labors by his presence,
his skill and his practical tact, but with an
urbanity and kindliness OF heart rarely if
eve excelled he has won our affections
and attracted us to himself, so that while
we sympathize in the public loss, each also
feels the sorrow of final separation from a
special friend"
Justice Miller her announced that the
court would cease to hear arguments on
May 4 and would adjourn for the term on
Nav IA.
, 1888-04-10
Concerning oleomargarine.

WASHINGTON, April 6.-The Supreme
Court OF the United States to-day rem
dered an opinion in case No. Sl4, William
l.. Powell, plaintiff in error, VS.. the com-
%monwealth in Pennsylvania, commonly
known as the oleomargarine case.
1t brought up for review a judgment of
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania sus-
tanning the validity of a statute of that
commonwealth, making it unlawful for
any person to manufacture, sell, or offer
for sale, any butter or cheese or articles
designed to take the place of these arti-
cles produced from any compound other
than unadulterated milk or cream.
Plaintiff was convicted of a violation of
this statute and took an appeal, basing it
on the ground that the statute was in vio-
latlon of the fourteenth amendment to the
constitution, and that the article was now
an invention not deleterious to the public
health.
The court holds that it is entirely within
the police powers OF the state to protect
the public health, and that the question
whether the manufacture of o~leomargarine
is or may be conducted in such a way as
to involve such danger to public health as
to require the suppression of the business
rather than its regulation, are questions
of fact and OF public policy which belong
to the Legislative department to deter
mine. If all that can be said of this leg
islation is that it is nowise or unnecessa-
rily oppressive, the appeal is to the legis-
lature or to the ballot box, not to the
judiciary.
The court also says that it cannot assent
to the argument hat if this statute is
sustained then nothing stands in the way
of the destruction by the legislative de
partment of the constitutional guarantees
of liberty and property.
The answer to this argument, it holds,
is that the judiciary department is bound
not to give effect to statutory enactments
that are plainly forbidden by the constitu-
ton. The objection that the statute de-
MES the equal protection of the laws is
also held to be untenable, for the reason
that the same penalties and burdens are
imposed upon all persons engaged in the
same business. Judgment affirmed.
Opinion by Justice Harlan. Justice
Field dissenting.
The case of the United States VS.. the
Bell Telephone company was advanced on
the docket and set for hearing the second
day OF the next term. This is the case
brought against the Bell company in Ohio
by Attorney General Garland and which
excited so much interest throughout the
country.
, 1888-04-10
Washington Notes.

WASHINGTON, April 9 "A bill general
in its character FORGETTING all lands opposite
railroad lines not completed within the
time specified by law was agreed TO by
the house committee on Pacific railroads
to-day.
Representative Weaver of Iowa says
that another deadlock will occur this week
if the present one is broken within the
next twenty. four hours. He intends to
oppose the passage of the Cultivate
Pacific railroad bill by dilatory tactics and
says it will likely result in a deadlock of
considerable duration if there is time
within which the bill may be taken up.
The sixth day of the flibustering over
the direct tax bill was begun in the house
of representatives this morning. Dilatory
motions and roll calls commenced as soon
as the session opened and continued until
recess.
, 1888-04-10

NEW York, April 9.-Drs. Delafeld,
Sands and Barker held a consultation in
the case Of Roscoe Conkling between
aud 5 O'Clock this afternoon. 1t was de,
cldcd to Immediately cut through the
temple bone to ascertain whether there is
any pus lodged on the brain. DIR. Sands
Is the operating surgeon.
The surgeons i'll attendance on Roscoe
Conkllng cut away a portion OF the TEN,
pOral bone and found a secretion of mat,
ter which was removed. The operatiOr
was a very successful one and gives the
patient Il chance OF life.
COnkling remains unconscious. 1t is
not expected that there will be any
change in his condition for several hours.
New YORK. April 6.-Ths surgeons in
attendance determined this afternoon that
an OPP ration was the only way to save the
life OF the eX senator. They therefore
cut away a portion OF the temporal bone
and found u secretion of matter, which
was removed, The operation was a very
successful one, and gives the patient a
chance for lite.
At p. l.. Mr. Conkling remains un-
conscious, but the surgeons entertain
hopes of recovery now.
At $50 the physicians regard his cond.-
ton as more favorable. Mr.. Conkling
will probably remain unconscious all night
because Of an a%nesthetic which was ad
ministered. Drs. Barker and Sands left
the sick chamber at 9:45 and will not re-
turn until 9 a. IN. to morrow.
The surgical operation performed upon
the distinguished patient this evening
was a very delicate one. 1t consisted in
the cutting and removal of a part of the
temporal bone, the incision beng made
upon the prominence which may be felt
just behind the ear. Beneath this lies the
mechanism of the ear and in cases in
which this mechanism becomes involved
IN serious suppuration, as in this in
stance, IL becomes necessary to make an
opening through whi:h the pus may be
drawn of. When the region of the inner
ear was reached membrane beneath the
bone was cut through and a drainage tube
was inserted and about an ounce of pus
drained from the head, apparently afford
ing the patient great relief.
At midnight Mr.. Conkling was walking
up and down his room in a half delirous
condition. He sent for Edward s. Stokes,
and when he arrived he said to him:
ED, it is no use. | am gone. | have
fought against this for some time, and |
cannot stand it any longer"
Mr.. Stokes in going out saw DIR. Sands
at the door. He asked the doctor il Nh.
Conkling had any chance. DR.. Sands
said:
He may live torty-eight hours, but |
doubt it. Conkling insists on rising and
walking about the room, but does so in
his delirium, as he has not regained con-
seriousness"
in the condition of Conkling. He was
then sitting up and was slightly delirlous