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The Russellville Democrat., 1888-08-23
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


 ON the 18th fierce northeast gale cre- sted havoc along the south shore of Lake Ontario. The steamer Freeman was driven on the rocks seven miles above Oswego, N. r., but the crew escaped. A wAsHoUT on the Erie railroad, near Shohola, N. Y, caused terrible accident. involving tho loss of two lives. the serious injury of thirty persons, and the destruction of much property, on the 18th. The wrecked cars caught fire and
 were totally burned Lily Langtry and
 Fred Gebhardt lost five blooded horses valued at $100000 in the fire following the | wreck.
 Ar Mitchell, Dak., the extensive pork packing house of Joseph Roster was en-
 tirely destroyed by fire on the 13th A CHEBoYGAN (Mich.) dispatch states that two bodies. believed to be those of two newspaper men who were yachting on Burt Lake, Mich, during a recent storm, and whose boat drifted ashore
 and was wrecked were found on the beach on the 13th.
 A coRoNER's jury, on the 16th, held Thomas Marshall to answer fer the mur . der of James Gray, colored, who was shot and killed in Washington, on the 10th.
 JUDGE PATTERSON, of the New York City Supreme Court, on the 16th, refus d q stay of execution in the case of Daniel Lyons, the murderer of Athlete Quinn. NEAR Haverhill, Mass, on the 18th, MT. and Mrs Towle, their two children, and
 Mrs. w. w. Hamm and child. Of R iver side, were thrown from a carriage. All were more or less injured, and Mrs.
 Hamm's baby was killed by one of the horses falling upon it. THE steamship Geiser, of the Scandina-
 vian line, sunk off Sable Island on the 14th, by collision with the Thingvalla, oi
 the same line, and 119 of her passengers and crew were lost.
 BUSH fires in the townships of Claran- don, Lavant, Canoriti and Oso, Ont, have caused damage to the amount of $500 900.
 TIE large paper mill of c. L. VaniReed, near Reading, Pa, was burned on thf 17th. Loss, S50,000; partially insured. THE Thangvalla, the disabled steamship which, after collision with the Geiser of
 Sable Island, on the 14th. lheaded foi Halifax, N. S., reached that port on the 17th.
 ADoLPu HOLMAN, prompted by jealousy shot and wounded his mother-in-law, killed his wife. and then committed sui l. l the 11th.
 ON the l7th the President remained at Oak View all day engaged, it is said, or | the preparation of his letter of accept 1 ance.
 THE sentence of dismissal in the case | of a number of cadets convicted of haz' Hing was commuted by the President, or
 the 17th. He gave notice that this was | the last time executive clemency would | be extended to like offenders. 1 ON the 1Tth Miss Matilda F. Ellison, oi | Phil adelphia, was struck by passing 1 locomotive on the Pennsylvania railroad | and instantly killed. TIE Congressional commissions iu- vestigation into the affairs of Castle Gar deu. New York, has developed the fac that, through the aid Of firm of citizen
 ship brokers, a foreigner can, for the
 modest sum of Sl0, become an American
 citizen in ten days from the date of land | ing.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-08-23

To preserve the elasticity of India rubber, wash 1t five or six times u year with slightly alkaline water
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-08-23
NEWS IN BRIEF,
Compiled from Various seuroeA
CoNGREssroNAI PRocEEpINas.

IN the Senate, on the 18th, the debate on the Fisheries treaty was continued, with a display Of considerable political aeerbity. Mir Ed munds called up his resolution calling on the Department of Justice for information concern ing alleged advice to the New York supervisor Of elections in violation of statute law. The resolution was adopted .... In the House, bills ro,atjng to the District of Columbia were con sideTed. The Senate bill passed increas- ing 10 50 a month the rate of pension for total deafpess. The Fortihcations bill was taken up in committee of the whole, bnt no prSxtess was made in it's consideration.
 IN the Senate, on the I4th, the main events of the proceedings were; Mr. Sherman's re- marks on the power of Congress to crush trusts. and the resumption Of the debate on the r sheries treaty. Presidential vetoes Of three Pension bills were returned and referred. Another message from the President was read, returning without his approved joint reso- lution for the printing of additional copies Of the United States map of 1886. ..... In the House, personal discussion between Messrs. O'Neill of Missouri, and Irwln, of Indiana. was the feature Of the days session. The Senate amendment to the House bill for the erection of a marine hospital at Evansville, Ind was coneurred in. and the House went into committee of the whole on general pension bills.
 IN the Senate on the 18th, discussion Of MT. Harrison's position on the Chinese ques tion, incidental to the debate on the Fisheries treaty, was the event of the day proceedings. The hour of noon, on the i6th was set for the vote on MT. Morgan's resolution postBoning action on the Fisheries treaty until December. ~ Tn the House, the discussion on the Fortf- ications Appropriation bill was the feature of the session. Various provisions of the measure were discussed in committee Of the whole, and the blu was reported to the House and went over.
 IS ths Senate on the 16th, the rejection, by strcs party vote of 27 to 24 of Mir. Nor gan's resolution to postpone consideration Of the Fisheries treaty until December, and the adoption Of the conference report on the Army Appropriation bill were the principal features of the days proceedings. In the House, efforts to secure consideration of various i'm portant measures were nullified by tho raising Of points Of mo quorum. The Fortifca- tions Appropriation bill was passed without division.
 IN the Senate, on the 18th, much tune was occupied in discussing and passing . motion instructing the committee on the District of Columbia to report resolution requiring tho District Commissioners to revoke permits all ready given for overhead electric motive wires for an electric street railway bill was passed prohibiting the sending of obscene Literature through the mails. Debate on the Fisheries treaty was then resumed ......fn tho House filibusterng tactics on proposition to assign certain days for the consideration of general pension legislation, and to take up the General Deficiency bill, consumed most of tho session.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-08-23
Ia chairman nrios nenssed2

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S--An evening paper alleges that Colonel Brice has been prac- tically deposed from the chairmanship of the National Democratic campaign com mittee by President Cleveland, owing to his lack of energy in pushing the cam paign on the reduction lines laid down in the Presidents message It Is stated that the President in an interview with Brice, criticized the latter's course in very emphatic terms, and that after ward, at the Presidents desire, Senator German was put in active charge of the campaign. These statements are denied at Democratic headquarters.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-08-23
HE CREW CARELESS.
Why Horse-Thief Did Not Object to
 Taking Ills Medicine.


 Have you any thing to say why sen- tence should not be pronounced upon youp' asked Judge Noonan, of San Antonio, of converted horse-thief
 No. Judge, I've not got any thing much to say. It's all my own fault l brought it on myself"
 '1 suppose you got into bad com pany'
 No, that's not what meant"
 What did you mean?n
 ''l mean that l deserve all get be- cause l didn't stick to my campaign plan. As long as stole horses accord ing to my campaign plan never was cotched. The owner of the hoss never followed me-"
 "Why, how was thatpn
 Whenever l stole mans hoss 1 made it rule to run away with his wife, and then he never followed me. Taking his wife of sorter reconciled him to the loss of the hoss, but as soon as l quit taking the woman along was follered and arrested. Jess sock it to me, Jedge. l deserve all you kin give me for being sieh a darned fool.
 You are very dangerous man to be at large in this section of the coun- try, replied the Judge, assessing the maximum penalty of fifteen years. -- 1eras Syttngs
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-08-23
rrnposed IoInt pI.oas.lon.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.-It was an- nouneed last evening that proposition is under consideration by the Democratic campaign managers to arrange for a joint discussion of the tariff question by Speaker Carlisle and Mir. Blaine. 1t is proposed to challenge MT. Blaine to meet MT. Carlisle and dispute the question in alternate speeches in twelve principal cities of the Union, six to be named by Mir. Blaine and six by the Speaker. The opinions of a number of prominent Demo- cratic Congressman as to the advisabill- tyt uch course have been asked, and there ia a very general concurrence of ap- proyal,
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-08-23

IT is stated that the speech of the Em- peror of Germany on the occasion of the unvailing of the statue of Prince Fred erick Charles, on the 10th, has caused a feeling of depression in all the European bourses.
 Ex-SENAToR MALONE, in Q conference with prominent Republicans in Washing ton, on the 1Tth claimed that Virginia will give 20,000 Republican majority in the coming election.
 THE Democratic managers it Is said, purpose to challenge MT. Blaine to joint discussion with Speaker Carlisle on the tariff question in twelve principal cities, six to be named by each of tho dlsput- ants
 THROUGH the British agent at Sofia, NJ Stambuioff, the Bulgarian Premier, has returned thanks to Lord Salisbury for his kind mention of Bulgaria in his speech at the Mansion House banquet.
 ON the 1Tth it was stated and denied that Chairman Brice had been practically deposed from the chairmanship of the National Democratic campaign committee by President Cleveland owing to lack of energy in pushing the campaign on the tariff reduction lines laid down in the Presidents message.
 ON the 18th Thos. L. Kimball, general manager of the Union Pacific railrosd, who las becn i'll for several days It Omaha, Neb., was reported as much worse.
 lN a letter to the London Times, on the 17th, MT. William Henry Hurlbus former ly editor-in chief of the Nsw York World, defended President Cleveland aud the Democratic party against the charge of favoring England and English manufact- urers in their tariff views. ON the 17th Ben1amin Harrisoc, of h. dianapolis, was elected vice president fc represent Indiana in the American Bar Association at it's meeting in Saratoga, N. Y.
 Ar West Bay City, Mich, the fine new saw-mill at James Davidson's ship-yard was burned, on the 17th entailing loss of 1000, without insurance. ON the 18th Prof. Elisha Jones, of the Michigan University, died at Denver, Col. ON the 17th United States Treasurer Hyatt returned to Washington from his yo ca tiop
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
Insurance Companies Barred.

TOPEKA, Kan, March 2-Under the laws
OF Kansas, provisions are made that any
insurance company not transacting bust
ness to the satisfaction of the State Super
lntendent of Insurance, or In a manner
contrary to his Interpretation of the law,
may be debarred from further operations
In this State. Under this law, Superin-
tendent Wilder yesterday gave public no..
tice that the following named insurance
companies were no longer authorized to do
business in Kansas: The Anglo-Nevada
Assurance Corporation. of San Francisco,
Cal; the Western Home Insurance Com
pany, of Sioux City, Iowa; the Fidelity
and Casualty Insurance Company, of New
York; the Dwelling House Insurance Com
pany, of Boston, and the Hartford Life and
Annuity Insurance Company, of Hartford.
Conn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
Her Plan Worked Well.

'-John. said Mrs Billus. sweetly. 81
have dismissed the hired girl and viii
do the cooking myself hereafter. 1t
will save us ever SO much and-where
are you going, John?'
81 am going down town to have my
life insured" replied Mr.. Bnlas
excitedly. II can't afford to run any
risks, Maria"
An hour or two later Mrs. Billus sat
down and wrote as follows:
'.Dear Mamma: The plan worked to
a charm John is not hard to manage if
one goes at him right. The policy is
for ten thousand dollars and is made
payable to me. The hired girl will
come back next week. Chicago
Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
RIGHT AND WRONG.
Words That Are Most Profusely Used In
All the Affairs OF Life.

Words That Are Most Profusely Used In
All the Affairs OF Life.
suppose the words right and wrong
enter more largely into human life
than any other. They are among the
first words that are uttered by children
at their play. you have no right to
do thisr' THAT is wrong!" They are
most profusely used. or abused. in the
commonest affairs of daily existence by
the most ignorant and uncultivated,
and generally, which is noteworthy
with an appeal to the universal validity
of the conception they represent, as
though, in the secure judgment of the
universe. the gainsayer must be in bad
faith. Every one talks of right as if it
were the easiest thing in the world to
pronounce upon. And yet in practice
it is the hardest Consider how terri
BILE are the problems which may be
raised regarding even the simplest and
least questioned rights. Parental right,
for example. springing as it does from
the most sacred of human relations,
how easy to deride and decry it, if we
regard merely the blind irrational i'm
pulse to which each individual, the ac-
cident of an accident, owes it procre-
alton. Again, think how large part
of human activity is consumed in
the endeavor, mostly fruitless. to
settle questions of right. The whole
machinery of justice, with its legisla-
lures, its courts of various instance.
its judges, advocates and attorneys, at
tends continually upon this very thing.
And yet the glorious uncertainty of the
law has become byword. Fleets and
armies are still the last resort of civil
izatlon for determining the rights OF
nations. Now. as in the time of Bren-
nus, the sword is the ultimate make
weight in the scale of justice. 1t may
be said that the history of right
throughout the ages is one long mar
tyrdom. 1t is ever being crucitied
afresh and put to an open shame. But,
speaking generally, we may assert
that the idea of right has been veneer
ated by mankind at large as absolute,
supersensuous, divine. The rights,
whether of nations or of the individ-
uals of whom they are composed. have
been held TO rest upon ethical obliSa-
ton, and that upon noumenal truth.
The world on the whole has not
doubted that what is just exists by
nature, that universal obligation is a
prime note of right, that violation of
right entails, according to the laws of
the universe, retributive suffering upon
the wrong-doer.-K S. Lilly, IN Fort
7li0htlu ReUie1D.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
A Tremendous Sensation

would have been created one hundred years
ago by the sight of one of our modern ex-
press trains whizzing along at the rate OF
grandfathers would have stared at such a
spectaclel 1t takes good deal to astonish
people nowadays, but some of the marvel
Gus cures of consumption, wrought by DR..
Pierces Golden Medical Discovery, have
created Widespread amazement. COnsump-
ton is at last acknowledged durable. The
Golden Medical Discovery is the only
known remedy for it. If taken at the right
time-which, bear in mind, is not when the
lungs are nearly gone-it will go right to
the seat of the disease and accomplish its
work as nothing else in the world can.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
A YAwNING AUDIENCE.
How a Clever Partisan Made n Police Edict
Ridiculous.

How a Clever Partisan Made a Police Edict
Ridiculous.
There has been an amusing discussion
Paris on the subject of Kissing at
theatcrs. 1t is interesting to note that
an attempt made in the last century to
put stop to the practice proved a dis
astrous failure. The edict had hardly
gone forth. under the auspices of the
chief of police, when first performance
came off. A gentleman who was
addicted notoriously to hostile demon
STATIONS was ''sandwiched, by way
of precaution, between two agents of
the law, and soon the curtain rose.
Every eye was directed towards the
invetcrate delinquent. but to the gen.
eral surprise, he sat still without max
ing sign. Ere long, however, he be-
gan to yawn, and soon the two police
men took to yawning in sympathy.
Their neighbors unconsciously followed
suit, the contagion spread, and in a
short time pit. boxes, and galleries
were yawning as they had never
yawned before. Even the actors, with
their gaze fixed upon the public. could
not resist the example set them, and
the unlucky author had the misfortune
of hearing his most telling ''hits'
launched forth among a perfect chorus
of yawns. The embargo against hiss
ing was promptly removed. it having
been found by experience that return
to the old system was infinitely prefer
able to the new one inaugurated by the
irrepressible Chevalier de la Morliere,
who made perfect speciality of his de-
monstratlons against new plays at the
Comedie Franchise, and had particular
~ distinguished himself by the uproar
he created at the first appearance of
Voltaire's "Tancrede. ST. James Ga
zeiLe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08

1t should have read married" but the
proof-reader observed that it amounted to
about the same thing, and so did not draw
unately there was considerable truth in his
observation. Thousands of husbands are
constantly worried almost to despair by the
i'll health that aff1icts their wives, and often
robs life of comfort and happiness. There
is but one safe and sure way to change all
this for the better. The ladies should use
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08

We once heard a man complain of feeling
badly, and wondered what allied him. A
humorous friend said, "Give doctor 81,
and let him guess" 1t was cutting satire
on some doctors, who don't always guess
right. You need not guess what ais you
bowels and stomach are inactive, and when
your head aches every day, and you are
languid and easily fatigued. You are bill
ious, and DR.. Pierces Pleasant Purgative
Pellets will bring you out all right. Small,
sugar-coated, easy to take. OF druggists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
Though Totally DESTROYED

By dyspepsia, bodily com fort may be re-
vfved again by the potent aid of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which renews the proc
esses of digestion and assimilation, thus
furnishing the system with the elements of
vigor, the groundwork of functional regu-
larity. Fever and ague, constipation, liver
and kidney troubles, rheumatism, are over
come by this superb regulator, tonic and
appetizer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08

LIFE is burdensome, alike to the sufferer
and all around him, while dyspepsia and its
attending evils hold sway. Complaints of
this nature can be speedily cured by taking
Priclzly Ash Bitters regularly. Thousands
once thus afflicted now bear cheerful testi-
mOnY as to its merits.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
March April May

Hoods Ssrsaparila IL prepared from Sarsapar11lA.
DandelIon. Mandrake. Dock. Juniper Berries. and
other well known vegetable remedies. In such q
peculiar manner 10 derive the full medicinal
value Of each. It Will cure. when In the power Of
medicine. scrofua, salt rhcun sores boils pirnples
all humors. dyspepsia. bilousness, sick he1cache.
indigestion. general debility. catarrh. rheumatism.
kidney and liver complaints It overcomes that er
treme tired feeling and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
GINS de Smith to Birdie McGinni

"Birdie, I love YOU" Birdie-"You doP
land about ten minutes ago you said
the same thing to my sister," Gus-''I
know it, but she sacked me. That's why
try my luck with you. Birdie. listen
to my cry of anguish
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
The sharon Heirs Defeated.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 2.-The Supreme
Court has denied the petition of the Sharon
heirs for rehearing of the case in which
the lower court decided that Sarah Althea
Hill, now the wife of Judge Terry, was le-
gally married to the late Senator Sharon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08

Are the months In which TO purify blood For ct
no other season is the body susceptible benefit
from medicine The peculiar purifying and reviv-
Ing qualities OF Hoods Sarsaparilla are Just what
are needed to expel disease and fortify the system
against the facilitating effects of mild weather.
Every year increases the popularity of Hoods Sar
sapara for il is just what people need ut this
son. 1t is the ideal spring medicine. II you have
never tried il, do so.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08

For Throat Diseases, Coughs, Colds, etc.,
effectual relief is found in the use Oh
&C Bror,t's Bronchial Iroches." Price 25 cts
Sold only IN boxes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
Increasing Salaries

WASHINGTON, March 2.-House Post-office
and Post-roads Committee decided to-day
TO 1avoraoiy report the bill increasing the
salarles of the chief clerks OF the railway
mail service throughout the country.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08

WHAT would this world be without WON
anna perfect blank-like sheet of pape
not even ruled
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08

FREEl A 3-foot French Glass, Ova
Front, Nickel or Cherry Cigar Case. Mel
CHANTS ONLY. r. W. TANsILL g Co. Chicago
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08

NEVER ask crust of a crusty man Ask
him for meat, for he'll give you a cold
shoulder with pleasure.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08

FoRTIFY Feeble Lungs Against Winter
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08

The new ball pointed pen will be used
by all reporters OF the national game next
season-Burti,lgton Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08

Inc president has nominated Ambrose
ID. Weir, of Missouri, to be receiver of
pnpnc moneys atSpringfield, Mo-