davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-07-26

when the work will commence. 1t is
the intention of Congressman Ford to
prepare bill to put stop to pauper
immigration from Europe, just as soon
as this investigation ends.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-07-26

WASHINGTON, July 24.-ISpecial. +
The Senate is considering the bill which
allows regular army officers to be ap-
appointed as instructors in colleges.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-07-26

Los ANGELES, Cal, July 25.-About {
week ago A. Lund and brother and tour
Ithers left San Pedro in an open boat for
trip around the Catalina Islands Monday
he boat was found bottom up on the island
several fisherman who arrived at San Pedro
sunday reported seeing boat containing
i've or six persons capsized during gale,
out they were unable to rescue the occu.
PANTS, 1t is believed that this was the
Lund party, and that they were all drowned.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-07-26

LONDON, July 24.-Belgium refuses
to sign the sugar bounty scheme, and
the whole plan will probably fall
throuph
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-07-26

WASHINGTON, July 23-[Special. l.
The River and Harbor bill has passed
both houses of Congress, and only
awaits the Presidents signature to be-
come a law
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-11
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Territorial.

Territorial. Governor-C. Meyer Zulick. Prescott. Secretary-Jas. A. Bayard. Prescott. Treasurer-C. B. Foster. Prescott. Superintendent of Public Instruction-C. M. Strauss, Tucson.
 Auditor-H. T. Andrews, Prescott. Commissioner of Immigration -C. H. King, Phoenix.
 Supreme Court-J. H. Wright. Chief Justice, Prescott; W. w. Porter Asso- ciate Justice, Phenix; Wm. H. Barnes, Associate Justice, Tucson.
 U. S. District Attorney-Owen T. Rouse, Tucson.
 U. $. Marshal-W. K. Meade, Tucson. Surveyor General-J. Hise. Tucson. U. s. Internal Revenue Collector-J. J. Devine. Tucson.
 Delegate to Congress-Mark A. Smith, Tombstone.
 Judge of First Judicial District-Wm. II. Barnes. - Judge of Second Judicial District-w. w. Porter, Phenix.
 Judge of Third Judicial District-J. H. Wright, Prescott.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-11
Asperset.

Another new grass is brought out by 8 Nevada ranchman. Should it be true that this grass will grow better without water than with," we will want a ship load brought over." The Carson Appeal reports that Herman Springmeyer, a Carson valley rancher, is buying hillsides in Douglas county on which he pro poses sowing a new forage plant known in Germany as ''asperset." Mir. Springmeyer says: It is a plant which looks like clover, and grows about eighteen inches high. I am convinced by actual experi- ence that it will grow on the rank est and barrenest hillsides in this State. You can cut two crops a year. It is considered much bet ter than alfalfa in Germany. It fattens cattle faster and makes COWS give better milk. No one in Germany would think of using alfalfa when he could get asperset. I took up considerable land. It was all hilly, barren land that no one else wanted probably, but once let this forage plant get foothold here Fand every foot of that land will be in demand. It will make all of these hills green. The dryer the soil the better. It fourishes among the rocks, and limestone formation seems best for it. I have sent to Germany for more seed. It is the coming plant for cattle and horses, and stockmen can get rich here in Nevada if they have no water. It will not grow in moist land; too much moisture kills it. The hot ter and dryer the season the bet ter. Our dry climate is exactly suitable for it, and the ranchers will not be long finding out what it will do. California is too moist for the successful growth of this plant, but Nevada's dry climate is just the place for it.-Northwest- ern Live Stock Journal.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-11
HARD LINES.
A HindOO WOman's Lot Not .
 Happy One.

Now for an idea of a Hindoo woman's home life. She lives in a small room almost destitute
 The floor and walls are of clay, with no ornamentation of any sort and the least furniture possible Every morning she has to pr y- not for herself, as .she is taught that she has no soulHbut for her husband, for rain and general blessings. Then she spends two or three hours preparing the breakfast. She does not eat with her husband, but. perhaps, fans him at his request. During the daytime she either sleeps, gossips with other women, or sometimes reader reads to them from the lives of the gods. These stories are unfit for human years; they are vile from beginning to end. The children and women are taught them. At night they pre- pare their husbands meal in the same manner. They are not pro- tected against the weather and dampness, nor are they properly clothed and fed. The rich live the same as the poor.
 If sick, they are deemed cursed by the gods, and are taken to tine stable and left alone. The only food they can get is left by stealth. Thousands die of neglect. The first day that a Hindoo boy abuses his mother is a festive occasion with his father, who boasts of it to his friends. To be widow is sum of unhappiness. She is es- pecially cursed by the gods. As the husband dies, half a dozen barbers' wives rush upon her, and tear the jewelry from her ears and nose. Behind the funeral cortege she follows, surrounded by these fiends, who throw her into the water. If she drowns, they say she was a good wife after all. "She has gone to meet her hus- band" She is kept in darkened room for IA days. At the end of this time her husbands ashes are taken to the river and, after peculiar ceremony of prayers, the soul is supposed to be free. It may enter an insect or an animal. The worst punishment the soul can sustain is to enter the body of a woman.-The Interior.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-11

The discovery of a new man. moth cave is reported in Kentucky. According to present accounts it rivals the original in extent if not in weird beauty. It possesses the additional attraction also of hay ing been the habitation of cave dwellers, whose mummified re- mains have been found in great numbers disposed in a great re- cess of the cave, in such an orderly manner as to prove that the cave people lookupon their dead with a respect not usual with savage tribes.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-11
Chinese Suicides.

A Catholic paper published in China prints a statement of a startling description with respect
 to opium poisoning. Opium is the general medium for suicide in China, and the remedy which is recommended, namely, to make the would-be suicide swallow the blood of a live duck as an emetic, may be passed by with a smile although should it act as an emetic, it may, perhaps, be as use full as any other. The statement that follows, however, is more worthy of attention, for the native paper says that there is reason to doubt if the supposed successful suicides actually die at all, as the official exhumation of many bodies shows that after the fumes have evaporated the buried persons have struggled violently to free themselves. There are in this and other countries many well-attested instances of persons having been buried alive, and it is generally supposed that they have been the victims of sort of trance, closely stimulating death. Naturally, in country like China, where medi- cal science does not exist, and where burials take place a few hours after death, the proportion of mistakes will be vastly larger than with us; and the heavy tor DOT induced by large dose of opium would be frequently mis- taken fer death. It would, how ever, be interesting to know whether there are any facts what ever to support the Chinese view that, at least, a considerable num- Der of persons buried as dead, after taking opium, recover when the poison has to some extent evaporated.-London Standard.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-11
Melting Down Silver Dollars.

The United States assay office is engaged in melting up the last S300,000 of the silver trade dollars recently redeemed by the govern ment. The amount received by the sub-treasury and turned over to the assay office for melting into bullion, aggregated $3,500,000. As the old dollars are melted up they are cast into bars or bricks and deposited in one of the grated vaults in the assay office, where they are piled around the four sides of the vault to the height of a mans head. Opening out from the silver vault is the gold vault. The amount of precious metal and the manner in which 1t IS stored reminds one of the treasury vaults ii the halls of the Montezumas, through which Cortez walked.
 Though no more trade dollars can be redeemed by the govern ment, they fir r1quently find their way to the assay office amoug the deposits that are daily left to be melted up and refned for GUS toners. But as silver is only worth about eighty-six cents an ounce, the actual bullion value of such coin now is only about seventy-five cents. If the govern ment received one dollar in value for them when issued, 1t is receiv- ing handsome profit by reason of it's repudiation.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-11
KENTUCKY GENTLEMEN.
Some Accomplishment of Men of
 the Blue Grass Region.


 s It would do Prince MeGrath and John Harper good to see the Blue Grass horsemens.of Old Kaintuck" gather ,aboutiia Hoff- man house table these nights. drink..whiskysand,talk of the old times of the race-track. These Kentuckians aresall such big men that three of 'em-completely sur round and fill up table. They never seem to be able to fill them selves up. Major Dougherty of Lexington saw man night or two ago..who....reminded him of a gallant young Kentuckian named Offatt and of an adventure Mir. Offatt had with his brother-in- law. He had a notion to forbid this brother-in-law to come to town while he was there. One day in conversation with Major Dougherty at store door Offatt said: Pardon me, Major, I want to speak to my brother-in-law moment" and seizing a double barreled shotgun from the cor ner he stepped quietly out into the street and riddled his brother law for his dlsobedience. He re. turnedGwithout a word, leaving the dying man on the sidewalk, and seemed surprised that the Major didn't seem to feel like re- suming the conversation where it had been interrupted. This same Offatt, who was the black sheep of a good family, told a friend who expostulated with him |" So help me Gawd, sir, I never killed a niggah Tn my life, 'ceptin I war in liquorr' At that time he had five notches on his stick, each of them figuring for corpse he had made.
 Another Kentucky story..told at this table was by the handsome and gigantic ex-Mayor Walsh of Hot Springs, Ark. He struck up a pleasant travelling acquaintance with a fellow passenger on a Ken lucky railroad. As the train slacked up at way station his new acquaintance said: Excuse me, but you had better move to one side, hadn't yous I see man on the platform I may have a lit tie trouble with, and you're just in the line for a shot" Mayor Walsh moved on, the shooting be- gan, and when the train steamed away Tn few moments the man was still there and not likely to leave it except feet foremost. Then old Colonel Feb Brown, Prince McGrath's chum, and the | same, almost, as son to him, re- membered walking down a street of Versailles, Ky, one day and 1 seeing a man on the opposite side of the street stop and kiss very pretty woman. She was the kiss CTS wife, too, but she had not | turned the corner before her brother, with a knife in his hand, turned another, and before they | could cross the street the husband | mad received thirty five cuts and was dead on his back. The orother-in-law, who had warned he husband he would kill hlm on sight, staggered away with a lozen or more cuts, leaving a bright red trail on the pavement.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-11
FREIGHT RATES.

CLASSIFICATION.
 Ore valued to exceed S1sO per ton. First class Ore valued not to exceed Sl50. Second class Ore valued not to exceed Sl00.- Third class l1lmestOne. ..-- lhiIu Cidss Freights not otherwise specified. Second class LAWRENCE RUSSELL,
 President and tsen'l Sup't.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-11

Children between hve and tweI ie years of age half fare.
 a-iOO pounds baggage carried free with each full fare, and 50 pounds with each half
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-11
ADVERTISING RATES.
Clifton PostOMce.

Regular hours from 7:S9 a- m- to 7:s0 p. m- Registration from 9:90 a. m. to p. m. Noney Order hours, e:90 a. m. to 8 D. m. Sundays, office open from Il a- m. to IF m. Mail departs for Solomonville Tuesdays, eurtiays. Mail closes goo p. m.
 Mail for Merenci closes at o:SO a. n. ,, No foreign or mutilated money will be received for stamps, box rent orpest,l orders. Parties calling for mail matter other than that which is addressed to themselves must present an order for delivery.
 A. c. REARDON, P. M.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-11

A single day of heavy fog makes the city of London pay f40,OO more for gas.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-11
Arizona < New Mexico R. R. Time
M -NAONA A
 Table.
GOING SOUTH.

Ir2ins run uaIIy, ouuuayS eNCtpVeu.
 Passenger and freight rates on the Arizona & New Mexico Railway from April 1st 1887.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-11

The United States sends 1,000,- 900 barrels of apples every year to foreign countries.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-06-09
The Busy Farmer.

These are days when strikes and
labor agitation do not yex our far
mer friends. They are hard at it
from early dawn until late in the
evening, and they will for some
months to come utilize every hour of
daylight in their great task Of pro-
viding food for their fellow-citizens.
They have never demanded shorter
hours of labor; indeed, we have some
times thought if they could command
the sun to stand still, they would toll
on white others would sleep. Their
eo7r7entment with their lot, and their
cheerful industry, are to he commend
cd. Still, the farmer needs to stop
and rest little sometimes. Why
should he kill himself by overwork,
as ne sometimes does Work, ye
tillers of the soil, and industriously,
5ut remember that there is limit to
all things, and what profit is there in
labor which sends one to the grave
and leave others to enjoy the fruits
OF ones labor ?-ET
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-06-09
Tuesday, June 10, 1855

at O'Clock P. nj. the following property de-
scribed in said deed Of Trust, viz all that
piece or parcel Of ground lying and situate in
the addition to Martins burg, West Virginia,
called Strinesvile, aud described as follows,
viz: Beginning on a corner OF lot No. on
the South, thence running West enc hundred
and ten and half feet 10 the corner of the
same lot and other lands of Jonathan Strine,
thence along same, North, sixty feet to lands
of the said Striue, thence East one hundred
and eleven ieet 10 the Martinsburg and Pc.
tomsc turnpike, til nee along said turnpike
South sixty feet to place of beginning, con-
tanning six hundred and seventy-6ve square
feet, it being part of the larger tract convey
ed by y Burkhart and wife to Johnathan
Srine, by deed bearing date Oh The 10th day
of March 1868
The property will be sold TO satisfy the
payment Of the note described in said Deed
Of Trust, viz a note 10 Margaret Hout dated
Oct, 4th 1880 for 5000 payable "a months
after date with interest, las may appear un-
paid and a note 10 Margaret Virginia Rousch
dated October 4th, 1880 for $500 payable "a
months after date with intereat las may be
unpaid)
This is very desirable property on account
of location and surroundings
TERMS OF SALE; One third cash on
day of ssIe, balance in two equal payments
with interest at nine and eighteen months,
to be secured by Deed of Trust on the
property. }, NELSON "lSNER,
ME- Trustee.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-06-09
kiagerstoMn Female Seminary.

HAGERsTowN. June 6.-The COM
mencement exercises % tbe Hagers-
town Female Seminary took place to-
day in the Academy Of Music. The
following we're the graduates Sal
utatory, Miss Lille McNair, Nava-
sofa, Texas; Miss Virtue Z. Hoover,
WaynesborJ, "a; Miss Libbie G.
Bikle, Hagerstown; Miss Eva j.
Silcott, Dover, Ma; Miss Annie En-
Wenrich, Dush1rc, Pa; Miss Euge-
ME Scott Shreveport, La; Miss Bes-
sic Hoover. New Philadelphia, o.;
Miss NJ. Naude Gosh, Watsontown,
Pa; Miss Nellie Cutler. Mercersburg,
Pa; Miss Alice Grace Drummer, Esh-
back, Pa; Miss Leila Bowers, JEFF
ierson, Md; Miss Emily b. Breech-
bill, Boiling Springs, Pa; Miss Mar
garet +. Porterfeld, Williamsport,
Nd; Miss Sue Il. Ficks atsontown,
Pa; Miss NJ. Blanche Griffith, Lew
isdale, S. c.; yaledictory, Miss Hulda
Miller, Navasota, Texas.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-06-09
SHADELAND ROYALIST
ct $2.5O, at my Stable.

Every precaution will be taken, but will
not be responsible for accidents o. escapes.
Salvador and Ferdinand will make the sea-
son, beginning the first week in April with
Salvador, the Percheron, at my stable a
Little Georgetown, and Ferdinand, the
Clydesdale, at the stable of JAS. P. Geyer in
Martinsburg and will continue week alter
nately through the season.
The above animals are strictly pure bred.
aud in buying them took into considera-
tio1 all the different points that go to axe
d frst.c!ass animal, and when found them,
did not stop at price in order TO secure them.
The need If this kind Of stock in our Sec
ton has been grievously felt, and ibe de-
mand is constantly increasing and the breed
ing will undosbtedly prove lucratfve
branch OF onr business.
] feel confdent that Eohs have ever BEEN
brought in this community so well cslculat.
ed to iGprove our stock.
| submit them to the criticism Of all who
desire to inspect or breed with fnll confidence
that they will prove valuable acquisition
to the breeding interests OF our section.
Pedigrees will be shown by groom.
j. LUTHER ROPP'.
9. RICHARDS, Groom. m 24.3mos
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-06-09
In order to assist local authorities

In order to assist local authorities
in the maintenance of quarantine
against the introduction of infectious
diseases, the President has determin-
ed to establish, by means of the YES
sells of the revenue marine, a national
patrol of the coast of the United
States, so far as may be practicable
under existing law and consistent
with the performance of the other
duties confined to that service.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-06-09
Railroads..
AND OHIO RAILROAD
ID .~-- TINE TABLE
In Effect Sunday, AprI 20, 1885

HI EUecI GoU1tNOD, Ap5D as II 600.
WEST BOUND.
No | Cincinnati Limited, leaves Phila. II
a. ~, BALTIC. p. m Washington 3 p ~;
arrives at Martnsburg p. m Stops at ,.
V. Junction and Hancock.
No Cincinnati and Chicago Express
leaves BALTIC. $3.50 a. M, Washington 9:45 P
M; arrives at Martipsburg l206 a N. Stops
at S. V Junction, Kearneysvi'le, Hancock
and Paw Paw.
No. s Chicago and Pittsburg limited,
leaves Phill q m, BALTIC. Il a. m /, Wash
ingron TO- S. a M; arrives at Martinsburg
1886 ,.
No. 4 Pittsburg aad Chicago Express leaves
Phila. al y. m, BALTIC. s.l5 p. No., Wash
ington 9:l5 p. m; arrives ut Martinsburg
ll:2l M, leaves Martinsburg 1925 p. m.
No 60, Baltimore to Keyser, leaves Mar
tinsburg 1850 a. M; stops at all stations
No 65 BALTIC. to Grafton, daily except
Sunday leaves Martinsbur + 1859 a NJ,
connects for Romney.
No. lat, Harper's Ferry to NartinsUurs,
daily except Sunday arrives at Martins
burg $40 P. NJ.
EAST BOUND
No. 2, Cincinnati Limited, leaves Mar
| tinsburg II :51 a III arrives at Washing
| ton /: 100 p. M, BALTIC, 800 p. M, Phila. 6 p.
| M: stops at >. V. junction; connects
! at Harper's Ferry with Valley Train.
No. A. Cincinnati and Chicago Express
leaves Martinsburg 3 5S a. m, Washing g.
80 a. M, Baltimore 1880 a. M; stops at s..
V. junction.
No 6, Chicago and Pittsburg Limited
leaves Martinsburg 3:12 p. M. Washing
ton 5:15 p. m, BALTIC. 6p. m, arrives at
Phila. $3.50 M; connects for Frederick.
No. s, Chicago, Wheeling and Pittsburg
| Express leaves Martinsburg 5;02 a. M,
Washington 1880 Il. M, BALTIC. S'45 a. m,
| Phila. 12noon.
No. 50, leaves Martinsburg 5;35 p. M,
stops at all stations; connects at III. Ferry
| for Winchester, at Weverton for Hagers-
| town, at Washington juno. for Frederick
arrives at Washington 1875 p. M, BALTIC
| $3.50 p. m.
No 66, via old line, daily except Sun.
| day J, leaves Martinsburg $3.50 a. m. stops
| at all stations; connects for Valley Branch
| Hagerstown and Frederick.
| No. las, $40 a. M Martinsburg to Har.
| per's Ferry, daily except Sunday; con.
meets for alley, Hagerstown, Frederick
and all stations on Main Line to BALTIC.
G. w. SANTMAN,
Ticket Agt., Martinsburg
" " Gen'I Pass. Agt.,
Baltimore.
VIM. CLEMENTS,
Gen'l Manager,
Baltimore.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-06-09
LYinn 70 Make Money.

LoNDoN, June Sit is reported
ffom Berlin that an anarchist plot is
On foot to kill the crown prince and
Prince Bismarck by means of an
electrical Internal machine. 1t is
thought, though, that it is merely n
clumsy scheme to cam money for a
ing Of men, and that the inventors
Of the plan are insincere in their san
guinary, and are simply working up
on the credulity of the Anarchists.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-06-09
Deadly Shooting in Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 5.-At
Paris, Tenn, yesterday evening,
Dudley Porter, son of Ex-Governor
Porter, was shot and killed by Alex.
B. White. cashier of the Commercial
Bank Porter had accosted White
and made a motion as if to draw his
pistol. Earlier in the evening Ken
sedy Porter, another son of the ex-
Governor, assaulted Bill Edmunds
and shot him three times. His
wounds are serious. Edmunds had
shot Porter some months ago.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-06-09
Great Newsnaner CHANGE.

WASHINGTON, June G.-With this
week the Washington Post and Ma
ttonal Republican, the two morning
dailies of this city will cease to eX.
ist ard new independent Republi
can paper viii be published instead.
Whitelaw Reid. William Walter
Phelps and others will be at the head
Of the enterprise The name Of the
Post will he retained.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-06-09
West Virginia Board Of Health.

CHARLESTON, W. VA, June g.
Coy. Wilson to-day made the follow
ing appointments on the State board
of health: n. ID. Baker, of Berkeley
county, from the second district, to
succeed himself He is appointed
for four years Fourth district, B..
II. Hoyt, of Jackson county, to sue
coed 7. A Harris, whose term has
expired.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-06-09
OREGON Republican

PORTLAND, OREG., June 1.-The
Republicans confidently claim the
election of Hermann for Congress by
not less than 1900 majority. The
legislature is claimed by the Repub
Means on a joint ballot. Owing to
the length Of the ticket the count is
progressing very slowly and the re-
suit will not he known until very
late.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-06-09
To Reward Indian Fighters.

Senator Dolph on Monday intro
duced till to pay SO day to every
person vino was associated with the
military forces of the United State s
in Oregon, idaho, or Washington ter
ritory during the Nez Perces and
Bannock and Shoshone Indian wars
in lien of all expenses incurred by
them.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-06-09

Some of the southern Democrats
m the House of Representatives sue
ceeded 80 well in bulldozing the re-
mainder Of their party on the direct
tax bill that they concluded to try it
on the Republicans last Monday.
But it failed on that occasion, and
will fail again whenever tried. The
Republicans of the House are defend
ing the rights Of the people, and will
not be driven from their position.