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The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
Encounter With a Cat.

Charles Sites, of Newark, N. J., had an encounter with q cat recently that he will not soon forget. He was walk ing between two piles of lumber in tho street when his attention was attracted by an ugly growl. He scarcely had time to turn to sec whence it came be- fore eat sprang beneath the boards and planted its teeth in tho calf of his leg. His flesh was further torn by his efforts to shake the animal off, and fin ally, at the risk of having his hands bitten. he seize it around the neck and had to choke it into insensibiIity before the vicious brute gave up the fight. Even then he had to remove its fangs from his leg by main force. St. Louis Globe-Dcmocrat.
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
SADDER THAN DEATH.
A Telegraph Messenger Boy Threatened
 With the Loss of His Inertia.

Nltn me Loss or Ills Inertia.
 Last Friday afternoon district telc- graph messenger, who was speeding along the street with telegram valued at fifteen cents a minute, was run over and seriously injured by blind man named Standfast. Standfast is crip- pie, having wooden leg. He had taken this leg off to rest it while he sat by the waysidc and begged, and some mischief loving boys had taken the leg and hid it. Standfust missed it. was gropng along the sidewalk feeling for it, and inadvertently moved directly in the messenger boys wake. Several persons seeing that he would run the boy down, shouted to the latter that the blind man was after him, and the boy, realizing his peril, made desper- ate sprint for his life and for few feet gained on his pursuer, but before he was far enough ahead to turn out with safety the cripple wns upon him and ran clear over him before he could be stopped. The boy injuries were very serious, as he fell upon his wrist, spraining it So that it will probably be two weeks before he can hang on to the step of an omnibus going in the wrong direction It was reported late that night that, owing to his inability to utilize his fayorite official time killer, the boy had delivered one message nearly on time but the rumor was in T superintendent offering to prove by the books that such thing had never oc- cured since the invention of human speed. At late hour this morning it was feared that the boy was recovering bis inertia, which had been seriously disturbed. - Burdette. in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
Going to Be His Brother-in-La aw.

Hullo, Black!n
 "Hullo, White!n
 You're going to be brother-in-lav Dr mine, hear"
 "A brother-in-lawp" Yes"
 How can that be? Pm not going to enter into your family as far as I lcnow.h
 You're going to marry Miss Brown, aint you'"
 Il am.
 Well, she's my sister," Your sister?'
 "Yes, she promised to be sister to me always IS much as three months ago. "- Boston Courier
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02

At Gippsland, in Australia, they have earthworms six feet long They live in burrows on the sloping sides of creeks, and are sometimes turned out of the ground by the blow. They have a curious smell like crcosote, and fowls refuse to touch them but old natives of the district say that oil made from them is good for rheumatism. There are two other varieties of enormous earthworms known, one inhabiting South Africa and the other Southern India and Ceylon, but the Australian kind is the largest.
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02

"A broom factory man in Duluth iaid off his thirteen single men and in formed each one that he could not re- turn to work until he was married. Eleven of them married within d fort night, and inside of six weeks thera were i've applications for divorce,
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
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Golden Potato. Two cupfuls of mashed potato piled in pyramid and covered with yelk of egg and sifted cracker crumbs, then baked to golden brown. Potato balls or dulnplings are made by pressing cold. mashed potato into a teacup and glazing and baking as above. e.-Good Housekeeping.
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02

According to tho Inventive Age. deaths by lightning in this country av- craze only about one in million Q. the population annually. Invention will reduce this average, but can not give entire immunity.
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02

"A quarter of a million pounds of candy are bought every day by the peo- pie in the streets Of New York.
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02

The real red poppy" has recently been found to have the valuable power of binding with its roots the soil in which it grows in such q manner that it will prove most valuable in support ing embankments. Already several engineers have undertaken the sowing of railway embankments with poppies
 In the United States there arc 70,001 lawyers. about one lawyer to every 900 inhabitants. In France there is only one lawyer to over 6,000 people. In Germany the proportion is about the same as in France
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02

Better pass danger once than bs always in fear.
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02

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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
Word-Counting Machine.

A telegraph operator in Minneapolis
has invented word-counting machine,
which may be used by itself OF attached
to typewriter. 1t is much the same
sort of thing as pedometer, only it is
more accurate. 1t is as large as small
clock. The works are inside nickel
case. on one side of which is the face.
The machine will count up to $500
words, and can be used for any number
by keeping tally of the number of times
it passes the $500 mark. There are two
hands, like the hour and second hand
of watch. Every time a word on the
typewriter is finished the same motion
which spaces for the word registers on
the word-eounter. When the second
hand counts up to twenty-five words the
large hand moves forward a quarter of
space. The face is divided into tWen-
ty-five spaces, one for each 100 words,
and glance ut it shows at once who
many words have been written.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
BURNED ALIVE.
A Sickening Accident at Union.
town, Pa.


PITTsBURG, March 29.-A Union
town, Pa, special says: John Harris, a
thirteen-year-old boy. was riding on the
larry used to charge the coke ovens
with, at the Percy coke works, with
companion yesterday evening. The
larry passes directly over the coke oven
mouths, and when it stopped running.
the lad Harris supposed they were past
all the ovens and stepped off the rear end
of the larry, directly into a coke oven
which was blazing up six feet
above the mouth. The boy sank in to
his armpits, and was completely enyel-
oped in flames, while his feet and legs
were i'll the mass of red hot coal in the
oven. The driver of the larry saw what
had occurred and fastened to the boys
help, getting him out in ten seconds
after he fell in, bu; in that short time
young Harris was burned all over, great
fakes of skin and flesh falling off, while
his clothing was charred into a cinder
all over him and scarcely spot on him
not scorched and burned. Although
suffering horribly the child was still
living this afternoon, but with no nope
of recovery. No blame attaches to any.
body.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
THE BEER TRUST.

If the statements put out in nearly
every prominent locality that has a
brewery. as regards the attempts of the
English syndicate 10 buy, are not,adyer-
Using fakes, there is financial loose
ness in the matter not at all characteris-
tic of the English people. Any ex-
travagant figures asked are not OBJ
jected to. At Rochester, n. Y, for in
stance, three breweries, with an original
capital OF 100000, watered up 10 So, $780,
000, and were taken in by British
money. Others are reported at still
larger figures. There must be enor-
nous faith in the future of the beer
business in this country, and no appre-
hension that the prohibitionists will
get control of congress and stop the
manufacture.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.
Mrs. Virginia Taylor Convicted OF
Poisoning Her Husband.

AccoMAc COURT HOUSE,. Va, March
29.-The jury in the case of Mrs. Vir-
ginia Taylor, who has been OH trial here
for five days upon the charge of muir
dering her husband with poison, rem
dered verdict this afternoon, convict
ing Mrs. Taylor of murder in the second
degree. Her punishment was assessed
at five years in the penitentary. The
jury stood all day eleven to convict and
one to acquit. Finally the obstinate
one was converted and an agreement
reached. None of the jurors was at
any time in favor of hanging. The ac-
cused woman, who has manifested no
emotion throughout the trial, took the
verdict calmly. L. W. Russell, coun-
sci for Mrs. Taylor, asked for an arrest
of judgment until Monday next, which
was granted, and that day has been set
for the hearing of a motion for a new
trial,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
SERENADE.

There's woman like dew-drop, she's so
purer than the purest;
And her noble hearts the noblest yes, and
her sure faiths the surest;
And her eyes are dark and humid, like the
depth on depth of ulster
Hid i the barebell, while her tresses SUMMER
than the wild-grape cluster,
Gush i'll golden-tinted plenty down her neck s
rose -mlsted marble;
Then her voices music-call it the wells
bubbling, the birds MARBLE.
And this woman says MY days were sunless
and my nights were moonless.
Parched the pleasant April heritage. and the
lark's hearts outbreak tuneless
If you loved me not!' And who (ah, for
works of fame y adore her,
Who am mad to lay my spirit PROSTATE
palpably before her
1 may enter at her portal soon, as now her
lattice takes me,
And by noontide as by midnight make her
mine, as hers she makes me!
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
Napoleon's Historical Coat.

Of all the historical garments which
crowd the great museums of the world
none are more famous than the ''gray
overcoat" and 'chapeau'' of Napoleon
l, celebrated in Beranger's and Raffet's
ing French artists. At recent search
through the archives of the times of the
great conQueror the tailor's and hatter's
account for some of these articles of
clothing has been found, and it appears
that for each of his ''chapeaux casters"
he paid G2 IS, while his "redingotes
CRISES" cost HIM sc IS. apiece. The
Overcoats were always made very wide,
for. contrary to the custom of the Off
GERS of that period, Napoleon never took
off his epaulets.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
MIR. CLEVELAND'S TOUR.
A Fine Days Fishing at Lake
Alfred.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, March 29.-The
special train bearing eX-President
Cleyeland's sparty spent the night at
Lake Alfred. Early this morning some
of the party went fishing and returned
with string of seyenty-five beautiful
trout for breakfast, Arriving at Orlan-
do, a carriage drive was taken around
the city. The train reached Sanford
about o'clock. A short stop was made
there and at Winter Park, where large
crowds visited the car aud were pre-
sented to the ex-president and others.
The party reached Titusville at 4
O'Clock and were escorted on board the
steamer ST. Lucie, which will convey
them to Jupiter inlet. The cabin and
stateroom were fairly lined with
flowers. the offering of the people of
Titusville. They will fish three days at
Jupiter and then accept the hospitali-
ties of Jacksonville for day or two.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
BATTLE WITH MooNsHINERs.
A Deputy Marshal Killed and
Two Outlaws Sent Over the Di.

Two Outlaws Sent Over the Di.
vide.
LOUISVILLE. KY, March ga tele-
gram was received by Marshal Gross
this afternoon from United States Com
missioner r. S. Friend, at Prestonburg,
Ky, announcing the murder of Deputy
United States Marshal Russell Wire
man. The murder occurred at Cross
Forks, of Kentucky river, i'm Knott
county, thirteen miles southwest Of
Hindman, Ky. Wireman had made Il
rad In Berry and Leslie counties, and
brought to Prestonburg on March 81
and lodged them in Jail there, intending
to take them to Hindman. On the
morning of March 26. Wireman decided
to let the prisoners remain in Jail at
PreStonberg and go on
ANOTHER RAID.
He summoned Hollfief, Greech. Fields
and Salty to assist him, and they started
for Cross Forks. They had anumber Of
warrants and succeeded in arreStng j.
Draughan, j. Adams. and Jesse Crum.
With these prisoners they started back.
The country is very wild and monn-
famous, filled with rayines and cliffs.
They had only gotten short distance
when they were confronted by twelve
men armed with winchester rifles. The
party had been hiding behing the rocks
and when the deputy marshal and his
assistants approached with the
prisoners, they stepped out from their
waiting places. Without a moments
warning.
THEY OPENED FIRE
on Wireman, their bullets being appar-
entity directed at him alone. The officer
returned the fire with his rifle, as also
did the special bailiffs, and several
rounds were exchanged. One of the
bullets struck Wireman in the breast
and penetrated his heart. killing HIM
instantly. He was wounded in several
were killed, and it is thought several of
them were badly wounded, since the
rocks along the road which they fol-
lowed were stained with blood. When
the firing commenced the four bailiffS
had sheltered themselves behind rocks,
ana when Wireman fell the moon-
sinners reiterated.
THE DEAD MARSHAL'S BODY
was carried to the nearest friendly
house where it was lett until the spe-
eial officers could go to Prestonburg for
assistance. During the firing, the
three prisoners made their escape. The
four officers managed to reach Preston
burg yesterday, although one of them
was badly wounded. A detachment OF
men was at once sent out to get Wire
mans body, but they have not yet re-
turned. The men who committed the
murder are supposed to be the same
ones who fired upon Deputy Marshal
Greer and were Indicted during the
February term of the federal court
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
THROUGH A BRIDGE.
Fatal Wreck on the Wabash West
ern in Missouri.

MoBERLY, Mo-, March "a pas
senger train on the Ottumwa division of
the Wabash Western railway went
through bridge near Queen City, Mo-,
last night, piiing up the engine and
three coaches in ditch eight feet be-
low. John Arthur, the engineer, and
Luther Chamberlain. fireman, both of
this city, were instantly killed. Charles
Histe. mail agent. had his back injured,
and w. l.. Skinner. express messenger,
had leg badly bruised. No passengers
were hurt. The pilIng had been burned
ont during the night. causing the bridge
to give way under the weight of the
train.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
Caught a Whale

ATLANTIC CITY. n. j., March ga
medium-slZed whale became stranded
OH the beach near Chelsea late yester-
day afternoon, and was captured by the
crew of the government life-saving sta
ton after a severe struggle. Upon be-
ing dragged ashore it was found to
measure thirteen feet in length and es-
timated from 1900 to 1000 pounds in
weight. AS the monster was captured
by government, employees it will proba-
bly, be sent to Washington i'll few
DAYS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
STRANGE FACTS.
Denotations of the Tongue.

A white tongue is said to denote a
febrile disturbance; a brown, moist
tongue. indigestion; brown, dry
tongue, depression, blood poisoning
typhoid fever; red, moist tongue, III
aammatory fever; a red, glazed tongue,
general fever, loss of digestion; trem-
ulous, moist and fabby tongue, feeble
ness, nervousness.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
Steamship Arrivals.

New YORK, March 29.-Arrived: Ger
manic, from Liverpool; Trave, from
Bremen; steamship Chateau Lafitte,
Bordeaux.
QUEENSTOWN. March 20.-Arrived:
Britannia, from New York.
SOUTHAMPTON, March 29.-Arrived:
Steamer Aller, from New York, for
Bremen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
How to Break a Stone.

1t is well known that a stone. how
ever large, may be broken by striking a
sufficient number of blows with ham,
mer along the line where it is desired
to break the stone. In this process the
force of the blow is expended in grad
ually weakening the cohesion of the
particles in line following the direc-
ton of the blows. The weakening is
increased by each successive blow until
finally rupture occurs.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
Want the Stuff First.

WESTON, w. Va, March 29.-On
Dec. 2S, 1875, John r. West, aged fifty.
and his eighteen-year-old son, living on
Coal creek. in Lewis county, were bru-
tally murdered. Richard Dowell was
convicted of the murder and sentenced
to hang. He escaped Oct. 9, 1876. Yes
terday he was captured by the chief of
police of Grand Forks. OAK, who tele-
graphs that the fugitive will be turned
over to the authorities of West Virginia
as soon as the reward of S4O0 offered
hIrteen years ago is paid over.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30

two first gave large Republican major
tiles last fall, and in Chicago the labor
vote and Gov. PALMER put handsome.
margin on the Democratic side. There
is some politics in the contests now, but
more beer and prospective Doodle. In
neither city are the Republicans at
tempting the reform or virtueus act,
and will WIN IL they know how to do it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
Testing RoOESIates.

A German trade journal advocates
the following method of testing the
quality of roof-slates: The samples of
the slate to be tested should be care
fully weighed, and then put into boil
ing water for a quarter of an hour. The
water must, however. be fairly free
from lime, saltpeter and ammonia. The
states are then reweighed, and those
that show the greatest increase of
weight are those most capable Of dete-
1iOrofinp
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30

-propriety, on social and patriotic
grounds, of electing "a bachelor to the
presidency. 1t has been done more than
once, with a good deal of general pro-
test. but it is favorable time to insist
that the precedents shall not count,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
The Texas-Mexican Battle.

Ell PAso, Tex, March 29.-The two
Mexican policemen who were reported
killed by American roughs at Paso del
M dead aSr nsG, are fel1er oil tdem
United States Consul Mackey can do
nothing to secure the arrest of the
Americans since they have escaped to
this side, as it is not known who they
are
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
FOUND DRIFTING.
Of the Crew of the Albert Russell
Only Two are Saved.

PRoyINcETowN. Mass, March 90
Letters from Captain Dunham, of the
whaling schooner William A. Grosier,
at st. Vincent, West indies. say that on
February "a. she sighted wreck which
proved to be the Boston bark Albert
Russell, from New York, for Australia.
She rescued two sailors who had been
on the wreck thirteen days. the balance
of the crew, together with the captain
wife and two little girls being all lost.
The rescued sailors supply of food con-
sisted OF four cans of Holsters, four cans
of milk, and what rain they could
catch. One man will probably die.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
AN ANCIENT PRECEDENT.

SOLOMON was mistaken when he said
there was nothing new under the sun.
There have been several things since
his time-the daily paper, railroad,
photograph and pigs in the pen puzzle,
for instance. The trust, however, is
not as modern as some of the other
things. 1t is related that in A. d. 4S3
the Emperor ZENo issued an edict to
the authorities at Constantinople pro-
hiDiting combinations to raise the price
of food. Possibly the modern law
makers can find some points in the early
methods for use in squelching the
trusts of this age.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
Food for shipwrecked seamen.

At the French Academy of Sciences
the Prince of Monaco read an interest
ing paper, showing that shipwrecked
seamen who have to take to the boats
without provisions on the high seas can
obtain food from the ocean itself by
trailing drag net made of any light
stuff along the surface during the night.
The net will in the morning be found to
contain some small she'll fish available
for food. In the sea to the west of the
Azores the vegetable matter on the
surface teens with animal life and fish,
which are capable of affording subStan-
tjal nutrimpOt
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
DECE;yING THE PUBLIC. q

Among the dispatches ser. out by the
Associated Press from WaShingtoi.,
Th ursday night, was the following:
The postmaster general to-day, upon the
recommendation of General Superintendent
BELL, appointed the following named super
lntendent of railway mail service: Tenth
division. he adquarters at st. Paul, NORMAN
PERKINS, vice WALTER A. BUTLER, resigned.
The correspondence that did take
place between the postoffice department
and Mr.. BUTLER is contained in the fol-
lowing kilograms:
WASHINGTON. D. c., March 2S-To BUT
LEE, Superintendent Railway Mail Service,
st. Paul, Mimi: / am instructed by the post
III aster general to request your resignation,
TO take effect March 81.
j. LowRIE BELL,
General Superintendent.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 2S.-General SUI
perintendent Railway Mail Service, Wash
iHgton, ID. c.: I know of no reason why 1
S hould resign. Permit me to respectfully
decline TO do so. BUTLER,
Superintendent.
Two serious questions arise in connec-
ton with this incident. First, is the
postmaster general endeayoring to de-
ceive the public by asserting that the
places of the postoffice officials who are
being kicked out are being filled be-
cause of their resignation, when, in
fact, they did not resign? In the second
place, has the HARRISON administration
deliberately gone to work to ignore the
operations of the civil service law and
rules?
The Associated Press agents at Wash
ington obtain their information from
the departments. In this instance the
pOstoffice department informed the
press agents that Mr.. BUTLER had re-
signed, when the correspondence be-
tween him and the department shows
as plainly as words can speak that he
refused to do so, even when called upon
by the postmaster general. Is official
lying lighter offense than individual
prevarication? If not, why does the
sanity MIR. WANAMAKER encourage it
in his department?
1t so happens that Superintendent
BUTLER came up to his position through
civil service promotion, and in no sense
could his appointment be considered as
having been made for partisan reasons.
His preremptory removal without cause
was utterly ineXcusable when made by
an administration that processes to re-
spect the principles of civil service re-
form. Therefore we take it that its pro-
fessions in that direction are the veriest
cant and hypocrisy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
HAS A WORTHY PURPOSE.
Meeting of the spanish-Amerir
can Commercial Union


NEW YORK, March 29.-The newly
formed SpanishAmerican Commercial
union held its first public meeting at
Delmonico's tonight, about eco leading
representatives of commercial houses
in this city and elsewhere being pres
ent. Among these were III. X. Thur
Der. C. N. Jordan, G. n. Bliss, Hon.
Warner Miller, w. P. Clyde, J.. F.
Plummer. Z. K. Hahn and E. b. Bart
lett. Speeches were made in which
statistics were presented showing the
vastness of the commerce of Southern
countries, now largely monopolized by
the English carrying trade. There was
a general sentiment in favor of grant
ing subsidies to American shipping in
order to divert this trade to American
hands. A banquet preceded the adj
dress.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
A SaIye for Sorrow.

TORONTO. Ont, March 29.-Iu the
action of Miss Alice Kerby. of Vaughan,
against John Watson for 5000 damages
for seduction and breach of promise of
marriage, the jury to-day brought in
that the amount claimed was s., 600, and
the jury again returned and brought in
a second verdict for that amount.