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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

1t would seem, remarks the New York
Ne'cs, that in the Spanish Cortes at Mad
rid the question of selling Cuba has been,
if not discussed, at least referred to, as
otherwise there would be no cause for
the emphatic declaration of the Spanish
Minister of the Interior, that "Spain
would never consent to sell Cuba to the
United States or any other country" and
that there was not wealth enough in the
whole universe to buy even the. smallest
portion Of the. Spanish. territoEYs2' 1as-='.'-~
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

J. Lowrie Bell, the new superintendent of
the railway mail service was earning 500, 900
a year as a railway expert, and accepted his
present position as a favor to PC Cstm lstmer
g neral Wanamaker. His salary is $4,000
year.
Changes in the Charlestown, Mass, navy
yard are being made very slowly, and such
appointments as have been made thus far
have been in the line Of reinstating compe-
tent officials who were removed by the last
administration.
II he department of state at Washington is
informed that the Canadian government has
con inued the special rates of last year on
the Welland canal business.
The appointment of Robert Smalls, the
colored ex-congressman from South Carolina,
as collector of customs at Beaufort S. c.,
has been decided upon.
The president has appointed Timothy Guy
Phelps to be collector of customs for the
District of San Francisco.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

Some time ago two German girls landed
in New York, bound for Chicago, and
were told by a runner, one of their own
countrymen, that they could get tickets
So cheaper outside Castle Garden. They
went with the runner, and each paid him
$50. He took them up to the elevated
railroad station, gave them two five cent
tickets and bade them good-by for Chi
cago. Neither girl could speak word
of English, and when they got to Harlem
it was some time before they could be
made to understand how they had been
sWindled
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

The New York Commercial Advertiser
states that at Rondout- on the Hudson a
man died, leaving property valued at
$4,000. This was partly mortgaged. The
mortgage and costs involved amounted to
S1999, thus leaving but 81 to be divided
among the widow and fourteen heirs.
The widow will, however, have only the
use of this dollar during her lifetime, and
must leave it to her heirs at her death.
There were twenty-five defendants in this
interesting case.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

A note of alarm is sounded by the
Lancet, of London, at the increasing emil
grafton from the British Isles. Nearly
800, 900 persons are annually leaving the
mother country for the Colonies or for
alien lands. But the quantity of this flood
is not less portentous than its quality.
The emigrants are really the elite of the
population, the strong-bodied, clear
Drained and enterprising. The weakly.
ones perforce remain at home. This con-
slant drainage of the best blood of the
nation must in time make itself felt on the
physique of the nation. "Indeed, says
the Lancet, ''we must be already suffering
the consequences; and these will go on
increasing on the principle of compound
interest. Undoubtedly an emigration So.
ciety that could find employment and
send abroad number Of comparatively
weak persons would render by far the
greatest service, both from patriotic and
humanitarian point of view" Gun
doubtedly," comments the New York
Ti5June "But let it be sure to send
them to Britain's own colonies. With
all our regard for humanitarian principles,
this country must no longer be made a
dumping ground for the asylums and
almshouses of the Old World" 30 ~
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

The Buffalo Courier presents in a lucid
manner some important facts about oleo-
margarine: "The official figures show
that the average monthly production of
oleomargarine during the eight months
of 1887, during the year 1888, and dur
ing the eight months of the fiscal year
1889 was as follows: 1887, 2,711, 1928
pounds; 1888, 1850, ,46O pounds; 1889,
$3.50, 900 pounds. This is an increase
of over 1, 900, 900 pounds in the average
monthly production since the passage of
the Federal oleomargarine act imposing
a tax on the article"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

Daniel A. Loring owns more stock
gambling "bucket shops" asserts the
New York Graphic, than any other man
in this country. He has about 200 scat
tered in different parts of the United
States, and his telegraph bill annually is
$500, 900. He is great believer in real
estate and invests most of his profits in
good New York property. Personally he
is youthful in appearance, with smoothly
shaven face, clear blue eye and ruddy
cOmpleXion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26
REGISTERED MAIL STOLEN.
The Cleveland Pouch Rified in &c
inp Ont of ChiCaco

The Cleveland Pouch Rifed in &c.
ing Out of Chicago.
The mail car on the Lake Shore road
leaving south from Chicago was robbed be-
fore it got out of the city limits. The thief
secured the pouch containing about 100
pieces Of registered mail for Cleveland, and
was rifling the contents in an empty freight
car when detected by Watchman Dwyer.
AS Dwyer looked into the car, the man
jumped out through the door on the opposite
side and escaped. He had opened a
dozen registered letters and succeeded
in carrying away their contents.
The postoffice officials were noti
fed, and Supt Montgomery went down to
the car in person and brought the pouch
back. He would not express an opinion as to
the probable amount of money stolen, nor
did he know the name of the postal clerk in
charge of the car
1T was the registered pouch, made up in
this office for Cleveland o." said Assistant
Postmaster Rea. '''Forty- mine packages in all
were taken, and, while we can give no
figures, it is well known that the Cleveland
pouch is always valuable one."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

1t is curious outcome of what ap-
peared at one time a bellicose situation
in the Samoan waters, moralizes the
Chicago Times, that the elements rise up
and drive the warships of Germany and
America upon the rocks, destroying them.
They encountered force in nature more
powerful than either of them and sinking
into the yeast of waves are seen no more.
1t was an appalling disaster. The En-
glish, with their usual good luck at sea,
were not sufferers. .s...s9,..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

''1s there any crime, outrage or brutality
in this world that a woman won't forgive
in the man she loves9" asks the New York
Mail and Ea7oreSs. ''Here's Mrs. Bohan,
the poor creature whose brute of hus-
band coolly gouged out both her eyes last
fall, visiting and caressing him in the
prison to which he was sent for his mutila,
ton of her.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26
MURDER IN KANSAS CITY.

Body of Woman Found Among
Some Rocks.
A Kansas City, Mo-, laborer found the
body of Minnie Meyers lying among some
rocks one block from the heart of the city.
She had undoubtedly been murdered, as her
shoes were not muddy, as they would have
been had she walked TO the spot. Tracks of
a carriage were found leading to the place,
where tn " turned around Frank Webber,
brio layer, with whom the woman had
been living as his mistress has been arrested
on SUSPICION.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26
ABOUT SAMOA.
Bismarck Hits DIR. Knapp without
Mercy,

The Samoan ''white book" has just been
issued, obviously in view of the approach Of
the Samoan conference In a dispatch to
Herr Stuebel, the new German consul at Sa-
moa, dated April 16, Prince Bismarck CEN
sures Consul Knapp's conduct throughout
the troubles in Samoa.
He dwells upon the deplorable fact that
with an inadequate force, and without au-
thority, urgency OF likelihood of success
Counsel Knapp took measures, on December
II, which resulted in the death of a large
number of persons and an undesirable change
in the position of planters, besides leopard
izing peace with America Tne chancellor
concludes by declaring that Germany has
nothing to do with the internal affairs of Sa-
moa; that her mission is restricted TO pro-
tecting Germans and enabling them to de
Valop commercial interests
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

Statistics, Miss Knatchbull- -Hugessen
says, have been recently collected as to
the health of women university students
after leaving college in England, and in
particular those who have married. The
results fully bear out the conclusion of
Sir William Gull as to the advantage of
thorough intellectual training for girls,
even from medical point of view.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

Thomas Ewing Sherman, the only son
of General Sherman, now studying at
Georgetown College, District of Colum-
bia, will be ordained Jesuit this summer.
He launched out into the fashionable life
of young of his station, but suddenly
retired from the social world to enter
upon clerical career.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

Seven nations have debts much larger
than America, and the obligations of
India and Egypt figure well up toward
the American sum. The debt of France
is five times as large; the English debt is
four times as large as ours.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

1t is significant, thinks the London
Neocs, that the Germans have recently
thought it worth their while to detail to
their American legation "technical at
tache," with the prescribed duty of
watching the new experiments in imple.
ments and means of warfare.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26
MINE CAVES IN.

Several Miners Buried and Ono
Crushed to Death.
shaft of which is 1875 feet deep, caved in
while is men were in the mine, and dozen
of them were partially covered with the fall
ing mass. Richard Ettinger was crushed to
death. The others succeeded in crawling
out without sustaining serious injury.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

Senator Stanford, of California, offered
S55, 900 for Kentucky Prince, and this,
according to the Spirit Of the Times, was
the largest sum ever offered for horse,
but it was refused.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

Nothing is more apparent at the pres
ent juncture, states the New York
Graphic, than that the Italians are stag
gering under quite as heavy load of
taxation as they are able to hear
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

In Toronto, Canada, through the eff
forts of the Humane Society, work of
humane literature, compiled by the So
ciety, has been adopted as a text book in
the public schools. RI
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

1t is estimated that the value of the
land contained in Central Park, New York
city, which originally cost $6, 500, 600, is
now worth, at least, over 800, 900, 900.
The maintenance of the Park costs nearly
$400, 900 year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26
HYDROPHOBIA.
Four Cases at Fall River, Mass,
Within Eiuht Months

''I'H1IF1 III = TIV 4VIVTTIIISs
w. T. Meekin, the nine -year-old boy who
recently died at Fall River, Mass, of hy-
drophobia, was the fourth victim of that di.-
ease in that city during the past eight months.
This unusually large number of deaths from
the effects of dog bites within such a COM
paratively short time, has drawn the atten-
ton of the public, as vel as of physicians,
and has led the city authorities to make
strict regulations regarding the muzzling Of
all dogs allowed to be at large
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

The total cost of the Paris Exposition
is expected to be $4,000, 600. The
Government contributes the greater part
and the city of Paris most of the rest.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26

Japan is now a constitutional mon
archy. Its progress toward liberal gov
ernment has been by gigantic strides.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26
VOL. XVII.

Belgium is as convenient to political
offenders of France, as Canada is to the
boodlers of our land.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26
AN INSANE EMPRESS,

Austria's Empress Believes that She
Ought to Die.
The empress Of Austria has bee ome quite
insane SO that it is necessary to watch her
closely night and day. She has an idea that
her death would be of benefit to the emperor,
who would thereby be placed in a position to
marry again, and then might have another
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-07
1t was a Glass Eye.
From "a CAlcnao Nems.


just as the eclipse began yesterday afternoon
number OF peop.e on Madison and Clark
streets stopped and vainly attempted TO look
the sun in the face. Several expressed aloud
their wish for q smoked glass through which TO
observe the rare event A little red-headed
man. clad in a blanket overcoat and a villain
Gus expression OF countenance stepped up
Smoked glasses" he sneered, An you have
to do is to cover one eye with your hand aud
look a. the sun with the other"
One man tried IL. one look, lasting about a
second, was enough for him He was satisfied
II couldn't DO done, so he turned to the red
headed stranger and said
I'm bet S. you can't look straight at the sun
while count twenty
am 20 you; make It tenner, was the reply
as he produced wad of national obligations
The money was put up in the hands Of a by.
stander and the red headed mau covered his
left eye with his hand and exposed the right to
the full glare Of the sun
lone, two, three, four" counted his oppo-
nent and the tears began to run down the face
famous facial expression viler still But il was
apparent that he was gonk TO win his bet and
tie other fellow saw it He stopped counting
and began TO chat with another stranger
Go on with your count" yelled the little man
as the tears followed each other rapidly down
his cheek.
you 20 to thunder was the quiet answer;
I'm no sucker, and there's plenty OF time be
tween now and sunset o count the rest Of that
twenty. oh, you thought you were smart.
didn't youg" Here he reached ont for the two
$40 bills, while the little man danced aud swore,
still desperately keeping hts eye on the sun.
But you can take your blamed old glass eye
TO another corner. was on to you from the
word GO"
The little man was last seen trying 10 work
the same game, with a time-limit clause APP
pended, on a crowd at the corner Of Halsted
street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-07
Celebrating the event.
From the Neso York Star.

E'O"' "'S ~e'" 4 "" o'u'
A friend tells me that an Italian organ-grinder,
to whom Mr.. Depew losses a quarter now and
then, not to play, but to stop, heard yesterday
that the leg OF that great man was to be cut off
ut p. NJ. Thinking that classic music would
soothe the patient, he ground it but for half all
hour in front of No. ~ West Forty fifth street.
why don't you go away" said a servant who
is not so fond Of classic music as his master;
mo one here wants to near you play
But plays for Signor Depew-and his leg. ,
mir Depew is down at the Grand Central
Office AMI his leg is with him--go away"
The gan-grinder hurried off stupefied. As
he ambled away he heard the musical clink of
silver on the sidewalk, and, picking up quar-
ter, he ground out a final bar of the interrupted
air and then took himself off with pleased
smile
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-07

1t is with great satisfaction we announce
the forthcoming publication in our columns
of a powerful, new and dramatic serial
story entitled "Jezebels Friends, from the
pen of Miss Dora Russell, known universally
as the author of Footprints in the Snow,
admittedly one of the most successful nov
els of this generation. Miss Russells sto-
ries have never yet failed to suit the popu-
lar taste for wholesome fiction replete with
sensation and incident. Her long list of
works testifies to the fecundity of her imag-
nation; the excellence of her stories to her
splendid powers as novelist; and the re-
gard in which she is held by her readers to
the strength of the spell which she has cast
over their minds. A new novel by Miss
Russell is looked forward to as an intellect
ual treat by thousands who have read her
previous works, and are wishful to make
the acquaintance of more. For a descrip-
tion of the story and date OF its appearance
see advertisement in another column.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-07
Laziness and Love.
From the Chicago Times.

Scene IA Chicago railway station
Time--5 4. m.
Young lady. wearing, among other things
an engagement ring, is discovered seated at a
car window of a train that is apparently on the
point of moving out, Young lady looks anx-
pecting some one. Train, after delay of two
hours and half finally pulls out, Last glimpse
of young lady shows her with handkerchief to
her eyes, seemingly in paroxysm of grief
Scene 2-Sleeping apartment of young man.
Chicago.
Time-The same.
Young man is aroused from heavy slumber
by the sound of alarm clock at a. m. Young
man yawns prodigiously, rubs his eyes, and
mutters:
by Jove, There that dash things goes Five
o'clock, and promised Mabel faithfully to see
her off. Cad, but it's cold"
Pulls the blanket more closely around him.
1T can't be helped now. however I'll Just
patch up little lie and make it all right"
Turns over aud sleeps till o'clock.
Letter No. (the little lie):
DEAREST MABEL: | have not the language at
my command adequate to express my grief on
failing to be in time to see you off.
But the fact is my darling, my work kept
me up very late the night before, and when l
walked the next morning was Mortified to see
thatit lacked but few minutes of 3; and
though dressed with all possible dispatch, lit
orally throwing myself into my clothes, | was
enabled to reach the station only in time to
catch a glimpse of the rapidly receding train
the train that carried all that was most dear to
me in this world-etc. Your own, HARRY"
Letter No. ,
MA HARRY BLANk-SrR: The train YOU
speak of did not leave the station until 7:3O
O'Clock.
Enclosed you viii find engagement ring,
which l return 10 you forever
MABEL RFpHEApn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-07

Ernest Freshman OF Baltimore is one Tof
the men who want the earth. Some years
ago be married the daughter of million
are Baltimoreau, Albert Gottschalk, and
shortly afterward he was taken into part
nersbip with his father-in-law, who al
lowed him ~ per cent. of the profits,
amounting to about 100000 year.
Fleishman, however, seems to have thought
it was worth more than that to have the
millionaire's daughter for a wife, and he
sued the old gentleman for one-half the
profits, alleging that Gottschalk had prom
ised him an equal division if he would be-
come member of the family. The court
decided that he was fortunate enough in
getting wife and 100000 yearly income
1t is highly probable that other young men
would have been willing to marry the mil
lionaire's daughter for less
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-07
lNDEY TO new ADVERTISEMENTS

MEETINGs-DeKalb Lodge No. o, l. o. o. It ;
Georgia Historical Society; United Hydraulic
Cotton Press Company; West End Democratic
Club.
SPECIAL NorIcEs-As to Crew Of British
Steamship En6ineer-State Specific Taxes 1889.
Northumberland Concert, Opening of the
New Organ of the First Presbyterian Church.
AUCTION SALEs-Cigsrs, Showcases, etc, by
C. II. Dorset; Crockery, Pictures etc, by l. D.
LaRoche & Sons.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULEs-B Baltimore Steamship
Company; Ocean Steamship Company.
RAILROAD SCHEDULES Charleston and Savan-
nah Railway; Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway,
LEGAL Nor1cEs-Applcation to Sell Real Es-
tate; Application to Resign Trust as Executors,
Trustees and Guardian; Applications for Let
ters of Administration.
CHEAP COLUMN DVERTIsEMESTs-Help Want
ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Reward, Lost; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-07
A Victimized Man.

from the Merchant ITuUeteT.
Ethel" said Lionel Bertram Jones, as he
dropped his slice of bread in the plate with q
noise that set the canary in the gilt cage over
head chirping merrily. Ethel, l have some
thing to say to you"
They had been married only four weeks, and
the time had not yet arrived when she did all
the saying
DO you remember the day on which 1 pro-
posed to you -
Yes, she replied Il will never forget it."
DO you remember, " he went on, as he alb
stractedly drilled q hole into the loaf with the
point of carving knife, "how when l rang the
bell you came to the door with your sleeves
rolled up and your fingers sticky with dough,
and said you thought 1t was your little brother
who wanted to get in"
yes"
"Oh, Ethel How could you? How could
you -
How could l what ?" she responded, as a
guilty look crept into her face.
How could you make me the victim of such
a bluff. -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-07
Excursion Rates for Immigrants.


Georgia offers very great Inducements to
immigrants, but how are they to find it out
unless efforts are made to acquaint them
with itl All that has been done lately has
been the work Of a few newspapers, the
Central railroad, and the expeditions.
These agencies have done good deal but
much more is required to be done
The state needs an energetic and
well equipped immigration bu-
reau, and one of the first steps to be taken
by such bureau is to secure cheap excur-
sion rates to the state, 50 that people desir-
ing to immigrate may know juso what adj
vantages Georgia offers them. They are
not likely to come here in very great num-
bers on a venture. They must be con
WINGED that they can improve their mate
rial condition here, and the best way to
convince them is offer them an opportunity
to see the state. Very many of them can not
afford the expense of travelling at the reg
ular rates.
Such, evidently, is the case with thous-
ands of home-seekers in Kansas clr-
respondent Of the New York Times said
the other day: at is estimated that at
least 5000 m-rtgaged farms in Central and
Western Kansas have already been aban-
doned, and the exodus has but commenced.
The people who are travelling. or who are
preparing to travel eastward in hooded
wagons are not homesteaders or entrymen,
who have obtained extension of time in
which to make final proof, because of
drought or grasshoppers, as was the case
decade ago, when the roads which led
eastward blazed with liglts from the
hundreds of campdres, but they are men
who, having mortgagei their farms, realize
that arid zone land is unfit for cultivation,
and they are leaving the region, never to
return. The migratory movement is not
confined to the'dupes OF the "chauge of eli
mate" theory. But scores, yes, hundreds of
farmers who TILED uplands. which is in the
famous Golden Belt" of Kansas have
abandoned their upland farms, not because
of drought, but because they realize that
they eau not pay their mortgages"
No doubt these people are industrious and
would make good citizens; and if cheap eX-
cursion rates to Georgia were established,
many of them might be induced to settle
here.