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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05
Ninth Days Nominations.


The President sent the following nomina-
lions to the Senate during the forenoon.
James Tanner, of Brooklyn, N. Y, to be
Commissioner of Pensions.
James NJ. Shackelford, of Indiana, to be
Judge Of the United States Court for the In
dian Territory.
Zachariah L. Warond, of Kansas, to be
Attorney of the United States Court for the
Indian Territory
shall Of the United States Court for the In
dian Territory.
Walter P. Corbett, of Georgia, to be
Marshal of the United States for the Southern
District Of Georgia.
Edwin Willis, of Michigan, to be Assist
ant Secretary of Agriculture
Commodore David B. Harmony to be Rear
Admiral.
Captain Francis NJ. Ramsey to be Com
modore.
Commander William T. Sampson to be
Captain.
Lieutenant Commander r. B. Bradford to
be Commander
Lieutenant E. H. C. Leutze to be a Lieu
tenant Commander.
Ensign John G. Guinby to be Lieutenant
Junior grade
Lieutenant Commander George A. Con-
verse to be Commander
Lieutenant F. P. Gilmore to be Lieuten-
ant Commander
Lieutenant Frank E. Beatty Junior grade
TO be Lieutenant
Ensign Thomas S. Rogers to be Lieuten-
ant Junior grade.
Manly Fitch Gates, of Pennsylvania, to
De an assistant surgeon
=, The Senate late in the afternoon confirmed
the nominations Of A B. Bradley, Assistant
'us1ce OF the Supreme Court of the District
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05
EIGHTH DAYS Nominations.

The President sent the following nomina-
tons to the Senate during the afternoon:
Miles G. Moore, of Walla Walla, Washing
ton Territory, to be Governor of Washing
ton Territory.
Oliver C. White, of Dayton, Washington
Territory, to be Secretary of Washington
Territory.
Justice of the Supreme Court OF Montana
John d. Fleming OF Colorado. to be United
States Attorney for the District of Colo
RADIO
DEMONSTRATION E. Mole, at Adams.
Mass; Seth Pratt, at Litchfeld, Conn. :;
Charles E. Doty, at South Norwalk, Conn. A.;
Henry 2. Horton at Philmont, n. Y; Fred
erick r. Hoag. at Phelps, N. Y; George 81.
Shufeldt at Chatham, n. Y; Herman F.
Fox, at Geneva, n. Y; Hugh G. Thomas, at
Granville, n. Y; John M. Sutton, Wood
Carlos G. Wilson, Milledgeville. Ill Alan
son Fl. Reed, Flora, Ill; William K. Parks,
Petersburg, Ill; Graham L. Rice, West Su-
perior, Wis; Daniel korns, New Philadel-
phia, Ohio; John F. WEIGH, Nelsonville,
Ohio; George W. Baker, at Athens, Ohio;
James S. Reeves, Union City, Ind; De Witt
C. Carr, Fowlerville, Mich; John P. Yost,
North Bend, Neb.; John W. Banbury, Brit
ton, Dakota
In the distribution of Executive patronage
the offices had thus far been distributed as
follows: New York 4, Massachusetts, l,
Michigan l, California l, Minnesota /, Indi-
ana 2, Illinois 2, Maine 2 Iowa 2, Ohio l,
Pennsylvania /, Wisconsin l, West Virginia
l, Connecticut l, New Jersey 1, Delaware l;
total %. No resident Of New Hampshire,
Vermont, Rhode Island, Nebraska, Missouri,
Oregon. Nevada, or any Southern State had
received an appointment up to this date.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05
wHrrE1Aw REID. MINISTER TO FRANCE.
Seventh Days Nominations.

S6fcHbIl LAY > SL1OnSs
President Harrison on this day sent in the
following nominations:
Frederick D. Grant, of New York, to be
Minister to Austria Hungary.
John c. New, of Indiana, to be Consul
General at London.
Paul Fricke, of Texas, to be Marshal for
the Western District of Texas
Seligman Bros, at London, England, to
be special fiscal agents of the Navy Depart
ment at London.
Passed Assistant Engineer David Jones to
be chief, engineer.
Passed Assistant Engineer James Fl. Chas-
mar to be a chief engineer.
To be Passed Assistant Engineers, Assist
ant Engineers Reynold T. Hall and Ira n.
Hollis.
To be Lieutenants, senior grade-Lieuten-
ants Frank Fletcher, Alexander Sharp and
Harry Fl. HOSley.
To be Lieutenants, junior grade-Ensigns
P J. Werlich, Simon Cook, John F. Fill
more.
Edward Rhodes Stitt, Of South Carolina.
to be an assistant surgeon IN the navy.
Colonel Frederick ID. Grant, the nominee
for Minister to Austria Hungary, was born at
st. Louis, May, 80, 1850, and is the eldest son
OF General y. S. Grant.
Colonel John c.. New, the nominee for
Consul General at London, was born July 6,
1881, and was graduated at Bethany College,
Virginia, in 1851, after which he studied
law. He is now editor Of the Indianapolis
Journal
In executive session during the afternoon
the Senate confirmed the following nonnina'
tons:
John W. Mason, of West Virginia. to be
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue; William
L. Dunlap, to be Marshal Of Indiana;
John S. Burton, to be Marshal of
the Northern District of Mississippi:
w. Budd Deacon, to be Marshal
of New Jersey; j. Granville Leach, to be
Appraiser of Merchandise at Philadelphia;
John P. Ward, to be Appraiser of Merchan-
Mitchell, of Connecticut, to be Commits
sioner of Patents. And the following Post.
masters: Joseph G. Bartlett, Lake City,
Mimi Joseph V. Campbell, Norman, Mimi.
Robert S. Bowman, Berwick, Penn.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05
A TRIPLE MURDER.
DeEaulter w. III. Harvey Kills His
Wife and Two Daughters.

W. H. Harvey, bookkeeper for w. j.
Lyon, of Guelph, Canada, was arrested,
charged with embezzling $4,000 from his en-
ployer, and was shortly afterward bailed out
by DR.. Lett. During the forenoon Harvey
purchased revolver. The Chief of Police
had occasion to visit Harvey's residence dur
ing the afternoon and found the house
closed.
Forcing an entrance he found Harvey S lit
tie girl Of twelve years lying dead on the
floor of the front bedroom with bullet hole
in her head. Turning from the awful sight
he found the eldest daughter lying beside
bed dead. The chief then went down stairs
and found Mrs. Harvey with a similar bullet
wound.
Harvey was seen driving toward Schaw
station, and was pursued and arrested.
Harvey was Superintendent of st. Georges
Church Sundav-school. He attempted to
murder his son and commit suicide before
being arrested.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05
DYNAMITE IN THE STOVE.
A Fathers Carelessness Kills His
Wife, Son and Daughter.

A terrible dynamite explosion occurred
ten miles east of Logansport, Ind, destroy
ing the farmhouse of Aaron B. York, killing
his wife and sixteen-year- old daughter, and
fatally wounding his son. York purchased
several sticks of dynamite, to be used in re-
moving the stunps on his farm.
That morning he found that the dynamite
was damp, and he promptly placed it in
the oven of the kitchen stove. His wife
was cooking breakfast at the time, and
York went out to look after his
stock, but was not more than fifty
feet from the house when the explosion &C.
CURED. The house was RACED to the ground.
Mrs. York and her daughter Victoria were
in horrible manner and fatally hurt. One
little girl of four years and baby of eight
months were taken from the ruins unhurt.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05
DYNAMITE'S DEADLY FORCE,
Two Men Killed by an Explosion
That Was Heard Miles Away.

A sound like the combined roar of hum
dreds of cannon, followed by the ascension Of
a huge black cloud of smoke to a towering
height, startled the inhabitants of Lake
wood, n. J., and those of other adjacent
villages at | P NJ. in the afternoon. The re-
verberation rolled over the country and as it
Travelled excited wonder, for the earth was
shaken as if by an earthquake, and it was
evident that terrible force had been at
work The cause was found in an explosion
in the works of the United States Dynamite
Co., three miles from Toms River. The ex-
plosion had occurred in the mixing room.
Thomas Haggerty and William Nicholas,
both of Manchester, the only occupants of
the room, were killed. Haggerty leaves
family. Nicholas was unmarried. The shock
was perceptible in all the towns and villages
within fifteen or twenty miles.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05
KENTUCKY BANDITS,
A Posse OF Fifty Men Capture Five
Members OF n LawIess GANG

For some months q gang Of law-defying
characters have been making their head
quarters on Singing Greek. the widest and
most unsettled district of Knox County. XIV.
Warrants have been repeatedly issued for
them by the county authorities, but they
have always managed to elude the officers
or drive them back at the muzzle of their
Winchesters. The other morning the Sheriff
and three deputies attempted u surprise the
gang and bring them in, but were them
selves waylaid and fired upon, and forced
to beat hasty retreat, barely escaping
with their lives Judge d. n Gull, who IS
presiding In the Circuit Court at BArbours-
Vile, was no sooner informed of the route OF
the Sheriffs party and the defiant position
taken by the lawless Checkers" than he
appointed "A pro-tempore Judge, put himself
at the head of fifty reSolute men, and
marched toward the locality OF the recent
outraees. Only five OF the gang were cap
tured, AS the rest had lied before the attack
of the Judges party.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05

ATHENS has paper called in Greek
the WOmd71'S Journal 1t is edited
by Nine. Callirhoe Parren, a Greek
woman, who says that ain Greece the
rights of women are almost nil, for
secondary instruction has not yet been
decreed, and We can only ask and work
for the moral and intellectual enfran-
chisement of Greek women"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05
A LIGHT WHEAT CROP,
Last Seasons Yield the L1ghtest in
Six Years.

The March statistical report of the United
States Department of Agriculture gives the
result of the investigation, through its CORE
spondents and agents and the Merchant Mil
lers, and the records of commercial
wheat by States during the current year.
The general average is sos pounds,
the lowest average of six years. I'm the
spring wheat region the range is from So. 5
in Dakota to So pounds in Nebraska. It
makes the crop equivalent to 391 900, 900
bushels of 80 pounds each, less by nearly 49,
600, 900 bushels than the quantity in meas
ured bushels.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05
KILLED BY HAILSTONES.
The Strange Fate of a Young Man
in North Carolina

A hailstorm which swept across New Han
over County, N. c., few days ago, was the
severest on record. The full extent
of its damage was not known until
next day. The strangest fact of all was
the killing of Benjamin Moore, a young
colored man, by the hail Moore was
caught in the storm in the suburbs of Will
mington and was beaten by the enormous
hailstones until he was completely exhausted
He was discovered after the storm lying
helpless on the ground. He was bleeding at
the mouth and nose, and hjo condition was
SO alarming that a physiciar was sent for,
but before he arrived Moof> was dead The
damage to crops, stock and building was
enormous.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05
TWO BROTHERS HANGED.
Timothy and Peter Barrett Stran-
gled on the Same Scahold.

Timothy and Peter Barrett Stran-
gled on the Same Scaffold.
Timothy and Peter Jarrett have been
hanged at Minneapolis, Mimi, for the muir
der OF Thomas Tollefson, July 20, 1857. The
drop fell at lis A. N.
The crime for which they suffered death
was the murder of Driver Thomas
July 26, 1887. About 1890 O'Clock on the
night mentioned, when the car was in the
suburbs on its last trip. three men boarded
it, and, holding revolvers to the head of the
driver, demanded the cash box. He refused
to give it up and was shot twice and killed
The murderers then fled, carrying the box
with them. They secured but $50 Some
weeks later Henry, alias ''Reddy," Barrett
was arrested on suspicion and finally con-
fsssed TO the details of the murder. implica-
ing his two brothers, Timothy and Peter
Barrett, who were tried for the murder and
sentenced to death.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05

OLD Miss Peirson, of Pittsfeld,
Mass, died. She was noted charac-
ter. She used to go to cattle shows
bedecked with diamonds. In her eff
fects were found fifty bonnets, seventy
shawls and many silk dresses fifty
years old. But she could afford what
she pleased, because her personal es-
tate probated at $4,000.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05

THE steamer Ocotlan loundered on lake
Chapala near GuadaIs lara, Mexico. A
large excursion party was on board as the
time. Fifty bodies were recovered from the
wreck Many more were known to 10 still
In the wrecE
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05

DETROIT, Mich, is about to undertake a
flower show, and some citizens OF Florida
purpose sending there gratis a carload OF
choicest blossoms in token of gratitude for
northern help in their time of fever trouble.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05

WILLIAM J. CALHOUN, who was sentenced
to be hanged at Dover, Del, has been re-
spited by Governor Biggs until April, 1914.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05

James Tanner was born in Schoharie Co I,
n. Y. At the age of seventeen be enlisted as
a private in the Eight New York Volunteers
For gallantry on the field he was made cor
poral. A she'll at Bull Run tore away
both Of his legs, and his career as soldier
was ended. A clerkship in the War Depart
raent at Washington was awarded him.
During his connection with the department
he studied law, and in 1869 was admitted to
practice. Since, he has been an active worker
in the G.. A r
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-05

OF Columbia FRANK Il. Aikens, Associate
Justice, Dakota; J. r. McFie, Associate JUS
tice, New Mexico; FL. n. Blake, Chief Jus
tice, Montana; J. D. Flennsry, District
Attorney, Colorado; III. c. Moore, Gov
ernor OF Washington Territory; 0. c.
White, Secretary OF Washington Terri
tory; n. o. Murphy, Secretary OF Arizona:
Julius Goldschmidt. Consul-Gsneral at
Vienna; Edwin Wiletts, Assistant Secretary
Of Agriculture, and large number of Post
masters After discussing the matter for over
three hours the Senate confirmed Whitelaw
Reid. Of New York. to be Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentinry to
Franco, and Fred D. Grant, of New York, to
be Minister to Austria Hungary. Tho
nominations of naval officers for promotion
reported recently were all confirmed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-13
QUIET IN THE THIRD.
The Majority of the Delegates Are
for MCGOWAN.

Contrary to expectation the Republi-
can primaries in the Third district last
night were quiet and orderly. There was
but one ticket in the field and that was
peddled by John Watt, Alderman Mari
nus and Dennis Spencer. Delegates John
Coogan and John E. Barsotti aided them.
There was much activity shown by the
Watt Association during the day and the
work lone grati1ed them hugely, for
they polled 1872 votes, and that without
the expected opposition of the old leaders
of the district.
The absence of men like Postmaster s.
d. Dickinson, Police Justice Stilsing and
Dan BENJAMIN was noticeable. Dan had
no right there, however, for he was last
winter legislated out of the district, but
the two other the Watt men fully ex-
pected would run a ticket. 1t was to de-
feat this anticipated opposition that the
Wattites worked so hard all day to bring
their full strength to the polls.
This is the ticket elected
Delegates-Conrad Reichenbecker, ST.
las C. Baldwin, John Callary, Henry
Smellie, John Cogan, John +. Barsottl
Alternates-C. W. Peirson, Herman
Foster, l.. D. Casseli, Charles Streicher,
Louis Heisterhagen, A. F. Smith and c..
C. June.
1t is claimed by Watt and Marinus that
the delegates are MCGOWAN men, but
neither would say how the delegates
stood in regard to State Committeeman,
except that they would surely be Toffey
men. Whether Jimmy Young will be
endorsed by Them now is u question, for
it is said that ex-Alderman Marinus has
aspirations in that direction, and that, al
though he has ostensibly been working
for Young, in reality he has been laying a
foundation for himself.
A delegate told me that if Marinus
wanted the support he could have it
unanimously. The election officers at the
primary were Peter MCGOWAN, who has
been judge OF more primaries and cleo,
tions Than any man in the district, and
~perhapsthe city; James Watt and Samuel
Barry, inspectors, and James Clark, clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-13
In HI OTHER DISTRICTS.
A Contest To Be Made Over the
HObOken Delegates.

There were no contests in any OF the
Fourth district precincts. All the dele
gates elected appear to be for MCGOWAN,
except Hammerschlag, who viii go to the
convention unpledged. McEwan has not
been heard to express any opinion. In
quiries as to preferences for State com
mittees brought NJ information. These
are the delegates elected
First precinct Siegfried Hammer
schlag; Second, John E. Macarthur;
Third-Charles A. Pfingsten; Fourth
Thomas McEwan; Fifth-Andrew
Shaw; S~ixth-John Doscher; Sew
enth-John L. Toner: Eighth-Theodore
Mendles.
There was no contest at the Sixth dis
trict Republican primaries last evening.
The following are the delegates elected
Adam Reid. Michael Schultz, Jr., Mahlon
Terhune, John Bumsted and George
Flick, from the G~reenytlle end.
Irrepressible Terrence J. Mcdonald
bossed as much IS he could the primary
in the Jersey City portion of the Seventh
district last night, but he was given the
cold shoulder, and his republican allies
had no use for him except when needed
to vote or work.
This district has heretofore been allowed
three delegates, two from HobOken n
one from this end. Last night it was de-
cided to elect two from this city, and de-
mand that both be recognized at the con-
vention. Three candidates were nom
inated-F. S. Brown, A. Nielsen II
Charles v. Bunnell,-and the voting was
done by the twenty-four persons by accla-
nation. Brown and Nielsen were chosen
with the understanding that if two dele
gates were not allowed by he convention
Brown should serve.
In the Jersey City portion of the Eighth
district there were but two primaries
held. one in the lower and the other in
the p section. In the lower one
George w. Jones was elected delegate.
In the upper one Morris Hiney was
elected.
In the Ninth district, Hoboken, the
| Kendrick faction ran Leonard Pfeiffer,
| Aaron S. Baldwin and Emil Schultze, Jr.,
| as delegates against William Let's, r. v.
Taft and james Campbell, and got
beaten. The Hendricks say that Let's
ran about one hundred democratic votes
into the polls and that they will contest
the seating of the delegates.
At a meeting of the Third District
| Labor Club held at No. 1874 Newark ave-
nue. last night about sixty members were
present. Daniel Fitzgerald was elected
dent; Joseph Boyle, secretary; William
Cole, treasurer, and Captain j. J. Kenney,
sergeant-at-arms. Joseph w. Griffin was
unanimously nominated for Freebooter.
The next regular meeting will be held on
Thursday, September 10.
In the Tenth district the delegates
chosen were:-West Observation-Disclosures
alternate, William Dresher. Union Hill
Northern district, Fred Hansen; southern
district, Rudolph Frech; alternate, DR.
Warden. Weehawken-Henry Nienaber
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-13
Where Did the Pun Originated

Prof. Norton. in an after dinner
speech:-I was spending an evening with
an English Justice, famed for his knowl-
edge of the wit of the English bench and
bar. l tried to match his stories with
such shining specimens rs l could think
of from the contributions of our Ameri-
can lawyers, reserving for the last the
famous pun of Judge Hoar regarding a
friend of his, who" he said, first got
on, then got honor, and then got honest"
smiled at this sally. Indeed, his manner
rather savored Of offence. THAT is a
good story" he remarked dryly, "but l
fear I must damp your enjoyment some
what by telling you that it was borrowed
from our side IF the water.
"Mr friend, Sir Frederick --, one of
the most gifted of punsters, as well as of
lawyers said Justice Willis with some
severity, made that pun originally in
my hearing many years ago" Against
this view / protested so valiantly that
Justice Willis promised to write to Sir
Frederick without delay. That gentle
mans reply confirmed my own belief.
He admitted borrowing the pun from
America. His letter was SO charming
that Iesent it to Judge Hoar. | received
this reply:-'"The letter which you were so
kind as to forward to me would once have
given me great pleasure, but, alasl it
arrived too late. Two days ago, in look
ing over an old law magazine of the date
of 1929. | came across what | fOndly be-
lieved to be my own pun, very likely an
old one then. "-ChicGgO Mail.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-13

" oLo
The love of flowers in Japan amounts al
most to alteration. They are ~inseparable
from the life, art and literature Of the peo-
pie, and to deprive the Japanese of them
would be to take the sunshine out of their
lives. On One occasionI received through
my young friend an invitation from his
parents to accompany them on a visit to q
very celebrated grove of plum trees that
were then In full bloom. After an hours
ride in a 'jintikisha,o OF "kuruma," as
these little man carriages are more COM
monty called, we arrived at our destina-
ton, Where great numbers Of people were
Hooking from all points.
The trees were II mass of fragrant
white and delicate pink blossoms. Hun
dreds of visitors in holiday attire were
stroling about under the branches with
extreme delightdepicted on their count
enances. Others again had rugs spread
unde the trees, where they were served
with delicious tea from the neighboring
teahouse. The brightly clad children
We're dancing and frolicking in the shade
OF the blossoms, and a more perfect pic
ture of sunshine and happiness can hardly
be imagined. Innumerable little strips Of
paper duttering amidst the blossoms at
tracted my attention. Miss Okiku in
formed me that it was the happy custom
OF the people to give vent to their delight
on these occasions by inscribing poetic
sentiments, too brief perhaps to be called
poems, and hanging them up in the
boughs. And sure enough, as / looked
about me, l & observed several persons with
paper and pocket inkstands in hand en-
gagged in composing these little sonnets in
praise of the blossoms.
"Yasumaru was at some pains to TX
plain to me that these poetic effusions
We're supposed to be- composed on the
spot-that the expression, the form Of
the idea, was derived from the inspira-
ton of the scene; but his father added,
with a twinkle in his eye, that many
came with their poems already prepared.
| was honest enough to confess to the old
gentleman that this. proceeding was not
altogether different from the habit of u
~after-dinner orators who surprise their
friends with impromptus composed. as
the French put it, q loisir; that is to say,
at their ease. Some months later |
painted a picture entitled Springs In
spiration,' in which two young girls are
represented walking over the huge step
ping-stones through a grove of blossom
ing plum trees and reading these poems;
for, although it is not recorded that the
japanese lover takes this means of prais-
ing his Rosalind, none the less do Japan
ese maidens delight in passing from tree
to tree perusing The iuttering inscrip-
lions. 1.-The Century.