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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-02-21


Notice: By Mr.. Armstrong, an act tax
ing express companies; by Mr.. Liugo, for
the protection of oysters in Mispiillon
river.
On motion of Mr.. Downham, the SEN
ate was requested to return the House In
vestigsting resolution OF yesterday.
Introduced: By Mr.. Lodge, in relation
to the competency of husband and wife
as Witnesses (5U0 copies ordered printed) I;
by Mr.. Downham, to amend sec. /, chap.
537, vol. XVI, Laws of Delaware Tin re.
lation to the competency Of wi.nesses) (;
by Mr.. Maull, supplement- to the ASA
woman bay canal act (5,0 copies OF Mr..
Downham's bill ordered printed); by Mr.
Maull, to Incorporate the United and Be-
nevoent Sons and Daughters Of Harrison
Smith; by Mr.. Lingo, to amend sec. /,
chap. 44l, vol. XVII, Delaware Laws; by
Mr.. Armstrong, to change the name of u
minor child; by DIR, Richardson, to divorce
Andrew <. and Fannie Hughes; by Mr..
Lodge, for the relief OF the Joseph Teas
estate; eepate bill for the filing oi
vouchers by the State Auditor; by Mr..
Gray, TO incorporate the National Life
Insurance Company; by Mr.. Wallace, to
provide for the proper burial OF INDECENT
soldiers, sailors and marines; by Mr.
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1889-11-20

An ex-school teacher tellsa story which
is ''the truth, the whole truth, and moth
ing but the truth" We win endeavor to
give the details of how the mule voted,
as near in his own language as possible.
1T was customary" said he, "for the
teachers in the district to be excused
from road duty by vote Of the hands
present. Some of the boys in the neigh
borhood concluded that they would like
10 see me swing a pick, and throw dirt
with a shovel. On the morning in ques-
ton. one Of the hands who had been Gu
penaed was away on a frolic, and had
permission to send his mule as a substi-
tute. The boss called the boys together,
and asked them to vote on my case, as to
whether or not to excuse me.
swell. the vote was taken and it was
a tie.
lone Of my friends made the point that
the mule was a substitute for hand, and
therefore had the right Of suffrage. The
boss decided that it had, and had all the
boys to form line in the middle Of the
road. with the mule in the gang. Then
he proclaimed:
"'All that are in favor Of exeusing the
teacher win step of to the right Of the
road, and all opposed to the left
"Well, to the chagrin of the boys that
wanted me to work, the mule took to the
right. The vote then stood one in my
favor. tianta Constitution.
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Some people have prejudice for such
feasts as possum suppers, but those who
have the weakness are almost fanatical
in their taste.
Just here it is well to recall the con-
versation that occurred between two
darkeys, who were fellow travellers in a
certain direction.
One had asked the other what he con-
sidered the finest dish he had ever eaten.
With due promptitude he replied, and
mentioned everything that was suggested
to his mind. But his appetite was evil
IDENTIFY not aroused. as his companion
afterwards found out.
After relating, or stating everything
tempting that occurred to him, his COM
panion said:
well, de finest thing ever eat was
'POssum. Jes' get a big. fat, juicy pos
sum. bake him till de grease runs all
over the plate, let him be good done and
brown, den have taters packed up all
round him baked well in de grease
The other one couldn't stand it any
longer. Stopping his companion just at
this point, he said:
Look here, Niger, if you don't quit
talkin' bout dat, I'm gwine ter fall off n
dis mule right here"
This indicates how irresistible the pos
sum is when properly baked and served,
and no one is to be censured for having
a highly cultivated taste for this rich
meat.-Albany (Ga.) News.
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The MORMON oATH.

1t COmPeIs Opposition TO the United
States Laws Under Penalty of Death.
SALT LAKE CRY, Utah, Nov. l5.-In
the preparation for the comm g munich
pal election, many applications for
naturalization haY been made here re-
Gently. Objection is being made to the
admission of persons accepting faith in
polygamy, and adhering TO other Nor
mon tenets, and Thursday was set by
the court to hear the question At
tOrneys for the Liberals asserted that
no Mormon who had taken oaths in he
endowment house could be q good cit
zen. and testimony was ordered regard
ing the nature Of these oaths.
John Bond swore he went through
the endowment house In 1865, and was
required to take an obligation, which
compelled him to obey every doctrine
of the church, especially in opposition
70 the United States, under penalty of
his life He was also required to take
oath to avenge the blood of Joseph
Smith on this nation, and to teach this
20 his children and children children
10 the last generntion-
Martin b. Wardwell took q similar
oath about the same time. He said he
was told that if he revealed any secrets
his throat would be cut and his bowels
would be torn out He saw the death
penalty enforced on a man named
Green, q number of years ago, and
when some of the band murmured
John w. Young said that if they did
not shut up they would be served the
same.
Andrew Cahoon swore to the same
OBLIGATIONS. and said that he took an
oath that the highest allegiance was 10
the Norman church; polygamy was the
command Of God, and all must indorse
1t or be damned The general teaching
of the church is in hostility to the laws
Of the land CahOOn had heard leaders
Of the church pray for the overthrow of
the United States government. 1t Is
common for MILFORD Woodruff the
present head of the church, to do this
All the witnesses spoke of the muir
dors they had either seen or heard of In
consequence Of these Oaths The hear
ing was continued Friday.
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quadrupled. The annual loss of the
revenue arising from this adriot with
holding of portion Of the taxed article
from the operation of the law cannot,
Commissioner Mason says, be accurate
ly stated. But aside from those pack
ages whose fractions, taxed and IN
taxed, may in the aggregate equal each
other, it is believed to be o fair esti-
mate. that q half million additional
packages contain each a large portion
of a gallon of spirits which escapes tax.
No cessation of the practice described
is to be looked for under the law as it
now stands It IS not to be expected
that the producer will voluntarily pay q
portion of the tax which it is open to
him to escape. The effect of the prac-
tice is to stimulate competition in
schemes to avoid the large portion of
the tax by method indicated, or by
others positively illicit Discomfort is
occasioned on the part OF those who are
unable to take advantage of the prac-
tice, as being subject, in a degree, TO an
unequal taxation; while the expense of
collecting the tax, owing to the larger
number of packages and the consequent
greater labor of gauging, stamping,
Warehousing. and reporting them, is in
creased by the very cause which lessons
the amount collected.
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Not Raised to Work.

Our postmaster, Col. Hardeman, hav-
ing to employ charwoman about the
new United States postoffce, singled out
a colored lady and offered her the place.
She declined it for the reason that there
was too much work for $50 per month.
"What!' said the colonel, 'you could
not make the half of it at anything else.
Why, at the north a woman will scrub
the floor all day through the month for
$40" Eyes" answered the lady of color,
"but dem Yankees is raised to work and
we isn't. Macon Gal Telegraph.
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unI,nnun Man KIIied-

ST.. LOUIS, Nov. 1S.-An unknown
man of about 50 years and of q dilapi-
dIted condition went into the saloon of
Joseph H SchwGrzendahl, corner Ninth
and Morgan streets, Sunday afternoon
and ordered several beers. After drink
ing them he refused to pay. Schwarzen-
dahl pushed him ont of the place, and,
after a wOrdy alteration with him on
the sidewalk, struck him in the face
with his fist, knocking him in the gut
ter. When picked up the old man was
found to be dead, the back of his skull
being fractured from the fall Schwar-
Zendahl was arrested
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Man Train Wrecked.

PHTsBURe, Nov. Is. = The limited
mail train No. 10. from the east on the
Pennsylvania railway, due in Pittsburg
at $40 p. m, was wrecked ut Bessemer,
ten miles east of here, at 8 o'clock. En-
gineer A. H. Butler, of this city, had q
leg broken and was badly cut, but will
recover. John Good, the fireman, is
injured internally, and not expected to
live. The wreck was caused by land
slide, which threw the engine on its
side into a ditch. The first baggage
car was thrown on top of the locomo-
tive, The train was running slowly at
the time. Had the engine fallen on the
right instead of the left side the entire
train, with its POO passengers, would
have been hurled down an embankment
one hundred feet high.
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''Mr. Smythe," said a young woman,
81 heard q gentleman say that you had
some of the marked characteristics of a
poet"
"Ah, I'm glad to know that my little
efforts in verse are appreciated.
eyes, he seems to. His mind seems
to run on poets. 1t was only yester-
day that he said he thought most of
them were more or less wrong men
tally. Merchant Traveller.
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LONDON, Nov. IS.-The Daily News
special from Pans says: 'The Repub-
hcan council ut Rio de Janeiro some
time ago ordered number of Repub-
hcan iiags made in this city. The ban
ners were the same as the former Bra
lillian flag, except that the imperial
crown was replaced by the Phrygian
cap. 1t is learned that one of the causes
leading to the revolution was the Sc
verify Of the measures resOrted to by
the government to secure victory in the
last elections, many people being Or
rested and imprisoned on triding pre-
texts "
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II. c. Wheatly, employed in an asy-
lum at Milledgeville, Ca, has a wonder
full dog. He sends him on errands to
any one about the institution, or to al
most any place, the dog having learned
the places by name and obeying every
instruction. He can count, spell, and
invariably, before retiring for the night,
kneels by the side of Mr.. Wheatly's bed
and says his prayers. He can climb a
ladder from the under side, placed at an
angle of 80 degrees, and performs q
number of tricks that require more men-
tai strength than is usually found in the
canine family.-Chicago Times.
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She Can Tell Their Names.

One of the most remarkable old ladies
in Cobb county is Mrs. Olive Handy,
the mother of the well known and high
ly esteemed Handy boys, of this county.
She is now over 75 years old and the
mother Of nine children, six Of whom
are living. She has sixty-six grandchil-
dren, and can reach all Of them in two
hours ride, except two who reside il
Arkansas. She can tell the names and
age of every child and grandchild, Civ
ing dates with perfect clearness, dis
playing a memory truly remarkable.
All of her children and grandchildren
have good homes and are doing we'll
Marietta (Ga.) Journal.
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At Trinidad, Col, it is reported that
twenty cowboys are missing since the lato
blizzard
Manhattan, Kan, has a missing county
treasurer, James Fortmer, and a safe which
can't be opened, from which $4,000 is sup
posed TO be missing.
A boat containing four boys capsized on
the MonOngahela river at Pittsburg Mon
day. Two of them named Williams and
Roberts, aged about Is years each, were
drowned
Rev C. A. Ross Of Iockeford, Cal
killed his wife, his son and himself. No
cause
At Walton, KY, Mrs Kearns saw her
baby sitting on the railroad few yards
from the on-rushing express. The mother
love chose death for herself and life for the
child and instantly she flung the little
one to safety and was fatally injured her
self.
Eighteen men were arrested IN Kansas on
the 18th inst, for murder.
During the Paris exposition fully dozen
men lost their lives in the Eiffel tower ele-
TatOr, but in no instance have such acct
dents been made public A great many
workmen were killed during the construc-
tiOn Of the tower and these tragedies were
also kept from the public
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A Midnight Tragedy.

LINCOLN, Neb, Nov. ia Journal
West Point Neb., says: A midnight
tragedy occurred at this place early
Sunday morning. Maurice Furman, q
night watchman, while attempting to
make an arrest in q saloon was set upon
by Carl Schwenk, the proprietor. Fur
man ordered him to keep away He
did not heed the warming and the officer
fred The bullet entered Schwenk's
temple. killing hin instantly. A by
stander was seriously wounded by stray
shots from the watchman's revolver.
Furman Was arrested
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NEW ORLEANS. Nov. IS The Times
Democrats Licking on, Miss, special
says Eugene story has been arrested
there for the murder Of p B. Klein
fielder on Wednesday ct Tehla The
murder Is described as having been q
cold-bl0Oded one. Kleinfelder being
shot while travelling through q plantA-
ton alone and unnamed
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1889-11-20

The latest invention in cheap mouth
instruments comes from Austria, and Is
generally called tho ''sweet potato, {"
though its right name is the ocarina. It
is made Of clay, and exactly resembles a
sweet potato in shape. It is q kind Of
combination Of the flute and clarinet,
but IS Of course very much shorter. The
ocarina is made in every key and can be
played without difficulty, being probably
the easiest learned musical instrument
ever invented. Il is very clear in its
tone, and answers well for experiments
with the phonogaph.-Interview In St
Louis Globe Democrat
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Review Of the Money, Stocks and Cattle
Quotations for Nov. I6


WALL STREET, NEW YORK - Money
on call was easy at to per cent. Cur
rency skies, 1l11% bid; fOurs coupon, I27
bid; fOur-and-a-halfs do, 1857 bid.
The stock market was active and strong
this morning and prices advanced with little
or no interruption throughout Rock Island,
Delaware and Hudson, Fort Worth and Dem
yer, Chicago Gas and Union Pacific were
special features Of the dealings and led the
upward movement. Tennessee coal was also
actively dealt in, and at one time showed an
advance Of p per cent, but subsequently re-
acted Among the Trusts cotton oil was
the feature. 1t was active and feverish. 1t
opened at 29% against sou last evening, adj
Yanced to 301 and then declined to % The
bank statement showed an increase in the re-
serves Of 81, $40, 725 and helped to strengthen
the market. The closing prices for the rail-
road list were generally the best of the day
The advance ranged from Is to 2 per cent
The sales for the day amounted to III, O54
shares.
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went 20 the woods With a Bottle.

WmKEsBARRE, Pa, Nov. 18-On
Thursday night Margaret. the wife of
Patrick Cannon. of this city, while on @
spree procured q tile Of whisky and
wandered into the mountains back of
the town. Sunday morning her body
was found in the woods. She had dis
robed, thinking she was ct home and
had frozen to death Persons living q
short distance from where the body was
found had heard her mans, bat were
unable to locate them
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WHzA7-c.sa, Sc; Dse'nhsr. ss5Se
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ROCHESTER,, n. Z, Nov. IS DR..
Lewis Swift, director Of the Warner OBJ
servatory discovered, last evening. a
suspected telescopic comet which he
afterwards veided by motion. It is in
field with XII Pegasi, right ascension %
hours a minutes % seconds; declina-
ton north II degrees so minutes. 1t is
very faint, without nucleus or tail, and
has q slow motion northeast. This
makes six comets now visible.
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Frairht Trains Collide

YORK, Pa. Nov. 1s.-Two sections of
an Empire line freight train collided
last night on the Northern Central rail-
way st Middletown Ferry, smashing
five cars of each section and the engine
of the rear section Five cars took fire
and were burned. +. w. Lache, of
Baltimore, brakemad of the forward sec
ton, was killed, and Adam Affold, en-
gineer of the rear section, seriously in
jured- The fireman was slightly in
1ured.
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Henderson, Cannon and Burrows, candi-
dates for speakership, are already in Wash
ington, and Reed and Nc Kinley will be there
this week
Mrs ''Stonewall" jackson is writing BIZ
ography Of her husband
Calvin s. Brice has formerly announced
his candidacy for the United States senator
ship.
Col. Goodloe's widow will be an applicant
for the position of collector Of the Seventh
Kentucky district.
James D. Reid, who has been appointed
United States consul at Dunfermline, is
commonly called the Father Of the Tele-
graph" He personally handled the first
presidents message ever sent across the Al
leghanies by wire.
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Shot for Rube Rurrous.

BRAnNGHAAI. Ala, nov ia man
who was being pursued on the suppoi-
ton that he was Rube Burrows, the
train robber, was shot and killed in
Marshall county, eighty miles north of
here, yesterday morning. DR. A. Scott,
q resident of that locality, did the shoot
ing He livel only a few moments, but
exclaimed: You think you have killed
Rube Burrows, but you are wrong; my
name is Smith" No scrap of paper OF
other article by which he could be iden-
titled was found on the BODY
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VmooUA, Kan, Nov. 18-TWO men
came IN yesterday from the Kenyon
ranch. situated on the Neutral Strip,
fol five collins in which to bury tue
bodies Of the Fem family. consisting Of
father. mother and three children. who
perished IN the terrible blizzard which
ragged throughout the west two weeks
go.
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HOLZHAY'S STORY
WiscOnsin's Noted HighWayman
COnfeSSes His Crimes
And Claims He is Not Respon-
z sibIe for Them,

As They Were Committed while Suffering
from spells" which Were Caused By
His Being Hart About the Head by
Fan from q Horse Several Years Ago.
Why He Carried two Guns.
BEssEAIER, Wis, Nov. I5.-Holzhay
Rlaclr Part on trial for fba y,urdar a
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len. DoV7- M s--7o7-7v m

New ORLEANS. La, Nov 18.JefEer-
son Davis arrived here Sunday on the
steamer Leathers He remained in his
state room, where he was visited BY his
physician, DR.. Chaille. After making
q careful examination Of his patient DR.
Chaille said that there was no Cause foI
alarm
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Cincinnati.
WHEAT-T67sc

WHEAT-I7617Sc.
CoRN-SO631c.
WoOL-Unwashed, fine merino, 1S(d19c:
1S-blOOd combing, 23@24c; medium delaine
and clothing, 24925c; braid, 1Sa3Oc; medium
combing, 246525c; fleece washed, fine merino
X and Xxx, 26G29c; medium clothing, 3O@
Sic; delaiRe fleece, 30G31c
HAY-New samples offered at S7.OOal0. 50;
old common to choice timothy sells at $500
@12O0 per ton; prairie brings SLO00S.5O;
straw, S5.O0G6O0
CATTLE-GOOd to choice butchers, S3O0@
$50; fair, S2.O0@2.7 70; common, 81. 4091 Is;
stockers and feeders, $2O093O0
HOGs-Selected butchers and heavy ship
ping, s. S0@3.S5; fair to good packing. s5 20
$3.50; common and rough packing, 5000
3.65; fair to good Light, S37093SO; pigs,
s. 250375.
SHEEP-S2 25d475.
LAAlBs-s3 5O(35T5
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The last issue of The Medical Review
promises future article on ''What to Do
When Stung by a Hornet" We don't
believe any one will wait with bated
breath for that article We have all
been there. The thing to do is to jump
two feet high and yell for the police
Detroit Free Press
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NEW ORnEANs. Nov. 1s.-lsire yester-
day destroyed all the buildings on the
square bounded by st. Andrew, Fra nix
LIN, Liberty and Josephine streets. ex-
cept the German Lutheran church.
Loss, $50, 900; insurance, $4,000 Ten
years ago an exactly similar fire oc-
CURED. the little church alone being
r,,,-a7
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BRUsszIs, Nov. 18.-The Lisbon cor
respondent Of The Independence Beige
telegraphs that IN Portuguese official
circles the overthrow Of the empire in
Brazil is regarded as final The royal
family of Portugal feel q special SYM
paihy with the depOsed imperial family
Of Brazil, not alone on account of fam
" relationship, but because similar
events are not regarded IS impossiblein
Portugal.
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yankee and Northern train six months
ago; that he held up the Wisconsin
Central train, at Cadott, Wis, a month
later, and that he waylaid the Gogebeo
stage and shot Banker Eleishbein.
Was Subject 70 "SpeIls."
HolzhRy claimed that he, several
years ago, was hurt by q fall from q
horse, and since that time has been sub
iect to spells" during which he did
not know what he was doing. He said
he was under this spell when the
variOus crimes were committed
A fellOw-prisoner of Holzhay. named
Burns, has been engaged the past
month or two in writing life of the
robber, and has incorporated into the
narrative several deeds OF daring claim
ed TO have been committed by Holzhay
while in the western country.
In the cross examination Prosecuting
Attorney Howell mentioned several Of
these instances where Holzhay was al
legged to have held up several men, and
asked him as TO the truth or falsity of
the stories. Holzhay said they were all
untrue and originated in the brain of
Novelist Burns
In regard to the holding up of the
Wisconsin Central and Milwaukee and
Northern trains, Holzhay said he felt
the spell nbout the same as at the
time Of the Gogebic stage robbery, and
did not remember any of the incidents
connected with the affair. He stated
that in all these instances, when shoot
ing was commenced. it appeared to
clear his brain, and brought him to a
realization of what he was doing, caus-
ing him to take to the woods afterWard
10 avoid being captured.
HOlzhay did not remember who was
In the GOgebic stage; did not remember
seeing either Fleischbein OF the driver,
and failed to identify the watch and
pocketboOk said to have belonged to
Fleischbein. He claimed that he had
never seen Fieischbein's name on the
pOcketboOk until his attention was di-
rected to it by Mr.. Howell
why He Carried Two Guns.
Attorney Flanagan frustrated the
prisoner somewhat when he said;
''HOlzhay, why did you carry two guns,
knowing that you were liable to have
one of these spells at any time and
shoot somebody? When you felt one of
these spells coming on why did you
not leave these guns somewhere until
after you recovered
Holiday appeared somewhat stag
gered by the directness of this question
and he hesitatingly replied: Il car
red the revolyers to protect myself
from wild animals in the woods, and
not like 10 leave them anywhere, as I
might not find them again. .
rs 1t necessary for n man to carry
two reyolyers TO protect himself in the
woods of this country
Yes sir, " said HOlzhay, II think it
is.
This reply seemed to satisfy the pros
ecuting attorney. rs Holzhay was re-
moved from the stand, and shortly after
removed 10 the Jail Holzhay's examina-
ton lasted about two hours. HOLIDAY
was the only witness called for the de-
Tense, and when he had concluded the
defense rested.