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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-05-23
Depot and Warshouss eurn.d.

NORFOLK, Va, May 1s.-The Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad Company's depot and
warehouse were burned here tonight and
totally destroyed. The loss on the build
Ing and freight is estimated at 500, 900.
The building wooden structure. was 900
feet long. The origin Of the fre 10 un.
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Eurdarsr Glhhaiad

WASHINGTON, May lS.-Nslson Colbert,
colored, was hanged at noon yesterday for
the murder Of Philip Wentzell In October
last His neck was broken by the fall
Nelson Colbert was convicted Of the muir.
der Of Philip Wsntxell October last.
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A Family Traoedv.

LovELAND, o., May 1L-Robert Day, q
young farmer living near this place, shot
his divorced WIFE. fatally wounded his
aged father AMI then set fire to the wo-
mans residence and barn. The infuriatsd
man was captured BY two officers after
desperate resistance. The wounds Of the
woman are slight, and she will recover.
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BRIDE KILLED
BY q Cable Car at ChicagO-The Gripm,
Narrowly Escapes LyncI,ing.

BY q Cable Car at Chicago-Thc Gripman
Narrowly Escapes Lynchlng.
CHICAGO, May 16-Mrs. Mary LAM
brecht, a bride Of but ten days, was run
over and xii cd by one of the Yerkes cable
cars. Acciden. 5 have been so frequent on
the company's lines I'd the service so un.
satisfactory that a mob OF fully 1900 peo-
pie quickly gathered. and made demon.
strations toward lynching the gripman.
Speedy action by the po C, saved him.
Mrs. Lambrecht was almost literally
dragged out Of the arms of the man 10
whom she had Leen so recently wed led,
and was mangled to death before his
ewes.
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Australian System In Illinois.

SPRINaEIELD, ILL, May 1S.-In the
House the bill adopting the Australian
electoral system In this State was read Q
third time and made special order for
passage ON Wednesday next. The House
also passed bill providing heavy pen.
alties for the adulteration Of dairy pro-
ducts. =
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Given Ssysn.x.Eiys Lashss.

HORTON, KAs., May 1a-Jos. Pelz,
an Austrian, in the restaurant busi-
ness here, was taken from his
home by two hundred men and
given seventy five lashes on the bare back.
Pelz had brutally beaten his step daugh. .
ter, thirteen years old, to compel her to
Sign over to him her property.
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Another Combine.

PIrrsBuRaH, May 18-A combination of
glass fruit-jar and fruit jar cap manufac-
turers is reported. In five-hundred- gross
lots the quotations to-day are $3.50 for
quarts and $l25O for half-gallons, end
further advance IRON fifty can't, to one
dollar IL talked OF.
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EIoht Hours and Home Labor.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, May 16.-The Drain.
age bill was taken up in the Senate ysster.
day morning. An amendment preventing
the employment Of aliens In the construc.
tion OF the proposed canal and making
eight hours days work was adopted.
The bill was ordered to q third reading.
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PerlIs Of Female Yawninu.

RICHMOND, IND, May 18.-Mrs. Lou Git.
ford yawnsd SO widely as to throw her
lower jaw out Of joint. but it returned of
Its own accord. Yesterday, while in the
same act the jaw slipped out Of place
again, and the services of physician
were needed to reset 1t. The lady now
has her jaws tied by handkerchief under
her chin,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-05-23
They say fills Tin.

TOPEKA KAs., May 18-A deposit Of tin
has been discovered about twenty miles
from Topeka. An analysis of sample OF
the ore shows that it i, valuable. The
gentleman vino made the discovery thinks
that he has bonanza, and will make q
further investigation as to the extent Of
the deposit.
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WASHINGTON May 49, 8-Secretary Proa-
tor has returned to Washington from his
Western trip, looking refreshed and In
good health. He says that the subject Of
issuing proclamation Of amnesty to de-
serters has not been discussed or consider
cd by the Pr. sident and himself
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Snow In Wisconsin and miohIoan.

ASHLAND, Wis, May 1L-Passengers on
trains arriving In this city last night re-
port from three to I've inches Of snow all
over Northern Wisconsin and Michigan.
Four inches fell at Pratt Wis, and from
three to five inches are reported all along
the Gogebic range
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A Church Fell on Them.

PLArTsMoUrH. NEB., May 18.-Pstsr
Matthews, aged fifty, was instantly killed
and John Kochbsrger fatally hurt by the
tumbling down Of an old brick church.
near which they were excavating for
new hotel building. Two other workmen
were slightly injured.
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Woman su,sraus In Mjchioan.

LANSING, MICH, May 16-The woman's
municipal suffrage bill was passed by the
House. 1t was made special order for
2:S0 p. M, when every ava liable space for
spectators ON the door OF the House was
Allied. with many In the gallery besides
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Damage Suits Aqains. Mine Owners.

RICH HILL. Mo-, May 17.-Damsge suits
aggregating about $4,000 have besn filed
against Keith & Perry by various friends
and relatives Of twenty three miners who
were killed In an explosion in the compa.
ny's mines March 20, 1888.
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Murdered In courL

NASHVILLE, TENN, May Thames F.
Turner shot and mortaliy wounded I. A.
Holton, a merchant who had obtained an
execution against him. The shooting was
done In Justices court 10ruU
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Legal Interest Red ucsd.

SPRINGyiELD. ILL, May l7.--In the House
the bill re lucing the maximum legal rate
Of interest from eight per cent. to seven
was passed.
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PhIIadeIphIa Drlnkinu Places.

PHILADELPHIA, May 18.--In this city IL
csnses are granted for ], 2 ,3 saloons. Last
year 1,348 licenses were granted, and In
1881, before the new law went into effect,
there were 8 7I3 saloons In the city.
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10 Sup press Moon,hlnlnu.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, May ia vigilance
committee has been organised to sup.
press "moonshining" In Alabama. Prom
inent citizens are at the head OF tine move.
mept,
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Pool Rooms Closed.

BIRMNoHAM, ALA, May 1L--rhe pool
rooms In this city were closed ye ,tsrday
by the city authorities.
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TOWN BURNED.
Seven Hundred Houses Destroyed
by the Flames.

Six Thousand Persons, Mostly Of the La-
boring Glass, Rendered Homeless.
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Ache they would be almost priceless to those
who suffer from this distressing complaint:
but fortunately their goodness does not end
here, and those who once try them will find
these little pills valuable in SO many ways that
they will not be willing to do without them.
R,,f n ftar all eick hnod
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beside her. But as her lips met its dainty
mouth tears came to her ewes.
The rose rested in its true significance
Love and purity.
The Dentb Of the Rose.

Death had come to the house next to the
love nest. To this griefstricken home the
rose-the same from little Margarets lot
found its way that morning toward noon.
The funeral took place at sunset. On the
gently sloping side of one of the wooded
eminences in the cemetery strangely pa
thetic scene was witnessed. The laughing
innocence of infancy and the grlm solem-
nifty OF death were brought face to face at
the tomb.
Into the open grave were being lowered
the remains of a fond mother. Around the
spot stood small group of people, scarcely
dozen of them. The last slanting rays Of
the sun struggled down through the foliage
OF the trees, relieving the deep shade that
usually overhangs the spot. Far removed
from the noisy streets of the workshop city,
not a sound foated there from the clanking
machinery Of distant mills. The mournful
stiffness was undisturbed.
When the coffin had been safely let down
to the bottom Of the excavation, the straps
were withdrawn and few handfuls of earth
lightly dropped upon it. A lady advanced
from the party to the head of the grave.
She held in her arms little "Robbie," the
15-month.old child of the dead woman. He
was smiling and cooling, apparently pleased
by the sympathetic faces turned toward
him. Entirely ignorant of the terrible
nature of the occasion, he appeared per-
fectly happy in his innocence. He held in
his tiny hand the fragrant rose. When the
woman carried him to the edge Of the grave
be leaned over and looked into it.
Still the same smile fingered upon his
countenance. Then raising his arm, he
threw the flower into the grave, and at the
same time, with distinctness remarkable
for one so young, exclaimed: Gone, gone"
1t was audible to every person. The in
FAINT waved his hand over the open tomb
several times, saying in a softer voice:
"Bye, bye. Bye, bye"
1t was indescribably impressive. The de-
ceased mother had given her dying blessing
to the baby boy, and he in this beautiful
manner placed his floral tribute on her
corpse and sweetly sung his farewell.
And so the rose had its death.
L. E. SToFIEL.
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AT A NORTH COUNTRY FAIR.

who was probably IS years old. She saw
that my young friend was also on the look
out and the old mans offers were soon laid
aside for awhile.
"What are ye asking the day, hinny7"
said my friend.
"Aw want e." was the fair workers re-
ply.
Then the real higgling of the market
commenced. Finally the young man re-
marked that his mother was only prepared
to pay 2615 for the six months. Whistler
or not the implied fact that the young en-
ployer was single had any influence was
hard to determine, but she accepted the
e51<, and we all adjourned to an inn to
have the young woman "earled" or signed.
1 say all because she had other female
friends who had their country sweethearts
with them. At the linn each party signed
the agreement. The young woman received
q shilling as her "earling" money and when
she got it there was general remark to the
effect that 'that settles it" We all had
our beverages, and the country maidens
were not in the least bashful in tipping of
goodly quantity Of Mumm's best brandy.
At every table of the inn the same business,
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pie read newspapers, especially in public
conveyances. Everybody has his own pet
way. Take the way they hold them. Did
it ever strike. you in how many different
ways this can be done2"
This popularity had never struck his COM
panion. SO the elderly gentleman, who wore
shining silk hat, pair of gold speetacles,
and white lawn tie, continued his aphor-
isms. "Just look across at those men on the
other side. No two are reading their paper
in the same way. The eavesdropper at his
side also looked across, and the observation
was true. One man had doubled the sheet,
another had made it into quarter, still
another had folded it into three straight
sections the full length of the column.
81 have found" continued the oracle,
''that large portion of the men read the
paper folded in half, the quarter section
men come next, and the full length section
lists next 1t is rarely you find two men
sitting side by side reading a paper the
same way" There was momentary pause
filled by the rustic of 5ome asserting news
paper, and the oracle again remarked:
1.-THE way ofholding a newspaper shows the
man as surely as the way he walks. The
refined, educated man, carefully creases his
paper, sees that it is in compact shape, and
then goes systematically through it, passing
from column to column and page to page
with ease and facility, whereas the shiftless,
uncouth man punches it into wads and goes
through it as if hunting for something in a
r1p-haoD -
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Nor Effective in Texas Because They Could
Not be Had in Time.
From the Galveston News.]
When Conductor Brown was murdered
near Sherman, last Friday, the first cry was
to "send for the dogs" There has not been
a murder committed in the State for years
that the dogs have not been sent for, and
by the time the dogs arrive, in nine
cases in ten the fugitive has been
gone so long that his tracks have become
cold. In the Nineteenth Legislature Sena-
tor Davis introduced a bill requiring
sheriffs to keep dogs to track criminals and
providing for their purchase and support,
Living in the southeastern part OF the State
where there are veritable wildernesses, he
declared that it was nearly impossible to
catch fugitives unless these animals were
employed.
At once there was ridicule sent up from
all sides, and the bill was killed without
hardly q consideration. "Send for the
dogs" is the constant cry, for it is somewhat
strange that the worst crimes are committed
at points remote from the dogs. They are
employed on the convict farms, aud they
are effective. They are not vicious, as the
readers of 'FUncle Toms Cabin" imagine,
and the cost Of their breeding and support
would be infnitesimal. Perhaps after
time the advice of Senator Davis, as ex-
pressed in his bill, will be found to be
sound and will be taken. Had it been
taken and the Sheriff of Grayson county
supplied with the animals, the murderer Of
Brown would now be behind the bars.
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And the weird scenes in the forest forge re-
called by that historical name
could be easily repictured in the
group around the washing tub. The
wheels of the ponderous machinery had
stopped. So perfectly motionless was the
steam hammer that its monster framework
seemed solid and fixed partgf the murky
building itself. The cadaverous shears that
could take bar of thick iron in its huge
jaws and snap it in twain at one bite now
only cast crocodile shadows over half the
wall. Long, sinuous trains of clumsy rolls
looked dark and ugly, while the massive
height Of travelling" crane conveyed an
exaggerated idea of the size of the rafters
far above the seathing pudding furnaces.
In the black recesses of the dirty, barn-like
structure there were. only needed tall, gsunt
forms, moving silently around, to give the
scene an air of the supernatural. As one BY
one the ironworkers left the mill deepen
ing quiet settled with the dust upon the
unesrthly looking engines of earthly skill.
1t was Vulcan who married Venus. And
true enough, one of these big, broad-shoul-
dered men of the forge was at that very
moment on his road home to tair bride.
His iron-hoofed shoes echoed along the de-
serted streets, and CHEEKY whistle kept his
hard nights toll, he yet seemed buoyant /
with expectations of meeting dear one at
home. Every now and then smile broke
all over his sooty face. There was evidently
much of pleasure in his thoughts.
For moment the heart of this strong
man of iron was in his mouth His heavy,
hob-nailed boot had almost caused ruin! He
first stood on his heel as if to hold himself
back suddenly, and then STOPPING carefully
down, he smoothed out the delicate leaves
of arose. Who would have thought it?
Could that great, big, rough fellow
think of such a trivial thing as
a little flower. And yet he did.
He even crossed quickly to a hydrant
and dampened Its stem under the cold stream
of water. Then he pinned it on the lapel of
his cost-and such greasy coat as it was.
1t was jet black with SCOT and oil. A finger
would become soiled to touch the cloth.
But the rose was not polluted. Its beauty
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pleasant, and a vast ever-changing perfume
filled the place, fairly intoxicating the
senses. It was everywhere you turned; it
clung to your clothes; man himself at last
appeared to breathe it forth.
Presently a ray of dim light in yon cor
ner, with the fash of magic, changed to a
sunbeam. Then another shot down through
the glass roof and played among bunch of
pansies planted along the floor. Soon the
sunlight flooded the whole eastern slope of
the roof, and struggling down through the
towering palms of the conservatory, dis
tributed itself over the little plants on
lower shelves.
As pretty and fresh as the morning itself
came young girl to the door of the hot
house. She was picture Of country beauty.
health and simplicity. Just from the dreams
of her best sleep, the dampness of a dash of
cold water preserving the perfect color of
the cheeks, this little miss looked almost a
flower of the rsrest genius. It was only a
little after 3 o'clock. Yet 1.-the and CAV
under the influence of her bracing surround
ings. she greeted her father, the nursery.
man, with a CHEEKY salutation and the
hearty kiss of childhood.
"You may carry the roses this morning.
dearie, +" he said to her
Then they started for the railroad station.
he bearing on his broad shoulders three fat
boxes, several feet square. His man had
three more. Little Margaret came last, and
she carried the roses. They were the
choicest and prettiest of that days cuttings,
"But if they are not the heaviest pa. ;"
she laughed, 'they are the sweetest of all
you got; they will bring you the most
money, and viii give the greatest happiness
all around.
A few moments later the flowers were in
the baggage car of the early morning train
10 town, and before the great busv city was
scarcely yet awake they were carted to the
florists store, and slowed away in an ice
chest to await buvers.
And 30 the rose had its birth.
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industrious workmen meet from time to
time, and over their glasses Of hot whisky or
Bass ale discuss, pronounce upon and settle
the most complicated questions of national
or international policy.
spent few evenings at one Of those
inns, and had not only merry, bat an
instructive time. The parlor held about 30
Of Us, and as q means Of making it
somewhat exclusive each drink was
increased in price penny or . halfpenny.
An official Of local mins and the local
schoolmaster were prominent and the latter
had the honor Of presiding over the party.
Almost all in the room were smoking long
clay pipes. The schoolmaster opened the
proceedings by remarking:
swell, Mr.. Clarke, we've got our drinks
in, and think it your turn to speak. Only
five minutes now, mind. Do you all hear,
only five minutes each now, say. It's
getting late"
Mr.. Clarke, who was q bright looking
young working man ofabout 26 years, stood
up from his chair and proceeded to knock
to smithereens something that the coal mine
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shone all the brighter against the dirty gar
ment, and the tint of its opening leaves made
people forget its ugly background. Little
did the belle of fashion think when she lost
the hower-the same that came from little
Margaret's box-that an hour later a giant
laborer would pick it up from the carriage
tracks. Nor could she see the pride upon
his face when every few minutes he inclined
his head to look at the star shining upon his
greasy coat More than one passenger in the
all-night car was struck with the oddity of
the thing-a dirty millman wearing bou-
tonniere. But they didn't know the surprise
he was planning.
Home at last to his young wifel Quietly
he stepped to her bedside. The dropping
eyelashes were so still as to seem almost
penciled. With a smile upon her features
this Venus continued on in peaceful slum-
Der, untrammeled with cares, rich in hus-
bands alteration.
1t was the act of child, but it was, OIL
so sweet That giant husband quietly took
from his coat the rose, and laid it upon the
white pillow, close to the face of the sleep
ing girl. Radiance beamed all over his
countenance, and as he stealthtully crept
back he watched for the result.
She stirred gently. The smile on her face
heightened. Now she took a deep breath.
A sigh followed. The fragrance of the rose
had entered her nostrils. It awoke her like
q dream. Her eyes slowly opened, and as
she scarcely moved she only saw one object
tho La France rose lying on the pillow
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The Birtb Of the Rose,

Day was just breaking when the last box
Of flowers was sprinkled at the greenhouse
doors and made secure for shipment Al
ready the coming light seemed to impart a
brighter hue to the row of geraniums on the
topmost shelf of the middle tier OF plants,
Their scarlet heads bowed in friendly rivalry
to the morning-glories, which, although
rich in their delicate tints of dawn, could
only climb TO the top of q trellis far below,
A current of fresh morning air let in from
an open panel by the careful gardener
stirred up the hot atmosphere, 50 heavy with
commingled odors, and in It's swirliug
course lifted the oppression that even sweet
est fragrance had gathered in a nights i'm
prisonment.
Another window sash was thrown aside,
sn3 the cool breath touched every green
leaf and colored petal in the nursery, and a
glad rustling started at one end of the
fowery aisle, sweeping in a voice of sur
prise to the other. As the sitting air was
absorbed in the breeze the scent of each
individual flower grew more distinct and
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Official had said about home rule.
docs our friend Mr.. c. mean 70 saw
that each of Us hasn't a right to manage our
our own household affairs? We have a
right, sir, and 70 has the Irish Deople a
right to manage the affairs Of their own
native land" This evidently was settler
as it was cheered, and the official slipped bis
hot whisky, but did not reply.
EMBRzo ORATORS.
But the discussion went on until nearIv
midnight, and I was surprised to fiud ne
remarkable knowledge of history displaved
BY almost every person in the room. Almost
every village has its reading room. and the
patrons Of these inns read up to . remark
able extent on their favorite subject for
days and days. They 20 70 the
inn thoroughly primed and bent on flooring
somebody. Opportunity is soon offered them
to air their various views, because as soon
as tie company becomes q little noisv =
chairman is appointed, and he holds tbe
scales Of justice. This custom has develoned
many prominent speakers among the work.
ing classes.
After working hard for six davs soma
men viii walk miles on . Saturday evenip0
10 have Q drink and hear and take uart i1
the discussions Of the topics Of the week At
the inn parlor. To q great extent Il 4
there that public opinion is formed on gem
eral political questions and il is there chat
many poor unfortunate creatures, whose lot
in life has been 80 severe as to deprive them
of even the rudiments Of education. learn
very important truths in their own plain
and every day language.
KN1oKERBocKER.