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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27
AFTER THE FLOOD FIRE.
A sweeping Fire Consumes Many
Buildings in YOUNGSTOWN.

A sweeping fire broke out In the first
ward in Johnstown, Pa, at $50 on the
afternoon of June 23d. The flames
spread rapidly and all the engines were
called out. The wind was high and
the fire spread rapidly towards Kern
vile. II got beyond control of the fire
department, and covered five acres.
Intense excitement prevails. Nearly
all the houses burned arc those that
were more or less damaged by the
food.
The fire the First Ward burnt all but
three buildings In the district bound
ed by Market and Walnut streets,
and by Main street and the River.
Twenty-Five houses were totally de-
stroyed, Many of the buildings destroy
ed had been washed from their founda-
tions, though many of them contained
household goods which had been saved
from the food. But small amount
of these goods were saved. The fire
is supposed to have originated from
sparks flying from the burning debris
in the nelghborhood.
Notwithstanding the force of men
employed in the ruins was reduced
nearly one-half, remarkable showing
was made in clearing up the wreckage.
One heavy blast followed another in
the debris above the railroad bridge on
the afternoon Of the 23d charge OF
dynamite exploded near the second
arch from the east end OF the bridge
from the great body of wreckage so
tossed, and the remnants gathered to-
gether indicate that at least six corpse
have been blown up. Much OF the
drift which has been dislodged from
the stone bridge has lodged in various
places extending rs far below as
Coopersdale. A force of men began to
move there distractions which have
rendered useless great part Of the
work at the bridge.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27
EXECUTION OF A WOMAN.
Mrs. WHEELING Meets Death on the
ScanOld.

The crime of Mrs. Sarah Jane
Whiteling, who was executed June rs,
in Moyamensing prison. Pa, was the
murder of her husband, John White
ling, which occurred on March 81 of
of last year. There is little or no
doubt but that she was also the cause
of the death one month later OF Bertha,
her 9 year old daughter, and still.
another month later OF her son Willie,
aged 2 years, although she was only
brought to trial for the murder Of her
husband. All three were insured in one
of the beneficiary associations with
which the State is honeycombed, and
which, in the opinion Of good many
people, simply offer a premium upon
murder. Suspicious were aroused how
ever, by so many sudden deaths in one
family, the symptoms in each case being
the same, and an investigation was in
stituted by Deputy Coroner Ashbridge
and an analysis OF the contents OF the
intestines developed the fact that both
the father and the two little innocents
had died from the effects OF poison.
The mother was arrested, broke down
and made full confession. Her hus-
band had been dissolute spendthrift,
the family had lived in extreme
poverty and she had been COM
PEELED to work hard for the support
of herself and children. Becoming dis
couraged, she had in an evil hour
determined TO rid herself OF the family;
secure the insurance money and start
life anew. She was tried, promptly
convicted and sentenced 10 death.
Strenuous efforts were made by her
counsel and a number OF philanthropic
women to enlist the sympathy OF the
state board OF pardons, but without
result. A Communication OF the sentence
was refused last month by unanimous
vote, but respite Of one month was
granted on March "a by Governor
Beaver.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27
A MAIL ROBBERY.
A Pouch Containing Much Valuable
Mail Stolen at Nashville, Tenn.

All tho mail that left Nashville post
Office for tho south on tho night OF
May 9th disappeared. The fact has
been withheld by the postoiiie officials,
that tho investigation might not be
hampered. For two days govern
ment inspector or detective was in
Nashville, but he has proceeded so
quietly that his presence has been
partment. The mail for southern
points as far as New Orleans, was an
ranged rs usual, put in II pouch, lock-
ed up and delivered at the door Of the
postoillce TO the driver OF the wagon
which carries mail TO the depot Tho
pouch was locked up In this wagon,
which drove OFF toward the depot, and
that is the last heard OF II as yet. The
loss of the pouch was detected In two
or three days, and in this way, accord
Ing to a rule OF the government, num-
Der Of southern postotllces are required
to daily remit TO the Nashville post
office any excess OF receipts over u
the volume OF business done at u place.
This is done that no large amount OF
money may DO stored ut any
Office. Receipts for these remit
tances are daily sent TO tho
postmasters forwarding tho money.
On May D, the postmastors to whom
receipts were duo from Postmaster
Doctor Curry for remittance for May @
were told that their vouchers had not
arrived, Tho banks at Columbia, Pu-
laski and Franklin then notified him OF
the failure TO get checks, drafts, etc
Proof that the entire mail from Nash
vile south had disappeared rapidly
accumulated, and DR., Curry made an IN
vestigation. Hclearnod, tits stated. that
the mail pouch had been delivered at
the door OF the postotllce, as usual, TO
the driver Of the contractors wagon.
Tho mail clerk on tho train which
should have received the postage stat
cd that they had never seen anything OF
II, The pouch, IL was reasoned, has
disappeared after leaving the Office.
But howp To settle that question DR..
Curry, on May IS, notified the depart
mont ut Washington, Nothing further
was heard In this connection until ny
stated, Mr.. Stubbs, n special ugentcame
10 Nashville TO hunt the affair down.
II is impossible now to learn how
much money was In the mail. II was
destined foi u large and important ter
ritory and tho presumption Is that the
pouch contained much valuable mat
tor.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27
Fourth OF July Excursions.

Burlington Route, G.. b. & @. r. X.
Tickets will be on sale July and 4,
with limit for return until July 5, inclu-
sive, at half fare for the round trip be-
tween all stations on this line, and
from any station on this line to any
station on the following lines: Chica-
go & Iowa; Hannibal & st. Joseph; st.
Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern; Chi
cago, Burlington & Northern; Kansas
City, st. Joseph & Council Bluffs.
JAS. HUNTER, L. II. HUNTER.
Ticket Agent. Gen'l Agt.
Des Moines, Iowa.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27
ON July sd and 4th, 1 $50.

The Wabash Western Railway will sell
tickets between all stations at the low rate OF
ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP,
Except that tickets will not be sold at this rate
from 81. Louis to Kansas City or any point
within IS miles OF Kansas City, or from Kansas
City TO st. Louis or any point within % miles
OF st. Louis.
Tickets good returning up to and including
July 5th, 1889. For tickets and time tables APP
ply TO any Wabash Ticket Office
f. CHANDLER,
General Passg'r Il Tkt Agt.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27

The Georgia preacher who Is trying
to bring about the adjustment OF the
practice OF kissing has undertaken q
big job. 1t can't be finished in life
time,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27
Moran, the great artist, despaire

Moran, the great artist, despaired
when he saw the Great Shoshone Falls
1T was SO far beyond his pencils
cunning. So there are wonderful
dreams OF beauty in the tempestuous
loneliness OF the grand american
Alps" in Colorado, which arc at once
the aspiration and the despair OF
painter and poet. Splendid beyond
comparison is the superb scenery along
the South Park Division OF the Union
Pacific in Colorado.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27

The stylish mode of making a silk gown Is
to have It Of two shades OF same color
Want OF care does us more damage than
want OF knowledge.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27

Fast Mail Line with Vestibuled Trains
between Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Trans Continental Route between
Chicago, Council Bluffs, Omaha and the
Pacific Coast.
Great Nat O lal Route between Chi
cago, Kansas city and st. Joseph, Mo.
500 Miles Of Road reaching all prin-
cipal points in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minneso-
Ia, Iowa, Missouri and Dakota.
For maps. time tables, rates Of
passage and freight, etc, apply to the neares.
station agent Of the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, 81
ST. PAUL RAILWAY, or to any Railroad Agent
anywhere In the world.
ROSWELL MILLER, A. V. II. CARPENTER,
General Manager. Gen'l Pass. and Tiki. Agt.
tB7 For information in reference to Lands and
Towns owned by the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, d
sT. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY, write to II. G..
HAUGEN, Land Commissioner, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27

Creditors have better memories than debt
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-05-11
UNCLE SETH AS A SPRING POET.


Spring poets a class that edturs desplse
But pottery biles up In yer blood an beams Out Nv yer
bubbles like spring In bread that's arty z
An aggravates yer systim like a case roomatiE.
spring Teller an makes his thoughts
wind.
like thro snowds the mind
Yer brain sprouts like flower bed pottery won't stay
But TO the spring like May nowers In May
Some takes sasperrler fert takes SasSafras.
You might well out eat meal er paTSeher
mp 1h arhs a-both outside an I'm.
An load 18th btterswch Is tother name for gin
people call IL spring disease an try to throw on,
An dose II like fever an doctor IL like cough;
Hut pottery bin', we've got To let her bile
Yer try to ho yearthquake down. suthns got ter spe
skin benin the day I'm spring.
An rattlin pottery a. ting "A ling a ling,
IL buStS Jest volcanoes and comes roln OUT
= Yankee Blade
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-05-11

The world Hermann, the greatest liv
ing prestidigitateur, will begin brief series Of
performances at the Chicago opera-house on Sum
the east this with O sensation which he calls
cremation" 1t has aroused great deal Of discus
sion everywhere; and, while Mr.. Hermann says IL
il accomplished by purely natural means there are
many who believe 1t Ii caused by supernatural'
agencies. In addition to the programme by Her
man and Mime. Hermann, the entertainment COM
prises q number of very strong features by we'll
known people.
Donelly q Girard, 1t Ii said, have secured
success even greater than that of Natural Gass In
their new piece, @The City Directory" which viii
receive its first production on the 9th Of Nay &
the Chicago opera-house Elaborate SCENERY =
being made for Il by the artists Of that theatre.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-05-11

Thousands are taking advantage of our offer of
the three great books-the Model Encyclopedias, the
of the United States and one years subscription to
this paper for only o. Read the offer in this issue
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-05-11

The "Monon' route In the shortest, speediest
safest and beat between Louisville and Chicago.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-05-11

An Infant Hercules-"Is the baby strong ?"
"Well rather. You know what q tremendous
voice he has? ?"
"Yesn
"Well, he lifts that we or six times an hour
Exchange.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-03
THE LATEST.

THE extensive stave factory works of Morrison, Decker 6 Co.,, at Newport, Ark, which have been shut down for year, were again started up on the 2Sth. This is one of the largest concerns of the kind in the South,
 THE business failures for the week end- ing on the 2sth number 299, against 31l last week and 303 the week previous. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 263
 IT is now pretty we'll understood that the President will veto the direct tax bill when it gets to the White House.
 DURING the past two years Texas issued patents for 7,0O0,55G acres of land and nearly 7,0OO,0 ,00O acres were leased.
 SINCE January 1st, 1888, the total amount of railway construction in the United States has been 6i30 miles.
 ROBERT ZIMMERMAN, brakeman on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, was run over and killed at Brownsville, Tenn, on the 27th.
 IT is stated that the President has indi- cated his intention of vetoing the river and harbor bill should it get to him.
 JOHN T. YATES, ex x-justice of the peace, perished in the snowstorm Christmas night near Seneca, Kas., on his way home in a buggy.
 A PosroFFIcE has been established at Fruit Land, Gibson county, Tenn, with Robert L. Bennett as postmaster.
 THE Mammoth Springs Fish Farm was organized at Mammoth Springs, Ark, on the 27th. Their object is to raise mountain trout for market They will have i20,0O0 fish eggs arrive next month,
 TnE appointment of J, c. Metcalf, now superintendent of the north and south division of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, to succeed General Manager J. T. Harrahan, has been officially announced.
 Ar Cabin Creek, Ark, the depot was broken open on the night of the 24th and 200 jugs of whisky, sent there c. 0. D., to be delivered the next day, were broken. There is a very strong sentiment prevail ing in that town against what is called the jug trade.
 THE "Wbite Caps" Of Bracken county, Ky, have issued q notice warning the ed tors of the Augusta papers to leave the county at once. The editors have armed themselves and are keeping sharp look out for the enemy.
 BAXTER COURT, the bandsomest office building in Nashville, Tenn, was destroyed by fire on the 2lth The blilding cost S5O,- 900 and was insured for sSl, 600.
 PASSENGER TRAIN No. 5, on the main stem of the Louisville and Nashville rail road, telescopsd passenger train No. 23 of of the Knoxville branch at Bardstown Junction, on the 2ith Two passengers were killed and nine injured.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-03
THE SOUTH.

BY the burning of the Katie Adams forty miles south of Memphis, Tenn, on the Mississippi river on the morning of the 23d, thirty-fve lives were lost, mostly by drowning.
 THREE masked men made raid on a Chinese laundry at Fl Paso, Tex, the other night, killing An Wing and seriously wounding Sing Flung. The yelling of the Chinamen was So terrific that the robbers were frightened off before obtaining any booty.
 A SERIOUS fire destroyed the Western Union telegraph office and other buildings at Marion, Ala, recently. Loss not stated.
 THE through passenger train to Nash vile and the South, on the Louisville & Nashville railroad, ran into the Knoxville branch passenger train at Bardstown junction, twenty-five miles south of Louis- vile, Ky, the other morning. Two pas- sengers were killed outright and eleven injured.
 BAXTER COURT, the handsomest build ing in Nashville, Tenn., burned the other night Loss, Sl00,000; insurance, 0,Oo0.
 AT Jackson, Miss, the other day, Lem- uel Roseman stabbed and killed Frank Hughes, colored, a barber, in a dispute about 25 cents.
 Mss MARY kENsARD, one or the injured in the railway collision at Bardstown, Ky, has died in Louisville from the effects of her injuries.
 BY an explosion in an iron mill at Wheel w. Va., the other day William Miles had both eyes burned out and was otherwise disfigured. Two other men were badly in- jured.
 RACE war was reported at Lamar, Miss, on the 26th. It was rumored that two whites and five negroes had been killed.
 FARMER CHAMBERS was shot and killed recently at Alma, Ark, by George Reyes, who was carelessly handling pistol.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-03
LECTURE FORBIDDEN.
Chicago Police Forbid Lecture By Mrs.
 Lucy Parsons.

tnicaRO Hollce LeCtufe by urSs
 Lucy Parsons.
 CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Handbills were wide- ly distributed yesterday, announcing that Mrs. Lucy Parsons, the wife of the execu- ted anarchist, would lecture in Waverly Hall last night. One of the bills was handed to Chief of Police Hubbard, who sent Lieutenant Laughlin to Mir. Laurie, the proprietor of the hall, with instructions to order him not to open the place. Mir. Laurie was not satisfied with the message and called immediately upon the chief. "1 shall send an officer to you tonight" said the chief to Mir. Laurie, "who will demand the key of the hall from you. He will then station policeman at the door, who will forbid admission to the hall. You are per- fectly helpless in the matter and any re- sponsibility there is will be upon the police"
 The wording of the subject of the lecture was trifie ambiguous, in that it might in- clude any or all phases of Anarchy and Socialism. There was no doubt in the minds of the police that Mrs. Parsons in- tended to say something to cause her ar- rest.
 Said Chief Hubbard: "Mrs. Parsons can advertise herself all she pleases, but we will not help her to do 1t. We have private information that she intended to make violent Anarchistic harangue. Then we would have been compelled to arrest her, and you can be sure that it would have been magnifed in every way by the Anarchists in the argu- ment of their injunction suit to-day. The attempted lecture was simply for effect. It is well known that Mrs. Parsons can not refrain from talking of Anarchy if she gets a chance, and we will not experiment with her further. She simply can not speak in Chicago"
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-03
- . A Yonng mero,s Tate.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb, Dec. 27.-A farm house seven miles southeast of here, occu- pied by Ashbury Bryan, his wife and six children. was destroyed by fire about two o'clock yesterday morning and John Bryan, about twenty one years of age, perished in the flames. The family was awakened by the cries of one of the children and had just time to escape from the building. All except one little girl got out together and John returned and rescued her at the peril of his life. Then as his mother and the children were standing in the snow barefooted and in their night dresses, the young hero went back again to get clothes for them. While in the burning building he was overcome by the heat, and his body was found just inside door burned to crisp. Mrs. Bryan waded four miles through the snow in her bare feet before securing help.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-03
THE EAST.

THE New York Central train from the west was derailed at Churchvale, N Y re- gently, and several cars left the track. Three coaches fell into ditch, The pas- senger cars were filled with passengers who were all badly shaken up.
 THE Congressional Immigration Investi- gation Committee opened it's inquiry at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 21st.
 NITRo-GLYcERINE (30o0 pounds) ex- ploded at Buchanan Hollow, near Brad ford, Pa, recently. Two men were said to be killed. Several dwellings were wrecked and two children were badly hurt.
 Two brothers named Van Wormer were mangled to death recently by train near Binghamton, N. Y.
 JOHN BURKE stabbed and probably fatally wounded Michael Moore during a drunken quarrel the other evening. The men were visiting two servant girls at 40 West Nineteenth street, New York Burke escaped.
 ANNIE JONES, who eloped from Utica, N. goods clerk, was arrested at a hotel at Montreal where she was stopping and sent home. Her lover was left behind.
 THE trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, have decided to open on Sundays from noon to six o'clock and on two week day evenings for the benefit of the working classes.
 A PANIC occurred at York, Pa, due to a collapsing floor at an entertainment Christmas night. Three hundred persons had narrow escapes, and many were bruised.
 Two young ladies named Smith were drowned near East Brady, Pa, by boat upsetting Christmas day. The two young men with them and another girl were res cued in an exhausted condition.
 JAMES G. BLAINE has been appointed one of the Maine Commissioners to the centennial celebration of Washington's inauguration in New York, April 30.
 MIME. GAsToN DE FoULLIAT, sister of Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt and the.wife of a French nobleman, has joined the Roman Catholic Church in New York City.
 HoN. JAMES T. MoFFErT, Congressman from the Twenty fifth district of Penn sylvania, has been admitted to the asylum at North Warren as a private patient. The difficulty seems to be excessive nerv- ousness, which was brought on by the arduous labors of the recent campaign.
 THE New York Graphic has changed hands and also changed politics. Here after it will te Republican and strongly in favor of protective tariff.
 THE mutilated remains of a human body in two parcels were found in East Fair mount Park, Philadelphia, on the 26th Indications were that a terrible crime had been committed.
 EXECUTIONS have been issued against Robert c. Totten, of the firm of Totten & Co, iron founders and maohinists of Pitts burgh, Pa, for Sl14,000. The cause of the embarrassment was not known.
 DOUGLAS HENRY, a New York stock broker, has suspended business. He had no outstanding contracts
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-03
WHAT CAUSES MIRTH.
All Mirtb-Causing Agents Are or one
 Kind and Differ Only in Degree.

All Mirth- Causing Agents Are or one
 Kind and Differ Only in Degree.
 Sydney Smith gave the true answer when he said that the form of mental pleasure we call mirth was due to the discovery of congruity in seeming incongruity or the reverse. This is best illustrated by an example Boileau. had brother who was a nsdWUtdS snjet, failed in life and came to ask for help. Boileau upbraided him with his mis- conduct, pointed out how they had both started in life under equally fa- vorable conditions and with equal chances, and yet how differently they had got on. "Ah! but just think, ex- claimed the brother, what an inn mense advantage you had over me in brothersm The discovery of the point the seeing of the joke, is, says Sydney Smith, analogous to the pleasant men- tai feeling in discovering something quite new, or in suddenly understand ing something dark to us before. This sensation is always pleasant but in joke the discovery, since it is carefully prepared for, is momentary, unexpect- ed, and without toll, and therefore far more highly pleasurable than the ordi- nary mental discovery. To take an- other example, that of the wooden pave ment before St. Paul's: "If the Dean and Chapter would only lay their heads together, the thing would be done," said Sydney Smith. Here very clearly the fun is in the pleasure occasioned by the instant mental discovery of the connection, notwithstanding the ap- parent complete incongruity, between the heads of the Dean and Chapter and the wood pavement Now, the slower mind works, the more difficulty it has in quickly following out tho con gruity through the apparent incongru- ities, or the incongruity through the apparent congruities, and so in seeing she joke. Men with slow minds, then, prefer the plainest form of discovery such as the mere noticing that some- thing out of the ordinary is going on, as when q man clowns 1t by putting on an enormous hat, a carroty wig and a sea-green coat. Thus, all stupid and dull-witted people are most easily amused by caricature and horse play, and those minds which though they are powerful are also sluggish find 1t too hard work to follow meu- tally the lightning flash in finely wrought verbal epigram. No doubt such theory as this pOstulates that the man who likes Lamb and Sydney Smith, but says he sees no joke at all in buffoonery, really means that he only sees a very little joke, and that he does not care for it because he can see so much more in other things. This, however, agrees with common experience. The man fond of the highest kind of wit is never really unable to see the fun of the clown, though it may bore him by its small ness; and fl he Is scientifically minded he no more refuses to call it a kind of wit, humor or fun than he does to call Uia oydinanc wine. though, as mat ter ot fact, what he really considers wine is Laiitte. In truth, all the mirth-causiDg agents are Of one kind and differ only in degree, though the degrees are often intense Spectator.