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St. Landry democrat., 1889-02-23
THE PARSONS DAUGHTER,

Wf7tten for The american.
Mid Alpine sleeps where rugged ewes
Scan fair Italian shores.
And frown askance on Grecian TeIes
Whose lost art still endures.
Ahamlet small and simple stood.
Near by clear stream ran,
Egean winds oft sweeping up
Disturbed the sleeping sand,
a cottage stood upon the shore.
quaint Italian home.
nere aftlsts painting rural scenes
Had often CHANGED to roam.
The sky beyond was one dark blue,
The hills Wore green and black.
Inc mountain tops were snowy white,
Old inns beset the track:
A cottage stood amid this scene.
A fishers hut, some say,
Whate>r it was, king might wish
For home and hearth as gay.
a quaint old garden reaching round,
Tall olives shook their heads
AND like white angels sleeping there
Bloomed daisies in their beds.
And farther down beside the sea
A castle ruined and old
Still by the rocks of other years
A Hateful story told;
They say that row-boa drifting by
Still make the same soft singing,
While round the castle walls at will
The spider webs are swinging:
The same old story it is true,
A tale of loves bewitching.
Of heart that ioweth out to heart
Its own soul still enriching.
The heart of poor. the heart of rich,
Each hath tender yearning.
1t comes with life, it lasts with life,
All know it without learning;
shepherd lad came wandering long
The fishers hut invaded,
And while the fisher hooked his fish,
He, his fish persuaded;
All shepherd lads, and royal lads
All love some lovely maiden,
And every lassie's fancy, too,
Hath dressed some blissful Eden.
The fishers daughter stole away,
The shepherd lad was missing,
boat in Venice's peaceful streets
The row was sealed by kissing,
Two hearts beat strongly then as one,
1t was loyal wedding,
The parson dropped the wedding key,
Not knowing where he was treading,
1t sank within the peaceful tide,
The boat returned to landing,
But, Lo upon the marble step
No parsons daughter standing.
oh maiden's hearts are just the same
From hut, to rank and station,
womans heart was made to love
Whate'er her race or nation;
The parsons daughter loved lord,
She fed the parsons keeping,
The fishers daughter fed at night
And left the old man sleeping;
The parson thought it well enough,
The shepherd and his. winning,
But for his girl to wed at all,
1twas the grossest shining.
Lille Binkleu, Atchison. IA
St. Landry democrat., 1889-02-23

a.;.an detective-"Ho Ho! Call
Am eas detectiye9 Why don't you
4 4od the Whitechapel murderer Eng
~. Tascott. Philadelphia Record
St. Landry democrat., 1889-02-23

The mercury fell seventy degrees at
Huron, Dakota, on Saturday. liza change
of climate is beneficial the people there
should be healthy now.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-02-23

The mission of the Church is to all
classes condition and people.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-02-23

The name of sin is legion. It takes
many forms and works in many years.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-02-23
Jennings P. O., Louisial

In regard to surgical operations, every
physician breads to have anything to do
with beer drinkers. 1t is dangerous for
beer drinker even to cut his fnger.-Dr.
s. g. TH0r71e
St. Landry democrat., 1889-02-23


fertilizers on an extensive scale.
The laboratory of the chemist has kept
pace with the field experiments; it has de-
monstrated, without doubt, the value of
rice bran as a feeding stuff. enhancing
thereby the value of our product; it has
shown, that from mixture of crabgrass
hay, or better still, of oats and rice bran,
a splendid days work may be expected
from horse or mule, for its nutritive
ratio compare very well with that of wheat
bran that of the former being is e.,
that of the latter ia 4. Its value as fer,
tilizer has been time and again extolled,
but chemistry here has disappointed the
expectations of the rice planter, yet must
confess, that by mixing it with cotton seed
meal, have produced the largest vege-
tables and sweetest canes on our place.
Who is so blind as not to see the i'm
mense strides we have made within the
last few years? The rice fields that for
merly were utilized for only six months in
the year can now serve to produce fine
crop of winter grain. have seen 40
bushels of oats to the acre harvested in
May (from quite an extensive feld), which
was planted afterwards in rice, without
even any blowing, give the astonishing
hitting the planter to utilize his harvester,
thresher and engine for two crops instead
of one, the same year, upon the same land.
Hundreds of impoverished cattle that
can be had for a mere song during the
yearly autumnal glut of the New Orleans
market, can be madB sleek and fat upon
the grain and straw that are left in our
rice fields.
The second crop ION the offshoots) that
was formerly allowed to rot and decay, is
now cheaply harvested, or baled up as
hay. This cutting or harvesting of our
fields in autumn serves double purpose (:
1st, it gives us ready money, which is al.
ways acceptable; I'd, it destroys the seed
of obnoxious weeds and grasses that is a
source of SO much trouble and annoyance
in the spring of the year, when either
hand wedding or cything has to be resorted
to, in order to clean our crops. OF late
years, however, have seen the mower
used with great advantage on lands sus-
ceptible of drainage; everything is moved
down, rice and grass, and by quickly irri-
, 1889-07-10
Translation.
Publication

HT is hereby made known that in
Ameeting held on the 24th ultimo
the Colonial Council has elected
Messrs. CREAGH and RUSSELL
members Of the Boards Of Health
respectively for Chri8tiansted and
Frederiksted vice Mesars.PALUDAN-
MULLER and ". b WOODS, and
that Government has appointed
Messrs. A. f. STAKEMANN and
E. X. Ford members Of the respec-
tive Boards vice MesSrs. Tn.
ELLIOTT and RICHTER.
Government Secretary's Office, st. Croix,
the LIST July 1889.
LINIPRICHT.
, 1889-07-10

bance Of ordinary laws, and we moy
wake one morning to know that The
desvructiveness of Natureis not CON
fined either to Asia or America by
any unchanging decree. We are not
masters of the pestilenCes corn may
fail az well as the potato or the grape,
the great capitals are not beyond fi'e,
and our cities all depend on the con-
dition that driuking-wnter shall ne
yer fail, a condition which might be
suspended. Il seems as if the old
Aryans had found out the safe corn
er of the planet, but it may only be
seeming still.
, 1889-07-10
acknowledgements

gS EFT bekjeantdtgj0res herved, at
~ Colonialraadet i sit den 24de
f. NJ. boldte Mode bar valgt D,hrr
Bankbestyrer CREAGh og KIDD
mand RUSSELL til Meqlemmer at
Sundhedscommissionerne henholds-
Wis for Christiansted og Frederiksted
i Stedet for D'hrr Apotheker
PALUDAN- MULLER og Kj3b,
mand w. B. WOODS, og at Gou'
vernementet har valgt D'hrr. Pro
curator A. E. STAKEMANN OF
Forretningsf6rer T.. Il. FORD til
Medlemmer af de respective Com
missioner / Stedet for D'hrr. Tn.
ELLIOTT gT oldforvalte RICHTER.
Gouvtrnpmrnts Spcretariatet, st. Croix,
den lste JUL 1889.
LIMPRICHT.
, 1889-07-10
UNCLAIMED LETTERS IN FREDER.
IKSTED'S POST OFFICE.

PAID.
VIM. Arnold, George Daniel, Thomas
Forster, Llvinia Henry, Rebrcca Jacobs,
Virginia James, GeOrgeana Lackaday,
John B. Miller, Matilda Martin, Alfred
Louis Nielsen. Agnes Perrymann, Elizabeth
Roberts, Louisa Spratt, Elizabeth Williams,
Mary Ann Williams.
Sarah Bigand, Margret Christ, Henry
Cornelius, Joseph Durant, John Dyer, s.
Forster, Maria Lambert, Matilda Martin,
Baby Noblitt, D. A. Petersen, William
Il. Prshtis, Lauritz Trauberg, Lucretia
Thomas.
Frede, iksted's Post Office, the 3Oth
jane 1879.
OTTO Q. KNUDSEN.
est.
, 1889-07-10
UNCLAIMED LETTERS IN CHRIS.
TIANSTED'S POST OFF, Z.

Maria Gilbert, Luv, ser 9homas, Mary
Martin, Peter Nngcnt Est. Nit. Washing
ton, Maria Petersen, Timothy Saudifor(.
UNPAID.
Peggy Carly, Rev. IL. do NJ. Dodsworth,
l2l' Joseph kiyvert = Victoria Larrenge
Est. Judi& Fancy, Louisa Manuel, johanna
Almina Petersen, " Sarah Petersen, Ere.
derlc Simmons, Caroline Thomas, Joseph
a. Thomas, Diamond School, r. II. Tutcin,
kebecca Williams, Salomy Williams,
Arleshar Nilman, Alexander, Williams.
Presented to AdIresse and refused.
ChrlSlIanSted's Post Office, st. Croix.
the Both Juns 1889.
PETER LEMMING &.
, 1889-07-10
Translation.
Publication.

easT' is hereby made known that
&Police Assistant, Kammerraad
I~DSKOVDAMMEN, D. M:y has,
resigned his post as Brandmajor in
Christiansted and that Government
has appointed Mr.. ZIELIANs Chief
Clerk ip the Judges and Police
Offices, to act in his place.. a-
Government Seoretary'sOfice ST. Croix
the lst J3ulY 1889. Y4.N. ii sa ,%fa}iaF
= @@ - LiMPRICHE. =
, 1889-07-10

Wnen a quarter OF a mllIlOn ol Hu-
man beings persisted in a night; or
with the famine in the two Chinese
provinces, which starved nine millions.
ofpeople OR with the famine in Orjssa,
which swept away II third of the Peo-
pie or with the horrible flood of
Inst year in Honan, when the Yellow
RIVER in a few hours drowned, it is
believed, more than two millions of
peasant men and women. The scale,
however, for Europe is every large );
and when the fate Of white men is
concerned, it is the scale of Europe
we unconsciously employ. We can
i~1dividualise them, and actually feel
with the unhappy mar who, after
twice lifting mother and wife out
of the water, was struck by a piece
of wreckage, and so died or with
the German who, with twenty-nine
relatives at 5 pm, knew at Z pm.
that he was alone in the world. This
European scale, which has a pro-
found effect on european thought, is,
Of course, the result Of centuries
during which men have noted the
modera,enes of all cotastrophes, a
mOderateness so nearly unbroken,
that a philosopher like Goethe held
the earthquake of Lisbon, which
DESTROYED probably 10 per cent. Of
those drowned on S~hahbazpore, an
adequate reason for doubling The
goodness or existence OF God. This
modcrateness, or, so to speak, reserve
of the forces of Nature, helps greatly
among many other causes, to main
thin al once the stability and the
hopefulness of European minds, md
10 develop that unfoundpd but most
beneficial illusion that the destiny
of man is progress indefinitely pro
tracted. Man is not often terrified
by his own action and in Europe,
man, and not Nature, is the usual
originator of calamity, no sudden
catastrophe in this quarter of the
world being comparable in its de-
structiveness of human life to a great
battle. This moderateness of scale,
moreover, helps, we conceive, to.
limit "accidental" destruction by de-
veIoping carefulness.
Everything il arranged Oh the
hypothesis that a grand calamity
must not occur ;that it would have
unbearable results and except in war,
we watch our cities against fire, re
gulate our crowds, arrange the rail
way journeys of our masses, under
the dominance OF the thought that a
massacre must not be. Once in the
time Of men still living, there has
been q calamity in Europe on the
Aslutic scale, the famine which in
IS45' swept off a twentieth Of The
population of ireland ; and once,
again a distinctly visible change Of
one, never quite accurately measured,
Ghe chance that the people Of Paris
might en- masse perish of hunger, TIE
latter danger, however, was due, Of.
course, 10 human agency ; and in srite.
of the one awful example, Europeans
have been bred by circumstances TO
believe that Mature will be Mt ONCE!
n4*t.E 49, FhI
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-06
BLOCKS OF RAGING FIRE.
THE BEST PART OF ELLENsBURG
IN ASHES.

Over 100 Families Homeless The
Blaze Probably the Result of the
Fourth of July Celebration-The Loss
Well Up in the Hundreds of Thou
sands.
ELLENsBURG. W. T., July 5-Ten blocks
OF the best portion of this city are in ashes.
Over 100 families are homeless, and what
was yesterday a thriving and imposing
business center is now a mass of ashes and
burning cinders. 1t is presumed that the
lire was the result Of the celebration of the
national holiday. as it was started soon
after the Inauguration of the display of the
fireworks last evening.
The flames started on the north side Of
the city about 10 o'clock in the evening aud
with very strong wind blowing from the
northeast. The fire department, which was
promptly called out. could do nothing to
check the rapid advance Of the confiagra-
tlon, which, within an hour, spread to the
business center. Help was telegraphed for
from neighboring towns, but long before it
could reach the scene the flames had literally
wiped out the heart Of the city and COM
msnced to spread among the residences on
the south side. 1t was not until the main
portion OF the food for the fire had been
consumed that there were any signs OF
abatement, and it was nearly morning
before che tiremen secured any result from
their tireless efforts.
THE LOSS.
While it is impossible to form any close
idea OF the amount Of the loss, it is esti-
mated that tho sum will run up to many
hundreds of thousands of dollars All the
leading hotels, the handsome Nash opera
house block, the city hall the board OF
trade building, in fact, all the business
blocks on Pine, Pearl, Third, Fourth and
Fifth streets are consumed except the
First National Bank building, and three
stores aud a saloon. The number of resi-
dences destroyed cannot now be estimated,
but it is known that over 100 families are
homeless and penniless and with nothing
saved but few scant clothes with which
they escaped from the advancing flames
WORSE AND WORSE.
ELLENsBURG, w. T., July 5, II Pm
The only brick buildings left are Lynch's
block and the Ellensburg National Bank.
Two hundred houses were totally de-
stroyed. The loss as now estimated
is about $4,000 000-S750, 900 in buildings
and Sl,250,000 in goods. The only stores
left are four There is no rest taurant, hotel
or clearinghouse left, and there are about
100 people left destitute. Mayor Abrams
has called a meeting of citizens to take
action for relief While the loss is terrible,
the citizens maintain cheerful disposition
and are determined to build more substan-
italy than ever.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-06
A QUINTETTE OF DEMONS
THEY SUBJECT A WHITE WOMAN
TO A NIGHT OF HORROR.

Her Husband Put to Flight and They
Then Had Her at Their Mercy-She
Escapes in the Morning 49, Arrests
FOllow-Lynching Among the Proba-
bilities.
CHARLESTON, S. c., July 5.-A dispatch
to the Netos and Courier from Bishopville,
Sumter county, says: ION last Friday two
young white people, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniels,
appeared in the neighborhood of Bethlehem
church, about three miles above here, and
stopped over night with one Ransom j.
Anderson, colored man, and on Monday
morning started out for Bishopville to
look for work. On their way
to town they were met by Ned Williams, a
young negro who bears very bad reputa-
ton, and were decoyed by Ned to his house,
where he said they could remain during
Saturday, and he could then pilot them on
Sunday to a good place to stay until they
could obtain work
A DASTARDLY PLOT.
son Sunday morning Ned Williams went
of, ostenslbly to see about getting a house
for the young couple His object, how
ever, was to summon four of his COM
rades-Ed Slater, John Williams, his
brother, Tom Charles and Preston Jeffer-
son-to aid him IN a scheme he had
planned. The five negroes held a meet
ing just. outside of Williams house,
and in sight of their victims. A little
after dark Williams told the young
white man and his wife that he would now
conduct them to the home he had secured
for them, and they set out with him, but
had only gone about 200 yards from the
house when Ned's four companions jumped
on young Daniels, and beat aud drove him
away.
HORRIBLE FATE OF THE WOMAN.
"Then the five, with drawn pistols, as
saulted the woman, each abusing her to his
hearts content. The poor creature, half
dead, was forced back into Ned Williams
house, and there kept until the next morn
ing, when Williams wife carried her to
the house of Preston Jefferson and he took
her to the house of Jane Cupid VINO resides
on .. G. Scarboroughs place. Cupid and
his wife are kind cOlOred people and she
remained with them until last night, when
the white people of the vicinity got the
| first iukling of the crime.
DANGER OF LYNCHING.
An investigation followed and r. E.
Carnes, trial justice, issued warrants fol
four men, three of whom were the parties
wanted. Tue fourth being innocent, was
discharged this morning, and two more
were secured. At a preliminary ex-
animation all the parties made state
ments which amount, in fact, tc
plea Of guilty. The town is in fever OF
| excitement, aid knots of men, both whi te
and colored, are seen all about the towI
, discussing the question, ana large guard
Is placed over the prisoners to prevent any
possibility of lynching."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-06
HOT DAYS AT JoHNsrowN.
Work Among the Ruins Made Almost
Unbearable by the Stencil.


JoHNsTOwN, PA. July Sit has been a
rather quiet day. The workmen are still
tngging away at their endless task, and hot
weather is beginning to tell on the sur
roundings. The stencil in places is becoming
unbearable By liberal application of dis
lntectants, however, the air is kept remark
ably pure.
Six more dead bodies were taken to the
morgue to-day. They were all unrecog-
nlzaOle. Four of them were females, one
child and the other u man, who is sup
posed to be James Young.
IN HORRIBLE CONDITION.
The bodies that are found now are in hor-
rible condition, and Undertaken Henderson
suggested to-day that it would be better to
cremate the dead that are found now than
to bury them, The board of inquiry here
have now about completed their work and
their report Will be prepared and presented
TO the commission at its sitting at Cresson
next Tuesday. The work of the board will
comprise the data upon which the basis for
the distribution of the relief fund can be
made. The report viii also embrace a spe-
cltic recommendation providing for the i'm
mediate distribution of $500,00O in an
equitable manner.
RESUMPTION OF THE LOCAL PAPER.
The Johnstown Democrat issued its first
paper since the food, to-day. In addition
to complete list of the dead to this date,
| the paper contains interesting information
relating to the flood regarding the mooted
question whether warning had been given
of the Reservoir breaking. The statement is
made: Shortly after noon, the following
dispatch was received at the Pennsylvania
| railroad tower, and was telephoned over
| town. Communication by wav of Lincoln
bridge has been cut off. Reports from
Conemaugh lake via South Fork at 21O
o'clock say the water is running over the
dam and the dam may give way at any mo-
ment Notify the people Of Johnstown at
once to be prepared for the worst
THE OLD CRY OF WOLF.
This was signed Operator but as tho
reports of the dam breaking were always
current when we had high water, the poo
| pie had become used to such talk, and were
not easily alarmed. At any rate it was
the experience of those who made an
effort to warn the people that the matter
was treated with indifference A second
message was received at 2:44 o'clock which
| said that the dam was breaking, and the
warning was circulated through a few of
the reefs, but the people had no time nor
| opportunity then to get out. AS to the part
the stone bridge played in the disaster
| arguments are presented to show that the
| bridge was Instrumental in saving at least
| 5000 lives
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-06
STRUCK BY AN ENGINE.
Four People in Carriage Killed al
Long Branch.

Four People in a Carriage Killed at
Long Branch.
LONG BRANCH, N. j., July 5.--At Ilfstla
Silver crossing, three miles north of Long
Branch, this afternoon, carriage contain
ing the mother Of Joseph Ward a collar
and shirt manufacturer of New York, Mr..
Keatlng, Mr.. Wards brother-in-law. Of
New York, a hat manufacturer; Elsie
Keating, child, and her nurse,
was struck by the $3.50 o'clock
express train from New York
on the Central railroad of New Jersey and
smashed to pieces. Mrs. Ward, Mr.. Keat-
ing and the nurse girl were dreadfully man
gled beneath the wheels of the locomotive,
and their bodies were carried over 100 feet.
The child Elsie was also badly maDgled.
Her chest was crushed, but she lived an hour
and a half. Pieces of the victims bodies
were scattered along the track for con-
siderable distance. The horse was killed
and dismembered. Several persons who
witnessed the accident say that Keating
waited until the north bound train passed.
He evidently did not see the south bound
express and drove upon the track as ii
came laundering along. The express train
runs from Jersey City to Long Branch,
stopping at Red Bank only. The remains
were gathered up and taken to an under
taking establishment at Red Bank Cor
oner Vanderveer Of Long Branch will hold
an inquest Monday
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-06
CARTER EXoNERATED.
Col Hughes Calls the Charges Traitor
Gus and Dastardly.


WASHINGTON. July 5.-Lieut Carter,
United States engineer, has been exonerated
as the result of the investigation of the
charges made against him in his river and
harbor work at Savannah. In the long
report with which Col. Hughes, of the in
spectOr generals department United States
army, who made the investigation, trans
mits the testimony, he says that the
allegations Of corrupt practices and bribery
mentioned in Mr.. Curtis affidavit cannot
be substantiated in any court in the coun-
try, and in all his army career of nearly
thirty years it has never been
his misfortune to have his attention
called to more traitorous and
sderation. The public moneys passing
through the hands of Lieut. Carter have
been carefully and economically disbursed
for the specific purposes for which they
were appropriated, and he has made it his
business to see that the government got
value received.
EVERYTHING PLAIN.
The plans and specifications of the work
done under his supervision are as plain as
it is possible to make them, and the CORES
pondence shows that all the business trans
actions OF his office are correctly reported
to his superiors. Lieut.. Carter has labored
where he is between four and five years
with an untiring energy and a restless
activity that will seldom bs seen in officers
of the public service. His sentiment,
that he would let his work speak for
itself, is no idle boast. In as much as the
government is not blessed with very many
servants who exhibit the zeal and expend
the energy that Lieut.. Carter has done in
his work at Savannah, Col. Hughes thinks
that great care should be taken to protect
those it has from abuse Col. Hughes sent
with his report photograph of Mr.. Curtis,
showing that gentleman in summer disha-
billie, seated on rattan ssttee and engaged
in lifting in his lips tumbler full of a dark
liquid, with huge demijohn on the ground
beside him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-06
sHERMAN'S DEvoUr SON.
The First Stage of Ordination for the
Priesthood Passed.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July Sat the
cathedral this morning Thomas Ewing
Sherman, eldest son of Gen. William T.
Sherman, passed through the first stage of
the ordination that will make him priest
of the Roman Catholic church. The final
stage of ordination will be reached Sunday.
This morning the order Of sub.deacon was
conferred upon the candidate, and to-
morrow he will be made a deacon.
Sundays ceremony will invest him
with the rank and power of the priesthood.
The ceremony this morning, being in the
archbishop's private chapel. was entirely
private, only a few members of Sherman's
family, some neighboring priests and few
worshipers, who came to hear the arch
bishops mass, being present, Archbishop
Ryan ofIiciated, and the ceremony was most
impressive.