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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-18
AN HUMBLE HERO.
A Brave Irish switohman Loses His Life
In Saving a Child.

A Brave irish swltohman Loses His Life
In Saving q Child.
NEw YoRK, April IA hero clad In
the brown greasy oyeralls. checked jumper
and cap Of swiichman, this morning lost
his life in the yard Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, at Jersey City, while
saving from the irightiul death that he
met ten-yoar.oid child. lie was Patrick
McAtamey, an lrishman, forly-two years
old, who supported his wife and family Of
seven young children by switching trains
for the Pennsylvania Railroad at Jersey
City. He was standing in the door Of his
little house about $50 o'clock waiting for
a single car at the New York, Susquohanna
x Western Railroad, 10 DO backed by an
engine on the side track. Just m the car
which lac had switched reached him, q
little tcn-year-old boy, who had been pick.
ing Goals from an ash heap near by,
stepped on the track Immediately In front
Of the car. McAtamey saw him, and,
jumping TO the track, pushed the boy vio-
lcndy from II. Tho next instant, how.
ever, the rapidly moving car struck the
man. There was q crunching OF bones,
and when the engine had pushed the car
on, a mass Of bloody shreds, q bodyloss
head aud limbs marked the remains Of the
switchman.
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1T MAY BE A LYNCHINd.
A Prisoner Blows or the Head of Mis-.
sisslppi Jailer.

A Prisoner Blows Oh the Head of Mis-.
sisslppl Jailer
Special Dispatch to The Appeal.
JACKSON, Miss, April IA telegram
received ut the Sheriir's Office here from
Deputy Sheriff McRae at Raymond, the
county seat OF this (lIinds) county, states
that at about o'clock this afternoon a
prisoner in the Raymond jail shot and
instantly killed. the jailer. Bobert Thomas
shooting of the tia .op of his head. No
particulars are given or known here. 1t is
not known who the prisoner is or whether
he is white or colorod. Thomas was some
forty.ilvc years old and a cripple. lie was
the nephew OF Col. Sam Il. Thomas, the
Sheriff OF Kinds County. The deputy tel
egraphing the news here feared that the
prisoner who committed the deed would
be lynched tonight, as an excited and
angry crowd OF citizens were gathering
with hostile intentions.
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IM. Helm il.nr.i rram.

DASyILLr, Ill.,, April lL-Mn. J. W.
Helm, wife Of the missing grain merchant
who disappeared from Danyillo March ~,
received brief letter from him dated last
week ai Silver Springs, Fla, In which hc
left Dnnville; did not know how lao reached
Florida; was III, aud would start for Dan.
vile M soon M ho was able. No answer
has been received from communications
sent him, and she thinks no may now be
on his way home. business troubles
caused his domeniia Ills accounts are
nil fipht.
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lean independence, was given this afternoon
and although all the pictures are not yet in
place, enough are hung to give an idea OF
what the exhibit will look like. The por-
traits. Oh which there are over fifty Of
washington, are hung in three rooms, and
the exhibition OF newspapers by the Fell
lowcraft Club, the silverware and relies
occupy two more. The relics of Washing.
ton IRE numerous and comprise everything
from his sword and clothing to the trap
pings OF his horse. Among the finest OF
the portraits OF Washington In existence
are two by John Trumbull. They are
owned by Edmund Law Rogers, of Balti-
more, and the city OF New York, and they
are both in the collection.
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nr.rn.,Ille.. cemnrc.- A..nrea.

Special Dispatch "a The Appeal
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn, April l7.-Today
marks a bright event In the history Of
Brownsville. The necessary amount OF
money TO secure a cotton compress here
has been raised and the enterprise Is now
an assured fact. la n few weeks active
preparations will begin looking 20 the
early building. aud there IL no doubt but
that II will be- ready Tor the ilst bale OF
this season. There 10 much Joy among
Oui business mon over securing the enter
prise. because Il marks tho beginning Of q
bright era for brownsville.
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The state supreme Court.

Special Dispatch 10 Tho Appeal.
JACKSON, Miss, April II. The Supreme
Court heard aud took under adyisement:
Erck vs.. Church; State Of Tennessee W..
Butler; reversed and dismissed bill
Kohlbry vs.. Hollcnbcrg Tagg vs. Hollon-
berg; passed Woodward VI. Woodward,
and adjourned pending hearing Of Bron.
son Va. Grigsby. Tho first case tomorrow
will be No. 50. Hoiskell, executor, Va.
Chickaaw Lodge.
l.. I. NJ. Canada, n rising young lawyer,
Of Memphis, was admitted today 10 prao-
tice In the Supreme Court.
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National Academy OF Sciences.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE National
Academy Of Sciences held a business
meeting this morning and the following
officers were elected: President, q. &.
Marsh, Of New Haven, Conn, reelected
President for a term Of Nix years, and
Prof 4. Z. Langley. Of the Smithsonian
Institute. vice-Prcsidcnt for a similar
term. The Home Secretary will be- elected
tomorrow. At o'clock this afternoon
session began. at which n number Of SCI
entihc papers were read.
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wAsniSoroN, April 1.-THE Secretary
Of the Navy has received the following
letter from little elsven-year-old girl:
"Mr. Tpcy-My cousin WIS on one O
the war ships aud said the sailors waste,
potatoes. aud thought Ii they took thin
ner parings you might build ship to senC
where the others got lost am only
eleven, but can take thinner parings.
My mother does not know am writing
this"
The communication will be formally re-
ferred 10 the Bureau Of Provisions and
Clothing and a suitable response will be
made.
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SHE KILLED HER HUSBAND
And Did Il In self-Defense-H o Exoner
atos Her Before Dying.

BUTLER, Pa. April l7.-About O'Clock
this morning James Fields was fatally shot
by his wife. Mrs. Fields was reading a
book and her husband ordered her to come
to bed. She refused to do 30, when he
got up and struck her. sho went to a
bureau drawer and took out a revolver,
telling him II he hit her again she would
shoot him. lilo then struck her In the
face, when she lied the revolver, inflict.
ing n fatal wound. Before dying Fields
made a sworn statement exonerating his
wife, In which he stated sho had shot In
self.deiense. When Mrs Fields appeared
at the Cofoner's inquest this morning her
face was mashed almost beyond rccogni-
ton. She il still at liberty. The Coroner
jury rendered a verdict iustiiying the
shooting ~ In sclidciense. Fields Was an
oil well contractor and bore good repu,a-
ton. Mrs. Fields Is Of an excellent fam.
lily. She is griei.stricken and has the sym.
paihy OF tho people.
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Rnnrh ssa ra..aR..

BosroS, Mass, April i7.--The bark
Imacos (Norwegian) Olsen, at this port
from Dcmemrn, reports a very rough pas.
sage. Encountered a hurricane April 0
which lasted thirty.six hours, during
which shipped great quantities Of water,
washing everything movable from the
decks and iarpaulins of the matches. Also
stove bulwafks. On April o, of Five
Fathom Dank, passed asmall steamer from
thirty TO forty feet In length, bottom up,
Apparently steam launch.
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Heavy Rains and Zig Rivers.

KANSAS Cry, Mo-, April ia Time
special from Arkansas City, Kas., says
Reports received today from the Indian
Territory stated that heavy rains had
fallen and that the rivers were rapidly
rising. Grave fears arc entertained that
the progress OF home seekers in theil
march to Oklahoma will be seriously inn
peded, and the flooding OF the large
streams will be extremely unfortunate.
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HiIie,i Iby q Train.

Special Dispatch 10 The Appeal
JAcKsoS, Miss, April 1.-THE West
bound passenger train on the vicksburg
& Meridian Railroad struck an old gcnilo-
man named 10 little at Newton this
morning. innicting wounds from which he
will die. He WIS upward Of eighty years
old and being very dccrcpit did not hear
the train in time to get Oft the track.
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TIN. ren,ure a, an, Centennial

NEw YonK, April 1.-THE loan collec-
ton OF portraits, relics aud silycrware Of
Washington and his time, which will be
one Of the pleasan,est features Of the cen
tennial celebration, will open for oxhibi-
ton In the assembly rooms Of the Metro.
poliian opera-house tonight A press
view OF all the articles, all Of which arc
connected with the earliest days Of Amer
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market was active and feverish all day
and the fluctuations were rapid, but the
session was devoid of panicky features.
At the opening sales were made at s7I
cents, which proved to be the highest
point Of the day. Prices then began to
drop, and, with the exception of small
rallies, continued 10 decline until the close,
when Sls cents was bid. The feeling was
still weak and unsettled The days tram
sactions were heavy and aggregated MILL
ions OF barrels.
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narnsdals Announce. "a. candidacy.

tpfcial ilsPaith W luz AipoAA'
Jackson. Miss, April 1.-THE Clarion
Le,igcr Of today contains an editorial stat
ing that tho Hon. 4. Barksdalc. Of this
county, had decided to become a candi.
date for Governor. II has been well up-
dcrsiood By his friends for some time
that lac would most probably be candi-
date, although he did not until leday
positively decide TO do 10. lilo 1eels
greatly encouraged at the outlook, and
his friends are very sanguinc OF his nomi-
nation. II IL certain from present pros
poets that he will enter the convention a.
the second strongest candidate, at least,
and his friends confidently claim that no
will have more votes than any other can.
didaio on the iipt ballot. The race foe
Governor Is warming up aud u.l bo DO
cidsdly Interesting.
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nnrIed nm A,inI Him

ISDiASAroLIs, Ind, April IA special
10 the Journal from Noblesville, Ind, say.
that John Weeks and Ebenezer BEEN,
two Hamilton County wood-choppers, be-
came involved In a quarrel this morning,
and that Weeks buried his Ak In the back
Of BEEN, cutting through tho shoulder
into the backbone aud inllictinga mortal
wound. Weeks was arrested.
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Special Dispatch W The Appeal
LurLr Rock, Ark, April 1.-THE total
amount Of appropriations made by the
Legislature for defraying the expenses Of
the State government, the educational and
charitable institutions, the geological sur
vey, etc. for the next two years ioots up
S0i2,3J9.l 10.
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Gee, E.clsem,-, An ol,.

PruBuRo, Pa. April i7.-Thero was
great excitement at the Oil Exchange TO.
day, and prices dropped nearly four points.
Piiisbury has been very bearish for some
time and the story that the Standard has
secured the control Of the fold was scizd
upon a. prstexi 10 hammer prices. The
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-18
WEDDING BELLS.
miiier.Ikenncdy.

spe,ial Dispatch N The Appeal
NEwroRr, Ark, April z.-At Batef-
vile, this afternoon, w. r. Miller, son Of
the late Gov Miller, was married to Miss
Ellie Kennedy. Tho ceremony took place
at the residence OF the brides uncle, the
Rev. Mr.. Long The young couple, after
receiving the congratulations Of friends
and many substantial wedding gifts, left
on the evening train for Little Rock, their
future home
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-18
OBITU AIRY.
M. n. Hunter.

Special Dispatch 10 The Appeal
PINE BLUFF, Ark, April I'm. X.
Hunter, a prominent citizen and leading
politician, died suddenly this morning.
lie was at tho races yesterday evening and
got deeply enlisted In a local horse over a
racer from Mississippi and won large
sum OF money and this excitement super.
induced heart disease.
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No, Very SLOW Abon, rhi.

wAsnrSoroS, April lZ.-From 100 to
100 fourth class postmastcB are now being
appointed daily. OF these about one
third are TO fill existing vacancies, another
third are appointed in the places Of post
masters removed for cause and the other
third succeed postmastcrs who have served
about four years. While fourth
class postmasters are commissioned
10 serve during the pleasure Of
tho Postmaster-General, II Ii be-
lieved by the Postoilice Department Of
iicials that good service does not demand
the retention Of postmaster, save in ex-
cepional cases, beyond the four years Pc
Rod. While the good Of the service, II is
said, will be the first consideration In the
matter OF changes in fourth class postoilices,
there Is reason 10 believe that the commits
sions OF postmastors who have served four
years will be de- ned 10 have expired.
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The Frs, NeM,nnner.

lola. Kas., April 1.-THE first number
Of the Oklahoma 7im@ will be issued at
Oklahoma City on the ODD, by A. C. & W.
w. Scott, formerly OF the Register, Of this
place. The Times will be Republican in
politics
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ohIahoma ro.inmre,.

wAsaISoroS. April 1.-THE Posiofiice
Department officials are making active
preparations for the immediate opening Of
Two pos,ofIlces In Oklahoma-oue at King
Usher stage station and tho other at Gutl.
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NEW YoBK, April II. -Brigadier-G General
Samuel Kennedy Dawson, United States
Army (rctiredD, died at Orange, \. j., this
morning after q short Illness
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Can't. .. N. Arm.irong.

Special Dispatch 20 The Appeal
CorFKEvmLE, Miss, April lZ.-Capt. J.
II. Armstrong, lawyer and citizen OF this
place, died In his room at the old court
house here this morning at o'clock.
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A sensIbIc ConcIn,lon.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Postoilice
Department officials have recinded an
order issued during the last administration,
having for its object the Encouragement
OF the practice by trainmcn OF carrying
special newspaper correspondence and
other matter on other than mall trains. II
Is said at the Department that there are
very large number OF small towns
throughout the country which have
meager Geographic facilities. In q great
many OF these villages the post
and telegraph Offices close early, and to
prohibit train men from carrying to the
neighboring town or city small packages,
containing possibly information of the
highest general importance, is regarded as
unwise and unjust. The newspapers Of
the country, II is maintained, should re-
ceiye every possible facility for obtaining
and disseminating the news OF the day,
and 10 this end trainmen will be encour-
aged TO lend their aid.
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entry is prior In time will have the supe-
rior right. When the inception Of the
claims is simultaneous--th is, at the
same timo precisely-the legal right is
equal and the question cannot be decided
according to the equities and the land
awarded to the party having the superior
equities II any; II none, then Il has been
tho practice TO put the land up between
the claimants and TO award the right OF
entry TO the one bidding tho highest for
the privilege.
4. The act OF March 2, 1880, enacts that
until said lands are opened for settlement
by proclamation OF the President no per-
son shal be permitted to enter upon and
occupy the same, and any person violating
this proyis' on shall never DO permitted to
enter said lands or acquire any right
thereto. The Presidents proclamation OF
March %, 1880, calls attention expressly
TO this provision and directs that il be
strictly enforced. (See circular OF April /,
1889, copy inrlosed,)
D. am not prepared in advance OF a
case arising, to give an opinion rs to what
particular act or acts will DO considered q
violation Of the law in this respect.
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THE ORIGINAL OF "sHE.n

'Mac," said Stanley, to-day, zone
New York paper says that we are
dead"
"Well, they aren't far enough out Of
the way to make any kick about it"
said /.
From this point the entries in the
diary merely refer to the fact that it is
hot, and that walking is bad, up to
September l, when we lind the follow.
ing entry: "We have Just discovered
the original of Rider Haggard's 'She.'
That story about her good looks is
another fake. She is homely enough
to adjourn a camp meeting. She is a
literary woman and q female s~uffragist
from Boston, Mass, and Haggard as
sumed that she was 1000 years old from
her photograph and the amount that
she thought she knew. He received
these particulars from a matrimonial
agency, and not desiring to accept the
chance himself, he wrote the novel as
a kind of a complimentary reading no.
tice for a lone woman. l asked the
chief de cuisine of the village where
She lives, why they kept her so long
when times were SO hard, and he res
piled that she was too thin to roast but
he hoped that in a year or two they
could fat her up enough to make a fair
HOWARD FIELDING.
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WAAiO RAOAAO-
nading the principal street of the city
where he was singing, he thought he
would do a little encorine himself and
see how it would work. He stepped
into a hat store, found the proprietor,
whom he recognized as a patron of the
opera, and asked him the price of 9
silk hat.
"Seven dollars" was the reply. /
The tenor selected n and paid for
it, and then he shouted, %'encore" /;
What do you mean" asked the pro.
prietor, in amaZement. :
Repeat the hat" said the tenor.
Certainly, sir" said the proprietor,
handing down another, an exact dupli.
cate.
: The man with a voice picked them
both up and started for the door.
Hold on, therei" cried the halter,
'you haven't paid for that other hat
81 got it OF an encore" explained
the tenor.
can encore?"
eyes, it's an encore hat. I paid fop
one and then I called for an encore
and got it. That's all right" :
but we don'tdo business that way"
you oblige us to, though"
Explain"
tires volontiers. You were at tho
opera last night, were you not?"
Eyes, l was there; but I don't see
what that has to do with you getting
a hat for nothing"
listen. You paid to hear the
opera sungs"
Certainly I did. I'm no deadhead.
S'pose we call the two hats"
Don't call them yet. You didn't
pay to hear that opera sung twice, did
your"
How absurd! Certainly not. What
do you say to twelve dollars for the
two"
"Say nothing until I get through. I
am the tenor of that opera troupe.
Nearly every arie that l sang 1 was re-
quired to repeat, and if / am lot mis-
taken you yelled encore louder than
any n else. Metaphorically speak
ing, you were getting two hats-and
this caps the climax-for the price of
one; see?"
The halter did see, and he wanted to
make the singer a present of a hat to
set the matter even, but he declined it,
bowed and pursued the even tenor OF
his way.
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rhe pocser,. Error.

Two agents for q new kind of chnrr
came to the house of DIR. L. OF Pano
Ia county, Mississippi, in the evenin,
and were invited to spend the night
While one was caring Tor the horses the
doctor, conversing with the other, found
the men were from n place where he had
practiced medicine in his youth. In.
curing abont different persons he nj
length asked: "And the Misses Brown,
where are they? They we're without
doubt the most ugly women l ever saw
EYES," said the agent.
"What became of them?"
"Ore is my wife,"
There was silence.
The doctor presently left the room.
Going to the stable he saw the other
agent and made O confident of him,
winding mp with: "Well, they were un-
commonly ugly women. Did you ever
see them?"
"Yes."
And he married the other.
DIR. l. claims that this is the only
break he ever made in entertaining
strangers .-Detroit Free Press.
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In Good shape.

McGregor Tex.) Observer. Jan. s.
While talking to MI. Il. 8. G. Hatch
a few days ago we asked him a few
pointers in regard to his luck in the
Louisiana State Lottery. Mr.. Hatch
stated that he had been in the habit of
investing for some months past n
few dollars in the lottery. He pur-
chased ten fortieth tickets about 10th
December, 1888, among the ten was No.
$, 7O4, the same being the number that
drew the capital prize, 5000, 900.
"What did you do when you were in
formed that you had drawn $50. 600, Mr..
Hatch?"
81 went at once to Waco and depos-
tied my ticket with the American Ma
t!onal bank, and took their receipt for
the same. Four days after 1 deposited
my ticket 1 was paid by the American
National bank the $50, 600"
Mr.. Hatch has a wife and six children.
He was comparatively a poor man,
working as overseer of the W. p. Gaines
big valley farm, three miles south from
McGregor, on q salary. He is a man of
Judgment, and there is no doubt but
that he will properly invest his money.
Mr.. Hatch will continue as overseer for
Colonel Gaines.
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The Classical Test.

Wonder if the young man Anderson
who has just married Lawrence Bar.
rett's daughter was able to 60 through
the required catechism without trip.
pings An ambitious young man is
said to have once lost his souls delight,
toe fair Miss B., as a sequel to y dia-
logue which ran about as follows:
MIR. Barrett-"Young man, are your
designs on my daughter honorable?"
Young man-"Perfectly."
you want to marry herr"
with all my heart"
"Can you tell me, sir, can you tell
me Who was Cato's father-in-law?"
Didn't even know that Cato was
married"
THAT settles it, sir. No man so ig-
norant as not to know whose daughter
Cato married can " e. claim my daugh-
ter as his wife,"
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NOT ACCORDING TO QUEENsBURY RULES
Aug. Q. When 1 joined MIR. Stanley's
troop ! suppose that we should have
our railroad fares paid out of the gate
receipts, but it appears that we've got
to walk. We've played to very poor
business lately, anyhow. Only seen
one niger in the last four days and he
was dead.
Aug. 4. Reached the native town of
Jimmyneddy to-day. 1t is no good.
There is not q decent saloon in the
place. There is very little good chew
Ing tobacco in this region and l begin
to long for the gilded civilization of
the Bowery.
Aug. 2. For some days we have been
hearing Of a missionary who had set
tied Just ahead of us. He brought q
Bible and q medicine chest with him.
Both his drugs and his theology were
Of the rigid, old school type. Former
" when q native was sick he went off
and sat down somewhere and swore
till he got well. They found that if
they accepted the missionary's Bible
they couldn't swear, and If they took
his medicines they couldn't get well,
so they had q big dinner in the native
style. When we arrived the mission
airy was done to a turn and on the
table. We did not try him, but the
natives said he was good. They
wanted me for desert, but I declined.
Aug. IS. We have reached a better
country. The natives are friendly,
but their ignorance pains me. Many
Of them have never ' heard Of
Sullivan. / tried to civilize them up a
bit. Yesterday / was explaining the
Queensberry rules to the chief of the
tribe, and had just shown him how
John l.. gets in his knockout blow,
when the old fellow got mad at a little
tap on bis bugle. and grabbing a spear
about as long as q telegraph pole, he
chased me over the borders of his
realm. This disgusts me with mis-
sionary work