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The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04

govern his boy, he must first govern
himself. This was not an easy task.
Yet, he felt that it must be done.
There comes that boy now" said
he, as he glanced forth. and saw John
Thomas coming homeward at a very
deliberate pace. There was more OF
impatience in his tone OF voice than he
wished to betray to Aunt Mary, who
let her beautiful, angel-like eyes rest
for a moment or two, pe~netratingly,
upon him. The balancing power OF
that look was needed; and it performed
its work.
Soon after, the lettering boy came
in. He had d package Of nails in his
hand, which he reached, half indiffer-
emily, to his father.
"The hammer!' John started with
a half-frightened air. Indeed, father.
/ forgot all about it!n said he, looking
with q flushed cozlntenance, in which
genuine regret was plainly visible.
I'm sorry said Mr.. Belknap, in q
disappointed. but not angry or rebuk-
ing voice. I've been waiting a long
time for you to come back. and now
must go to the store without mailing
up that trellis for your mothers honey
suckle and wisteria. as ] promised"
The boy looked at his father a mo.
ment or two with an air of beWilder-
ment and surprise; then he said,
earnestly:
"Just wait q little longer. I'll rur
down to the store and get it for you ii
q minute I'm very sorry that / for
got It.
Run along. them sid NJ. Belk'
map, ass5ly
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-06-01

which the three prisoners had already
been drawn and fasten them with In
dictments, probably to prevent any at
tempt to secure the release OF one or
more of them on ball.
The Grand Jury only took n vote
after hearing the witnesses, and that
was unanimous for indicting all three
prisoners.
States Attorney Longenecker said
to night that no mention OF Clan. ma
Gael affairs had been made In the jury
room.
sThe charge of conspiracy was not
Investigated" he added. land DIR.
Cronin's papers we're not brought in.
Those matters will come later. probably
before another Grand Jury.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-06-01
At BRAIDWOOD

TWENTY-FIVE OF THE STRIKING
MINERS ARRESTED by THE MILL
TIA-KNIvEs AND REvoLvERs
FOUND UPON THEIR PERSONS.
BRA1DwooD, ILL.,, May 2s.-The
two companies of Chicago militia
which lett that city for braid wood,
where they had been sent by Governor
Fifer to preserve peace, had q close
call at Gardner this morning. The
conductor Of the train, on leaving Chi
cago last night, had received orders to
run slowly between Gardner and Braid
wood, IL was we'll that this warning
was given; otherwise there would have
been q terrible disaster.
On reaching Gardner it was found
that some miscreants had wedged stones
In the switches SO firmly that q wreck
would surely have followed had not the
distractions been discovered. As 1t
was, the boys received a sufficient
warning from the attempted train
wrecking to dampen their spirits, and
the songs and chaf1ng which had pre-
viously been heard suddenly ceased
and the countenances OF the soldiers
became decidedly serious. No Calling
gun was taken from Chicago. as had
been expected.
Shortly before midnight last night,
Company II, from Kankakee; Company
D, from Ottawa, and Company g, from
Bloomington, reached here on special
trains, and we're formed in line and
marched to the mines, three miles
from this city.
Eight companies OF the Fourth llli-
nois Nat nal Guard pitched their tents
on the Chicago, Wilmington and Yer
million coal lands at the 81" shaft
this morning. and are now scouting
the Italian quarters. Twenty-Five
miners have been arrested. On their
persons were found knives and revolt
vers. 1t is asserted that the Italians
are rallying at Cooley, Coal City, Clark
City, Gardiner and Brakeville for an
attack.
The plan of Colonel Bennett is to at
tack the Italian settlement in detail
force before they a rally. Great
activity Is noted IN the Italian quarters.
and crowds are een gathering TO rescue
their arrested brothers. The residents
say that the Italians mean fight and do
not care for their lives. The whistle
In 81" shaft blew for work this morn
ing, but no miners reported.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-06-01
NO WOUNDS ON THE BODY THAT
COULD CAUSE DEATH.

CHICAGO, May 2Stn.-DetectiVe
Daniel CoughIin. Patrick o. Sullivan,
the ice man, and Frank j. Black. alias
Woodruff, were indicted by the Grand
Jury this evening for the murder Of
DR.. Cronip. This result was reached
after an investigation which began at
noon and lasted seven hours, during
which two dozen witnesses were exam
ined and a mas OF evidence con-
sidered.
Tho three prisoners were included In
one indictment, TO which there were
three counts, q charging . with
killing DR.. Croning with a blunt In,
strumept, the second alleging the use
Of a sharp instrument, u the third
Instruments and means unknown.
No evidence was Introduced to prove
q conspiracy and DR.. Crouin's private
papers we're not placed before The
Grand Jury. The witnesses called
were those Whose stories have been told
in genera al ou';liae il not In detail in the
press. Judge Loageuecker thor sht 1t
advisabl Q to- tighten the eoi, .lpto
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-06-01
PENIS GROVE. N. j., SATURDAY. JUNE l. 1899

and stingeth like an adder" This is
the other quotation. Make up your
mind as to which is the more impress
slye. l think the last is the mightier:
"fteloice, . young man, In thy youth,
n let thy heart cheer thee in the days
OF thy youth, and walk thou IN the
sight OF thine " eyes; but know thou
that FOR all these things God will bring
thee into judgment"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26
The Speed or Fishes.

The speed of fishes is almost an I'M
known quantity, being, as Prof. G.
Brown Goode says, very difficult
TO measure. IF you could get
a fish," said Prof. Goode to
a Post reporter. land put him in
trough of water ! 900 feet long and
start him at one end and make him
swim TO the other without stopping.
the information could be easily OBJ
tanned, but fish arc unintelligent and
they won't do this. Estimates of the
speed OF fish consequently are only ap-
proXimated, and more or less founded
on guessing. You can tell, however,
at n glance whether fish is built for
speed or not. A fast fish looks trim
and pointed. like yacht. Its head is
conical shaped, and its fins fit down
close to its body. like knife blade in
to its handle. Fish with largo heads,
bigger than their bodies, and with
short, stubby fins are built for slow
motion"
What are the fastest fshesp'
1.-The predatory fish, those which
live on prey, are the fastest swimmers.
The food fishes are generally among
the SloWeSt, and are, consequently
easily captured. Their loss is recon-
pensed however, by the natural law
which makes them very prolific in re-
production. Dolphins have been known
TO swim around an ocean steamer, and
it is quite safe TO say that their speed
is twenty miles an hour, but it may be
twice as much. The bonito is fast
swimming fish. just what its speed is l
do not know. The head OF the goose
fish is very large-twenty times as big
as its body. Itmoves about very little,
and swims at the bottom of the ocean.
The Spanish mackerel is one of the
fastest of the food fishes. It's body is
cone-shaped and as smooth as FURNISH
ed metal. Its speed is as machless as
the dolphin, and in motion it cuts the
water like a yacht."-Washington
Post.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26
TRUST FUND DEBT.
Bold Robbery at Muskegon.
S5,953,92O OF

Grove w. Griffin, who keeps a grocery
across the street from the county
Jail in Muskegou, was counting his
cash and preparing TO 30 home
the other night, when stranger entered
the door, and presenting a revolver to
Grifiu's face, ordered him to stand and
deliver Griffin started to so round the
counter to give the money TO the robber,
but the villain, thinking Griffin was pre-
pairing to resist Immediately fired his re-
volver at him, the bail passing through
Gri Inns wrist and ploughiug furrow in
his neck, where it lodged back of the iugu-
lar vein. Griffin retained self-control
enough TO hand the highwayman his purse
containing $3.50, and the latter at once left
the store and disappeared.
Going to his home, u block away, as fast
as he could, Griffin gave the alarm and a
physician was summoned and the police
notified The wounded man bled profusely,
but his physician says the wound while
serious, is not necessarily fatal. He was
unable TO find the ball.
Griffin associates his assailant with q
man who had entered his store in drunken
condition few days before and had made
such trouble that Griffin had him arrested.
This fellow, who lives at Button, about
four miles down the lake, declared he would
get even with Griffin and ''ix" him as soon
as he got chance. The description of the
,highwayman, as distinctly given by Griffin,
TALES so close with the Button man,
whose name is Henry Williams, that the
police went down the lake and arrested
him
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26
GENERAL.

The case Of Deputy Marshal Nagle is to
be taken to the supreme court by the Cali
fornia state authorities.
A freight train was derailed near Allan
ia, Ca, the other night, and the engineer,
fireman and brakeman were killed
Suit has been begun by Mrs. Mary f.
Hopkins, widow of the late cashier of the
wrecked Fidelity Bank OF Cincinnati,
against the Kentucky Mutual Security
Fund Company to recover $4,000 the
amount OF an insurance policy taken out by
Hopkins in her favor.
A wreck occurred on the Erie road near
Tioga junction, Pa, the other evening. in
which three persons were killed, and over
90 seriously injured. The smoker and
three passenger cars were completely de-
molished. The wreck took IRE, but was
extinguished after great difficulty and
passengers rescued.
"Bobn Younger, the youngest of the
notorious Younger brothers, who were
sentenced to life Imprisonment for murder
in connection with the Mortified bank
robbery, died in prison at Saltwater,
Mimi, on the 18th inst, of consumption
His friends had endeavored to secure his
pardon, but the governor refused TO grant
IL.
Two girls were instantly killed and ten
others injured by lightning in a church ut
Columbisville, Ind, Sunday, Sept. 10.
Montanas registration of votes, just
closed, shows IN increase over previous
registrations, and both sides are claimi ng
gains, but as the election in October will
| be held under the Australian system, there
| is a new element Of uncertainty in the re.
suit.
Mai. William Warner refuses the ap.
| pointment as pension commissioner, as he
is unwilling TO give up lucrative bust
| ness.
Walter G.. Campbell of Youngstown, N.
| Y, swan through the rapids of the Niagara
| gorge below the falls where Capt. Webb
lost his life, on the 18th inst.
Leavenworth, Kansas, the other day. The
ceremonies were impressive, but very I'M
| ostentatious.
The main hall of the exposition building
at st. Joseph, Mo-, was destroyed by fire on
the 18th inst, and all the contents were des.
troyed, except the carriage which was
built To convey Gen. Lafayette during his
visit TO this country in 1912. The loss will
exceed a quarter of a million dollars.
Charles S. Johnson, a Nebraska man, has
been appointed United States attorney for
Alaska.
Rev Mr.. Smith Of the Baptist church of
Danville, Ind, was fatally stabbed the
other day by Willard Jones, druggist.
Smith had publicly been abusing the drug
gists Of the town. Jones was arrested, but
afterwards discharged on the ground that
his act was tustifable.
Jewish residents of Washington held q
meeting the other night TO honor the mem
DRY Of the late s. S. Cox.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26

The strike in the Connellsville, Pa, coke
region has been settled and the men are at
work again.
The new Catholic university in Washing
ton Is TO be dedicated Nov. 3D.
The strike of the western window glass
workers has been settled The settlemeut
affects I'll factories, employing 5000 men
and boys
On an average two bodies day are
found II Johnstown, Pa. -
Timothy and Morris O'Brien of New
Durham, N. j., quarreled, and in the melee
Timothy received wound which caused
his death two days later.
The Fisher estate in Germany, amount
lug 10 So, 600, 900. Is ready for settlement
There are II heirs in this country.
First Assistant Postmaster General
ClarSson says there is no truth In the re
port that he is going TO resign.
The business portion of the village OF
Dabny, near Ithaca, N. Y, was wiped out
by fire on the 18th inst
Mrs Margaret A. billiard OF Eaton, Pa,
whose husband was murdered, has con-
fessed that her paramount William ii. Bar
tholomew, fired the fatal shot and that she
was an accessory TO the crime. The object
of the crime was TO get billiard out of the
way 80 that Mrs. billiard and Bartholomew
might live together
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26
Mysterious Murder at Jackson.

The body of man was found lying in
the mill pond on Liberty street in jackson
on the 18th inst. The remains were drawn
out, and examination showed that murder
had been committed, and the victim thrown
where he was found, to hide the crime
The face was badly bruised and there was
a wound on the left temple evidently made
by pistol, although the doctors say the
wound was not necessarily fatal.
In his pocket was found a letter in a
large envelope, and postmarked soldiers
Home, Grand Rapids" and addressed
German Dickinson, Colon, " Cor Coldwater),
the name of the place being partly OBJ
liberated.
The dead man was evidently about so
years old, was dressed like a laborer in a
dark suit, new boots and a straw hat. He
had smooth face, iron gray hair and
weighed about leo pounds.
The Ipan was discharged from the sol
diers' homo June "a, having been granted
$500 back pay.
The pension was rated at $12 per month.
The dead man served in the 126th New
York infantry and had evidently been dead
about week.
The man proves to have been Orman
Dickinson. He has brother living at
Colon, who took charge of the body.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26
Mreie,led WiYeR.


No, / am not ono OF them; IL were
/ would not seek an outlet for my out
ragged feelings in letter TO the space
devoted to women's interests in some
paper. Our Wisconsin is very free
from such outpourings, but i presume
the waste basket is full. There seems
TO be many women who think they are
benetiting themselves in particular,
and the public in general, by writing
OF the "wearlness OF life" the "crosses
to be borne" the "blighted hopes
and ''blasted expectationsp No won
der they write over fictitious signatures.
| have even seen "Wre.ched Wife"
signed to one article-which was
probably, when the real truth OF the
matter is re1ched-as fictitious as any.
There are wretched wives, OF course,
but their wretchedness is not easily
put into words. 1t is down too deep in
their hearts TO be aired on every pos
sible occasion. My experience has
been: those who really had cause
TO be wretched, were the silent, all
enduring ones. The ones to
whom the VOW "until Death us do
part" meant more than empty words.
With these, when forbearance ceases
TO be a virtue, and silence is no longer
possible, then indeed we hear u hearts
history. Not all, OF course, for these
sort OF women do not tell or write in
words carefully selected for the depth
of misery they portray, or in mystify-
ing sentences that are intended TO i'm
! ply moro than actual words could.
From the fact OF their speaking at all
one can Judge what their life has been.
am out of my teens have been a
wife and a mother n number OF years,
consequently do not view the opposite
sex as bearing very strong resemblance
10 angels; but, looking over my mar
ried acquaintances. / am forced to con-
| Tess, with few exceptions. the hus bands
have lust IS much reason to be wretch
cd as have the wives-iu some
cases little more. Yet it is a rare
thing TO hear man complain OF his
wife. If he does what contempt we have
for him. HE ought to shield her."
OF course he ought; but does the obli-
cation all rest on one sidep The fail
! ings Of humanity are many; they are
not confined to one sex. May we not
be lenient with others, that we may al
so receive clemency? And above
all keep the skeleton, if there be one
in affairs matrimonial. out of sight.
Let no one catch glimpse OF the I'M
slightly object or hear rafting of its
bones. Try. both OF you, husband and
wife. to dig grave and bury it for
ever Keep all, lest at some future
day strange hands drag it forth
either thoughtlessly or with malice
aiorethought.- Mrs. f. M. Dubois, in
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26
Beer-Makers in Council.

A secret meeting Of the national brewing
employees society was held in Cincinnati
Sept IL. 1t has leaked out that they de-
clned to co cooperate with the league for the
preservation of citizens rights in Cincin.
laws restricting the sale of beer, not for
the reason that the association was opposed
to the sale OF beer after midnight or on
Sunday, but because repeal Of the Ohio law
on the subject would inure to the benefit OF
the proprietors of brewories whose employees
are not members of the union. They
adopted resolutions favoring eight hours for
a days work and against patronizing the
free beer of Cincinnati, Milwaukee and st.
Louis. The next meet will be held in ST.
Louis in 1891.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26
Made Him DoMn.HcRrted.

at always sort o makes me feel sad
and down-hearted to read about the
prodigal son in the Bible" said Farmer
Slikens to his male offspring who was
home on his summer vacation.
''Y-a-a-s"
"Yaws," echoed the old man, as his
lips curled CONTEMPORARY "he came
back and says honorably and fiat
footed, I've done wrong an l want
another chance.
"Y-a'a-s,
"Yaws; he didn't CONS back to the
farm pizenin' the very butterflies with
the smoke from his siggercets an say:
Pops, ole boy, I'm dead broke;
couldn't you let me have u twenty to
keep up my ends with the fels at the
club Not much he didn't"
And the old man heaved n sigh and
went out to feed the hogs. Merchant
Traveller.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26
Weekly Crop Report.

According to the weekly crop bulletin OF
the Michigan weather service, the average
total rain fall for the week ending Sept. IA
was .07 Of an inch, or 40 below the average.
The heaviest fall was l.30 inches at
Manistee. The sunshine was largely in ex-
cess Of the average, and the weather condi-
tons were unfavorable to corn, potatoes
and pastures. The continued drouth has
injured corn in the east half Of the central
and southern sections, but large yield of
corn is expected from the west half of
these sections Seeding is progressing
rapidly in the southern tier of counties,
and some new wheat is up in Washtenaw
county.
Maj. Newell of Climax was shot in the
leg by careless cowboy at the state fair in
Lansing. The leg had TO be amputated.
The charge of criminal intimacy with
Mrs. Bidwell brought by Mrs. Waldron
against Q. w. Wadron, the ex banker of
Hillsdale, has been dropped at Mrs.
Waldron's request. The settlement, how
ever, has cost Waldron q large sum OF
money.
Two large barns and their contents, be-
longing TO Isadore Bouyen of Montrose
township, Genesee county, were destroyed
by fire the other night The fire originated
from q threshing engine.
Two freight trains on the d., G.. III. Il M.
road collIded near Waterford the other
morning Sixteen freight cars and two en-
gines were piled In heap down an en-
bankmeut A brakeman was badly hurt
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26
NEWS SUMMARY.
GREENRAck CONVENTION.
Synopsis of Platform Adopted at Gin
einnati

ny hOUolo vi hNOPbCu W YIN
cinnati.
The National Greenback convention was
held in Cincinnati on the 18th inst. The
platform adopted reafirms the third and
fourth resolutions OF the democratic nation
al convention OF 1868 pertaining TO the
method and time OF payment OF the national
debt, and to equal taxation OF property. 1t
also declares that all laws changing the
time or manner OF the payment OF the pub
lie debt since 1855 are ex-post facto laws
and should be repealed; that all legal ten
der notes now outstanding should be i'm
mediately exchanged for others of like de-
n ominatious TO be issued with the words
promise TO pay" stricken from their face,
and an additional amount issued to reclaim
our arid lands, TO subsidize an American
merchant marine, to build an American
navy, to erect public buildings, ETC., until
their volume in circulation shall amount TO
at least $50 per capita of the entire popula-
ton; that indications point TO greater
financial panic in the near future than this
country or the world ever before saw, I'M
less wise and immediate provision be made
Tor q vast amount Of money to sustain the
peoples tottering confidence; that the time
has come when ali sectional prejudice be-
tween tho people OF the north and south
should end.
The convention appointed the following
national executive committee: Alabama,
l.. G.. LETTERS; California, A. Redstone;
Florida, K. NJ. Ruters; Illinois, ]. 5. Whit
comb; Indiana, II. J. Sharp; Iowa, h. M.
Farnsworth; Kansas, John Calvin; Ken
lucky, L. A. Wood; Massachusetts, A. +.
Hall; Michigan, Ben Colvin; New York,
Gorge o. Jones; Ohio, Sam Ainsworth;
Tennessee Thomas Brennan; Virginia. Dr.
Hudebel; West Virginia, j. NJ. Laidley;
District OF Columbia, Lee Crandall. No
other states were represented.
The committee organized as follows:
Col. Geo. Jones, chairman; Lee Crandall,
vice chairman; T. ]. Sharp an1 VIM.
Richards, secretaries. The committee
have power to appoint treasurer. The
chairman and vice chairman are author
lied to formulate plan OF operations.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26
Tried to Kill His Wife.

Richard Bilkey, over so years of age, Is
in Jail at Ishpeming for an attempt TO MUIR
der his wife. The pair were married in
England thirty years ago. They disagreed
and Bilkey came TO Ishpemiug, leaving the
wife behind. Several years after she join
ed him, but the pair again disagreed and
ago Bilkey returned from Montana, where
he hid been two years. His first night at
home was marked by a row, in which
Bilkey broke some furniture. He was ar
rested but promised to leave the city and
was released. He went to his house and on
entering drew big revolver and aimed it
at his wife. Her son. young man OF %,
grasped him about the body and def, cted
the arm holding the pistol 50 that the two
shots he fired missed. Billiey was disarm-
ed and jailed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26
Her "CatarrhD Cured.

Miss Clara Boil, the 22-year old daughter
of John Boil of Canton, o, lis the subject Of
an odd experience For years she was
troubled with what she supposed was ca
tarrh. This affection has bothered her
since she WAS two years old. A few days
ago Miss Boil consulted physician who
came To the conclusion that some foreign
substance was lodged in one of the nostrils.
He probed for it, and, after removing few
pieces of bone came upon substance
which, upon examination, proved to be a
small cloth-covered button. A second
search brought forth another button. Miss
Boil is breathing better than she has since
infancy.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-26
We Ara Not Tail.Tmistnrs.

England should call its talkative
Canadian child to account for anything
that has stood in the way of "a speedy
and peaceful settlement" We have
been and are ready to meet you hall
way, bless your dear English hearts.
We have no desire to twist the lions
tail, but we are anxious to have a per-
feet understanding about question that
might have been settled ages ago had
your colonial dependents shown the
right disposition. Buffalo Express