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Huntsville gazette., 1889-06-01
HUGE SWiNOLE.
Connecticut Bank Officers Embezzle q
Large Sum.


Large Sum.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 25-John G.
Bradley, cashier of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank is said to have been under
the surveillance of officers of the law at
his residence in Fairhaven. He is charged
with emhezzlement, the shortage being
discovered by Bank E1-a-aipo- Cc>.Sy i1
his examination Friday. The bank off,
GERS declined to give. any information.
Prosecuting Attorney Daley is now In
consultation with the officers of the bank,
and it is rumored that Bradley will be ar
rested. The loss to the bank may reach
500, 900. 1t is said that Bradley and
Charles w. Palmer discounted notes with.
out the knowledge of the directors, and it
has covered a space of several years.
Palmer has been arrested also.
The card was issued yesterday after
noon by Ex-Governor Bigelow, president
of the Merchants National Bank:
To the Public:
Certain irregularities have been found in the
bank involving the cashier and assistant teller
There will probably be a considerable loss to
the bank, which will not, however, impair its
capital. 1t is not yet ascertained whether
those officials have been the beneficiaries Of
these irregularities, but notes have been dis
counted winch were not presented 10 the Doaro
OF directors for their approval, and the loss on
this kind OF paper can not at this moment be
stated.
Mr.. Bigelow subsequently said: II do
not think that the entire surplus ($100 000)
will be lost, and hope that it will not ex-
ceed half that amount"
Teller Palmer has made full confess
sion of all the transactions. Palmer is
interested in the manufacture of patent
medicine, and one story current is to the
effect that he borrowed considerable
money to extend his business, and, being
unable to meet his payments, tided over
by discount notes for the parties of whom
he had borrowed money. This practice,
it is stated, was discovered by Cashier
Bradley, but Palmer induced him
to keep it quiet, promising to
take up the notes as fast as they became
due. Failing to do this other notes were
| discounted until the cashier and teller be-
| came deeply involved and were compelled
to keep quiet for their own safety. The
general opinion last night was that the
affair was much worse than the bank off,
cals care to admit Cashier Bradley spent
last night in the sheriff's Office and Palmer
was at his own home in charge of a deputy.
Bradley is about fifty years of age and
is very popular. He was prominent in
church circles and was also prominent in
military circles. Palmer is about forty
years old and has been with the bank
| nearly twenty years.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-06-01
HUNTSVILLE ALA. SATURDAY, JUNE L 1889.

On the 9th the findings Of the court of
inquiry appointed to Investigate the case
OF Passed Assistant Paymaster Henry J =.
Smith, OF the Essex, whose disappear
ance from that vessel in the latter part
of April caused quite sensation in naval
circles, were received at the Navy Depart
ment.
TSCHIGORIN and Weiss drew again in
their attempt to play off the chess tourna-
ment tie. They therefore divided the first
prize of 81, $50 and the title of champion
of the world.
WILLIAM Roam RUFFIN, great grand
son Of Thomas Jefferson, and known
throughout the country as q successful
stock-raiser and turfman. died at his
home in Chesterfield County, Pa, on the
9th. aged forty-four.
THE Prince and Princess of Wales re :
ceived Minister and Mrs. Lincoln at
Marlborough House on the 9th.
SAMUEL j. RUBY, of Iowa, has been ap-
pointed Consul at Belfast, Ireland.
On the 9th Captain Farquhar. who COM
manded the ill-fated Trenton when she
was cast away at Apia, arrived at Wash :
ington, and had long interview with
Secretary Tracy. The secretay afterward
eooh AiAi OfOl ~ otlO ot51o 10 PoA tIilcu1 "
see Secretrry Blaine.
In the Connecticut Senate the Gov
ernor's veto of the Oleomargarine bill
was sustained by vote of IA to I.
On the 9th, the seventieth anniversary
of her birthday, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,
of Boston, received many congratulations
and evidences Of esteem. Her house was
overwhelmed with floral gifts, and many
friends called in person, while many
others sent letters and kilograms.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-06-01
FILED BY JUDGE BREWER.
Decisions in the United States Circuit Court
at Leavenworth.


LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, May 25-Judge
d. J. Brewer of the United States Circuit
Court, has filed the following as his opin-
ion in the action Of the Union Trust Com
panv of New York VS.. the Missouri, Kan
sas g. Texas railway: "The plea by de-
fendant to complainant's bill is overruled
and leave given to answer by the July
rules" This was on a question of juris-
diction of the United States Court to en-
tertain the Union Trust Company's suit.
The petition for payment Of interest on
Boonville bridge bonds was sustained.
The receivers of the road were directed
to complete the Dallas g. Waco road to
Waxahachie and a committee Of three wa.
appoint ted, consisting of j. Waldo traffi,
manager, 6. J. Pollock, auditor, and James
Hageman, attorney, TO report just an
equitable basis Of adjustment between tn
north and south division as to earning
and expenses.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-06-01
Sullivan and CoughIIn Arrested.

CHICAGO May 28.-Daniel Coughlin, the
detective, and P. o. Sullivan, the ice
dealer, were formally arrested last night
on the charge Of numbering DR.. Cronin.
After the formal reading Of the warrants
Coughlin was led from his cell in the
Harrison Street station, and. accompa-
MED by his attorney, w. S. Forrest, was
taken to the Chicago Avenue police sta
ton, where, after brief proceedings, he
was committed to the county jail without
bail.
The information upon which the war
rant for the arrest of Coughlin and Sulli-
van was issued was sworn to by John
Joseph Cronin, a brother OF the muir
dered man. Sullivan was arrested after
eating his supper at home, and was held
a prisoner in Lakeview.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-09
Plain History.

Swift's Specific is simple vegetable
compound, prepared from roots gathered
freshly from the forest, and contains moth
Ing OF the mineral kingdom, or any poison
Gus substance, orany article at all which
comes from the chemists laboratory.
The formula Of this remedy was obtained
from the Creek Indians in Middle Georgia.
by reliable white men, who had witnessed
the wonderful cures made by that tribe Of
Indians, of blood diseases. Mr.. HUGH r,
Dennord, of Houston county, Ga, began
using Swift's Specific in 1929, and continued
Its use all Of his life, and asserted that he
had never known it to fail to cure any case
of scrofula. blood faint or contagious blood
poison. This testimony has been corrobo-
rated every day for years. The present
Company was formed in 1879, and have
since made known to the world the virtues
OF Swift's Specific, and to-day it is sold in
every city, town and country store all over
America. Great Britain, and many other
pOrlIOQS OF the world.
| have seen Swift's Specific used, and
known of many cases of the worst form of
blood diseases which have been cured by it.
| know the proprietors to be gentlemen of
the highest type and utmost reliability. 1
recommend it as great blood remedy. un-
equalled by anything that 1 know of.
M. B. WHARTON,
Pastor Isl Baptist Church, Montgomery, Ala
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co..
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-09
Obituary..

Again the dread leveler has appeared
in our midst, and with his unerring
grasp borne away to the silent city of
the dead another Of our most honored
citizens. j. NJ. Brown, after a linger-
ing and painful illness, quietly passed
away on Tuesday morning, April 3Oth,
Doe hundred years ago that day marked
the advent Of our country's entrance in
to an unparalleled state of prosperity
and happiness and cannot we also say
of our departed friend that he too has
entered into happier state of existence.
Mr. Brown was born at Bridgewater,
Oneida Co., N. Y, in 1886. In 1913
his father with all his family came west
and located in the town of Salem H
nosha Co. The subject of our present
sketch attended the district schools and
completed his education at Waukegan
Academy; Lake Co, Ill. He COM
menced teaching school at the age of Is
and followed it as profession until he
attained his majority. Agricultural
pursuits then occupied his attention and
by bis astute business capacity and
strict integrity he succeeded in amassing
corslderab property. lie was for over
ten years Chairman of the Board of
Supervisors of the town of Salem, that
in itself being an evidence of the cor.
ddehce his fellow citizens reposed in
him.
Nearl J always an officer on the
school board Of his district, no man has
done more to further the interest of his
school than he. The funeral services.
held at Liberty church, conducted by
Rev. Thayer, were attended by large
concoarse of relatives and friends, who
gathered to pay the last sad rites Of re-
spect to one esteemed by the whole
community. The closing services at
the grave were under the direction of
the Masons, Mr.. Brown being men,
Der Of that fraternity.
He leaves behind to mourn his loss a
wife and three children, two sons,
Frank and Arthur, and a daughter,
Miss Maggie.
Mr.. Brown was member of no
church, but always gave literally to-
wards their support. A good husband,
a kind and loving father, trusty and
reliable friend, what more can we say
Such men and citizens are blessings to
any community Mr.. Brown was So
years old at the time Of his death. May
his image never fade from our memory.
Salem, Wis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-09

THAT HACKING COUGH can be
quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We guar
antee it. For sale by Starkweather & Co..
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I s

the Threshing Machines then
in use were almost wholly Of
the class known as the Endless
Apron" style. Then it was that
Nichols & Shepard, Of Battle
Greek, Mich. ,inventedandbega
to develop an entirely new and
novel style of Grain Thresher and
Separator, which they very appro-
priately named the "Vibrator."
1t was revolution in Thresh-
ing Machines, and from a small
beginning Of five machines in
1853 they soon reached a pro-
duct of 1000 yearly.
Their Vibrator drove the End
less Apron" machine out of mar
'ket, and all other makers copied
it as closely as they dared. To-
day all Threshing Machines of
any reputation Or merit use the
principles Of the old Vibrator.
Nichols & Shepard have con-
tinued in the business without
change of name, location, or
management; and during the
past three years have brought
out and developed another new
Threshing Machine for grain and
seeds, as superior to all existing
machines as their former was to
the Endless Apron They name
this new and improved Thresher
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-09

than those surrounding the escape
just chronicled. And this was the
way it happened.-"LEx" in Ye
Hum6Agge.
Ito be Concluded in our next.)
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Randall
Pheasant Prairie,
Paris.

D. M. jones' Chairman P. O.. Union Cro,,e
Louis c: Williams Town Clerk. ...P. O.. Paris
George Price, Treasurer. ....P. O., Bristol
"n. F. Heldersdorf, Assessor. P. O., Somers
Henry Biehn. Jr.. Supervisor Paris
JACOB W1nGlSh.. ...... Justice of the Peace
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aeatEanSs.

;. D. Slade, Chairman. p. o, SHADES Corner,
= T. II: noeiz, Town Clerk. O., New Munstn
q, f. Smith, Town Treasurer.P. O., New Muns;er
H. L. Homer, Assessor p q Neu, W NunseI
Henry Lais, Supervisor New M Nunst ter
Ihos. Pennefeasher, . Nv M Ms .ei
Ozro W. Eddy, Geo. H. Fay. Justices of the Peace
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SOEaaers.
Justice of the Peace
Salem.

n. NJ. Burgess, Chairman. q sa,.r,
J. +; thompson. Town Clerk. ...P. o. Wilmer
A n hruckman, Town Treasurer =. P o., Wilmot
Ward Boss, SUPERVISE. ' S Salen
= n' supervisor. ....---.-........ Wilmot
FL Owen, A. Van Alstine - Justices of the Peace
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-07-13
POORLY PAID ACTORS.
finy Dollars a Week Less Than Twenty
five in other Professions.

fifty Dollars a Week Less Than twenty
five in Other Professions.
The actor whose salary is fifty dol
lars or less per week is not, as rule
as well off as the clerk or salesman
who receives half the amount The
actor rarely gets his salary for more
than eight months in the year. and
when unpaid salaries and prematureIy
closed seasons are taken into account
a still further reduction has to be
made. Then, too, the actor, and par
tcularly the actress, has much greater
expense for dress than any other per-
son earning proportional income
while the cost of living while travel
inc in even second-class hotels, Is
double that necessary at home
At all the agencies lists of actors,
classed according to their special abil-
tiles are kept, and the agent generally
knows pretty accurately what salaries
will be accepted He is also supplied
with one or more photographs of his
clients. A manager who wants either
n single actor or an entire company
states his wants to the agent, who
looks over his list of unemployed peo'
pie and then submits names and photo
graphs to the manager. He selects
two or three, who are requested tt
meet him at the office, and from these
n final choice is made. Between three
and four thousand names are on th'
books of some agencies. These names
include not only every class of actor
but stage-carpenters, property men
baggagemen, business managers ant
advance agents. N. Y. Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-07-13
GENERAL BRAGG DROPPED


FoN DU DAG WIS, July S.-The Grand
Army Post held a meeting last night
and dropped General Bragg from the
roll Of members. The meeting "ao a
very stormy one, and when the vote was
taken it was 3 to against Bragg. The
trouble over the matter was occasioned
br those who did not like General
Braggs course on the Pension bill A
previous attempt to court-martial the
General at that time was beaten. Since
that time Bragg went to Mexico as Min
lister. and the fight was renewed On
his return the General wanted to pay
his dues which had accumulated, and
he was met with the objection that he
was never legally member of the post,
although he was its first Commander
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-07-13
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Plenty Of sleep is conducive to
beauty Even a garment looks worn
when it loses its nap.-Binghamton
Republican.
Probably the most wide-awake
class of men in this country are the
yonng father. who have been blessed
with wins.-Burington Free Press.
The smart young man said he had
not been in the drug store very long,
but he had been at the soda fountain
long enough to be tizzician. -WaSh'
ington Critic.
-Johnson-"Yo' am putty well used
m, Nose! What's de matter?" la-
lerby-"Poker! Boys done found five
kings on me" why, | saw game
yest'dav where fl kings were held,
AM muffin was said bout it." "Sho!
Uow's dat?n "'Twar checkersV-
Texas Siftings.
Customer (to druggists clerk)-
an a business like this | Ipresume you
have gained some practical knowl-
edge Of therapeuticsP" Druggists
clerk (flling prescription )-"Ihun-
der. YES! | had 'em when | was ten
wears old. Broke out all over Iae. ~
Chicago Tribune.
While the Indian delegation was
loafng around Washington, the Presl-
dent said to 0ld-Mau-Afraid-of-the-
/ Rheumatic: why does the great
chief have eleven wives" And the
rrim old warrior answered the great
father sternly; ITO keep his wig
warm. .n-Burdette.
An English gentleman was pigeon
shooting in his grounds recently with
an Irish friend He shot a pigeon
very high up. and it came down with
n plump at their feet. Faith, that
was Il waste OF powder and shot, said
his Irish friend "Why?" Because,
in faith, the fall a,sne would have
killed the poor baste without any OF
the shooting"
Mr. Smith (whose hen-house has
recently been depleted-"Those look
very much like my chickens, Uncle
Jonas Uncle Jonas-''Well. Mr.
Smif, YOU know the wurr turns ober
from cas- TO wes', an yer place am cas-
OBJ dis, de yearth. in turnin', mus er
flung 'em ober de fence jurin de mite
OATS de only splanation | can glo 90
de 'currence, sab.
-Milkman-"Know where the 'olks
of this house moved to? They owe
me 81 for milk Policeman-"Don't
know. Presume there was $50 worth
of water in the milk, wasn't there?"
Milkman-"No; that's what hurts me.
They were new customers and | hadn't
, begun to water their milk yet ] al
ways sell straight goods for the hrst
: ten days and make it up the next ten. -
They were discussing the plans
for their wedding, which she wanted
TO announce for the month of roses,
while he was earnestly arguing that
, IL should not be postponed. ION,
George!' she murmured, "think OF II,
, what is so rare as day in June?' "A
: day in February. Marguerite" he re-
!, piled; .'there are only twenty-eight OF
= them to thirty in june" And so they
were married in February,-Elmirs
Gazette.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-07-13
SUICIDE STATISTICS.
The Favorite Times for Sclf-DeNtrnct'"h-
DR.. Guerry's Researches.

DIR. Guerry's Researches.
Statistics show that the months IN
which the fewest suicides occur are
October and November, while the
greatest number occur in April, May
and June. July and September also
have a goodly share, the latter pos
sessng q peculiar fascination Tor
women. This refutes the old idea that
suicides occur most frequently in damp
and gloomy weather, for the months
lust mentioned as being the most pro-
life are certainly those in which tho
skies look brightest and the earth IL
fairest. Another remarkable fact In
this connection is that the progressive
increase and decrease in the number OF
suicides coincide with the lengthening
and the shortening of the days, and
as NJ. Guerry has shown, not only the
season of the year, but the days OF the
month and the week. and the hours OF
the day exert an influence, the con-
stsncy of which can not be mistaken.
As a result of his elaborate research
he found that the greatest number OF
suicides among men occurred during
the first ten days OF the month, and
from Monday to Thursday of the week,
This is accounted for by remembering
that the majority of workingmen re-
ceive their wages either on the first OF
the month or the last of the week, and
that pay day" is often followed by
dissipation, debauchery and remorse.
Oettingen completed this interesting
observation by showing that the larger
number of suicides among women take
place during the last half of the week
when they are most apt to feel the eli
fects of mans prodigality and wrong
doing. In regard to the hours OF the
dav, we know, from Brierre de Bois
ment's examination of 1893 cases o
suicide in Paris. that the maximum
number occurred between six II. IN
and noon. and thereafter regularly de
clined. reaching the minimum at thu
hour before sunrise. Charles W. Pil
grim, NJ. D., in Popular Science
Monthly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-07-13
FIGURING LOSSES
sustained BY ths Flood at Johnstown--
Srand Total Estimated at SS,655,lI4
HEAVY losers Not Henrd From.

Sustained by ths Flood at Johnstown--
Grand Total Estimated at S., S,655,lIA-
Heavy Losers Not Heard From.
JoHNsrowN, Pa, July 9.-Secretary
Davies, OF the Board of Inquiry, has
MADE compilation OF the losses report
ed and estimated, which the board has
confirmed. This is not the owners loss,
out very conservative estimate placed
upon all losses by the board. In deter
mining these losses allowance has been
made for property that has been saved,
hence this is an estimate only Of total
loss. The following are Secretary
Davies figures; The aggregate the To-
calcommittee's estimates oflossin classes
l, =, 3, and ), is S4,fYl,747. The total
number of cases in these classes is 3, 964.
The average loss, therefore, is S1,424
The total loss in class is Sl,1l2, 1872
number Of cases, 445; average loss ST.
499 The aggregate loss of borough
property (all the boroughs having re
ported is S16S, $50. The damage to
school property reported from seven
school districts is S52, 1872. The fire
companies, six in number, report a
loss of S37,1 Losses of private cor
porations so far reported amount to
Sl,73l,O 1862. We have not yet heard
from the Cambria Iron Company,
the Johnstown Manufacturing Com.
pany or the Wcstmoreland Natural
Gas Company. Drs Beale and Father
Trautwein have not reported for the
churches. Tho total loss reported tC
date including individual losses anC
the losses Of boroughs, schools private
corporations and fire companies, is S.,
S9iOG4. Up to $3.50 p, m. to-day (july 8
blanks to the number Of 401 have beer
filed, in addition to those acted upon
for future action Of the board and loca
committees. Assuming that the aver
age loss in these cases will be oqua
to the average loss in the cases alrcad.
passed upon, viz. 81, 500, there should b.
added to the total stated above T6l, ,05C
making a grand total Of 49, 6j5, ia. Blu
one body was found yesterday.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-07-13

PITTSBURGH, PA, July lO-ReY. E
+. Flcmou, alias leldcll, coIorcd, was
arrested at ten o'clock last night in this
city. lust after he had concluded scry-
ice as a minister in a coiorcd church ON
Arthur street. on n charge of murder
The arrest was the result Of telegram
received by Inspector McAlesse from
Sheriff Thomas f. Lyon, Of Edgcield
County, 5. C.. a few days ago The tel
egram stated that Flemon, or feldeII'
had been implicated in a brutal murder
in that county in 1856, but fled at the
time and had not been heard of since
until short time ago. lie takes his
arrest cOolly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-07-13
CLOUD BURST.
Great Damage Done In tho State Of
New York
Flood and Loss of Life at Johnstown ana
Cloverdale-Serlous washouts
Along Railroads.

ScHNEcTADY, N. Y, July 1O.-A cloud |.
burst washed away the Central railroad /
tracks between Ailens and Tribes
Hill Stations, about five miles west Of
Amsterdam, yesterday afternoon, caus-
ing another delay to all trains The
wreck of freight train, which blocked
all four tracks in the morning, had just
been cleared, and delayed trains began
10 move both east and west, when some
of them were caught by this new mishap
and second blockade occurred, more
serious than the first. There is no wire
west of Amsterdam, and there isarumor
that the storm extended to Johnstown,
in Fulton County,
Troy, N. Y, July 10.-There are re-
ports acre that three big dams were
washed away near Johnstown, and that
crowds of people got on bridge TO
watch the floods and it was carried
away and several people were drowned.
Johnstown, n. Y, is on the Johnstown
and Gloyersyille railroad, four miles
north of Fonda. A complete prostra-
tion of wires makes it impossible
to communicate with JohnstoWn at tho
present hour (l0;30). Every effort is be-
ing made hereabouts to got definite in
formation. At IL last night rain fell in
! torrents in Johnstown and the food as
sumcd terrible aspect. Mills and sheds
were carried rapidly away, 1t is begin
|