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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20

How the Golden opportunity Came.
From the New York sun.
There was a grocery just across from
the depot, and ON a bench under the win
dow were seven large watermelons. A
short, cadaverous-lookinG colored man sat
Oh a baggage truck looking across mt the
grocery. After u hit one of the crowd sauil-
tered up to him and carelessly observed:
"Some fine melons over there"
Deed dey is, boss,'' was the reply.
"Do colored folks ever eat water
melons
yons! 1 should reckon to consider dat dey
us that SO? How many colorcd men
with one large melon 2"
"How. man? Say. boss, pears to me
"No; I'm just over from England"
"Dat accounts. Yer doan' know us.
How many would il take? You'd better
AK fax how COW. mani, cnH,h m" "issnn w ~am.,s bc I wanted
"You don't mean you could eat a whole
"Doan' l. II I cant eat de hull seben,
I'll go off i'm de swamp am die!'
We Clipped in to- buy up the lot and
Ills life. The melons wcr. brought over
and laid i'm "a row and Josephus removed
his hat and coat and let ont his leather
back braccd against u box.
Rip! went the knife as he got the word.
ana the storm hau burst. he cut the mel
on into four pieces, dropped the knife and
in just two minutes by the watch nothing
was left but "a heap of rinds and a hand
ful of seed. A second was rolled over to
him. and he gained five seconds ON his
other time. On the third he lost ten seq
onds and ON the fourth nearly n minute.
He cut the fifth, ate u quarter of it. and
then stood up To inquire:
"Was il spectcd dat / was to eat de hui
sclsn right down."
"Oh, no. The idea was to see how many
Won could eat at Once.T
WALL, izc u leetle disappointed i'm my
self. 1 did believe l could git away wild de
lot in bout half an hour, but izc sortcr
filled up ON fo'. Reckon l hahn feelin'
overly well, an dat de dozen turnips 1
ate dis mawnIn hev sorter held me off.
II you would bc so kind as to give me
bout five mute to finish de rest OF dis,
an den let me take de oddc two down
dar' in de bush by myself. I'm a be-
levin dar' won't be- nuthin' left by sun
high."
He soon finished the fifth. and then
took a melon under each arm and made
for "a thicket down the track. Twenty
NUT after he left the train camea along,
and as we rode past the thicket Josephus
ROSE up with "a solitary melon in his
hands, bowed his thanks, and shouted:
"Ize gwind ter do il, white man! It's
de only one left, am I'll git away wild him
bcfo' YOU dun got down tn Petersburg!"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20
Big RsOnd Robbery.

CITY OF MENICo. Oct. 19.-Gcneral
Topetc has been appointed governor of the
northern district Of Lower California and
General Dovalos has been appointed gov
ernor of the southern district. General
Tarres has been summoned here.
The Tro Republics will Tomorrow con-
tain an cou of n robbery Of $2,500,OOO
in interior department bonds from In
fifth section of the national treasury. II
is said that 1000 bonds of the nominal
of over 81 Z, were stolen. They are
reported To have been placed i'm London
Several persons have been arrested i'm con-
nsction with the robbery. General Hino
Jase. secretary of war, states that the
r.lmor is true, but that the bonds were not
signed,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20
A DOUBLE MURDER.
Confession of n Terrible Crime Committed
1y nn Insane Man.

Confession of " Terrible Crime Committed
by nn Insane Man.
INDIANOPOLIs, Ind, Oct. l9.-Nfay q.
1854, "a widow named Foreman. aged 40.
and her daughter, aged 50, were found
murdered near Traders Point. ten miles
from the city. They wer,. known tn he
very wealthy and as no money was found
upon the promises il was supposed the
murder was for the purpose of robbery.
Suspicion pointed to relatives of the muir
dered women as perpetrators of the crime
but ON trial thcrs, WAS no evidence against
them.
To-day Mrs. w. a.. Manhau,n. whose
has been an inmate of the insane
asylum ;,ys that he told her that he and
two companions, who's. names he would
not give. committed the murder and thai
he got $40 for his share of the crime.
was seen AT the asylum where
he spoke i'm terms of the greatest familiar
ity of Jimmy Hope and Red Ls.sry. other
noted bank robbers. He professed to have
participated i'm the Manhattan bank rob
berry. but would not discuss the Foreman
ntlrrler.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20
KlPPeO THE BONDS.
The Principal Witness in the A~erill- Wat
sOn Case Cannot he Found.

SON Case Cannot he Found.
RAwLINs, Wyo., Oct. 19.-Frank Buch-
anan, chief witness for the prosecution i'm
the Averill-Watson lynchinR cases. has
disappeared. He was under u $500 bond
for appearance at this term of court and
failing tn respond his bond was to-day
forfeited and an attachment issued for
his arrest. Buchanan was i'm Rawlins the
latter part of last week and left with "a
friend ostensibly to visit the eastern end
of the county. Yesterday his ''fricnd"
passed through by rail going west, but
Buchanan has not shown up. The pre-
vailing opinion is that he was bought up
and paid To skip the country. Ii was he
who ollowed the lyuchcrs ON horseback
aud heard their deliberations on the way
of dispensing of Averill and Watson when
sccrctcd behind some rocks, and who
cmptied "A revolver at the conspirators.
Buchanan had the reputation of being "a
i,orss-thief and "a bad man generally. No
suspicion exists as to his whereabouts.
What effect this may have ON the grand
jury by preventing indictments email
tai he seen. The foreman of the grand
jury was one of B~uchanan's bondsinen.
RunIors are i'm quiet circulation that if
the grand jury fails to indict in the Averill-
Watson lynching an execution unsanc-
toned by law may occur.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20
He Saw ~ Difference.

From the New York sun.
"Aadam," said the gallant old man after
oheying her request to close the car win
dow, ~ was just thinking how different
the women of to-day are from those of
ten or fifteen years q i'm the matter of
travel. Formerly "a a d. who had To jour
ney alone WAS"
"Yes. SIR" she interrupted, '.but would
you please tell me il ! am on the right
train for Buffalo?"
"You are. madam. As I WAS saying,
the women Of ten years ago were contin-
ually worrying for fear"
"And does this car go right through
without change 2"
'It does. madam: WINS going to shy
that the
sand do you think my trunk will go
right through with me p"
s.Of course, madam In former years a
woman travelling alone WAS afraid that"
"fou are sure we are on the right
train ?" she interrupted.
"Very sure"
Aud we don't change
"No'm."
IN. .Xy We get in at 6 o'clock"
.And they'll call out the name when we
get there
"Oh. yes"
"well. ! hope nothing will happen. but
I'm very, very nervous. Would You mind
asking the IL we are likely to
have a collision. go through n bridseSor
get i'm an hour late 2"
And the gallant old man. who saw such
a great difference between the women
travelling to-day and those of ten years
ago. retired into his shell looking rs IL
something hnd rubbed against his placidi-
" Of mind.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20
A WALL FROM MISSISSIPPI.

h ls.a~a by the ssepsb-
1ican state Executive C~oWaWittee.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. IA Times- Drno-
cvuf, jackson, Miss, special says: The
republican state executive committee met
to-day tO consider the withdrawal of Cen
eral Chalmers from the head OF their state
ticket. The committcc issued the fol-
lowing:
compelled to withdraw our state ticket.
We know our votes would he stolen and
our voters driven from the polls, hut we
hoped I'm the larger towns and cities at
least the semblance Of free spcech might
s,iii remain to n.; but mar S""di,
e s.s.%ia Z. or go see rsrs' the Whole i ns"Sie
c%o,nparis"n Of p%rincip2cs and rssorsis.
When thu. armed revolution Of 1874 wrs,sted
the state from ,is, Mississippi WINS the only
debt. She has ~ democratic one to-day.
Mississippi Is governed by minority dos
potism and we appeal to our country for
IL the only one in thu. south so satisfactory
that il not been changed. Our laws stand
substantially unchanged and ~unrcp'alcd;
hut We are republicans. and this IL our of
Tense. For fourteen years, ever since the
infamous mississippi plan was adopted:
not only ~well-known leaders who died
bra, ely, hut faithful followers known
only i'm the cabins of the lowly. We refer
as Kemper and Capiah, Clinton and
Carrolton. Wahollah, and Vicks-
burg, Yazoo City. and Lefiate, hut to
the naInelcss killing ny creek and bayou
on highway and byway. These are
the Democratic arguments which crush
us. We can do no more. We dare no
longer carry our tattcred blood-staincd re-
publican flag. We appeal to the nation.
Is national law and honor but a delusion
and IL snare? When we rely upon the
guarantees of the national constitution
we but lean upon IA broken reed.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20

BIDDPORD, Me-. Oct. 19.-Cyprus II.
Berry, an employc i'm the water power
machine works. received information to-
day of the death Of an uncle i'm California,
by hic he will come in possession Of
one million dollars. The deceased uncle
Cal, who went TO California from Harri-
son, Me-, at the time of the gold discovery.
He leaves property to be worth
.O00.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20
I..bby Doe. she Big To6.

"Talking about boyish ~escapades,l have
n vivid recollection,' said Henry Labou-
chere to an Edinburgh Scotsman writer.
'of n day whcn. happening to have more
money than I knew what to do with. ] de
termined to do the big OFT. / sallied
forth to the largest hotel i'm Elton. engaged
n private room. and ordered the waiter To
bring me n bowl of punch. The discreet
functionary stared, but brought IL. IL was
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20
Freeing the Child si.v~..

ZANZIBAR, Oct. 19.-The sultan has
given the British consul n written promise
that all children IN his domainsA after the
first OF anuary shall he fry This il
mussulman prince has ever THoohe TO any
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20

The King O. lSeadi Long Live the King.
LISBON, Oct. 1S.-The king of Portugal
died to-day. His death occurred at II
O'Clock this morning. The duke of Bra
gonna, the oldest son Of the king, who
succeeds TO the throne, will assume the
title of Carlos the First.
The new king has issued u proclamation
I'm which be promises faithful observance
OF the political institutions of the country
swe8rs 20 the catholic religion.
constitutional laws and integrity Of the
kingdom.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20
Mis-. II Huntington. wedaing Day.

LONDON, Oct. 19.-The marriage Of
Prince hatxfeldt and Miss Huntington
will he solemnized November ~. Bishop
Patterson will perform the The
wedding will be "a quiet affair. Only par
ticular friends of the two families have
been invited.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20

Wanted. -Four More Cronin Jurors.
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-No new jurors were
secured i'm the Cronip trial to-day.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20

Coppcr neglected; Lake, nomi
Lead, active and easier; =
Tin, steady Straits x3O.S5.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-31

About 1855 6, the late 8. A. Gillette,
then one OF the prominent merchants
and business men Of this city, ives the
owner Of eight acres of land, consti.
tuting his residence. lying between
Chestnut, Oak and Sycamore stree ts,
and now In the heart of the city. Ow.
ing to business losses, he was Obliged
to mortgage the property, and the
State Bank of Ohio, the late Col. VIM.
Frazer, Sam'l Strawder, L. w. Hall,
and others, took mortgages upon the
property. None Of these mort cages
except the one to the Bank, were sign
ed by Mrs. Gillette. The mortgages
were foreolosed and the property bid
oTby the late John l.. Ranney and F.
Wa Seymour, by whom 1t was divided
into lots and sold to various parties.
the Union School building and several
6ne residences now occupying the
premises. Matters stood thus for so
years, until last November, when Mr..
Gillette died, at Lawrence. Kas., leav.
ing Mrs. Melinda Gillette, his widow
who has numerous relatives in this
county, and who now claims a dover
interest In all the said property, and
has retained able counsel to bring suit
to recover the same. The property is
now worth over 100000. Parties are
negotiating for settlement, which
may be arrived at, but II not settled
the matter will involve some very
close and interesting questions Of Law.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-31

Saturday last, Jerome and Clark,
two members Of the Babel and Alberti
Specially Co., billed to be in Ravenna
the evening previous, and show two
nights, which had already played to a
goed house the first night, attached
lot, Of trunks at the P. & w. depot,
belonging to the Co., and some of its
property remaining at the opera house.
After considerable bluff1ng, interspers-
ed with declarations that nothing of
that kind should interfere with their
performances, the defendants eonclu.
ded to pay up. 1t was then too late to
appear before an audience that eve
ming, 30 Ravenns listened to them but
once. The plaintiffs' claim was $50,
their combined salary for one week.
After being paid up they were given
the g. b., and the remainder of the
troupe proceeded to Cuyahoga Falls.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-31

At the close of his course of lectures
In Bfimfield, the following testimoni.
sls and vote Of thanks were rendered
Prof. J. w. Pike:
The people of Brimfield, desirous of
expressing their gratitude for the efforts
OF trof J. W. Pike, take this oppor
tunity Of rendering their thanks for the
entertaining and Instructive course OF
Scientific Lectures which he has de.
hvered. on the subjects of geology, as
tronomy and evolution, and cordially
recommend him to the public ga one
who Is competent and able to present
these subjects in q pleasing, concise
and forcible manner, and Furthermore
earnestly hope that Prof. Pike will
ff vor US with another course OF lee.
lures In the near future Com.
Irwin Al. Cook, Pies.
g w. Bostwlck, Sec.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-31

One day last week a young man
named Fox, Of Charlestown, called ct
Mayor Holcomb's office and said that
he was agent of a Cincinnati detective
bureau, and that one Edison Eckert
had been an object of his and other
peoples suspicious for some time, as
having committed sundry tbefts in
that and other neighborhoods, and that
he had gained theconfidence of Eckert
who proposed that they should bur
glarize the barn of Fl. J Beery, in the
district known as Red Brush" Fox
eagerly assented, and last Saturday
night was selected for the raid. The
Mayor acquainted officer Lewis with
the information he had received, but
very little confidence was placed In
the sincerity of Eckert's proposition.
However, Saturday afternoon Fox sd.
peared again at the Mayors Office, and
said he had just seen Eckert, who told
htPaoto be ready that night "a per
arrangement When evening came
onfcer. Lewis repaired to the scene of
contemplated crime, and secreting
himself near the barn, awaited the
coming OF Eckert. At the end of a
half hour, sure enough, that worthy
appeared, with dark lantern. and
proceeded at once to unlock and enter
the barn. Lewis met him just as he
was coming out with lot Of stolen
furs. Being accosted by the officer,
the sneaking night msrauder struck
him savage blow on the head with
his dark lantern, which staggeI ed him
but did not bring him down. He then
attempted to draw knife on the officer
who, though somewhat dazed from the |
effects Of the blow. succeeded in COW
ering his man with his revolver. Att
this junc-ure Eckert started to run,
but shot from the persuader brought |
him to the ground and the next in.
slant Lewis had his knee on the fel. |
lows chest. and at the point of the re-
yolver, he surrendered aad was hand. |
cutfed. 1t was found he had not been
hit by the shot fired, but went down
to avoid punishment" not caring to |
take the chances of another shot. He
was brought to Jail, and on being
searched, two large knives were found |
upon his person He was brought be
fore Mayor Holcomb Monday for pre-
liminary hearing, and asked a contin
nance of the case to enable him to con.
suit counsel, which was allowed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-31

Saturday last the deputy Game War.
den of Chsrlestown arrested Ned Jones
and Ernest Collins. for shooting quail
out ofseason. Tuesday, Jones pleaded
guilty before Mayor Holcomb, who
imposed fine Of $25, and said that In
consideration Of Its being defendants
first offense, he imposed the lightest
fine allowed by law, and warned the
young man that second offense would
be punished by imprisonment In the
county Jail. The law. he said, we. q
good ONE. and would be enforced with.
in hisiurisdietion, 30 far as he was able
to enforce it. The case against Collins
was dropped, and the fins was paid
by the two young men.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-31

Mrs. Nelson Converse left last eve.
ming for q trip to California, where
she will spend some time visiting her
son E. e., at Redlauds, and visiting
points of interest in the Golden State
At the conclusion of her allotted time
spent with her son, at Redlands, she
goes to San Antonio. Texas, to visit
B. p, her eldest son, and other rela
tives, purposing on her return home
to stop in New Orleans, for the purpose
Of witnessing the splendor and gor
geous exhibitions and psrades of the
Madre Gras festivities. Mrs. Converse
anticipates a most delightful journey,
affording. as it will. grandeur and
beauty Of scenery, characteristic of the
route which she has chosen.
At Cedar Rapids. Iowa, she will!
join with the family of J. D. King, en-
route for the Sandwich Islands, in the
continuance Of her journey, bidding
them sdieu at San Francisco.
G. J. Brigham, also q member of
the party, parts company with his
companions. in travel at this point,
going to Southern California with q
view to business and pleasure, in his
semi-tropical wauderings.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-31

- In this issue the Gs Co. give notice
that on and after February lst they
will reduce the price of gas to Sl.6O
per NJ to all consumers. This gives q
good light to our citizens at a price
that will doubtless substitute it gener-
ally for illumination by the common
method-thus doing away with the
disagreeable care, odor. and shattered
concomitants, of daily annoyance, in
the use of the fluid which is credited
with having lighted the pathway OF an
humble millionaire to the halls of the
National Senate. "Turn on the light" !"
say all "sitting in darkened abodes. !"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-31

AT the new. "Ravenna Livery and
Feed Stable" on West Main Street,
nearly opposite the Shannon House,
you will find everything new and first
class, and can be furnished with con-
veyances, both single and double, at
reasonable prices.
The building is commodious and
we'll ventilated, the drainage excellent,
making IL one of the finest Feeding
Stables In the county.
MRS. 8 r. Poe,
GEORGE r. NICHOLS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-31

The Union Mil at New Milford il
being thoroughly overhauled. The
latest improved rollers are being put
in and Its capacity enlarged to fifty
barrels day. The rollers are furnish
ed by the Case Manufacturing Co OF
Columbus. who guarantee them to
produce flour equal in quantity and
quality to any mill in the country,
At the meeting of the Directors of
the Portage Co. Agricultural society,
held last Saturday, the following of
ficers were elected for the year 1859: /:
WIN. Fox, Pres G G. Gardner, Vice
Pres; o. g. Risdon, Treas X. i.
Wing. Sec; G. G. Gardner, J. Il Ray
and Lafayette Smith, Ex. Com VIM.
Bergin, Supt. of Grounds; John P.
Jones. Chief of Police; w. J. Weaver.
Marshal for Races; K Cross, Msrshal
Horse Dept; M. g spencer, Marshal
Cattle Dept. Adjourned to meet Sat-
lrdsy, Feb 2, at p. m.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-31

Last Friday evening being the sew
epty.first birthday of Aunt Sallie
Anderson, the neighbors and friends,
to the number OF thirty seven, took
pesceable possession of her house.
They brought their baskets well filled
with the good things of this life.
They set the table and invited Aunt
sallie" out to tea. They left her about
seventeen dollars In cash and necessa-
ry goods. All enjoyed themselves.
The givers were happy in doing good,
the receiver In being remembered.
May others do likewise to the unfor-
tunate near them. A.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-31

AKR29N Ak 9s TELEGRAM A meeting OF
prominent oatmeal manufacturers was
held at the Office of the Schumacher
Milling Company last night. Besides
representatives of the local oatmeal
mills, there were present 81. P. Grow.
ell. OF Ravenna, President of the Oat
meal Association II. F. Dousman its
Secretary, and Robert Stuart, of Chi
cago.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-31

Monday night, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
King, accompanied by their sons te-
phen and Fred. left for Kealia Kauia,
one of the group of the Sandwich Is
lands, going via. San Francisco and
Honolulu.
On reaching his place of destination
Mr.. King will at once assume the du-
ties of principal of the graded sch ool
there, aud bis wife those of assistant,
to which positions they have been
called by the Board of Education of
Kealia Kauia.
The change of residence had be en-
contemplated by Mr.. King for som g
time, but not until about two VT eks
before his departure did he know def :
nitely when he would leave, at which
time he received telegram from K.
X, telling him to come, as soon as
possible.
Mr.. King has not decided to perma.
nently leave Ravenna, but will remain
in his equatorial home at least one
year. and then determine as to his fu
ture movements.
Kealia Kauia Ia in the Pacific OCT an,
directly on the line of the equator, and
Is about equal to Portage county Ia
area. 1t has white population of
about 1900, 900 of whom are employed
In theimmense Spaulding sugar works
located there. The entire island is
owned by Spaulding, son Of the
late Judge R. P. Spaulding, and is
wholly converted into an imme nse
sugar plantation.
While Ravenna regrets to lose, even
SO valuable q citizen es
Mr.. King, he is to be congratulated Oh
the healthful climate Of his mid ocean
home; and the superior qualifications
possessed by himself and estimable
wife, will insure them an abundant
success In their educational labors.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-31

Leading physicians recommend Ay-
sr's Ssrsaparilla. Old and young take
1t with perfo ct safety. It cleanses the
blood. strengthens the nerves, and
vitalizes the system. Popular expert
@nce has long placed this medicine at
che head of tonic alternatives.