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Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

This department gives several items
about assessment as compiled in the
Concordia Empire.
At Wichita George Brown, a printer
in the Democrat office. dropped dead
from his case.
A Seneca dispatch: A fire totally de-
atroyed Buchanan's grocery and Viii
liams' hardware store.
Brookville has had a fire which de.
stroyed two drug stores. the post Office,
livery stable etc, etc; loss $500.
The Marshall county assessors agreed
to assess land at $50 an acre; horses,
from S. to S25; cattle, SO to Sc; town
lots, one-third value; other property at
one-third value.
In johnson county Charles Scott, an
old and well-to-do farmer living near
Shawnee, committed suicide by hang
ing himself with a rope in his barn.
Shortly after Scott had entered the
barn his son went there on an errand,
and found his fathers body suspended
from beam, and horror stricken i'm
mediately cut it down, only to find it
vet warm, but life extinct. No cause
is attributed to the hanging.
The Jewel county assessors decided
to rate horses at from So to S35, ac-
cording to age and value; cattle, from
SIS to So; fattening steers, J.! cents a
pound: hogs, ] cents pound; corn,
cents: oats, 6 cents; wheat, 20 cents !;
rye 10 cents, and other personal prop
erty SO cents oa the dollar of cash
value Real estate. 50 to a5, and i'm
provements on real estate 25 cents on
the dollar of cash value Town lots
LETT to the Judgment of the assessor.
Abilene correspondence: Mayor G.
H. Lebold sent in his resignation as
mayor of the city, president of the Alb
ilene improvement company, president
of the county immigration society. and
of other lesser organizations, nd left
for Kansas City. Since the failure OF
the Abilene bank, of which he was chief
owner, he has secured position with
q AoAo'C ivy AAAhs ohu VIII AhonO Liz
headquarters in that city though his
family remains here.
Smith county assessors fixed the fol-
lowing rules for assessing property.
Horses to be valued from $25 to $75
and assessed at 60 per cent. of cash
vlaue; cattle to be rated at from So to
$40; hogs, cent pound: farm imple-
ments, gold and silver watches, jewel
~ and musical instruments at one-half
value; bonds, interest on bonds, stock
in any company or corporation, bank
shares and money at its cash value; all
merchants stocks, manufacturers
stocks and monies at full value; build
ings of all kinds at one-half value; town
lots at one half value; potatoes, 5 cents;
millet, 20 cents; wheat in bin, so cents;
corn. 10 cents, less cost Of hauling to
market; land, 1.5O to $500 an acre With
improvements added; breaking, so
cents an acre; wire fence, one-half act
ual value.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

A RECENT letter from London says the
Prince and Princess of Wales, although
most hospitable and kind toward their
guests at Sandringham, are as capri
cious as other mortals; and it is often
difficult even for the best-bred people
to estimate to nicely the exact point
at which intimucy may become dis.
tasteful. Conduct which in the even
ing may be deemed very charming and
amusing may be resented as pre-
sumptuous the next morning.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

MEXICO has a right, of course, to
subsidize line of steamers for the i'm
portation of coolies from China. Labor
does not seem to have much to do with
politics in Mexico, and foreigners have
no business to interfere. But barbed
wire is rather costly, and the Mexican
Government may as we'll take notice
before it commits itself any further
that it will be expected to keep up a
good and sufficient rabbit-proof fence
thirty feet high along the 1,5OO miles
of the American boundary.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

IT may not be known to many peo-
pie that Queen Victoria is an ardent
student of African geography, and
could pass very creditable examina-
ton in that subject with Mr.. Stanley
as the interrogator.l Her Majesty has
carefully watched the Portuguese en-
croachments, and when the news OF
the outrage on the British flag reached
London it was the Queen herself who
insisted on Lord Salisbury compelling
Portugal to come to definite under
standing without delay.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

A GREAT discovery of zinc ore has
been made near Field, in Manitoba. A
Canadian Pacific Railway tunnel is
driven right through the lode. which is
simply one solid body of ore. The ore
has always been mistaken for red gran
ite, but it turns out to be very rich
body of zinc. It is at least 100 feet
wide. The ore assays 65 per cent. of
zinc, 10 per cent. iron, $3.50 in gold,
and $50 in silver to the ton.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27
A Question Of Method.

"This talk about us fellows wanting
to marry for money is all foolishness,
remarked young De Troy excitedly.
Love, and love alone, should prompt
a young man in choosing life partner.
Do you suppose that before / would
propose to girl I'd hem and haw
around and try by hook and crook to
get her to tell me how much she was
worth?"
''No." remarked young Inswim, "a
thousand times no. You'd find out
some other way."-Drdke's MAGAZINE.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

Chicago, Qlll Arkansas Traveller, March Is.
In the February 11th drawing of the Lou
isiana State Lottery, two of our citizens drew
cash prizes which have made them wealthy.
n. A. Hulburd, of No. 38 Metropolitan Block,
is one of the lucky citizens. To a Traveller
representative Mr.. Hulburd said, II held
one quarter of ticket No. 4o,919 which drew
the third capital prize of $4,000. The cash,
81, 500 was received by me through the
American Express company" Messers.
Charles Kozminski .& Co., bankers at 1853
Washington st., collected for O customer
through the State National Bank. of Nev
Orleans, one-twentieth of ticket No. 81 as
which drew the first cepital prize of SSO0OO0l
Mr.. kozminsh in answer to inquiries of thu
reporter, said: / have 10 authority to Riye'
the name of the customer for whom this cu1-
lection was made. 1t is a fact, however. tkof
the ticket was promptly honored and 1he
$1,000 !ess cast OF collection is placed 20 T.
credit of the depoeitor.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

SINCE the establishment of the Wen
ma free kitchens, the number of drunk
ards is said to have greatly diminished.
The medical profession testify to enor-
nous improvement in the health of the
lower classes. Derangements of the
stomach, formerly the most frequent
cases in Vienna hospitals, have de,
creased to one-third of the number of
ten years ago.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

IT doesn't take many names to go
around among the Norwegians. Nearly
all of them are named Ole Olson, Elick
Erickson, or Nels Nelson. In Mime
apolis alone there are 9, 900 of the first,
1,910 of the second. and 1,215 of the
last. Any one of these names exists
In greater numbers than does the Eng
lsh John Smith.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that can not be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in ell business transactions,
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tons made by their firm.
West& Truax, WholesaleDruggists Toledo. Ohio
Walding. kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
E H. Van Hoesen, Cashier Toledo National
.,ank. Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Price, 75e. per bottle
Sold by all Druggists.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

In Georgetown, d. c., in a humble
cottage which rents for so month,
lives the only surviving grandchild of
Thomas Jefferson. Her name is Mrs.
Septimia Randolph Miekleham, widow
of David S, Meikleham, long since
dead. She is now in her 10th year.
a cultured, amiable, venerable old
Lady, with two daughters and one son
in her household.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

More than s;35 month during his fifty
four years existence and has not 81 to
his name. Anna will have $4,000
when she is of age and young Slicer
will have broken heart when he gets
old enough to vote.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

Mr.. OMAR THOMAS, of North Haven,
Me-, has invented mortar and bomb
for shooting ahead of vessel and
spreading oil on the waves during a
gale of wind. 1t is a very ingenious
contrivance with which life-saving
crews can smooth the waters around a
stranded wreck.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

THE last Sultan of Turkey was ac-
customed to shut himself up with a
negro slave and his tavorite wife in a
secret room of his palace and there
gloat over his treasures. Plugging his
arms into heap of golddust and let
ting it slip through his fingers seemed
to give him more satisfaction than gaz-
ing on his pile of Jewels.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27
Love plays strange pranks with som

LUNE Pia.y s1IduBe PIaHhS VIII SOME
people. Gen" George c. Sicer,
aged 81, is the handsomest man in the
lumber regions of Pennsylvania. He
has a son who is worth several thous-
and dollars and is proprietor of store
The son was engaged to be married to
Anna Switzer, who is the belle OF the
village, "Gen." Sicer made his son a
visit. was introduced to Anna, and in
two weeks won her affections and
eloped with her. He never earned
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

The title of doctor was invented in
the twelfth century. The first person
upon whom it was conferred was
Irnerius, a learned professor of law,
1t the University of Bologna. William
Gordenio was the first person upon
whom the title of doctor of medicine
was conferred. He received it from
the College of Asti in 1929.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

A HALF-DEMENTED hermit, who is
supposed to be victim of the Johns
town food, has been found living in a
hovel in gulch near the Carbon Hill
bunkers no. far from Tacoma, Wash.
His name is Jasper Milton, and he de-
clares that soft coal is all that he eats.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27
Rough on the Patient.

Old Nurse-Had two hours rest? I
can't see how that was possible with
your patient requiring his medicine
every hour.
New Nurse-You can't. hey; we'll,
it's easy enough to explain.
Old Nurse = What is the explana-
ton?
New Nurse-Oh. I doubled the dose
last time.-Neio York Press.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

GREAT banks Of marine sponges,
including all the kinds most valued
in commerce, have been discovered on
the southeast coast of Sicily. They
extend from fifteen to eighteen marine
leagues in length, and are from twenty
to thirty-one ellis in depth. Greeks
and Italians are fastening to the spot.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

A PENNSYLVANIA country editor is
having a lively discussion with his COZ
respondents about phrase he used in
writing up a wedding. He spoke of
"the marriage obsequies."
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27
Better than Oklahoma.

100 acres of the choicest land in the San
Luis Valley in Southern Colorado, all under
fence. water-rights secured and bitches ready
for use. 1t will be sold as a whole or in
quantities to suit the purchaser. 1t is the
finest land in the valley and is adapted to
either farming or stock-raising. For prlce,
terms, etc. address HENRY A. BUFFERS, Ala
,noSa ColoradO
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

FERDINAND WARD, whose financial
Napoleonism landed him at last in Sing
Sing prison, looks like a physical
wrecl He is bent and lifeless, and
his cheeks are sunken. His face has
become white, and he looks ten years
older that when he entered the prison
He has become an expert type-setter.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

PoMBoLANo is the name of a plant
found in Mexico, the root of which is
said to contain a substance analogous
to but more powerful than quinine in
its antiperiodic action. 1t has been
found to cure rebellious intermittent
fevers that had resisted the action of
uIlinine
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

LAST summer the Queen of Italy at
tanned the loftiest point ever reached
by European sovereign by the ascent
Of the Breithorn, 13, 7S5 feet.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27
KANSAS CHURCHES.

At Emporia Bishop Foss presided at
the South Kansas NJ e. conference.
The attendance of ministers and lay
men was large, including many clergy
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

Il is easy for man TO repent stealing hogs
when he has tired o. the taste Of hams.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27
Fortunate Chicagoans.

Echoes from the ante roon-Bet you five
on the red.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

IsN'T the man who paints a fence q
hue-er of wooc2
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27
HOw'S Thiat

The most popular dancing figure among
business men is balance to partners.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27

Americas finest, ssTansill's Punch Cigar.
Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27
nENSlON,%SaM.ss,%S::M'soa..SSs1Gs. SsG..

DSucceSSfulIy PToSecuteS Claims.
i Late Principal Examiner q. g. Pension Bureau.
yrs in last Is sdjudicatng claims, atty anee.
In doubtful stakeholder if she loves
me!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-19
LIKELY TO BE CARRIED UP.
A Case That Win Probably Go to the
Higher Court.


In the case CT Charles Gresa's Son & O..
against NJ. S. Cosulich and Villa n Rich
ards garnishee, jury in the city court
found yesterday that the bark Victoria is
subjected to the execution levied upon it, as
the property Of William Richards under the
garnishment.
The original suit by plaintiff was against
NJ >. Cosulich on notes for Sl,700 for
money advanced to repair the vessel, which
had been damaged in a storm at sea in the
Iau OF 1883, the vessel being under charter
to Cosulich. Evan Davis, master of
the vessel, and William Richards
We're made parties to the
garnishment suit, requiring them to answer.
Davis answered. showing he owed nothing
to Cosulich. William Richards failei to
answer, and Judgment was rendered against
him, an1fwhen the bark Victoria came into
port last year to load cotton for Dunkirk,
an execution was levied upon her by P. L.
Constantine, deputy sheriff Of the city court,
NOV. ~ last. Thomas p, Richards, brother
OF William Richards, both of Swansea.
John being the son of William Richards,
came forward and claimed the bark as their
Individual property, aud On Dec. as Rich
ards q Co. filed acclaim affidavit for the
vessel, and deposit was made in lieu of a
sail.
1t was claimed by Richards & Co. that
Thomas P. obtained half interest in the
vessel for five shillings, nominal consdera-
ton on It's face. but in fact greater value
consideration not disclosed in detail as he
acquired the interest in partnership set
Element with his brother, while the consid-
GRAFTON for the half the son bought was
about $500. The jury, however, appeared
TO DOUBT that William Richards had parted
with the half interest to his brother and
found the property subject to execution
under the garnishnent. William Richards is
member Of the Canadian parliament.
Motion for new trial has been made and
the case will no doubG find its way to the
calendar of the supreme court. Charlton
a. Mackall for plaintiffs, Col. Geo. A. Mer-
Ger for William. Richards. THE amount in
volved, including principal, interest and
costs. is something over $4,000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-19
THE GRAND ARMY MEN.
Commander Porter's General Order
for Decoration Day.

Commander Porter's General Order
for Decoration Day.
Commander David Porter of the Grand
Army of the Republic of the department of
Georgia hes issued general order for the
observance of Decoration day in the juris-
diction of the department. The order reads:
Once more our Memorial day draws near; a
day dedicated to the memory OF the men who
held life cheap in the support of free govern
ment and who sacrificed it, cementing with
their blood this union of states, thereby making
of them afree country IN name and in deed.
Upon the comrades remaining, there is the
duty of properly honoriug the resting places of
these patriots; to show our appreciation of
country; to enforce their example upon the
mind and heart, and to teach the generations
following that enthusiastic love of country
which drew our hundreds of thousands from
their usual avocations to the end that when the
country again calls upon its sons, the response
shall be as ready, and as hearty, as it was in
1861.
The following assignments are made:
Marietta National Cemetery-O. M. Nit
chell Post, No. l, assisted as far as practi-
cable by James B. Steedman Post, No. 4,
and Blue Ridge Post, No. 6.
Florence National Cemetery-Maj. Rob-
ert Anderson Post, No.. Z.
Beaufort National Cemetery - David
Hunter Post, No. 8.
Andersonville National Cemetery-E. S.
Jones Post, No. 9, assisted as far as practi-
cable by all the posts of the department not
above mentioned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-19
THE sHorrER-MILLRR CASE.
Judge Speer Charges the Jury Twice
on Points of Law

Judge Speer Charges the Jury Twice
on Points of Law.
The ar gument in the damage case of
Shooter VS.. Miller in the United States
court closed yesterday and was given to the
jury before the dinner adjournment. AT
o'clock last night the foreman sent out
word that there was no prospect of an
agreement, and Judge Speer suggested to
counsel, Messrs. A. r. Lswton, Jr., and
Samuel B. Adams that as the foreman did
not think an agreement probable mistrial
might be declared after Withdrawing the
jury.
To this proposition Mr.. Lawton expressed
his dissent. He thought an agreement
might be reached, aud he expressed doubt
of being able to go into another trial of the
case hopefully under the courts ruling.
Judge Speer then had the jury brought
out, and, after questioning the foreman on
point of law not clearly understood by
the jury, sent them back to their room VITA
instructions to bring in a sealed verdict.
The amended or additional charge was
that if Shotter refused to accept Mr..
Miller's weights, it was breach of contract
on the part of Shooter, and he could not, in
that case. recover. Judge Speer also said
that if the jury found from the evidence
that Shotter objected simply to the weights,
and did not refuse to accept them, this
would be no breach on the part of Shooter.
There is" said the court, "a difference
between refusing to accept the weights and
merely objecting or grumbling at them.
The former would be breach of the con-
tract, and the latter would not"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-19
Quick sales and small Proffts.

"Ihe Famous" N. Y. Clothing House has
been doing business in Savannah over ten
years and has established the reputation of
being the cheapest for fine clothing) of any
store anywhere. When it comes to a tug of
war by judge of clothing and close
buyer that tries every store 1.-THE Famous
always comes out victorious, for the reason
that / am satisfied to make quick sales and
small profits The claim that you can save
% per cent by buying of 1.-THE Famous
looks, perhaps, to the unsophisricated like
blowing, but it is true. nevertheless, and
has been proven many times. Only this
week young man came in with new pair
of trousers, and happened to have the
identical same goods and pattern. He had
paid 81 for them. Mine were marked in
plain figures to sell at IS. IL you want TO
buy first-class Clothing, Hats, Shirts and
Neckwear at a reasonable price go to 1.-THE
Famous new store, 14S Broughton street,
1dD
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-19
OBJECTED TO THE CLUB n oUsE.
Capt. Henry Blum at War With the
Atlantic Club.

Capt. Henry Blum at War With the
Atlantic Club.
Capt Henry Blum brought suit day or
two ago against the Atlantic Club, which
has recently built club house at Tybee,
and the case was heard in Justice Reynolds
court yesterday. Capt Blum alleges that
the clubs house is nuisance in as much as
prevents him from getting the sea breeze
at his house and obstructs his ocean view.
George w. Owens, Esq, represented
capt. Blum, and O'Conner 81 OByrne
appeared for the Atlantic Club. The case
came G1 up before Justices Reynolds and
iEII9ifes, and the following board of free
holders: Bernard Goode, Andrew McCor-
iliGE, Lawrence Kelly, John w. Fretwell,
o. =; seley, j. j. Sullivan, Il. +. Lowell, Q.
49, graa1nam, j. H. Furber, Richard Kirk
ianu, L. J. Grady, and John Riley.
-, "a number of witnesses were summoned,
p ,; tney did not testify. When the allega-
p lions setting forth the charges of Capt
. pauu upon the club were read, the magis-
.IaVes decided that there was nothing
aneseu TO establish the charge OF a
iulrrS,auce, and the case was dismissed.
CT, ne cub house is about 500 feet from
SSap.. pl1n's residence, to the south. The club
t HouSe Is Quilt on its own lands, but por.
S Slon o. the structure extends out on o street
STeuIcaoed to the town by che Tybee Beach
Oulupany The plaintiffs counsel gave
nosice OF certiorari.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-19
TO USE THE TIDES.
another Solution to the Biloo Canal
Problem.


Mai L. NJ. Warfeld. who addressed the
city council on the Bilbo canal problem
this week. thinks he has successfully solved
II and be is so pronounced in his opinion
that his plan is Sc practicable that the open
canal can be made not only sanitary
Channel for the discharge of its present
sewage but for the entire city, and at cost
of only about 5000.
In RE first place he does not think that
the annrehensions about the public health
from the open Bilbo canal are well founded
~ he thinks it is almost g criminal blum
dar ~ clean out the canal from time to time
- throw the sewage deposit on the canal
hsnk TO tester in the sun and spread It's
.,o~ions yapors. A closed sewer
~ t5inks would be as bad, that
Il would be dangerous to cOnfine the sew
aoa ~ create sewer gas that must find vent
IL various ways, but principally through
tbe niumbing into dwellings. 1t is obj c
tionable, he says, as q sanitary work, and
as II will cost $50, 900 it is not an economic
solution Of the problem, while the proposed
automatic flushing apparatus, he thinks.
Is as unnecessary as it would be expensive.
1.-THE canal" said Maj. Warfield to a
MORNING NEWS reporter yesterday, sis
flushed by the tide twice day, and what
more is wanted tnan that the tide should
rise four feet in the canal twice every
twenty-four hours. aud this large body of
fresh water coming up twice day carries
the sewage out, Now as nature fiushes
the canal flood gates can be arranged so
that the canal may be
filed as many times at high
and emptied twice a day at low tide. BY
this means the water win come In with a
rush and go out with rush carrying out
all sewage deposits in the canal into the
river and the sewage will be carried down
the river five miles before the tide turns
ana in the five mile flow back the current
will have taken up all the fecal matter in
solution, and the problem of what to do
with Biblo canal will have been solved"
Maj. Warfeld says that an intelligent
man, conversant with the tidal stages,
should be employed to tend the flood gate,
and the salary should be such as to com
mand trustT orthy man, penalty of dis
charge to follow neglect. He thinks an
open canal, flushed as Bilbo canal is, twics
a day, is preferable to closed sewer, and
he says the statistics win show better
health rate in the section traversed by the
Bilho canal than in the Yamacraw district,
in the western portion of the city.
Maj Wsrfield is prepared to go before
council if it desires him to do so, and ex-
plain more fully his views in the matter,
and he says he will take pleasure in show
ing the aldermen how the tide acts on the
canal sewage at any time, as he has been
watching closely the tidal influence on the
canal To stir up the sewage depositby the
rush Of high tide in the canal, and to open
the food gates at half tide and carry GU;
the sewage with like rush of rapidly re
ceeding waters will forever dispei the bug
aboo, Mai. Wartield thinks, of Bilbo canal
being an unhealthy factor.