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The Princeton union., 1890-08-21
M an and. Melon in ColIisio n.

From the Savannah News.
A prominent lawyer in this city had
q client, the other day, who related a
story which shows that a, watermel-
on may accomplish great damage
when used as a weapon under certain
Circumstances.
The lawyers client is q conductor
on q Central Railroad freight train.
"A few daye ago, as the train was GO
ing up the road at q speed of twenty
miles an hour, the CONDUCTOR was
standing in the top OF his caboose
looking ahead out of the window.
with his head resting on his arm.
The train rushed by a small station
where q lot of Watermelons were be.
ing loaded in some cars.
AS the freight train passed one of
the hands engaged in loading. in q
spirit of fun, pitched one Of the mel
ons at the conductors head in the.
window Of the caboose. His aim was
well taken and the consciousness
were disastrous. The melon struck
the conductor squarely on the face
and an arm, knocking out three teeth,
cut his face open, and almost broke
ms arm. The joker's melon almost
finished the conductor The speed at
which the train was running was re-
sponsible for the unusual force Of the
blow. -S =S,sss i.s@Ss
The conductor is now preparing to
sue the party who threw the melon.
The man who threw it says he only
melon.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21
HERE AND THERE.

HERE AND NDTHERE.
The convention of the United Brotherhood
Of Carpenters and Joiners have decided to To-
cate the headquarters OF the body at Phila-
delphia for the next ten years.
Azores newspapers demanding the inae-
pendence OF the Azores islands and appealing
to America have been presented III the Span-
ish cortes.
The czar ordered the application of the an
tl-Jewish laws to be postponed for year,
probably intending to postpone putting
them into operation indefinitely.
In confidential circulars sent to commend
ers in the army the French government
states that duelng in the army will hence
forth cease to be obligatory, even in cases
where personal violence has been used.
Original package deulers in various towns
of Kansas are packing up their stock and
shipping it to Missouri. Extraordinarily 1t ex-
pected that there will be no further trouble
with such dealers
The status of Gen. Adam Badeau, who
for the past fifteen years has been off and on
the rolls of the army as re tired officer, has
been at last decided by Attorney General
Miller. The decision holds that there it no
lcbuA w sDoeRl A1eANV0u p A1Au0o III UuC
retired list of the army. M
tits proposed by friends Of Donovan
Rossa to raise fund for him sufficient to
maintain him in his old age. It is also con
templated to start subscription to send
Rossa back to reland soon after January
i, 189 1, the twentieth anniversary Of his ban
ishment from his native country.
# The cholera scare reports at Preston, Iowa,
was false. What they are really affected with
is malignant dysentery, which in place Of one
week has covered period Of three weeks,
during which time, it is stated eighteen
deaths have occurred. The fact that quite q
number of the victims turned black gave
rise to the first report. The epidemic is
gra dually subsiding. @f <.
Constables seized the stocks of a number
Of original package honses at Des Moines
This action is the result of the passage o
the Wilson bill, which the president made
o perative by his signature. A great deal o
litigation will grow out of these seizures, al
the best lawyers con tend that the Iowa Law
bearing upon importations was set aside By
the federal courts decision in the origina
package case.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21
MINOR ACCIDENTS.

A cyclone passed over a portion of New
Brunswick, causing great loss of property,
but as far asknown no lives were lost.
The fire at Dayton, WASH, caused aloss of
$4,000. All the buildings destroyed were
wooden.
At Clinton. Iowa. while bathing in aslough
near that city, Peter Francen, twelve-year-
Did son Of Oscar Frensen, was drowned.
APullman car attached to train carrying
Chicago G. A. R. men to Boston took fire
near Montreal. Anumber of passengers lost
slothing, jewelry, etc. The loss will reach
$4,000.
The colonist sleepe on the west bound
Great Northern train was burned at Ada,
Mimi. The passengers lost everything, and
barely escaped with their lives. Conductor
Stahl was badly burned in unc oupling the
Ear from the train. The baggage .car was
slightly burned.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21
Making the Best Reparation
He Could.

The train was just pulling out Of
Weston, Mo-, from st. ] oe, when one
of the passengers in the smoker put
his head so far out of the window
that a man near him felt it his duty
to utter note sot warning.
eyes, it is a little risky" !" replied
the man as he pulled in his head and
sat down, But / was boxing for a
grave in that field. Reckon it has
been ploWed under. and forgotten.
Glow did they happen to bury him
there?'
It's a sad story, gentlemen very
sad. 1T was just ten years this
month, and / was living here then.
a stranger came in from the West
with three horses to sell, and he act.
eds queerly that we clapped him in
Jail. He never denied that he stole
'em, and one night the boys burned
out and hung hina to a tree back
there. We buried him near the tree
and it was his grave I was looking
for
Never denied it, eh?'' queried one
of the. listeners.
Never did, although we gave him
every chance. just a week from the
time: he was hung we found out tina,
he was an honest, honorable farmer
living about forty miles below us
Whileihe hadn' t stolen the horses he
had killed a man, and he no doubt
believed we We're shanging him FOL
that. We felt mean enough when VIZ
discovered that he was no horse
thief, and that all he had done was
to pop man over, and a Kansas
man at that, and he must have beer
sadly puzzled over our conduct. We
made such PREPARATION as we coule
however .
In what way?"
tOh, we rounded up the grave
passed res olutions OF ofsympathy for The
wife, sent the horses ON home and 8
few months later went up and mar.
ried his widow. She's in the neK1
car behind New Orleans Times
Democrat. 53
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21
WAYS OF THE WICKED.

WAYS OF'5If7 WICKED.
Burglars entered the residence of E. F..
KnowIton at Newport, R. l.. while the fam
ily were at dinner, and secured $s, 900 worth
of jewelry
Special Pension Examiner w. s. Mayer OF
Cincinnati has captured "Buckskin Joe, - q
famous pension swindler whom the depart
ment has been after for two years.
Joe Tye, a Chinaman wanted in Boston for
the e1nbezzlement of $14, 900 from a country
man, has been arrested at Council Bluffs,
Iowa.
Two robbers at Cuchara, Col, ,.shot and
killed M. Stroud, an engineer, and secured his
watch aud $40. Officers are in pursuit, and
if the men are arrested they will be lynched.
Capt. G.. A. Roger, well known along the
Ohio and ississippi rivers, was shot and
killed at Elizabethtown, ILL.,, by Ed Kelly
whom Roger had discharged.
jerome Sweet, an ice peddler of Providence.
R. !. poured kerosene oil on his wife and set
fire to her clothing. She will probably die.
Sweet offers no explanation for his brutal act.
William Jenkins arrived at Colville, Wash,
from his ranch, sixty miles up Kettle river,
and surrendered to the authorities. He, kill
~ sIHO SlueA, WuudM +Odly huu DenJdm III
Shaw, in a dispute over a horse trade. Jen-
kins claims to have acted in self defense
George Ellis a wealthy farmer living near
Waterloo, Iowa. was confdenced .ont oi
$4,000 by three men, who pla yed the old
card racket on him. After the sharper had
won the money one of them drew revolver
and threatened to shoot if any disturbance
was made and the man who had the money
made his escape.
Editor Wing, OF the Kaukauna, Wis, Sun,
who had seriously attacked Street Commits
sioner Hyland in the Sun recently, was pub.
licly horsewhipped on his way home from his
office by Mrs. Hyland. Wing made an at
tempt to defend himself, but the infuriated
women had to be taken away from him by
the crowd.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith came to Eau
Claire, Wis, from st. Paul a few days ago
with their thirteen-y year-old daughter and
scven-year-old son. They stopped at hotel.
Mr. Smith and his daughter have myster-
iously disappeared, and Mrs. Smith and the
little boy are left destitute. Mrs. Smith be-
lieFes her husband has deserted her and gone
to Canada, and in her grief would have
thrown herself into the river but for the in
terposition Of friends, who now have her and
the boy in charge. She is dangerously i'll.
Smith formerly lived in Eau Claire and is
| we'll off. t
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21
SOLDIERS In LIN b.
Grand Parade of the National
Encampment Of Thou
sands of Veterans.
President Harrison and Vice
President Morton Wit
messed the Event.

BosToN, Aug. 12,The influx Of veterans
continued during the entire night and un-
til the streets and sidewalks Of the principal
streets were literally packed with human
ity. This morning long special trains were
stretching back from all the depots, await
ing an opportunity to run in and unload
their living freight Of visiting Grand Army
posts and sightseers.
Before 8 o'clock the roar Of cannon from
the feet in the harbor announced the Dis
patch with Secretary Tracey, Vice President
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21
PEoPLEoF NOTE.

Democrats of the Eighth Iowa con gression-
al districthave nominated Maj A. L. Ander :
son for congress-
Charles Williams of Aberdeen, represent
ing the irrigation committee of North and
South Dakota, is in Washington in connec-
ion with the consideration of a project to
get water from the Missouri river to the
James river for irrigation purposes in the
Dakotas. in company with Maj. Pickler he
called upon Director Powell, ofthe geological
survey, who promised to make q survey this
sall to see where it would be the most feasi-
bic to make canal to conduct the waters of
the Missouri across country to the James.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21

The SCOTCH have hard heads and
tough bodies. 1T was stated in the
British house OF commons the other
day that the Scotch consumption of
spirits averaged a gallon and a half
per head of population. InsIreland
the consumption averaged only one
gallon per head, while in England it
is but half a gallon.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21
coMRAnE HARRISON.

ln-chlet OF the Grand Army OF the Repub-
lie.
coMRADE HARRISON
Following Gen. Alger, President Harri-
president of the United States, and was
greeted with tremendous applause. Presi-
dent Harrison said: 4.
I had Impressions both pleasurable and pain:
veterans which swept through @ the streets 81 this
historic capital to-day; pleasurable in the con-
temptation Of 50 many faces Of those who shared
sse 1non 5ns
q mournful sort as I thought how seldom we
should meet again. Not many times here. AS
Arlington and have seen those silent battalions
ot the dead, have thought how. swiftly
the reaper is doing his work and
o9w bs land the the aases
the soldiers of the great war shall be gathered
to honored graves. And yet, Icould not help
but feel that in the sturdy tread OF those battaf
that would not be withheld if a present peril
should confront the nation that you love. And
II Arlington is the death, we see to-day
talions OF The Sons Of Veterans the resurrection
(applausel. They are coming on to take our
places the nation will mot detsnse
who have read about the iresides
Of the veterans homes in which
they have been born and reared the lessons q
come fresh armed to any conflict that may con-
front us In the future only hope that God will
80 order the years that are left to you that for
you and those who are dear to you they3
may be orderedin all gentleness and sweetness,
IN all prosperity and success, and, that when at
last the comrades who survive you shall wrap
the flag Of the Union about your body and bear
It to the grave, you may die in peace and In the
hope OF q glorious resurrection.
81 On closing the president left at once and
took the nlidnight train for Washington,
There were loud calls for Vice Presiden
Morton, and after considerable persuasion
he was induced to say few words, as fol-
lows: s
Boston tonight is a center OF patriotic mem
ores. The representatives OF that grand army
which which was the expression and embod.
lnlent OF the nations purpose are here
The occasion, therefore, brings before
our minds q M crisis even in our
national life, the supreme crisis Of free govern
ment. not only here but throughout the world
In that crisis in which you bore the greatest
part the issue was settled upon the side Of
Justice. freedom and the indisolubility
OF the lion. May the nation which was pre-
served by your valnr and sacrifices, In the Ian
guage OF Mr.. Lincoln, never perish from the
earth, and may this government thus pre-
served ever keep in generous remembrance and
Kindly care for you and your descendants.
This closed the speech liking, and the
hall was quickly cleared Of all save those
who are quartered there during encamp-
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21

THRRE is now no doubt that the
potato disease has attacked the crop
in south and west Ireland. The dis
trict most affected up to the presen t
lis the country around Skibbereen
and Schulz, county Cork, which the
famine Of 184s ravaged SO terri
bly,. There is no fear Of famine now,
but the disease means ruin to thou.
sands.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21

PROFESSOR n. S. SHALER, Of Har-
ward, estimatessthat in New England
the cost to the public arising from
inefficient roadways, as well as from
the waste money expended on them,
amounts to not less than $40 a year
on each household.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21

THREE locomotives have been ship
ped from this country to Palestine for
the new railroad between Jaffa and
Jerusalem. They are named Jaffa,
Jerusalem and Ramleh.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21

THIS years caterpillar stories are
not quite SO large as those sef two
years ago, but they say thatsa train
on the Bangor and Piscataquis rail
road was nearly stopped by the bugs
the other day, and that some Of the
white birch trees in that region are
fairly alive with them.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21

THERE has recently been curranS q
story to the effect that the vener-
able mother Of Lieut.. Cushing, the
hero Of the blowing-up of the rebel
ram Albemarle, is a, pauper, depend
,ent upon charity, in Boston. This
is declared to be baseless false
hood. Mrs. Gushing is living at st.
Louis, in easy circumstances.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21

>SEAREN, a Partisan, who made
millions out OF the Panama canal,
has gone to Egypt in the interest OF
the project to convert the desert Of
Sahara into an inland sea, and if
the public isn't alert he may make
millions out of this scheme also.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21

S1xTY-F1vE years ago Emm ons
Rudge began to sell ice in Hartford,
Conn, and he was arrested for it, as
the doctors at that day had decided
that ice impaired the health of those
who used it, and it's use was not tol-
GRATED in cases of fever.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21

GEN. FREMONT never wore glasses.
His eyes were as sharp and clear as
a young mans. Hewas perfect phys
ically and appeared at least twenty
years younger than most men ofhis
age.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21
A Trick on the AuthoRraph
FiendS.
From American Notes and Queries.

From American Notes and Queries.
It may cool the ardor of certain
persistent authograph hunters to
know that one distinguished Ameri-
can writer turns over all autographs
begging letters to an obscure second
cousin OF his who happens to have
the same name The second cousin
answers the letters ofthe authograph1
et1ends, and signs his own name.
Thus all parties in the transaction
are satisfied.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21

The general sentiment of theecoun-
try, as expressed by the press, is
against the electrical execution as
used in the case of Kemmler. The
result of the Kemmler execution
causes a revolt among the people
which will go a long way towards
abolishing capital punishment for
crimes.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21

SOME relic hunter has cut out and
carried away from the Union college
building in Schenectady, N. y, a sec
tion of window sill in which ex-Presi-
dent Arthur cut his name years ago
when a student there.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21

donna, and their hostess Mrs. "a. H. Cool.
idge. Mrs Mckee was the center of at
traction. quite overshadowing her illus
Noble accompanied ar al by al friend sa Was also also
of waiting party.
The party broke into groups. Mr.. Har-
rison entered into conversation with Mrs.
Logan, gallantly handing her the small
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21
Terms: $500 per year in advance.
HANNIBAL HANIL4N does more fish
ing and catches fewer fish than any
other man in Maine, so it is said.

JAMES BLACK, who was the pro-.
hibitionist candidate for president
in 1872, lives in Lancaster, Pa, hale
and hearty, though q septuagena-
rian.
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21

admission to the Russian church, the Official
announcement is made thnt Russia will heart
ily welcome the applicants; but she declines
to bind herselfto any particular policy in
beh alf OF Armenia. @ #
The Princeton union., 1890-08-21
OTHERS FoR MRs. I0aAN.

Scarcely had the applause which greeted
the presidential party subsided when the
dutter Of excitement broke into hearty
cheers as the familiar face of Mrs. John "a.
Logan appeared above the sea of ,upturned
faces. Mrs. Logan was accompanied by
Mrs. Alger. These ladies were followed BY
Mrs. Mckee, Lillian Nortlyea. Che prima
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-27
RAILROAD NOTES,
Official Announcement of w. NJ.
Ranks Successor.

The position OF General Passenger and Freight
Agent OF the Denver and Rio Grande until
recently filled by w. NJ. Rank will be given TO
w. Ii. Snidaker, who will act in the capaclty OF
General Western Passenger Agent, and G. IL.
Clarke, who Will be General Western Freight
Agent. Both men have been connected with the
Denver and Rio Grande for several years, the
former as passenger and the latter as commercial
agent. 1t is said that D. S. Freeman, road
ticket agent of the Denver and Rio Gfande. will
succeed Mr. Snidaker as passenger agent In Los
Angeles, though the appointment has not been
ofncially announced.
The Northern Pacific will construct and
operate In the near future line OF railroad from
Tacoma around the southern portion of Puget
Sound 10 some point as yet undecided on Hood 8
Canal The Northern Pacific Is alive to the i'm
portance OF in'orcepting the Union Pacific peo-
pie, who have surveyors constantly looking for
possible routes 10 this locality
new time. on the Donahue road will go
into elect this morning. No changes occur In
the time OF departure OF trains from this city.
but returning the leaving time from Ukiah Ia
later than formerly. Between this city and San
dition Of several trips. $50 $40
W. X: Vice Of the Union Pacific tIcket-office
mas resigned and will accept position as adj
vance agent with theatrical COMPANY now be-
ing organized In this city. Mr. Vice ia we'll
known In theatrical circles, having been con.
nected Tor many years with the Bowery Theater
w. ii. H0labird travelling agent OF the Santa
Fe system, has resigned and may be succeeded
py Assistant Agent Blair. The reasons given Tor
MS resignation are that he has important per-
sonal interests to look after In a vast coIuniza
tion scheme In Southern California
Q. Z. CRANE and Amos Burr, OF the Vanderbilt
system, are expected here tomorrow after a
months absence in Portland ~ ~
Mr.. A. Y. Bassett, Superintendent OF the coast
DIVISION OF the Southern Pacific returned yester-
day from Southern California '
General Superintendent Fillmore returned ves.
tefday from trip to Sacramento
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-27
A CALIFORNIAN'S INVENTION.
The Bedbury Slide Balance Valve fol-


The Bedbury Slide Balance Valve for
Use on LOGON olives.
A problem that for years has been puZzllng
the brains Of the best mechanics appears 10 have
been solved by q. W. Bedbury OF Oakland, one
OF the best-known inventors In California. A
balance slide valve for steam engines, especially
locomotives, is the result of the genteman's
labor OF years, and it seems destined to revolu-
tIonlZe the use OF steam. Many devices have
been experimental with to relieve tile enormous
strain upon valve seats and valve gearing. but
they have all had their faults and weak points,
1t is an established fact that 80 per cent of the
men in charge of engines, in particular lOcomo-
tives, are not practical mechanics and the diff
Guilty TO be overcome In balance valve is that
OF simplicity, free from complications, easily ad-
1usted, aud yet have the wearing qualities 10
make 1t economical. MIR. Bedbury's invention
has eyidentY met with these requirements. for
II has the Endorsement OF the best experts on the
Coast as well as in the East. The inventor is an
engineer OF many years experience. aud has
kept in view these cardinal principles OF sim
plIcily and durability, aud he argues that lie has
reached the utmost perfection attainable. The
inventor will soon fit up locomotive IN this city
with these valves for a practical test.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-27
NEW WEsTERN RoTEL.

Among the leading hotels on the Pacific
Coast may be classed the New Western, and
in many respects there are modern i'm
provements in its architecture which will
commend it to the public and place it in
superior position as compared with its COM
petitOrs. 1t was specially designed for
frst-class hotel, and contains 1875 rooms,
every one of which is we'll lighted and VEN
tilated. The main entrance is on kearny
street, with a ladies' entrance on Wash
ington street. The office and dining-hal are
on the first floor. Each suite is complete in
itself, including the fire-proof kitchen and
pantry, as well as sitting-rooms and bed
rooms. The arrangement is such that each
suite has the privacy of a separate house, and
yet there is the freedom of communication
for the tenants Of the different suites which
Is possible in any first-class hotel. The
doors between apartments have bolts on
each side to insure the privacy of each
occupant. Nothing has been omitted which
could be suggested for the comfort and con-
venience of guests.
The hotel has been leased for a term of
ten years by John P. Gallagher and Isaac
W. Stanley, under the firm name of Gala
CHER d Stanley, both well and favorably
known in the city and to the public. Mr..
Gallagher has been actively in the business
twenty-one years, during which time he has
made it a standing rule to conduct the hotel
business on 6rst-class scale, and above all
respectable beyond the shadow of doubt.
This policy will be adopted by him in the
New" estern. His name, as proprietor Of
the New Franklyn and Golden Era hotels,