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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24
SAND-BAGGED.

A New Jersey Man Sand-Bagged and
Robbed Within a stones Throw, of His
Own Home at Newark.
NEWARK, n. j., Jan. 1S.-New York
sand-baggers have invaded New Jersey.
Dominick Libby, the well-known res
taurant keeper at No. 80 Murray street,
New York City, lives at Brick Church,
about three miles from Newark. He
got off the train at six o'clock last night,
as did three men who followed close be-
hind. About $50 feet from Libby's
house one of the men struck him on the
head with sand-bag and knocked him
against a fence, two of the men held
him while the third rifled his pockets,
taking his watch and chain. Libby
soon regained consciousness, but the
thieves escaped by taking train for
Newark. Libby says the men followed
him from New York.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
Two Brothers and a Sister Killed by
Train at Morrellville, Pa.

Two brOUnerS ana a sister ny a
Train at Morrenville, Pa.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, Jan. 17.-At Nor
rellville, near this place, last night.
Edward Gallagher, aged seventeen,
Michael Gallagher, his brother, aged
fifteen, and Mrs. Kate Stockhouse, a
married sister, aged twenty-five, were
killed by the west-bound limited ex-
press on the Pennsylvania railroad.
They stepped on a side-track to allow
the accommodation to pass and were
struck by the train. The funeral of the
three victims will take place tomorrow.
The great number of persons who have
been killed on the railroad at this place
since the flood is remarkable. The ac-
cidents are accounted for by the alb
sence of the previous avenues of travel
and bridges, compelling pedestrians to
use railroad tracks and bridges in pass
ing from one part of the city to another.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

SEVERAL restaurant keepers of Pitts
burgh, Pa, were prosecuted, on the nth,
for selling quail out of season One keep
er, Monte Jones, had 115 birds in her
possession, and will have to pay fine
of S1,15O. Other keepers will pay
amounts ranging from $500 to SO.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

Mr.. CHRIsToPER RICE MANsEL Tall
BOT. Liberal member of the British Par
lament for Glamorganshire, died on
the 18th. He was the oldest member OF
the House OF Commons, having sat con-
tinuously for sixty years.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

FIVE of the coal and iron masters Of
Clackmannan, Scotland. have advanced
the wages of the miners twelve and a
half per cent
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

HENRY GIBSON, city attorney of Roam
oke, Va, who was visiting Richmond
on business, on the 18th, was found dead
in the carriage by the driver who had
taken Gibson a few miles out in the
country on the formers return to his
stable. Gibson's death is attributed to
heart disease.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

TIE strike of the shoemakers of Bris-
toll, England, which had been in progress
for some time, ended, on the 18th, in
favor of the strikers, who gained every
point for which they eontended.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

THE Senate committee on Territories,
on the 18th, authorized a favorable re-
port on the bill for the admission of the
State of Wyoming. No minority report
will be presented, although the vote in
favor Of the bill was not unanimous
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

TIE strike of the laborers employed
In handling grain at Liverpool is ex-
tending and fears are entertained that
sympathetic strikes of large proportions
may grow out of it.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

THE board of directors of the Shelf
field Comm Scientific School, on the
18th, asked for the resignation of Prof
Honey on account of his order to the
students to buy apparatus of a certain
daalnr
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

BILL appropriating so, ZOO to erect
a statue in Washington to James Madi-
son was favorably reported by the Sem
ate library committee on the 10th.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

TIE grand jury at Petersburg, Va,
failed to indict General Malone for
shocIng p. p. Harrison, on the night of
the last gubernatorial election.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

! THE Senate committee on the quadri-
centennial, of which Senator Hiscock is
chairman, began its hearings on the
claims Of Washington, New York, st.
Louis and Chicago to the Worlds Fair
of 1892 on the 9th
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

ELECTIONS were held in France, on
the 18th, TO fill vacancies in the Cham
Der of Deputies caused by the invalida-
tion OF the election of a number of Bou-
lancists.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

THE German-Czech conference at
Vienna, has had highly beneficial re-
suits. All differences between the two
races in Bohemia are believed to have
been reconciled.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

TnE New Jersey House of Representa-
1ives passed by large majority, on the
18th, the bill already passed by the Sem
ate increasing the Governors salary
from S.. 900 to $1,000.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

CARNIvAL week opened in Augusta,
Ga, on the 14th, with the turning over
of the keys of the city by the mayor to
King Cotton. At night there was pro-
cession with 200 floats The city was
crowded with visitors. On the night of
the 18th the grand carnival took place.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

The Treasury Department decided, on
the 18th. that the marble statue Of
President Garfield recently imported at
New York and intended to form part of
the Garfield Memorial, a public monu-
ment now in course of construction at
Cleveland, O., is entitled to admission
dutv free.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

CAPTAIN TRIvIER, the French traveller
who has just crossed Africa from west
to east, confirms the previous reports OF
the high-handed conduct Of the Portu-
ruese in Southeast Africa, and declares
that the English have lost prestige in
Southeast Africa through their pacific
DOlicy
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

THE Senate committee on Indian af-
fairs reported favOrably. on the 10th,
the bill authorizing the President to re-
move the Apache Indian prisoners to
Fort Sill, l. T.; also the bill to enable
the Secretary of the Interior to locate
Indians in Florida on lands in severalty
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

THE. feeling against the English in
Lisbon is very bitter. The English res
idents have been made the victims Of
public animosity to such an extent that
it is proposed to send a deputation to
Lord Salisbury urging him to adopt a
more conciliatory policy. Many En-
glish employees have been dismissed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

THE activity and earnestness of the
new Premier of Portugal, Senior Pimen-
Ia. in pursuit of the policy of the minis
try is winning many adherents from the
majority and fast disarming the Repub-
li.ans, who saw in the surrender of the
Gomez Cabinet to the demands of En-
gland pretext for agitation If not act
nal revolution.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

OWING to the extravaganza and reck'
lessness Of the senior partner. the
George T. Smith Middlings Purifier
Company, of Jackson, Mich, one of the
most important industries of that city.
has been forced to the wall with liabil'
tiles estimated at half million dollars
The assets. il properly handled, viii
realize about the same.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

The editor, business manager, local
editor and news foreman of the Milford
(Mass.) Daily Journal are suffering
from Ia grippe" and two-thirds of the
composing force are just recovering
from the same malady. The wives of
the editors and foreman are seriously
Ill. Out Of thirteen suburban CORE
spondents eleven are i'll with influenza
JOHN RoEHN, a mechanic Of York,
Pa, was found dead in his house, on
the 10th, with a bullet wound in his
heart and his clothing burning, having
been set afire by the powder, 1t is sup
posed that he committed suicide, but
the rife was ieand in an adjoining roap
and tie case - A mysterious sse'
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02

gone by the photographers of America,
very properly, have decided to erect a
monument to the man who may well be
called the father of an art. The memo.
rial project was set on foot last fall at a
convention in Washington. 1t was de-
cided to honor the memory of Daguerre
with some lasting tribute to his genius,
and when details came to be discussed
the principal points settled upon were:
The memorial should be a monument; it
should stand in front Of the Smithsonian
institution, and the limit of cost should
be $4,000.
J. S. Hartley, of New York, is the
sculptor. lie is now making a model in
clay of his design. The monument will
show Daguerre crowned by Fame with
the laurel which reaches around the
globe, emblematic of the world wide
benefit which photography has been to
mankind. The monument proper will
stand II feet high. The pedestal and
globe will be in granite, the head of
Daguerre in bronze.
Cormeilles, little town near Paris,
was the birthplace of Daguerre, and he
first saw the light in 1877. In early life
he was scene painter, and in 1929
opened a diorama in Paris, for which he
painted pictures on an enormous scale.
lie frequently employed the camera
obscura in the sketches which he made
from nature, and the idea occurred to
him that some means might be discov-
cred by which these camera obscura
pictures might be permanently retained.
About 1924 he began his experiments,
and toiled necessarily for years. Acct
dent brought his experiments to a tri-
umphal issue. lie found that iodide of
silver on a polished copper plate was
sensitive to light, and when exposed in a
camera faint images were impressed,
which would gradually fade away, and
could not be retained.
Zone day" says recent writer, "Da-
guerre removed from his camera plate
which, either from the shortness of ex-
posure to the light or the darkness of the
day, showed no sign of an image He
laid this plate aside in a cupboard, in.
tending to clean the surface and use it
some time again What was his surprise
on taking out the same plate the next
morning to find upon its surface dis.
tinct and perfect picture! Another plate
was quickly exposed for an equally short
time in the camera, and again placed in
the magic cupboard to remain over night
and ON going to it the second morning he
discovered another beautiful picture.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
HOspitable.

Good morning. should like to ask
for little information, if you please"
The speaker was a northern tourist in
the Ozark mountains of southwestern
Missouri. He had halted near a small,
windowless cabin, in front of which a
sallow, shrewd native sat smoking a cob
pipe.
"Wull:" came the slow reply. The
man did not move nor did he take his
pipe from his mouth Or his hands from
his pockets as he surveyed the elegant
young man in corduroys.
Il should like to inquire" said the
tourist, ''if this isn't the region where
the clay eaters live? was told should
reach it about noon
The NGissourian rose slowly, and, ad-
vancing his lank figure, a CLEAN of fun
in his eye. asked in his turn:
"Clay? BE you hungry for some, young
feller" Companion.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
THE EIGHT-HUUK DAY.

The general executive board of the
American Federation of Labor issued a
manifesto on Monday hight addressed to
.hc toiling masses. This is in part as
follows: "The executive council of the
American Federation of Labor having ST.
lected the United brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers and Jolners of America to make the
demand for the enforcement of the eight
hour work day, | ask you TO refrain from
any sympathetic strikes. Rather
remain at your work and aid the carpen-
ters and ioiners to win in the contest.
To the carpenters and jo'ners my advice
is to demand and insist upon the enforce
ment of the eight-hour day. In the
demonstration to be held May j, turn out
in vast numbers and by your presence
manifest your uGalterable determination
to have the eight-hour work day enforced,
though by one trade mt time, yet for all
as the ultimate result Allow no one to pro-
woke you to breach of the peace, Main
tain order, refrain from all violence,
engage in no riots, let the watchword be
the enforcement of the eight-hour work
day; firm, peaceable and positive, with
stout hearts and clear heals, let us con-
centrate all efforts for victory on the car
penters and joiners. Men of labor.
steady along the line to the achievement
of the eight-hour work day"
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
Bnttered Tonst for Potntoes.

NJ. Taine, the eminent French litera-
teur, was recently at Oxford and he or
dered plain roast beef and potatoes for
dinner The waiter brought NJ. Taine
roast beef and buttered toast NJ. Taine
eXclaims, 'Waiter, some potatoes" The
waiter brought more buttered toast NJ.
Taine, in pronouncing potatoes laid
stress on the last syllable of potatoes
and gave the IS more sibilation than
was necessary, so to the walters English
ear he was asking with tolerable clear
ness for buttered toast When fresh lots
of buttered toast began to appear, VI.
Taine blandly demanded "some pota-
toes" with the result that his table was
literally covered with plates of buttered
toast; however, we'll known Oxford
professor happened to enter the room at
this juncture and succeeded in clearing
up matters.-London Cor. of New Or
leans Picayune.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
Horace Greeley,s Favorite Cut.

Hall, the chief messenger at the GUS
tom house, cultivated his suave manner
when he was the head waiter at the
Astor house. Nothing pleases him more
than to recall the days when he served
Horace Greeley, who dined for years at
the Astor house. Dinner there at that
time was served on the American plan
and was from II m until p. m. Il
used to carve" said Hall, 'and when l
had reached the twenty fourth or twenty
fifth cut in a rib of roast beef l knew that
it was time for Mr.. Greeley to come in
He liked the twenty-fourth or twenty
fifth cut because, suppose, the meat in
that part of the roast was done exactly
to suit his taste. When had got to Mr..
Greeley's cut l used to run my knife
around the rim of it and remove all the
overdone edge or fat, which he did not
like. We heaped up the plate with pota-
toes, green peas and beans-Mr. Greeley
was great hand for green peas-and
sent it in to him. New York Tribune
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
He brushed a Live Dummy.

One evening | was out with party of
young friends. 1t had been trying to
snow all afternoon and had cleared off
cold. AS we passed a ready made cloth
ing store we noticed couple of dunn
mics out in front covered with snow.
One of these two particular dummies
was looking in the window, probably
watching the cashier inside, while the
other was faced toward the street, pos
sibly to draw trade. On the breast of
his long, snow laden ulster he wore a
banner with the strange device, Buy
me, only S1.33." Just as we were pass
ing we saw a young clerk approaching
the door, whisk broom in hand, to brush
the snow from the dummies. One of
my friends, who knew the clerk, said,
limitation of a dummy" and he jumped
into rigid position between the papier
mache men. We ran across the street
to watch things. Out came the clerk
and brushed the snow from the nearest
figure, turning it around on its well
CREASED standard as he did so. Then he
reached for our friend, who stood stiff
and still. He carefully brushed the
snow from the back of his long ulster,
and then took hold of his arm to turn
him around. AS he felt flesh and blood
he dropped his whisk, uttered horrible
yell and disappeared behind a pile of
coats in the store.-Chicago Herald.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02

the woods--a timber ash or water beech
sprout. The hook is the simplest Of old
fashioned barbs; the fishing line a very
small and tightly woven cord, which
cost him five centsgat the country store.
The cork Che never heard of "bob') is
a real cork, originally from Kentucky,
or ''som'ers down below" and imported
in the grand old big bellied demijohn
which contained the strong water of
Bourbon county. Through it he punches
a small hole and is careful to double his
line in it while fastening, in such way
that he can easily readjust it to various
depths of water. The ''sinker" is made
of two or three bullets hammered into a
mass. His bait-well, it is various.
"Diggin' worms" was probably his last
occupation the night before his holiday,
for "fishin' worms" were thought to inn
prove little by being kept in box of
loose earth for a night For the canal
and river, ninnows seined from the
branch were thought the best bait. For
catfish, live frogs or toads were occa-
sionally used, the hook being very light
ly inserted in the loose skin along the
back. But it was reprobated. Indeed,
it was a subject at times of heated dis
cussion, and many tough old fisherman
has wasted valuable time trying to con-
vince a tender hearted boy that it did
not hurt the frog. Maybe it didn't, but
the frog squirmed around all the same
and initiated hurt creature remarkably
well.
And now all is set, silence is enjoined
Don't swear or you won't catch
dashed fish"-and there is eager rivalry
for the first fish The morning sun shin
ing through the trees casts great feather
edged scollops of light and shade upon
the water; the wind is from the south,
and just strong enough to make the fish
bite well. The worm is impaled, the
line is thrown, the cork spins around a
few times and floats on the placid pool.
All at once it bobs and the eager boy
leans forward with delighted eye and di-
lated nostril. Once, twice, three times
it bobs. "a nibble, nibble, he whis-
pers in a hiss that might be heard twenty
yards. First nibble for me!' Once or
twice more perhaps it bobs. Gosh dang
it, he's tuck my bait!" No, the cork
bobs but once more and then takes dive.
The fish is hooked. With more than
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02


boyish strength the rod is whirled up
ward and backward, the line flies out to
its greatest length and the fish is thrown,
perhaps, into bush or tree in the rear,
while the exultant boy, all injunctions
to silence ignored, yells in tone that
echoes far along the stream:
First fish for Me-
"Shut up, gosh blame ye." is the only
response, you'll sbeer all the fish out O
the creek"
And it does look like it, for there is
generally long wait after the first fish.
But it's good day, and soon the sport is
ON the full tide of success. 1t is wonder
full how rapidly fish were taken in those
times when conditions were favorable.
"Twenty-four fine bass in two hours"
was the best record ever saw made by
one person; but of course | have reliable
testimony Chat of tishermen) to much
more lively sport This abundance of
fish food was great advantage to the
early settlers The country boy. as
aforesaid, had none of the modern con-
veniences but he had what was far bet
ter--a sense of the right time to go
fishing, which was a science in itself.
If he was too young to have acquired
it, his father or the hired man had it.
One hired man we had was a prodigy in
this and similar lines of wood craft. He
had keenncss of perception as to ma
lures doings that amounted to a sixth
sense. Often have walked through the
deep woods with him and seen him pause
and raise his gun, and then squirrels or
birds that | could not see would come
tumbling from the tops of the tallest
trees-and the squirrels in most cases
We're shot in the head He could examine
the night sky and note the evening air
and tell almost to certainty whether
fish would bite the next day. If the
morning left it still in doubt he would
blow up little tobacco smoke and watch
its drift and gradual dissipation, and
rarely indeed did he fail in this test. My
reverence for him was unbounded until
one day, when was about years old. /
handed him copy of The Indiana State
Journal to read something that had
amused me, and discovered that he could
not read. 1t was quite shock Down
to that time had thought he knew every
thing.
If the fish bit very well at any time
they did not usually keep it up long.
Three hours was a long season of good
fishing; then the wind changed, or the
sky was overcast, or, as we used to think,
we had caught all the fish in that part of
the creek, though the real reason proba-
bly, was that it was a good day for their
feeding and they had got enough and
"gone up under the roots" After the
fishing came the fun, if we were not too
anxious to hurry home and show our
spoils.
Now, alas all the broad and fertile
tracts along the creeks are cleared of
timber; no lofty trees, or very few. hang
over the stream, and in places the banks
have to be crooked up to prevent de-
structive washing There are no more
floating logs and no drifts, and, with
very rare exceptions, no deep holes for
fishing or swimming. Many of the
creeks are of one uniform depth, or
rather shallow, from source to mouth,
and few indeed are the places where the
boys of 1850 can renew their youth with
hook, line and rod. J. Fl. BEADLE.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02

The Altoona Times advises its readers
to be on the lookout for the latest danger
Gus article now being sold from house to
house by agents for it is a rival of the
kerosene can. 1t is u liquid stove polish,
concocted after the receipts of some ma
lignantly ingenious individual, and being
II mixture composed largely of naptha-a
more dangerous explosive than gunpow-
der, of which it is an ingredient re-
suit of applying it to Il stove while hot, or
even warm, may well be imagined. Al
ready we have read of several explosions,
accompanied by severe burning, as re-
suit of the use of the deadly compound.
We have never seen the name of this par
ticular brand of death dealing stove pol
ish, but the best saf' guard would be to
eschew all liquid preparations with which
to blacken stoves, and thus be on the safe
side
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
Wind Motors for Electrical Purposes

The use of wind power for producing
the electric light possesses the recon-
mendation that it is cheap. A wind
motor has been in successful operation
for some time at the northernmost light
house at Cape de la Hague, where it
drives two dynamos supplying accumu-
lators. The windmill restsupon a timber
framing, and transmits motion by means
of vertical shaft and two pairs of con-
ical cog wheels to horizontal shaft
Pulleys are fixed to the latter, which
drive the dynamos by means of betting.
The windmill works automatically, both
during light winds and gales. s.-Electri-
clan.