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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
SPOOKS THAT THROW STONES.
Extraordinary GhOstIy Manifestations in n
Virginia House.


BRANDY STATION, VA, January 12-The
people Of the plantation Of John W. Brooks,
near Culpepper Court House, have been
thrown into state Of terror by phenomenal
occurrences in house on the place which was
until quite recently occupied by the family Of
Richard Moten. Moten aud his Deigb-
bors allege that hot stones have been
thrown into the house through closed windows
without breaking the glass; and that the furni-
ture could not be kept in any particular place
by reason OF some invisible influence that
caused 1t to move about the rooms and even to
travel up and down stairs. This peculiar state
of things was developed last September, and
has continued uninterruptedly since. The
effect of sudden showers of hot stones and IN
expected encounters with perambulating
chairs and beds on Mrs. Moten's nervous sys-
tenn has been such that to save her life her
husband considered it pecessary to move from
the neighborhood. The family came to Brandy
Station, and correspondent had an interview
with the husband on the subject of the
phenomena 2
While protesting entire disbelief in the power
OF disembodied spirits to return to earth and
assert their presence by impish pranks. Mr.
Moten is unable to account for the strange oe-
currences at his former home. He contends
that they cannot truly be accounted for on
psychological grounds, and rather incllnes to a
but IN juss what manner he is at a loss to ex-
plain. He cOntiiued to reside in the house, de-
spite the protests of his wife, in the vain hope
OF discovering the source of the disturbances
ana his investigations were conducted in such
a manner, he says, as TO leave no doubt in his
mind that they were brought about, not by su-
pernatural but BY other than human forces.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
La GRIPPE A CENTURY AGO.


JUST the same a. Now.
From the New York Times.I
Just hundred years ago the United States
had a severe attack Of ia grippeu very much
as now. DR.. Benjamin Rush, one Of the signerz
of the Declaration of Independence and so
eminent in the practice Of medicine as to
be styled the Sydenham Of America. was in
spired TO write particular account Of the cpl
demic as it came under his observation in
quated and rarely disturbed in the dust Of our
libraries, some Of his remarks may have the
freshness Of novelty.
DR.. Rush says the weather was cold and with
out rain from the end Of August until Octo-
Der, 1859, when many members of the First
Congress, that had met in New York COM
planned on arriving In Philadelphia Of colds.
which they attributed to travelling by night in
public stages But the nalady spread SO widely
and rapidly that it was soon recognized as the
influenza. The symptoms were hoarseness, sore
throat chills, fever, sense Of WEAKNESS, head
aches, universal sneezing (often mot less than
% times IN day'') pains in the breast, sides
and limbs, anda distressing cough. The fever
seldom lasted more than three or four days, but
the cough and other troublesome symptoms
sometimes persisted two or three weeks. The
disease affected both sexes alike, but old peO-
pie and children most frequently escaped it.
Ot The fiye and thirty maniacs in the Penn
sylvania Hospital only three fell sick. Per-
sons working in the open air, as sailors and
'longshOremen, had the malady much worse
than the tradesman who worked within doors.
A company of surveyors in the eastern woods
Of Pennsylvania suffered severely. The In
dians around Niagara were affected with pc
culiar force, and they ascribed their irritating
cough to witeheraft
The epidemic was most fatal on the seashore
OF the United States. Thousands of people
suffered in PhIladelphia without being con
fined to their houses, and DR.. Rush relates that
"a perpetual coughingw was heard in every street
OF the city. Buying and selling were rendered
tedious by the coughing of the farmer and the
citizen who met in market places. 1t even rem
dered divine service scarcely Ineligible in the
churches"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
LOVE AND RAIN.


"Re0nat Cupid. Ovid, Ars An1orts.
The rain was beating rataplan,
Drop-drop-in the street;
And all the way not a woman or man,
or even "copper" on beatl
But he and 1. in a friendly door,
Were having friendly chat;
We never had met in our lives before,
But little we reeked Of thatl
The rain swept down like lancers' charge,
Swish-swish-in the mire;
There was water enough to float barge,
And never u cab to hire!
But he was excessively kind, you know,
And civilly tried to explain,
How the wind-or-something would come and
blow
The rain to the clouds again.
The rain was sounding slow recall,
Orip-drip-in the Hood;
When he mufied me up in my heecy shawl,
And guided me through the mud.
That show'r has blown by, for many day
But in fancy 1t drenches me yet:
And just for the sake Of old times, we say,
That our wedding day, too, shall be wet.
JOHN GERALD brennan.
PrTTsBbRG, JANUARY y 1890.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
KEEPING TAB ON BEARS.
A Pike County Mans Report on the Great
Haunt Of Bruin.

Haunt Of Bruin.
MILFORD, PA, January I2-After many
months of patient toll and untiring research
Eli F, Sweet, a queer old character who lives q
hermit's life in the woods on the upper part of
work on bears and Bear Hunting in Pike
County, Pa" Mr.. Sweet has gathered together
an immense amount of statistical information,
study Of which shows some startling facts
Mr.. Sweet has been for years collecting all the
bear stories which have appeared about Pike
county, and has carefully kept record of all
the hunters tales which he has heard BasIng
his calculations upon the information thus ac-
quired, Mr.. Sweet estimates that little more
than seven-eighths or q bear has been killed to
each acre in the county or . total Of 369, 696
bears to the AZ, 400 acres in the county Mr..
Sweet says with pride that he believes that
these figures will show that Pike county, Pa.
is the banner bear county Of the country, bar
none.
Of the 1856, ,606 bears killed within the past de-
cade, Mr.. Sweet says that not more than "a
have been willing to die without doing some
thing sufficiently remarkable to make their de-
mise worthy of special dispatch to the wide
awake newspapers Of the country. Over $1,000
of them have only been killed after paW-IO-
hand conflict with their slayers. Nearly 96, 600
OR, to be exact 7,423-bave received their
mortal wounds from bowie knives, after having
been shot from ] to "a times, Over 80 900 have
been killed by small boys, armed only with
axes; 1872 have bitten the dust IN trying to
mothers having slain them. A great many
have been killed by faithful dogs in defense Of
sleeping babies, over whose cradles the faithful
dogs were keeping vigil
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
MINISTER PALMER'S AMBITION.
Ho Wants to Leave spain and Enter the
Michigan GubernatOriaI Race.
,s,rcr.Y TFJEnRAM tn THE DIap ATOM

Hc Wants to Leave spain and Enter the
Michigan GubernatOriaI Race.
ESPECIAL. TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPAFcH.l
WASHINGTON, January l2-It has been
reported that Thomas W. Palmer, our Min
ster to Spain, will probably resign his mis-
sion in July, but his reason for doing SO
has not been given. am told by Michigan
Congressman that he proposes to make a cam
paign for the GovernorshIp of Michigan. Said
he: "Senator Palmer would like to have his
name go down into history as the first native
Governor of his State. He prides himself on
his Michigan birth, and he owns the same land
after the end of the Revolution. Palmer made
his first reputation as speaker as a candidate
for the Governorship. This was number of
years ago. There were four gubernatorfal can
didates. and among them were Stockbridge
now in the United States Senate; Thomas w.
Palmer and Governor Jerome The contest in
the convention was very close, but Jerome was
finally nominated. The defeated candidates
had then to go to the platform and make
speeches supporting the nomination. Palmer
made the best speech of the trio. He said it was
hardly fair to ask q man to speak at his own
funeral, but that his situation was the same to-
day as was that of Bonapartes soldier,
who, wounded we'll nigh unto DEATH had fallen
in the ranks, and had been left by the roadside
on that famous retreat from Moscow. He lay
there dying, and as Napoleon rode by he raised
his hand and shouted, 'ViVe pEmpereur.' 1tis
the same with me- said Senator Palmer i
have fought hard; 1 am wounded nigh unto
death, but as long as 1 exist will shout,
Vive la Republican party, and long live our
candidate, Mr.. Jerome"
The speech was, in fact, an eloquent one. 1t
was copied throughout the State, and extracts
from it found place in many of the leading
newspapers of the country. 1t put Palmer to
the front as one of the great speakers of Michi-
gan, and it had something to do with making
him Senator few years later. At the time OF
his election to the Senate. ex-senator Ferry and
Jay Hubbell were candidates The contest was
close, and Palmer came in as q compromise.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
QUE MAIL POUCH.
A Strong Plea for Retaining Chief Jones In
Allegheny.

Allegheny.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The property owners in several Of the wards
In Allegheny are becoming somewhat dis
gusted with the means and methods employed
by the ward workers in their attempt to boom
the opposition to the present Fire Chief Jones,
who is candidate for reelection in April
Mr.. Jones has been in the department for
about 10 years, and during good portion of
this time was assistant chief under the late
Chief Crow. Among those who knew the late
chief, is there one man in Allegheny who will
suppose for one moment that he would have
kept Robert Jones in the position Of first
lieutenant a hours II he had not known
that he was good and efficient fireman? We
think not.
Chief Jones' only 6ffense against the ward
politicians seems to have been that he positive
ly refuses to place any man on the Fire De-
partment who is not a sober and reliable man.
Against the opponents of Mr.. Jones there is
nothing to say more than that they have not
had the experience that he has had, conse-
quently the property owners Of the city de-
mand that their representatives in Council re-
elect Chief Jones, after which every citizen and
his family can again retire at night and sleep
soundly, feeling that in case of fire during the
long night the department will be ably handled.
CHARLES V. LEWIS.
FIFTH WARD, ALLEGHENY, January II.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

GUEssEs at the population of the United
States by the coming census are now in order.
The figure usually named is 65, 100000, or a 30
per cent increase on 1880 But if Worlds Fair
statistics, as presented by the various contest
ants, are added together, this country must
have about 500, 600 900 people in it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
FIFTH WARD, ALLEGHEH
Lost In Battle.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In the battle of Gravelotte how many men
were killed? What was the loss of life during
the Franco-Prussian War and during the War
of the Rebellion2 H.
ALLEGHENY, January IL
THE loss of the victorious Germans was
nearly %, 600 killed and wounded; tie Frenchlost
about 1900. The Germans lost during the war
killed or died soon after being wounded. II, $40;
died eventually Of wounds, 10,7O7. The French
losses were larger; the magazines of facts, u
however, carefully avoid saying what they
were. The North LOST during the Civil War, in
battle, 6l.S62; died of wounds, 34727; died of
disease, lS3, ,2S7 The South lost, killed, died of
wounds and died of disease, l3S, 2Sl; ,but this
statement is not completed
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

AT the meeting of the Indiana Board of
Agriculture the other day q strong opposition
to racing at the State FAIR was developed on
moral and social grounds. But when it was
shown that half of the attendance at the fair
was for the sake of seeing the races, the oppO-
sition subsided. There may be some places
where anything that might otherwise be con-
sidered wrong is not made all right by the fact
that it pays but they are scarce, and the In
diana Board of Agriculture is not in that List.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

The statement that, at Senator Black
burns informal reception" after his re-elec-
tion by the Kentucky Legislature. there we're
no speeches but plenty of liquid good cheer"
indicates that while Blackburn could emulate
one-half of ex-senator Thurman,s remark that
his election cost him neithera cent of money
nor drink of whisky. he will have to stop short
Of the second half. Elections without drink
of whisky do not go in Kentucky.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
Blockaded sIdeMnIks.

To the Editor OF The Dlspatch:
Is there no one to enforce an ordinance to
keep sidewalks clean Of boxes, etc.: One
would suppose our police should make it part
of their business to see TO this matter. Or are
they supposed to draw their salaries for simply
pulling the patrol boxes whenever they find q
drunken man on the street?
A certain drygoods dealer persistently keeps
his pavement blockaded with empty boxes,
which are an eyesore as we'll as a decided
nuisance.
More than one dress has suffered from this
violated ordinance and mine has been one of
the many. My patience is exhausted, and am
one of the many working girls who are COM
PEELED to pass these boxes daily. Beseech the
proper authorities to have this nuisance
abated. A SUFFERER.
PTTTspuRe. January II.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

INVITATIONS are given that the large
additions to the attractive residences of Pitts
burg which have been made in the past two
years will be swelled in the coming season by
thu erection of fine houses in blocks. The
more the better. both for people who build and
those who rent or buy. But builders should be
careful not to let the cost of building get so
eOpS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
GENUINE HUMOR.

Culture does not make a gentleman. A
regular beet may be cultivated thing.-Nsse Or
leans PicayUas.
Writing poetry is recommended as q
mental exercise. You can get physical exercise
by attempting read it to the editor-TsrTs Hasts
Ezpress
Tipler-Do you know the reason why I
have never met with success in nfe2'' Plain
speakeF-Yes; there have been too many bars in
your way.-BostOn Gdzstts
Hamlet-Haye you seen the new work
called the Actors Railway Gmde?'' Gimlet-I
have not What is Itg Hamlet-Justthso ordinary
telegraph poIes.-Boston Herald.
She (laughingly)-Whya are you looking
so intently into my eyes? Are you looking for the
mote?'' He (seriously)-No; for the BEAM"
Then she beamed.-Lasorsnce Amsrfeaa.
Young Mr.. Harvard-Your friend, Miss
Helen, Is awfully nice; we got on fsmOusly to-
gether. Miss Mabel-I never saw another like
her. She can get on with anybody. y.--Ssl0 Iork
Sun.
Susie-You must be awfully weak, Mr..
Collierg Mr. Collier (Who prices himself on MS
muscle)-Not so very, guess; what makes yoa
think so? susie-I was lust reading teat knoSl-
edge Is power, and knew out ne h@o AeO'-
-Ksarney ERterprtse.
WHEN ADAM WAS BOZ
Inc women Qluu "oo- A@s--
When Adam was boy.
Nor babies weren't allowed In nAs
When Adam was boy.
The cable very seldom broke.
Dudes didn't cigarettes then SMOKE
The papers didn't print joke
When Adam was boy.
There were no patent cure-ah ads
When Adam was boy.
The Youngsters didn't 'Bass' their dads
When Adam was boy.
The mothers-in-laW were kind and good,
And loved their sons IS now they shouldi
They built the fires and sawed the wood
When Adam was boy.
But things have slipped a cog or two
Since Adam was boy.
Life wasn't such chronic ''blueh
When Adam was = boy.
And in the past, when We were tried,
We've oflen thought and wildly cried,
Why didn't Adam suicide
When Jet he was boya
-CAtedgo Herald.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
LIGHT IN COLONIAL TIMES.
Facts Regarding the Origin Of the Modern
Street Lamp.

Street Lamp.
From the New England Magazine.I
BY law of William and Mary. passed in 1880,
every householder who resided in certain par
ishes, or in the city of Westminster, whose
house adjoined or was near the street, from
Michaelmas unto our Lady's Day yearly, shall
every night set or hang out candles or lights in
lanthorns on the outside of the house next the
street, to enlighten the same for the convent
ency of passengers from time to time, as it
shall grow dark, until twelve of the clock in the
night upon the pain to forfeit the sum of two
shillings for every default" Arrangements
might, however, be made with two or more
Justices of the Peace for the establishment Of
lamps in the street at certain intervals.
This law seems to have prompted similar leg
islation in the town of New York, in 1897, IN an
order requiring every seventh house to hang
out lamp upon pole. New York thus ante
dates all other American towns in this respect
by nearly 90 years.
Then town in order OF time, and the first
in New England, is Newport Here. however.
street lamps were hung out OF shop windows
and houses, and this was due to private enter
prise. In 1751 the town petitOned the General
Assembly of Rhode Island to pass law for the
protection of these lamps, as willful and mali
cious persons would often break them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

chimes. But the lynchers who take the
trouble to usurp the func tons of the law,
have no right to complain that the admins
tratiOn of the law is inefficient, while they
neglect the duty of making it active and
ADEQUATE,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

A CARLOAD of 10000 postal cards,
which started from Birmingham, Conn.,, for
Philadelphia on December 81, is reported as
lost. This is the most gigantic case of misdi-
rected mail matter on record.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

A DECISION by the Canadian Customs
Minister holds that a cyclorama is not work OF
art This point can well be held to turn on the
character of the cyclorama itself. We will all be
ready to believe that the cyclorama which goes
to Canada is decidedly inartistic.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
Prennrsd fnr nn Emarnencr

From the OH City Derrick.
When aresIdent ventures out iE the morning
be should be prepared for any sudden emer.
geucy the weather might present. He is advised
to have an oYercoat, linen duster. a palm leaf
fan, an umbrella. a pair Of goioshes and
change Of underclOthing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
missionaries Needed.

From the New York Tribune.l
The macadamizing of piece Of a road in
Ohio Increased the value Of the adjoining farms
q so an acre, while the cost was less than 81 an
acre. Some one ought TO 20 through the eoun-
Try preaching the gospel of good roads.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

The announcement that Senator Wilson's
reelection by the Maryland Legislature is a
foregone conclusion, recalls to the public mind
the fact that there is Senator Wilson OF
MARYLAND.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
-Four Pages Of Texns History.

INGERsoLL, TEX, January 2-People of
this place have prolific subject for gossip in
an occurrence that took place at the residence
of E. L. Page, prominent citizen here, this
afternoon. Mrs. Page gave birth to four per-
fectly formed and healthy girl babies. All are
alive and expected TO live.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

SENATOR MoRGAN's declaration that the
white and black races cannot assimilate carries
the inference that the considerable number of
mulattoes born in heSouth under slavery con-
stitute mere lusus nature.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
A GOLDEN WEDDING.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Cunningham Held a
Family. Reunion.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cunningham, Of Liver
more. Westmoreland county, parents Of Mrs
Dr. Fife, of Lawrenceville, celebrated their
golden wedding last Friday. There was re-
union of the family at the home of the old peo-
pie. Children aud grandchildren crowded the
house The old people received many costly
and useful presents from the residents Of Liver
more. Mr.. cunningham was one of the pioneers
of the town, and he is held in esteem by all
who know him. He Owned quite number Of
packets and freight boats, which piled on the
PENNSYLVANIA canal.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
Question of Relationship.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
What relationship is there between two
men who marry sisters2 Alb.
PITTSBURG, January II.
mo actual relationship but they are called
brothers-in-law.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

If the thought is not better to every
reader that he failed to make bluff and fore
tell this weather and its grip, it can only be be-
cause the weather prophet was born without
the apparatus for thinking.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

TWELVE British men-of-war concentrated
at Zanzibar indicate that something is in
danger OF being gobbled In that part of the
world,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

A sNowsToRM in Iowa and a cyclone
near ST. Louis indicate that the West may still
have some lively weather in store for us.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

NOT to fall into slang, it is sufficient to
remark that, for this season at least, the un-
paved districts of Pittsburg are in the mud.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

Touch not tnlS llLblc mOnnd OF earth.
Beneath 1t lies grain Of Immortality.
Who was Emelia? Was she dearly loved
daughter, or sister, or wife? Many know, no
doubt, but know not. Yet that tombstone
touches the heart, and impresses itself upon
the mind. and we cannot help painting Amelia
as each one imagines her to have been, in her
happy or sorrowful life. Brennan.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-04-25

he placed two Of his most trusted men on
guard in front Of his tent During the
night the rear erd Of the tent where the
two girls we're sleeping was slit open and
in the twinkling Of an eye the girls we've
dead. A long keen knife flashed in the
sir and all was over. The fOllowihg
morning when Col. ChivingtOu ordered
Che girls brought into his tent, The hor-
1ble discOvsry was maae that thsy we're
dead. Their heads bad bean severed from
their hpdiea as Joe LamOn found his wife
and dauwhlsr when he rSturnsd 70 his
ruined home after tho sSVeRsS bad killed
Eve members OF bis family. The old set
tier had kept his verdi the last Of the
blood -thirsty band had been wiped ont.
he never returned to bis former hOnae, but
soon Joined party who were Smigrstsng
10 New Mexico. He settled down near
Santa Fe. where he lived uatil his death.