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Marble Hill press., 1890-03-06


Ticket No. 9S.455 drew An. .,,;t.l
priAe o.. 1000 in the December draw.
ns oi The Louisiana State Lottery.
Oneiortieth of this ticket was held bv
Earl Wheeler, who lives at No, GO Grove
sueet IN this city. Mr.. Wheeler there.
,ore was entitled to receive sl5 5,OOO. A
democrat reporter today called at the
nome oi the fortunate man. At first
ne refused to say anything about The
matter BY the use Of little strategy.
however, the reporter succeeded in get
'ns from him an admission of the facts.
as follows: '' '"'
"Yes, held one-fortieth of the win.
9'ng ticket, and was entitled to $4,000.
was first made aware of it on The re.
celpt OF the official notice of the winners
sent out by the company. l have had
"''ogether live tickets in the lottery.
paying out s. all told l will not saw
anything more on the matter. other
than that held the ticket absolutely
ana no one was entitled to division Of
he prize, as has been reported
Upon further inquiry the reporter
learned that Mr.. Wheeler placed the
ticket in the hands of Banker J, Vedder
Morris for collection, and Agent B. F,
ohVer OF the American Express Com.
pany paid Mr.. Norris the amount less
*lol.oo, express charges ON the 10th
inst. MIR. Morris deposited the amount
IN the Farmers National Bank in his
own name at the request of Mr.. Wheel.
er. The latter dislikes notoriety, hence
this roundabout proceeding. That the
amount has been received and that the
Louisiana State Lottery company full.
filled its obligations Mr. Morris verifi es.
and his word cannot be questioned.
Mr.. Wheeler is % years of age and
lives with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs Jer.
us Wheeler. He is employed in In
mans box shop, but has not been work.
ing OF late, the shop having shut down.
Hs is young man of exemplary hab-
its and Of naturally retiring DISPOSE
tion.-Amsterdam IN. w. Democrat,
January II.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08

it's being ely in it's habits and sucking
little bait off the hook and swallowing
with avidity the hook when especially
baited.
Now for the application. 1t becoming
evident to me that there was some one
spying around and reporting certain
manufactured items to the detrimeEt of
our cause, thought would ascertain,
[ didn't like to accuse any one wrong
fully although had nv suspicions) but
to be positive, l thought | would 60
fishing and see if could find out who
was stealing our bait, rs it were; so
baited my hook with certain choice NOR
sells, threw out my line and waited pa
patiently for developments and a bite. [
did not have to wait long, and was re-
warded beyond my most sangnine ex-
pectatiOns, for my fish jumped clear out
of it's element and swallowed my bait,
hook, bob, line and-I was going to say
my pole. Talk about friend Turrell and
Welda Farmer squirming! Why, the
wiggling and twisting of my fish would
have put to shame the biggest sucker in
the Atlantic ocean; and as the Plain
dealer says it is amused at the leaders Of
the Peoples party, ETC., I'VE had chance
to be amused al Republican ''leader"
when we hooked him through the gills.
And then to try to make us believe it
was some other fish that was stealing
our bait after we had him wiggling was
ludicrous in the extreme.
Now then, if | have got the wrong
fish. how the dickens came he OH my
hook? Will some one answer?
WELDA FARMER.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08
How Can He?

How can Funston work for the inter-
est of the railroads and for the farmers
at the same? The railroads, remember.
are working for his return TO congress.
The fact of the matter is, Funston is no
friend Of the farmer-he is railroad
man.-GREELEY News.
ED. NEWS: | saw the above in the
Torch of Liberty last week, credited to
TIE News. A truer statement was
never written. Funston cannot do the
bidding of railroads and he true to the
farmers too. But farmers should re-
member that the railroads have right
to nominate man for congress if they
desire. You see the farmers held their
convention and nominated a man( Allen)
whom they will support, and If it had
been left to the farmers to put out Re
publican too, there would never haye
been any Funston put. So the railroads
and the banks promptly respond, and a
convention is held and ''Pharmer Plum
stOn" re-nominated. The Kansas City.
y.
section men to quit work at Fulton,
Bourbon county, End go to the primary
and vote for Funston delegates to the
county convention. | suppose they did
the same other places where there was
danger of Funston losing the delega-
tons. The hands at that place were al
lowed pay just the same as If they had
thrown dirt with the shovel. Funston
had to be nominated, said the railroads,
and, he was. Mr.. Farmer. would you
not like to know what Funston has
agreed to do for the X. c., FIT. s. 81 G.
support? Truly, ED BLAIR.
Cadmus, kas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08
Why PETER Was Not Here.

Judge w. A. PETER, who had been
engaged by the F. M. B. A. to address
the farmers at the fair Thursday after
noon, failed to put in an appearance.
The following correspondence will ex-
plain why he failed to arrive:
FIRST TELEGRAM.
UNION DEPOT, KANSAS CITY, Mo-,
August 28th.- Missed connection here
this a. m. Go to Usage City and across
to Garnett by Mo. Pacific; will arrive
this afternoon. w. A. PETER.
SECOND TELEGRAM.
Usage CITY, August 28th.-Can't
reach Garnett in time, will write expla-
nation at once. w. A. PETER.
LETTER.
Usage CITY, Aug. %, 1880.
Prest. Fair Association, Garnett.
DEAR SIR: spoke at Williamstown
on the u. p. railway, last night, left that
place this morning for Kansas City, ex-
pectng to hoard the 5. X. at that place
for Garnett. but was Il few minutes late.
Was told could get over from Usage
City this p. m. and came on, but there is
no train here in time. Please explain to
the people. l regret the disappointment
very much. w. A. PETER.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08

MIXED DRINKS, the name of liq-
uor dealers journal, bemoans the fact
that temperance people circulate 5O,-
100000 copies of periodicals per an
mum, while liquor men only 1000, 600.
Nothing strange about that. Tenn
perance people appeal to minds, and
liquor men to depraved tastes and
habits. Literature is no match for
beer and whisky when appealing TO
depravity. Chicago Erpress.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08

The pagan whites little god out
of a wooden stick and turns round
and askcs his little god to make it
rain. He is proud to show the wrrld
what heather he is. The mOnomet-
alist creates by law fictitious valua-
ton on gold metal, and turns round
and asks his little god to serve as a
standard of all values. He tries to
show the world that he is not a
heather. Which is the more absurd
and slavish idolator Express.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08

UNDER the new law the secretary
may purchase 100000 ounces of sill
yer if he feels like doing so, but he
must coin 100000 per month until
July |, 1891, which will yield $2,3l3,-
8047l Fer month. From that date
he need not coin dollar if he does
not feel like doing Express.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08

LEGISLATION is now proposed to
abolish the "discretion" of the secre-
.ary in the purchase of bullion and to
make the monthly purchase of 1900
600 ounces compulsory. 1t is about
time to take from VIM. Window his
privileges As absolute wonarch over
the finances and business of the coun-
try.-ChicdqO Erpress.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08
Protect All but the Victims.

Hello, congress! At once come out
Of that tall grass and make one more
law TO the effect that hereafter all po-
litical caucuses and conventions must
be held in saloons, or where liquor is
sold; that no man can be eligible to
public office unless he is confirmed
drunkald; that every yice-president
must keep gin-mill and be an active
member Of the United States Drunk
Makers Association; that the SUI
preme court shall always have ma
jority Of members who get drunk !;
that the spirit of the constitution must
hereafter be taken from bottle.
Since the supreme court has pro-
claimed against the doctrine of state
rights and the right Of state to enjoy
temperance sentiment, and in favor
Of rnm-sellers roaming over the coun-
try and supplying whisky from tin
pail to Italian street-cleamers in New
York city, to Juggling bottles Of liquor
as original packages into camp-meet-
ings, ETC., a firm in Iowa is fitting out
original package GO. P.") wagons.
The object is to load wagons with
original packages in bottles, kegs, ETC.,
and get liquor out among all the farm
ers and laborers who can be reached,
and deliver liquor at their doors in
any quantity called for, the wagons
to make regular trips through the
country at stated intervals.
1t is expected that mail wagons and
letter-carriers will soon be ordered to
carry original packages, and by so do
ing, add to the revenue of the mail
department, even though the entire
female department of the United
States be driven to bare floors, rags
and prostitution, and the rising gen
Grafton to slavery and pauper graves.
Postmaster General Wanamaker
will soon have an original package
room in the job department OF his
great store, and the vice-presidents
wife will probably soon bc FASTING
labels OH original packages, for rev.
enue only, judging from the way the
machine is being run by the G. 0. p.
Grand Original Package combina-
tion.-Pomeroy's AdUance Thought.
[The above was written before the
passage Of the Wilson bill, but the
spirit of the thing remains. The law
does not change the attitude Of the
supreme court toward the liquor
pOwer.-ED.
Al
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08

.VIcE-PREsIDENT MORTON is men,
Der of the banking firm of Morton.
Bliss & Co., London, and President
Harrison has been a railroad attorney
since the war. Yet new party is
not necessary Farmers Friend.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08

In this country there is but one
farmer ia office for every 100000 citi-
zens. Who ills the rest of the offices ?
-Farmers' Friend.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-20
SPORTING EVENTS.
An Interesting Five-Round
Glove Contest.
jackson Tackles the Champion
of Colorado.
He Fails to Put His Man to Sleep as
per Expectation.
Jenny Carney Issues Sweeping Chal-
lenge-Events on the Turf
and Diamond,
Associated Press Dispatches. |

CHICAGO, May 19.-Six thousand peo-
pie tonight witnessed a rattling five-round
match with four-ounce gloves between
Peter Jackson, the colored Australian
champion, who is to fight John L. Sulff+
van, and Ed Smith, the champion OF
Colorado. Much interest was taken in
the question of Smiths ability as against
Jackson, owing to the fact that the
Colorado man has been trained by Sulli-
vans noted helper, Muldoon, the
wrestler, and to the further fact that
Smith recently knocked out Mike
Cleary in one round. Smith made
a decidedly good showing against
the big colored man, standing up five
rounds without suffering knockout.
Smith appeared timid in the first round,
and was foored three times, but in the
succeeding rounds rallied, and though at
a disadvantage from Jackson's long
reach, landed repeatedly on jackson $
jaw and wind. Both men were groggy
when the combat ended. Muldoon offers
to back Smith for $4,000 to finish
against any man in the world, barring
Sullivan, McAuliffe and Jackson.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-20
THE PACIFIC MAIL.
WILLARD DENIES THAT HE IS IN
LEAGUE WITH HUNTINGTON,
But Huntington is Trying to Get Control
of the Company-If He Succeeds Geor ge
Gould Will Resign.

NEW York, May 19.-Henry Willard
according to morning paper, denies
the rumor that he has joined hands
with Huntington to obtain control of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and
cause George Gould to retire from the
presidency. George Gould also denies
the story, and said while Huntington is
doing his best to obtain control OF
the company at the coming election,
Willard is not in league with him.
Gould also states that the story that
Huntington has acquired $4,000 shares
of stock is probably untrue. At any
rate, it is doubtful whether Huntington
can obtain the desired control. Should
he, Gould will Immediately resign the
presidency. Gould also states that he
does not think Huntington's man
agement would be beneficial to
the steamship company, as his
interest in the Southern and
Central Pacific railroads would tend
to make him sacrifice the interests of
the steamship company to those of the
railroads. Gould declared that, should
Huntington be successful, the Goulds
will Immediately dump their entire
block of stock on the market.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-20
CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.
The French General Hautpol, is de.

The French General Hautpol, is dead.
A riot was caused in Algiers by Arabs
pillaging the Jews shops. The troops
fired; several Arabs were killed.
The British steamer Bucca, from Lon
don to Brisbane, struck reef in the
Red sea Friday, and sank. No lives
were lost.
The budget committee of the reichstag
has approved the credits amounting to
100000 marks on account of German
operations in East Africa. OF this
amount the sum of $4,000 marks will be
devoted to paying subsidy to the East
Africa Steamship Company.
A new japanese cabinet has been
formed, as follows: Count Tsuku Michi,
minister of home affairs General Aki-
masa, education; Admiral Sumemore,
husbandry; General Ogama, war
Count Masayoshi, finance, and Count
Shojireo, communications.
A large block of Commercial cable
stock has been sold to London syndi-
cate, composed of parties interested in
the Canadian Pacific railway. Sir Don
aid A. Smith, w. G. Van Horne and G.
R. Hosmer, of Montreal, and Thos. S.
Kidder, of London, have been elected
directors. John w. Mackay still per-
sonally holds more than one-half of the
capital stock.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-20
A CYCLONIC WAVE.
A TERRIBLE STORM IN THE BUCK
EYE STATE.
Hail Eight Inches Deep on the Level
Trees Twisted Off Like Straws-Sheep
Killed by the Hailstones.

WOOSTER, Ohio, May ia terrific
cyclonic wave, rain and hail storm passed
over parts of Congress, Caanan, Ches-
ter, Milton and Chippewa townships,
this county, between 3 and 4 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, doing tremendous
amount of damage. The storm swept a
section three miles in width and eigh-
teen in length. The most serious dam
age was done in and near the
villages of Congress and Rows
burgh. In Congress every pane of glass
facing the north and west, unprotected
by blinds, was broken by hail stones,
which fell to the depth of eight inches
on the level. Entire orchards and strips
of oak timber were blown down or
twisted to the ground. Many houses,
barns and outbuildings were unroofed or
blown down. At Rowsburgh hail fell to
the depth of eight or twelve inches on
the level and drifted to a depth Of
thirty-two inches. Hundreds of sheep
We're killed by the hail
Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-20
SACRAMENTO NEWS.
Asylum Trustees and Worlds Fair
Commissioners Annointed. =

Asylum Trustees and Worlds Fair
Commissioners Appointed. a
SACRAMENTO, May 19.-The governor
today appointed as trustees of the South
ern California state hospital for the
insane, John Anderson, H. L. Drew, M.
A. Murphy and Richard Gird, of San
Bernardino, and E. f. Spence, of Los
Angeles county.
Governor Waterman has appointed
M. H. eYoung, of San Francisco, and
Colonel William Forsythe, of Fresno,
commissioners to the worlds fair at
Chicago, and George Hazelton and
VIM. M. Bunker, alternates.
The Paine Break.
The government contractor for closing
the Paine break, began to drive piles
Thursday last, but the fierce current
made it impossible to drive but three
piles. When the float carrying the pile
driver was attached to these, the strain
snapped the piles. 1t was finally de-
cided to begin at one end of the break
and draw the piledriver ahead on the
tops of the piles as they are driven.
There is considerable more water going
through the break than flowing in the
river.
Is the Fruit Union Failure?
President P. E. Platt and +. j. Greg
ory, directors and members of the execu-
tive committee of the California
Fruit Union, have resigned and
withdrawn from the Union.
They give as their reason that the ma
chinery of the union is not practical
method for handling and disposing of
California fruits. They want to encour-
age eastern dealers to spread California
fruits over the country, and say
this cannot be done if dealers are obliged
to pay tribute to some fruit union which
seeks to control or regulate the market.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-20

Chatham second, Francis L. colt third;
time, :021a.
Five-eighths mile-Eclipse won, Mar
tin Russell second. Lord Harry third;
time, l :06A.
MIile-Quesal won, Monmouth sec
ond, Long Branch third; time, l :431a.
Three-fourtLs mile-Kenwood won,
Tanner second, Kasson third; time,
:151a.
LOUISVILLE, May 19.-Mile and seventy
yards-New Castle won, Polemus sec
ond, Pell Nell third; time, :5234.
Five-eighths mile-Katrina won, Ora
second, Consolation third; time, l :07.
Mile and one-fourth-Riley won, Rob
espierre second, Bill Letcher third :
time, 2:2214.
Mile-G. w. won, Leiderkranz second,
Ed Hopper third time, l 81.
Nine-sixteenths mile - Pennyroyal
won, Running Brook second, Sanford
third time, | :0214.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-20
THELORD'S VINEYARD
A Dearth Of Presbyterian
Ministers.
The Harvest is Great, but the
LabOrerS are Few.
A Growing Lack of Properly Quail
fled Pastors.
Proceedings of the General Assembly at
Saratoga-Other Conferences and
Conventions.
Associated Press Dispatches, !

| SARATOGA, May 19.-At the gener.es
assembly of the Presbyterian church
this morning DR.. Kempshall moved that
the report Of the committee on methods
Of altering the constitution be referred
back and the committee enlarged by
seven new members, with instructions
to report as early as possible to the as
sembly. A discussion followed. A mo-
ton to lay on the table was lost. The
question was then deferred, and the
matter dropped for the time being, but
later was taken up again, and after 8
long debate adopted.
The board of missions for freedmen
presented it's annual report, showing
steady and gratifying progress in its
work.
This evening the first annual report OF
the board of education was read. 1t
shows that contributions have not in
creased as fast as the number of appli-
cations, 1851 churches having given
nothing. ''The fault for this failure, -
the report says, is largely with the
presbyteries. There were last year l, ,14S
churches vacant, nearly one-third of
them important enough to have the en-
tire services of a minister. We have
perhaps 800 available men among our
ministers without charge; we have an
annual average of 145 graduates, and
about thirty not fully educated; we
draw from other denominations eighty
two ayear ;ninety-three die annually, on
an average thus, it will be seen, we are
sure to have a growing lack of properly
qualified pastors. Our large draft on
other denominations is great peril to
the harmony and unity of our churches" >"
The report commends to rich men the
example of the late John S. Newburv,
of Detroit, who gave $4,000, the income
of which is to enable some student to Sc
cure thorough preparation.
DR.. Poor, of Philadelphi spoke earn
estly of the evils of the condition under
which one-third of the ministers are
stinted with supplies. This, together
with the apathy of more than half OF
the churches, deters young men from
seeking to be ministers.
Elder Trumbull, of California, thought
a large number OF churches could raise
from 81 900 to $4,000 as a permanent
fund, the interest to be applied to the
education OF young men.
The report was adopted
Resolutions were passed recognizing
the lack of ministers and increased
number of pastorless churches,
and urging the presbyteries to
be more diligent in either
caring for or dissolving them, and sug-
gesting that they might be grouped to-
gether and supplied with services by
the ruling elders, etc.
DR.. Booth, of New York, said he
thought the 10000 elders of the churches
were source of supply for this need
A resolution, proposing an overture to
the presbyteries, urging greater care in
receiving ministers from other denom-
nations, was introduced by DR.. Nicho-
las, and, after considerable earnest dis
cussion, was passed.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-20
BISMARCK TALKS.
POINTERS GIVEN TO FRENCH AND
RUSSIAN JOURNALISTS.
1t is Folly for France to Dream of German
Conquests-Austria Not so Near Dead
as Her Enemies Suppose.

PARIS, May 19.-In an interview re-
Gently had with him by Dessoux, French
journalist, Bismarck said the danger
ahead lay in the sentimental anger of
French over the loss of Alsace-L Lorraine.
Supposing France and Russia crushed
Germany, he said, who would be gamer?
Russia would certainly then devour
France. Germany was the bulwark of
Western Europe against Russian in
vasion.
Talking with a ooreeanondent of the
Moro Frsnyo oi at.flfetersburg, the en-
ebancellor dsclaJed that Austria ps,s
no. SO near decar Us the people
imagined. German. needs -1ustIia for
the same reason that Russia
needs France. War between Ger
many and Russia would be the greatest
mistake, but was, for many reasons,
almost impossible. The labor confer
ence was blow in the air. The discon-
tent of capitalists was much more dan
gerous than the discomfort of the work.
men
Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-20
Huntington ut San D,a9s.

SAN DIEGO, May 19.-C. P. Hunting-
ton and party arrived here this after
noon. They were met by delegation of
citizens and made tour OF the city and
then went to Coronado.
Mr.. Huntington stated that he was
impressed with the advantages that
would result from the Southern Pacific
constructing a line to San Diego. He
was of the opinion that the best way to
reach the city was by line from Yuma
through Lower California. He promised
to at once order survey of line to be
made"
Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-20
SIRIUS, THE DOG STAR.
Something About One of the Greatest
of the Fixed Stars.

1t is difficult to conceive that this
beautiful star is globe much larger
than our sun, yet it is a fact that Sirius
is sun many times more mighty than
our own. That splendid star, which
even in our most powerful telescopes
appears as mere point of light, is in
reality globe emitting so numerous a
quantity of light and heat that, were it
to take the place of our sun, every
creature on the earth would be con-
sumed by its burning rays.
Sirius, shining with far greater
lustre than any other star, it was
natural that astronomers should have
regarded this as being the nearest of all
the "fxed' stars, but recent investiga-
ton on the distances of the stars has
shown that the nearest to us is Alpha
Centauri, star belonging to the south
ern latitudes, though it is probable that
Sirius is fourth in order of distance.
For, though there are about fifteen or
twenty stars whose distances have been
conjectured, the astronomer knows that
in reality all of them, save three or four,
lie at distances too great to be
measured by any instruments we
have at present. Astronomers agree
in fixing the distance of the near
est Star at ~ mllllOn OF millions OF miles
and it is certain that the distance of ST.
rius is more than three and less than
six times that of Alpha Centauri, most
likely about five times; so that we are
probably not far from the truth if we
set the distance of Sirius at about 100
million of million miles. What vast
distance is this that separates us from
that bright star; words and figures of
themselves fail to convey to our minds
any adequate idea of its true character.
To take a common example of illus
trating such enormous distances: 1t is
calculated that the ball from an ARM
strong hundred-pounder quits the gun
with speed of about 400 yards per sec
ond. Now, if this velocity could be kept
up it would require no fewer than To-.
100000 years before the ball could reach
Sirius. Again, take the swiftest form OF
velocity of which we have any knowledge
light, which travels at the rate of nearly
100000 miles per second, or about 12,-
100000 miles a minute, yet the distance
of Sirius is so vast that it takes nearly
twenty years for its light to reach us; 81
that if Sirius was suddenly to become
extinct we should not be acquaintel
with the fact until twenty years henct
Chambers Journal.