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Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A TRAMP known as Matt Shea was
found murdered near Greencastle, Ind,
on the 18th, having been stabbed thirty
seven times and otherwise mutilated.
Shea is said to have feared being killed
because of knowledge he claimed to
have about the Cronin murder. He
claimed to be the Clan-na-Gael agent
who sent out the report from Toronto
that Cronin was in that city, thus mis-
leading the Chicago police.
A PROMINENT banker of Charlotten-
burg, Germany, named Mass, is, upon
his own admission, completely ruined.
He says his liabilities are about 1,75O,-
900 marks. He admits embezzling the
funds of his clients, also a considera-
BILE amount of money subscribed for
the erection of church in honor OF the
late Emperor William.
ON the 18th Michael Kirscher was ar
rested in New York for forgeries
am ounting to $4,000 francs committed
in Bucharest, Roumania. He was dis
charged from custody next day, how
ever there being no extradition treaty
with Roumania- He had $4,000 in his
possession when he landed.
CHARLES BETHEARD, his wife and
three children, comprising an entire
family, were cremated by the burning
of their home in a tenement at Colum-
bus, o., on the 18th.
A SERIOUS revolt broke out on the
10th near Foo-Choo, one of the treaty
ports of China and capital of the prov
ince of Fo-Kien, on the Min river. The
rebels had for a time full sway, and
marching in force upon Tehwei, sacked
the town of everything valuable.
burned number of houses, killed sew
rral people. and at last advices were
resting after their labors preparatory
to sacking other towns,
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

a.
oSE OF the most brutal abuses of an
- O.sy n Is that, recently published, OF
~ oiiicer at West Point, who. learning
dns au one OF the soldiers doing guard
loy aV the post had returned from
ro .e intoxicated, ordered him put to
~; IN the stable yard in a drenching
h. h. ana on the soldier, through
la.. Otpnoltlon, being unable to stand,
on :. =, Hin lying for two and half hours
hin the ground, taking pains to have
4ina 50 turned that he would receive the
adj: :orce OF the storm in his face. In
,b;.. bon the man was sentenced to
I.boy Gays Imprisonment with hard
An9 ana to forfeit one months pay.
Tho ,s Gu II Is wondered why men desert
VIC service of the government.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21
AT Litchfield. England, the insane

AT Lltchheld. England, the insane
wife of journeyman saddler cut the
throat OF her own daughter and those
OF two step-daughters, all .hree OF
whom died almost Immediately. She
then cut her own throat infiicting a
fearful cash. The unfortunate wom-
ans husband, nearly insane with grief
and despair, tried to cut his throat
when he saw the blood-drenched room
IN which his wife and dead daughters
were found.
On the 10th, in row over a game OF
cards In saloon at Chandler, Col, John
Cox shot and killed John Anderson and
then shot J. T.. Calhoun in the neck, in
hicting wound from which Calhoun
died soon after.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

An important deposit Of that rare
metal known as vanadium has been dis
covered in the province of Mendoza of
the Argentine Republic. This metal is
one of the rarest and most valuable
known, and is used for setting dyes in
silks, ribbons, hosiery and other fine
goods. The principal source of supply.
until recently, has been a small deposit
IN the Ural mountains. and it has been
held as high 81, 500 per ounce.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

TRAM robberies, with the attention
of the robbers especially directed to the
express cars, are becoming of such fire.
ouencv that the attention of the ex-
press companies is naturally being
turned toward devising means for pro-
tectng their property. The inventive
American has thus far been equal to
every emergency, and he ought to be
able to grapple successfully with this
nrohlan
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

" VIRGINIA there are Is, 600, 900 acres
~ arabic land lying untitled. The
rrcster part of it is the property OF
large holders who get no income from
!, and who do not possess the capital
needed for its cultivation. The state
authorities have come to their aid and
are striving to attract immigrants who
will take it up and put it to service.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

The statistical returns of the depart
ment of agriculture for November
make the corn crop one of the largest
in volume ever known with a rate of
yield slightly above an average of
tventy-six bushels per acre. The
condition has not been very high at
any period Of its growth, but it has
been quite uniform with no record Of
more than 10 per cent Of disabilities
from all causes.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

lHE mileage of the railroads Of the
United States is 16o,sl7 miles; the num-
Der Of passengers carried during last
year was $40, 4S9, ,os2, and they paid the
companies S273,664, 4s9, or about fifty
TWO cents each The freight carried
was 'Ol' 'S44' 4s7 tons, paying $40. 374, ,s44,
Or more than dollar per ton. But SO
great was the expense of management
"'at the net earnings of all the rail
ROADS OF the country was less than 81
per cent. on their capital stock.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

lHE reciprocity section of the Nc
Ainley law empowers and directs the
president to restore the duties on
sugar, molasses, coffee, tea or hides at
any time after January /. 1892. coming
from countries which refuse to allow
us such favors at their custom-houses
as AFFORD US reasonable compensation
lor our concessions to them. The pres
ident is made the judge of what is rea-
Sonablc and lust in this matter.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

o,rD,ry 10 college recently received
=, opn 1nrrest single endowment that has
'n' 20. ta7,en ! to her lot-s91, ,6ls. o3-given
t"nhv eve the will of William B. Spooner.
81 of Rostop. The bequest was received
1' u roI5 p cash. and is deposited in New
" Work. to the credit of the college. The
a;rarsitv .U of Kansas receives a like
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

TuIs IS a great year for potatoes.
The writer's on crop reports have not
done Justice TO the starchy tuber, which
proba bly ranks next to wheat as a food
suppier in the United States. The po-
tato cuts no figure in the export totals,
but for home consumption it is very
important factor. This year the crop
is larger and better than ever before.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

Ihh lharp T halt Of the American conti-
s.n+ sou,n''I n addition to the late upheaval E,
nenr r,;,i ! and The present turmoil in
= p..,;I ,T news comes that the spirit OF
Dra1t' 1. ! life in the Argentine Republic,
,T md that any day may witness an out
1--an1r
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

fem ~ oiehloride of gold cure for in
the ~ '"nce receives a severe blow in
cb,nsN. ea'h from alcoholism of it's late
Eeralp Ip!on' Col, John T. Mines, who be-
Man. 'ne preparation had cured him.
thar II. apPeute seems to be one thing
~ resist the power Of gold.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

- duchess of Portland has gatherea
! nd H. her her a society for the protectlon
around nj Aha membership of which now
Of oIfas' - g over nine hundred women,
CONSISTS ;s,od ua never to wear the plumagc
o. cong birds.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21
The Ohio Vote,

The victory of Mckinley py plural
ity estimated at about fifteen thousand
not only places him in the front rank
of American leadership, but gives him
a popular verdict that is practically de-
cisive in favor of maintaining an in
telligent policy Of protection to our
domestic industries. The significance
Of the Ohio vote is such that it is not
too much to regard it as settling the
contest begun by President Cleveland's
tariff reform message, and which has
continued as the pivotal question in
our politics ever since. By this result
the republican party will be confirmed
in its course, while from this time out
the democratic party can be expected
to prepare for hedging in its platform
declarations on the tariff next year.
The success of Mckinley is we'll
merited reward for gallant and hard
fought campaign, and constitutes an
important step in an honorable career
1t makes him the prominent figure in
republican leadership, who, next to
Mr.. Blaine, personifes the republican
policy and principles as typical pres
idential possibility. ittsburgh Dis
patch.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21
NUMBER 81.

local issue. In Ohio, where the cher
ished policy of the repu ubiiean sArty
was the issue, we have gained < grand
victory"
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

Inhuman Treatment of an Intoxicated
Soldier by His Captain at West Point.
n. Y.-Compeled to Lie for Two and u
Half Hours in the Stable Yard in a
Heavy Rain Storm and Then Severely
Punished JudicialIy.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-06-26
Q DEAR TO-DAY.

'Eou are mine, all mine. o, dear, to-day.
: From the earliest CLEAN of your golden
!; dawn,
IT'LL the twilight takes you forever away,
and the hours that you promised me now
are gone.
Oh, what shall do with you, dear, to-day
Shall hold you close, and never share
The bliss that comes with your sunny light
To my seeing eyes with the blind man
there?
Oh, what shall ask of you, dear, to-day
More blessings still for my goodly store
The gift of hundred happy thoughts,
Or the love and the trust of one heart
more:
Oh, what shall say to you, dear, to-day,
As you glide SO swiftly and silently by
That Pm glad, SO glad, that you came to me,
And sorry, SO sorry, to see you die?
On, what shall 1 be to you, dear, to-day,
When the cold, dark night shall bid you
fee,
And the hours Of another morning stand
Relentless and stern 'twixt you and me?
Oh, what shall make of you, dear, to-day
In the chain of my life another link,
That shall guide with other radiant ones
Ny path to the Beautiful Rivers brink?
Lea Best, an Detroit Free Press.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-06-26
Fine Points in Cannibalism.

It was formerly supposed that the
relish with which certain savage tribes
ate their enemies arose from the gratif-.
cation of the passion of revenge. With
in the last few years, how ever, it has
been clearly shown that some of the bar
barian man-eaters are really fond of hui
man flesh for its own sake-that they
enjoy it as civilized epicure enjoys
turtle soup or roasted ortolans. Your
Fiji Islander thinks the greatest praise
he can bestow upon any edible is to say
that it is ''as tender as. dead man."
The Fijians have plenty of provisions,
but they consider "long pig"-their
pleasant name for human fesh-much
finer than pork, beef or mutton.
The New Zealanders, on the other
hand, do not consider mans flesh as
delicacy, but eat dead heroes and swise
men" whether they have been friends or
enemies makes no difference), with the
idea that they imbibe the valor and in
tellectual qualities of the deceased dur
ing the process.
The ''noble savage" of Terra del
Fuego never eats any of his own people,
CACCpt "ACh OGuC4 40
scarce, although always ready to stake
in" the shipwrecked stranger. In severe
winters, if we are to believe the story of
a British admiral (Fitzroy), the Terra
del-Fuegons, "when they can obtain no
other food, take the oldest woman Of
their party, hold her head over a thick
smoke, made by burning green wood,
and, pinching her throat, choke her, !"
after which she is served up to her
friends. The barbarians, on being asked
why they did not eat. their dogs instead
of their old ladies, naively answered that
their dogs caught offers, but that their
venerable grandmothers and aunts did
not.
Probably the majority of even the
lowest order of savages prefer fish and
yams to human flesh, but it is neverthe-
less true that there are several tribes in
Australasia, Africa and the South Sea
islands that actually banker after it.
There is some consolation, however,
in the assurance given US by travellers
that most of these anthropophagi prefer
colored persons to Caucasians as table
luxuries. This fact is certainly encour-
aging to the missionary interest.-Ne'o
York Ledger.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-06-26
FIERCE SEA FIGHT.
Terrific Naval Battle in the
Harb0r of Valparaiso, Chilli.
Over 100 Killed in a Conflict
Lasting an Hour.

Advlces received from Chill describe a
naval battle as having occurred in the har-
Dor Of Valparaiso on the night OF April 2S,
four days after the naval engagement in
Chanaral Bay, when the insnrgent cruiser
MagaIlanes was attacked by the Government
torpedo cruisers Aldea, CondelI and Lynch
In that fight the Magallanes succeeded af-
ter a fierce battle in driving off the three tor
pedo boats, and they retired to Valparaiso
Inc MagalIaneS, after receiving ammunition
from the lnsurgent supply ship, decided to
steam direct TO Valparaiso and to attack the
three Government vessels before they could
be repaired.
The Magallanes, under the cover OF dark
ness, steamed up alongside the Aldea in Val
paraiso Harbor and fired broadside which
completely riddled the torpedo boat, dis
mounted nearly all of her rapid-firing guns
and killed and wounded fully half her crew.
Then the Magallanes steamed quickly for
the Lynch, but the crew of the natter were
alert. They returned the insurgents fire,
and attempted TO launch a torpedo, but
failed. The Condell had steamed outside
the Magallanes and began firing so that the
rebels were subjected to the fire of both
government ships, and forty of them were
killed and wounded
The Magallanes, then, under cover of the
smoke, began to move astern, and before the
fact was discovered the two Government
ships were pouring broadsdes into each
other The trick was not discovered until
the Magallenes had steamed across the soern
of the Condell and had poured in a broadside
which nearly destroyed the latter
In the meantime the forts could not fire
for fear of hitting the Government ships.
When the Magallanes began to steam out of
the harbor the forts opened their fire, but
only one shell struck the rebel cruiser, and
that tore a big hole in her deck and dis
mounted her pivot gun. She then pro-
ceeded to Caldera
Over one hundred men were killed in the
engagement, fully one-half of whom were
on board the Magallanes. The Condell had
to run on the beach to prevent sinking,
while the Aldea was SO badly damaged that
it will require long time to repair her.
The Lynch was not seriously hurt. Three
foreign war vessels were in the harbor at
the time of the engagement.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-06-26
WISE WORDS.

The more important an animal is to be
the lower is its start. Man, the noblest,
is born the lowest.
Without seeking, truth cannot be
known at all; and seeking it can be dis
covered by the simplest.
Grief is not to be measured by the tears
shed, nor does the loudest mourner de-
serve the largest bequest.
Every incomplete work is monument
to human folly. Whatever is worth be-
ginning Is worth ending.
She was regal, she was naughty, she
was highborn and distinguished; and like
the rest of us, she was clay.
In things pertaining to enthusiasm no
man is sane who does not know how to
be insane on proper occasions.
1t is the crushed grape that gives out
the blood red wine; it is the suffering
soul that breathes the sweetest melodies.
Each man can learn something from
his neighbor; at least he can learn this
to have patience with his neighbor, to
live and let live.
Think you that judgement waits till
the doors of the grave are opened2 It
waits at the doors of your houses, it waits
at the corners of your streets.
IT'S nature has fashioned some for am
bition and dominion, and it has formed
others for obedience and submission.
The leopard follows his nature as the
lamb.
Good thoughts are blessed guests, and
should be heartily welcomed, we'll fed
and much sought after. Like rose leaves,
they give out sweet smell if laid up in
the jar OF memory.
Life is not made up of great sacrifices
or duties, but of little things, in which
smiles and kindness and small obligations
given habitually are what preserve the
heart and secure comfort.
Nothing can leasen the dignity and
value of humanity so long as the relig-
ion of love, Of unselishness and devotion
endures; and none can destroy the affairs
of this faith for US so long as we feel
ourselves still capable of love.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-06-26
Weight on Various Planets.

On Jupiter, which is a much larger
and heavier body than the earth, man
would weigh about asa pounds whose
weight on the earth would be 200 pounds.
This man would weigh 21S pounds on
Saturn Coming to the smaller bodies
we find that he would weigh less than
on the earth. His 200 pounds would
shrink to ia On Venus, to nlnety-two
on Mercury, to sixty on Mars, and to
thirty OF the moon, while on the little
asteroids, or telescope planets revolving
between Mars and Jupiter, his weight
would be from two to four pounds only.
The matter depends on the mass and at
tractive force of the planet Chicago
Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-06-26
HAYTI'S REIGN OF TERROR.
Insurgents RuthleSsly Execu-
ted by President Hyppolite.
Over Two Hundred Shot Down in
Cold Blood.

a dispatch from Port au Prince Hayti,
says: For the last two or three weeks there
have been rumors that a revolution
against President Hippolyte was imminent
i'll this capital, and these having
reached the ears OF the Chief Executive, he
caused the arrest Of about eighty suspected
persons, dragged them from their
homes and put them in irons. Among the
suspected was a General Sully, who. hearing
he was wanted" hid himself Failing to
secure the General himself, his wife was
taken instead and thrown into prison
Corpus Christi Day was the national holi-
day, and 1t was reported that on that date
Hippolyte, in order to effec lualiy terrify the
populace, had ordered Il GIttlinE gun to be-
taken down TO the prison and the eighty
prisoners to be summariIy executed. The
friends OF the prisoners, among whom
was General Sulv, met in council.
and while the President was in the
Cathedral they forced open the prison
doors and freed all the prisoners-about two
hundred and fifty in ali. Then, by order of
the PRESIDENT began a series of aSSasSina-
tiOns.
TIE first victim was Mr.. Ernest Rigaud.
q respected merchant
He was sitting Cn the balcony with his
wife, when the President passed ordered
HIM out, and sent him to the cemetery to b&s
shot. He asked to be allowed to take mis- hat
words were: ~ GU won't require hat long"
His nephew, boy of al out = xteep. followed
him to the place of execution, and returned
with the news to the wife, who was still
hoping to bring influence to bear to save her
husband. He told her: 1T is useless:
my poor uncle has been foully muir
dered.' These words We're re-
ported to the President, and twenty
minutes later the boy was brought before
him. Being asked if be had made the above
statement, he did not deny it. but said:
president, l have never conspired against
you by word or deed" The boy was shot at
once.
About the same time Alexis Rossignol, an
lnofensive and highly esteemed man, was
executed in the streets; another man was put
up against the Cathedral wall and shot.
seventeen were executed in a batch; and
even at this date occasional volley tells
that another poor wretch has been sent to
his doom.
There IS no fighting in the streets to ex-
crse this massacre. Every execution is Car
ried out i'll the most cold-blooded way the
e1ecutioners being soldiers OF the most de-
graded type. 1t is estimated that from May
2S to May 81, at least fifty persons nave been
put to deatu, and the figures are placed as
high as 200. No one can say how long this
state Of affairs will last or what the result
Will be.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-06-26
THE NATIONAL GAME,

CHICAGO leads the League in home runs.
THE irrepressible Latham is captain of
the Cincinnatis
OHIO has more ma jor league ball clubs init
than any other State in the Union.
No club in the League has such a fine corps
of pitchers as the New York Club
ORoURKE, of The New orks, always puts
his base-hit record in his cap before game.
GILLILAND, of New Haven, Conn, is said
to be the speediest left-handet pitcher ex-
tant.
NEARLY one hundred thousand people saw
the League and Association games Decora-
ton Day.
WERDEN, Gilbert and Van Haltren have
made Baltimoreans forget Tucker, Shindle
and Griffin.
''DEACoN~ WHITE the veteran player,
practices vita the Buffalo IN. " team
every day
The New Yorks, up to recent date, was the
only League club that hadnot been shut out
this season.
"DUPEE" SHAW, the eccentric twirler,
would never step into the pitchers box ex-
cept from the rear.
DENNY and the New York Club have
parted company. The third baseman has
Joined the CleveIan1 Club
THE American Association is holding its
own pretty effectually with its great rival,
the League, in the way of gate receipts.
WILLIE MAINS, pitcher OF the Cincinnati
Association team, with his towering six feet
four inches, is probably the tallest man in
the profession.
THERE are two surprises in the New York
team. One is the superb fielding OF Bassett
on third base, and the other is ohm Ewing's
recent effective pitching.
GRANT, the wonderful colored second
baseman, who made such sensation a few
years ago, is playing great game still. He
Is with the GOrham team.
NICK Young is authority for the state
ment that Pittsburg's League team took in
more money in the three first games at home
than it did all of last season.
THE Rev. Dudley w. Rhodes, a Cincin-
natl preacher or note says of baseball:
1.-The Christian Church and the pulpit
cannot afford to ignore this noble game"
FRED DUNLAP is slowly mending, but he
will probably not play bail again this year.
His leg was broken in almost a similar place
as Hardie Richardson, of the Bostons, exper-
fenced lately.
IT is curious that so many team captains
were injured at one time. Captain Ewing,
of New York; Ward, of Brooklyn; Te-
beau, of Cleveland, and Taylor of Louis
vile, were all disabled at about the same
time.
COBB, pitcher of the San Francisco Club,
was recently knocked out of the box by tho
Oaklands. The next day he pitched against
the same club, and retired it without a
hit. Such are the mutations of pitchers
career.
ANSON and ORourke are about the oldest
players in active service in the National
League; Paul Hines is the veteran of the
American Association; Joe Gernarit and
Hornung are the oldest men III the Eastern
Association; Burdock the oldest in the New
England League, and the Rowe brothers
and Hicl Carpenter the oldest in the West
ern Association
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-06-26
Y. And so Ellen shall have half

own folly. And so Ellen shall have half
of GIy inheritance.
And for some weeks the gooseberry
bushes at the foot of the Ames garden
formed sort of Mecca for sightseers
and curiosity-mongers.
:'We ain't used to berry bushes as
bear precious stones" chuckled old
CATER Gerdis. "Not in this part OF the
world. "-Saturday Night.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-06-26

a HANDFUL or raw pig Iron, weigh
ing about five pounds, is worth cents;
it would make about sixty table knife
blades. worth SIS; converted into steel
watch-springs, there would be about
11O.20 of these little coils, which, al
the rate of S1.75 a dozen, would be
valued at S16.O7O.83.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-06-26
MARINES KILLED.
Fatal Accidents Oh Board the Cruis-
ers Yorktown and Concord.

ers Yorktown and Concord
A staam-pipe aboard the United States
cruiser Yorktown burst while the crew was
practicing target fire, killing two men out
right and severely wounding several others.
The Yorktown isl lying near the town of the
same name in Virginia, having just been
overhauled at the Norfolk Navy Yard and
pronounced seaworthy in every respect.
There was also an accident that same day
on the new cruiser Concord which is at pres
or other. not at this time known the main
steam pipe of the ship burst and the two fire
men were scalded to death The men were
named Fletcher and Wright and were Eng
lishmen. They were buried in the ceme-
terry at the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth,
Va
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-06-26

THE Columbus exposition has recalveI
with 81. 900 900 still to come from Illinois.