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Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-10
District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court, 1

District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court, UPSTATE of GEORGE P. sTiLLMAN, late of 1H New Haven, in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the district of New Haven hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred re covery. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 ELIZABETH STILLMAN,
 au1O 2d1w Executrix.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-10
HORRIBLE DEATH.
An Unknown Man Killed by a Rail-
 road Train.

road Train.
 FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 9.-An un- known man was killed this morning on the Old Colony railroad between Brayton and South Swansea stations. He was walking along the track when he met two Swedes employed at the fish works near Coles river, and offered them liquor from bottle he had in his pocket. After he had drank he sat down on the track. A construction train, running at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, rounded a near by curve, but the stranger refused to get up when he saw it coming. The locomo- tive struck him in the back and threw him into the air. He struck on his head and his spine was showed into the skull. The remains were removed to un. dertaking rooms in this city where they are held for identification. The dead man was of Swedish parentage, five feet, sever inches in height, 1855 pounds, was about thirty years old, and wore an old blacl cheviot suit with white shirt.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-10
Board of CounciImen.

. Board of COunciImen. ITO the Sheriff of the City of New Haven, l greeting:
 You are hereby required to warn the Board of Councilmen of said city to meet at the chamber of the board in said city on Monday the 18th day of August 1891, at o'clock D. m.
 Given under my hand this 4th day of August, 1891. JOSEPH B. SARGENT Mayor. The foregoing is true copy of the original war rant Attest JAMES F. BRANNAGAN
 Ivy
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-10

The Madrid Imparcial says it learns that President Balmaceda of Chili and the leaders of the Chilian insurgents have ap- pealed to the Spanish government to act as arbitrator and end the war.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-10
MARINE LIST.

MARINE LIST. x49S& PORT OF NEW HAVEN. ..x1f1A
 ARRIVED. Sch Golden Rule, Boyle Calais, lumber, Sch L.. H. Warford, Handy, Rockaway,, sand Brig Arcot, Gates, Turks Island w. l., i4 days salt to J. D. Dewen & Co. Sch Nellie Eaton, Morrison, Y. Sch l.. H. Warford, Handy, do Sch Neptune, Stevens, do
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-10
DEATHS.

ROwE-In Syracuse, New York, Friday evening August 7th 1891, Mrs. Hattie l.. Rowe, wife of Arthur N. Rowe, aged thirty years and two months.
 Funeral from the residence of her father Lucius P. Deming, No 36S Quinnipiac street, Fair Haven, Monday, August 10th, at 3p. m. PHELPS-In this city, August 8. 1891, Mrs. Mary year of her age.
 Funeral from her late residence Mo- IS Wash ington street, Monday, August 10th, at 4 o'clock p. m. BENNETT-1n New York City. August 8, Celia E., wife of Edgar H. Bennett Remains will be taken to Auburn, N. Y, for interment.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-10
MINIATURE ALMANAC. ATTGTTST n
MARRIAGES.

DAvIES-AR this city, August 6th at the residence of the brides parents, by the Rev. s. D. Phelps, D. D., Rev. William Davies of Spokane, Wash, to Miss Hyla c. Armstrong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs M. Arm strong.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-10
81isce1l 1laneuus.
FnR SAT,E

FOR SALE. d LARGE, first quality French plate pier -d- glass, suitable for tailoring or dress making establishment or private house; will be
 sold a;a chsssp. ss Inquireat ru,s a,v,,,-
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-10
@lants.

One Cent . Word each insertion nvs cents . word for . full week (sevsn sines.l
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
Performing Cats.

Those persons who believe cats to bs
incapable of profiting by education would
change their opinion if they could see
the exhibition of performing cats in
Paris. France. The skill and docility Of
the little animals are truly wonderful
and would, even in dogs, be considered
u proof of great intelligence. The cats
are concealed in two small wooden
houses or kennels, which stand opposite
each other, with row of fifty chairs
between them. The performance begins
by the trainer tapping on the roof of one
of the houses. Immediately a cat
comes out of the door, and, after being
stroked and patted by its master, leaps
to the top of the first chair and then
goes lightly and gracefully from one
chair to the next, stepping only on the
backs, until it reaches the other house,
into which it retires. Each cat does
this in turn, and then two cats cross the
chairbridge in opposite directions, one
going over the tops rs before and the
other passing along the horizontal bar
just below.
Lung, "ooNCH pi'thho arc uicH iaiu
over the chair backs, and number Of
wine bottles placed in row at short in
tervals, and the cats wind swiftly in
and out between the bottles without
missing one or knocking one over. A
still greater difficulty is presented bys
small, wooden disk being placed on the
top Of each bottle and cat stepping
from one to another, while other cats
follow the serpentine walk among the
bottles below. Chairs and planks are
then removed and a number of trestles
set up between the two houses. The
cats leap from one trestle to another
with the precision and agility of cir.
Gus rider. A large wire hoop, wrapped
in tow which had been soaked iualcoho,
is held up and set on FIRE, but the pro-
cession of pussies, nothing daunted, leap
through the flames obedieptiy. Tight
rope dancing is the next performance,
and number of live, white rats placed
on the rope receive no attention what
ever from the cats Farm and Fireside.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10

ducc herself to the miners, ranchmor,
real estate people. She was a poveI.N
and was treated as such. All the Sn:.
covered uncollectable claims were rixo.
to her for fun, but she collected t5ora a
and one wag gave her the addresses :,
four va@rant umbrellas and Offered a.
apiece for their return. Miss Kn.wIo'
brought in the quartet and not only ao.
$50 hut thu entire legal business Of fhs
said wag. ~
Ii'TnERTo polar exploration has be.,
in the arctic rather than Tie antarctic -
gion. The French and English bar,
done Scmethin" in the latter howevo,
and this Is TO be supplemented by tbns
Norwegian Nordcnskjold and Bora"
Dickson. These explorers. aided BIZ SOM,
of the Australian colonies, have abon.
made possible another expedition N o~
piore the region arountlor near the Son,b
Pole. which will start within tweIra
months. The fact that these far son,S
seas are full of whales, seal. etc. add. -
the interest with which the proposed ev
petition is regarded Its commercial i'm.
portance Is not secondary to its scieuti.
tic.
THE epidemic nature of crime is
matter of frequent remark Let De.
culiarly atrocious murder, for examnIe
be committed in one place. Immediately
imitetors spring up all over the countrS
and, often, all over the civilized world
An insane person or a diabolical scound.
rel has perpetrated series of most foul
murders and mutilations in disreputable
quarter of London. The same crimes
have been committed in many Other
cities, not only in England but in other
and remote countries. The latest imita.
tor is villain in Helsingfors, the prp.
cipal town of Finland, who strangles hi,
victims. Happily he has been found
The original of this class of tiends is vet
at large, which fact shows either that he
is the most cunning of criminals or the
police who hunt him are the most ineti.
cient in existence.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
"The Goose Honks High

-DO you know" said Captain $. H.
Jones, the saying, Everything is love-
ly and the goose hangs high is not cor
rect 2"
mo; why 2" ...'.F-rN
at should be, THE goose honks
high. You know that the wild goose,
in passing south at the beginning OF tho
cold season, utters peculiar no'e,
"honk,' and from that fact originated
the saying. People in the interior have
perverted it into the goose hangs IN
stead OF honks.'p 49,. al
Captain Jones is a South CarolinIan 70
the manor born, and bears the weight OF
sixty-one years with the same easy Don
chalance that he bore the old double
length saber that hangs in his. room,
which he w!elded in many a wild da'a
with Wade Hampton in the campaigns
of Virginia during the late war.
So, his word is good authority in regaia !.
to the goose "honking" instead Oh
"hangingn high, for he has heard 'ne
note uttered by this peculisr bird many
and many time as the wanderer soare0
aloft above the rice fields Of Carolina
tAtlanta Constitution. -
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10

A German authority on railroads
gives some figures by continents which
show the construction Of $50, 600 miles
of railway in four years. According
10 these statistics America is building
roads more rapidly than Europe, al
though far in advance of the old world
in mileage, and has now considerably
more than one half of the total mile
age of the world. Asia. Africa and
Australia have only about 80, 900 miles
Of road. and are not ding much in the
way Of railroad building compared
with Europe or America.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10

The Chicago Herald notes that Sun
day observance is steadily gaining
ground in Paris. In the west end the
great majority of the shops are closed,
and The railway companies have lately
agreed no: TO reckon Sundays in
charging for the warehousing of goods.
The postOflircS, too, arc TO close i'll
future at g p. III. instead of s, and the
two evening letter deliveries are TO be
abolished.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
Started the Graveyard.

Out in the Erie coal fields near Bur.
lington, Col. few years ago lean,
frecked-faced fellow, with high Spanish
heels on his boots, walked into the
Stone and Quartz saloon, at Burlington,
says the Pittsburg Dispatch, and, lean
ing his long body on his bony arms on
the bar, turned round to the half dozen
loiterer, in the place, and with a drawl
drew his lantern jaw down on his flannel
shirt and said:
GLOW long has this yer camp been Q
runnin'I"
Two years." replied the bartender,
without raising his eyes.
Graveyard begun yit?7
''NOt vet
"'Bout time the camp had one. S'pose
/ start one."
One bony arm left the bar. 1t never
reached its owners belt. There was
noise that sounded like man dropping
log chain in an empty hardware store,
and this noise was followed by a crash
of exploding six shooters from the lott
ercrs. A curtain of white smoke rolled
up against the ceiling. The man at the
bar made lurch and then fell upon the
floor. Six bullets were in his body.
A graveyard Sas started in Burling.
ton next morning. The lean man started
it himself. Burlington is now wiped
out, but high up on Bear Rib Butte is
one grave. 1t is the only one the camp
left
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10

There are no more servant girls,
curse girls or kitchen girls, announces
tie New York World. "Thev are
maids" it explains. "lf YOU only
have a miserable little sweep you pay
a. month for doing everything, re-
tcr 10 her rs my maid 1t may seem
crOlI at first, but it is Ia mode and will
give you an EifIel tower height in the
estimation of the grocer, butcher, JAM
i'or and people in general"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10

About two hundred letters, 1T is
said. 20 astray daily in consequence of
confusing the State of Washington
with the capital city of the nation.
Needless labor, annoyance and delay
ave also caused, asserts the New York
Telegram, by the mixing up of the
two Dakotas. The State of Washing
tor should adopt some melodious
Indian name, and the Governors of
the two Dakotas should toss coin to
determine which of their bailiwicks
shall rebaptize itself in the same way.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
Abraham Lincoln's Log caDin'

A committee from Chicago in the ln'
erests Of the worlds fair visited Ws'.'
ington county near Darville, Ky, Iecess en-.
ly. and bought Of Henry Reed the ~
cabin in which Abraham Lincoln nses
as boy, and where his father was i 49,
ried to Nancy Hanks, the certinc.~
being preserved there yet in the County
clerks Office. The price paid for ~ -
historic relic was $1,000, and it wiz "
taken down and erected entire or Or;
prominent site at the worlds faiI
cago News.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10

The adoption by the navy Of the
regulation army cartridge belt, leg
vins, havcrsacks and cantccns is in
tie direct line of progression, thinks
The New York Times. The bluejackets
appear 10 be more at home with tho
web belt than with the old fashioned
cartridge box. The leggins. too, are
wonderful help to slack" and are
much stronger and more serviceable
lhan the white leggins formerly en-
ployed. The officers of Admiral
Walkers feet report the bluejackets as
readily understanding the Lee maya
zine gun, There was some apprehen-
sion among navy officers when the Lee
gun was first introduced. 1t was
feared that it might prove too compli.
Gated. During the entire cruise Of the
,,.white squadron" there was no re-
ported clogging of the pieces, and this
Notwithstanding that firing detach-
nents were at work all day in heavy
transforms firing over ranges, afford
ing ample opportunity for rusting.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10

The information that vigorous meas
ure, are being taken to suppress Cuban
brigand, pals even on the appetite
sharp-,et for news. In its tender
youth, forty-two years ago, remarks
the New York sun, this item was
Juicy and ,apid. TO the tooth that
now presses its tcndinous tissues, the
reward is ,ufloclting flavor of blue
mould.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10

The Canadian Dominion Govern
ment has a serious religious question
to settle. The governor general has
received memorial signed by over
1900 Roman catholics, including
Archbishop Tache of Winnipeg, ask
ing Lis government to disallow the
act passed by the Manitoba legislature
abo.isLing separate catholic schools
and the dual language.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
THEIR LAST RESORT.

p. T.-Oh. as soon as we get tired we
marry our employer. = Epoch.
FIRST OVER ALIfCoMPETII OEs.
First Merchant l suppose you know
my inks received the first prize at the
eXpositlon!
second Ncrchant-I haven't been
reading the papers lately. Who were
your competitors:
First chant-Wcll, | was the only
one who exhibited, but many intended
to do 50. - American Stationer.
HE Dotted oN HER.
'T'vc won again. she sweetly cried,
w hat. luck have al play"
''Not luck, M darling, h replied,
1T is your winning way"
TIE LUCK oF THE Ugly MAN.
81 have a beautiful wife"
''lou have indeed"
"What, Have You seen her.
"NO; but never saw an ugly man
married yet who didn't get the pick of
the flock. - New York sun.
An IMPORTANT T. 5.
Dear Mr. Hicks" she wrote, 81 am
sorry that what you ask cannot grant.
i cannot become your wife. Yours sin
cerely, Ethel. BARRows."
Then she added ''P. Son second
thoughts, dear George, think | will
marry you. Do come up tonight and
see your own true Ethel"
A TROUBLE EASILY CURED.
Distressed young mother, travelling
with weeping infant-Dear, dear: i
don't know what to do with this baby.
Kind and thoughtful bachelor in next
soat-Madam, shall | open the window
for you:-L Boston Courier.
DIDN'T PRESS THAT CHARGE.
"What became of Hank Davis, the
horse thief"
"Oh. the boys hanged him last night"
''lle mad also committed diabolical
murder, hadn't he
Yes, bat the boys let him go on that
charge"
NATURAL HISTORY.
Little Sistcr-Is tails any use to mon
KEYS!
Little Brothcr-Of toursc they is.
They is to help the monkey hang on
when the organ grinder walks.
THE SUPEEIATIvE DEGREE.
She-This parlor is better than sitting
on the beach with the hot sun pouring
down, isn't it. dear.
IIc-Ycs, darling; about IS day
better.
TOO REFINED.
Mrs. Fangle-lIow do you like your
new maid, Mrs. Jingle.
Mrs. Jingle-Oh. she'd be all ri ght if
she were not SO ovcr-rciincd.
in what way"
'Shc never breaks anything but the
most costly Dresden china. - st. Joseph
News
HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE.
City Swell Il fan would have thee
for my very own.
Country Girl--Well, you can just get
YOU'RE not the first by several that's
fei2ned the same thing, and I'm still
doing the housework for ma Bing-
hamton Leader.
FRIGiITFUL.
Allow much Miss HomeIy looks
like her mother.
B.-Ies, the resemblance is positively
frightful. Texas Siftings.
A SURE THING.
CustOner-Iour safety matches are
abominable things. can't ever get
them to light
Storekeeper-Well, what greater proof
of safety could you desirelH[ Fliegende
Blaetter.
AMATEUR THEATRICALS.
"What part AN to take?' said Chap
pie.
You are to be the heroine's father"
replied the stage manager.
What docs he dO?"
'lIe dies ten years before the curtain
rises on the first act"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10

Says the New York Telegram:
"IheIc are nearly two hundred thou
sand enrolled "kin"'s Daughters in
the United States, and they are doing
bench. at work. The most rabid
ha,cr OF titles of nobility will find no
fault with theirs
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10

Tic tax returns on all property eX-
cept railroads in Georgia show an
aggregate of 1913, iS6, Sos, being an
Increase Of 10 per cent. in one year.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
BLISS AND las PENALTY.

BLISS AND las PENALTY.
Two lovers stroll in the glinting eloam--
His hand in her'n and hcr'n in his;
She bushes deep, he is talking biz.
They hug and pop AS they iistless roam =
They roam
It's late when they get back home.
Down by the little wicket gate,
Down where the creepful ivy grows,
Down where the sweet nasturtium
blows,
\ boy-toci parent lies in wait
In wait
For the maiden and her mate.
- Lowell Mail.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
THE JOKER'S BUDGET.
JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY
MEN OF TIE PRESS.

Bliss and Its Penslty-A Possible
Catastrophe "a Musical Pointer
Their Last Resort Wanted
Enough, Etc. Etc, Etc.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10

The soldier who really did good Ut the
'front.' never brags about it.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
Apostolic CATASTROPHE.

"If Mr.. Duste don't take back what
he said this morning, | will leave him to-
night"
What did he say?'
THAT my services were not required
any longer, and that may so tonight. y
- American Stationcr.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10

Young De Fast (who has been out
very late the night bcforc)-Have you
filled the bath tub, as told you!
Nalct-Ies, sab.
"Then lead me to it
Watah's awful cold for bath. sab
IL dOI't want a bath. want drink.
= Good News.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
4 MUSICAL POINTER.

Mother (whispering,-My dear, our
hostess wishes you to play.
Daughter-lIorrors, mother. You
know | never play before strangers. l
become so nervous and excited that my
fingers get all tangled up, and make
all sorts of awful plumbers.
Mother-Never mind, dear. Play
something from Wagner, and then the
mistake won't be noticed. -, New York
Wccklv.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
HOW HE WON HER.

Jack (who has popped)-It takes you
a long time to decide.
Sallic-I know. And I've about con-
Guided to wear dcmi-train of white
chiffon over white silk, and have no
bridesmaids. : Judge.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-25
Farmers In Session,

Mr.. EditOr.-If you can find space
for communication l will give a
brief account Of the doings of the
grangers' who hsld what is called by
taem Pomona meeting, on the 18th
inst
It IS composed of delegates chosen
and sent there by the different
oranges over the county.
From this meeting it appears that
their secrets are not so great after all
as all their sessions were open, and
that their object is not to make war
upon storekeepers and agents rs has
been generally supposed. Among
their numbers they have both store
keepers and agents, but thev fight
drummors and surplus middlemen.
The meeting was held in Spruce
Hill Hall where magnificent refresh
ments were served by the ladies of
the neighborhood.
On Friday evening the goth an
immense meeting was held in the
school house where very superior
choir Of ladies, and gentlemen, led
by Mr.. Conn, furnished suitable mu.
sue through the evening. Mr.. Noah
Esh ably conducted the meeting.
MIR. Wilmington Smith, of grange
No, 7S7, was introduced to the au
dionce, and spoke on Finance. II.
spoke off hand form in clear logi
cal and interesting manner.
He showed in the outset, tha
there is no over production to caus,
our general depression. Neither ha
the tariff anything to do with it.
1t is clearly the result OF contrsc
tion of currency, the appreciation i,
the value Of gold and the deprecia
ton Of silver. He explained what i
meant by the demonotization Of si
yer, Preventing by law the free an,
unlimited coinage by the law of 1875
Who passed this law and how j
was done. The great money lender
Of the world did it and it was don
in a sneaking and fraudulant way.
Not even Grant who signed tn
bill knew it was demonotizing silvel
What was the object? To increas
the value Of the bonds OF debts.
1t now takes just one dollar an
thlrty-three cents worth of silver o
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-25
The Psunsyivania Railroads
Pad TOuT Ee the Geldea Gate.

Tourists on the frat Pennsylvania
Railroad tour to the Golden Gate,
left New Orleans last week after Wit
Messing the great Carnival OF Mardi
Gras. Their special train has pro-
voked the greatest admiration, and
the most favorable comments from
the Southern peopls, owing to its
palatial equipment. Lctters from
the tourists en- route to friends at
home are full of expressions of de-
light in regard to the trip The sec
ond tour, which will leave Philadel
phia, Tuesday, March 3rd, is filling
up rapidly, due in great measure ssto
the desire of many to be in Califor-
MIA in tho delightful sesson of early
spring. The route taken for the sec
ond tour west, traverses the States
of Pennsylva1is, Ohio, Indiana, Hi
nois, .Hissori, Kansas, Colorado, New
Mexico, and Arizona, entering the
American Utopisn State California
from the south while east-bound it
makes ths same route as the first
tour. Stops Of longer or shorter
duration are made at all the promi-
nent points sn route in both direc
tiops. The rate is remarkably low,
being hut S275, vet including Pull
man Palace Gar accommodation
meals, and several side trips. The
descriptive itinerary may be procur-
ed upon application 'to George w.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
| Agent. For those who anticipate
joining this second tour application
for space should be mado at once, as
the number ty be carried is limited.