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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-11-07
New Lunar Crater.

A careful examination of a photo
graphic negative of the moon recently
obtained by means of the Lick tele-
scope revealed the picture of IA most
important lunar crater whose existence
had never been suspected previously.
The explanation lies in the fact hat the
human eye is not so constituted that
steady gazing &ill bring out the minuter
details OF the object looked at; on the
contrary. the eye grows tired and details
are lost. Not so the Photographic plate.
however. the effect of Il constant pour
ing in of rays of light into the camera
has a cumulative effect.
The longer the exposure understandable
circumstances, the greater the display
OF detail in the result. SO in this case.
the photographic eye of science" takes
cogsiizance of IA crater on the moons
surface that has never been. and in all
probability never will be. seen by human
eyes.-New York Recorder.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-11-07

In July, 1883, Captain Joseph Lowe.
OF York, filed his bed with grass. which
he bad eut for'that purpose. Soon after
Mrs. Lowe thought she felt something
moving under her side of lie bed. but
the captain told her it was imagination.
Captain Lowe WAS afterwarI sick and
laid uEol that side of the bed, when he
felt t.e same motion. In April. 1899. he
died, bat aot until Tuesday Of last week
wasfne bed opened and emptied, when
oui c.t3ae a live. healthy. bat terrible
hungrv tHrtle. He WAS and
wonid snap at anything offered him. it
is said The straw or hay for two feet
across was 'chewed very tint."-York
(Me.) Courant.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-11-07
Hannah DiScontent.

A rich man of Boston has one son. He
led him about. he instructed him, he
kept. him as the apple of his eye. The
son became of age this summer. The
father has no other occupation save that
of nursing his income, and as he is a
man of sense and liberal views he told
his son that he must not stand idle. yet
left to him the choice Of business or pro-
fession. AT the same time he wrote pri-
vately to twenty-feur friends and ac-
quaintances asking their advice in the
matter. The twenty-four were promi-
neht each in his own calling.
Aud each replied in turn, complaining
of his business and advising the father to
seek elsewhere for the future prosperity
of the young man. The law was crowd
ed. journalism brought but little money.
banking was an uncertain prop. and so
Oh throughout the catalogue. The IA
ther is still undecided. the boy is idle;
and all because no one Of the twenty
four is contented with his lot. while he
admires the fortunes of other men.-Bos-
ton Post.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-11-07
suit Against the BROOKLYN n.sa~e.

Ella short time the most important
tge suit that has ever been brought
gnst the BROOKLYN bridge will be
ia. It is for 81, 000. 900. and will in
we some nice points of law. A
fanco-AmePican inventor named Du
bis is bringing the suit He claims
hat in sinking the caissons Of the bridge
PERTAIN patents belonging to him were
fnfringed upon, and that without the use
kof his inventions the bridge could not
have been successfully built. So i'm
nDrtant does District Attorney Clarke
consider the case. and of such grave
moment TO the interests of the two cit
IS, that at his request the services of a
Yel known patent lawyer have been
acured sas counsel, and he has al
eady RECEIVED from the bridge 81, 900 as
retaining fee.
Theresis an interesting story told of
Bridge Secretary Henry Beam in con-
nection with the sinking of these Gals
sons. He says that it was at first in
tended by the bridge engineers to sink a
regular Golfer dam. and on this place the
big piles that support the bridge struc-
ture. but that William G. Kingsley OPP
posed this plan, giving as his reasons for
10 doing that no ordinary Golfer dam
would hold in the fierce currents of the
East river. Then it was that the sink
in. of the caissons was decided p
Insother words, they used "A Golfer dam,
not in the regular fashion, but upside
down. And now the wooden box rests
on a bed of rock forty feet below the
bottom of the river.
Mr.. Beam Says that Nh. Kingsley
would have been the last man in the
world to have allowed the invention of
another man to be used III the on
strrction Of the bridge without paving
him for it. and that if Du Bots patents
were infringed upon it was by accident
and because the bridge engiNeersdid not
know that that style Of Golfer dam had
been patented.-Brookiyn Eagle. .
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-11-07
January lst. 1900

Mr.. F. Gouaux, HOuma. La.
Your .Pile Ointment Salve' is the besI
remedy I have ever tried for piles, it hai
cured me 81 i very bad ease | had tor years
i know several persons it has cured also. !
am an old man and l have seen many casel
treated by many doctors and patent medi
cines, nothing van com rare with Your salve
You ought 10 omit all your other business and
do nothing bnt prepare that salve BY larps
uuaptities. IT it was we'll known Won couId
not prepare enough OF it. Yours truly.
Glendale p. o.. La. SAMUEL WOLF
Price, $500 by all druggists.
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At ball in Liverpool a gentleman.
for a ioile. removed a chair Just us a
male guest was about to sit down The
victim fell to the ground and injured his
spine He brought an action III the
Liverpool county court. and the prac-
teal joker was ordered to pay the plain
tiff claim. $3.50, with costs.
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A new freezing apparatus for labora-
tory use has been constructed by M.
Ducretet 1t is called the cryogen, and
in it the expansion Of liquid carbonic
acid. escaping through a coiled metallic
tube, quickly causes a fall of tempera-
ture to 100 dogs. or 40 dogs. below
zero. Fahrenheit.
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aOUAUx,s PILE CURE, tauaranteed.)

From w. Fl. Moon, bookkeeper of Roberts a.
Co, Sash & Blind Factory, ex-member 81
CITY Council. President Of the Board OF Con
troll.
New Orleans, Dee. 4, 1889.
T.. Gouaux, Esq.
Dear Sir-Tlie bottle of Pile Ointment OBJ
tanned from You ..as worked wonders ana
given me the greatest possible relief. Please
send me another bottle. 1t will give me
pleasure to recommend this remedy to all
persons similarly afflicted Respectfully,
W. III. MOON. 50 Carondelet st.
endorse the above certificate "a 1t has
cured me also, by using only one bottle.
WILLIAM BILL.
Foreman of Roberts Sash Factory & Lumber
Yards.
Price, $l.00 by all druggists.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
BEACkENED RUINS
Where Saturday Morning Stood Chatta-
nooga's Big Buildings.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. December 27.-
As result of yesterdays confagration.
the principal business houses of this city
are in ruins. The fire was discovered at 2
p. M. In the immense dry goods house of
Loveman d Co., on the corner of Market
and Eighth streets, and almost simultane-
ously burst from the windows of the
building. The excitement was intense.
About 100 girls were employed in the store
and they were wild In their efforts to es-
cape. Up the elevator shaft and stairway
the flames shot, and all the avenues of es-
cape were soon cut off. The store was
crowded with ladies, and they enacted a
scene that defed description. A terrific
wind was blowing, and seeing the inability
OF the local fire department to cope with
the coDfagration, assistance was asked
and sent from Atlanta. Knoxville and
Nashville. The firemen, ir is said, were
badly directed. and to this fact is charged
the great damage done. For five hours or
more water was poured upon the seething
buildings, and before the flames were con.
quered eight buildings, covering about two
acres. were in ruins. The total losses are
estimated at about 100000. Loyeman &
Co.'s loss is $3.50, 900.
During the fire, Mrs. Hurst and Miss
johnson jumped from a third story win
dow. They are doing well, out both have
broken bones and other injuries.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
HIS SKIN AN INCH THICK.
Tho Doctors Give Patrick Woods Two
More Years of Life.

New YORK. December 27.-The case of
Patrick Woods has evidently :baffied Inedi-
cal skill. For over seven years his skin
has been growing harder and thicker every
day, and finally, on December 10th. the au-
thorities Of Bellevue Hospital decided to
send him away to Randalps Island, where
ne now is, under the treatment Of DR..
James r. Healy. Woods had formerly
been painter. but an attack Of something
like rheumatism compelled him to give up
work, as bis arms and legs became so rigid
In short time that he could not trust him
self on the ladders or scsffolds. He went
to Bellevue Hospital November 10, 1884.
Since then he has been under the treat
ment OF number Of doctors who have
since become prominent in the medical pro.
fession. Their efforts and special study of
the case have done little, if any, good to
arrest the progress of the strange disease
with which he was attacked His treat
ment has changed under the different doc
tors, bnt there is no record of what any of
them used. For the last four months he
has been rubbed daily with goose grease.
To all appearance Woods Is healthy man
Of about $50 pounds weight. By moving
his legs off the side of the bed he could sit
upright, and he has full use of his fin.
gers, but as he never complained of pain or
needed anything except ordinary attention
It was decided that the time devoted to
him at Bellevue Hospital could be devoted
TO acute cases with more satisfactory re-
suits. The doctors think that Woods will
live about two years longer. His skin is
now thought TO be one inch thick.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
YOUNG LIVES ENDED.
A Wild Rush for the Doors in a
Crowded English Theatre.
TEN FOUND DEAD, ONE EXPIRED
AFTER BEING RESCUED.

Father Recognized His Son in BOY
He Had Dragged from the Mass Of
Struggling People-The Door-keeper
Beaten to Death in His Attempt to stop
the Rush-People Starving in Mexico.
LONDON. December 27.-In theatre at
Gateshead, county Durham, last night, the
sight OF slight blaze caused by man In
the audience dropping lighted match on
the sawdust covered floor caused some one
to start cry Of fire" A terrible panic
ensued and there was wild rush for the
doors. which quickly became so blocked
that only few succeeded in at once get
ting out. Especially violent was the rush
for the staircase leading from the gallery.
The passage giving access to this staircase
became blocked with persons striving to
escape, and the staircase itself filed with a
struggling mass of humanity from the ton
trying to restrain the crowd in their mad
behavior, was thrown to the floor and
crushed to death beneath the feet OF the
panic stricken people. When the panic
subsidized, the bodies of nine children,
whose lives were literally crushed out,
the door leading to it. A constable who
came to assist In the work of rescue, on
dragging out boy, wedged among the
struggling people. discovered the lad to be
his own son. The boy was teTrinlv In
Jured and died on mis- way home Many
were Injured.
All the persons whose seats were IN the
better part of the house escaped TO tho
street. It was the sudden bend in the gal-
lery staircase which caused the fearful jam
were lying in heaps here, screaming and
groaning and trampled upon. At last so
many struggling people had fallen that all
the passage for exit was effectually block
ed. All the dead were aged from 13 to 16
years. The ordinary clothing of the COM
pany was stolen during the confusion.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Chilian minister aud Mrs. Montt gave a
dinner Saturday evening in honor of Sec-
retary and Mrs. Blaine. There was a
large list of invited guests.
William III. Goodrich, for TWENTY-FIVE
years business manager of the Hartford
(Ct) Courant, has sold his entire interesr
in the paper to his associates.
The report telegraphed from New Haven
Saturday, that the supreme court had de-
clded the g0vernorship case for the Demo-
cratic candidate Morris, by 8 to 2, is un-
true.
Mrs. Moulton. the woman who was
beaten to death in Lowell, Mass, Thursday
nl&ht. had relatives IN Maine. Her son
lives in Ellsworth. She win be buried in
Bucksport.
One hundred clerks in the census buresu
are taking vacations of 80 aud 60 days be-
cause the appropriation for their paw is ex-
hausted. One hundred more will soon
meet the same fate.
The special term of court at White
Plains, n. Y. Saturday. ratified and con-
frmed the finding of the Jury which ad-
judged Edward NJ Field to be insane.
His wife was appointed to the keeping of
his person and estate.
The Boston Herald is writing up the
record of Elisha T. Cotton. Of the Langdon
House, Portsmouth, formerly of Brown
field, Me. The Herald alleges that Cotton
nas Deen greengoods' man as we'll as
counterfeter and gambler.
The Boston q Maine Relief Association
Lawrence. Mass, Friday evening, Jan. i
The ball promises to be an event of con
siderable magnitude, judging from the
large number of tickets which have been
DISPOSED Of
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
The Trial Of DIR, Graves.

DENvEB, December 26.-In the Graves
trial today the prosecution withdrew its OBJ.
lection to the admission of the letter writ.
ten by DIR. Graves to Mrs. Barnaby and ad-
dressed to her at San Francisco. This is
the letter introduced by the defence To
prove that DR.. Graves did not know that
Mrs. Barnaby was III Denver when she re-
ceived the whiskey, and so could not have
been the sender.
DR.. Graves then continued his testimony.
The ecross-examinatiOn was long and Wig
orous. The doctor denied nearly eyery-
thing sworn to by the other witnesses. or
if he did not deny testimony of previous
witnesses he would claim he could not re-
member.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
CUTTING OFF THE CASH.
Democratic Economy Which Means Some
Big Deficiencies.
Especial to the Press.1

WASHINGTON, December 27.-An effort
will be made by the committee on rules OF
the present House to give the appropri-
ations committee control of all bills appro-
priating money out of the treasury, as was
done prior to the 49th Congress, but this
change will be vigorously opposed by the
chairmen and members Of the committees
which now prepare their own appropri-
atlons as If these bills are taken away
from them their Importance will be greatly
lessened. The change is to be made In the
interests of Democratic economy" as, II
all the bills are placed in the hands of
Judge Holman. he can be relied upon to
cut them down without regard to any sys-
tematic plan or the needs of the govern
ment. Holman says that Secretary Fos-
ter's estimates will be reduced by at least
800, 100000 but he does not say Just how
he proposes to accomplish this remarkable
feat. He claims that millions are wasted
every. year in Indian appropriations and
that the executive departments in Wash
ington can get along with many less clerks
than they now have. Ii Mr.. Holman is
allowed to have his own way, the next
Congress will be called upon to pass some
big deficiency bills and for the ensuing two
years the heads of departments will have a
hard time to make both ends meet.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
INMATES TERROR STRICKEN.
Burning of tho Eastern Michigan Insane
Hospital.

PONTIAC, December 26-The massive
main building Of the Eastern Michigan In
sane Asylum is smOuldering mass of
ruins, and nearly all the inmates which it
contained are huddled together like cattle
In the surrounding asylum cottages. Nor
one life so far is known to have been lost
during the fire, but scores of the poor luna
tics were forced to stand In the bitterly
cold blizzard for hours before they could be-
housed. Many. too, it is believed, nave es-
caped to the woods during the excitement
ana searching parties are out in quest of
them. The fire broke out at IL a. LII. Dur.
Ing its continuance the terror of the in
mates was pititul. Screaming frantically
with terror, the mapiacs surged through
the corridors where the air was filled
with smoke. Tongues of flames were visi-
Bile through 1t all and the sight filed the
demented creatures with terror. Some ran
like wild animals, tramplIDg their slower
companions in their mad efforts to escape.
Others were paralyzed with fright and
stood rooted to the spot with eyes Staring
horribly at the roaring fire.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
THE SPIRIT MOVED HER.
A Funeral Grafton Which Report says
Astonished the Mourners. s

LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 25.-Curl-
GUS funeral services were held the other
day over the body of Alexander r. Cusca-
den at his residence, Twelfth and Jeffer-
son streets. Mr.. Cuscaden was SpIritu-
alist, and he believed firmly that his funer-
al sermon could be preached by somebody
who had gone before him.
A few days before his death he told his
family, who belong 10 the Baptist faith.
that ne mad decided TO have the sermon
over his body preached by Charles Gale
Foster, the poet. who died several years
ago. This, he said. would of cou-se have
to be done through medium, and for that
Office he selected Miss Lou Monahan, a
blind young woman of West Walnut street.
Miss MOnahan was informed the night
before the funeral of Mr.. Cuscaden's re-
quest, and when the services began the
blind girl assumed the duties of preacher.
She sat at the head of the coffin. and when
the song service was over and ''the spirit
moved" her she rose from her seat, and
those who were present, including over a
hundred persons who are not
Spiritualists, said the sermon was
most eloquent. and, though she
Is not ordinarily fluent talker and is not
highly educated, her language was of the
highest order. Mr.. Cuscaden's children
do not believe in spiritualism, but they
said the blind girl preached the most re-
markable sermon that they had ever heard.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
wALDoBoRo's uNWELcoME GUESTS
Burglars Rob One Store and Attempt to
Enter Another.

WALDoBoRo, December 27.-The store
of George Bliss was robbed early Sunday
morning. The burglars gained admission
by breaking out window In the store door
The goods stolen consisted Of silverware,
gold pens and pencils and pocket cutlery.
An attempt was also made to enter the
store of N. @. Austin. The plate glass
window in the door was broken, but owing
to the lateness of the hour or the fear of
being detected, tho sseTe was not entered.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
MIR. Blaine and the Presidency.

BosToN, December ga Washington
despatch TO the Advertiser says: "a few
nights ago Mr.. Blaine told Senator Wash
burn that he had made his decision, that If
the party wishes him again to be candi-
date for the presidency, he will not decline
the honor, Il at the time Of the convention
There is to be no formal announcement
from the secretary that he Is a candidate
for the nomination, for which the Demo-
Gratis are crying, for Mr., Blaine is not in
any sense candidate"
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
Local Weather Report.
PORTLAND, Me-, December 27. 1891
= A. NJ. 8 P. NJ.
Weather Observations.

The following are the observations of
the Agricultural Department Weather Bu-
reau for yesterday December 27, taken at 8
p. m. 10Th meridian time. the observations
for each station being given in this order
Temperature. direction of the wind. state
of the weather:
Boston, 800, W, cloudy; New York, $40,
Washington. $50. NV, clear: Albany, SOo''
5. cloudy; Buffalo, 240, w. fair; Detroit.
240, Sc. clear; Chicago. 800, S, clear; ST.
Paul, 20o, S, clear; Duluth, 14o, SW.
cloudy; St. Vincent, 18o, S. cloudy; So.
Huron. Dak., 280, Sc, cloudy; Bismarck,
220. Sc, clear; Jacksonville. 5O0. NV,
clear.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
GAVE HIMSELF UP.

George W. Dunham Wanted in Anson ON
a Charge of Forgery.
BOSTON, December 27.-George w. Dun
ham. % years old, walked into the Office of
Superintendent Eldridge on Christmas
eve.. and said he understood that he was
wanted for some crime at North Anson,
Me-, and wanted to give himself up. He
said that he had no money, and wanted to
go back and have his good name cleared
up. He was locked up until today, when
an answering despatch conveyed the infor-
nation that Dunham was wanted at North
Anson for forgery. He denies the charge,
and has returned with the sheriff.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
THIS MORNINGS NEWS.


Page 1.
Maine:
Burglaries in Waldoboro.
Young man accused of forgeries In North
Arson returning to answer the charge.
The Penobscot open.
Liquors stolen at Watervllle.
New York crank makes demand for the
brains of Cornelihs Vanderbilt.
United States Express Company suing a
man alleged to havelreceived stolen funds
A man with skin an inch thick under
treatment in New York.
Mr.. Blaine and the Presidency
Saturdays proceedings In the Graves trial.
OF minorities.
Heavy fire loss in Boston.
Burning of the Michigan Insane Asylum.
Conhagrati0n In Chattanooga, Tenn.
Page 2.
Folklore of the Pueblo Indian.
Believed in himself.
Story-Forgotten
Wit and Wisdom.
Help from fair hands.
Page a.
Editorials.
The Home.
From the capital.
Page q.
Obituary.
Nuremberg.
Harbor notes.
The registration.
sic and Drama.
Court Record.
.ucer and the Canterbury Tales.
sunion of the Glass of 1884, P. H. S.
fuberculosis-Dr. Bailey's reply to the
Massachusetts Commissioners.
Page 6.
A Yoke and Joke.
Criminals at work.
Page =.
Markets and Financial Reports.
Marine News.
How a fortune was secured,
Page 8.
Personal.
Brief Jottings.
Wheel Club D0ings.
More Christmas gifts.
Funeral of John nj. Peck.
Cost of saving the Oregon.
Christmas services in the churches.
Martin j. Sullivan's unhappy Christmas.
Latest work of Fred A. Shaw, the sculptor
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
DYING OF STARVATION.

Victims of the Famine in Our Neighbor-
ing Republic.
CITY OF MEXICO, December 27.-The
Governor of the state of Durango tele-
graphs that the people are dying of
starvation. Corn Is being sold at cost to
the poor and money orders for the pur-
chase Of corn are being distributed by or
ganized charity. The President has or
dered the federal officials to aid the poor
in Durango and other states who may be
suffering for lack of food.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
SUING FOR STOLEN FUNDS.
United States Express Company Sue to Re-
cover Robbers Booty.

CHICAGO, December q. = Thomas G.
Platt and Chauncey M. Crosby, representa-
tives of the United States Express Compa-
ny, have begun suit against Leonard Per-
rim for $4,000. Perrin is the father of
Phelps Perrin. 1t Is alleged that he re-
ceived from his SON and f. w. Baker, the
two men convicted Of the Hurley. Wis,
bank robbery, 1886, ,160 of the express COM
pany's money taken fi0m the bank. The
claim of $4,000 is made to cover the ex-
press company's loss, the cost of detective
work and the prosecution of the robbers.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-28
THIS ONE HAD A KNIFE.

He Called on Geo. w. Chi1ds for the Pur-
pose of Killing Him.l
PHILADELPHIA, DecemberE27. crank
who gave his name as j. Bonaparte entered
the private Office Of George W. Childs in
the Ledger building Saturday and told the
clerk he must see the publisher. When
asked to state his business the man said:
II intend to kill him." The clerk inter-
cepted the. fellow, whereupon he drew a
murderous looking knife. Several other
clerks hurried in and the man fled Later
he was arrested. The doctors pronounce
him insane. s. : .s.l f.f.7