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ROCKVILLE.

Patrick Carey, the notorious youth ful criminal of Holland county, is again in Holland jail. Carey's last visit to the county institution was for burglary al Somers, and he was sent for ninety days. He served out his time, and the costs within $6.5O, when his friends went over to pay the balance due, thinking it was $5. They paid $5 and were going te bring over the balance the next day Carey was not watched very closely that day, as the jailor hardly thought he would break jail at that time, but he was miss ing that night. Carey soon after enjoyed a few weeks trip abroad, visiting Eng land and Ireland. He then worked his passage back to New York, and drifted back to Rockville some weeks ago. He has endeavored to keep out of the way ot the officers, as there are number of com plaints against him for various crimes The police ascertained that he was il town, and last Tuesday evening Officer Einsiedel found him near his home or Grove street, and had a lively time in ar resting him. He struck the officer in ths head with a club, making 8 bad wound and would have escaped if Officer TobiI had not come to his assistance. In thu police court he was sentenced to jail fol thirty days, with fine of $10 and costs which was light sentence.
 August Huber, aged 29, hanged him self in a closet in his home on LawIenc, street early Saturday morning. He at tended the circus in Hartford, returning about midnight, and went to bed sobe and apparently in the best of spirits Next morning he arose at 5.30, partiall, dressed, and lighted the oil stove to cook hi breakfast, as usual. About 8 o'clock hi wife arose, supposing that he had lonl before gone to his work. She found hin hanging in the closet, dead, and as Med ical Examiner Rockwell afterward said he had been hanging since he first got up He had wound Q portion of dress abou
The Press., 1891-06-11
Ladies' All Like It.

Whipped Cream Soda is an improvement over ordinary soda water. It is ladies' drink, and they all like it. For sale only at LATHROP'S.
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died at his fathers residence on the Sd inst, after long and distressing illness. He had wide circle of acquaintances and relatives in Stafford, and was very popular among the young people while a resident here. For several years past his home has been in Norwich. He was 39 years of age. The funeral service was held at the home of the parents June 9th, at 3 D. m. Rev. T. c. Druly and Jennie B. Hagan officiating. The flowers con- tributed were lovely and in good taste. The remains were inferred at Sandy Knoll cemetery. He leaves widow and daugh- ter.
 Stated communication of Wolcott Lodge, No. 60, next Tuesday evening, the 18th. Work, E. A. and F. O.
 -ssChildren's day will be observed next Sunday at the Baptist church by a con- cert at 1. 15 p. m.
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Tho Strong Arm OF tho Law.

UNIoNTowN, PENN, May Am
other collision has occurred between the
coke strikers and deputy sheriffs,- the re-
suit being that one striker is dead, and
one seriously wounded. East-night Su-
perintendent Gray and Pit Boss Gala
CHAN, of Leisenring No 8, went to house
No II to arrest two of the strikers, who
had seized two men who had been at
work and held them at the house of the
strikers. They were set upon and stoned
and the deputies came to their aid. One
Of the strikers tried to take gun from
one of the deputies, when shot was
fired by the strikers. Superintendent
Gray then ordered the deputies to fire,
and in the volley which followed John
Mahan, striker, fell dead and another,
whose name Is not known, received a
mortal wound. The strikers then scat.
tered and the two men who were held
prisoners were rescued and taken to
Leisenring. The situation is now re-
ported quiet.
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Devastation bv Forest Fires.

New YORK, May 1.-The most de-
structive fire of many years is raging In
South Jersey. Tine great pine region and
cranberry bog district from Pleasant
Point and Bay Head, on the north, down
to Egg HarbOr, sixty miles south, and
from the Atlantic. to points from thirty
to forty miles inland, Is being swept by
fire. Thousands and thousands of acres
of pine and cedar timber have been
burned, many towns have been threat
ened, dozens Of houses have been de-
strOyed and fears are entertained for the
safety of the people in the devastated
country. So dense is the smoke that
hangs over the burning forest that
farmers going from town to town
have to grope their way along the
roads. Rain has not fallen In weeks,
and theinhabitants are unable to check
the spread of the flames. at many
places theresidents have been forced
to flee to the open country to save their
lives, leaving their householdl goods
behind to be burned. At one place q
sick woman, covered by watersoaked
blankets. was carried out tof her burning
home in her bed. Alta rough estimate
the loss will be over 81 900 900, and many
farmers will be Impoverished. Forest
fires are also reported in the mountains
about Reading Pa, and in the vicinity
or Newburg, N. Y.
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Demooratic Gaina in Indinna.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 6--Returns
from the elections. in the second and
third class cities throughout the State
show general Democratic gains, with
the exception Of New Albany and Jeffer-
sonville, where the Republicans made
clean sweeps.
at Fort Wayne Sallinger, Democrat,
was elected mayor by ninety-seven ma
jority, with nine Democratic council
men out of ten.
AT Lafayette the entire Democratic
ticket was elected-a Democratic ain.
AT Hammond the entire Democratic
ticket was elected--a Democratic gain.
AT Jctfersonyille r. F. Warder, Dem.
ocrat, for seven terms mayor, was de-
feated by B.F. Robinson, Republican.
The Republicans also gained marsh al
and clerk and two cOuncilmen, although
the Democrats still retain the majority.
The fight was strictly local.
In NSw Albany Norris Mcdonald,
Republican, was reelected mayor by a
large majority.
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"a RnRD Shot PlofurE..D

CINCINNATI. May ga Wooster.
Ohio, dispatch says that on the night Of
August 20, 1890, the farm residence Of
Michael Shelby, near this city, was
forcibly entered by four masked mon.,
who bound and gagged Shelby and his
aged wife. and stole cash amounting to
$4,000. Mrs. Shelby died from nervous
prostration brought on by the excite.
ment Of the robbery.
The detective bureau has just caused
the arrest Of Henry II. Binckley, his
grandson, Harry Webb, and his son,
Daniel Binckley, who are neighbors Of
the Shelbys. Daniel Binchley was, un-
til q few weeks before the crime was
committed. member of the police
force In Kansas City, No.. where he
was discharged. Among the bills stolen
Was one of thousand dollar denomt-
nation. Daniel Binckley's wife mada
q trip to Canada to get this bill changed.
The Canadian bank officials, Suspicious
of her actions, took snap shot picture
of her as she was receiving the money.
The men will also be prosecuted f9S;
murder. s 3. \. 81 4 !
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Footsore, Weary, Destitute.

CHICAGO, April 3O.-Martin Cupota,
his wife and three children, were ar
rested yesterday, just as the father and
mother were about to drown them
selves in the lake. The whole family
had walked from Harrisburg, Pa, and
the feet of the children were great mas.
ses of sores and blisters. None of the
members Of the family had eaten for
some time. Cupota is a furnace man,
and was obliged to quit work at Harris
burg on occount OF the strike In the
coke regions. The family arrived here
yesterday morning, and. being utterly
weary aud destitute, were on the point
of throwing themselves into the lake
were taken to police station and fed,
and an effort will be made today to find
employment for the father. In the
meantime, the mother and children
will be cared for by the ofiicers.
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A Young areat-arandmother

PHILADELPHIA, May 7.--Mrs. Henry
x. Updegrave, wife of hotel keeper
at Tower City, Pa, Is probably the
youngesl great-grand mother in tho
United States. She was born August
IL, 1843, near Gratztown, Dauphin
County, and is not yet forty-eight years
old. In 1855, IN her fourteenth year,
she married Emanuel Shoffstall. Aggie
her Oldest daughter, married at fifteen,
Mr.. Rumberger, and had one daugh-
a grandmother at thirty. Maggie
Rumberger married at the age of six
teen Daniel Messner, and to this pair a
son was born u couple of months ago.
Dmanuel Shoffstall died In 1888, and his
widow married Henry X. Updegrave of
Tower City.
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A DeIusion and a Snare

JACKSON, Miss, May I'm reply to
a request from the Weber County ALI
ance asking for his views on the sub
Treasury plan, Governor j. M. Stone,
who has been frequently and favorably
mentioned as the successor to ex.Sena-
tor Walthall, has submitted letter, the
following being an extract therefrom:
Tho government should give equal rights
and administer civil and exact Justice to
all and imposing as few burdens as pos
sible, should essentially be distributed,
leaving every individual to his own eff
forts ror' success and happiness. The
government has no wealth to bestow and
when 1t undertakes to dispense favors
1T always has favorites and gives to them
at the expense of those not favored. II
must be 30 from the very nature OF
things, for it has to take from some to
give to others.
We of the South, chiefly an agricul.
tural people, have felt this evil with
crushing force, for the high protective
System of the Republican party for the
benefit of manufacturing interests, main.
ly of the North, has operated In q two.
fold manner to injure us by depressing
the price Of our cotton and greatly IN.
cfeaslng the cost OF many articles we
are compelled to buy with the proceeds
The cause of our depression is the pro.
tect!ve system, maintained for protec.
ton, and the enormous burdens of gov
ernment which fall heavily upon us,
while we get little to compensate us fol
these grievous impositions.
So far as the sub.treasury is intended
to supply an increase ofmoney, It prom.
lses nothing good to the farmers, who,
above all others, will be the victims of
the evils of any Imitation which will dis.
turb values. They need for their well
fare currency as steady and stable as
themselves. Traders and SPECTATORS
those looking out for corners, can riot
amid the excitement of speculative val.
ues and fluctuations from the distur.
bance, the irritation leaving the farmer
and laborer no sort of even chance in
that condition of things. The promise
Of an opportunity to obtain money at q
Low rate OF interest by depositing cotton
and getting an advance of 80 per cent.
OF its value is, 1 think, deluslon or a
snare.
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Five Of the Grow Drowned.

SAULT STE MARIE, Mich, May O.
The schooner reported In distress by the
barge Sitka is the Atlanta, Captain
Knelton, which left here In tow OF the
barge Wilhelm Saturday night. A
heavy Northwest gale struck the VIII
helm with the Atlanta in tow Sunday
morning. When they were off Sable
bank the tow line of the Atlanta parted
twenty miles Northwest of No 10 life
saving station. When she foundered
the crew endeavOred to reach the shore
In yawls, five of them perishing in the
attempt. The crew from the life saw
ing station put out in the breakers and
succeeded in saving two of the ill-fated
schooner's men. The Atlanta was coal
laden for Ashland.
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VIII Not Run,

PoUaHKEEPsIE, N. Y, April 3d.
Stephen b. Elkins is authority for tho
statement made to the effect that James
G. Blaine would shortly announce his
decision not under any circumstances
to allow his name to be used at the next
Republican convention as candidate
for president. 1t Is said that Mr..
Blaine's letter or announcement will be
80 positive as to admit of but one con-
struction, and that 10 that he will never
again be a candidate for the presiden.
cy.
The News Press also quotes Hon,
Smith M. Weed as saying that when tho
time came Mr.. Blaine would be found
positively declining a nomination.
Also that w. j. Arkell ssys that Mr..
Blaine Is about to come out with most
positive refusal to allow his name to be
used again In connection with the pres
idencv
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A FataI Duel.

4 ROANOKE, Va, April 28.---A terrible
tragedy occurred at Marshall's cafe in
this city at 8 O'clock this afternoon.
Nick Flood, o son of Major John III.
Flood, "a prominent tobacc0nist of
Lyncbbnrg, and Charles T., Rose who
came here from Washington I'm Febru-
ary last, engaged in a duel with pistols.
Rose fell pierced by several bullets and
died ina few minutes without speaking.
Flood was shot in the mouth and breast
but will probably recover, Both men
were gamblers and the shooting was the
result of o aquarrel at a card table about
six weeks ago. Some days ago they
were prevented from shooting each
other and placed under bonds to Keep
the peace. Rose had $712 In his pockets
Flood is a dangerous character. Two
months ago he stabbed Martin 0'Meare,
a Lynchburg tailor, nearly to death and
subsequently almost killed man named
Payne of this city with abilliard cue.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-05-12
Heavy Frost and Ice.

ST. PAUL, MIMI, May 4.-Dispatches
from many Northern Minnesota points
says that heavy frost prevailed Satur-
day night in eight or ten counties. In
Kittson County ice was found, and in
Polk, Hubbard and Marshall young
wheat and oats were cut down. AT Park
River it is said that strawberries and
other small fruits were 30 far advanced
in the bud that they are ruined. Young
leaves on trees were 30 badly frozen that
they turned black.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-05-12
THE COLD SNAP NORTH AND WgsT.
Fruits and Early Vegetables Seriously
Damaged.

damaged.
CINoINNATI, May 6.--The Signal
Service department reports no frost in
this vicinity last night. AT Wooster o.,
the farmers report that all early fruit
was destroyed by Monday nights frost.
Some say that the wheat, which is now
JOIN ting, has been injured. The mer-
curry was down to the freezing point this
morning.
AT Washington Court House O.,
there was black frost and the ice was
more than one.elghth of an inch thick.
Leading horticulturlsts say that all the
early cherries are killed, and many
peaches, pears, apples, grapes, etc. The
full extent of the damage is not known,
but 1t is thought to be very great.
at Frankfort, KY, light frost
throughout the section last night did con.
siderable damage to the vegetables and
berry crops, but fruit was too tar adj
vanccd tor much damage. There is q
promise of the finest yield Of fruit known
for years.
At Lima, O., there was light frost
last night, extending all over this section
and doing considerable damage to early
fruits and vegetables. Wheat was
scorched in some places very severely.
at Madison, Ind, it is reported that
the Kentucky and Indiana peach Or
chards are uninjured by last nights
frost.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, May 6.-The cold
wave reached here last night. Snow
squalls are frequent and ice formed in
exposed placed. Farmers report this
morning That the strawberry crop is SER
iously injured. Fruit is also frozen IN
some parts of the country.
WILMINGTON, DEL, May 6.-There
was heavy fall of snow in this city and
throughout the northern part of the State
early this morning, but 1t melted at once.
The temperature at noon is SO, with a
cold north wind. Fruit, it is feared, has
been damaged.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, May 6.-Snow fell
in this city last night and this morning,
| covering the ground. Iu the northern
part Of Cambria and Somerset countries
fall of an inch of snow last night is
reported
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, May GA snow
storm set in early this morning and con-
tinue6 for several hours. During the
past few days the whether has been ex-
ceptionally cold for this season of the
year.
CHAIvIn"T .TEsvILLE, VA, May g.
There was severe frost in this vicinity
last night. All early vegetation was in-
jured on the low grounds, and grapes
were badly bitten. The weather is cold
er, and another frost tonight is feared.
DANvILLE, VA, May 6 There was
a heavy frost here last night, and vege.
tables were badly damaged. No dam.
age to wheat and fruit.
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Rome In q State of Panic.

LONDON, May CA letter received
here from Rome describes q number Of
new facts in regard to the riots which
took place there on May Day, and as to
the general feeling of the people upon
the same occasion. According to this
letter public officials at Rome, as we'll
as the people, have been in state of
panic for a week or two.
This state of affairs is due to several
caues, the most prominent Of when are
the fall of the ministry headed by Crlspl,
the accession Of the Rudini ministry into
power, the strong public demand for an
equalization to expenses and receipts
without fresh taxation, diplomatic trou-
bles which have arisen between Italy
and the United States, and, finally, the
explosion ut Pozzo Pantaleo, which
Rome and It's vicinity.
In spite of all denlals and official state
ments to the effect that the explosion at
Poazo PantaleO was not the work of So
cialist or Anarchists, the Romans are
convinced to the contrary. This letter
was written previous to the fire which
destroyed the barracks and stables of
Carabineri yesterday, and which added
to the state Of uneasiness, creating such
alarm at the Vatican that the entire
force of Swiss Guards was kept on duty
all night.
The letter says further that all relig-
ious organizations and majority of the
wealthy citizens prepared for O disturb
ance by laying in stocks of provisions,
fuel, etc, prepared for state Of siege in
fact. The air was full of alarming ru-
mors, which gradually grew in impor-
tance until 1T was actually believed that
o revolution was impending.
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sENNETTsvILLE is BEwILpEREp.
Mysterious Occurrence sayoring OF the
Supernatural.

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BENNETTsyILLE. s. c., May L. There
was mysterious occurrence In Ben
nettsville few nights ago, which has
Many theories have been advanced, yet
the mystery remains unsolved. Doors
and windows are barred at night; noe
turnal pedestrians ambulate the streets
with lighted lanterns; the cracking of
twig or the rustic of the wind causes
a sudden halt and rapid pulsations of
the heart. The colored people are
alarmed beyond description, and are
daily expected to institute a general
exodus from the town.
For two months Mr.. p. G. Emanuel
has been living in Mr.. st. p. C0ving.
tons house in East Bennettsville. This
is comparatively newly settled place,
splendid building, surrounded with
sweet and luxuriant flowers, situated
in one of tho most desirable neighbor-
hoods in town.
On the night in question, Mr.. Eman-
uel and wife had just retired, but had
not gone to sleep. The moon was
shining brightly, everything being quiet
and serene. About III o'clock, the re-
port of what seemed a gun was heard
at the bed chamber window. The shot
was plainly heard falling in the room.
<0A' 1NAhesaNoA AZ SASo ~ UAto Anoh W
any methods. He has plenty Of nerve
and scarcely can be frightened by Or
dlnary means. He at once concluded
that some one had accidentally shot in
to his room, but directly second re-
port, at the same place, was repeated.
Mrs. Emanuel was terribly fright
ened. Her husband lowered the lamp,
rushed to the window, threw open the
blinds, and discharged his pistol in the
direction of the ground. For minute
or two all was quiet, when suddenly,
in his room, near his trunk. in rapid
succession, two reports Of what seemed
to be pistol shots, were heard. After
short interval there were two reports
under the house, directly under the bed
room, and just at that moment the
house shook and crockeryware ratified,
and q noise was heard as If glass were
being ground in mill, and simulta-
neously every rooster in the neighbor-
hood commenced growing.
Mr.. Emanuel says he was sure that
Judgment day had arrived, and that he
had no other thought but that in a short
time he would be facing the Immacu-
late Judge. Mr.. Emanuel vacated the
house at once, and the place is now un-
occupied, where "gobblin damns" can
hold high carnival. Mr.. Emanuel Is an
honest, truthful and intelligent citizen,
and the above facts were recited to
The State correspondent by him in a
special interyieW.-State.
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A Horrible Death.

CHARLESTON, s. c., May L. George
Carter, colored, lost his life In a horrible
manner today, on Central wharf. Carter
was the engineer of q hojsting machine
which was unloading cargo of coal
from avessel at the wharf. BY some un-
explained accident, he was caught be-
tween the rope and drum, the fatal cell
twisting about the body and gradually
crushing the life of out IL. If he made
any outcry the noise OF the machinery
drowned 1t. There were no eye witness.
When found the remsiGs were horribly
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AS In n Novol.

PoTTsv1LLE, Pa. April 3O.-Miss An
ma l.. Otto, daughter Of Daniel Otto Of
Cressona, this county, was engaged to
be married to John A. Deter over q
year ago, but lingering illness from
which Miss Otto suffered prevented
their marriage. A few weeks ago she
recovered her health fully, as she be-
lieved, and with it her old-time spirits.
On Friday of last week, however, she
was again taken iii. She and her lover
had agreed beforehand that they should
be married at once, and Saturday was
fixed as the wedding day. When Sat-
urday dawned Miss Otto's physicians
declared that she had not long to live.
The lovers, nevertheless, decided that
the marriage should come off on that
day. The Rev. G. e. Bartholomew was
called in, and he performed the cere-
mony with tho girls parents and rela-
tives gathered about the girls sick bed.
Two hours later the new made bride @
was dead.