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The Red Cloud chief., 1891-09-11

Reports from New Mexico and Arr
roma are To the cfee; that . 2uspdiy
number OF Kansas cattle buyers Are
looking the country over in search OF
feeding steers The woods viii be fall
of huve~ BIZ Gcsotsr
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-09-11
A WAR SCARE.

Great britain Keeping . Close Watch ON
Approaching Complications in Russia and
Turkey France VIII support Russia
MAsslng Troops On the Austria Frontier.
LONDON, sept 5-The semi-oficial
statement which the porte issued in re-
gard to the agreement with Russia,
touching the passing Of the Russian vol
untecr fleet through the Dardanelles Is
Quickening the British foreign office in
it's efforts to obtain concerted action on
the part of the treaty powers in de-
manding explanations from the porte.
Within two days Lord Salisbury's at
titude appears to have changed from
one Of indifference into one OF keen
diplomatic activity. From Chateau
Cecil, where he still abides, he has
walked up the officials of the foreign de-
partment here, through whom night
and day cipher dispatches pass in a
stream 10 and from the European cap
itals
A high official Of the department who
was recently OF the opinion that the
Moscowa incident would not affect the
existing relations between Great
Britain and Turkey. now takes n view
that the Russo Turkish agreement will
make necessary an early demonstra-
ton on the part of Great Britain, even
il she has 70 act alone.
RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS
LONDON, Sept a-A Vienna dispatch
q Y that the Russian villages near
the Russo Austrian frontier are
thronged with soldiers. The From
tier guards. who used TO be merely
gendarmes to prevent smuggling, have
given place To whole regiments per-
manently quartered at every available
point and ready to act as a strong ad-
vance guard in pouring into the
Austrian empire in the event OF war.
Observations towers are being built
close TO the frontier and residents arc
also planning the erection Of three or
four large forts to form bases for an in
vading army.
The Russians are also constructing
pontOons at Rent that ear be used in
crossing the Danube. Some Of the pom
toons are ninety-six feet long and eight
cen feet wide and others $50 feet long.
They are forwarded as rapidly rs posi-
BILE to the various places where pom
icons might lie required
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
CITY BULLETIN.

Call and see the $40 six.pieces parlor
suits, and 50 be l lounges at Copper &
Stones, No. 10 Salem avenue S. G.
Wanted, parties having vacant houses
to list them with me. can rent them.
j. w. RoBERTs,
aug25-1mO lis Commerce street.
Sl.OO to $500 saved on railroad tickets
bought Of S. y. Wick, 10 Jefferson Street.
aug5-tf
Have your mirrors re-silvercd by
Carr, 1O5 Third avenue n. w. aug22- tmo
Car load of Old Hickory Wagons just
received by Evans \ Chalmers.
Read House, Exchange building TOR
merly City IoteD, corner Jefferson
street and Salem avenue. Rates: 81 SO
per day, 81 per week. $40 per month.
First-class board and rooms. Polite
attention. july3l-1m
The cheapest place to buy any kind of
furniture is at Copper Il Stones, No. 10
Salem aveni s. G. Satisfaction guaran-
teed in every respect.
Old mirrors made new by Will Carr.
aug. 2-lmo
Car load of nails just received by
Evans s. Chalmers.
Call on Evans & Chalmers for pure
sisal and manila binder twine
First class house and sign painting
by Carr, Third avenue, NV. aug?2-1mo
Van Miller & Co., have opened a
cheap store on r. Il. ave-, near Roam
oke Machine Works. iul22-2mo
For anything in the hardware line
| call on Evans 81 Chalmers.
Cloth signs, tin signs, board signs,
gold signs, cheap. by Carr. aug22-lmo
The reason why Kepass, Davis e Co.,
307 Salem avenue $. ", sell SO many
monuments, headstones and iron fences
| is because their work and prices sui. tie
times and the people. They will furn-
| ish designs AMI prices on application,
and guarantee satisfaction. Mr.. w D.
Heaynes is with this firm and would be
glad to serve his friends. may30-3m
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
The Hot Fight In Botetorrt.

Hen. a. G. Preston, member of the
House of Delegates for Botetourt county,
was in the city yesterday short while.
lie says the fight over the proposed re-
moval of the courthouse from Fincastle
to Buchanan will be the hottest in the
history of the county. The Democratic
nomination will go to either Edward
Brugh or Phil. f. Brown. Tho former
Is d member Of the Farmers Alliance,
and the latter will probably become
member. Should Mr.. Brown go in this
o. Ter he would be formidable candi-
date, we are informed, a. ho IS very pop
ular with sil classes of citizens ami not
Objectionable to the Alliance people.
Mr.. Preston declines a renominat on and
will very naturally throw his influence
N favor of the candidate of his party.
who will be an Alliance man.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
A Church Festival.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the q. r.
Church will hold festival Friday and
Saturday nights Of this week for the
benefit Of their church. 1t is hoped the
people will turn out ard have a good
time and thereby give their aid and
sympathy for this society and church.
AS to tho place notice will be given in
TONIC rows papers.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
LOCAL BREvITlEs.

kinsey Milton, col red, was arrested
Sunday on awarra MT sworn out by Laura
Franklin, charging him with stealing
Sl.3O. The case was adjusted yesterday
without coming to trial, and Milton was
released.
Miss Clara Cunningham, of Farm Vile,
who has been visiting the family OF
Capt. W. Ii. Trent, left yesterday for
her home.
Special Officer Shultz, of the police
force. returned yesterday after u visit of
several days in Augusta county.
The Lutheran Sunday-school will
have a picnic at Washington Heights,
on the line of the Salem dummy, to-day
if the weather is pleasant.
G. w. Bowyer, OF Fincastle, was in
the city yesterday.
The many friends of Mr. George f..
Payne, will learn with regret that he is
quite i'll at his home in this city.
a. c. Denniston, OF Philadelp hia,
president of the Roanoke and half
dozen other Development companies in
terested in the material advancement
and prosperity of Southwest Virginia.
was In the city yesterday.
Miss Kate Fitzgerald. of Washington,
ID. c., who has been spending few
weeks n this city, a guest of Miss
Maggie Normoyle, of Third avenue n.
w, returned to her home highly pleased
with her visit to the Magic City.
Mrs. G. F. Carr, who has been visiting
her home in Augusa county, returned
last evening.
Mr.. j. Brock will open an auction
and commission house at l44 Salem ave-
nue. next week, where general and ex-
teDsive business will be conducted His
barber shop will be removed to 4 Sal I'm
avenue.
Miss Ella Trent, daughter of Captain
w. H. Trent, will leave today to finish
her education in the State Normal
School at Farmville. She will be ac-
companicd by her sister, Mss Mamie
Trent, as far as Appomattox county,
where she will visit her relatives for
several weeks.
Mrs. Henry Gibson, widow of the lato
lamented city collector, who has been
visiting the family of Judge Robertson
for several days, returned to her homo
in Richmond yesterday.
Rev &. w. Wray and wife. of Bedford
City. were in the city yesterday.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
4 Card.

j. Brooks Ban Der Shop has been
moved 10 III Salem avenue. Albert
Slaughter will carry on the hop, where
he will be pleased to meet his patrons
and friends in general
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
To Inspect the Road.

George II. Houston, president, and
Capt. ]. II. Hathaway, secretary and
treasurer, OF the Roanoke and Fincastle
railroad, will leav, this morning for
Fincastle to insp ct the work SO far
completed on the road and look after a
number OF bridg IS that are to be built.
A gang of bridge builders, in charge Of
Basil Cooper, lef yesterday for Fincas-
tie. They will construct three bridges
ion the Roanoke and Fincastle railroad.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01

Do NOT place your orders for blank
books for 1891 until after you have ex-
amincd our work and prices. liam
mond's Printing Works and Book
Bindery, 10 Jefferson street; telephone
l2S
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
An Autumn Sketch Glass.

Any one desiring to join an outdoor
skctcn class apply to Mary Lukens'
studio, over Brooks photograph gallery.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01

In future you will find the warerooms
Of the Hehtie Music Co., open for bust
ness every evening until o'clock.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
A BARN BURNED.
Not Hollins Institure as Was Feared I'm
Roanoke Sunday Night.

ROANOKE SUNDAY Night.
A bright light illuminated the sky
north of the city Sunday night between
10 and IL o'clock. The fire bells rang
and the companies responded but pretty
soon it was discovered that the fire was
out of town. The department was called
out q second time about IL o'clock.
Considerable excitement prevailed
under the apprehension that Hollins
Institute was on fire, but pretty soon it
was Learned that barn was burning in
the vicinity of Hollins.
twas ascertained yesterday that the
barn OF Smith Petty, prosperous far
mer, had been entirely destroyed. To-
gether with about 1000 bushels Of
wheat and all his farming implements.
except two plows. The fire is supposed
to be the work of an incendiary, and
suspicion points to gang OF tramps
lately seen in the neighborhood. The
entire loss is estimated at $4,000.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01

We will always endeavor to cater t
the Roanoke trade. Wonders Il Co.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
A RIDE WITH DEATH.
DAVID KER TELLS A STORY OF
TIGER SHOOTING.
An Adventure in Far OF India-HOw a
BlOodthirsty Beast Was Imprisoned in
a Mail Cart 20 the Horror Of = single
Passenger.
rspeeisl Correspondeuce.l


NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-"No sport for Us to-
night, Ker; we'd better just 80 right on or
we shall miss the mail cart. It's just Ike
these COMPOUNDED tigers, they never will
show up when you want EN-, aud they al
ways come just when you don't"
Little did Capt. Hamlin, while growing
over the perverseness Of the tigers in not
coming TO be killed, dream how terribly
his careless words were about 70 be made
good.
lie and I had been tramping by night
through lonely part of the Sivalik range
the foothills Of the Himalayal toward a
point where we hoped to catch the district
mail cart, which would carry Us to our
destination, the little town Of Rajpoor.
Having our guns with US we had improved
the occasion by hating at a spot well
known Is mice place" for tigers, q ma
tive postmsn having been killed and eaten
there only a week before while on his way
TO meet the very mail cart which we were
now trying 10 catch.
But. as Hamlin had said. the tigers
would not come when we wanted them.
and after waiting nearly an hour in vain we
gave it up. and went on through the jungle
70 strike the one local post road.
We were none too soon. for scarcely had
we emerged from the hristling mass Of
thicket that stretched its tangled boughs
right into the narrow road from either
side, and scarcely had we caught sight Of
The low white wall OF the tiny post station
ghmmering spectrzlly in the fitful moon
hight, when the rumble Of the approaching
mail cart was heard in the distance
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
Cattle in America.

The first cattle that were brought into
.he American colonies were landed at the
James river plantation, in Virginia, In the
year 1607. They came from the West In
dies, and were descendants Of cattle taken
10 those islands by Columbus on his sec
ond voyage, in 1893. In 1910 several cows
were landed, and in 1911 about 100 head
more were brought TO the plantation This
was the origin Of the cattle business in
America. In order to encourage the cattle
industry to the fullest possible extent an
order was passed forbidding the slaughter
Of any animal Of the kind under penalty OF
death Under this restriction the number
Of cattle increased to 5000 in Virginia
alone by the end OF the year 1882
The first cattle brought 20 New England
arrived at Plymouth in 1924 They were
imported from England by Governor
Wiuslow. Three heifers and bull made
mp the party. In color. the old record says,
they were black, black and white and
brindle. In 1926 twelve cows were sent TO
Cape Ann; in 1929, thirty more. In 1854
about 100 were imported for the colony OF
Massachusetts Bay During the years
last above mentioned, 103 cattle had been
sent from Texel, Holland, into New York,
so that By the year 1880 there were a good
many head Of horned cattle in the col
onies.
From 1851 TO 1888 large number Of cat
tie for those times was brought into New
Hampshire from Denmark. These were
large yellow cattle. Taking all of these
cattle together, they were the foundation
from which all the common native cattle
of our country have descended.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

The growth Of the olive Is 70 be. ft seems
to me, one OF the leading and most per-
manent industries Of southern California
II will give as, what IL il nearly inp0ssibls
to buy now. pure olive oil. iE place OF tbs
fottonseed and lard mixture in general
use. II is a most wholesome and palsfaois
Article OF food. Those whose chief expert
snce Of the olive is the large. coarse and
not agreeable Spanish variety, used only
As an appetizer, know little OF the value OF
the best varieties as food. nutritious as
meat, and always delicious. Good bread
and dish of picked olives make an excel
lent meal. The sort known ne the Mission
olive. planted BY the Franciscans century
ago, is generally grown now. and the best
fruit Is from the older trees
The most successful attempts In cult
waiting tbs olive and putting it on the mar
kec have been made BY Mr.. +. ~ kimball
and Mr.. Ellwood Cooper. The expert
ments have gone far enough 70 show that
the industry Is very remuneratiTe- The
best olive oil have ever tasted anywhere
is that produced from the Cooper and
Kimball orchards; but not enough Is pro
dnced 10 supply the local demand. Mr..
Cooper has written a careful treatise on
olive culture, which will be of great serv-
ice 70 all growers The art OF picking Is
not vet mastered, and perhaps some other
variety viii be preferred 20 the Old Mis-
sion for the table
A mature olive grove in good bearing Is
a fortune feel sure that within. twenty
five years this will be one OF the most prof
table industries N California, and that the
demand for pure OIL and eyiible fruit in the
United States viii drive cut the Adaiter-
ated and inferior present commercial
products But California can easily ruin
its reputation by adopting the European
svstems Of adulterstion-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

fright, a tiger Tor nv only companion. and
no weapon Of any kind-for HAmlin h d
not had time 10 put in the guns before the
horses bolted.
Il was true that, as matters then stood, a
whole arsenal OF guns would not have
helped me one whit; for, not knowing the
trick Of the spring lock, was quite unable
to get at the tiger. and the tiger was equal
" unable TO get at ne. But il the mail
cart were TO be upset, as it was almost sure
to be sooner or later, the lock might be
broken and the tiger set free, in which case
nv utterly unarmed condition might be a
serious matter.
Mr Barnum in a similar position would
doubtless have found and opened the
spring, harnessed the tiger TO the mail
cart. made him draw il 70 the nearest town
and then exhibited or sold him az hand
some profit. But /, not being clever enough
for such a stroke OF genius, was At my wits
end THAT 70 do, when the question was
suddenly decided for ne
A. We came flying round sharp bend Of
the road sudaen glare of light broke
through the gloom little way ahead Of
g: a hoarSe shout Of warning from q dozen
voices at once came rolling On the night
breeze. Ny runaway team, startled By
the glare and the noise, slsekened their
speed. and found myself in the midst Of
a detachment Of native sappers, com
handed By . young lieutenant whom
knew wall
Hello. Kerr cried be with lord laugh.
Is this youp ! thought IL was the devil
coming along in phantom mail coach
with cargo Of dead letters. Have you
been robbing the nal, or WHAT"
a roar from the imprisoned tiger fore
stalled nv explanation, which was given
il a very few words
We'll. - cried toe young Office, grinninz.
that tigers in tie wrong box and no ms
take. bat the sooner We have him out Of il
the better
His men soon punched hole with their
working tools IA the side Of the iron case.
and a well aimed bail eut short NJ. Tigers
career as 3 mail carrier.
But when we rsised the Id % his iron
tonb. on. what sight We saw. Never did
a reviewer make more thorough nliuse-
~lea+ OF an eaemy's novel than CIR stirred
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

4 queer affair it was, very much like an
iron tank on wheels; for when this road
had been opened few years before the
mail carts were often attacked by the wild
mountain tribes of the dirtrict on the
chance of finding money or articles Of
, value among their contents. and had 70 be
guarded by an escort of native troopers.
As an additional precaution, the mails
were inclosed in a huge iron case, and this
case was still in use, though these attacks
were now a thing OF the past, and the
armed guards had been dispensed with for
some time.
In front Of the case was a perch for the
native driver and conductor, and behind it
was a sort of open box in which a stray
passenger or two like ourselves could be
slowed if required, the whole machine being
drawn by two tough little mountain tats
iponiesl.
The mail cart had pulled up; the driver
was standing by his horses heads; the con-
ductor had opened the case and was just
handing out packet OF letters, and l.
having scrambled in behind, was about 20
take the guns from my eomrade and stow
them under my feet, when suddenly there
broke from the thicket close beside Us a
sound that / shall never forget; not full,
deep rnouthed roar, like that of tie African
lion. bot a horrible, snsrling yell. at which
The strongest nerves might well have tin
gled
In one glance saw huge dark shadow
shoot up ike a rocket from the wall
matted boughs; the conductor falls back
ward as if struck by a thu1deroolt: "a.
horses dart away at full gallop, hurting the
driver headiong into . ditch. and then
found myself tearing away through the
darkness in a runaway n1zil cart, with nay
self for its only inmate,
So I supposed, ar least, but / was soon
undeceived By a dull, mufled roar that
seemed TO break out under ny very feet,
soaring the frantic horses worse than ever
Then saw it all In springing a. the con
ductor the tiger must have fallen into the
iron c2se, and the lid. which closed with
= spring, had shut down upon him and
caught him IN trap. So there Was. bump
ing and banging 81 furious speed ever
rough road az midnight. in the heart OF an
indian jungle, with ny horses mad With
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

Burr Mcintosh, the actor and quondam
Newspaper man. relates a funny anecdote
About year ago our company was de-
aged several hours at little way station
in Alabama near Birmingham. Several of
the party, including one of the ladies, sug-
gested a quiet game of hearts TO pass
away the time. There were absolutely no
signs of civilization about the place except
ing an old cow and a pig grazing quietly
near by, but we hadn't been playing five
minutes when a big, burly fellow came
slong swinging a club and pompously
said, You are all under arrestr We
thought he was joking, and paid no atten-
ton to him until he repeated the remark,
when one of the party did consent to say
Ratsl
But the deputy sheriff, or whatever he
was, wouldn't have it. He arrested US all,
even the lady, although we protested that
the game was for fun and not money, and
took us before the mayor, who fined US
81 each and then tackled on costs enough 70
make 1t 50. / got even with the sheriff a
few days later on our return by throwing
a bottle of ink all over him as our train
passed the station, but l never again at
tempted to play hearts in Alabama
New York World
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

There seems to be no limit TO the variety
of ways in which dollar can be earned by
a sharp witted man. | know one who
makes a comfortable living by attending
auction sales OF furniture. He is not in
collision with the auctioneer; in fact he
will only attend such sales as are genuine
and peremptory, where every article is sold
for the highest figure bid, no matter how
low that may be. My friend simply trades
on the weakness OF human nature espe-
cially of the feminine variety. Many
women attend these sales. and are really
dcsirous Of securing certain articles, bui
shrink from the publicity OF trying 70 out
bid some other would-be purchaser
They prefer TO give two or three dollars
advance on the price paid by the successful
bidder. This man secures all be can of the
best bargains offered, and then dispcses oI
them at small advance upon his outlay
TO one or other Of the disappointed bidders
1t is not unusual for him TO clear from ten
TO twenty dollars day. There Is no loss
for even il the articles are left on his hand.
he gets his money back by sending them "a
q general auction roOm--New York Tele-
gram
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
UnusuaI Printing.

While there are doubtless many printing
presses in existence that would fulfill a
more useful mission if transformed into
road rollers, still it has fallen 10 the lot Of
= newspaper in Middlesborough. England
to make the first adaptation Of a steam
road roller to printing purposes, and it was
with such a unique machine that The
Northeastern Daily Gazette printed an edi-
lion of q, 0oO copies. The motive power Of
The Gazette Office is a gas engine, but on
The day in question an accident 10 the gas
works suddenly cut or the supply OF gas.
A gang Of workmen were hastily OBJ
tanned from a neighboring establishmelt.
and heavy iron plates were laid In the yard
adjoining the printing room, in the walls
of which large opening WAS made. A
fifteen ton steam roller was then pushed
into the press room, shored mp and belted
20 the shafting, and an hour after the
usual time of going 10 press the presses
were started and the entire edition was
run of without a hitch. 49, Newcastle
Chronicle
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
mr. ParneiI as a PLAYWRIGHT.

Mr. Parnell is known 10 good many
Australians in a character in which he has
never figured on the northern side Of the
equator-thRt OF dramatic author Fos
more than five years play. entitled Sham
rock Green. BY Charles Stewart Parneli
Esq. NJ F." has enjoyed prodigious favor
among provincial audiences in the colo.
MES. The lucky exclusive proprietor OF
this piece boasts Of having already Melted
$500 by il.
It's proprietor-an Irishman, by the way
has never yet venturned TO produce Il ia
Melbourne or Sydney. doubtless from a
shrewd suspicion that the dramatic critics
of these capitals would want TO know
something more about its history and an
tecedents than the bald announcement on
the play bills that "Mr. Parnell wrote thi.
play when a young man at college.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

friend had made OF ner maJesty-s man
during his brief term of Office And for
many weeks after that, whenever letter
came to Rajpoor with its envelope torn, it
was common joke for the local vaeS TO
say that it must have been brought BY
the new post man Of the Sivalik Hills
Since the time OF my adventurous ride
the jungle has been cut away TO a consid-
cradle distance on either side Of the Raj
poor post road, and it is now toler~biy
safe, though tiger scrapes' are still said
to take place upon it every now and then
DAVID KEI-