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Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-20
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. One Dollar per Year, Gin Advance.) Single Copies cents.
A WISE NEGR0.


 Isaiah T. Montgomery of Mississippi is a good friend to his race. He consented that large number of negroes should be disfranohised by the new constitution, in the interest of good government and be- cause he believed that his peoples interests could be better served by removing the fear of "negro supremacy" than by cling ing to the franchise. Now he proposes a further plan under which whites and blacks can obtain the benefits of this sac rifce. He urges a joining of forces to secure the best local results; the whites may have their organization and so may the blacks, but both shall act together through delegates from both, who shall be general committee to nominate local officers and consider local measures. He urges the ebliteration of the color line in local politics as preliminary to it's disappearance from politics altogether, so that finally black and white shall stand together on the common ground of citizen ship. This plan is elaborate, and provides for many contingencies, but it's principal interest is that it assumes the equal inter est of all in good government, and the practicability of white and colored citi- zens working together for this end Ex- perience supports this assumption, for Bolivar and Adams counties in Mississippi, as well as Beaufort county in South Caro- lima, have successfully operated fusion movements which have resulted satisfac- torily.
 There are signs in other parts of the South that the strain of the race question is relaxing. As time goes on it will be less troublesome.
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White Squayy Very Brave

IT ASA4 eAS tOutA
 The early annals of the west abound in anecdotes of fortitude under suffering and heroism in circumstances of peril among the wives and mothers of the early pio- neers. Many were the instances in which, when their cabins were attacked by the savages, these brave women displayed wonderful courage and presence of mind. In December, 17s1, small party of Indi- ans attacked the dwelling house of MT. John Merrill in Nelson county, Ky.
 MT. Merrill was alarmed by the barking of his dog, and opened the door to see what was the matter, when he received the fire of seven or eight Indians, by which his leg and arm were broken.
 The Indians at once attempted to enter the house, but Mrs. Merrill and her daugh- ter shut the door against them. Then they hewed away piece of the door, and one of them wedged himself part way through the opening. The heroic mother dealt him fatal blow with an axe, and hauled him through the passage into the house.
 The other sayages, unaware of the fate of their companion, and supposing that they had now nearly succeeded in their object, rushed forward. One by one they pushed themselves through the door, and were dispatched and drawn inside by Mrs Merrill, till five dead Indians were in the house. Then the others outside discov- cred what was going on-
 They retired for a few minutes, but soon returned and renewed their efforts to force an entrance. Despairing of succeeding st the door, they attempted to descend the chimney. MT. Merrill heard them, and anticipating their design, ordered his small son to cut open feather bed and throw the feathers on the fire.
 Two of the Indians were already de- scending the wide mouthed chimney. The smoke and heat from the burning feathers greeted them most unpleasantly Choking, coughing and well nigh suffoca- ted. they came tumbling down into the rooml Mr Merrill seized billet of wood and dispatched the half smothered redskins, and Mrs. Merrill in the meantime was de- lending the door against the efforts of & single savage. Finally he, being wounded, retired, and the family were not disturbed again that night.
 A prisoner who escaped from the Indi- l ans soon afterward stated that the wound. | ed savage was the only one of his party oi eight braves that escaped. When he re 1 turned and was asked, "What newsr' he | answered:
 Bad news for Indian: me lose son, me lose broder. White squaw very brave; she fight better than Long Knives '"-the name given to the white men by the Indi- ans because of their long swords
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-20
SMUGGEED IN 4 COFFIN.
The GhastIy Way in Which a Wido,
 Evaded Uncle Sam,s Tolls.


 New York Letter to tine S;. Louis Rspubiicl
 know a lady who is what cennoisseurs call good dresser-a queenly woman, woman, in fact. of stunning presence, and a woman who would sooner think of miss ing her three meals day than of forego- ing, in any event, the pleasure of a daily promenade up Broadway. She knows she attracts attention and she gloats over it.
 She is fascinating and she has fed her self conceit on the sdmiring glanees of the sterner and the envious frowns of the gentler sex until she is a monomsniac on the subject of self-e1hibition, and yet I never see this woman that a cold chill does not crawl up my spinal column and creepy sensation reach out even to my fin ger-tips. Whya Because I happen to know that her heart is icy, that she does not love, nor is she capable of loving 8 | solitary one of her fellow creatures. I l draw my conclusions from an incident in | her life; an incident which in my opinion showed her to be the most selfish person in the world. About twelve years ago she | was married to a man many years her sen | ior-she is still young-who was able to | give her some social prestige and liberal ' settlement. Her health gave way before | they had lived together & twelvemonth, and they journeyed to Europe in quest of I an improvement. It did not come and he died abroad, directing that his body be re- | turned to America for burial. The widow, of course, at once planned an elaborate mourning outfit, all of the materials being purchased abroad. She had taken several | trips across before and was, like many of the society women of Gotham, an accom- plished smuggler. All the goods which she did not have made up in Europe were, l of course, dutiable, and she determined to | avoid the payment of Uncle Sam's tolls on | as much of it as possible. One bolt ot silk she was especially solioitous about l not only on account of it's costliness, but because she knew that after manipulation ! by the dressmakers it would adorn her
 the most stunning widow in New York. The duty would, of course, be considers
 ble, and she determined to avoid it, and she did. She placed the bolt in the coffin
 under the departed lords body, sEhich hat been embslmed. Once safely through th, custom house, she drew it forth, buried | her husband, had the stuff made up, and arrayed in it, strutted Fifth avenue ana Broadway again and again as gayly ss i its history was not ghsstly. And on thi account, handsome as she is, she look goulish to those who know her, and I au , told her handshake is cold and clammy . She has never remarried, and long sine laid aside her weeds. The story goes tha l she has been twice engaged, but each tim
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-20
NO AID FOR SLAVERY.
What William l.. Yancey Learned In
 Europe and Told His People.

What William L. Yancey Learned In
 Europe and Told His People.
 [John Bigelow in the May Centuryl
 Among the agents sent out to Europe at the beginning of the war was William L. Yancey of Alabama, who had sought and fairly won the reputation of being the champion fre-eater of the country, and who contributed the only piece of pro slavery rhetoric that seems likely to sur vive the rebellion, in proclaiming at its beginning the necessity of firing the southern heart" The object of his mis- sion, in conjunction with Dudley Mann, was to take advantage of the reverse sus- tained by the Union army at Bull Run to secure the prompt recognition of the-eon- federacy by England and France. He re- | turned in a few months, running the | blockade at Sabine Pass. "When he ar rived in New Orleans" said my informant, | who saw him, and from whom I had the | facts am about to recite, 'he was the | most broken up, demoralized and wretched l looking man I ever saw" He went to the St. Charles Hstel, then kept by MT. Hil- dreth, afterwards manager of the New York Hotel, and immediately sent for Will liam E. Stark and Pierre Soule. The lat ter, from being noisy Unionist, had been persuaded, by his appointment to the office of provost marshal, to fly the colors of the confederacy. To escape observation and interruption, Yancey, Hildreth, Stark and Soule then went out to restaurant to dine. While absent it leaked out in some way that Yancey had returned and was st the St. Charles, so that when the party re-
 turned they fouud the large domed recep-
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THE FELINE MOTOR,

Joe Mulhatton, the biggest and most picturesque liar in the United States, is said to be suffering from some brain dis ease; but a story comes from the West which shows that he has not lost his powers or else that he has @ rival. ''The feline motor" is the subject of the story, and truly wonderful machine it is. It is described as 8 curious combination of large and small fly wheels, great balance wheels, bright steel rods and an almost in- numerable number of coils of copper wires, all joined to brightly polished cyl finder of brass, one end of which projects into wire cage filled with ordinary cats. A slight pull on a small nickel-plated lever starts the machine. Then like light ming from out the end of the cylinder pro- jecting into the cage there shoots long steel arm and hand, grabbing one of the cats by the nape of the neck and yanking it into the cylinder, where it disappears In a moment the fly wheels, the great balance wheels and all of the compli- eated machinery begins to move at first slowly, but soon with startling rapid ity. At the proper moment, which is indicated by small, clock like attachment, the operator pulls another lever, when from out of the other end o1 the cylinder, with hair and tail erect, scintillating eyes, and caterwaul dislo eating to one's spinal column, the cat ii projected into tub of cold water prepared for its reception, This operation extracts from the cat electricity equivalent to tn
 power represented by ten horses, working for one hour, and this power can be stored
 in the cylinder until needed. As a ca
 can be run through the motor every thre
 minutes, and all the accommodating electric
 ity be stored, the power of the machine
 practically limitless. The same cat can b
 used once in every ten hours without tn
 least impairing it's health and general use
 fitness.
 The man that could invent this story, c
 this machine, is entitled to the credit of il
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ton hall thronged with people, who no sooner recognized Yancey than they called upon him to address them. He reluctant ly mounted the structure which occupies the center of the hall under the dome, ffappearing to be the very embodiment of disappointment and despair" He said in substance that he did not bring them glad tidings from over the sea; that Queen Vic toria was against them and that Prince Albert was against them. Gladstone we can manage" he said, "but the feeling against slavery in England is SO strong that no public man there dares extend a hand to help us. We have got to fight the Washington government alone. There is no government in Europe that dares help us in struggle which can be suspected of having for its result, directly or. indirect ly, the forti6cation of perpetual slavery. Of that am certain"
 In day or two Yancey left for Rich mond, where he is presumed to have made substantially the same report to the con- federate authorities. He died in about ten days after his arrival. His informs- tion, which deserved to be needed, and if needed would have promptly led to a ter imitation of the war, had about as much effect upon the lunatics at Richmond as reading the riot act or the Ten Command ments would have upon a pack of wolves. They knew not the time of their visitation.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

More gold going to Europe to-day, and no sign that the demand is lessening.
 The worlds fair is fast taking shape. Twenty-Five States have so far made ap- propriations for exhibits, ranging from 5000 in the case of Vermont to $500, 1000 by California and Pennsylvania. The total thus appropriated is s1, ,s25, ,000.
 The custom prevailing in the German army of attaching to the clothing of each man on active service card giving his rank, name and regiment, is to be adopted in the British army. Dead and wounded men are by this means readily indentifed.
 This country is not yet poverty stricken. It is said there is tract of forest trees in southern Oregon embracing about 16,0OO square miles, which, cut and sold at s10 per 1000 feet, would pay our national debt twice over. It is estimated that the amount of merchantable timber standing will reach 400, ,OOO, ,OOo, ,OOO feet.
 A Acynic suggests that society be found ed for the ameliorstion of the small child ren of the rich, fashionable mothers in the big cities, who almost forget their names, 50 much are they relegated to the keep of | nurses. It really seems as if something of | this kind might be done for the children after homes enough for indigent and de- cayed cats and pestiferous and flea bitten | dogs have been established
 Don't rattle around your stock of gold. By careful experiments made at the United States mint it has been shown that $5 are lost by abrasion every time $1 ,000, ,O00 in | gold coin are handled. The experiments were conducted with bags containing 5000 each, and it was shown that the mere lifting of the 200 bags making up $1, ,000, 900 to truck to be removed to an- other vault resulted in the loss stated, and that their transfer from the truck again
 made a second similar loss.
 Railroad management in this country if
 pretty skillful. Attention is called to tho 1 taot that throughout all the prssidsut'l
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Cedar street Sewer A Assessmen

OS~AsSA D0A oSO So "OA 1AEcS09AAASAAVs ITO the Honorable Court of Common Council ! of the City of New Haven:
 The Board of Compensation for Assessment of oaf and d to %ho% was assessment of benefits and the apportionment es tns sGss ss of sa s Pab sbs1 n have attended to the duty assigned to them. That they caused reasonable notice to be given provement in all respects pursuant to the pro visions of the charter of said city, to appear be- ihs De in gS in said notice, all persons who appeared before They therefore respectfully recommend the adoption of the accompanying order; All Of which is respectfully submitted ~
 MICHAEL FITZPATRICK,
 c. B. MATTHEWMAN,
 c. T. COYLE, Board of Compensation for Assessment of Sewers
 City of New Haven, April g, 1891. ORpERED--That the sum of eleven hundred Se and a ths owners of property fronting on Cedar street, be- Broad street and Congress avenue, being proportional and reasonable part of the expense of constructing sewer in said street. The names of each party and the amount of benefit assessed against each being herein par ucularly stated, viz:
 James M. Reilly, Margaret Reilly, life Marssret s; Iia i. Dillon ss;e feet, $ James B. Hood, so.S feet, s S feet, 52 50 Bridget Smith, 30 feet, b2 50 Mary D. Murray, 63 feet, no 25 xaret Reilly, fife use ASS feet 7e 65 Charles O. Stevens % feet, 35 % General Hospital Society 3f0 feet, 647 50
 $1,194 73 In Court of Common Council, read, accepted, and assessments ordered laid as reported. Approved May 14 1891.
 Payable May 25, 1891.
 A true copy of record.
 Attest: EDWARD DOWNES, my9O 3t City Clerk
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MfsceIlanentrs.
 Makes the Strong

The marked benefit which people in run down or weakened stat6 of health derive from Hoods Sarsaparilla, conelusiyely proves the claim that this medicine "makes the weak strong" It does not ace like a stimulant, imparting fictitious strength from which there must follow a reaction of greater weakness tsan before, but in the most natural way Hoods Sarsaparilla overcomes that tired feel ing, creates an appetite, purihes the blood, and, in short, gives great bodily, nerve, mental and digestive strength.
 Tagged Out
 "Last spring WAS completely Jagged out. My strength left me and felt sick and mis- erable all the time, so that could hardly attend to my business. took one bottle Of Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it cured me. There is nothing like it." R. c. BKeoLE, Editor Enterprise, BelleviIle, Mich.
 "I derived very much benefit from Hoods Sarsaparilla, which took for general debility. It built me right up, and gave me an excel lentappetite." ED. JENKINS, Nit Savage, Md. N. B. If you decide to take Hoods Sarsa- parilla do not be induced to buy anything else Instead. Insist upon having
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Committee on Streets.

OUICCCSs j. 10 and Ii, City Hall Wednesday, May 20. 1891, at p. m., when the following matters will be considered:
 Petition of Fred Hallier ct al. for concrete walk on Lock street, between Ashmun and Canal streets
 Petition of George Davidson ct al. for concrete walk north side of Starr street, between Winchester and Shelton avenues.
 Petition of C. H. Griffin ct al. for concrete walk on east side of Winchester avenue between Thompson and Munson streets.
 Petition of George N. Moses ct al. for concrete walk on Lawrence street, between Whitney ave- nue and Livingstone street.
 Petition of Philip OBrien ct al. for extension of Willow street to Blatch1ey avenue.
 Petition of John Franklin ct al. for cobble gut ters on Nash street, between Edwards and Willow streets.
 Petition of John Condon ct al. for concrete walk on west side of View street, between State street and Rock road.
 Petition of FEE Roberts ct al. for concrete walk on Grafton street, south side, between Clinton avenue and Atwater street. Petition of Daniel Harten ct al. for concrete walk on Haven street. west side, between Clay and Market streets.
 Petition of William Gay ct al. for concrete walk on south side of English street, between Ferry and Rowe streets. Petition of James H. Cronan ct al. for concrete walks on both sides of James street, between Chapel and River streets Petition of John ". Gordon ct al. for curb and concrete walk on Liberty street, both sldes be- tween Washington street and Congress avenue. Petition of Fred Meyer ct all for curb and re- grade of Barclay street, between Frank and Ade- line streets.
 All persons interested in the foregoing are warned to attend and be heard thereon: Attest: JAMES B. MARTIN, ! Assistant City Clerk. l Per order, LYMAN H. JOHNSON l mv19 2t Chairman
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4t1y 6uuds.

Mcintyre,
 MagQile & C0. Prices below will give an idea where the Best Goods are sold cheap:
 Another lot of Figured Challies
 At Sc yard. Another purchase of 124c Sateens will be sold At 5Ac yard. One more 1000 of 75c Opaque Shades, beautiful dado, will be sold At 39c. 9 more cases Indigo Prints will be sold
 Att 5c. 1 case Lonsdale Cambric, in short pieces to suit customers, will be sold at Sc yard. 50 more pairs all Chenille Curtains, heavy fringe top and bottom, always retailed at $6, Price $3.89. One special case Mems Grey Merino Fine Soft Wool Shirts and Drawers, cheap at 75c, Price 50c garment. About 50 dozen Mems Four in Hand Neckwear that have been sold for 50 and 75c, Your choice 25c. Your choice of 100 dozen Ladies' Elm broidered and Plain Linen Handkerchiefs, all 25c and 33c goods, at 12tc, slightly soiled.
 50 pieces Black All-Silk Esourial Lace, Vandyke Points, etc., all were sold at $2 to $3, Your choice 9Sc yard. 1,5O0 yards Gin pieces from to 3 yards) Ruching, same as sold at 37a and 50c no house offers these any less,
 Your choice 1910 a yard. Ladies' Shirt Waists in variety of col ors, styles cambric, gingham and sateen,
 Price 9Sc and SIPS. Ladies' White Vassar Shirt Waists, open fronts, At $1. Beautiful line of Summer Reefers and Blazers, in cream, checks and stripes, just received, At $3.50 to $5. 15O more dozen left of the Matchless Fast Black Ladies' Hose advertised 80 suc- cessfully last week nothing like them ev- CT offered, truly wonderful bargain,
 At 14c pair. 100 dozen Windsor Ties, 25c price ev- anywhere, At 19c each. 50 dozen Boys Silk Bows, At 25c. New line of 36 inch Brilliantines, soc grade, At 29c yard. 35 pieces 40 inch all wool Henriettas just received, in the latest shades,
 Price soc a yard. Koechlin's best French Sateens, such az are sold at BOG, Price 15c yard. One case 36 inch Cashmeres, newest tints, At 25c yard. 100 new stylish Fancy Parasols at s. 25,
 Worth $5. 50 dozen Ladies' full regular made Bal briggan Hose, At 12ac.
 Basement.
 Tinware, best quality, at lowest prices. Agateware, fine quality, at lowest prices. Ironwsre, best quality, at lowest prices. Crockeryware, best quality, at lowest prices.
 Glassware, best quality, at lowest prices. Woodenware, best quality, at lowest prices.
 Lamps at lowest prices.
 Art Pictures at low prices.
 nE Return railroad fare paid to all out of town customers who buy $1O Cor over worth Of goods.
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District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court, l
 May 18th 1891. { UPSTATE of LAURA DICKERMAN, late of Jl 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, barred a recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay ment to JOHN c. GALLAGHER,
 my19 2d1w Executor.
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some busybody told the candidate for her first husbands shoes of the use that first husbands csdsyer wss put to by the new made widow, and the engagements were broken.
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ROsette Street Sewer Assess

ROsettc Street Sewer Assess
 ment. TNO the Honorable Court of Common Council l of the city of New Haven: The Board of Compensation for Assessment of Sewers and Pavements, to whom was referred the cost of sewer in Rosette street, for the as- sessment of benefits and the apportionment of ested therein, respectfully report that they have attended to the duty assigned to them.
 That they caused reasonable notice to be given to nll persons interested in the said public i'm provement, in all respects pursuant to the pro- visions of the charter of said city, to appear be- they fully heard at the time and place specified tn said notice all persons who appeared before them.
 They therefore respectfully recommend the adoption of the accompanying order.
 All of which is respectfully submitted: MICHAEL FITZPATRICK,
 q TIIEWldAN
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M1fsce11 11ameuus.
EppS'S Cocoa.

BREAKFAST
 ttBy thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nu- triton, and by a careful application of the fine properties of we'll selected Cocoa, MT. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with deicately favored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors bills: It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is weak point. We may escape many fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well for titled with pure blood and 8 properly nourished frame. ."-Civl Service Gazette.
 Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in half pound tins, by Grocers, labeled thus: JAMES EPPS & CO.,, Homeopathic Chemists,
 d31 wed&th1y London. England.
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MICHAEL FITZPATRICK c. B. MATTHEWMAN, ~ Fr ~NNyT Tr

Board of Compensation for Assessment of Sew CTS and Pavements.
 City of New Haven April G. 1891. ORDEREp-That the sum of fourteen hun dred and twenty-one and thirty-seven one hun dredths dollars be and is hereby assessed upon the owners of property fronting on Rosette street, being a proportional and reasona- able part of the expense of constructing a sewer in said street.
 Tho names of each party and the amount of benefit assessed against each being herein