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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-03
WHERE ARE THEY GOMEZ

The alarmists who scanned the census
returns of 1850 were ready to abandon
the South to The colored race within the
eentury. Tho p ,rcentage of increase of
She negroes was something phenomenal
up in the thirties. Tho later analysis
proved that the census OF 1870 had been
very defective in respect to tho colorcd
people and that their increase was far
less than upon tho faoc OF tho roturns.
The census Of 1890, too, has its start
ling revelation. Tho whites of the South
are shown to have increased from
9,007,0 900 in 1850 to II, 362, 900 in 1890, or
90 per cent. This is generally believed
to be less than the truo increase of the
South. and tho fault lies in a detective
enumeration. But tho colorcd brother
makes still poorer showing. In 1880
he was given 5,63l 900 in tho South.
which has increased to but CLOS, 900, or
only 10 per cent in ton years
Whore has no gono? Has ho hid him
self in Superintendent Portor's political
xoodpile? Or has he forgotten tho
seriptural injunction? Many thousands
OF negroes from Southern cities have
gone north to find employment largely
as house servants. They havo given
general satisfaction, for tho GLASS that
has ventured has been made up of the
moro Intelligent and progressive of tho
race. The next ten years will show a
still larger spr' ading-out process, which
will be to the benefit of the race and
the further enlightenment of the North
But this does not explain away the
100000 negroes who were duo in the
census of 1890 and did not appear. 1t is
Topsy case on u national sea!o, and
shat they ncvor wcro born? Or did they
die at a rate which sets at defiance all
mortuary tablos? 1t is Mr.. Porter $
opportunity to rise and explain.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-03

III you want to increase your business
in 1901, advertise in THE TIMES.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-03
The Pos t;,ec to Mexico.

WHY do you Americans put fvo
cents on letter to Mexico when two
arc cnough?" asks business man
writing from tho City of Mexico "Is
cash SO abundant in Northern homes
that you can SO waste il? Pray tell
your people that only 'phule' will
put any more postage on Mexican lot
ter or paper than on ono destined fer
tho United States -clso why tho postal
treaty? One-half my correspondents
thus fooliBhly contribute to Uncle
sans cXchcqucr." This advice il
woll timed. Most people know that
letters TO Canada need bear but two
cents postage for each ounce or fraction
thereof, but it is .ess generally known
that tho Same ratio applies to letters
sent to MEXICO which is too oftea re-
gardcd as foreign country. Spring
nold Republican.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-03

THE TINES has the largest
circulation of any paper print
ed in Southwest Virginia.
Press room, mailing list and
subscription books open to the
inspection of advertisers.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-03
ROANOKE. VA. JANUARY 3. 1891
NOTICE.


THE TIMES will not be responsible for
any bills contracted by employees unless
orders arc given for tho saIne by the
general manager.
All subscribers who fail to receive their
papers regularly every morning will con-
fer n favor by notifying immediately tho
business office of THE TIMES, as no
allowance can be made for papers missed.
unless notice in givcn.
Orders for the discontinuation OF ndvcr-
tisements must invariably DO given i'll
writing.
THE TIMES can DO found regularly on
sale at the following places:
Roano&e--GeorSo Grnvatt. Jr.; ~. l..
Smiths, Dallis 81 Dennis, Hotels Roam
oke, Continental and Ponce De Leon.
salem--Alfred S. Surdette g. Co.'S.
Pulaslsi--Mnple Shade Inn.
Observation-Disclosures Inn.
PccahontaS--PocahOnt I'm.
Norfolk and Western end Shenandoah
Valley trains.
Bristol Tenn.-w. A. Ward. Front
street.
Wizards. The Aletropol
tan
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-03

AT Eureka, Cal, miner has pot
sheep that follows him all through tho
mine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-07-18
CARNOT SHOT AT.
A Madman Attempts to Assassinate Il
President of France.

hadman Attempts to Assassinate the
President of France.
Great was the excitement throughout P.,ris
caused by the report that President C4rnot
had been shot
This rumor proved upon investigation to
be untrue, but there was four iation for the
report.
The President was present at the CT romonies
of the official opening of new thoroughfar =
the Avenue de Ia II publique-wbere he
receive an enthusiastic welcome.
Suddenly man, wild-eyed and making
insane gestures. forced bis way through the
crow and pushed past the soldie on uty
about the spot whe the ceremonies were
taking pl .ee.
This man rushed up to the carriage in
which the President had driven up to the new
avenue and fired pistol at NJ. Cafnot
As he did 50 the man shouted:
III prove that there are more Bastiles to
be demolished .
President Carnot was undoubtedly alarmed
at what appeared to be direct attempt upon
his life, but he vas unbuft, and 20 regsinesi
his entire presence of mind.
The man who fired the shot was promptly
arrested blythe polio and such was the anger
Of the crosd present that the oflici RS had the
greatest diff nity in protcc.in heir isoner
from becoming the etim of tie popular fury
which tie had excited.
rs II was. it quired the services Of a
strong force of police 10 escort the man in
safety to the nearest police station.
Upon arrival teere the mans examination
soon disclosed the fact that he was mailman,
aDd that he had just been released from
confinement IN a lghatie asylum.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-07-18
A Mexican Bathing PLACE

Aguas Calientcs means eliot Water"
aud the hot springs here are among the
finest in the world writes Frank Carpen-
ter in the Coarisr-Jowndl, There area
number OF them, an1 the people come
here by the thousands 10 bathe IN their
health-giving waters There IS big
bath house kept up, was told by the
toxin, which has excellent bathing ar.
Engagements, aud Ia which there y a vat
Of hot wator about htty foot square, which
is used as a swimming bath. This Ia
near the depot, on the edge Of the town,
but preferred 10 20 to the old baths at
the springs, about milo out ia tho
country The road 10 these baths Is one
Of the finest IN Mexico, and the sights
ilong il you Will sec nowhere else In the
world Picture to yourself a long ave.
nue. Of great cypress trees, which almost
meet far.above your head, aud shut out
the glare Of the Mexican sun and The sill
yer Of the clear sky Let those trees be
very near together, and let them 80 on
aud on until they seem 20 almost come to-
gether in the distance Along the sidea of
the road let there be the greencst OF grass,
and on the right Of you, as you walk TO-
ward the bath place, stream Of steel
blue water, from which the steam rises
as il flows on toward you. Let this steel
blue stream flow through little aque-
duct Of white stone, and let this be abor
three feet wide aud and about four feo
deep. Here you have the background
Of the picture. Now for the show itself.
This stream is the waste Of the hot
springs Il is also the bathing place and
the washing place Of the common people
Of the Aztecs Of Aguas Calientes. They
arc here by the hundreis--men aud
women, girls and boys, lovers and sweet
hearts all bathing together in the warm,
refreshing aud health-giving wpters.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-07-18
A Singular Animal.

At Devils Bite, that oddly named
chasm 10 Wyoming, and there alone, Il
found the golden gopher Or golden
guide. commonly called the ''heck y
gold" The little fellow undoubtedly
belongs TO the gopher tribe, and is Of
general golden hue, representing the va
rious shades Of that precious metal from
the dullcr coIorg Of its native state to
the bfilliancg given by the stamp Of the
mint. The duller ColOrs are blended on
the body while the brighter Onel spread
along the back and tail Of this curious
little rodent, the tail being the Heck o.
Colds" chief pride ami the wonder Of
the beholder. This tail IS fifteen inches
in length than three times as
long as the little animal Of which IL IL a
dazzling continuation. and CLEANS aud
glistens as IL made Of the pure FURNISHED
metal itself. The tail 81 the "aeck o
gold Il continually in action an action
which has no apparent purpose, exceps
that Of display, the jerks ald writhes,
curls and twists seeming 70 be solely in
tended as means Of displaying tho
cauial appendage to the best advantage.
That the Heck o'gold Is yainglorious 81
his tail there Is but little room Tor doubt,
for he has been seen y wrap it many
times around bis tiny body transposiug
himself into ball Of FURNISHED bullion,
and then roll over and over, sscmiogiY
10 perfect ecastasy Of joy aud delight.
Being solely confined 70 the regions
contingent 70 the Devils Bite Canyon,
and making his burrows nowhere else
except 10 gold bearing soils, has caused
many curious explanations concerning
tae origin Of this singular little cfea-
tire. st. L1ns RsDuJits
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-07-18
A FAMILY BUTCHERED.

Father Mother and Four Children Found
Dead in their Home.
Mrs. DR.. Allen, of Beatrice Neb., went 10
visit her brother, John II. Puterbaugh, n
farmer, living u miles from Ellis.
Repeated knocks at the door falling to OBJ
tain response, Mrs. Allen entered, and a
horrible sight met her eyes.
On the floor lay her brother, Puterbaugll,
with bullet-hole through his head and an
empty revolver lying beside his dead body
Mrs Allen called to her driver, and they made
further investigation.
On bed lay Mrs. Puterbaugh. Beside the
wife and mother lay the dead body of the two
year-old babe. On n lounge in another room
lay the dead body of Puterbaugh's teu-year-
old son.
Upstairs were found the dead bodies of Pu.
terbaugh's two daughters, aged thirteen and
fifteen years.
Each one had been shot through the head
and evidently while all but Puterbaugh were
asleep
1t is believed Puterbaugh himself committed
the terrible deed, probably in a fit of insanity
He was a wcH-to-do farmer, without any
known troubles and insanity is the only mo
tive that ear be ascribed for the deed.
One son, aged seventeen years, was saved
from the slaughter by being absent from home
Mt the time
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-07-18
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.

A HAIL-sTORM in Rapid City, South Da-
kota, broke hundreds of panes of glass.
THE press mill of the Moosic powder works,
at Jermyn, Pa, blew up, killing two men.
JOHN DIEDRICH, a farmer, was thrown
from his wagon in Greenfield, Wisconsin, and
killed.
ONE fireman was killed and FIVE others in
jured by the falling Of a ladder at a fire in
San Francisco.
WILLIAM BERG, and his helper, James
Quinn. were caught in a clay cruSher at q tile
factory in Akron, o. Quinn was killed and
Berg MORALLY injured.
A CARLOAD of tea which was being run
aboard freight boat from the dock at San
Francisco, fellinto the harbor and sank. About
10000 pounds of tea in all were lost
AT Alexandria, Va, Miss Eleanor Dove,
while attempting to land on the wharf from
an excursion steamer, fell into the river and
was drowned. Her mother was so affected by
her loss that she was seized with commissions
and died
AT a balloon ascension, near Denver, Colo
RADIO children were given ride on the back
of an elephant. The animal, becoming fright
ened at the balloon, threw of the children and
one of them was crushed to death under the
elephants feet.
Two freight trains on the Cleveland, Can.
ION anu GNbullttIH IAdiIfOdu tJlIiNtu AT New
burg, Ohio. Five men were hurt, Peter Ham,
mer and Edward Boyer, fatally. The COLI
sion was due to the mistake Of telegraph
operator.
y DESPATCH from Grand Forks, North Ia
kota, says. the grassh0ppef district is incrcas-
ing in area. The hoppers are beginning to
hatch On low-lying lands, and are coming out
rapidly. Many farmers in the vicinity Of Orr
are catching from five to ten bushels per day.
AT Paducah KY, three young men stand
ing on high trestle of the electric railway
track failed to notice the approach of an cleo
trio car till it was upon them. Two of them
Ieaped to the ground safely but John Crouch,
of Paris, Tennessee, caught his foot and fell
breaking his leg twice and receiving fatal in
juries.
DUQUESNE electric car and an electric
feeder of the Pittsburg Traction Company
collided at a street corner in Pittsburg John
Hazlett, Jr., aged IA years, son of the city
editor Of the Pittsburg Leader, was probably
fatally injured. The other passengers escaped
with slight injuries.
CHARLES j. JONES was making a balloon
ascension in New Lisbon, Ohio, when VIM.
Uennessy an assistant, was caught in the
ropes and carried 100 feet into the air. Both
men then fell, Hennessy being killed and
Jones fatally injured At Eleta Mile. Zoetta
Bentley attempted to make an ascent while a
strong wind was Blowing. She was dragged
through Several trees and fell when 60 feet
from the ground. She was killed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-07-18
WORK AND WORKERS.

THERE is considerable excitement at Evans,
Iowa, over the arrival of colored miners to
take the places of white strikers.
FORTY-f five hundred Belgian miners who
have been on strike for the past seventy days
have resumed work, the council of the Knights
of Labor having decided in favor of general
resumption.
IT is stated that the conductors on the Hi
nols Central Railroad have determined to
strike unless the men discharged are rein
stated, or a satisfactory reason given for their
discharge.
THREE Hundred men employed at the Med
ringhaus Rolling Mill, ST. Louis, are ON strike
and the works are now idle in consequence
The men want Mr. Niedringhaus to agree to
new schedule of prices, which he refuses to
do.
EIGHT hundred employees of the Pottstown
(Pa.) Iron and Steel Company are out on
strike because the president of the company
will not sign the Amalgamated scale. There
is no prospect of the strike ending soon, as
both the company and men are resolved to
stand firm.
To ATTEMPT to bring about voluntary
disarmament at the mines at the State of
Washington has proved failure. Each party
suspects that the other is not acting in good
faith, and the consequence is very few arms
are being surrendered. Work is preceding at
Gilman, Newcastle and Franklin, but nothing
doing Black Diamond. The trouble is over
the employment of colored miners.
THE regular weekly meeting of the Trade
and Labor Assembly in Chicago on Sunday
resulted in a free fight. Fraud was charged
in the letting of a contract for printing souve-
mir, and finally the lie was exchanged be-
tween two delegates. Then ensued a general
fight in which all except the women seemed to
be engaged, and black eyes and broken heads
were numerous before peace was restored.
THE Amalgamated Association scale has not
yet been presented TO the Pennsylvania Steel
Company, or any other iron manufacturers in
Harrisburg. Major Bent, President of The
plant at Steelton, has declared that he will
never sign any scale. ''They may close the
doors, said he but they cannot open them. y
Active Amalgamated men are being dropped,
and it was said last night, that many Of The
employees are not so enthusiastic over the
proposed strike as they were at the outset Of
the present agitation"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-07-18
CABLE SPARKS.


The eruption of Mount yesuvius is in
creasing.
The Parnellite press is very much detected
over the result of the parliamentary election
in Carlow.
THE staging Of the shaft of colliery at
Rotterdam, Yorkshire, England, collapsed,
killing four workmen and seriously injuring
four others.
The Persian government has accepted an
invitation TO take part in the Worlds Fair at
chicago, and has named Spencer Pratt as
honorary commissioner.
The Boer expedition into Mashoualand to
found republic has proved an utter fasco,
and the British troops have been recalled
frori Beehumaland to Natal.
A CONFERENCE of Hebrew delegates has
decided that the best direction in which to
guide the tide Of Hebrew emigration from
Russia is toward the Argentine Republic.
PRINCESS LOUISE of Schleswig- Holstein,
granddaughter of the Queen of England, was
married at st. Georges Chapel; Windsor
Castle, to Prince Aribert, of Anhalt, with
great splendor.
THE result of the parliamentary election in
county Carlow, Ireland, was crushing defeat
for Mr.. Parnell, whose candidate was unable
to poll even one-haf the number of votes
secured by the victorious McCarthyite
nominee.
THE Russian government has ordered
great reduction TO be made in the freight
charges on grain being shipped to the
provinces where famine is threatened in order
to prevent the threatened rise in the price of
bread.
SPEAKING at Carlow after the result of the
election was made known, Mr.. Parnell said
that he was not disneartened, and that he
won Id 10 e0DSnl idnfn tho ind ont
men of every Irish county and city and put
the issues he upheld before the country at
every election.
DURING q banquet at Windsor Castle in
honor Of the Emperor of Germany, who is on
visit to his grandmother, Queen Victoria,
large water-pipe burstcd in the banquet hall,
and it was found necessary to summon the fire
brigade to turn of the water.
In the House of Commons, Sir james
Ferguson said that communications had passed
between Great Britain and France respecting
the maintenance of the status quo in the
Mediterranean sea, but the communications
were no. suitable for public discussion.
IT is reported in diplomotic circles that
unless Count Won Munster denies the story
about Prince Bismark, recently circulated by
NJ: de Blowitz the Paris correspondent of the
London Times, the eX.chanceIlor s son. Count
Herbert Bsmark, will challenge Count Won
Munster to give him satisfaction on the field
of honor.
THE German government has informed NJ.
Ribot, the French minister of foreign affairs,
that the relaxation of the Alsace- Lorraine
passport regulations which was ordered at
the time Of the recent Swiss railroad disaster
In order to enable friends and relatives of the
dead, wounded or missing TO seek for or attend
the victims, has been made permanent.
A NEWSPAPER from South America which
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-07-18
CANNIBALISM IN BRAZIL.
Naive Confession of IA Native Who In
duIged His Unnatural Appetite.

Naive Confession of IA Native Who In
duIged His Unnatural Appetite.
A little three-column newspaper arrived in
New York the other day which bore the most
sensational news which it probably ever
printed
The newspaper was printed on June /, and
was from Santa Rosalia, South America. On
the third page of the paper was an article
called ''Cannbals in Brazil, " of which this is
a literal translation:
cat Salinas, in the State of Minas-G eraes
Brazil, man named Clements Vieira has
been arrested charged with eating human
flesh. The editor of the local paper, Cida de
Le1poldina visited Vieira in Jail, and had the
following interview with him. is it true that
you nourish yourself upon human 1esh?' was
asked. Yes, s.r answered the prisoner
For some time | and my friends, Basilio
Leandro, and others have eaten human flesh;
we lived on it,
1--WE ate it because we liked it, My first
victim was at Leandro's house. where he in
vited me to eat piece of his dead child. !
had had nothing to eat; | was hungry and
accepted the invitation. The following day
while returning to my house. found a woman
asleep by the roadside. The thought came to
me to kill her. did so, using stone as my
weapon. | took the body to my home. After
some days killed Simplisio and invited
/ Francisco and Severa to help me eat him.
also killed his two SONS, After this time had
elapsed being thrown again into the old
predicament Of having nothing to eat, Basilio
and myself killed Francisco and devourcd
him. Finally having discovered that Basiio
had stolen a shirt from me killed him while
he was off his guard, engaged in preparing
some roots for his supper was caught two
days after killing him.
"'Nieria was caught in the very act of
making meal off a portion Of Basilio's re-
mains. The soldiers found part OF Basilio's
body packed away in barrel, prepared with
pepper and salt.
''Then has human flesh an agreeable taste?'
Vieira was asked, No ne replied, it is too
sweet"
'''Did you feel remorse at having been
guilty of such deeds?' i cannot remember
that ever do, Vieira replied.
The man Nieira, the newspaper states, will
have a trial.
The Brazil Consul General, Mr.. Salvador
De Mendonca when he saw Tia article in the
paper said he did not believe it possible in
Brazil, but it might have been written by
some person in Montevideo or the Argentine
Republic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-07-18
oosrs


Hardware Dealer TO new book keeper,
who is on trial) -'Mr. Pons, have Just
sold the last tailor's goose we have in
stoek-telegraph to Iron Il Co, for a
dozen Immediately, ana let's SEQ how
quickly You can hustle them through,
now.
The New Book keeper (innocontly)--
Eyes, sir, III send the telegram at once. "
lie takes up a block of telegraph
blanks and writes.
"lron Is Co., New York Freight us
Immediately twelve tailor"
Aud here he stops.
Tie ohews his pencil, twists his watch.
chain, unbuttons his vest, curls his
moustache, hunts for a dictionary, aud
writes such words as these ON scrap Of
waste paper
~ tailor-geese.
~ tailor's geese.
~ tailor-gooses.
~ tailors goose.
~ tail
Now he begins tc mop his forehead aud
look at his watch--whcn all Of a sudden
he smiles a large-sized smile, and loses
no time in taking clean blauk, aud
writing some words which seem 10 please
him greatly.
About an hour later the order clerk Of
Irons Il Co., New York, files the fol-
lowing order-telegmm
'Irons u Co., New York Freight US
Immediately one tailor's goose and eleven
others. Lead & Sons ~ Puck