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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-20

SURELY the last nail must have been driven
in the coffin of sectional hate. Ben Butler is
coming South. and is actually going to invest
his money in this section. When the Beast
can not only be received. but even welcomed
in the South, the day of jubilee between the
warning sections must have arrived. But Ben
will never entirely succeed in freeing his name
from the aroma which surrounds it, and which
Il 30 unpleasant 10 Southern nostrils.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-20

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used
for children toething. IL s0oiheS the child,
collie. and is the best remedy for diarrhWl.
Twenty-Five cents bottle.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-20
NEW YORK.
FOREIGN

The House of Commons is considering the
question OF Government aid TO emigration.-
The Gordon Cumming scandal is resulting in
the Prince Of Wales favor--The Cork Nation
al League has declared Parnell their sole lead
er-Tho CHILEAN war is over.-The Baroness
Burdett-Coutts is seriously ill.-Dillon and
O'Brien have been removed TO the Galway Jail.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
Cannibalism in Australia.

You don't hear much about them, but
there are cannibals in Australia to-day.
Stranger Well, not so very when you
take into consideration the character of
the country. The Australian black
bears about the same relation to that
country that the American savage does
to this. When you get away from the
cities into the brush you will find plenty
of them who would kill you, and there
is nothing they would relish better than
to make barbecue out of you, provided
that there was no danger of being caught.
Collectively they have the greatest fear
of the white man, for they know that he
Furnishes severely. They prefer to roast
their victims. A stew they consider
very good, but as a rule they lack the
utensils and means of making broth.
When a plump white stranger is cap
tured and killed, the body is carefully
prepared. II is then bound to stont,
green pole, which in turn IN snpported
at either end about two and one-half feet
from the earth by forked sticks. Be
tween the sticks fire is built, and when
the proper number Of Goals are made the
green pole with its choice morsel is put
atop aud it is there permitted to simmer
and roast until it is done to turn, the
man. eaters occasionally sticking their
knives into the body to test the degree
of doncness. Kansas City Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

thrown himself away--poor Albertv
'Oh, know how that happened. Ha
told me oil about it. He was going home
with Mr.. Green, and, after he had
made his adieux, Mr.. Green decided TO
remain, so he sat out dance with me
and finally went off without waiting for
him."
"And do You know what time that
wasf" inquired the doctor, eagerly.
'About quarter or half after one,
when my partner for the cotillion came
up. We began to dance it about that
time"
'Could you swear 10 II on paperl'
"Why yes. certainly"
ssThen,' shouted the doctor triumph
antly, 'she Is yindicated, whether he ex-
plains or not. This will satisfy the
directors so that they will drop proceed
ings where hei concerned. They know
already that he is not guilty. 1t is as
plain as daylight to me now. He didn't
remember the exact time he left the
Lyles', and thinking he was with this
woman he has married, didn't want TO
attract our attention to her."
'And now, II you please, / should
like to go home, remarked Miss Demp-
sey, in pathetic tone.
''Of course, my poor child, immedi-
ately. Neil. call carriage. / will 60
with you myself and see your mother,
also get your signature, il you will be SO
kind. twill straighten the affair out
wonderfully. Verify truth is stranger
than fiction"
As Dorothy swept from the room,
Sawtelle made q brave il Intellectual at
tempt to attract her attention, but as she
steadily refused to be aware of his pres
ence, his conscience permitted him to
retain q small soaked wad, which was
easily concealed in the palm Of his hand.
Subsequent events have led us TO believe
so tender were his ministrations and
pressures between the volumes of a new
set of Ruskin-that in course of time it
became less like rag and more like re-
spectacle handkerchief
1t is now over year since these events
occurred, and / hear that the article in
question, together with number OF
other worldly goods, is to be delivered
to its rightful owner. How it all came
about, those who have not begun their
love affairs with little animosity will
never be able to conjecture, but l have
it direct from the lips of the round and
ever rubicund Carey himself.
1.-THE latest engagement, my deah
fellah, is Miss Dempsey's to a person
named Sawtelle. Why, they say he has
never been to Patriarchs' in his life"
1.-THE Epoch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
Cllifornia's Alfalfa Farms.

One of the greatest irrigation districts
in the United States is in Kern County,
California. Here arc some thirty-five
large canals with branches and distribu-
ting bitches, covering nearly half a mil
lion acres of very rich, sandy loan. The
largest of the canals is the Galloway,
thirty-two miles long. 1t has sixty-fivc
distributing bitches, and covers two
hundred thousand acres of very rich
land. Its water appropriation is LAG
cubic feet per second.
On the lower side of the canal one can
see fully twenty-five thousand acres in
almost continuous alfalfa fields. Alfalfa,
with water, yields five crops year, and
two tons to the acre at each cutting.
About once in six weeks, for eight
months in the year, the alfalfa fields are
cut, and the crops stacked in great piles.
The vastness of some OF the stacks near
the ranch house of the "irrigation belt"
is q constant source of wonder to tourists
Eight hundred and hfty tons have been
put into one stack.
There are some immense alfalfa farms
in Kern County. The McClurg and the
Rosedale ranches have about three thous-
anu I'VE nunuIeu acrcS euCu, TIC JuChson
ranch has over seven thousand, and the
Poso ranch above ten thousand acres.
The process of handling alfalfa on q
large scale is interesting. The derrick
and derrick-fork are used. The stacks
range from one hundred to four hundred
feet long, and are usually thirty feet
wide and from twenty-five to thirty feet
high, and on the extensive ranches one
can often see from fifty to hundred
stacks of alfalfa in sight at one time.
From six to ten teams are kept busy
Supplying the derricks, and from sixty
to one hundred tons can be stacked in
day. Eight thousand tons have been
s!eeked in a single ranch and fed out to
Cattle, sheep, horses and hogsaI Ive,
to a great extent, on alfalfa.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
Cashier smith Was /" Fly"

At Fort Worth. Texas. two men went TO
the Merchants National Bank aud. call
Ing Cashier A. d. Smith into n private
Office, one of them pulled notebook from
his pocket and tore two leaves out OF IL and
handed them to Mr.. Smith. The leaves
purported Up be a detectives diary of the
actions of Mr.. Smith, whom the men
claimed he had Gshadowed" the day pre-
vious and traced TO divers places, among
them many bad resorts The spokesman
said; @These contain sJmething which is
very damaging 20 you. and IL there Is any
thing in IL for me will try 10 have It sup
pressed Mr. Smith drew a revolver. with
the remark: "You sit just where you are.
You're just the fellow want. and 1 have
you just where / want your The would
be bIackmailers were soon landed in the
station house. The men arc strangers
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
Balmaoeda WIN Not Be PreaIent Amer
July 2b.

Baimaceda VIII Not Be President AMER
July 20.
AZ last the new President of the Gov
eminent party has been elected In Chilli
AS was a foregone conclusion. Balmaceda's
candidate. vicuna. was chosen as his sue
cessor. This is only the general report OF
the vote. The final result win not be made
public until July 25. between now and
then Balmaceia will remain In Office
and will hesitate at nothing 20 stamp
out the revolution. He IS In the
tight 70 the bitter end. There win
be no compromise Either he must
fall or the insurgents viii have 20 make an
unconditional SURF eader. Everything
points TO fierce fight at an early date.
News reaches Coquimbo that all the In
surgent feet, with the exception of the
Esmeralda, are I'm rendezvous at Caldera.
200 miles TO the north. the port where the
Blanco Encalada was sunk. The purpose Is
without doubt. 20 attack Coquimbo
at once. There are 1000 govern
men: troops In Coquinibo TOM.
Much less than one-half OF these are
regulars The rest are volunteers They
are not 10 be much depended on. IL is
from their ranks that most of the deserters
TO the other side are gathered. There is
no telling what the strength OF the in
surgents at Caldera is. 1t Is reported that
they have 900 troops In all, who are well
armed, and that only for the lack of am
munltlon they could put much larger
force I'm the field.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
SUDDEN RIsE.oF TULARE LAKE.
Many Settlers Driven from the Ranches
by Floods.

Many Settlers Driven from the Ranches
by Floods.
The wonderful phenomenon now wit
messed on the Colorado Desert, at Salton,
is being repeated at Tulare, Cal, where
the practically dried-up Tulare Lake,
the largest body Of fresh water In the
State is beginning TO fill up, driving
out many settlers who have located
ranches on the rich alluvial bed
of the old lake. There is a legend
among the Indians Of Tule River
that the lake once covered many
times its present area. that It receded
year by year till 1t had shrunk TO small
pond, around which were gathered hsh-
suddenly the wsste f rsrfqq5Biahfatthheers 5nt
capped Sierras rolled down into the great
Tu are Valley, which is hundred miles
wide at this point, the axe began TO
spread, Indian villages were swept away
before the occupants could remove their
effects, and many Indians were drowned
Those who escaped fed to the
foothills, and they and their de-
scendants refused to dwell near the
shore Of the lake. The heavy snowfall
last winter in the mountains brought
down an enormous quantity of water
when the spring thaws set In. The soil
was a so heavily soaked and couldn't alb
sorb the usual amount OF moisture, hence
all the streams have carried water TO the
lake, but principally the Kern and Tue
Rivers. ii. ii. Fuman, a settler who
has a ranch at the mouth Of Tule River,
says the stream is sixty feet wide and
fifteen feet deep, and has swept away
several ranch houses. Fuman says
the lake has spread out nearly ten
miles in few days and the
waters have risen ten feet "A
new road made round the lake is under
water, and several men who tried to
follow 1t had narrow escapes from drown
ing. This sudden rise of the waters and
spread or the lake ~ -rcfnarlSubio,-es-for For
ten years the lake has been gradually
receding, and scientists who have exam
ined IL predicted il would entirely dry
up soon. The loss to settlers around tho
lake is heavy. The land is extremely
fertile, and there is a pro ect Of building
a levee to confine the waters OF Tulare
Lake, which is noted for its large sup
ply of fish and mussels. Before the
present rise IL was about twenty-four by
twenty miles in area, but ten years ago
IL was fully double this area.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
TO DEATH In ONE INSTANT.
Two HorriyIng Railway Accidents CLAIM
Scores of Victims.

Two HorrifyIng Railway Accidents Claim
scores OF Victims.
The @Thunderbolt,n the Erie roads east
bound Chicago New York train, was stand
ing at the station at Ravenna, Ohio, hav-
Ing trouble with the coupling of a special
excursion car from Flndlay. Ohio, carrying
forty gIass-workers returning TO Corning.
N. Y. A fiagman failed To signal fast
freight following, and In the rear
end collision which ensued twenty-one
people were killed and thirty injured. five
OF the killed being from Brooklyn, N. Y.
and the balance are from Corning. Eight
miles west OF Charleston, w. Va, a train
on the Kanawha and Michigan Road went
through burning trestle. and of nearly
eighty passengers on board thirteen we're
killed outright, six fatally hurt, and all
but one of the others less seriously injured.
They were OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES United Amer
lean Mechanics-from Charleston. At the
crossing of the Northwestern Road with the
Madison street cable line. In Chicago, u
switch engine smashed into horse car,
killing one passenger. fatally injurlng two,
and seriously wounding three others
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
Mrs. Cleveland as a Hand-shaker.

Mrs. Cleveland, the wife of the ex-
president, has large fund of humor in
her nature. A pleasant story is related
in connection with Mr.. Cleveland's visit
to the South, where his wife accompan-
led him. At the reception held in Nash
Vile, Mrs. Cleveland, while receiving the
public and shaking hands like veteran
Office holder, remarked in an undertone
70 friend: "How many do you think
can shake In a minutel" 'sDon't
know" was the reply, mot more than
dozen. surely" Triumph! more than
that; fifty, II one." 'You can't possibly
do it," ''Well," was the reply, "you
Just time me one minute. Readyw And
the next instant she was shaking hands
''for dear life." "Timel'' called the
friend. "How many" was Mrs. Cleve-
lands inquiry. "Forty-seven." "Pshaw !,
/ can do better than that; give me an
other chance" And she smiIed and
shook hands with the populace for sixty
seconds more, at tho rate OF sixty-five to
the minute. III knew ! could do IT,"
she remarked, ''and think II it wasn't
so crowded up here / could make II
seventy. NEW York Recorder.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
WHITE CAPS IN ILLINOIS.
-
MasShan- County Torn Up Over the MUIR

Marshall County. Illinois. is all excite
ment The body of Royal Frisby was
found dead with two loads OF shot in his
body. The whole matter originated In a
family quarrel. John Carver died about
thirteen years ago. leaving widow. one
daughter and three sors. Some time after
his death Royal Frisby married the widow
and ran through the property left by
Carver IN short order. The wife sued for
divorce and received u decree. Frisby
afterward married the daughter. whom, 1t
Is said, he ruined while he was yet the hus
band OF the girls mother
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
BUs mess WEN SMILING.
Our Prospects of speedy Coming of
LivclIer II ade.

- ~ a~-ha.. Io "a Asaoklv -ravicw of trade
says. -
: Everything waits for the crops. II Is,
therefore, of the first Importance TO report
that the crop prospects have never been
more uniformly satisfactory at this season
than they are now. In other respects the
general outlook is In the main unchanged
While the volume of business represented
by clearing-hous exchanges outside OF
New York is about per cent. less for the
week, and about 10 per cent. less for tho
month than last year, there is prevailing
confidence in the speedy recovery and expan-
sion OF trade Trade In breadstuffs has not
been especially active, though wheat de-
clined below 2 per bpslel Using agaia :
and oats also still slightly stronger and
cotton is unchanged, Notwithstanding I'M
proved crop prospects. The business fall
ures occurring throughout the country dur
ing the last seven days number a37, as
compared with total OF 234 last week.
For the corresponding week of last year
the figures wero 100.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
\ issouri storm sufferers.

Dispatcher received at Kansas City
from Blairstown state heavy rain and
wind storm swept over that town and
did serious damage. Several houses
we're blown down and several persons
were injured, though not badly. The
depot, large. substantial frame build
ing at Lands Station, on the Kansas
City, Osceola aud Southern Railway,
was blown of its foundation and seri-
ously damaged. The rain storm was a
terrific one, and the low lands are COW
cred with water
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

AT Columbus, Ga. fire broke out in W. t.
Harvey & Co.'s lumber yard, and $4,000
worth OF lumber was destroyed. Tho hre
swept the entire block. and the total loss
will probably amount TO 100000; insur-
ance. about $4,000. Browns "Beehive," at
Scranton, Pa. was Quilted by fire. Three
floors stocked with millinery were deluged.
The stock was valued at ESQ. 900; insurance,
$40 900. The lumber sheds OF Grand, Fuller
& Sons, Boston, were burned. Loss, ESQ. 900.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
Frank Pi.rc.,s Victim Dead.

Frank Pierce was lodged In the Des
Moines jail, having been denied bail. The
crowd of citizens which had gathered in
the afternoon dispersed Immediately after
Wishart died while under u surgical opera
tion, which had been performed on his In
testines where they had been pierced.
Pierce was removed to the county jail and
mt I'm n cell
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
HERE'S THE HAwKEyE TICKET.
II. c. Wheeler Will Lead the Iowa Repub-
Iicans in the Coming HI Int.

II. c. Wheeler Will Lead the Iowa Repub-
Leans ia The Coming FL hit
The Republican convention at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. was attended by about 1000
delegates. But little time was expended In
getting TO work, and the nomination Of
Hiram @. Wheeler. of Odebolt. Sac County.
for Governor was effected early. His OPP
ponents for the honor we're Ben +. Clayton,
a farmer OF Pottawattamie County. and ex-
Congressman Daniel Kerr, of Grundy
County. Two ballots were required
10 settle the Lieutenant Govern
orship, the surprise of the day
being the defeat OF the present incumbent,
Albert N. Poyneer. OF Tama. A spirited
contest over the Supreme Court Judgeship
ensued requiring three ballots. The bal
ance OF the ticket was chosen by acclama-
ton. The platform declares for prohibit
ton, a high protective tariff. and favors
free coinage of silver Following Is the
ticket entire:
Governor. ;..,......'.....c hirah y. Wneo'eI
Lieutenant Governor..... George Van Houten
supreme Judge .....:.............S nj. weaver
Supt. Public Instruction. Henry Sabfn
Railrond Commissioner. Frank I. Campbell
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
nx-vICE PREsIDrNr HAMLrN.

Stricken by Death While at His Club
Rooms ut Bangor. Me.
While sitting In his club rooms at Bangor,
Ne, ex-vice President during Lincoln's
first term Hannibal Hamlin was stricken
by heart failure, and died within an hour.
Mr.. Hamlln was born in Paris, Me-, In 1909,
and was therefore, SO years old. Until
within few months he had been In robust
health, frequently going fishing and en-
gaging In other outdoor exercise. Nearly all
his family we're present at his death bed
His son Frank, at Chicago, was summoned
60 attend the funeral
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

A. Dickinson, N. d.. drove OF Texas q
year-old steers was brought In for one COM
pany, and there are 10000 more on the
trail The droves left Texas April is, and
for the last month have gained every day,
days drive being ten 20 twelve miles. A
new industry has been started ON the Grand
River at q point south of Dickinson. An
old hunter and trapper has imported forty
beavers. and will give his entire attention
10 the care of these animals.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
A Minnesota Farmer and HIS Son Killed
tve- by TyQ f0:.;FI9us = rs . .ssheiS.-
= Al EaEeytIie. MIN, Eli Muiiinax, 4 no.

torlous horse-thief of Princeton. NO.
killed John Johns son and was wounded by
son OF johnson, but not seriously. Peter
Brizendine. a companion of Mullinax, then
shot and killed young Johnson and wounded
Mrs johnson. who rushed TO the assistance
of her husband and son. Mullinax and
Brizendine at the time OF the tragedy were
stealing pair OF horses belonging TO john
son. They escaped.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
Frightened Into INSANITY.

AT Waseka, Mimi, on the arrival OF the
east bound train, Sheriff Reynolds took
from the sleeper n man in violent state OF
insanity, who proved to be Andrew Row,
the owner OF valuable mining property in
the neighborhood OF Wardner, Idaho He
desire 10 die, and asked the
Sheriff In what way he proposed to kill
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
Losses by Fire,

The large barrel factory of shewaller &
Croninger at Hartford City, Ind, was COM
pletely destroyed by FIRE. Loss. $4,000;
light insurance. At Oshkosh, Wis, fire
started I'm the lumber yard of the William
son & Libby Lumber Company, and caused
a loss estimated at from $4,000 TO $4,000,
principally high grade lumber; fully in
sured
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
ono Juror Want 10 sleep.

At indianapolis some timo ago, A. ].
Kestlin secured a Judgment against the Ma
tionai Accident Insurance Company for
$4,000. Application was made for new
trial ON the novel plea that Juror Norwood,
an old and very feeble man. was asleep
during the greater part OF the trial, and did
not. therefore. hear MI the evidence. Nor
wood admitted that he slept part OF the
time, and the court set the verdict aside,
granting the defendant new trial
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
THE NEW ORLEANS AFFAIR.

Italy's Representative Has New Commu-
nications to Make tn Mr.. Blaine.
II ProOresso hdLo- americana. always well
informed In regard 20 Italian questions,
publishes the following dispatch;
BAR HARBoR, Me.--Marquis Imperiali ar
rived here, bearing important communion
tions from his government relative to the
New Orleans incident Notwithstanding
the relapse which Mr.. Blaine has expert
enced. The Italian Charge d'Anaircs hopes
that he will be allowed TO have "a confer
ence with the Secretary OF State.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
Terribly Whipped by white cap%

Further details OF the whipping of old
man Mcguire and his stcpdaughter, aged
eighteen, near Leavenworth. Ind. show IL
TO have been most brutal AFFAIR Two
hundred masked whito caps dragged their
victims TO tho woods, where they we're
stripped 20 the waist and tied TO trees
The girl Was given fifty lashes and Mcguire
seventy-fivc. and both we're terribly man
gled. Both tainted under the punishment
After tho whipping Mcguire and his step
daughter we're ordered 70 leave within
twenty days or they would be lynched.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

cessful OPERATE n. The first passenger train
consisted OF an engine and one car, occu-
pied by sixty-hve people. mostly excur-
sionists from Denver Tho lower terminus
OF the line Il e.loo feet above sea level and
the upper 1l.1l7. The distance is nine
miles. and the stcepcst grade Is IS per cent
on c rise Of one Ia forty. There is a double
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
The Cherokees Go 10 Law.

- Fs0be-s -n-.ss- n-aasnraE- of the Cherokee
Nation. says that stockmen will either have
90 pay him so cents head for grazing on
the strip or be elected. He added; AMY
cattiemen who pay for grazing can rest as
sured the Cherokee Nation will protect
them. Any attempt TO remove stockmen
whD rent from us will call for injunction
proceedings.D
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
ST. Louis Lottery Man Arrested.

Peter ]. Huber, manager of the Louisiana
State Loan and Trust Company, and his
clerks were arrested on charge of carry
ing on u lottery In ST. Louis. Huber would
admit nothing, but the clerk told Detect
i've scully while selling him ticket that
the institution is a much better thing than
the New Orleans lottery, AS all the losses
were paid at home
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

At Birmingham, Ala, f. p Hill was ar
rested charged with forging the resigna-
tions OF A. f Daniels and w. A. Whitmer,
postal clerks. The designations were ac-
cepted. The men at first thought they had
been discharged. but subsequently they
learned OF Hills action. He said he did 1t
as joke.