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COVERT HAS NOT CONFESSED.
Still Unknown Whether He Beckes
Killed Frederick Obey.

JAMAICA. July 29.-The inquest on the death
Of Frederick Obey OF Floral Park. who was
killed In quarrel In New Hyde Park on SUM-
day night will be begun in Miller's Hotel.
Hyde Park. by Coroner Everett OF Jamaicn to-
morrow night. William Covert and George
Becker. who were arrested for the deed. stick
to their original stories. Becker SAYS Covert
did tho s.abbinG. while Covert says he does
not know how L happened. Both men are
prisoners In the Town Hall In this plnce.
Constable Ashmead says the report that
Covert confessed to him That lie did the Stab
Covert has not spok.n more than half dozen
words to him about the cuse.
Becker anil Obey were friends The quarrel
was arrested on the day after the murder only
q rusty. oyster knife was found in his pockets.
where he murder occurred. 1t was thought
at first that iiecker drew his knife to attack
Covert and stabbed Obey by iuistako
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
Ra,u On July 81 for Over Eighty Year.

ANsoNIA. July 29.--Iast Friday evening Mr..
William II. Morris said that he had kept daily
record ofthe weather for twenty-five years. and
bis futher and grandfather had done the same
before him. and In every year for over eighty
years thore lind been n rainfall on the 25th dav
OF July The reNt day was tho 25'h. and be.
for it, annual Picnic tho weather recorder told
one Of the demons of the church that he won id
ITO well to carry his umbrella aud rnbbeIs. As
ianQho,I, bnt IN the adyi, o being repeated he
became rtck loss AMI orlrre 10 bet 81. even
Ii would no! rain. The bet was made. ten TO
ono. and before O'Clock that afternoon rain
poured down In torrents for flfteeu minutes.
The liles OF the rrrn.ng sentinel NJ far back as
they run sustain Mr. Morris'B statement
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
Stripped the Yachts.

River thieves made raid between midnight
and daylight yesterday on the feet OF yachts
lying in the bay opposite Niehof's ard Beal's
boat houses ut the foot OF Communpaw avenue.
Jsrsry City. Five yachts. new rugged th's
spring were stripped Of NIL their rigging. Tho
Newman OF the oceanic Yacht Club. the Aroka
Of o BTlen. the B,othSsrs 81 Murphy broth.
ers. the Ircnn, Job w. BOlan. and q boat
belonging 10 Mr.. Douker. A. sixtcen.toot Gut
n boa. ow.cI bs NJ: Hopktns o. TIE Palma
skitI wa. found yesterday afternoon stranded
on Black Tom Island.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
Frank Co.'s s.sr.. Marriage.

frank Cox Of Englswood. whose secret mar.
riags TO Lillian Meyer OF Jersey City was dis
ciosed recently. has made his peace with his
mother. IIe went homo to tell her oil about II.
but she had already read the news in TIE Sun.
She said she was sorry to lose him. ppbraidcd
Ipnce ard wound up BY giving him her bless
Ing. Cox j. n nephew OF ex-Cniisd States
Treasurer Conrad y. Jordan. he isR Protestant
making 10 have another cers mony performed
By q Catholic pri, ST. A dispcnsation will be
obtained II ON Bishop Wigger.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30

Butcher William Funk. who committed
suicide ut 40j Third avenue. Brooklyn. on
Tuesday night by cutting his throat. WAS %
years old. and became desp ,ndent through
failure In business lie and his young vito
retired 70 bod In their apartments in the rear
utes he got mp, ami. going 10 The store. began
Sharpening O big knife which he used In hts
business. His wife asked him what no W IS
doing. and he rem led that he WAS going to cut
some meat. A minute lntor hearing a heavy
fnll. his wife ran TO the store and found him
dead on the floor. with his throat cut
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
Broke His iLandlady's Skull and est His
Own Thront.

CLEARYIELp. Pa. July 29.-For some time
miner named wilkins has been boarding with
Joe Wilson. another minor. In Decatur town
ship. wilkins soon became a great admirer OF
Mra Wilson. She told her husband about his
advances. and wilkins was told to leave
the house. lie was heard pacing hia room
ali night; This morning he said he was sick
ready to leav.. Soon ailer be, ssme down SHs
stairs be attacked Mrs. Wilson with baseball
bat. fractprinR her skull. Thinning he had
Pbysicians say there is NO hope OF SAVING
Miiktnss ne; 1t is expected also that Mrs.
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N,es., Platter. Had to nuu for II.

Ann street. east OF Nassau. is SO narrow that
It is not an easy place In which to " work" fire.
The street was chock full OF Arem"n yesterday
afternoon. No. 81 was ailre. c. +. Wilken oc-
cupies tho ground floor as n carpenter shop.
OHIO Herders polishing and NICKEL plating shop
p 81 Hm has the third iioor TIE rs Logan In
HerdeI's slioi. Herder says he does not know
what cause d 1t. Two Of his work men, in at
slightly turned. As soon as the iiremsn could
get ladders III. and reach tho fire. they got 1t
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
sIx-SHOOTERs FOR HOODLUMs.
Marines VIII he Armed, and II Stoned
Again VIII shoot to XIII.

Again Will shoot to XIII.
The marines who keen guard or the DUMP"
a piece OF vacant property nenr tho Wishing
ton avenue side OF the Navy Ynrl. have re-
comfy been annoyed by gang OF hoodlums.
who perch on the fence and throw stones Mt
them. Frequent complaints have been made
80 The nur horitie-. bnt so far tho Young tonghs
have escaped capture. Cant. loniy Erbon.
matter in hand, and someb iy is iikey to get
hurt II the etoninG ontinues. Ito sri,l:
These young rAscaS pay no attention to
the marines. Tor they nre not armed Bu. nm
going to put shoe or IN the hands of each
i,"t be- l III with nIank cnrtriIres. II Tbe
mon nre stoned on ,iutv, they must shoot with
the intention OF killing"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
HOG Oh oIers Ravsgss,

WATERLOO, Ia. July 29.-Hoss are dying In
great numbers from cholera In tho south part
Of this county. whore the disease has broken
and Eagle are the afrac ed districts. The same
lorality suffered ,eysrely, from the yayages Of
seven animals lst out OF $50 %Siein, hs had had
three weeks ago. Many other farmers herds
have been almost entirely depleted, the loss OF
young pigs being especially large.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
Enriaeer ana r,neman Arrested.

Whom Coroner Lew saw the report OF the
killing OF little yellow-hsired Mamie Horn by
freight engine No. 10 OF the Hudson River I,nil-
road. AT Eleventh avenue and Fifty. fifth street,
on Tuesday afternoon. he WAS SURPRISED 10
find that no arrests hal been mnlo. HS at
once Instructed tho police oil the West Forty
liam Murnin, who didn't See the hid on tho
track ahead Of his locomo olive, md Fngman
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
Work or mn Unguardcd Maniac.

LooANspoRr. Ind. July 29.-WillIam Aasoh. .
maniac In the asylum here made an indss
eliminate attack upon the inmates sleeping In
his ward last night. DR.. Ezra Reod OF Liberty
Mills was Killed and six others badly injured.
Wrenched from bis bed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30

PApucAH. July GA street railway company
OF this city is soon likely to find itself the de-
PENDANT In number Of suits for unpaid wages.
which will be instituted by the actors and
SINGERS recently employed in q company at .
summer thentre here. The odd fact that tho
railrond company has figured as the bncker OF
this troupe would probably have remained
theatrical venture. Eleven persons we're em-
ployed at the theatre. The street railroads
tracks rnn By the house, and tho desire OF the
them to back the troupe. Most OF the Vt rnnded
people are destitute. Several OF them are New
SOrkers
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Bod,.. or drowned Men Recovered.

Tho body OF Adam Neuschwnld OF Brooklyn
who was drowned In Jamaica bay, or Grotz's
Willow Grove, RocknAay Beach. Monday
while Mt ending picnic. was recovered yester.
day.
Great Somih Bay yesterday. He wau drowned
while out sailing of Blue Point Sunday q ter
noon. lie lived in Patch0gue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
Rich, I'd Croker. Violin ronns.

RIoh usn Richard Croker and bis family went TO
goo "o'a springs on June az violin. valued at
son , winch belonged to Mr.. Crokers eldest
vIIn. was missed at Buffalo. About half the
siprts q % the the instrument was expended in
ts DAY 10 t sfoit. detective decided Yes
b. EdisSS eniral Station, and the hrst thing he
VI CfokSStas 'as violin case. II was returned to
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+" Qulen Sabe 0"

CHICAGO. July 2o.-The Baron and Baroness
wichmann Eichhorn arrived here to-day from
Yokohama. on route for Berlin. The Baron 10
bis mi mission contempisIsd the nsso,istioS o.
Important treaties with that country. the
BfSIo9 shrYsssd bile shoulders and sasWsrsd'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
A Canadian Ome,aI Suspended.

OTTAWA. July 29.-John r. Arnold. chief
mechanical engineer OF the Public Works De-
pArtment. has been suspended for having
rented steam yacht which he owned to the
ooysInm.n! for slo2 pei per morth IN ths 1stns 0f
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
Marshall wIldcr's Miles,.

Mr.. Marshall p. Wilder arrived on the City
OF New York yesterday looking as Jolly as
ever. He Says he had n great .imn on tho
other side, one Of his newest loEes, 10
among his iiiends, The mice have rubber
tails
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
Electric L,uh. Plat. con.ond.tea.

DETROIT. July 2o.-Some time ago agents OF
the Jenney Electric Light Company OF Fort
Wayne. Ind. secured tho Edison reople's
plant paying 81, 900. OOO. AMI under tho name
OF the ieninsular Elect!r Light company
cnred the Brush Company, and Will consoii-
date W til the Peninsular Tho rice maid was
81 1000 o. and IL said to have been In cash.
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The Twenry-th:rd's New Armory.
Ground has been broken for the new srmory
OF the tTwenty-third Regiment In Brooklyn.
r. I !. AZ \: = 3. siss'E
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When Baby was sick, we gave her CastoriA
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Mas. she chung TO castoria.
wsss she hsA esisdrss, sss ss,s ,hsa esssssla
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To 9th Az. shoppers,
sl s,ss,; ~ 'sss :S.9v9s.,.'' ''r"h'Fsss'''
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-03-21
AMBER,

Genuine amber is by no means so
plentiful as it was some years ago, and
amber cigar holders and pipe stems
will probably rise in price. The gen.
uine amber is fossil gum, which was
produced in large quantities by trees
having resinous sap, which flowed
down the trunks and collected in mass
es at the root. It is found in the
ground Of marshes and other places
where forests fourished in former
times, and is also obtained by dredg-
ing. The German Ocean, Baltic and
Black Seas formerly produced it in
great quantities, but the supply is
constantly decreasing, and, unless
other fields are discovered, real amber
will soon be scarce and costly. There
is some satisfaction in knowing that
the imitation is just as good III every
way, so that even if the real amber
gives out there need be no diminution
in the number of holders for the cigars
or mouthpeices for pipes. In this
country comparatively little is. used
save for this purpose, but in India and
China, large Jumps are in great de-
mand, for, from this cause, an amber
idol is far more esteemed than a gold
en- image, and so the best amber all
goes to the East to be made into gods
for the pagans.-Great Divide.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-03-21
THE GAME LAW.

The following are the dates during
which the game law is in force in this
State: =
Deer-From March 1st to October
1st, penaltry from s25 to $50.
Wild turkey-From April 18th to
October 1st, penalty, $40 to s25.
Quail, Partridge and Pheasant
From April 1st to October LIST penal
ty $40 to s25.
A penalty of from 50 to $25 is i'm
posed for the destruction of Whip-
poorwill, Finch, Oriole, Bluebird,
Swallow, Nighthawk, or Blackbird,
except when same are destructive to
the fruit or grain crop.
A penalty Of from S. to s25 for
robbing or destroying the nest Of eggs
of any wild bird whatsoever, except
those of a predatory nature, and des-
tructive Of game and insectivorous
birds.
Section IL of the Game Law pro-
vides that all fines collected for viola
tion Of any of the provisions of the act
one half the said fine shall 60 to the
informer and the other half paid to
the Treasurer of the Parish School
Board in which fines are imposed, for
the benefit of the public schools.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-03-21
Gouaux's Anti-Asthmatic Powder.
Gnnaux's Anti-Asthmatic Mixture.

Gouaux's Anti ti-Asthmatic Powder.
0Duaux's Anti-Asthmatic Mixture.
CEThe mixture will relieve almost any
congh by taking few doses according
TO directions.
GoUAux's CELEBRATED PILE OINTMENT,
For the cure of Piles.
Directions: Apply on the piles 2 or 8
times day. when there is much inffam-
nation cold baths twice day are indica-
ted, also keep the bowels open by a Sed-
litz Powder twice week. Price 81.
Gouaux's Anti Periodic and Tonic
for the sure cure of all malarial fevers.
intermittent fever. or fever and ague,
chill fever, remittent fever, and all the
fevcrs arising from miasmatic sources.
Gouaux's French Ringworm Ointment
and Solution-(F For the cure OF ringworm
and diseases of the skim
WANTED-The names of all persons
troubled with asthma or any cough. Sam
pies nd-book will be mailed free.
f. GoUAUx, Houma, La.
These remedies are guaranteed toture
the diseases for which they are recon-
mended for and nothing else; in case Of
non-success money will be refunded.
Kept by GERAC BRoTnERs,
Lafayette, In.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-03-21
BIRTH OF STATES.
New York Tribune.l


Vermont has celebrated the centen
nial of its admission to the Union.
This was the first celebration of the
kind to take place, Vermont being the
first addition to the original thirteen
states. There can be only two more
like celebrations during the present
century, Kentucky having been ad-
mitted to the Union June !, 1892,
and Tennessee June l, 1896. After
that Ohio will take its turn, its birth
day as state having been Feb. 10Th,
1903. Then will FOLLOW Louisiana,
admitted in 1912, and then in rapid
succession come Indiana, Mississippi,
Illinois, Alabama, Maine and Missouri,
which all became states in the years
between 1916 and 1921. After that
there was an interval of fifteen years
in which no new states were created,
while in the following fifteen years
from 1886 to 185O-Arkansas, Michi-
gan, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin,
and California were added to the
Union. Minnesota, Oregon and Kan
sas followed in 1858, 1859 and 1861.
West Virginia in 1868, Nevada in
1864, Nebraska in 1867, and Colora-
do in 1875, bringing the total to thirty
eight, which has been raised to forty
two within the last two years. Yer
mont is the vanguard Of long and
honorable line of commonwealth
which outnumber by more than two
to one the original members of the
great American Republic.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-03-21
GULF COAST DOCK SITE.
IN. o. New Delta. I

The United States owns u tract of
land, with a frontage Of 500 feet, on
the other side of the river, that is the
first place but one just below Algiers,
the intervening place being that Of
Mr.. J. B. Olivier.
This point has long been considered
one of the best along this section of
the river. 1t has never been injured
by caving banks, but is to-day just as
it has been for years. The current is
slack along here, too, and vessels
coming into port by hugging the bank
experience very little trouble in COM
ing up stream. There is a chart in
the United States. engineers Office
that has recently been drawn. on
which are marked the soundings taken
opposite this site. The first is AZ
feet, and then continuing into mid
stream they run 81, SO, 20, 80, after
which bank is reached and only SO
feet is found, but the depth from
there continues to over hundred. It
was ut this point tnat Farragut's IRON
claas and large war ships were har-
bored after they ran the forts, and
the place possesses excellent natural
features for a dock. just on the
other side. few hundred feet below,
are the United States Barracks and
the site of the old United States Hos
pital.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-03-21
WRITES WITH HIS TEETH.
IOmaha Bee.

Captain i. B Cousins has received
{. letter from his old army comrade,
E. p. Latham, Of Barton, Ohio. The
letter itself would not seem remarks
BILE to anyone net conversant with the
facts, as it appears to be simply 2
chatty, friendly letter, written in 9
bold, plain, business-like hand. The
remarkable feature Of the letter Is that
Mr.. Latham carries on his correpon-
dence with his teeth. During the war
he had both arms shot off and his
right eye shot out. Although q man
with habits matured he has, since los
ing his arms, learned to write BY hold
ing his pen in his teeth. He is 9 good
penman and does the Office work for
the firm Of which he Is the senior
partner, and which does 4 very exten-
siye business. He keeps the accounts
and no one would suspect by = glance
1T his bdbks that his mouth, instead
Of his hand, Is his penhoder.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-03-21
THE CENTER OF POPULATION.
Times: Democrat

The census bulletin has finally dis-
covered the center Of population Y
this country, locating it in latitude
39o II 56" North, and longitude 850
332 SO" West, in Southern Indiana, ~
a point u little West Of Greensbnrg,
the county seat of Decatur county,.
and twenty miles East of Columbus
Indiana. 49,
1t will be remembered that, accord-
ing to the last census, the centre OF
population was on the Kentucky side
Of the Ohio River, a very short dis
tance from Cincinnati, Of which fact
that city was absurdly proud. It has
now left Cincinnati far to the East
being about midway between it and
Indianapolis, perhaps slightly nearer
to the latter city.
The movement has been steadily
Westward since the beginning Of the
Government, as follows:
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-03-21
DRAINING GRAND MARAIS.
Lake Charles Echo.1

There is an enterprise about to COM
mence in our parish of far greater i'm
portance than our citizens dream Of
It is not always a disadvantage tohave
a large capital in a few hands; often,
in carrying out enterprises intended
purely for their own advantage they
greatly benefit the communities among
whom they work.
At this time the Watkins sdredge
boat, with attending barge, lies in
Cameron with two steamers, ready to
take advantage Of the good weather to
go round to the Mermentau river
This dredge and tender will enter and
ascend the Bayou Lacasine ten miles
to where it viii become necessary to
straighten, widen and otherwise i'm
prove the bayou in order to secure
passage for the dredge and barge. It
is said that they will then advance up
the Lacasine fifteen miles further,
making it fsAvigable for canal boats
and greatly improving it as drain.
The dredge will then cut a large ditch
towards Jennings for the purpose Of
draining that large fiat or lake known
as the Grand Marais, thus opening up
for cultivation large area Of land,
and materially improving the drain
age of an immense section Of country.
This ditch must necessarily be at least
twenty feet wide with four feet Of
water in it to enable the barge and
dredge to advance and return, thus
opening up some forty miles Of inland
navigation.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-03-21


We would suggest to Buffalo Bilp
that he might add q new feature to his
"Wih West show, which is now in
Europe, by employing the ex-members
Of Congress to repeat daily, for the
edifcation Of the adherents of the "ef-
fete monarchial systems the "riot
act which they have enacted 20 often
during the lifetime Of the unlamented
Fifty-irst Congress. The expense
would not be great, as most of the re-
pudiated politicians would be glad to
60 for their expenses, in order to avoid
having to return to their constituents
before time shall have kindly CLOSED
over some Of their most gfaring mis-
deeds.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-03-21

This is one Of James Gordon Ben
nett's prime stock stories, as he re-
lates it:
"When Irving was playing in Faust
in Us country, he made it very real
istiU BY employing large number Of
supernumeraries who alternately APP
peared IS angels and then as imps Of
darkness. One of the grand scenes is
where the imps Of darkness descend.
AT . signal from Mephisto the imps
begin to scamper and get down
through q trap door. Many had gone
down below when big, fat, fifty cent
a-night imp started down. He was too
large for the trap door and got stuck.
In vain he tried to push himself down.
An Irishman in the gallery leaned
forward and said
Thank God !; hells full r
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-03-21

Many years practice have given G. A.
Snow & Co. Solicitors of Patents at
Washington, D. c., unsurpassed success
in obtaining patents for all classes Of in
vention. They make a specially Of re-
jected cases, and have secured allowance
of many patents that had been previous.
ly rejected. Their advertisement in an
other column, will be Of interest to in
ventors, patentees, manufacturers. and
m Who have to do with patents.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-03-21
HE YN1tE HIS FRIEND.
4 sveland Leader.)

Veland Leader.l
4, as..-., filthy retired lake captains
and vessel owners, one living in the
city and the other in q suburban vii.
lage recently met. The city man was
interested in church building enter
prise, and he handed his old chum 8
subscription book. The recipient OF
this attention demurred, saying he
was not interested in that particular
church.
''Never mind" said the city cap
tain in bluff manner. "You must
give something"
"How much have you given?' ask
ed the suburban captain suspiciously,
for he knew his friend.
Nothing yet" . triae uneasily,
"but | expect to.
"Now, look here, you don't expect
me to do more than you are willing to
do"
II simply haven't made up my
mind yet. You can get out Of it that
way, ana must put your name down..
"Will you give as much as dor
looking the solicitor straight in the
eye.
s-that-is-yes-w why, yes, Ger
tainly." Be it known that the city
captain, while active IN all good
works, is reputed to be, like Barkia,
ga little near"
"All right" promptly replied his
friend, with suspicion Of grimness
about the smile onhis lips. and taking
the book he put his name down for
$500.
The city man gasped, but he was
too much of a sailor to finch, and
down went his name for $500 also., 4
sum which he was abundantly able q
give. The church building fund i
about $500 richer by reason Of that
little encounter.