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Griggs courier., 1892-12-02

AN Indiana judge has decided that an
election is not game of chance and a
man who loses an election bet must
pay.
THREE suicides have occurred at Viii
ting, Ind, recently. No cause can be
assigned for either of them and the
people strongly hint at a suicide club.
The third collision within q week oc-
cured on the Northeastern railway
near Laurel, Miss, the night of the
e6th. The engineer and fireman were
injured and a negro tramp killed.
THE town Of LaUnion, San Salvador,
was completely wrecked by an earth
quake.
l4 SHERIFF McG1NN1s of Calhoun Co.,
was shot and killed the 26th by rail-
road man at Plainville, Ga. The MUIR
derer was captured and placed in Jail
from which he was afterward taken
and lynched by hanging.
The town of Wenatchee, WASH, is
overrun with thieves, gamblers and
thugs. Two murders were committed
by highwaymen recently in one night
AN unknown highwayman at Eau
Claire, Wis, the night of the Goth, held
up Ed. Stocking and robbed him of 800,
gold watch and some loose change.
For telling story Kate Green, col
ored woman Of Louisville, KY, beat her
little girl to death.
IT is announced that the four leading
breweries of the United States, An.
heuser-Busch and Lemp of st. Louis,
and the Schlitz and Pabst of Milwau.
kee. contemplate consolidating, with q
capital stock of $40, 600 and bonds to the
amount of 5000, 600.
The much talked about comet that
was to strike the earth, or just miss it,
the night of the 9th, failed to put in
an appearance either before or after
the scheduled time.
Griggs courier., 1892-12-02
STATISTICS OF BANKS.
Figures OF Interest Presented in Conn.
troller Hepburn's Report.

= EASuE06 OG xuCorc8G Ffe80nCe0 IN Comp
troller Hepburn's Report.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2e.-The forth.
coming report of Mr.. A. B. Hepburn,
the comptroller of the currency, shows
that 1853 banks, with an aggregate cap
ital OF SIS, ,2s5, 900, were organized dur.
ing the year, So went into voluntary
liquidation and II became insolvent,
leaving net increase for the year OF
93 banks. Nearly SO per cent of the
new banks are located west of the Mis-.
sissippi river and IS per cent. in the
southern states.
The number of banks in operation
October 81, 1892, was 3,7ss, having an
aggregate capital of $693, SOS. Gas; sur.
plus and undivided profits, $34O, 524. ITO:
individual deposits, 81, 765, ,42a, ,9ss; bank
deposits, $3.50, 45s, ,202. and total re.
sources, $3.50, 094, ,s97.
The circulation outstanding shows q
net increase for the year of $40, 4s7, 2e6.
The gold held by banks, as compared
with September 25, 1891, shows an in.
crease of S91, ,994.115; surplus and
profits. increase, $0,G63, 900; individual
deposits increase, $177. 902. and
bank deposits increase, $1OO, ,O5s, 42s.
Over two-thirds of the liabilities Of
the seventeen banks reported as hav.
ing failed belong to the Maverick bank.
The comptroller gives detailed infor
nation as to all clearinghouse trans
actions for the year, the domestic ex
change drawn by the banks, and shows
how, by means of bookkeeping substi
tutes, the use of actual money is min
imized, less than 10 per cent. of the
business transactions being represent
ed by money.
Griggs courier., 1892-12-02
PERSONAL AND PoLrrcAL

JorHAM GooDNow, president of the
Etna Fire Insurance Company, dice
suddenly at his home in Hartford
Conn.,. aged 20 years. 90
A. d. PHILLIPS, d. D., a noted Bap.
tist divine of Mississippi, died at the
home of his niece in Franklin, Ky.
He was missionary to Africa for IF
teen years.
The official count on governor in Mis-,
souri, gives Stone (dem.), 265.144; War.
ner (rep.), 235, ,0s5; Leonard (pro.), 81.
276; Zobieslki (people's), 1898.
The official count as made by the
secretary of state shows that the prop
osition to hold constitutional conven.
tion won at the recent election in Kan.
sas by a majority of 1924.
MRS. SARAH SToueHToN, aged 100
died at her home eight miles north o,
Columbus, Ind, of old age.
Mrs. BRIDGET MURTAUG died at her
home near Mankato, Minn., at the age
of 102 years
WILLIAM MCKINLEY, SR., father o1
Gov. Mckinley, died at his home in
Canton, O., aged IS years.
AdE uOue pdItlSduSs UT independents,
hold the balance of power in the Cal.
ifornia legislature and can name the
next United States senator.
The official vote of Illinois gives
Cleveland plurality of 29,17s and Alt
geld. for governor, %, 4so plurality.
The official count of the vote ol
Rhode Island shows the following re.
suit: Harrison. $1,000; Cleveland, a.
s35; Bidwell. 1866; Weaver, 227. Plural.
ity for Harrison, 2,734.
The official vote of Minnesota gives
President Harrison a plurality of g..
27o. Nelson (rep.) for governor has a
plurality of 14,967.
The official canvass of the vote OF
Connecticut shows the following re.
suit: Cleveland. s2,397; Harrison. ~.
o25. Bidwell, 4,Os5; Weaver, soe; Wing
SOCIALIST labor), 329; scattering, 245:
total, 1e4,s25; Cleveland's plurality,
5,s7o. The republican majority on
joint ballot in the legislature is IA.
Griggs courier., 1892-12-02
An Iowa Railway Contractor Pounded ia
Death by Drunken Laborers.

ALGoNA, Ia, Nov. 26. "A railroad
contractor named Sullivan, of Sioux
City, was murdered Thursday al
the town of Armstrong. He
ordered out his men to work
after dinner. The crowd Of
workmen were somewhat intoxicated.
One of them picked up neck yoke and
struck Sullivan across the head. Then
the whole gang began to beat and
pound him, and there was no let up
until he was dead. The perpetrators
of the crime then came to their senses
and skipped. Officers of Emmett coun.
tv are altar tham.
Griggs courier., 1892-12-02

The Northern Pacific overland ex-
press was held up at H6t Springs,
WASH, by three masked men who re-
lieved the passengers of cash to the
amount Of 81, 500.
1.-THE Breakers" the elegant and
costly summer residence of Cornelius
Vanderbilt at Newport, r. l., with its
valuable contents, were burned, the
loss being $400. 900.
DISPATCHES received from various
parts of the United States indicate a
general observance, in the usual man
ner. of Thanksgiving day throughout
the country.
Griggs courier., 1892-12-02
LAT ER.
Safe Robbers.

LIBERTY, Mo-, Nov. 2s.-Four expert
.1acksmen, with the use of dynamite
and the latest improved tools succeeded
in cracking the big safe of the First Ma
tional Bank of this city last night and
securing sum of which, though it can
not be fixed definitely. owing to the
reticence of the officials of the bank, is
variously estimated at from $1,000 to
$4,000 by those in position to know.
The burglars were scared away before
they had completed their work and did
not get into the reserve vault of the
safe. in which was $4,000 more, prin-
:ipally in gold. They had dynamite
and fuse attached to this, but for
some unknown reason fled without
touching ii off.
Griggs courier., 1892-12-02
Onicial Vote Of Teuuees1.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Nov. 2a-The Of
fetal returns from all the counties in
the state have been received BY the
treasurer of state. For president the
vote is: Cleveland, 1885, At; Harrison,
SO. 97s; Weaver, 2S,622; Bidwell, 1855;
Cleveland over Harrison; 36. 504; Qevs-
land over all, s,096. For governor tho.
figures are: Turney (dem.). 127,247;
Winsted (rep.). 10o,6s9; Buchanan
(ind. and (reople's). s1.5l5.
Big Blow 1t San FrsneI.cs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2&-Heavy
gales have been holding full sway, here
for two days. Shipping in the bay was
in danger, as many vessels fouled be-
cause anchors would not hold. The
British ships Talisman and Man
chester, all loaded for sea, col
lided. and the total damage to the tive
will be $4,000. The American shi.
Occidental was also damaged some.
what. In addition to tho damage to
the ships at anchor in the stream ant
OF the wharves of San Francisco and
Oakland shipping suffered severely q
Sausalito and Tiburon, ON tho Nariv
county shore.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
A Queer Pair OF Eyes.

/ labor undor the peculiar inconven.
fence of having right eye OF normal
power and a shortsighted left eye. The
numerals on the face of clock five
eighths of an inch high are visible
to the right eye twelve feet distant
but in order to decern them as clear
ly with my left eye require to bring
that organ of vision as near to the
figures as eight inches. On looking at
my gold chain hanging on my breast
in daylight and with both eyes, the
chain colored yellow and toward the
left is perceived by the right eye, while
steely blue chain, another, yet the
same, is perceived about one inch to the
right and a little higher up. By artificial
light the same phenomenon presents 1t
self, but the difference of color is not SO
apparent: the yellow to the right is only
DINNER.
Again, when page is being read with
the shortsighted eye there appears,
about an inch to the left, part of the
same column, small, and the black,
under artificial light, like weak purple.
The right hand side of this ghostlike
column is lost to the right eye, being
commingled with the larger, darker let
ters seen by the shortsighted left, which
cover it like the more recent writing on
palimpsest. Middle life was reached
before the discovery was made. These
experiences must be gone through with
intent, for objects generally being per-
ceived altogether with the right eye, all
that the left seems good for is to supply
little more' light. The perception OF
the difference of color is as good with
the one eye as the other, and the short
sighted eye can read smaller type
Nature.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
Venom of the Cobra.

A vivid notion of the intensity of CO.
bras venom is given by the experience
of Dr.. Francis T. Buckland. He put a
rat into cage with snake of that spe-
cies, and it was killed after plucky
fight. Upon examining the skin of the
dead rat Immediately afterward he
found two very minute punctures, like
small needle holes, where the fangs Of the
cobra had entered. The flesh seemed al
ready to have actually mortified in the
neighborhood of the wound. Anxious
to find out if the skin was affected, DR..
Buckland scraped away the hair from
it with his finger nail.
Then he threw the rat away and start
ed homeward. He had not walked 100
yards before, all of sudden, he felt as
if somebody had come behind him and
struck him a severe blow on the head
and neck. At the same time he expert
enced most acute pain and sense Of op.
preston about the chest. He knew in
stantly that he was poisoned, and SC
lost no time in seeking an apothecary
shop, where he was dosed with brandy
and ammonia. He came very neal
dying. Undoubtedly a small quantity
of venom had made its way into his sys-
tenn through a little cut beneath his
nail, where it had been separated slight
ly from the flesh in the process of clean
ing the nail with penknife little time
before. Washington Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
WIRE wAIFS.

Charles Wall was hanged at Tunkhan-
mock, Pa, Tuesday morning for the
murder of his wife.
August Belmont & Co. on Tuesday or
dered $3.50, 900 in gold coin for shipment
to Europe.
At Hiawatha, Kan, the members of
the Presbyterian church held prayer
meeting to pray that the worlds fair be
not kept open on Sundays.
A nitro-glycerine magazine near Find
Law, o., exploded Tuesday. A number
of windows in Findiay were broken, and
farm houses near the magazine were con-
siderably damaged. No fatalities.
There will be no strike on the Santa
Fe railroad system, as the trainmen
and officials have come to settlement
entirely satisfactory to all.
Mrs. Annie Semmes, widow of the
late Admiral Semmes, commander OF
the confederate cruiser Alabama, died at
Mobile, Ala, in her 74th year.
Louis Duestrow, the largest single
holder of stock In the famous Granite
Mountain silver mine, died at St. Louis
Monday.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders OF the missouri racine hallrOaO
company the directors of the past year
were reelected. The annual report
shows net earnings 81, 7,423,000, an in
crease of $4,000.
Edward S. Drew, who shot his wife
and then himself at Lowell, Mass, last
Sunday, died Tuesday. Before he died
Drew admitted that he shot his wife, but
did not state the cause OF the trouble
between them. Jealousy, it is supposed
prompted the deed.
The action of the officers of the
Vesuvius mills at Sharpsburg, Pa, in
cutting the wages of their puddlers
from $3.50 to $5 ton is looked upon as
the opening wedge for general reduc-
tion of the amalgamated scale June
next.
At the annual meeting of the Union
Switch and Signal company at Pitts
burg, the fight for the control of the
concern resulted in the election of 6
compromise ticket composed of five
Pittsburgers and two Bostonians. The
earnings for the year show decrease ol
$lO1, 900.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
Eating Manners in 1850.

In a description of dinner in 1850
there is no mention of the fork, and it is
not certain that there was knife for
each person. The guests were placed
in couples as far as possible, on the
ground of their being mutually agree
able, which was the more necessary, as
in certain cases the porringer-a bowl
with ears for the soup-had to serve two
persons.
If person preferred not to use his
spoon, or if one had not been supplied
him, he drank his soup from the por-
ringer held by one of the ears. Those
present at the table put their hands into
the common dish to take such pieces of
meat as they preferred, though it was
not expected they would explore the
mass too thoroughly. This will pass for
a description of the way meal was
eaten in an aristocratic family in Europe
$50 years before America was discov-
cred by Columbus.
This elegance of appointment and
manners was not found lower down in
the social scale. In families of less
wealth hands were not always washed
before eating, napkins were not supplied,
and not only were meats taken with the
fingers from the common dish, but the
soup was placed upon the table in a
large vessel into which every one dipped
his spoon aSd conveyed the liquid to his
mouth.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Bering Sea Treaty submitted-Oth,
Important Papers Presented.

Tho Boring Sea Treaty submitted-Other r
Important Papers Presented.
WASHINGTON, March S.--A message
from the president, transmitting the
recently negotiated treaty of arbitration
relative to the Bering sea fisheries, was
laid before the senate today. 1t was
unaccompanied by any recommends
tion.
There was also laid before the senate
message relating to the indemnity
claims of the Venezuelan Steamship
company.
Among the papers presented and re-
ferred was the report of the chief en-
gineers OF the army as to mining debris
in California.
HARDSHIP TO FISHERMEN.
Squire presented a memorial from
the chamber of commerce of Port Town.
send, Washington, setting forth that
"the present status OF the Bering sea
sealing fishery works a grievous hard
ship to our fishermen by depriving them
of the rights and privileges which they
enjoy in the North Atlantic ocean, in
which they are encouraged and protected
by the government of the United
States" The chamber asserts it's belief
that the waters of the North Pacific
ocean and Bering sea and all the
products to be found in those waters,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
Sch 0 field Shaken I'm.

WASHINGTON, March S.-This morning
as General Scho6eld was driving toward
the state and navy building, his carriage
was run into by an express wagon and
overturned. 1t was necessary to re-
move the general through the window
but fortunately he was not hurt beyond
receiving a rather severe shaking up.
His escape was due to the GOODNESS OF
his driver, who managed to control the
horses, notwithstanding the overturning
OF the carriage.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
An Important Meeting Of the
Cabinet.
The Bering Sea Question Under
Consideration.
1t Is Resolved to Protect the Seals at
All Hazards.
The Arbitration Treaty Before the Sen
ate-Its Ratification Opposed Un-
less England Renews the
Modus vivendi.
Associated Press Dispatches.

A360c1ated fresS DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON, March S.-The cabinet
meeting today was important, notwith-
standing the absence of Blaine, Foster
and Noble. The entire session was de-
voted to the consideration of the Bering
sea question in general. The opinion
was unanimous that the position
assumed by the British government, op-
posing the renewal of the modus
vivendi, was untenable and not justified
by the condition of the sealing industry.
1t was argued that the opening of Bering
sea this season to indiscri inmate
slaughter by poachers would undoubt-
edly result in serious injury, if not the
total destruction of the industry, and
thus defeat the very object of the nego-
tiations. 1t was decided to insist on a
modus vivendi somewhat similar to that
of last year.
Another question was in regard to
the transmission to the senate of copies
of the correspondence on the question
since January 5, 1891, the date of the
last published volume, to aid that body
in it's consideration. While the general
opinion was favorable to this, it was
concluded to leave the matter open for
few days. The correspondence would
naturally include the last communica-
tion received from Lord Salisbury re-
specting the modus vivendi for the COM
ing season, and may be delayed until it
includes also the response to Lord Sails
bury.
This government is desirous of reach
ing prompt agreement in regard to the
fisheries in order that it may be officially
promulgated in advance OF the departure
of the sealing fleets.
Since the above was written it is
learned that Acting Secretary Wharton
delivered to the British minister this
afternoon the reply of this government
to Lord Salisbury's note declining to
renew the modus vivendi. The reply
reiterates the position of this govern
ment, and insists upon the renewal OF
the modus vivendi OF 1891 for the COM
ing season. 1t is understood that Sir
Julian Pauncefote cabled the entire text
of the note to Lord Salisbury this even
inp
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
SICK STATESMEN.

Blaine and Springer Better-Holman
Confined to His Rooms.
WASHINGTON, March S.-The condition
OF Mr.. Springer was much better this
morning, and his physicians are now of
the opinion that if he holds until to-
morrow what he gained today he will
be on the road to convalescence.
The improvement in Springer's con-
dition still continues. The prospects
for good nights rest are bright this
evening. The physicians are extremely
hopeful, in the belief of his ultimate re-
covery'
Representative Holman of Indiana is
again confined to his rooms by an at
tack of illness. He was unable to be at
the capitol yesterday or today.
Secretary Blaine was better today.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
ARBITRATION TREATY.
Much Opposition in the Senate Against
Its Ratification.

Much Opp0sitiOn in the Senate Against
Its Ratification.
WASHINGTON, March 8.-The senate in
executive session this afternoon consid-
cred the arbitration treaty in regard to
the Bering sea. There was much oppo-
sition to it. One body of senators
bitterly resented the idea of any
treaty, holding that the right of the
United States to the waters acquired
from Russia was beyond question, and
that it would be cowardly surrender
on the part of this government to sub
NIT its rights therein to the decision of
foreign arbitrators. Attention was called
to the fact that one of these arbitrators
was the subject of power with which
our relations were much strained-Italy.
Other senators appeared to believe that
the approval of the treaty would be
q distinct gain in the diplo-
matte battle, inasmuch as it committed
Great Britain to the recognition of the
fact that the United States had claim
to jurisdiction over the waters of Bering
sea under the Russian title, point
which she heretofore refused to allow.
A third group thought the treaty should
not be approved finally without the
addition of a clause renewing the modus
vivendi. Indeed, there was manifested
a general feeling of disappointment
growing out of the refusal OF the British
government to accede to the reasonable
request OF this government in that re-
spect. Some senators took the ground
that while the treaty might safely be
ratified, the administration should be
instructed in the event of the continued
refusal of the British government to in
sure the protection of the seals during
the arbitration proceedings, to order
vessels of the United States to seize
every offending vessel, without regard
to nationality. After considerable dis
cussion the treaty was referred to the
committee on foreign relations.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
The Hotchkiss Will Case.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, March 8.-The
suit begun in April, 1888. contesting the
Hotchkiss, the widely known inventor
OF the Hotchkiss rife and can
non, has been settled, and the
case has been withdrawn from court.
In the amount involved and
in the complications resulting, the case
was perhaps one of the greatest of its
kind ever brought in this state. The
litigants were the brothers and sisters
of the dead inventor. By agreement
the terms of settlement are withheld
from the public.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
An Irreyocable Oath,

When new member was initiated
into the Westphalian vehmgerichte and
swore to keep the secrets of the So
ciety from wife and child, father and
mother, sister and brother, from fire and
sword, from the things warmed by the
sun or nourished by the rain, he did SO
with the thumb and two fingers of his
right hand upon the cross hilt of a
sword. An oath so taken was held to
be irrevocable and not to be annulled
by even the pope himself. Chambers
Journal
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
How u Morocco Town Received It's Name

How u Morocco Town Received Its Name.
One of the best known towns in Mo-
rocco derives its name from curious
circumstance. The place is Tetuan,
which has about 10000 inhabitants and
is noted for it's manufacture of large
variety of Moroccan wares. Centuries
ago the inhabitants were in deadly fear
of the wild Berber tribes, who inhabited
the Er Riff mountains. They kept a
watchman upon lofty minaret, and
whenever he saw indications of ap-
preaching danger he cried at the top of
his voice, to arouse all the inhabitants,
"Tet-Taguen! Tet-Taguen!'' Open your
eyes! Open your eyesD In course of
time the settlement was renamed, and
it derived it's new appellation from this
warning cry.-Goldthwaite's Geographic
cal Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
HOUSE PROCEEDINGs.

An Adjournment Taken Out of Respect
for Mr.. Kendall.
WASHINGTON, March SIN the house
today, after McMillin of Tennessee had
given notice that he would call for the
consideration of the free wool bill, Nc
Creary of Kentucky announced the death
of his colleague, Mr.. Kendall, and as a
mark of respect to the memory of the
deceased, the house adjourned. The
speaker appointed committee to look
after the funeral arrangements.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
The Mining Debris Problem.

WASHINGTON, March 8.-The secretary
OF war today sent to congress commu-
nication from Chief of Engineers Casey,
submitting estimates of the amounts
that can be proftably expended during
the coming fiscal year to carry out the
recommendation of the board appointed
to investigate the mining debris problem
in California. These are for the protec-
tion of the navigation OF the Yuba river
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
Local Option VS.. Prohibition.

senate nate I this Evening h a adopted the Catch latch
license bill. 1t provides for county OPP
mined by special election. which may
be called upon petition of one-ffth of
the legal voters. If it passes the house
it will be substitute for the present
prohibitory law.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
The Raum uiry,

WASHINGTON, March S.-Before the
Raum investigation committee, today,
Chandler, assistant secretary of the in
terror, was the first witness. He said
he had never received charges to the eff
feet that young Raum had taken money
for illegal transactions, and had no per-
sonal knowledge of any person employed
in the pension Office being interested in
the refrigerator company which Com
missioner Raum was president OF.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-09
Illustrated Annual Herald. !,

The ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL HERALD has
just been issued and can be had at the
HERALD business Office and of all news
dealers. 1t contains forty eight pages
and about fifty beautiful illustrations,
principally Of Southern California
scenery. Send i to yopr Eastern