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The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

An old history of Arizona, in chronicling some events which hap pened in this vicinity in early days, has this to say of "Jeff" Davis "He lived on a lonely ranch near the head of the Hassayampa, and was engaged in farming and stockrais- ing. The latter pursuit, however, was not a success, for whenever he accumulated few head of stock the Indians were sure to steal them. Jeff was a great hunter, and in one of these expeditions he came upon band of Indians in the heavy pine timber. Stepping behind tree, he waited until the foremost savage got within range, when his trusty rifle rang out and the Indian fell to rise no more. The astonished redskins looked around to see whence the attack came, and, ere they could re- cover themselves, two more bit the dust. The remainder fled, panic stricken, while Jeffpumped the lead after then while one remained in sight."-Prescott Courier.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

There is said to be blind girl living at Oak Hill, Texas, who a few years since, began to cultivate a few acres of wild land. The land is now neatly fenced in, and pro- vided with we'll and pump. The owner clears about S20O year from the sale of fruits and vegetables, which she carries to the market, twenty miles away, in cart. Every evening during the dry season she waters certain number of plants, until all have been cared for.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

The whole Gila valley, at the pres ent rate of putting in irrigation ditches, will soon be a vast gar den. The big Wolfey canal is do- ing it's part toward the reclamation of that section. and the enterprises that will be inaugurated the coming year will attract the attention of many eastern people who want cheap lands, good climate and pro- ductiYe soil.-Phenix Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

Spoons were used by the Egyp- tians in the seventeenth century be- fore Christ, and have also been found at Pompeii, but this utensil was not generally used in France until the close of the fourteenth century. Forks first appeared in the Middle Ages as a curiosity, and were first used upon the table by Henry III. Glasses came in vogue in the fifteenth century, although tin drinking vessels, beautifully made, continued to be used on or dinary occasions. Salt cellars were known in very ancient times. The castor was entirely unknown to the ancients, and is probably no older than the sixteenth century. The first napkins of which mention is made were manufactured at Reims in the time of Charles VII.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

The factory in which the postal cards for this country are made is a part of the Fort Orange Paper Company, at Castleton, N. Y. The postal card paper is put into a com bined printing press, cutter and wrapper. This machine prints from a number of engraved plates on the surface of a fast-revolving cylinder ; it then cuts the cards apart, wraps them up in packages of twenty-five, with band around each, and de- llvers them by belt conveyors to the packing tables, where girls put them into paper boxes, each holding 500. These are inclosed in wooden cases of various sizes and shipped to all the post offices in the United States. Our annual consumption of postal cards is about 4O0,OO0,0O0.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

Swedish iron, which is soft, yet strong and ductile, is almost free from phosphorus and sulphur, It is held to be practically mex haustible, though taken out at the rate of about million of tons a year. It is found all through the country, though mined chiefly in central Sweden, in the Dannemora district. Several of the heights as truly deserve to becalled iron noun tains as those in Missouri, and there is one in Gellivare, in Swedish Lap land, beyond the Arctic Circle, where the ore occurs in four gigan- tic strata, that would supply nearly all the iron that the country would require in a century,-MineralS.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

While cleaning out the we'll in the rear of Charlie Holborn's liquor store this week, the workmen dug up some bottles of beer which had been there for at least five years. On opening the bottles the beer was found to be frst-class in quality, improved by reason of it's long i'm prisonment.-Florence Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25
What the Force Is.

Many people ask; "What is th'
 Force Bill?" Let the St. Louis Re
 public answer:
 In 1888 the republicans denied that they intended to try to contro elections with Force bill. They asserted ,and many of them no doub believed, that the election plank ir their platform meant nothing of the kind. No honest republican car make such an assertion now, but il is made by republicans nevertheless One of them asserted the other day in the face of the Minneapolis plat, form and the Lodge bill that the democratic denunciation of the re- publican Force bill is "all moon shine" and that the republicans "have no Force bill."
 We have copy of it open at this writing, and more outrageous bill was never framed.
 It proposes to give the entire con- trol of congressional elections in the states to "chief supervisors" with the choosing whom the people of the states are to have nothing to do.
 These chief supervisors have no term of office. They are to hold for life and they are to nominate or se- lect local supervisors, members of canvassing or returning boards and special deputy marshals at pleasure in such numbers as the exigency of controlling the election requires,
 These supervisors and armed special deputy marshals are to be empowered to make "house to house canvasses" and domiciliary visits, invading the homes of the people in the capacity of armed spies of the District of Columbia politi- cians.
 They are also to take charge of the polls and make the returns to the chief supervisors. These re- turns are to be canYassed by the federal returning boards and on these returns the clerk of the house is to be compelled to make up the roll of members elect. If he accepts the returns of the state authorities against those of the federal-returr- ing boards, he is to be fined from $1 1000 to $5,000 and sent to the penitentiary from one to five years.
 The chief supervisors, holding office for life in spite of the people of the states, can thus control the vote, appointing and arming as many politicians as they please for special deputy marshals at salaries of from $5 to SS day And if the deputy marshals find any difficulty in controlling, the United States army can be called in to support the chief supervisors and his returning boards.
 This is the system proposed by Messrs. Harrison and Lodge and their fellow radicals. This is the purpose they declared at Minnea- polls they "would never relent until they have accomplished it.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

A young man, a Mexican, arrived in Prescott Saturday to consult with physicians, he having been bitten on the arm by a skunk while asleep, at ranch twenty miles north of Ash Fork. He was advised to go to Chicago and take the Pasteur treatment, which he will do.-Cour- fer.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

A new method of quickly ren- dering glass transparent during the process of manufacture consists, according to the Industrial World i'll forcing into the melted materials a stream of oxygen gas, the enor- nous heat generated oxidizing all deleterious materials.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

The smallest vessel that ever sail ed from England to Africa has just arrived at Sierra Leone, having been thirty-five days on the way. This vessel, ''The Queen," intended for trading purposes on some of the small African rivers in British ter ritory, is only thirty.five feet long.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

The United States sends thirty two ministers abroad, whose salaries range from $5,O0O to 1000 per annum, The consulates number 1 1,064, with salaries from S2,000 to $6,0OO. Both ministers and con- suls are appointed by the President.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

The exports of Canada in 1872 amounted to $114,O0O,OOO, and the imports aggregated s11O,532,7O6. The foreign commercehas increased fifty per cent the last fifteen years.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25
In Mexico.

l Whenever affairs grow dull alen:
 the kio Grande, the public is in formed that Catarino Garza will bt
 arrested in twenty-four hours. The
 fac. that the announcement ha:
 been made a number of times al-
 ready, and that Catarino Garza has
 not been apprehended, doesn't ap.
 pear to dampen the ardor of these
 enthusiasts. They have a firm be-
 lief in the existence of Garza, and just as firm a belief that he is a fool
 and will allow himself to be caught whenever they are ready to capture him. There may be such a person as Garza, though the will-o'-the- wisp character of his movements tempts one to be skeptical; but if there is such a person, he is much too keen to suffer himself to be cor ralled like a Texas steer by his ene- mics on the border,
 Garza, whether he is a mythical or actual person, stands for an idea, and that is inexorable hostility to Diaz and the friends of the Mexi- can president can no more suppress that idea than they can chain the lightning or bottle up the winds. The reaction has set in against the tyranny of Diaz, and it will swell until his overthrowis accomplished. It is safe to say that he has never been fairly elected president of Mexico, and all of the recent so- called elections have been the veri- est farces. Wherever there has been the slightest opposition, soldiers have unceremoniously quelled it by methods which, if pursued in this country, would have immediately precipitated a revolution.
 To say that he has governed wise ly is not to the purpose. The man who has no right to govern at all cannot govern wisely, because he must maintain himself by force or fraud, and thus break down the guarantees of the constitution. He has undoubtedly done very much to develop the resources and in- crease the prosperity of his country, but in doing so he has saddled the government with a debt which it cannot pay, and which must hasten his downfall. Reaction of the kind that is now going on in Mexico can not be arrested. Its development may be slow, but eventually the present government will be over thrown, and one chosen that will pay some respect to the liberties of the people.-Baltimore American.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

Spain has reduced the tariff on dried codfsh eight shillings on the hundred weight.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen and with the other bestow 1t upon favored individuals to build up private fortunes, is none the less robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation. Itisa a decree under legislative forms. Nor is it taxation. Beyond cavil, there can be no lawful taxation which is not laid for public pur- poses-Opinion of Justice Miller of the United States Supreme Court.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

Flower farming for the manufae ture of perfume is being carried on in Australia.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

Chas. Goodnight, of Goodnight,
 Texas, was in the city day or so since, stopping at the Mansion MT, Goodnight was speaking to group of friends concerning his buffalo herds. He has for thirteen years been cross breeding the full blood ed buffalo with domestic cattle, and they make an excellent cross. He has bred the full bloods but rarely, preferring the cross. The cross re- suits in a fine, closely built seven hundred to nine hundred pound beef of fine quality. The coat is not so thick, he claims is of superior quality and makes fine robe. There is much uncertainty in breeding. and as a proof, he says that out of thirty-two buffalo COWS he only raised eight calves. Another fact is they only bred in alternate years. In answer to the question as to which made the better cross, he re- piled that he had not yet been able to cross a domestic bull with full blood buffalo COW. The value of thoroughbred buffalo bull, said he varied and there was no stipulated price fixed. As for himself, he would not part with one at any price. MT. Goodnight says he will breed sixty buffalo cows this year and will attempt to cross his bulls with large number of native cat tle.-Fort Worth Gazette.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-25

power to intervene between land lords and tenants and fix the amount of rents, are an innovation a hundred times more radical than our proposed court of arbitration to adjust the questions at issue be- tween corporations and their em- ployees. Worklngmen have this moderate and lawful remedyin their own hands, for they are invincible at the polls when they choose to exercise their political power for their own well-being.-The Review of Reviews.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-25
GIRL AND DOG BURNED.

NEW YORK, November 26, 1se2.-A dis
astrous fire, attended with the loss of one
life, the burning to death of a pet dog
aud parrot. occurred at fifteen minutes
past TWO O'Clock this morning In the St.
Nicholas Park Hotel which overlooked
the scene of yesterdays great
football struggle. The hotel, which was
an old landmark. was burned to the
ground, the loss being estimated at $685.
600. with an additional loss of S., 600 upon
the furniture and fixtures. Rosie Rau-
benbuehler, servant in the employ of
Proprietor GrassenMack, was the victim
of the flames. The girl was given timely
warning to escape by Edward Grassinach,
but it is thought probable that she was
overcome by the heat and smoke, and
being too exhausted to escape, perished
The other inmates of the house had
narrow escapes with their lives. The dog
which was burned to death had peculiar
history. Its name was Topsy. Several
years ago by continuous barking he
saved the building from being destroyed
by fire. On another occasion he aroused
the inmates when burglars had entered.
This time the dogs body had been slit
open by The thieves. He recovered under
surgeons care and WAS the hero of the
neighborhood. The origin of this fire is
unknown
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-25

sauce. vegetables and coffee would be
furnished by them, aud all Mr.. Newman
was required to do was to furnish The
empty stomachs TO receive them.
After short service of praise In the
Mission room, Nh. Newman announced
that dinner WAS ready. A look of eager
anticipation was Immediately discernable
upon the faces of the guests, and when
the Superintendent said ''Go up stairs"
they did not 'stand upon the order of
going" but went, and went as lively as
their weakened condition permitted.
THEY ENJOYED IT.
When they We're seated at the long
table prepared for them, the Rev. William
D. Grant. pastor of the South Bergen
Reformed Church. asked the blessing
and the fifty hungry mortals murmured
amen" and as they did so each reached
for the dish nearest to him. Turkey.
potatoes. turnips. cranberry sauce.
onions. bread. butter, pie, celery, meat
and dozen other things were
in twinkling piled up in
mountainous proportions on each
large dinner plate. In most cases knives
aud forks were considered ornamental
and not useful. and ten fingers manipu-
lated the bones in feverish manner. In
the meantime the young women of the
Christian Endeavor Society supplied the
eaters with all the coffee they desired
At last the dinner was over and con-
teutmeut appeared on every countenance.
The stomachs were filled anG the hearts
were overfiowing. All descended to the
Mission room again and an evangeIisUc
meeting was. held. at which number of
the wrecks related their sad experiences,
and told of their hope of redemption.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-25

Roe. Mary Stokes. Nettie NJ. Ward, Kate
White, Kate Gaffney, Rosaiie A. Burch-
ard.
10 the SIG class; Agnes Nolan, Emily B.
Robinson.
70 the s528 class; Kittie Benton, Annie
u. Breslin. Gertrude Buckley, Maggie Il.
Burke. Annie l.. Carter, Minnie Cnad-
burn, Kfttie Colbert, Nellie 4. Cotting-
ham, Eva P. Davis, Maggie Flynn, An
ME NJ. Cannon, Minnie f. Griffith, Mary
e. Grimes, Maggie G. Hamill, Laura NJ.
Kissam. Carrie j. LAWYER, Martha e.
Mabie, Nellie McGinnis, Mary L. O'Sulli-
van, Hattie G. Phillips, Ella Robertson.
Ella Van Cleef and Maggie Walsh.
To the S408 class; Mary S. Anderson,
Minnie c. Backus. Emma Baldwin,
Florence Baur. Agnes Cartin, Carrie l..
Finke. Margaret A. Fitzgerald, Isabelle
Forster Lille FortmsD, Lizzie Had
den, May A. D. Hall, Jennie A..
Hamlll, Grace Hansell, Emma
Helms, Clara Ince, Emma L. Kennedy,
Fanny E. Lawrence. Emma Lewis, E.
Julia Meehan, Kate d. Reardon, Louisa
II. Seely, Julia Seeman, Gertrude Sc
guine, Kate Smith, Florence Slouvenel,
Emma q. Tewes, Mrs. Kate WheIan,
Jennie Wilson and Nellie Russ.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-25
THE NORTH RIVER TUNNEL.
Suits to Recover Money Expended by the
Contractors.

Suits to Recover Money Expended by the
Contractors.
A suit has been commenced In the Cir
cult Court TO recover $2s.55O from the
Hudson River Tunnel Company. Several
years ago number of small companies
were Incorporated under the laws of New
York, and this State as the Hudson
Tunnel Railway Company. This COM
pany entered into contract with DE
Witt Clinton Haskins of New York to
construct the tunnel Haskins began
work. and by November, 1889, he had
built 2, coo feet of the north tunnel aud
600 feet of the south tunnel. The one
great tunnel is divided into Two smaller
ones known as north and south tunnels,
Haskins, with the consent of the Tnnnel
Company, at this time sublet the contract
of construction to George Pearson and
Neetman Dickinson Pearson. trading as
S. Pearson & Son of Westminster, Lon
don. The company, when The contract
was sublet. cancelled all agreements with
Haskins and released him from obliga-
tions.
S. Pearson & Son continued the work
on the tunnel as long as they received
money to do it with, and when the sup
ply Of fumes ceased, work was abandoned.
Wnen this action took place, the con-
tractors claim the Tunnel Company
owed them $28550 for work done and
sum that the suit has been begun.
The plans under which the contractors
worked, called for two tunnels eighteen
feet high and sixteen feet wide. They
were prepared by Sir Benjamin Baker
and J. H. Greathead
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-25
FLOOD AND FAMINE.

SEATTLE, Nov. 25. 1s92.-E. F. Kelt
Fritz Livingstone have arrived here from
the mining camps in the mouEtains east
of Snohomish, having been fifty hours
without food.
The freshets hemmed the miners in and
on account of their exhausted condition
they were unable to get to the transport
and obtain new supply of food.
keit and Ellingstone are the only me1.
out of nifty miners who started for Sno-
hom1sh four days ago, to get in. The
others dropped along the road from sheer
exhaustion and want of food. and 1t is
feared that they are lost In the woods.
The damage by the flood in the distant
Skywamsich River is enormous, and ne
freshet may cause the river to take new
course, thereby destroying the business
part of the town of Sultan.
A famine is likely to occur among the
railroad camps, unless some means are
devised Of getting supplies from east Of
the mountains.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-25
ULLFERS' MUSKETEERS.

The E. 7. Ullfers' Musketeers, one hun
dred strong, started from headquarters,
corner of Montrose and Carleton avenues,
yesterday morning for their annual shoot
at Passaic Falls. The prizes were numer-
GUS. and nearly every member of
the company got one. A full band
escorted the marksmen to the 2. K. Il.
depot where they took train on the Sus-
Quehanna road for their destination. A
very pleasant day WAS spent and in the
evening collection was served. Captain
Stephens won the first prize The officers
of the association are X. H. Stephens,
Captain; Joseph Prettyman, Correspond
ing Secretary; A. Storm. Financial Secre-
tary; c. Kahrsr, Treasurer; w. Bowles,
Sergeant-at-armS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-25
LYNCHED BY FIRE.

LONDON, Nov 25, 1892. The Telegrap71's
correspondent at St. Petersburg wires
the night at the hut of horse thief whom
they wished to punish.
The thief was asleep at the time
with his wife and five children
The peasants set fire to the hut
and kept watch for the occupants.
When the shr1eking inmates tried to es-
cape they were met with fendish yells
and driven back into the flames with
scytnes, knives aud other weapons.
One Of the inmates was murdered. All
the others were burned to death. The
mob afterwards surrendered to the
police.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-25
ARRAR-NA-POGNE.
Most Successful Night of the 81, Joseph's
Lyceum Play.

Most Successful Night of the 81, Joseph's
Lycsum Play.
Dion Boucicault's drama, "Arrah-Na-
Pogue," was given last night by members
of st. Jcseph's Lyceum ut Pavonia Hall.
The play had been produced on the two
nights previous with success, but last
night the crowded hall was delightey
with the talent exhibited Dd
the amateur actors. Henry Hanley, as
Shaun the Post. aud Arrah Meelish. as
interpreted by Miss Nellie Johnston,
were excellenU. ana the applause given
them was merited. The rest OF the COM
pany took their parts very well. William
ii. Boyle was In the cast as Col. Bogenal
O'Grady, John j. Walsh WAS
Beamish McCoul, John j. Walsh
was Michael Fesney, John M.
sullivan smade "a good sMaJor Cof1n;
JohnSMcKiernan did well as the Irish
Secretary of State; james J. Mannion
filled the character of Sergeant;
Edward ]. Davis was WinterboL-
tom; Andrew J. Lyons. John j.
McAndrews, John j. Boyne, Thomas A.
Hart and Daniel p. harrington made
very fair peasants. Elizabeth Long AS
Fanny Power made love delightfully."-.
Daniel j. Harrington filed the part Of
Katy and John German tnat OF the Irish
fiddler
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-25
PARLIAMHNTs COMING SESSION.

LONDON. Nov. 25 1s92.-The Cabinet
has decided that Parliament shall meet
on January 26
Mr.. John Morley, Chief Secretary for
Ireland. has taken to Dublin a draft of
Mr.. Gladstone's Home Rule bill, which
will be submitted TO the Irish leaders.
Mr.. Morley will explain TO them the main
provisions OF the measure with the view
to receiving suggestions as to the modifi-
cation they deem essential.
1t is understood that the measure pro-
vides for the retention of the full
strength of the Irish party in the I'm
perial Parliament, and for the strength
ening of the Imperial veto.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-25
GREENVIILE'S BIGGEST DANCE.
Rainbow illumination of The Printers
and Bookbinders' Club.

Rainbow illumination of The Printers
and Boohbinders' Club.
Metropolitan Hall, Greenville, was
packed to the doors Wednesday evening
on the occasion of the fourth annual ball
OF the Printers and Bookbinders' Pleas
ure Club. There were over a thousand
people present and the affair was
a marked success. The hall was prettily
decorated with flags IN honor Of the
event. A large calcium light with slid
ers of numerous colors lit up the ball
room in all the colors of the rainbow. 1t
was the largest ball that has ever been
held in Greenville.
Mr.. +. DAILY was floor manager. He was
assisted by Mr.. w. Sothern. Among
those present were Mr.. and Mrs j. How
enden, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Boag, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Hone, Mr.. and MIS-. S. M. Jen-
sen, Mr.. and Mrs. James Kelly, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Joseph Kaiser. MIR. and Mrs. George
Thorne, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Dodd, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cogan,
Misses Aggie Crozier, Maggie and Lizzie
Masterson. A. Caldwell, NJ. Burke and
Messrs. Edward Barr, J. Nolan, f.
Scheibe. A. Gee, ]. Sweeney. j. Hill, g.
Walt. W. J. Charlock. F. E. Smith. E.
Brown, P. j. Murphy, j. O'Neil, 4. Reid,
n. Moore, c. Kundahl, H. Brown, j.
Martin, G. Coilyer and G. Hartford.