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The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-05-06

for the horse, especially trotters, took
such fancy for young Treacy that he
got an appointment in the quartermas-
ter's department at Camp Nelson, where
hc.soon ovcrcame every obstacle and AZ
once rose from one position to another
until we find this young fellow having
charge of the transportation of that
great camp, and under him about 5000
employees. In this department he con
tinued until the war was over, and re-
turned TO Lexington in 1866, at which
time he again resumed his horse trading
and training, patronized by all sections
of Kentucky, branching out each year
rs time advanced and making Kentucky
horses noted in every market in the
States, and today he is the best known
man in the business in Europe or Amer
lea, Now we come to deal with him ~
n citizen. When good material had TO
be sought to keep Democracy in power
in Lexington, and when such men and
able lawyers as General John b. Huston,
NJ. G. Johnson, w. Q. p. Breckenridge,
and such men as Dennis Mulligan, Major
John r. Wiley and others had to be in
line, b. J. Treacy was sought after and
prevailed on TO serve in the then only
body governing the city, thus making
him the Oldest member of the city gov
eminent. He is also one of the trustees
of the Catholic cemetery, and had been
secretary of the st. Vincent de Paul
society for years, president of the Irish
National League, one of the original
members and founders of the Trotting
Horse Breeders association, a member of
the old Kentucky Racing association
also member Of the National Trotting
association; is now president of the
Chamber of Commerce of Lexington,
and president of the Council--a position
he has Justly earned by his straight
forward course in that body.-Lexing-
ton Transcript.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-05-06
WORLDS PEANUT CENTER.
The Unique aud Profitable Distinction I'm
joycd by the Little city at Norfolk.

/ The Unique aud Prohtn bile Distinction I'm
joycd by the Little city at Norfolk.
Norfolk has crop which is worth
millions of dollars annually-peanuts.
Norfolk supplies the civilized world with
peanuts, says the Baltimore Sun. The
street corner Italian who empties pint
in your overcoat pocket, and the Partisan
fruit merchant who weighs you out n
quarter of kilugram of the homely nuts,
get them from here, for this is the only
peanut market in the world. Smyrna
has its figs, Barbary its dates, Bordeaux
its grapes, and Norfolk its peanuts.
What would life be without peanuts
One can scarcely picture an existence
which would he tolerable under such
circumstances.
The peanut magnates grow the edible
tuber in Nansemond, Isle of Wight, Sur
nv and Southampton counties, but the
common market is in Norfolk. The
rows for the nuts are laid off three feet
apart. They are made fifteen inches
deep. and phosphates are largely used as
an under dressing. They are strewn
along in these trenches about the middle
Of April, and mature after the same term
which is required for potatoes. 1t is n
crop which is marketed like the Dutch
drumhead and purple Savoy cabbage,
running from November To March. The
nuts, however, have to go through fac
tories before they are shipped northward
and these factories are, with few ex
ceptions, situated in Norfolk. There are
two factories in franklin, Southampton
county, Virginia.
what is a peanut factory?" might
be asked. A peanut factory is a place
where they put the "goObers" through
some such process rs wheat has to under
20 when il is being cleansed of chat and
rid of cookie. The most complicated
machinery is used To assert and polish
the nuts, and when they are PACKED in
the ninety.pound bags the prime class
bring by the pound from 1918 10 SO II
bag. The tops" bring this price in
Northern cities, and are mostly used by
the swell groceries. The street corner
vender sells ut his apple stand the second
grade, and the old lady Mt the foot of
the wharf carries II stock of doubtful
"tailcrs" This is the result Of n market
which yields TO Virginia truckers s.,
900, 900 annually. IL is second in i'm
portance only to the sweet potato crop
Of Accomack aud Northampton counties,
on the eastern shore of Virginia, which
is calculated ut Ms many millions per
acre ~ Bermuda has square feet, and
Bermuda is the only yam raising coun'
try that can compete with the southern
peninsula
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-05-06
THE NEW PRESIDENT.
peninsula

sketch of the Man who win Serve nj the
Head of the Council.
In our sketch of the material that is
to be given the city for the next two
wears we did not have the full history Of
one Of its most prominent me mbers, and
AS n sketch Of the man who this article
has reference TO may be stepping stone
10 Others, We give n partial history Of
one who is good example Of what in
telligence and energy can do.
b. J. Treacy, or more Familiarity known
as Barney, was born in the village Of
Frenchlawn, parish Of Ballintubber, coun'
" of Rosc0mmon, Ireland, and came to
America about 1860 Being raised in n
horse country, or what might be termed
the Bluegrass of Ireland, he was familiar
with the best classes Oi horses, and on
his arrival in Lexington he sought en-
ployment from the then horsemen Of
this great breeding district-Drs. Herr
aud Underwood, and in the single course
Of year and n half showed so much
natural ability that he was assigned
charge Of DIR. Underwood's stables. The
war was then going on aud many officers
Of the Union army, who had fondness
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-05-06
A Marvellous Exhibit.

Secretary Rusk, Of the Government
Department Of Agriculture, is preparing
what is certain to be pronounced mar
velous exhibit nj the Columbian EXPOSE
ton, II will be at once a striking dem
onstratiOn of the broad scope and efficient
work of the department of which he is
the head, and school OF instruction for
all who are interested in agricultural
matters. II will include full illustra-
tons OF various insect depradations, a
mammoth globe representing graphically
the history Of pleuro- pneumonia and its
remarkable determination in America; "A
model Of the famous Death Valley, with
its strange fauna and fora; and work
ing set Of n modern weather stations
outfit. Under the immediate supervision
Of Expert Hubbard the most complete
and comprehensive collection Of grains
ever made is being prepared. with the
cooperation of the farmers in this coun-
try aud in foreign parts. Samples of
wheat grown in every county In tho
United States will be shown. Grains
from Peace river in northern Canada To
Patagonia, from Russia to India, will be
in the collection every seed picked by
hand and the varieties arranged in taste
full glass compartments with labels indi-
eating the name, place, weight aRd effects
Of the soil and general climatic Oond-
tions. There are now collected 1900
samples Of wheat, 1000 Of oats, 5000 OF
rye, 1900 Of barley, 800 Of buckwheat,
1900 Of corn (besides the exhibit Of corn
in the ear, and proportionate numbers
Of the variou. other grains and garden
products. An effort 10 being made ~
secure from Egypt one of the original
father wheat plants.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-05-06
t90

aud your renewal is earnestly solicited; or,
II you wish tn discontinue, send balance due
us NJ the rate of sac. month. ALL I'm.
pail Subscrptionswill be dropped from our
books April 90, and the accounts be placed
in an officers hands for collection.
Thanking YOU for past patronage, and so-
Letting your continued good will, am,
Respectfully yours,
SPENCER COOPER.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-05-06

The wife Of Abner Bertha. Of Mason
county, recently gave birth ~ twins, aud
the mother was surprised to find that ono
Of tho Infants had four teeth when born.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

1t Is Ssften said that Americans lack
repose. Although there are undoubt-
eday exceptions TO this rule, it is a
painful fact that repose, either OF
body or speech, is not a strong charac.
teristic OF tho American nation, An
elderly gentleman was obliged to wait
owe: an hour in railway station for
a certain train. The day was warm,
and the people sat about the room in
various attitudes suggestive of great
exhaustion and discomfort.
'1'm so tired 1t seems as If / should
die!" said one woman to another, as
they sank each into a Iocking-chair,
and deposited their bundles on the
floor. They began to rock violently;
each flushed face grew redder and
redder. They had not strength
enough to talk, but they rocked
steadily on, until, Gears ready for
Squantum and Way Stations!" smote
the air.
Al this cheering announcement the
two women suspended their exercise.
gathered up their bundles, and walked
lifelessly out to the train.
There was middle-aged man, who
came in with his wife and two boys.
"Sophy," he said, as he sat down
heavily on one of the benches, 'let's
all keep still, and get rested before
we have to go into that smothering
car" And Sophy agreed that it
would be wise to do so.
In the twenty minutes that the
group sat in the station, the man
who was going to keep still' crossed
and uncroSsed his legs fourteen times
according to the elderly gentleman's
count, His wife buttoned and un-
bottoned her jacket four times, and
made five sAorough examinations of
the contents OF her bag The chill.
dren made dozen excursions to the |
door.
Among all the tired prople who
came and went, during the elderly |
gentleman'S sojourn in that waiting
room, there was not one who kept
perfectly still.
As in philosophical and plying
mood, he recounted his observations
1T supper, his wife said smiling,
Poor thingsl They didn't know the
frst principle Of rest And you were
lired, too, my dear; l can see that
rom your forehead"
The elderly gentleman rose hastily
rom the table; one glance at the tell
ale mirror convinced him that, while
sitting in judgment over that railway
lssemblage, he had been vigorously
employed at his old-time trick of rub
'ing his forehead the wrong way.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

and the comet. The comet Is located
on straight line between the planet
Jupiter and the polar star. To better
understand the diagram hold it almost
above the head and face the east"
The Holmes comet, the name which
has finally been agreed upon by astrono-
mers in the absence of any other def
mite name, will reach its perihelion
Dec. 81, when 1t will be as near the sun
as 1t can get, then will pass around and
go back on its journey into space.
In regard to the assertion Of Professor
Colbert that the earth is liable to collide
with the comet, Prof. Virgins says:
You can Judge as TO the danger OF that
EBat9 BaaEt9ed adhh asffthomssf@ Ffthef s@s few years f
ago was looking through his glass at
this same comet when he saw 1t burst
In two, thus becoming two electrical
comets. These have since gradually
receded from each other, and are now
considered two distinct comets and
have periodic times ent rely dis
similar. There is no danger of
their running upon each other and why
should they run against the earth?
Moreover, some of the asteroids, as for
instance Melpomone and Nyassa, are
continually crossing and recrossing the
path of Mars, and never collide with
that planet. Comets, however, may do
us a great deal of damage, for II one
should run between us and our moon,
as Lexilles' comet ran among the moons
of Jupiter in 1878, its powerful attrac-
ton would so contract the earth as to
cause the waters of our oceans to over
flow our continents, as no doubt hap
pened at the Noachian deluge."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01
Was II Faith Cure.

How the imagination acts upon the
health is we'll illustrated by the fol-
| lowing story: Some time ago adj
vertiSements appeared in number of
small country papers, describing the
wonderful electric properties of a
lately discovered mineral spring,
which was guaranteed Ito cure every
disease under the SUM-" The most
wonderful part of the spring was.
that when one drank OF its waters the
usual gentle flow of electricity" was
felt, "bringing relief To all" This
advertisement naturally brought
scores to the little village that was
Icing doomed, and corner lots adj
vanced in price. The air of the place
was bracing, the water was pure, and
those who came sick, returned we'll.
The directors of the company grew
richer day by day, until finally the
cat was let out of the bag when the
usual disclosures were made. The
public showed itself ungrateful for
the numerous benefits received, and
claimed that it had been swlndled.
The directors asserted that the faith
cure was part Of the treatment, and
IL the people would not believe that
was not the company's fault The
wonderful electric spring. was ar
ranged as follows: 1t was only
plain mineral spring, but the cups
that the patients drank from were
fastened by a brass chain to an iron
bar which enclosed the mouth OF the
bubbling spring. You were prevented
from coming too close by another cir
cular iron railing, about eight feet
across The ground around the spring
was naturally moist and it was either
this ground or the iron railing which
was one OF the ends of an open cleo
trcal circuit. The cup held by the |
chain was the other end. The per-
son drinking, simply completed the |
circuit through his body, and when |
he had finished, the attendant kindly |
and Immediately removed the cup
from his hand. The drnker always
felt that delightful tingliDg sensa-
tion," and rejoiced that they had
found the fountain of youth. Some
imagined they even felt the new blood
coursing through their veins. A
small induction coil ingeniously con-
realed, and connected with the Gun
and railing, was cheap method for
that 'invigorating feeling"
which filed the patients with new
ife and hope.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01
HOLDING ON TO THEIR JOBS.
Not Many Postmastcrs ResignIng on Ac-
count of the Result of the Election.

Not Many POstmastcrs ResignIng on Ac-
count of the Result of the Election.
It is stated at the Postoffice Depart
ment in Washington thai the percentage
OF designations OF fourth -class post
masters received up to date on acc cunt
OF the result of the election has been
considerably less than at the CORES
ponding time four years ago The
largest number of designations thus far,
has come from those OF the third class,
whose salaries rarge from 81 900 to
$4,000 per annum. There are about
fifty OF them on file. The reason
assigned for their resignation is
that they are compelled under the
law to furnish the outfit OF their offices.
consisting OF lock boxes, office furni-
ture, ETC., which in some cases cost
several hundred dollars, often as high
as 500. To protect themselves from
total loss a practice, IL is alleged, las
prevailed for the holding over postmas-
tiers to make an agreement with the
most prominent candidate for the office
by which the former resigns and opens
the way TO political opponent to sue
ceed him, provided that the latter pur-
chases the office outfit. The resigna-
ton of the postmaster is forwarded TO
the department, and upon the appoint
ment OF his successor by the President,
the successful applicant pays for his
predecessor 8 outfit.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01
VICTIMS OF A MADMAN.
INNOCENT PEOPLE SHOT BY a
CHICAGO MANIAC.
Wife OF the Murderer and n Police Onicer
Wounded by the Frcnzied Man--Police-
men and n Big Crowd Held at Bay
Mob Violence Narrowly Prevented.
Deed of "A Demon.

Herman Siegler, a cabinet maker, liv.
Ing at No. 723 North Paulina street
Chicago, got up early the other morn
ing. went 10 his brothers house and
borrowed shotgun on the pretext that
he wanted to go hunting, returned home,
shot and killed his father and mother
in-iaw, seriously wounded his wife, and
filled policeman's nose full of buck
shot, he in return getting q bullet In his
abdomen from another officer revolver.
His work OF death was done mainly In
the house in which he lived, but after
policemen We're summoned the battle
wagcd between him from the house and
the officers from the street. He emptied
double -barreled shotgun at them a
dozen times and bullets from their re-
volvers flew in his direction as rapidly
as fingers could pull the triggers.
thousands OF people attracted by the
iuslllade swarmed around the house,
and when Officer Dan Mccarthy finally
grappled with and overcame the MUIR
derer, they fairly howled for his blood.
Some one started the cry, lynch himl'
and 1t was taken up by excited men and
women. Although four patrol-wagon
loads OF officers were on the ground.
they had a herculean task to prevent
the infuriated people from making short
shrift OF the then wering murderer.
Men fought with each other to get at
Siegler, each bowling xiii him!"
Lynch the brute!" Step by step, the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

1t took a long
while to fill II with the necessary in
! gradients. The balloons used in these
experiments are made of paper covered
with light cotton netting. There is
danger In filling these dreadful things
and even greater in letting them 90,
for the slightest mishap or carelessness
would send everybody to kingdom come.
Explosion of the Balloon.
1t was nearly dark when the balloon
went up, but IFS ascent and explosion
was a pretty sight. The hundreds of
eyes watching 1t all at once saw blind
ing hash on the heavens and then came
profound silence for six or seven Sec
onds, then a shock which shook the
ground. The balloon had exploded
right beneath fieecy cloud. The cloud
kept on Its way calmly and serenely.
Out, as Prof. Ellis said. the cloud was
l6,OOO feet high, and as the explosion
occurred only 1000 feet nearer. the
cloud might have been excused for its
ipattention.
The following day it was fully
O'Clock before the fusillade finally
opened. The sky was greatly overcast
In the morning, but everybody said It
was not ra cloud and the General
might go ahead. The breeze was south
westerly and blowing about ten miles
an hour. About O'Clock Messrs.
Dlckenson and King, with the president
OF the San Antonio Board OF Trade.
waited upon General Dyr, nforth and
somewhat sharply said that there was
no use waiting for further favora BE
conditions. They wanted the test made
at once, and wanted it kept up till some
result was obtained. The General waived
his military gauntlet in the direction of
battery to the westward which
opened with series OF detonations of
hve and ten pound charges OF rosellite.
Ihen on the crest OF the ridge could
pe seen other puffs offs m oke until nearly
semlcircle OF explosions had been
seen and noted. Then DIR. Rosell opened
ms mortar battery from the brow of the
NIL near DyrenfOrth's Headquarters |
ana dozen or more shells were sent |
up thousand feet and exploded. These |
smells contained three poundc of rosel- |
lite. While the firing was going on Pro- |
lessor Ellis prepared another gaseous
balloon. 1t was the same as was sent up
the day before, but 10 the relief OF the
crowd had a longer fuse, for IL did not
explode until 1t was .-iio IN the air.
NhAa - lid % Jnere was a vivid nash,
pun OF smoke visible for an instant.
md then wait of eight seconds for the
shock.
No Eject on the Clouds.
1t was terrific. Horses and buooies
we're changed about and all nature
seemed convulsed, but again the fieecy
clouds against which the balloon had
been sent sailed majes ically along.
seemingly Indifferent. The first bonn
oardment was kept up until midnight,
when the first battery of 5000 OF rosel-
ite was exhausted. The fusillade will
'e resumed and continued without in
for twenty-four hours. This
viii conclude the first series of expert
nents.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01
HOW TO FIND THE NEW COMET
Astronomer Hale Gives some Points TO
the Lay Observer.

the Lay Observer.
Thousands OF well-meaning people are
trying every night to see the much
talked-about comet and fail to discover
It. 1t may be seen by the unaided eye
II directed at the right point. A COM
mon opera-glass turned on the Pleiades
Will reveal 1t more distinctly. To as
sist the ordinary observer Astronomer
Hale has made a diagram that will aid
In locating the vagrant comet. He has
omitted the lesser stars and indicated
the comet by lines drawn through the
fixed stars and consultations. For good
measure the nebula OF Andromeda has
been thrown into the diagram.
This bright spot near the milky
way, Prof. Hale says, is easily mis-
taken for the comet itself and might as
sist In finding the wanderer. Beginning
with the fret star in the belt of Orion
and the belt may be located by the
three bright stars close together and In
straight iine-draw an imaginary line
with The eye passing through Touri,
little to the left and a little below the
Pleiades; miss the Pleiades and run the
line through the principal star of An.
dromeda as far beyond Touri as Touri
Is beyond Orion, then carry the line a
little farther and find the comet. II
this is not complicated, taking the big
star In Andromeda and make the base
OF a right angle triangle with the
first OF the lesser stars above. The
at an equal distance will
rest on the comet. In q stra' ght line
with the base OF this triangle is the An
tromeda nebu'a, and this is half way
below the lower line of the milky way
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01
FOUR MEN KILLED IN A WRECK.
Negligence of Switchman Causes n Fatal
Accident In Nebraska.

A Grand Island, Neb., dispatch SAYS:
At Aida Siding, eight miles west of
Grand Island, express train No. 8, going
at speed OF forty-flve miles an hour.
crashed into an extra freight train
standing on the switch.
The passenger train, which was due
here at o'clock and at Omaha at lO:4O
was nearly. one hour and q half late.
and, striking the grade west of Aida
Engineer Mcdonald determined to make
up some of the time, and pulled the
throttle open. The freight engine had
been doing considerable switching on
the siding. After the work had been
completed the engine was comparatively
dead at the head of the siding. The
morning was foggy, ana unmindfuI Uf
danger and secure in the thought that
the switch was properly placed, the en-
gineer and fireman of the extra waited
for the passenger train to rush by.
But the switch had not been closed
and the passenger train brought death
to four men and fatally wounded three
others through criminal negligence OF
the switch tender. The men killed were:
j. W. Keller, conductor Of the freight,
Grand Island. He leaves a widow and
two children. Barney Mcdonald, en-
gineer OF the passenger, North Platte.
Leaves a widow, but no children. Gus
Barrett, engineer of the freight, North
Platte. Leaves widow and three
children. Ira Owens, fireman of the
freight, North Platte. Leaves a wife
and five children. The injured are: WILL
lam Costello, fireman of the passenger,
Grand Island; single; badly scalded; both
ankles fractured and will probably die.
William Sutherland, brakeman on the
freight, Grand Island: single; caught in
wreck and feet broken. A. NJ. Lyons,
mail agent, Kearney; head wounded |
and leg fractured.
No passengers were injured. Both !
engines are wrecked, while the mail !
and baggage cars are badly damaged. |
Inside of half an hour relief train '
from Grand Island was on the scene I
with physicians to look after the wound
ed and all passenger and baggage were
from the wreck to the relief
train, which reached Omaha at 3 o clock.