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Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25
OFFICIAL REPORT.
me Grand Jury Makes Their Final Re-
port and Are Discharged.

10 honorable H. O. Speahe, Judge Of the
Eighth Judicial Circuit:
We, the grand jury, beg leave to sub
NIT this their final report.
We have inquired into all indictable of.
fences that have come to our knowledge
anG docketed 119 cases and found so true
bills
We have examined the books Of
OF the county treasurer and find them
correctly kept and has charged himself
with all funds that have come into his
hands and has proper vouchers for al
moneys paid out.
At the term of the last Grand Jury there was
found IN his hands on the 1st. day of August,
Amt received from all sources except
special Road Tax, up Feb. 1st, 1898. s1O.32l SO
!, Total rsceipts..... ......,.....s3l,5 ,579 4
Disbursements from Aug l, 81 to Feb.
lst '93, from above fund S13. .44O 26
Bal on hand Feb. 1st, 1898 ,e3s IS
SPECIAL ROAD TAX
Bal on hand August lst 1892.,...,......s s. 210 "a
Amt reed from Aug. lst, '92 to Feb '9S 1854 u
Total receipts ,765 l6
Disbursements from August 1st, 1892 to
feDruafy lst loso..... AZ
Balance on hand Feb /, 1898 ,13s "a
We have examined the accounts of the
Sheriff for feeding prisoners and find
them correct.
We have, in connection with the So
licitor, examined tie fee books of the
Probate Judge, and find the fees charged
are legal, and also examined the books
and papers Of the County Superintendent
of Education, and find them correct.
We have examined the bonds of the
county officers and find them all correct
and sufficient, except those of W. 81.
Powers for Justice of the Peace for Hur-
ricane Precinct No %, and ]. w. Camp.
bell for Constable of same precinct are
insufficient; and the bonds of j. w, Keel
as Justice of the Peace for Poplar Ridge
Precinct is incorrect as it only designates
the office to which he was elected as JUS
tice of the Peace, and the bond James N.
AOiAUuChlO lS lOi luc OLIC6 Vi OOuSldUlS,
where he was elected Justice of the Peace
for Vienna Precinct.
We have made personal inspection
Of the condition Of the county Jail, and
find it sufficient for the safe keeping Of
prisoners, and find their health and &C
commodations properly cared for
We find the cells, halls, rooms and
grounds of the Jail in good sanitary
condition. We respectfully suggest there
is not room enough to accommodate our
State and county prisoners and the
United State prisoners also, without
crowding too many in each cell.
The attention given US by the Court
and all its officers have been prompt
and courteous.
Having performed our duties under
the charge of the court, to the best Of
our ability, we respectfully ask to be
discharged.
John w. GRAYsoN,
Foreman of Grand Jury.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Huntsville, Ala. I

Land Office at Huntsville. Ala.
January 9th, 1893
Notice IL hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support Of his claim, and
that said proof viii be made before the Regis
ter and Receiver at Huntsville, Alabama, on
2Oth day of February, 1893.
viz: Geo ?. Wells for Homestead Entry No.
164S9 for the E14 Of S W Il Section 7, N 4 Of
NE a and n "a Of N w "a Section 1S / r East
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of,
said land. viz
Wiley RI Blackenship, Douglass Sharp, Hol-
bert Davis, William T. udson, all OF New Market
Ala,
WIN G. WELLS,
l-14-6t Register.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25
The Epworth League.

This Christian and literary or
ganization meets every Monday
night. The attendance last Mon
day night was the largest in the his
tory of the Society. The programme
was good each person playing his
part well. The following joined the
league Messrs Dawson al d Miller,
Mrs. Terrell and Mrs Kate Sheffey.
Program for Monday night Feb,
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25

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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-11-17

posure of the young lady, who enun-
ciated with unmistskable distinctness:
"Yes, think couldr
Kitty's step WAS in the hall brother
John stopped and grasped one little
white hand.
"Hattie-oh, Hattie! do you think
you could stay with me?"
Eyes, think couldp
ooh, Hattie, know am greet,
rough fellow, but 1 love you with all
my heart. Do you-cah you-will
you love me in return?"
yes" said Hattie.
And just then, as Kitty came in, she
snatched her hand away and took tc
playing "specd enc r1ow" as II FOR b
wager.
"Dear ME !" Cried Kitty, innocently,
show red and hot You look, John |
Your trunks packed. Hattie; but, my
goodness, don's know what I'll do
when YOU Go."
"Don't cry, Kitty; I'll come back
asain!" said Miss Hattie, demurely.
And SO she did when the June roses
were in bloom, to the great amaze.
ment and disgust of her friends, and
has st"id ever since md vii! stay for
Tic by Johns willing to play at
all times and seasons, "SreeL the
!ioS. New York Mercury.
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Submarine Photography.

A short time ago Louis Boutan
brought himself to the knowledge of
scientific naturalists by undertaking
an exploring tour of the Red Sea,
from which he brought back strange
and curious collection of fish and shells,
embracing several specimens entirely
unknown. Continuing his researches
on the coast of France, Mr.. Boutan as.
sumed a divers costume in order to
observe at the bottom of the sea the
metamorphoses of certain mollusks i'm
possible to cultivate in aquaria. He
was struck with the wonderful beauty
of submarine landscapes, and resolved
to photograph what he could, .since'a
simple description would SAVIOR too
much of an over vivid imagination. At
first he worked in shallow water with
water tight apparatus, and the clear
hess of the water allowed him suffi-
cient light to sensitize the plates. But
proportionally as the water deepered
clearness diminished, and the motion
or the waves C1ouaeu his Pr0vfp.- Ti.v.-
the young scientist conceived the idea
of utilizing magnesium in>san appa-
ratus of his own invention. This ap-
paratus consists essentially in barrel
filled with oxygen and surmounted by
aglass bell containing an alcohol lamp.
On the flame of the lamp, by means of
mechanical contrivance, powdered
magnesium is thrown, faring as often
as view is taken. The barrel is
pierced with holes on the lower side
in cnch manner that as the oxygen di-
minishcs tho sea water enters, so pre-.
serving the equilibrium between en-
ternal and internal pressure. By the
aid of this machine he has already
made great progress III direction new
to naturalists, and one likely to ton-
| FIR permanent benefits in the results
obtained by cir science. Frank Les,
lies Weekly.
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SELECT SIFTINGS.

The leaf of the pineapple plant con
be wrought into serviceable cloth.
In India there is about one Protes,
tant missionary to every 500, 600 peo-
pie.
The Israelites learned surveying
from the Egyptians, who had practiced
it for ages.
Roman school boys used wax tab.
let and pointed stylus instead of slate
and pencil.
A farmer at Mason, Mich, has a
dwarf pear tree that put out two sets
of leaves this season.
Some insurance companies will al
low the use of none but the old-fssh-
ioned sulphur matches in the houses
they insure.
Bicycles for military couriers and
big dogs for sentries and ambulance
service are curious features of the
tented field.
Velvet is rarely used nowadays for
binding books, but it was favorite
material for that purpose in the early
days of printing.
An apple tree, which is claimed to
have borne fruit for the last century
and quarter, is still in bearing in an
orchard near Lenoir, n. G.
The superiority of the soldiers Of tho
French Revolution was partly due to
the introduction of lighter musket
with stock shaped like that now in
use.
A curio dealer Mt Annoy, China, owns
a group of figures carved from gnarled
tea roots which stands nine feet high,
weighs 500 pounds and is valued Mt
S1A.
Sentiment is rs old rs anything else,
rs is indicated by the discovery in
Egyptia tombs dating lack to b. G.
1000 Of wedding rings engraved with n
heart and two claspcd hands.
In Athens every citizen, under
severe penalties, was compelled to
teach his sons to read and to swim. II
they were not obliged to support him
in his old age.
pr,vete residence in America. The
house, which is to be of granite, will
contain 10 rooms.
Most Of our perfumes come from
flowers or are made in imitation of the
scents of flowers; so altar of roses, by
n common consent, ranks Mt the head
Of the list Of perfumes. Other prepare,
tions from roses, too, hold high place
and have long been esteemed.
Poisonous snakes are 80 numerous il
Venezuela that snake bite is almost a.
common there as in India. But there
are fewer fatalities, for the native.
have discovered that n plant known n
the ocumillo. when powdered and mp
Piled to the wound, results in cur,
| in almost every case.
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Petroleum in Peru,

The wells nrc situated Mt Tnlara,
about forty miles north OF Patio, and
are under tho active management Of
Herbert Tweddle, Jr., who was
formerly connected with tho Ameri-
can Standard Oil Company. Mr..
Tweddlc has been interviewed recently,
and has made known facts which are
of general interest. Hc says the
company's lands comprise an nres of
about 1000 square miles, the oil
region extending for 20) miles north
Of Talarn, and inland for distance Of
sixteen miles. The first we'll bored by
Mr. Twcddlo yielded Mt the depth of
800 feet flow of 1870 barrels of petro-
leum daily. Up to the present time
they have drilled twontysiX wells,
finding oil i'll every instance. ME
not over 5UoTcot, wHcfeataess:s.::r S"Td4ns !
States the depth il from VIZ. one vii
feet. The distilled pro oluct if''f is sod
along the const, while the crude oil
has IL large sale nj Callao for use by
the gas companies, for stationary
engines, and for tho railway loco.
motives, ns u substitute for coal, than
which it is forty to dfty per cent
cheaper. Scientific American.
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Wonderful Strength.

Polydamas, of Thessalia, was a man
OF extraordinary strength and stature.
AS Hercules had done, he alone, with.
out arms, killed an enormous lion that
was devastating the valleys of Mount
Olympus. With one hand Polydamas
could hold back a, chariot drawn by
two horses. He could break the trunk
of tree as any one would break
small stick. =. -. -,
The King of Persia, Darius l., wish
ing to witness the feats Of this marvel
Gus man, called him to his court; he
opposed to him three of the stateliest
men of his army. Polydamas killed
the three by simply giving theri slap
on the ears; he was about to slap the
faces OF afew more when the K1g,
satisfied, stopped him. One day he
seized bull by one of his hind feet,
and the animal did not escape until it
had left its hoof in Polydamas's hand.
Like Milo, he died through over-confi.
dence in his strength. He attempted
to support mdss of rock that had
given way, but he got buried under it
and died.
Also in the sixteenth century there
lived another remarkably strong man,
n major, named Barsabas. One day ho
took up an anvil weighing 500 pounds
and hid it under his cloaks. Often, to
amuse his comrades, he went through
the rifle drill with cannon. He could
crush between his fingers the limbs Of
big animals. One day, seeing crowd
looking ut an enormous dancing bear,
he offered to wrestle with the animal.
The major threw the bear down sew
cral. times, and, Judging il unworthy of
further struggle, slew the animal with
his fist, and carried it away on his
shoulders, amid the cheers of the
crowd. Another day, seeing several
officers of his regiment surrounded by
IN angry crowd, he ran to them, knock
ing people down right and left, as a
child does with pack of cards. The
crowd, exasperated, turned round on
him, but, seizing two of his assailants,
one with each hand, he used them rs
clubs on the crowd, who, astonished
at this extraordinary display OF
strength, quickly drew back. Once he
squeezed to pulp the hand Of man
who wanted to fight him.
Barssbas's sister was also remark.
able for her strength. Some burglars
entered convent where she was. She
threw one out of the window and
killed two others with pillar she tore
down and used as q club.-New York
Journal
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800 Reward. 500.

The reader Of this paper will be pleased to
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
mcnt. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the pa
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have 80 much faith in its curative
-nasars. that they offer One Hundred Dollars
q. ,-nr~- ~ssnd.f .for. List
MoRE ths6 s60O 900 OF damage was done
to the Louisville and Nashville lines by the
late Southern storms
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The Burglar Came.

1t was AN agent for a big manufac@
turing concern who was talking.
81 once got out poster," he said.
(which started in: Keep your eyo
on this; burglar is coming This
distributed broadcast in the towns in
the northern part of the State. Among
other places, it was hung conspicuously
in small grocery and dry goods store
in cne Of the towns in that section.
"One morning the proprietor, when
be opened up shop, found that my no.
tice had been amended to read: Keep
your eye on this; the burglar has
come The correction WAS made in
pencil marks.
"And sure enough, the burglar had
come. And he had carried off about
$500 in money and goods. New York
sun.
The mink is ono of tho most cuq-,
ming of animals, and will steal fish ans
game from hunters for it's own usea IN
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-11-17

Many old houses in Holland have n
special door which is never opened
save on two occasions, when there is a
marriage or death in tho family.
The bride and groom enter by this
door; it is then nailed or barred up
until a death occurs, when it is opened
and the body is removed by this exit.
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LOVES COMPLETENESS.

Not the low, mysterious murmur,
, Ringing through the forest dceps,
Not the footsteps of the summer
Making green tho mountain sleeps.
Not the sound of childhood's laughter,
4 Nor the poets silver tone,
With the plaudits ringing after,
From the palace or the throne,
Hold for us tho tender sweetness
OF one chord of loves completeness.
Caroline Dana Howe.
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an awkward grace of his own, to the
brown-eycd young lady.
"Bcg your pnrdon-is your name
Miss Grant?"
EYES, sir; and you arc"
"John Ward, kitty's brother; and
hao gigs right out here, waiting. Is
CHS your luggaCc?'
He was lifting huge trunk and
euger bandbox, still red to the roots
Df his hair, when little hand, daintily
kidded, was held out, and the pretty
face was looking up ut him with the
pretticst smile in the world.
81 am very glad to see you, Mr..
Ward. | have heard so much OF you
from Kitty that don't feel rs if we
were strangers ut all.
"Iou are very good to remember
me" John stammcred, dropping the
lavender glove as if it burned him.
"Will you get into the gig? it's cold
here"
''Certainly; but first let me make
you acquainted with Mr.. Duval--Mr.
Ward, Mr.. Duval"
Mr.. Duval lifted his excessively be.
coming cap IN inch from his ebon
locks and replaced it again, staring mt
John all the while as if he were q live
kangaroo; and John seized the trunk
MS If it were n work box and carried il
IN his strong arms to the gig. Mr..
Duval followed with the young lady,
She lap.dog and the bnndbox, and took
his seat quite rs matter of course be-
side her while John drove through the
lonely road whistling "Spccd the
Plow," and trying to appear very
much at ease and quite unconscious of
the animated conversation gong on
behind him. Now and then little Miss
Grant would lean over and ask him a
question, but Johns answers were not
elaborate and talk all on one side soon
fags.
He had been silently whistling for
upward of n quarter of an hour, when
they drove through wooden gate, up
an avenue of orange hemlocks and
stopped before tall, old-fashioned
farm house, whose windows were all
ablaze with illumination.
At the sound of the wheels, the hall
door was thrown open and bright
face, framed in golden hair, dimpled
and smiling and rosy, peeped out. One
glance was sufficient, and with shrill
little shrek of delight, Miss Kitty
was clasped in the arms of Miss Hat
tie.
my own dear, darling Hattie Oh,
I'm so glad you've come !" cried Kitty,
an shrill tones of JOY.
''Oh, Kitty, how nice it is to meet
you again ~ cried Miss Hattie, with
equal shrillness. 'And how well you
are looking Just to think it is two
whole months since we parted last. +"
eyes, doesn't it seem like an age !"
But come in; ] expect you are frcez.
ing"
'Let me make you acquainted with
Mr.. Duval, dearest" was Miss Hattie's
somewhat inapposito reply; and Mr..
DuvaI bowed much more politely 70
sister than he had done to the broth.
er, while Kitty gave him her plump
white hand with frank carelessness and
bade him welcome to Ashficld. Then
they all followed her into the lighted
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-11-17

HE November sky
was livid and omi-
nous and streaked
with bars of fiery
red; the evening
W i II d W al | e Il
through the black
pine trees, writh-
ing like Dryads in
the death throes ;
the long, winding
village road was
deserted, and the
lonely depot down
i'll n dismal sandy
fiat was weird and
spectral enough for
anything in the
ahostly eve enin p
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-11-17

Mornings cccham's Pills with a drink NJ
water. Bccchams no others Is cents a boI
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Mozart always kept his note book
in his pocket, and while walking or
playing billiards, his favorite amuse-
ment, would often stop to jot down
melody that occurred to him.
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Ladies' needing n tonic, or children who
want building mp shoull take Browns Iron
Bjtters. 1t is pleasant to ttEc, "nrSs Mnl,ir
Indigestion, Biliousncss and Liver omplaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
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In Olden Times

People overlooked the Importance Of perma.
nently beneficial effects and were satisfied
with transient action, but now that 1t is gener
ally known that Syrup of Figs will permanent.
ly cure habitual constipation, well-informed
people will not buy other laxatiycs, which act
for . time, but finally injure the system.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-11-17

WHILE sinking well near Cuyaho, H., n
flow of petroleum was struck at depth Of
1l3 feet.
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Many persons are broken down from over
work or household cares. Browns Iron Bit
splendid tonic for women and children.
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a SORE TnROAT or CoUIu, if suffered 10
prJ Srcss, often results in nm incurab.c Throat
or lung trouble. "BrJlca's BrOnctiH 1ro1hcs'
Z V. inslnnt relief.
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THE cholera advance In Europe seems TO
have been checked.
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light. SO the tall sunburnt young fell
low, dressed in gray homespun, Scotch
cap and tall top boots, walking up and
down with his hands in his coat pock-
cts, thought as he watched the dark
ening of the dreary day into still moro
dreary night and listened to the wild
melancholy moaning of the mysterious
pine woods.
With an uncnrthly shrek, such rs
only an Indian or locomotive can give,
the train steamed in and stopped to
let the passengers for Ashficld get ont.
Half dozen countrymen, two old
women, baby, young lady and gen
tleman, and II little whitc lap-dog-
that was what the car disgorged, and
then the bell rang, and it went steam
ing off like fiery meteor back to the
city. The countrymcn, the old women
and the baby went away, and only the
young lady and gentleman and lnp-dog
remained, with MIR. John Ward in the
background accommodating. The
young lady threw back her veil, dis.
closing II pair of particularly bright
brown eyes, hair to match, wavy and
glossy, II rosy little mouth, and nn in
tcnsely anxious expression of countc-
nance generally.
''Dear me. it's very oddl I told
Kitty l was coming to-day, and she
assured me her brother or some one
would be in waiting. It's getting dark,
and L don't see whatever we are going
to do in this Wilderness.
''Pcrhaps that fellow over there in
the gray homespun may know how to
direct us, suggested the young gen
tleman, who was very stylishly got-up
young gentleman, indeed, with cloak
and mustache, and pale and inter
csting countenance, Illuminated by n
pair of large, dark, melancholy eyes.
''Shnll ask bim?"
John Ward, in his distant corner,
snw tho bright brown eyes turn his
way and become painfully conscious
0t lhas vPray eJ }9pGsegfu1an and ,,f;,aprde
fully dark eyes down, there and then.
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THE political situation i'm Austria is greatly
strained, and II is feared n crisis is at hand.
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Crises in Life.

Whoever observes closely the life of
an individual or that of Nation will
notice that, from time to time, a crisis
comes in their affairs involving more
or less important issues, and needing
special qualities of character to meet
it. All of us who have arrived at mid
die life, and still more those who have
passed it, can recall these crises in
their own lives and those of lis who
have read history intelligently can
trace something of their causes and
also of their effects upon National wei.
fare. Most of those in our personal
lives are entirely unforeseen, and many
of them beyond control. Some de.
cision made by our parents as to our
education or ohr occupation, some
young and inexperienced nav have
changed 6he whole tenor of our lives.
A marriage or q bereavement, tide
Of prosperity or a crash of fortune, q
friendship formed or broken, change
of place or scene. revolution IN
thought, sudden accident. n serious
illness or some overwhelming infu-
ence may have transformed the world
for u.s. Although we cannot foretell
what these crises may be, or when
they may come, we can do much in
the way of preparing ourselves to meet
them as they arise. Their results for
good or evil depend far less upon
their own intrinsic nature than upon
the way in which we receive them.
Man is no creature of circumstances,
borne helplessly upon the tide of
events. He cannot, is is true, change
the current or resist the tide, but he
can, like the skillful boatman, so ad-
Just his course and trim his sails as to
ride upon its billows, instead of being
engulfed by them.-Detroit Free
Press.
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THE sugar beet in France and Belgium
has been attacked by parasite.
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II afflicted with soro eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-watcr. Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle