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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-28
Drilling

bottoms of which are covered with
felt and rest on the surface of the
glass. These blocks are made of wood,
and filled with lead, and weigh about
30 pounds each.
The shaft : 'hich moves the block over
the surface Of the glass Is set in mo-
ton by means o a crank attached to
a wheel on the main shafting.
After polishing the glass Is taken into
the silvering Vol and washed and
silyered as stated above. Some silvcr
iLg tables are made OF hard wood,
being about 1 foot u inches "A ae,.4,
with a metal top. The interior contains
about q inches of water, heated by
cells Of pipe laid across the bottom.
The tables are about IL feet in length
and Z feet In width. Iron slabs are laid
.over the top of the table ana covered
with Canton flannel. on which the glass
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-28
A Ncw start.

As we begin the New Year we ieei
as IL we were taking a new start pui
ing the last days Of the old one"o
should have cleared away a good oea'
Of rubbish that had gathered about Us,
and now, with all rearranged anu
Strengthened up, we should address our.
selves to the coming duties with q near
full of hope. Discouragement II iole
boiling arc bad preparations Tor ahs
work. One is not aitopian wheh IA
sees the good side instead OF the pau
n He Is only sensible, showing az
propriate faith, and encouraging nun
self with that spirit of hopefulness en-
Is a part Of the Christian religion, as y
Is also. In It's measure, characteristics "
q healthy mind End body.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-28
EAGLES ON The ST. LAwRENcp
They are Undisturbed and Br,,s
Nests Year ftcr Year,

NeSt8 AeuT Atcr rear, ,
Two eagles have built their nests for
years in an old tree which stands no,
far from the st. Lawrence River :,
Lisbon, at a spot about eight miles
north of Ogdensburg. The spot ia ,
slightly n and the tall trees in this b,t
Of the old forest where the birds mako
their summer home is known by tho
dwellers for miles around. Each vao,
the eagles come, and their arrival 10
as much expected and talked abou,
as is the date when the ice will breap
up In the river which flows near nv
Two eaglets have been Matched each
year, time out of mind, and it is ons
Of the interesting incidents in the neigh
borhood when the old birds "sbaka
out" the young ones to give them their
first lesson in flying. The birds never
go far from home in the summer. AL.
most every bright day one OF them
may be seen sailing high above the
blue st. Lawrence on the watch for n
fish, and then, falling like an arrow. tn
bury its claws in the back Of its prev
and sail homeward for fish dinner with
its mate. All summer they are there.
and when the autumn colors come un.
on the trees they so away, to come
again next spring. No one harms
them.
One day last September as a reporter
xyn1 l,i II, ,an tbN >nIa.s
one Of them was seen circling slowly
several hundred feet above the river.
A farmer by called attention to
the bird with evident pride.
Does no one try to shoot themY' he
was asked, after telling how they
came there every year.
NO." he said, never"
why not?" he was asked.
THE people know the birds so well
that they would not allow it | reckon"
was the reply. IF anybody was to
hurt one Of them birds it would make
a powerful sight Of talk in this neigh
borhood."
Another farmer a short distance on
also fell to discussing the eagles, and
he was asked if no one tried to shoot
them.
NO." he said. mot once. 1t would.
mt do. Nobody wants to harm them.
1t sort O. makes everybody feel good to
see the nations bird flying near by.
There amt no danger Of anybody's
ever trying to kill eagles in this part
of the country"
A few miles further on, another far.
mer. who had the reputation Of being
a hunter, fell to talking about this noble
pair of birds, which seemed to be re-
garded with about the same patriotic
sentiment as the flag or the goddess OF
Liberty.
why doesn't somebody shoot
them?" the old hunter was asked.
"Wa'al he replied, forcibly, "a good
many would like to take "A crack at
them, and some have On the sly. But
hang 1t, they fly pretty high, and Of
late years there's n big fine for KILN
eagles in the state.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-28
A Considcrntc Mother.

A little colored girl applied at the
house Of a prominent citizen or Hous-
ton for a position to wash dishes, etc.
Where does your mother liver
asked the lady Of the house.
"She Ibis in de rhubarbs OF de city"
"Have you got any fatherY'
Eyes, nam, but he has gone out into
de country to pick cotton. and my mud
der tole me IL | was a good girl. ami be-
haved myself, she would get me a step
fodder until de cotton pickin' season
was ober."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-28
WAS MADE FOR A KING.

A Turnip-Sized Timepiece That
Weighs Two and n Half
A ponderous watch of antique pat
tern displayed in the window Of A. w.
Stott's jewelry establishment on Mont
gomerv street, San Francisco, attracts
the attention of the curious. The
timepiece if four inches in diameter
and is declared by the Bulletin to
weigh two and a half pounds. Its case
looks like old gold, but is a compost
ton of base metal. The chain attach
ed to the watch is proportionately
ponderous and bears a seal ring large
enough for the finger of . giant. The
watch was made by JoLl Bittleson,
of London, two centuries ago. 1t was,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-28
A Animal

Professor-Can you name an ANNA,
mat belongs to the class that have no
teeth?
Columbia College Student-Yes; my
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Cardinal Gibbons will tomorrow eel
citrate his fifty-ninth birthday.
Sam. cambridge, a former slave, died
in Charleston, w. Va, leaving an estate
estimated at $50, 900.
1t is thought the attempt to advance
the price of silver has collapsed; the
decline in silver continued yesterday.
Indictments in the Ford's Theatre
disaster case were not completed ny
the grand jury in Washington yester-
day.
Three canal boatmen are held at
Rockville, Md, charged with assault
ing twel ve-year-old colored girl who
is employed as cook on the boat.
Secretary Carlisle, accompanied by
his family, returned to Washington
Yesterday evening, after an absence OF
three weeks spent at the Worlds Fair.
It is reported that Senator 1rby re-
Gently assaulted Congressman Shell IN
Laurens county, S. c., the trouble
growing out of a letter recently written
denouncing Irby.
1t is said that Edward r. Bacon,
president of the B. q. o. southwestern
system, may be elected president of the
B. s. o. r. r. at the annual meeting III
November to succeed Mr.. Mayer, who,
it is said, will retire.
The bondholders of the Macon and
Northern Railroad Company held q
meeting yesterday at the office of the
Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Com
pany, and unanimously rejected the
offer made by Drexel, Morgan & Co. in
their plan for reorganizaing the Rlch-
mond Terminal system.
Commissioner Seymour, of the Pat
ent Office, has dismissed the charges in
the case of Freeman and Foster, patent
attorneys, and eX-Commissioner OF Pat
ents Simonds, who were charged by
Church and Church, patent attorneys,
of Washington, with wrong(ully taking
from the Patent Office drawing of pend
ing applications of Daniel Drawbaugh
for claimed improvements in tele-
phony.
Jacob Woodring was shot by one Of
his sons at his wife's home, in Slab
town, Pa, on Thursday. Woodring'
wife left him about a year ago, on &C,
count of his dissipation, and bought q
little house of her own. Thursday
Jacob, while under the influence o.
liquor, went to his wife's house and de
manded admission, which was refused
He threatened to tear the house down
over their heads, when the son fired
upon him. The man is in precarious
condition. Afterthe shooting he made
an attempt to Kill himself, and is KEPT
under close watch.
The negro convict who outraged anc
murdered the ninc-year-old daughter
of Carr Elliott in Lafayette county
Fla, last Wednesday was lyncheo
Thursday night on the the spot where
he committed the crime by mob mum
boring between three and four hundred
The negro confessed that he was guilty
and implicated another as an accom-
plice. The body of the child was fount
Wednesday evening in sapling thick
ct near the house. Her throat wa:
cut from ear to ear. One thigh wa:
broken and the flesh about it badly
mangled. Her eyes were protrudins
from their sockets. The negro paid the
penalty of his crime by first being
strung to limb and then having hi!
body riddled with bullets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-22
Foreign War Talk.

The Siamese have cut the telegraph
line from Bangkok to Saigon to hamp,
er the transmission of dispatches to the
French warships. The British govern
ment has received information from
Bangkok showing that the terms of the
ultimatum sent to Siam tailed with the
report France had given to Great Brit.
ain. No geographical limitation had
yet been laid down by France, and
this was the only point upon which
Great Britain was concerned.
Russia has assured the British for,
eign office that the story that an armed
Russian force had been sent to seize the
Pamir country was untrue.
Baron de Korfi, of the Russian lega-
ton in Paris, yesterday emphatically
denied the story that his country had
agreed to support France in all her de-
mands upon Siam.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-22
VIRGINIA NEWS.

4tA ~
Mrs. Nathaniel Burwell, of Clarke
county, died at her home in WILDWOOD
recently.
Major w. T. Sutherlin, one OF the
most prominent men in the State, aied
suddenly at his home in Danville TINS
morning.
A young man name Miller, while run
ming from the rain Yesterday, was
killed by lightning, near Milldale, War
rem county.
Major ]. B. Dorman, who has been
clerk of the Court of Appeals OF fir-
GINA at Stanton for the past ten
years, is very i'll at his rooms IN that
city.
The story of battle in Wise county
between the State troops and outlaws
sent out yesterday, is a fake. NO stare
troops are in Wise county, ana none
have been asked for.
The remains OF Gen. John G. Walker,
of Winchester, whose death occurred IN
Washington Thursday night, were tax
en- yesterday afternoon to winchester,
where they will be buried tomorrow.
General Hunter. also of Winchester, ac-
companied the body.
The Richmond democratic city COM
mittee last night changed the date OF
holding the primary for electlng dele
gates to the State democratic conyen-
ton from August 10 to August t. This
change was made at the instance OF
Colonel Buford's friends.
Giles district, in Amelia county, yes
terday elected Tyler delegates to the
Richmond convention. Randolph dis.
trict. in Cumberland county, elected
OFerrall delegates, but the delegates
in Hamilton district, Cumberland coun-
tv. arc uninstructed, but are said to
favor O'Ferrall.
The question of admitting females to
the university has been considered in a
conservative manner by the board OF
visitors and referred back to the facul-
tv, with the request that suitable plan
be established for extending the rights
of women to higher education on the
plan as taught by the university.
The following new postoihces nave
been established in Virginia AT ANA
ryllis, Louisa county, with Allen r.
Harlow as postmaster; at Champlain,
Essex county, with William A. Ores
ham as postmaster; at Gahlintown,
Patrick county, with Martha Il. Hall as
postmaster, and at Hedge, Buchanan
county, with William A. Justice as post
master.
VIM. Taylor, the white man vino
murdered his wife in Pulaski county
recently, was taken 10 Lynchburg yes
teriay to prevent lynching. Taylor
says he killed his wife with an axe be-
cause she took his little girl with hel
when she went to disreputable house
Taylor is q very illiterate man, and
scarcely seems to recognize the enorml,
ty of his crime.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-22

PROPOSED AMENDMENT5.-ColoneI ].
Bell Bigger, Clerk of the House Of Dele
gates of Virginia, has sent to the GA
zETTE and mailed to certain othec news
papers in Virginia copies OF the pro-
posed constitutional amendment on the
subject of trials for petit larceny A
copy of this proposed amendment will
be published in one newspaper publish
ed in each of the cities of the Common
wealth having more than 10000 inhabi-
tants once a week for three consecutive
months previous to the time of choos-
ing the members of the General Assem-
bly,, which is on the Tuesday succeeding
the first Monday in November, 1893.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-22
crushed and burned in horrible man.

crushed and burned in horrible man
uer and was dead when extricated.
Among the failures reported to-day are the
Citizens Bank of Jellco, Tenn; the First
National Bank of Anthony, Knn.; tie Nil
waakee National Bank and South Savings
Bank of Milwaukee; the Union Bank Of
Greeley, Col the private banking house of
]. and L. Galbraith at Lampasas, Tex; TIE
State National Bank of Knoxville Tenn. the
Kentucky National Bank of Louisville; aud
the State National Bank of Vernon Tx.
There is heavy run on the German Amer.
can and Merchants Exchange Banks of Nil
Yankee
At Shooting Park on the outskirts Of Mil
waukee Wis, two thousand five hundred
turner's from all parts of the United States
aggregated yesterday, and the twenty-sixth
annual bundcsturnfcst WAS inaugura;ed.
A duel, that resulted fatally to both the
participants, took place in the outskirts of
Victoria. Mex, on Thursday between young
law student and young business man. The
quarrel was over young woman.
Weather permitting Edw. Haulan and
Jacob Gaudaur will row at orillia, Ont, this
afternoon for the championship and stake
of $1,000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-22
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY %, 1893

A MOST striking and significant as
pect of the demand for the repeal OF the
sherman law is its universally and Its
unanimity. Meetings have been held
nv commercial bodies and trade organl-
cations in all parts of the county-in
large cities and small cities, and in all
there has been but one sentiment Voiced
that the compulsory purchase OF Sill
yer has been disastrous to the country
and must be stopped immediately
Never has a more general or unani-
nous popular demand been made io OF,
legislative action than that which VIII
confront Congress when it meets fol
the speedy and unconditional repeal
of the silver purchasing clause OF the
sherman law. 1t will be the impera-
tive command of the people to which
their representatives in Washington
must promptly respond. A promp,
and favorable response can hardly TALL
to restore public confidence ana as
sure renewed prosperity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-22
Prince William Notes.

At the democratic primary held at
Haymarket last week to select post
master at that place Mr.. Geo. W. Smith
was elected.
Mr.. Pat. Lynch, conductor on one OF
the material trains of the r. &. d. road,
sustained fracture of one of the bones
of his right leg while jumping from a
car on Thursday morning. DIR. lden
rendered the necessary medical attcn-
ton.
Work on the exterior of Mr.. r. Port
nar's residence has been about COM
pleted, and the large force of stone-cut-
tiers, carpenters and carvers who have
for more than year been employed on
it are to the regret of the friends they
made during their sojourn here rapidly
disappearing. Work on the interior of
the building has been commenced and
their places are being filled to q large
extent, however, by plumbers, electri-
clans and decorators, and the process
of erecting and fitting up q structure
that would be an ornament to Wash
ington city goes merrily on.-ManasSas
Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-22

THE ESPIONAGE and red tape of our
customs regulations are already sui
ficientlv onerous and offensive, without
being made more so by the otiicious
and abusive way of enforcing them that
has been adopted by the officials at the
Worlds Fair. The Russian commits
sioners are highly Indignant over the III
sulting and cavalier manner in which
some of their exhibitors have been
treated. Failing to get satisfaction,
after remonstrance to Director Gen
eral Davis, the Russian exhibit has
been closed. Other foreign exhibitors
also threaten to close their displays un-
less they shall receive more conslderate
treatment. This is not the first time
that similar complaints and threats
have been made. Surely, some way
should be found to avoid this constant
friction.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-22

ELEVEN CLAUSES of the home rule
bill having passed the committee stage
in the House of Commons on Thursday
night by the application ofth closure,
there remains only the consideration OF
the postponed clauses on finances and
postoflice and of the preamble, the de-
bate on which will be closured on
Thursday night of next week. There Is
little evidence that the pending debates
in committee will be anything but tame
and uninteresting, The tug will come,
however, when the bill, having been
passed by the House, shall be sent UP
to the Lords. The mutterings OF the
storm have already been heard. Will
the Upper House brave the roar?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-22
Fauuuier Notes.

Mr.. and Mrs. Kemp and mother from
Alexandria are guests OF Mrs. VIM.
Sheppard.
James L. Lake, son of Rev. 1. B.
Lake, has accepted professorship in a
college in Kentucky.
Capt. Jas. n. North was paralyzed
ON his right side last Sunday at Fau-
quier Springs. He is eighty years old.
Mr.. Henry Fairfax. OF Aldie, has an
nounced himself candidate for re-elec-
ton to the State Senate from the Lou
doun and Fauquier districts.
This community was greatly shocked
on Thursday last by the sudden and
untimely death of Mr.. David Peters,
who, while attending to his daily duties
aud apparently in full health and
strength, was suddenly stricken down
with heart disease.
County levy for 1898 has been fixed
Mt so per cent. of State tax, or 12c on
800, and 80 cents capitation. County
school levy, s cents on 500. District
school levy as follows; Marshall dis
trict, s cents on 500; Scott district, i
cents on $500: Center district, S cents
on 500; Lee district, 5 cents on 500;
Cedar Run district, s cents on 500.
The society of the Sons of Rest will
meet in grove near Fauquier Springs
on the 18th of August and enjoy bar
bacue and swap chestnuts after the re-
past. if not too tired. The feature Of
the occasion will be the presentation Of
silver cup to him who neither tolls
nor SPINS" but who is arrayed in I'M
earned robes surprising the beauty OF
lilies of the field.
Four hundred colorcd excursionists
accompanied by a brass band from
Alexandria were landed at Warrenton
depot Thursday afternoon, and soon
dispersed among race acquaintance.
They gave an initiative wild West
Show at night at Town Hall, and 9th.
erwise amused themselves and colored
hosts. They left town at 3 p. m. Fri
day without leaving behind them any
report of bad conduct.
Miss Bessie, the 1G.yearold daughter
of Thos. q. Stone, committed suicide
Friday morning by shooting herself in
the mouth with revolver. 1t is re-
norted that the severe censure OF the
father growing out of renewed mis-
understanding of the previous night
about bnctet of water maddened the
brain and nerved the hand to the COM
mission of the dep!ored deed. She was
very attractive in person and highly
connected, and had an income of $500
in her own right.-JgUrentOa Inder.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-22

DOUBLE MURDER AND SUIcIDE.-A
shocking double murder and suicide
took place in Metropolis, ILL.,, yester-
day evening, when Richard shoemak-
err killed Richard Lukens, jr., and Geo.
Lukens, seriously wounded their faith
er, Richard, and then committed sui
eide by sending a bullet into his own
body. All the parties were men OF
high SOCIAL standing in the city and
we're we'll known throughout southern
Illinois and in Kentucky. Yesterday
evening Shoemaker, armed with two
large reyolvers, walked up to Richard
Lukens, ir.'s, gate, and finding the two
young men standing in the yard open
ed fire, shooting George in the right
temple aud then sendinga bullet through
Richards heart as he was holding his
babe in his arms. Shoemaker then en-
tered the yard and fired shot after shot
into the bodies. Richard Lukens, ST.,
hearing the firing, ran to the scene Of
the trouble, only to be met by the muir
derer, who opened fire on him, shoot
ing him in the thigh.
By this time crowd was gathering
and Shoemaker ran couple of squares
and then sitting down sent bullet in
to his abdomen, and was dead in a few
moments. Shoemaker was guardian Of
Mrs. Lukens and had squandered her
estate, causing quarrels with the fam.
ily.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-22
VirGnia'S Quota.

The Washington Erening Ncrrs says
Of the Virginia delegation, Col
O'Ferrall, by reason of his long expe,
rience in the House, has been easily the
first. The probabilities are, however,
that he will exchange his seat in Con-
gress for the gubernatorial chair of his
native State. In that case the chair
manship of the committee on elections
will be made vacant. Should by any
chance the fates decree that Mr.. OFFER
rail- remain in Congress he will I'M
doubtedly remain in his old position.
There are three members out of the
ten constituting the Virginia delega-
ton who will be strangers to the
House of Representatives. They are
Messrs. d. Gardner Tyler, of Sturgeon
Point: Claude A. Swanson, Of Chatham,
and James W. Marshall, of Newcastle.
For these gentlemen places will have
to be found in accordance with their
individual tastes, which will undoubt-
cdly be consulted by Speaker Crisp be-
fore their assignment.
Mr.. William A. Jones, of Warsaw,
had in the last Congress an important
and at the same time pleasant assign
ment on the committee on rivers and
harbors, which will be reserved for him
in the next House. He will, however,
be advanced two points nearer the
Craftsmanship by the failure of re-elec-
ton of Mr.. Stewart, of Texas, and Mr..
Haynes, of Ohio. During the last Con-
gress Mr.. Jones was also member OF
the pension committee, with the work
of which he thoroughly familiarized
himself. 1t is within the bounds OF
possibility that he may be made chair
man of that important committee in the
next House, or if not, that he will be
the SECOND in command.
Mr. George D. Wise will doubtless
retain the craftsmanship OF the commit
tee on interstate and foreign commerce
and he will also take second place on
the committee on expenditures in the
department of justice.
Mr.. James +. Epes will help in the
settlement of the great question for the
solution of which the extra session is
called. He will be member of the
committee on coinage, to which will be
submitted the proposition to repeal the
Sherman law. He will also have a
hand as a member of the committee on
emigration in settling the important
matters which at every session come
before that branch of the House.
Mr.. Paul C. Edmunds may, in the
event of Col. O'Ferralls retirement
from the House, represent Virginia on
the elections committee. If not, he
will exercise bis legal talent on the
committee on the REVISION of the laws,
besides retaining his chairIaqsbiR Of
the committee on expenditures in the
department of agriculture.
Mr.. Elisha E. Meredith, of the Alex
andria district, will continue to assist
in the preparation of legislation for the
District Of Columbia, and will probably
have his choice between an assignment
to membership on either the select
committee on civil service reform or TO
the standing committee on agriculture.
It is understood that be would prefer
the latter.
Mr.. Henry St. G. Tucker will proba-
bly, continue to serve on the committee
on public lands as well as on the COM
mittee on the election of President and
Vice President.