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The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23
IMPORTANT COLORADO NEWS.
DENVER GOSSIP.
Appointment of Frank Trumbui as he
ceiver of the Gulf Road.
Items from the Cap!taI.

eeiver of the Gulf Road.-other
Item, from the Csp!tai.
DESvEE, December IS, 1898.
The event Of chief Importance at Denver
,hi. week WAS the appointment by Judge
HaIlet Of receiver for the Union Pacific,
Denver and Gulf railroad. The effort OF ex-
Governor Evans and his fellow bond-holders
of the old Denver * Gulf road has been
watched with considerable interest by the
business men OF the city, There can be no
doubt that since the consolidation OF this line
It has been run with view of throwing as
much business as possible 10 the main line OF
the Union Pacific and has been little more
than a branch devoted almost exclusively to.
strictly local traffic. Thus the hopes raised
By the completion of the road to Fort Worth
have not been realized. Governor Evans
contention is that IN view OF this fact and
tho removal from Denver of the general
offices Of the road the agreement Of consoll-
dalton has been violated By the Union Pacific
management and that the roads should be
hereafter operated separately. While this
question has not been passed upon by the
court, Judge Hallett decided last week thai
the Gulf road should have a receiver Of rs
own. inasmuch as the Union Pacific itself was
under a recelyershlp.
Inc receiver appointed Is i'nA N'i .a.,
dent OF a successful coal com9any-the Citl-
zen's. He has. however, fnt record as
railroad man both at ST. Louis and in Texas.
His appointment is looked u1on with salts
faction by all interested IN the success of the
Gulf road Mr Trumlull Is not only a wide
awake and successful business man, but also
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The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

A MINISTER in Haverhill, Mass, has
gotten himself into trouble over his
efforts to cxterminate skunk He
caught the animal, and in ATTEMPT
ing to suffocate it burned It. The :.
p. C. a. prosecuted him, and after
he had pleaded guilty he was fined
sl5. Now the people are dividing
their condemnation between the so
cietY and the judge.
The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

THREE young conspirators are on
trial at Montreal for having at
tempted to blow up or down, or over
sidewise. the Nelson monument. \
postponement has been secured in
order to allow witnesses to leave tho
country. This 10 found to be rs
effective as the "technicality' in de-
feating justice, and does not make
Judge and lawyers appear a lot Of
laws.
The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

THE recent use of the guillotine in
Paris has started anew the discussion
as to relative merits of methods of
rendering the murder innocuous. 1t
beheaded is fully "a incapable of
acting on criminal impulse as though
he had been hanged, and that an
clectrocuted person is at an equal
disadvantage. Therefore all the
methods have points OF excellence.
The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

IT is probable that we have as
many old fashioned winters us thay
ever had in oldfashioned times.
Our old inhabitants doubtless think
that the winters were more severe
in their youth than they are to-day.
because they remember the severe
winters of their boyhood and forget
the mild ones.
The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

Judge Hallett has appointed Frank Trum-
bull of Denver as receiver of the Denver IL
Gulf railroad. Mr.. Trumbull Is railroad
man of experience and his high character In
surcs n competent management of this line
which Ia of so much Importance to Colorado
The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

SOME Eastern swindlers whose I'M
lawful profits have been 500. 900
have been fined sums aggregating
81, i0D While it is true that the
way of the transgrcssor is hard, there
can be no denial that in spots it
might be harder.
The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

EVEN the persuasive and eloquent
DR.. Depew failed to talk with King
Humbert while in Rome. Recent
events have not tended to make this
monarch very communicative to citi-
zens OF republic which can show up
nothing in the line of political cor
ruption to match that which scat
tered his cabinet.
The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

PROFESSOR HAzES. of the weather
bureau. expresses the opinion that
all the conclusion experiments to
produce rain have been failures, and
that those conducted in Connecticut
last summer seemed to prolong tho
drought in that section, while there
was plenty of rain in the region
roundabout
The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

1r is said that Mr.. Howells makes
$50 0)O a year by his writings. Lit
erature. it seems, no longer lives in
u garrett, tho consort OF poverty and
shame. A man who writes to-day
and writes what the people want eau
get what he earns. and he can earn
enough usually to keep himself and
family in comfort Tho old days OF
Bohemian poverty arc over.
The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

THERE is n grim humor in that
letter accompanying that Internal
machine which was forwarded to
Caprivi. but the sender ought to be
put where he will have no further
opportunities for combining humor
and missives of death,
The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

KENTUCKY elected eight women as
county school superintendent at the
recent election. One of them is
widow, abou. 40 years old, and the
mother of fourteen children, seven
of whom are under ~ years of age.
The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

Two men stole what they thought
was u a bottle of whisky. by the
time the glow of its contents had
permeated their interiors they
learned witt come chagrin that it
was bedbug poison, and died. Tho
only way to get even will be to set
some whisky where the bedbugs will
be fooled BY It.
The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

ALoSG the Mississippi the pros
pect OF having to drink
Chicago sewer water is arousing
much interest and alarm. The Mis-
sissippi river now is about ten times
pguer.oheye tn" mnuIh of.tha, UBn@js
sewer gets IN full operation the
amount Of chlorine floating will kill
every catfish in the river.
The Meeker herald., 1893-12-23

1nE Hayarian war minister says
that dueling shall not be prohibited.
Probably he fears that once deprived
of this method of settling differences
excited gentlemen might resort to
violence
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
Iariai Made Of Human Hair.

Carlos Guttlerres, a Mexican cow
bov Of White Oaks, New Mexico,
wears at his saddlebow perhaps
the most curious lariat ever
possessed by herder. This l'rIat
is composed entirely OF human
hair of beautiful glossy black as hhe
as silk and strong Is hempen rope
The whole is the work OF his motner
and his wife. both of whom eontrio'
uted TO its length for a period oi sew
eral wears, carefully braiding IN their
locks from day to day. Inc l"rl"'
measures something over seventeen
feet in length and is about half an men
thick.
potb Of the women are noted for the
beauty and abundance OF their hair'
the elders being eight feet IRON 'n0
crown Of her head to whore 1t falls Oh
the ground. while the wife's tresses'
when she sits, sweeps the floor for
,broo feet Gutierres has been offered
his own price for she rope as 1t is "
srrorst;tion among the cowboys that a
rome of human hair is II talismah
-. 10th IN the saddle, besides
bringing good luck with the cattle -
Philadelphia Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
THE NIGHT WIND.

Have you ever heard the wind go "YooooY
'Tis pitiful sound to heart
It seems to chill you through and through
With strange and speechless fear.
It's the voice ofthe night that broods outside
When folks should be asleep.
And many and many's the time I've cried
To the darkness that brooded far and wide
Over the land and deep;
'Whom do you want. o lonely night,
That you wall the long hours throughT
And the night would say in IFS ghostly way
''Yoooooooo
Yoooooooo!
YooooOooo -
NV mother told me long ago
when l was little tad
That when the wind went wailing so,
Somebody had been bad;
And then. when was snug in bed,
Whittier had been sent,
With the blankets drawn up round my heal,
I'd think of what my mother said
And wonder what boy she meant.
And "Who been bad to-day? I'd ask
OF the wind that hoarsely blew.
And that voice would say in its awful way:
"YOoooOOoo
Yooooooool
YooooooOo "
That this was true must allow
You'll not believe it. though,
Yes. though I'm quite model now,
/ was not always so.
And if you doubt what things say,
Suppose you make the test;
Suppose when you've been bad some day,
And up TO bed are sent away.
From mother and the rest
Suppose you ask. "Who has been badY'
And then you'll hear what's true
Tor the wind will moan in its ruefulest tone
"YOooOooOO.
Yoooooooo
Yoooooooo "
Eugene Field. in Chicago Record.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

SIR JOIN ABBOTT, ex-Premier OF Canada,
Is dead.
THE steamship Nortstjernan ran into and
sank a Yacht near Hernosand, capital OF the
island Of Herne. Ten persons on the yacht
were drowned.
EMILE ZILLMAN. a murderess. was eXecut-
ed by beheading in Berlin. This IS the hrst
woman who has suffered a capital senienc ,
ia the German capital since 1916.
The principal mosque OF Damascus has
been burned to the ground, causing loss oi
q. 900.
The Matabeles have been defeated with
heavy loss by the British forces in South
Africa and Buluwayo, their capital, has been
captured.
The Cunarl Line steamer Canpania broke
the eastward record from New York to Brow
head. Ireland, by one hour and twenty min
utes.
The British Parliament opened and busi-
ness began by the moving OF the second
reading OF the Parish Councils bill.
Colonel. DJURIrcH ex-Minister Of War,
dropped dead at Belgrade. Servia. upon heat
ing that the King had promoted him 10 TIE
rank Of general Apoplexy was the cause o'
death.
NJ. YELrmRoyITcH. formerly Serviaa MA
Ister OF Justice. has been murdered at ms
residence in Belgrade. His body was iound
beheaded and horribly mutilated IN his bed
roora
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
South and West.

PREypEaGAsr. the murderer OF Carter Har-
rlson. had threatened President Cleveland
and Governor Altgeld. He has been formal
ly indicted for murder.
TWENTY men were killed and deyoured by
wolves at Shensi, Washington. few days
ago. Wild animals overrun that district.
MAYOR HARRIsoSs body was taken TO ths
City Hall. Chicago, and lay in state there, be-
ing viewed by immense crowds. Eight Po-
lice Captains and eight fire Marshals acted
as pall-bearers.
WHuE Emile Van Honf. prominent citi-
izen Of Darrowvile, Ascension Parish, La.
was on his way home in a hack be was fired
On from ambush and instantly killed. The
driver was also shot and dangerouly wounded.
COLUMBIAN GUARDS, Ferris Wheel Com
pany employees and visitors engaged In Tree
fights in the Midway Plaisance, Chicago
NOTORIOUS Abe Redmond, one of the most
desperate men in Virginia, came TO his death
in Charlotte County at the hands OF mob.
He maltreated q colored man and the people
thought it was time he died.
CHRIS sHoRLING at Toledo. Ohio. shot and
killed Miss Gertie Sharp. his sixteen-year-old
sweetheart. lie then shot himself
THE Minnesota Executive Pine Land In
vestigating Committee charges that the
State has been robbed Of millions of feet OF
lumber.
THE Chesapeake. Ohio and Southwestern
Road has been sold TO the Louisville and
Nashville by c. p. Huntington.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
The Chesapeake oyster Industry

The oyster industry Is a very I'M
portant one in Maryland in the nelSn'
borbood Of tine waters of the Chesa
peake Bav. Indeed, it has been SAID
that this industry was more fruitful
and important than any other, because
by it more people were directly and
indirectly supported. 1t IS possible
that. leaving out agriculture, this may
be so. as in the industry more than
30. 600 men, women and children are
emploved. Of these persons about
y GOO men are engaged in catching
while the remaining is, 200 are kept at
work at shelliug, grouping, packing
and so ON.
There are two ways of taking
oysters. dredging and longing, and IN
tbe season of '92-3 there we're over 800
vessels engaged in dredging, ana a
Great many more than this in longing.
The crews of dredging vessels vary
with the capacity of the boats anu
range from n captain and five men to a
captain and twelve men. These men,
bv-the-wav, though they must WORK
hard. and are exposed to great hard
shin and frequently to danger, are not
we'll raid. Therefore a good class OF
labor is not attracted. A Maryland
State officer who recently investigated
tbo ovstermen of the Chesapeake said
that the dredging crews were maze up
from ''the lowest stratum OF nearly "i'
nations ON earth" The tOngers are oil
better class. and are usually natives
ofibe Chesapeake counties. The lie
Of the ovster-catcher is hard and
tbsnkless. as he can scarcely ever hope
70 earn more than enough to sustain
himself meagrely. They are out III
the severest winter weather, and not
infrequently they are very unsuitaoly
clad for such work. Many OF the men
so employed 90 out in the coolest
weather. with no heavier body cover
ing than half-worn flannel shirts.
Inst winter vessels were frozen up ont
in the bay, while the crews were
without either food or water The
officer before alluded TO has expressed
the opinion that if the tender-hearted
among the oyster consumers knew
with how much pain and suffering
these bivalves were brought from
their salt water homes to the dining
table, they would not eat them N tue
happy frame of mind necessary to a
full appreciation Of this finest OF all
sea foods. -Hsrper's Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
THE coke trade is improving.

FNGLAND has 1900 idle clergymen.
TgE bullion value OF q silver dollar is now
6O.529
THERE are fifteen crematories in the United
States.
SALVADOR is going to try to borrow slO,-
OOO, 900 In Europe.
MIcH1eAx's Saturday Half Holiday law Is
optional for banks.
IMMENSE schools Of porgies have been in
New York waters of late.
TRAVELLERS in Italy are seriously annoyed
bv the scarcity Of small coins.
Soc1A1rsrrc disturbances are causing much
trouble TO the Government IN Sicily.
Mrs. AM HICKEY recently died in Great
harrington. Mass. at the age OF lO4.
The recently discovered goldvein In ltasca
County. Minnesota, assays $40 ton.
BERLIN had last year 2S5 public and eighty
three private schools and high schools.
TIE gold mining fever has again broken
out in Brown and Morgan Counties, Indiana.
Or the issue Of 5000, 600 600 Of Columbian
postage stamps, /, 200 600, 900 remain unsold'
TIE Mississippi River Commission wants
s4.24O. 600 for improvements on the big river
in 1895.
ST. LOUIS has just sold s1,25O,OOO twenty
wear four per cent. bonds at par in the Lon
don market.
The Pittsburg Chamber OF Commerce has
elected Mrs. Popp to membership. Inls IS
said TO be the first woman who has been
elected to such body
STATISTICS of the yellow fever epidemic at
Brunswick. Ga, show that the mortality
among white was nearly four times as great
as that among colored people.
WHILE returning from Napoleon. Ohio,
Jacob winnock, land magnate OF Henry
County. quarrelled With his wife and fired
two bullets into her body. She sbarely alive,
but refuses to prosecute WinnocS on MS
agreement TO give her 800 acres OF his best
land.
A HAvERHILL Mass policeman chased
man who had stolen package OF meat from
4 market to his home. He found the chill
dren eating the products Of their fathers mis-
demeanor, so near starvation that they
couldn't wait 20 havs it cooked. He went
hack and paid for the meat out OF his own
pocket.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
Frost Torches to Protect Vegetables.

The project adopted by the farmers
Of Saratoga County, New York, to pro-
tect their crops from damage by early
frosts is worthy of imitation else
where. 1t seems that a Swedish farmer
has talked of the use of "frost torches"
in his native country, made of petro-
leum-soaked peat; but, as peat IS not
common in Saratoga County, the
farmers employed their leisure time
in the summer in preparing pine
stakes two inches in diameter and five
feet long. then they laid in stock of
kerosene. A few evenings ago the
thermometer dropped to thirty-eight
degrees by s o'clock p. m. and the
aQriculturists began soaking their pine
sticks. BY midnightthey had them in
place. about fifty TO the acre and
blazing vigorously, the dense smoke
preventing the chilling of the at
mosphere. As the torches cost but
about one-half cent each, and as all the
tor illumined farms escaped dam
age. while the others in the vicinity
we're probably depleted Of two-thirds
of their produce by frost, it Is clear
that the scheme is as economical as 1t
is successful. Newark News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

TIE annual report Of the Chief Of En-
gineers OF the Army. Brigadier-General
Thomas L. Casey, has been made public.
TIE President has nominated Edwin F.
Uhl. Of Michigan. 10 be Assistant Secretary
OF State. vice Josiah Quincy. resigned I;
James Roosevelt Roosevelt. OF New York, to
be Secretary Of the Embassy Of the United
States at London. England, vice Henry
White, resigned.
TIE House Democratic caucus. on the
third ballot. selected the Rev. Z. b. Bagley,
Of Virginia. pastor Of the Ninth Street Chris
tian Church. Washington. 10 fill the office OF
chaplain. made vacant by the recent death
Of the Rev. Mr.. Haddoway. There were six
candidates forthe nomination.
GENERAL BIssELL 5 estimate OF
the needs OF the postal service fo- the year
1895 are $50, 399. .4s5, as against ss4,OOi,SlB
for theyear Of 1894.
THOMAS HoLcoMB. Fifth Auditor OF the
Treasury. reports that during the last fiscal
year the consular expenditures exceeded the
receipts by $50. 900. which was $50. 900 larger
excess OF expenditures over receipts than last
year.
The Treasury official statement OF the
comparative receipts and expenditures ofthe
United States shows that for the first four
months Of the current fiscal year the e1pen'
ditures have exceeded the receipts by f2i.'
OO0. 900. or at the rate OF S72, 10000 year.
SECRETARY HERBERT has appointed board
10 inquire into alleged defects in the new war
ships.
THE President has approved the act pro-
viding for the construction OF steam
revenue cutter for the New England coast
the Joint resolution for the reporting, mark
ing and removal OF derelicts, and an act
amendatory Of the timber culture repeal
law.
TIE President has nominated Samuel f.
Nichols. OF New York, 10 be Pension Agent
at Buffalo. y. Y. Jonn G. Byxbee, OF Con-
necticut. to be Collector OF Internal Revenue
for the District Of Connecticut. Consuls-
NJ. l.. Davis. OF Arkansas. at Merida, Mexico =
c. II. jacob, OF Wisconsin, at Reichenberg.
Bohemia Leon JOstremski. OF Louisiana, az
Calao, Peru; F. W. Roberts, Of Maine, at
Barcelona, Spain.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED
Eastern and Middle States.

SAMUEL C. Cook, wealthy mine owner.
Killed himself at the Hotel 81. George, in
Brooklyn.
JouS z. FoALKs and Thomas Howard
r,emhers of the Board OF Freeholders In Pat
erson. N. j.. in 1929 were found guilty
of the charge Of conspiracy in connection
with the award Of plans for the new court
house there.
Tpr endemic OF cranks continued una
hated In New York City for several days af-
Ter the assassination OF Carter Harrison ,
thev appeared in various places. one de-
handing 100000 from superintendent
Byrnes.
President PEIxoros new braZnlah navy
"a being raised at New York. Five more
boats-those of the United States and Brazil
Steamship Company-have passed under the
control of his agents The United States has
surrendered all claims TO the submarine gun
boat DESTROYER and her sale TO the Brazilians
has been completed.
CH.RtEs r. FLINT & Co.. OF New York,
have houoht the two thousand ton steamship
Britannia. now in Boston, for the Brazilian
Government.
OCTOBER was busy month at the fhila-
deIphia penn Mint. All the presses were
kept running to their fullest capaclty ana
many Of the employees worked overtime; p
The output for the month was o'S44' l4O
pieces, valued at SS,O29,9OO.
srxrY-rHREE men who have returned 20
New York from the phosphate mines on the
island OF Nayassa tell story OF cruelty ana
privation.
A. BLArsDELL. JR.. & Co., cotton and wool
dealers, Of ChicOpee, Mass, have Jailed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
How Appetite Bill Won a Prize.

A jolly crowd of jokers were swap
ping stories at Frank Sells the other
night when the conversation turned on
appetites. Every one had something
to tell about feats of gourmandizinC.
"Did you fellows ever hear how Al
petite Bill won big pot Of money
a pie-eating contest >" spoke up Walter
Davis.
No one ever had.
"Well, you all know that Bill is n
power when it comes to feed. When
John Usher used to serve boiled din
ner on Mondays Bill thought nothing
of assimilating three heads Of cabbage
and the appropriate accompaniment OF
salt meat, while he helped digestion
along with peck of potatoes AMI
couple of loaves of bread, Bill was
great on boiled dinners, but Wen :
came to pie he was marvel.
"He wasn'tso strong on the quantity
of pies he could eat as he was on the
number he could bite through when
they were placed one on top Of the
other. He had a record of making his
teeth meet through n layer of six pies,
and sweet potato pes at that but he
wouldn't bet on more than five.
"Of course man who can hlte
through three pies can make a fortune
if he only has stake, SO YOU can I'M
agiue how Bill would clean mp the gilt
of new town when he would begin on
three and then play progression.
"Well, sirs, when Bill first struck
Rum Row and began pie biting he kept
the boys broke, 50 it was concluded
that job should be pnt mp on him.
One day fellow wanted TO bet him
that he couldn't bite through four
lemon pies. Bill looked at him mourn
fully and pulled ont his roll.
"Bring on your pies, he said, as
he put up his stuff. The fellow went
ont and pretty soon back he game with
the pies He had had EN- baked 10
order. and in one of EN- he had made
the baker put pie slate Every
body on the row knew OF tine joke eX-
cent Bill and Usher's place was filled.
Men burned themselves with their
cigars to keep from laughing as Bill
picked mp the pies. He opened his
month and inserted the edges OF the
pies. Then he bit.
"When his teeth met against the PIE
plate the most surprised look you ever
saw in life spread over his face. Then
he grew red behind the ears and he
drew himself together. He just gave
one mighty bite and then put down
the pies while he spat out lot OF crust
and filling and took IL semlcircniar
piece Of tin plate ont of his mouth.
"The crowd nearly tainted as Bill
gathered in the stakes and remarked:
"Boys, you orter he'd put IN a stove
lid; tin don't phase me. Washington
News.