davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20

Peach blossoms are very abundant here
this spring. We hope there will nothing
hinder their growth from now on.
DENT.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
Hoods si':''si' Cures

Hoods Pills act easily, yet promptly and
efficiently, on the liver and bowels. 25c.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
FdirUiele Items.

A Miss Cullion who lived ut II. NJ.
Michaels doing housework and waiting on
his wife before she died took sick soon
after Mrs. Michaels died. She fingered
until Wednesday morning about 3 o'clock
when she departed this life also. She had
three sistera who witnessed her death.
Thav ara strangerg I'm these parts
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20

Press Jamison has got down to hard
labor. He is helping d. W. Mcclure to
finish digging q cellar out at his new house
on the farm.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
Estate of Samuel Shields.

III. Il. GoucHER. Sec'y.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-27
The Joke Was on the Army OfIicer. (From the Wash ington Star]

There is always more or less rivalry between the army and navy, and prob- ably there always will be. When men of either service can work off a joke at the expense of the other they never miss an opportunity. The navy off, cers are now telling one on the army. It was at Fortress Monroe, where one of the vessels of the navy was tempo- rarily awaiting orders, that a delega- ton of army officers stationed at the fort came aboard. There is a set of naval regulations that nothing can be so on board ship until the commanding officer orders it. While the army par ty were looking over the ship twelve o'clock arrived. A junior officer ap- preached the captain and said, with a salute:
 Tt is twelve o'clock, sir"
 "Make 1t So" responded the captain, using the regulation set phrase, and eight bells ttwelve Q 'clock) were struck. The army officers suspected that the navy men wanted them to ask some questions and get sold, or that this was bit of foolishness got up to joke the land warriors. Some time after par ty Of the army officers invited the off, cers of the war shiptto dine with them. The dinner was progressing when a lieutenant entered, and, saluting the senior officer present, said gravely:
 '"Colonel, the majors blind horse is dead"
 Make it so," responded the officer at the head of the table, with the greatest gravity, and the dinner proceeded. Nothing was said at the time, but the navy officers tell the, story.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-27

...rt.. Little Necks (Dug In Twelfth ward flats expressly for this occasion, by McdINTY)
 Soup. . Chicken a la Reene. Fowls imported by PEAKER from the Ninth ward suburbs.)
 Fish Boiled Kinnebeck Salmon. Holland
 Sauce. HUGo to Maine CAMPS for better
 KELLEYS)
 Potato Csoquettes.
 (BEE be quality.) Roast Turkey.
 Cranberry Sauce. (Berries grown in a Fourth ward MARSH)
 Mashed Potatoes.
 French Peas (AAL imported.
 (NORTH of Ireland style ) Fillet of Beef.
 Mushroom Sauce.
 (Not a MALE HORSE, SIR. Parisienne Potatoes. Pay a NICHOL. SON, and DR KLENKE will furnish dyspepsia drops here) co ELLERY.
 CooL(RIDGD Ice Cream.
 Fancy Forms.)
 Assorted Cakes. (By Third ward MILLER)
 Fruit (This will COOL YOUR HAND and head B(O)OTH)
 HEENAN Cheese. eve don't care Edam about the spell in on this occasion.) BELDEN Crackers. Furnished by President Parmelee) Hard Nuts (to crack.) -, leg, (Temple STREET Pavement etc., SMITH) Raisens F. -Four our contract with Gas Co.,, by O'BRIEN) t COECORAN COFFEE. <, BURKE Cigars Motto: A. FAIR BREAK. tf you DO RANT about these PUNS, DEAR SON, you will DO WELL to LEvERE the presence of the E BISHOP and the SQUIRE of our PARISH who WILL MOTT, FORSYTH. permit the dignity
 of the Council
 of 1894 to be :, MAHERCD by any vio- .
 lent con- duct. L~ ,c,o.3 n$
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-27

5000, the seminoles about 500. the Pon, chas i5s. and the Kansas l5o. The chickasaws number about s.4o0. They make good use of their excellent land raising large quantities of cotton as we'll as good crops of corn. small grain sorgham and tobacco. They have q deposit in the United States treasury that yields them nearly ss0.000 6 year Interest.
 Their individual wealth is exception ally large. There are some 75,O0O non. citizen white people who hold land by lease from these Indians. and 1t is sig nificant that, for every 100 acres actual ly controlled and operated by full bloods. thero are at least 10000 acres held by intermarried whites, or, strictly speaking. in the control of squaw men. In the event of allotment being forced on these people each individual In the tribe, including all infants, whether full blood or the result of mixed marriages, would receive goo acres of land. If the government would limit the holding of each to l60 acres. there would be 40 acres available for purchase and settle ment, so that the tiniest pappoose with the faintest tinge of Cherokee blood Is a capitalist and landowner In his In- dian way.
 The sentiment among the Chickasaws in favor of allotment is growing rapid ly, and the impression is growing that the Indians will be very soon compelled to, agree to a proposition which, If 1t bears on its face the semblance of so- cialism, Is in reality a reasonable and legitimate settlement of question which the squaw men and cattle kings are doing their utmost to keep quiet. And the only opening they have Is through marriage with a squaw, and thus the commercial value of even an ugly old squaw is indeed almost her weight in gold.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-27
Financial.
The Stock arket Yesterday Sank to a
 Lower Level.

The Stock 'arket Yesterday Sank to a Lower Level.
 New York, Dec. 26.-Without much
 pressure to sell the stock market to-
 day sank to a lower level. At the opening Distillers, Chicago Gas and Reading showed firmness, Distillers rising 1@ to 11%, Chicago Gas 1A to 72M and Reading N to 1878. The im- provement in the first named was due to rumors that the anti-administration party were buying the stock in the hope of busting the Greenhut crowd. Chicago Gas was strengthened on divi- dend talk and Reading improved on the announcement that the reorganization plan was making rapid progress. Sub sequently there was a moderate selling movement in the grangers, the St, Paul statement for, the third week of December and for the month of Nover,- ber having proven more unfavorable than expected. This revived the talk about the dividend and 1t was con- tended that unless there was material improvement soon, stockholders would stand but g poor chance. of getting anything. St. Paul declined to 56M, Northwest to 96N and Burlington and Quincy to 7OA, and Rock Island to 61h.
 The Anthracite Coalers were also weak late in the day, Jersey Central dropping from 9S1s to 9o1z, Delaware and Hudson fell 1% to 1251a, while Reading lost it's early gain and receded to 15h@%. At the time approaches for the dividend on Jersey Central rumors about reduction of the rate are be- ing revived. Atchison securities were all weaker and lost A01N per cent. It is now announced that the plan will not be made public before the middle of January. .&
 The Cordage stocks were the weakest among the industrdals and the common dropped 11s to 5h, preferred 8 to SN and guaranteed 3A to 16N. Absence Of support, stop orders and the clos ing out of loans account for the drop. It was again stated that the company mas the funoS neCeSSaLy TOT It's 1nter- est due January 1. There were mod crate lfquidations in Lead, Cotton Oil and Bay State Gas and these stocks declined 1% to 2h per cent.
 The holiday in London. added to the dullness. There was no news of special importance except per- tapb the St. Paul statement for Mo- vember. Exchange ruled a shade frmer, but there was less talk about gold exports. Speculation closed ir- regular and in the main weak.
 The bond market was weak. Sales were sS95, ,OO0.
 Following are the closing prices re- ported by Prince S &whitelx bankers and brokers. 4s Broadway, New York, and; IS Center strest,s New Haven: y [s . sssS GSsa
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-27
Government Bonds,
Following are the quotations for United States bonds at the call to-day;

NEW HAVEN LOCAL QUOTATIONS Furnished daily by KIMBERLY. RooT X DAY Bankers and Brokers, l33 Orange street.
 BANK STOCKS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-27

| . was offered for free settlement is quoted against the government constantly. Few of the Indians take the trouble to vote, The squawmen control the majority of those who do vote and therefore are able to offset any outbreak of sentiment in favor of fair and final settlement of the trouble
 When the lands of the Cherokees, the Choctaws, the Creeks, and other civil ized nations are opened for settlement, the condition of affairs will differ from what it was at the Oklahoma and Cherokee strip openings. There are several towns with we'll stocked stores, and large population to be considered. The lands of the Kickapoo Indians will shortly be opened for settlement, and will be paid for by settlers at the rate of $1.5o an acre. Treaties are in favor- able progress with the Ponchas, Wichi- tas, and other nations, although there Is much opposition. The Osages, for example. are about 1.500 in number, some two-thirds being full blood They own nearly 100000 acres of land, and have also about 10000, ,0O0 irl money drawing interest. Every Osage man,! squaw and infant draws $47s year from the government as interest, and there are several families drawing 5000 a year and even more in this way. There is enough land for every family to have about 1000 acres. The mem! bers of the tribe can object to any change on the ground that 1t cannot be for the better, and therefore is prob ably for the worse N t,
 The Choctaws own 10000 square miles Of territory. the Cherokees own 5000, the Chickasaws, 900. the Creeke nearly
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-27


 schooner, or an idler, but when he is not the first he is either the second or the third. Theswhite woman who VOWS to love. honor, and obey an Indian brave is almost a social outcast, losing all her existing relationship and entering upon life of misery and, wretched- ness to her. When the order of things is reversed. however. and a white man marries an Indian girl, 1t quite frequent " happens that the domestic relations between the parties are at least pleas ant.
 An Indian brave on rnarrying white woman usually becomes bully and an idler, but the Indian girl who marries a white man usually develops liking for household duties and becomes if not in every sense of the word a model wife, at least valuable helpmeet in prairie life. Beautiful Indian girls are few. Ther are numbers of pleasing looking Cherokee, Choctaw and Creek girls, some of them pure blood and some of them ofrsprings of mixed marriage between different tribes or between white men and Indian women The majority of the young women ere light CT in complexion than the men, and 1t is significant fact that when they consent to do household duties and re- main in the house the greater portion of the day their complexion becomes SO much lighter that after a while 1t is difficult to distinguish the full blood from half breed. s
 In some instances there Is quite a bond of affeotion between a squaw man and his wife, regardless Of the mo- tive that primarily caused them to mar- " These cases are few. The mar
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-27

American Tobacco to. '. ,....... g6 os Arnertcan Tobacco Co. pfd. .,.. ', 105 1lO 4udE1cAn Cotton OH Co., ........3 - ;s 22k Ame11can Cotton 0A Co.,. Q 7O
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-27
C0UNCILMANIC GRAB GAME.
FAREWELL BAyQUEr or COUNCIL.
 MEN AT WARNER HALL.

wss . vsritabie Love fsAst-rossts Re- sponded to and Witty Speeches Made President North Presented With the Gavei-The Uniqus Menu.
 The board of councilmen of 1894 held q banquet last night at Warner hall. and. although the weather was not all that could be desired. still twenty-eight of the city fathers sat around a groan- ing board presided over by President North Of the councilmanic body. The table was prettily decorated and the members fell to with gusto at the at- tractiye and unique bill of fare. said to have been prepared by Councilman For syth.
 Following was the menu: THE FINAL GRAB GAME OF THE
 NEW HAVEN
 BOARD OF COUNCILMEN.
 1894. Warner Hall. Wednesday. December 2s,
 1894. APPROPRIATIONS AND DIsBURsE-
 MENTs.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-27
Carriages may be ordered at Il o,CLARK.

o~SS things down with plain ice water, and thus end their official lives with good Murphy record. .
 President North read letters of re. gret from Mayor Sargent, Mayor-elect Hendrick, City Sheriff Brannagan, and Councilmen FabriQue and Heenan.
 The councilmen who attended the banquet were Messrs North, Klenke, Levere, Belden, Coolidge, Beebe, O'Brien, Marsh, Kelley, Booth, Peaker, Forsyth, Bishop, Dewell. Mailhouser, Wilmott, Clark, Punderson, Camp, Aal. and Assistant City Clerk Street.
 A humorous feature of the dinner was the ice cream, which was formed into fantastic limitations of such articles as candles, cupids, cradles, donkeys, cham pagne bottles, etc. Their distribution was a source of much merriment.
 Toasts were then in order and J. P. Peaker responded to "The History of the Council of 1892 in a felicitous man. ner. He was followed by Councilman O'Brien, who paid tribute to the mem- ory of their late brother, Anson K. Brown, who was killed by an electric car last summer.
 Councilman Klenke, who returned last evening from his wedding tour, gave brief toast on general topics.
 Councilman Belden, in Gpeaking on "Electric Roads" said that 1t is only a question of time when the head men of our electric lines will again appear before the board and ask to extend their lines. Electric roads give the poorer people an opportunity to, purchase cheaper land on the outskirts. He was not in favor of granting the present roads any further privileges in the cen ter of the city; it is not necessary for more monopoly in the best streets of the city. The speed of the roads in the central portion of the city should also be regulated by legislation. Their speed in the city's central portions should not be over eight miles an hour. while in the outlying parts a greater speed should be allowed them. The roads should also be willing to pay fair per- centage Of taxation, and in the future they surely win be compelled to do so. The citizens should have something to say regarding street railway compa- nies. A ~
 Then Councilman Bishop in a neat speech of congratulation presented President North of the board with the gavel he has used in the meetings of the year. and In accepting it President North made . touching speech. K At this juncture Aldermen TIiller, Gallagher. Lowe, Blakeslee and Farrell entered tlfe banquet room. and A. Max cy Hlller was caaled upon to speak in bstaif. of NAyor-siect Hendrick, which speech had been aasigned to him.
 The other aldermen also made re- marks, and tho banquet broke up with 2 vote Of the members to have . group photograph taken.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-03-23
Molly PitoI,er,s GRAVE.

On little knoll about two miles south
of West Point and hardly SO yards from
the H udson river are 80 unmarked graves.
In the center of the fifth grave on the west
side tree, much larger than any of its
neighbors, towers aloft and forms mon
ument over the ashes of Molly Pitcher.
The Swim and Dennison families, whose
descendants live near West Point, cared
for Molly during the latter part of her
life, but her ashes lie in the potter's field.
Molly Pitcher, the heroine of many bat
ties, who took from her husbands dying
grasp the ramrod which drove home
charges to shatter her adopted country's
chains, lies alone and forgotten on the
banks of the Hudson, without stone to
mark her grave. The place has passed into
the hands of j. Pierpont Morgan, whose
beautiful summer residence is in the i'm
mediate neighborhood. 1t is said that
Mr.. Morgan will, in the near future, erect
a fitting monument to the memory OF
brave Molly Pitcher.-New York Press.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-03-23
How to Win Literary Fame.

Literary fustian is the order of the day.
Time was that when the brains were out
the man would die, but now it seems it is
only when the intellect is gone that a
writer begins to make money. 1t is bet
ter, of course, never to have had any
brains, so that the accumulative process
may begin right away from the first read
er period. Here are some of the important
questions which successful writers are
now turning into "copy" and ducats:
What frame of mind were you in when
you conceived your story of 1.-THE Gentle
man and the Rat?" Were you smoking a
cigarette or clay pipe when the inspira-
ton Gamer Was it before or after your
attack of the measles?' Did you use snuff
at the time, and, if so, what snuff Did
you find it great strain on your moral
nature to live up to your favorite brand?
The safe road to literary fameis to have
a capacity for asking or answering such
questions. The scheme is epoch making
as well as money making. 1t is like char
ity or the gentle rain from heaven-it is
twice blessed. 1t blesseth him that puts
the query and him fourfold who replies
Donahoe's Magazine.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-03-23
Singing Fish.

The scievia, little inch club variety
of the lagoons of Italy, sticks its head
above the water and sings dainty song
equal to that of some species of warbling
birds. Irigla hirundo Cthe sea swallow is
known to every fisherman of the Danube
and the Rhine by the peculiar grunting
noise it makes. Irigla nolitans makes a
whining noise like puppy, while the sci
evia gather in bands to hold regular con-
certs, which no doubt originated the IA
BILE of the sir ms Some naturalists have
ikened the note of the gurnard to that of
the cuckoo. There are many different
kinds of fish which give utterance to more
or less musical notes. The maigre, large
seafsh, when swimming in shoals, utters
purring noise that may be heard from
a depth of 20 fathoms. Lieutenant White,
in his Voyage to the China Seas" relates
that his crew and himself were extremely
astonished by hearing certain musical
notes from beneath and around the vessel.
They were various, like the bass notes of
an organ, the sound of bells, the croaking
of frogs and pervading twang which the
imagination might have attributed to the
vibrations of some enormous harp. For a
time the mysterious music swelled upon
them and finally formed a universal cho-
rus all round, but as the vessel assembled
the river the sounds diminished in strength
and soon ceased.-Home Magazine.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-03-23
A French Duel.

If the French are prone to challenge
each other to fight duels on the smallest
provocation, they are also prone to bring
them to an end with very little fighting.
It is credibly related that, on the occa-
zion of duel between two members OF
the chamber of deputies, one of the com
batants was taken with fit of bleeding
at the nose just as they came upon the
field.
"Bloodl" exclaimed one of the seconds
of the other man. "Blood has been shed.
The honor of my principal has been salts
fed"
And the parties and their seconds there
upon gravely left the field.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-03-23
A Pet Tarantula.

The tarantula has never been generally
utilized as a household pet. In fact, l
know of,only one instance of the kind. A
surgeon at one of the frontier posts caught
a large tarantula, and having chloroform-
ed the dangerous spider carefully ampu-
tated his fangs. On regaining conscious
ness the insect was still surly and morose,
but was as harmless as policeman with
a pull. The surgeons little boy played
with the ugly insect, which was given the
freedom of the quarters. One day the
surgeon on entering the room saw a sight
that made the hair of his head stand on
end and froze the blood in his veins. In
the room with the child were two taran-
tulas. Another tarantula had strolled in
from the outside. There was no time to
discriminate, and both spiders were dis
patched without any investigation
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-03-23
THE COUNTY ENDEAVOR CONVEN-
TON

A large and enthusiastic delegation
from this village and vicinity attended
the County Christian Endeavor Conven-
ton at South SALISBURY last Tuesday
The newly renovated and beautified
house of worship of the Methodist
church was more than filled and wit
messed the generous hospitality of the
SALISBURY brethren. The eighteen So
cieties report upwards of 800 members.
Some have had large accessions in mem
bership. The Baptist of Bennington and
Congregational of Manchester particu-
larry. Eight societies report their addi-
ton to church membership IN the past
year is 81. Missionary contributions
have been generous. There has been
progress in Sunday school and commit
tee work. At the Junior hour, Master
d. Edward Moore and Miss Grace Sibley
represented the Congregational Juniors
Endeavor with excellent papers.
The officers elected for the new year
are: Rev. Thos. Rogers, South Shafts
bury, president; Rev. W. II. G. Newing-
ton, West Rupert, vice president; Mrs.
Fl. j. Potter, Jr., treasurer; Mrs. E. l..
Nichols, secretary of Junior Endeavor;
Rev. G. II. Peck, North Bennington.
Secretary.
Among other resolutions, it was
urged That, better committee work be
secured of the presidents of the local So
cieties. and that hereafter the County
Banner be awarded on the basis of the
largest percentage of increase in mem
bership.
The following resolution received the
assent of the convention by rising vote /:
That, we recognize this as the Goth an
niversary of the Pioneer of Prohibition,
Hon. Neal Dow, and endorse prohibition
as principle to be the best and only
means of freeing our native land of the
drink evil.
The Rev. Mr.. Severance, in a stirring
address, presented the Banner to the
bennington Baptist Society, for sending
the largest delegation. The Methodist
Society is entitled to honorable mention
for zeal and good will in a close contest
for its guardianship. The Congrega-
tional Society in Rupert has extended
an earnest invitation for thr next meet
ing in September. The convention
closed in singing the Endeavor hymn of
the Rev. Frank f. Lewis.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-03-23
STATIONERY AND BLANK WORK.
n. B. Minis & COMPANY


Beg to remind the business public, that at
heir new location, " Third Street, they are pre-
pared to serve them with all their possible wants
for the counting room or work room, with the
advantages or facilities acquired by long expert
ence. This department Is kept fully up 70 lhe
ing house appliances
The Enoravinus on Stone
-S'
For the checks, drafts. certificates OF deposit,
ETC., supplied by cur nrm the past forty years,
part@ep IT is now under the Special direction Of
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-03-23
RESOLUTIONS, G. A. CUSTER CORPS

WHEREAS, Our Heavenly Father has taken
from us Miss May Speare, therefore,
Resolved, That, while we mourn her loss, miss
ing our sister in council and the work of our Or
der, we bow in humble submission to the will of
God who doeth all things in wisdom and love.
Resolved, That we hereby express our sym
pathy with her bereaved parents, brothers and
sisters.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
presented to her parents, that they be publis he'd
in our local papers, also recorded in the minu ties
OF the Corps Journal,
ELIZA CUTTING
E E1aIA A,I BGI9oS' Committee.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-03-23
Good RuIe IN nIost climates.

A traveller in California finds that the
climate viii not be beneficial to one who
seeks it for health and then shuts himself
up in a room of his hotel. He must seek
the air. II a little more of this theory
were practiced in New England, it might
save some car fare and perhaps funeral
expenses.-B Boston Journal.