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The Penn's Grove record., 1895-05-03
Southern and
Western States

A nitro-glycerine explosion, caused
by accident, broke most the Windows
in Lima, o.,
Murderer Morris Hopkins, colored,
who killed H. s. Parsons in q dispute
about wages, was hanged at Henrico
Jail, Va.
Az the outcome Of an old feud, at
Edgefeld, 8. c., B. L. Jones shot and
killed John G. Swearingen. The men
were brothers-in-law, and Swearingen
Is a brother-in-law of Senator Tllman.
Cashier J. R. Holland, Of the Mer-
chants and Farmers National Bank, Of
Charlotte. North Carolina, is a default
or to the amount Of $50, 900 or more.
The discovery was made by National
Bank Examiner Miller.
Tires masked men, supposed to be
railroaders, held up the night operator
at the Nickel Plate roads station, at
Dunfee, Indiana. They got a sum of
money, some jewelry and other valua-
bles.
Life imprisonment was imposed at
Dss Moines, Ia, upon Cora Smith for
the murder Of her s~tepfather, and she
tainted when she heard her doom.
OIL drillers near Sheridan, Ind.
struck a tremendous water flow tina
made a geyssr 100 feet high.
After fatally siabbing Alice P. Blair.
with whom he had been living, Albert
Anderson, OF San Jose, CAL, killed
himself.
Unknown persons set on fire the
Rockford, ILL.,, pest house, over which
there has been long controversy, and
the occupants barely escaped.
By the breaking Of a piston rod on a
guns recoil cylinder, Coxswain, John
Johnson was killed on the cruiser OHM.
pia off San Diego, Cal.
Three emigrants, encamped near
Abilene, Kan, tried to abduct Mabel
Clark, age ola, but she escaped after
struggle, and searchers are after the
wretches.
A forged note for 5000, 900, signed
by the late millionaire. ]. @. Flood, and
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Cable Sparks.

A conference of all the British col
onies will probably be held at London
this year.
Fishermen in the North Sea brought
up a body identified as that of Emma
S~chleget, one Of the Elbe victims.
The advance In the price of Ameri-
can grain caused English corn miliers
to raise their prices two shillings a
sack.
1t proves to have been the friendly
Khan of Dir with 1000 tribesmen who
relieved the beleagured British force at
Chitral.
The fund to buy Carlyle's house as a
memorial has reached $500.
A French syndicate has bought the
island of Anticosti in the st. Lawrence
River.
President Cordero, of Ecuador, has
resigned and the Vice President takes
his place.
Colonel Kelly's British expedition
reached Chitral, only to find the siege
raised and tribesmen gone.
The British Board of Agriculture will
investigate the alarming stories OF II
per cent. Of imported American sheer
being diseased.
The British House of Commons
voted $20,0O0 annuity to ex-Speakei
Peel, despite the effort of o labor leader
to reduce the amount. D
Fully $40, 0OO, 900 damage wal done
by the reservoir break at Epinal,
France.
The Italian government will
strengthen all the city g%arrisons in
order to prevent any May Day cele'
brations.
The steamer Elbe relief fund, col
lected at Berlin, amounts to $3.50, 600
and it will be used to endow the
children andswidows of the victims.
On his way bya Aeamer from Cairo
to Marseilles, J.}jd{. S%tetson, a Boston
music teacher, (, Of himself because o
mental trouble.SW /
Herr Gustav Freytag is critically ii
at Wiesbaden.
In London the Dowager Duchess Of
Marlborough will be welded to Lore
Beresford.
It is said Minister to Denmark Ris
ley may go to Havana as Consul Gen
eral in consequence Of the Importance
Of the position.
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"A German has invented q small
house capable Of holding four or 1--WE
persons, to be used in diving and work.
ing IN sunken ships or valuable wreck.
age Of other character.
Joseph Burns, Of Ray County,
Missouri. was sent to jail for six months
for whipping his wife, and every day
since his incarceration his wife has
brought him a warm dinner.
Two German investigators have
discovered a simple clinical process
for telling sausages made Of horse meat
from others, by using nitric acid and
odized water.
The line of perpetual snow varies
both in latitude and in altitude above
the sea all over the globe.
-Seventy-five horses are used in the
anti diphtheritic laboratory in BeriinS
and the supply Of the remedy will bel
about 100 quarts q month.
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Pennsylvania
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Three Dennison sisters, charged with
shoplifting, were on trial at Bits
burg.
Christian Refill, . farmer andSbrush
maker, in East Coventry, Chester Coun-
ty, has been missing from homie for a
month.
The farm owned by the late Mrs.
Margaret Labar, at Upper Mt Bethel.
Northampton County, was wiEled to her
hired man.
The Elks Of Erie, who published the
Erie Herald for n day on lEehalf Of
charity, made a big success 81 their 49,
page newspaper.
Rsadips police nsbbed 10-yoar-oid
George heine as the leader Of q band
Ct boy thieves.
Ashland's high school, graduating
class is so large that two commence
ments will be held.
As a result Of a coasting ACCIDENT lasl
winter, Benjamin Fisher, of jhamokin,
has just lost a leg.
Governor Hastings has gra)hted a re-
spite of thirty days to John Eisminger.
OF Greene County, who was aantenced
to be hanged on May 7.
Brakeman Clarence Schelling wa.
caught between cars and killedlpea
Easton.
The saw mills OF Williamsport twill
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With preparation of sodium tung
state cloth be made practically fire.
proof.
A fool is always burning his fingers
because he cannot remember that fire
Is hot
During all the wire cutting indul-
ged in by sympathizers with the
Brooklyn trolley strikers not o single
man was shocked.
Ii is said that an alloy formed Of
ninety five parts Of tin and i've of cop
per adheros to glass with such tenacity
shat It may be employed as a solder
Tor connecting tubes end to end.
The New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railway Company has de-
termined to equip two of It's branch
lines electrically.
A man never learns how to step on
The tack Of adversely with comfort to
himself.
Typhoid fever cannot be transmit
I'D by sewer gas, is tho report OF the
experts to the London County Council.
The baoili Of the disease, also, find it
hard to live In town sewage.
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WY FOES or THE aANoHzR,

wolves Not 70 Re 5ricked Into EatinA
potaoaed Parts Of q Carcass.
The extraordinary sagacity Of wolve
ns bsea very powerfully instanced
n areoent event on the Upper Waldron
Range, says the Mcleod, n. W. T., Ga,
betta A colt died, and Mr.. Warnock
hook ten strychnine tablets and insert
I'd them ~carsfuIly In various parts Of
The body. He DID not 80 near that W
entity fos . couple Of days, and when
he did be went expecting TO Q some
results from the bait There was,
howsver, no sisn Of Q wolf. living OF
dead, in sight be hunted around within
. radius Of Q mile o. two, but found
nothing, and finally he went over and
examined what remained OF the dead
colt Tness was not muchi the skin
appeared 10 have been neatly and COM
pietoiy daye6 from the bodyi nearly
every particle Of fesh was gone. az
were also the rib bones and anything
smalier, the fore and hind legs had been
sreached OF from the knee Joint down
and carried Of some distance, where
svopything mashable on them had been
properly mashed. The skull was al
most intact and spreading It out hair
side down Nj. warnock casually ex'
Amined II, when be noticed with some
surprise q small bunch Of 6esh that had
besn untouched. and which was adher'
Ing 10 the hidA and inolosed in which
was the strychnins tablet A closer
examination revealed the ~extraordi
nary fact that every single one OF ths
ten s~trychnlns pellets that had beer
Inserted had bssn LETT similarly. Every
shred Of iesh had been eaten al
around them. and not 0 single one
touehe& Ne wonder II Is 0 difficult
matter 10 catch wolves when they ARK
endowed - . cunning like thiA The
aea Mr.S-s.S Sad picked up the
pellets before ine2Ans them into thu
bait with his fingers instead OF, as was
bis usual custom, with a pair OF for
sepA. But the fact illustrates the kind
I fo0s The ranchers have to deal with
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

il seems. had been called together as an
indignation meeting to pass resolutions
against the Kelley cure.
have made some trifling changes in
this story because I thought that it had
been already tempered with, and did
not care 70 have il go forth over my
name with any elements of improbable
ity about it
Mr.. Arnold, whose book I have re-
ferred to as unique in many respects,
says that one very interesting place
near the swamp is farm which once
belonged to George Washington. II is
at the extreme south and now owned by
Mrs. John TrOtman, and she has in her
possession the original title deeds of
every person who has owned the place
at various times from Washington down
20 the last purchaser, who was Burrell
Brothers, Esq, of Gates county, n, c."
This reminds one of the new title
used i'm a Hickory paper recently-viz
Rev. Major James d. Weston the au-
thor OF Marshal Ney's life in North Car
Oliua.
1 ind the following two items Of in
terest In my home paper, published not
long ago:
"A woman mOonshiner of Polk coun>
ty was fined Sl00 and sent to Jail for
three months"
a hotel sensation at Winston has
ended i'm the assignment Of Kittelle,
proprietor of the Phoenix. 1t is charg-
ell that ice from the dead body Of
Charles Johnston was used for tea and
water in the hotel. The guests left. It
is claimed for the hotel that IA rubber
shee, was placed between the ice and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
TOLD BY FAMOUS MEN.
Congressman Hermann Relates a Thrill
ing Story.
A Veteran Scouts Brave Deed-The
Capture of Mrs. Geisel and Her
Baby - The acknowledgements
man Jerry Simpsons First
Speech-How He Saved the Ship
and Cargo.
Copyright, 1887

Congressman Hermann. of Oregon.
lellS an Indian story with which he
was personally connected. 1t is a
very good story too. Back In 1856"
begins Mr.. Hermann, "a German fam
iIy named Geisel lived near the mouth
OF Rogue river, Oregon, not far from the
frontier Of California. They kept
sort OF inn and trading post and were
very nice people. Geisel PANIED out
some gold from the surrounding
streams when bushes was dull in the
store The family consisted of the
father, the mother, three boys of u. 10
and 6 years and an infant daughter.
The farm was on high bluff. the base
Oh which was Tapped by the waves Of
the Pacific Ocean In the rear arose the
majestic mountains It was d most
beautiful spot. Plenty Of Indians lived
Cack in the mountains. but they were
peaceful Many Of them used to come
INTO our scttiement-lor | lived there
myself. you should know. and was an
eye witnes Of the scenes l am about to
desri6e-tO get odd jobs of work to do
from the whites. The Geisel family
had in their employ IS Indian named
komluX, and he was free 20 come and
80 as he liked. He often slept in
shed in the rear of the house. The
family had every confidence in him.
On the night of February %, 1856,
Washlng,on's birthday, the settlers
were to celebrate with a dance at the
fort. which was under the command OF
Col. Ben Wright an Indian agent, and
afterwards famous as a participant in
the ModCc massacre. Ben Wright was
one CT the handsomest men l have ever
seen, but at the same time he was liy-
ing with an Indian woman. Well, the
GeiscI family had for some reason de-
cideI not to attend the dance They
had retired for the night, hen about
midnight there came q rap at their
door. That must be KomlUX,' said
Geisel; I will let him in He had
scarcely unattached the door when it
was thrown violently open and eight or
ten Indians IN full war paint pushed
in, with their t0mahawks uplifted. Gel
sci was thrown back by the sUddenneS0
of the onslaught, and had no time to
defend himself before the foremost In
dian aimed a blow at his head with a
tomahwk 1t grazed his temple. His
cry aroused Mrs. Geisel, who sprang
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

ont of bed With the baby in her arms,
and rushed to the assistance OF her hus-
band. Aslhe second blow of the muir
derous weapon descended upon the
head of its victim Gcisel fell back INTO
his wife's arms. and the blow which
killed the father, cut OF the little tinge"
OF one of the baby's hands.
Mrs. Geisel was tied hand and foot.
Then the red devils went into the
sleeping rooms ana brought out the
bows. one by one and while the little
fellows were rubbing their sleepy eyes
and trying TO realize what il was all
about. the Indians butchered them over
the body of their father and before the
eyes of their distracted mother The
marauders looted the store carried oil
everything they could lug, including
bag of gold dust containing $1,000. ana
set fire TO the buildings. Then they
ESCAPED to the mountains, distance or
about seven miles, carrying with them
Mrs. Geisel and ;he baby. The poor
woman begged to be killed, but was re-
served as captive, the properly OF tho
chief of the tribe She was clad only
I'm her night dress, without shoes or
Stockings on her feet, and II TINS
plight was compelled TO walk over the
rough roads and paths to the mountains
recesses.
"The flames in the sky informed all
of MS M the fort that the Indians had
arisen. and messengers were az cnce
disnatched TO san Francisco for troops.
Although II was decided a handful OF
settlers could not attack the lndlah
stronghold with any hope OF success
tbere was a general opinion that some
effort must be made TO rescue MIS-.
Ceisel from her fate. What we couiu
NOT do by strength of arms we hoped 10
do nv strategy and fortune Favored us
in This The next day one Of our scout
mo marty captured an Indian woman
u,6o turned out to be the wife OF
cbief and at once the suggestion was
ro9de that she might be exchanged Tor
1Irs Ceisel. A council of war was
held. and soon the question was asked
Who will make the attempt to effect
m exchange of prisoners? Old man
Brown. a veteran scout, with ms rug
oed bronzed features, his oucES KIN
snit his rough speedway Goa oleSs
bim-was the first 10 speak.
e.sT'U do it. he said simply.
...pn+ tbe Indians are likely to prove
traacherous and to kill YOU said the
chairman of the council.
1T don't much matter If they 40,
renlied the old scout. I'm not afralu
&c I'm EN- III take the Indian woman
Oiong and III exchange her for MIS-
C11isel and the baby
TN a short time Brown started on
his errand. The Indian woman was
18th ut him, We watched him as long as
wa ~t'r could see him. Finally he approach
o vi the Indian position and displayed a
White n flag The Indians knew wen
enough '-l what that meant, and they SEM SEM
'C chief out to meet him. This cnlei
1roved TO be a man Of intelligence 3 ana
p pfJ nrettv good character for an indian
u 9o recognized the amenities OF the ST.
no+ion and promised to deal Ialrly.
I Ins+ the same old Brown would not
Do uSo him to come nearer than twenty
Ger -, -, n the spot where he and the IN
Alan 5iey woman were standing. brown
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

The body. The hotel will be put under
new management BY the assignee"
Hotels cannot be too careful about
such things, for, aside from all idea of
sentiment. as matter Of business two
prices for the same ice is unfair. In
fact, the typical mean man who used to
oe located in New England, seems to
have snapped ATTITUDES.
am nowadays in the depths of hay
ing, and, though peace and harmony
reign IN the South where once the
shrek OF shot and shrapnel and shell
married the summer stiffness. nowthe
req nose brier and the bull thistle and
lne crab grass grow where once the
army mule and coup d'etat possessed
the land, yet when I drive my nice. new
red mower into the bosom of a hornets
nest the old war memories come back
10 me, and remember with a shudder.
how nigh I once came to obtaining
grounds Tor a pension.
j also have q new Ohio havrake. or
horse hayrake-nOt a Quadruped. but A
rake, an inanimate rake 10 rake hav
with, yet one that Maud Muller might
| rake hay with and yet not occasion
I talk
IL was made in Ohio. and 1 bought IT
OF Joseph L. Dickerson Of Asheville, to
\ be paid for ont of the hay.
| IL is three feet wider than my farm.
however. and 1 had to get a right of
way over an adjoining farm or have
/ trouble
Mine is very slim farm. and the
! crops are similar in some respects. We
! have new colt ON the place. but he is
| not yet accustomed to his new legs. HN
can barely stand up when propped
against the lunch counter of which his
mother is the proprietor
Corn looks pale and i'll even in this
| delightful climate, and when I put my
crop on the marke. this fall prices will
be affected only temporarily. / like to
live ON farm and buy corn to suit my
taste instead Of trying TO subsist on the
kind we raise.
Farming as I do it is the most indie
pendent and the sweetest life one can
live. I buy the best Of corn and hay for
my horses. Of which l have four only,
as I hire my farm work done. and the
carriage horses Of the loud. coach vari-
ETY. would step on my whole crop before
dinner time if used them for blowing
corn
We keep three COWS. but buy our bu,-
ter for two reasons. First, these are
kodak cows and are used by the chill
dren as artists models. We get cream
and photographs from them The sec
Ond reason do not now recall. We have
our washing done in Asheville. and the
farmhands, after playing croquet with
me an the morning rarely feel like
work. as I give way 20 my temper and
fine literary organization sometimes
and crush in their cerebrtors with a
mallet
OF course I do not claim TO make the
farm pay. IL is all ! can do to make
anybody pay. but the farm as a farm
has never paid unless You estimate that
the board of six people on the farm is
worth $1,000 and even then we must
take out of that $500 for taxes and in
surance and $4,000 for groceries and
pop. of which We are passionately fond.
No: I did not take up farming as a
means of livelihood. and I can no longer
conceal that fact from the public l
took up farming in order TO prove TO my
wife what a free and independent life
it is. with its golf, its tennis It's pure
air. rich cream and insolvency.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

AFTER DARK.

It was a silvery voice that sounded
through the darkness on Madison ave
nue. the other night: 20, Jack; don't le,
me tip over, o. it's turning, Merciful
fathers, Remember Jack, / weigh near
ly $50 pounds. and if fall"
Don't be afraid" came the floating
assurance: 'I will hang on till DEATH"
Suddenly a scream and a scramble
rent the air. as two bicycles cracked
together.
"Jack. are you hurt?'
No answer.
Jack. did the wheels hurt your head
are YOU stunned?"
Still deep and utter silence. Then she
gave q pathetic little vail.
20. Jack. Jack, did hurt you-did I
fall on you?"
And out Of the dust came a faint but
forcible, by Joye, you did. New
York Recorder.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

N IERVIEWING AN OLD NATIVE.
me-brake where lies the venom
neut
Onward. ever onward the insane low
Tie misty night traces new ways
the
juniper bed of reeds
cy q fen where The serpent feeds
.u never rOl before
drely lamp of his loved one
ever recodes I'm the solemn
and silently her birch canoe
fde gray of dawn as the
lainuug lover. now over POO
sits down in the bright red
water OF this huge home of de-
. les0loti0n
'' according to old Uncle Tony.
nice looking man came 20
and g0r Tony Co carry him out
se He Kept his eyes open an
gave Cucle Tony a pound and
MS notebook an Of the time.
years after. when people told
thar his passenger was Tom
1895 NN-.f M AAN w NlN NAAN
beautiful poem of the insane
followed The phantom canoe
lamp of his sweetheart, the
quite thUnderstruck.
r'W ten O true story about
One day q gentleman living
SrGo'S saw i'm his path
e swamp q large ball of
bout the siZe of q cock of hay.
many other snakes were con-
1'ng The wriggling mass. He
discharge his winchester. the
a- which was fun at the time.
massive serpentine pill and
.- So and on the following
,-fned 90 the spot, where he
dead snakes and as many
-l-ed. He measured some Of
found one that measured As
r.. waist and bust measuring
This convention Of snakes.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
WHY HE SAID IT.

Rriggs-"S Some time ago Robinson
soid he would never marry for money
@on,v for love-and now he is engaged
Griegs-"Oh. we'll. such is life. How
aid he come to say such thing, l Won
IL Briggs-oT heard him tell the heiress
TIP TT TO DATE. THOUGH CLASSICAL.
Rrshlv-'You are a little tyrant.
Now am going TO kiss you in spite OF
Yourself (sibilant struggled There.
what have you to say to that?'
Girl graduate-"Sic semper tyran-
nisr'-Truth.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

How can you think so, pet?" he in
terrupted.
But" she went on in more bust
nesslike way, Il have something of the
business instinct of the new woman in
me. and-and-I shall have to ask you
to repeat the proposal again tonight.
The last time you called it was Sun
day. and contracts made on that day,
learn, are not legally binding. Chi
caeO Post
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
npnrHERLY ANXIETY.

A how of years attended Sunday
school The teacher explained the
beauty and happiness of heaven the
Mace of rest and home for the good
then gave a graphic description oil the
lower region, the final destination OF
the wicked. When she finished her
story the boy was crying.
"Don't cry, Tommy; you are good
bov-vouIl go to heaven, - she said to
he lad who blubbered the reply, Yes
7 know that. l wasn't crying for my
seifET was thinking about my sister
Katharine. Judge.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
ruAT WAS DIFFERENT.

Young man" said the fond father,
lin giving you my daughter, have IN
+rnsted YOU with the dearest treasure
Of my life .s
Then he looked at his watch. Really,
he remarked, 4 had no idea it was so
late The cars have stopped. Could /
borrow vour wheel to get down town.
Young man, I would not trust any
bodv ON earth with that wheel."-ln-
dianapolis Journal.