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The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01
He Was Satisfied.
He Thought the Lords Arrangements w ERE
Best


Best
A New England man who a few years
since settled in North Georgia has found
the farming methods-or lack of methods
prevailing there great trial to his
ideas, educated as they are by northern
farms.
The little piece of scrap iron there
used for plow is the most exasperating
of all the many goads to the temper of the
Vermonter, and against this implement
he has vowed eternal warfare.
Riding one day during the blowing
season past the red clay and cobblestones
of what Billy Nye calls the "erect farms"
of North Georgia, he noted the enactment
of the usual farce by a neighboring far
mer. Calling the loose-jointed Cracker
to the fence,h delivered lecture to him
on how TO plow and what kind of tools
to use.
"Why do you persist" said the north,
ern man, warmly, Gin obstinately TOOL
ing along year after year, scratch
ing around among these stones
with plow like a jackknife, putting
your seed on top of the ground, getting
a cotton plant where it happens to come
up by good luck? You have been told
over and over the right way. Now, why
in thunder don't you adopt it?"
The farmer quietly listened, chewing
hard on his mouthful of tobacco, while
his adviser continued even more hotly:
"For instance, look at the way you are
plowing now. Why don't you have q
plow that will cut into the ground arc
turn it over in a decent furrow Tha
thing you use only scratches the soil
You don't even turn the weeds under"
"Wall, stranger" said the soft-voicee
Cracker in answer, "hits this away,
reck'n. Seems like when the Lore
Almighty made the groun' He knowee
which side O. hit orter be utmost.
reckon amt goin' back O. His range
ments !''-NeU York Tribune.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01
Big Shows of the Past.

With big snow on the heels of an al,
most unprecedented freeze, and the wood.
pile getting low, many people are in.
clined to declare, without reservation,
that the present spell of weather is the
worst that has ever visited this section.
But such is not the case. There have
been lots of big SHOWS, and many of the
old people and some of the younger
ones, remember freezes and SHOWS that
were just as bad in their time as this.
Mr.. S. A. McElwee, of Yorkville, prob
ably keeps up better with the weather
than anybody else in this section, and q
reporter of The Enquirer asked him a
day or two ago for his recollections,
especially of big SHOWS. He started back
with the date of his birth; but took care
to say that was matter of hearsay-not
recollection.
"Well," said Mr.. McElwee, after he
had gotten his thinking cap properly ad
justed, 1.-The first big snow will tell you
about fell on the 18th of February, 1886.
That was the night was born. My
mother often told me about it afterward
The snow fell to depth of Is inches and
of the month.
1
Il was on the 18th of April. The corn
had been planted and worked over one
time. 1t was not killed, however. On
the contrary, it came out, and that fall
there was an unusually large crop.
"It began showing in January, 1852
and although I don't remember how
deep it was, it remained on the ground
for fully six weeks. That was the year
that DR.. Hunter, father of Mr.. J. J
Hunter, of Yorkville, was killed. He
was a one-legged man, and while riding
in the snow in the vicinity of Glover, his
horse slipped, threw him On the ice and
killed him.
"a big snow fell on the morning of the
first Sunday in January, 1856 or 1857
don't remember which. After that it con
tinued to snow every Sunday for three
weeks. The SHOWS averaged about II
inches each, and as each one froze shortly
after it fell, by thrusting down a walking
stick, you could distinguish each one O
them. There was snow on the grount
for. more than eight weeks. There wal
not particle of rain during the whole
time and the weather was intensely cold
I remember that Catawba river frog.
over, and Sam Youngblood, who wal
afterwards killed in the war, walked
across it at Wright's fsrry-somethine
that had never been heard of before, and
that has never been heard of since.
"Ths last big snow worth mentioning
The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01
After All.

Grief is strong, but joy is stronger;
Night is long, but day is longer,
When life's riddle solves and clears,
And the angels in our ears
Whisper the sweet answer low
(Answer full of love and blessing),
How our wonderment will grow
At the blindness of our guessing;
All the hard things we recall
Made SO easy-after all
Earth is sweet, but heaven ia sweeter,
Love complete, but faith completer,
Close beside our wandering way,
Through dark nights and weary days,
Stand the angels with bright eyes;
And the shadow of the cross
Falls upon aud sanctifies
All our pains and all our loss.
Though we stumble, though we fall.
God is helpin g-after all
Sigh then, soul. but sing in signing,
To the happier things replying;
Dry the tears that dim thy seeing,
Give glad thoughts for life and being;
Time is but the little entry
To Eternity's large dwelling,
And the heavenly guards keep sentry,
Urging. guiding, half compelling,
Till, the puzzling way quite past.
Thou shalt enter in-at last
Susan COOLIDGE
The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01
It NAV Do as Much for You.

Mr. Fred Miller, of Irving, Ill writes that he
had Severe Kidney trouble for many years
with severe pains in his back and also that his
bladder was affected. He tried many so called
Kidney cures but without any good result.
About year ago he began use of Electric Bitters
and found relief at once. Electric Bitters is
especially adopted to cure of all Kidney and
Liver troubles and often gives almost instant re-
lief One trial will prove our statement. Price
only SOC. for large bottle. At Burwell g Dunn,
wholesale and Retail, and at Jordan 8 Scott,
wholesale and retail drug store.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01
"Poor Maria" said Sophia,
"She's as sick as she can be,
"In her coffin, much I'm fearing,

"Poor Maria" said Sophia,
"She's as sick as she can be,
"In her coffin, much I'm fearing,
"We shall soon Maria see."
"Sad dilemma" answered Emma
"Yet can a cure suggest
"For your friend 80 sore oppressed.
cdr. Pierce, of Buffalo,
"For relief of woman's woe,
Favorite Prescription makes.
"She who this with promptness takes
"Soon gets rid of pains and aches.
"Bid her take it and assure her,
"That it will most surely cure her,"
DR.. r. V. PIERCE Dear &r-Mine is
q case of eleven years standing, which
bafaed the skill of the best medical aid
procurable. I obtained no good effect,
until began the use of the "Favorite
Prescription" which lifted the burden
which was seeking my life.
My gratitude I owe to the "Prescrip-
tion."
I hope that all suffering humanity (as
in my case) may profit By the result of
my experience.
EVOLVE NEIL, Nye Putnam Co., w. Va.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01
Executors Notice.

Having qualified as Executors of the Will of
the late General Rufus Barringer, we hereby
notify all persons having claims against his
estate to present the same before the 1st day of
March, 1896, or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of any recovery thereon, All persons in
debted to the estate will be required to make
prompt settlement February IS, 1895.
JOHN E. OATES,
MRS. MARGARET L. BARRINGER,
Feb 90 1895, CIV Executors.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01

az "Did you ever see your own
eye ?" asked an unscientifc person. 1t
is very simple matter. The most salts
factory view is obtained by shutting, say,
the left eye, and pressing gently upon
the right side of the right eye. You will
then see, apparently at the right side of
the nose, round dark object about the
size of the apple of the eye. That is
what I take it to be, and I suppose the
retina is made in some way to reflect the
outer portion of the eye, though the phe
nomenon may be only All optical illu-
sion."-Sunbedna.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01

Having qualified as administrator of the estate
of w. A.. Brown, deceased, late of Mecklenburg
County, N. g. all persons having claims against
the estate of said decedent are hereby notified
to present them to me for payment, on or be-
fore the oath day of February 1896, or this no.
tice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to the estate of said W. A
Brown are notified to make immediate payment
to me, This the 21st day cf February 1895,
II N PHARR, Administrator
of the estate of W A Brown, deceased.
Feb g. 1895, 6w
The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01
Knights Of the Maccabees.

The State Commander writes Us from Lincoln,
Neb., as follows After trying other medi-
cines for what seemed to be very obstinate
cough in our two children we tried DR.. Kings
New Discovery and at the end of two days the
cough entirely left them. We will not be with
out it hereafter, as our experience proves that it
cures where all other remedies fail.''-Signed F.
w. Stevens, State Com.-Why not give this
great medicine trial, as it is guaranteed and
trial bottles are free at Jordan & Scotts retail,
and Bnrwell & Dunn's wholesale drug store
Regular size SOC. and $1.O0,
The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01

~ AS a rule it does not require q
long time for the average community to
know" man and rate him at his real
worth. The man who parades his vir>
tues before strangers is only laying the
groundwork for suspicion.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01

This does not include the engagements
of United States troops with the Indians
in the Western and North western States
and Territories, for they had no connec-
tion with the Confederates; and were not
inspired by them.
These tables are approximately correct,
though, as before stated, some affrirs
near the end of the war may be omitted.
MARCUS J. WRIGHT:
The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01
The Battles That Were Fought.
WASHINGTON. November 15. 1894

Editor of the Memphis Commercial
l have been asked TO make public
statement of the States in which battles
were fought in the late civil war, and |
know of no better medium through which
to make 1T than the Commercial Appeal.
The great battles fought as distributed
in States were as follows
The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01

Captain Frederick Phisterer, late of the
United States army, in bis supplementary
of Statistical Record of Military Actions
in the Civil War;" gvies tie date and
place of all engagements, beginning at
Fort Sumter, April IL and 13, 1861, snd
ending with the surrender of General E.
Kirby Smiths forces, May 26. 1865. In
this compilation surrender is classed
as an engagement, and he sums up all
meetings of opposing forces when par
ticipated in by many or few at 2,261.- [
think he has omitted some minor engage
ments on both sides of the Mississippi
river, of which no official reports were
furnished.
The actions in 1861 were l56.
The actions in 1862 were 564.
The actions in 1868 were 627.
The actions in 1864 were 779.
The actions in 1865 were 1876.
The year 1864 was the bloody year,
not only because of its greatest number
of battles, but also because of the great
campaigns of Grant and Lee in Virginia,
and the heavy operations in Tennessee
and Georgia.
The engagements by States is figured
up by Captain Phisterer as follows:
Dan q
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-23
He is suffering with quick

Jose, Cal. He is suffering with quick
consumption.
Citizens of the Cherokee strip cele-
| brated the second anniversary of the
| opening of the strip. Over 1000 people
gathered and the leading men of the ter
ritory spoke.
Mark Twain has arrived at Sydney
| on his tour through Australia. His
plan for q lecture at Honolulu en- route
was interfered with by the outbreak of
cholera there.
longing to the Holland (NIich.) G.. A. r.
post, failed to return home from Louis
| vile with his comrades. It is said he
was robbed at the encampment.
Judge Solomon Setra, accused Of
having accepted a bride in suit which
he was trying in Managua, Nicaragua,
has been sentenced to six months exile
in Cardony island and loss of position.
-Comte Max de Foras, son of the
grand marshal of the court of Prince
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, has become be-
trothed to Marie. daughter of Meredith
Read, formerly United States minister
to Greece.
Newfoundland customs officers failed
to capture any struggled goods in several
raids made recently. The smugglerS
have availed themselves of the present
cannot be found.
Henry Klus, the young man accused
of cutting Miss Mayme Fences hair off
the other day and subsequently beaten
by her father at Anderson, Ind, has
brought suit for $4,000 for the whip
ping and false imprisonment.
j. P. Sears, an Adair county Qa.)
farmer, has brought suit for $1,000
against Henry Carver for alternating his
ocf II cfa in HI
ton that he lost his corn crop because
he had to watch his wife all summer.
1t has been long time since the APP
pearance of q transatlantic steamship at
Boston aroused such lively interest as
the arrival of the Gallia. The ship was
turned nearly upside down by hurri-
cane 700 miles out from Queenstown.
The Lakeside Cycling club at Cleye
land, in whose ranks have been some
of the fastest racing men in this part
of the country, made an assignment for
the benefit of creditors. A decline of in
terest on the part of the members is the
cause.
A contract has been signed by Albert
Walton of Omaha. e. III. French and
others Of Casper, Wyo., with Edward A.
Cudahy, the head of the Cudahy Packing
company, for the thorough development
of a tract of oil land near Douglass,
Wyo. Two wells are to be drilled at
once
Glen Ford Mckinney of New York,
son of John l.. Mckinney of Titus
vile, Pa, bank president has been lost
in the mountains in Northwestern Colo
RADIO for ten days. He became sepa
rated from the hunting party of which
he was a member and IN spite of dill
gent search no trace of him has been
found.
There was burglar scare at the resi-
dence of Gen. Benjamin Harrison in
Indianapolis a few nights ago, and the
entire neighborhood was out in night
roles and slippers. The housekeeper
and maid thought they heard the bur-
glar alarm go off, but search by neigh
bors brought no one to light. The Harri
son family is still in the East.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-23
GAME WAS SCARCE.
Neenah Party of Hunters Return Empty
Handed-NOteS.


Neenah, Wis, Sept. 1S.-[Special]-
COL John Stevens and party, who have
been up the Wolf river in the Cambria on
a hunting and fishing trip, have returned.
They had very poor luck and report, game
and fish very scarce, which they lay to
pot hunters" and net fishing.
W. L. Davis and James McGinn have
gone north on a hunting trip.
County Sheriff Horn was in the city
yesterday afternoon looking for the state
game warden, who was expected to ar
rive. His object is to serve an injunc-
ton on him to restrain him from destroy
ing nets.
This evening at o'clock will occur the
marriage of Miss Ida Burts to Robert O..
Jasperson at the residence of Nelson Hal
sey, island.
The Rev G. W. Lamb of Neenah will
take part in the ordination of several can
didates for the priesthood at the cathedral
Of Milwaukee in that city next Sunday,
upon invitation of Bishop Nicholson.
The entire manufacturing plant of the
Menasha Woodenware company was shut
down today in observance of the funeral
of Mrs. G.. r. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Babcock are
home from their trip South.
Rev. n. d. Stanley of Sheboygan, for
merly of this city, is the guest of relatives
in the city.
The young people of the Universalist
church have formed a branch of the
Young Peoples Christion union.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-23
WILL NOT PAY THE SCALE
Mine Managers Tell lshpeming
Strikers that the Original
Proposition Stands.

IshDeming, Mich, Sept. 17.-[Special.l
The committees appointed to call on the
mine managers with a view of ascertain.
ing if some arrangement could not be
made under which the men could work
visited the mine officials last evening
shortly before O'Clock. They desired
the managers to state what they were
willing to do or if they would grant the
union scale of wages. The men were
promptly informed that the scale would
not be paid. They then inquired if the
companies would promise to pay the
scale later, if the men were to go to
work now at the rate proposed by the
companies. The answer in every case
was that the companies would not prom>
now they will be given an advance as
an increase in their pay.
That ended the conference, and the
committees submitted reports to the
union today. The meeting was a sort
of an Indignation affair and the strikers
were too hot to transact any actual
business. The strikers returned to town
shortly after l O'Clock, but nothing of an
encouraging nature was reported from
them, many of the strikers will make
an effort tomorrow to have the strike
declared off entirely.
The old shovel crew at the Salisbury
mine resumed work last night without
military protection and the Lake Supe-
rior and Lake Angelina crews will begin
work tonight The water in the shaft at
the Lake Superior Iron company's Sec
ton q mine is rising at the rate of six
feet in every twentyfour hours.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-23
PROPOSITION DEFEATED.
Oc1nomOwoc Votes Against the Water
works PrOject-NOtes.

OcGnolnowoc Votes Against the Water
works Prnject-Notes.
Oconomowoc, Wis, Sept 1S.-[Special I
The proposition to bond the city for
$4,000 70 purchase the mill property for
$24,0 and to put in a system of water
works was defeated yesterday. The total
vote was al. of which los were in favor
of the project ana 433 against The
friends of the waterworks scheme say
that without the proposition to purchase
the mill property the waterworks project
would have carried. 1t is probable that
the question will be voted upon again in
the near future.
The funeral of Mrs Fred Violin, who
died yesterday, will take place tomorrow
from her late residence on Silver Lake
street ct D. m. Deceased was a suf-
ferer from malignant tumor and was
only So years Of age.
There will be meeting Of those inter-
ested in forming an English Baptist
church at the city hall tonight
John Bender. who has been appointed
delegate to the Farmers National CON
gress. which meets at Atlanta, will leave
for the South with his wife on the 18th of
October.
The Bachelors club will hold it's first
regular meeting October 1, on which oc-
casion it will elect officers The club now
numbers fifty members with ten new APP
plications OH file.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-23
WILL TEST THE LAW.
Neenah Poll Tax Case to be Carried to
the Supreme Court.

NeehaH IOl lax case Co De carried to
the Supreme Court.
Neenah, Wis, Sept. 19-[Special. i
The case of the city of Neenah VS. Pc.
ter Jerseld. who was sued for his poll>
tax, will be appealed to the Supreme
court and be made test case. 1t with
affect the result of many cases in the
city.
A telegram from Congressman Cook
at Aurora, Can, states that Mrs Cook
is improving slowly.
A decision in the Forest avenue sewer
case is promised from the Supreme court
on September 26, and is eagerly looked
forward to by the citizens.
The Neenah fire department responded
promptly to call for aid from Oshkosh
yesterday afternoon and an engine and
two hose trucks were sent by special
train.
f. A. Williams isssuffering from bad
ly-injured hand, which was caught in the
calendars at the Whiting paper mill
Miss Carrie Billiard, daughter of AS
,semblyman Billiard. has gone to Milwau-
kee, where she will ENTER college.
John Bum, Il son Of Judge Roma MO
Bum of Madison. who has been visiting
in the city. returned home yesterday.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-23
BLEW UP THE ENGINE.
Unknown Parties Place Dynamite in a
Threshing Machine.


Fond du Lac, Wis, Sept. 17.-[Spe-
cial. l-Somebody who holds grudge
against William Keys of Empire, this
county, placed stick of dynamite under
his new steam threshing machine engine
late Sunday night and entirely wrecked
the power machine. Early yesterday
morning Mr.. Keys went to the shed in
which he had placed the engine and
was thunderstruck to see nothing but
scrap iron of what had but a few hours
before been new engine. No clue to
the perpetrators of the act has been OBJ
tanned. Not satisfied with the wrecking
of the machine, the guilty party or par
ties cut new $40 belt into seven pieces.
When the news was received in this
city early Monday morning that p. B.
Hunting of Chicago had committed
suicide but few would credit the story.
Later it was learned for a certainty
that the report was true. Mr. Hunting
was for more than a quarter of cent
ury one of Fond du Laos leading bust
ness men. He was born i'll New York
hfty-eight years ago. With his. family
he came to Fond du Lac from Terre
Haute, Ind, in 1870, and engaged in the
notion business, the firm being known
as Hunting & Cheesebro. He continued
in the business until some five years ago,
when he went to the Pacific coast and
engaged in the grocery business. About
two years ago he went to Chicago and
became part owner in the Chicago Bak-
ing company. He leaves two daughters,
Belle and Gertrude, who reside in this
city, and one son, Arthur, who is a resi-
dent of Chicago. The remains arrived
here at 1915 this morning and We're
Immediately taken to the residence, "a
Cherry street. The funeral was held
from the house this afternoon, with liz
terment at RienZi
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-23
END OF A ROMANCE.
Fond du Lac GirPs Husband Must Re-
main in Prison Three Years.

Oshkosh, Wis, Sept. 19.-[Special.] i
Thomas Doyle, the accused freight car
thief, pleaded guilty in the municipal
court this morning and was sentenced to
three years at Waupun.
There is quite romance connected
with the whole affair. Recently Miss
Maggie Mangon, pretty Fond du Lac
girl, became deeply attached to Doyle.
During the examination of Doyle a
strange girl visited the courthouse and
asked Jailer Jeschke as to the where
abouts of Thomas Doyle. She was in
formed that he was in court Jailer
Jeschke had his curiosity aroused by this
wish to see the prisoner. AS she did
not reply, he said: you love him,
don't you?' to which she nodded assent
After waiting short time Desmond and
Doyle made their appearance, hand
cuffed together and escorted by Sheriff
Horn. The two lovers greeted each
other in familiar way, but exhibited
no unusual manifestations. Only brief
conversation had ensued between the
couple when Doyle called to the jailer
and asked if he would extend the time
of his return to the Jail until they could
procure the services of justice. Mr..
Jeschke acquiesced willingly, though not
knowing what was about to occur. JUS
tice Crozier's consent was obtained and
after arriving at the jail he was in
formed by Doyle that he and the girl
who was present wished to get mar
ried Nothing daunted by the surround
ings, the justice agreed to perform the
ceremony if the parties were of legal
age Justice Crozier got Register of
Deeds Brooks and Clerk of Courts kim
ball to act as witnesses and the words
that made Thomas Doyle and Maggie
Mangon man and wife were pronounced
by him. There were no flower girls, no
best man or bridesmaids, but wander
ing italian with the everattendant hand
organ stopped outside of the jail just
as the ceremony was being performed,
and commenced to grind out Lohengrin's
wedding march.
The young bride returned to her home
in Fond du Lac. Her parents We're
shocked when they learned of her es-
capade, but decided to keep her at home.
Doyle was seen this morning and stat
ed that his wife had promised to wait
for him