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The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-03-19
Dixie Notes.

ne government Will place sever
al million fish in the waters of Maur-
y county, Tenn.-A Mississippi farm
e. paid $3.50 for brood SOW the 9TH
er day.-The railroads are laying
side.tracks in the big peach orchards
around Fort Valley ana Marshalville,
Ca, in anticipation of big crop.-A
wonderful lead Is said to have been
discovered in the Coco creek gold
fields of Tennessee. The quartz and
clay yields 500 to the ton-War-
rem Bacon has arrived at home at
Paris from Texas, whore he enjoyed
an extended hunt. He also went in
to Indian Territory, where be killed
seven hundred quails, fifty wild geese,
three prairie chickens and lots of
small game. He brought home, as a
souvenir, a rare curiosity in the
shape Of live wild cat, gray and
white in color, which is very vicious.
The cat was lassoed bv Texan, and
is kept safely caged.-Tone Parks,
colOred, whose home is near Oak
land, KY, become dangerously insane
a few days ago from religious excite
ment. Lately he has read the Bible
great deal, and day or two ago
felt moved to offer his little son as a
sacrifice, feeling that the Lord had
comm lnded him to do so. He took
the boy to woodplle, and raised his
knife to Stay his son, when his eye
fell on bleeding chicken lying near,
which his wife had killed. 1t oc-
Cured to him that the Lord had sub
stituted sacrifice in the chicken,
and he lowered the knife and releas-
ed the youth.-Dick Moss, of Camp
Nelson, KY, caught sturgeon on a
rifle in the Kentucky river that
weighed sixty pounds and measured
four feet and eight inches IN length.
Moss saw the monster struggling in
the W tier, it having become strand
ed, and, stepping out of his boat, he
caught the sturgeon by the tail and
tossed it into his boat.-Last sum
merIa young partridge took lup with
flock Of young turkeys at Mr. james
A. Majors, near Hopkinville, KY.
and has become thoroughly domesti-
Gated. 1t remained with the turkeys
until maturity and still runs with
them, eats with them and roosts with
, them. 1t comes to the house
and is fed with the fowls with
out showing any signs of fear Bed
ford, Ky, Banner-Democrat: Our
poplar Assessor, Fl. G. Miles, in
forms us that several weeks ago one
of his neighbors lost a turkey and
several hens and had given them W
for gone, but last week, when taking
down fodder shock that contained
} several shocks put to gether, they
found them all. The turkey was a
live, but the hens were dead. They
had been accidentally enclosed il
e putting up the fodder and had re
r NAMED there two months, lacking
: six days.-Miss Effie Joyce, of Bed
g ford, KY, wrote her name on an egj
IS scme time ago, following the word
q ''write to, and last week she receiv
ed letter from a young man IN Bos
ton, Mass, Who had seen the name.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-03-19
MAR CH.MUSIC.
By "OUR DEVIL"
HIS IDEAL.

CAS- described by one of the debaters
at the recent public entertainmnnt
of the Sequachee Literary SocietyD
Not the girl Sith a cold, naughty eve,
Nor the one that wears heels
that are high,
Not proud and majestic.
But sweetly Domestic,
A girl who Knows how. to make pie.
Nota girl who is marked for the
tomb,
And who rashly has courted her doom
by lndulging passion
For the follies Of fashion,
But girl with good healthy bloom.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-03-19

w. H. Meredith, of the 4th district
near Cuba Landing, last week went
to West Tennessee, got wife, a
mule and Cow and calf, all for less
than $50.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-03-19
RAILROAD TIMETABLE,
MEETINGS

Owen Church preaching End. Sun
day in each month. Sunday School
every Sunday at $3.50 a. IN.
Post SO, G. A. r., meets regularly
the 2nd Saturday in each month, at
coop. m.
M. E. Church, colored, meetings
every Sunday.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-03-19

RBERWoUS Troubles are due to
50 impoverished blood. Hoods Sar-
saparilla is the One Tue Blood
Purifier and NERVE TONIC.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26
HIS DEFENCE.
Mr.. Bryan's Reply to Messrs.
ingalls, and Harrison

Repeats the Advice He Gave to Working
Highly Moral One.
Kewanee, Ill, October a. Mr.. Bryan
began his speech making this morning
before he had eaten breakfast. HIS first
Comptroller Eckels, where he addressed
1000 people at s. 80 a. IN. At La Sale he
made another speech to an audience of
about 1900. Spring Valley, the scene of
the mining troubles couple of years
ago, turned out crowd of thousand,
including many miners. MIR. Bryan
spoke briefly. He also addressed crowds
Of several hundred at Ladd and Buda.
In his speech at La Sale, Mr.. Bryan
replied to the criticisms of sx.President
Harrison and President ingalls, of the
Big Four road Of his advice to railroad
men about casting their ballots. He
said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: There is a
matter to which ask your attention for
moment. Two distinguished men have
called me to account because of advice
gave to railroad employees. In speaking
OF the attempt of the railroads to coerce
their employees, l said that in these hard
times, when employment Is SO diff cult
to find, did not want to advise laboring
men to do any thing which would lose
them employ ment and added they should
wear Republican buttons If necessary,
march in Repu blican parades If they
were com manded to do SO, and even
contribute to the Republican campaign
fund, If it was required by their en-
plpyers but that they should vote accord
ing to their convictions on election day.
President Ingalls-the president OF a
railroad in speech at Cincinnati de-
nounced me for advising employees to
deceive their employers, and ex-Presldent
Harrison has charged me with teaching
immortality in giving the advice which
have quoted. Now, / desire to justify
my position. The right to vote according
to ones conscience 10 a law given right.
Coercion is violation of law and when
l advise employees to vote as they please,
even though they must wear Republican
buttons and march in Republican pa
rades, am taking higher moral grounds
and giving more patriotic advice than
those who cOunteDanoe coercion and ap-
peal to employees to vote tho Republican
ticket on election day merely because
they have been compelled to wear Repub-
loan badges during the campaign"
Mr.. Bryan commended that Messrs In
gals and Harrison discredited the Aus
tralian ballot law by their stand and
said; 81 am willing to let the public sit
in Judgment upon the advice | have given
to the employees if Messrs. Ingalls, and
Harrison are willing to submit their adj
Woe to their people. I am willing the
public shall decide whether 1t Is immoral
for the people to vote according to their
conscienoes, II Mr.. Harrison and MI. In
gals are willing to stand on the position
they have taken, namely, that employ
must vote the Republican ticket on
election day because they have worn Re-
publican badges during the campaign
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26
Thanksgiving Service.

Pretty faces and bright eyes behind
the altar decorations. modest and bash
full children speak and sing A special
sermon was preached in the morning
by the pastor, Rev. F. A. Leitoh, which
was much appreciated; suitable music
as rendered by the organist, Mrs. l..
Lang. The evenings exercises were con-
Quoted by the children OF the Sunday
school, under the direction of the SUPER
intendent H. Van Blarcombe. A large
congregation greatly appreciated the sx-
cellenu rendering of the choice seleo lions
of music and pieces given by the
children.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26

age to do was to keep his tongue still.
They hurried through the wo0ds to the
Savage woods and there roamel about
till early In the afternoon, when they
went to his house and shortly began dig
ging potatoes, in which occupation they
were engaged when Arthur Savage cam Q
Mrs. Hobbies death. Neither Palmer
nor Savage visited the ruins or the vii
laRe that day.
Palmer and Savage were taken to Linn
eriok late In the afternoon, arraigned be-
fore Trial Justice John G. Hayes and
committed to Alfred Jail to await the
action of the grand jury in January,
on a charge of murder. County Attor-
ney Emmons conducted the hearing for
the state.
1t is said that Savage hopes, by his con-
fession at the inquest, to escape punish
msnt.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26
WHEAT TOOK A TUMBLE.
A Drop Attributed to Sudden Unloading
in England.

New York, October 24.-The wheat
market ended the week as it began it.
in whirl of excitement. Last Monday
the bulls pushed December up to Sc H. Io
cents, and today the bears ground it
down to rs SO cents. The break of 3 1-2
to 1-o cents today was based on an
unexpected decline of 2 Ia to 8-4 in
the Liverpool cables. A. the trade was
prepared for an advance instead of a
break, the news fell like a bombshell and
quickly turned the market into pande-
monium. The bulls were badly fright
ened. AS prices fell they caught large
stop loss orders, which further weighted
the market. After a brief respite the
Wholesale unloading was renewed again
near the close with redouSled vigor.
Prices slid down the scale IA to Ia cent
at q CLIP until the stroke of the gong cut
short the descent.
The surprising fall in Liverpool was
the subject of much comment on change.
l. lite private cables attributed 1t to
lish houses were we'll supplied with sell
ing orders around the opening. Lots
of small long accounts were begun yes
terday on the idea that wheat had
reached bottom, but they all came out
today. Transactions for the morning were
8, 295, 600 bushels. The week past has
beaten the record for constant and vio-
lent fluctuations and daily sensations.
Honors have been about equally divided
between bulls and bears.
The Chicago Wheat Market Takes q Turn
bio Today.
Chicago, October 24.-Wheat opened
this morning considerably excited at
a decline of from . "a TO 1-S cents COM
pared with yestsrdHy's close. The drop
was caused primarily by opening cables
from Liverpool, which showed a loss
there of I'D, with market pressed
for sale. After selling of to point
8.S cents below yesterdays close, the
anxiety to unload on the part of small
holders seemed abated, and the market
rallied / cent from the bottom. Deem
Der opened 70 3-8 to 70 sold at SO ga, and
rallied to 10 "a.
Liverpool Hung Back.
London, October 24.-In the wheat
market today holders at the opening
asked Sd. advance, but did not obta in
it, and business closed dull and disap-
pointing at yesterdays prices.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26

FENHE following list of taxes on real estate
"A of nonresident owners in the town of
Windham, for the year 1895 in bills commit
ted to me, collector of said town, on the
goth day of June, 1895; remaining unpaid on
the 26th day of October 1896, by my certif-
cate of that date and now remain unpaid;
and notice is hereby given that if the said
in the treasury of the said town within
eighteen months from the date of the com
mttment of the said bill SO much of the real
estate taxed as will be sufficient to pay the
amount due therefor including Interest
and charges, will without further notice he
sold at public auction, at town office, in said
town. on the seventh day of December 1886
at O. clock in the afternoon:
Manchester, BENZ. r. Homestead and
lot at N Windham, wood lot west
half of Range 4, m
Small Gilbert. Lot of land and build NV
lngs, southeast by road by j.
Tuker, northeast by Gray line, OF M
AMOS MANN, Collector of Win dbam
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26
RELIEF IN SIX HOURS

Distressing Kidney and Bladder diseases
I1eieved in six hours by the NEW GREAT
SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE" The
new remedy is a great surprise on account
pain In the bladder, kidneys, back and every
part of the urinary passages in male or fe-
male. 1t relieves retention of water and
pain in passing it almost Immediately. If
You want quick relief and cure this is your
iemedy. Sold by c. II. GUPPY CO., Drug
gist. 463 Congress St., Portland. Me.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26
ATKINSON FURNISHING
I" CARLTON, Mgr. Fl Monument Square.

they fail to give personal effort. Instead
of aotibg like the good Samaritan they
pass their suffering brethren by on the
pretence of haste to reach Jerusalem.
Thus, in rugged phrase, and by homely
SMILES did Mr.. Moody entertain his
listeners mot forgetting to warn them
against the Sunday papers. which he
annually binding 200. 600 newsboys to the
service of Satan. He seemed to think
the Sunday newspaper the crying evil
of the day.
The exercises closed with a service of
prayer.
and carried by storm long before Mr..
Moody appeared. When he came up the
steps he was forced to compel his way
through throng of eager people which
did not recognize the orator 1t was so
eager. to hear. So he mounted the plat
form almost unannounced; but the mo-
ment he began to speak the audience
bowed to it's master and the stiffness of
attention fell upon it.
The speaker took for his text the
parable of the sower, and dwelt through
out the entire discourse upon the evil
wrought by men in intercourse with
their fellows. His words were blunt.
He said that shop-keepers who sell by
short measure, merchants who deal In
unjust weights and measure their goods
by shortened and insufficient yard sticks
will, one day, reap reward for their mis-
doing. He did not fix the date for final
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS believing with Anne
of Austria, that though God does not
always pay at the end of the week he
eventually discharges his obligations but
did intimate that the day of reckoning
is close at hand.
The discourse was eminently practical,
and in so far disappointment to dealers
in theology who hoped to listen to
subtleties.
1t hit many head in the audience, and
the onraptured expression in more than
one face faded as the speaker delivered
his home thrusts.
However, it is tioklish business to
tackle dealings between man and man,
if the two be traders, and as offensive to
both today as 1t was In Judea nine
teen hundred years ago. Nearly
He even went SO far as to say that
the fortunes built up in New
England by the sale of rum will are
squadered by the sons of those greedy
sires.
So from the beginning it is now, he
said; as a man soweth do his descend
ants reap. The sharp bargain mnde by
seven years servitude. David was con-
demned through the evil acts of his sons.
The boys who, today. are riding bioy cles
on the Sabbath, do not only break the
law of the Lord, but are piling up
possible damnation for their descend
ants.
In this way Mr.. Moody talked for
more than an hour to lengthening
visages. The talk was good very good
but too practical
Harper's Theology WIN Not Endorse it.
Urbana, ILL.,, October 24.-After
warm debate at the closing session of
the Illinois Baptist Association yester-
day on the report of the committee on
education, the section endorsing the Di-
vinity School of the University of Chioa-
go was defeated by vote of ~ to %.
Many of the clergy men strongly opposed
the section, alleging that the theology
of President Harper OF the Chicago
institution is not sound.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26
TEMPERATURES.

Mean or normal temperature, $50
The warmest month was that of 1877.
with an average OF 400
The coolest month was that of 1873,
with an average OF. ........ 27o
The lowest. temperature was 80 on the soth
Average date on which first 'killinpn FROST
occurred Din autumn Oct 10th.
PRECIPITATION (rain and melted SNOWY.
Average for the month, for % years.
(lncneS),. .............. 3,SS
Average number OF days with oil of an
lncn or more ..............11
The greatest monthly precipitation was in
1889, dncheS) ,........ y OK
The least monthly precipitation was in ''''
1882 dnches), ............, n o2
The greatest amount of precipitation re-.
corded in any "a consecutive hours was
on Nov. 26lh, 1877, l(nches) ......... 7e
The greatest amount OF snowfall recorded
In any "a consecutive hours (record ax
tending to winter of 1884-5 only) was
7.5 inches OH the Oath and 25th, 1856,
CLOUDS AND WEATHER.
Average number of clear days, a
Average number Of partly cloudy DAVIS IN
Average number of cloudy days, ....' .' .'
WIND.
The prevailing winds have been from the
The highest velocity of the wind wa, 70
miles from the E. and s. Z. on the 1 II ~
1875. and on the End, 1885.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26

Catholic Literary and Debating Society
There will be meeting special Of the
society this evening at Swett's hotel
Business of Importance.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26
MOODY THE EVANGELIST.
Addresses Four Great Meetings At
City Hall.
HE HAS LOST NONE OF OLD TIME
POWER TO PLEASE.

His Eloquent Addresses Makes a Deep I'm
pression-He Pitched Into Sunday
Newspapers-PeopIe Cannot Love God
If the Love is Not Voluntary.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26
THE STAMP OF CRIME

He was neatly dressed. He did not
waver on his way to the house, but his
wrinklsd brow showed that he was nm
dergoing a severe mental strain. II was
full hour later when he emerged and
Joined the witnesses who were ta,kir,
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26

Rev. Dwight L. Moody, the famous
fevivalist and preacher, began a series
of four services in City hall, Saturday
afternoon at 3 p. N. 1t has been little
over ten years since Mr.. Moody spoke
in City hall. In that time the great
preacher has grown peroeptibiy older and
stouter; but these changes have not ma
ferially altered his appearance as Port
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26
"THERE I'VE PAID HIRR. !"
Betsy Hobbs Was Murdered Fr Re.
Venge.
SHOT IN COLD BLOOD BY YDUNG
FRANK PALMER.

Palmer's Friend Savage Makes q Con-
fession-Says He Assisted to Drag the
Body Into tho House But Did Net Sec
the Shot Fired or Help Fire the Build
inpa
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26

es. Too many church members
are so lifeless in their Christianity
that their children go off into soepti-
cism.
People are trying to make themselves
love God. They cannot do that. Love
is voluntary thing. The church needs
to be baptized in love. I am tired of
this mandy pamby love. There are lots
of people who say they love you, but they
will never make any sacrifice for you.
That is lip love. What the church needs
is love like Calvin's, love that works.
Some one has said that we live on
skim-milk and talk cream. man full
of love cannot but know it.
Sturgeon, when in the country, saw
man who had weather-vane on which
was inscribed: "God is love-" "What
do you mean," said Spurgeon, that
God s love is ohangeable as the wind?"
mo" said the man, 81 mean that
God is love. whichever way the wind
blows"
A man filed with Gods love is never
around whining about his luck, his mis-
fortunes or the weather. With God love
in him, man never loses hope. 81
am tired of seeing Christians whining
about that everyone is cold. Go get
warmed up yourself, and you will warm
others up said Mr.. Moody.
A good many persons in prayer meet
inc
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26

Postmaster at East Stoneham.
Washington, October 24.-Among TIE
postmasters appointed today
was C. I. BARTLETT, at East Stoneham,
Mo
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26
STATE OF MAINE.

Collectors Notice and Advertisements Of
Sale of Lands of Resident and Non-Resi-
dent Owners.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26

horse and crops out in the big barn.
His look of embarrassment had given
way to one of relief. 1t was noticed that
he kept aloof from Frank Palmer, with
whom he had chosen to associate in the
earlier part of the proceedings. Some
thing of Importance had taken place,
but the crowd outside was kept in igno-
rance of it.
The secret came out later. Before il
was divulged Frank Palmer was called
in and given long session on the "grid-
iron, but it awaited nothing, 80 the
PRESS correspondent afterward learned.
Palmer was first cool. then orusty and
finally became mulish. He stuck to his
original story and there was no use try
ing to break him down.
/ Palmer is only 16. but he appears old
er than his alleged companion in crime.
He is tall, of medium complexion, with
peculiar twist In his lower lip ana
one eye whose sight Is slightly crossed.
There isn't as much intelligence in his
face as in that of Savage.
Charles Savage's brother and sister
and Mrs. Palmer, mother of Frank, were
briefly examined.
Meanwhile Sheriff N. N. Hurd of AL
fred had been called in and it shortly be-
came known that he had Frank Palmer
in custody. Then there were inquilies
for Savage's father, who had driven home
with the daughter and had left word that
he would shortly return. Deputy Sheriff
D. s. Beacham of Limerick went out TO
the barn and took Charles Savage into
the house.
Five minutes later the coroner's in-
quest was ended and the jurors were in
the midst of one of John Wentworth e
good dinners. Palmer and Savage, the
latter looking very meek, were detained
in the sitting room, beside the sheriff and
his deputy.
Dinner over, tho TIMES reporters re-
quest for lcok at the verdict was COM
concluded thus: "That Mrs. Betsey r.
Hobbs
CAME TO HER DEATH,
Monday, October 8, 1896. at about q.
m, near her own home, as the result Of
gunshot wounds which entered her
brain at the base of the skull, the shot
odging in the brain, said shot being
fired from gun in the hands of Frank J.
Palmer of Parsonsfield.
Why was only Palmsr's name men
toned in the verdict? Therein lay the
secret.
When Charles Savage was for second
time brought face to face with the coun-
ty attorney, coroner and jury he simply
retold his story which he had adhered to
from the frst-that he and Palmer were
cunning in Savage's woods that fore
noon that they were at no time within
two miles of the Hobbs place. and that
they knew nothing of the tragedy till
informed by Savage's brother, Arthur,
in the middle Of the afternoon.
Various unsuccessful attempts were
made to get some new statement from
him. He
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26
BORE THE ORDEAL WELL

at first, but afer time Coroner Brad
bury saw suspic ion of winding on the
part of the witness. Question after ques-
ton, all Of them right to the point, were
fred at him. aud suddenly he weakened
into a partial confession, which was
promptly broadened into what he de-
clared full and truthful statement of
the case. His narration swept away the
suspicion that the shooting was acoiden-
tai, and established the motive of wilful
murder. His story was substantially as
follows:
He and Palmer had been drinking
Sunday. The next morning Savage took
his gun and started across the fields and
through the woods toward the middle
road district. He met Palmer not far
from the Hobbs place. Palmer borrowed
the gun and they were walking slowly
down the road toward "Taylor City"
when they heard a team approaching
and at Palmer's suggestion they turned
into the woods on the New Hampshire
side of thu road.
After the team had passed they again
emerged from the woods Palmer sue-
gested that they go down and see the
home they found her about to build a
fire in the kitohon stove. She asked Saw
age to get her some kindlings. He
brought In some kindlinga from the shed
and went back on another GRAND for
her. While there he heard the report of
a gun, and going toward the door he
found her lying dead, with blood flowing
from the gunshot wounds. Palmer,
some distance away, was declaring with
nm oath that he was
NOW SQUARE WITH HER
for her punishment of him three years
ago, when she pulled So GUS of him for
breaking glass in her house.
"Catch hold there and help me get her
into the house." This order from Pal
mer's lips was complied with. and Saw
age, as he claims, was SO excited and
scared that lie did not rsalizs what he
was doing. They dragged the body into
the house, left it upon Its back across
the threshold of the sitting room do or.
then Savage fled toward the woods. He
was shortly rejoined by Palmer, who
remarked that he had fixed things 60
that nobndy would ever know what had
happened; that he had set the house
atire, and all that was necessary for Saw
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-26
NovEM Der WEATHER.
What 1t Has Boon in the Last Twenty
Four Years

The following data, covering a period
Of twenty -four years have been compiled
from the Weather Bureau records at Port
and, and furnished by the courtesy of
Mr.. E. P. Jones. They show the record
Of the month of October for twenty-four
years: