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The evening times., 1896-11-07
MAN AND SKIFF VANISHED.
Cargo of Nitro-Glycerine Exploded
Near an Ohio River Town,

Pittsburg, Nov. IA special telegram
from Industry, Pa, says terrific explo-
sion of nitro-giycerine occurred on the Ohio
River, near Smiths Ferry, at 1870 O'Clock
last night. man from Pittsburg with a
skiff loaded with the explosive, landed at
Georgetown Island. The glycerne was ex-
ploded in some unknown manner. Notrace
of man OF skiff ca IL be found.
The steamer H. X. Bedford was near the
scene of the explosion, and was nearly
wrecked. Every pane of glass was broken
furniture and loose articles were overturned
The passengers Were panic-stricken, and
number thrown to the floor, but no one
was seriously injured. Capt. Gordon Green's
stateroorn, in which he was sleeping, was
splintered. and the bulkheads of the boat
were damaged by the shock.
The earth for miles around shook as If an
earthquake had occurred.
The evening times., 1896-11-07
TRIED TO BURN THE CAR.
Incendiarics at Work on a Western
Railroad.

Danville, H., Nov. IAN attempt was
made last night TO burn the official car of
the Cairo division of the Big Four. The
incendiary had opened all the boxes under
the car, and after taking out the oil waste
piled it up on the tracks under the floor of
the car and set it on fire.
The car had just come out of the shops
The fresh paint on the sides quickly ignir cd,
and 1t was with difficulty that the flames
were extinguished. Four other incendiary
attempts have been m ade here In the last
forty-eight hours to burn .boxcars. Mayor
Runyan nhasoffered reward OF $500 for the
arrest Of the criminals.
The evening times., 1896-11-07
Business Mems Club Organized.

The organization of the Business Mems
Club last week adds one more to the list
of social organizations of the National
Capital over $50 business men signed
the Toll as charter members. The club has
secured the premises recently occupied by
The Buena Vista Club, No. 719 Sixth street
north west. Among other organizations
which have secured headquarters at the
Business Mems clubhouse are the Jolly
Fat Mems Club, the Butchers Beneficial
Association. and the local organization of
BARRIERS. The officers of the Business
Mems Club for the ensuing year are: Prcsi-
dent, ohm II. Buscher; vice president, Werner
Kock; secretary, Simon Lyon; treasurer
Louis Gundling. The board of directors
consists of the above-named officers and
Leonard R. vinton, Jacob j. Appich and
Louis Goldsmith.
The evening times., 1896-11-07

10 allow him to go to some hospital; he
preferred Providence Hospital
Judge Hagncr said st. Elizabeth's would
be Letter place. 1t was secluded and
there would be less chance Of escape.
George l. Goldsmith, mentioned above.
is said 10 be the eldest brother of the@de-
fendant. The latter claims that his broth
er has conspired against him, and says
the differences between them have ex-
listed for several years.
The evening times., 1896-11-07
Marriage Licenses

Licenses to marry have been issued as
follows:
Isaac W. Caldwell, of Lerona, W. Va. and
Annie lyman, of this city.
Harold B. Rees, Of New York city, and
Elizabeth 8. Compton, Of Laurel, Mo.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-12-05
Growing of small Fruit.

One who is posted on the fruit
industry SAYS that in looking back
two decades the strides in small
fruit growing seems wonderful as
well as phenomenal in many ways.
Small fruits have added millions to
the income of tillers of the soil, and
stimulate the desire of the public
for those cheap, healthful, and re-
fining luxuries which were scantily
supplied by natures bounties until
within the past few years. The
fringe only of the possibilities of
small fruit growing has been reach
ed.-Dakota Field and Farm.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-12-05

The English Dairyman's Journal
describes the Lister butter dryer,
worker, molder, printer and weigher,
combination of five machines,
constructed to perform each of those
operations perfectly, and entirely
dispense with the butter-worker or
dryer, and also with the arduous
and expensive labor of making up
butter by means of the Scotch
hands" and the continuous use of
the weighing machine. The butter
is taken directly from the churn in
granular state and fed into a
shallow hopper, from which it is
taken directly through the machine
by means of screw Of peculiar
shape, the water being thoroughly
pressed out without any risk of over
working. 1t then passes through
die that gives it proper shape and
under printing arrangement on to
table fitted with rollers, where it
is accurately cut off into quarter,
half and one-pound blocks, as re-
quired, the machine being construct
ed to do this with perfect accuracy
The speed of the machine depends
upon the skill Of the operator who
works the cutting mechanism, it
being easily worked by an ordinary
person at the rate of 600 half or
one-pound blocks per hour. This
output can be largely exceeded with
little practice. The advantage of
the machine is that the butter is
made up into blocks of perfectly
uniform size, weight and shape,
direct from the churn, without any
handling or skilled labor being re-
quired. The makers do not recon-
mend this machine where less than
sixty pounds or half-pounds are
made up at one time.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-12-05

tage of the animal and its owner.
A French contemporary advises,
with view to economic, that oats
should be soaked few hours in
water. 1t states that experiments
have proved that the ration can be
lessened about third. Horses
whose teeth are old very imperfect
ly masticate their oats, and others
swallow theirs quickly, thus losing
the goodness. Soaking the oats for
three hours is said to remedy this
inconvenience, as the grain swells
and softens, and the horses masti-
cate and digest it better.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-12-05
aoaking Oats for Morses.

Economy is the order of the day.
How to prevent waste in feeding
and loss by indigestion is a prob
lem which every stock feeder must
solve, and on its proper solution
will depend in a great measure his
profit or loss. Every observant per-
son has seen whole grains of oats in
the dung of horses, and whole kerr
nels of corn in the dung of other
animals. Animals fed with the
whole grain eject great deal at all
times that is not properly masticat-
ed or digested. 1t is only when
whole grains are passed that the
waste is noticed by the casual OBJ
server. This waste would not be as
great if the grain be ground or
crushed. Grinding or crushing is
widely practised, and to the advan-
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-12-05
Ham Curing.

One Of the largest American ham
and mess pork curers has given an
interviewer the following descrip-
ton of his curing process:
The hams are placed in a large
tray of fine salt, then the flesh sur
face is sprinkled with finely ground
ornde saltpetre, until the hams are
as white as though covered by a
moderate frost, or, say 5 to Z of salt
petre to 100 pounds of green hams.
After applying the saltpetre, i'm
mediately salt with the fine salt,
covering well the entire surface
Now pack the hams in bulk, but
not in piles more than three feet
high. In ordinary weather the
hams should remain thus for three
days. Then break bulk and resalt
The hams thus sailed and resulted
should remain in salt, in bulk, one
day for each and every pound each
ham weighs, that is, 1O-pound
ham should remain ten days, and
in such proportion of time for
larger and smaller sizes. Next
wash with tepid water until the
hams are thoroughly cleaned, and,
after partially drying, rub the en-
tire surface with finely ground pep
per. Then the hams should be
hung in the smokehouse, and this
important operation begun. The
smoking should be very gradually
and slowly done. After the hams
are cured and smoked they should
be repeppered to guard against ver-
min, and then bagged. These hams
are improved with age, and are per-
lection when one wear old.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-12-05
Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole
carcasses from slaughterers to deal
ers in the San Francisco market:
BEEF-First quality, 5@54c. %
fb; second quality, 4@44c.; third
quality, 34@4c. % ID.
PoRK-Live hogs, large, 34@34c.
~ b., and 34@35c. 9P B. for small.
Dressed pork, 44@44c. ~ tb.
MUTToN-Wethers, 5@54c. y b;
ewes, 43@5c. $ tb.
LAMB-5@6c. $ fb.
VEAL-Large, 44@5c.; small, 5
@7c. ~ ID.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-12-05

Pigs must be pushed in the first
six months of their lives. This is
done by feeding grain and succu-
lent green foods. While quite
young, milk, with shorts or meal in
it, makes the best food for pigs.
Pigs must have good pasture and
grain. But few farmers recognize
either of these as essential. To con-
fine pigs in a small pen for six
months and feed them on corn
without green food is wasteful. If
the hogs are given gain and green
food together, they will increase 20
to 40 per cent more than if no green
food is given them. Green food is
more essential in the Summer than
in the Winter. The pig is as much
grass as it is eating am
NAL. To confine pigs in filthy pens
for any length of time and force
them to eat their own droppings,
as is very frequently done, is very
injurious to the pig. The pig is a
cleanly animal in its habits, and
will not live in its own filth if per-
mitted to do otherwise. Neither
will pigs scatter their droppings all
over their pen, but will have a
special place for them and the urine.
Pigs should be kept from foul
water and wallowing holes.
Extremely large hogs are no
longer more desirable for pork than
smaller pigs with less blubber fat.
A pig with streak of lean and a
streak of fat makes the sweetest
and most palatable pork.
If homemade pork is well trim
med and carefully cured and smok-
ed, it will bring better prices in
home markets, and if the lard is
free Of color and firm it will like
wise sell better. BY going to little
expense for food crops, to supple
ment the waste that occurs on the
farm and from the kitchen, the
farmers supply of pork can be
made at an inappreciable expense,
while, as the case now is on many
farms, the por supply is bought, and
these waste foods are lost.--Philo-
deLphid Ledger.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-12-05
FOR THE FARMER.


Lice hrSt attack lll-condltlOneu
fowls.
Ducks should grow fast and be
sold young.
1t is never good plan to yard
all kinds of fowls together.
To crowd the fattening rapidly,
feed at least five times day.
One brooder with fifty chicks is
less trouble than one old hen.
IF the male is not pure breed he
will effect no improvement in the
flock.
The hen that lays regularly in
Winter never roosts in trees in
Winter.
Well-fed young chickens grow
very rapidly and are not easily
made fat.
To prevent loss from eggs freezing
in Winter the eggs should be gath
cred often.
One advantage with incubator
chicks is that they need never be
infested with lice.
Fully one-half the failures with
brooders is due to one cause alone,
and that is insufficient warmth.
No matter what ais the fowls
the safest plan is to remove a sick
fowl to separate quarters at once.
If large size and weight are de-
sired select large hens, but the
rooster should be active and vigor-
GUS.
For breeding purposes, a medium
sized, active male is twice as valu-
able as one that is extra large and
heavy.
Nearly all poultry diseases are
caused by cold, wet, want of clean
illness or bad feeding. Prevention
is better than cure.
To fatten hens rapidly there is
nothing that will excel cornmeal.
Fattening fowls may be given all
they will eat up clean.
Too much stimulating food causes
over egg production, and as a result
these will be poor hatchers, weak
chickens and inferior stock.
The gizzard of the fowls masti-
Gates the food, but this can only be
done by the aid of sharp, gritty
material. Be sure this is supplied.
Hens will readily eat parings
from any kind of vegetables if well
cooked. If the quantity is not suf-
fcient add wheat, bran and skim
milk.
Broken bones are often more
highly relished than when ground.
A hen will sometimes refuse bone
meal and yet will readily eat brok-
en- bones.
Feather pulling is the most per-
nicious of all vices. The habit
usually comes from illness and can
generally be prevented by keeping
fowls busy.
1t is comparatively an easy mat
ter to grade up common flock so
that for egg and meat production
they will compete favorably with
pure breeds.
It pays to feed young fowls lib
orally until full-grown. Chickens,
like other young stock once stunted,
never fully regain their vigor, no
matter how carefully fed.
In Winter the first feed in the
morning should be given as soon as
the fowls fly down from the roosts.
At night the last feed should be
given just before they go on the
roosts.
Brothers usually commence COM
into raorLnf 40 r1Xy a ftor Aha hol;Jo,,c
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-12-05
This Is Your Opportunity.

This IL Your Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
Sc Warren St., New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. /
can emphasize his statement, ''It is posi-
tive cure for catarrh if used us directed. -
Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, so cents.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-12-05
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Write JOHN WEDDRRBURN & CO., Patent AtsSo as
and list Of two hundred inventions wanted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-20
No occasion for surprise.

Savannah, Ca, oct. l9.-Editor Morning
News; In your local columns of this date
an expression of brother alderman in re-
lation to myself is quoted, to the effect
that my antagonism to emptying the sew
age Of the city into Wilmington river was
a surprise. l am aware that the express
sion was used by Alderman Garrard; but
for the life Of me. 1 have been unable to
discover any justification for it's use.
During Maj. Schwarz's term as mayor,
very exhaustive review of the whole sub
ject Of a sewerage outlet and plans for
municipal house draining were prepared
by Mr. Rudolf Herring OF New York, con-
fessably the ablest sanitary engineer in
the United States-the general charge of
the work having been under my supervis-
ion as chairman of the committee on
drainage. So convincing was his reason
ing and recommendations that Col. George
T.. Warning (of almost equal reputation
with Mr.. Herring admitted that Mr. Her
ing was right. These plans cost the city
about $1,000 The council then authorized
me to publish an open letter, pledging the
use of the money from the so-called
ground rent lots to the construction of the
system of house drainage. Afterwards
they modified II to waterworks and drain
age, and subsequently, after certain men,
beers OF council had seen to IL that my
name should not appear on one of the
tickets for reelection, these collections
were applied to waterworks, etc During
the campaign in which MIR. Myers was
elected mayor, every possible promise
was again given the public regarding
house drainage. 1 did my part to secure
| Mr.. Myers election, Several months after
his Inauguration as mayor offered a res
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-20

olution in council creating committee on
house drainage, of Falligant, Garrard ana
Gleason How this movement was chokeu
i'm the bud and subsequently saw lhe
light again as Myers, Garrard, Gleason
and Falligant. with myself at the tail OF
me committee instead of its head can
better be explained by tho other gentle
men Suffice it to say that l had a niue
self-respect left, and had it not been FOR
nv love for the people of Savannah and
my desire to assist in doing Whatever
good | could for them | would have imme-
diately resigned my place on the house
drainage committee. l staid there to save
the city from such things as L might re-
gard as mistakes. 1 regarded the propos-
ed Wilmington river outlet as d mistake
of the graVest character. l have never
hesitated to expiess this opinion to The
mayor and other members Of the commit
tee, and as the matter is likely to get into
the courts It is more proper for me to give
my reasons before the courts than tire the
public with them in a communication like
this. But this much is proper for me to
say: that certain matters We're referred TO
a subcommittee to report back to the
committee on house drainage before any
report should be made to council. No
me citing Of the general committee had
been called; no report of these special
matters had been made back to the gem
eral committee, when Alderman Garrard
in the absence of the mayor, brought the
whole business before council. 1t was
then that he expressed his surprise be-
cause / awaited myself of the only oppor-
tunity left me to criticse what regarded
as faulty-a criticism which / would have
made in caucus if the directions of the
general committee had been complied
with and the subject had not been sprung
unexpectedly and without any instruc-
lions from the general committee in open
council There was no occasion for sur
prise connected with the consistency Of
my actions. L. A. Falligant.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-20
FLORIDA.


A public school will soon be established
at Boynton.
The nlinois-Florida syndicate at Boyn-
ton is preparing for extensive planting
this fall.
The office Of the master mechanic of the
Florida Southern division of the Plant
system, which had been located at Pa
laHka ever since the road was built, was
moved to High Springs Saturday.
A new publication to be known as the
Florida Voice will be issued from the Of
flee Of the Tropical Sun of West Palm
Beach this week. Arthur c. Jackson, the
late candidate for governor on the pro-
hibtion ticket, will be editor and pub
Usher.
At Fernandlna Saturday, John G. Nc
Gifhn was nominated for senator at a
meeting of the democratic party. and
Samuel Petty, colored was nominated by
the republicans. Mr. McGinn takes the
place Of T.. j. Lukenbhl, who was first
nominated and declined. Samuel Petty
takes the place of c. w. Lewis, nominal ed
cllned
In this years conventions Dade county
mas been weak in numbers Two dele
gates were the quota, but this IS now
Shahgeo. In 1898 Dade county will be al
lo"eo hFe delegates, and win lead eigh.
sei counties where but one was led m
Asn. The new election law gives ranerai
'a''Si90'lon' Few voters in Dade were
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-20

DISTINGUISHED because they could not read.
No other county except Duval gained
enough for more than one new delegate
At Barlow, Saturday the jury in the
case of the state VS.. Lon Holland brought
in a verdict Of guilty after being out
nearly twenty-four hours, but with a rec
concentration to the mercy Of the court,
as the evidence was circumstantial Hol-
land was tried for the murder of Joel w.
Walker on Nov. 8, 1895. The place
was in an isolated portion of the south
western part of Polk county. Motion for
a new trial was overruled. He was sem
fenced to life Imprisonment.
James Mckee, a carpenter who was en-
ployed upon the standpipe in course of
erection at High Springs, met with an
accident Friday that resulted in death
Saturday. He had descended from a scat
fold and was standing Immediately under
TT when a large piece of lumber fell and
struck him on the head He was knocked
down and was unconscious when picked
up. He was carried to the Plant System
hospital. Two pieces of bone that pressed
upon the brain were removed, and the
wounded man seemed to rest easily Fri
day night. A change took place Satur-
day morning at 6 O'Clock, and at 10 O'Clock
he died. Mr.. Mckee leaves a wife and
several children somewhere in Georgia.
Between 125 and $50 acres of muck land
around Linton is now cleared and more
is being cleared and prepared for winter
crops. About $50 acres of pine land is
cleared and more than fifty acres Of pine
apple slips has been set. Many more
would have been set out II slips could
have been obtained. The demand is
greater than the supply. Hundreds of
orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime peach,
pear and other fruit trees will be set
during next month. Several thousand
strawberry plants have been set out. Good
progress is being made in truck garden
ing. Immense seedbeds of tomato celery,
caulihower, lettuce egg plant and a small
amount of other vegetables that require
transplanting are up and doing well.
An accident occurred to the freight train
Friday night while on the way from High
Springs to Gainesville. The engine was
doing some switching at Hague, and the
train was standing on a steep grade. As
the engine pulled away a coupliug-pin
broke, and one-half of the train started
down the grade, backing in the direction
of Alachua. That the train had become
disconnected was discovered several min
utes after the occurrence. The train was
two or three miles down the track, ard
moving ait great speed. Several passeng-
ers were on bo-rd. The runaway cars
were overtal1en by the engine ait Newnans-
Vile, six miles distant. The passengers
were not aware Of their danger. Some
supposed THAT the engine was connected to
the train and was backing to Alachua for
some cars that had been left upon the
siding.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-20

because l had to catch a train at IN ,ho
morning and 1t was nearest to the door
l put my clothes on chair beside ths
PED and my grip ON a table between tho
pSu ana the door, so all would have To 4,
Mheh got up was to jump into mn
clotnes, rush for the door. seize the e,rin
on the way, and spring aboard the trsir
everything was fixed SO as wonld-,i.
lose any time. "'N'u'i
NOW you can imagine how 7 fe1t ,,,ho.
woke up with start and instead of see,
ing my clothes by my side, my grin m.
Tie iurther along, and the door bevond /,
saw only plank walls around me !
couluh tell how l got into that he'd and
worse IMAM all didn't know where To- 1ooi,
TOT my clothes, and was likely 70 misc ~.
tram While ii is true that when 7 t,,rn,
ed around everything was explained 49,,
my nndlng myself in the alcove he'd q
is also a fact that I suffered agony IN -
SECOND before l knew where / was ana
that l nave never known how I got mr.
that bed, and for certain reasons 7 b l1.,o
never cared to investigate - -" 'e
Hmm" said the member Of tbo c.
ciety for Phychical Research ,rrho 80 -
more like sleep walking than 1a,,itatto.
Have there been cases of Soma yt,,,I,II
i'm your famlly?" uiis' IN
None that 1 know Of" renliad -.
drummer, but we do drink beer. "a 'ne
remember 1t, had been very thirst
mat night, and the beer was paTticniarIS.
Hhe' wish mad some of it now"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-20

FLORIDA ELECTION FACTS.

BIOxham Has n Majority in ~ COun-
ties and a Plurality In All But One.
Tallahassee, Fla, Oct. 19-An examina-
ton of the returns from the several coun-
ties, of the election held on the 9Th, dis
closes the following interesting facts:
Including Baker county, Bloxham has a
majority in forty-two counties, and a
plurality in every county except Calhoun,
which was carried by Weeks, his plural
ity over BloXham being ". Weeks leads
Gunby by 172 votes and his majority in
the county is 45. Bloxham leads Weeks
in the latter's home county Washington,
6s votes, and Gunby by 223. Gunby did
not carry a single county, but he leads
Weeks in twenty-five counties. and Weeks
beats Gunby in twenty-one counties.
Another old citizen, Mrs. c. e. Shea,
passed away at l O'Clock on Sunday, in
her S1st year. She was a prominent mil
hner here before the war, and amassed
quite a competency.