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The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-16

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The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-16

In the District Court of the Third Judicial Dis trict of the Territory of Arizona in and for the County of Yuma.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

she had case of black smallpox. With
out any delay she was put into an am
bulance and carried to hospital, and
there-the Inspector told it as gently as
lie could-she died few days after
ward.
But all was not yet explained. The
room, the maids story, the lists?
If whisper about this dread dis
ease should spread among the great
crowds in the city panic would follow,
financial ruin might ensue, the evil ef-
fects would be enormous. The matter
must be kept out of the popular mouth.
And So in one night, everything in their
mothers room had been changed, her
name had been erased from the hotel
lists, and for the good of the city her
two daughters had been sacrificed.
There was silence for few moments
when he had finished NJ. PInspecteur
moved uneasily on his chair. One of the
girls looked up at him with numb eyes.
Can We" she asked, and then hesi-
| tated
"Mademoiselle, the inspector replied
with plying note in his voice, sit is
not marked, you know."-Detroit Free
| Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
California a. Described In 1919.

An American geography printed in
1919 contained this interesting infor-
nation: california is wild and all
most unknown land, covered through
out the year by dense fogs, rs damp as
they are unhealthful. On the northern
shores live anthropophagi, and in the
interior are active volcanoes and vast
plains of shifting snow, which some
times shoot up columns to inconceiv-
able heights The book adds that some
of these statements would seem in
credible were they not so well authen-
ticated by trustworthy travellers Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
A Recipe FOR SUCCESS.

How Is 10 have prospered so? How is 1t 1
have struck
Throughout the hull of my ka-reer jest one
Ions streak OF luck?
Intellijunce, young man; that's all
reason an reflec'-
Tis jest intellljunce an brains plus
straightout ntellec'.
Wen ] git up I'm allus sure to dress me
right foot first,
Or put fsY drawers on wrong side out, or
heY a,y vest reversed,
For thnr> are signs you'll hev good luck;
an dedicated man
Knows el: them signs an shapes his lie
on consistent plan.
rye strewN oil hoss-shoes down the road
for shr-ethin' like mile,
An l go ca, an hunt em up a-eVery little
while,
For If you "a hoss-shoe, wy you're sure
to prosatc then,
A fac that Is ssmilyer to all eddicated men,
A cats tail p'iZtin' lords the fire, 1t is an
awful sgT:
But I hev cots.;aracted 1t with every cat
of mine
If my cats ta,. should pint that way 1t
wouldn' give ne scares;
I'd go in my ba - entry then an simply
fall upstairs
IT'S good sign to la; upstairs an counter
acts the cat;
An that's the way ssaape my life. bal
lunce this with t';SS.
1 see four crows-bad t.6n l know-migh'
scare man that's t&lder;
But l Jest wait an see ttS moon rise over
my right shoulder
The moon 1t counteracts the crows one
balances the other,
For one IS Jest wiped out, you see, an can
ce,led off by t'other.
hear a dog howl in the night; it don't give
me no dread,
ballunce 1t By gittin out the right-han
side the bed.
An so I'VE prospered all my life by jest a
little pains.
Intelliiunce young man. that's all, an in
tellec' an brains.
-Tis ignorunce that makes men fail. An
wisdom-nothn' less
Inlightenmunt an knowledge, SIR car
bring a man success.
Sam Walter Foss. in N. Y. sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

The proprietor surveyed them curl
ously. "Your mother?" he repeated.
"When did madam Gomez"
The sisters stared at him. He had
| see them last night.
"You arrived alone" he continued.
"Did you mean she is to come to-day,
and you want the room for to-nightP"
An impatient exclamation came from
the elder sister ''We three, my mother,
my sister and came last night"
The man interrupted her with ges-
ture. Pardon, mademoiselle," he cor
rccted, 'you and your sister were the
only ones who came"
The girl smiled an annoyed smile and
suggested that the hotel lists would cor
roborate her words. But her face paled
when the clerk repeated what the pro-
prietor had said, and she ran her finger
unsteadily down the line. Her name,
her sisters yes-her mothers was not
there!
With a growing sense of dread the
two girls demanded the inspector of
police. AS they waited for him in the
reception-room, they caught the angry
tones of an old mans voice. The elder
sister stopped pacing the floor to lis
ten"
"Such a commotion!" he exclaimed.
"l'll publish it to every foreigner in the
city, and then where is the reputation of
your house"
The soothing murmur of another
voice followed.
Second story front" was the old
mans reply, "but I'll not stay there to-
night if | have to be walked up by all
sorts of noises from the room above
me- They might have been tearing the
house down."
Still grumbling, he passed the girl to
go upstairs. Seized with sudden idea,
she ran lightly up after him and
watched him enter his room. Then she
came down again. "He went into the
room under mother's," she said, grasp
ing her sisters arm tightly. I'VE were
not mistaken! Mercful heavens, what
does it mean?"
Even the inspector of police, the ON
niscent of Paris, could not tell them
that He took their evidence gravely,
promised them all possible help, and adj
vised them to wait patiently in the same
hotel for further developments. With
little calmness of mind they finally ac-
cepted his advice.
1t was long, anxious wait for the
girls. Weeks passed without bringing
any trace of their mother. The eXposi-
ton was over, and Paris was almost
emptied of her crowds before the in
spector came to them with any definite
news.
Then, one day, the look on his face
told them that at last they were to hear,
and they listened breathlessly for his
explanation.
He began at the beginning. He told
them that, after they had left their
mother that night she felt worse, and,
to avoid disturbing her daughters, sum-
moned physician by a messenger. BY
the time ne arrived she was uncon-
scious, and the doctor announced that
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

A fine or imprisonment and fine fol-
lowed the first or even the second Of
fense, but woe to the habitual de-
ceiver! In clse the complaints came
in thick and fast the incorrigible defer
of the law was condemned by the
judges to the "schlenke." The schlenke
was a coarse affair made of rough oak
twigs in the shape of a cage, which
was suspended from heavy horizontal
beams over the village millpond. I'm
prisoned in this cage the bad baker
was ducked several times and held un-
der the water almost long enough 10
make him lose consciousness. The
crowds that gathered to see these tor
lures usually clamored for more pun
ishment, and to please them the judges
were frequently compelled to order a
few extra duckings.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
For Slender Women,

Don't walk to excess. A short walk
will be beneficial, but long walks are
flesh reducing.
Don't wear black. Black has a ten
dency to make anyone look slender.
Light clothes are the most becoming.
Don't strive for long-waisted effects
or use pointed girdles. The longer you
make yourself look the thinner you will
appear.
Don't have your lingerie too close fit.
ting. Have your underskirts gathered
around the hips, and full front in
your under waist is good.
Don't stay up too late at night Get
at least nine hours good sleep.
woman needs more sleep than man
and nothing keeps her in good condi
tion like lots of sleep.
Don't wear stripes. Checks, plaid.
and horizontal effects are better fol
thin women. They should strive fol
becoming, deceiying effects if they
study art in dressing at all.-Chicag'
News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
MRS. ANNE ARMSTRONG.

believed to Be the Oldest Living Woman;
dered his army at Yorktown, and the
independence of what is now the
United States of America was assured.
That girl-child whose life began al
most with that of the United States is
Mrs. Anne Armstrong, now of county
Clare, Ireland. She grew up in Fer
managh and married there. Her hus-
band was a member of the royal con-
stabulary. When she was 26 years old
she and her husband moved to Mil
town Malbay, in county Clare. That
was 90 years ago. In little thatched
cottage at Spanish Point, just outside
Mltown Malbay, Mrs. Armstrong lives,
all alone, waiting for the time when she
shall be called to join those who were
dear to her, who died years and years
ago.
The days that she has lived through
have been fraught with the most Won
derful events of the worlds history,
but the particular period that i'm
pressed it's events most firmly upon
Mrs. Armstrong; memory was that of
the great Irish rebellion of 179S, when
she was lass of II. She tells still OF
how Irishmen were hanged or shot or
imprisoned without trials and of the
reign of terror which held for years.
Mrs. Armstrong is still able to walk
and to care for herself and her little
cottage by the aid which her kindly
neighbors give her. She is thin and
slightly deaf, but her sight is good and
her memory clear. Her dress is simple,
but cap and apron of snowy white
ness are always parts of it. Her habits
are also simple. At four or five o'clock
each afternoon her day is finished, and
she locks her cottage door and retires
for the nirht
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
A Coal Merchant Missing.

Mansfield, Dec 7.-W. II. Mills, OF
Vennum avenue, member of the coal
firm of Thornberry & Mills, and
highly respected citizen, left here quite
suddenly last week while suffering
from mental depression, the inns diate
cause of which is said to be misun'
derstanding he had with customer.
The rumors of family trouble, etc, are
without foundation. His friends anx'
iously await his return and assure him
that his fear of trouble arising from
the letter he had written is altogether
rrOundleSs
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
Have Gone to Mexico to Hunt Parrots.

Newark, Dec. S.-Isaac Stauffer, of
Wayne county, and Charles Kline, Of
this city, have started on an exploring
expedition into the extreme southern
section of Mexico, where white men
have never set foot. The territory is
dense waste of almost impossible un-
dergrowth and mountains inhabited
by pigmies. They will try to secure
parrots for sale in New York and else
where. They will land 100 miles south
of Vera Cruz and proceed to the Pa.
cific side of the Isthmus of Tehaun-
tepec
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
Robbed of $500 bx Masked Men.

Canton, Dec 4.-Three masked men
entered the house of John Hartong, a
farmer, aged 50, at Greentown Thurs
day night and threatened him with
death if he would not reveal the hiding
place of his money He did not yield,
but, becoming unconscious, the rob
bers searched the house and found $500
in belt tne old man wore. Hartong
was found, bound, gagged and help
less, Friday morning,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Items of Interest Gathered From
All Parts of Ohio.
ohio Dairy Union Meets.

Cleveland Dec s-over 100 members
of the Ohio Dairy union met in conven-
Eion at the Forest City house on Tues
day, the occasion being the annual
meeting of the union. The union en-
braces members from every town in
the state, and has several thousand
members. One of the principal objects
which will be accomplished at the
present meeting is the adoption OF
measures for the punishment of people
who violate the dairy laws. A COM
mittee, whose purpose it will be to
look into the matter, was appointed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
A Proposal to Consolidate Cities.

Canal Dover, Dec. 4.-Nothing has
caused so much speculation here in
years as the proposal to consolidate
this city with New Philadelphia, the
county seat, three miles away. No
formal steps have been taken looking
toward the consolidation, but several
business men of both cities foresee
manifold benefits if it can be brought
about and big effort to do it will be
made in the near future.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

Marion, Dec. 3.-The election of John
Battenfield for sheriff will be contested.
When Battenfield rendered his money
for his certificate, John Bertram, Sec
retary of the elections board, refused
to issue the certificate, saying that in
Scott and Grand Prairie townships the
polls had been closed before o'clock.
Both townships gave Battentield large
majorities, and if the ballots are
thrown out it will elect Shaw.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
DISHONEST BAKERS.
How They Were Punished I'm Germany
in the Good Old Days.

Those bakers who give underweight
bread or overcharge for it should bless
their stars that they are not in me-
dieval Germany. In the middle ages
the cheating bakers lot was not a
happy one, especially in the south of
Germany. In Munich a case of
bakers ducting" is recorded as late
as 1910. To this day the instrument of
torture with illustration is still exhib-
tied in the Bavarian national museum
of Munich.
The law requires that the bread loaves
should not be below the prescribed
weight, and that the flour of the bread
and cakes should not be adulterated.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
OLDEST LIVING WOMAN.
Mrs. Anne Armstrong; Relieved to DE.
nerYc Tint Dinfinntinn.

In the year 1881, when Lord Corn,
wallis began in joy and ended in dis
aster his campaign in Virginia against
the American colonists, there was born
at Fermanagh, Ireland, girl baby
who, living yet, at the age of 116 years
is believed to be the oldest person in
the world. While that baby was still
in arms Lafayette and Washington
were marshalling their forces to checl
the victorious march of Cornwallis
through Virginia, and on October Il
of that year Lord CORVALLIS surren
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
Heated by EIectricitx.

One of the London theaters is heated
by electricity. The first cost of the
plant is not less than that of any other
heating system, but the running ex.
penses are very low, amounting to only
16 shillings day.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
odd Fellows Officers Chosen.

GAINESVILLE, Dec 2,-By the election
of officers for the grand lodge, l. o. O..
T., completed Tuesday evening, E. l..
Hoskins, of Sidney, has been chosen
grand warden. There were no con-
tests for the other offices. The returns
indicate the following elections in the
grand encampment: A. R. Stoker, OF
Miamisburg, grand junior warden; j.
A. Robinson, Cleveland, grand repre-
sentative
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
No More sparrine Exhibitions.

Cincinnati, Dec s-Sparring exhibit
tions are thing of the past in Cincin-
natl. Mayor Tafel has announced
that he will issue no more permits for
such exhibitions. In speaking of it the
mayor said that he was in favor of
athletics, but that the principals in
the recent sparring exhibitions were
not athletes in the generally accepted
meaning of the word
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
Sues for $4,000 Damages.

Ashland, Dec. s.-William Burtz, a
travelling man of Ashland, has brought
suit in Toledo against the Big -Four
Railroad Co. for $4,000, because Con-
ductor Pat Welch took up his mileage
ticket. The conductor wanted Burt2
to identify himself. Burtz says he had
signed his name before in Welch's
presence and had travelled on the same
ticket before
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
Blown to Atoms.

Bowling Green, Dec. 8.-The Ameri-
can Torpedo Co.'s magazine, contain
ing large quantity of nitro-glycerine
exploded yesterday with terrific force.
Dan Leon, a stock hauler from Find
lay, was completely torn to atoms
Houses near by were demolished and
the shock was felt for miles around.
No one knows the cause.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

The authorities of the Kansas uni
yersity dismissed all the n; tural his
tory classes on circus day recently to
enable the students to study the ami
mails.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
Kiser Breaks a Record.

Dayton, Dec. 4.-Earl ii. Kiser broke
the ffve-mile record here last night be-
fore crowd of 1000 people. He made
the five miles in 8 minutes and 13 sec
onds. Jacquelin, of France, previous
ly held the record at minutes and 2s
sacop6S
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
State Trades Assembly Meets.

Columbus, Dec. s-The state Trades
and Labor assembly began its annual
meeting here yesterday. There were
about so delegates present from 81 or
Ranizations
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
Thrown from His Wagon and Killed.

Hayesville, Dec. 5.-WhiIe S. FL.
Stafford, aged As, farmer living two
miles south of here, was hauling corn
fodder the wagon was upset. throwing
him on his head He was killed in
stantly. He leaves wife and children
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
Burned at Noon.

Ashtabula, Dec. 4-The Pfaff car
riage works, three-story brick build
ing, was burned yesterday noon. The
loss is 81, 900; insured. The same build
ing burned "a years ago at noon.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

"A man in Chestertown, Nd, has a
pair of golden fawn rabbits with ears
that measure 81 inches from tip to tip.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

Every minister feels that he is handi.
capped in his work in the vineyard by the
outrageously poor singing of his choir
Atchison Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
star Tobacco.

If you care for pleasure, health and econ.
omy, chew Star tobacco, tho leading brand
of the world.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

The number of things that men novelists
and critics don't know about women is en-.
ceeded only by the number of things that
they think they Known. Y. Independent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
Courhinr Leads 20 consumptaon.

Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough a
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
samlOr bottle free Large bottles, so cents
and $l.00. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-06
CITY BREVPTIES.

The Elks hold a regular meeting to-
night
To-day is the April sales day among the
auctioneers.
The Savannah Yacht Club will hold
meeting at the club house at 4:30 o'clock
this afternoon.
The lady friends of the Oglethorpe Light
Infantry will hold a meeting at the regi-
mental armory at $50 o'clock this after
noon.
The Republican Blues and their lady
friends will meet at the company's armory
tonight to discuss plans for the regimen
tai fair.
The ladies' auxiliary of the Young Mems
Christian Association will hold it's regu-
lar monthly meeting at o'clock this
afternoon.
w. d. Jackson, colored, who was shot
at the Savannah lumber mill Saturday
morning, is still at the Georgia Inflrmary.
There is a possibility that he may live.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Peoples Savings and Loan Com
pany, which was to have been held last
night, was adjourned owing to the abb
sence of a quorum.
John Hartman, a young white boy, was
arrested last night for firing a gun in the
neighborhood of the Electric railway
power house. One of the employees of the
power house narrowly escaped being
shot. Hartman claimed that the dis
charge was accidental. that he was fool
ing with the gun when IL went off. lie
was bonded out by friend.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-06

The river is on a stand now. Cypress
timber, which had been cut several years,
will come out on this rise. In most
places the water is so high and the cur
rent is so strong that the logmen cam
not run timber More timber viii come
out on this rise than has come out Of the
cypress swamps in many years. Cypress
timber is bringing good prices
Two prisoners escaped from the county
jail at Key West Saturday morning. one
was United States prisoner serving for
highway robbery, the other was William
La Flau, charged with an assault to COM
nit rape. The cell was unlocked by the
deputy sheriff al o'clock to release the
prisoners for their daily work: 1t was re-
locked, and the keys placed in a drawer
in the Office At o'clock the cell was
found locked, but the prisoners were gone.
A rumor that they had been lynched got
into circulation. and a mob Of negroes
surrounded the Jail 70 learn the facts.
The escape having been explained to them,
they retired satisfied. A reward has been
offered for the capture of the fugtives,
and officers are searching the island for
them.
State Senator-elect II. f. Gaillard. and
Representatives Garter and Wilson have
left St. Augustine for Tallahassee to be
present at the legislative session. A bill
of importance to the people of st. Angus
tine will be presented by Senator Gaillard,
and he took a draft Of the bill along with
him. The bill will provide for certain
changes in the city charter, the most i'm
portant of which are as follows: To re-
duce the number of city officers and make
them elective by the people; to abolish the
board of police commissioners and en-
power the mayor to make police appoint
ments; to abolish the chief of police, and
the marshal to be made ex-officio CHIEF;
the offices of city clerk and assessor to
be combined. The amendments also pro-
vide for but five aldermen, one from each
ward, to be elected by the voters of each
ward, and under the amendments only
property owners will be eligible for cleo
ton to the council. These amendments,
If adopted, win insure more economical
goYernment for the citY
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-06
------N->s--s----
HEIRS TO MANY MILLIONS.
Part of a Big New York Property
Expected to Come South.

Expected to Come south.
Three gentlemen Of South Carolina, If
the report be true, are likely to become
possessed of several millions of dollars
by turn matters are to take in the dispo-
sition of valuable New York real estate.
They are Col. Stokes and the Messrs.
Appleby, who live not far from the Savan-
nah river, though one of the latter gen
tlemen is a conductor on the Plant sys-
tenn between Savannah and Augusta.
1t seems that a great uncle of the three
came to New York from England He
acquired a comfortable fortune over here,
it being principally in New York dirt.
Ninety nine years ago he decided he want
ed to return to his native heath, his health
being bad, and as he desired to die in old
England. He had no children, so he gave
New York parties a ninety nine-year lease
on his property, as an easy way of set
Ting up his business and en-
aiding him to live out his
days in peace and comfortable plenty the
rental being paid in advance. This lease
is about to expire, and the question
comes who are the heirs?" Col. Stokes
and the Applebys, with three others. are
nearest in direct descent from the brother
of the Englishman, and it is said they
have unimpeachable proofs of this The
present lessees of the valuable property,
it is said, have pooled and offered the
heirs $2,5O0,0O0 for a renewal of the long
lease, thus virtually recognizing their
right. This offer has been refused. and
the heirs purpose obtaining possession of
the property. Trinity church is said to
have its site included in the property In
question, and something over $4,000, OOC
is the valuation at which the fortune rep
resented is fixed.