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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
GERMAN ENGAGEMENT NOTICE.
How n Bnvarinn Count Announced
the Wedding of His Daughter.

How n Bavarinn Count Announced
the Wedding OF His Daughter.
The following engagement notice ap-
peared the other day in the Frankfurter
Zeitung: Herbert Wildbart, count of
the empire Won Drommelsheim, knight
commander capitular-comthur) of the
royal Bavarian Order of the House
knights of st. George, royal Bavarian
chamberlain, gives suitable notice here
with in his own and in the name of
his wife, the high-born Countess Ursula
Won Drommelsheim, of the approaching
marriage of his and of his late wife,
now resting in God, the high-born Coun-
tess Friederike, Countess Won Drom-
melsheim. nee countess of Leiscnbeurg-
Alsheim's daughter, the high-born
Countess Tlsheth Won Drommelsheim,
with the high-well- Baron Won und
zu Neuenburg, royal Dnvarian licuten-
ant of the reserve in the Tenth regi-
ment. royal Bavarian gentleman of the
chamber and knight of the royal Ba-
varian Order of the House Knights of
St. George, son of the high-well-born
baron of the empire, Friedrich Won und
zu Ncuenburg, royal Wurtemburg
chamberlain, commander fcomthur) of
the royal Bavarian Order of House
knights of St. George, and of his late
wife. resting in God, the high-and-well-
born Baron IIildcgnrd Won und zu
Neuenberg, nee baroness of Hohen-
Knpenberg"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN SOIL
Scientific Agriculturists Discover n
way of Determining.

Scientific Agriculturists Discover q
Way of Determining.
Scientific argrioulturists have always
had difficulty in determining precise
" the amount of moisture In soils, says
the Los Angeles Times. Rain does
plants comparatively little good until it
enters the soil, where 1t can be alb
sorbed by their roots. A record OF the
act ual amount OF water in the soil from
day to day would, therefore. give the
absolute value of the moisture condi-
tions under which plants are growing,
and even without reference to rain
fall data it would show, the character of
the soil being understood, whether the
conditions were favorable or otherwise
for the crop. Hitherto there has been
much uncertainty in reaching this rec
ord. A plan now proposed is quite
promising, and Gun be readily put IN
practice. 1t consists in burying spe-
ciaNy, constructed electrodes in the
soil, SO that by measuring the resist
ance to hespassage OF a carrent through
the soil the amount ef,moietune IN t1sc
soil can be aseestalnsd.. TIE possibility
of using the electrical resistance Of soils
for the determination OF moisture was
suggested by the necessity of thor
oughly grounding lightning rods, tele-
phone and telegraph lines. If these are
not carried to considerable depth, 30
that the terminals are constantly I'm q
moist soil, the lines do not work in dry
seasons
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07

THAT bluff of the foreign nations
against our new tariff did not work.
The 10 foreign nations whose repre-
sentatiyes made protests against Gel
tain features of the Dingley bill dur
ing its consideration by Congress have
purchased from us 25 per cent more
since the enactment of the Dingley
law than in the corresponding months
of last year, while there has been re-
duction of 25 per cent in our importa-
tions from those countries meantime.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
Marietta, o., Dec. 9th, 1897.
One Cent Damages.

PARKERsBURe, w, VA, December 5.
The suit for IS, 900 damages for SLAM
der, which has been on trial in the
Circuit Court for several days, has come
to an end. 1t was the case of Alice and
Samuel Ingold VS.. Samuel Bachmau,
and all the parties are neighbors living
in the lower end of the county. The
plaintiffs claimed that the defendant
circulated derogatory reports about
them, tending to do them injury in the
community. At the conclusion of the
trial. the jury gave the plaintiffs one
cent damages.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
Dancing School.

A. H. Tracey will open his dancing
school with a grand ball Tuesday eve
ming, Dec. IA, 1897, in Hagan g. Schad's
new hall. He cordially invites all of
his scholars from Marietta, Matamoras,
st. Marys and Parkersburg. 1t will be
the grandest ball that Marietta has
had for years. All those wishing to
join the new class will please hand in
their names at once.
Dec. st.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
A Household Necessity 4.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most
wonderful medical discovery of the
age, pleasant and refreshing to the
taste, act gently and positively on kid
neys, liver and bowels, cleansing the
entire system, dispel colds, cure head
ache, fever. habitual constipation and
billiousness. Please buy and try box
of c. c. c. today; 10, 25, so cents. Sold
and guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
TUESDAY. DEC. ?. 1897

The Democrats are sadly in need OF
campaign ammunition for the coming
Congressional fight. The party out OF
power always expects to make an
aggressive campaign based on the Of
fical actions of the party in power
but up to this time, the administration
and the Republican Congress elected
with it have furnished SO little mater
ial for criticism that the Democratic
leaders are at loss for campaign am
munition.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
Driver Joe.

Please listen. A fire. What, did you not
know
That we had electric alarm that RING the
place?
Just stand on this corner and see driver Joe,
With his gallant grays making the race.
Look out There they come like sin!
Yes, that is Joe holding the drivers seat down;
My, Amt they making jolly old din,
And shaking up the "Pioneer" town:
There, they have passed, but their works
just begun.
Now. then, was it not done real pretty?
Did you ever see quicker run
In any large and pretentious city;
K
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
Omcers of the B. of n. T.

At the regular meeting of the local
order b. of r. T. Sunday afternoon the
following officers were elected: E +.
Brush, Master; L. E. Fairbanks, Vice
Master; X T. Barnett, Past Master; b.
f. Roney, Secretary; j. L. Toller, FL
nancier; W. E. Callahan, Journal
agent The officers will be installed
at the regular meeting to be held in
two weeks
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
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KILLED BY A BULL COG.

The Mother OF the Victim Found the An
iinal Sleeping Beside the Corpse.
AsuTABULA, o., Dec. G.-Clifford, six
year-old son of Liveryman Theodore
Squircs, was chewed to death by
year-old bull dog Sunday.
The dog had been kept at the livery
stable until recently, when Mr..
Squires TOOK it to his homo barn,
where he kept it chained. After din
ner Sunday the little boy was sent
out to feed the dog, and as he did not
return in reasonable time Mrs.
Squires went out in the barn and there
the distracted mother beheld her son
living dead on the floor with its face
chewed beyond recognition and be-
side the child the brute lay asleep.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
HANNA'S PLURALITY.
He Carried Both Senate and House BY II
Big Margin.

COLUMBUS, o., December 4-That
Senator Hanna was elected on the
popular vote has meyer been doubted
by Republicans, although assertions to
the contrary have repeatedly appeared
in Democratic papers
Secretary of State Kinney today gave
out table showing the exact plurali.
ties on the legislative tickets. The
table shows that on the vote for State
Senators Hanna received an aggregate
plurality of 10, 962 and on the vote for
Representative he received an aggre-
gate plurality of 6313. The table is
official and was compiled by Secretary
of State Kinney.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07

WASHINGTON, Dec. g. - Secretary
Long Monday addressed letter to
Miss Christine Bradley asking her to
do him the honor to christen the bat
tleship Kentucky. This action was
taken with the consent of Gov. Brad
Law
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
oldest House I'm New England.

A tablet placed by the Society of
Colonial Danes on the old Whitefield
house in Guilford, Conn, was unveiled
last week. This stone house was built
in 1880. and Us the oldest in New Eng
land. Itwps used for years as meeting
house.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
Closed BY the sherir.

SHELBYvn.LE, Ind, Dec. 6.-The
stock of goods of the wholesale gro
Gerry and commission house of j. b.
Randall & Co., was levied upon Mon
day by the sheriff for the non payment
of a Judgment recovered against them
by the Shelby bank, in the sum OF
&C 1rz
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07

RusmvIILE. Ind, Dec. 6--Olivcr Po-
sew, the banker and capitalist, was
stricken with apoplexy Monday morn
ing and his condition is critical.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07

Hives are not dangerous to life, but
they are prolific breeder of misery
and profanity. Doan's ointment gives
instant relief, even in the worst cases
cf this and other exasperatipg diseases
4 I the skin.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
X raIIurC,

WICHITA, Kas., Dec. &c. L. Hews,
the Wichita mountain boomer, who
has been here three weeks to organize
party. left for Oklahoma City, Okla
hotna, Sunday, without a single fol.
lower. At different times Hews
claimed to have from 500 to 10000
boomers ready to follow his lead into
the country ,.>t .'-
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
Mother MCKINLEY Slightly Improved.

CANTON, O., Dec. G.-As result OF
the examination made by DR.. Phillips
it was announced at 1890 Monday that
Mrs. Mckinley was slightly improved.
She took some nourishment Monday,
the first for four days. The statement
authorized by the doctor that the case
has taken such turn that she may
survive the day or even until Tues
day
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07

MUNcIE, Ind, Dec. CIV. F. Chad
bourne, of Seattle, who is making a
tour through the gas belt getting mem
bers for party that will leave for the
Klondike soon after New Years, has
signed contracts with 3S men of this
city who are willing to try their hand
in the distant Eldorado. He will
next visit Anderson and then touch at
Elwood, Marion, Kokomo and Hartford
Citv
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
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Ohio University Report.

COLUMBUS, o.. Dec. G.-The annual
report of the Ohio university at Athens
filed with Gov. Bushnell, shows that
the assured annual income of the in
stitution is now $4,000. Last year it
was 81, 900 in excess of regular expend-
itures. Last year, however, by author
ity of the legislature, certificates of in
debtedness were issued to enable the
trustees to erect new buildings. and
the amount spent during the year for
all purposes was S97, ,24T.17.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07

Among flowers the chryranfheTun is
said to live the longest after beirg cu2.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
Bicycles for London's Blind.

A London bicycle manufacturer has
built seven machines for blind custom
ers this year.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07

Just try a 10 cent box of Cascarets
the finest liver and bowel regulator
ever made.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-07
Marietta Directory Notice.

The canvass of the city is now COM
pleted. Any persons who have changed
their residence since being called. on
by the canvasser or who may have
been missed by him are requested to
send postal card giving name or
names with address as they wish it to
stand in the forthcoming directory.
w. II. Armitage, Publisher, $50 Greene
street, Marietta, Ohio. Dec.6..3ts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-20
Wants to Give Gypsy to Cubans.

Gypsy, the bad, man killing elephant.
is not to be killed by electricity. Her
owner, W. H. Harris, sent a telegram
to Senior Palma rendering her to the Gu
ban insurgents, and she is in her cage,
on the Panhandle tracks, in Chicago,
subject to the orders of the Cuban jun
ia. Following is the telegram sent by
Mr.. Harris:
Senior Palma, American Representative of Gu
ban Insurgents, New York:
l have Gypsy, large, man killing elephant
on track awaiting to be killed, as she is too
vicious for show purposes. She is a trained
performer and will obey any command and I
think she would be serviceable in the rough
country of Cuba, where it is, am told, diff
cult to manipulate feldpieces. want to dedi-
cate her to the cause of humanity and liberty
viii ship at your expense to any American
port and will agree to secure you animal man
to go with her to Cuba. If Hannibal found
elephants useful in battle, why should not
Gomez conquer with Gypsy? ". H. HARRIS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-20

began a series of movements very like the
double shuttle of a negro minstrel. No
officer CHANGED to be near, and no one in
terfered. The movements of her feet and
limbs grew more and more rapid, while
her body swayed from side to side after
the fashion OF q nautoh girl. Then, fling
ing her arms above her head, she danced
wildly and continued this at intervals,
without attempting to leave the corner,
until patrolman took her by the arm and
walked her toward the station. She did
not awaken until almost at the station
door
Once, after she had left her home on
one of her trips, she apparently imagined
herself To be lineman, for she climbed a
telegraph pole and had succeeded in max
ing her way we'll toward the top before
she was discovered. She was resting near
the top Of the pole when policeman hap
pened to see her. Here was a quandary. If
any one shouted to her, she might awake
and fall to the ground The officer could
not climb the pole. Finally ladder was
procured from neighboring fire engine
house and placed against the pole. A stall
wart fireman mounted it and a moment
later had Miss Rossman in his arms. She
awakened almost instantly and in terri
BILE fright. She was taken home and was
FRUSTRATED by the shock for several days.
Miss ROssman is native of Pecola.
Kan. When she first began to walk in
her sleep, the attacks were not frequent,
and it was only after she became a resi-
dent of Denver that her affection grew
upon her. Physicians who have studied
Miss Rossmans' case say that her trouble
is largely due to the sluggish condition of
her blood. During the time she is under
the influence of somnambulism her face is
almost as pale and cold as that of person
who is dead
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-20
A GRAVEYARD PooIroon.

Wordsworth reproyed the spirit which
led a man to "botanize on his mothers
grave" What would he have said of those
who desecrato Gods acre, where may re.
pose the ashes of their relatives, by using
it as betting place HogarJh's Idle APP
prentice used tombstones as dice tables,
and Francis Peacock of Homerton, Eng.
land, utilities them for starting price trans
actions with his clients. Hisfayorite betting
ground was Hackney churchyard, where,
like Old Mortality or DR.. Hervey, he used
to wander as If in search of departed an
cestor or meditating an inscription for
his own tomb. His real object, however,
was simply to make bets with those who
knew him and visited him there for that
purpose 1t may have been a grim sense
of humOr that led him to select such To-
cality for his clients, considering the num-
Der of "dead 'uns" they were in the habit
of backing. But even in a cburchyard a
betting man is a legal obstruction, and
Peacock was therefore fined IS, with the
alternative of g month.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-20


ticket for Cheyenne. Ehen she left the
station, made her way to the railway
tracks, Invested herself of most of her
clouhing and walked up the track toward
the approaching train. Fortunately the
engineer saw her in time to stop before he
reached her. although she was walking to-
ward the locomotive all the time.
Again she made her way down to Six
teenth street early in the morning, when
there were heavy wagons passing up the
street, and calmly walked in front of one
of the largest that was going west at a
lively gait. The driver saw her and pulled
up his horses, but she would certainly
have been badly injured had not police
man seen her just in time and pulled her
sairly from beneath the horses feet. She
was not even scratched.
Once she attempted to leave her room,
in the third story of her home via the win
dow. She crept through the window. hav-
ing raised the lower sash, and, grasping
the sill with both hands, swung herself
out. As fortune would have it, police
man happened to be passing almost at the
moment and saw what she had done. He
made his way into the house, rushed up
the stairs, broke in the door Of her room,
and Selling her by the wrists pulled her
back. Not until she was again in her own
room did she realize what had happened
Another of her experiences was the first
and only time she gave an exh bition of
dancing on the street That evening she
walked to Arapahoe street. Standing near
a corner, to the amazement of several
children and two or three pedestrians, she
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-20

Elder j. w. BlouQb, writing from
HooversviIle, Somerset county, Pa, says:
~ received sampis botsIe Of Chamber
lain Collie, Gbo.ef4 and Diarrhoa Rem
edy few years az, abd mas SO well
pleased with tbs fnsdlelue that / got
my son 81. r. Blou9h, gAe merchant
here) to send for a supply, Since then
we keep it in the house all the time as
our family medicine. / am subject to
diarThoea, so when / 20 away any dis
tapce from home / generally take me
of this medicine along. 1t IS good med
icine, and l know if taken in sufficient
doses as directed it will do all that is
claimed for it," Every family should
keep it in their home. 1t is worth more
than hundred times its cost when
needed. The % and so cent bottles for
| sale by Fauar & Farrar. druggist,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-20
TIVE CONTEST CLOSES mARCH /, 1887.
administrators Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County BY virtue 81
an order of the Court of Ordinary OF Sao
county will be sold before the coHEy,
house door in said county, on the ilLSY
Tuesday in February next, within lu5 s
legal hours of public sale, to the hlghe',
bidder, the east and northeast portion
of the j. A HERS home place in Dawson,
Ga, fronting 513 feet on Stonewau sCI9 ~.
and extending west ia 40 fee, theng'
400 feet to the railroad right OF way
thence northeast along said righr' .%
to tie northeast corner of the d
property, the corner being on otohe"",
street; containing one and eighty-seyoSnr
One-hundredths acres. Sold as the pIyPP
erty of j. A. Hers estate. Terms oa'O'
This Jan. 9th, 1897.
l., c. HOYL, JR., Administered
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-20
Strange Ballroom Scene.

Seldom is a ballroom the scene of such
an event as took place not long ago at
Cadiz. A magnificent ball was being given
by the Gaditan club, and the entertain
ment was in full swing, when the Mar
quis de Casa Laiglesia, formerly Spanish
minister at Washington, and subsequently
ambassador in London, was seized with a
fit and fell to the floor. His condition ap-
peared SO alarming that the doctors or
dered the last sacrament to be admins.
tered to him. AS the priest arrived with
the viatcum the orchestra played the royal
march, all the ladies knelt down and
crossed themselves in true Spanish fashion,
as did most Of the men. Happily, the old
diplomats condition improved so greatly
little aftsrward that be was able to be
removed, and the ball, after this strange
interruption, continued until o'clock in
the morning
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-20
HIS FIFTH TIME ON EARTH.
A Boy Who Is Living Witness For the
Theory of ReincarnatiOn.

/
Theosophists claim that the soul or
| principle of consciousness of mankind
undergoes many reincarnations, animating
various bodies in different ages and places.
Few even of the most ardent theosophists
claim to remember aught of their lives in
other bodies, but boy in Broome county,
n. Y, who never heard of theosophy, sub
stimulates TO the satisfaction of all true be-
levers the truth of their theories by tell
ing of his adventures in four previous
states of existence, extending over / 1000
years.
The boy, William Hicks, is only years
old. He declares that this is his fifth time
On earth The first time was about the
time the Romans invaded England. He
was the son of great chief, and he wore
skins of animals for clothing, which was
strictly EN- reggie in those days. He de-
scribes, with historical correctness, the ap-
pearanee of the ships of the invaders
whom he took a part in trying to repel.
He remembers a sharp pain, as an arrow
pierced his breast, and then all was a
blank until, hundreds of years later, he
appeared again as the son of a cottager in
London, when matched cottages abound.
ed in the worlds metropolis He describes
ed down to us and tells of the horrors of
the plague which swept London in the
seventeenth century. He describes how the
dead lay in piles on the street, tells of the
dying agonies Of his mother, of the disap-
pearance of his father and concludes by
telling of how oblivion came to him after
a street fight, in which he was pierced by
a sword.
Tho navt N hos Is OF -,
Paris, the son of an English shoemaker
1t was in the stormy period of the French
revolution. His father was unmolested.
but one night the son rescued a girl from
i'll treatment at the hands of some street
ruffian. On the pretext that he was de-
fender of the aristocracy and an enemy of
liberty he was arrested and sent next day
with a CARLOAD of other unfortunates to
the guillotine. The knife descended, there
was an instant of pain, then oblivion.
His fourth life opened in this land of
the free as the son of a plantation overseer
in the south When IA years old, he went
bathing with some companions. He was
seized with cramp, he remembers giving a
cry for help, then of going down, of the
blood rushing to his brain, of strange
noises in his ears, of brilliant lights which
dazzled his eyes, and then again uncon-
seriousness, oblivion, nirvana, until mem
ory revived in him on the Broome county
farm. II the lad were older, the theory that
he had read of the events of which he re-
lates and was romancing would appear
tenable; but, scarcely able to spell and
with parents who are as unfamiliar with
the events of which he tells as they are of
the dead languages, his case is of unusual
interest
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-20
For, Disr1nissinra

Georgia, Terrell County. -Ordinary's
Office, December It'll, 1896 j. S. Carter,
executor of the will of j. M. Woodall,
represents that he has fully discharged
the duties of said trust and urays for
letters of dismission. Thisis, therefore,
to notify all persons concerned to show
cause, il any they can, on or before the
first Monday in March next why said ex-
ecutOr should not be discharged from
said trust. j. w. ROBERTS, Ordinary
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-20
Public Sale.

Will be sold before the court house
door in the town of Dawson, on the first
Tuesday in February next, for cash, one
town lot containing two acres, more or
less, situated in front of the Moses II.
Baldwin property and known as the
Baily lot. Said lot sold for division.
This December 20, 1896.
w. H. REYNOLDS, Agent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-20

Georgia, Terrell County. a1y's
Office, Jan. A, 1897 Monroe Christie
has applied to me as Guardian for the
persons and property of Georgia Chris
tie, Lamb Christie, Glenn Sailor, Sandy
Sailor and Henrietta Sailor, minors, of
said county. This is therefore to notify
all Concerned to file their objections, if
any they have, on or before the first Mon
day in February, 1897.
j. w. ROBERTS, Ordinary.