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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
rHB DEER TJJRNED HrJNTER.

pr. F. Petzold, a German doctor and farmer who lives within six miles of Uvalde, near the Nueces River, re- lated the following exciting affair, which took place on the night of the 18th inst. The doctor is we'll and favor ably known, his character is good, his standing for truth and veracity is un- impeached. "In company with a friend of mine, a MT. Herman" began the doctor, i've went out quail-hunting and took nothing but a shotgun and a butcher knife along for shooting and protection. As it happened, night overlook us when we were near the Cato, a creek running through our county, so we decided to camp out for the night.
 After our scanty supper we smoked our pipes and spent the time telling stories, etc. Finally we prepared our beds, fell asleep and dreamed Of the middle of- -the-roaders and the future success of the erstwhile 16-to-1 silver party. All went on nicely, when sud denly was aroused by some kind of strange noise, and thinking an old COW or a S15 yearling was after us for some pieces of harness or an old pair of pants to chew, I watched, and intended to run off the object.
 ''The night being quite dark, could not fully and to my satisfaction dis tinguish the beast in question. Now then, as long as 1t takes to tell this suddenly and without warning a great big buck (deer) was attacking me. held on to his horns for dear life, and called an my friend for assistance. The buck in the mean time kept on pushing me until tumbled and fell, the buck continuing to go for me with all his force and rage. For once tried one hand on his mouth; this, however being full of foam and very slippery I let go and again took hold of hi: horns
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
POLO NOTES.

To-night's game with Meriden should be a close one. The New Havens have won six games from that city, while they have only five scalps from New Haven, with five more to play, and we want majority of the five. Meri- den will present their best team, and we have Spencer, Gavitt and Dawson rushers, with Jordan, Gavitt and Far rell for center and half back, with Mallory goal.
 Spencer is getting into his best form again. For the past few weeks he has been suffering from rheumatism.
 Mallory had bad blow on the hip but is in shape again and may be re lied upon to put a fine game tonight
 Tibbetts has been appointed a league umpire, making his first appearance this week.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
Ftmamctal.
Heavy Liquidation on Stock Market Not
 Resumed.

Heavy Liquidation on Stock Market Not
 Resumed.
 New York, Feb 1.-The most impor- stock market was that the heavy liqui- dation of yesterday was not resumed There was aggressive pressure by the bears at times, but they refrained from leaving their contracts open and their covering before the close brought prices back to near the high level of the day. Net gains resulted, fractional for the most part, but extending to point in some cases.
 Quotations received this morning from London showed the prices of Americans there substantially above the closing prices here last night, but that simply meant that declines from yesterdays London closing had not fully reached yesterday afternoon's S ! heavy declines here after London ex- | change had closed The buying in l was on cabled orders from New York and represented the covering of shorts put out in this market. The opening here was at or above the London par | ity, but prices yielded immediately af- | ter the opening on liquidating sales | through the commission houses. Support was forthcoming before they | fell to last nights close, and the mar ket rallied, but fell to the lowest before l noon on the disquieting reports ema- hating from Key West that evidence had been discovered going to show | that the Maine had been destroyed by a torpedo exploded outside the ship The selling on this report was quite large, and the level of prices was car l ried substantially below last nights close, but the subsequent rally indicat- ed that these sales were largely by bears who were not sure of their posi- tion. In fact, the whole days market reflected doubtful frame of mind on | the part of the speculative public and a disposition to pursue a waiting pol l icy. Some degree of speculative inter- l est was doubtless diverted to the wheat market.
 Yesterdays increase in the Burling- ton dividend rate and the final steps towards the purchase of the Kansas Pacific by the Union Pacific reorgani. zation committee, which were quite lost sight of in yesterdays heavy slump, had a favorable effect to-day There was large buying to-day of Ore gon Short Line and Oregon Navigation
 which was not explained by any def nite news announcement. Minneapolis and St. Louis ish6wed a resumption 6
 strength on buying said to be for con
 trol
 The doubtful condition of the specu
 lative mind was reflected in periods O l intense dullness during the day.
 The bond market showed weakness in sympathy with the midday breal
 in stocks, but closed strong and gener
 ally higher than last night. Total sale s3,500O00.
 United States new fours and the olt
 fours coupon were half point lowe
 bid; the old fours regular and five
 regular point lower.
 Following are the closing prices re
 ported by Prince & Wnitely. banker
 and Brokers, 46 Broadway, New York
 and 15 Center street. New Haven: | l., .
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
WHY BEEF WAS CHEAP IN TEXAS
And Dear in the North During the
 War

war.
 The civil war that ragged in our land a third of century ago operated in a diametrically opposite manner on the two sections of the United States known as the Southwestern and the Northwestern States. In the former, composed chiefly of the State of Texas all access to outside markets was cut off to live stock. The Union forces patrolled with gunboats the Mississippi River, and no herds could be taken across to feed the main rebel armies; cattle could not be shipped to Cuba for fear of almost certain capture by war vessels on the Gulf passages, and they could not be safe ly driven north or west.
 So Texas 3,000000 cattle multiplied like vermin in an army camp, upon the ranges of Texas, where they ceased to have cash value and became only an being exchanged for a good saddle horse and 100 head for two-horse wagon. The stores in the grazing re- gions exchanged goods and wares for them, fixing a ridiculously low scale of prices for the live stock, payable in goods, &c., from the store. This state of affairs continued until two years after the war closed.
 In the Northwest the supply of live stock was depleted to feed the Union armies, and for two or three years after the close of the war remained scarce and dear in price, so that the masses of laboring men and factory operatives could scarce afford beet upon their tables oftener than once a week, and then it was of the cheaper cuts of the carcass.-King and Queens of the Range.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
THE SEPTIMO ASSEMBLY.
Pleasant Affair in Warner Hall Last
 Night.

The fourth of the delightful Septimo assemblies was given in Warner hail last night About forty couples of young people were present, and they enjoyed several hours of the may dance to the strains of the music fur nished by the Second regiment orches- tra.
 A short programme of six dances was followed by a german, which was led by Professor Malone. The favors for the german were: First figure, chrys- anthemums for the men, rosebuds for the ladies; second figure, pen-wipers for the men, pintrays for the ladies; third figure, rattles for the men, whips for the ladies.
 The patronesses were Mrs. D. 5. Gamble, Mrs. J. Daley, Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Kenna. Of those present was Miss Guilfoil of Waterbury.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18

Yes" said the politician wearily 1T have had pretty hard time of it." Have you had much to do?" "No. There wasn't anything for me to do. I was before an Investigating committee all day and my youngest son has been asking questions concerning theology all the evening. g."-Washington Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18

swering the questions I put to the groom in the ceremony the brawny bet ter nine-tenths gave the bashful spouse to-be the cue, and she paid me a half-dollar, taking the money from Jims pocketbook. It beat any wedding ever witnessed, think.--The Louis- vile Post
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
MASQUERADE AND SOCIAL.

General A. H. Terry command, No. 3, U. V. U., gave a we'll attended mas querade and social in Veterans hall, 49 Insurance building last night. A jol- ly crowd was present and enjoyed the dancing. Costumes of every descrip- ton were worn by those who came en- masqle. Lenox orchestra furnished the music.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
Quotations of Active Bonds.

Reported by Boody, Mcclellan & Co., Bankers and Brokers, 57 Broadway, New York, and S7 Orange Street. New Haven:
 Bid Asked
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERsOSsLAN AND POLITICAL

The French government was re-
ported to have resolved TO take up the
case Of the French holders of Cuban
bonds and 1t was believed France
would declare that the repuiiation OF
the bond, was the result of the treaty
which the victorious nation imposed
upon Spain. They argue, itwa stated,
that through the treaty responsi oilIty
has been shifted upon America and
therefore the French government will
rndcayor to exact some pledge for the
payment or guarantee of the bonds
TnE navy department received a
cahlegram from Admiral Dewey on the
9th summarizing the existing condi-
tious at Manila and such points in the
Philippines as have been visited by his
officers. AdVices were also received
from Ten. Otis, and they both showed
notable improvement in conditions
and the growth of better spirit
among those factions of the natives
which promised TO give trouble.
DR. J. J. WALTER, pastor of the Cen
tcuary Methodist church of Portland,
Ore, has been appointed missionary in
charge of all Method st work in Alaska
COL WILLIAM J. BRYAN has resigned
his command at savannah, Ga
REPRESENTATIVE WALLER. chairman
1t the house committee on banking
and currency. said that there was no
probability for legislation on the cur
rency question this session and prob
ably not in the Fifty-sIxth or Fifty
seventh congress, as the questions
raised by the late war will occupy the
time Of congress.
GES. CALIXTo GARCIA, the distin-
guished CuOan insurgent and patriot
died at Washington on the llth from
an attack of pneumonia in the sixtieth
year Of his age.
WILLIAM BLACK. the novelist, died in
London on the 10th.
THE peace treaty between Spain and
the United States was signed By the
commissions representing the two ma.
tlous at Paris on the night of the 10th.
The Americans were in a jubilant
mood and the Spaniards extremely
downcasL The treaty in full makes
l. articles.
GEN. LEE and staff sailed from Sa-
vannah, Ga, on the i1th for Cuba on
the transport Panama He will land
at Marianao and remain there until he
enters Havana.
A PARIS dispatch of the 10th stated
that the conviction was gaming ground
in France that war with England is
inevitable. The French also recog-
nized that war with their tran schannel
neighbors meant almost certain defeat
for France, yet it could not be seen
how war could be averted, as England,
they said, seemed determined to force
Frances back to the wall
GES. MILES appeared before the
house committee on military affairs on
the l2th and gave his views on the pro
posed reorganization and increase OF
The army.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
CHINESE ATROCITIES.
Rebels Attack a Village In Formosa and
Loot tine pIac~-Ffvs Chimes. Inceu-
diaries Caught and burned.

San Francisco, Dec 14.-Terrible
atrocities are reported from Formosa.
Two hundred rebels recently attacked
village, surprising the people and
looting the place. They burned 81
houses. Japanese police inspector
and six constables perished in repel.
ling the attack. One constable was
captured alive. The insurgents fas-
tened on his back the bloody heads of
his companions and drove him before
them into the woods. Rein force me n is
were sent to the village, where the
mutilated bodies of the victims were
found. One constable who escaped
killed his own wife and child with his
japanese sword to prevent them from
becoming captives. He was then
killed by the savages.
There is much disquietude among
the inhabitants of Hankow since the
recent fire, in which 5000 people lost
their lives. Several smaller fires have
occurred since, all believed to be the
work of incendiarism. The Shanghai
Daily Press SAYS five Chinese were
caught in the act Of igniting as many
dwellings They were thrown into
the flames and burned alive.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
MISIIIIANIOIS.

AT school exhibition near Poca,
W. Va, some young men created
disturbance when the teacher tried to
ejec, them and a general fight took
place resulting in one man being
killed and several others fatally
wounded.
The Brownwood oil mill at Fort
Worth, Tex, was destroyed by ire.
The status of several thousand negro
citizens of the Cherokee nation is at
tracing great attention at Tah lequah,
|. 7. The Cherokee Shareholders did
not define the position of these slaves
when they became free and many
blacks are now seeking the best allot-
ments and are also demanding their
pro rata of the invested fund of sew
eral millions.
The recent cold snap badly damaged
the orange groves near New Orleans
The National Association of Freight
Commissioners commenced its second
annual session in Washington on the
l2th.
A MEMPHIS. Tenn, dispatch said that
smooth gang of couuterfeiters was
at work in the Mississippi valley. The
counterfeit is of standard silver dol
lars, all of which so far discovered
bear date of 1890. It was believed
that something like 100000 of them
had been circulated. They have the
same same ring, apparently the same
weight and the same external marks
us the genuine.
MILK trust with capital of SiO,-
600, 600 is an assured fact in Chicago.
CARL MCBRIDE and his wife were in
stantly killed by an express train at
Raccoon station, Pa. They were
crossing the track when the train
dashed into them. both being terribly
manglcd. Mcbride and his wife had
been married but few weeks.
The main building OF the foundry at
KutztGwn, Pa, was burned. Loss.
$4,000.
BY fierce fire which occurred in a
fiat in Brooklyn three persons met
their death on the i;th and the firemen
were searching the ruins for others
WILLIAM HITcuISGs, while cutting
wood near Free Toll. Mich. killed John
Hunt, his hrother-in-law, Thomas Hay
ward, hired man, and Mrs Hunt He
then cut his own throat.
JORDAN WEBB, colored, was legally
hanged at Courtland, Va, for an as
sault on an aged woman.
The schooner Ganges was reported
frozen fast in n great field Of ice off
Bar point, Lake Erie, on the 9th.
1T was 20 degrees below zero at VAL
entinc, Neb., on the 9th.
ARTICLES of agreement for a 20.round
boxing contest between Tom Sharkey
and Kid Mccoy, to take place at the
Lenox Athletic club in New York on
January 10, were signed by both prin.
cipals. The men are to box for a purse
of $4,000 and so per cent. of all re-
ceipts exceeding $40, GOO. Tim Hurst
was mutually chosen as referee.
WHILE sewer was being constructed
in Barcelona, Spain, the brick work
collapsed, burying many of the work.
men. Eighteen bodies were recovered.
THg citizens of Chicago held mass
meetings on the 9th in various parts
OF the city to protest against franchise
extension.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
AN ASTHMA CURE.
A Most Unexpected Result Of Get.
ting Mixed Up with . Cy.
clone.

"Did the climate out there benefit your
asthma?" asked man on the boulevard Of
mis- next door neighbor who had just re-
turned from a new resort in the northwest.
Say, it makes me short of breath to
think about it. l was sitting out in sort Of
in arbor the first afternoon after reached
there. l was in the shadow of trailing
vine through which the sunbeams sifted
in mellow light. The,air was balmy and
freghted with the odor of roses"
Must have been delightful"
Simply charming! Suddenly there was
a sort of gigantic zip athwart the heavens,
darkness enveloped the earth like pail,
and before could cover three rods to the
hotel on the dead run, there were six inches
of snow on the ground. l never put in :
wheeler night than the one that followed"
Mighty sudden, wasn't it?"
Yes, but that's the way things 60 out
there. One morning started to the near
est town, carrying a twig of cherry bios
SONS and wearing white tennis suit. Out
on the trail it turned cold quicker than you
could wink your eye, and would have
frozen if native hadn't wrapped me up
in horse blanket, big wire nail serving
IS a shawl pin"
Got through all right, did you!"
"Yes, providentially. A cyclone struck
me, turned the blanket inside out and blew
me for a mile. ! don't know what did II,
but l'm free from asthma. Detroit Ffes
Press.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
A MoNoMAN1AcAL WITNESS.
His Peculiar Phase of Lunaey Was
Developed During . Trial
in Court.

THAT calls to mind queer experiences Il
nv own" said a lawyer who had listened to
the story. Some years ago l defended
fellow for murder in little southern town.
and the worst witness We had against u was
an old German who was q ckbuiider by
.rade. A stack, by the way, is merely another
name for big chimney. The OLD fellow was
perfectly honest, and gave his evidence .
such a clear, straightforward manner that
felt my client was doomed unless could
think Of some way to break him down. While
| was cudgeling my brains friend Whispered
20 me to ask him how high he could build .
stack. What do you mean 2 asked, in sur
prise. Never mind said my friend, Just
slip in that question and see. So at the tail
and of the cross-examination l paused, -
il struck by an afterthought, and said: 'You
are stakeholder, / believe? Yes, sir, ne
Filed the witness. Well, sir, ! continued,
about how high'c could you build never
got any further. A swift, inscru.able change
dashed over the Germans face, and he rose
excitedly from his chair. As high as der
sky!' he roared. 50 high dose angel: come
around it like birds! In five seconds he was
raving. You see, the man was mono
naniac-sane on every subject but one, and
ny friend happened to know his weak spot.
1t is hardly necessary to say that his evi-
lence in regard to the homicide was prompt
ruled out by the judge, and as there was no
1ther witness of importance my man was
.leared. The rascal should have been hanged,
and would have been but for the lucky ref-
arence to the stack."-N. 0. Times-Oemo-
crat.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
ONE ON WHEELER.
The Clever Joke of n Country schools
boy at the Little Gener-
ais Expense.

"You can't most always swear to the
stories you hear" remarked the Phila.
deiphia drummer, "and am not swear
ing to the one heard the other day on
Gen. Joe Wheeler in Alabama, but it is
just us good as ii l did swear TO it. so
what's the difference? 1t seems that
once the general. whom you all know is
only boys size. and not big boy at
that, had, in the course of his travels
on one of his electioneering tours,
brought up in remote schoolhouse,
where, of course, he was called upon to
make few remarks to the scholars.
This he did in his best style, and when
he had finished he stood by the teacher
while that timc-worn suggestion to the
effect that when the boys of the school
grew up they, too. might be congress-
men. like Gen. Wheeler. such are the
wonderful possibilities of this great and
glorious country of ours.
"At this point long. good-natured,
gangling gawk of boy, about IA years
old and about IA feet tall, stuck up his
hand. grinning sheepishly the mean
while
"'Mc, too?' he inquired.
Certainly. Henry replied the
teacher assuringly, Just as much you
as any other boy
"T reckon not insisted the boy. 4
reckon I'll have to ungrow ef ever run
on that there ticket nodding toward
the general in the way that brought
down the house, amidst the embarrass-
ment of the teacher and the great de-
light of the genernl."-Washingtop
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
EDUCATION OF INDIANS.
Miss Reel, Superintendent of Indian
schools, Urges Com ~ sorry Education
More Attention TO ~ snusI rraiuinE.

Washington, Dec lS.-Miss Reel,
superintendent of Indian schools, in
her annual report makes strong plea
for the industrial feature of educa-
tional work among the Indians In
her report she says:
The government has upon its various reserva-
tions about 80 day and boarding schools. in
which there are over 200 teachers employed
The government has no. yet adopted compul-
sorry measures for the education OF the Indian
children. and the fact is that the
dark skinned sons OF the forests do not
take to education very readily. Some res.
ervations withhold the rations until the
parents place their children In the schools,
and strong is the opposition to this that
many families have held out aganst 1t until
their families were on the verge of starvation.
But this feeling Is not general. and during the
past year the attendance percentage was very
fair.
Industrial education and the neces-
sity of furnishing employ ment for the
Indian student upon his return from
school are dwelt upon. Compulsory
education and more attention to man.
ual training are strongly urged.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
ClippIpn

Nearly every body smokes In Manila.
1t is common sight there, it is said.
after sundown, TO see father out for
q stroll with his wife and children and
everyone of them over the age of Ave
smoking n cigarette.
Japan with = population Is, 200, 900
has go towns that havc more than
100. 900 inhabitants. In 1886 the mum.
ber of such towns was lit. Osaka has
increased from 400. 900 to SIC. 600 inhab-
itants in ten years, Yokohama from
80, 600 to 10000 Kobe from $4,000 to
$4,000 Toxic has now . population
OF !, soo. .ooo
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
Gen. L.. sail. far Havana.

Savannah, Ga, Dec. !S.-Geu. Lee
and staff sailed for Cuba yesterday in
the transport Panama Crowds of peo-
pie lined the wharves as the trans
ports passed down the river. As the
tug ooat cut loose, the siren taken
fror, the Spanish cruiser Almirante
Oquendo after the battle of Santiago
and now on the tug Cam bria, screeched
the Panama a parting salute. Gen.
Lee will remain outside of Havana un-
til January 1, when he will enter the
al
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
PATRIOTIC p.mon.tr.tlnn at ke, we..

Key West, Fla, Dec. ~. The dedica,
ton of a handsome fence inclosing the
plot of ground in the city cemetery in
which rest the remains of the sailors
who were killed in the explosion OF
the battleship Maine. as well as four
men from the Winslow. one from the
Marblehead, one from the Newport,
one from the Yankee and 80 others
killed during the rebellion, was the
strations ever witnessed here. The
fence was purchased by popular sub
scri intian
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

THE American Flag Day association
in Chicago has drafted a bill that
will be presented to congress. The
bill provides that the use of the Amer
lean flag as an advertisement shall be
unlawful, that attaching anything to
the flag, such as an advertisement, I,
words or pictures of anv kind, shall be
n punishable crime, and the use OF the
flag for awnings or anything tending
towards its desccration shall be for
bidden. The association is supported
in it's undertaking by the Sons of the
American Revolution, the e. A. K. and
the Society of the Colonial Wars of
Illinois
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
uer Guess.

He-For a week have not slept an houf
after night, only to arise weary and de.
pressed in the mornings. cannot eat. ]
come and go and am weighed down with ons
all-pervading thought. 1t is with me in my
waking hours. 1t is with me in my dreams.
She-Ah, it is too bad. I'm sorry. for You.
Marie, have you not guessed what It is
that troubles me?"
"Yes. You're afraid there may Be
another call for men and you'll have to 60
and fight"
An hour afterward he was still walking
around in a circle and wondering whether
she really meant it or rnot.-Chicago Evening
News.