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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-01
MIR. DEWELL BRINGS SUIT.


 Attorney J. D. Dewell, jr., yesterday brought suit and obtained an injunc- tion against Hobart B. Ives, owner of the property at 159 Church street, in which the City Hall Pharmacy is To- cated. The injunction, which was granted by Judge Studley of the con- mon pleas court, restraints Ives from ejecting Dewell from the law offices which he now occupies in the premises in question.
 The suit is returnable to the common pleas court the first Tuesday in June. It is alleged by the plaintiff that lease for the offices was executed July 5, 1899, with the understanding that it would be renewed at the same figures providing the assessment should not be increased. The plaintiff claims that the owner of the property refused to renew the lease at the former terms, and also claims that the taxes have not been raised.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-01

DECISION BY JUSTICE BOOTH.
 Justice Booth rendered a decision in the suit brought by Tlcotsky & Schwartz against Charles Slater, who was surety for A. Silverman, store keeper previously attached by the same parties. When the suit was brought against Silverman the attachment was released on the representations of Stat CT, who told the plaintiffs that he would pay.
 Later Slater repudiated the responsi bility and the present suit was brought. Attorney Jacobs, for Slater, contended that as there was no written agreement his client could not be held responsible. Justice Booth took this view of the sit uation and decided in favor of the de- fendant.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02

gray nest, a family of young mud
wasps hatch out and fall to eating
their first meal, each devouring the
spider provided for him by his far
sighted parents. Possibly baby quar-
rels take place in the little jug then,
for some of the spiders are smaller
than others. and one can easily fancy a
hungry little Potter selling a leg of
spider that does not belong to him.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Potter have for
midable stings, but they are a good-na-
tured, tolerant couple, and do not re-
sent visits from sightseers provided
they themselves are not molested.
They gather earth from the edges of
puddles and ponds, molding the moist
building material very rapidly.
The nest from which our drawing
was made hung in country boys bed
room. The potter had nearly finished
it, working briskly for several days,
carrying loads of earth in through an
open window. The country boy watched
the operation with great interest, and
Mr.. Potter seemed to like the super
vision, flying close to the boys head
and even lighting upon his jacket, never
singing him. One morning he flew
away for another load and never re-
turned. Possibly some boy who knew
nothing of wasps killed him. The little
jug was taken down and after our artist
had made the picture it was broken
open. Inside the little walls were the
dead bodies Of 90 spiders.-Chicago
Record.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02
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YOUNG DEER HUNTER.
Six-Year-OId California Boy Performs
Some Wonderful Feats with
His Little Gun.

There is a six-year-old slayer of wild
game in California. His name is Aus
tin Otis, and he can bring down deer
with as clean and pretty shot as any
veteran hunter in the country. His
home is in the wooded hills, about Is
miles back of Cazadero. He has lived
among these hills all his life.
Until the other day Austin had
bagged no game larger than rabbits
and squirrels. Now, however, he is the
most-talked-of youngster in the coun-
try, for around Cazadero are some of
the finest shots in all the state. Having
been refused permission to join hunt
ing party with his father, he shout
dered his gun and started by himself
down the creek. He tells of his ad-
venture this way:
II was wishing awful hard that l
could see a deer" he said, when all of
a sudden, after | had gone about 300
yards along the creek, what should |
see but beauty of deer with its
nose to the stream, taking a drink. |
followed the creek on purpose, cause
/ knew that deer always come down
toward night to drink, but l could
hardly believe that my wish had come
true so quick.
II stopped short and looked at him.
I thought sure he would jump into the
bush before l could take aim, but he
didn't seem to hear me. Pup, my dog,
understood just the same as if he was
a man, instead of dog, and stood still,
except that he wagged his tail. l
guess Pup was as excited as was, but
he had sense and didn't spoil things
by barking.
II lifted my rife, but my hand and
arm shook and l couldn't seem to lift
straight at all. l was pretty much
scared that the deer would get away,
so lifted the gun again and took aim.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02
A HISTORIC CORNER.
Occupied Once by Washington's
Best Known Hotel.
In One of Its Rooms Andrew johnson
Took the Oath of Office as
President of the Unit
ed States.
Especial Washington letter.

GTN HERE is a historic corner on
Pennsylvania avenue which is
IA now occupied by hotel; and
very few people now living know any
thing about the history of the local
ity.
For many years the building on the
corner of Twelfth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue was occupied by the pen
sion office, and then dry goods and
notions store built up successful bust
ness there. Six years ago alterations
were made which transformed the
building into hotel and cafe and now
additions have been built along Twelfth
street, completely obliterating all of
the landmarks which were SO dear to
us old-timers.
Nearly 20 years ago BOSS" Shep-
herd, the man of energy and executive
ability who changed the national cap
ital from it's condition of a sluggard
southern town in mudhole to ma
tional city with broad avenues and
concreted streets, built upon the cor
ner referred to siX-story brick build
ing, with mansard roof, and rented it to
the government for the use of the pen
sion office. 1t was so occupied until the
architectural monstrosity in Judiciary
square was completed, in 1885, and then
the pension office was removed and the
Shepherd building was taken by pros
porous storekeeper.
During the civil war the corner was
occupied by the best known and most
popular hotel in the city, called the
Kirkwood house. Members of the cab.
met as well as prominent senators and
representatives resided at the Kirk
wood house, and prominent officers of
the federal armies were constantly
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02
Butterflies sleep Head Down.

The butterfly invariably goes to
sleep head downward. 1t folds and
contracts its wings TO the utmost.
The effect is to reduce its size and
shape to a narrow ridge. hardly dis
tinguishable in shape and color from
the seed heads on thousands of other
stems around. The butterfly also
sleeps on the top of the stem. In the
morning. when the sunbeams warm
them. all these greypied sleepers on
the grass tops open their wings, and
the colorless bennets are starred with
thousand living flowers of purest
azure,-ChicaCo Chronicle.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02
PERFUME SoOTHED THE DOG.
Dainty Lace Handkerchief Acts as n
Canine COncilntOr and
Life SAVER.

Look at this handkerchief" said o
young society man to his professional
friend. THAT bit of lace and ruffie is
worth it's weight in gold to me-"
Some connection with old associa-
ticns-s mere sentiment, l suppose"
suggested the professional man, re-
lates the Memphis Scimetar.
Nothing of the kind. From prac-
teal standpoint it is just as valuable
as describe it to be. A sentiment en-
tiers into the case, however"
"Well, tell us about it."
1.-The handkerchief, then, is the token
by which 1 am permitted to enter the
house where my sweetheart lives
Without it l should be torn to pieces
by huge bulldog there. The beast
is as ferocious as a tiger. During the
day he is kept in chains, but after seven
o'clock in the evening his mistress re-
leases him in the yard. No stranger
after that hour can enter the gate. The
terrible animal was a menace to my
suit until the lady hit upon the plan
of giving me her handkerchief for use
as pass. Now, when the dog rushes
toward me have only to toss the
dainty token to him; he smells it and
walks peacefully back to his kennel.
Do you blame me for valuing it SO
hirnlv?n
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02

coming and going as guests of the same
hotel. Vice President Andrew Johnson
was guest of the Kirkwood house Oh
the night of the tragedy at Ford's the
alter, when President Lincoln lost his
life by the hand of an assassin. On the
following morning it was in the Kirk
wood house that Mr.. johnson took the
oath of Office and became president of
the United States.
In the spring of 1864, when the sue
cessful general of the Mississippi val
ley, U. S. Grant, came to the national
capital to receive from the hands of the
president his commission as lieuten-
ant general of all the armies he was a
guest at the Kirkwood house. From
time to time Gems. Sherman, Sheridan,
Hancock, Logan, Meade and other emf
nent military men either had their
rooms or took their meals at the Kirk
wood house. 1t was not until several
years after the war had closed, when
the armies had been disbanded, the
carpet-bag period had passed, and the
unusual business incident to and de-
pendent upon the civil war had ceased,
that the Kirkwood house, being no
longer the most popular hostelrie in
the city, was closed.
During the latter part of March, 1864,
while he was planning the offensive
campaign which commenced with the
battle of the Wilderness on the 5th
day of the following May, banquet
was given to Gen. Grant in the Kirk
wood house, which was followed by
ball, and in the festivities of both
events Miss Kate Chase, the accom-
plished, brilliant and beautiful daugh-
ter of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase.
was the social leader. Although the
celebrated hostelrie was frame build.
ing of the olden style, it was an eXcep-
tionally large and roomy structure for
those days. More than 200 men and
women of distinction participated in
the banquet, and, before the dawn of
the morrow had dispersed the merry
nearly 1000 of the men and
women of note in those days partici-
pated in the terpsichorean mazes.
For many years the best servant in
the old Kirkwood house was a colored !
man named George Thornby. He acted
as valet to Gen. Grant on that occasion
and was subsequently detailed to look
after the comfort of Vice President |!
Johnson. So it happened that when
the old house finally gave way to a
more modern structure, Thornby, |
through the kind intercession of many
men of prominence whom he had
served. secured an appointment Is
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02
messenger FL the post Office depart

messenger fiji the post Office depart
ment, when Congressman Tyner, of In
diana, was made postmaster general.
He remained there until few years
ago, when he died. Thornby was a
very intelligent fellow and was made
mail messenger to the first assistant
postmaster general. During his lat
ter years he took a great deal of pleas
ure in telling story concerning John
Schuyler Crosby, of New York, who was
the governor of the territory of Mon
tana for three years and became first
assistant postmaster general when
Frank Hatton was advanced to the po-
sition of postmaster general. Thornby
opened all the envelopes and laid the
smaller ones, which ostensibly con-
tanned personal letters, upon the desk
of the first assistant postmaster gen.
eral; but the big official envelopes he
distributed to the clerks in charge of
the appointments in the different
states, and he always did his work in
diligently and with good Judgment.
Gov. Crosby had only been the i'm
cumbent of the Office of first assistant
postmaster general a few days when
he rung his bell, to which Thornby re-
sponded, and Gov. Crosby said:
81 want to know who it is that
opens my letters every day before they
are placed on my desk"
THAT is my work, sir" said Thorn
by, bowling and smiling as one who
knows his duty is well performed.
"Well, hereafter" said Gov. Crosby,
81 do not want anybody to open my
mail. Let the mail be placed upon
my desk and l will open it myself.
do not wish to have my correspond.
ence handled in this indiscriminate
manner"
On the following morning, when
Crosby entered his Office re was
amazed to see it transformed into a
general delivery Office and mail pack.
ing establishment. His desk was
stacked three feet high with letters
of every description, not one of which
Thornby had opened. In little
space upon the desk before Crosby's
chair were $50 or 200 small envelopes
containing letters which might be
presumed to be personal, but at least
threefourths of which must have been
official.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02
THE BUSY MUD WASP.
How He Builds His Pot-Likc Home
and Takes Care of Madam and
Her Little Ones.

Here is one of the Oldest and most
curious potters in the world-the mud
wasp. Just at this season he is very
busy making tiny jugs in the corner
of rooms and on the rafters of barns
and outhouses. He is very busy fell
low and carries many loads of his pot
terry material in a day. preparing after
recipe of his own, and adding to it his
little juglike nest.
This is but one of his curious trades,
though. He is also butcher. AS the
construction of the nest goes on he
hunts spiders-brown and green, yell
low and black, spiders of all sizes-and
stings them to death. Then his wife,
Mrs. Potter, lays an egg upon the fas
body of each stark little fy-catcher,
and Mr.. Potter seals him up in his jug.
By and by after the sun has dried the
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02

l remembered what papa always said
about holding the sight on the point of
the deer's shoulder.
'Then 1 fired. The deer gave an aw-
full big leap in the air, then ran. 1
guess he ran about 40 jumps down the
creek. My, you ought to have seen
Pup run after him! l didn't know l
had shot him until Pup caught up with
him and he dropped. 1 ran as fast as
ever I could and when saw he was
dead l cut his throat, cause that's the
way all hunters do.
II like deer hunting. A fellow doesn't
want to kill quail and rabbits and blue
jays and gophers and chipmunks all the
time. If you're deer hunting you ought
TO shoot through the heart. 1t brings
the game down quicker and it doesn't
hurt so much. That's what papa says,
and he knows. Enquirer.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02

Gov. Crosby was no fool. He simply
lacked executive departmental expert
ence. He saw at once that the coll
ored man had huge joke on him. He
rang the bell, and when the polite
Thornby appeared, he said: Thorn
by, here is a five-dollar bill which be-
longs to you. Take all of this stuff
off of my desk and say nothing about
it to anybody"
The faithful and intelligent negro
did as requested. But the clerks, who
had been waiting for their daily work
more than two hours that morning,
had ascertained the fact that all of
their mail was piled upon Crosby's
desk, so that Thornby violated no con-
fidence later when he told the story
with many hilarious smile.
The old Kirkwood house is mere
ly "Reminiscences in the national cap
ital. Its disappearance was volumi-
nously commented upon when it was
obliterated; and the story of the old
hotel is brought wildly to memory by
reason of the fact that another old
hotel, within a block of the treas
ury building, has been torn down this
summer in order to make room for
an immense modern struct ire.
The department Of justice is in tenn
porary quarters because it's historic
building, opposite the treasury depart
ment, has been torn down this sum-
mer, to make room for another,
bigger and better building. The old
Corcoran art gallery is about to be
taken down. in order to make room
for hall of records of the executive
These are only a few of the i'm
provements which are being made
upon Pennsylvania avenue; and they
have come none too soon. The prin-
cipal thoroughfare of the national
capital has long been regarded as the
best parade ground in the world; but
the buildings along that thoroughfare
have never reflected credit upon the
city, nor upon the people of the re-
public. The improvements briefly out
lined here really constitute a great
stride in the development of the ma
tional capital as a modern city.
SMITH d. FRY.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02

TN HERE is a historic corner o
DapnSylyapia aveDra which
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02
.ORSE COULD COUNT.
Understood the Meaning of n Fire
Alarm as Well as Any Member
of the Department..

IF there is any animal that knows
more than a horse" remarked men,
Der of the fire department the other
day, ga like to see it. l mean one
that knows more than a smart horse,
for there are fool horses as well as
fool people, and once in awhile we get
one of these fool horses in the fire de-
partment. But 1 will say that our
horses as a rule are pretty smart and
knowing.
~ remember one we had in this
company some years ago that actual
ly could count. George was his name,
if remember rightly, and George was
one of those horses that never did any
more work than they were obliged to.
Not that he couldn't, but just because,
like some people you run across, he
was opposed to looking for work.
Well, every company in the fire de-
partment has a certain district to
cover on first alarms. Well, sir, we
didn't have George many months be-
fore that horse came to know our dis
trict just as well as any OF the men.
kHth luc DOAcS we went Out 10 Oh
the first alarm, and it is fact that
that horse got so that he'd wait and
count the first round before he'd
bulge out of his stall. If the box was
not in our district George would walk
leisurely to his place, but if 1t was
one we were due at on the first alarm
he would rush down to his place. In
those days we had to hitch up on
every alarm that came in, whether 1t
was in our district or not, and stand
hitched for is or 20 minutes. George
knew this, of course, ano that was
why he'd always take his time 60
ing to his place when the box wasn't
in our district. And it is fact that
if he was eating when an outside box
came in he'd just keep on eating I'M
til the foreman yelled out to bring
him down to his place.
"Of course, now and then George
would miscount the box and rush to
his place on a box not in our district.
But when he did make a mistake like !
that, which was precious seldom. that
horse would get 80 mad and feel so
bad about IL that he wouldn't get over
1t in a day or so."-Washington Star.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02
HonLer. san.nre LnLe.

Bacon-You know there is a time
when it is advisable to give a dogs
pedigree away with him?
Egbert-No, 1 didn't know that;
when is the time?
"When he's in q sausage.-Yonkers
Statesman
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02

Freddie-What do you mean by the
embarrassment of riches, dad?
His Pa-Wen, my boy, 1 once heard
of a woman who had fine set of dishes,
and she was so afraid of the servants
breaking them that she washed them
herself N " World
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-02
Concerning Woman.

Miss Spitkurl (giggling)-Oh. Mr..
Sharp, yos -ow a woman is only as
old as she looks.
Mr.. Sharp-She ought to be thankful
she isn't as young as she acts.-Dctr0it
Free Press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-31
NETWORK CITY

The second annual public exhibition Of chrysan-
themums at the Central Park Conservatory, Fifth
ave. and One-hundred- and-hfth-st, will begin to-
day at 10 a. m. and close at p. m. The exhibition
will be continued until December 15
The new twin screw steamer American Of the
American Hawaiian Line, started her maiden
voyage yesterday. She will go around the Horn to
San Francisco This Is the second of fleet of
seven steamers which the company is building for
the New-Yorl1-San Francisco-HonoluIu freight SER
vice which it is organizing.
The contributions acknowledged by the Citizens
Relief Committee Of the Merchants Association
for the Galveston Relief Fund amounted Sl05.-
O67 81 up and including October II. Since that
date sl24 rs has been received. making a grand
total of $lO5. 1872 u.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-31
ARREST MADE IN .SHERRYS.
WAITER GRABS A DIAMOND STUD FROM
A MAN ON A CAR AND DASHES INTO
THE RESTAURANT

Considerable excitement created among
the diners in Sherry's, Forty -fourth-st. and
Fifth ave, last evening, when we'll dressed
young man through the dining room, fol-
lowed by policeman and several citizens The
man ran out into the hallway and into the
barber shop where he was arrested. He was
taken to the East Fifty-first-st station. where
he described himself Nate Homer, twenty
nine years old, a waiter, living at No. $50 West
Twenty nnth-st. Homer was charged with
grand larceny by William King, a wholesale
butcher, at Nos 5S1 and 5S3 Madson-ave.
King boarded a southbound Madison-ave. ca
last evening, and held to the straps. Next II
him was a we'll dressed young man. King
noticed that the was getting closer to HIM,
and he became suspicious Next to the man
stood two well dressed women and a man in
evening clothes.
King. although not in evening dress, wore
low waistcoat, and in his white shirt he wore
diamond stud of three and a half carats. valued
at $500.
When the car was between Forty-fifth and
Fifty-seventh SITS. King felt tug at his shirt
bosom and looked down. He saw the man make
a leap, knock the two women and the man to
the floor and then jump from the car, which had
reached Forty-fifth-st. King managed to yell
out. stop thief!' and "Police!" King followed
by several passengers started after the thief.
the man ran through fOrIy-HItn-St. 10 fIIIn-
ave. and down Fifth-ave. followed by a large
crowd Reaching Forty -fourth-st. the
crossed to the west side and entered Sherry's by
the front door.
The appearance of the policeman running
through the dining room after Homer caused
many of the diners to jump from their chairs.
They had become greatly excited, but upon be-
ing informed by the management OF the cause
of the disturbance they soon became quoted.
The police say that Homer is ex-convict.
After he had been placed in a cell lanterns were
hunt for the lost diamond. At late hour it
had not been found
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-31
WHAT is GOING ON TODAY.

Opening of Chrysanthemum Show. Central Park
Conservatory, 10 a. m. to p. m.
Health Board session, II a. m.
Racing at Empire City Track. 2 p. m
Board of Public improvements regular meeting,
afternoon
Torrey Botanical Club meeting. No. lis West Six
ty-eighth-st., D.
Dinner of the Rutgers Club. Hotel Marlborough
$50 o. m.
Protective League Of Salt Water Fishermen, No.
1O6 West Thirty -first-st p
Republican rally at Camp Mckinley Seventh
ave. and e-hundred-and- twenty D. m.
Mass meeting of the John Brown Republican
Club. Zion Church, Blocker and West Tenth SITS,
evening
Open air Republican meeting, observation-disclosures
sixteenth-st. and Eighth-ave. p. m.
Republican meeting. Ninety-eignth-st. and Co
lumbus-ave.. Q. m.
Republican meeting Eighth-ave and One-hun-
Observation-Disclosures, s p. m
Open air meeting of Republicans, F1fth-ave and
Observation-Disclosures p. m.
Board of Education free lectures, p m: No. 5
West One-hundred- and twentY- ffth-st Hungarian
Dances and Patriotic Songs T. w. Surette; No. 90
East Twenty-tEird-st., Watson, Stevenson, Aus
tin, Kipling" DR.. F. H. Sykes; No. 222 East Sixty
fourth-st., The Electric Motor and It's Appica-
ton" w w. Ker