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Year: 1879

The morphine eaters, as class, are
particularly in their negotiations foi
their fayorite drug. They will under
take anything, will promise anything
10 obtain morphine. | remember some
years since, when | was in down.
town drug store, young woman came
in one morning, and ordered a large
quantity of toilet goods put up, saying
that she was from the country, and
that her father, who was ont doing some
trading, would call in and pay for them
very soon. Among other things she
ordered an ounce OF morphine to be put
up with the rest of the goods, but first
took large dose from one of the bot
ties right there. Then she went out
and never returned, while the clerk
who sold her the goods waited in vain
for the father fro the country, and
was for months af the butt of vari-
Gus jokes on his confiding nature. l
afterwards found that the young wo-
man visited large number OF drug
stores in town, and did the same thing.
but she one day tried the game upon
one drug store where, after she got the
morphine, the proprietor refused to LET
her 90 until she paid for the goods. She
Immediately stepped to room in the
rear of the store, and divested herself
of a chemise, which she pawned for the
morphine taken l have quit the sale
of these drugs, except in filling pre-
scriptions, because do not care to deal
in them, or to supply the people wiD
are addicted TO their use.
Year: 1879

Recently, party of four hunters left
South Canadian Station, for the pur-


pose of hunting deer and turkey. \


Creek negro by the name of Andy Gill


pin accompanied tie r2Fty.' s;5-snht


of any consequence was killed during


the day, so uhe hunters determined 10


remain in the woods all night, for the


purpose of engaging in what is famili-
arly known as ''fire hunt" After leav-


ing the station, they struck the Cana
dian River east of the railroad track,
proceeding along its bank for some dis
tance, until they arrived at point
where it was known that deer were
plentiful. Here they separated, two
striking into the woods and the other
two crossing the river. Gillpin took a
torch and struck out on his own hook.
The agreement was that the hunters
should meet in the morning at day
break on the South Canadian Bridge,
and return with their spOils to the sta
tion. Sandy Waite, one of the hunters,
while walking in dence cluster of un-
dergrowth, saw on a slight elevation of
ground near the river, what he sup
posed were the eyes of a deer. The
moon had gone down, and the surroun-
ding woods were shut in sOmber gloom.
In ''fire hunt the sportsman is al
ways on the alert for two shining Orbs,
which glow in the darkness like balls
of fire. They know when they see them
that they are "shiniRg" the eyes of
deer. Waite placed his torch against
a tree, raised his rifle and took delibe-
rate aim between the two balls of fire
which glowed on him from the dis
tance, sharp report rang through the
woods and a terrible cry of agony broke
the night air. Waite stood transfixed
to the ground, staggered with the awful
suspicion that he had shot and killed
one of his companions. He sprang
through the woods, running with all
possible speed TO the spot where lie saw
the two shining balls of fire. Lying at
lifeless remains of the Greek negro,
Andy Gillpin, a stream of blood and
brains OOzing from between the eyes.
Gillpin held in his right hand torch,
which had been extinguished, and
clutched in his left hand was a rifle.
Waite remained with the body Of the
negro until daylight, frequently firing
off his rifle To attract the attention of
his companions In the morning he
started for the Canadian bridge, where
he met his companions, who returned
with him and brought in the body of
the negro. Waite says that the eyes of
the negro shone in the darkness like
tbnsa of n door
Year: 1879

The man James Donnelly recently
| taken from the hold of the Inman stea-
mer City of Chester we'll nigh starved
to death by eleven days fastening, is
fast recovering. He is young


Scotch lad, twenty years old, about five


feet seven and half inches high, with


blue eyes, light hair and faint NOUS


tache. Except for the emaciation re-


sulting from his long fast, he is perfect


ty healthy. His diet is confined to


brandy and water or brandy and milk.


with occasional sips of beef tea, and


this will not be varied much for several
days. His eyes are sunken and his
cheek bones prominent, his tongue dry
and hard. His constant demand is for


water, which he sips lovingly. Ac-
cording to his own story, told with ma
ny pauses TO gam strength or moisten


his parched tongue. he is a native of
Dumbarton in Scotland, where he has
a brother. He has two aunts and two


uncles living at ''Only Villa. Marina,


Il. L., and it was TO get TO them that he


became stowaway. He had worked


for time as a platter or rivetter in the
shipyards on the Clyde, and latterly in


the boiler shops at Birkenhead, near
Liverpool. Finding himself out of


work and out of money, he got bottle
of whiskey and the day before tine City
OF Chester sailed went on board at the
Albert Docks, Birkenhead. The whis-
key, he says, he gave to sailor and
begged the man TO hide him away. Car
90 was then going in and the sailor told
him TO 90 below where the cargo was
slowing. Donnelly describes this friend
of his with sufficient minuteness to in
sure his identification. The man took
the whiskey and afterwards threw the
bottle down into the hatch where Don
nelly had slowed himself. This occur
red, Donnelly says, about O'Clock on
the afternoon of September %. Ii was
perfectly dark i'm the hold and he can
tell nothing of days or times after that
event. la cropping about after the
hatch separating the orlop from the
lower steerage deck was put on he fell
through to the bottom of the hold.
Feeling about he discovered some salt
meat, but il was so very much spoiled
that he could not eat a mouthful, al
though he was beginning TO be hungry.
He then climbed TO the orlop deck,
where he discovered some loose salt,
and after while ate some. OF course,
as he knew it would, it made him hor-
rible thirsty. He says he felt no hung
er at any time 10 be spoken of in the
comparison, but to slake his thirst
would have given all the world. 1t
was perfectly dark, and he could tell
night from day only by the sound of
bells which reached him from above.
On what he concluded was the second
or third day out he got hold of bar
rel stave and managed 10 work it up
between the hatch and the deck COM
bings. He made all the noise he could.
and the barking of dog followed.
Then he heard and felt the dog lay hold
of the end Of the stave and break it off,
and heard shouts of laughter Of some
Year: 1879

a lecturer on natural history was
called upon the other day to pay for a
live rabbit which he bad in basket in
a railway ear, and which the conductor
said would be charged the same as n
dog The lecturer vaiuly explained
that he was going to use the rabbit in
illustration of a lecture he was going 10
give in another town. and, Indignantly
taking small live tortoise from his
pocket, said, you'll be telling me next
that This is dog, and that | must pay
for it Also" The conductor went for
superior orders, and on his return
delivered this lecture on natural his
tory Seats is dogs, rabbits is dogs, but
a tortns is a hinsect." The professor
had to pay dog fare for the rabbit.
Year: 1879

limp Wild out AMI snatch the little form
from its perilous position, and throw il
on one side just as the train thundered
by.


The baby was saved; but upon the
track was crushed and mangled form.
They lifted him sadly, and, laying him
down upon one of the seats, went for
help. 1t was too late; for he only OPEN
ed his eyes once and whispered, SIS she
safe ~


They brought her TO him, but he did
not heed. She stroked the still white
face with her tiny hands, and cooed
in sweet baby fashion, as she looked
around upon the crowd:


''PoOr 'ame boy gone fast seep, gone
fast seep"
Year: 1879

body evidently amused at the dog'sn-


ties. He shouted and cried till head


no voice left, and then he fell q be


deck and became UNCONSCIOUS ,e


knew no more Of anything unti.ln


water poured upon him as he lay Sl


the steamers deck on Friday evening.


Donnelly insists that he had not been


drinking the whiskey, but had brought
it merely as a bribe to the sailor. As
soon as he came to his senses his first
sensation was great gnawing at the
pit of the stomach, and then his thirst
returned, which his continual slipping
of water has not taken it away. The
chief officer of the City Of Chester said
the story of bribed sailor he did not
consider to be true, since the crew of the
ship were an exceptionally fine lot of
men. A sailor, moreover, would not
have slowed away a man in such IA
shion. 1t was more than likely that
the supposed saylor was stevedOre
connected with one of the gangs at the
Birkenhead docks. Those men wore
the blue smock of Inman line sailOrs


The salt meat DOnnelly got at was lot
of rancid bacon, which lay in the hold.
The deck above the Orlop deck was the
lower steerage deck, and there was a
dog there, kept by one of the passeng-
er though the hatch was entirely CO.
vered by heavy tarpaulin, which sx-
tended over the deck on all sides. He
did not see how a man could thrust a
stick up from the lower TO the upper
compartment, and thought that this
was a dream of the starving man before
he fell into unconsciousness- %
Year: 1879

In accordance with request made by Col
lector Cook, Pound Master Einstein was yes
terday instructed to suspend the seizure OF
dogs found running at large without tax tags
between the 1st aud 10th of July, inclusive, in
order to give owners Of dogs AN opportunity tC
renew their tags, The yearly dog tax will be
due on the 1st proXimo. The new diamond
shaped tags will then be issued.
Year: 1879

West S. Jones, the ticket swinder, had a
final hearing before Judge Smell yesterday
and was sent up to the grand jury, bonds bcng
fixed At 300,


Sam Matthews, the colOred hghwayman, ar
rested last Sunday for robbing a man named
Cook while he was asleep in the park near the
Botanical Garden, was given a chance to prove
his innocence yesterday, but was unable TO do
so. The testimony was very conclusive against
him aud he was sent TO Jail TO await action for
a charge Of second oiicnso,"
Year: 1879

A meeting of bakers was held at German
Hall yesterday afternoon, at which fourteen
bosses wero in attendance. 1t was decided to
raise the price of bread per loaf to three and
a half cents wholesale and four cents retail A
proposition to form protective association was
suggested and agreed to, and all present signed
an article to that effect. The meeting then ad
journcd until next Tuesday.
Year: 1879

was a gladSome one to those that fre- quent the house of God.

 Just at the present time it is greatly agitate,l over the effort to change the present constitution of the State. Meet ings are held nearly every night by one or the other party, and great efforts are being made by the Reformers (as they would style themselves) to thrust on the better part of our citizens new cOnstl- tuition. Large sums of money arc spent on both sides and more interest is taken than would be given to the presidential campaign. It really upsets business, damages capital and is doing much harm. The vote on tho constitutional amend ment takes place May 7th, till which time other interest must give way. The asorb- ing question that is passed from one to another is, not who are you going to vote for, but how are you on the constitution? Passing into the Palace the othermorn- ing to breakfast, after mysusual morning walk, who should I meet at the entrance but Newtown boy. I must aclinowl- edge that when addressed I was obliged to say, You have the advantage, sir, when he remarked, Don't you know young Judson, of Sandy Hook-Dr Mon- roe Judsons son of Newtown?" Itold him 1 ought to but he had so greatly changed for the better, that I was surprised when he told me it was John Judson. l learn that he is doing we'll at Oakland and that he ana his sister were both well-pleaSed with this Coast.

 The arrival of the BEE, a week after it's issue. is looked for with much interest. Through it's columns, gather much that otherwise would be lost. I am pleased to see the increase in your Bridgeport advertisements, also the liberal manner in which Newtown people patronize your columns. for one am proud of the day when the VIEWPOINT BEE was flung to the breeze. Long may she wave. It is a credit to our town and would be greatly missed if it should stop publication. I hope your renewed subscriptions will flow in ire ely. Yours, H.
Year: 1879

all who participated inthe entertainment. Andrews Bros. string band was there l also and many enjoyed the dancing. A 1 very fine supper was served to the guests. A runaway from the residence of Mr. E. T. Farman broke the quiet of Green wood avenue last Friday. As Mrs. Jacob Ronlz was seated in the wagon and the gentleman who was accompanying l her home attempted to get in some por- tion of the wagon gave way. The noise l frightened the horse and the animal got away quick, running as far as Fishers | Block. Mrs. Ronk jumped from the wagon. It was fortunate she did so for l had she remained in the vehicle she would have probably sustained severe injuries, as the wagon got badly broken up. The 1 horse belonged to MT. E. T. Farman.

 Travelling up zion's Hill is a pleasing task-a delightful privilege to Christians {; but 1t is not pleasant to attempt to climb 1 HoyJ's Hill in wagon holding the lines in one hand and a basket of Plymouth Rock eggs in the other and have your harness traces to give way and cause you to go backwards when you desire to go | the other way. Mr. E. E. Sherman met with just such mishap, and lucky for him he got out of the scrape without damage to himself or eggs. He enjoys the joke and says it was Imaginable to see the horse Dan struggling to keep from going backwards down the hill and himself anxious about where he would land and the fate of tic eggs.

 The jolly tar and great American fish erman is about to sever the ties that have bound him to his land-lubbher friends and will soou bid adieu to the seines of his youth to hunt the juicy shad in the roaring HouSatonic. We long to see Sherm, tear himself away from his desk, where has toiled so many long days in the midst of his companions. Bogs will miss his merry chatter; the bird fancier will mourn his departure as the dove does his chum poor little Punk will weep when he looks into the chasm, made va cant by the absence ofthe Rcdding infant whose chief diet was eggs of respectable age. The three Hens, with stately Will liam aud the mild Professor as referees, will clothe themselves in dye bags and cast bouncing dust Oil their heads and ery out: "Surely wisdom hath departed from us, (ff he goes) and we are left with out a truthful guide or one to talk Scrip tor" Yea, we shall miss him and his winsome voice, and the zephyr which floats around him. He is going for q cer- tainty. but he will take in the circus first.

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Year: 1879

Is THIS BOSTON FAsHIoN?-There is
in my hands letter from man OF af-
fairs in this city, and its topic is low.
paid female labor. There is no red hot
gridiron here, otherwise should like to
grill upon it in public presence the
man who suggested infamy to girl as
means of increasing her wages behind
the counter. You would like to broil
there any man doing that. I suppose
the case was great exception; but I
have excellent evidence that there is no
exaggeration what am about to read to
you. This is not an anonymous letter,
but the writer who signs it with his own
full name is recorded in the Directory of
the city to which he belongs, and his oc-
cupation mentioned. "a young lady,
whose family became reduced in worldly
circumstances, felt that she must try and
do something for herself. and therefore
applied to large retail dry goods house
for a situation. 'Yes,' said the pro-
prietor, we will take you; your salary
will be- naming the price. 'Oh,
sir, said she, I can't live upon that.
I understand you Miss, was the reply.
Several of these girls do not live upon
what we pay them. Do you see that
young lady there? We pay her just whal
I offer you; young man pays her the
rest. ;" I wish the gridiron were here
for the broiling. II know whereof
AFFIRM" continues the writer, whose
letter aroused an indignation I dare moi
express here; land think that when il
comes to this the matter goes step be
yond low wages" This is simply al
illustration of one effect of low wages
"Please remember that this younl
woman was not only person OF higl
character and good family, but also


perfect stranger to this merchant.-l Rev
Joseph Cook.
Year: 1879

"Anything newt" was the salutation
Of REPUBLICAN to a friend this morning
on Market street. eyes sir" was tho
reply and the speaker fairly stood on his
tip toes as he spoke, while his face
took OH the color of an over ripe toma.
to. "Yes sir we've got new baby at
our house," "Pshaw" gruntsd the
unappreciative reporter, why there is
nothing new in that, the woods IS full
so they say of em!" We felt sorry
after We spoke and the look he gave us
ere he sailed down the street, can only
be assumed by a disgusted newly made
father.
Year: 1879

will no doubt be looked forward to with
pleasant anticipations by the friends OF
the Shields Library Association, as it
will be the event of the Associations
annual excursion to Cape May. In or
der that there may be room for their
many patrons they have chartered the
large and elegant steamer Thomas
Clyde.n and as this Association has
earned the reputation of giving the
largest and most enjoyable excursions
in past years, there is every reason 10
believe that the one to be given on the
above named date will not in any par
ticular be inferior to any of its prede-
cessors. First-class music will be IN
attendance, so that all who desire can
have the pleasure of tripping the light


fantastic.
Year: 1879

Beloit is on the Sioux riv.
er, and, therefore, on the western boundary
line of the state On the last day Of 1878
the iron horse came whstling to her door
which has put new life in her and created
q hope better things for liel people in
the future. Her business men have taken
courage, and feel joyous over the pros.
poets before them. She has really one Of
the finest locations for a city we have ever
beheld. This village and her twin sslsr,
Canton, on the Dakota side of the Sioux,
are doug fine business The farmers
on the extreme frontier in the territory
bring their produce to these towns where
they sell and return with such mcrcnan-
disc as their necessities suggest.


From Canton, the county seat Of Lin
coin county, We passed over a country Of
rare beauty to this city Sioux Fallsl. The
distance is twenty miles. One must see
this country to fully appreciate its beauty,
its vast extent, which stretches on, on, no
one knows how far We confess to no
little surprise on beholding it. We have
never before had anything like correct
knowledge Of its granduer, its beauty, its
wealth "t soil its extent; we caE give none
now, and suggest that tiiJse who desire
to learu what there is in store for the
thousands Of immigrants from the east to
Dako from the old world and from the
new must come and see it. 1t cannot be
told in a single letter Here in the land
OF the Dakotas. one an see q great way
off though not far enough to discover any
thing like snow. The people tell me they
have had only one week Of indifferent
sleighing this winter, and the apparently
boundcss steppes are as bare of snow now
as there in midsummer There are no
hills except the gentle slopes wlich,skirt
the Big Sioux IN places along its course
Rising 10 the Top Of these, one Can see
from sunrise to sunset, SO to speak. with,
out the interruption of tree, a shrub or a
twig. 1t is grand sight, even in mid.
winter.
Year: 1879

The Pioneer Press Of Friday last,
referring to the joint examination of
the water supply Of the Red River
valley to ascertain the cause of its


bad condition and unhealthy results,
says: "In order to prove thoroughly


the theory that the pine in the curb


ing had something to do with the
trouble, Prof: Winchell, after the re-
turn Of the party, instituted series of
experiments. Two great glass jars
were filled with pure we'll wat er, taken


from the same we'll. Into one was
put quantity Of pine chips, and into
the other, nothing. They were ex~
posed to the atmosphere of the same
room, with the following results: The
jar of clear water remained clear and
inodorous for several weeks, while the
other underwent most remarkable
changes. On Dec. 4 the experiment
began, and the pine chips at first
floated on the surface. The next day
they had sunk to the bottom, and small
bubbles Of gas adhered to some of them.
Ten days after thin scum appeared
on the surface of the water, and sour
odor was apparent. The next day
the scum began to settle and the odo,
increased. Ten days after the smell
Was quite offensive, and q gelatinoua
Year: 1879

gum adhered to the glass and along
the water level. A week after the
odor was very offensive and foul, as
from organic decay. There was q
white. gummy scum, as of: 'fungoid
growth, adhering to the glass ard
floating in docks about the surface,
some of which was from a third to a
quarter Of an inch in diameter. The
next day these were examined under
the microscope and great numbers of
organic germs appeared, while the odor
was very offensive. Three months
from this date the swimming fungus
had settled to the bottom of the jar {;
the water was slightly turbid and yell
lowish>red the smell was musty and
sour, while microscopic ANIMALS were
abundant and of various forms. With
such result the professor wisely ar>





CUES that it is not necessary to invest
igate the cause of bad water any fur
ther. He considers that this result to
large degree settles the cause Of ty>
phoid fever as an endemic disease in
Minnesota and Iowa and wherever
pine wood is used in curblng. The
sap aud pitch of the pine is absorbed,
or dissolved by the water, is decom-
posed by chemical action, and more
fully so whenever there is alkali in the
soil. When taken into the stomach it
produces irritation, aggravated diar-
rheas and dysentery which finally ends
in typhoid fevers, and often in death
to the patient. The subject Is one of
vast Importance to Minnesota and de-
serves the serious attention of all who
are dependent on wooden curbed
wells for their supply of water. The
remedy seems to be, driven wells, or
curbipg made of cement, or better
still, cistern water filtered. This last
is obtalnable everywhere at little cost,
and when once the palate becomes ac>
customed to the taste is preferred to
the hard limestone, alkall water which
so generally prevails in our State"
Year: 1879

The wife of miner in Hopewell, Pa,
had yellow hair of wonderful length and
abundance. It was 80 heavy as to be a
bother, but her husband would not let
her cut it off, even when offered good
price by dealers in hair. Lately work
became scarce with him, and he did not
know how to make payment soon COM
ing due on his little house. The loss of
his home seemed probable. Then q
stranger came along and offered 5000
for the treasured yellow hair. The
amount of money would raise the mort
gage on the homestead, and the hus-
band reluctantly made the sale. He
could not help shedding tears when he
saw the strangers shears despoiling his
wife's head of it's beauty, and she wept
when she looked at herself in the glass !;
but they consoled themselves with the
crisp bank notes, and the buyer went
away with the hair. A few days efter-
ward the miner went to pay the debt and
learned that the bills were all counter
felt.