Pike County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 14, Petersburg, Pike County, 12 August 1886 — Page 4

DEATH CALLS AGAIN

t*i S u I cT Tt I <J*e *x.. e Sage of Greystone Passes Peacefully Away, Retaining Hia Mental Paoultlea Unimpaired to the Close of His Bv entful [Career. How the New, Vu Received—Proclamittlon by Governor Hill—Resolution by Congress — Biographical Sketch of His Life. New York, Aug. 4.—Samuel J. Tlklon died at his homo at Greystone, N. Y., at 8:48 a. m., to-day, Tilden had boon la feeble health for some time, yet his stt(U den demise this morning rvas entirely unexpected. The end was peaceful and quiet. The Immediate cause of Mr. I Tllden’s death was failure of the heart, Mtouowltig an acute attack of diarrhoea HEnd nausea. There were preseut at the ^time Mr, Tilden's nelce, Miss Gould and Doctors Charles E. Slmouds and Samuel Swift. Paralysis and bodily Infirmities incident to old age had reduced Mr. Tilden to a mere skeleton, and his last days were marked Uy extreme feebleness. His mental faculties, however, were bright and unimpaired up to the last. He, suffered much from Indigestion, and° twice a week was visited 6y his physlclan, who often has spoken lately of Mr. Tddon's still robust Intellect. Drs. • Slmonds and Swift were with him wheu be died. Htsmemory was unusually retentive, and to the last he preserved most exact methods In dealing with the concerns ot his house aud farm. Each day he talked with hts business manager and confidential secretary, Mr. Geo. W. Smith, and shared a complete acquaintance with the sfaallest details of his business. His , medicine was administered with almost mathematical exactness, and it rarely happened that his, night doses were missed at the regular time and it was the same with hlsj food. Every ounce he ate was calculated and weighed before being prepared and set before him. Rich soup in iuflntteslmally small quantities wore supplemented with small draughts of creamy milk, the latter the yield of his famous Alderneysand Guornecys, together with the tenderest part ol a chicken, a mere morsel, readily masticated, made up his d let. These viands, temptingly cooked and carried to his lips by his attendant, frequently failed to rouse his appetite, and were returned almost,untasted. It was a matter ot comment amoug his Intimates that ho should have been able on so little nourishment to sustain life at all, TI1K NEWS IN NKW YORK. New York, Aug. 4.—News ot the deatl of Mr. Tilden was received on the Stock, Petroleum. Cotton and other exchange: shortly before to i o’clock and placed up. on the odlclal bulletins, it caused expresslons ol sorrow on all sides. Ttu -flags on the City Hall and other public buildings, hqlela' and business house: generally were'piaced at half-mast on the receipt of the iieivs of his death*. .GOVERNOR Hiu-’s TELEGRAM. , Albany, N. Y., Aug. 4.—Upon receipt of thvineW8 01 >Ir' Tlldcn’s death Governor Hln’ immediately sentthe following dispatch: „ vtk of New York, \ V. yCL-riVK CHAM11KR, i ,, i vv* N- Y ■ Aug.4. isse. > ft) A irmu « Itll MOOp IDglVv J’onr distinguished -uncle. Sum-'"'. t(Miller to you and the other re.- ”” J N. Y, : I learn «Itluleep regrev ,e( j Tjl(jW J lllliuri lO you HUH O.UOl 1CI, ".ftuv sincere sympathy In your great b«,, ■-.. *■-- country looses. ment. In hts death the uouuiry looses , of her most eminent statesmen, and on own State one of Its most Illustrious sons Please Inform me, at yonr earliest oonvenl lenee, of the date which may be fixed fof the funeral, as 1 shall endeavor to attend {Signed] David B. ItiLt,

GOVERNOR HULL'S FROCtA'MVnbN. Ai.basy, N. Y., Aug. 4.—Governor Hll to-day issued the following proclama tion: > State ok (New York. ) I J, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, > ALBANY, Aug. 4, 1886. > 1 I announce to the people of the State Wltl sincere regret the death of Samuel J. Tlldef Alter a Ion; ami active career devoted the public Rood and the rendition of oonsph . . - • ■ * -- ‘* uoua services In behalf of the people, he morning peacefully passed away at chosen retreat at Greystone, on the banks the Hudson. The/country loses one of Its •blest statesmen and the State o< New \ ark one of Its foremost citizens. He was twlop • representative In the 8t»te Legislature, a member of two constitutional Conventions, Governor of the State for two years, and In 1876 vras the oandldate of one Of the greatest parties of the oountry for the Presidency and received 'the electoral vote of Ids native (State, and upon the popular vote was declared the choice of a majority of the voters of the United States. As a private citizen and In every public station he was pare .and discharged every trust __ pure and --„ with copspioiiottS fidelity. His last publlo utterance which attracted universal attention exhibited the same spirit of unselfish patriotism which characterised his whole --ais-er and wua in behalt of strengthening the defenses of his country that he loved so well. It Is meet t hat the close of suoh a life should be marked with move than passing notloe. The Legislature not being In ees-ion at this tin e, 1 commend to the peopie such expression of respect for his long, faithful and Honorable servtoes as they may deem appropriate. Now, therefore. It is nereby directed as a mark of regard for the distinguished dead that the flags upon the Capitol and upon all publlo buildings of the State, Including the armories and arsenals of the National Guard, be displayed at half mast until and including the day of the funeral, and the citizens of the state for a like period are requested to unite in appropriate tokens tif respect. Given under myihand and seal of the State, at the Capitol In the City of Albany, this the fourth day of August, In the year of out Lord one thoutiand eight hundred and flighty-six. By the Governor. David B. Hill. Irving F. Craoih, Acting Private Secretary. N*WS OF JIB. TII.DKN’ft DEATH Ilf WASHINGTON. Aug. The news of . Tllden was received la o’clock yesterThe Washington, tjrie death of Mi1 this flty soon atter nine day morntrr<fl,a«d spread rapidly over the city. As the announcement ol his death had not been preceded by any news of his serious ilfoess, ft Ke.ne,r?’ surprise. The President heard ofhts deat)i atyout half-past n ne o and at once sent following telegram ol eympatby.to hfr. TiC."’8 "-?cns.on, I * 11 EXRcurrra „ Washington, Au«. f SSfffhn***"11 J *»«•»■». Jb- fonker*. V,hl* moment learned ol the sudden J llfdnn in5°iur Vlu,,trlons relative, Samuel J : J"® hasten to express ray Individual York *•<"?"*bv wt>'ch ‘he State of Nek j h!r most distinguished sal •nd the Natl n one of its wlsesi andlnoi Patriotic counsellors. (Signed, i Grover Cleveland. I Most of the Cabinet officers called a| fhe Executive Mansion during the ford noon to see the president in relation tf (natters connected with their respectiv departments, and the death of Mr. Tl< den was a subject of general conversa tion between the President and his visors. They all expressed regret and ‘arrow at the sudden removal of a m il whom they all reg irded as the great lead er of the J>«iuoemffi| party. A* *h* esflnmtjv - n*l*ocr*tlc Senat«r| Md Hepres sa axpressed the _L

*»t regard for Mr. Tllden and accord ad him an exalted place In hlitory. Among the Republicans there «u no dlaposltloe to criticise the dead statesman, end the; spoke ot him as a leader of Integrity and ability and a good citizen. Senator Mandersop thinks the Demo* cratto party has lost Its w isest counsellor and would miss Mr. Tllden. Senator Kenna aaldt “Mr. 'tllden had and exercised more Individual political Influence than any man of post-bellum times. He was a great man. He was a man of superb ability, and ot courage and firmness. I don't think his death will cause any sort of political disturbance. He had In a great measure, retired from the political arena. In fact, he had actually retired In so fat; as It rested with him to do so. Naturally his, advice was sought. The Democratic organization tu New York will go on undisturbed and to greater victories than in the past." “He was a big man,” said 8enator Beck, “uo doubt of that, but his death will not cause any trouble lu the party. No man la essential to thin world. Every gap caused by death Is Immediately tilled, why, you might as well stlok your finger In a bucket of water and expect to make a hole as to see anv man missed from the busy affairs ot life." Senator Butler, while healing tribute to the wisdom, sagacity and Influence of Mr. Tllden, expressed the opinion that his absence would not have any effect upou politics. Other Democratic Senators agreed substantially with the expressions of those quoted, all of them speaking lu high terms of Mr. Tllden, but holding that Ills political power will -pass to other hands In the party and be wielded for the good of the Dent oeruev. Mr. Kandall, when he heard of Mr. Tilden’s death, was visibly moved and spoke feelingly of It. “It is bad news,” he said. “All onr old chieftains are dropping off. ’Tls a great loss; a great loss; just when we thought his health had much improved.” The fact was commented noon to-day that since the present Administration came Into power, five Presidential candldates of . the Democratic party have passed away. These are Generals Hancock aud McClellan, Vice-President Hendricks, Horatio Seymour and Mr. Tildeu.

RESOLUTIONS A DOTTED ]1V CONURK 8. .Washington, Aug. 4.—Mr. MorrUouJ of Illinois, offered and the House miaul* tnously adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That the House of lieproseutnlives ot the United States has heard with profound sorrow of the death of that emlneud aud distinguished oitlaen, Samuel J. THE LIKE AND WORK OF THE DEAD STATESMAN. QSamuol j, Tilden, who, rest to Horatio Seymour, has exerted the greatest 1 nfluence on the destiny of the Do noeratlc party In the past quarter of a century, and who was the leading figure in making sncoossful In ISH the revulsion of feeling that came In 1S76, was born at New Lebanon, In the County of Columbia, N. Y., In the year 1811. He Imd a thorough Infusion of English blond, one of hls ancestors. Nathaniel Tilden, haylug been In Iti.’.'l Mayor of Tentevdon, Comity Kent, England,subsequently moving to Massachusetts in J(i 4. The grand father of Samuel J. Tilden settled In Columbia County, and hls son, Klnin. who became the fatlftr of tiro Democratic statesman, was a farmer and merchant of the town of Now Lebanon, a man of oxcellont Judgment and good sense, and so well informed In pnlltlcnl matters as to he looked upon as the oracle of the county and to be regarded by President Van Tinreri as a warm personal friend. It was from this side of the house that Governor Tilden Inherited hls tnsto for political pursuits and hls wide aeqnaintauou with affairs had Its root In hit early associations with his father. In Ills eighteenth year Samuel entered Yale College, hut he had not been there long when his health gave way and he was com polled to leave. Later on In 1814, at the age of twenty, he entered the University of New Y’ork where he finished hls aoademlo education. Then he entered the law office of John W. Etlmun Is In New 'fork, where he enjoyed unusually valuable facilities for studying law ami polltlos. ms FIRST FUttUC STEP. Soon after the accession of Van Ilmen to the Presidency came the great panic of 1837, and a bitter debate swept over the country, Tho President’s recommendation for the separation of the Government from the bunks and the establishment of an independent treasury called down upon the Executive’s head the fleroesi: denunciation, "he young lawyer had imbibed from his father a great admiration for Van Huron and this inspired him to publish a series of papers signed "Crlno" In defense of the President. These productions were marked by great mntury ot thought. On being admitted to the bar. In 1841, Mr. Tilden oponed a law office on l‘lne street, New Y’ork. )ln 1844 he founded the Daily Xeics to take part la the eleetlon of James K. Polk. In the fall of 1815 he was sont to’the Assembly from the metropolis, and while a member wa8 selected to the convention for the Fenlodallng of the Constitution of the state. In both these bodies Mr. Tilden was no insignificant factor. Political dissensions among tthe friends of Polk and Van Huron and hls own defeat for Attorney-Goneral of New York estranged Mi-. Tilden from politics, ami for over a decade he devoted htmnelf strictly to hls profession. Ills practice was very extensive and by it ho amassed considerable wealth. He was counsel In 18)54 tn the Flagg case, growing out ot ^^^er

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Marble declarecUhst he;xwt;tie orluSont-' ter from Governor Tlldeth tr G-neral McClellan requesting that tiUl* otejectutmable ‘ ' } eliminated from tfJrol!ktforni. |ln words be the same publication __ _ Mr. Marbw' status that In a paper ^fcepared Jn Oetober, J8#S. to set forth the position of tiie New Yorte l»t*moo- — Governor Tlldeu closed witlsttvls paracy, tbetlc outburst: “We will give you every thing tha* local self-government demands: every thteg that a common anoestry of glory-over* thing National fraternity or Chris! Ian fellowship requires; but to dissolve the FederaJ bond between these States, to dismember qur country, who ever else consents, we will hot. No, never,, never, never." HIS RKVOBM RKCOlth, In 1886-Mr. Tilden wae made chairman of the Democratic State Committee, and was a leading member of the Constitutional Convention IteM In IS»>7, serving with distinction on the finance' oommltt ee. He became an earnest and un>epmprom|-dnu laborer In the cause of Judicial and polS-leel reform In the city of New York,-and in 18iJ-7() was active In organizing the' Ttar Association of New Tor* City. When the eoaviest was waged against the members of the Tammany ring holding city offices, who wete charged with defrauding the city treasttry of many millions, Governor Tilden won great fame and took hia flrat step toward the'“reform” candidacy for the Presidency bv shls celebrated analysts of the accounts of the If roadway Ilank. showing conclusively bow Tweed and Ms'pals had shared their spoils and producing evldenoe on which (they were eonvlotad. In 1871 he was again elected to the General Asaembly, where he continued his exertions In the cause of reform In 1874 he was elected Governor of New York over Genernl John A. Illif hy a plurality of 80,000 votes, reversing Hof's plurality of 10,000 of tiro years before. He was Inaugurated January 1,1875, nail immediately began operations against the “canal ring, ’ which resulted In the overthrow of that organization. At the DetaocraUo convention in 8t l.ouls In 1876 he was nominated on the second h«llot, receiving 685 votes In a total of 738, two-, thirds being neeeasary to a choice. Ths other votes were oast as follows: Allen, M; Thurman, 3; Hendricks, 87; lVnyurd, 4; Hancook, 4*. Thos. A. Hendrick * W»,s nominated for Vice- President. The result of the election was very close, and led ^o the appointment of the memorable Electoral Commission, composed of five mem hers each from the Senate, the House and the Supreme Court, which gave the P. ealdenoy to Rutherford B. Hayes. During tho exciting scenes Of the winter of 187ti-T7 GovernotrTilden held himself wttn.great patience until discretion, and never gave expression to a word oal•«d to Inflame his partisans •' trom aotlve legal life soon after “own In it qnlet life at *> rsttr»w ' the name of the expressed ‘T»»ey h“"“- 5 „ «* rttliww .. this, and sattlhig _

ALL FOR WAR. Tex., Ang. L—Governor 1st* Uad eras asked yesterday whs* be would do should Bayard's reply to tbe cooraanlcstion regarding Basons prwwr wasnt* isfsctory. Bo replied: “I shall glee tf>e Secretary treasonable timetoreply. I think it uuadrissble to anticipate his answer by saying what 1 shall do." This means, it is said, that the Gee* ernor in tbe event of an unsatisfactory answer from Secretary Bayard, will use his forces for warlike proposes. A very near relative of the Governor, regarding the latter’s purpose, said yes* terday: “If the Federal Government does not take immediate steps to avenge the death of the murdered man and wipe out the lnsnlt offered to Texas, the Governor will call upon the people to assist him In demanding reparation.” TRK MILITIA EXACT. The Brvau Bides, Texas Home Guard* Granite Bides, Fourth Regiment, con* slating 61 dfieen companies, and, in fact, nearly the entire Stale militia, have tendered their services at a moment’s warn* lug from the Governor, while offers on the part of Individuals, to raise com* mauds, arc reaching him hourly. Jos, lloffstetter, the extradition agent who surrendered Basures, is out to-day in a card lu which he slates that Sheriff Oglesby applied to him lor extradition papers assuring him that he would have the warrant and testimony from Mexico the next day; whereupon Hoffstetter issued the extradition order. He adds: ”1 would also state that I am reliably Informed (hat this man In 1873, while a refugee from Justice from “^Mexico, de» clared his intenllou to become a citizen of the United States of America, since which time he has served several years as an officer In the Mexican army and on* ly returned to Eagle Bass about two months ago.”

ON THE PACIFIC COAST. General Speech at the G. A. IU Reception in San iraucUco — California Hospitality. Bax Fbaxctsco, Ang 4.—General W. T. Sherman, In the coarse of tils remarks at the Pavilion reception hist evening, referred to the enthusiastic reception accorded the Q. A. R. and Its kindred organizations by San Francisco, aud spoke of the feeling of loyalty and gratefulness which prompted It. Addressing himself to members of the Qrtiud Arrav, he said: “We are citizens of the greatest country ot the world. Ton tunst and will be ever loyal to the Government of the Uulted States, We are brothers. We laid side bv sld and drank ont of one canteen. We, therefore, swear to maintain fraternity aud charity, not only to one another, bat charity of opinion to leave every man to think what he plcas^ although ho nuv differ frorav us. The men of California represent pur. principles. Grant learned a lesson heret Sheridan did, and certainly yon and old Uncle Billy learned here. [Cheers.] While California did not furnish the soldiers that saved the Union, yet the sound of pick and shovel was innslc to our ears, because with them we found what was necessary In war. California said to you one year ago, ‘If you will come hero. w. will show you California’s hospitality, the beautiful mountains, its other magnificent scenes and U» luscious fruits.* We found this too tempting to resist and came and were not disappointed." Turning to the vast audience be concluded by thanking the ladles aud gentlemen of California for their great hospitality. SATURATED WITH FRAUD. An Underground Matter In New York That W1U Not Staud Close Scrutiny With Day* light Let in. New York, Aug. 4.—The Sun says, In regard to the contract awarded by th« Sub-Way Commission for the burial of the electric wires, that It has repeatedly called attention to the underground wire job and tbo relations to it ot suspicious characters. It says: “We stigmatized the contract as a gigantic license to blackmail the electric companies. W. disclosed Maurice B. Flynn’s relation to 1t, and all to no avail, for the contract wsfy'awarded preclsol.v as Flynn dictated apd required that It should be. Bow, however, that the whole forco of publlo opinion Is arraved against Flynn, Squire aud the entire system of mantelpal and political rottenness, we bav. some hope ot seeing the mischief undone. We do not know, but If there is not an Immediate reiuody there will b. reparation later; and. retribution, too. For the bastness community it 1s enough to point to Flynn’s practical control ot the underground wire contract to establish the couvlctlon that It Is saturated with fraud. The sense of all good citizens is against It, and they will have none of It. The whole subject should be reopened, and the fraucblse should be pot up at public auction, aud to do this. Itnecessarv. the act should be repealed.** LABOR AND POLITICS. The Kulghta of Labor, Trades Unions and Other Labor Bodies In Chicago About to Enter the UollUcal Field. Chicago, Aug. 4.—The fact is announced in the local papers that the Trades Unions, the Knights of Labor, Central Labor Union and all the German aud Bohemian labor orders; are about to enter the political Held In earnest. A legislative ticket will be nominated la every district and the candidates selected tor the support ot the laboring men will be raeu who are known as good friends ot the sons of toil. Men will be nominated of both parties and the whole strength of these various orders will be brought to bear in favor of their election. The leaders claim they have failed to accomplish their object by strikes, and they are resolved to seek political preferment, and thus affected a decided reform In the matter of labor by changing the legislation, of the State. In furtherance of this schemes a call haa been issued to all labor orders throughout the city to send delegates to meet on Saturday, August 31, to consider the expediency of putting up a lull labor ticket lor the support of the working e-lasses. A CHICAGO TRAGEDY. An Abused Wife. In Desperation, Fatally Stabs Her Husband. Chicago, Ang. 4_J. G. Fletcher, an actor, thirty-two years of age, is at the County Hospital suffering from a knifethrust In his left side, which ths doctor* say will result fatally. Fletcher tottered up to an. officer near the corner of State end Harrison streets, last night, and placing a long, keen-bladed knife In his hands, said he had been stabbed. He was taken to the County Hospital, where the physicians found a deep cat a quarter of an inch long In his left side, below the ribs, and thought that the Indlcatloua were ihat the liver had been penetrated. Fletcher at first refused to tell whu assaulted him, but finally said It waa his wile. He said he went to their rooms, which were dark, and, as he stepped la the door, the woman stabbed him. Mrs. Fletcher was arrested at midnight and locked up at the Armory. She does not deny that she stabbed her husband, but claims that she did it In self-defense, being driven to desperation by the cruelty of Fletcher.

—Welltteet, on the Up of Cape Cod | bay, claims to be the first town m New '■'"land to engage in oyster planting, *Kev imported from Virginia -enty thousand m«dYears ago the water sixty thousand to „ • M. lnsks, and dropped them » that lies near the town. Tb* meaty valves thrived for a time, and (hose a* I gaged in the industry made money, but in 1850 the interest in the trade relaxed, and the oysters died out Reoently a few energetic persons have oorabined 1 and sent to the South for another inbailment, and propose to revive the in. lastry and make it permanent

AN ANCIENT TUNNEL. A Kmater’i Dlwovery WhUe Chasing • Wound eil Mountain Lion. ICheyetme (Wy. T.) Letter.] J«r» T. Miller, while hunting along Elk creek, a stream in the Rattlesnake mountains, discover!id an extraordinary tunnel under a wild and picturesque fall.- Miller had badly wounded a mountain lion. The animal retreated in the direction of the waterfall. Following closely the hunter saw his crippled quarry disappear between two high rocks, which raised themselves on the edge of the deep pool formed by the falling waters. Approaching, the pursuer found tin opening scarcely wide enough to admit of his entrance. Fearlessly entering, he found himself in a wide-vaulted passage dimly lighted by cracks and seans overhead. This passage, though rude, was substantial, land was evidently the work of human hahds. Proceeding along :he subterranean way in which he thus unexpectedly found himself, the hunter soon heard above him a muffled heavy roar that could only come from falling water. He was standing directly under the Elk falls. The passage now widened and deep grottos appeared On each side of it; Examining these grottos the explorer found that they were mining excavations. The mineral sought was evidently .copper, and many chunks of ore largely bearing that mineral were scattered about and it was plain that masses of it had been removed. For a quarter of a mile these grottoes continued. The passage now began to trend upward, and the seeker beneath the mountains soon found himself in a Circular chamber, hewn out of solid rock and fitted up with rude smelting appliances. The light, of day streamed in from several apertures pierced overhead, and from the floor of the chamber to one of these openings reached a stone chimney. With this chimney was connected a stone furnace, situated in the center of the apartment, and whose capacious interior was blackened by tbe smoke of fires kindled ages ago. A small pile of copper ore was still in front of the furnace, a heavy stone hammer, used in breaking tbe larger chunks, lav on the floor,' while some ce lar wood was piled in one corner. One of the openings in the roof was larger than the others, and has evidently been connected by a rude ladder or staircase, long ago rotted away, with the interior of the chamber. This was the mode of ingress and egress, and as shown by the worn and smooth sides of the opening, through it

tne underground smelter was also supplied with fuel. The hunter searched long and anxiously for some of the handiwork of these artisans of the long ago, but his search was unrewarded. The people who built the vaulted underground passage and operated the hidden smelter are unknown, Ferehance the Rattlesnake mountains may have sheltered a prehistoric race. SAW SOME SNAKES. Why the Passengers on a Florida Train Took to Their Heels. [Florida Times-Union.] As the afternoon train on the Florida Transit railway slowed up to a water tank where a creek flows out of a dreary cypress swamp and crosses the way, a hunter in high boots and corduroy coat, with a huge bag swung to his broad shoulders, climbed out of the tail grass and boarded the principal passenger car. It was Pr of James Bell, the Smithsonian Institution agent. The train was full of people who, for three hours, had endured the innocent babble of two guileless land agents. They had learned from these truthful real estate missionaries that alligators were as harmless as geese, and there were fower snakes by far in Florida than in Haw York City or Philadelphia. The professor found the one vacant seat aud flung hiiusdf into it. “"Good afternoon, professor,” an acquaintance at the further end of the car cried out to him; “do you have any luck catching snakes these days?” . And within live minutes Mr. Bell was answering questions from nearly every occupant of the car. Were there really any snakes in Florida? Was it safe to go through the woods? How big did the snakes grow in this State? What, sort of snakes are common here? etc. Very graciously the professor answered them all and soon had betrayed himself into a dissertation upon reptiles generally, till, in an absent way, just to illustrate a point he was calculating, he unbuttone l a capacious pocket in the skirt of his coat and drew out an enormous and newly caught “coach-whip,” which he exhibited to a throng of staring and excited people. Its habits and peculiarities were described, and he laid his subject on the seat and from another pocket drew out a numb r of ohicken-snakes and water-snakes of various kinds. Would they bite? No, indeed; they were harmless. They look kind of "crawly,” they ere so small. He replaced Ibem and unstrapped his game bag. “Here we have,” he said, “a beautiful sneke, naturally tame and perfectly harmless, which anybody can play with.” And he drew out what is probably the biggest king-snake ever caught in Florida—nearly eight feet long. There was a chorus of screams, and women and children, men even, fled to ths further end of the car. During the rest of the trip the disconcerted professor sat alone, and when at Gainesville he arose to leave the train little girls hid themselves -behind their mammas and screamed with fright. Fair Bathers Who Wear Stays. TCor. Albany Journal.] Bathing dresses this season are worn shorter in the skirt and with pantalettes that scarcely show at all. Corsets are now furnished with every suit, for it is not an affectation that women adopt when they say they can not dispense with them. A corset is even more of a support to a woman than a l ack of a chair to a tired man sitting down. Wearing corsets weakens the spinal column, so that atylast it takes the plage of a spine, and the longsustained demand for corsets in the water has at last led to their l eing considered oart of the dress for the bath. THE MARKETS. , nbw Fork, Aug. 9, lasts, OATTLB-Natlve Steers.* 4 25 <o> i 50 COTTON—Middling. 9 X® 9*4 FLOUR—Good to Choice. 3 20 5 00 WHEAT—No. 2 Ned.,. 83.',"a 85* COKN-No. 2.. 51 ® 51*4 OATS—Western Mixed. .38 ® 4U FOEK-New Mess.. 11 «2>ife' 11 87*4 ST. LOUIS.

A Georgia Woman’* Forlua ; [Baltimore Son.] A tew years ago Mrs. Rachel Francis at Atlanta, Qa., concluded that she could make money by going inlo the dairy business, and, managing to get a few dollars together* she bought a cos and began busines. It was on a small scale, but she prospered, and after a time she had bought a dozen or more cows. The work was done by her. She was up early and late. Alter milking the cows she would prepare the milk for market and deliver it to her customers. In two years after Mrs. Francis engaged in the dairy business she was known by nearly every citizen. She was strictly business, and went wherever her business called her, no matter where that was. Mrs. Francis invested her money as fust as she made it, and her investments always proved good ones. Mrs. Francis died a few days ago, leaving an estate valued at forty thousand dollars, including a dairy farm of seVenty-Qve acres well improved and stocked near Atlanta. Is There a Cure, for Consumption? We answer unreservedly, yest If the patient commences in time the.use of Dr. Pierce's “Golden Medical Discovery,” and exercises proper care. If allowed to run its course too long all medicine is powerless to stay h Dr, Pierce never deceives a patient by bolding out a false hope for the sake of pecuniary gaiu. The “'Golden Medical Discovery” has cured thousands of patients when nothing else seemed to avail. Your druggist has it. Send two stamps for Dr. Pierce’s complete treatise on consumption with numerous testimonials. Address World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. You can prevent milk from souring in a thunder storm by drinking it just be for* the storm begins.

Those who are trying to lrenk up the baneful habit of intemperance will experience great benefit from the use of Prickly Ash Bitters. Liquors derange the system. Prickly Ash Bitters will remedy the evil results and restore the brain, stomach and liver to healthy action, thereby strengthening the will power, thoroughly cleansing and toning up the system, and remove every taint of disease. It is purely a medicine, and while pleasant to the taste, it can not be used as a beverage by reason of its cathartic properties. _ A Chicago paper says Mr. Multum has settled in that city. Then he is no longer in Parvo.—Texas ij\ftinys. Harvest Excursions. On August 18, September 8 and 23 the Chicago & Northwestern railway will run cheap excursions to Minnesota and Dakota, for which lower rates have been made than have ever before been quoted to these points. For full particulars address—R. S. Hair, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111. The great trouble with a buzz-saw is that it never wears false teeth.—Lowell Citizen. Thousands of women bless the day on which Dr. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescription” was made known to them. In all those derangements causing backache, draggingdown sensations, nervous and general debility, it is a sovereign remedy. Its soothing and healing properties render it of the utmost value to ladies suffering from “internal fever,” congestion, inflammation, or ulceration. By druggists. Country board that is much sought after in the summer—the guide board.— Boston Bulletin. Baldness and dandruff can be prevented by using Hall’s Hair Benewer. Quinine relieves only temporarily in fever and ague. Ayer’s Ague Cure cures permanently. “TnAT was a smart trick,” remarked the man who had been presented with a cay-enne-pepper lozenge.—Chicago Ledger. Dr Pierce’s “Pellets”—the original “Little Liver Pills” (sugaj'-coated)—cure sick and bilious headache, sour stomach, and bilious attacks. By. druggists. — Way is a locomotive like a comet! Because it has a headlight and carries a long train.—.V. Y. Telegram. Women Admiration win who usoGlenn’s Sulphur Soar to improve the skin. Hill’s Hair and Whisker Dy e, Black or Brown, 50c. Btrawuerry boxes probably need no cover because the bottom is so near the top. 1 r afllioted with Sore Eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson’s Ey e W ater. Druggists sell it. 25c, How Illinois a dog can make. Sometimes It Texas long to see the point of such a pun.—Prairie Farmer. No Opium in Piso’s Cure for Consumption* Cures where other remedies fail. 25c. No man would hang a picture frame because of its gilt—Orange Observer. Hot Weather Causes the blood to heat and get Into a depleted eondittou, and weakens the whole system, thus giving opportunity for scrofula, salt rhoum, boils and humors to come to the surface. The blood should be purified and vitalized by taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which will expel all impurities and give tone And strength to the whole body. **I had four scrofulous sores come on my feet, which grew so bad that I could not wear a shoo. Nothing which I took did me any good, till one day 1 saw Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertised In the paper, and decided to try It. 1 have taken two bottles and the sores aro almost entirely healod.” Mrs. Addis Pitts, South Potsdam, N. Y, “ I took Hood’s Sarsaparilla for dyspepsia, which I had for nine or ton years, suffering terribly with It, Ifhas entirely cured me, and l recommend it to others who suffer with this disease.” Mrs. A. Norton, Chicopee, Mass. "Iused Hood’s Sarsaparilla for dyspepsia with the best results.” A. Culver, Council Bluffs, la. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for to. Prepared by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar

DR. JOHN BULL’S SniiUi’s Tonic Syri FOR THE CURE OF FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER, AND ALL MALARIAL DISEASES. The proprietor of this celebrated, medicine justly claim, for it a superiority over all remedies ever offered to the public for the SATE, CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PERMANENT cure of Ague and Fever, or Chill, and Fever, whether ofshort or long standing. He refer, to the entire Western and Southern country to bear him testimony to the truth of the assertion that in no com whatever will it furl to cure if the direction, are .trictly followed and carried out In a great many case, a single dose has been sufficient for a cure, and whole families have been cured by a single bottle, with a perfect restoration of the general health. It is, however, prudent and in every case more certain to cure, if it. use is continued in .mailer doses for a week or two after the disease has been checked, more especially in difficult and long-standing cases. Usually this medicine will not require any aid to keep the bowels in good order. Should the patient, however, require a cathartic medicine, after having taken tnreeorfourdo.es of the Touio, a single dose of KENT'S VEGETABLE FAMILY FILLS will be sufficient USB no other pill. Price, SI.00 per Bottle; Six Bottles for $5. DR. JOHN BULL’S SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP, BULL’S SARSAPARILLA, BULL’S WORM DESTROYER. The Popular Remedies of the Day. Principal Office, 881 Mata St, LOUISVILLE, KT. >tY's CstasbH CBEAMBALMi A V Gods, Godsend it Fly's Cream Balm. I had catarrh for 3 yean. My nose would Need. 1 thought the sorts Ely's Cream Balm I has cured me.—Mrs. J M. A. /nekton,! "■^tsmouth, M. JK |_ *' eeplled tnto each nottril end |8 agree able

OH! MY BACK Imr • trail or eold attacks tkat weak tact sad nearly BRM'f TOE = BEST TONIC ? Streugthene the Muscles, Steadies the Nerves, Enriches the Blood. Gives New Tl«or. able remedy without much benefit. Foot bottles of Brmvn’s Iron Bitters have relieved me ana I Cheerfully recommend it.” _ ... _ . Miss Luci Ray, Ottawa, 111., says: I suffered greatly withjpain hi my head, lameness in WJ **“• and back. I could scarcely leave my room. 4 usea Brown’s Iron Bitters and was entirely cured.’ Genuine has above Trade Mark and crossed red line* on wrapper. Take no other. Made only by BKOWS CHEMICAL CO., BALTIMORE, MIL

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J. W. ADAMS, M. D. McCRILLUS ADAMS. J Can now ba found in their elogunt new Business Mouse on the corner of Eighth and Mala Streets, and have one of the handsomest stores In the Stata Their Stock of Drugs is New and Complete** totheirspmarass‘nm^ito«C!uw^d" ‘nVi*6 8peCial atten,,0,* Wall J?apei% TVrindow Shades, And »helr Snpertor Brands of OILS Aipa MIXED PAINTS, THE BEST BRANDS OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. j CALL AND SEE ITS. ADAMS & SON, " - Petersburg, IncL NEW FURNITURE STORE! This *rm has opened a large stock of New Furniture, all the latest styles la Jftttads, farirtte, Safas, Clairs, Brans, Dressii Cases, Ms, Safes. - j Our goods are All new—no old sttock to select from. Our place of business is at Ktnre d Stand, where we can be found selling as cheap as any house in the country. We ml <\ p :i f ull stock of . U N I >F,ftT A Tv El IS’ 'SUPPLIES AND SEE US. • - - Petersburg, Ind, E. R. KINO, EUGENE HACK. ANTON SIMON. —Proprietors of—— THE EAGLE BREWERY, VINCENNES, INDIAN^, * ' Furnish the Best Article of Beer the Market Affords i AND S0IC1T ORDERS FROM ALL DEALERS BOTTLE OR KEG BEER SUPPLIED TO FAMILIES. • ■ : * ~ On Sale at A.11 Saloons. - .y ^ ISAAC T. WHITE FRKD’K H. BURTON. MARSHAL C. WHITE. KEL.EER cfc? WHITE, Wholesale Druggists \ aSd dealers in *aints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Window Glass AND STJRGrIQALi INSTRUMENTS. o. 105 Main Street, Evansville, Ind.

1884. THE 1884. OSBORN BROTHERS Hava removed to thoir elegant New Bonding on Main street, where they bare a large ana splendid line ot BOOTS AND SHOES, ror Men, Women and Children. We keep R. L. Stevens* and Emmerson's brands ot Fine Shoes. Petersburg, Indiana. C. A. BTJRGHER & BRO., FASHIONABLE MERCHANT TAILORS, Petersburg, Indiana, Hate ReceM Heir Larte Stock of Late Styles of Piece Gouts, Consisting ot She very best Suitings and Broadcloths. Perfect Fits and Styles Guaranteed. Prices as Lew as Elsewhere, PIKE Igj ..| Petersburg, Indiana, CHARLES SCHAEFER, iProprietor. Looted in the Center of the Business Part of Town. TFRMS reasonable. A good Bar in connection with the Motel, Choice hiuuora, XobMM M* Wa** Vwmt ot 6dTS«U» and Wal*Wotfe*t*, -