Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1891 — DOG MEAT CURED HER. [ARTICLE]

DOG MEAT CURED HER.

THE HOOSIER LASS SLAUGHTERS ANOTHER PUP. Interest In the Dominion Over Annexation—Bell Company Extends Its Patent —Fatal Collision In Michigan—New York Bain-Makers Kaise the Drouth. Annexation Discussed in Canada. Sol White, a political Unionist leader at Windsor, Ont, has received a letter from Maxlinm, near Toronto, saying that joint debates are being held there on the subject of political union with the United States, and that they are attracting attention. The letter also says there are many persons in that vicinity who aro in favor of such union and are only awaiting an opportunity to declare themselves. THOUGHT SHE WAS A WITCH. Superstitious Natives of Frenchtown, Pa., . Murderously Assault a Woman. French'owa. Luzerne County. Pa., has been In a turmoil for Several days on account of the superstitious beliofs of the foreigners there. About a week ago Mrs. Passacre stated that she was the daughter of a mountain shepherd in AuUro-Hun-gary, and according to the natives such a woman has the power of bewitching. Every little misfortuno that has since befallen any of the inhabitants of the town has been charged to her, and the natives have threatened to burn her at tho stake unless she would commit suicide. Receutly a cow belonging to the leader against the innocent w>,man died. He went to the house and demanded that the cow bo brought back to life within five hours. When the five hours had expired and the animal had not come to life the owner collected a crowd and, proceeding to her residence, dragged her from her home and so murderously assalted her that her life is de- ■ pared of.

TIGHTENS ITS GRASP. Patent Issued to Berliner for the Bell Telephone Company. The 801 l telephone monopoly has secured a fresh grip on the country and now believes it has a cinch on telephones for another fourteen years. The United States Patent Office has issued a patent to Emile Berliner, assignor to the Bell Telephone Company, for a combined telegraph and telephone, which has been pending In that office since June 1. 1877. It is understood that the Bell Telephone Company believes that this patent covers features which are necessary to the practical use of telephones. This view of tho Bell company, however, is not sharefl by inventors here. They think that when Bell's basic patent expires, March 7, 1893, they will bo able to produce practical telephones not infringing the Berliner patent The issue of this patent is the second step taken by Commissioner Simonds, and probably the last which it will be necessary to take, to practically dispose of a long-existing tangle ol telephone litigation in the Patent Office. WAS CURED BY EATING DOG FLESH How an Indiana Lady Recovered from Consumption. The case of Miss Maggie Dennagher, ol Shelbyvllle, Ind., who has been living on dog flesh two weeks or more, is exciting interest For several years she had been an invalid, and for weeks before she began eating dog flesh she was confined to her bed—a confirmed typo of consumption. Her physician had informed her that there was no remedy for her. Having heard that Geo. Goodrich of Shelby County was cured of consumption forty years ago by using dog grease she determined to try the remedy. She takes the oil, drinks the broth, and eats tho meat, and has finished one entire dog. The other day she was up attending her work and superintending the killing of another dog. Since it has become known that she is Improving six prominent citizens have commenced using dog meat.

HOPE THEY ARE MARRIED. Curious Complications Arising Out ol King’s Daughters’ Tableaux. The Deep River (Conn.) branch of the King’s Daughters held a sociable at the house of Rev. George Reid. Charades and tableaux were the bill of attractions and among the latter was a wedding scene. Hiss Sadie Arnold performed the bride, Arthur Huntington the bridegroom and Pastor Reid the parson. Now, young Huntington Is a lover of Miss Arnold, but the latter’s youth was an objection with the parents of the daughter. Since the presentation of the tableaux the people of Deep River say that the parson actually married the couple and a how-de-do has been raised over it. Revolutionists Seek Revenge. A dispatch from Valparaiso says that Acting President Montt is hastening the trials of the various Balmacedists confined in prison on the charges of being implicated in the alleged atrocities committed under orders of the late President At Valdlna, the dispatch says, a considerable number of Balmaced Ist prisoners are held, including a number against whom members of the Junta and other influential persons in the successful party have per aonal animosity. Some of these have been cruelly tortured and put to death. One Killed, Many Injured. A head-on collision took place on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, at Gibert, Mich. J. Smith, engineer, was fatally injured, and his fireman, whose name is unknown, was killed. Ten passengers are reported seriously injured. Broken by Bombs. New York’s drouth has been broken, and the rain-making firm of Jas. Pain A Sons claim the credit. Within twenty seconds after they exploded an egg-shaped bomb high up in the clouds at Croton Lake, rain began to falL Equals the Jersey Variety. Frank Galbraith, a Henderson County, Tern*,, farmer, invited several of his neighbors to visit his home, and during the evening a jug of whisky was produced. The company drank freely. In a short time they were taken violently ill. A physician was summoned, but three of the men’s sufferings were ended by death. It is not known how the whisky became poisoned. Hlyj.iv - ; \-r —■ i Captain Hattie Smith Dead. Captain Hattie Smith, of the Salvation Army, who was shot at Omaha by Nettie Biedler. is dead. Mother and Children Slain. Mrs. James Kines. a widow, and her three children were murdered In their house in Fauquier County, Virginia, and the house was fired to conceal the crime. The bodies wore badly burned before the fire could be extinguished by neighbors. There is nc Burned to a Crisp. At Lead rllie. CoL. John Turner and wife left their home and two children in care ol *»» "momenta, and whuTabMnTthe house took fire. The youngest child was burned to a criap. whU*-tbe other escaped with severe Injuries.

THANKSGIOING-DAY NOV. i>«. The President of the Utlted States Issues His Annual Proclamation, The following Is the text of the Thanksgiving proclamation: By the President of the United States— A proclamation: It is a very glad incident of the marvelous prosperity which has crowned the year now drawing to a close that its helpful and reassuring touch has been felt by all our people. It has been as wide as our country, and so special that every home has felt Its comforting influence. It Is too great to be the work of man’s power and too particular to be the device of his mind. To Got!, the beneficent and the all wise, who makes the labors of men to "be fruitful, redeems their losses by His grace, and the measure of whoso giving is as much beyond the thoughts of man as it is beyond his deserts, the praise mid gratitude of the people of- this favored nation are justly due. Now, therefore, 1/ Benjamin Harrlsop, President of the United States of America, do hereby appoint Thursday, the twentysixth day of November present, to be a day of joyful thanksgiving to God for the bounties of His providence, for the peace in which we are permitted to enjoy them, and for the preservation of those institutions of civil and religious liberty which He gave our fathers the wisdom to devise and establish and us the courage to preserve. Among the appropriate observances of the day aro rest from toll, worship in the public congregation, the renewal of family ties about our American firesides, and thoughtful helpfulness {bwfard-; Uipse who suffer lack of the body or of the feplrit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord 1891 and of the independence of the United States the 116th. BEN.IA.MtN HAKRISON. By the President: James G. Blaine, Secretary of State.

DEFEAT FOR FONSECA. Brazilian Revolutionists Reported to Have Won a Battle. Says a dispatch from Santiago: According to advices received civil war lias undoubtedly broken out In Brazil and the revolutionary movement Is spreading all over the country. Several, provinces are already up In arms against the dictator and a battle has been fought somewhere in which De Fonseca's supporters were defeated. In addition to the revolt in the prcMßge of Bio Grande do Sul, it is stated that" The interior provinces of Matto Grosso, Goyaz and Para have either already joined issues with the rest of the national party, or else they are on the point of so doing. It is said that the plan of campaign of the leaders of the national party is that eacli of the provinces of Bio Gr&ude do Sul, Goyaz. Para, Pernambuco and Minas-Geraes shall concentrate at a given point all the fighting men possible, and that these forces shall make a combined forward movement upon the dictator's strongholds in San Paulo and Bio Janeiro, and, to use their own expression, drive him and his supporters intd the sea and elect a president of Brazil who will govern for the people and according to the people’s laws. ARSENIC AND GRAPES. Mrs. Thompson Died After Eating Fruit that Had Been “Sprayed.” Mrs. Thompson, 50 years old, of 498 Park place, Brooklyn, died from arsenical poisoning, supposed to have been caused by eating grapes which had been “sprayed.” The Thompson family purchased a basket of grapes and ate some of them. Mrs. Thompson was taken sick soon after eating the grapes and the physician diagnosed her symptoms as those of arsenical poisoning and treated her accordingly. Mrs. Thompson has since died of arsenical poisoning. All of the members of the family had partaken of the grapes, but Mrs. Thompson was the only one who swallowed the skins. Many of tho grapes brought to the market have been “sprayed” with solutions of arsenic to kill insects, but it, has been asserted that the percentage of poison used was so small that it could not endanger tho lives of persons eating the fruit.

WESTERN CAR FAMINE. Kansas City Slippers Fearful of a Big Blockade of Their Business. The Missouri Pacific was short 500 cur, despite its withdrawal from the New Orleans business. The road has decided to refuse all shipments from connections unless the billing is received before or at the time the cars are delivered, so that it can be sent out.immediately. This move makes matters worse for other roads. The Bock Island Is supplying plbnty of cars to its shippers just now, and does not fear a shortage or blockade. The Memphis is in bad shape and lias been unablo to receive freight from the other roads for the past week. It Is stated that half of the grain in Kansas City elevators would be shipped out Immediately if cars could be obtained. The grain Is sold for Immediate shipment South. IS NOT PROHIBITED. The French Tarltf-Wlll Not Keep Out American Pork. Secretary Busk does not share the views of M. Gruet, of the Bordeaux produce exchange, regarding the gloomy outlook for American pork exporters should France fix the tariff at 15 francs. “In the first place.” he said, “a 25 franc tariff would not keep our pork out of France. M. Gruct says so and he Is an able man. but he is a low tariff man and to make a greater Impression he exaggerates his views. He hopes to replace the 25 franc tariff with the 10 franc rate and I am inclined to believe he will succeed.”

ENTIRE TOWN DESTROYED. Forty Lives Lost by a Tornado at Arroyo Seco, Argentine Republic. A special cable dispatch from Buenos Ayres says a terrible tornado passed over the Provlnco of Sante Fe, thirty miles from Rosario, causing great destruction to property and loss of life. The town of Arroyo Seco was entirely destroyed. The number of deaths is reported to be forty and of wounded thirty. A train of eighteen coaches was at the station when the tornado swept through the town. It was overturned and many of the passengers were buried in the wreck. ADVENTIST KING DEAD. He Flowed on Sunday and His Case Is Before the Supreme Court. R. M. King, the adventist who acquired fame through being arrested over a year ago for plowing on Sunday, died near Dyersburg, Tenn. King was arres’ed and fined for the offense named, and the at first trivial case has been in State and Federal courts ever since aud Is now pending in the United States Supreme Court It is not unlikely the adventists will still push the case to a conclusion in spite of King’s death. AMERICAN FORK AGAIN CONQUEROR. Austro-Hungary Raises the Embargo, Following Germany’s Example. Austro-Hungary has raised the embargo on American pork. Advices from Minister Grant, in Vienna, are that the official proclamation will be issued soon, probably before the end of the month, revoking the decree which has been in force for several years past, and American salt meats will then be admitted subject to the duty which prevails. This is $2.88 per 100 kilograms, or a trifle less than 1% cents per pound. AWFUL DEED OF A CRAZY WOMAN. She Cats the Throat of Her Three Daughters and Attempts Hex Owa Life. The wife of a sailor named. Hinton, at Southampton, England, became wildly insane, and seizing a carving knife cut the throat of her daughter, nearly sev•rlng the girl'* bead from her body. The

maid woman, reeking with blood, then went to a room where her two stepdaughters had sought refuge, forced open the door In spite of their efforts, and then cut both their throats, inflicting fearful gashes which almost immediately caused their death. The mad woman, by that time soaked in blood from head to foot, then gashed her own throat with the fatal knife and sank senseless by tho side of her two last victims. ARRESTED IN MEXICO. United States Officials Held as Suspected Revolutionists. John G. Burke, of Fort Ringgold, and Deputy United States Marshal John Jordan crossed into Mexico from Carrlzo In a government wagon with a permit from the Deputy Collector at CaTizo. Texas. At Paras, thirty miles from Guerrero, a drunken malitlaman arrested them on suspicion and would listen to no explanations. On the following day they were taken to to Cereravo. There it Became evident that they were held as revolutionary suspects. Captain Burke wired to Consul General Sutton at Laredo, who immediately took prompt measures for their release. THREATEN TO MAKE TROUBLE. Indiana Miners Object to the Presence of Foies from Chicago. A Terre Haute (Ind.) dispatch says: Superintendent Leifcrt, of the new Pittsburg mines, came over from Indianapolis, accompanied by a L T nited States Marshal, who is expected to suppress the trouble among the miners of the Alum Cave. The miners have given the company two days to take away the fifty Polish miners brought from Chicago last week. If the warning is not heeded the miners threaten all sorts of violence. Trouble is anticipated. KIDNAPED HIS CHILD. A Much-Married New York Doctor Arrested for Abduction. At Binghamton, N. Y.. Dr. Charles A. Barnes, of Meehanicsvillo. was arrested charged with abduction. Barnes has been married six times and has three wives living. Two years ago he was married to Miss Fenton. The couple separated soon after a child was horn to them. Mrs. Barnes had some money left her by her father, which Barnes endeavored to get control of. Failing in this Barnes stole the child. FIRE CREMATES A FAMILY. Columbus Firemen Jhde a Horrible Discovery. At Columbus. Ohio, a row of firame buildings was destroyed by fire. The firemen found the remains of human beings and began a thorough Investigation. Four bodies were taken out It seems an entire family was burnod and this explains why the dead were not missed. The bodies so far found are those of a little boy of 2 years, a girl of 4, anotherglrl of «, and the father or mother. The head of the family is Charles Bethers, a laborer.

HELD UP A TRAIN. Daring Robbery of a Passenger Train in Wisconsin. A train from Chicago on the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Boad was held up by masked robbers near Western Union Junction, Wls., at 12:40 a. m. The robbers, of whom there were six, blew open one safe, secured between $5,000 and SIO,OOO in cash, and then made their escape unmolested. The passengers on tho train at the timo were not disturbed by the robbeis. Cotton Record Ilroken. The Cotton Exchange figures its receipts from noon to noon, and the figures at noon the other day reached 50,000 bales. With all the talk of a short crop cotton continues to pour into tho ports In a profusion before unheard of. and there seems to be no sign of cessation. t Frank Humes Caught. Frank Barnes, alias Arthur Burns, one of the men who robbed the Chicago Stock Yards Bank, has been arrested In Omaha. Identification is complete. Barnes and several others drove up to the bank at the hour and possession carried away a large umount of money. Car Famine in South Dakota. The car famine which it has been predicted would ingulf the railways doing business in South Dakota is In full force, and 300 towns in tho State are suffering for want of cars. The shortage of cars is estimated at 2,500. Blaze at Columbus, Fire at Columbus, Ohio, destroyed a row of small store buildings on North High street, causing a loss of SII,OOO. Seven families living in the second stories escaped only with their lives. Well, What of It? In a horse-shoeing contest at New York, William Williams defeated D. Meredith, the world’s champion. William made nine complete sets of shoes in 1 hour 45 minutes and 10 seconds. Negro Fiend Lynched. At Martin, Tenn., ndws has been received of the hanging at McConnell, Obion County, of a negro who attempted to assault a ten-year-old white girl. The negro confessed the crime. Kidnaper Held for Hearing. Dr. Charles A. Barnes, the alleged kidnaper of the young child from Round Lake, N. Y.. pleaded not guilty. He was committed to the county jail at Ballston. English Drug House Burned. l’ire at Liverpool, Eng., destroyed Evans & Co.'s wholesale drug store. The loss In castor oil and cod liver oil alone is estimated at $75,000.