Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 20 February 1887 — Page 2

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THAT TEXAS INVESTIGATION.

15-e Inducement.* OH'eivil by Wi.i-litojjton t.'juuty to Order-J.oving Cilizfois lo •tliiJie ?. hat Placs Xhcir Home.

Wahhikoto.s, February 19.—Btrfoie the Texse investi^ritinu cornrjoiitt.-e. (,'iiaries Bauer, a German, was examined. Hu had lived in Barton. Tex., twelve years. He moved (o Texas from Phila-at-ij'tiia twenty-one years ago, :iri was out of the Kepoblican judges Rt the Burton polling place. The witness waH one of the committee appointed ut the indignation meeting held at Burton, after the hanging of the negroes. It v/.-.a i. meeting of citizens, regardless of politics Pro'iabiv, however, there waft a luujoriu of Republicans, but prominent Democrats took part. K-. solutions were adopted in accordance wiiii 'he purpose for which trie meeting was nulled, riots and investigations wentalked about, aud none denied their occurrences. They were alluded to in a preamble of resolutions, and the document itself declaied it to be the purpose of the people of Burton to protect all law abiding citizens in their persons and property. Copies wers sent to the papers. The Bon ha ru Banner refused fo publieh the resolutions. The Galveston -News published them in full. The committer! appointed consisted of two or three Republicans and lliree or four Democrats. Men were appoir.U'd by tbe i:oinmit!?a to {,'uard .Mr. Hoi!:o i, the lax sHsw.sor, wlm lirH h--Mi Old-re

to l«av« the nrCry, i-: '. hi*

propeify duriojj tt.o ne\l w-n ur t»i l-'V-.-Oays. By that time the e.t .Heme: !ril died out. Mr. Hoffman dieo the duties of his officii to-day.

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G. \V. Brown, colored. luLisiocer, was recalled, the paper he found pinned die. It was as follows: (,i. W Brown-—is tifpiiblieaiiisM iu leud ia Wft'-Uingtou ooanty yun hud betrei* resign and Itwive the euauty, or yon will be ki!b-d.

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The signature vvae tho picture uf a eurii&d 1JUII. (J. B. Poller testified that lie received I'JO following paper iliroii^li the mails:

DkOKMliRU, fll. •••('. U. I'OTTKK.—Hir: We have been wuitinn for some time Cor you to iir-i-atige ym:i bnmuess und leavo this coanty This is to notify you ibut if yu persist ic utiiyiiiK many days loDger you wilt by dealt with in a very saveto maimer.

Citizens of W. County.

Lewis Bryan, a prominent Democratic lawyer, told the witness that be helped liackworth to lind a purchaser for hi? property, and hud hard work keeping the rnoij olf'UBtil the transection could bo completed, and the roan could get away. The witness left town for eight days because of the threats made against him.

W. 11. Blount, colored, ri (armor, was examined. He was a Republican candidate for the legislature, and was counted out, his opponent having tiltv-thiee majority. 'Ihree ballot, box's, were destroyed, one. polling place was not opened, end at one tbc Republican tickotswere thrown out. The witness thought he should have had about 1,000 majority. He received the following by mail:

Buonuam, Tex.. December i), 'Sli.—You are betoby notified to leave tliu country without further warning. Comjiittke.

A stranger, a white man, a!co rave him verbal notice to the wine eile-'i. it w.is rumored that tho coioieu peopir hail lilanned an insurrection of which the witness was said to be at tho head There ur-ver was a fouaiiali iii for (tie rumor.

William liackworth, son of a memorialist, and still ft resident of Brenham, wa.-i at the indignation meeting, when Judye Kirk oflered rcsolulion "iving twenty-four hours for Hackv/orth, Moore and Kchnetz, memoiiaiist, to leave town. The resolution were received with cheers, aud witness wflssraied and left for his fnlhi't house immediately.

Rijjgs P. liackworth. white, brother of one of the memorialists, was sworn and examined. He in a Justice oi tho peace of Brenham and a Republican. Tho feeling toward Republicans following the election last Xovember was very bitter. The witness was several tim»s advised by Democratic friends not to stay at bis home, end in cuiseipienee he left for a time with his family. On one occasion he was informed that crowd had assembled threatening to 0 and shoot into his house. This was the day that his brother, the memorialist, left Brenham. The witness v."'.'. asLcd to described the cireumst-mnes his brother's leaving. He said he had heird a great manv thieats toward his brother. His brother told him he had sold his properly, and was to leave the next day. Half an hour later a D-.-moerslic friend came into tho witness' oHice aud pointed to a crowd of fortv or lifiy men on the street and said they insisted upon me brother's leaving that night. The wituess got hin mother to persuade his lather leave that night. The however, called upon a prominent Democratic friend to ask if bis brother could remain until the n-'xr ibty, feaiiu,: tl at bis house would be burue.! down before be could gel the pay for it. This friend, said Jnd«e Kirk, sssured him he could control the crowd, but the friend finally concluded that the brother had heUoi ioave thai night, and to facilitate the- departure this friend drew his check tor 3100. The witness nnd two or three friends escorted ihe brother !o the depot at 7 o'clock that rveniti I lo-re was a crowd of several hundred men tindepot, but they did nothing o-.cept u,. raise a yell i» the wain pulled The wituess held an inquest over the bodies of the three lynched negroes The inquest Continued nil day, ar.d thru adjourned over two days to get more evidence. During this interval two of Ihe jurors usked the witness to csii the ury together and have the thing finished, ss tliey had been warned not to ask too uauy questions and were afraid. On roseexamination the witness said

ceived two written notices to leave, and reveral verbal warnings by friends to Jook out. "Hadn't there been Republican otbec3iolders before •'There bad been Republican officeholders before."

Now, inasmuch as Republican oftieeiiolders had been in qflice there without uny threats or molestation before, how «ioyou account for the fact that threats vere made this time?" "1 account for it in this way that the

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seated the excile^/riber. The witness for family to the liouses of to spend the nights, while tiimscif sometimes spent the in tbs woods and at others stayed home surrounded by a gu&"d oi friends. Senator Euetis named several Republican officeholders who are now wrvinj in Washington county, and witness Raid in rc-ply to the inquiries, that though they had receive*! notices to ItfRVf, tbey hsd riot been (iiiturbed in dififi'inr''!1 li'.eir dutifr

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i!iorkiiiEr A U«ullin ri.'tt.

ideal, on :i iu Itie i!J l!i of Mr. i:nr-

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'"ebri2ay Jt.'.--Thefirst •cioenta ex peeled from of tobo jjaninj into

this .'ection of Vermont happened at the gfidv of Titcotnb A Merrill, on Monday night, by which James C. B,-,rrelt, a leading member of the Rutland bar, lost his iife, and s. Charles P. Harris received serious and probably fatal njuri?n. A bo?.r'.l which formed a part of the chute near lbs bottom bad become -plintered and displaced so that it projected into the elide, pointing upward, hour young men bad just passed it, *nd thb'r clothes bad been badly ufrn by it, but noFie of the party was injured. A boy informed Mr. Titconib, and the If.ttei'ran to remove it, but just at that instant the toboggan bearing Mrs. Birrett, Mrs. Harris and Mr. Barrett, iu he order named, dashed down the chute, Mrs. Barrett passed the deadly projection without touching it, but it struck Mrs. Ffarris on the outside of the thigh and cut a long, deep gash. Then it struck Mr. Barrett on the under and inner side of the thigh, exter-ding up through it and his abdomen, and .ruing out at bis back. The force of Uie collision was frightful, but the ladies went on to the foot of the slide. Mr. Barrett wsa completely transfixed by the board, but lie did not for a moment lose consciousness, and bore the excruciating pain with remarkable fortitude. Mr. Tifeomb called for help and carried h-m into the iiiti brdioi *ig used as a w-'.iti-ig-rootn Medii ilaid was summoned, slid in a few moments he was attended by Dra. Caverly, Pond, Mend and (rait. They etherized biro acd sawed off th^ board and removed ii, snd then conveyed Mr. Barrett to bis home. Meanwhile, Mrs. Barrett, net knowing of his injuries, was hauling Mrs. Harris tip the ascent iu the tobaggan. Upon their arrival Mrs. Harris remained without attention for

Home time, hut': when the severity of her injuries became known, she, too, was la.!f-n home and attended by some physicians. Mr, Barrett, who was fully con f.cioua and realized his great danger called for bis wife, and, when she cairn he kissed her, and asked her to pray with him. He then submitted to the operations of the surgeons. He died at o'clock last evening. Mrs. Harris is in a rHlicii! condition.

TRADE.

Tin* ilftjiOil oJ' K. G. Dun A Co. on the CoiuiUioD ofTritd». New Yokk, February lib—R. (i, Dun & Co's weekly report of trade says the conspicuous feature of the week's business is the breaking of speculation in wheat, oil and coffee. .Sales of wheat here have reached forty-two million bushels, with a decline of 2:j cent^, partly recorded, and the sales of coffee have reached i9S,-J50 bags, with a decline of •j cents in Rio fair. Operations in other market.': were moderate iu amount, generally v/iih but fractional changes, though oil tell 2.5 cents. Pork and hog products were strong, though of late the advance has been disputed. Slocks havs been weaker without heavy transaction? —the !U)ce:iiain outccme of the interutate h'd! being cb'.irly fell in gradual •jelling investors. So far the move meat. of boots and shoes is about 5 pec cent. below last year, but encouraging reports come from salesmen returning from the West and South, and some jobbers report much better sales than a year ago. Cotton is steady. Lighter stocks here are more than balanced by the increase of half a million bales iu expert*, foreshadowing a smaller demand from Europe hereaftei t'ottur. goods are lirm, with a better demand for browns, and tood deliveries of all qualities on previous orders. Woolens, as before, are fairly actice for womeus' dress goods. But orders for better grades of worsteds, for over coatings ahd heavy suitings aie especially backward in spile of iower prices. People who bought in the week more coflee than the country consumes in a mocih have found it easier to buy than to sell. Wheat speculators, confident of a foreign war, have kindly enabled farmers to sell many million bushels at 10 cents advance, and ar3 now dropping heir burden. Railroad earnings are favorable. Business failures during the liitt seven days number for the United cllales 222, for Canada 39, against 267 iast week and iSti for the corresponding week :,f last year:

UKPIE'S CREDENTIALS

(iiivenior ray WlM He Held KeaponMfor their Irrogtilftr Character. Wuehiugion Bpecinh "Governor Gray is uoL going to escape some of the responsibility for bringing about :-n investigation of the election of Senator Turpie,'1 said a well-known Indk'iiu Democrat lo the Journal correspondent, day. "Gray invited an investigation by the very form of crederi tin Is iiich in- prepared for Turpie," h. continued, "and i! was his purpose have an investigation. He wants Turpie rejei-ied, so there will he a vacancy for him lo fill. He has bis eye set on i! two years hence, and believes he himself chu come iu at that lime. You w. if Turpie is kept out of the seat Gr«T p'ands as good a chance to cnnie in as anybody, and then he will have the place at his .iispos-il in event he wants to appoint." 'Would 1'uipie iu- appointed by Gray "Xot much Turpie is a Voorbees and McDonald man. Gray knows full well what w: intended by these men in the appointment of Mac-son to the internal revenue collectorship, and he intends to retaliate."

One of the most intimate friends of Senator Yoorhees was found last night, srid asked what lie thought of the matter, lie replied: "It looks very much as though Governor Gray's commission lo Judge Turpie was nn invitation to investigate.

^Republican ticket was elected this time, nd the Democrats did not wsnt to give up tbe offices, and by that plan they smalt rown lSurned Out. nciild scare ofl' the Repuplican's from j[Exico, Mo., February 19.—Thompontesting."

The witness further explained that un-

-. it done purposely. i- think

8° Others, who evidentlv got their ideas from Voorheer- and McDonald, expressed then-selves in similar language. They are neariv all incensed at Gray, and are heaping their malediciiions upon him. McDonald's friends do not hesitate to say that Grav hopes to see Ttirpie's credentials rejected, and that tbey believe his hopes will be realized.

a «m,11 village west of here, was al-

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8go tbe Republicans had held most totally destroyed by fire ves.erday. ho offices, but two years ago, owing to a The amount of the loss cannot be ascer[Kepublican split the Democrats were ain.-d yet, but is heavy. victorious. The Republicans had sur-j tendered the offices, and it was'

,-s the witness thought to retain: rheumatism all succumb to bt Ifcie hold that the Democrats had thus Oil.

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THE RAILROADS. feet, but another terrific right-hander stretched hi in insensible upon the floor. Cutchiosa, Her/, snd Tbere, of iutereat- The end was over in two minutes and

IDS Items.

Poor's Manual will be issued July 1st. The C. & E. I. officials have just completed a contract with the Hinckley Locomotive works, of Boston, to build nine locomotives of a heavy and improved pattern.

Every agent and conductor on Southesslerr: has been removed since January 1st aud others substituted. President Mackey's course in this direction is at present a mystery.

Ti.o force ia the Vandal ia shops are building anew nd improved pile driver. It :ih the steam shovel tii'l be sent up on be Logan soon as the season opens up suitable for steady work.

The Vanda'ia passenger train from the ast yesterday afternoon brought in forty five recruits, in command of Captain C. E. Locke, of the Tenth United •Slate.! Infantry. They are on their wev to fV,y Mexico and are intended for the Tenth, Thirteenth and Twenty-fourth regiments. They were recruited at Dayton and Indianapolis. They were for the most part a fine appearing body of men and appeared lo treat the fact of their going so far from home with great nonchalance.

The Railway Age, in its last issue, gives the following excellent advice, which every laboring man,as well as railroad employes, would do we): to heed The Age says: "We urge nil railway employes in the land lo strike—against rum. Whisky is an ir.6niti.-ly greater evil to tkera than long hours and poor pay. Vastly more money is squandered in strong drink than any advance iu wagc3 can offset. Intemperance—not capital—is the great oppressor of labor. Let the Knights of Labor and ali other laboi organizations inaugurate a determined Mrike against strong drink, and the roatest evil of the iige and of the worl may be overthrown."

SfiTS the Indianapolis Journal: "Indl:!i! ipolis legislators would do weli lo o-ue ihe position that ihe legisliturc of Kit:-:ss takes toward the railroad ioterctH i.if that state. They are offering ever,,1 inducement to the roads to extend their lines and develop that stale, in conmotion with sister States. One important measure which has worked injury to the Atchison, Topeka it Santa Fe, which is building extensively iu that, and adjoining states, has been acted upon favorably to the interests of the company. That is Ihe bill to legalize all actions oi the Atchiirm management in leasing and purchanint railroads outside thai state, .vhict! passed both blanches of the legislatu/o and only awaits the actios.' of '.lie governor.

NOTHING BUT NEWS.

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There are grave fours of a big Memphis. Under the Kentucky law Will is Dodson, a vagrant, will be sold at Ait gusta, according to his wish.

Masked men entered the house cf Peter Krannak, at, Hopeville P.i., an shot Ivramak and his wife, killing tl latter.

Mr. Francis Parkin an has bet-:: elect-" chairman of the board of oveiseers Harvard university, vice the Hon. E I Hoar, resigned.

Smith M. Weed says that he believe in the truth of a report circulated in New York by a Democratic politician who iiaB just returned from a visit to President Cleveland, that the latter does not intend to be a candidate for renomination in 1SS8.

Owing lo a snow blockade the Utah iS Northern Anaconda copper works atu mines at Butte City, Mont., are com pelled to (dose down for hick of fuel. One place, a mile Ipng, the snow is thirty lo fatty feet high. Over 3,000 men are thrown out of employment. Titecoppf production of the camp is almo! slopp d.

Al Kverson, Pa., yeatesday, Lawrent.'i Peacock shot and almost instantly kilkc Robert Percy Peacock, who had bec-r drinking for several days, was aimless._ firing a shotgun when Percy came out of bis house, and jokingly said, "8hoo' this way." Peacock then deliberate! aimed at him ami iired. Percy threv up his arms and cried, "1 am shot."' TI men were friends.

General Master Workman Powder, said last night that the order of tin Knights of Labor must not be dragged into politics. If local assemblies elect delegates to the Cincinnati convention next week, those delegates can only speak for the locals that sent them there and not for the order in general. Th Knights of Labor, as an organization will not he represented in that conven lion, and any action, political or otherwise, adopted there, will not be Yeguiar or binding upon the Knights of Labor.

February 19.-—Robert

Bonner, the owner of Maud S., has been oflered $100,000 lor her. The offer wss made through Joseph Harker, who negotiated lor the mare for William H. Vandt rbiit when be purchased her, It was refused. The price he paid for Maud S. was $40,000, but it is a well-known fact that Mr. Vanderbilt could have sold her for a much larger sura to a syndicate composed of Captain Nfone-and others. He did not wish to have her raced for money and possibly used for pool-box purposes, however, so iiesohi her to Mr Bonner. On February

Joim Murphy will begin jogging Maud S tsiid she will he put into condition irot :i fast trial, but will not be keyed up lo concert pitch unless some trotter approaches her piesenf, record, 2:0Si! She wrs handled iu the same way last yenr, being kept ready for einer-jenrit'fi, but not driven up to her full spfed, because it was not necessary to do so to maintain her supremacy. She is now 13 years eld.

The Work of l.isbluln^.

Xkw York, Feb:oarv 19.—The American cot ion warehouses al Tomkifisville, Stiilen Island, which were set on tire by lightrdog lasl night, arc still burning, but are under control of the fieemen. At 3 o'clock this morning the wall of building Xo. 11 tumbled over and Thomas Garrigan ami James Conroy, two employes of the company, were buried beneath tbe ruins. They were taken out seriously wounded. M. W. Stone, vice president of tbe company, had tiis collar bone broken by some debris of the falling side wall. The estimated loss is half a million, which is overed by insurance.

A ijnfck Knock-Out.

Dn.UTii, Minn., February 19.—One of the quickest koock-out prize fights on record was fought last night .at 'lie Dnluth theater. The principals were Charles Gleason, light-weight champion of the Northwest, and Palsy Concannon, a light-weight of repute who has bested a number of men. Pat Killen seconded Gleason and J. W. Curtis, of this city Concannon. As foon as time was called Gleason look the offensive, and led with his left, landing on his opponent's neck. The second blow with bis right on Coucaunoa's ribs sent the latter through the ropes. Concannon managed to get to his

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Gleason escaped without a scratch.

VERDI'S GENIUS,

The Early Trials of the Groat Mifltsr— How He Composed ami Sludied. Pull Mall Gazette.

The father ami mother cf Verdi kept a

Mr. Alien Cooke, master mechanic of modest inn iu the village of Roncole. the C. E. I was isa Ihu city yesterday Brought up by hia mother, who adored tnd secured full payment for the two C. j.j„ ,j)e j,nd was by nature intelligent, "°""d I'lUietinJolxiiM! ierious beyoad hi.

seldom even to correct him. One thing alon^ lifted him out of himstlf, and gave him tineq-ued joy this was mus c,' and the sounds which proceeded from any musical instrument. A poor wretch 'of a traveling musician, who'd name has been preserved—he was callcd. Bagassel—came from lime to time to Le Roncole in the exercise of hia calliiig, The tones from his wretched violi -. used to ssnd young Verdi into ecstasy, and it is said "that this virtuoso was the fiast to advise Verdi's father to let his son adopt a musical career.

Young Verdi was sent to Busseto to school, and from his 11th to bis 181L year he was organist lo the church theio at a salary of 100 francs a year. He was then employed by a distiller, who was also an amateur of music. He practiced it with enthusiasm, performing the part of Crsj flute in the orchestra of the cathedral oi Btweto he had a knowledge of all ihe wind instruments, ar.d played especially with some skill on lhe clarionet, the horn and the ophicleide his house was the piac.i of meeting of the Philharmonic society of the town. If. is easy to conceive that, living in such a house, the imagination of the young Yordi would be remarkably slirred up in surroundings so agreeable to his wishes, his inclinr lions and his aspirations. An old organist, took a fancy to hiui, encouraged aDd aided him in his musical education, Until he could teach him nothing more, and eventually Verdi, assisted by bis patron, proceeded to Milan to continue his musical studies in earnest, having determined lo adopl music as a career. \V«i havfl no space to detail his early efforts and sirugsrk-s he composed hb niduously and studied hardy married Im master's daughter, aud with his young wife took up bis quarters ill Milav, where he began to turn his attention to the theater. He became chef d'orcheslre of the Philodvamatic society, successfolly produced bis first opera at tbeScala, lost his wife and two children, wrote another opera, which was a failure, and at 5ait produced "Nabucco," his first re success.

AN AVALANCHE OF BEARS.

A lvtjnarkHl»lo Story rrm K'oigrui (lulrli. Iu Emigrant gulch, a levy miles west of here, wriles a Fort Keogh[(Mont) correspondent, the snowfall is beyond a comception. A scries of avalanches have been sweeuini: down Emigrant peal: tearing cabins from (heir foundatior and burying them out of sight, altboug"' fortunately uoone b3B been hurt. A a old miner of th'*ll stclion told rne a TO markable slory of an avnlanche that curred in tbe gulch two or three year ago. Emigrant gulch is a great piac forsilver-lip bears. In winter they be come so hungry that they hunt all ovfEmigrant mountain for berrbs nud roots and even descend inlo tbe bed of lbs gulch and attack anything living to sat isfv their hunger, lie had spent, the inter about five miles up the gulch on the north side of the gorge. Ernigrai peak rising eleven thousand feet into the air directly opposite him. One sunny day, while sitting alone at his cabin door he saw far up the mountain side a num her of bears winding through the snow Ha counted eighl of the monsters as the1 caroe in sight one after the other.

All at, once Ihe mass of snow csppin the bald summit became loose and starte on rapid journey toward tbe bed of the gulch. I nan instant it had reached f-h beais and picked them up, itioro trees up by the roots, and seized huge bowlders c-f stone, which where buried with crash far into the depths below. The noise was something deafening until tl avalanche had stopped in its course. Looking upward he saw a broad swath or path which the nvslanche hf.d cu: clean from peak to base, as if some farm er bad with a giant scythe cleaned the earth of trees, rocks, and herbage.

When the snow melled in the summsr he found eight bears dead and frozen, a if they had been {'reserved by some refrigerating process. The ears he had punched by the territorial treasurer a! $8 apiece, and afterward sold the bides to a furrier for a (similar amount..

TKE TWO HAMLETS.

The Htiuilel or Wilson JIarret tlie Enxliah Artor. Chicago Journal.

The Hamlet of Mr. Wilson Barrett is novelty in dramatic art. But this is not to its discredit. Many novelties in art are a great improvement on old form-: and principles. Tiie new Hamlet can lardly be an improvement on the old one but if is a very remarkable, attractive and artistic creation.

The conventional Hamlet is evidently the Hamlet of Shakspesre. If thereiis any well authenticated Shakspearean tradition it is that which informs us that tho play of Hamlet as written by him elf was set by Siiakspeare for the stsgo. md thai, he appeared in it iu the char icter of the ghost. The Hamlet played to every successive generation till the present was that pieecribed in manner, in dress and in ils other attributes by the great dramslist who eyoked if. inlo being.

Mr. Barett's Hamlet is not, therefore. Shakspeare's Hamlet. It is entirely his own. It is a new stage creation, in no wv parallel to the old, and tbe two cannot be compared as to their respective merits. But the new creation ia one of great interest. It should be seen mote ban ouce to be appreciated as it deserves. That Mr. Barrett has given the subject uhis deepest thought and nil the strength and culture of bis remarkable dramatic powers is evident from the care and application whi-.li marks bis appearance in the play. A comparison of the poet's

Haaik-t with that of the accomplished actor afford* an entertaining snd instructive study.

Music Hatli Charms.

ljong Creek (Ore.) Republican. The valuable violin which a drunken heel went thrangh on the night of the dance a! tbe "widder's" has been so cleverly repaired by Cash Macy that it sounds better than ever. When the handsome Mr. Clover plays it the ladies-fade away from the room as softly as a poet's dream from a wood-chopper's memory and the sou) of music expires in the wood-box.

Best in rhc Hope Market. Chicago News. Tbe bill of expenses iacurred in hanging a Virginia murderer shows that the sherifl bought his charge a suit of clothes for $20, but paid 325 for a rope. Although it coft so much money, the latter article proved an uncomfortably tight tit,

Dou'i alarm your neighbors at with your cough, but use .Red Cough Cure.

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Tius JS2LPRESS, rERRE HAUTlC SUNDAY, FEBRRUAY 20, 1887. ,i

THE SHIP OF DEATH.

When silent

the the deeping town

Unknown to human ken, Another ship goec sailing down, Bearing the soals of men.

She is the ship of shadow mist, Of mist and mournful gray, There is no gloom of amethyst

About her pallid way.

As silent as that dim ship oame Steals into tbe dark" She is no ship of mortal name,

Bnt an eternal bark!]

Her deck is thronged with shadows wan, Hhe will not panse or star, So speedily she bears them on,

All on an unknown way.

Bat sometimes when the dusky tids Hath tilled the widening stream, That wan and shadowy ship will glide

By tho ship of song and dream.

Wi.oreuu the watchers dimly know A terror in the dark, A pillor but a fading glow,

J-'inehM the shadowy bark! —(Mary Kendall.

"THEY FIT."

An Iutrrflttinjg Description ot tbe Encounter Between the Two Joes—Pulitzv i-'n Cheek and Howard'* Head.

The little scrap between Joe Pulitzer and Jec Howard—two highly intellectual gentlemen, each wearing eye-glasses —lias caused the writing of reams of romance for the New York newspapers. The New York Star thus tells the story of tbe quarrel: "Pulitzer lirst allured Mr. Joseph Howard from the fair pastures of the Herald wilh munificent promises of richer clover fields, into which he could plunge. In the beginning of his labors on the World he gave him S150 per week for bis brilliant services then, as the paper began to prosper and the checks were stacking high, like prudent gamester he pinched his bets and commenced to cash iu his chips, ready to jump the game a winner at aay time. To that end there was a reduction in expenses in every department, and the versatile Howard was cut down S50 a clip. As he had no redress, and as he was kindly informed by his employer that the reduction was not intended in any way as a rellectiou upon him, but was made in a spirit of fairness to the other members of the stall, who were toiling away at much smaller salaries, he took the cut like a philosopher and began writiDg more vigorously than ever. He did better. He made arrangements with ihe Boston Globe whereby he was enabled to average almost $100 a weak, and later on by the Philadelphia News, by which he could clear about $f0 a week additional. This grieved Mr. Pulitzer. Like a true philanthropist he bated to see such avarice iu otic of im fold, and ho made another 'kick.' He insisted thai Mr. Howard should do more work for the World, and of a better quality, mildly insinuating thai many of Mr. Howard's brightest gems were venerable 'chestnuts.' To repress Mr. Howard's tendency to monopo ly, and insure what he termed 'fresher' work, be out him on space. The sum paid him was $12 per column or one and a half times the regular rale. There was a twe-fold object in this—first, economy second, the guarding against puffs for Mr, Howard's friends, in whom Mr. Pulitzer is not particularly interested. For the great philanthropist in bis con lidential moods declares that Mr. Howard li:s used (he piper to aid or harm his friends and enemies afi his interest dictated. "Mr. Howard, contrary lo his ust custom, did not level an invective at Mr. Pulitzer, but quietly submitted and bided his lime. Last, week he perfected arrangements with Colonel Charles Taylor, of the Boston Globe, whereby he was to write a syndicate letter for ten papers, receiving $20 per letter, half of which he received, the other moiety going to Colonel Taylor. Chief among these papers are tho Chicago Tribune, the Denver Tribune, Kansas City Times and St. Louis Globe-Democrat.. Mr. Pulitzer did not like this, and in the interests of humanity in general and bis own interests particularly he renewed the 'shaving' process, lie had Mr. Howard's matter 'boiled down' until naught but skeletons of the mighty literary structure remained."

As for the light, the alleged third round is thus described "Joe Pulitzer's cheek was swollen to to twice its usual size, and Joe Howard's bead bad a map of Palestine on top of it. The St. Louis Terror came up to the scratch with all the confidence iu the World, but Joe Howard was groggy on his pius. Bennett's Well Known let out! with his bunch of fives and hit Pulitzer 5 a sounding blow on his left flapper, Pulitzer countered on Howard's champaigue basket,"

The fourteenth round is thus told: "Pulitzer's cheek was so swollen that it was colossal. Joe Howard hadn't a hair on his head. Neither man would have been recognized by his creditors. The St. Louis Terror's nose was so big from the effect of repeated blows that he could tee only one-half the room with each eye. Bennett's Well Known seemed likely to win, for his wind was not yet exhausted, and it seemed likely that when he got bis second wind he would be able to fight forever. Sol Pringle loohed anxious for the lirst time during the tight. Nym Crinkle, on the other hand, had an air of brilliant gayety. 'The Terror and the Well Known stood face to face. The silence was intense. Expectation was wrought up to such a pitch that Sol Pringle wouldn't have breathed if he had not ioliar a breath. The men staggered forward and accidentally walked by each othf-r, They bunted around the ring lo lind each other. Each looked at tho r.tiler as if he were not quite sure that the disfigured, ragged man before him was the person he had started out to whip. The Well Known struck feebly at the air. The Terror parried feebly at tbe chandelier. They grappled, as if the last Lope of either was that tbe other would bold him up, and then both fell to tbe floor unconscious."

FLOODS.

Tho Nit ted KlootU Which ihe Ohio River ling Made Itg«If Celebrated. New Albany Ledger.

The following ere a few statistics concerning floods slue* 1862: To begin with there were thirty floods in ull from 1832 to 1886. There were more in the tlrst sis months than in the last six months of the year—namely, 20 to 10. No floods occurred in July, October, or November but there were floods for every other month of the year. We had 7 in Feb-* ruary January, 5 Decembet, 5 April, •5 March. 4 June, 1 August, 1 May, 1 September, 1. There were more floods in even years than in odd, being 16 to 14. More floods over 50 feet occurred in even years than in odd, beingS to 7. All floods were over 40 feet commencing May 13, 1871, with 40 feet 6 inches. Sixteen were over 50 feet, commencing February, 16, 1881, with 50 feet 7 inches. Twentytwo were over 45 feet, commencing December 13, 1864, with 45 feet 1 inch. Twelve over 5-5 feet, commencing January 19, 1870, with 73 feet .7 inches. One was over 70 feet, February 14,1384. More floods had an odd than an even number of feet, viz: eighteen odd to twelve even. Mere had an odd number of inches than even—eight even to twenty-two odd. Fifteen floods were night highest at an even date of the month,

Star and fifteen at »ti odd. Eighteen floods yere at-the highest point after the fif-

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tenth day of the month had passed, ten before (lie fifteenth day, and two on the fifteenth day. On the average the river always rose faster at night than at day.

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