Pike County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 28, Petersburg, Pike County, 29 November 1888 — Page 1

DUNTY J. L. MOUNT, Proprietor, Our Motto ie 0. E. MONTGOMERY’S Store, Haia Street. omoE, PETERSBURG, INDIANA, THURSDAY VOLUME XIX NUMBER 28 NOVEMBER 29, 1888

- pike Bounty democrat ^PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY IS TKRM9 or HIlWRinidJIt OB* jnr Jar *n month*. *nrtbrcv month,,..jj IMVAr^tAQLY 1M ADVANC9ti a ADTKItTISINtl BATHSi SrV^T.'T <* »>*•*. oo* ntwrtton_tin addition*. insertion . . m»4o«m advertisement* tidtoMU ndtUSS!* be lm»HNSIO»*l VARIM* K A. ELY™ Attorney at Law, Yetkhkburo, ISO. 0®cc: Orrr J. k. Adams A Son's l>rug Store. Hf IS also a atrjnber of the United State* collection Amo* latmn. and gives prompt attention j *» every matter m which he 1* employed. A- P. P tcnsMeon. a. ii tstloil RICHARDSON & TAYLOR. Attorneys at Law,, FKTKRBBURO, INR rrompt attention ittven to nil bn sine**. A Notary I'tibllr oon-d intly In tb* office, nlHi-t I to Carpenter Bunding, Hli and Main. ] J. \\. WILSON,

Attorney at Law, PETER3BURO, IND. I# Office: Over J. B. Yoam: A Store. --£—_I li. CaJIUKWn. J. H. LaMar, j CARLE ION & LaM AR. j Physicians & Surgeons! PETKK8BDKG, INI).. Will practice In P»ko an*! adjoin in** counties. ; Ottce: Hear mom of B rk r*u tiding. Ofllro j hou.ro day »n.l £flr"Disea*<-» «t women and children a specialty. Chronic and tlillk.niIt I cast s *ol.c*t»d. Ai.K J. CASE. M. R, ~ Physician and Surgeon YEl.l'EN, INI): ■ Vfi»! in Pike ani]**>tJointnj’ covntW. * Calla promptly hip t> a*d to. day or mcbt. OttN j bour>, day ami Bigf.t W. t. l »s% \'f .i» Mu i J on l.t- a iA fcvn u. TOWN'iENO, FLECKER h SMITH, Attorneys at Law AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS, VETEKSBl’KG, - INDIANA ! f OIMpp, nv«-r titt* t runk * stnro "p^ 1 *t tpnttouKivpnt.ii1.' 1.* Ikhw, Bit} In.- ant 'ft! |nx V.v im.aiuis Tlilt - ant kurm.tlilu* Abttrapt.*. K, K. KIM K. M. 1)... * Physician and Surgeon PETERSBURtt. TMD. Office, over liarmtt A. AuuS r»tore. roslon kevi’tilli Mrv> t,.t t< c* - ju.tr* ^oulh / of Mam. I alia prouu>U> attended to, stay or J Right. X & 1>1 N< AX. ; Physician and Surgeon a PETKRXtfl J RQ, . miX OfBW on first floor Carp<>ii»r.r Budding. B- J* HARRIS,

Resident Dentist, rKTHUSBCKU, IND. ALL WORK WARRANTED. 0. K. Shaving Saloon, J. K. TURNER, Proprietor. PETERSBURG, - IND. . wishing fr'n* at th<*ir r «44oi)C«‘S will U*itw *■**•?• -r • at tit*- n |» ^dwn- new t uM it** rvar of Adam* A >wi ft drutr ►to-'o CITY HOTEL. Under New Management. II. A. McMl'KliAV, lVopri >pri«*tor. Cor, Ki^hth and Main ML,opm Cooil;honti, nCTKRSBI ntOv 1N1V The f*Hjr Hotel ta centrally located,. «*la*!* in all H* rtp :m- .\he b*y>t an 1 cbeapc«^bot i m the chy. Sherwood House, foder New Manag* m *nt. B1SSELL & TOWNSEND. Prtp’rs. Klrsl uul fjoeu.t Evansville, : : Indiana. RATES. $2 PER DAY. Sample Rooms for Commercial Man. HYATT 1IOUSE, WuUaitoa. Ind. Oetmiljr Located, amt Accommodation* Kind claee. HENRY HYATT. Proprietor. NEW GRIST MILL! MARE MEAL AND CHOP FEED. Gtrindn Eww SATURDAY at A. E. Edwards’ Farm. 9 Sol la fact too tiomraoteed. Yomr l**tr.n»aja Solicited. I A. E. EDWARDS. When at Washington Stop at the MEREDITH HOUSE. First-Class in All Respects. Urn Hjurat* and Atatox Bomkau Proprietors. HOTEL ENGLISH, Northwest Mde Circle Park.

THE WOULD AT LAiiOiS. Summary of tbo Dally Kovra.

WASHINGTON SOTta. Fax Ciunu Y A N u. OMui Minister, left Wnshtngton on the !Dtli for home. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a circular calling attention to the faetghat the retirement of National hank nows is limited to *3,009.000 a month. Deposits for the retirement of circulation will he acted upon according to priority and within the limit. Senator Vest’s committee investigating the heef business opened proceedings at 1.ouis on the S0:h, 5 There was a report in Washington on the 31th that Colonel Iranian; would be appointed Judge \uVocate-General to succeed S.ia m, fatmont dented the rumor. Thk l’resident-elect has tendered K. \\\ Halford, managing editor of the tudianap olts Journal, the position of private secretary. Mr. Halford is forty-five years of *iie and came from England when a child with his parents, who tattled in Cincinnati. Mrs. Sheridan, widow*of General Nheridan, left Washington for Canada on the '.list for the purpose of securing the English copyright to the memoirs of her husband. which a residence on British toil will Rive her. Ciini.ressmas Wood nr ns. of Nevada, was rohU-d while asleep in his hotel at Washington recently. A colored hoy was arrested and *140 of the money recovered. Thk last volume of the report in the tenth censes has just lawn issued. It completes a set of twenty-two volumes, aggregating 19,3*1 pages. Balt; vbi«»-(J».shu!> Neijuin A. Miles assumed command of the division of the 1‘aeiflc on the 331, vice General O. V. Howard. * THK EAST. The much .talked of race between the yachts Citv of the Straits, of Detroit, and the Alice Enright, of Toledo, w as sailed on l-ake Erie on the 19th. The distance Was fifteen miles for a purse of *1,009. The City of the Straits won easily, coming in four minutes abend of the Enright. A HKETt.vii of prominent, parties interested in bitse-tiall commenced at New York on the 90th for the purjiose of revising the rules. A Mrs. FiTirsTRlCK and her father were fatally hunted recently at Bridge|ioct. Conn. John W. KEr.LV.of motor fame, who was sent to jail at i’hiladielphia reeeutly for contempt of court in refusing to give expects, appo.it!i 1 In the courts information regarding 4>i‘ mjfftarious motor, has been released on Uni. The l'JOthunnual hampiet of the New Yi>dk Cuauther of Commerce at Deimonico’s on the 2 Hit was a very elalwrate and interesting one. Most of the leading business meu of the metropolis were present and toasts were responded to by General W T. Sh-i man. 11 * Warner Miller and Hon. Gcl.lwin Smith. of Canada. At a fire in a tenement on Eleventh street, New York, recently Mrs. Mary lalljr wn» burned to death. She was found near a window out of which she had attorn; ted to e-cairn. While running thirty miles an hour the head car of a passenger train on the Htoontsberg A Sullivan railroad jumi»ed the track resell11 y near Wilkestiarre, Pa,, rolled down the embankment and caught fire and the twenty-five passengers, many of w hom were slightly hurt, were rescuer! hv beujg taken out of the windows. Dion Boci'tc.vVLT, the veteran actor, was rejiorte-J dangerously sick at New York on the Slut. * William Devlin, who jum|ied from the fourth story of the ste.sini gauge and lautarn company's building near Kochester. ,N. Y..on the night of the tire, died of his injuries. He wasthe thirty-eighth known Tictim. The New York factory inspector was i ailed upon recently by tho Ohio inspector for assistance >n ferreting iMjt the pjiriicipauts in gii arrangement hv which children were sent from a Brooklyn, N. Y-. ruphan asvluui to Kostoria and Findlay. O., to work in the glass factories in throe pises. Other Brooklyn asylums were suspected. The notorious immigration agent. Parsons, of Boston, was recently found with on* of his imported lab rer- a Pole— chained to his buggy. The Pole told a story of being misused. Parsons said he was insane. VkrtUkv. Mai’RK'e A. Walsh, l.L. U, pastor of Nt. Paul Hainan Catholic Church and Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia diesi on the 321. Oeoruk S. Kxmht, the actor, was reported sutfering from l-rain, trouble at New York. Rev. Arthi r Beooes. Episcopal clergyman of New York, created somewhat of a sensation in the Church Congrest recently by vigorously denouncing the sectarian idea advanced m the government of colleges, lie thought the broader they were and the more daring men they turned out the belter. He believed in Episcopacy, but not in running colleges, liis remarks were received w ith consideraide applause. Over one" bun 1; ■ l children were hurt recently iu a panic caused by an alarm of fire in the Fust nisi school, l.cng Is.and C.tv, N. Y. Three acres of the earth over Mineral Spring tottery, at Mmars' Mills, near Wilkesbarrv. Pa., caved in recently. When the earth went down it carried with it the main pipe of the Wilkestiarre Water Company, which conveyed water from the reservoir to this city. The water from the reservoir then poured into tho mine, flooding it 7 i a short time. The miners narrowly escaped. The Electoral vote in New York Stale was as follows, the highest and lowest number of vot»s receive 1 by any. Elector being given: Electoral- Republican. 630,337; Democratic. Sf^Kv; Prohibition. 3*,BM; Socialist. 2.URS; I’nion Labor. 6.3; Vnited Labor (Electors at Large), 2,666 OlaE St int, cashier of the New York XAtify .Vries, is reported Jo have absconded/ A preiimmarv investigation disclosed tf# fact that Sunde absconded with at least *5 004 James E. Bedell, of New York, who ewtudled his employers and their clients out of *SM W4, has been sentenced to twen-ty-five years’ imprisonment. The New York Supreme Court has handed down au important decision in which it seems that the Belt Telephone Company is liable for New York State taxes. The State claimed the right to collect a tax of one-half of one per cent, on the gross earnings. J. W. McIntosh 3t Co., stock brokers, of Boston, have failed. Their liabilities were not stated.

THE REST. Foi'R men were killed on the 19th by • boiler explosion nt the Boston Consolidated works, Meadville, Mont. United States Marshal Eskoxt, of Clinton, was in Fort Dodge, last week, procuring writs of ejectment against farmers and other settlers on the Des Moines river lands. This fact has caused great excitement among th* settlers and dire threats are made should ejectment be attempted. . v.OrnciAL returns from the late election in Ohio show a total vote of Stl Ml. Ryan's plurality for Secretary of State vims 21.SSS. The tots 31432 and the The Harrison Four road left the spreading rails ahQut wste

KlnoiMr Hannah has been w recked Bear PotPoakv, Mich. Th* crew escaped. T»e annual Sheeting of the National Cattle G rovers commenced at Chicago on th* 2DHi. ' , ■ Two child ren of Mrs. John Boardman, of Upper Sandusky, O.. left alone in the house recently venturer! too near the grate. Their clothing caught fire and both Were Burned to death. A IJXlwt Pact*u' working trailt returning to Ictrsmie, Wyo.. recently collided with a freight train pililichi by two engines ! at Rock Crerk station. An engineer and a ! fireman were fatally injured and ten or i twelve laborers on the work train slightly ! hurt. The three engines were demolished. George FAtari., a member of the Chfi cago Board of Tiade. committed suicide | on the :5th. lie lost in the Beptvmj l>er wheat coiner and became despondent. Kdwakk tad William Kitchell. cousins. ! aged twenty-two and eighteen yetirs, sons ' respectiveij of W. B. Kitchell and E. M ! Kitchell, were drowned recently at Moni tevideo, Minn., while skating, i Thatek’s plurality in Nebraska was 1S,l rtst EvtCTlOMi on the Des Moines river lands I in loa n commenced o«» the S>th. A fanner ! named Boyington resisted desperately, ! but was ov -rpowered by the Federal otll- | cers. Thk Knights of labor had a hot session | at Indiana, toils, lnd„ ou the 21st. The -opposition to Puwdcrly was more pro-. I r.ounced and stronger than suspected. A libel suit, in which the damages are | laid at WV>, J00. was begun receut ly against j the Chicago 7Y«*ss by the Consolidated Rapid Transit and Elevated Railroad Com- ! I .any. of Chicago, better known as the | j State street “L” road, whichiis endeavor- j : ing to see ire its franchise through the I city. The paper alleged corr upturn. Tut Cherokee Strip Live-Stock Associa- | tioa met in secret -es.ion at Kansas City, i Mo., on the 21»L It was rumored'that a | lease would be effect d with the Chero- i j trees at an advance of $100,000 on the old ! one._ The National Association of Car Axle Manufacturers was. in session all Ciucin- j nati on the 21st for an exchange of views. [ No change in prior s w as contemplated. A r*U has been issued for a Constitu- t I tional convention to be held at James-> I town. December \ to further the early ad- J mission of the Dakotas into the Union. It was an non Hired recently that a physi- j cian from Mew Orleans bad died of yellowfever in Cb cago. No fears of auepidemic I were expressed. The Railway Passenger and Freight ; Conductors* Mutual Aid and Benefit As- j sociation of the United States met at Chi- | cago on the 22d. Kx-PRESIDENT Hates addressed an im- ; mense audience at Farwell Hall, Chicago, on the nig it of the 22d on *'l*i ison Reform.** Genera I John M. Palmer, late Democratic candidate for Governor of llliuois. has withdrawn from membership iu the G. A. R. He was actuated by a belief that the organisation had been used politically to defeat him. This Osceola (Iowa) Bank closed, its doors on the 22 L BevekaL persons were quite seriouslyhurt in a panic at the Boston store. Chicago, on the 221, caused by a bxd salesman crying • fire’’ ou observing the commotion created by the arrest olt a pickpocket Poor. H. F. VandergrUt, of Clinton, Mo., was tilled recently in a parachute performance at Columbus, Ga. He was up about half a mile when the balloon collapsed. He released himself and parachute safety, .but feu ill theChattahoochie j river, where he was drowned. K. X. Anthony & Co., lumber dealers cf ! Clinton. Iowa, have made an assignment, j They- give a list of liabilities amounting j to upw ards, of Soll.uP). j It is lepiuted I hat a Chicago syndicate ( is atsiut to secure control of four St. Louis street railway lines, whose capital stock aggregate nearly three million dollars. ARTICLE! of incorporation of a new and direct line of railroad la-tweeti St. Paul, Minn., and Kansas City, Mo., have been tiled at the former city. An Aunrchiat circular of the style adopted by Parsons and Spies was distributed through the saloons of the West and Northwest sections of Chicogo on the 23d. asking for subscriptions to defend the j alleged-dy namiters, Htonek. Cheboun and { 8ev ic. • The stride of switchmen at Indianapolis, j 1ml.. assumed a serious phase on the 23d. j Business in the railroad yards was at a ‘ complete stall Lull. By the burning: of the Fort Wayne (Ind ) Jennev Electric I.ight Company’s plant 1 recently glfW.IWQ damage was done. In- j sur alive, $!3M,‘IU0„ Oscar Hunt, a parachute performer, j c-ame near living killed at Canton, O'., le- . centiy. One rope of his trapes* broke : and be u billed around like a top, being 1 seriously bruised wueu lie reach'd ground. J Adam BSeexv.s, of Smditii.1, O , wh>. was', resents fb *g. ed by masked men hush?- j •-onie Insane.

TUK SOI I U. [ Firry 'tonir!i cnv-rt. v> Morntont-m #rr« sbipjwd Iron* Bitmingam, Ala., for Salt Lake City under escort of two elders. It was reported that uenr!y .VW similarlv deluded w«a*ii tram East Tennesw« and Holtli Georgia wilt go the same way m a week Or two. starting fiom Chat* tanooga. Tt:s Kansas City & Southern has is-u»»l a notice that it will be opened (or business oti anti alter December I. The family ot William Morgan, n white farmer, were i«oi«med at Sumraertield, Ala- le.eatly, some of sh"m probably fatally. 1 hey aba food for iliouer prepared by a neg ro servant, and immediately all fell ill. The negro was arrested. Some excitement was caused at Canadian, Tin , by the returns from Denver. Col., of a piece of gold quartz found forty miles south of Canadian, the rock turning out to hi nearly pure gold. The him— of Jack ISregg, at I-eesville, Ky.» wo* burned the other night and all the family, consisting of live persons, perished. except Gregg. who was away from his home on business. Jl'DOiE RvckeEou the 31st sent a letter to Senator Biackburu. of Kentucky, to fight at duel. The quarrel grew out ot some statements made by Rucker with reference to the late electron, for which Blackburn said he would like to kick him. InteIi-State military drill closed at Columbus! tia., on the 21st. Frizes were awarded as follows: Southern cadets, Slacou.l first prise, fl.IMt; second prize, Witt rifles, Columbus. Tents, :(500; Columbus guards, Columbus, Ua, third prise, $SJA | ' O. F.j Adams, city treasurer ot Macon, tia., is; reported as being about iikOOO short is* his accounts. He has been sue- l •mo, a *j1 peuded fr jni office. Tbs dome Savings Bank, of Norfolk, i Vs, ha t suspend'd. Tu liourth annual convention of the Nationa l Editorial Association washgid in Ban Antonio, Tex, on the 21st. Delegates were pi ••sent from almost every 8late in the Cuiou. President M. B. White, of Went Virginia, delivered the address.. Tub official returns of the vote of Vitgiuia are as follows: Cleveland, 151,977; Harrison. "19<V*tat Cleveland’s majority, 1,535. '*he vote in KKt was: Cleveland, 145.597; Blaine, 139.356* total, 2S4.8S3; Democratic loat, 4.409. ^ Dmcims hink that General R. H. B ggar. Atlanta, Ga. was first murdered in thr hotel at Chat aoooga, Tenn., by a who then set the bull ling on l a ■Tie negre he tern arrested with BggajjRtuon T and property in his poac.iu.ns of the Democratic Alabama Legislature hare |pr United State* Senator ecUO-i,'

Warrants have been sworn out againa* nearly fifty persons, principally negroes, for illegal voting in the recent election in Jefferson County, Ark. Democrats were the complainants. Tits notorious Captain K. F. Buttch, the man who robbed the Queen & Crescent near New Orleans, it wanted badly in Fort Woith, Tex., by a nilmber of meit wbd hold worthless notes made by Bunchy aggregating to far o'ver $t,‘JOO. Thk canvass of the Electoral vote of North Carolina shows 140,336 votes for- the Itemocratic candidates KM,TOO votes for the Republican candidates and 2.TM votes for the Prohibition candidates.

tSKKKRAf. EFFORTS to. unite tin* federal and prmgtfS«ire repnhlicans of Spain have failed. Pthot Evans and hit boat’s crew of font men were drowned off Nassau in the Bahamas recently. Edward Harrixotox, who abused the Parnell Commission iu hi* paper, the Kerry Sfutinei, was fined £600 for contempt of court. He refused to apologise, Tint National Executive Committee of the Anti-Saloon Republicans has appointed a sub-committee, among whom is Albert Griffiu. of Kansas. The elections at Belgrade, Serria, resulted in serious riot The troops were called out to restore order, and a collision occurred between the soldiers and the people. Many jtersons were injured. It was reported on the 21st that Governor Guy, of the Chickasaw Nation, had received advices from the Interior Department at \Vashington to present himself at Tishomingo, the capital of the Chickasaw Nation, for inauguration as Governor, and that soldiers would be on hand to aid him. It was reported m Berlin on the 21st that 200 Alsat an recruits had attacked their military escort and wounded a Prussian soldier. The mutineers were said to have taken refuge in Switzerland. It was also stated that four officers bad beeu assaulted and seriously injured by French sympathizers at Stras burg. Thr German Reichstag reassembled on the 23d. Emperor William opened the session in person. Advices from Samoa say that Mata-afa’s followers attacked a stronghold held by the adherents of Tamases at Nata, November 8, and succeeded in capturing the outposts after two days’ fighting. Many of the combatants were killed. It is said that peace has been restored in Hayti, the so-called rebels having run out of cash. * • It was rumored in Boulangist circles on the 23d that the French Government intend- d to expel General Boulanger on a charge of conspiring to overthrow the existing Government. There were rumors recently that W, B. Strong, president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa, would resign. By the will of Signor. Ingomi, the prominent Roman advocate, lately deceased, the Pope inherits 1,000,000 francs. Exports of merchandise from the Uuited States during .he twelve months ended October SI, lttkSS, as compared with similar exports during the corresponding period of lss7 were for 1X88 $724 806,230; 1S87, 4t>73,422.8."«0. The values of the imports were for 1888, $707,157,198; 1887. $712,778,389. Business failures (Dun’s report) for the seven days ended November 22 numbered 290, as compared with 237 the previous week and 207 the corresponding week of last year. The Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood on the 23d at Chicago celebrated the haugiug of Allen. I .ark in and O’Brien at Manchester, England, twenty-one years ago. T. V. Powderly was re-elected general master workman off the Knights of Labor by a vote of 114 to 218. He refused to accept more than $2,000 of his salary of $5,(WO. It is stated that an American has submitted to the French Government a contrivance bv which dynamite shells can be tired from ordinary guns, exploding at the target. A rMSAonxEABLE piece of news comes across the water to the effect ttnst the stem of the Euglish gunboat Scout shows signs of weakuess. This acquires importance from the fact that the new gunboats Yorktown, Bennington "and others recently built for our navy are patterned closely upon the English model. The Italian and Austrian press comments favorable upon the promises of peace made by Emperor William in the Reichstag recently. A conspiracy has been discovered at Medotina, Java. Forty-two of the ringleaders were arrested, and eleven who refused to surrender were shot doad. A rcbei.uox was reported in the island of Formosa. The Chinese settlers, aided by the natives,took possession of the large wailed town of t’hing Hoa, where they re-c-ived recruits and then proceeded to another large town, Hagi. which they al.-< occupied.

THE LATEST. , J. V. Wiluassoe. of Philadetphla,>has urupil to Apply $11000,Oft) of his vast wealth to tile establishment of ah industrial school for boys, to be known as the “W illiatuson Free School of Mechanical Trades.” A meeting was held, on the 24th, to select trustees for the endowment fund and' to plan other detail a The Pope 1ms instructed Cardinal Gibbons to congratulate Mr. Harrison on his election to the presidency. Boclaxgka’s wife is taking steps to obtain a divorce. It is stated that one of the richest widows in Prance is willing to marry Boulanger. Me Pciicma O'GorEan. formerly member ot the British Parliament for Waterford City, died on the 23th. Jb Tbs piecemeal sale of the Great Eastern yielded £39,000. The Pope has sent n letter thanking Cardinal Manning and the English Catholics for their support of him in the penal laws question. IxTKt.UGE.tcs of a serious revolution in Venezuela was received on the 31th. Tee Republic of Colombia, South America, has determined to extend its telegraph lines very widely. Ox the approach of the government forces the revolutionists at Potosi. Bolivia, suddenly evacuated and retreated. Is a row at Le Mars. Ia, on the 24th. John Gaynor shot and killed Town Marshal C. McLaughlin. Catxr-J ranee Armstrong of the Canadian labor commission died of apoplexy at Sorel. Quebec, on the 23<1. Tee wire-works of Morse * White, near Boston, burned on tbe 24th. Loss, $80,000; probably fully insured. A FIVE-INCH snow-storm, on the 25th. impeded railway traflc in Connecticut and other down-Eastern States. Tee bark Merc Castle went to pieces ou Delaware breakwater, on the 35Uu The crew was saved. Pease Rich, a well-to-do fanner living near Royalton, Mina, was waylaid and murdered, on the 24 th. ...jj. Tee formal installation of Bishop nlgm, occurred on the 25th at Detroit. Th«JH| emonies were of a very imposing ctuEacAT Binghamton, *. Y.. on the 26*. Willie Dnndon, aged ten. while playing with n shotgun, shot and killed hi# sister-in-law, Mrs. Michael Dnfcdoa ^ Bernard Mi T i|>»e i has foun d murdered at Mahoadf City, Pa, on tile 25th. His head had/Seen crashed and. an ear cat off with ufhatehefc. The maider is a mysterious offs. Tee La Potato Indians, on the Grand Portage Reserve, in Minnesota, are reported to Ah in *-M$ffving condition, owing to-the failure of their ftahing caused Sy hard storms. John Teemer, of McKeesport, Pa, was defeated for the championship of Amor

INTERNaL I IVENUE.

'«msal of ;h«* ( ninMtMi^r of fit* t«fR«l UBVi'tiu* )• lh< s»ori*t:irjr of th.f» rrm^^-Aliis H*M >4Ulwksiiii>u« '<nrt!* Ji-liit* lutlt»*irjr. VVAstnvoTiW, lUv.S —The mluu d re* port ot Joseph fv. Mili a Cdmnitssiouer •>f Internal Reven ic, is given to iho tress last ught. Tin eport covers udt -Bly the oprr.i ina i of lie bureau -hiring i be fiscal year eo te l une 3), 1888, but 'ncludes some very int -estlug-coiupara-lire tables relating to roduction ta past years as welt as a lii: >nal information relating to the work uf he office during first qnxrter. if ic current fi.cal year. Mr. Miller's re rt sho ws that internal revenue rec >ij from ull sources luring the fiscal yen r> re $121 3*H,473, or nearly four and a h - If illions nu«>re than his estimates. His et mates of receipts for the current year $125,991,9 K). providing that no chant;es .re made :iu existing ra es of tax itioi 'he cost of collection during the past year aggregated $3.978,283; being less t in three ami twotenths per cent, of t r imount collected, against three and fen enths per cent, in 1887. The estimate expenses of the service for the next f a I year are pnt down at $4,183 289. I>m iug the past ye tobacco and Jt9 manutactures yielded !),682.431 revenue, against $3). It 8 oaTT d tig the previous year; spirits. $,«9.3>C1l agaiust $63 Si» - 321 in 18x7, and fermei *d liquors $2t.;fcit, - 218 last year, against 1,922,187 the year before. The revenue from < -o margarine dur in; the past year amo ited to $9.iS>4,129, and for the eight ra’on s in 1888-87, when the tax wa- first pla .1 on it, it aggregated 2723 918. During the past j \r 518 illicit stills were seix xl and ret red or destroyed, en l on - officer, 1) ■ ly United States Marshal Trammell, < f Arkansas, was killed. The year pri i »us there were 456 seixurcs. The pro; niton of tobacco,. snuff, cigars and ei; rues daring the year, compared with « previous year, is stated as toll ws: T<> l-co, pounds, 201.923,613; suuff, poui s, 7.433i969 Total tobacco and snuff, ; I CI62,l>)2. Increase over the last fiscal 5 Mir, 2,863,081. To-baeco-and snuff expo sti 13 3)4.227. Total production for » Isval year 1888. 222,806,929: increase vet the fiscal year 1887, 2,6:18,37a. Uigar number 3 814.726.659; cigarettes, 1,862, l.I K); total taxed, 5,707,452.To); iucreat ovi-r the last fis -al year. 834,642,107. Ci \rs exported, 148 - 623; cigarettes expo] d, '89,769,81)); total product for the ftsi y ar 1887, 5,514,641.993. Oa the subject ol neti ylatcd spirits, the Commissioner t ,-s: “Inquiry liar* | ing been made at tbi office by Members of Congress as to I » p acticability of withdrawing spirits im distillery ware1 houses free of tax, r mte in the tue- ! cbnuical arts and pi :ecti g the revenue | agaiust fraud by tu-i ylatiug the spirits j in bonded warehousi established for the purpose, the micro opist of this offic: j was requested to ma expe intents in h” | chemical laboratorj for t o purpose oi | ascertaining whctlc- such spirits could | be demetliylated. appe irs from his report that he has icceeil -d by the use of a small still in se matin the methyl or wood alcohol fro the ethyl or taxable alcohol, and In i odorii mg a portion of the alcohol throu i the ise of boneblack and other chet cal substances. It may be urged that the d imethylatiou can not be accompli’ rd without the use of a still, the operal • is rea lily liablo to detection because oi he spicial surveillance required by e internal revenue laws in the ma ?r ol stills . and distilling, but do not take this , view of the case. The internal revenue lax do not prohibit the use of stills by pe ous c her than distillers of spirits, an ! as a matter of fact, ntauy druggists am other, use stills on their premises. It i < true that these laws prohibit ths making f a riash fit for the distillation of spirit exc« it on the prethises of a distiller, brewer or vinegar manuft-.e.urer. It i also true that ths process of mashing ; rea lity discovered by tho peculiar stue which pervades the premises on which he business is conducted, but the pros IS of demetbylatioD does not involve au process of mashing or fermenting, the se of the large still which even the sn Best distillers whe produce spirits fre a mash are competed to use. The s il used in this office was among the s' ill»st of the stills which druggists am Akers, uot distillers, are permitted to ns Tiie Commission devotes considerable space to oleon rgarine. its prodtictiop, inaunfnciure <- u taxations; 34.557, ■ 5S7 pounds were | -dated at manufactories during the yi and 21.694 627 between November 1, gw. the day on whict the Oleomargarine law took effect, and June 3t>, 1887. Thei appears, he says, tc have Wen a small i jrease in production during the year, an the demand for consumption at home »nd abioad, is increased. A consul able decrease in th« number of mauuf 'hirers, as well- as wholesale and reta dealers, is reported. Commenting on hi-, Commissiouet Miller says that tin Increase in the number ot special tax ayers has become ■ subject of great s ioitude to this office, as it may be pat j due to fraud, and adds: ‘The staten »t (appended to th? report) as to the oj action and nse ol oleo oils shows tli more tnat 274)60,OOC pounds out of apt lact during the year of 69,009,0)0 pound* f this substance, iuvetoed for the sole irpoee of being used iu >h- manufacture J abutter substitute, was neither export- nor ns-.-d, as shown by reports received »t this office, in the manufacture of -omarganne. The question as to whs actually becomes ot this materia! will i ver be satisfactorily answered until the anufactnrers thereof are competed t account for it with the same j-artien* Uy as they are required for the art le subject to tax. It is doubtless used i the mauufac.nrc of some food product, uch, for instance, as cheese. It can not » economically used as a lubricant, in. tl face of the fact that ils market price nearly double the price of tallow.. They -Sn" Th-v Please. New Vonx. N -v. \—At midnight the Marquis «f Q 'een xrry sai 1 ••Ho,'’ and the contestant* in he six days go-as-you-please m-tch it Ma:lison Square Uarden started

<lnfr«a«4fKl Cali Ottawa, Out, 1 c»<lenteil number i lauded at Vnncogr ber, aud as it is a Canada to absorb t at this rate, the inf* jeetive point is the two-thirds of them owing to the uni line, belt is believed that fur ther migrat ton. w Immigration. >r. SI—The uupre2+J Chinese persons B. C, during Octp*rly iatpossible for Mongolian element ■nee is that thei; obTailed States. That rill reach the States Hooted state of the ed to be a certainty, luring the coming the Dominion govegislation placing Wilt Bet> Chicago, Not. Int9T-Ott«n A well-attended and directors of Electric Light morning, and it the works time arranged to Plymouth. I telegraph in, of ihe officers . In the meanMacdonald ha* shops at They eenhaving bet*

THE SCRIBE’S THANKSGIVING. [Written tar this paper.l M A * *>tuin ths «>n«r j

f muviuui u« Aune-horso cotta tr> shee'„ A mournful script) passed do and frh With slipshod, sbimtll ng feel; Behind his hack ta listless wag ill* ink -ftainott hands were clasped. And as he paced, with fretful voce I The gloomy air he j rasitei: |

“Alack a day and* can it to Thanksgvtng's here again! And what a weightol woo it brings Upon roy tiled brain; Hend-over-hecls in debt, no cash Expenses to defray. Grim creditors swarm in and e’en The •' devil'* is tirpay * Mow can a js'lueken mortal lift A soug of soulful praise? How cau a being m my fix \ tbaukful voice unraise! Ah. no, my harp is.aii unstrung. My stomach’s caring in; The putse within my worn-out duds Yawns hungrily for tin.” Bewailing thus his cheerless lot The seribe tramped up aud down. The while Thanksgiving’s shades worn fast Oeseendins on the town; But ere daylight had taken Right Within the sanctum door Appeared a man unto the scribu lie ne’er had seen before. WUh gracious air the stranger earner A smile upon his face, And as before the scribe he paused He bowel with easy grace; " Are you die editor!” he asked, “Of Slitgtown's Ikii!) Ihtmnf You arethere on the desk he laid Some coin all in a lump). “ Well, sir. your she 11 chanced to sea. I'p at the town hotel. _ Aud iu its pages much 1 found That suited me full well. Now send, 1 pray you, to my friends Who in your town reside, A copy each to tea or twelve Who by your views ab.do.” The ser.be expressed his thanks forthwith In calm and stately way. As though to him the order were A thing of every day; , He entertained his caller la A manner grave and 1 'armed. The Wh'te to Clasp that glittering pils llis fingers fiercely burned. ■ Betimes the visitor withdrew. Whereat the ser be rejoiced, i And scooping in the precious coin H s feelings thus he vo cod: I •' Ha ha, ho to, by all the powers. We'll deck the festal board!” ! And through the press-room door he then fcuto the “devil” roared: i “ What ho there. Chroma hither, pray, j Bon quickly eap and gown. And haste thee to yoa market man On t'other side ihe town And bid him send me in a trice The choicest of his wares. Of which make certan that his nibs \ goodly store prepares!”

On winded fee* then sped the boy Upon *he scribe's command. Returning speedily again A wealth of goods in hand; Then cheek by Jowl the twain set to Upon the viands rare. While laugh and joke went freely round O'er such unwonted fare. 'They feasted long and feasted well, Sot marking time's swift flight. Nor paused until thetr empty skins Were tilled exceeding tight; Upon that strange Thanksgiving feast lircat was the havoc wrought. Ere each within bis lowly cot The god somnolent sought. —Frakk B. Welch. A DOUBLE SACRIFICE. The Romantic Story of a Memorable Thank striving. [Written for this paper.]

i n as a strange, roughappear in g company that had gathered he reon this dark Not ember night. T<ro heavy paraffin lamps, hung by cords to” the main support of the tent, shed a sickly yellow light over the faces of the dozen men assembled there. They were, for the most part, grave, earnest faces, with the heavy lines wrought by cage, hardship and suffering; but there

— _ were also two or three younger ones, all aglow with the hope and ambition of youth and bright in the unqualified enjoyment of the hour. A strange place and a strange hour, surely, for a thanksgiving dinner. Vet so it was. These weary, battle-wora fellows had found the time and the snirit to gather together at the stroke of midnight itt this camp on the borders of the sa amp and carry out the project of a dinner that should recall the memories hud associations of other Thanksgiving days* long before the outbreak of the fratricidal contest that ha i since emptied so many thousands of hearths. It had been a brave feast, too. The skeletons of two great turkeys, the piles of sweet-potato rinds and numerous other remnants of good cheer told of the success met with by the foragi ng partyentrusted with the filling of the board. And now the flasks had been passed round, pipes lit, and the d phere rang with the ehoruswsl;' home, of love and of thamupgi' j revelers’ husky throat^lSni fortn. At the center of the- board sat a who took no further part is the music than to drum idly on tha table fingers as he puffed steaHlv at cane stem of his pipe He wore the of a Captain of Horse, and. and patched as it was in places, to conceal the outlines of a liguire superb I in Its massive strength. The Captain’s great, solemn eyes, set deeply in * square white forehead, rarely left the face of the man opposite him, a young fellow barely into his twenties The solemnity of the Captain’s (case might have been attributable to the fact that the ‘ H rtt-rt to

though the slight form and pale face wlift | its thin lips and plentiful freckles seemed in keeping with the nervous cast of the |

eyes. j Louder Waxed the Mirth and more unrestrained the song. Ever? nifta's heart was at his home, and was possessed ol a feeling of deep thankfulness that a Jons March was ended* the army close at hand, and a period of cotnt aralite feat ih prospect. So the merriment grew and ftrOw, and eare flew farther out of sight with every puff of tobacco smoko “ It is true as I live, hy —roared a big, bronzed fellow, climating with a might y oath drt anecdoto his neighbor was inclined to regard With some skepticism. The oath had barely escaped bi* lips when, with a sharp, short hiss, a bullet out through the canvas of the tent, and tho big trooper lav still and limp, with Abe smile still upon his face. Amid tho roar of the volley that followed, the voice of tho Captain raug like a trumpet through the tori!* '’Boys, we are ambushed!” he cried, buckling his sword-belt arid drawing the blaije forth like a dash; "the camp is twelve miles down tho river, south. Let, each utao cut Lis w»y through and escape as he may. Out with you! aud let the first man who reaches camp give the alarm.” Another cruel volley, but the tent was nearly empty, and the bullets only slit the canvas iuto strips. ‘Keep by me Charlie,*' admonished the Captain; and ‘the pale-faced bey, who had been fum tiling stupidly at hi* belt, leaped to his side. Tho two passed out together. It was a bitter struggle Ihroat to throat they fought; inch by inch they j pressed forwar.t or were swept back. Men | were falling like autumn loaves, while j above them the wind moaned and the ; heavy green branches swayed. How many ; of his men were down tho Captain could ; not see; but he .pressed forwaod, keeping i the youth beside hint. The boy fought like j a hero, but Itis strength was not equal to his spirit, and twice the Captain felt the deadly twinge of a saber-thrust in defend- j ing him. i Ah! there was a neighing from the j bushes—the Captain heard it, and, like an iufuriated demon, he dashed aside a handful of the foe and in another instant ho was into the saddle of his own good gray mare. "Leap. Charlie! leap for your i fe, j man!” he almost- shrieked, as, clutching : the boy by tho coltar, be half-dragged him across the horse's back behind him. Then ho felt himself clutched convulsively' , about tho waist—deop, deep sank the rowells into the animal’s flanks, and the I gallant beast was careening down the valley like a thunderbolt. Only a few scattering shots came after them as tho mare galloped on. Miles and miles they sped, and by and by the Captain felt himself growing sick and faint. He spoke to the gallant beast and let the bridle fall upon her ueck They stopped, and as. he dismounted the hoy whose life ho had saved fell from the saddle into his arms helpless. Then the two lest consciousness at the same moment. When the Captain cauie to himself the gray of the morning was glimmering through .the trees—the ending of this awful Thanksgiving night His charge was lying prone upon his back, raving in tfce delirium produced by the wound. Slowly, painfully, the Captain made his way to a pool of muddy water, and fetching some of it in his cap, sought to quench the lad’s thirst Then, whlie every bone and fiber of his body ached with agony, he sat down to watch him as lus mother might. V Patiently, very patiently he sat there and iistcued to his ravings, until ho heard a name offered that he knew well—too well. The boy was raving of hi* wife. “Virginia! Virginia!” he called in impatient petulant accent*, “why do you not speak to ra>) I am here alone and wounded. Come to me -^Virginia! Virginia!” The Captain’s teeth grated harshly together, aud something like a curse rushed from his lips. His brow-grew even paler and his hands clutched at the grass at his side. All at once be started to his feet, forgetful Of wound and bodily pain. Yes, why not end it all now! — „ - 5 Yes, why not go and leavo this imp of infidelity here to dioi He, this puny young liar who had won the woman that he loved by going home with a wounde I arm and toiling her that her betrothed was dead. He. who had preyed upon her sympathies aud threatened to die by his own hand if she did not wod him; he, who had called his mother iuto his service and procured her tears as an aid to hi3 cause until she. his Virginia, tho light of his life, the joy of his eyes, hail yielded to tho boy, and let him have h'.s way rather than see him fill a.suicide's grave, knowing that he jvere brave, after a fashion, and would do as he bad said. Toriee the Captain walked to where the mare was browsing, aud as ofteu returned to gaze at the raving boy. Presently he folded his arms and Sgoked up at the breaking sky. Another picture ca ne to him as he stood t|iere. Ho saw himself in a little | preb, Ut the side of a graceful, gravo-eyetl worn-. an just ono year ago this Thanksgiving^ night. “Edgar, my love, my idol,” »be was saying; “I love you, yes—how foolish it would bo for me to deny it! I yielded, Edgar, 1 Was faithless to you, my love. But they told me you were dead—**,” and her voice had grown harsh, and cold—’ 'h* pur* m* go nr dying meattvjt. and his mother told me that to save both her and his iife I must wed him. He would not live without me, she said, and she could not without him. Bo I married him, Edgar, and nowyou”—with a sort of wail—“you bavo returned. But you must go—soon, soon, while I am strong. He knows all—knows that 1 love you; but you must promise not to speak of this to him, and to protect him, i ii

“it 13 t»c* xa i save.” for you know he is your father’s sou, and almost your brother. Promise me, Edgar, promise me hy this kisa.” And he had kissed her, and given his be had kept it of awakening approaching promise. And for well. But even as won the lay before ried out at any the army to a sense peril. He placed t he boy on the crupper in treat of him, mounted, and rode away. Be had no knowledge of his Yke&abouta now, and his bodily pain was almost too great for him to care. He could only trust blindly to the instinct of the noble animal that bora him. Ah, what torture it was! Even the slight election not.essary to hold the boy in 1 Audit

PIKE COUNTY DEMOCRAT JOB "WORK & or ALL KIKES Neatly ISxeoutod ■■ ":;'i i -AT— reasonable bates. ■m NOTICK! Prrem** rer«trt»# a ropy of this paper wflb this noiice crossed m !»-»d pencil 1:10 notified tMt > he time of their Mikwr.pt«*n l<a»e»i«r«# fell, gnc could Bear her doubts PWfdw no hlrt!J«f. As by a nltrecld, a tiny ski* lay «*■' iug at the water's edge. H was a dainty craft, cushioned and gaily painted, and was, no doubt, the toy of some petted . damsel whoso family had long since ®ed • the neighborhood. Into tho boat the Caplain lifted tbe boy, and floatel with him out into the stream. - The cool, sweet air revived him. He almost gamed consciousness. .4 ••Edgar,” he murmured, brokenly, “what does it all mcani’* “ It means,” said tho Captain, bitterly, ‘•ibat I have been a fool onco more, and savdd yottr life again.** The boy's pale cheek hushed. He was quite conscious now. It ail camo back to him—the Thanbsglvins’dinnerof the home-ward-boom! scouting-party: the skirmish, and those terrible wounds, the flight—ah, t, yes. and ho had also a dim remembrance off a cooling bandage placed on his headaye, aud by the hand of the man whom he ^

INTO fUE BOAT THE CAPTAIN UVTED THE EOT. had dealt a blow bitterer than death, whose happiness on earth ho had killed with alio. “Fdg.ir," he said, softly, ignoring military discipline in the intensity of the moment, “you loved her, did you uot!" “Silence I” thundered the Captain, “ Breathe her name to me, an 1, by Heavens! brother of mine as you are, I will snk this boat and end your life and mine. Love her!” he added, fiercely, “aye, 1 love her so wel^Thut It would be the sweetest bolm on earth 'for me to know that you were dead!” The wounded boy cowered back into the stern-shoots, his face very white and wan in the fast-breaking dawn. Then there was silence between them, while the host drifted slowly down the stream towards the sleeping army—and to safety. Slowly the Captain’s great tired bead drooped, lower, lower, until it rested upon his knees. Then ho turned about and stretched himself out upou the bottom of the boat, his massivo limbs across the thwart. Unconsciously his head, with its weight of damp curls, rested upon the knees of his half-brothef; and he slept so, almost in the arms of the man ho hated. Onward, over onward upon the placid ooscru of tho stream drifted .the boat The boy sat there still, ealtn, watchiug for the lights. Ah! they twinkled through the trees. The army was close by. - Their peril was ended. , On!y n half-mile more and then life-freedom—^Virginia, j _ In the light of the early morning the smoke of the camp-fires was ascending in eddying circles to tho sky, all flushed with tho crimson of the rising sun. The picture was fair. But the Captain slept on, unheeding. His brother bent forward, stooped low, and looked long aud earnestly into the brave, rugged face. Still lower he leaned aud kissed him on the forehead, once, twloe, thrice. * The tiny boat scarcely swayed with his light weight as he rose from his seat, removing his tunic as he did so and forming it Intou pillow for tho - unconscious head. To it ho pinned a leaf hastily torn from a tiny memorandum book, on- which he scribbled two words: “ For Virginia.” Slowly, majestically aroso tho sun, gilding the crests of the great pine trees upon the bank, and turning the myriad ripples upon the face of the water into limpid hillocks of silver and gold. And the swallows that Bitted from shore to shore circled inquisitively about the white, stlU face that rested for oue brief moment upon tho surfaeo and then sank silently down out of sight. Aud the Captain floated into the camp asleep and—alone, the morning after Thanksgiving Day, Habold R. Vtnse.

HOME HAPPINESS. Tally tho Lubricator Which Make Bum* , Drum Life Endurable. If there, is friction,- out with your oilcan. If there is a quarrel pour ou oil. Blessed are the peace-makers. But the oil-can is for the rarer emergencies. It is not every body that has the gift of putting oil on just the spot that grates; and it is not every day that quarrels occur which call for the oil-dan. But blessed be taffy! It is wanted every d»y and from every body. It is the universal sweetness of social and domestic are. Husbaud, have you come borne and do you find your wife tired and hot with the day’s work in chamber and kitchcui Give her a little taffy. Say a sweet thing to ber. Praise her for something Tell her how nice the bread is, so much better than the baker’s; that the ketchup is the best she ever made; that the house looked so sweet and restful when you came in; that she has the dearest children that ever lived; and at yonr leisure, before she goea to bed, tell her she is your own heart’s treasure. It will do her good; it will make the smiles come. She may box your ear* when you say sweet, petting things, and tell yon are talking as you would to tho cat; but she will like it just the same. Wife, does your good man eomo homo . weary and burdened, exhausted and—no, not cross, but undemonstrative and silent! Go up to him with a sweet welcome. Say something pretty to him. Men all love to be appreciated and flattered. Give him the sugar stick. Tell him some pretty thing some body said about him. Tell him how much yon admire what be has done; and when you can sit down alone with him - take his hand and pet him and tell him you love him more than tongue can tell; don’t be afraid of overdoing tt and using comical little exaggerations. He may know, and you may9 know that there is taffy In it; but it is very aloe taffy. Wo all like it; we all like to be told we are loved, and the saying it makes it all the truer. It is a greaudeal better to cultivate one’s love with warm« blight it with frost. Pretty Why, they era big realities* tho i pimiss feeds on. Give us more toffy. Did yon ever see doves rah eee bills? What is a kiss? Taffy, compliment? Taffy. What ie i Taffy. The good Lord Himself | loved ones with a well-done far their deserts. For quarrels gives i but give us taffy every day. all be over-eon*cientious | full and abundant and very with smiles and love and it to your father, yonr m< bund, your wife* your child, friend. _ So do you. " ■ "