Greencastle Star, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 April 1881 — Page 4
JUST RECEIVED ! 20 Cases of Klgiri Corn. J25 Cases of Bay View Tomatoes. New California Canned Peaches, Apricots and White Cherries. Also, I'ine Line of New % .lavii, Mocha, Golden Rio and Green Rio COFFEES. C “EC ID -A. IP _ AT Darnall Bros. <& Go's., Call anil Sue
Scene* in Callao and Lima on Their
Capture bj the Chilian*.
The New York Eiiening Post publish* es a letter from its Panama corre»j>oud* ent j^ivinfc very interesting details concerning the capture of Lima and Callao. The correspondent says: It was universally conceded that at the termination of tne battle near MiraQores, live or six miles from Lima, the Peruvians held advantage, and might, by one more determined and prompt effort, have made themselves masters of the situation. Encouraging end congratulatory dispatches from the frout, bulletins announcing a Peruvian victory were put in press, fireworks were prepared, and the streets of Lima and Callao were tilled by jubilant and excited crowds
you just put your arm through mine,’ and be pulled me toward his silk stdr. | • WeTl pretend to be talking very intarested like, and I’ll bet they’ll never notice. ’ And they didn't, for that trusting country chap just walked me right past my own colleagues as slick as you j please. 1 hope his wife liked the dress.” i
Ingenious Siiiugglers.
A singular case of smuggling has recently come to light in Rome. For some time past it had been observed that large quantities of goods, especially sugar, arrived by rail in Koine and were declared •• in transit,” thus being free of the custom duties. Goods thus declared an 1 warehoused oulsido the city walls nod thence are either carried
umiv
At this time occurred one of those un- : f°, th ® vU . ,R « es . rountl °f . brought, anticipated events which sometimes in ln to the town in small quantities, pay- 1
iug dutv ns they come in. A watch waa set, and it was' found that the goods were all stored in a small warehouse outside the Porta Angelica, the
1 in: fact is noted hy a contemporary
i that the United States Menate, as it is now ... — constituted, is almost the exact counter- i an 1 ' 1 their doleful reports were cirI * .. T .. , 1 oulated as if by magic. Bulletins and | p i oi the Indiana . enate. The former j ffrvworks were suppressed, and in un has an equal number of Republicans and j instant preparations were made for do
one moment changes the fortune of a battle and the destiny of a people. Pierola, who had passed four d:t\s and
nights almost continuously in the sad- J oul -' ii n® l,l e rorta Angelica, the gate die, overcome bv exhaustion, was placed | un *, 01 t ie ' “tican, and that they apparupon a stretcher in the field, where he never ^ :un '' ^t again, either in was instantly plunged into a profound | 01 s J n:l " quantities. On the 28th sleep. The troops, it is said, had been I of December thirty-four casks of sugar all day without food or water. At this arnv ed, as usual, •• in transit,” and critical moment, while their chief was j vvu * e taken to the suspected stoix;, and ; unconscious, the superior officers dis- nex . ""uniug, botorc daylight, two banded their forces, ami assuring them ^ e,n PU v eat t> were observed tii enter the that the CTuliau hordes would soon lx- courtyard ot a house just inside the swarming through Lima and Callao, winch was under surveillance, robbing, pillaging and devastating, ad-; Aitet setting watchers on the house outvised them to anticinate the Chilians ® u * e t the polioe entered the one inside
the walls, and there found the
Oi’Carpets ever shown in this citv, received to-dav, at G.W.C0RWI1C&
riiB
L it e s ( &
At
hoicest Designs
vised them to anticipate the Chilians and “ help themselves to whatever they wanted.” Later on stragglers from the front began to arrive in Lima and Cal-
1 Je.-ire to reduce my ..lock of coeds and will for the next PC Ua» offer such barcains as were
ever heard tell ofin this section.
(Ireeucsstie andT-peneer, Ind.
thirty-
four casks of sugar loaded on the carts, which hat! entered empty, and a further search revealed a hole in the gronud covered with hoards and loose earth. Entering this by a short ladder, the police found themselves in a tunnel, about
democrats and two Independents, and so stroying the forts and shipping. All ^rec feet wide, rmi},ne I., i■ c * , . . the raoruing of the 16th armed soldiers i J?. £ umitrneftth the town wall and ha. the Indiana Senate, whdo the presid- continuot j to p ()l , r intl> Lima and Callao 9 ‘'t«ght to the warehouse outside; tug o nicer of each is a Republican. and the day passed in quiet and *rtoom. j r iul9 " erc> ' ,(, ' vn °i‘ th« ground, and
without the indication of what was to I * u ’ f® w n | 'ehouse was found a little
follow, except the forming of many | lIuc k to ruu on tiiem. The tunnel was groups of soldiers, negroes, and Indians ,,ear *y 100 yards long; and some notion in the suburban cities and a suspicious j !na i’ fofined of how profitable a busiquietnoss w-itlt which they seemed uess smuggling is. when successful,! to discuss recent events. About ten ' ''t' 1011 *t is considered that it could pay ! at night the work of pillatre i^.; hose who carried it on to construct a gan. Doors were smashed in, and sucli di inensions,
i . , , soon the streets swarmed with ... . , ‘ J powerful and jndtcial; Mahone, quick, { men, women and children tadeu with i Manleys Work in Africa.
I nervous and fiery. Davis votes with the! huge buiulles of every class of objects
tho Lowest Ciisli Brices, \o. 5 LV/.s7 tl (ishimftou Street.
, Axd a delightful contrast is ottered in j the two independents in the United States J Senate. Davis, of Illinois, and Mahone, I of Virginia, are about as complete con- | trasts as could be imagined. Davis weighs J .",1” pounds and Mahone Vo. Davis is
! Democrats: Mahone, with the Republi-
cans.
. THE STAR. Frank A. Aaxoi.n, Editor and Proprietor
Saturday, April 2, 1881
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■$10l) per year.
A dog in a Cincinnati theatre smelt smoke, traced it to a fire in a dressing room, barked an alarm, and thus saved a large audience from a catastrophe. Ills food has been changed from hard crack-
thut could be imagined,
was opened on the stores of the Chinese, and these furul-diod huge quanti-
ties of tirecracKers, bombs and cheap „ ru , lu lne imts mat sen fireworks, the popping and banging oil nit< . t i ie U p IK . r un(t lovV( .,. river A
of the which aiidiMi to the uproar and “ * confusion. Toward moniini? the scene
Hi
ers to sponge cake. Buni to Hero.
Kntbbkp at the t'ostottice, Greencastle Ind.. as second-class mail matter.
A Second Advent congregation at than they systematically began sacking Greenwood. Ivan., have lost faith in their *11 the stores and houses on a level with
was rendered still more frightful by the glare of burning ships, all of which had been fired and the frequent explosions of
and his name from i dynamite which had been placed under
every gun which defended thoport. No sooner did the rioters “get a taste” of pillage and excited, perhaps, by liquor
Thk semi-ofticia! announcement is j pastor because, while publicly avowing made th«t there will he no extra session 1 a belief that the world would come to an of Congress. j end in 1881, he secretly took a note for Tut: scramble for Rank Examiner of' ^ re y t!ir8 <>" * 1( »‘“ 0 f * l ,(X>», and de-
this Mate resulted in Dr. Hay, of Jeffersonville
It is
the street, without regard to nationalitv. In Callao perhaps thirty Chinese were killed. As most were killed upon the outskirts of the town and upon the pampas, it is probable that they were
simply for the
the appointment of j " ,, ‘ nde ' i 12 V" cent, interest with ample
cille. r • - In Lima the mob w
1kmaka will not force her children to become educated and enlightened—th« compulsory education bill failed to pass Axr> now Hecator Voorhces has accepted an invitation from Admiral Dorter tu deliver an address at the unveiling sf J
tbs Farragut statue.
Thk new administration vows that! Mormonism must be abolished—now look out for the consummation. The | same vow has been uttered before, Tui: maids of uncertain age in the I country have a terrible reckoning day ahead—tho census develops the fact that there are 96,119 more men than womon
in the United States.
was greater ami
.W fo,opinion or
< hicago Socialistic Society that the wc|- \ 0 t only does it appear that the rioters fare of the human race “demands not on- were incited to and encouraged in these ly the destruction of the czars, emperors ‘'“laities by their superior officers in
1 , , 1 the Peruvian armv and navv, but mauv
ungs, bisniarks, and other oppressors,, or squads of rioters were but also the destruction of the system of led by Peruvian officers, who participat-
society which breeds them «nd makes •tJ t 11 the plunder.
their tyranny possible.'
H.5. REHICIU CO. HARDWARE. S T O “V" IE S , STJILDXXTC MATERIAL. Fine Pocket Cutlery and Plated Goods, Agents lor the celebrated
a garden |
produciug vegetables of almost every Dayton Champion Steel and Mishawaka Chilled
description. From this point about J L
thirty miles of roa<l have been construct- m ■ ■ 1 y ■ 1 <4
ed, about twelve feet, wide, suitable for I J
carts and wagons, a supply of which,, W N ^ —
with twenty donkeys, has recently ar-'
rived from Europe." The Consul reports I Shite ;lh<l Till roofing to Order.
carriedon‘theUowertingo'bv^rf j * N °- 9 eaHt sille S( l Ua,t ‘’ «^encaslle. Had. ; 011s firms—Dutch, French, English and I Portuguese. Their headquarters are at M _ ■ m n Hatiana Creek, at the mouth of the 1TT a\m' ^mTLJ §11 \ f river, where thirty or forty vessels call aJL ® 1 0
annually. The Consul ascended thej river to within twelve mrlcs of Vivi, in H. M. S. F’irelly, and it is thought that vessels might easily «lo the remaining distance. There seems every likcli-j hood that Mr. Stanley will be able to
Latest accounts from the mouth ol
1 he attack th,. Congo speak favorably of the prow- “ ’ “ 1 ’' t oss which is being made by ALr. Stan-
ley in his great undertaking of constructing a road past the falls that separate the upper and lower river. Her Majesty’s Consul at Luanda reocntlv visited Vivi, the permanent station established bv Stanley at the foot of the? Yellulu Falls. It is on an elevated plateau overlooking the river, and has all the appearance of a small town. It contains beside the residence of Mr. Stanley, dwelling houses for his European staff, workshops, warehouses
and huts for his laborers aud
A'
ICeal DMittc Transfers.
Sheriff' D. C. to Travelers’ Ins. Co., lot KU, 0. D. Greencastle, for 18,20'. Jas. B. Brumfield to M. W . Spaulding, lots 1 and 2, in Russellville, for 11150. F. R. Garner to Win. Bryan, land in
Jefferson tp., for .$1,400.
Alexander Briggs to Thomas Bayne.
| land in Greer.ca.stlo tp., .j«.';o0.
Marion L. Monoet to John H. Monnet,
land in Floyd tp.., $1,903.
| David H. Farrow to Andrew Lockndge, ‘_’t> aeros in Madison tp.. $630.
At noon on the 17th the riot sudden-
ly ceased. A number of foreign real-! accomplish his enormous undertaking, (—^ dents, many of them the owners of j and render accessible a magnificent ^ iO
stores which had been pillaged, hastily 1 waterway into the interior trf Africa of ;
organized themselves as an “urban about 1,0<)0 miles iu length, thus giving ae-Ko.d th« followinic tsatimonial guard,” and sallied forth upon the mob. j an incalculable impetuAo the develop i ^YhaveuYeil Mr. t he news of this seemed to spread like ! ment of the resources of the continent, fectsacoe*#, hnvim;
lightning through the city and simul- 1 —/Vr// Mull Ua.'.ette. I . taneously and in one moment the riot- -- OOOIEC’S JDIE^XJQ-
ers disappeared as if swallowed up by ! lobaeco in France,
the earth. The guard was soon adequately armed with abandoned rifles
HOG CHOLER.
c. c. o.
CEE/T-A-XTsT CTTEE.
from a I’utiiam County f»rmer who ha* used if :, I
Fiscamlk, Ixn., May i'>, IST*
I have u"*od Mr. Cook’* llo* Cholera Mediiine fir the last three or four year*, with it J Huroeex, havinK never lest a hosia that time by chutora. 1). C. BUltKKTT.
STOKzE
In a report lately published in France)
No. 7:5 76, Fillmore, $700
Jas. B. Brumfield to Rachel Hargiave, lots 1,2 and 3, blk. fi, Russellville, $2. r >0 SberifiT 1 . C. to Jas. A. Hudson, 38
acres in Monroe tp.. $852 2ii.
Sheriff D. C. to Wabash College, lots qS ami 116, Greencastle, $'-'.’57f), j)l Samuel H. Catberwood to J. H. Miller,
land in Russell tp $1,600.
Elijah Grantham to G. W. Cook, lot
blk, 3, Roacbdalo, $100.
Thk report of the State Bureau of Statistics, recently issued, shows that tho proportion of deaths among hoes from cholera, the past year, was otic in 26\, t a serious loss to the breeders and feeders, but net an alarming one 10 consumers. 1!ki:E is knowledge in a nut-shell, worthy of careful note. Suine butter is made of lard and milk; oleoruargerine butter is made of beef suet and uiilW. Some persons think that suine
'butter is made of beef suet, from the
name suine. Hut suine is a word derived from the Latin sus, a pig, or hog. Bv tho the passage of the recent constitutional amendments in this Slate postponing our State elections to Nevember, there remain only four October
States—Georgia, Iowa Ohio and West) Virginia. Michigan and Rhode Island; vote in April, Oregon in June, Alabama in August, Arkansas, Maine' and Ver-
mont in September.
Thk newest swindling operation, worthy the attention of everybody, is played
as follows: The swindler watches the Fred Wren was very amusing as the irdoors of a grocery or dry goods store un repress.blo “Marks.” But the favorites . . . , of the evening were little Mar Carleton, til he ascertams the name of a regular, .. Eva -. and Freddie Wren, as “Topsr.” customer and large buyer. He then ' Those characters were never better renhires a boy wcll-Kr.own in the neighbor- derod than by these wenderful children, hood and sends the proprietor of the store , thnt which particularly entertained
. . ^ , tho children—-and, in fact, the ciders as well—is the wonderful donkey, Jerry,
on the tobacco trade, a Government | monopoly, some curious statistical facts ; are stated. In the first place the greatI est number of snuff takers are found in
tluenced by their losses (and perhaps G >0 departments which surround Daris,
and undertook a systematic search through tho lanes inhabited by the poor classes of people and much stolen property was recovered. I he men, in-
bv other stimulants, of which there was ‘ fP ,lr -I 1 ® 9 *' departments heading the no lack), did not perform their self-im- J 1 '* ' V1 * 1 a ‘-'•msumption per head of
„ , . posed ta-k with negligence or tmdito I between threo-quarters of a pound and Win. II. Ragan to Jas. R. Walton, lots gentleness, and in the morning follow-1 '” ie I M)Un ‘* 1 he departments in which
1 ing many corners were incumbered with - ie prtictice is carried on the least are
(HeIf* Tom's < nbiii, ludianapolis Sentinel, bee. 7, 1680..
An immense audience assembled at English's Opora House last night, to witness the rendition of “Uncle Tom'’ by Fred Wren's New York Company. This is undoubtedly the best company now traveling. Augusta Chambers, u« “Aunt Ophelia," was perfect, and Mrs. Wren, as “Eliza Harris,” was very fine, while
swarthy corpses. In fact, several of the ! guard fell victims to their zeal; as in j Lima, rioters were much more numerous, and the area of operations greater, I the resistence to the urban guards was ' much more serious, and it is said more j than live hundred rioters were killed.
The Smuggler's Secret.
“ No,” said the customs officer, “ 1 1,, never smuggle myself, although 1 came | very near doing it once. Yes. while I was in the service, too. You see, 1
‘ went
Daubs. Pyrenees Orientates, Nords, Haut Khin and Haute Sevoie, where the consumption per head is only one-quar-ter of a pound. The singular thing is that Not'd and Hunt Khin are two out of three departments in which smoking is most universal, the average consumption in this particular form reaching as high as four pounds per head. It would seem, therefore, from these statistics that snutling and smoking go, in France at all events, in inverse proportion to each other. It is mentioned also, incidentally, that the departments
over the river one day tokmk ; whichmosten.ourage snuff taking are after a matter we iiad it, hand, and a U' 08 * ,n w ' ,ich the most cider is drunk, very frank but green-lookiug eountrv-' , Ra F <! ’ “ lel u ' 18 nof SU( ;h a nation man sat dow n beside me He was fresh ' f tobacco consumers as she is generally aud asked many questions, and I rather ; K elieved ^ ^ ,or 8, .' t ’ 18 f "' r D a f s l ed , in liked his open-hearted manner. At last h0 . >u.nual cousumptH.n per head by the he biteheil his chair dose to mine and Ln,t - ed s,aU ‘ s ( wh « r . e ^ 19 pounds).
the Netherlands, Belgium, .Switzerland, Hungary, Germany, Sweden and Russia.
Nicotine Poisoning.
A rat her unusual case of poisoning by nicotine has occurred lately in a Daris suburb. The victim, a man in the prime
a scaled note, with instructions
an answer. This is delivered after bank hours. The note contains a check for any amount Irom $25 to $1U» with a polite statement purporting to be from the well-known customer, that he or she need.., some ready money immediately, and asking the merchant to cash the en-
closed check. Anxious to oblige his cus
tomer, the proprietor of
most certain to comply with the request. Of course the note and check at e forged, the swindler having taken the precaution imitate the handwriting and aignature 4 the customer. The trick is not very ngenioua, but a good many persons have
been vtctiinlr"(l by it.
chase ol “Eliza” by the ferocious bloodhounds over the Boating ice of the river. The performance closed with the grand transformation sr«ne, repregentiug Fiva in Heaven. This was painted by Mr Langridge, whose work at English’*this season ha.) continuously wen praise from
... .. I all thonler-soers Thi’comnanv aouear* P ere< * : . 'I' 11 going to come back with . me ituukcv aunc unu uenn appueu, au- ion oblige his CUS' • ?. . ' if. 1 enough silk to make tnv wife a new ! ding that he had omitted to wipe it aft- with a ■t, .tor. in 0.1 rSI -SSw ^ ’‘T. llu, r-’ ‘ ir3e«il»L'thejiipe. Th, ,h,i, b . _« .* . * ^ „ iillil Ilf? Wink<?(L ‘Id fidvm** vnu nol linilt*!*';! Odii Ikiid t li** riutiDiit si r/torrwl 1
said; ‘ Live here?’ 1 Yes,’ says I. ‘Good deal of smuggling going on?’ lie asked. ‘ Well, considerable, I guess.’ • Now, how do they do it.?’ he said; ‘ supposing they wanted to smuggle some silk, how would they do it?' * Well, the lady——’ * Yes, but it a man was to do
it?’ ‘ O, men never smuggle silk. They | of life, had been cleaning his pine with take over suits ami overcoats and neck- : a clasp knife: with this he accidentally ties.’ • Yes, but suppose a man smug- cut. one of his fingers subsequently, but gled silk.’ • Well, if it was not a large ! ns the wound was ota trivial nature he roll he would place it under his coat.’ 1 paid no heed to it. Five or six hours * Ah, I see. up the back, eh , ’ * No, inter, however, the cut finger grew that would show as he walked away painful and became much swollen; the
the side of his coat, put li'ts hand in the
outside pocket, kind of careless like, | intense pain that he was oblige and hold up the lower end of the silk take himselt to bed. Medical assistance roll with the pocketed hand.’ ‘ I see.’ j was called, and ordinary remedies says niv new acquaintance. ‘ Now. I prowil ineffect util. The sick man. quesdon't mind telling you a secret, for I i tioned as to the manner in which he know you won’t let on.’ Here he whis- cut himself, explained the use to which
.6 Kliix*‘Man * I'lraoiirr*
j Professor Fawcett, the blind niernbi •*
young woman in t f parliament, says that when a' twent. 1
itvglit to lie treat-
tenderness. A wicked
Tomig Men. Taka Warning
(Philadelphia Times.] The confidence of
love is something that ought to be treat- rtVrhTLTt’'w»“1ght’"thero ‘ were nunvl ed with great tenderness. A wicked tilings of which lie was passionately hmc I young man of Bethlehem evidently did AU u he resolved that those pursuits w],i, not understand this, or he had no con- he could follow he would,
corn about it, for he did a most shameful
tiling the other day.
He borrowed a dollar of his girl, bought a couple of tickets for the show with it. and took another girl. This
outrageous conduct was discovered while ;i nvone did a galop over the turf in the < nteitainiiicnt was in progress aud imiiy with sonic friend. He appret natuiully created a good deal ot excite- ail tiie heallh-eiving vigor of a long ru* ment in the mind ol the young woman from Oxford to Ix>ndon, a.vd although whose dollar had gone to furnish an ev-! (|) e |.|t<i severe frosts nipped’ up a grc.i’
many js>ople no one in the whole cmintr.'
No one eujoye«l salmon fishiug in tli*| Tweed or the lipey more than lie did, n one more enjoyed throwing the fiy in some quiet stream in Hampshire or Wiltsbure. He enjoyed it as mucli a>
. — ^...^p over tiie turf in conthe eiiteitainmciit was in protrress and paiiy with some friend. He appreciatt!
ening’s diversion for another.
bhe undertook to get even by meeting ' tho couple after the show was over, and exerted herself as well as possible to give the young man a whipping on the sidewalk. She succeeded so well that she is very confident he won’t want to borrow any more of her money to take other jrirls to shows. The moral of this is that impecunious young men who must take their girls out had better try and raise the essential funds at an impartial pawn- i
shop.
enjoyed better than lie with a friend ili; a fifty or sixty mile skate on the FenHe referred to these facts in no spirit of egotism, but as showing t'aat there wc still for the blind a store of happiue--and pleasure if only they had the emi age and determination avail tif r
selves of it.
his amusir g tricks, and tiie great i from the boat; he would place it under 1 inflammation rapidly spread to the arm
’ ’ ’ ,u “ , ‘ l " 4 ” 4 ' 1 —‘ 1 --- 1 a ad shoulder, the patient suffering such
(I to be-
Tlif* ShukinK ftot k tit I«4'Xti)j(f4)D, ».
(O^lethtirpe (G*.) Echo.]
Wf fir^t visit<Hl tin* Hliaking rock. This great curiosity, we thought, had been thoroughly ventilated, but our guide had discovered in it something new. By lifting at a certain corner tiie large boulder can la* made to rock near ly a foot instead of a few inches. Frnn a certain j>oint this stone closely resembles u sea-lion. Near it can lie traced some strange characters cut in the rock, evidently the work of a race ante-dating the Indians; while at another place is carved the rude figure of a man, which is said to have Wen there when the first
For a ( up ol Watrr. {Lori Simlli V»k Herald ]
During the war James P. Moore 01
I one occasion went out in form of ourl lines to give some water to a wound,-) Yankee, who was lying in a helpless coal ditionon the ground but lately occupied by the federal forces and from whiti
they had recently Wen driven. The mau was crying piteously for wi
ter, and the bullets were rattling around him from both armies. Moore said he intended to risk the exposure to do tin*
deed of mercy, and went out to him. It proved to be a captain of a Penn-
sylvania regiment, who was profuse with thanks and offered Moore bis gold watch, which the gallant confederate declined. He begged for his name, that he might, it he survived the war, remeniWr him
the pocket knife had been applied, ad- ty feet overhead they come in coutact *i.-» u- 1.-.1 . ...1 * * “ —- rock shelf, into which half of
S rs : Si; ^
trees starting from the ground, and tliir- The captain v < ently wrote lu re ti
know if Moore was living, said he wa*
.vie.™ ca
this company. ^ and he was off. Coming back f con-1 the hospital. There the doctors decided At Hancmann Opera House this alter-, gratulated myself he was not on the ainputalion of the arm to be the only noon and evening. Admission to after-J Wt'O''W' 1 imb as the boat rounded to. ; hope of saving the patient's life, and this
his coat, * hul it shows a little, and it —Butcher* go slaying all the year
dropped down twice, Now sets here, | round.
20 cents. Admission to evening perform
anro, 20 and 30 cents
bmlies are inibeded—two pillars reared hy the hand of the Creator to hold more firmly in place this granite ceiling. An oaken ( best, (xmtaining upwards of a thousand original documents, some of which date hack to the thirteenth century, has been found in the almshcuie ai Wells, England. ;
rich, but dying of comsumption, aud de sired to provide for him iu his will. Mr Moore wrote to him and received a Iriendly letter in reply, telling him that there was $ It),000 set apart tor his use to be paid in instalments of $2,000 each 1 he federal officer has since died, and the other day the payment of $2,000 was received. Truly, ’tts “ good to give dven a cup of cold water in the right spitit.’’