Terre Haute Daily News, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 April 1890 — Page 1

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CIRCOLATION!

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FIRST YEAR.

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THIS WEEK

FOR MEN AND BOYS

Never before have you had such an opportunity to bedeck yoursell or boy in a

BRIGHT Iff IT

For Easter Sunday. AH the latest designs in patterns in the most substantial fabrics. Your choice for $15.

Boys' suits from $3 to $20. See our all wool black worsted suits, from 14 to 19 years, for $7.50. Everybody is invited to our grand spring opening, Thursday, April 10.

A. O. BRYCE & CO., 604 Main St., Third Door East of 6U1.

CHINA MATTINQ8,

NEW CHINA MATTINGS!

We liave on salt1 by far the best and largest stock of Chirm Matting)* that we have ever shown.

CHINA MATTINGS

10 cents, 16 cents, 23 oenta, 23 oenta, 80 cents,

40 oents, 46 oents,

60 cents. 00 cents.

ALL FRE8H NEW GOODS

FOSTER'S

422, 424, 426 WABASH AVE.

WALL, I'Al'KK,

UKO. H, Hl'OHIW M. S. UCWW.

Hughes & Lewis,

f"r Interior Becorator# sad Dsalsw In

4i WALL PAPER

AND WINDOW SHADES,

FRESCO PAINTERS. 28 SOUTH FIFTH STREET.

AM Inventor*# fredleameat.

Mr. Eugene Fitch, of Iowa, invented a typewriter some time ago and he ia now in London introducing it. He sent th« l^rince of Walssone of the machines and his royal highlit** took it into hia head to learn the art, lie ha* become so fascinated with the fad that he ha# ordered a doseu of the machined for use by hit secretaries This has, of warns, set th« Mobility ail agog, for the prince isaaort of bell wether, leading the way whlthe* thousands are ready to follow. Our friend J^ftch is in a terrible pickle, for he has more orders than he can fill in a year, and he is so pestered by visitor* who W- want to see the machine which"la royal 'ighness *m condescended to patronise" that he going overto the continent for rest—Eugene Fieldin Chicago New*.

,/\\-lS«H*HSie«s Wwrtw tftaia*... It to be hoped that the dams which thev are buiMing for irrigation purposes in the arid ^ion are being «*»tructed so as to prevent any such disaster at occurred at Johnstown. Son »f the dam* are Itttraeww* Hie followi^ are the dinwn« four ncenliy completed: The Walnut ko*« daw, near Pweeoil, k, T,. 110 ?-,•* high, W acwe, capacity iH-xfts, 3» Merwddam, in Ckuirai a, 1 a*Me long.» high* acres, capacity S.500,000,000 gallons.,••'*,• Sweetwater river dam. near Sf-, feet higb. 7*5 acres, iiUoaa' ilk Boar Valley dam. San Bernardino county, Oil., f** hig!«. W

j* l,L Red ca«*tw to ©ealfc. EH eth Hering, daughter of AUgwa* Hertkis, a farmer living near Hackstwac k. dlrd FrkSavand was buried. The neighbor- titled tiwtf «w girt was buried alive uoau- a gJow been delected in !terche*k»a* she in itbe coOa.

Hering wwsso important*! tiwrt the body was «*hui« t, and Si now lying in tlxxwaA's »f New tfrv, where- civ* da jwefde besiege tLe wi|*rtnt«»d*»t for permMo* to teeth* renudua. The glow e® the dwA» IM to washing water after it had hem treated with a *«.*» pei#f.--j5lew Itork^f«iwg..

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LET HIM DIE.

Xlkr ItaCaup, After T*» TkrMt Cat* Uug Attempt*, Tafcee Curyet Tacit*. The nt-WBpaperK of this city have al ready regaled the reading pnblicwith several accounts of the attempts at stiiride on the part of Mike DeCamp, of Snliivan, and now comes the startling announcement that thie gentleman, who appears to have been desperately anxious to Hbaffie off, etc., has, since his brother took him from St. Anthony hoepitd and carried him home, made two other attempts upon his wretched life in a manner out side of the usual order of things and methods adopted by would-be suicides. DeCamp pnnctnrea and gashed his throat in horrid manner at the Boston house, as will be remembered, bat seemed to have had a little too much blood or vitality generally, to admit of success in the attempt. "After lying at the hospital a couple of weeks, his brother, a respectable and well-to-do merchant of Sullivan, came up and took Mike home. He appeared to be considerably subdued by the experience he had undergone and behaved himself very well for several days. Finally lrn inclination to "step off the stage of life through the gateway of sensation" returned** and last Monday he swallowed half a paper of carpet tacks which lodged in bi» throat and were? removed, blocking his third attempt. Later in the week he ag&in resorted to the carpet tqek method and succeeded in getting some of them into hw stomach. Fortuatelv, however, the tacks were *mall, and while he has at timet) Buffered considerably, it is thought that be will for the fourth time be compelled to live, and his future abiding place will be the insane asylum, a jury ot inquest having pronounced him mad. He was taken to Indianapolis Thursday, -.

Trying to Photograph th# Sultan.

There has been a terrible fuss at Con* stan tinople in consequence of a German photographer having rashly attempted to take an instantaneous photograph of the Hultun as his majesty was proceeding on horseback to the mosque. He was detected by a functionary, and the guard at once rushed upon him^ smashed all his •instruments to atoms and dragged him off to prison, where he discovered that he was in a truly serious plight, for the koran strictly forbids the depicting of the human form, and his attempt to photog#4ph the sultan was therefore regarded as high treason of a peculiarly diabolical kind. If the culprit had not been a foreigner he would probably have been quietly strangled, or otherwise got rid of but, thanks to the energetic intervention of his ambassador, he was released after a month's imprisonment on condition that he quitted Turkey once and for ever.—Chicago Mail.

Valuable Antique Silver.

At the sale of Sir Edward Mil bank's old silver the blacksmith's oup, one of the gtjms of the Bernal collection, fetched £687, which was at the rate of nearly £i8 an ounce. At the Bernal saleto 1855 ft was bought for £87 10s. It is an exquisite specimen of the finest Seventeenth century work. A silver box and cover as a scallop shell, chased and fluted, dated 1680, was sold at the rate of 190s. per ounce. A two handled silver oup, dated 1686, and superbly decorated, fetched £880, or 807s. per ounce. A pair of Louis XIV candlesticks realised £886, and a set of four salt cellars of Sixteenth century work, which once belonged to the Society of Serjeants' Inn, went, in the opinion of experts, "very cheap" at £148 lis. An Elizabethan baronial salt cellar and cover, an exquisite little piece, was bought in at £670, which was at the rate of nearly £74 per ounce. —London Truth.

Alligator* Becoming Searce. The demand for full grown alligators for northern museums and aquariums begins with the warm days of the spring, and many an alligator's retreat has been carefully marked by the alligator catchers, who, when the signs are ripe, will dig the sauriasis out and sell them at from $1 to $2 per foot, according to the length of the animals. The negroes loop ropes around the big alligators and drag them out in triumph. The alligators are said to be getting fewer in the waters of this section, as they

are

continually being

hunted and killed from the taine they come out until they lay up again for the winter. Hundreds of them are shot for tlie mere sport of shooting, and no effort is made to find them after they are shot It is only in unfrequented streams and along marshes and impenetrable swamps that they are now numerous. —Savannah News.

rirftAttr** of a Parachutist.

The lady parachutist who was nearly drowned at the Welsh Harp, Herndon, has secured her advertisement, though she must have grudged the price she had to pay for it That price was to Be for some moments, that must have counted as hours, helpless under the waters of the lake, while the machine to which she was fastened floated outspread on the surface, without a movement to si tow what was passing beneath* The balloon had disappeared in the mist and the parachute with it till the latter caste fluttering down In the wrong place, with the lady attached. She was dragged out insensible, hut she is alive to tell the tale of her gruesome advtttiture, and no doubt to risk a repetition of it in subsequent descents.—-London News.

A Great r*at*r.

Sig. Sued, who clai-!•. to have Invent* ed a liquid which etudes a man to go without solid food, has reached London. Medical men on Uw* continent have been examining ?t£s claim* and area aished at the Its ot th^r lnw:.Bitrinqf Sued in t*is to show: .• L» •, i, mers how: he can fast, and then come to this country. 8«c-'.! irt spare a, of dark complex* -r, n, txranda:- ||rr.-,i t^y in his vvtHrt' IBCS .tfes^ysdMAporwerof ratteen*. Sacx-i was ottcean Afri'-v,n Whiler§»opoUwau**bK rt

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eleven years ago aw the Vtwni river. -~*few Tori \V "d

1W 9«« «f rr«4M^v Jaw*. AprS 4.--U is reflated that the U^Ternment has ordered a census to Iafcea oftWmana H*in« in the nnfcttriw elthiadbr. it is ttadetstood tiiat thia jstep isbvbstalwti eo thstOennan decta wittwxit tw*m ot' mav

"TERRE IIAT'TK DAILY

GIVEN FOR CHARITYS' SAKE.

THE BKXKFIT EJmiTAlVXEXT TO BE UIVEI OH TUESDAY.

The Affair la lew Ceapletc a«l Grand SSCCCH Inaared—TIM XL« Will Clew

Ifce Seffrrtrt.

The benefit entertainment to be given next Tuesday afternoon and evening promises to be a grand success in every particular. The programme for both eh tertainments is now complete and furnishes one of the best bills of amusement ever presented to the people of Terre Haute. By a strange oversight the names of Prof. Geo. A. Thompson, of the State Normal, who will recite

4*The

Old

Man and Jim," from James Wbitcomb Riley, and Prof. J. P. Breinig, who will render a violin nolo, were omitted in Thursday'K issue. The recitation by the former of the Hoosier poet's dialectic masterpieces is simply superb—many contending that in this he is the peer of Mr. Riley tiimself. The marvelous skill and dexterity of Mr. Breinig with the violin has delighted too many Terre Haute audience* to need recommendation|here.

Miss Emma Kautman has kindly con sented to wing a soprano solo, "Returned," by WiUard. The programme as published on the second page of thin issue is composed of the best talent of this city and some of the bent voices of Indi anapolis. Miss Edna Burks, of Chicago, whose name appears on the programme, has a superb soprano voice and her many friends here will be pleased to note the feet that she is to appear in this city. She took a prominent part in the firemen's benefit which was given at Indianapolis only a few evenings ago. All of the Indianapolis ladies and gentlemen, together with Miss Burks, will be entertained at the Terre Haute House during their stay in the city.

Miss Sweeney of Indianapolis, and Will Wocber, of that city, are vocalists of eminent ability, and the duets and quartettes which will be given as they appear on the programme are to be rendered by persons possessing the very bighest order of musical talent.

The high standard of excellence of the program (which will appear in all the papers in a complete state Monday) is destined to attract one of the largest and most critical audiences that ever saw the curtain rise at Naylor's Opera houst No stone has been left unturned to insure a gntnd success, financially and artisticallv. All of the outside towns within a radius of twentyfive miles have been billed, and the indications point to a large turnout from all of them. The Parke County Coal Company has consented to close its mines and the Coal Bluff Mining Company will probably issue a similar order to-morrow. The former includes all of the mines at Rosedale and Minrhall and the latter all mines at Coal Bluff, Carbon and the contiguous towns. With good weather Tuesday where will be a large number of strangers in the city, as nearly all of the railroads have granted half fare rates.

The admission tickets are already pretty thoroughly distributed and the sale wb ich began yesterday, is very rapid. Tickets have-beett placed thns far in tht* hands of the following gentlemen, and persons in their immediate' locality may call upon thom for the same:

W. K, Greene, Northern Rolling Mill. All of the firemen. C. F. Forristall, master painter, Vandal ia shops.

A. Andrews, assistant master, Vandalia yards. John Walls, foreman Vandalia Blacksmith shop.

Walter Robertson, Vandalia machine shops. w. H. Miller, foreman Vandalia round house.

O. F. Milier, engine dispatcher, Vandalia round house. Sanford Fork and Tool Co. }tpot Exchange.

W. H. Barnharat, depot master, union depot A. I* Bighani, union dep6t ticket office. fed. Smith, Vandalia train dispatchers office.

W. C. Tomlinson. Vandalia train dispatcher's office. R. Tsggart, N. AG Ohmer's restaurant

Ed. Saucier, union depot drug store.

MANAGER SMITH RELEASED^ Tracble Over the Jamestown Club Ke(erdliig Finance*.

The Jamestown Ras6 Ball Club has been in a turmoil over finances for the part day or two. Harry T.

vSnaith

organ

ised and signed the players, with the understanding that lie should play exhibition games until the loth, under the management of Charles Kilpatrfck, the former being responsible for the expenses. Last wight a telegram was .received releasing Smith and authorking Charlcw DeWald, pitcher, to take charge of the club and receipts. BeWald demanded the proceeds of the Evanavill game* from Kilpalrick. Th* latter refused unless instructed bv Smith. A lively row craned. DeWald received a telegram fromJanwstowa. instructing hitn to have Eulpatrick arrested for larcenv unlets* he gave up the receipts of ths Evausville games. Mr. KilpatricJt gav« up the money to a«wd trouble.

ST. JOSEPH'S EASTER,

fit Twelftft Mimm tm «lw» Te-lw

Hie Rev. Fatlier McEvoy,of 8t Joseph's, fanmlied a Nswa repr*«entative this morning witii the following programme of to-morrow's servkscs: PtnMasaM...

mgbmim-..- ......lft# ^rswa by the Bev. J.«?»FrewtaSfwwrt'* Tw«irUi

The remlitioa of the Twelfth Mass wdl be the Bret ever given in Terre Haute. A special choir has been practicing for some Urns past under the dilution oC Pnrf. Hartun^ The kingj^l fell are!** ti* of twelve pieces wifi be piwen* tt^ether with the organ the mttstt will very e&ctively irotowi rslms will be in atfendanee to seat visitors who may attend. f«lwM« Wt mt li««j Wtiae—.

A most valuable lot of of brood wares arrived hem Thursday. Them were twenty head in

tar, seventoeo of

whteh are tevm R. S. Veedi at St. JBWtthews, Ky. RnswU* A. FaU,«^w Mwad Cw th*lo& It isastlnated thai these mares would Imng $lt»,«0O and** ih« kauwr, Ttef mm *& hs AxteO. -A

BASE BALL BUSINESS.

Tranblr In Ike JuoMlewa Cnaep U4 Hew Xaucw Cwwi t« the Frewt— T»-d»y's Sanv-IetM.

Harry Smith jthe organiser of the Junestown, N. Y., club, which meets the Terre Hautes to-day, has, through some unknown agency, been deposed, and has stepped down and out and in accordance with a telegram from the directors, Chas. H. De Wald, one of the Jamestown pitchers, has assumed the management. Smith's representative, Kiipatrfck, who carried the team to Evansville and brought them here, when approached by De Wald, who demanded the proceeds of the Evansville game, refused to hand over the money, and the two men then citine together in great shape for a scrap. Matters, however, were smoothed down, the men going to their corners, awaiting further advice from Jamestown which came in the shape of an order to cause KUpatrick'g arrest for larceny. On the strength of this, a second demand for the money resulted in its being gracefully handed over to De Wald, after he (Kilpatrick) had first refused on the ground that he was alone responsible to Harry Smith who had sent him out with the team, f— TS*

Not the F*ttml Calf.

A curious and unpunished murder in Canton is reported by the latest China mail. One IIo, a wealthy merchant, had two sons, the eldest of whom was a dissipated youth, who consorted with thieves and gamblers, and was driven away from home after wasting his share of the patrimony. He was reduced to beggary, and was in the habit of Soliciting alms from his father's servants at the back door of his residence. Tlie second son, however, had an excellent character. The eldest, with a band of companions, broke into his father's house and stole the money chest.

The father said that if he "would promise to lead abetter life he would be forgiven and might return home, where after a time he would be married to a young girl of respectable family. The son agreed and went home, where he was received with every appearance of joy, and a banquet was

The prisoner that succeeded in getting away was a negro boy in t!or a trifling offense.-—Atlanta Constitution.

Ho*vy Real Katate Deal. Another big deal in real estate was consummated yesterday by placing on record a contract providing for the transfer of a tract of 02 acres, located near the Hub and Spoke factory, from the estate of Lydia S. Barbour, deceased, widow of the late Corey Barbour, who formerly resided on the corner of Lafayette avenue and Thirteenth street. The consideration was $15,000, which according to the terms of the contract is to be paid inllve years, outstanding indebtedness bearing 3 per cent interest, and the purchasers are W. H. Smith and Byron B. Taggart, the former a brother-in-law of Dr.

prepared.

But

the dish set before him was poisoned with arsenic, and he died in great agony. Nothing will be done to call the father to account, as it seems that in Chinese law the son is regarded as a part of the father, and the latter can do as he likes with his sons. Had the latter killed his father, whether by accident or design, he would be sentenced to the "slow process," or slicing to death.—London Star.

A Plucky Little Girl. 4

There is one brave girl in Charlotte, N. C. She is Miss Lula Smith, the pretty little 14-year-old daughter of Sheriff Z. S. Smith, of this county. At 6 o'oiock Friday afternoon Miss Lula was playing near the jail with some other children, when she happened to see a prisoner slide out the jail through a newly made hole in the wall.

The little miss knew that would never do, so she ran quickly to the side of the jail and picked up a big stone^ ^She bet gah to pound a second* kinljr head poked nearly through the hole, and in the act of escaping. Only a few licks were necessary to drive the prisoner back. Standing by the hole on the inside of the jail were a dozen prisoners ready to crawl through and escape, but the little woman stood guard at the outside, and dared them to poke out their heads. She gave the alarm and soon her father was on the scene, and the prisoners all locked up in their cells. By some means or other the prisoners had cut a hole through the thick brick wall, and had it not been for Miss Lula a wholesale delivery would have resulted.

Waters, of this city, who has power of attorney from the purchasers to sell and sign away any or all of the 266 lots fronting on Lafayette avenue into which the plat in question has been subdivided. This purchase was brought about by the fart of the plat being in close proximity ts the site of the Oobleigh Piano Box Works, which will soon be in course of erection, employing from 300 to 450 men, ami who will want property close to their factory. ., _:

A P»tnt«r for Felice.

The residents in the eastern portion of ths Fifth waixl are beginning to make a vigorous kick against the inroads of healthy, over-arrown tramps who make daily snpplication for "a little bite to eat" One of these vagabonds rapped at the kitchen door of a residence on North Fifteenth street yesterday morning and throwing his dim down and h» eves upward, pitifully begged for something to eat lie was handed a couple of big pieces, of bread and butter, bat shook his head slowly and then asked her to put "a little piece of meat" between the buttered bread and give hitt a "sup" of hot coffee. As she reached far the teakettle his tramt«hip tried to break his neck getting bif the premises. The polk* would do well to look a little bit out after these gectleiEHsn of the road.

A fcMI JNMItUfc*

Alice, the little mx-year-old daughter of William and Eluta Cruse, living at No. 1334 South Thinl greet, was prostrated Friday by «n apepiegic steoferaad died la a short time. Dr. J. It Crapo. who w*»

Tb* funeral service* wifl

SI**!

recently moved here fwmth* jpjMg faw the position of master Rwchsnfc at tlus Sandford Fork and Tool Work*.

St*. car-

TirrTi«N*ws rfer will coUect few it ewry Onlyia

SATURDAY EVENING APRIL 5. 1890-EIGHT PAGES. TWO CENTS.

DOM PEDRO IS DYING NOW.

BRAZIL'S SX.EMPXBOB EXPECTED TO 1»1EATAXY MOMENT.

A HerriUe CMMMExwatlttn at Hong linn*—DM Cincinnati Gaa pur Seen re* a Bif M*B*|H»1V—

Other Teltfraph.

CANNES, April 5.—The condition of Dom Ped ro is more serious. He is gradually sinking, and has been in a comatose statfe part of yesterday and to-day. The last sacrament has been administered to him. Br. Charcoal, who was summoned from Paris to visit the exemperor, still entertains hope for his patient.

A CHINESE EXECUTION

six Men Executed Anoeg Much Fensiing an4 Hilarity. LONDON, April 5.—Letters received here from Hong Kong report another wholesale execution in the city recently attended by the eurious details of such events in China. The condemned in this case numbered six and were the last of the miners convicted of inciting a revolt at Koulsium, Mongtse, in the Yunna province. The programme of execution began with the announcement to the

risoners of the approval of their death the vice-roy. This was followed by a rich banqet served to them by the mandarin and consisting of roast pork and duck, fish and,rice with an abundance of Chinese wine. The condemned men were then freed from their cells their hands tied behind their backs and they were led to the place of execution, surrounded on the way by troops who fired a volley into the air from time to time on their arrival. The death sentence was read to the prisoners and they were then given over into the bands of executioners. In this case soldiers were chosen at. random from the army. These men did their duty well as professional executioners and five out of six heads fell in the baskets at the first stroke of the sabers. The sixth neck offered a little more resistance and the second stroke was necessary. The execution was witnessed by an immense throng of Chinese at every point around the place from which a view could be obtained.

SWEETNESS AND LIGHT.

The Cincinnati Gas Company Secure* a Big Monopoly. CINCINNATI, April 5.—One of the greatest combinations ever made in Cincinnati was consummated yesterday. It will give the city into the hnnds of a monopoly for lighting the streets. The Cincinnati Electric Lighting Company purchased of the Houston Thompson a controlling interest in the Brush, House and Edison Company's located here. They also secured the plant of the Cincinnati Electric Light and Power Company. While the particulars of the deal are not obtainable it is said the construction was $50,000. The Cincinnati Gas Company was really the purchaser and it has com-

fighting

)lete control of the private and public of this city.

THE ALASKA EXPEDITION

It I* now Organlxod and Will Leave at Once to Remain Till September. LINCOLN, Neb, April 5.—Prof. I-aw-rence Bruner, of the State university, who is designated as the head of the government expedition to Alaska, lia'i announced that he had oraanized his corps for the expedition. It includes Herbert B. (Marshal, H. J. Woster and Albert Woods, of the Senior class of the university, and Mr. E. Bruner, of West Point The party will be in the field during the months oi June, July and August, leaving here the 1st of May and returing home September.

AMERICAN FIRE EN FINES-

The City Government of Berlin Will Order from America. BERLIN, April 5.-—The city officials who were sent to the United States to examine into the system of extinguishing fires, have returned and made a report They speak highly of the fire department of New York, ana recommend some of its features. In accordance with their recommendation the city government has decided to supply the department here with steam fire engines of American pattern.

Bonlanfffnt* in Council.

PARIS, April 5.—At the conference of Boulangis& at St. Heler, Island of Jersey, which was attended by nearly all Boulangist members of the Chamber of Deputies, the plan of operations for the coming elections was discussed and finally adopted. Henri Rochefort was urged to accept the nomination for the chamber but declined. General Boulanger was advised and strongly pressed by his friends to again submit his name as a candidate, and if elected to return to Paris. He hesitates but will probably consent to be nominated. The conference held its final meeting to-day and the party returns to Pans thia evening. |g

In the Howie,

WAsitrxoTos, April 5.—The House spent the morning hour in consideration of minor matters repented from the Committe on Military Affairs and then took up the Senate resolution authorizing the removal of the magazine from Ellis Island and making the Island a landing place for immigrants.

Five Miners Killed.

S**TA PAVLA, Cal., April 5.—While the miners ware bating a tunnel yesterday for oil an explosion occurred, collapsing the whole tunnel and burying in the rains five men who are certainly dead. Intense excitement prevails.

In tl»e Swan Today*

WxsmxGrow, April 5.—In the Senate to-day various bills and petitions relating to action on pension legislation, tree coinage of silver, etc were introduced, after which the Senate proceeded to consider action of the adendar.

Bonliingear toltotnm.

Xforoox, April 5.—General Boolaager bw decided to return to France MKS. He will leave the I*la«d of Jersey to* night and make few way to Ptari* m* Granville Zartin, Departeoeirtof Manehe.

Choehed »v*h« Virata Mary. PWHS, April

THE TROTTING ASSOCIATION. Important and iNwirahlo Improve* mente at the Park—A liberal Parse

Decided Upon. The Trotting Association lias under way some very desirable and valuable improvements at the Fair Grounds. These include two new barns, of frame, enclosing forty nicely finished box stalls, twenty in each building, separated by an alley twenty feet wide. These buildings will cost $2,400 each, and will be complete in every essential detail. This improvement is one that has been long demanded by the want of room and the inadequate conveniences of the old sheds.

The track is also being thoroughly cleaned and will be accxiratelv leveled, and. barring unforseen accidents, will be put in a condition that will make it as east if not a little faster than any track in the circuit.

The amphitheater will also be rearranged so as to admit of a larger seating capacity, with decidedly more of comfort than has been the case in the past and with various other improvements added generally and the placing of the aggregate purse for the coming meeting at $5,000, it is confidently expected that lovers of track sport will be better satisfied hero this season than ever before.

THAT AERIAL INJUNCTION. So One In Court but the Attorneys and the Mayor-It Goes Over.

As was announced in THE NEWS yesterday the Ball injunction suit to restrain the city authorities from purchasing the Babcock aerial truck had been placed for hearing for a temporary injunction in the Superior Court this morning. The counsel for the complainant were present and Mayor Danaldson, the only one of the Republican city officers who had leeu subpoenaed. Judge Allen, however, had left the city and the case per force of circumstances necessarily goes over until such time as shall be hereafter determined upon, Judge Maxwell Betting as special judge, having no authority to try cases other than those to which he is assigned. April 10t,h is fixed as the day upon which a hearing shall be had to determine the question oi a permanent injunction, the subpoenas issuetl so stating.

A Pocket Typewriter.

A pocket typewriter is shortly to be offered to the British public. Typewriting instruments now iu the market are of considerable size and weight—at least a person could scarcely think of carrying one about with him regularly. The one under notice is not only inexpensive, but it is so small that it may be carried in the waistcoat pocket. The retail price will be under ten shillings it measures 8} inches by 8 inches and weighs about four ounces. Though so small it is not a mere toy. The inventor claims for it that it will turn out better work and be found more useful than larger and more expensive machines.

With reference to its construction, all that can be seen when superficially examined is a disk about the size of the face of a gentleman's watch, in which the type is fixed, and one or two small rollers. It will print a lino from an inch to a yard long, and paper of any sisse or thickness can be used. Any one can qse it, though, as in the case of other instruments, practice is required to enable the operator to write quickly. Another advantage is that by means of duplicate types the writer can be used for different languages. Patents have been obtained for most of the countries in Europe as well as for the United States, Canada and Australia.—Montreal Star.

5.—A woman became in

case vmlanky »uuk*

ber child to death by forcing the of the virgin Mary down its throat rioiMrnrr DOMHUMC* *e« EL— tl as.

PiKmiscct'a, R. L, April 5.—A NEW election Ua* been ordered for thedtyof Piwideace for Saturday AprfU&h.

Boy Preacher* Outdone.

Maj. Perry, the illiterate and ignorant Edgefield county, 8. C., negro, who, while in what appears to be a trance sleep, preaches learned and eloquent sermons, is still attracting a great deal of attention, and several enterprising citizens of Edgefield county now have the hhman phenomenon in charge and are exhibiting him to large audiences. The modus operandi is as follows:

Perry goes to bed and lies outstretched in full view of the audience, and by the time the spectators have assembled is fast asleep. After a few moments of apparently sound slumber his muscles begin to twitch, his limbs to contract, and his body becomes contorted in unseemly shapes. This spasm soon passes off, and then he begins to preach. He takes his text from the Bible, naming book, chapter and verse, adl the time lying flat on his back, with his eyes shut, and for half arfhour or more preaches, using strictly grammatical and even eloquent language. At the conclusion of his sermon he sings a hymn to an old air, but the words of it entirely new and of his ow» composition. Then comes a prayer, and he dismisses the congregation.—St Louis Globe-Democrat.

Public Spirit In Xjondoii.

Since London began to govern itself the signs of local public spirit have multiplied, In Kensington a second series of public meetings lias just .been arranged for the purpose of discussing subjects of public importance to ratepayers. meetings are to be held in Kensington town hall under the auspices of the Kensington Ratepayers' association, itself a sign of the times. Lord Chelmsford is the president Mr. W. Bousfieid has undertaken to start a subject for discussion by a lecture on '"The Work of the London School Board." Such associations and such meetings %re likely to revolutionize the old system of practically self electing vestries. Members of this association are invited to interest themselves in the work of finding candidates for the local elections of vestrymen and poor law guardians—London

ALO*g HM MJver.

The river last evening was rising with aguageof twelve feet channel depth. The "J, H. Stockton* which was due to arrive yesterday Jnm jbe Narrow* with wheat for Willard Kidder, foiled to pnt In an appearance and it reported thai she bad over-loaded awi hadbeen obfigedto transfer north of her starting point

John Woodatl,tl*e M#*na«twith parachute aad his dug, was at the Van

tug the

dumb brute In tbe art

«*xitiliy. Betook the do« to the tew of the iron towne-iwsrfc, tied the animal to the pwiichote and dropped tbe combination into the waier, tojbe fished colter an aeitfast in a boat The do* manffcatedeomcliiiktfbieciioo water bo* took kindly tp dm vmtmti*.

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THE VOTFNG PLACES.

Where to Vote at Next Monday** Election.

Following are the places of voting iu the various wards of the city: First ward: Procinct A, Jehu Lewis' livery stable B, Atkins' carpenter shop C, Monroe's grocery store.

Second ward: Precinct A, Poths' carriage shop B, Lunau's grocery store. Third ward: A, Fonts Hunter's B, rear of Pierce's grocery

Clrcnlt Court.

The Circuit Courtroom was bare of the usual buxz and hub-bub this morning, court having adjourned over until Monday.

Mayor's Court.

David Carmichael stepped to the front this morning, plead auilty to having been drunk and was fined $1 and costs.

John Moudv, lor assault and battery on Munsford Belce, was fined $5 and costs, and Munsford Bebee, after having been drunk was also fined tl and costs, and hereby hangs a tail, Munsford Bee be, nn exconvict, sent from Terre Haute about four years ago for larceny, bas been long known to the police as a very bad egg. He has been repeatedly arresttxl for abuse of bis wife who, recently was comjelled to leave him and go to her mother, Mrs. Moudy, who lives near the Early Grove. I^ast ni^ht Bebee, who had fortified himxelf with copious druaghts of liquor, went to the Moudy house and commcnced to smash in the windowH and doors with rocks and other missiles. Moudy not wishing to have hie bouse brought down about his ears, went otft with a hatchet and but for the police would have massacred Bebee then anil there. As it WRS Bebee was chopped about the head until his face had nearly the appearance of a Haj&burger steak. He will remain in jail for* couple of weeks.

Olverce.

Sarah Grelner bas entered suit fn the Circuit court for divorce from Lee Greiner, alleging abandonment and failure to support Respondent bas filed a crosspetition denying every allegation.

Robert E. Hunter bas entered suit Circuit court, for divorce from Agnes Hunter. Complainant alleges that the defendant is a non-resident, being now and since March 11, 1882, resided in England that she thus had custody of their only child, Ethel, now eight years old, since that time and has persistently refused to live with him. He therefore prays for a divorce.

A Remarkable State of Affairs. At 12:30 to-day Ttt* NEWS was compelled to refuse all display advertising offered. It is very seldom that such a date of affairs occurs in a newspaper office, but it shows more forcibly than anything can !few Tax NEWS stands in the estimation of tbe business public. Our readers will notice that we are compelled to run seven column pages to-day, when always hereto fort? six columns has been our size on Saturdays.

Tbe public ahows it* appreciation of enterprise. '^. $ Whole Family Fotooned. .':Ki

Cmcxoo, April 5.—Geo. P. New land, a rich and retired real estate owner, his wife, ton and daughter, living at Englewood, were poisoned by eating their supaer last night The missing servant girl Is believed to have pat "rough on rats in tbe food. Mr. Newland died this morning Mis. Newland is dying and the cbiidten cannot recover.

Waive of a

The value of a single member of the alphabet is shown by an unfortunate oversight on the part of the proof-reader who made a portion of the aerial track injanctioiiarticle In yesterday's NEWS "low terms" instead of law terms as was in-

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Jfrwt PuW$king (hmptiHf, City: We will gt?a you lot number fifty-five, on Nineteenth$vreet, in' Cottajje Plate" Addition, to be given KY yon to a snbsrriber of Tn« NEWS in accordance with any j»lan you may adopt. Said lot to !x given away not later than Jnly 1st. 1890. TINAS HACTC RXAI. KSTATS AJU IMI'HOVKMKXT

COSirAKY. We have been considerably puuled as to the best and fairest way of disposing of the generous gift without discriminating, and have at, last concluded upon adopting the following plai.:

To each subscriber of TJIE NEWS, who will have been a paid up subscriber for at least three months, we will give one guess as to the number of new subscribers we will have obtained during the three months beginning with April 1st, ending June 30th. You can send in your guesses at anytime prior to June 1st. Any one will be entitled to a guess who has been a paid up subscriber for three months prior to June 1st, or who on or before that date pays for a three months' subscription in advance.

Chas. Haar-

house'B grocery. Fourth ward: A, 315 Mulberry street B, Elevator C, Chresher's carpenter shop.

Fifth ward: A, Frlss's carpenter shop B, Nehfs carpenter shop. Sixth Ward: A. llickcy fc Brefwett's grocery: B, Davis grocery store.

THE COURTS.

Superior Conrl.

In Superior court this morning the time was principally devoted to hearing motions, etc., the jury having l»een discharged until Tuesday.