Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Volume 8, Number 27, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 January 1877 — Page 1
VOL. 8—NO. 27.
Settled at Last
The Illinois Senatorship.
Governor Palmer Withdraws from the Contest.
Democrats and Independents Unite Upon Anderson, which Insures the Defeat of
Logan.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Kaquirar
Springfield, Ills., January
Democrats assembled in caucus this evening in consultation upon the situation. Governor Palmer, for the sake of harmonizing the Independent element, insisted upon withdrawing from the contest. He mrde a handsome f.peech to the large and enthusiastic as~embly, thanking them for the gallant fight they had made for him, casting twenty-three consecutive billots for him. They lud made a gallant fight for him, and he thanked them from the bottom of his heart. He deeply felt the great honor they had done him
but
their Independent friends said they had a man upon whom they could unite, lie was their own candidate—General Anderson. If the Democrats could unite upon him, he sincerely hoped they would.' Palmer was with them in the fight, and he would fight it through with them. Any thing to beat Logan. Let them not break on Anderson, but vote for him as solidly as they had done for him. The united Democrats and Independents would gain a glorious victory.
The Convention passed a very flattering resolution, expressing their hearty and full confidence in Governor Palmer's thorough fitness for the eminent position t® which they had nominated him, and regretting his witlidrawl. It was carried with great applause and cheers. The caucus also passed another resolution, pledging the united Democratic vote to Anderson in Convention Monday.
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Vice-President Hen dricks.
His Views Upon the Compromise Electoral Bill—He Thinks it Will Give us a Fair Count, and That it will be
Accepted by the .. Country.
Spcoial Dispatch to tlio Cincinnati Enquirer
Indianapolisjan.
Regarding the constitutionality of the measure, he aJds: "The matter is one in which the powers of Congress and the methods bv which thev should be executed, are not definitely prescribed. It may be compared to the admission of States int the Union. I he Constitution confersupon Congress the power to admit new States, but does not prescribe the method in whict. it is to be exercised. Hence,congress may act through a co-or
dinate
department of the government, as was recently done i:i the admission ot a State by Prcs dental proclamation. 1 do not regard Congress as abdicting its power in doing this. 1 he power of Congress to count the vote, and to decide upon all questions that arise in the proj ress of the count, is exercised directly bv itself, and through the agency which it creates, with final supervision and control bv agreement ot both Houses.
Yesterday and to-day press representatives felt the popular pulse in this city' and among business men the feeling is general that it is the only peaccable solution ot* the Presidential vexation now offered. jrm'Satr
The Black Hills.
A Report of a Terrible Massacre of Returning Miners.
A Whole Train Destroyed.
Sioux Citw Jan,
23—A
Washington.
Proposed Report of the_ Morrison Louisiana Committee.
The Electoral bill will be Forced to a vote Without Debate-
Taking
Money From Government leiks.
Washington, D. C. Jan.
21.—The
scattering
report is in
current at Fort Randall, that a tram of lifteen wagons and twenty men were captured on Thursday morning about
MURR DIV1LTRY.
Hot Creek, Wy Jan.
4
turn
to
22.—General
Kilpatrick was to-day before the Committee on the powers, privileges and duties of the House, in counting the electoral vote and testified. He went to North Carolina upon his own suggestion, bearing a introductory letter from Chandler.
George Fisher of Geoagia, tempora—
Lieorge
5
iwier ui ucungio, ... .-r-..
pay fur his services. About $25,000 were collected. Other
DULLL »P— W C» «.»»-•
persons also
made collections. The list
but it contained the naine3 ot the two heads of the departments. The contributions were voluntary. Only ten or twelve clerks of probably 1.200 applied to declined to contribute. Did not knowanybody was discharged for not con tributing. Adjourned till to morrow.
Senatorial Struggling.
Losan Out or the ISace.
Laurance and Davis the Contestants with Chances in Favor of the Latter.
THE NINETY AND NINE.
As sung by the Democrats.
Therpwere ninety and nine on yesterday In .John A. Logan'* toM, But tlirco were out from the vote away,
Far off from the lvigj "f gol't Away from Lognn tho Loivt knows where, Away faoni thu candidate's tender care.
•John, thou hast here thy ninety and nine, Are thev not enough lor thee? But Johu'Logan 1. ude auuwur, 'Three Of mine.
Have wandered away from me. An I ilia way to thj Seaatc is uark and steep, Unless I tlnd -them' pesky sheep."
Springfield, January 24.
35th
B'ALLOT.
Lawrence
S6,
Davis
Logan
21.—Gov.
97
2
Hendricks
has talked more at length regarding the Congressional Commission plan, and says in detail: "lam gratified that so fair a bill has been reported. It may not satisfy those who dimand success in advance, but I think it will be accepted by the country. Certainly the Commissioners may rmkc a proper and righteous decision under it. It will allow such latitude of investigation and judgment as will compel them to decide the right. It in its present shape the bill will not allow the Commission to consider all matters of evidence as fully as the two Houses of Congress could do if considering the questions directly, the necessary amendments can easilv he made but its provisions appear ample in that respect."
Haines
7
Cullom 1 Paush 1 Baker
Ingersoll 1 Kanin 1 Beveridge 1. 36TII BALLOTT. Springfield, Ills. Jan.
1
24.—Law
rence
St, Davis98. Haines 15, scattering
4.
37TH BALLOTT.
Lawrence
50,
Davis
9S,
Hai-ies
39
42.
Washburn 1, C. B. Farwell 1, scattering 6. 3STH BALLOTT
Lawrence,
Davis,
96
Hanes,
59
7. WEST VIRGINIA.
Wheeling, January
Walker
ner
24—One
24.
Cincinnati. Jannary
sons, aged about
Indians la«t trip, but
escaped on the return trip. He met
bal'ot wa»
taken to-day with the following result.
For
short term—Price
24,
16.
Hereford
For long term—H Davis
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The Queer.
A Big Batch of Counterfeit Places Captured.
The Counterfeiters Themselves Under Arrest—Some of the Plates on Indiana Banks-
24—James
Brooks,
of the government secret service, who caused the arrest a fow days since, of John McKennan and wife, of this city, for dealing in counterfeit money, and of Miles Ogle, for manufacturing the same induced the latter to make a confession and by this means' obtained poscssion of this and of over
100
finely
executed plates. Among them were plates for the manufacture of ten dollar notes on banks at Richmond Lafayette and Muncie, Indiana.
We also recovered 40. 000 caunterteit electoral compromise.
^o cent peices which were found buried
A BOY'S EXPERIMENT.
We heard a good joke on a Lexington °1
boy last night. Mr. Sam Ingram, express agent and North Missouri ticket
5
100
miles west *f the Missouri river while on their wav out of th^ hills, and that not a man escaped the scalping knite. I Lc Indians who brought the news says, Crazv Horses band committed the outrage,"and 'hat the train belonged to volen and Papenau, of Yanktown.
50
friendlv sioux who were enroute to treat with Crazv Horse, tor his surrender, They
report a party of 100 Cheyennes
met them and 011 learning their mission, dismounted them necessitating their re,
Ihc agency. Stroll bonds have
beeu seen at several points between here
and Indian
creek.- ,:u. v.
Do YOU want to see the Delinquent las $st Subscribe for the GAZETTE.
and
7
membereu tnac
23—The
carrier between this post and Red Cloud were attacked by
poi He went
oft
years. A day
or two since he found them putting nails in their mouths. He
S,C
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against i\ and told them a story of
sv
boy
who stui'k hu tongue on an iron limppost on a cold morning. The bovs remembered that story, and yesterday
Siory,
one of
uuu jcMciuay
whether the "old man" lied or not. The N morning was intensely cold, ».nd the bov ris went up to a lamp-post in front of Col. Reid's residence and stuck his tongue to it. He found it was just as the "old man" said Finally he gave a jerR and lett a by big piece of his tongue adhering to the
Washington.
Testimony Taken Before the Honse Investigating Committee.
Some of the things That Chandler Did.
Washington, Jan.
Zachariah
20.—Before
and the "othei for
the
committee on powers, privileges and du ties of the house, Oswin D. Roberts, cashier of the Second national bank of New York, exhibited two certificates of deposit bv 2. Chandler, one for
$3,000
$2,000.
They were
made payable on his own order or on return of certificates. The endorsement read:
Pav S. B. Packard or order, Z. CHANDLER. CHANDLER'S PRIVATE SECRETARY. G. W. Partridge, private secretary ot Chandler, in reply to the question of
ily residin" in Washington, testified he Representative 1' leld, produced copies of rniwtions for nolitical purposes, letters which were privately examined by made collections for political purposes, at the instance of the Republican Congress committee in the post-office and war department, sixth auditors office and goverment printing office and paid money over to the treasurerv of the committee, less
letters which were privately examined by the committee. Two of the letters were read and put in evidence.
They were written by J. B. Stockton of
New
per cei.t which is kept as
the
of names ot contributors «ere destroyed, "hipfHomitv marshal
Orleans, Nov. nth, and were to
the effect that if steps were taken immediately the affidavits of 10,000 or 12,000 republican votes could be obtained, showing they were deprived of the exercise of
GTTZ V,,WY
I •_!
ballot by violence and intimidation
The writer was the chief deputy marshal. He says ifyou could send a trusty person here with funds or authorize some
one
to draw for such sim as may needed to have the proper testimony itaken, throughout the bull-dozed par"Ifches, such testimony could be piled up of frauds and ou'.rages so daminable as to preclude the possibility of any President, taking his
seat,
who was elected by such
frauds. The other letter was dated Greensboro, Nov.
29th,
and was from T. B. Keogh,
in which he says, aderessing Z. Chandler, that he has done what he could towards getting up evidence of illegal voting in North Carolina, and that a fair count would show the election of the Republican ticket.
He was
so crippled in means he could
not affotd to furnish the means of establishing the fraud. Several other letters on the political situation was read, onewas the following.
Washington, D. C., Dec.
01
this na
tion. The soaner such turbulent Tilden democracy gets down and accepts the situationthe better for the country.
Very truly yours, Z. CHANDLER, Chairman. The telegrams sent from and received by Z. Chandler were destroyed. Did not think there was anything in them about furnishing money or troops.
Thos. C.Jovnder, telegraph operator at Franklin, North Carolina, remembered hearing messages going through. So far as he could remember, they were signed Chandler.
They were addressed to Thomas
Kecgh,
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Faulk
and to this effect: -We think
Hayes is elected, hut if possible hold your state and we think it will add to youi chances.
Madison Wells, president of the Louisiana returning board, was examined by Mr. Field who inquired whether there was not a vacancy in that board which was not filled.
The answer of the witness was affirmative and he said the vacancy was not filled because the members could not agree upon a man.
Dr. Kennedy was proposed by the Democrats but a portion of the Board objected to him.
There were four members acting as the board, allot'them were Republicans, Thev never resolved to reject or admit another person as member of the board. "Then no vote was ever taken on the admission of Dr. Kennedy as member of the board." Ans ''None.
Que-tion—Why did you not, as president, put the proposition to the board? Answer—I did not propose to have the proposition acted on instantly but asked the board when sould they take action.
THE ELECTORAL COMPROMISE. Caucuses of republican and democratic senators were held this morning on the mprcirise.
Morton has received the following dispatch. "Indianapolis, January 19 Hon. Oliver P, Morton, at the caucus vy. the Republcan members of the legislature to-night, your course in withholding our consent lrom the compromise plan .ras unanimously approved of. The opposition to it wiis decided and earnest.
X,T~"recel
near Brighton a suburb of this city. These nieces so closelv resemble the genuine, 1 at none but experts could distinguish of the Republcan members of the leg.slathe difference between them. to-nisrht, your course in
withhold,ng
Snejker Overmvor presided.
E
*sV
Halford,secretary,
S(
Signed, E. W. Halford, Washington, Jan.
press agent and North Missouri ticket powers and privileges and duties agent at that town, has two promising
24—The
committee
in counting
Mackey,
down to his father with
special
his mouth full of blood, when the "old membered about money or man" a-ked him what was the matter, troops. Spitting out a mouthful of blood, he an Law. swered: ''O, nothing much—I'va l»een
trying yer derned old lamp-post gag, and grams, when the the sub committees o. it's a deadner, sure. I left half my tongue the two houses had the telegrams
the electoral
01 tne ,luus 0
1 tliC ote today examined a number ef Phila
Z: ddphia employees of the ».«™ telegraph Co. HENRY OSIELL testified that
on 7th
Sth
i.w«-
them resolved to test it to see secretary Cameron W.Hi. Kemble lucirti MacKtv, Mr. Hoyt and Major Nor to be sent to Florida but did not recollect the names of'persons to whom thev were sent.
He remembered
9th and 10th of
November he received messages from
Kemhle W
that the telegram sent
spoke ot a party in Bedford
whom he had
seen, and about sending a
messenger to Florida, but he re-
questions as
to the contents ot the tele
their possession
And sure enough, he did leave a lib- The objection rvNToin oi,v *ori eralishare there, where it was seen by a further examination of O NeUl ehcited S many during the day.-[Sedalia nothing addmon^ and the Committee (Mo.) Bazoo. adjourned till to-morrow
1ERRE HAUTE, IND:..—THURSDA Y, JANUARY 25 1877. Whole No.448
Louisiana.
Her People Protest against the Mismanagement of' Their Affairs. •3
The Business Men and Churchmen of Lousiana Unite in an Address to the Country.
The business men of Louisiana have issued the following address, setting forth the evils of the erovernment which has been imposed upon them:
TOOURFELLOW CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES—The undersigned citizens of Louisiana, not officeholders nnr office seekers, nor consulting with either class, but representing the opinions and sentiments ofthe thousands of good citizens in the state, desire, in justice to themselves as well as the good fame
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Louisiana, your serious and unbiased considerations of this address. By the politicians of one party the white people of Louisiana, have been held up to their fellow citizens as virtualy barbarians, continually engaged in acts of violence cruelty against the virtuou* and inoffensive colored people of the state. Onexparte partisan and interested statements fcuch representations have been hastily and indecently thrust before congress, and the country as a reason for disfranchising the white people of this state and continuing over it a government which it has repudiated.
An issue produced by such action is no longer political. It is one which calls upon citizens of Louisiana to vindicate their own good name by resenting a gross and reckless slander.
That in our misgoverned ate crimes of violence are common, we arc only too weli aware. That t'ie great mass of our people deplore them, and would have them punished and suppressed, is the fact here as in all civilized communities.
The misfortune of Louisiana has been, and is, that the political exigencies of the usurped govermen., imposed upon the state against the people's will, demand rather the fostering than the suppressing of crimes
The
first
22.—John
T.
Cramer, Thomas ville, W. C. Dear Sir:—Your favor ot the
has been re
15th
ceived and contents noted. What you state in relation to North Carolina and other Southern States I believe is entirely correct.
It ould have been great national calamity to the south as well as the north had Tilden succeeded in getting himself elected President.
No man wno countenances and uses the mean* he has to promote his own election should ever be entrusted with such great and responsible trusts as ara given to the chief executive
political
function of government is the
protection of life and property by doing justice'.
A government, existing upon frauds, and sustained against a peoples will by force, is torred from this primary function, becmise it is itself an organized injustice.
Such a government, also, if sustained by a powfr trom without, finds itself tempted fo encourage lawlessness and crime tmipng tjiose it governs, in order to find excuses forc.illing upon the continued help and Latirference of thit power.
Tlits is the? condition of the existing government of Louisiana. By the evidehce which it chose to adducc befoi'e the returning board, it showed what all intelligent citizens of the stite know, that it does not perfoim the first function of governrmnt. It does not protect life or property. On the other hand it exhibited itcelf in the attitude of profiling by crimes of a certain class. It has use for them to sustain itself. Instead of pursuing them by the sheriff and pjnishing them by the cour's, it summons thi in by
agents, gives ex parte accounts
of them betore a political canvassing board, and demands their market value in votes.
The people of Louisiana can not believe that their friends, relatives and fellowcitizens of other states, can seriously think them so lost, not to decency or civilization only, but even to self interest and common sense, as to encourage a rei*n of violence and bloodshed about their own homes and those of their children.
That which exists ot'these i.i Louisiana above the ordinary average of 'fettled, well ordered communities, they charge plainly unon a government holding its place by fraud and force by the tenure of making one class hate another class, and one section of the country distrust and detest another. We appeal for simple justice in their judgment, and to the calm good sense of the unpar'.isan masses of our fellow-citizens. We only desire to have good order, peace and justice established among all classes, and crime, no matter by whom perpetrated, resolutely put down and punished. We. are not barbarians, but civilized men and Americans.
This is signed by the names of several hundred citizens. THRCHURCH MEN UNITE.
The churchmen of New Orleans at the same time issued an address indorsing the above and closing as follows: In no sense politicians, nor desiring to mix ourselves with political afiairs, and having very various opinions about jiolitical matters, since we have been publicly charged with dereliction in duty by the attorneys ot" the existing government, and our silence misrepresented, we are compelled in self-respect to speak, and we do so by this cxplaination, and by adopting, as a general fair setling-lor.h of the causes of exceptional crime in Louisiana, the paper herewith, sigied by many worthy and well-known citiens.
We
desire further to add, that
until we have agovernment which will not find it necessary to its existence to poison the minds of an ignorant race, suddenly loaded with the burden of poli'ical responsibility, against their white neighbors, and to t'o,u in their darkened mind huspic'o-i and hatred we, and the good people of this state, are almost shut out from any approach, toward educating them in religion, learning, industry or morals, and must sadlv look upon them dail'v deterforating, their children growintr up in ignorance and the race relapsing into barbarism, while made the Sespised tools of political schemers and adventurers, who, having so treated arc not. as we are, compelled to live with tnem and experience the consequences cf such disastrous policy.
Declaring before God that wc took all possible means to give good advice to the freedmenand maintain union between our fellow citizens, we protest against all slanders published against us by a corrupt and corrupting press.
This is sighed bv twenty-two
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
XLIV. Congress—Second Session.
SENATE.
Washington, January
22.
Morton was followed in a lengthy argument by Mr. Frelinghuysen in favor of the bill. After which a sharp cross-firing *asengaged in by by Messrs. Sherman, Edmunds, Morton, "Cameron, and others. After which the Senate adjourned.
Wednesday, January
23
Petitions were presented troin PhilaVel phia, Pittsburg and St. Louis indorsing the plan for setting the presidential ques" tion reported by the joint committee. After which the consideration of the bill for counting the electoral vote was taken up and Mr. Sherman opposed it in quite a lenghtv speech. He was followed by Mr. Conkling, who spoke in favor of its passage in his most eioquent style. At the conclusion of Mr. Conkling's speech the senate went into executive session and soon afterward adjoured.
House.—There was but little done in the house to-day. Memorials from Boston and St Louis, in favor of the compromise bill were presented. Mr. Baltze was admitted as a member from South Carolina, and took the iron-clad oath. The house then considered the resolution reported by the committee on privileges Adjourned.
Tuesday, Jan.
23,1S77.
HOUSE.
Mr. Throckmorton offered a resolution asking for an explanation why soldiers were removed from the frontier to Washington and southern states. Mr. Frye introduced a bill to establish a court for the trial of contested elections for the offices of president and vice president. Quite a number of unimportant bills were introduced and referred,after which the house adjourned.
Legislative Summary. SENATE.
The senate held a session of one hour in the forenoon, the presiding officer and several senators being absent. The business was wholly routine, and consisted in advancing some work on the calendar. Petitions were presented and referred against the drainage act, and to increase the pay and efficiency of prosecuting attorneys, and a protest against the fish and game law. Communications were laid before the senate from the trustees of the State Normal school and Purdue university. Standine committees submitted reports on severalbiUs. New bills were read on matters of local and secondary Importance. The afternoon session was ufholly occupied by reading bills the wc-
January
23,1S77.
The first hour was employed in read in if, and hearing the reports of standing committees. Resolutions were offered on minor matters. New bills were introduced regulating operations of insurance companies in this state creating a new law of property assessments for taxation proposing anew road law a joint resolution asking aid from congress to improve the navigation of White river. A. B. McFarland, of Clinton county, was- appointed superintendent of the reformatory for women and girls a bill requiring finaucial reports trom all banking institutions a new system of prison management, by Senator Winteibotham, a bill for an inebriate asylum supported by an extra license tax offio on every liqaor dealer a bill for a new state house, with other bills of secondary importance. A considerable number of bills were read the second time and either sifted out or advanced on their course of legislation.
HOUSE.
Bills: To amend the divorce law to create a bureau of statistics to create boards of aldermen to create fire patrols. A petition was received from John M. Berry, who acted as special commissioner in
1S42,
23.
Bills to prevent extortionate charges by railroads amending the ill-famed law amending the school law fixing the fees and duties of corporation requiring additional replevin bail regulating business of foreign insurance companies for uniform assessment to improve public highways amending tae election law fixing the" fees of justices for the appointment of notaries public exempting travelers property from execution making husband and wife from bei..g witnesses. The special order H. B. No.
90
regarding the
rights of married women, was brought up and after considerable discussion was recommitted to the judiciary committee.
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.
Mr. Alexander II. Stephens is very ill again, h.. ing had hemorrhage of the lungs.
Mr. John L, Motley, is in Paris, in very good health, and busy in the literary way.
Worcester Press: "It is said to be verv affecting to hear Schuyler Colfax wind up a Sunday school lecture by telling the little ones how the Lord made the Repuhiican party on the eighth dayafter a day's rest—and pronounced it good
Mr. J. T. Field appears to have served as a model tor the actor who plays Roger Chillingworth in "The* Scarlet Letter." His "make up'' remarkably resembles the personal guise of the Boston writer.
Furness Falls Reporter: 'The time approaches •when a fellow buys for his chum's sister a highly ornamental valentine, the great center of attraction of which is a picture of the fabled boy who has decidedly more wings than overcoat." ki'.
Norristowtr-TIerald: "Love makes
12S
pounds of girl feel no heavier than a feather
on
a fellow's knee." Fulton
Times: "And the same fellow would have his leg
cramped
minis-
tert, of all denominations, and many of them having colored members.
all out of shape by
seSfenty-five pounds of wife." Danbury News: "That would depend somewhat upon whose wife it was."
The Early Bird.
Marlin Early Slings Himself Outside His Fourth Quail.
No Signs of Weakening Yet*.
Other Feats of Eating.
Mike Whaien's Extraordinary Sausage Apple, Pain Killer, Cider Consumption.
FOURTH QUAIL.
Mr, Marlin Earley the Great American Qiiail Eater this morning finished his fourth bird. Apprehensions were felt among some of his backers that he would not be able te go throngh the all lotted task to-day, but their fears wergroundless and they little knew the great physical powers of their champion: He passed a restless night, his sleep being broken by dreams of birds of prey gnawing at his vitals. But ^th the coming dawn his spirits revived, and when the hour for the conflict arrived he marched to the battle field with the proud defiant air of a conqueror, going to an assured victory.
The quail was placed before him at
05
a, m, in exactly
7.
3
minutes and
7
sec
onds, it was gone where the woodbine twineth. Mr. Early's caieer as an eater has been thus far brief but brilliant. He has however some mighty rivals in this section as witness the following:
J.S.JORDAN.
Mr. J. S. Jordan laid the foundation of his present weight by eating
1000
pounds
of pork all by himself, one winter several years ago. MIKE WHALEN.
This man is the biggest eater in the Wabash valley. His reputation is as far spread as that of Wabash "hog and hominy,"
-'fever
and ager."
The feat we speak of. was performed several years ago at New Goshen, (Whaler now lives at Clinton) when Mr William Sage, of this cityj kept a stand at a camp meeting which was in progress there. Mikt wanted to know how much Sage would charge him for all the bologna sausage he could eat. "Oh, 'bout a quarter," replied Sage carelessly. He was astonished to see Whalen cut off a yard but still more so to see him eat all ofif and call for more apart of the second yard he eat bat tiring of it, »tarttfd ih on a peck of apple* and consumed them every one.
and asked for a bottle ot pain killer, which he emptied. Feeling considerably refreshed he ambled up to the cider barrel and drew a gallon from it. This he swallowed with sucn evident relish :hat Sage in his turn became uneasy and oftered his
$2.50
to quit. With this bar
gain Whalen reluctantlly"closed. He is a man tall and well built and still eats enormously.
The authenticity of the story is well vouched for by actual witnesses. THE BUFFALO MAN.
A man in Buffalo, New York, recently attempted to eat thirtv quails in as many consecutive days, After reaching twen-ty-three he became so nauseated at the stomach on the sight of a quail that he could not touch it.
THIRTY TURKIES.
There is a man in town who ridicules the idea of inability to eat thirty quails and proposes to enter into bonds to consume
30
for the return of
money paid out by him as commissioner of township bonds in Monroe county. Wednesday, January
tnrkies in sixty days.
The GAZETTE now awaits patiently news of the man who will eat
30
beeves.
Bob Hunter says he once ate
24
eggs,
hard boiled at one sitting on a wager. He got left, however, as the other fellow1 enclosed
26.
A LIAR'S VICTORY.
Detroit Free Press:—The fact that De-' troiten are long-suffering and kind-heart ed, was again exemplified yesterday*' One of the dozen passengers on a Woodwatd avenue car suddenly remarked that it was an awful snow storm, and that he never saw 60 much snow on the ground before. "Pooh!exclaimed a little whiffet of man in the corner -'this is no storm at all Why, in Omaha I have seen,-forto-seven feet of snow on the ground at once!" 'r "Buried the town, didn't it?" queried the man odposite. "Of course it buried the town, but that" was all right. We dug out the snow and left a crust, as a sort rf sky, and in three' days we had summer weather down there. Roses bloomed, peach trees blossomed, and the boys went in swimming, the same as in July! Don't talk to me about suck storms as this!" "W-what became of the crusk gat^-* ed a man at the front end of the car. "It's hanging up ithere yet!" replied the noble liar, "and the man who doubt.*' my word wants to step off the car foH half a minute
There that whole dozen merf sat as mute as clams, not daring to even wink, at each ether, or to enter a protest, while the little man branched off anew and began telling that he had seen hail-stones weighing six pounds each.
A WEIGHTY FAMILY.
A Nebraska paper notices a man and wife whose combined weight turned the scale at
830
pounds. He weighed
480
and the ladv 350 pounds. Ten children have been born unto them,seven of whom*4 are now living, and honest, respectable."' citizens. With pride does the old gentleman point to his offspring, and especi--' ally to a
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beam at
yearold son, who kicks the
200
pounds, stout as an ox, and
as »ood natured as his lather. His eatingcapacitv is enormous, and each day
adds
something to his avoirdupois. A six year old girl weighs over'a hundred, and'the remainder hold out in Uie same! proportion. fciid!