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LOUISA. LAWUKXCU CO..KY., SHlTEMBER 3, 1885.
VOL. I. NO. '2. WEBB & FERGUSON; ruMttta.
OLD SERIES, VOL. Ill -NO. 8 ,
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true nui oitii rKii'k, w
MY SWEETHEART. "
1 ton. have n woeUHrt pru) cease your do
raunir: You wire xiivini last ulyhl: ."Love can
never irniw tml."
So juu Hunk Jum Un'uw my old poll is to
fro.l)
My pn" are tluittflth. roy heart bu grown
. ;
Well, volt, luugh stray, I car not lor your
JeeihUf
I have uiy own sweetheart, my dalnuost
tlear:
When Ihi com thmutfh the meadow tress,
. . . aiinring m irai'ly,
Tho ltrl v- uVir oarollnys Duly to hear.
Tbe a-rastc wave round bof. the bloHaoiiti
, Imw lo her,
All itoin tii r liiiiiiHir"'. all klln her fiwti
Aud ami. Uniitl- vreattirvt HI woodland rc-
COW
toe. lenr at Iter cumins Hal luate their re-
,n l
She If rich nl hi wealth without unit. Willi-
rml im.u.iire;
' hh wwr jit iter trcsac bnifUt, hiitimeriiig
Hi,rt; -
fttoi. Int. m ar.s, whiu-t larla, an4 her ntl III
I W hn tii mult ihato the dimples h r roy
tttevks liuld...
Willi r-s oi .la haif .lmt I can she's Ictiaiiiif
Attowbtthci I etifp, with a comical w"t:
I Rtuik. and hf.r while ariua iro ui tn a twiqk-
lllm.
And li. rrlwk 11 laid cU to my rtnklrl
; uul yu.t
Ob. (ilir l m,r w"rt bcart, my inrrnfat o(
: tuaiilt'iu. ' .
And hu ittin h W'Yt: hfr 1 nnvt.r can oay;
th- iriy 'Ur.iif ni) prlilc and In) bcart
d'-aril irfa-uti'. .
Her ntf I '" ak itf Hhv alt tioruv
m it lav.
t'lu.iwA y. ilrttill, in LittvM foUrtcr-
JirMf Hirt.
Driven From Sea to Sea;
Or, JUST A CAMl'lX'.
t o. o. .row..-
Pvoi.unit. r ranMiaaioii or J. B. Downtr
to., Ciat-ianciu, Chic too.
CHAllTR XV.-Cna-rixrrtt.
Tin- work of i iitlliij; t)iroiij;li tl.o hill
jajt.i thi riflKlilHiriii( (forpo w buj;"n
at inw, A Inrro nunilxT of wurkiucfi
wi'it i ini!oyucl, ami evtrjlnxly who
- worked with will, mia or klilun. A
ttinorl driven luto tlie iilo t f tlio
hill, sin! whnli- Vfg ot jiowdor cx
ilixli'(I tlitTi'tii, mi'ling tlw raith find
aiilliiR ptyitUv. In tlws work of oeavit
tion. ami nt l.rt.tt, tbo work &s fo .fur
roiii.li'lo.l that a tortlott or5 the wat-r
auil I'oitt.nx i!'liri! win ttirued aiidn
iuto lhi new elinniiel.
Tlio riu, t'Mi, hud now wiuinl. ui.il
. ;-. a thu wat'Ts nibided the Extent tf Uio
. dmu:ico ilotitt ootild l jioartivoly tli;
tertmned. In plnrca, banka of amid ml gr:tvl
ttmny tt deep txtiHdi d acruiui litiidf
rrssrded hy their ovrncra . the moat
rnhiittilo in tlieir )Kt'lnn. In other
filiteoa the chnnnol of the 1 it t lu atreniu
iad In'eti cut. rely rhokcil up, and a now
on cut by the waters through pajtiiriw
und jrni'u land, ami in yet other,
wlinru littln of ilia coarwr debrU had
loou deposited, tin) lone atamlicK of
. thu water hail tfreatiy Injured vino
yard and irel).'ird tho vinwi and ttitj
. trunk beinjr tlilikly co.tt-d with tlio
' 'finn clay w hich the 'waior hud held in
olntion.
On the whole tho daiimp) w Ipm
than many had featvd. and with the e
, ppi-tation id pruventinif any further In.
Jury by the erection or thu diun, hre
revived in tiie tnvosta of all, and they
lMan rt'pairiux a fast aa piwwihln thu
. injury a'reiuly dono, and iho cultiva
tion of their vineyard and tUdds for thu
cominp crop.
The f ui ton ranch had nnfTercd with
the rest, but not in ore than raanv
other. A hundred grnpo vlnoa gland
t' Inc npon protind near th ctwk worn
lifled or boilly Injun-d. Several bank
of phivol, mingled with larger (tone,
extended minus mnno of thu moat fur
1 tile lield. thn total Injury amounting to
. a thousand dollnra or more. In pros
pective, but not seriously affecting th
' - luimedlntC inoonio of the family oocu-
pyin tli" white cottage tinder thu bluff.
h'roiind whose open porch utill clara
" bp reel rose bnslica heavy With tholr
( weight of yellow, anil rod, and crimaon
blooiuh. '
, A aoon as posil'lo after Johnny had
lcen lnupld litnnu from tlw .ilmnty In
t laJto liUV'wIion hu lay so many weeks,
Jennipand, Lucy had rcturnod to school
in iun KrancUoo, Mrs. Puraoua IwIdr now
, niovo thiiu-etiiT dutrnulued that they
ahonld not fall to obtain an odiioation.
.wc . limvo . thum nothing elso,
' John, lot us at luaat clve ilium an edit-
cation," bIii- hud nalil to her husband.
' and ho hud made no objections, though
Uic house seoinod doubly lotioly witli
' out tlioni. -
' ... To holp Mr?, rarsons with, the lighter
worlc tbny aocured the asaistanco of a
r ymu'ig girl whouo parents had moved
'into ho neighborhood but tho year b
.', ' fori and who, having but little to begin
on, wn! not unwilling that tholr dntigh
; tor should iind a homo where alio would
, bo kindly treated and paid for waihing
tho dishos and such othor chores as her
ac and exMirionce litUid her for.
As they had nilw6d a portion of one
ifc'rtu tho girls did not go home for the
abort spring vacation, but remained in
thu city and grudlod. In order to keep
' up with their classos; and when they
m did return In midsnmmor Luc.v was oit
W gnged to be married to James Anaolr
' ' aey. . (
"Tho wedding was not to takelaco
. for at least a year yet." she tolT her
nicibar in announcing tho engageqieut
Mr. AuuuUey bad dcaired an Imme
diftto inlon, but to this aha had inter
posed a'di'cidud negative, and ho bad at
last conaoutud that she xliould remain
at school a year longer, when Uiey were ,
to bo married and he would tnku her to
New York to reside.
This was not wholly unexpected by
the iamily. They kn",w that Mr. An
neley bad followed the young ladies to
San Kraneinco, ntid that ho hud boon a
fiecpie.ut Caller upon them while there.
Jennie had even Intimated in one of her
letters to her mother that she thought
l.ui-y und lie would Ik) married some
day.
She said less of Eunlgn, who was
aluio.it as frequent a visitor as Aniiel
sey. . .
In fact the two young men had made
up l.lieir slight dillerencea und frepient
ly called ujxin the girls in coiupnuy, or
together arranged with them for attend
ing upon place of amuHouinnt; and if
Jennie hud chosen she could have In
formed her mother of Uio pyababilities
of another marriage, almost as certala
of taking place at that of Lucy to Mr.
Atjnulsey.
Jt'UEle, however, warf nol formally
engaged to Mr. Kusign.
Tie lux I his own way to mnku in tho
world, and had pained the age when
men are apt to act halily In such af
fairs, lie meant Jennie to understand
that ho preferred her to all others, yet
he diil not think it well to bind ber by
formal engagement until he had some
thing more ahead upon which they
could la'gin life together.
'Times forliilsiring men, and esiiooliil
ly fur skilled mechanics like husign.
were good jut then, but the standard
of living for ali clae was al.o high,
and thi art of saving largo fortunes out
of salaries of thirty or forty dollars a
week 111 privMo tile is eeli)ol hot well
undertol except by a few railroad of
ficial and presidents of savings banks.
Mr, Anm l-y, infatuated with Lucy,
and having no necessity for delay ou
account of pecuniary matters, had pro
po4'd the moment he foiled his courage
siulK'ieut foi tlie ordeal; and she, al
though knowing In her lioart that she
loved Krantus better, yet thinking hu
cared nothing for her, aud that her par
ent desired her union with Mr. Au
uuUey, accepted him. lint when ha
urged an iramcdlatu marriage her
heart failed her, aud alio begged for
time, giving as her reason a desire to
remaiu at school another year, ami so
fit herself the U tU r to (ill the position
which she should oc-'upy as the wife of
one who bait tho entrance of polito so
ciety in the first city of the country.
Iu this Lucy was partially sincere.
She did not greatly love the man to
whom alio had engaged herself. As an
escort to places of amusement, or a
companion upon-dara "uf merry-making,
she would irlinps have chosen
him in preference to any guutlemaii of
her acquaintance, and was not very
sorry that she had promised to bo hi
wife. She cried a little when she was
lir-t-'. alone after having done so. and
even told hersell tliat alio was uolng It
to save her father aud the mat of tho
family from poverty, and because her
heart was broken at Krastus' desertion
of her for Julia Knnis; but when she
had cried her cry out, the did not
worry greatly about It, but legnn pict
uring to herself tho life aim would lead
when she was the wife of one who
could supply every want, without, hav
ing to slop to consider whether some
thing el-e would not do as well,- and bu
more economical.: '
She honestly wished to fit herself is
far as possible to appnar well in tho so
ciety into which her huslmiid would
lake her, and intended to study harder
than over, hopug thereby to accom
plish It
And so It had been agreed botwoen
them that Anuelsey should go fit Once
to New York, whore his pre.ouce was
desired by bis parenU, und that Lucy
should remaiu in school another year,
when he was to return, and their mar
tiagf be consummated.
(HAPTKK XVt.
THK lllSAIT-OlSTKD WIVRB. '
Of course, Krastus was told of Lucy's
encasement to Sir. Annclsey. In fact.
he lcamod it from Jennie lu advance of
uuy other momlior of tho family.
As they were driving homo from tho
miming on their return from Sun J-ran
cisco aud chatting of those things which
are of more Interest to younir teoilo.
namely, other young people, Jennie
suddenly broKe out with:
"Sav. Lurto, I'm going to tell Ros,"
and without waiting for reply or riv-
ing any heed to the blushes which
Hooded her sister's faco and nock, she
rati led on with all tho spued which her
tongue could commumi: "ilow U you
liko t' have Mr, Anuelsey for brother-in-law,
KoflP I know jou didn't used
to liko hhn-vcry Well, but you'll have to
now, tor L.ucy ana no iirecngagou. ana
are going to be married when he comes
back from iNew York in about a year.
Thero now, Luce it's out, and you
won't havo to bo carrying tho awful
load of having to tell it any longer.
thick you are just as mean as you
can lie," retorted Lucv, half anerv and
uncertain whether to laugh or cry.; "1
hadn't said a word about Mr. Knslgn.
who tins boon almost as constant as
your shadow ever sinco wo mot him on
the boat. You would bo engnged to
him, too you know you would if it
wasn't that ho has got .nothing to go to
housekeeping witli. so, tliero now,
Has. yon know all about us girls, aud
oan confess that you aro going to
marry Julia nnis 11 you wani 10 wiin
out blushing.'.' ' ' -
Hut Krastus wade no suoh confession,
and instead of blushing, his faco bocanio
very whilo, and ho looked straight
ahead and did not speak for somo seo
onds, and then said, in a voice which
sounded hoarse aad'uunatural:
"I am not going to marry Julia En-
uis or nybody else." .
Aiutr mat iittio more was saia lor
some time.
Once or twice Jennie, who felt that
she was the Innocent cause of the sud
den silence witieh had fallen upoji
them, aiU'inntod to start the convcrsjii
lion agaiu by asking questions alimit
neighbors orafl'airs ou the ranch, but
Krastus only replied in the fewest words
iiotisible, und still looked straight in
ront of him.
Jennie was half inclined to be offend
ed at this. Alio thought bim angry bo-
c&uxo Lucy had engaged herself to a
man whom ho did nut like. Could
she havo seen his face she would have
Known mat somo feeling deeper than
mere disliko for Auuol&ey was at work
within his breast.
As for Lucy, tho assertion of Krastus,
thai ho was not going to marry Julia
Kunis or anybody else cave her a sud
den start aud a momentary insight Into
his true feelings. ; .
as it possible alter all mat bo lovoa
her?
The thought sent all tho blood rush
ing baek upon her heart, and for a
moment she felt that she should suffo
cate. '! hen came another thought.
l'crhaps Krastus hod proposed to Julia
and been rejected, 'litis she felt could
not bo unless Julia had suddenly be-
como enamored of some new admirer.
for certainly she had always shown a
preference for Krastus over the other
young men of the neigh horhood.
. Still the thought citing to Lucy that
such might be the case, and that in
stead of feeling bad because of her own
engagement to another, his silence was
caused bv pain at being reminded of his
relusal by Julia, arm nor wuoie moon
change), and she became 'as cold and
hard as ha himself appeared.
As they ncarcd homo alio began talk
ing glibly of anything and everything
she could think of tho presents they
had brought for each tueniberof the
family toys for Johnny, a dress for
mother, neck-tie for Krastus himself,
and silver lobaoco-box for father all
bought with money awed out of that
senl tlii'iu for Ihoir own use; going on
from tliis to tell of their school, and of
couple of girls who came on the bout
with thorn as far as Sacramento, where
their parents lived; and how theso girls
were related to ono of their own neigh
bors, and bow, in answer to their in
quiries, Jonnio and sho bad told them
all about this neighbor; how noar they
were to their owrj homo; how their
ranch looked, and how It had been in
jured by tho washings from tho mines.
Here alio camu to a sudden stop.
She hud unintentionally run upon that
which they wore all trying to avoid the
mcntiou of, aud there camo to her not
only a knowledge of her blunder, but
an entirely now feeling feeling thuU
slio was somehow responsitnu lor tne
losses and sufferings of.-thia family and
every other family in the valley whoso
homes were endangered by the opera
tions of tho hydraulic mining compa
nies at Uravel Hill.
At least sho had arrayed herself on
the side of tho companies; was enunirod
to bo married to ouo who was interest!
in tho continuance of the work which
was certain to bring more loss and suf
fering to theso people.
She was no longer of them or with
them; for from tho moment she became
tho wife of James Annolsey her inter
ests would bo opposed to thoso of every
one sho had known since they had set
tied In the vallev.
Kven her father and mother, and
Erastus, must feel that sho had dolib-
eraUily clioMin to desert them In tho
hour of their greatest loss, and had
gouo over to their enemies in order to
savo uorseii irom snaring in uio nara-
ships which might bo coming upon
them. ' ,
.All this passed through her mind in
an Instant, and she sank down in her
scat with a feeling of shame, and
hatred of herself which made it impos
sible to say a word more.
"No wonder Krastus' is silent," she
thought "Ho can not bear oven to
speak to ono who seems so utterly
selfish. Oh! why did I never think
of it i that light before? It Is that
which h is mndo mm so cold to me efrer
since Mr Annclsey litxt enmo. Ho has
thought all tho tune that 1 was trying
to sav! myself from any sufforing'thut
may como uon me rest ol thorn, un
if 1 could only dio!"
Hv this time, howover, Erastus had
narCinlly recovered from tho blow
which had fallen so suddenly, If not
unexpectedly, and was able to take up
tho thread of tho conversation whero
Lucy had dropped it; and Jennie, an
ions not to reach homo in such a
frozen silence as to attract the notice
of their moiher, also chimed lu, thds
giving her sister timo to rally again;
and when they stopped in front of tho
collage and Mr. and Mr. Parsons, tho
former carrying Jonnnym his arms.
came out to welcome them, they
thought they had never soon their
daughters In a gayer mood, and attrib
uted it to joy at lieing homo again after
such a long aosenco.
When Mrs. Parsons told her husband
of Lucy's engagement lie .remained
silent for a time unit .then sunt:
"1 s'doso it's natural. Marty, an'
what's natural is glnerally right, but
someway I'm afeard Lucy will bo sorry
fer it somo day.
"1 ain't trot nothin' in particular agin
the young man, but I'd a heap ruther
she'd a married Kastue, an' I foci cer
tain he'd a asked her of Mr. Annelsey
hadn't got in his way und he seen Hint
Lucy kind o' took to him; though I
never could make out that sho lovod
him so very much whilo ho was a
comln' hero to see her.
"May biv it's 'l right as it is," ho
continued, after a moment's pnnsp. "At
lousl thd won't want fur soiucluui' to
eat or to wear. An may be it don t
make any odds how it's got, only to
you got it .
"i used icr mink, ne wenion, "mat
nobody couldn't go to Heaven that took
what thev hualn't earned, but I d'know.
May bo there ain't no Heaven 'er no
Hell; an' no right and no wrong that
we're just put here like tho wild beasts
to fight fer what we git, aud that them
that can git me most is tuo dcsi tellers.
if a man or a child is hungry and
takes a loaf of bread, they send him to
t..:l I .I....'...- ..(M..i
an, UOUUUBV mill n n V IBIIVU Ol IUO
aw; but ef he has monev to start on un'
bribes (.'ongris to pass a law so ho kin
rob a lot of poor folks of everything
they have, as fast as they can get any
thing together, why, they're makin'
money because they ve got more talents
than oilier tuners nave; ana everybody
is entitled to all they can make in this
country!
"I don't believe Christ ever taught
any sich doctrine es that, but there is
them at) portends to be His followers
and to speak for Him as is always cud
dlin' to tho rich, knowln', too, that
no man can get a million of dollars
vvithout gullin Some that bclonirs to
other folks.
"Wall, Amielscy's rich, an' Lucy'll
be his wife an' dross in silks and satin,
and I hopo she'll be happy. Maybe
wlien we ro dead an gone lio u let her
take care of Johnny, ef the boy outlives
u. There ought to be some good come
out of so much sufferin', an' may be
that ll be the way it H come.
1 wouldn t take a cent of It mvsclf
ef I was a dyin' of hunger, but ef some
timo Johnny should need their help it
won t be a gift exactly, for the company
that's puttin dollars into AiincL-ey's
pocket is a takin' 'cm out of ourn, an'
though they ain't the same dollars ex
actly, il amounts to tho same tiling
it's a robbin' of us to get rich them
selves." . : "
A few days after this Erastus inform
ed Mr. Parsons, and, later in the day,
tho other members ot the family, that
when tho hurry of tho season was over
ho intended to leave them and strike
out for himself. .
He hop 'd that they wouldn't feel that
ho was deserting theiu, for ho would
never do that; but ho was now two
years past his majority, and ought to
begin for himself, and a number of
young men of his acquaintance were
going down to the Musslo Slongb
country to tako up land, and he had
decided to go with them.
This decision of Krastus was tho
cause of much regret on the part of
John and Martha Parsons. They loved
him as their own son, and bad hoped
and planned that when he should start
for himself it should !h in the Imme
diate neighborhood of their own home,
if, Indeed, bo did not marry one of the
girls and remain always with them.
They readily conceded his right to
go, however, aud as thero was now
little prospect that they would Boon be
able to buy him a placo they did not
wonder .that he wished to leave them
and start a homo of his own.
Pisrhups they divined some of his feel
ings for Lucy; at least they realized
that they could offer no objections to
hii going which would not appear
purely selfish.
At first they Insisted that he take the
few hundred dollars remaining in bauk,
and a pair of horses and a wagon.
Tho money he positively refused to
touch, except a fow dollars necessary
to enable him to make the journey to
tho Slough, although both the girls
joined their parents In begging him to
do so, and declared they would remain
home from school, or cvon teach school,
rather than permit him who had done
so much to aid in accumulating what
they possessed, to leavo 'without any
thing. Kinally it was agreed that he should
tako pair of throe-year-old colts and
one of the wagons, together with pro
visions and money sutlicient to last him
until ho could reach his destination,
look about him a little and decide just
what he would do.
During the time intervening before
tho day sot tot his departure ho worked
even harder than usual, that he might
leave tho fall work in good shape aud
so relieve Mr. Parsons as much as pos
sible. The oolts, too, wero harnessed
every day and made to do somo light
work that thoy might bo hardened a
little before starting upon the journey,
which, although not such a very long
one, would yot be a hard one on .ani
mals of their ago.
It was a very sad household, that of
John and Martha Parsons, during theso.
few weeks of work and preparation;
perhaps tho saddest that had ever gath
ered about their board.
When Johnny was brought homo
crippled for lite, and when it was
thought that thoir homo was to be de
stroyed by the overflow, very dark In
deed had seemed tho days, especially to
the parents; but always a hope that tho
homo might be saved, and the thought
that cvon if worst camo to worst tho
family could bo kept together, had en
abled the mother to keep up a cheerful
appearance. And young hearts are
over buoyant; so long as they havo no
very grave sorrows of their own, the
sorrows of othors, even those they lovo
best, can not prevent tho occasional
ovorfloW of youthful, spirits in merry
laughter, and tho young folks of the
Parsons household had always expected
that in some way the clouds that over
shadowed thorn for a time would bo
lifted, and that tho warm sun of lovo
and prosperity would bo found to have
a permanent, abiding place in their hrm
ameut (TO BE CONTINUED.
There nover was anv law on acted
authorizing tho nse of "E Pluribus
Unuui" upen United Slates co'na or
paper curroucj. vwiemu aeruu.
.-r.n -faa
A Revival of Armed Rebellion la iS
the Ali. . : ' . '
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ExcJtamnt la England Over tha SpaaoB af
Mr. rahull. .
Lpunos. Aurost 20. Mr. Parmell
peeChei have come at just tha riht mo
ment to concentrate popular attantloa, in
England. The English politicians art still
buried in contemplation of the great prob
lem of how the cat will jump, sod tber
maintain an unbroken silence. Into this
void the clear notes of tha Irish leader pen
etrated with exulting tone. Ii throwlpg
overboard of all nbsldiai-y qilestiaqs, aj)d
making an Immediate call for legislates
Independence, created surprise an aer
. I. - a . . v . . r ' . , . . i t ' . .' . l
an tun unti- Higocjc. nimerw we c4iK"tt
ply baa been an unbroken cborua ef emt
Ic refusal. Tke Liberals are especially wi
flUlMH
their present cue beine to co before
country on an anti-Psrnelllte cry, srgureg
that an enormous Liberal majority will
alone save the country from Farnell's eit
tatorship. Mr. Farnall In the mean time,
has retired to VPIcktow, secure in tbe fickle
ness, pliancy and necessity, of tbe English
parties, the activity of his lieutenants, difl
dpliaeot bis organization, and bis njpfe
thaa ever supreme power in Ireland, TM
Irish constituency nave acclaim! the de
cision to give him an absolute vote
all candidacy which he disapproved, and
bis colleagues have resolved by rigidly
excluding all rogues and cranks, tb
build up a party of an indissoluble uiitv.
It is now considered certain that tle Lri.flb
party will have elghtv-seven aetets in tfty
new Parliament Wonderful Cbbttdem
reigns in Ireland, and the meetings react
Land Leaete proportions. Tie membxri
of the Parliamentary party are tta?y WpiffJ
iTiction Is gt
tnat tue enu or toe struggle is
fracas In Dublin on Thursday,
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. .John
John Follok thrashed Captain Barr
the Royal Horse Artillery, and Mr. .
Albert Hlakely, a Deputy Lieutenant lor
the connty of Galway, is expected to
result in some sensational revelation of
manner, customs and morality ef tbe Irish
aristocracy, especially that portion repre
sented by the Dublin Castle clique. A dis
patch from Galway says that parties con
cerned in the affray are Magistrates, and
are well known iu the county. Follok
owns large estates in Scotland In addition
to bis landed property in Galway. Year
ago be evicted all tbe tenants on bis estate
in tbe latter place and turned the land iuto
an immense pasture, He has. since become
tb largest cattle and sheep fefeedv in Ire
land, and has taken prizes in fine cattle
and sheep at all the shows recently held it)
Ireland. Captain Barry was tari openpere
Aid-df-Camp while the Earl was Lori
Lieutenant of Ireland. A leading member
ef the Klulare uiutj said to-oay tuny
both Barry and Pollok' ' wire
numbers of the club. Follok, ne said,
was atavlnE at Keann'i Hotel, opposite the
Club-nouse, ana seeing carry euieriae inv
y euier tne iri
lunched at tjk
bfbut ii (rSeud
ter place, followed nun ana it
same table. Both parties kepi
each other durinir the lunch. I
Erevented a row. When Barry got through
is meal Pollok also arose from the.(a)e
and followed into the streei. After the
fight with Barry, Follok mounted Fat L'al-
lnta .r rwnntorl til ha the fa.AeAt& DuH-
lin, and drove to Burlington road," whVi-be
mat Mr. John Blnkely, who had beeays (.Br
ing with bun just previous to inequurjsr
.Mr. Farnell's speech remains tbe; sensa
tion of the day. Stories of qu-agesi-are
also renewed. The banner of se(ttr'atiiai
being lifted, wild talk of armed reblHufc
is revived. Tbe alarm has spread .ike
wild-fire in England, aud the Liberal press
raise tfie rryi "The Union la in danger, "
while the Liberal orators trumpet, "lj'eWn
with separation." Gladstone is back to
lead tha Liberal hosts, though Hartington
began the battle in a speech to-night of
Hosendaie. The declaratloti of Farnetf
for separation gives a new color to the
impending struggle. It is a god
send to the "grand old man" in tle bonr oT
direst extremity. The Tories can how b
taunted with the Parnell alliance. Fiibllo
opinion was crystalizlng fast in faVbr of
Irish home rule, but it was long ago decid
ed that separation means bloodshed. It Is
an enemy on the threshold and inside the
gates. Public opinion inexorably decrees
the maiutenance of the union, and this
will be an effective campaign cry of the
Liberal party.
Riotous Bank Depositors.
Erie, Penn, August 29. Great excite
ment prevailed here this afternoon in con
nection with a meeting of the stockholders
of the suspended Gorman Savings Bank.
The meeting was called : to see whether the
stockholders would or not meet the liabili
ties. A dense crowd of excited depositors
gathered around the bank, and their atti
tude became so threatening that a force
of police was detailed to keep the
Seace. The mob closed around every
oor of the bank, while the stockholders
had their secret meeting within. At last
it was announced by the assignee that with
one exception all the stockholders had
signed an agreement to pay up in propor
tion to their stock, provided that Treasurer
Eliot pay back the amount of titS shares
sold by himself as bank treasurer shortly
before . the bank suspended. W illiatn
Blenger, who would not sign, was detained
a prisoner in the bank by the furious de
positors, and Was only liberated upon bis
signing at the - last But for the ' course
adopted a serious outbreak was imminent
Dwelling Wrecked by Lightning.
New Castle", Pa., August 30. This sec
tion was visited by j. terrible storm this
afternoon. At four o'clock lightning
struck house owned and occupied by
Timothy Mack, his wife and son. Mack and
a boy who bad stopped for shelter wero
fatally injured. Mrs Mack and a man
named O'Brien were Injured, but not fa
tally. The house is a total wreck. ,
i Ten-Year-Old Shover of the Queer.
Rockfobd, Illm August 80. Frank
Betts, ten years old, was apprehended
while endeavoring to pass a counterfeit
hslf dollar veterds.T. It was found that
he had two hundred spurious pieces, and to
all Questions be replied that he had made
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tueui. 1UB UlSblBr Will UC iwdu iuw VJ
the authorities. ':
Death from a Rattlesnake Bite
Wheeling, W. Va., August 30. Goorgs
Blackburn, of Elk Garden, a boy about nf
teen years of age, was bitten last Friday
hv a rattlesnake, and died before tie could
reach home. He was engaged in binding
.! far a neighbor, about three miles from
his home, and while tying a sheaf was bit-,
ten onjthonose.
THE COMMONWEALTH.;
ItTlll lAmt TOaeje Mawtje.
Dark and heavy styles bmT been in good
demand, and firm, with at rise of tec In
medium and good leaf. The principal;
strength has been in medium regie and
nondescript leaf. The offerings of dark to
baccos have been light, not exceeding 16 to
SO per cent of the daily offerings. There
have been re-sales here recently of West
ern Kentucky tobaccos at considerable
profit. Droath complaints have been much
more serious, especially inthe Green River
and Southern districts. In Daviess, Brack,
tnrldge, McLean and that section gener
ally serioos injuries are reported, as also
la portions of the Upper Green River,
Clarksville and Bnrley districts. The rain
which set in recently may possibly relieve
the situation; but a part of the crop has
been rapidly advanced by drouth and hot
weather to a stage of too great maturity tof
be benefited much. Patch-work cutting Is
In progress in some sections. We quote
1884 tobaccos as follows for full-weight
packages: -
Dark and Heavy. Burtou.
Trash....:
H IMh i (Ml
1 8 i iso
Common luss.....
Medium luK....-.
Good luirs
Common leaf
Medium leaf
Good leaf
Fancy leaf..
.. &V1 4 78
., S 5 m
.. ft 7i3i 6 85
.. e a oo
., 7 6lfo 9 oo
.. 9 tf0io m
.13 004.17 OU
t.vij a
B (M3 S 00
g 6 e oo
( Sfrft s 7.1
9 OOfiiU M
13 OneiS 00
ia 608-2 00
SIlseellaneoM lien
An order Issued by tbe Postmaster Gen
eral, goes into effect on the first of Octo
ber, by which letters bearing a special ten
cent stamp in additional to the lawful
postage, shall be Immediately delivered.
This applies to offices in places with 4,000
InHaLitantSi The. following Kentucky towns
come, under this- arrangement: Bowling
Green, Warren County; Covington, Ken
ton County; "grajikfort, Franklin County;
Henderson, HenheisOn County; Hopklna
vllle, Christian County; Lexington, Fay.
ette County; Louisville, Jefferson County (,
May sville,Maon Connty; Newport, Camp
bell County; Uwensboro, Daviess County
Paducah, McCracken County. " 1
In the Burdine District, Pulaski County,
the other afternoon, In a test of strength
by lifting with a handspike between Bob
Burdine and Cy. Hampton, it resulted se
riously, if not fatally, for the latter. A
large, very heavy sawlog was selected as
the object to be raised. Under one end of1
this a good-sized handspike five feet In;
length was placed, with a contestant at!
each end. When the signal " to lift" was1
given both men exerted themselves, and
the log was raised about eighteen inches.
Burdine's side, on account of his being the
taller, was about two inches higher, which!
caused the log to roll toward Hampton,!
and before he could think the spike was:
wrenchoJ from his grasp, the log in It
descent catching his right leg in such a,
manner as to disjoint that member at the!
knee. At last accounts Hampton seemed1
suffering such intense agony that it Is
thought he will die. J
Henry Romer, aged ten, was playing in
a stone yard in Covington. A large stone
fell on his chest, and he died soon afterward,-
;
The Cynthiana Xacs reports much ma
larial fever among the people. -
Several weeks ago a child was born to
Mrs. John Price, on Richland, which may
be called a double human being; it has
four ears, two tongues, ten toes on each
foot, eight fingers on each hand and two
thumbs on eacll'baud. CjntAfaikj-ZVews.
Oats thirty cents a bushel in Owen
County,
A good deal of tobacco has been cut in
Owen County.
One b undred and one bushels is the
largest crop of wheat threshed in Muhlen;.
berg County this season.
Two-trirds of the cisterns and wells in
Russellville have failed, and good drinking
water U hard to get
Trerv. Is a tree in Union County on one
of tbe ii i nbs of which seven murderers have
been hn'ig by mobs. ' f
Tbe t"mperaace men of Barren County
will hold a convention in Glasgow on the
third Monday in October to discuss the
propriety of submitting the local option
law to the voters of tbe county at the next
general election. "
The corn, oats, tobacco and grasses are
better in Kenton County this year than
ever before in its history. There has been
such an abundance of rain in the last three
weeks that the grass is as luxuriant as in .
June, and will afford pasture for stook un
til late i a the winter. .
Offenders sentenced at Nicholasville:
Jake 8niith, believed by many to be de
ranged, was sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary for chicken stealing. Roger
Riggs, who shot John Riggs, his rival, at '
Keene, was sentenced to two years' Ira- '
prisonmont Frank Green, who shot an
Inoffensive bootblack at High Bridge Camp
meeting, was fined $100 and sent to jail for
six months,
Six prisoners were taken from Coving
ton to tho Penitentiary at Frankfort a few
days ago. .".
A ban o of organized thieves is working
Greenville.
Que murderers ire now confined In the
Hopklnuvllle jail for crimes committed
within the last sixteen months.
A close estimate of the tobacco handled
by the twenty-three factories of Owens
boro shows that not less than 13,600,000
pounds are stripped In that place an
nually. Some time ago there was a mad dog
killed on the farm of Mr. Love, about fit
teen'milcs south ot Corydon. A few days
ago a horse belonging to Mr. Lore showed
signs of being sick, when two ot Mr. Love's
sons procured a dose of physic and pro
ceeded at once to drench the horse. While
drenching him the boys discovered that he
was mad, and before thoy could nee froi
him he bit both of them very severely .after
which the horse died, and upon examlna
eloult was found that he had been bitten
by the mad dog killed on Mr. Love form.
The boys are doing well, bat It is feared by
I their friends that they will be attacked,
with hydrophobia.
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