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GAZETTE
AND EAST TENNESSEE NEWS.
VOL. VII.r-NO. 14.
RUGBY, MORGAN COUNTY, TENN., SATURDAY. JUNE 25, 1887.
WHOLE NO. 284.
fiiieap Farming Lands
OH
BOARD OF AID ESTATE
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CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.
COMPARATIVE
Ctiiolimatl
Chattanooga
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HEALTH AND CLIMATE.
Alt health seekers, whether from Northern or Southern States, should try the eltniato f
the Tableland. The recent United State Census shows It to be almost the only dtstrlot east
of the Rooky Mountains entirely free from malarial, pulmonary and intestinal diseases.
The Plateau has a double climate, one resulting from latitude and the other from etera
Hen. The air is pure and invigorating. The water is freestone; cool and sparkling. Mut
er) springs are numerous.
The mean summer temperature la 13 deg. Fahr aad la winter 87 dot. Fahr. The ntf t
are always cool and refreshing.
MINERALS.
A whole of the Cumberland Fletean Is underUM by ooal. The upper measures only
kare as yet been worked. These outcrop on the eastern portion of the Board's estate and
are being successfully worked at several points along the C. 8. R. R. The lower measures
nave been opened by test workings only, and show afire foot rein which extends under the
whole tract at a depth, at Rugby, of about 400 feet.
The district is also underlaid by the oil bearing sands and limestones of the lower ear
braif erous system. And these beds en their western outcrop show unmistakable eyldeaooa
f petroleum.
Atftugby Road there is am ereeUeat deposit of patter's clay. Samples have been tested
with wary satisfactory results.
TIMBER. ,
The whole country Is heavily timbered. The principal varieties are Pines white, yellow
and black; Oaks white, black, chestnut, red, spotted and post; Hickory, Maplo, Chestnut
and Dogwood. The Board of Aids' steam saw mill affords opportunities for rapidly convert
hag this timber into marketable lumber. t ,.
'Y-V--' ' " SOIL. . ;.
' The soil Is sandy loam upon a mulatto clay subsoil. It is light, friable, holds mnu M
aaily owltlvated and responds readily aad generously to the least fertiliser. . . ,
Oars, wheat, rye, oats, and barley all grow well, though this li not claimed as a afaia
growing Mil. Tobacco la a profitable crop here, as also is sorghum. Herd grass, orchard
grass, German and pearl millet, timothy and red clover have all been tried, and take hold
and root well. Kentuoky blue grass alse thrives wherever latroduoed. The natural paasu
age la abundant, . A
VEGETABLES
0row abundantly. Cabbage, onions, beans, sweet and Irish patatoes all make a fine return
rhe IiiBh potatoes are unezoelled by any grown in America. Sweet potatoes and onions
field 600 bushels per acre.
FRUIT AND QRAPE CULTURE.
This region Is especially adapted to fruit, and particularly to the winter apple and the
grape. The apple crop here has never been known to fall. The trees are healthy, and the
fruit smooth, plump, Juicy and firm, rarely ever specking or rotting. The grape finds all the
conditions requsite to the highest success. The vines are vigorous, robust, free from mil
dew and rot The bost wine varieties have succeeded admirably, and the wines made from
thorn are excellent In quality and in good demand. These two fruits are destined to become
the great and staple products of the Table-land, and will undoubtedly yield larger returns
than any other orops now cultivated.
Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, currants, ohorriea, plums, and nearly alltM
small fruits thrive and bear prellfloaUy.
STOCK AND SHEEP RAISING.
The excellent natural pasturage, good drainage, abundance of running water and free
lorn from flies make these occupations eminently suitable and remunerative.
Stop feeding stock for eight months In the year. Come South, where you can buy cheat
ksads, woak outdoors all the winter, and turn your (took into the woods most of the year.
EDUCATION.
Itagbyhasan excellent primary public school. It occupies the ground floor of ths
Church building, and is In every rospeot well appointed. It Is open all the year and gives s
free education. A school for boys, which will be affiliated to the University of the South
and afford a preparatory collegiate education, is In course of organization.
The f roe school system of the State provides a school term of five months, In every
i strict.
TITLES.
The titles are among the oldest and best in Tennessee, and hare been thoroughly Inves
tigated and perfected.
LAND.
The Board of Aid Estate centrally situated on this plateau, oonsists of 85,080 aerea ad
rtaslng, farming, fruit raising and vine growing lands.
It Skirts Ten Miles of Frontage on the Olnelnnatl Southern Railroad,
With Four Depots Located on it.
The lands enumerated below are being offered In tracts suitable to all purchasers, M
sMMowret and with deferred payments.
' Beard lands on the Cin. Bo. R. H., west of Glen Mary Station. About 8,000 acres of very
lealrable land fronting on the an. So. R. R., is hore laid out In 100 acre farms. No farm is
more tttan throe miles from either Sunbrlght or Glen Mary Depots; to the latter are ada
tent the Crook e Coal Mines, employing 200 men and with an out-put of twelve car leads pes
lay. Glea Mary has 200 inhabitants, three stores, telegraph station and post- office, and is
topped at by ail trains, four passenger and four freight daily. Good and ready mesftefc,
nth best shipping facilities for either agricultural produce or timbe and tan-bark.
Also several fine tracts of land fronting and lying on the east side of the C 8- ft. B., aad
Boar?lan4s "a the Cin? So j'r west of Sunbrlght These lands lie directly south of ta
above and are close to the thriving town of Sunbrlght, with 200 inhabitants, two hotels,
Eaaottfc Lodge, six stores and post-office. They are well watered and timbered, and hart
aueBaat market, skipping ana espeolslly lumbering facilities.
RUOBY.
b Man haa kiht anfltal advantages, via- Two tood Hotels. Fine Church aad
PbWIssjmsj
school Bu
ihool BnlMlag, Publlo Library with 8,000 volumes, Masonio Lodge, Drug Store, Large Com-
arieaary, and two other General stores, vairy, uvery etaoie, weeair newspaper, ron in
to with twe mails per day and telephone connection with Rugby Road, its depot on the
Ike Cin So. R. B-, which Is a telegraph station with good siding accommodation. The town
si beautifully laid out and picturesquely situated between the gorges of Clear Fork Rivet
and White Oak Creek. The streets are olean and dry, and invalids will find no dlffloulty la
hakmg ecerease even in the worst winter weather. They are bordered by, for the most part,
cod houses, standing in well-kept, neatly fenced gardens, aad by several very attractive
rilha reaMenees. Several bored wells strike mineral waters containing sulphur and iron
auusUlasssIs, which are highly esteemed. Choice building lots are now being offend at
raaaoaanie pnoea, aiso amau trot no w
0f ISUgDy fkOaO IS lara OUfc in wwu wvm .uu WJO mvmm is irorou w unor xiwxw
tm. .mill atiinv thnre for manufacturing or business nurneses.
The Beard's Rngvy lands comprise several
i-ii-i. ... oewatiea, aa well as all their territory between sneer aa Kuroy nosa ana reoma o
' Dacota m the C. . B. R. These lands are traversed by the Rugby Pike, a graded road.
Sc iV i ti snai ainarTti 1 - - as aeoaesiM to
j Ta m aitnnted on the direct aad, in wintor.only Hne of traffic from tbeC. 8. R. R,
loJsmcsscrnTi. livingeton, Celina and Byidetown, reapeotiwely the couaty-aeata of reotoesa,
'Ria'ra hrve anritswith tS. O. R. R. R. by wWoh they caa furnish aotten
ttfc tedaeed sato cerUncates from Chselnaasl and Cnattaftooge to Rugby Roadon appUoa
Sm aatTaawdsnined. Maps and phans east he seas at the Board's Offloe on Central Ave
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ELEVATION.
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the railroad aa the less remote lands of ths
CODERT WALTOU,
CURRENT TOPICS.
Secretary Lamar is a Jersey cattle fan
cier. .
Will Carletox 'Is engaged on a volume
of poems.
The session of the German Keichstag
has closed.
I.v the Grand Canyon of Colorado snow
is still ten feet doop.
Coffee isn't settled yet. Speculators
are still stirring it up.
Cotton blooms are making their appear
ance in West Tennessee.
Rabb manuscripts in the libraries of
Paris are to be photographed.
Hiawatha, Kan., has a young lady who
watches over 15,000 silkworms.
Keelt, of motor fame, says he" is getting
tired. So are the stockholders.
The Chicago lawyers are holding a coro
ner's inquest on the late wheat deal.
It is said that three-fourth of the women
in New York city are wage earners.
A bullet aimed at Miss Geary, of St
Louis, lodged in her newspaper bustle.
Mr. Less, of Cumru, Pa., sold sixteen
dollars' worth of cherries off one tree.
All hope of getting natural gas' in
Cleveland, O., is practically abandoned.
Among the presents at a recent Adrian
(Mich) wedding were eight pickle casters.
A veteran who fought under Blucher at
Waterloo died in Brooklyn the other day.
The makingof shoes on contract In Penn
sylvania prisons will cease' in November
next . ,
General Meade's monument in Fair
mount Park, Philadelphia, will bededicaU
ed on October 18.
Ex-Queen Isabella, of Spain, now in
Paris, is spending money at the rate of
W0O.0OO annually.
The Prussian minister of education re
fuses to admit women to the universities
or medical schools.
There is a general belief that the tobacco
tax will be abolished early in the coming
session of Congress.
Bismarck's two boys put in more hours
of solid labor every day than any two
young men in the fatherland.
Mme. Christine Nilssos, " the Countess
Miranda, now owns the house where Ad
miral Coligny was murdered.
"TnE-man-who-ran-so-fast-that-the-wind
was-lert-behind,"is the name of a recently
elected chief of the Sioux tribe.
A commission to inquire into the phenom
enon of spiritualism has been apppoljited
by the University of Pennsylvania
London's latest dynamite sensation, tit
ter thorough investigation, tnrna
a - water-daniftfrefljlre-cracker fi-igKt I
"'jche cottage of lEe late General Grant Is If'
being refitted and it is said will be occu- I V
piea part oi me summer by Mrs. Grant.
Mosquitoes, according to a recent bulle
tin of the United States Fish Commission,
are a deadly enomy to young brook trout
The postmaster at Scott Bar, CaL,
stands seven feet high in histocklngs
the tallest postmaster in the United States.
Wilson Waddincham, of Connecticut la
the largest land-holder In the United
States. He owns the title to two million
acres.
Mrs. Rosenburo, of the Treasury De
partment at Washington, is the best coun
terfeit detector in the world. She ireta
1,800 a year.
The library of the British Museum now
contains more than 2.000.000 hnnW nhinh
occupy three miles lineal of bookcases
eigni ieet nign.
The pension office at Tonoka. Kan..
bursod f!Ml,900.87 during the past quarter.
mere are ss,U73 Honorably discharged sol
diers on the roll.
Kansas boasts of having the tallest man
in this country, Mr. J. D. Hasden. He is
seven feet three and a half inches high.
He lives at Lakin.
A small train has been safely run, with
out annoyance in the way of smoke and
cinders, on the Pennsylvania railway with
petroleum as fuel.
The lartrest Delaware shad can o-ht. t.hU
season' is claimed to bo one captured at
Billingsport, N. J., which weighed nine
and a quarter pounds.
A man in Nauvoo, 111., claims to have a
span of mules that were used in hauling
stone for building the Mormon temple in
that place fifty years ago.
Manuel Noel, an aged French Canadian,
residing at Laconia, N. H., feasted on a
pound of raw beefsteak, a few days ago,
and died within half an hour. ,
A statue of President Arthur is to be
erected in Madison Square, New V ork. The
sum of t33,0O0 will be needed, of which
115,000 has been already raised.
In a garden at Woodland, Cal., Is grow
ing a clump of wheat which is a curiosity
because of the fact that 161 stalks have
spread from one kernel of wheat
In the great Eastern institutions of
learning they fully appreciate the value of
gymnastics. Harvard's gymnasium cost
1110,000, Yale's (125,000, and Columbia's
1156,000.
The new coins which are now to be is
sued in England in honor of the Queen's
jubilee, bear the likeness of her Majesty,
with a small crown above the widow's cap
and veil.
It behooves Boston girls to carry extra
magnifying glasses when visiting in the
rural districts, as one of the dear creatures
mistook a bumblebee for a blackberry the
other day.
Alfred Sui.lt, the New York railroad
magnate, presented a check of fifty thou
sand dollars to his niece, who graduated
at the Metzgar institute at Carlisle, Pa, a
few days ago.
His trial is said to be costing Jacob
Sharp over $75,000, and it is added that the
amount will be increased to nearly half a
million should he have to carry the case to
the court of appeals.
Sitting Bull is in mourning for the
death of hia eldest daughter. He is at
Bunding Rock Agency, D. T., and endeav
ored to show his great grief by slaughter
ing all hia old enemies. A score of them
were obliged to flee the camp for safety.
EXTERMINATE!).
The Tolliver Gang Wiped Ouc by a
Sheriff 'a Posse.
The Notorious Desperado, Two Cousins and
Hiram Cooper Uhldled Willi UulletS
While Resisting Officers of the Law.
Lexington, Kt., June 23. This morning
determined men to the number of 1(10, all
armed with Winchester repeating riflos,
came iuto Morehead under chargo of
Sheriff Hogge, to serve a warrant on
Craig Tolliver, charging him with false
swearing in issuing a warrant for the ar
rest of the Logan boys, killed several
weeks ago. As one of the sheriff's posse
was crossing the railroad near the water
tank, about fifty yards east of tho Ruines
Cottage Hotel, and before any attempt had
been made to serve the warrant, Craig
Tolliver, who was near the hotel,
flred at him. The man dodged behind a
pile of lumber, and Tolliver and his two
cousins, Bud and Jay Tolliver, and
Hiram Cooper went into the hotel. Then
the posse camo up in the brush behind the
hotel, and immediately opened lire upon
the building. Tho house was soon sur
rounded, but at something of a distance,
as none of tho sheriff's men cared .to get
within, range of the deadly guns tho Tol
liveis knew so well how to use. After
firing had bceu kept up for probably
three-quarters of an hour the Tolliver
mon attempted to leave the hotel and cross
theraiUnad to a hotel on the opposite sido.
While making this foolhardy attempt tho
notorious '-leader or tho gang which has
been sucjTa; terror to Rowan County fell
to the ground pierced by four balls from
the deadly Winchesters, two going
through his head and two through his
breast. The others got to the opposite
house and fought the posse for some
time, but finding the place less secure
than they had expected they made an at
tempt to recross the railroad to their old
position. In this they were unsuccessful,
for all three of them fell riddled with rifle
balls. After ascertaining that no more re
slstanco would be offered, the poss
picked up the dead men and placed their
on the Hoor of the porch of the CotlagJ
Hotel. Investigation showed that only
one of the sheriff's posso was wounded,
and that was Dr. Brown, who received an
ugly flesh wound in t he thigh. The fighting
was kept up for two hours, and, as some re
marked, sounded like the Fourth of July,
During the firing the utmost consterna
tion prevailod among the women and chil
dren, who ran from their houses and
rushed to the depot hoping thereby to
"f" bullcta.r Tho nassenirer train
irfflcir'itTTJTlencrriToiie u cioca was au-
nrcd for two and a half hours on account
of the shooting, as the fight began just as
iha engineer whistled for Morehead.
The sheriff sent a detail of men
to stop the train, but the engineer,
hearing the rapid firing, brought
the train to a standstill before
reaching the outskirts of the town. After
the light was over the engineer was per
mitted to run his train into the depot,
when it was immediately boarded by a
number of the posse armed with their
Winchesters. Ladies screamed, and a few
fainted, whilo many of the men had busi
ness outside. Tho posso, however, care
fully searched the train for one of the Tol
liver gang they thought had escap
ed. Catesby Tolliver, a boy and
brother to Craig, had a hoio shot
through the leg of his pants. The posse
was composed of the bost men in Rowan
County. They appeared to be hard work
ing farmers, and were all sober, earnest
looking men. Everybody in Morehead
seems glad the Tolli vers are exterminated,
and people will now breathe easier. Prep
arations for tho funeral aro going on. A
Arm of this city received an order to-night
for four coffins and four burial suits.
They were-, sent up to-night on the 11
o'clock express.
Game and Fish Protection.
Chicaco, June 22. Tho annual meeting
of the National Gamo and Fish Protective
Association was held here to-night. Del
egatus were present from Ohio, Wiscon
sin, Missouri and Illinois. It was decided
to take active steps to secure protec.tivo
legislation in the several States. Judgo
W. C. Jones, of St. Louis, was elected
president, aud T. C. Holts, of Milwaukee,
vice president Tho next meeting will bo
held in St. Louis. .
Grasshoppers Destroying Crops.
St. Pact, June 22. Reports from Otter
tail County, Minn., say that tho grasshop
pers are devastating grain helds und
farmers are threatened with entire de
struction of the crops. A Pserham corre
spondent says that within a radius of four
miles of that town, five thousand acres of
grain and garden crops have been do
st royed.
He Will Be Lynched.
Bloominoton, III., Juno 22. Near Col
fax, this county, yesterday, Mrs. David
Cballey, a farmer's wife, was attacked in
her house, in the absence of her husband,
by a tramp, but escaped after a struggle.
The tramp fled as her husband ap-pi-oached.
A mob is in search of the mis
creant and should he be caught ho will
surely be lynched.
House Crushed by a Tree.
Galveston, June 22. A special fo the
Assays: During a wind-storm at Fair
Play, Panola County, to-day, a tree was
blown down, crushing the residenco of
Mrs. Watkius and instantly killed her sis
ter, Mrs. Albert Tite, and her two small
children.
Killed by the Bursting of an Emery Wheel.
Marion, Ind., June 22. An emery wheel
burst this morning in Thad Butler's car-riage-ahop,
and M. S. Barrett was fatally
injured, a flying fragment fracturing his
skull. Barrett recently removed here
from Knightstown, Ind.
THE 'GOLDEN JUBILEE.
Magnificent Celebration of Victoria's Fifty
Years of Reign.
London, June 21. The Queen's jubilee
was celebrated in all tho English depen
dencies and European capitals to-day. In
this city at 5 o'clock this morning every
point of vantage along the streets compos
ing the royal procession was secured.
As high us 100 was paid for seats. It is
estimated that 5,000,000 people viewed the
procession. Punctually at 11:15 a. m. the
Queen, lu an open carriage, emerged from
the palace gates. At sight of her thou
sands of voices were lifted up In cheers,
the applause being accompauiod by the
music of many military bands stationed in
front of the palace. When the palace
gates were thrown open, the immense
throng that had waited outside many
hours to see the royal cortege, extended
far away into tho Mall beyond even seeing
distance of the procession. The Princes
who rode as escort to the carriage went
in the following order: Three abreast
The Grand Duke Sergius, of Rus
sia; Prince Albert Victor, of Wales, and
Prince William, of Prussia; Prince Hcnrv,
of Prussia; Prince George, of Wales, and
the Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse; the
Hereditary Prince of Saxe - Meiningcn,
Prince Christian Victor, of Schleswig-Hol-stein,
and Prince Louis, of Battenherg;
Prince Christian, of Schleswig-Holstein;
the Crown Prince of Germany and the
Grand Duke of Hesse ; two abreast Prince
Henry, of Battenberg, and the Marquis of
Lome, the Duke of Connaught and the
Prince of Wales. The Duke of Edinburgh
rode alone. This escort, composed as
it was entirely of the sons, sons-in-law
and grandsons of the Queen, all
brilliantly uniformed, and riding mag
nificent horses, elegantly caparisoned,
presented a splendid .spectacle, and In
spired enthusiasm everywhere. Along
the route as the carriage bearing the
Queen came in sight the cheering started
up afresh, and when she had proceeded a
short distance the cheering had become a
mighty roar, which seemed steadily to in
crease in volume and eventually to be
continuous and mighty. The enthusiasm
of the people appeared absolutely bound
less. The Queen was manifestly delight
ed. . Her face wore a constant smile, she
bowed and thanked the people, and when
ever on the way she recognized any per
son she fairly beamed with joy.
LOST ON THE LAKE.
Steam Barge Struck by a Squall, and Eight
Feraons Sent to Watery Graves Captal ,
Bis Two Sons and the Mate the Only Sur
vivors.
- Cleveland, O., June 21. The steam
barge P. H. Walter, with eight persons
went Us the bottom of Lake Erie in the
night She was owned in Sandusky, and
was bound for Cleveland from Mar
blehead with a load of stone, consigned
to L. P. Smith. When off Black River,
at about 7 o'clock In the evening, the
gale struck her broadside. Captain Isaao
Gillespie saw the approaching storm and
tried to head the boat to tho wind, but was
too late, and the wind was upon him be
fore he was prepared for it. Tho wind
was so strong as to turn the barge over
on her side and she went down in
that position a few seconds after the gale
struck her. The captain and mate, J. H.
Flora, of Locust Point, threw a few planks
and k rope into the water and all jumped
for their lives. There were on
board the captain, mate, engineer, fir;
man, two deck hands named Powley and
Shaefer, a female cook; tho wife of Pow
ley and the captain's family,
comprising his wife and four
children. Tho captain, mate and two boys,
sons of the captain, succeeded in reaching
the planka thrown into the water, but the
rest were drowned. The captain's wife
went down almost within his reach, but
he was entirely unable to assist her in any
way. With planks and rope a raft was
formed, and the four persons clung to it
until 4 o'clock this morning, when they
were sighted by Captain John Edwards,
of the steamer Pearl, who was making his
daily run from Put-in-Bay to Cleveland,
and were brought to this city. The Cap
tain of the Pearl said that when he first
saw the raft the mate was standing up
beckoning for help, the two boys were ly
ing utterly exhausted and their father was
bending over them, watching lest they be
washed into the water by tho sea that was
rolling. When they were taken on board
the Pearl they were rubbed, given dry
clothing and stimulants, and when they
reached Cleveland they were quite com
fortable. All left the city at eight o'clock,
on tho steamer Pearl, and returned to Put-In-Bay.
A SleevWalker't Mishap.
Louisville, Kt., June 21. Last night
Rudolp Anson, living with his parents, on
Cave Run road, left his bed in his sleep,
wandered out in the yard and foil into a
dry well. He was stunned and remained
unconscious for several hours. This morn
ing he was found by the family. His right
leg was broken and several ribs fractured,
besides receiving numerous bruises on his
body.
Fastest Pacing Under the Conditions.
Elmira, N. Y., June 21. At the Driving
Park in this city this morning Congress
man Flood's two-year-old Nellie Mayo
paced a milo in 2:28, the fastest time ever
made in the world for a two-year-old on a
half-mile track.
Band ol Juvenile Horse Thieves.
Albuquerque, N. M., June 21. Forty
horses have been stolen from this city and
county in the past five weeks. Two boys,
fourteen and fifteen years old, were cap
tured yesterday while in tho act of riding
off with a couple of stolen animals, and
make rovelations indicating the existence
of a large band of organized robbers origi
nating among the youths of the city, the
oldest member being twenty-two years.
They had a regular compact, which was
sworn upon a glittering blade, as each
member flashed a keen-edged dagger in,
the light of a campftre.
THREE HUNDRED DROWNED.
Frightful Loss of Llfo on the Dan
ube River.
Because of an Overloaded Boat and m
Diunken Boatman.
Vienna, Juno 20. Later particulars
show that the recent ferry accidout at
Paks on the Danube river was much worse
than was at first reported. Tho boat was
fearfully overloaded, having four hun
dred persons on board. It is state 1
that the boatmen were intoxlcattd.
The panic on tho boat was foarruL
Abbe Spies blessed tho pilgrims,
jumped overboard and swam ashore witha
child, but died an hour afterward from
rupture of a blood vessel. Tho bodies re
covered give evidence of fearful death
struggles In their tattered clothes and dis
torted faces. It is estimated that three
hundred persons were drowned. Over
two hundred bodies have been recovered.
The recognition of bodios by friends on
shore is attended with heart-rending
si enes,'
TOOK A POUND OF POISON.
The Old Elephant BIJou Put Out Of Ills
Misery.
Boston, June 20. Bijou, a famous ele
phant that has been before the American
public for sixty years, was killed bypolron
last Saturday night at the World's Muse
um, whereit has been suffering from old
age and disease. Poison had been prepared
in capsules, which were concealed in choc
olate caramels. Dr. Al. White offered ono
to the great beast as it lay upon its side.
Bijou took it with great deliberation,
swallowed it and looked up for more. All
that had been prepared were given,
and then the result was awaited. The
poison used was the same Dr. Watts used
in dispatching homeless dogs. It did its
work thoroughly. Just forty-five minutes
after the first bit of candy had been placed
in its mouth Bijou was dead. For a few
minutes there had been convulsive work
ings of the legs and body, the great head
was partially lifted from the ground and
then fell back ; t e eyes bocame fixed, and
without another tremor Bijou passed
away. While seven grains of the poison
would kill a man a pound was used to
bring about a similar result with Bijou.
The dead elephant weighed 4,500 pounds,
and was strong in proportion. It was a
male elephant of the African species and
some seventy-five years old. -
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Fatal Female Prize Fight
London, June 20. A prise fight botween
two women toolt place at Abbey, in SusY
c-n Niudav.. . Theh.-ontcslus w
jura, viu isuuuii nu r.iieu jnuonnn, frmi
greater vigor and determination on the
part tf the former than are exhibited by
the latter day male exponents of tho fistic
art. That Mrs. Christman won tno fi'.'ht
may bo inferred from tho fact that Elieu
Noonan died in the ring from the injuries
inflicted by her adversary, and her body
was taken in charge by the coroner, while
the victor was put in jail.
Oil Tanks Struck by Lightning.
Lima, O., June 20. This afternoon un oil
tank on the Boop farm, containing night
hundred barrels of oil, wns struck by
lightning and destroyed, togothor with
another tank containing a similar amount,
and the derrick. The tanks bur.st and the
burning oil ran into a creek und down the
stream, burning bridges and sheds which
happened to be in tho way and scorching
the trees. The creek was filled with burn
ing oil .for nearly two miles for soinu
time.
The Murdered Girl at Rihwar.
St. Louis, June 20. John Rliodmaker, a
carpenter of this city, reported to the
police to-day that he believed tno girl
murdered at Rahway, N. J., was his
daughter, Mary Rhodmaker, who loft his
home three years ago, and had been em
ployed in Rahway for the past year. Since
the murder ho has heard nothing from
her. Before that tragedy she wroio regu
larly. Didn't Get the Big Wallet.
Greenville, O., June 20. The postofflce
here was burglarized last night by seme
expert and about $75 worth of stamps and
some f 15 or $20 in money stolon. The t'u:ef
was rather particular about his plunder,
as he left in a coin tray several drllars in
pennies. If he sees this he will be morti
fied to know that he overlooked sjvoral
hundred dollars in an old canvass bag that
was in the office.
Maxwell Must Swing.
St. Louis, June 20. Maxweii, alias
Brooks, the murderer of Proller, is to be
banged. Tho Supremo Court refuses to
reverse the decision of the Court. Tho
prisoner was unoflicially notified by h s
attorneys yesterday, and was very much
dejected, saying that his trial was a farce.
He was sentenced to hang August 13.
No Gambling in Chicago.
Chicago, June 20. To-day was the latt
day of grace which Mayor Roclfe gave the
gambling fraternity to move their effects.
A stroll around the different known re
sorts of the tiger discovered nothing that
would lead any one to think that such a
thing as gambling had ever beeu carried
on in Chicago.
Guitcau's Skeleton.
Washington, June 20. Those who are
fully acquainted with the preparation of
Guiteau's skeleton give entire credit to
the story that his face and head aro actu
ally in New York, as stated, ready for ex
hibition. The skull and the rost of tho
skeleton is here. Tho New York head
consists of tho skid and tho soft parts as
taken off the skull, and afterwards pre
'pared and stuffed. This head has been
seen here by those who knew Guiteau, and
Is said to be a very accurate reproduction.
The whole affair seems horrible in the ex
treme, and just where the responeibiii'.f
rests can not be determined.