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LEXINGTON LEADER.
VOL. 2
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LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA TKllHlfORY, MAY 28. 185)2.
NO. 8
VICTIMS OF FLOODS.
THREE PAMILIBS DROWNED IN
pemiscot county, mo.
Three-fourth*^ or- the County Kndoi
Witter—>1 Cull lor V
hIhIUIKT- IC.Ii.-r McUHUrCM lit St.
Louis Tin* K w anil MiNKouri
iiillliiK al Kaunas City—
IIOO<l .Vt'H H.
Memphis, Term.. May ?.* .--/hree
fourths of Pemiscot county, Missouri,
is now under water and assistance is
urgently needed at several points on
the Arkansas river. Three families
have been drowned, as follows:
WASH HALL, wife and three children.
JOSEPH MALLOUY, wife and two
children.
SAMUEL MOORE (colored), wife and
daughter.
It is estimated that 300 horses iiini
mules and -,(>()() head of cattle have
been drowned and that 700,000 acres of
cultivated farms are under watt* be-
tween Memphis and Cairo.
According-to Captain Howard of the
Anchor line there are, 225,(^0 acres
wheat destroyed; 300,i>')0 acres oi corn
ruined and nearly 2<J0.U0<i aerj.s of cot
ton inundated.
The waters continue to rise and in
two days more it is expected that
1,000,000 acres of cultivated ground
will be flooded. The Arkansas bot-
toms are all under water ami the num-
ber of lives lost and property de-
stroyed cannot' be estimated because
no boats have ^one into the Hooded
districts.
Raima* City.
Kansas City. Mo., May 25.—T^he
Missouri river marked twenty-three
and one-tenth feet above low water
mark this morning, a fall of just one
foot in twenty- four hours. Thestreain
is falling a little more rapidly to-day.
The river is no longer troubling any
of the railroads at any point near
Kansas City and all trains are coming
in on time. The Kaw has Mtlien ten
inches sipce yesterday morning and
tlyj water in the streets of Armourdale
is disappearing.
ltcllef Measures at St. Louis.
St. Louis, Mo,, May i5.—The river
here is falling slowly but surely, and
now the w<Srst is over. Relief meas-
ures are being undertaken by the citi-
zens. The merchants' exchange flood
committee has collected an 1 disburse 1
over #8,000 and the l'ost-Dispatch has
received 37,213.90 for the same purpose.
Benefits' of all kinds are being ar-
range d
!>lI.HH>HHi| |iiaiiH Call for Assistance.
Jackson', Miss., May 25.—Governor
Stone is receiving numerous letters
from Issaquena, Sharkey, Adams and
other counties on the Mississippi < ail-
ing for assistance. The governor is
powerless to render any assistance, as
there are no funds available for such
purpose.
Fifty Homeless Falnlllefi.
I'rkky vii.i.p, Mo.. May 2 5.—Fifty
homeless families from Kaskaskia
Point have been taken to St. Marys
for food and shelter, having lost every
thing in the flood.
Lynched at Ills Own llcquest.
Bastuop, La., May 25.— Schainless
\lrigham, ftianager for Colonel George
C. Phillips, who owns a plantation on
Island I)e Slard, while in the Held was
shot dead from ambush by an old ne-
gro yesterday. The negro then walked
to the plantation residence, summoned
Col6nel Phillips and told him that he
had killed llrighnm and wanted to be
hanged for it Phillips put 'a rope
around the negro's neck and the negro
was soon swinging in a death struggle
from the limb of a tree. No motive is
assigned for the murder and it is
thought that the negro was insane.
Suitor Uouicro, Fluuiiee >1 in 1st er.
City of Mexico, May 25.—President
I)iaz has appointed,,Seuor Matias Ro-
mcro, the present minister to the
United States, minister of finance;
Sertor .lose Yves Limantour, assistant
secretary of finance, and Senor (iomez
Garias, minister to England. No suc-
cessor to Senor Romero as minister
to the United States will be appointed
sit present.
More Rebel Vic tories.
Pi'khto Nukvo Canhf.llo, May 25.—*
General Ti cop Collins, at the head, of a
body of insurgents from Falcon, has
captured the city of Coro. lie then
inarched toward Lavela, which is an
important port. General Lconeio
ijmntan, who raised the standard of
Crespo at Maltana about the middle of
May, has defeated the government
general, Fernando Pacheeo.
\ rittslMirj; Murderer Disposed Of.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 25. — Patrick
Fitzpatrick, the murderer of Samuel
Early, was hanged in the county jail
yard this morning in the presence of
thirty persons. Death resulted from
strangulation, lief ore his death lie
confessed that liquor was responsible
. for his crime, lie was tool and col-
lected to the last.
To Wed .Miss lluttle Itluine.
Washington, May 23.- Mr. Heal, the
United States minister to Persia, is in
the city. It is said that his presence
here is for the purpose of marrying
Miss Ilaltie Blaine, the youngest
daughter of Secretary Blaine.
New Meileo's Capitol Was Set on Fire.
Santa Fk, N. M., May 25.—The in-
quiry into the burning of the capitol
has developed the fact that the lire
was started in two places almost simul-
taneously and that it was of iucendiar;
origin.
■turned to Death.
Mason City, la., May 25.—In en-
deavoring to save John Luther and
Frank Goodrich, two boys from a
burning barn near Gutteiiberg,Clayton
county, Mrs. Luther and the children
were burued to death.
AGAINST THE WOMEN.
flu- Fair Sex «ilven a Met llu-In the
Oiiiuhti Conference.
<>M.uiA, N'eb., May ".'j.—The com-
mitter on judiciary of the Methodist
general conference agreed to day that
the word "laymen" in the discipline,
whofre it provided for lay n presenta-
tion di«l not and never had included
women but meant men o/.ly.
The Epworth League matter was
discussed at length in the conference
to-dav, a lively debate arising over an
effort if> deprive the league of a secre-
tary of its own. The special secretary
wing won.
While tlu confercii' O was 4jLN0tf.^ing .
ti seetion providing that there should
Tl en. effort made to disturb the('hriM>
ian "Endeavor and other youtVgj>eo-
ple's societies in the church for the
purpose of planting Epworth I. agues
in their -stead. Secretary Monroe of-
fered a resolution strike out the
section. The motion was carried by a
vote of 205 to 104.
A motion was immediately nnlde to
have the seeiiou which had been
stricken out attached as a foot note,
and Drs. Kynett and Leonard and sev-
eral others made ringing speeches in
behalf of the Christian Endeavor soci-
ety. The se tion was added as a foot
note.
Chaplain McCabe announced that he
had just received a subscription of
810,000 from the Rev. G. A. Kyeder of
East Ohio to assist in the erection
Methodist headquarters in the city of
Rome.
Auction providing that all presi-
dents of the Epworth leagues must be
mombors of the Methodist Epis opal
church and members of the quarterly
conference was adopted.
Affcr adopting the rules relating to
the Epworth league, the conference
elected Dr. J. F. Berry as editor of the
Epworth Herald.
Tho I'rasbytei-lnns.
Portland, Ore., May 2.">.i—To-diiy af-
ter devotional exercises led by Dr.
Richmond of Louisville, and the read-
ing of the minutes, the report of the
standing committee on home missions
was read by Dr. MePherson of Chicago,
it gave an account of the work of the
year as conducted by the board of
home missions and of the support
given by the church, while the needs
were set forth very strongly.
The board began the year with a
debt of nearly #100,000. One million
dollars was asked for last year and
contributions reached within fTO.oOO
of that amount, of w hich over $813,000
were available. The present debt is
$07,000. The immense immigra-
tion has given foreign work
to do at horn.*. The report
gives an account of the work in
various states conducted l v 1.47'J mis-
sionaries in churches with a member-
ship of OH 500 and a school attendance
of 141 000. The states having the most
home missionaries are; New York 140,
Kansas 112, Iowa lo2. .Minnesota S4.
California 82, Illinois SI, Nebraska 80,
Michigan 74, the Dakotas 112.
Southern Presbyterians.
Hot- Spkingb, Ark., May 2.">.—In the
general assembly this morning the
standing committee on education rec
omended that§30,000 be raised, propor-
tioned among the various Presbyteries,
for tho education of candidates for the
ministry. The Rev. J. A. Preston of
Alabama offered an amendment that
when u candidate applied for ahl it,
should be shown to be indispepsfble'
for the prosecution of his studies.
The Kev. Dr. s. M. Neil of Kansas City
spoke at some length in favor of the
amendment. Finally a motion to post-
pone consideration of the matter pre-
vailed.
Missouri Christian Hmteavor Confercneo.
JonfJN, Mo., May 25. The Young
People's Societies of Christian En-
deavor of the Seventh district, com-
prising nineteen counties, began their
annual convention in Carthage to-day.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Rarus, the famous trotter, so long
king of the turf, is dead.
An American constable is looked up
by Mexican police at Sonora and trou-
ble is feared.
The Northern Pacific railroad com-
pany has established a steamer line to
China and Japan.
The Chicago and Alton road is pre-
paring to retire all of its bonds within
the next eleven years.
Major A. J. Elliott, an oh I resident
of Pettis county, Missouri, lias been
sent to the insane asylum
Another arrest has been made in
connection with the Williams murder
and Bright lynching in Taney county.
Kate Pike, the treasury department
typewriter who tried to kill herself,
was despondeut over a lover's treach-
ery.
The Brazilian senate has passed a
law granting amnesty to political pris-
oners, of whom there arc a large num-
ber confined in the neighborhood.
During a dance at Atlanta. Ga..some
of the participants got very drunk and
commenced shooting at each other.
Two are dead and one seriously
wounded.
The Slatterys, husband and wife,
who claim to be ex-priest and ex-nun,
are on a erusn le again.sCCat holieism in*
Illinois. At Bloomington the hotel help
refused to serve them.
N.-B. Taylor, S. J. Moore and \V. T.
Phillips, lumber cutters, while sitting
on a bench under a shed during a
thunder storm in Nanseinond county,
Virginia, were struck by lightning
and instantly killed.
•At Bloomington, 111., a jury decided
that the Illinois Central railroad com-
pany was not civilly responsible for a
eriminal shooting done by a brake mum
in its employ to prevent a citizen from
riding on a freight train.
Edward Oakes, treasurer of the
Moreland Clark dramatic company, is
in jail in Detroit. About two weeks
ago the prisoner mnd Ella Miller, the
soubrette of the company, eloped from
Pittsburg, where the cotupanv was
playing, and took with them all the
available cash.
Johnny and-Frank (Jallivan. aged 0
and It. entered the regulator house at
a natural gas well in the southeastern
part of Muncio, lad., to see how the
gas was made- They lighted a match
and now the house is in ashes and tin*
lads are at home frightfully burned
and one will lose his liS#\
destruction in arkansas.
Thousands of People in Appalling Distress
—Crops Are All Itulneri.
Pink Bli fk. Ark . May 35fl—1The des-
titution among the flood sufferers,
white as well as black, between Little
Rock and the mouth of the Arkansas
river is uppalling.
This city and its vicinity an* tilled
with thousands of refugees. The cot-
ton crop all nlong the river is totally
destroyed and it is hard to teU on
what the farmers will live this sum-
mer. - *
The government Iwit Cv 14. keem ar-
rived here last evening from the upper
river, where she supplied 1,500 half
fiubished people on seventeen different
landings vitlr provisions furnished by
the people of Little Rock.
Hundreds of perse is were taken
along and put Off" on dry places. At
Eagle's Landing 120 people were found
living iu three houses. Two men wore
seen drowning by tho crew and four
were rescued from house tops, where
they for hours found refuge.
The town of Auburn is floodet'.
owing to the break in the Brunson
levee. The rich plantations of Uajik
Head, Greenback and Swan Lake are
entirely submerged and the planters
refuse further supplies to their hands.
An urgent appeal foe assistance was
sent here from shcrrill. At. a 'mass
meeting held here 91,050 \viis~ sub-
scribed in an hour.
mills in flames.
-Spokane Vlslteil Hy a Disastrous Fire—
Prohahle Loss of Life.
Spokank, Wash., May 2.5—A fire
broke out last evening in the factory
of the Spokane mills on the river front.
The flames spread with wonderful ra-
pidity and the employes had to run
for their lives. Two of the employes
are missing and it is feared they per-
ished in the flames.
In spite of the efforts of the fire de-
partment the Haines quickly spread to
the Echo rolling mills, which were en-
tirely consumed. The fire then jumped
the river and destroyed the oat meal
mills owned by-Olney «V Wadhams s wU
the building of the Washington shingle
company. It also burned four cottages,
damaged the Howard street bridge and
National iron works and a steam
laundry. The loss, as near as can be
figured, is about .15230.000.
.Candidates for Jail.
Harrisonyii.i.k, Mo., May 25. —W.
II. Myers and Jefferson Britt have
been nominated as the Democratic
candidates for county judges in this,
Cass county. As the nomination is
equivalent to an election, Messrs.*
Myers and Britt are pretty certain to
take the places of Judges Lane and
George, who are now in jail in Kansas
City for refusing to levy the railroad
tax in this county. The two new
nominees won on the anti-levy plat-
form.
For governor, Cass county's six dele-
gates were instructed to vote for W. J.
Stone first, last and all the time. ,
For the congressional convention
which meets at Clinton, the delegation
was instructed to vote for the present
congressman, David A. De Annand.
Smallpox at the Palmer House, Chicago.
Chicago, May 25.—What may prove
to be a malignant case of smallpox was
discovered at the Palmer house yester
day afternoon. T. S. Meek of Phila-
delphia, a traveling man stopping
there, was removed to the pest house,
where he will receive the best of atten-
tion. The physicians hope for the
best. His room at the Palmer house
was thoroughly fumigated and the
physicians vaccinated those who had
been directly exposed. The health de-
partment is satisfied that the spread of
the contagion has been prevented.
Governor Holes rails for Aid.
Sioux City, la., May 25.—Governor
Boies arrived here yesterday in re-
sponse to the request of the relief com-
mittee and after investigating the Hood-
ed district resolved to issue a proclama-
tion inviting the people of Iowa and
the country generally, to contrib-
ute for tlic4relief of the destitute peo-
ple. "The proclamation will be sent
out from Des Moines to-day and will
state that *'.'00,000 is needed for the
purpose. Two more bodies of the
drowned were recovered .yesterday,
Oliver Iloblet and the daughter of Mr.
V. Leonard.
a ghastly find.
Diseovery of u Decapitated llody in Okla-
homa The VIfUm >« Puokris ICilioti.
GiTirttIF Ok.. May ''*■ While a
farmer was j^t work in his fields along
the Orlando road, eight miles west of
Stillwater, he was startled* by his dog^
bringing to hiiu a hand an A part of u
arm. lie at once instituted a seareh
anil by the roadside not, far away,
found the horribly dialigurtd and head-
less body of a man.
The trun'c was torf :jpd eaten by
wild animals and part m "tie arm and
a hand missing. The arm and hand
were the ones the dog hrtd brought to
his master, and the head was found
wrapped in a piece of blanket and laid
be-dde the body. On toW of the head
w crr evideiiecs of blows Ind the neck
showed what it had beeu.t> vercd from
the l>od.V with u sharp knife The
pockets of the dead man s clothes were
turned inside out ud no money <>r
valuables were found upoli hi'ni.
Close by was a good .aiis<, which
ontained several cfalt*4 shirts and
other articles of wearir<r nptc.irel. und
standing off'at a little distanec was a
road cart with a set of single harness.
No horse could be found, though there
were signs of w here one had been fed.
It is certain that the man was. mur-
dered and then robbed of valuables
and his horse, but as tawho the guilty
parties arc is yet a mystery.
Obtained a Now Trial.
\Vt?st Pi.Ainr, Mo., May 25. Lee
Smith and Bud Farrojfr. who were,
found guilty of murder ill the lirst de-
gree at the November term of the
Texas cou"ty term of circuit court,
have been graved n new trial by
Judge Bland. They wereeon vie ted-on
circumstantial evidence of killing
Dink Barton while returning from a
country frolic. Both are now under
bonds.
i, .May L'-w "The Alli-
ticket," saiWMr. Watson
) a reporter yesterday,
Polk and Weaver.
Washington, May 2"^ "The Alli-
ance national ticket
of Georgia
"will be Polk and Weaver. 1 can not
of course, guess what it w ill do iu the
West and Northwest, but that ticket
is" sure to carry Nortn Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia. We look als<
hold thebalaiice of power in the next
house".
An Alleged Train Uohlier Tortured.
Jackson, Miss., May 25.- Seven men
all white are under arrest in Orange
county under suspicion of being con-
nected with the murder of Expressman
Saunders. There are rumors that one.
man had such strong suspicions aroused
against him, his captors resorted to
physical torture in order to extort
confession from him but the expedient
was unsuccessful.
Troops for Striking Mim
Salt Lake: City, I'tali, May Col-
onel Blunt, cOmfch atftttn £ the sixteenth
infantry at Fort Douglas, near this
city, has been notilied by the war de-
partment to hold his command ready
to march at an hour's notice to the
scene of the strike among the miners
at Coeur d' Alene, Idaho.
Failure at Fremont, Neb.
Omaha, Neb., May 25.—The Fn
mont department store, doing husi
ness at Fremont, Neb., was closed by
creditors last evening. Liabilities
$70,000.
THE MARKETS.
ChleUK"-
Chicago', May 24.—The range of pricca
for active futures are as follows:
rlo-itu Ve tor-
to-diiy. day-
MISS ANNIE OAKLEY.
THE WONDERFUL FEMALE WINO
SHOT PHOTOGRAPHED.
So in* of Her Notable Feats— Shootiujf
An Appl« From a Mau't Head With
9uly a Minor for Altn—Seuaatlon of
Europe.
Mi^s Annie Oakley, the female champ-
ion rifle, wing aud trick shot, has
created a sensation in Fnglaud, Ameri-
ca, Franco and in other countries by
her wonderful feats of scooting, aud
has received handsome presents from
many sources. Miss Oakley-was born
in Darks county, Ohio. Ever since a
toddlit.g child slie has had an inherent
love for hrenrms aud hunting At the
nicose. I had seen mauy of hii kiad,
but for size aujl beauty this fellow sur-
passed them all. lie was fat andnlsek,
his hide bhoue in the morning sun, his
stately form was clearly outlined
ugainst the blue sky, his head aud ant-
lers were enormous; the latter could
not have beeu less than live feet across,
aud there were numerous branches
growing from the blades-
Altogether it was a picture not soon
to be forgotten. 1 was tramping fif-
teen miles over the horrid tote road for
beef, aud there it stood, u pile of It,
within tweufcy yards, and the gun one
and one-half miles away.
To go back for the tire-lock would be
useless, the monster would be gone on
my return. One shot from the gun
that was left in camp would have saved
me the fifteen mile tramp, secured the
much-needed food and made me tho
happy possessor of those fine antlers
A whiff of wind gave him V
of his enemy, and the stately
lP«.
A whiff of wind gave him the scent
at ure
was soon lost in the distance
wild animals and
snake9-
killed
ANNIK OARLRY.
age of ten, she, as often as ammunition
was attainable, would smuggle her
brother's musket and steal into the
woods where gauio at that time was
plentiful. Naturally she was a good
shot and came home well supplied with
game. From the old musket she passed
to shooting a muzzle-loarding shot
gun, and rapidly became such a fiue
shot that she rarely missed a quail.
Then came a local reputation, and with
improved lire arms she attracted wider
notice, and for the past four years she
the
with great success.
has been shooting before the public
May 21
To Amdst Missouri Flood Sufl'crers.
Fayettk, Mo., May 25.—At a meet-
ing of Rising Sun Farmers' and
Laborers' union of this county reso-
lutions were passed earnestly re-
questing the state executive com-
mittee of the Farmers' and Laborers'
union to immediately formulate and
put in operation some plan by which
tin1 members of the order throughout
the state may be solicited nnd shall
have opportunity to contribute money
or provisions to those members who
have*"fcuttered on account of the Hoods.
Heavy Judfceniut Against Dallas County.
SrHINO 1IKLP, Mo., May 25.—(Jeneral
James M. Lewis, attorney for Fred-
erick W. Hinderkofer.of Pennsylvania,
obtained judgment yesterday in
the United States circuit court
here against Dallas county.
Mo., for 9110,000. The suit is founded
on bonds and coupons issued jj^.the
county of Dallas in 1 *>70 under aa act
to Incorporate the Laclede and Fort
Scott railroad. The assesjjed valua-
tion of Dallas county is $1,400,000. and
the bonded indebtedness is about $700,-
000.
Anna Dickinson'* Suit.
New York,May 25. (hair man J ames
S. Clarkson of the Republican national
committee appeared in the supreme
court yesterday to be examined in a
suit brought several years ago by Aiinu
Dickinson to recover £0,000 from the
committee for a breach of contract. She
makes Mr. ('lurkson, Senator <^uay,
John C. New, J. SI oat Fassett, Samuel
Fessenden, \V. W. Dudley and others
defendants. The alleged contract re-
quired her to deliver campaign
speeches.
A .furor's Queer Itrcak.
Kansas"City, Mo., May 25.—During
the trial yesterday of Ilarvey Taylor,
a negro charged with criminal assault
on a young white glt'l, one of the
jurors trying him jumped out of a
second story window, s ampered away
and was not caught until late at night
lie is believed to Up unsound mentally.
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July
Dec
Corn—
May
July
Sept
Oats—
May SS'a
July fil _
Sept
Pork—
May........ 10 or
July 10 15
Sept 10 yj
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July
Sept
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July 0 1,7WI 0 00 ! 0 07 ,1 0 00
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Receipts in Chicago to-d ly—Wheat, 1-J5
cars; corn, 825 carst oats, 301 cars.
Estimated receipts to-morrow Wheat,
90 ears; corn, 105 cars; oats, 140cars; hogs,
35,o0o head.
KaiiHiiH City.
Prices were quoted at Kansas C!ty a*
follows: No. - hard wheat 73(«.7-0£c, No.
3 hard wheat O'J^i lc, No. 4 hard wheat 01
(alise, rejected hard wheat • 5 e (We, No. 2
red wheat 80 aW^c, No. 3 rod wheat U(&
78c, No. 4 red wheat 65(« 75c.
Coax—Was very weak. Offerings were
quite liberal and prices were KuJ.'c lower.
No. 2 mixed corn sold at 44,^44>^c. No. 2
white corn at 48c. Memphis paid 4U'.;c for
mixed corn. On the call white corn for
May delivery sold at 40 «40^c.
St. I.ouih.
St. Lor is, Mo.. May 24 — Wheat — Ile-
receipts, 10,1.00 bu; shipments, 4, 00 bu; re-
c^hits egrnryooj bu; shipment*. <47,100
bu. Cl0sj|igplaces wi r ■: Wheat ('.isli,
87%c; May. 83c; July, S2'(e; August,*
8 ••!„e. Corn—Cash. 40c; May, 48c; July,
43)*0. Oats—Cash. 33c; July, ill'fc.
I.1VK STOCK.
KANSAS ClTX, Mo., May 24. —Cattle Re-
ceipts 4,101; shipped yesterday, l,5U. The
market for steers was quiet and 5 • I c
lower; cows and feeders steady.
Dressed beef and shipping steers $2.75($
4.Mi); cows and heifers £ 1.50 « 3 4 ; sloek-
ers and feeders $3 0. «:t.75; mixed fi. 10 «>d.
Hogs ltccoipts 14.02S; shipped yester-
day 1,411. The in ir ; -t was 5 to 10.-, eea-
crally 5c lower. Prlc -> rauged from $i.3d
(ii 4.00 per hundred.
Sheep—Ueceipts, 2,530; shipj od yester-
day, 2,308. (Jojd muttons were ia Ucimnid
and l*i^3Jc higher than last week ; cotti-
imou and stot;k sheep neglected. The fol-
lowing are represjntative sales:
The great Indian chief, Sitting Hull,
after seeing her shoot at St. Paul, Minn.,
adopted her in the Sioux tribe, giving
her the name of Mum Caw Ah I'utzo,
of Little Sure shot. Besides the thous-
ands of exhibitions she has given, she
has shot in twenty-three matches
and tournainonts, winning nine-
teen prizes. In April, 1NM4. she
attempted to beat the best 1,000-ball
record made at balls thrown in the air,
using a 22-ealibre rifle. The best rec-
ord was 970, made by Dr. Ruth. Miss
Owklev broke 04X. February, 1885, she
attempted the lent of sliootimr 5,000
balls in one day, using three 10-gauge
Parker shotguns and loading them her-
self. The balls were thrown from
three traps at fifteen yards rise. Out
of 5,000 sliot at she broke 4,772. On
the second thousand she only missed
sixteen, making the highest 1,000-ball
record—984. This feat was accom-
plished near Cincinnati in less than
ninehours. Miss Oakley is also a fine
rider and understands how to manage
a horse, as the following will show:
In tho fall of *84 a gentleman near
Greenville, Ohio, who owned a valua-
ble but vicious and unbroken horse,
told her he would jpve her the horse if
she could ride him in less than three
days without any assistance. She broke
him to saddle and has used him since
when not engaged in her exhibitions,
s mietimes riding fifty miles iu one day.
What makes Miss Oakley's feats more
surprising is the fact that she is small
in stature and weighs only 110 pounds.
She is now one of the principle at-
tractions of Buffalo Kill's Wild West
Miss Oakley is the greatest female
trick shooter in the world. One-half
the feats that the various female shoot-
ists in Europe and America daily per-
form are fareial compared with tho
feats she accomplishes. She shoots
glass balls thrown up in the air in
rapid succession. She shoots a nail
fastened into a stick three feet in
height a*t twenty-five paces. Miss An-
nie Oakley accomplishes nearly every
Over Ouo ThouaMiid I'vrnoun
Last Year to Houihay.
Iu the report on the administration
of the Don: bay Presidency for the year
1800-91 is to be found the following in-
teresting account of "The destruction
of wild animals and venomous
snukes."
The whole number of people killed
by wild animals and snakes within the
Presidency, including Scind, duriug
the year 1800, was 1,122 us compared
with 1,100 in the previous year. The
number of deaths caused by tigers and
leopards was twenty only, of which
sixteen occurred in the Khardesh
district. In the previous year forty-
seven persons were thus killed in that
district. In the Broach district seven
persons were killed by wolves and three
uy other animals.
The mortality from snake-bite was
slightly lower than in the previous
years. The most deaths from this
caune occurred in Scind, there being
497; the fewest in the Central Division,
but 105. In the Northern and South-
ern Divisions there were 241 and 232
respectively.
The number of wild cattle killed by
beasts of prey and snakes decreased
from 2,188 in 1889 to 1,883 in 1890. In
Kaunra, however, the number of cattle
killed in 1890 was 939, exceeding the
record for the past ten years. The
total number of wild animals destroyed
during the year was 830, and of snakes
400,092; this was 27,703 fewer snakes
than in 1889.
The total amount paid as rewards for
the destruction of wild animals and
snakes 'during the year was 12,055
rupees, 18 annas and i pice (about
9.1,695.15.)
f1qht with blacksnake8.
Mlehael Oretui|, a Lehigh Valloy Miner,
Hm« a Narrow Karate
While blasting roeks in a deep cut
near White Haven recently, Michael
w t.
v.. \V|. I'rl.-e,
isshniut. 9S 450
\4 mtft... 4S 6 50 |
1120shT.. 86 4 70 1
St. I.OIllH.
St. Louii, Mo.May I Cattle Rjcejpts
80.i. MarUet steady at themlvaiigM. llo.'s-
Kcci ipts 5Mi. Market steady; fair to
choice heavy. ?4 55i.t4.i-V, mixed, ordinary
to uo< d; 94.2 «4.0-1; York.is, 4 W).i4 70.
Sheep—Receipts 70 >. Muiket slow.
a DANGEROUS SHOT.
feat any other female shooter ]
forms.
mi6ery OF a HUNTER.
A Mttgiiillceiit Moo«e a Fnw Yi
Away aud No Gun.
It wus in the mouth of September 1
was with u party of men constructing
a dam at tho outlet of l eu Mile lake.
Moose was plenty iu the vicinity, and
their haunts were seldom disturbed.
The dam had to be completed before
the fall rains; consequently no person
could be spared to hunt the game, which
deprived us of the luxury of much juicy
steak at our table, to say nothing of
the delicious soup that their muflle and
brisket would furnish.
A party of men two miles below us
witnessed the wonderful sight of fif-
teen of those noble fellows crossiiig
the stream in otic afternoon. Our
camp was out of beef ami one of us
must foot it to the village, fifteen miles
away. The lot fell upon me.
I started in the early morning, leav-
ing a heavy double-barrelled gun be-
hind for the first time for several trips.
The next day promised to be wann,
and I intended to be as expeditions as
possible. The morning was bright and
tho songs of the birds cheering. So< •
surmounting a high ridge, I struck the
tote road and was making good time
when my attention was aroused by an
unusual noiso a short distance away,
sa\s Forest and Stream.
There stood the biggest wild animal
I ever sot my eyes upon—a monster
ILLUSIONS OF GREAT MEN.
Qoethc states that he one day saw
tho exact counterpart of himself com-
ing toward hiin.
Pope saw an arm apparently coming
through tho wall, and made inquiries
after its owner.
Swedenborg believed that ho had the
privilege of interviewing persons in
the spirit world.
I)r. Johnson heard his mother call
his name in a clear voice, though she
was at the time in another city.
Sir Joshua Reynolds, leaving his
house thought the lamps were trees,
and the men and women bushes agitat-
ed by the breeze.
Oliver Cromwell, lying sleepless ou.
his couch, saw the curtain open anil a
gigantic woman appear, who told him
that lie would bceomc the greatest man
in l'higland.
Kavaillae, while chanting the
"Miserere" and "De Profundis," be-
lieved that the sounds lie emitted
were of the nature and had tho full ef-
fect of a trumpet.
lien Jonson spent tho watches of the
night an interested spectator of a crowd
of Tartars, Turks and Roman Catholics,
who rose up and fought round his arm-
chair till sunrise.
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
OliOUP OP SNAKES.
Greenig. a Lehigh Valley foreman, met
with an experiment which he is uol
likely to forget. After firing the first
blast ho climbed upon the lodge of
rocks to note the effect of the shot.
As he stepped up he found the shot had
uncovered a den of huge hlacksnakes,
and before he could realize his position
he was surrounded by nearly fifty of
the reptiles, varying from three to
seven feet in length, lie had no chance
to run or to jump down. With nothing
but a small stictc which he carried he
attacked the snakes. After twenty
minutes of hard fighting he succeeded
iu getting down to the track, after kill-
ing forty-seven of tho snakes, the
largest of which measured seven feot
four inches. Greenig is preserving thi
skin us a memento.
A HARD FIGHT.
Oov. (ialttu'ii Adventuro Willi a Hoar on
tlie Ed|f<« of a l'reclpiro.
Garza (ialan, governor of the State of
Coahuilu, and one of the most promi-
nent men of Northern Mexico, returned
to his home recently from an extended
hunting trip in the mountains fifty
uiiles east of there. He is suffering fr« m
a severe wound in the side, received in
a thrilling adventure with a bear,
which came near costing the lives of
himself and party. They had wounded
a bear of unusual sire, and it toyk ref-
uge iu a cave in the face of a precipice.
The Governor, to ascertain whether
the bear was really in the cave or not,
started in, carbine in hand. A con-
siderable growling from the inside
caused him, somewhat hastily, to back
out. He was followed by the bear,
which had already got its head and
shoulders outside, when the Governor,
knowing that if the bear once got clear
out the whole party would go down the
precipice, whacked the animal with his
earbine and then shot him.
The bear fell back into the cave, his
roaring proving that he was by
no means dead. The party then pro-
ceeded to smoke him out, and his mak-
ing a second attempt at an exit the
Governor shot him again, disabling
him. The animal then made a rush at
Mr. (ialan and struck him a blow io the
side, his claws cutting deeply into the !
flesh The dogs then attacked the
bear, and they all went down the cliff
together.
The Governor barely saved himself
The Floods—The Concord la Coming —
Social Topic*—Vlaltlnir City oniclala
from lloiitou to Denver—Choral Sym-
phony Society, Etc.
We have had here this week two
topics of general interest to talk
about, ouo the freaks of the liver, and
the other the Concord. There was a
new side to each of these matters every
day, so there has been no danger of
their becoming wearisome, llusiness
ineu talked especially of the river;
society of the warship and the gallant
officers whose coming would be sure to
bring about a round of gayetv such as
the city has not seen since the social
languor following Lent. Everybody
understood, of course, that the man-of-
war could venture on the visit only if
the water remained high, and it was
just as well known that the rising
river meant loss of money to many.
The antagonistic connection between
the two things was pretty well illus-
strated by a conversation at an after-
noon tea in the fashionable West Ena.
The hostess was a young matron at
whose receptions one is always suae to
find the most distinguished social lions,
whether sprung from the soil or visit-
ing tho city from the East. She had
her most intimate friend to help her
curry everything off well, lloth ladies
arc the wives of wealthy men who have
interests which arc suffering through
the turbulence of the river. When the
talk and tea-drinking w as at its height,
the entertainer missed her ally After
a while she found her, sitting by her-
self in a little recess, and sipping her
tea thoughtfully.
"My dear," remonstrated the anxious
hostess, "Don't you think you are just,
a little selfish; when there are so many
people who want to hear you talk,
too?'*
"I know," replied the other, "but I
ran away just a minute to plan our
campaign if the Concord comes."
"O!" exclaimed the hostess, sympa-
thetic at once, "won't it be delight-
ful?"
"Well, I don't know," doubtfully,
said the one in the corner. "I was just
wondering. Mr. lllank told me this
morning, as he read the paper at tho
breakfast table, that every inch tho
Mississippi rises costs him a thousand
dollars, and I don't know whether 1
ought to hope most for the riVer to go
down or the Concord to come up."
It has got to be the correct thing for
the aldermen of other big cities in tho
country to come here for lessons in
various matters appertaining to good
municipal government. Last year Hos-
ton, Chicago, Denver and New Orleans
sent their officials to St. Louis to look
at its streets, its parks, its water-
works and its other features which
place it at the head of western cities,
and this year Detroit has followed the
example. Its aldermen have just gone
home, afterseveral days of sight-seeing
that taught them something.
The Hoston aldermen were struck
with the wide and beautifully paved
streets of St. Louis. The New Orleans
councilmen and Mayor Shakespere
were impressed with the excellent
sewerage and spent au afternoon driv-
ing about the streets and inspecting
the sprinkling service. The Denver
visitors were especially interested in
the long lines of electric cars, and tho
Detroit men came to look at the St.
Louis plan of caring for the garbage,
intending to imitate it.
Joseph Otten, tho director of the
Choral-Symphony society, is in a fair
way to secure an endowment for a per-
manent orchestra here. If he succeeds,
the city need not depend on Nikisch,
in Boston, or Thomas, in Chicago, for
its good music hereafter. St. Louis is
doing more to encourage good music
every year. It is now in the regular
musical circuit, and every manager of
company or virtuose will bring his at-
traction here hereafter. The use of the
Exposition building for these concerts
makes it possible for tlieiu to mako
money with very small admission fee.
BUSINESS BREVITIES.
Labor bureaus are in twenty-eight
states.
The West Grove, Pa., bank has 10,-
000 dimes on deposit.
More than 25 per cent of the freight
of the country is coal.
The English government is construct-
ing a steel plant in India.
Fifty tank steamers are now carry-
ing oil in bulk from this country to
Europe.
In the last twenty-five years the New
York Central and the llarlem railroads
have paid out 8250,000,000 in wages.
Of the 1,225 steamers engaged in car-
rying grain from America to Europe
last year, only four floated the Ameri-
can flag.
fewer Strikes Than I.aat Year.
New York, May 10.—Hradstreets to-
day says: Dispatches show a total of
105 strikes of importance within twe
veeks, involving 27,200 industrial
from being taken down the precipice pioyces, against twice that
with them. This is tho second hunting striking wage earners a yea
that number of
Ith thorn. This ill the socond hunting | striking wage earners n year ago. Tlie
adventure Gov. (ialan has had within outlook is for an early extension oi
the past few months. idleness among building trades West
j and granite handlers Last.
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