Dixon Evening Telegraph from Dixon, Illinois • Page 3

IT BLOOMS IX THE SPRING. THE SN STORY THAT TAXES THE CREDULITY; But the Following: Unique in Way, and owk Wonderful of a Man Who to a Serpentine l'arn with Whisky In True. Lexington, March Transcript has received the following special dispatch from Richmond, Cunningham, of this place, is death to snakes and venomous reptiles of all kinds. The snake that bites him dies in great agony, frothing at the mouth and swelling to almost double its former proportions. Cunningham has discovered a poison more deadly than that of the reptile, but harmless as a lotion for the human body, and the moment the fangs of the snake come in contact with it a powerful electrical current is generated that drives the own poison through every blood vessel in its body.

Blood-poisoning is the result which, with the terrible electrical shock causes almost instant death. Cunningham killed duiing last sumnvr over snakes in Madison county, and realized quite a handsome sum by his wonderful skill in driving those offensive reptiles from the premises of our citizens. J. B. Parks, who owns a beautiful farm near Kingston, was over-run with rattlesnakes and blacksnakes.

He lost several head of fine Jersey cows, which died from the effects of rattlesnake bites. Then the blacksnake; carried off hundreds of his young chickens. The place fairly swarmed with snakes, so Cunningham was called in. He can locate a den of snakes by their scent as easily as a dog can track a rabbit. He did not trail for them to come out of their holes, but whenever it was practicable he crawled in after them and killed them right and left with a club he carried.

All that bit him died, but of course the great number of snakes lie encountered in his labor could not all get a chance to bite him, and had to be dispatched with a club. He estimates the number of snakes killed on farm at Irvine, who lives just, on the outskirts of Richmond, had throe barrels of Anderson county whisky, fourteen years old. in his cellar. He loft the bungholes open to ago it faster and make it mellow. Judge of his surprise when went to show it to some visiting friend- one morning to find that it was nearly all gone, and in one of the barrels only about two gallons were left.

In this barrel over forty large black makes were discovered, all in a beastly state of intoxication, while in the dark coriv.Ts of the cellar gr of rattlesnakes were in various stages of intoxication. hey had got in through a hole in the basement door, and its Cob Irvine was away with his family for about three monies, it is supposed the snakes, not being disturbed, stayed with the whisky and did not draw a sober breath during all that time. This last September. Patrick was called in and succeeded in kill ing over 8.000 snakes on that place within two weeks, receiving for his services per 1,000. Col.

Shackleford, of the firm of Shackleford Sc owned half interest in the whisky destroyed the snakes, and to that gentleman your reporter is indebted for these facts. Cobe Tavlor, P. XI. Pope, Smith, and Col. Prather had to call in Cun ningham to clear their places also.

The snakes had multiplied wonderfully in Madison county since the war. It is supposed that they were frightened by the roar and din of battle near Perry ville, and congregated for safety in this vicinity. Cunningham has en gagemcnts for clearing out snakes on numer ous farms in this county during the coming summer; ab-o those on the farms of J. W. Parris and Mayor Garner, of Winchester, and Col.

Amydelong and Isaac Rumsey, of Lexington. is rather a small man of very complexion, with a thick mat of dark hair, He lias keen, piercing eyes, and talks with wonderful rapidity. He was bom in India, near Calcutta; his parents were Irish and were sent out the English government for department work in that province. It was in the jungles of India that Cunningham discovered from the natives the formula for making the deadly lotion, so fatal to poisonous reptiles. The natives all anoint themselves with it and are thus rendered snake- proof.

Cunningham says he will keep on killing and driving the snakes until there is not one in the state of Kentucky, if the jh will pay him for it. that would bean impossibility for one man to accomplish, but he says he likes the business and hopes to do a good work in the state if his life and health is only spared a few years. in this article nothing but a dual te ithout the slightest attempt at 'U -a. Ii any of your renders doubt in th j. a ihev can address ford, oi Pi A Ge try; E.

W. Wig i ins A Best; Willis, the po 1 do citizen of floating ice has destroyed man houses, anfl all the country stores of corn and food arc lost. TheiMiio Liquor Tax. olumbus March senate has passed the Foorman bill increasing the liquor tax to $250 straight. Heretofore the tax has been 1100 for wine and beer, and for both wine, and spirits.

The state will receive one-fifth of this sum. or nearly f.TOO,- thus placing the finaives of the state upon a better Prosecutions Stop the Sale of Liquor. oncord N. March saloonkeeper has stopped selling liquor to any one. on account of prosecutions by temperanct people.

Hewitt Hears from Dublin. ublin March local branch of the National league in the Mansion house ward of this city has passed a resolution condemning Mayor Hewitt, of New York, for refusing to allow the Irish Hag to be hoisted on the city hall on St. Day, and declaring that such refusal was an the Irish race throughout the world, A Plymouth Church Veteran Dead. rooklyn N. March T.

Howard, one of the founders of Plymouth church, father of several well-known jfuy- nalists, father-in-law of Gen. Horatio King, and one of the leading citizem of Brooklyn, died Thursday of apoplexy, at the age of years. They Look Upon It as a II New York, March Dampf, of the Cigarmakers' International union, said Wednesday that the threat of the Boston cigar manufacturers to leave that and remove their business to Now York is regarded by the men as merely an attempt to frighten the Boston strikers. Mr. Dampf argues that if they should make this change they will lose their trade, and will have to eom- the sa an time other mauuft ire rs start up in Bos ton and pin re tra de now then LaidPlans, hat irch 01 some tuile pa st OHO of the tf nvn ial sof this missing OVeV 'OCX 1 pile in his yi ird.

ruling to teli the thief a le 1 loaded 1 vv 1 with blastingpowdi Wed: ni 'g the the sitti ug in I lor hen he ho: ird a t. vr. lie ex pio 11 in tho kitch en. end 0 genug 1 idtu Kiek partof li is the a crs ai used the i wood. IiiMIerection in Horneo.

London, March 28. 1 Fadas have revolted against the British Borneo have murdered four policemen and burned the town of Batu. also attempted to destroy Maaibakuk, but were prevented by the interference of the British mau-oi war Rambler. he company acquired Badas, an the inhabitants have since been discontented. decline of 5e; 5p.lo#S.3S; rough packing.

$5. 1 8 3.23; mixed heavy packing and shipping lots, iurket steady, strong; beeves, poor to extra, $3. 5.30; cows and mixed finn, 8.40; stockers and feeders, Stronger; natives, westerns, 6.05; Texans, 5.00; lambs. 6.80. Produce: Elgin creamery, 29eper lb; fancy dairy, 23(8 24c; packing stock, 14c.

Eggs Fresh laid, per doz; ice-house. He. Pressed per ft; turkeys, 14e: ducks, I geese. per sweet potatoes, $2.50.,. 4.00 per bbl.

8.50 per bbl. and cterry, $9.00 per bbl; bell and bugle, $0.25. i New York. ew York, March 22. No.

1 red state, 0 1 No, 2 do, 90hA; No. 2 red winter April, do May, No. 2 mixed cash, do April. do May, do Jane, Oats No. 1 white state, 41 42c; No.

2 do, 2 mixed March, 87Rkj. Rye- Dull; state, 75c. mess, 15.00 for 1 year old. April. Live Stock: trading; dressed beef, quiet; sides.

He Sheep and dull; 7V yearling lambs, steady; ft: extra Michigan stock, $7.80 100 lbs. steady; WEAK NERVES Gigantic Lumber Frauds. Aua usta. Mareh 23. igantic frauds perpetrated upon the government by certain lumbermen doing business along tho New Brunswick border, by a system of evading the duty on the manufactured product into the United States, have become known to lumbermen of the Kennebec valley and of the state.

dj Mr, ister, or anv reputa- unond, or Mr. inninghani iiim. and they will find the statements herein mane are nothing but wonderful and will find that in the matter snakes from tho soil of old Kentucky Mr. Patrick Cunningham is in dtbe DHhi St A SORT Or PRIVATE EARTHQUAKE S-n II IIt of si cc It Lfleeted. a i a 'larch 28.

A ran on the farm of Mr. DuG: river, Coffee county. A few Valu rumbling noise was heard sitents of Mr. Hoffs household of an earthquake, and New Industry in Iowa, aterloo Iowa, March A feature in Iowa elections was developed at the annual school election at Iowa Falls, where it was found that the ballot-box had stuffed, containing eleven ballots more than there were names on the poll list. A new elect ion has been ordered.

Going to Carry Death to Jlunny. ew ork March Lynn Spotts, of this city, left for Australia Thursday morning, via Chicago and San Francisco. He took with him thirty-six rabbits, inoculated with an unerringly fatal and contagious rabbit disease. He goes on a commission from the premier of New South Wales in the hope of being able to exterminate tho rabbits there, which have such a post that the government 1ms offered a reward of for their extermination. Tho millions of them which are devastating tho fields have nil come from four ancestors taken to that country from England in 1847.

Sab ided with a Revolver, ast March O. owies, oi 1 tira, X. was found dead in his room at the Bancroft bouse in this city Thursday rnoon. lie had shot himself above inpl and sliJ! the re- or in right hand, came hero on March 1 was 15 years old an 1 i member of lb v't thing firm of G. A.

Bo -kwefi ci 1 Ill-health is to have The best on earth can truly be said 6f Glycerine Salve, which is a sure, safe and speedy cure for cuts, bruises, scalds, burns, wounds, and all other sores. Will positively cure piles, tetter and all skin eruption. Try this wonder healer. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Only 25 cents.

-ly A man wno dyes to 19 lb Tacoma. W. a man who dyes to live and lives to dve, and the more he dyes Hie better he lives. This man writes to say the past two years I have been a perfect martyr to dyspepsia; all the food I would take into my stomach turned mv insides into a boiling cauldron of acid, generating pains and discomfort throughout my system. I have tried all kinds of remedies, and the only unfailing one I ever found is Dyspepsia Tablets, I am glad to recommend these to all who suffer from this dread complaint, bo cause I am sure tliev give relief W.

I). Robertson, Tacoma'Steam Dye by Tillsou Hnydtyv Lung Troubles and Wasting Diseases can be cured, it property treated i in time, as shown by the following ment fr in D. 1). Freeman, been a groat suts'enu from puumu) try attncks, and gruduuby ing away for the past two years, ii affords me pleasure to testify that Scott's Fmll sion of Cod Liver Oil with Lime and Soda has given ine great relief, and lu ci fully recommend it to all suffering in milar wav to myself. In addition, Iwi nM that ii is very ph usant to A PASTOR CTKF.D BY Williamson, Pastor Michigan Ave Chuich, Chicago, has been cured by faith; Jus.

A. County Assessor. Pwoseburg, was not cured bv failli, but by Blood Elixir, lie says. have derived so much benefit by taking IBood Elixir, that 1 endorse it as a medicine ot unusual reliability. I urge all who may be nfilicted with disorders of the blood, to give this most excellent remedy a fair trial, because I am sure, after doing so, they will corroborate this statement of mine and thank for makingit." This wonderful Blood Elixir is guaranteed and sold by Tillsou Sc llavdou.

The people as a mass seldom mistakes. This accounts for the large demand for Dr. Positive (cough) Cure, It has given such perfect satisfaction that some druggists offer an imitation on which they make a larger profit. Beware of Both the imitatation and the druggist, both will cheat you The genuine is sold by Tillson llay den and will promptly and safely cure coughs, colds aud all throat and lung diseases. Price 50 cents.

4 URES Nervous Prostration, Nervous Headache, 1 Neuralgia, Nervous Weakness, Stomach Liver Diseases, Rheumatism, Dys- and ell cf tho Kidneys. nk ituerx ompound is a Nerve winch never fails. Containiftg Celery and Coea, those wonderful nerve stimulants, it cures all nervous disorders. RHEUMATISM Celert Compound pnrifles tba blood. It out the acid, which Rheumatism, and reatorea the blood- makimr to a healthy conditicm.

It is the true remedy for Rheumatism. KIDNEY COMPLAINTS curative power, combined with its nervo iMnVi 1111 DYSPEPSIA Ceiery Compound strenxthenj the stomach, and uuiets the nerves of the lilirm- tive orKaiiH. ill is is why it cures even the worse cases of CONSTIPATION CHI kuv ompound is notacathar. tic. it is a laxative.

and natural surely fol- action to the bowels lows its use. Recommended by professional and business men. Rend for ls)ok. Price $1.00. Rold by Druggists, WELLS, RICHARDSON CO.

BURLINGTON. VT. Go to your grocer and If- all other soabs. A see if if isn't you want if foryou. I TKese tlirec little girls look so nice because their clothes were washed with Santa Claus Soap, which washes easier, makes the clothes look nicer and last longer than any other soap.

For ail purposes it is the BEST. Santa Claus Soap isYnadc only by N. K. Fairbank Chicago. Ut il! 0:0 Swoot For good Hote Heads, Bill Heads Letter Heads, call at this offica and see samples.

FIORIDA ORANGES ON LY 20 cents per Dozen C. GODFREY, Oixcn, Illinois. i Hoff, 1 2 by the 4 iamily badly seared. After tho noise salwido otr. EofT found, a hundred yards from the house, a strange cause for the unusual disturluwce and noise.

Ho found for a metisured of forty-eight feet that huge chunks of rock, weighing ten tons, had Iwn shattered in many aud other instances they split in twain. 1 lie work was clone by no human hands, and there is nothing to indicate that 11 was other than an upheaval and explosion unknown elements underground Hungarian Town Doomed, London, March situation ut Hungary is appalling, owing to the floods. The dykes at Bekes are rapidly giviug away, and the town Is doomed. Fifty more have collapsed since the last reports, and many more are ruined. At Zem.nlen the itv i), March jury fin.

able to a Judge Pugh is umulimg to discharge them, although 11! reman informs him there is no prospect -ment. It is stutcxl that the jury -t eleven for conviction and one for uopiittal. i iotxl Havoc in a si dkss March floods arc playing havoc about The Dnieper and ter river, overflowed their banks. Villages have sin de erted by the frightened inhabitants and are isolated. roads for miles noout the streams are impa- 1 ble cept for rafts.

A Post in Jluruiali Out, Lon do from the east state that Myinggan, an importnit military iu ujjjs-r Burmab, has been do I i tm ite-. tidiary fire. Fifteen thousand )p! -aid to liomelcss. THE MARKETS. Chicago, March 22 Board of ratie quotations to-day were as follows: Wheu; No.

2 May, opened and closed 7H July, Corn- No. 2 May, opened i closisl June, closed July, opened FAjc, Oat No. 2 May, opened cl closed July, closed and June, opened $1100, closed Lard-May, opened and cloaed $7.55. Uve were the quotatUas at the Union Stock yarda: -Market opened Iftiar with Nickel Plated, Poliabed or Bronzed. Pacfiltlea for large work.

Polishing and all of PUL Ing Byinntng, Caatlng Ac. CJI1CA00 NICKEL lOCSeod 8Uyl 05 Oh Stwi, Chicago! v. 5 b. Agonie ft tho LE fl DING Fl RE, LIFE AND I nsurance ompanies 4, Optra Block NI) FI.OOR, DlXON.il THEO. J.

IIYDE DKAl.KR JS BOOTS, SHOES ant GOODS WILL PRESENT A PAIR OF SHOES 0 Td the person biicgiog him a soJutifm to ove.