Show EDITORIAL NOTES one of the curious features of social life in hannibal mo is a craze for pie parties formal invitations are sent out by the host when the guests assemble a supply of pies is produced and the evening is spent in eating and ana conversation A curious natural phenomenon is to be seen near pittsburg Pitts barg so strangely damp has the autumn been there that nature in places seems to have been deceived into believing that march is here instead of november near the ohio violets are to be found blooming in large numbers and willow trees have put out new shoots and new leaves the places where conventions are held dont count for anywhere near as much as has been expected st louis where the democrats held their national convention went republican and chicago where the republicans held forth went democratic the matter is further complicated by the fact that at the last previous elections both cities went the other way cremation is slowly winning its way into public favor at a congress of its advocates in vienna W was reported in the course of the discussion that thai there exist about fitly fifty furnaces in all the majority of which are in the united states one is in germany gotha twenty in italy one in england englana one in switzerland and one which is not net quite complete in france A short time since thomas axworthy the treasurer of cleveland ohio disappeared and when hisae his accounts were examined ll it was found that he was short of course tie he went to canada from which secure refuge he be has since communicated with the cleveland authorities making matters partially right by conveying all his property valued at to the city and offering to do betherl it if thatis that is not considered enough his offer will doubtless be accepted gilbert StIl sullivans livans new opera the Yeo manof the guard does not seem to have bee nithe instantaneous success success that pinafore And and patience I 1 were nor is it acquiring quirina ac popular 11 approval as rapidly as did of the he mikado it is hardly to be expected when we consider that almost every week develops a new dew piece of the kind and that there are now enough of them in existence to run a theatre every night for a year at least without repeating one I 1 the press of california generally express themselves toem selvey selves as satisfied with the decision of the US U S supreme court denying a writ of habeas corpus in the matter of david S terry anu ana ois nis wife the notorious sarah althea hill it wilf willbe be remembered that they created a great disturbance in the court where the sharon case in which they were interested was being heard and subsequently used abusive ing language to the judge and officers and knocked one of the latter down clown for this they were fined and ordered imprisoned lor for a long term seeking to evade the punishment by applying to the highest court in toe the land the decision amounted to a declaration that the punishment is properly inflicted it is now definitely ascertained that the lynching lunching lyn ching OL 01 live of the leading witnesses who testified against dave walker the notorious bald knobler king now under sentence of death was a fabrication As evidence of this a dispatch from springfield mo says A messenger from ball creek the scene of the alleged lynch lunching lynching lyn ching ingot oi five bald witnesses arrived at ozark today he says that it Is nat aft true the men were lynched and that nothing of an exciting nature has occurred there for weeks the rumor seems to have originated from the fact that joseph inman a prominent ex bald who was in this cl city tys was warned by a friend not to return home as he might be lynched now that the supreme court had affirmed the death sentence of chief da dave ve W walker alker inman was indicted with walker for the areme and eden murder but saved his big neck by turning states evidence I 1 the pioneer F press fess ess adA cates a reform in the betting business so hugely developed deve developed loyed by the late presidential election instead of running the risk of ruin as many of that class of gamblers gamb b I 1 do it gives a few samples of who what el the losers might h have ave been required to do among them are to keep his sidewalk clear of snow all winter noto make a remark about the weather for six months to quit using the vile weed for a year to pay his cifes milliners bill without a murmur to give the poor children of the city a grand rand sleigh ride to to take takeoff off his hat every time lie he steps into an elevator wheat elevators elevator eleva elev tois s excepted to donate to the associated charities to provide some destitute family with thanksgiving turkey to make no more bets until the next presidential election to join the society for the prevention of cruelty to refrain from looking for a white horse every time he sees van an auburn haired young yonn lady glady to build a home tor for I 1 busted betters in the alley adjoining the garbage cra crematory pa to cosay say an occasional kind word about the Mor mons 11 in many of the cities of the union there were as a result of petting betting on the late election many such scenes as those witnessed here on the occasion of the triumphal ride of ben whitte more upon a vehicle drawn by dan rench here is 18 an account of a similar incident which recently occurred at minneapolis there were probably three thousand people present last night to see the famous mule ride of eo ea stahlman the original gramme pro was carried out with a few exceptions in view of the fact that stahlman had never ridden either a mule or horse before schiller was prevailed upon to allow the steed to be bridled and saddled the procession formed in front of Stahl mans ag saloon headed by schiller as drum major in full uniform form and steins first regiment nent band A moved down st peter to third ur up wabasha to seventh aud back to the saloon where beer was in sight by the barrel two men led the mule by the bridle while two others had stahlman Stahl maa maii br baca leg until the lop eared animal became accustomed to gill all the in neica and nonmusical non musical instruments which were employed in the parade the evening before after the novelty badi woin away the mule settled down to busi ness keeping beeping time to the band with his ears earb and to the fiba horn blasts with his hind legs this of course resulted in ih the formation of a semi hollow circle directly to the mules rear stahlman sat crouched over wearing a cigar and a ten dollar silk hat until someone in the crowd hit him behind the ear with a piece of clay tais braced him up for a moment also the mule when both when on in the even tenor of their way redwood city cal nov 16 AR AH unknown man of medium size aged a e d about 36 years with light complexion 1 fo and brown mustache was ki killed led at san ban mateo last night by a train pass lag that place the body was found this morn morning mornine inz he was evidently riding on the break beam and fell off there were no means of identification except an india ink picture of a woman on one arm and t that at of the crucifixion 0 of f christ on en the other ve he was dressed in a blue shirt blue 0 overalls v emalls and cardigan jacket A coroners jury brought in a verdict of death from being run ran over by the cars |