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. why don't you prow?
dwarf, my Polly?
,. r an ! taller every day;
w h; -h the grass is:—do you see that?
,./,r r < are prowing like weeds, they say
5T h L'k :!«•" ‘ s prowing into a cat!
Wliy don't you prow, iny dolly?
„ a i mark upon the wall,
*• T ' .„ r... y.'nrsHt. my Polly!
„.d,„ v,„r » K o. 1 think.
, >.iu very often, dear,
* v.'iiVe plenty to eat and drink,
grown a bit for a year,
i j ou prow, dolly?
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][,. ,-au .-hatter so easily,
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is you are, my dolly.
Georgia Affairs,
ilizi-ns of Newnan held a meeting:
i\ i-v«ningto tske some steps for
[ring the location at that place of the
.. \„:nial College, provided for by the
L-g'.-I.t’ure. A committee was ap
;,j i,. H-e the trustees of the college,
i from them what inducements
u-cessary to offer to secure the
O^r .it s : ri- i.
•phe M.Ui'o Weekly says that two citi-
--H5 of that place bet on the same horse at
•ht-ja'e Fair in Macon, and one lost and
lit other won, and it wants to know If any
ozrcan Tt-ii how this result was brought
3 ; ,j: - !f the bets were both on the same
r a cc, it'? a hard question to answer unless
one twt or. the animal straight, and the
other c. p; . red on him. That’s the only
wav ou’ of the difficulty we can see.
Ta* Talbytou Register reports that a few
mornings .- ince a large hog belonging to a
pesileiiun in that vicinity was found in a
deep weii into which it had fallen the night
before. By some means it had managed to
ding to the side of the curbing of the well
a a Cat. and so saved its life. It was res-
/ o f- derate
ht-ii
The ?
Survivors’ Association
r in Augusta last Monday
eight, and the Treasurer reported 5247 25
collect- •! for the benefit of the Ilood chil-
dretfu:; !. Col. C C. Jones presented reso-
Inti-ts ein 1 '!.' I;, lug an eloquent eulogy on
tie Lie Genera! John B. Hood, which were
li-iptri unanimously.
Tte Thi'i'iasville Enterprise says that the
Cement attachment is on the brain of a few
Thomas county men, and it is probable that
by the next crop one or more of these ma
chine; w ;i; he in operation there.
The Athens Rumcr, in a poetical editorial
cr “Oe'.'.-t-r." says : “We play most of our
tollies p.r.i itciiinit most of our sins in the
oinni-r tim-*.’’ Thai’s hardly fair on sum-
ZiT. There !s a mighty sight of rascality
done in the fall ami winter.
ia Tthphone states that a negro
reportrd herself to be from
Rjme. (ia., passed through that place last
*-rk .u her way to Savannah. She has
tven on the road ever since the 3d of July,
having walked all the way.
The Dublin Gazette has not any doubt that
the £r?ml jury of Laurens county will take
cognizance of fraudulent wild laud transac
tion* in that county at the January adjourned
term of th- court.
A report has reached the Columbus Times
that a ba‘eau containing five men and a
soouu was upset on Monday last, near
Colonel W. A. McDougald's plantation, and
ttit the w boh* party was drowned. It has
no reliable information regarding the mat
ter though. aLd hopes the rumor may prove
untrue.
The Tlt’jr ijih milt Messenger suggests that
by extending her corporate limits to Atlanta,
Mi-ou can iapture the capital and Mayor
fi-ti at the ;utne time.
The citizens of Stellaville, Jefferson
county, have held a meeting and resolved
to build a railroad to connect that town
Augu-ta, which road is to tap tl e
Cr. gia kiilro.td at some point hereafter to
he determined.
The fourth fair of the Southwest Georgia
Industria: Association will be held at the
Fair Grounds at Albany on the lltb, 12th
..;;h im«t. The premium list is very
ft r erai, and the programme unusually at-
tracuve. The exhibit ion of blooded stock
mnI the racing, which forms su prominent
»feature at ail such exhibitions, will be
Te, 7 hue. A brilliaat succe-s is antici
pate
• hornasvi’.h* Enterprise-. “Mr. John Rice,
f th- m*.-st experienced and practical
ft-rs of thin whole section, told us
' ago of the result of au experl
rafting, which we think worthy to
miown. He took the crab apple
^ d \arieiy common in this country)
d grafted it ou a good vaiiety of apple,
* ffe result was a profuse bearing tree
c crab, but a decided improvement in
p;d~ both in size ami Davor. He thinks
that by grafting that tree
horse or other large apple
will succeed in bringing the
^ up to a high standard in size
Sj'i lLv.»r, and, at. the same time, preserve
?’-; r, '::tic and hardy qualities. We hope
^ wi!i prove successful, and will be glad to
tave li‘ui report results to us for the benefit
of fruit growers. This is the second iu-
mat we know of where the rrab has
ir-ru cr.ifred on the apple, and in both cases
his r.-alt was the same. A gentleman
s ^uwed us a limb containing an unusually
Lr-D number of spples grown upon a
grafr«-,i crab, and the fruit was fully double
the t-iz- 0 f the crab and much less acrid.
h‘- tvtetned it the most valuable tree in his
ur -rd, i s jr. bore so bountifully and the
fnri made such flue preserves.”
IL: . thmibian: “A very singular ac-
ci'L:.' u r.-da' L'-rkin’s mill, about three
nr..egi north of this place, lastTuesday morn-
The particulars, as far as we can gather
auout r.* follows: The steam was
a; uvu.il and the mill put in rao-
running at a greater rate of
k }\ " ! b-rh'ps Ilian was customary, a terrific
cri-r. . L-ue-d, the boxing around the mill-
f'V 1 ’ ' f W l * shattered into fragments, and
' f stone and plsster of paris were
e '* i:i every direction. Mr. J. C. Har-
K; u ’ l * le milter, who w-s standing at
i'-'t, was 6truek on the shoulder
ft p>cm 0 f t j le flying debris and
in.r. » u : * ie A piece of rock weigh-
; -"'Ui thirty pounds went crashing
i i'<»U!£u the Khleor the mill house and fell
t j, b, ‘ '‘‘'khn- room An examination showed
band surrounding the upper
ir r mr the purpose of holding the *baek-
Vr ri a » - ijurtt > aU( I hence the trouble.
Mlu’l, ar ,in p ’ llles that two turns of the
ti.,, 1 f w hce]’ was lacking to make meal.
a5 u to be the caiire of the accident,
This hl °n' S 100 I,iut 'h play for the stones.
QUeatf CCl ^ eUt fi ° ni eiimes, thotigh not fre-
Alr n ' V . occurs ln grinding graham flour.
Injured’* 1 D Ua “ P Aiuf uISy but uot seriously
Thoina^ ! Clement, attachment, the
new in Tl ' F! *^ 8 ’ 4< Tlie subject is not
genikma, 011 * 414 , COUU, y- Two years ago a
e, ‘t attach ° r l lls <:ou,lt y brought theCJem-
as au : ° , * le n °tice of the Grangers
utility sftf 0 u P cr -uliarly adapted to their
a< Ivantap<. B IOr V., llt ,l,at its wonderful
mens of ttV . , e lle also exhibited speci-
rinth, Mka W i,’ from lb e factory at Co-
ftilled to < na ', Like a,J new inventions, it
like al! reaiu- ? on ®^ enc e at ouce, but now,
Ds way bv f Iuable Inventions, it works
Farmers rn«, l0rce <,f Pnnerior advantage,
selves ur,m, i, as weH be Kin to inform them-
*"'w ,;i,<
®ea; in i
L'mi this
th«r
the
turn
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by
v.P,j U6s !, I JF ,l I? coloredexodust ! ut,6 tIon,the
MllledgeviUe Union and Recorder is inclined
to let the colored people go if they want to.
It says: There is something strange about
the exoans of colored people from Southern
to JSorthern 8tates. They are proverbially
fonder of warm than cold climates, and the
majority of those who have left their old
homes are dependent upon the charities of
those among whom they go. Some of them
are sick, superannuated and blind. Some-
thing a little less than 5,500 men, women
aud children, have gone, or been sent by
committee on transportation to Kansas. W
see it 6tated iu a Western paper that „
majority of recent arrivals are trom Ala
bama and Tennessee. It is said, also, that
a larger exodus is anticipated in the
spring. If the accounts are true, the peo
ple of Kansas do not want them to go there.
I here is a colored relief board which re
ports that the board is getting rapidly in
debt, as the expenses greatly exceed the re
ceipts of money. The expenses consist In
rations, clothing, medical attendance, etc
If the board cau stand it let it go on, but we
have no doubt that the negroes will fiually
be left in the lurch wha*ever the object may
be cither on their part or that of the parties
who are misleading them. It is a curious
case. The South will lose nothing materi
ally, in labor or population, and the Repub
licans. who are managing the exodus, will
gain nothing, for, politically, they are In the
ascendant, and the increase of population
from this source will not be sufficient to add
to their Congressional strength.”
The Columbus Times reports W'hat came
near being a terrible accident, which
occurred near Hamilton last Sunday morn
ing. It says: “A crowd of boys, numbering
four or five, got on a pole car to take a ride
out to the mountain on the extension of the
Columbus and Rome Railroad. When
about half a mile from town the pole in the
hands of Ben. Hill A berson caught In the
wheel, and threw him about, twenty feet in
front of the car, and he fell on his head.
Knowing the imminent peril iu which he
was placed, he attempted to get up
and crawl out of the way, but in this he
did not succeed. The car caught him
just as he had arisen to his hands and
knees, and ran over his body, badly bruising
him up. The wheel first caught his arm
aud cut it severely. This, no doubt, saved
his life, for had the wheel first struck his
body it would have proved fatal. The car
w*as thrown from the track but none of the
other boys were much hurt. The attending
physician, who sewed up the trash in his
arm, states that, it was a miracle that the
boy was not killed, and that one out of a
hundred would not likely escape under such
circumstances. This should be a warning
to all the boys to let the pole cars alone, ami
spend their Sabbaths at church or the Sun
day school, instead of ‘having a little fun
ou the railroad.”
Augusta Chronicle: “Yesterday afternoon
as a nurse with three children was proceed
ing down the pavement on Telfair street,
she suddenly perceived a horse dashing
along the sidewalk toward her and her
charges. She made every effort to get out
of the way, but before she could reach a
place of safety the runaway reached the
party and ran over one of the children.
When the child was picked up it was found
that the end of one of its fingers had been
ina c hed off and another injured. It& escape
from death was almost miraculous. The
fcorae had broken out of a wagon on the
street.. Great care should be taken to pre
vent such accidents. Horses are frequently-
left standing on the street, and becoming
frightened al some.object run off, perhaps
along the pavement, as in this instance, to
the great danger of ladies and children.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
LETTER FROM. CAMDEN COUNTY.
Sunshine at Last—An Extraordinary
Wet eason—Xlie Crop**— Biuiuon
Competition—Sad Accident.
Jeffeusontok, Ga., November 1.—Editor
Morning Xeics : At last we are blessed again
with the glorious light of the sun, whose
shining face was scarcely glimpsed during
the months of September and October, and
now that the weather is favorable, rice
threshing and shipping, which has been
retarded so much this season, will be
pushed forward with redoubled assiduity.
The crop of this cereal ou the
Satilla river for this year has been
in quantity, fully equal to if not exceeding
that of previous years, while the quality
generally is superior, as the result of pre
caution used by farmers who, from past sor
rowful experience, have learned to guard as
much as possible against what seems to be
the inevitable storm. Cotton, of which there
is but little planted in the county, has been
almost entirely ruined by the caterpil
lar and wet weather. Sugar cane,
potatoes, vegetables, etc.. are In
good condition. Merchandizing seems
to have gained ascendancy in the minds of
a great many of our citizens over all other
occupations. Within a radius of five mil
around this place there are no less than
seventeen country stores, with a fair pro6
pect of that number Increasing. Competi
tion is so high that supply and demand,
thermometrically viewing the case, fail to
mark its temperature.
The healthiness of the county at this season
was never better, though we fear that unless
we have an early frost, the miasma urising
from the rice fields, superinduced by the heat
of the sun falling ou swamps and low lands
adjacent tothe river, which have been soaked
by raius and screened from the sun for
nearly two months, will cause malarial
fevers.
A sad accident occurred in the vicinity of
this place on Thursday afternoon. Two
neuro bo}S, bro’h^rs, were out hunting. One
of them in putting a cap on bis guu acci
dentally discharged it, the load entering the
6ide of his bro her, from the effects of which
he died in about eight hours. Ego.
A Singular Fatal Accident.—A
singular fatal accident occurred at he
sides ce of H. Fardouski, boot and
shoe dealer, of Norfolk, Vo., Saturday
night. His infant daughter Dora was
left by the nurse a short time in a room,
phicing her for greater security in a
child’s patent chair, which has a mov
able leaf in front for toys. After the
nurse left the child slipped off the seat,
and, the leaf turning, was caught by the
neck between the edges of the leaf and
seat, with her weight suspended, causing
the pressure to bear with fatal effect.
The nurse returned soon, finding the
ch.ld black in the face, and examination
showed that life was so far gone that
there was no hopes of resuscitating it,
death ensuing before assistance could be
rendered.
Another Death from Hydrophobia.
—Mr. O. F. West, recently a member of
the Legislature from Tate county, Miss.,
died at his residence in Senatobia, on the
lGth ult., from hydrophobia. He was
bitten in the left hand on the 4th of June
by a dog not known to be mad. He was
called to the yard by the barking of his
own dog, which was fleeing from the
strange intruder. The dog sprang upon
him. The wound in the left hand
was dressed aud the “mad stone” applied.
The wound healed promptly, but on the
- - ' jyd.ro ’ ’ * ’
veloped, and after an illness of only three
days he died.
At Pomeroy, O., Wm. Tucker sued
the Board of Education and recovered
thirty-five dollars damages for depriving
his daughter of the privileges of the
public schools. The board had decided
that all the pupils should study drawing.
Tucker notified the teacher that his
daughter must not study that branch,
aud the board iu consequence expelled
her. If this decision stands, the studies
arranged by the hoard will not be com
pulsory upon the pupils.
David Dixon and Mary Swinton were
have been married at two o’clock in
the afternoon, at Embarrass, Wis. An
hour earlier he and others were in her
room, where the finishing touches were
being put on her toilet. An old pistol
lay on her bureau. He supposed it un
loaded, playfully snapped it at her, and
shot her dead.
At the commencement of a female
college in North Carolina there was em
blazoned on the wall, back of the plat-,
form, the motto “Ave Salve,” which
means something like “hail and fare
well.” A city chap present thought the
latinity must be an advertisement of
healing ointment, and remarked that he
never heard of that kind of salve before.
Hon. Samuel J. Randall shows, in his
New York speech, that there was paid
6 upon jt'^ l ' r K ,u luiorm mem- under the Republican administration
, filature anjl working**, f°r the $100,000,000 of Southern claims, while
'jomfnr. If ncitrh- ^re has been paid during Democratic
control in the Hou.se of Representatives
but £3,000,000, and the difference i»
i 592,000,000 against the Republican party, l Time*.
ncitrh-
and reap ihe
h>hold fjf the
will go to the
NOON TELEGRAMS.
FHtE AT HELENA. ARKANSAS.
The First Carso of American Wheat
la Eng-laud.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN
INDIA.
THE
KlHIlESr.lS
TION.
INSIBREC
TIIE HANLAN-COURTNEY SQUABBLE.
DltaMroui Gale ta ttie ^lagdalea
Islands.
FIRE AT HELENA, ARKANSAS.
Memphis, November 5 —A Are at Helena,
Arkansas, yesterday afternoon, destroyed
five bonding on Main street, including the
Odd Fellows’ building, where it originated.
Losses are reported as follows: Jacks <fc
building 514,000, insurance
*J,000 ; on stock $45,000, Insurance $26,000.
Mayfield & Co. lose *.1,000, fully insured.
Sam Bender loses on his bouse $3,000, in
surance $2,500; on his stock $25,000, half in-
sured.and half saved. T. L. Ajrey & Co.
lose $3,000, insurance $3,000. Mrs. Wash
er’s loss is $6,000, insurance $1,000. The
Odd Fellows lost their regalias, etc.
TnE HANLAN-COURTNEY SQUABBLE.
Toronto, Novembers.—Hanlan has ex
pressed his willingness to row and cover
Cjurtney’s five hundred dollars as soon as
it is put up. lie denies almost iu toto the
statemeuts contained in the report of the
recent interview as published in the New
York papers. He says he expressed the
opinion that Courtney was afraid to meet
him, but did not formally braud him as a
coward. He also absolutely denies the
statement concerning Courtney’s boat.
ACCIDENT ON THE MADRAS RAILWAY.
London, November 5.—The manager of
the Madras (British India) Railway tele
graphs to the directors of the eotnpanv in
Loudon that an accident occurred to the
pa-?enger train near Arconum on the 31st
of October, in consequence of the sinking
of an embankment after a rain-storm.
Nineteen persons, including three Euro
peans, Were killed and forty-five wounded.
THE KURDESTAN INSURRECTION.
London, November 5.—News from Kur-
de6tan received by the Porte says: “The
chief of the insurgents has collected fifteen
thousand men. The government has sent
Sumich Pasha to Erzerouin to form three
columns immediately, and attack the Kurds
on three sides.”
A DISASTROUS GALE.
.Halifax, November 5.—A steamer at
Pietou, from Magdalen I-lauds, reports that
on October 29th the Islands were visited by
one of the most violent gales ever expe
rienced, doing great damage. For twelve
hours it blew a perfect hurricane.
FIRST CARGO OF AMERICAN WHEAT.
London, November 5.—The first cargo of
American new wheat has arrived at Cardiff.
It consists of 43,300 bushels, and is iu
splendid condition.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF L1FE-
Rassiaa Influences in Afghanistan.
FATAL AFFRAY IN NEW. YORK.
ELECTION HOW IN MARTI.AND.
Minor News Item*.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the chief •gjsax Observer,
Washington, D. C., November 5.—Indica
tions for Thursday :
In the South Atlantic States, easterly to
southerly winds, rising temperature, falling
barometer, increasing cloudiness and areas
' rain. -
In the Middle States, slowl;
romuter, easterly to southerly
ing cloudiness, and snow or ri
temperature.
Iu the Gulf States, Tenm
Ohio valley, rising temperature, falling
rometer, winds from southeast to southwest,
partly cloudy weather and areas of rain.
SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.
Boston, November 5.—The steamer Star
of the East, of the Bath Line, sighted off
Cape Elizabeth yesterday, on her trip to
Boston, a wrecked vessel. Three men were
discovered on the cabin top, which had
floated off. They were rescued, and on the
raft with them was the body of one of the
crew, who had attempted to swim ashore
with a line aud was drowned. The rescued
men and corpse were brought to Boston.
The wrecked t-chooner was loaded with saw
dust and bound for Boston.
RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN AFGHANISTAN.
London, November 5.—A Berliu dispatch
to the Morning Post 6ays : “The Motional
Zeitung accuses Russia of complicity in the
latest troubles iu Afghanistan. Papers found
in Cabul, it. says, disclosed the fact that
Russian influence is active in Afghanistan
against England, aud some of the papers
seriously compromise the government at St.
Petersburg.”
DESPERATE ALTERCATION IN NEW YORK.
New York, November 5.—During an al
tercation iu front of 184 Worth street, this
morning, Patsy McCormack plunged a knife
uto the left side of lhomas Welsh’s abdo
men, making such a fearful wound that his
oowels protruded. John Conroy ran up to
interfere, when McCormack stabbed him,
inflicting a precisely similar wouud to the
one inflicted on Welsh.
FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.
Elizabeth, N. J., November 5.—The
Elizabeth Gymnasium, City Club stable, and
tne residence of George Cave, a member of
the Board of Education, were destroyed by
lire this morning. The loss is from sixty to
s eventy-five thousand dollars. It. Is feared
an employe of the stable perished in the
flames.
RECEIVER APPOINTED.
New' Orleans, November 5.—On the pe
tition of Samuel E. and Helen Randall,
J udge Rodgers,in the Fifth District Court,ad
judged the Louisiana department of the Life
Association of America into liquidation,
and appointed Walter B. Wilcox receiver.
A FATAL ELECTION ROW.
Baltimore, November 5.—In the Third
district of Anne Arundel county yesterday
a difficulty occurred between the whites and
blacks. John E. Goss (white) was killed by
a blu tgeon in the hands of a colored man
named Simmons. Simmons escaped.
AN ORDER IN REGARD TO AMERICAN SHEEP.
London, November 5.—The Privy Cou-cil
has issued au order that sheep from the
United States shall, after the 23d, be sub
jected to the same regulations as American
cattle.
removed.
Washington, November 5.—Albert R.
Lamar, of Georgia, Tally Clerk of the
Hou-e of Representatives, has been removed
by Chief Clerk Adams.
Illegal Toting in New Yorlt— Pecula-
tlon among Clerks of United States
Courts—Systematic Working ot the
Grant Boom—Competition in Tele
graphy.
Special Correspondence of the Morning Nexrs.
Washington, November 3.—After inves
tigation, It is charged by the New York
Democrats, and established beyond
doubt, that there has been fraudulent
registration of votes in New York
city by the Republican managers for
the election which comes off to-morrow. It
is not known, it is stated, where these voters
who are to vote the fraudulent entries on
the registration books are to come from. A
part of them will go from this city, or rather
have already* gone. AU the departments are
almost depleted. Vacant desks are the
order of the day among the government em
ployes. “They have gone home to vote,” say
the heads of the bureaus. This explanation is
correct in many cases, but in many it Is not.
Many clerks have gone to vote—not at home
—but In New York. They have been put
on the cars with free passes and ten davs
leave of absence. They will supply most of
the voters on the fraudulent registration lists
;ot up by the Republicans. This is well-
mown to many here In Washington. Clerks
have gone to New York for the election who
neither reside in that State nor In any State
holding elections to morrow. This is one of
the peculiar beauties of “reform within the
party” for which the Republicans are noted.
peculations among clerks of united
STATES COURTS.
The doings of the Clerk of the United
States Court at Cincinnati has led to some
investigation of the accounts of
clerks of United States courts gen
erally. The result of this inves
tigation shows that many of these officials
are making much more money than they
are apparently entitled to. They have un
usual opportunities of withholding money
from the government without anybody
being the wiser:-. There is no way in which
this can be proved conclusively, but suffi
cient is known to show that there Is a pretty
general idea among clerks of United States
courts that while they have the opportu
nity they might as well make hay. One
thing is certain, some change in the
system is necessary. The attention of
the House will be called to this
need either by the Treasury or Department
of Justice, and some recommendations
made to secure the return of all moneys to
tbe government collected through fees or
otherwise by court clerks. It will be diffi
cult to establish a system that will meet the
case, but something will undoubiedly bo
done. The real trouble lies in the fact that
while the accounts of those officers are all
right, it is impossible, without the most
thorough investigation by experts, that it
can be shown tbat any moneys have been
withheld.
VERT SYSTEMATIC.
The manner in which the Grant boom is
fed and fostered is very sy*tcmatic. The
method is all prearranged by the leaders.
They pull the wires and the figures move.
This winter will be unusually prolific In
military reunions and other such demon
strations. In the preparations for every
one of these is seen the fine hand of the
Grant boom manager and hia henchmen.
Gran', is invited to attend. He refuses in
half don’t take-me at-my-word kind of a
way. It is then announced that Grant will be
irescnt-. Arrangements go ahead to receive
iim. Care is taken that all other objects
of the celebration are lost sight of in the
preparations for receiving the old man.
instead of a reunion or what-not it
becomes a Grant boom. Care is
taken that even thing is conducted
outwardly, at least, in good faith. The
people are gently and Imperceptibly led
from the first object aimed at, into looking
forward to the coming of Grant. This Is
the case with preparations now going on in
Chicago for the Army of the Tennessee re
union, and in this city for'the Army of the
Cumberland reunion. Verily, the Grant
schemers have things down to a finej
as the yen acu arist puts it,and he ki oun
detail of the work to which he is assf”
It is all very systematic.
How a Home Was Squandered and
Won Back Again.
Fifteen years ago, says the San Fran
cisco Bulletin, there was a certain family
of plain farmer folk working on rented
land in one of the central counties north
of San Francisco Bay, and having been
fortunate in obtaining one or two very
good crops in seasons when the most of
the State w’as a failure, they had perhaps
twelve or fifteen thousand dollars in cash,
teams and implements.
At this juncture the head of the fami
ly, being of the restless Western type,
concluded that it was advisable to make
money faster. So. happening to travel
across the lower San Joaquin in early
spring of a wet season, he was charmed,
and forthwith rented for a term of years,
a large tract of land in that valley, pay
ing cash rent. There was a good crop
the first y’ear, but three successive fail
ures followed. Then a half crop came,
and more failures. Hoping against hope,
they’ stayed, unable to leave, unwilling to
acknowledge a mistake, until every dol
lar was gone.
This was in 1871, the process of losing
all they had having taken seven years.
There were five children, the oldest a
girl capable of teaching school, three
boys old enough to earn men’s wages,
and a little girl. The oldest daughter
obtained a school in an adjoining county
and made regular remittances home.
Tbe boys sought work, but everything
in the neighborhood was at a stand still.
The father, upon whom successive mis
fortunes had told heavily, went to the
nearest town and sold his rifle, saddle,
and some long treasured valuables. Then
harnessing up their only team, they left
the barren place, called by courtesy a
farm.
Night after night as they’ sat about the
roaring camp tires they asked each other,
“What shall we do?” At last the mother
spoke, with a woman’s k^en home love
and longing, as one night they camped
in the dry r bed of a stream near a shaggy
peak above a valley of fertile farms:
“We are wandering without a motive,”
she said. .“Let us all work and win a
home, and begin to-morrow.” So she
unfolded her plan.
The next morning they went into a
large valley town where they had ac
quaintances. Within a week the father
and the three boys were at work in the
harvest field; the mother became house
keeper in a wealthy family, where she
kept the youngest child with her; the
oldest daughter was still teaching at an
increased salary’. A family farm-com
pany was organized, it being understood
that every possible dollar went toward
the one purpose of buying a home
which all should own. This was the
mother’s plan, and its effect was marvel
ous. It made men of the boys; it made
the father forget his former losses; it
brightened the whole outlook. Every
cent saved was deposited where it drew
interest. Before long some leading men
of the town became interested in the
home-buying plan, of which they bad
heard, and did what they could to pro
cure steady work for the family. This,
however, was seldom needed, for their
steadiness and anxiety to earn their
wages were remarkable, and they were
soon in constant demand.
At tbe end of the first year the home-
purchasing company made a creditable
showing. The daughter, teaching at $80
a month, had sent $400. The three sons
and their father had averaged $30 a
month apiece, beside their hoard, and
they spent nothing tfiey could help, so
that $1,200 represented their pile; while
the mother added $150. These three
FOLINCAL DUELS IN ITALY.
How Higher Young Men Got Them-
selves Into Trouble.
Pall Mall Gazette.
A trial is pending in Genoa which will,
if continued, illustrate one side of Italian
manners and customs not altogether edi-
fying. When the King and Queen visit
ed Genoa it was rumored that the Inter
nationalists had planned a repetition of
the Passanante attempt. The Minister
and Prefect were alarmed, the citizens
indignant; for they felt that the honor of
Genoa was at stake, and eighty young
men of all ranks—aristocrats, merchants
and shopkeepers—offered themselves as
a special body guard to their Majesties.
On the day of the entrance the offer was
declined, but during the visit the said
eighty escorted the carriage, were re
ceived at court, and performed their
voluntary service to the last.
The Popolo, a Democratic paper of
siflall repute, not only cast ridicule on
the young men, calling them lackeys and
other opprobrious titles, but also insulted
the objects of their homage The eighty
cast lots and sent three challenges to the
office of the Popolo. All were accepted.
B. fought G., wounding him in the arm.
V. and G. had their affair arranged by
their seconds, as they had long been
friends. Two other duels took place
with slight consequences, and it was
hoped that the affair was ended.
Meanwhile, Cavaiatti, the poet, wrote
scathing satire on “The Eighty,” and
as lie has fought over twenty duels—four
last July in one week, in Bologna,
wounding all his adversaries—it was ex
pected that some fresh episode would
occur on that score. But meanwhile
Marco Gibelli. nephew of Bixio, one of
“The Eighty,” challenged Bruto Parodi,
one of the writers of the Popolo, on his
own account.
Bruto, observing that he had on the
morrow to fight another man, sent in his
stead Ii , an ex cavalry Sergeant. Gibelli
refused the substitute, and Bruto, recov
ered from his wound in the duel which
took place ou the following day, return
ed to his duties at the post office. Gibelli
went to his oflice, insulted him, slapped
his face, and insisted on fighting him.
Bruto, who could not from behind the
post office window return the blow, did
so on another occasion. Gibelli struck
him on the head, and now in his turn re
fused to fight.
Ou this the partisans of Bruto hissed
Gibelli through the streets as a “coward”
and an “assassin.” Gibelli’s father called
his son, and said: “Whether you he right
or wrong, I know not; you must fight or
leave Genoa.” Gibelli, who had only
declined the duel to cast further odium
on his adversary, instantly sent his sec
onds to Bruto Parodi, who chose pistols
—three shots apiece—leave to take aim
and twenty-five paces distant.
The affair had become so notorious
that the parties, thinking it possible that
the police would interfere, set off with
their seconds for Monaco. Gibelli fired,
taking aim, and missed. Bruto’s pistol
went off without his having time to aim,
hut he said: “It is well; the shot counts.”
This Gibelli would not allow, and, after
a long altercation between the seconds,
Bruto’s pistol was reloaded. He aimed,
fired, and his adversary fell, wounded
through both lungs. He was taken in a
carriage to Mentone, and there expired
of hemorrhage fifteen hours afterward,
his father and mother arriving after his
death.
As the duel was not fought on Italian
soil it is held by some that, as of course
the family will not briDg an action, the
government can do nothing. Public
opinion is most decidedly in favor of the
A Battle Between Two StaUlons.
Daily Miners' Journal, Oct. 80.
One of the most curious battles on re
cord occurred near Frieden3burg on
Tuesday between a couple of stallions.
The following particulars of the affair
were received from a gentleman who
witnessed part of the fight: About two
weeks ago a Philadelphia gentleman
named Robert Dunlap sent a five-year-old
Golddust stallion, called Gold King, to
the farm of Aaron Maskell, intending to
let the animal remain there until Dext
season. It appears that Mr. Maskell is
boarding several other horses, and
among the number is a three-year-old
stallion called Schuylkill Cuief. Soon
after being brought to the farm Mr.
Maskell, who, by the way’, is an experi
enced horseman, discovered that Gold
King possessed an exceedingly vicious
disposition. He attacked one of the
grooms last week and bit him severely in
the shoulder, and at times the horse be
came so furious that it was not
safe to enter his stall. The
Chief, however, is said to have an
amicable disposition and can be handled
safely by a boy. On Tuesday morning
both animals were brought out into the
ard for water and exercise. Mr. Mas-
:ell led Gold King, and a form hand
named Krietzer had the Chief in hand.
The first named animal had on a bridle
with a very severe bit, but the other
horse was simply controlled by r a halter.
While at the watering trough Gold King
began behaving badly, and when
the other horse approached his rage
knew no bounds. The more Mr. Maskell
endeavored to control him the more
furious he became. The other horse
then began to exhibit signs of anger,and.
fearing Ibat Krietzer could not hold him
with the halter Maskell yelled to take the
Chief back to the stable. An instant
later the tliroatlatch on the bndle on
Gold King broke and he was free. Ut
tering au indescribable cry of rage the
infuriated horse rushed on the Chief.
Krietzer became frightened, and, drop
ping the halier, sought a place of safety
over an adjoining fence. Rearing on
their hind feet the horses came together
with terrific force, and the shock made
both recoil on their haunches. Hostili
ties were resumed almost instantly, and
then followed such striking and biting
and kicking as was never done before by.
equines.
The cries of the infuriated animals could
be heard a mile off, and as the combat
ants became weaker their rage seemed to
increase. Maskell and Krietzer saw that
it was utterly useless to attempt to sep
arate the animals without assistance, so
the latter was dispatched for help to
neighboring farms. In less than half an
hour nearly fifty men and boys had as
semhled around the barnyard where tbe
horses still fought viciously. Various
means of separating them were pro
posed, hut as each plan was tried it
proved a failure. In the meantime the
horses fought on without paying the
slightest attention to the excited specta
tors. At last some one suggested that
two lassos be made and one thrown on
the neck of each horse. This was
thought to be a good idea, and it was
acted upon immediately. After the
lassos were made no one knew howto
throw them for a distance, and for some
time no oue could he found brave enough
*“ approach the vicious horses. At
to
last Maskell and a man named
Glover took the lassos and approached
the horses. Glover succeeded in
throwing his noose around Gold King’s
neck at the first attempt; but Maskell
made three casts before he got his lasso
on Chief’s head. A dozen ready hands
then grasped the ropes, and the_hp]
MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.
What Occurred at a Masked Ball In
San Francisco—Lotta’s Fountain.
San Francisco Post.
We have to record this week a pecu
liarly aggravated case of misplaced con
fidence. Everybody who attended the
recent masked ball at the pavilion re
members the exceedingly well executed
representation of Lotta’s Fountain that
sidled its majestic way around the room.
This massive and faithfully hideous fac
simile, it appears, was constructed by
two gentlemen, room,mates, oue of whom
has confided his tale of woe to oar sym-
pathetic paper bosom. It seems the ar
rangement was made between himself
and partner to take turns in showing
around the fountain from the inside and
supplying the spigots from the reservoir
of a bucket, also concealed inside, by
which arrangement the one not employ
ed for the moment could participate in
the outside festivities. Our informant
faithfully furnished the first hour’s loco
motion to the edifice, but when the time
came for his relief his chum was nowhere
to be found. Worse than this,
he discovered that his perfidi
ous friend had carried off the
key of the door on the side of the struc
ture, and as the latter was too heavy to
overturn he was a complete prisoner.
By applying his eye to a small peep hole
he could descry his companion enjoying
himself in a distant part of the room,
but when the indignant captive had la
boriously pushed his prison house to the
spot he would find that the deserter had
carefully waltzed to some still remote
corner. This continued for several hours,
the exasperated man making occasional
frantic efforts to escape from his confine
ment The spectators were highly
amused at the maimer in which
the fountain would make spas
modic rushes across the room, knock
ing Cupids down by the dozen and
causing Monks and Martyrs to swear
horribly as their corns were sacrificed to
this new-fangled sort of Juggernaut,
while instead of water the spigots afore
said uttered regular melted lava torrents
of profanity from tbe true inwardness
of the structure. What increased the
rage and perspiration of the fountain's
motive power was the fact that every
time he caught a glimpse of his betrayer
the latter was engaged in flirting neck
deep with the former’s sweetheart, to
whom, in the kindness of his heart, he
had only introduced the perjurer the
evening before. The injured party says
that he was finally about fainting from
heat and exhaustion when about three in
the morning he happily fell through a
ventilator hole, over which he accident
ally wheeled his incubus, and was set
free in body, but with a mind whose
confidence in his kind had been shattered
forever.
The Fossil Remains of a Great Serpent
Ellsworth county, Ks., furnishes a new
contribution to natural history in the j
shape of the remains of a fossilized sea |
serpent of the pre historic period. The
discovery was made three miles north of
WilsoD, the other day, by a Mr. Sylvester,
while plowing, preparatory to opening a
stone quarry'. Having turned over what
he supposed was a piece of petrified wood, |
nearly four feet in length, hut which j
proved to belong tothe animal kingdom,
further search was made, following up j
other pieces in continuity, varying in
length from one to three feet, until thirty-
six feet in all were secured. Not until
the head was exhumed was the character
A Refractory Indian Chief Shot
Dead.—Some time ago a report was
received by Commissioner Hayt, from
the Ponca reservation in the Indian Ter
ritory, that Big Snake, a chief of a band
of the Poncas, was freely indulging in
threats to kill the agent, Mr. Whiteman,
who last summer had caused the arrest
of Big Snake and his imprisonment for
a month at Fort Reno for brutal and dis
orderly conduct, by which he bad made
himself a terror to all the Indians and'
the agency employ es. Upon receipt of
the news of his threats of vengeance his
rearrest was ordered, and a detachment
of soldiers from Fort Reno were em
ployed to effect it. A telegram received
j rom Agent Whiteman announces
that Big Snake forcibly resisted arrest
and was shot dead by a soldier. The
occurrence caused considerable excite
ment among the Indians, but it was soon
quieted, and at last accounts there was
no fear of further difficulty.
It is becoming apparent that there is a
growiog tendency towards centralization.
While many of the States are battling
for their rights, the people, whenever a
pretext offers, call tor the support of the
National GovernmenL^Mfc)’ was taken
towards centralizat*
Board of Health
now the National
Association, which
last Wednesday, d<
shall adopt measuri
pression of pleui
cattle. At the rate
new drifting tow:
National
bed, and
Breeders
Ihicago on
Congress
the sup*
k among
e country
ilizition, it
. d
Company, which fias a pretty extensile line
of wires, has rented the building on the
corner of Fourteenth street and Pennsyl
vania avenue, occupied by the Western
Union before it moved into more preten
tious quarters. The Baltimore and Ohio
Company has formed an alliance with the
American Union Telegraph Company,which
is organizing in opposition to the Western
Union. Tne office rented will be
opened in a few days. It will
have connecting wires to all the prin
cipal points. The Warfare will then
become lively, and there will at once be cut
ting of-rates. The public will, of course,
get the benefit of this, and the cost of tele
graphing will be reduced. The only danger
is that the Western Union may buy out the
new combination. Potomac.
A Wholesale Religions Trance.
Lcmars (la.) Sentinel.
The Rev. S. T. Galbraith, a local
preacher of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, who came here from Ireland
last summer, aud who has been preach
ing in this county since that time, related
last Saturday to the editors of the Le
mars papers occurrences which he said
happened in Elkhorn township last Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday. He leftR.
J. Campbell’s Sunday morning on horse
back, for the purpose of filling his ap
pointments, and proceeded to O. Hig
day’s in Elkhorn. Here he found five
persons in all, comprising two men and
three women, in a state of great spiritual
elevation. Io a short time they fell ou
the floor, aud he, too, seized by the same
fascination, soon followed. He lay in a
trance during which he had the
most ecstatic visions. In a few
hours the six persons recovered
their consciousness, and each learned
that the other had been blessed with
heavenly visions. One of the sisters be
gan prophesying, and told the band that
they must remain there for three days
and three nights without other food than
she should he directed to permit. They
again fell on the floor in a trance that
continued until midnight, when they
again awoke. In one corner of the room,
near the ceiling, they saw a large bright
and i eautiful star, aud lights passed to
and fro through the room. One of the
sisters began singing the doxology to a
new tune, one she had heard while in the
trance, and all the others, in an instant,
sung the different parts, making the most
delightful melody ever heard on earth.
They again fell into the trance state, from
which they awoke next morning. The
prophesying sister, who said she was a
representative of the Lord, from Wiscon
sin, tdld the others that they must organ-
, go forth and hold camp meetings,
holiness meetings and all sorts of meet
ings to stir up the people. They were
to go to Wisconsin. They ate
some bread and water and again became
entranced. Mr. Galbraith saw a pillar
of salt while in the trance.
At one time he was seized with fierce
and racking pains, as if the devils had
hold of him, hut the good SDirits of in
fluence gained the victory, and he after
ward had transporting visions. This
continued until Wednesday morning,
when he left Lemars. Some friends
were trying to raise funds for him so that
he might return to Ireland, where his
father is stationed as an Episcopal minis
ter. This is substantially the story as
told by Galbraith. All the parties to the
singular transactions are known to us by
name, but we forbear doing anything
beyond outlining the curious story.
will not he long he for*-SiaU> lines will be
practically obliterated rrAfita Orleans
TbeWomen’s Anti Liquor Mob at Fred-,
ericktown, Ohio, was a lively affair. The
bell of a Baptist church was tolled as a
signal. Fifteen women, armed with
hatchets, responded quickly. More were
expected, hut their hearts failed them at
tbe last thoment. The small but de
termined rioters went first to Kelly’s bar
room, which was the largest in the vil
lage. The proprietor had locked his
door and fled. The hatchets were plied
and an entrance quickly gained. Then
all the casks of liquor were chopped
open, the bottles broken and the furni
ture ruined. The next move was against
O’Connor’s establishment. O’Connor
effected a compromise, by which he was
allowed to put his stock aboard a railroad
car for shipment, but his bottles were de
stroyed. After we.rnfng two druggists
against continuing the sale of aleonolie
drinks, the women gave three cheers for
themselves, and dispersed,
72. It would have been more but for
some sickness in the family. They then
chose a quarter section of good fertile
land lying north of San Francisco Bay,
in one of the Coast' Range valleys. The
price was $G0 an acre, or $9,000 in all.
They’ paid $8,000 down, bought teams,
moved on the place, paid the balance in
one year from crops and outside work,
and are making it one of the prettie>t
farms in that whole region.
This is a truthful account of how a
farm was lost and another gained in its
place by a plucky American family,
whose idea of a “ home buying compa
ny” ought to he remembered.
Murderous Attack Upon a Physi
cian.—A stranger visited the residence
of Dr. Edward B. Foote, a well known
physician on Lexington avenue. New
York, Saturday, and asked for the doc
tor. When the latter was disengaged he
took the stranger to his study and asked
his business. The unknown man sud
denly pulled out a revolver and presented
it at the doctor’s breast. The latter
sprang on the would-be murderer, and a
terrific struggle ensued between the two
for possession of the weapon. They
rolled over and over the floor, when the
doctor succeeded in wrenching the pistol
from his assailant’s grasp and giving an
alarm. The police were summoned, but
the unknown man escaped through the
study window. The doctor was unhurt,
though the revolver was discharged once
in the struggle. The police are looking
for the murderous stranger. The doctor
professes ignorance of any cause for the
attack on his life.
“To 31Y’ Dead 3Iistis.”~ Ned 3Iur-
phy, colored, has given an order for a
neat monument to he erected at the grave
of his old mistress, Miss Esther Murphy,
in the graveyard at Due West, and made
a partial payment on the stone. The old
lady died just before or about the begin
ning of the late war, and has filled a neg
lected and forgotten grave for many
years—not that either, for during all
these years her old slave, her petted ser
vant Ned, remembered her, and out of
his little store has set apart enough to
place a simple slab at her grave. Such
instances of affectionate remembrance
are rare, and, though he is a colored man,
there is something in this simple service
to his dead mistress challenging the ad
miration of all; and in the crowded
graveyard at Due West there will be no
more eloquent testimonial to departed
woith than this simple slab, “To My
Dead Mistis.”—Abbeville (S. C.) Medium.
They have a kindergarten school in
Peoria, Ill., conducted on the most
practical system and matter-of-fact man
ner. No hooks are
taught, hut the t<
converse together o
ask each other questi<
It is supposed that
knowledge from thi
carry it away with
nothing is hard or
even the most tiresoi
and attractive. The
of all is geography,
being by means of
dren are taught the
and the relative
these very mud
enjoying one of
amusements of chili
ing a difficult and
lesson.
A young man froi
tended a seance at S
He sat iu a circle ar<
usual way, and the:
down. Presently he
a human band fondlii
He attempted to withi
from those of his r
urposc of investi,
Jinally, the “spirit”
his knee, and he ele
so much suddenness
manifestations to s
lights were turned
that the medium
nose.
There is rather a
for the winter in
bread, already high, was
The potato crop is exceptioi
isms are
children
subjects,
ill stories,
drink in
ions and
school
study,
pleasant
course
a in it
he chil-
ountries
cities by
while
lelightful
[are learn-
pleasant
Vt, at-
recently.
’ s in the
turned
ing like
md nose,
n hands
for tbe
failed,
.ressing
>t with
further
hen the
overed
at the
few damaged grapes thero are.
An Interesting Case from Alabama
Argued In the United States Su
preme Court.
TFashington Post, October 30.
The case of the South and North Ala
bama Railroad Company 'against the
State of Alabama, and from the Supreme
Court of that State on writ of error, was
argued yesterday by 3Iessrs. Thomas G.
Jones and Samuel F. Rice for the plain
tiff, and submitted on the brief of Sena
tor J. T. 3Iorgan for the State. When
Alabama w’as admitted into the Union, in
1819, five per cent, of the proceeds of
sales of public lands were reserved for
building railroads under the direction of
the Legislature of the State. The State
received over $800,000 of this fund and.
loaned it to certain railroads. The
plaintiff built a road from Decatur
to 3Iontevallo, Ala., in consideration of
a promise of the State to give it a certain
amount of this fund. At the time of the
act of the State Legislature appropriating
the fund was passed, a citizen or domes
tic corporation had the right to sue in its
own courts. The railroad company
brought suit, and afterwards the Legis
lature repealed the statute authorizing
such suits, and the Alabama Supreme
Court sustained the dismissal of the suit
on the ground that the repealing act took
away the jurisdiction of the courts to
further entertain the suit. The plaintiff
contended that this was a violation of the
contract, and that this ourthas jurisdic
tion to compel the State court to carry
out the State laws existing when the con
tract was made. If the plaintiff is sus
tained the decision will effect all debtor
States whose laws, at any time, gave a
right of suit, or other means of
obtaining payment. Senator 3Iorgan,
his brief for the State, claimed
first: That the State Chancei y
Court had no jurisdiction to hear and de
termine a suit against the State after the
passage of the act of December 18. 1874;
that the State courts having passed on no
Federal questions nor dented any' right
secured to the plaintiff by the laws or
Constitution of the United States, this
court lias no jurisdiction on the appeal;
that the State being a sovereign power,
the United States has no right to extend
over it the jurisdiction of its courts.
The eleventh amendment to the Consti
tution is stated to be an express abridge
ment of the judicial power cf the United
States, and designed to leave it to the
States to determine for themselves in
what cases they would consent to be sued
in their own courts, and to deny the
right of any person to sue a State without
such consent.
An Anti-Fat String.—While survey
ing in the mountains northeast of Ana
heim last year 3Iajor William P. Rey
nolds encountered a man who bad work
ed for him in former years. He failed to
recognize him, however, until the
stranger explained who he was. He was
then a man of abouttwo hundred pounds
weight, whereas he weighed three hun
dred and forty pounds when in the
Major’s employ. The secret of his re
duced size was freely given. A short
distance up the mountain was a spring,
the waters of which contained some min
eral anti-fat properties. Did the 3Iajor
want to loose some of the superfluous
flesh which incumbered him? He did.
H6 drank the water, and in ten days his
weight had been reduced twenty-five
pounds. He continued drinking the
jvater until from two hundred and ten
pounds he was reduced to one hundred
and seventy pounds, his present weight
This was accomplished without any vio
lent action on the part of the water.
Major Reynolds will obtain water from
the spring and forward it to the Smith
sonian Institute at Washington for
analysis. The spring is about sixteen
miles from Anaheim, easily accessible,
and if analysis establishes the fact that
there is nothing to be apprehended from
using the water, many obese persons
will avail themselves of the opportunity
to try nature’s remedy.—Anaheim {Cal.)
Gazette.
Miss Miller, of Ferris, Texas, chloro
formed her father’s dogs and eloped with
the young man whom her father had
forbidden the premises. The probabili-
nrc that about r. rear hence she will
conclude that her lifr would have been
viai.-tL'e !»•* il-fieifni i*. canliU^uii’. cui'-lude that her life would have been
quality. Many vineyards wiintuftyiku miserable if she had chloroformed
worth the expehse of gatheri. g“whv.V Ihe'^ung man auc doped with her
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father;
dogs.
stables. Both animals were covered with
cuts and bruises, and Gold King’s fore
legs are so badly injured that it is feared
he will never entirely recover. The
ChieFs injuries, although severe, arc not
likely to cause permanent injury'. After
being taken to their stalls both animals
continued to utter furious cries for seve
ral hours. Strange to say neither of the
animals have taken food or water since.
-The combat does not seem to improve
Gold King’s disposition a particle, and
yesterday he would not allow any one to
enter his stall. A Reading veterinary
surgeon was sent for, and arriving yes
terday took charge of the horses. As
soon as he is well enough Gold Kmg will
he sent back to Philadelphia.
Escape of Counterfeiters from a New
York Prison.
Five men, all sentenced to terms of
imprisonment for passing counterfeit
money, broke out of Ludlow street jail,
New York, before daybreak on the
morning of tbe 1st, and escaped. Their
flight was not discovered until many
hours afterwards, when the keeper saw
the empty cells aud broken bars. James
Kelly alias Paul Sturgis, Thomas Mc
Kee, Thomas Hickey, Edward Ryan and
Thomas McCarthy,’inmates of the jail,
were confined in the so called “United
States tier,” on the first floor above the
ground, and considered the strongest in
the jail. These men had all received
their sentence, and Deputy Warden Fitz
simmons says they were guarded most
strictly pending their admission to Al
bany penitentiary, which was arranged
for this morning. No visitors were al
lowed to see them, and Kelly, who was
alone in his cell, was not even permitted
to leave his cell, a privilege extended to
the other four for a few boiira each day,
when they were permitted to take exer
cise in the corridor, under the eyes of one
of the keepers. The keeper, on his rounds
about five o’clock, discovered that
one of the 5-inch-thick iron bars in the
window of one cell was sawed in two at
the top and bent inwards. Another
glance showed a similar condition of the
adjoining cells. Nos. 4 and 5. In each
case the middle of one of the five bars
was bent inward, and from the iron sill
in which the bars were set hung down to
within a few feet of the pavement below
a strong rope twisted of blankets taken
from beds in the empty cells. Five pairs
of boots stood in the windows of the re
spective cells. Not a tool of any de-
cription was found. The five men
climbed the tall spike fence, and alight
ing on the other side were at lil>erty.
Further search of the cells revealed a
lump of grease, evidently used to grease
the bars between which the jailbirds had
slipped out. Traces of grease were
found on the iron. Evidence lias been
found also that the prisoners had been
for some time engaged in cutting their
window bars, using shoe blacking as
putty to cover up their work. No traco
of the movements of the five men after
leaving the jail have yet been found,
despite the efforts of the police and
Sheriff’s officers.
Down with the States”—that is the
central maxim of the Radical party, the
essence of the Radical creed. And it is
not so very strange that, having seen how
patiently the people submitted to the
crimes which placed this administration
In power, and having witnessed apparent
popular indifference to numberless out
rages on the Constitution, the advocates
of centralized despotism should deem the
times ripe for further and greater aggres
sions. It is hot especially wonderful that
the men whom a majority of the Ameri
can people quietly permitted to rob them
of the result of a Presidential election,
and install the defeated candidates and
party in power, should assume that they
can, with impunity, commit any other
against the Constitution and the
_ \ of the people. It remains to be
seen whether this assumption is to be
justified by the facts. We do not believe
that the work of destroying the govern
ment that the fathers created will be al
lowed to go much further. There is pa
triotism enough left to save our institu
tions from the imminent danger which
now menaces them.— Washington Post.
“I think I will strangle to death in my
sleep some time. T can’t get my breath
many times, and tbe L ast cold I’take niv
lungs gel filled,” the late Senator Chan
dler is reported once to have said to Gov
ernor Kellogg.
few Inches below the surface, with
thin layer of earth between them and
the underlying rock. Tne length of the
head is seventeen inches; width of head,
eleven inches; greatest thickness of-body
about one foot. The line of demarca
tion between the upper and lower jaws,
the head and the taper of the neck, all
look serpentine. The passage cf the
oesophagus through the neck, as well as
that of the alimentary canal some fifteen
feet further on in the body, is clearly
traceable. The outline of the backbone
is distinctly seen in a number of the sec
tions composing the remains. Some of j
the larger vertebra? are four inches across,
and it is about the same di-tance be
tween the vertebral spaces—or, compare
tively speaking, they are the size of the
vertebra? of a large horse. A portion of
the caudal extremity—some ten or fifteen
feet—is missing, having been removed
by a previous quarryman, so that the
original length of the monster was
probably fifty feet*
How Far the Pleasure of Smoking: is
Imaginary.
London Lancet.
The question has been asked why a
man smoking a pipe should not be aware
when the candle is put out whether the
tobacco is still burning. There is, first,
the point of fact. It may be questioned
if any one really finds himself in the diffi
culty supposed. We believe, under cer
tain conditions, the doubt jnay exist.
Smokers are not always large consumers
of the weed. They often form a habit
of taking very little smoke into the
mouth and of breathing chiefly through
the nose. The consequence is that the
‘pleasure” of smoking may consist in
having something to do, and the sensa
tion of doing that something is quite as
likely to be a matter of seeing as of tast
ing. In cases of this class the smoker,
being deprived of his accustomed evi
dence or means of enjoyment, may be
distressed. Of course it is not alleged
that a man cannot ascertain whether the
contents of his pipe are lighted when he
happens to be in the dark. That would
be sheer folly.
Meanwhile the experiment, if such it
can he called, is well calculated to draw
attention to the economic question how
far the pleasure of smoking is generally
imaginary'. If it be, a suitable substitute
for the expensive cigar and wasteful pipe
might be found in some permanent ma
terial, of proper consistency, moulded
into the approved shape. It has long
been a mystery to some smokers how
other smokers could systematically smoke
had cigars; the mystery may be dispelled
if it should turn out that the fumes of
the tobacco are not even inhaled.
Hypocrites at tbe Front.
Washington Post.
There ia something exquisitely
touchingly beautiful in the strain of fer- \
vid piety that runs through - most of
stalwart editorials on the death of Sena
tor Zachariah Chandler. It is even a more
attractive display of cant than the senti
mental drivel of Mr. Hayes, at those sea
sons of sacred song in which the abnor
mal administration is wont to indulge as
a preparation for the holy work of re
forming the civil service by patting per
jurers, forgers and other criminals m of
fice as a reward for their crimes. It is
pleasant to remember that, with all his
faults, Chandler was not a hypocrite. He
affected no piety, and took no stock iu
“Christian statesmen.”
Perhaps the old man’s eulogists thin’
his contempt for the truly good was
defect of character for which they mn
atone by simulating holiness. As
sample of their sanctimonious drizz!
take this from a feeble stalwart orgar.
“It was a peculiar dispensation of Divi.
Providence that a door opened to 3'
Chandler’s return to the Senate,” e
Let us see how that “peculiar dispen
tion of Divine Providence” operate !
3Ir. Christiancy was badgered and b
dozed, with the purpose of forcing hi:
to resign his Senate seat, until the .id
gentleman’s life became a burden. T
a trade was arranged, the term:
which were that the administra ;
should buy Christiancy out, and C
dler should pay for thi9 service
supporting the administration. C :
tiancy sold out, and Chandler wer- :
according to this indecent bargain. Tn:
is no “Democratic lie,” hut the sun and
substance of a statement made in a rniy
loyal journal by a protege of Mr. E- «r •
who regarded the whole affair as .
triumph of diplomatic dickering. Chris
tian^ was quartered in a sinecure posi
tion, where he has startled the country
with reports on deaf mutes. Char i
acted as main bracer of the exe d-. ;
spine during the extra session—all r.
accordance with the terms of that * p.p
liar dispensation of Divine Provid nee,"
but no one ever heard Chandler snivel
ing or whining about “dispensatio
“Providence.”
Had the dead Senator belonged io tie
class of which 3Ir. Hayes and Mr. r V.t w
are types, he would not have sent
pie an announcement as the men or . v
telegram: “Hayes has 185 votes, and
elected,” but would have hung o a !?
of pious drapery, such as, “By th
ing of Providence we have triumphed
over the enemy. Our ticket has p, rr.v
jority of the electoral votes, and we-can
not doubt that the same heneticen TL I 7
who has vouchsafed us this signal victory,
will see that our candidate is duly in
stalled in his high office, however loudly
and furiously the heathen may m- ■*'
But being too practical and busir
to indulge in superfluous woi
scorning the arts of the hypoc *e, .
never thought of hiding behind th t.:-
of the Deity while he set on l ot . . .
crime by which the Radical part cr, v
holds all the power it possesses i oui
government
History will say that the man wh.
thus straightforwardly went it o
most gigantic iniquity of the age wa3
less despicable character than th- m i
who took the stolen office with a air.
air of simulated godliness, and cham .-d
sacred songs while paying the hm: r
thieves employed in carrying Chandler's
plot into execution. And those p-v
that indulge in canting gush over
ler’s death will do well to remcm r :L
the world reserves its most w .erim.
scorn and blistering contempt les ^ *hv
great criminal than the man who ;
make divine Providence shield: :
his sins.
A 3Iodel Jury.—At an inquest
Hereford on the body of a marritM
woman, the jury deliberated, an ! after .
short time asked to be allowed to retire.
They were then taken in charge by the
sergeant-at-mace and locked up. After
half-an-kour’s deliberation, a viryman
came out with a verdict, which t te Coro
ner would not accept. The jury ran .
“Do I understand that we are ‘ «p
here all night without meat, drink, or
tire? ’ The Coroner: “Y’es,” The jury
man: “Then, I think we are yu
ant. u ’i
ing juryman wo
he stopped there a monthr The Coroni r
then called the jury in and pointed out
the features in the evidence again. TLe
eleven were now getting angry with tie
dissentient (3Ir. Ilart). A jurymai .
“What do you think of it cow,3lr. Hart*.
3lr. Hart: “I am of the same opinion
as before.” Tbe Coroner: “If there is
no chance of ycur agreeing I must hir-'
you over to appear at the assizes.” A
juryman: “We have decided by a
majority before in this room.” Another :
“It has been done by tossing.” 3futual
recriminations then took place, and the
di>sentient told the others. “There are
eleven dogs and one hone.” At 10:15 p.
m. a compromise was effected, the eleven
giving in to the one, and passing a ver
dict that deceased came to her death ty
spinal apoplexy, brought on by excite
ment; but the eleven added a rider to
the verdict that the cause of death wri
the husband.—London Solicitors Journa
Brooklyn’s Death Rate,
Aeuj York Herald.
A report showing the mortality in the
city of Brooklyn for the first six months
of 1879, ending June 28, has been made
to the Board of Health of that city by
Dr. Wyckoff, Register of Vital Statistics.
During the period named there were
5.310 deaths in Brooklyn, being 365 more
than occurred in the corresponding period
of 1878. This is equivalent to & weekly
average of 207 deaths. The population
this year is estimated at 504,448. There
were 1,140 deaths from zymotic diseases
and 124 from violence. From diphtheria
the increase of deaths was 37; in the
last five years and a half this disease
has carried off 3.930 persons—fully six
per cent of all deaths registered daring
that period. Dr. Wyckoff says: “ This
enormous loss of life assumes the mag
nitude of a pestilence, and merits the
fullest attention and the most strenuous
efforts for its future reduction. The
greatest enemy,” he says, “to this and
similar, diseases is'an uncompromising
purity of surroundings. No epidemic
can resist clean houses, clean' air and
clean water.”
On the subject of suicide the Register
gives the following interesting statistics:
“In two and a half years there have been
llSsuicidal deaths. Of these 89 were
males, 29 females; 73 were married, 27
single, 7 widows, 6 widowers, sud of five
the conjugal condition was not known.
rk «-* , ’ie unmarried 21 were'bachelors and
of the married 56 were males
females.”
Steuben Zook, owner of the Green Vs!
ley nulls, Knox county', Ohio, was at
tacked recently by two men armed with
knives Zook drew his pocket knife and
defended himself, killing one of the men,
John Parrot.
A Frontier Romance—A story com*
from the scene of the Ute troubles wbic *
illustrates the romance of frontier lift
At Camp Douglass, on the morning when
the order came for four companies of tie
Fourteenth Infantry to go to the fron:
the impression was that the campaign
would last all winter, and would thus in
terfere with the marriage of Lieut R. T.
Y* atmar, of Company- 1, and Miss Loui e
Mulhall, sister of Lieut. 3Iulhall, whic':
have been arranged for Christmas. Tl .*
order was received at 9 a. m. There w: •
a hasty conference of the principals i:
the case, and it was decided to have tl
ceremony performed immediately. A -
cordingly Hie chaplain was summoned
and at 10 o’clock they were married. A
11 o’clock the company started fort!
Indian reservation. Lieut. Yeatman is
a nephew of Admiral Ammen. Mi-
Mulhall lived at Washington with her
brother and mother about two years, ul
til the spring of 1878, when Lieut. Mu.-
iiail was ordered West.
George Francis Train, who is now \
pronounced vegetarian and an enemy of
uli kinds of stimulants, predicts tbatoi
country is skirmishing on the edge « f
war, pestilence and famine. If Georg-
would take a stiff cocktail and follow it
up hastily with a broiled beefsteak med!
cirally he would be surprised to observe
the suddenness with wh*ch a genial glow
of prosperity would diffuse itself over
the face of the country. No man can
hail Columbia as a happy: land on an ex
elusive bean diet.—Baltimore Gazette.
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