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SOCIETY GOSSIP.
Miss Dora Richards—One of the most popu-
lar young ladies of Atlanta, daughter of S P.
Richards, of this city, and niece of the well-
known artist, Addison Riehards, was married
Thursday evening to Mr. J. J. Sullivan, a prom
inent business man of Atlanta. The marriage
ceremony was performed at the Second Baptist
church by Rev. Dr. Spalding. The bride wore
brown silk, richly trimmed, the bridesmaids
were also dressed in dark-colored silks. \ re
ception at the home of the bride's father fol
lowed the church ceremony.
A brilliant wedding took place in Rome last
Thursday evening when Miss Rosa, daughter of
Judge John Underwood, was married to Captain
Cha.les Clark of Augusta, the marriage taking
place at St. Peters church in the presence of a
large assemblage of friends, and being followed
by an elegant reception at the residence of Judge
Underwood, where there was a handsome dis-
P^ a Y wedding presents, couspicious among
which was a solid silver service from ex. Gov.
Joseph Brown. The bridal party left on the
north-bound train for a visit to New York and
other cities,
Mr. Howell Erwin of Atlanta, was married
Thursday evening last to Miss Tharp of Perry,
Ga. The bridal party came direct to Atlanta
where a handsome reception awaited them at
the residence of Dr. Johnson.
The social event of Baltimore last week was
the wedding of Mr. Harry Ford and Miss
N'.nnie Brown, who were married in St. Peters
Catholic church. The bridal cortege was very
shei wy, there beiDg four ushers and three brides
maid 0 , two of the latter dressed in light blue
silk and oue in pink. The bride, a graceful
brunette, wore rich corded white silk, trimmed
with point d' applique lace, a tulle veil, orange
dower wreath aud solitaire diamonds.
A golden wedding was celebrated in Baltimore
last Sunday. The happy couple, who were bride
and groom fifty years ago, were Mr. and Mrs.
Tobias Hartz. The parties recieved many beau
tiful and costly presents in gold. A sumptuous
supper was a feature of the intertainment.
A new Order known as Knights and Ladies of
Honor has recently been organized in Richmond
Va. M irtha'Washington Lodge met in order to
confer degrees upon and deliver the jewels to
the ladies who have recieved the order.
Among the excibationsof industry at the Rich
mond Fair was an exqusite set of jewelry made
of the scales of black bass canght in St. Johns
river. The maker was a lady of Jacksonville
Florida.
As the happy couple were leaving the church
the husband said to the partner of his wedded
life:
'Marriage mnst seem a dreadfnl thing to you;
why. yon were all of a tremble, and one could
hardly hear yon say “I will.”’
‘I will have more courage and say it louder
next time,’ said the blushing bride.
Marriage customs and marriage manners differ
in some respects in different parts of the country.
Thns at the marriage of his Highness, the Mah-
arajb of Mysore, the following pretty recitation
formed a portion of the ritual uttered by the
bridegroom in musical Sanskrit. The groom
commenced, ‘Well be it,’ and reoites the fol
lowing :
Who gave her?
To whom did he give her ?
Love gave her !
To Love he gave her.
Love was the giver,
Love was the taker,
Love 1 may this be thine.
With love may I enjoy her!
Love has pervaded the ooean.
With love I acoept her 1
Love ! may this be thine.
A Philadelphia dancing-master is about in
troducing a new dance especially for fat people.
All the performers have to do is to sit on the
door and kick.
What a contrast there sometimes is between an
adjective and its adverb ! For example, the one
who is constant in love, and the one who is
constantly in love!
A Nashville belle has feet that do not match.
Both are perfect in shape, but one is a number
one and the other a number four. She always
puts her best foot forward.
At a recent marriage in a suburban town, the
bridegroom when asked the important question
if he would take the lady for better or for worse
replied, in a hesitating manner: ‘Well I think
I will.' Upon being told that he must be more
positive in his declaration he answered: ‘Well,
I don't care if I do.’
Capk John Opie of Stannton Va., returned
home lately with his beantifnl bride, Miss Ida
Fletcher, daughter of Rev. R. Fletcher pastor of
the Presbyterian church in Clarksburg Va.
A correspondent wishes to know something
concerning the Jewish marriage ceremony and
‘if they drink wine from the crystal goblet and
then break the goblet at the foot of the alter.’
No; it was formerly the custom to sip wine, but
it is now obsolete.. The ceremony opens with
prayer, in which the question is addressed to
the bride and groom severally: ‘Are yon freely
and irrevocably resolved to be joined in matri
mony ?’ The response of the bride is, ‘Before
God and these witnesses I accept to be
my lawful husband, and vow to be nnto him a
devoted wife, and to love him and honor him
i r> health and in siokness. Thy sorrows shall
be my sorrows, and thy joys shall be my joys.
By this ring thon art sanctified to me as husband
according to the laws of God.’ Tne groom re
peats a similar form of words and in his turn
betsows a ring. An address and benediction
conclude the oeremony.
One question uppermost in the minds of the
“swells" who visit the opera just now is, Shall
black gloves be worn ? Several Englishmen who
are here have introduced this fashion, and
present paws as black as crows, in conjunction
with their white vests.
White is no more the striotly anthodox wed
ding dress. Even at home and in the evening,
brides wear oolored silks, and at church they
are married in oloaks. At a recent wedding
among the bon ton in Norwich Conn., the bride,
Miss Saliie Osgood wore garnet brocaded velvet,
with satin underskirt, trimmed with light-bine,
and shoes to match A daughter of John Bright
the great Commoner was lately married to a son
of Admiral Carry, and her dress, bonnet and
shoes were of silver gray satin.
One of onr female teachers threatened to keep
an nnrnly boy fifteen minntes after school. ‘I
wish you’d make it half an hour,’ said the ap
preciative youth, for you're the prettiest teaoher
in this town.’
Twenty-one young girls of Kenasha, Wis.,
have ‘Resolved, That if tne young men won’t
come and se ns,-we will go and see them.’ And
the young men are stepping down and oat, and
taking to the woods.
Miss Gracie’s Experience.
How She Began her Career a* an Actress and
What Came of it.
Many fashionable New York dressmakers save
themselves the trouble of studying the rules of
costnme by going to the theatre. The aotresses
and the managers know better than to commit
anachronism, and the ladies of the needle profit
by their researches.
They were waltzing round the ball-room gay
Made bright with lights and mirrors fine;
She turned her face from his away ;
•Pray what’s the matter darling mine,
Has what I’ve said giv'n thee offence.
Has aught I’ve done, estranged thy heart?
Tarn not from me your sweet face hence,
I cannot, cannot from thee part!'
How foolish Fred, you know l a fond,
And as we pass yon pier glass bright,
I only look from you beyond
To see if my dress hangs all right!’
The story of the betrothal and intended mar
riage of Samuel J. Tilden to Miss Nettie Hazle-
tine, of St Lonis, is set at rest by an interview
with the young l;dy in the Evening Post, of that
city, in which she says: ‘Oh, no, there is not a
particle of truth in it. It is the same old story
that was told two years ago, which somebody
seems to have renewed. Why, I never met Mr.
Tilden. I met Governor Hendricks at Saratoga
daring the presidential campaign, and he told
me that Mr. Tilden expressed a desire to meet
me, bnt he has never been introduced to me;
besides, I never would marry a man so muoh
older than myself.'
The King of Siam has 3,000 wives. He is bald.
The whisper of a beantifal woman can be heard
farther than the loudest yell of duty.
•Dipped into a weak solution of accomplish
ments,' is the term now applied to those of our
girls professing to be so highly ednoated.
Miss Annie Bell Moreland is the prettiest
lady, and Mr. D. H- McHenry the handsomest
gentleman in Davies county, according to the
opinion of Fair judges.
Among the guests at the Arlingtcn last week
were Colonel J. McCook, Hon. A. Alexander,
Howard Carroll, Esq., and Mr. and Mrs. Ole
Ball.
The elegant mansion promises additional ad
vantages and luxuries as a center of fashionable
sooiety, and will be the headquarters of the re
fined and elegant portion of the transient visit
ors to Washington daring the coming season.
At the marriage of Miss Annie MitcUel to Mr.
Harry Pascal in Baltimore, the bride wore bronze
silk trimmed with black velvet. The bridal
presents were nnmerons and handsome and the
collation an elegant one.
The study of the science and geometry of
dress'—otherwise dressmaking—is about to be
introdnoed in the A and B intermediate grades
of tne Indianapolis schools. While the girls
are engaged in this study the boys in the schools
will occupy themselves in drawing.
Miss Graoio came to me and said she wanted
to make some money. She thought she would
like to do something whereby cash conld be ac
cumulated. As she was a handsome, dashing
brunette, I advised her to go npon the stage.
She said she liked admiration, and as actresses
had their fall share of that she believed she
would try it. Armed with a letter of introduc
tion to the manager of a first-class theatre, she
made her application. He told her that ‘after
six months’ study she might venture on the part
of a soubrette.’ When she learned that this wits
a chambermaid she was infinitely disgusted; be
sides, she wanted to do somethihg right off.
She tried another theatre, where they brought
out ‘show pieces,’ bat here they wanted her to
stand on one leg over a fonntain, in the midst
of red fire. Unfortunately she was rather stout
and tumbled over whenever she made the at
tempt; so this wonld no^ do. Finally the man
ager, who was prepossessed in her favor, told
her that he was going to bring out ‘The Lost
Child of the Prairies’ and he would give her a
ooanoe to persooa'e the lo-t o'uld Shu bad not
much to do except to wander over the prairies
with a bunch of grass in her hands and listen to
the ‘Bold Back of the Black Hills,’ who made
Love to her. In the Inst act there was a cave
scene, where a wicked Indian tried to carry her
off to be his unwilling bride, and where she rose
in the might of virtuous indignation and com
pletely cowed him by moral force alone. Owing
to the temporary sickness of the actor who was
to personate the wild Indian, there was no re
hearsal of the cave scene until the day before
the play was to be presented to the public, and
as Miss Grade had got thorngh all the other
acts first-rate, she invited me np to witness the
final rehearsal, I was quite delighted at the
manner in which she performed the first two
acts—walking about with her arms fall of straw
to represent grass and oastiDg love-sick glances
at the 'Bold Buck of the Black Hills’ to slow
mnsio. As for ‘Bold Back,’ I didn't think much
of him. He went through his share of the love-
making just as though he was in the habit of do
ing it every day of his life. At last the curtain
rose on the final act. There was an awfal cave,
with just a little hole to get in, and a fire burn
ing in one corner. Miss Graoie, as the ‘Lost
Child of the Prairies,’ sat in front of the stage
on a stone, plaiting a wreath of flowers out of
straw and saying:
‘Yes, to-morrow night I shall be his wife. How
sweet that sounds 1 Yes, I shall bo married to
Buck, the bravest of all the hunters of the hills.
I think I see him now. He comes ! He is be
hind me now; I feel his arm aiound my waist.
1 turn—he kisses me.’
All this time the wild Indian had crept through
the hole. He stole up behind her, put his arm
round her waist, and when she turned to Kiss
Bold Buck. Wila Indian was to stand with tom
ahawk uplifted to chop her head off. At this
point it was intended by the author that the Lost
Child should rise in all the majesty of virtue aud
cry: ‘Down, miscreant I down! Lest I call on
the lightning of heaven to avenge the innocent!
and after a lively dialogue, a rock tumbles on
the wild Indian and Bold Buck springs through
the opening and embraces his love. Bat when
Miss Grade said: ‘He kisses me!’ and tnrned
round and saw the hatchet, she was so scared
that she screamed and jamped away. The ac
tor who personated the villain supposed that she
did thi- to prolong the scene and increase the
effect, and in order to do his part properly, gave
vent to a war-whoop and followed her, at the
same time drawing oat a huge bowie-knife.
Miss Graoie, frightened almost oat of her wits,
rushed from one part of the stage to another,
displaying such real terror that all the people
about the theatre gathered at the wings, applaud
ing vehemently, under the impression that she
was developing histrionic genius. ‘Go away !
she screamed. ‘Go away ! All of which seemed
natural enough for any sort of a girl to say in
such a position; and at last, seizing a pitcher of
water, whioh had been left on the stage for the
refreshment of the company, she flung the
whole of its contents over the astonished trage
dian, and then jumped into the the parquet,
where she began to cry and sob violently, in
vain the stage manager urged her to try the
scene oyer again. It was a long time before she
wonld cons tut to do it once more, and when f;hs
finally acquiesced the personator of the wild In
dian declined to play with one who would throw
cold water over him. He said: ‘It was not for
this the tragic rnnse first trod the stage.’ His
friends gatnered around him, however, and at
length persuaded him; and then the manager
said be wouldn’t be bothered with two such
fools, and they might go to some other place to
act, as it was now his tarn to refuse. This end
ed Miss Graoie's career as aa actress, and she
cast about for some other avenue of employment.
Stealing of A. T. Stewart’s
Body.
New York, November 8th. - Mrs. A, T. Stew
art has offered a reward of $25 000 for the recov
ery of the body of her late husband, stolen from
the family vault in St. Mark's Church grave-yard,
and the conviction of the thieves. A proportion
ate snm will te paid for the recovery of the body.
Early on the morning of October 7th, just a
month ago, the assistant sexton of St. Mark's
Church discovered that the Stewart family vault
had been tampered with. The stone slab had
been removed from its position and the earth
disturbed several feet. As the slab was not over
the opening of the vault the thieves did not get
at the body. The sexton reported the matter to
Judge Hilton, who ordered the seal to be placed
a few feet from its true position, in order to de
ceive any one attempting to steal the body. A
watchman was also engaged, and he patroled the
grave-yard every night until very recently. The
discovery of the ontrage was made at 8 o'clock,
Wednesday morning. The robbers had remov
ed one stone from the opening to the vanlt, bro
ken open three coffius in which the body was
enclosed and carried away the contents, it is sup
posed, in a sack. The robbery has caused great
excitement in the neighborhood of the grave
yard.
The robbers, who were probably five or six in
number, having entered the chnrch-yard, pro
ceeded to remove the earth from the opening to
the vanlt. This was soon accomplished by the
aid of a shovel, which, with a dark lantern, they
left behind them. They then pried np one of
the stones, thns making an opening large enough
to permit the entrance of two men simultane
ously. There were several coffins in the vault,
bat the robbers do not appear to have hesitated
in choosing the right one. The outer casing of
the cedar was easily broken open, and the second
or leaden coffin was ripped open, apparently,
with a large knife. There then remained the
oaken coffin, which was also broken open. The
body waB then taken out and placed in some
sort of a sack, lifted np toward the opening,
where there were probably other hands to re
ceive it and carry to the iron railing around the
church. The weight of the body was not very
great, but it is still a question how it was pass
ed over the railing, as all the gates were locked.
The body was then probable put into a wagon
and driven quietly away.
It is worthy of notice that no footmarks were
fonnd in the church yard, although the surface
was soft after the fall of snow pnd rain last eve
ning. It is, therefore,surmised that the robbers
stepped from gravestone to gravestone, and thus
made their exit, either on Stuyvesant street or
Eleventh street. They wrenobed the plate off
the casket and carried it away with them. Oa
the whole, all indications point to a remarkably
bold execution of a carefully prepared plan. The
beats of two policemen terminate close to the
church yard railings, and the two officers ought
to meet there constantly during the night. Nei
ther of them saw any thing to excite suspicion.
Mr. Libbey, of th9 firm of A T. Stewart & Go.,
said to-day that the estate of A. T. Stewart will
not offer a reward for the recovery of his body.
It wilt give a $100 000 it need be for the detec
tion and punishment of the outlaws, but not one
cent to them for the return of what they have
taken. Not a single cent will be paid in order
to compromise this case
fine face, as doubtless she, keen judge of human
nktnre, saw this wincing under the fnllfiilment
of her dnties.
One day, her mother heart was flooded with
snnshine. From afar, over the briny maiD, Sal-
lie, Uer oldest daughter, came from Dresden,
Germany, to brighten the mother’s heart in
Spartanburg. Then came her third daughter,
the handsome Mis3 Jimmie Harden, w*’o had
been absent for nine years at Mrs. Tevis’ cele
brated school in Kentucky. The staid teacher
was transformed. Her brown eyes shone with
the deep jij of her heart. Thon qrichly came
Miss Lizzie, the last of the charming Misses Har
den. Now indeed, was the mother in a revelry
of happiness. These fine Kentucky girls were
desperately in love with their mother and she
forgot her forty-four years in the free, loving
intercourse with her daughters. In all possible
moments they were together, reaping profitable
pleasures from every source.
These bright summer days passed, then there
came a time of sorrow, when all the bright sun
shine seemed eclipsed by overwhelmning an-
angnish. The nature of thi3 trouble was un
known to the pupils, though with intuitive
sight they understood its presence, and with
natural cariosity strove to solve the cause. D ly
by day the tall symmetrical form was seen mov
ing amidst the familliar scenes, unflinchingly to
dnty—Sometimes nature cried tor indulgence,
and the shapely head, with its crown of raven
hair was bent npon the desk to hide the flowiug
tears; again the beautiful hands were clasped,
and the eyes were raised in momentary prayer.
For a weary time this sad season lasted - yet she
grew calmly cheerful, and her prayers in the
chapel became like inspirations from a spirit
shrived of sin and imbued in heaven's own pu
rity. Always affable, unoff >cted aud kind,
under this discipline of sorrow, she became
most loveable, benign and humble. Evidently
a Master hand was at work, sculpturing this
soul into a more perfect beauty, fitting it for-its
place in the great hereafter.
In dress Mrs. Gross was Puritanically plain
and neat. Her slender parse forbade display,
had it been possible for one engaged in the lofcy
pursuits that engrossed, her, to indulge in any
thing like vaniry in dress. Still on proper
occasions, she knew how to use and not
abuse the elegancies of becoming attire. The
secret however of all her actions liy iu the foot
that she was deeply in love with the grandest
philosophy ever given to man, and this love
swept from her soul all trivial affairs. Her
chosen path was a high and difficult one. It de
manded the sacrifice of time, talents, worldly
affections, even life itself, and these she gave or
was ready to give. Nothing could lure her from
this ‘narrow way,’ Hence, like . 11 individuals
whose lives are devoted to a grand purpose, she
was remarkable every where—singled out from
others, often left in lonely solitude because of
this very onward, upward march of her soul.
Time, time! how she valued it aud used it for |
etornity
A boy twelve years old committed suicide at
Wennersvilie, Penn., the other day. This is be
ginning and ending rather early in life.
‘Bill’ Longley, a notorious desperado who
had murdered thirty-two persons, was hang at
Giddings Texas, the other day. The particular
crime for which he suffered death was the mur
der of Wilson Anderson,in March, 1875. Long-
ley was about twenty-six yeats of age. He walk
ed upon the scaffold with a smile on his face
and a lighted cigar in his mouth.
A prairie fir« in Swift county Maine, cleared
everything in its track on thirty square miles of
territory, compelling the farmers to flee for safety
and sweeping the farms of all coinbastible mate
rial. Where once were hundreds of prosperous
farms, ail is now a black desolate, area, and
scarcely a dollar of property remains. Tne
farmers in the fire-devoured region are desti
tute, having lost everything except their lives.
The trial of Jesse Billings, for the murder of
his wile, held at B Alston New York, attracted
great attention on account of the crime and the
conflicting opinions regarding defendant’s guilt
After a long and exacting trial the case was
given to the jury, who remained iu deliberation
sixty-one hours and then returned to the court
room, stating they were unable to agree. The
jury stood eleven for acquittal to one for con
viction.
A Leon Texas, young man w°nt into San Saba
to marry his girl, but was coolly informed at
the door by the old man that she had that morn
ing fled with another fellow. ‘I can’t lose my
dollar and a half,’groaned the jilted, who bor
rowed a horse and side saddle, pursued the
couple, brought her back and married her.
William Blodgett, of Seuth Canaan, Connecti
cut, who has been crazy for some years in
dulged in a strange freak the other night. He
went to the cemetery, dag np the remains of
his brother, who had been dead five years, then
procured a pitcher of miik of a neighbor and re
mained at the grave all night bathing the skel
eton in the belief that he would thus restore
his brother to life.
Queer Epitaphs.
interest in t,he collection of
Here is a mite of the result
We have taken an
our queer epitaphs,
of our labors :
In a church yard near Hartford, Connecticut, is
the following:
Here lies t wo babes so dead as nits;
De Lord he kilt dem mid his ague fits.
When ley was too good to live mit me,
He took dem up to live mit He,
So He did.
On a tombstone erected over the body of a young
Now, with her time is no more, but j la-iy in Dorchester, Mass., is the following:
she encompassed her object, aDfl on that golden
shore, exalts in her loftiest aspirations. ‘Go I
thon and do likewise
All The World Over*
Silver is being mined in snoh large quantities
in Nevada aud elsewhere as to be dropping in
price at every fresh quotation.
A large eagle was shot in Iowa the other day,
jnst as he was oarrying away a big Shanghi
ru oster from a farmyard.
police stated that no arrest had been made in
connection with the desecration of the Stewart
vanlt. They appear to be utterly befogged as
to perpetrated the ro'obery. The Sun says that
among all the theories relative to this crime,
none is more curious than that which attributes
it to certain disappointed heirs or so-call Q d heirs
of Mr. Stewart. Those who hold to this theory
believe that the body was in order that
a chemical analysis might , 3w'made’to detect
traces of poisoning.
The news of the desecration of Mr. Stewart’s
grave was not conveyed to Airs. Stewart until
last evening, when Judge Hilton called and
broke the sad tidings to her as gently as possi
ble, She was overwhelmed with grief, bnt fully
coincided with Jndge Hilton in taking a firm
stand against rewards. She expressed a willing
ness to go to any expense to secure the arrest
and conviction of the perpetrators of the outrage-
Mrs. Jane T. G. Cross.
BI GAGE HEMPSTEAD.
Twenty years ago, in the excellent college at
Spartanburg, S. C t , the brief fragment of twelve
months of a noble life, was the joy and profit of
a choice circle of friends, teachers and pupils.
The new brick bnilding stood bare of orna
ment. Tnev scarcely hinted of the galaxy of
rare minds brought from different corners of the
South to render thi3 youngest seat of learning
first and best in the State.
From that crown of gems, one shines clear
and bright, all adown these years of ohange.
What though the eyes look on other and dis
tant skies, and thns wa3 borne from onr sight ;
what though the exalting spirit after a space of
ten more years was shrouded a moment in the
dark folds of deatn, then bounded in ecstatic
peace into the glory land. Ever the face, the
form, the deeds of this woman, who was at once
author, teacher, friend, wife and moth r, linger
a sweet recollection in memory’s store-house.
Mrs. Cross was given the position of moni-
tress in the large, grim apartment known as the
Study Hall. Here, from January till December,
during school time, she sat teaching and keep
ing an eye over the pupils, who filed in and
oat, to and from, recitations all through the
day. Here, eaob collegiate had her desk, and
it sometimes occurred that the seats were all oo-
oupied. Those who know girls and their pecca
dilloes, will understand how difficult was the
teacher's task. Order, silenoe and diligent stndy
mast reign here to insure the success of the
school, and how skilli'nlly this strong feminine
spirit controlled these various and sometimes
contrary natures. The discipline was mild, strict
and so perfect that everything worked as regu
larly as the clock, whose ticking was the londest
sound beard in the room. Very seldom was the
teacher's penetrating voice heard in reproof.
Calm, self-contained, rigid with herself, she
knew no deviation from the straight line that
led to an accomplished task, a coveted goal.
Yet, amid these stern dnties, her poet sonl
was often regaled by the vivifying infinenoe of
the bright, happy young people around her.
Now she pauses to pen verses to her ‘flower girl,’
tne warm-hearted Mary B, then her eye tarns
from the weary task to glean inspiration from
ibe beautifal Saliie A. ‘Ah!’ she exclaimed, ‘that
lovely face oarries me back to Italy and the ar
tists’ studios and their marble beauties.’ Again
she hastens to the side of a poor, jaded waif of
a girl, trembling under some bodily derange
ment, and this child of sorrow touches her wo
man’s heart,and the tears oonrse down her cheeks.
Noa3 conld complain of neglect on her part,
she was j ast and kind to all, even the few who
would walk in contrary ways, claimed her earn
est efforts to reform and soften them.
Her hand was felt every where. The coun
cils of the faculty, and even the movements, at
times, of the trustees, were gnided by her ‘pow
er behind the throne greater than the throne.’
In the hoars of recreation she was affable,even
companionable with the girls. There were few
who did not esteem the rare privilege of bar
friendship; yet, her very integrity offended some.
These would vent their spleen by petry epistles
affixed to her name and dropped where she
could see them. A smile wonld ripple over her
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 31.—A horribis tragedy
occurred wnhin three miles ot Hermitage. John
Cloyd, colored, had that morning qurreied
Lpto midnight, the with, and fatally shot Winfield AloWhirteriu an
altercation concerning the picking of cotton.
Frank Warpool was deputised to arrest Cloyd.
H: snmmoaed Dr. Raymer, James Mcwhirter
and John Osborne to assist him,
Tney went to the house of John Williamson,
colored, and found him heavily armed with two
pistols and a gun, aud saw two men run from
the house as they entered. They took William-
son into custody and smarted down the tniqipika
with him, believing they wonld overtake Cloyd
at Greenhiil, a village not far distant. When in
front of Doctor Gleaves' residence, Mcwhirter
went into it to have a gun he had borrowed,
thinking the danger had passed. MrWhirtar
and Gleaves started out to meet the posse, but
as they reached the door a brisk tiring com
menced. When they reached the sceue of action,
Warpool and Cloyd lay dead on the road, and
Dr Rayrner found to be shot through the arm
and thigh, dangerously, if not fatally wounded.
The two men, who were, it is supposed, the at
tacking party ran off.
Washington, Oct. 31.—The president has issued
a proclamation appointing Thursday, the 28:h
o: November, as a day of thanksgiving and
prayer.
The following is written in the president’s
thanksgiving proclamation:
‘The general prevalance of blessings of health
throughout the wide land has made more con
spicuous the sufferings and sorrows which the
the dark shadow of pestilence has cast upon a
portion of our people. This heavy affliction,
even the Divine Itnler has tempered to the suf
fering communities in fbe universal sympathy
and succor which have flowed to their relief,
and the whole nation may rejoice id the unity
of spirit in our people by wLich they cheerfully
bear one another's burdens.’
Uriah Newton—a man living in Warren
countuy, Texas came home one day last week
and fonnd that his wife had gone off with a
handsomer man—Bad Tow by name. He seized
a shot gun, mounted his horse rode all day after
the eloping pair, overtook them at snnset, as
they were riding double and without a word
took aim at the invader of his fireside and blew
the top of his head off. He then took his wife
np behind him on his horse, returned home,
gave himself np to justice, was tried and acquit
ted. And all was lovely once more. So they
settle such things in Texas.
A crazy girl ia North Carolina was discovered
the other day playing with a rattlesnake, from
which she had removed the rattles without any
harm from the reptile.
Two hundred and fifty lives were lost in the
recent Egyptian flood, and property valued at
$2 500,003 was destroyed.
The wheat crop of this country is estimated at
the large figure of 400,000 000 bushels. The
corn crop is placed at 1,000,000 bushels.
John Aliles has been arrested for bigamy at
Salt Lake, Utah. We thought that was the sort
of thing to do ont there.
—Queen Victoria jogs along with twenty-six
grandchiJorea, thankful for small favors, but
wishing she had fifty more.
The fish trade of New England exceeds $40,-
000.000, per annum, and that of the city of Bos
ton alone amounts to half the sum.
A most horrible threshing maohine accident
i3 recorded by the Wellington (Ont.) Tribune.
On Tuesday of la3t week a boy of sixteen named
Kimar, who was cutting bauds on a threshing
machine, slipped and fell into the cylinder.
The maohine was being driven by a ten-horse
power at the time, and the unfortunate victim
was at onoe drawn in bodily, being disembowel
ed and mangled beyond all human shape, and,
horrble to relate, some parts of the body actually
passed through the machine.
Murder in a Ball-room.—At a German brail
at Bettviile, Aastin county Texas, 1,000 being
present, Scurry Foster, who had an old quarrel
with Claude Amland, renewed it. While among
a crowd of ladies, dancing, Foster approached
Amland and, drawing a six-shooter, deliberately
shot and killed him. Both were yonng men of
good families. A great confusion ensued when
Amland fell, with blood spurting out on the
ball-room floor. Foster was arrested and is in
jail.
Oa i he 21st. of March,
God’s angels made asarehe,
Around the door t iey stood;
They took a maid,
It is said,
And cut her down like wood.
Near San Diego, California, a tombstone inscrip
tion thus reads:
Fail yere is sakrid to the memory of William
Henry Sharakin, who c lira to his death by bein
shot by Colt's revolver—one of the old kind, brass
mounted, and ot'sutch is the kingdom of heaven.
Tue following comes from Ohio:
Under this sod
And under these trees
Lieth t he bod-
y ofSfloraon Pease,
He's not in this ho'e,
But oniy his pod;
He s shelled out his soul
Aud went up to God.
An inscription on a tombstone in East Tenues
i see concludes thus :
She lived a life of virtue, and died of Cholera
morbus, caused by eating green fruit, iu the hope
of a blessed immortality, at the early age of twen
ty one years seven months and sixteen days. Read
er go and do lik-wise.
The following which is suggestive to coffee drink
ers, is from a tombstone in Conuectinut:
Here lies, cut down like unripe fruit,
The wife of Deacou Amos Shute,
She died of drinking too much coffee,
Anny Dominy eighteen forty.
A tombstone in Texas has the following inscrip
tion:
He remained to the last a decided friend and
supporter of Democratic principles and measures.
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
The following is from a cemetery in Maine, aud
was erected by the widow:
Sicred to the memory of James H. R—m, who
died August 0th, 1800. His widow, who mourns
as one who can be comforted, aged 21, and pos
sessing every qualification for a good wife, lives at
street in this village.
Here is a good business-like epitaph, more than
a match for the cool calculation of the ‘widow who
can be comforted:
Here lies Jane Smith, wife of Thomas Smith,
marble cutter. This monument was erected by
her husband as a tribute to her raemiry and a
specimen of his work. Alouuments of the same
style $250.
From a ‘Book on Epitaphs, Quaint, Curious and
Elegant,’ recently published in England, the fol
lowing is selected;
Under this stone, aged threescore and ten,
Lies the remains of William Wood Hen.
N. B. For Hen read Cock. Cock wouldn’t come
in rhyme.
Epitaph;
He"e lies John Bunn,
Who was killed by a gun.
His name wasn't Bunn, bat his real name was
Wood,
But Wood wouldn’t rhyme with gun, so I thought
Bunn would.
Another:
Ttm little hero that lies hero
Was conquered by the diarheer.
In a churchyard near Newmarket lie buried
the two wives of Tom Sexton. On the tombstone
of one is the following:
Hare lies the body of Sarah Ssxton
She was a wife that never vexed one.
I can’t say so much for the one oa the next stone
‘ Pa, why do yon sniff at each oyster before
you swallow it?’
‘To ba sure that it is fiesh, my dear.’
‘But, pa, you’d know if it was if yon swap
lowed it without smffiQg at it.’
Education has no creative power; it oaamore-
ly unfold and direct the powers nature confer.
It cannot make a po st of a horse, nor a writer
of an ape.
•Will you love me when I mould,’ as the loaf
of bread said to the housekeeper.
Facts are stubborn things, but they are
half so stubborn a9 a woman on washing day
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