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BY HUGH WILSON, ABBEVILLE. S. C.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1883 NO. 22. VOLUME XXVIII. |J|
FAME.
What good is in a laurel crown
When death has stilled the beating heart ?
What pleasure lies in great renown
When bus>* brain has played its part ?
Or if the multitude should fall
To worshiping tlic man they slew,
Would tbat atonement make for all
Their guilt, or stricken life renew ?
J
No, rather present joy I'd name? 1
m a. - a. a. _ i. . ? J
ine iiniesi joy 111 r oriui;e s noara? ;
rhan dead possess the worlds acclaim j
In late repentence for its sword.
?Jdinnic Ballard, in Yonkern Gazette. i
TOM KILliOY. |
Romance is generally thought to dwell j1
in exceptions and extremes, but every-j1
day life has its full share of heroes, of
tragic or of chivalrous story. Tom Kil- j1
roy's youth knew m> exceptional circum- J1
stances. l!is father was a master mason, 1
steady and indu>tri??os: his mother loved f
him with that s<>!> r. wise affection which ! |
keens strict guard over lessons and j 1
clotn es: he was. in >hort. one of those
numberless sons <>l' respectable mechanics '
who keep the public schools busy in tlieir ( 1
youth, and are ki j.t busy by the world '
all their life afterward. j
Tom had been destined almost from . '
v liia r?rn/llr? f r\ Innin 1 i i < fiithpr's tttidf* 1
\ VI UVI 1 V ? V i\ 111 a - . v
His elder brother.-* were carpenters and j *
- builders. Mason-work would dovetail i *
naturally in with wood-work, and the j (
brothers would thus he enabled to throw j
many a profitable job into each other's |'
hands. Then- was no disposition in Tom j'
to quarrel with this destiny: the limit ol 1
his ambition was to be a good tradesman, 1:
and marry the uirl of his choice. He '
had not even settled on the girl yet. and 1
the pleasing latitude and uncertainly lie i'
allowed himself in this matter was J
the one bit of romance that leavened j J
Tom's life at nineteen. : 1
Evidently here was a very common lad i 1
n very common < in umstanccs^ and yet | 1
. .Aerc was even then in his possession aif
uingle advantage which might disarrange j J
the steadiest and most uneventful ~ of J
-1 rri 1- I c
plans: lOIll \\a* t'.xcilinugiv imuunuuic I r
?that is. lie amis going to be. Just at I
that age he was freckled and immature, J
nanaged his great frame awkwardly, and
was shy in consequence.
But. after all. it was Tom's inches,
and his bright, handsome face, crowned '
with short brown curly hair, that pre- j
vented him taking permanently to bricks
and mortar. < >ld K ilroy had a job of work
to do for the great importing firm of
Scott & Donaldson, and one day while
Tom was laying bricks and whistling
with a great deal of spirit -'The Garb of j
Old Gaul," Alexander Scott took a likiug i
to him.
Men do take these impulsive likings i
just as readily as women do, and for the j ?
most part thcv consider themselves at I '[
liberty to indulge them. At any rate, (
Mr. Scott did. He had a talk with young 1
^ Tom, and liked him better still, and then 1
had a talk with Tom's father, which resulted
in Tom's throwing down the c
trowel, and taking a seat in the outer ?
counting-room of the great firm.
The Kilroys wore modestly proud of | I
the change. The e'der boys going off to j *
work with their tools and the younger 1
with their books wire still very fine fel- 1
lows in their mother's eyes; but Tom in j'
a stylish business suit, with kid gloves on j -s
his hands, and a cigar in his mouth, did j v
them a loftier kind of credit. All of them j *
felt this, and the carpenter remarked one i1
morning, as they watched him down the
avenue a block: " A11 right, mother. It's J c
a poor family that can't have one gentle- ;
man?isn't it (
No one doubted that it was "all !!
right.'' Tom gradually became the ora- (
cle of his fathoi's house. Why not? lie spent
his days among grave, wealthy '
men, among great interests and great 1'
trusts, and unavoidably he pot the air s
and assumed the tone of the wealthy r
classes. In the course of two years he (
was cautiously promoted, but he was I
trusted even beyond his position. 1
In the method incidental to JNew York l
business life time pases rapidly. Tom's s
life went on as the elock goes for the ^
next four years, but in them Time gave *
everything and took nothing from him.
His splendid phy.-ie:il beauty had ma- j f
tured, and his business aptitudes had i v
been thoroughly developed. Even John ?
Donaldson, who had always smiled at his
partner's fancy for the "young mason," 1
at length admitted that ' 'Kilroy was a tine t
fellow, and would do the lirm credit."
It was-just nfter this admission from j J
Mr. Donaldson, and a hot. flowing day s
in early July, Tom, busy among sundry a
^ 'twles and boxes, heard Mr. Scott call j'
him. When he answered the summons, I <
he found the senior partner in averyanx- 1
ious and perplexed mood. | f
"Mr. Kilroy," he said hesitatingly, " 11 i
cannot go home, as I intended, to-night, i v
and it may even happen that I shall have i
tD go to Liverpool by the next steamer. :l
What I want now is that you should take t
my usual train, and carry Mrs. Scott this 1
letter." r
"Very well, sir; how soon shall I
leave?" 1
" You have fifteen minutes to catch it." '
So in fifteen minutes Tom was at the J1
Erie depot. lie obeyed the: order as I
he would any other ordor from Mr. Scott. s
but it did not much please him. He had t
half an engagement with a very pretty ^
gill for Thomas's (.'ardensthat night, and i
1J1-A/1 oinnn-KovrloL' nn/1 I'AtlAC 9
UU Ut\UU OHO ?t 17* I I IV i1 HI "vi I U.TV^ ?>! % i4vji .
city accompaniments better than in their !
native simplicity.
He was in a severely gentlemanly tern- I
Ser when he stood on the platform of the !
ttle Jersey depot. Tlu re was the usual 1
gathering of buggies and light wagons, j
and he looked around for .Mr. Scott's; i
which that gentleman had described to |
him as "a nicc little turn-out with aj
pretty team of grays."
The only vehicle answering this de- j
scription was driven by a lady?a very j
lovely lady indeed, who peered among the ;
crowd with a wistful, anxious face. Tom
took heart of grace, and with his very
best bow and smile, made some inquiry '
or remark, the only intelligible words of 1
which were, "..Mr. Scott." I
"Yes, sir," said the lady, blushing,
and handling the reins rather unnecessa- j >
rily, "I camc to meet papa, and you say j'
L he is not coming. And you have a letter?! i
p Will you allow me to drive voji to the ! i
k house?'5 ^
' Tom was obliged to allow himself to 'v
be driven He knew nothing about 1
horses, and he was exceedingly mortified >
at his ignorance. But even ignorance j f*
a.; u: nf,.,.* ! A
nas COmpfllSiUUMIS. Iil> (n iro i mauv.-.^ | '
gave him leisure to watch his driver's ! t
pretty motions; to note all the changeswf
of her face, and all the coaxing interna- J
tions with whic h she flattered and en- | ^
conraged tlic " pretty tc mi of grays." j 1
He had litcrnlly/</AV// in lore without be-,:
ing at all aware of the plunge he had t
taken; for the sensation was soeharining i
it was scarcely likely he would stop to | i
analyze the feeling.
Mrs. Scott was quite aware of Mr. Kil-, t
roy's antecedents and position, but [ 1
women never weigh very handsome men ' I
in the same exac t balance as they do u<jly j i
ones. There was a verv charming tea, I r
' !->- " ? \f,.0 If
uunn^ which iuiu m>i mi in .mi. | Scott's
favor us he had got with Mr. ! c
Scott in four years. So far, indeed, that j 1
when she retired to the library to answer j
her husband's letter, she left Mr. Kilroy i >
to be entertained by her daughter Alice. 11
Dkl she remember what a dangerous *
entertainment wandering through the j s
6centcd shrubs in the twilight garden J
was? When Alice's lingers touched t
Tom's among the strawberry vines, did f
Bhe calculate the result? Or had she no t
fear of the bewitching summer moon that | 1
saw those two sitting in sweetest silence i
beneath the drooping honeysuckle on the i
.* piazza? ! 1
Perhaps her letter ha<l given her other 1 1
material for anxiety. She did not seem j t
to think of Tom and Alice, and Tom was i;
glad of it. He wished this niglit could 1
last forever. He went back to town in a i
kind of intoxication. Alice gave him a i
^jasmine spray at parting; and this youn? i1
liomeo of the counting-house was just as
foolish about a flower as any lover, either
before or since the flood, has ever been. 1
He had no plan about Alice, but his : <
stars planned for him. Mr. Scott went '
to Liverpool by next steamer, and for cix i 1
weeks, on every Saturday afternoon, Mr. !'
Kilroy went out to Mrs. Scott's with a I
ccrtain sum of money from the firm, and ;!
often certain commissions in books and : j
s dry-goods with which the firm had no '
particular concern. In these six weeks
* ?
love gTCw. both on Tom's and Alice's
part, to perfect stature.
But this delicious dream of youth had >
ii rapid awakening. In six weeks Mr.
Scott returned, and then the pleasant
necessity for Tom's weekly visits ceased.
Mr. Scott never alluded to tliein, and it
rather nettled the handsome younjr lover
that his prospect i vi.' motner-in-taw sccmcu ;
to havft forgotten them. Thciv was, !
however, some consolation in Alice's let- j
ters. and in her assurances of unaltered |
nfTection, and for a short time these satis-j
tied him.
Hut at length, after n somewhat injured
reflection on the matter, he resolved t .
speaktoMr. Scott. Youth, in itsstlength
and beauty and boundless hope, is so apt j
to consider all things as its own tint
some excuse may be made for the slight
tone of self-assertion in which Tom ven- !
tured one evening on his confession.
Mr. Scott heard it with perfect gravity j
ind politeness. You have. <>f course,
lone my daughter the greatest honor any i
man is capable of. Mr. Kilroy.'1 he said, I
suavely, as he turned tTic paper-cutter
>ver and oyer 011 his desk. " May 1 ask j
f you still reside with your parents:"
" Yes, sir, I do," answered Tom, feel
ng a momeniary ihisii m miami; ? i
bought of the plain little two-story
louse in a down-town street.
"And where or how do von propose to
ive when you arc married {
Tom frankly confessed that lie had not
bought of that subject: hut he j
vidently had the usual faith iu love and [
;ottU?jcs.
Mr. Scott rose with the air of a man I
inishinir a discussion. ".Mr. Kilrov, I'
un obliged to you for your honesty. 1 |
ivill be equally plain with you. Business J
iflairs have not gone well with me lately, i
[ have b?*cn thinking all day of retrench- t
uent: you and Frank Maybin will cither
lave to leave your desks or retain tlieni j
it very much reduced salaries. I am sure j
roil love Alice too well to subject her to |
>ovcrty. It is true, 1 have always in-)
ended to jjive her a fortune, but then no j
nan of honor would ask her hand, under i
;uch circumstances, unless lie was able to
ount at least dollar for dollar with her.
i'our business talents arc exceptionally j
jood: I expect to see you worth a million,
)ut when you are worth fifty thousand
>f it I will cheerfully consider your pro)Osnl.
He said a polite "Good-night "as he
eft the office, a courtesy which Tom
'ound himself quite unable to return. Jf
he man had been angry and uttered all i
tinds of hard words, Tom would have
>orn it better. lie had a salary of one
nindred dollars a month; if he was to
,vait for Alice until he was worth fifty
houssnd, the probabilities were hardly
vorth counting- Besides, there was
hat covert threat of dismissal. That I
'- ? ? 1 V,;c ,WL- I
\OUlU Ut'VCI UU. lie 111MZ?1 IUO x.
voluntarily. lie saw very well that Mr.
Vott would never like him again. ami
Pom's open, candid nature instinctively
Ireaded a dislike which would veil itself
inder polite forms and disagreeable
lecessities."
He was so excited that he could not
ndure the tedium of the street cars; he
jot out of them, aud walked rapidly up
iroadway until he struck Eighth street,
le generally crossed to the east side of I
he city by this route, and he took it j
laturally, but at the Cooper Institute
eading-room he ]iaused a moment. He I
lad not yet thought of what he should
ay to liis father and brothers. lie went
ipstairs and drew a paper toward him;
le had no idea of reading, but he wished
o think without attracting observation.
l,;c fivnc >vnndf>rpfl i
>ver it. but at length lie began to read j
vith a curious avidity. He followed a
ertain column to its close, read it again
md again, and then looked at the name
>f the paper. It was the Rocky Mountain
Vcir*. In those few minutes Tom had
>cen inoculated with the gold fever, and
le was sure that he now saw a clear and
ure way to Alice. True, it might be a
ough one. but all the same he was quite >
letcrmined to take it. He was only impatient
now of delay, and he entered the
ittle homely sitting-room as elated and !
positive as if the Rocky Mountains were !
omewhere on the line of street cars, and i
tin mine as perfectly localized as the Unied
States Mint.
"I am going to the Rocky Mountains,
ather," he said, with that impetuosity I
vhieli often characterizes e0?erprises.
.bout whose wisdom we are doubtful.
"You have been in some very queer
>lace already to-night, Tom, to make you f
-11- 1.'. i:i,? ?? n * I
U1K in M1CI1 il Uilll-illM- llKillUVJi .
His brothers looked curiously into
Toin's face, while the women-folks preent
paused in the midst of their chatter
,nd work for the same purpose. The I
ncu evidently thought Tom had been j
Iriuking; the women divined at once |
lis absolute sincerity. T he pause was i
ollowcd by a long and angry discussion, I
n which there was no lack of hard |
vords, but the end had been deteimined i
n Tom's mind before it began, and in ;
i week's time he found himself crossing !
he dreary plains which guard the ap>roaclies
to the treasure-houses of the i
nniintniiis
But alas! Tom soon found that the i
cevs to these treasure-houses were eun- |
lingly hidden from him. His industry
md business tact were of no avail here,
-abor led to nothing, and simple luck
eemed to laugh science and probabilities
o scorn. Yet though he had no luck, it
vas curious to see how the mine madness
uled him. He knew men who had
earehed fur ten and even twenty years
md then found in a moment millions of i
rcasure. He knew a man who had wan- I
lered over Nevada, and sifted the Black !
lills for nothing, and then just stumbled I
>ver a Rocky Mountain silver mine that j
lad made him a modern Cm sus. Such 1
ales were in every camp, and in hunger, I
old. and wretchedness of every kind, !
hey kept Tom's courage high.
Yes, though he was locked up in those i
lreary fastnesses, and heard only at long i
ntervals of the world outside them. In j
act. the outside world after the lirst two !
'"'IK ti-wl littlo fnrliim TT<> '
tot written home at lirst, partly because !
' his head was under water," and partly
jeeause it was really a diflicult matter to
iost a letter, and still more difficult to I
ret at the reply; and tlu-n gradually his
vhole being became absorbed in one idea.
I'he mountains held him in their spell,
tnd he knew that nothing but thediscov ry
of some rich lode would break it.
One night, after four years of this
it range life, he met a little party in the
Matte Canon who had lost their way, and
vere in t he greatest extremities. Tom ;
juided them back to safety, and made a
varm friend of their leader?so warm
hat the man offered hiin a share in a large
melting and assaying work which he was
joing to establish near the Silverton
Mines. Tom happened to be unusually
iard up, with a long winter before him,
ind he accepted the offer. Of course he
old himself that just as soon as the snow
nelted he should begin his ' prospcctng"
again: but he never did.
In the stir, bustle and method incident j
o the conduct of a great work, his old i
msiness habits re-asserted their power, i
Ic found himself making money so i
apidly that he resolved to go on making |
md saving until he could buy a mine. I
or to be the possessor of a veritable gold
>r silver mine still charmed and ruled
lis imagination.
Thus the years went by. Few people
vould have recognized in the stalwart,
?ronzed, bearded man. clothed in leather
md flannel, the once stylishly-dressed |
ind scrupulously shaved and gloved em- j
dove of the great Arm of Scott & Don-1
tldson, "Water street, New York. For j
nil ten years had passed away, and
hough Tom was only thirty-three, he
ooked and felt a great deal older.
o? ?it.^ nvVx-m ho r?rinntf?fl
MmiUllIUCS liu?, ai , ....v,..
ip his balancc in the Golden City bank, ho j
jegan to think of his old life, and to ,
lave sudden yearnings which made him !
urn his face lovingly eastward. But the ;
jyves of great trusts were upon his lands,
and the spell of money-making on
?- i l. l,^ in/lnofl rk^r>nQinn<tI)v
lis neun; n^Muau, nmv?u,
inder the nigntmare, but his memories
Acre not powerful enough to thoroughly
irouse him. |
It happened that in his tenth summer
iiis partner went East to bring home :i
laughter whom he had left there ::t
chool, and his return was quite an event j
;o Tom. This man had walked Broad- j
ivay within a week, and had brought j
nack with him the flavor and the very j
language of the place. Tom had rot i
i^u'.ssed how dear to him his native city I
was until one familiar name after]
another unlocked all the wards of mem':*V
' - - * ? , ".-V'''
I
orv. mid ;i passionate longing for the old
seem s :uid haunts; the old loves and J
friendships. seized him. j
' John A?)l?ny;"' he said. "I must ;
make a run Kast fur a few weeks. There
is verv little quartz iii the mill, ami the
' 1 < . 1- kniw
nooks are 111> 10 nair. i u ^n. n?>- lt.......
fever, .lohn. bad. I think I will start to 1
morrow."
So in a few days Tom Kilrov stood ai
the foot of Chambers street, wondering
if lie should home without warning;
wondering, indeed, whether he had any
home. Yes. there i! stood, just as he
had left it. the litt!> brick house with
the bright ureen blinds outside. Hut inside
there had been changes. His father
was dead, his eld' r brothers married, and
tin- litt le si<ter lie had left in short dresses
just going to be. Hut love is always the
same, and these simple souls made a great
festival over their returned wanderer.
< 11 i ..
WltllOUt OIK-e aSKUIg 1I lie nan Mini <1
respectable sum, or come home with
empty pockets.
Sitting alone with his mother that
night, heat length ventured an inquiry
very n< ar his heart.
''Where is Alice Scott now. mother?"' 1
" I don't know. Tom. Things have
changed for her."
' She is married, then?"
"That is past my telling. I have j
heard nothing at all ahout her for eight '
years?never since her father failed. |
They went somewhere up the river to :
live. 1 saw her mother's death in the i
papers soon after."
It was a great tragedy in a few words
?failure, poverty, death, and isolation, j
Tom's reveries were not devoid of re- 1
morse tliat iii^lit. out tno nexr uav n?
started out early to do what his heart
told him ought to have been done years
ago.
It was not hard to find Mr. Scott's re- ;
treat, and he came upon it just at noon. I
Mr. Scott was leaning over the little j
wooden gate, looking listlessly down the j
long dusty lane, and he readily entered :
into conversation. Tom was smitten 1
with pity at the change in his old patron.
He hail sunk to very small interests, and i
talked now of his little patch of corn, '
his couple of cows, and his eggs and i
chickens as he had oucc talked .of richly | _
laden barks, and bills of lading, ana j
checks, and balances. Then Tom led I
him on to speak of his old business, and j
he was glad to see that the merchant in- j
stantlv asserted himself, "lie must be
taken out of this," thought Tom, and ho
asked himself to dinner.
lie entered the house with a boating |
heart. Would Alice be there? Would j
she know liiinf Mr. Scott ha>l not sus- :
pected who he was, but Alice ought to j
have keener eyes. She was laying a very \
humble table for two as they entered, !
and after a glance and a movement of i
courtesy she went calmly on with her :
household duties.
Tom had a good opportunity for ob- j
serving how much changed she was, but |
it was a change that soothed and pleased j
him. Her figure, her movements, her i
sweet, quiet face, her neat dress?nothing j
escaped him; and she was fairer in his >
eyes than she had been even in that en- j
chanted hour when she had first driven :
him from the little Jersey depot.
They sat opposite to each other at
table, and when he answered her first j
inquiry, she looked eagerly at him. but j
Tom suddenly lowered nis eyes, jn ;i :
moment, however, the trutli flushed ;
across her heart, and in a scarcely articulate
voice she cried out, "Oh Tom! oh i
my dear Tom!"'
Then Tom was by her side, kissing
her cheeks and lips and hands, and
whispering nohody knew what, between
his kisses. Mr. N'ott had risen at once
and was supporting himself on the back
of his chair, hardly able to understand
the good fortune that had come to him,
until Tom said:
"You promised me Alice, sir, when I
had made fifty thousand dollars. I am
worth nearly nine hundred thousand today;
will that do?"
"Good gracious. Mr. Kiirov!" and the
old man sank into his chair, and covered
his eyes with his browned hands.
There was only a beefsteak and some '
potatoes and a cup of coffee at that i
betrothal feast,but it was a wonderful one, |
and sifter it there was a business talk in |
the garden, which made a new man of j
Mr. Scott. For Tom wsis lu-nt on re- |
founding the old lirm under the name of
"Scott Kilrov," and though there was i
necessarily some delay, a million of
money can work miracles, and before
many months were over the senior partnen 1
of the new firm wsis exercising again all]
his old authority and business acumen. )
For Tom remembers his father-in-law's '
claiftis, and lias forgotten no word of that
kindness which altered his whole destiny ;
when a mason lad, and which for many j
years encouraged and rewarded his youth- j
fill efforts. * j
Tom's youngest brother occupies Tom's
old position in the house now; but it is
not likely that he will follow Tom's footsteps
westward; for whenever Tom hears
him talking of his big brother's '"good j
luck" in the mines he always says: '
' Easy?easy. Ilarry; good luck needs j
""'"1 l/xiL-iinr 'iftnr ninl im111 iy f-iaipr 1
^ ..
made than found."?llarjicr'a 11 'cckly.
WISE WORDS.
A deed is adorned by payment.
A good beginning is half the work.
Be praised not for your ancestors, but
for your virtues.
Real glorv springs from the silent conquest
of ourselves.
Never take a crooked path while you |
can see a straight one.
Nothing except what flows from the |
heart can render even external manners
pleasing.
We judge ourselves by what we feel j
capable of doing, while others judge us
by what we have already done.
Tlir> In-*! innflmd nf disi><jsin?r of half
the slanders of the age is to pay them no
attention. The other half may he lived
down.
"When loving hearts are separated, not
the one which is exhaled to heaven, hut
the survivor it is, which tastes the sting
of death.
What a pity that wrinkles should not. !
he all under our heels instead of on our j
faces! It would he a much better ar' !
rangement.
The way to wealth is as plain as the j
way to market. It depends chiefly on
two words?indu.-try and frugality; that
is, waste neither time nor money, hut
make the host use of both. Without in
dustry and frugality nothing wiil do, and I
with them everything.
Winning a Caplainey.
Siedlitz, the famous general of cavalry,
when still a young oflictr, used to j
maintain that any mounted soldier who !
allowed himself to l>e taken prisoner, j
together with his horse, was a scamp i
and a coward. He once rode in the I
suite of the king over the bridge leading i
into the fortress of Giogana. When they i
had readied the middle of the bridge, at
a signal from the king, the two draw- j
bridges in front and behind were drawn
up, and the king turned to Scidlitz with |
the words: " Mow you are my prisoner." i
" Not yet, your m-ijesty," answered the
bold horseman, as he gave the spurs to
his horse, leaped over t lie parapet into
the Oder and swam safely to shore. He
was only a cornet when he sprang into |
the water, but he found himself a captain
by the time he get to land.
In Two Chapters.
(1.) An humble boy. with a Shining
nail. Went gladly singing Adown the
dale, To where the cow with The
brindlc tail On clover her palate <li?l
Hcgale. An humble bee did Gayly sail
Far over the Soft and Shadowy vale, to
where the boy with the Shining pail, was
milking the cow With the brindle tail.
<S.) The bee lit down on the Cow's left
car: Her heels flew up through The At- j
mo.:pherc?And through the leaves of a j
chestnut tree, The boy soared into i
Futurity.
Milton's vocabulary comprised about j
s.OO;) words, and Shakspeare's about i'>.- j
< 01. Some diligent student of Carh l
found that in "Sartor lies ?i t ;:.s" j
a!; :ie that author used not less than j
distinct words. As "Sartor" war. j
the earliest of Carlyle's books to be pub- i
I lished in volume form this showing, is '
surprisingly large.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
, I
S'lcctiiiE Orclinr<l Trees.
The J'iwItoil Farmer advises intending
purchasers ;is follows: Ntirscryrmen
know what purchasers will not believe? :
that short, stocky trees arc better for an
orchard, more likely to live, conic quicker
into-bearing than tall, slender trees,
whether apple, peach, pear, plum or
cherry. The reason is simply this: Tall
trees in the nursery rows, for some reason
get the start, overtop and overshad.idow
those that started later: the sap of the
tree consequently pushes its growth upward
and into foliage, while; the roots are
1/.I.? cli.twlor mil few rnnsi-niicnt 1 v it
docs not Ik-mi- transplanting as well or
do as* well after being transplanted as was
expected from its line appearance in the
row. Stocky trees, on the contrary,
being overshadowed, make a shorter
growth, with branches and foliage nearer
the ground, with numerous short roots
that do not waste their substance in
bleeding or by absorption from the soil,
that cntisc the tree to atari olT in a rapid
growth and outstrip its slender rival, and
also come quicker into profitable bearing.
Power of Soil* to Absorb TOoisUire.
One cause of the superiority some soils
have over others consist in their great absorptive
and retentive power. In light
and sandy soils the power of retaining
nutritive substances is less than in the
case of heavier soils, or thin soils having
much vegetable matter. The power of
soils to absorb and retain moisture is in
direct ratio not only to the quantity of
organic matter in the soil but also to the
fineness of the particles of the soil, hence
the importance of securing a proper degree
of fineness in the particles of a soil
il it is to withstand drought.
During dry weather plants require a
soil which is both absorptive and retentive,
and that soil which is capable of
seizing atmospheric moisture and holding
it when the atmosphere is heated is one
of the best constituted soils. Soils most
efficient in this respect are those in which
there is a due mixture of sand, finely
divided clay and carbonate of lime, with
?onie vegetable matter and which are sufficiently
loose and light to be permeable
to the atmosphere.
Stiff clay soils, which take up great
quantities of water when it is poured on
them in a fluid form, are not soils which
absorb most moisture from the atmosphere
in dry weather; these cake and
bake, and present only a small surface to
the air, and the vegetation 011 them
burns up.
The temperature of a soil depends
largely upon its humidity. Dry land absorbs
heat more quickly and loses it more
slowly than that which is wet. This
fact explains one of the great benefits
arising from tin: drainage of low. moist
districts. The temperature of drained
land is in summer often three degrees
above that of undrained land. Dark
colored soils absorb heat more rapidly
than do light colored ones.
Iluttcr.
Butter is sour or cheesy, says Coh:nwnx
Ji>irKI because of the milk
or cream being kept at too high temperature,
or the butter, after forming in the
churn, was still churned and gathered in
the buttermilk which should have been
at once drawn olT and water or brine
(which is far better) substituted to both
gather and wash, l'utter is mottled because
the salt, wliich raises the color,
has not touched those spots showing light,
while it should be thoroughly and uniformly
mixed in, or a strong brine while
butter is in granule form docs it about
equally as well. Soft butter has various
overworking the chief one: in
this ease it will get solid, cut and try
smoothly exposed to cold, but slight heat
softens readily. Again, churning at high
temperature mixes in the buttermilk,
forming a soft mass and difficult to remove
and readily turning rancid; chilling,
washing and pressing is the only
remedy. Crisp, crumbly or short butter
is caused by too much water being
worked into it by design or accident, and
occurs chiefly in cool weather. White
specks are of two kinds, one sort being
cream in the act of forming
into butter; the other dry cream, either
from while sitting being disturbed, separated
and drying on sides of vessel, or
from a dry. windy atmosphere. Butter
in which these are found is usually of
good flavor. To finish, line, solid butter
is the work of proper temperature
throughout; also preventing or removing
liquids from its composition before the
butter has set: after which disturbing its
formation, even though at the hands of
an expert, may make it closer grained,
but not solid or so crisp, nor will the butter
so disturbed stand up under heat and
exposure so well. It is generally understood
that when the grain of butter, as
it is termed, is broken up by overwork
ing, it can never lie recovered to any extent.
This, [ claim, is a mistake. It
may be subjected to a particular temperature,
after Ix ing handled and mussed to
any extent, and yet brought back almost
to its original solidity. It will, however,
soften more readily in heat, afterward.
stable ( leaning.
Forty to fifty years ago, and wc nrc
sorry to say that the evil still exists at
the present time at points far away from
towns and cities and dense populations,
there was nothing so much neglected as
the keeping of cow stables clean. As a
common rule they were cleaned out once
1 *1 ..
a wccK?on Muurony?:iiki men u. was
not so much on account of the comfort
and health of the animal and the convenience
and tidiness of the milker, as simply
because the pile of manure must be
gotten out of the way to allow of the
putting up and letting loose of the cattle
mornings and evenings. We
have seen the manure in the cattle stalls
two feet dec]) of almost clear dung, with
the hinder part of the animal at least one
foot higher than the front part, and the
cattle beingdriven out to the pasture field
with ouantitics of fresh dunir hanirimr to
tlirir flanks, which fn?in day t<? day received
layer upon layer until it was one
disgusting mass, and was left there until
it became dry and hard, and fell olT in
Hakes of its own action. The litter about
a fourth of the quantity cattle
now rcceive-consisted of the stalks
of corn-fodder which could not be
eaten, the weeds left in the hay. the
Takings of dirty straw lying about the
outbuildings, and sometimes mixed with
a few leaves from the woods. The food
of the dairy cows consisted of musty
corn-fodder, second crop clover, and
orchard grass badly cured, chair from the
winnowings of the threshed gnrin, oats,
straw, etc. The cows were of course at
bin almost as skeletons, and their product
of poor milk was about one-half of
what would have been obtained from
properly fed cattle. The fact is that the
farmer took no pride in his live stock.
The idea of giving them clean stalls,
good ventilation and nourishing lood,
never entered his thoughts, and if it did
would have been regarded as an utter
waste of money without any return.
Hut look at the stables now of the
dairy stock ! Their stalls are wide, clean
and fresh, the cattle themselves are
bright and sleek, with no projecting ribs,
???wl ?Knn/1 lit ii'/?l I fill 1 / /-*?"*?
lllll | Iir?Oi( II I IU IJUiiUiV, >H ll-IVM,
fortable in every way. ami <^i\inir two or
three times the quantity of milk ami as
rich as it is abundant. The butter from
sueh cows commands twice the price
from its careful manufacture and uniform
excellence. At tlie present time also the
farmer feels more pride in his dairy
stock than in anything else upon the
farm. He finds that they give a double
return for all the extra care and eo>t of
fili'ir inmrnvf'fl treatment. aiul tlmf In
i:ms nothing upon his premises that pays
him so well in every respect as they.?
Jjiiiicttshr Fanner.
ltccipcw.
VrciiMicKM.i Soup.?Hoil a shank of
veal in three quarts of water, three
hours, with one whole turnip, onion and
( arrul, then strain, and add a small cup
o< vermicelli. and hoil three-quarters of
:> 11 hour. Season with pepper and salt;
i: :]>: water boils away add more.
lion Cake.?Scald one quart of corn
meai. with just enough hot water to
make a thick batter; stir in two large
spoonfuls of butter; beat this a little before
mixing it with the batter, so it will
jisc readily; add half a teaspoonful of
1 salt. This should be baked nt least |
three-quarters of an hour; butter the tins 1
well in which it is baked; sefve hot.
! Toast Jelly.?Slice a quarter of a !
pound of bread and toast it carefully, |
taking care not to burn it; pour over it !
sufficient boiling water to entirely satur- j
ate it; add two table-spoonfuls of sugar, '
and a very little grated nutmeg or pow- j
dered cloves, and boil it to a pulp; pass I
it through a linn sieve with a wooden
spoon, stir a glass of good sherry wine in ;
it. and then cool it in an earthen mold or I
bowl. Use it cold; a little sweet cream
i poured over it increases its nutriment. i
Pastk That Will Keep A YeaJi.^ 1
Dissolve a tcaspoonful of alum in a quart '
! of warm water. When cold stir in as
much flour as will give it the consistency
of thick cream, being particular to beat
up all the lumps; stir in as much powdered
rosin as will lie on a dime and ;
throw in half a dozen cloves to give a t
pleasant odor. Pour this flour mixture
into a pan containing atcacupful of boiling
water, and stir it well over the flic, j
In a very few minutes it will be of the
consistency of mush. Pour it into :in .
earthen or china vessel; let it cool; lay a i
cover on and put it in a cool placc.
When needed for use take out a portion
and soften it with warm water. Paste
thus made will last twelve months. It |
i< better than gum, ns it does not gloss |
the paper and can be written on.
Amiiku Puddixo.?One dozen large .
tart ap]iles, one cupful of sugar, tlio !
juice and rind of two lemons, six eggs, j
four tablcspoonfuls of butter, enough
puff or chopped paste to line a tlireo- j
pint pudding dish. Pare and quarter the i
apples. Pare the thin rind from the ;
lemon, being careful not to cut into the
white part. Put the butter, apple and i
lemon rind and juice in a stew-pan, with
half a cupful of water; cover tightly
and simmer three-quarters of an hour,
rub through a sieve, add the sugar and !
set away to cool. Lino the dish with i
paste. Beat the yolks of the eggs, and J
stir into the cooled mixture. Turn this
into the lined dish. Hake slowly for half
an hour. Heat the whites of the eggs to
I _ -till f..?4l. ??,1 lw.ot ir.f/% I
21 Still i I U LI J j UI1U frltlMXUiikj i 111 iv j
tlxem three tablespoonfuls of powdered
sugar. Cover the pudding with this; return
to the oven, and cook twelve min-'
utes with the door open. Serve ?ithcr
hot or cold.
Forgers.
"About how many gangs of forgers |
arc there working around the country?" I
"Oh, a dozen or fifteen of *hcm, I
suppose."
" Then, seems to me, you ought to be
able to keep track of them pretty closely
and tell just where they are working at
any time."
""We only work when we are employed,
you know." said Mr. Pinkerton, j
"but. of course, when we run across i
" ? ii
llicm "?VC Kliciw pre i iv ucur nuv> iw ??o |
them, an<l if we get one of the principals j
we know who his chief confederates are,
but the ' layers-down,' and office boys,
and other parties who do the business
for them, they keep changing all the ;
time, getting a new gang in every fresh j
place they strike. We had a clever case
here in Chicago about two years ago.
They all pleaded guilty, and one of them I
died not long ago at Joliet. Morton
was his name. Mis accomplices were I
Phillips and Brush. They went '
into the commission business, and one of |
them stole a check off the hook?you i
j you know the way they have them hung |
up in the banks beside the teller. It I
I happened to be Isaac Waxcl's check, j
They took it over into a saloon near by, |
and there, in a very few minutes, one of j
them practiced 011 the signature until ho !
had it perfcct. lie could handle a pen j
like a writing teacher, that fellow could; j
it was beautiful. Then they took the
check back and hung it up where it be- j
longed, and began running in their 1
forgeries. There arc a hundred ways I I
could tell you about if I had the time, i
but there's my buggy outside, and I'll
have to bid you -good-by.' So lonir. i
Conic and see us again some day and I'll
give you some more."?Chiettgo Xcim.
The Cherokee Hose.
A pleasing feature of Florida is the
beautiful and fragrant Cherokee rose that
abounds in the whole pcn.nsula. The |
Cherokee tribe of Indians dwelt from 500 j
to 1,000 miles further north, in what is i
now north Georgia, and in the adjacent !
regions, now comprised in Tennessee and |
North Carolina. How came the Florida
rose to bear the name Cherokee?
The legion is that the Seminoles, living j
in the low country, now Florida, went on
the war path against the Cherokees, entered
their country and fought a battle. |
A young Seminole brave was taken pris- j
oner and carried to the wigwam of a Cher- ,
okee chief, lie was doomed to be put to j
death. But the custom of the tribe was :
not to execute captives when sick. The
young warrior, being siek, was spared 1
till he should recover, when death would
be inflicted on him. The chief had a
daughter that attended him in his ill- j
ness, and the two fell in love. When
eonvalesecnt and able to travel, the J
young brave determined, with her connivance,
to make his escape and return j
to his own people. She consented to ;
elope with him. One dark night they
started from her father's abode. After
they had gone some distance the young
woman stopped and expressed an earnest
desire to go back to her home and bear j
away some memento of the place. He- j
tracing their steps, she plucked a small ;
rosebush that she brought away. They
carried it to the Seminole country, where
bring planted, it grew and nourished. :
From this root the variety was I
propagated, and, in course of time, it
spread through the peninsula, where it j
thrives and blooms at the present day. i
It is universally styled the Cherokee
rose.?GtthcuVm Xar*.
A Novel Squirrel Hunt.
A squirrel hunt, gotten up on a novel
plan, took place in Missouri recently, i
I Tim <"ii>f.iinu were II. I). Sacknder and
S. I). liridge. Jk'sidf.s the captains
thirty-six men entered into the scheme,
twenty-four of whom were hunters, and
' the other twelve going in for the pecun!
iarv part of the business and the supper,
j Kaeli man of the company paid $1 into
I the treasury, and the twenty-four hunters
j hied them next morning to the forests in j
search of game, there having been no '
choosing of sides or division into companies.
Whihvthey were out the twentyfour
names were shaken up together, and
the two captains drew out each a name,
alternately, until all were drawn. The
I twelve wl'io did not hunt were then pairI
fil nir in flip m:inncr. The result I
of this drawing \v;is kept secret. AVhen '
the li'inlers came in :it night each one
| was taken separate!) into a room with
the captains and an umpire and his game (
counted and recorded, and after all was
counted the division was announced, not
a man knowing until thi; moment to ,
which company he belonged or who were
his comrades in the company. Each man
of the victorious company then had his.
dollar returned to him, together with a
ticket for the supper. Captain Sackrider's
party killed :}.<>55 squirrels and
Captain Hridgc's IS.O'JO. W. II. Rich
bagged 525 and J. Hitchcock 010.
The ( apttire of the Seal. x :
An interesting description of the habits
and manner of capture of the Alaskin
seal recently appeared. The breeding
grounds of the seal are abandoned during
the winter, but early in May the more
energetic males paddle along the coast
and select their territories. Having determined
their estates, they seek an ele.
1 - L 1 ...1. .1. ,1...
vaicil puilll mm which me m-;i iui mi;
coining of the females. Soon tlie expected
mates appear, and a race to reach
them ensues. The race frequently ends
in a struggle. of which the female is an
interested spectator. The result she
considers final, and t lie stronger seal carries
her home to his particular cove or
beach. The capture of one male does
not suffice, however, and the watch is
attain kept, seaward till as many as twenty
femalesarc secured by the victorious male. !
The defeated one sometimes secures only
one or two wives, and so the law of nat- ;
ural selection is enforced. Gossiping ;
between the estates is strictly guarded 1
against by the jealous mah s, and wives j
and offspring arc alike chastised if detec- !
ted outside the boundaries of their i
lord's domain. In killing the seal j
only the males from two to five years are |
taken. The skins are generally prepared j
in England. |
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THE PUBLIC FUNDS.
Annual Keport of United St.ite3 j
Treasurer Wymari,
. . I
Farts nf Infrrpst Ahont the Financiol ,
-------- I
Operations of a Year.
Mr. TVyman, treasurer of the United
states, has submitted his annual report to the
re retnry of the trtamry. Following is a
synopsis of some cf its more important points:
'J here lias hcen a decrease during the ] ast |
fbcalycar as com pared with the preceding
year in the receipts from customs of j5,Tu4,from
internal revenue of $1,717,220, and
from niiscellaneoU; sources of $1)08,932, and
an increase in the receipts from the sales of
public lands of *3,2(12, i2t. The totai net
revenue recelved'during the year was $39S,:JSr,;?81,
which is $.">,:j.>7,tiU8 le.-9 than the
amount received !ast year.
The not expenditures amount to $2l?,408,137,
an increase over those of 13-S2 of $7,420,- J
<k'(, and inn increase, anueu lu wc amuuuv
of decrease in tho receipts, makes a reduction
in the amount of surplus revenue applicable
to the reduction of thenublic debt of $12,004,300.
Tho princi] al increase in expenditures
was on account of civil and miscellaneous
expenses, which amounted to $11,458,271,
the expenditures on account of the interest
oil the public debt falling $11,917,075 below
those for the same purpo: eduring the preceding
year.
The amount of United States currency outstanding
at the end of the year was $302,403,315,
and the redemptions during the year
amounted to $130, ISO, 750; aggregate, $-',407,S'JO.HGN.
There were issued during the year silver
certificates amouuting to $-55,040/.0), and
gold certificates amounting to $">0,710,0 X).
I'lie redemptions of silver certificates aggregate!
$12,510,870, and of gold certificates |
$7,SJ4,000, leaving nominally outstanding at
the close of the year $S8,010,831 in silver certificates
and $;2,378,040 in gold certificates.
('irpulniinrr nntesof nntional banks amount
ing to $102,0'.)!),077 were received for redemption
during the year, of which $23,55:2,2 <9
were in notes of failed, liquidating, ami reducing
banks.
The general balance in the treasury increased
from $143,!IC4,S!I3 on September 30,
lbs:.', to $103,232,4)3 on September 30, 13bo.
The fractional silver coin iu the Treasury
was decreased during the year by $030,721),
and ttie amount of gold and silver coin and
bullion was increased by $70,300,Go!), this increase
being ehielly due to tne new issue of
gold certificates and the increaso in the
amount of outstanding silver certificates. The
gross assets were increased by $109.5tt),S27,
and the excess of the cash assets of tne government
over its liabilities on the first of November,
1883, was $16'J,822,54o,Iagairist $135,151.li88
on the same date in 1882.
The number of United States notes redeemed
during the year was 20,33!), 104, representing
a face value of $77,704,714. These
figures include $32,000,000 of $5.00.) and $10,000
notes reported as issued and redeemed
which were only passed from the reserve
fund of unissue l notes through the accounts
for the purpose of destruction.
The treasurer recommends the appropriation
of $::0,00J to be made available for the
present fiscal year, and of $70,000 for the enL-ninfft'flot.
fn fnr ?rntvqnnrtji.tinn
of worn ami mutil ted United .States notes
and gold and silver certifii ate-i, whicli latter
ho thinks should, as tliey lia'-o gone into tho
c irculation, Le treated as notes, except that
the charges of transportation should not bo
paid on thorn where redemption in coin Is demanded.
There wero detected in remittances of
United States note* received for redemption
315 counterfeits of the nominal value of
and in remittances of national bank
notes sixty-ono notes stolen prior to
regular i.-sae, with tho signatures
of tho 1 ank officers forged thereon,
amounting to $o(J5, and 451 counterfeits,
amounting to $4,On? counterfeit silver
certificate of the denomination of $10, one
rvMint^rfpit cnnuiound-iiitL'rest note of $1(M),
and c ounterfeit fractional currency amounts
ing to ill), were also detected "in ramittances
received.
There was redeemed during the year
557 in fractional currency, leaving ?15,.J7<>.Ci-.t
of this class of money" outstanding at the
close of the year.
Tho amount of standard silver dollars
coined to September ."-O, 1NS1, was $154,370.*
S'.m, of wh'ch $3'.?, 121,2 6 was then outstanding,
and $114,57ii,1)44 held by the treasury,
$'.14.4! 0,'MI of the last mentioned amount b&iiitf
held for tho redemption of silver certificates.
The bonds held in trust for national banks
at the close of the year represented a face
va'ue of * '!? '!,of which $:i50,5yii,500
was hel <1 as a socurity for circulation?a decrease
of ?4,1 _'(?,20U from the amount so held
at the close of the previous year?and *17,lli;,00;i
as security for public" moneys deposited
with national bank dej)Ositories.
Bonds of tho Unit-d States to the amount
nf Si:u (l(t!? ""id wi?rt> redeemed durintr the
year. Checks representing an aggregate
lace value of ?4X,*hkS, 1:'0 were is-ueil during
the year in payment of interest on registered
bonds.
Of the $:>04,204,Sort of three per cent, bon is
issued in exchange for bonds of three and a
half per cent.. $!iU!i,Os:yS.Vj were held in trust
for national banks at the close of the year.
In Septeii;b-T, 1S8:{, the first call for the three
j>er cent*, was made, ami as further calls follow
the banks holding them will be required
to retire the circulation issued thereon or
substitute bonds of other loans, all of which
are at a high premium. This may result in
a substantial reduction of bank circulation.
The treasurer recommends an appropriation
to continue the distribution of fractional
silver and minor coin, the appropriation
mndo for that purpose by the net of March,
issrj. having been exhausted about the 1st of
(>cti ber. He also recommends the redemption
and retirement by re-coinage into fivecent
nickels of the three-cent piece of the
minor coinage.
IMPOKTANT TIME CHANGE.
Clinns:<'N in tlie Time by tvliicll the
* J **4' fan f'Aimtfi* n rp
Itun.
The changes made on Sunday, November 18,
in the time by which about all the railroads in
the c ountry are run,c annot be broughtabout,
at tho best, without considerable friction,
says the Scientific --t merican. In Boston, for
instance, there is no little opposition to the
putting of clocks and watches back some
seventeen minutes, as will be necessary under
the new provision for "Eastern standard"
time, but orders have been issue 1 for many of
the public clocks in that city to be so regulated,
and, as the whole railroal system of
the Eastern States will bo coutrollo 1 by
this standard, the prevailing opinion seems
to he that the innovation will be generally
accepted. There may lie some who will a5
first carry tho two kinds of time, the "standard'"
and the true, as can be rea li.y done by
having two minute hands on a watch: this u
now frequently practiced to keep both New
York and Boston time, by those who travel
much between the two cities. In New York
city, whi re the change required calls for
putting back the true time only four minutes,
there will pi\ b:ibly be Ie>s opposition to
the a lontion of the new standard, but it may
b;- readily conceived that great confusion
will inevitably caused wherever it is attempted
to uso the two kinds of time simultaneously.
By the adoption of th' new plan there will
lirjinti.wllv be onlv four standards of time
throughout the country, instead of fortynine,
as at pros >nt. The time-tables of many
of the railroads will also have to be change I,
as well as the clocks, in order to facilitate the
making of connections between lines allected
over i on-iclerable distances east and west.
The following list of changes has, therefore,
be.>n furnished by Mr. H'. 1<\ Allen, secretary
of the railroad conventions which decided
upon the adoption of the new standard, the
letter f denoting that the clock is to lie set
ahead, and the letters that it is to beset
back:
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe, east of
Dodge City, do ks only, ! minutes, f.
Atchison, Topeka, ami Santa Fe. west of
Dodge City, clocks and schedules, 51 minutes,
s.
Baltimore anil Ohio (wo-t). both clocks and
schedules. 'J* minutes, s.
Boston IJoosae Tunnel and Western, both
clocks and schedules, 4 minutes, s.
Boston and Albany, clocks only 10 minutes,
s.
Canadian Pacific (Eastern division), clocks
only, ii minute-4, s.
Central Vermont,both clocks and schedules,
12 minutes, s.
Chesajieala* anil Ohio, both clo:-Ks ami
schedule*, s minutes, f.
Chicago and Alton, clocks only. I) minutes, s.
Chicago and Grand Trunk, b itli clocks and
.'Ciicd:i!(s, ; minute-, s.
Cleveland. Co'umbus, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis,
both clocks and schedule;, minutes,
s.
Delaware and Hudson C:u:al Company,
clocks only, -1 minutes, s.
Delaware, liackawanna. and Western. bjth
clocks an 1 schedules, | minutes, s.
Fort Wayne, t 'inciunati. and Louisville,
both dock; and s he lules, minute:, s.
l'reeho d and New York, both clocks and
schedules, I minutes, s.
Hartford and Connecticut Western, clock;
only. 1 minutes, s.
l.ake Shore and Michigan Southern, botii
clocks and schedules. minutes, s.
Lehigh Valley, clicks only, I minute, f.
Louisville and .Nashville, decks i nly IS
minnto '. s.
Mis ouri J'aeific, docks, sche lules at S:.
Louis only. * minutes, s.
New i'ork, l ake Erie, and Western, clocks
only, -1 minutes, s.
. ew York Central and Hudson River,
i locks only, 4 minutes, s.
-New York City aid Northern, cioclcs only,
c\v York and New England Iras' >.>f Connecticut).
both clocks and tchoilucs. 11 millUN"?,
s.
Now York and New England (in Connection
). 1) itli clocks and sche.lu'es, 4 minut-vs, s
! entisylvaiva, New Y( rk divisui:. both
11 ks and schedules, t minute, f.
i on nylvania, all divisions exoop New
V?? k. c ocks only, 1 minute, f.
I l'.ilalolphia and Reading, both clock;
. ii-l rcheduie--, 1 minute, f.
Hone, AVatertown, and ()gd"i:s'j!irg,
(Lcks only, 4 minutes, s.
NEWS OFTHE WEEK. ,
Eastern and Middle States.
Religious exercises cimmemorfltlve of <
Martin Luther's four hundred.h birthday, 1
<ver? held in New York. Brooklyn, Piiiladei
phia, Boston, and other cities throughout the j
country.
Commander Cushman, of the' tInit?d{3tatos '
ravy, died the other day at Buffalo, N; T.y
aged fifty-two yeart.
"William E. Brockway, a noted forger
and fcoUnterfeiter, and two ns-ociates, have
been captured by t'-e New York pol es with ,
a lnrce nuantitv of toiintoffeited railroad
br>ir s mil material for c6\inferfehiltg lu '
their possession.
Complete returns of the vote for governor |
In New Jersey irive the following figures: j
Abbett (Democrat'c), 101,841: Dixon (Repub
lican), 00,042: Parsons (Prohibitionist), 4,615; \
Urner (Greenback), :J,S"0. 1
f-fliiWAXEOAti, Penti., has suffered heavily <
from a calamitous fire, the flames swcepin ]
over four squares soil lly built tip and pre* i
sonting Mxfe.m street fronts, and leaving 2o0 ]
families homeless. Tho to'at Iosm id intimated
at ?l,00y 0>i I
TnEfn>tsriow fail of the searon which
visited New York and vicinity was attended
! by an unusually strong wind storm; Syveral i
unfinished buildings in tbo city were blown 1
I down. Thero were many reports of disasters
to vessels in the great lakes, and at least
i ten schooners were lost between Oswego, N.
Y., and Chicago.
I Thhee miners wero killed by the preniaI
ture explosion of a blast at Wilkesbarre, ,
j Penn.
| By the fall of a scaffold attached to a new
; school buil ling in the upper part of New
i "W.rlr m'rriit- wnrUmpti were thrown to the 1
! ground ft distance of forty-five feet. Two of
j the men were instantly kille 1, a third was
j fatally injure'!, arrl tho other five were hurt J
more or less seriously.
j Dr. J. Marion Sims, a distinguished phy- ,
^rician and surgeon, born in North Caro.ina.
?but for many years a resident of New York,
died a few da\ssiiuo in that city at the age
of seventy j cars. Dr. Sims' faun as a surgeon
was as great abroad as in this country.
For many years he made annual trifs to
London and" Paris, for th' purjx se of attend- 1
ing consultations nud making delicate operations,
for which his services were in great
demand. He bad received many honors from
foreign rulers and medical societies, nnd ;
among his patients once numbered the Empress
Eugenie. I
j Prominent re'entists from all parts of the
country discussed various topics of scientific ;
interest at the reuni. n of the National Academy
of Sciences in Niw Haven, Conn.
I A shower of snails is reported from Hartford,
Conn. {
I Rear Admiral Joiinson B. Creighton, of
j the United HtaUs navy, aiecl nj us nome in
j Morriitown, N. J.,?ged sixty-A ^?"*rs,..
| Ex-Governor Nait Head, of jy. ?mp !
' shire, died in Manchester the other the
1 age of fifty-five. He' was one of tne most
prominent Republicans and business mra in
the State.
i Several deaths occurred as a result of the
freat fire at Slienandoab, Penn. In all 200
oases were* destroyed and 50J persons rendered
homeless.
Two machine guns, cai able of firing 505
shots n minute, have just Ixen finishe I at
Hartford, Ccnn., for General Giant as presents
to the Viceroy of China and the Mikado
of Japan.
Two thou and carpe"; weavers in New
.ti'iwilr n?V(ttn f r> i inn in WflffAT i
i Immense damage 1 a< been done by a t- r-!
undo in Oxford. Franklin and o'.her com.ties |
of Maine. Million-' of tn t : were blown down, 1
many hou:o< and barns des royed, churches !
unroofed and railroad bridges moved from j
their foundations. Tbeio ses aggregate huu- .
dreds of thousands of dollars.
The sum of $150,000 haslx?en raised by sub- |
scription for the purpose of estab ishing a j
general Unitarian headquarters in Boston, i
and immediate steps will be taken to purchase '
an eligible sight an 1 erect a suitable building.
At the Tro-pcct Fair grounds, Brorklyn
the I ay gelding Frank, with running mate
trotted a mile in 2:0s?*,, thus beating 2:10}/,
the best roord. which'was made by Maud S.
without m ite.
South and West.
A St. Paul, disnatch as-erl3 that Morti
mer Dandier, a native of Ireland wh) died j
a few diys since at Derrynane, M.nn., at |
the time of his death was 1 .'1 years old. His j
J mother is said to have died in her 101st year, |
his eldest brother at the age of IDS years, and i
; his second brother at the age of i.early 118
' years. The father was the shortest-live I of j
the fami'y, havin r died at the ago of eighty.
This is a remarkable record of longevity.
Jajies Troxill was hanzed to a ra lroad i
bridge at Point Burnside, Tenn., for assault- I
ing a younj woman.
Bixffto.v, Texas, has lost its bus'ness por- :
tion by firs.
A farmers' congress of tho Unite i States '
will be held in Louisville, Ky., Pecember
5.
A fire which b:*oko out in a c'oilfn,' 1
; manufactory in Charleston, S. C., spread j
J with such rapidity that the w rk peope o:i !
the third floor?>oven wonun an I a b>y?
were cut off from escape by tlio stair-;. I'ivo j
women were injur >d, one mortally, by jump- i
1 ing i< tl:e ground, and the other two women !
were burned to death, the only one unharmed i
being the b >v, who was caught.
While the sheriff of Comanche, Texas,was
absent from jail, fifty armed, masked men j
battered in the door. overi>owercd tho j
guards, tcok out Iwo Ba ley brother.* and j
hanged both in a graveyard about a mile :
from town. I
H. C. Tii.linohast & Co., Chicago fur
ami 'eather dealers, Lave failed for about
sc'oo.ooo.
The Colored People's Industrial fair for
the Slate of >icrth Carolina was opened af.
Raleigh in preser.ee of Governor Jarvis, the
commissioner of agriculture and other State
oflicia p.
Additional reports regarding the recent
storm put the number of oystermen drow.ied
in Chesapoake hav at thirty-five. The steam |
. barge SkeN y, \afuedat flKUXH), foundered i
off Holland. Mich., and six jtersonsoa board
were drowne 1.
A fire at Ashland, Kv., t'estroyed t'ie
Norton Iron works, causing al tssof (),CXK).
The American Health association has be n
holding its annual ^e-sion at Detroit, Mich.
The State of Illinois has ce U d to the
Federal government the Illinois and Michigan
canal.
j John Wakkin. of Cleveland, l>?t a dollar j
that he could drink fifteen glasses rf whisky .
in fifteen minutes, and won the wager, but
lost his life. ,
| Trinity cathedral, one of the most impos- j
ing Episcopal buddings in tlio country, was
const crateil at Omaha, Nib., by the founder, I
Bishop Clarkson, assisted by Lord Bishop '
Sweet man, of Toronto, Bishop Ham-It, or' i
Texas, and other clergymen.
Tiik Nati .n d league, for the su pression
of polygamy, in session at Cleveland, adopted
an ad liess to tli country denouncing Mormon
practices and urg. ntly requesting "that
petitions l:o circu'nted in ev< ry ci y, t wn
and school distrif t in the Unit d S.ates, asking
Conpress to submit to the legislatures of ;
the various States an anien 'ment t) the constitution
prohibiting |olygainy.''
DCRlNf! the rccont heavy sionn the barge
Milwaukee was lo-t with her crew of jeven
men in Lake Ontario.
Washington.
The cot! on crop is estimated by the depart- i
ment i f agriculture at ab ut eighty-six j er
cent, of last ytar's crop.
CoxcnsssMA.v CaHiMsi.k, of Kentucky,
candidate forth' speakership of tho House,
was the first of the prominent candidates for
that ofllce to arrive in Wash'ngton.
General James R. C'ahn'ahav. adjutantgeneral
of Indiana, has written to the secretary
of war a: d to the adjutant-geuurals <f
tho several States, proposing that a na ionai
encanipme-it, to consist of so.iie or the b.'st
com] auies, battalion rojjinients, oatleries and
troops oi the rational guard troni
every State, be held in Washington
some time during May, 1*^4. Tlio objects
of the propocl encampment, as set
forth by (!e ;ernl Canialan, are to sccure
congr ssional ail and encouragement ly
"show ?'/ ('ongrcs* the high decree oi eiueienoy
to which our nuimunl guard may i>o
brought." nml "to !To:?ot? a grand national
conirndoliip b tween all sections of our
nation, brwikin; ilown all bitterness or partisan
feeling nu?l bringing us together in a
friendship stronger than can ba obtainel in
any otlr r way
The United State* depart m-nt of agriculture
gi\ es the ?eison's product of c m a;
1.577.0 (i.ihmi basin Is?ub .ut 40 00().0( 0 l.ush- ,
els shoi tnf tne previous crop. The j otato
cro;i is large, amounting to abi ut 17.5,000,0:J(J ,
bushels
.. r 4i.
1 II K .\| 1*11(111 11! Ul nil- U IIIMTH . -bulla lilt, j
for the last fiscal ye :r were ?in,Xi4,5(H?.
A h: tv-tii lis a\ii dollar maible statue of
Chief .lusti -e Marsh ill. l?v Story, for which
nienib-rs i f the rhilade'phia bar contributed
> .(),' (;() a :i! (oisgre-s appropriated a like sum.
will nnc'i Washington early in 1 'ojcu.ber
i!ii I be 11 ace 1 in the capitol grounds.
Tin: annual report of tlie treasurer of the
United States shows a decrease in the year
in tho nceipts from customs of 1
from interi a' revenue of $l,7r7,Vi!>, ami
from ir.ls'-ell'ineous sources of tj, and
an increase in Ilk* receipt-i fr.iiu !h sa cs of
public lands <f 'I h': total n t
revenue was , wh eh is jS'i,is
i les. tli ill the a ro'.iiit recoived last, vear. I'll?
net exjten.l.tures ain nint to S'.'t Rs.IoT a i
increase ovo.- tho-o of l*s- of .?r,4'.V?,?K?T.
('EXF.iiAL SnEnirAN, in his annual report
as commander of the dejxirtment of tho 31is|
souri,says that the numerous desert ions in th*
j armv are due totne la-i mm youim nu n m
! the East tii and Middle States enlist to get ; ,
: free transportation to tlie frontier, but when
! they arrive there divert at the first opportu
i nity- j
I AVu.mam. II. "VVit.i.s ami Norma R. Wil's, i
| Oiis wife) of Wn-hi icton, have been nis- 1
barred from practice bjfore the pension buJ
reaufor using deceptive circulars.
During Octolier 4s,s(v> emigrants arrived |
' in the United State; agairst 57,029 in
| the same month in 1.SS2. During the ten !
, months ended C-ctober 31 last, 501,037 tmi- j
( grants arrived, 1IH>,978 less than during the
same period la t year.
TfiE annual report of General Merritt, superintendent
of the West Point Military
academy, says that on September 1, 18Si,
:hi?re were "at the a~alemy fifty-five pro- 1
'essors and commissioned officers and 1511
:adet& There wero no death? during tha JL1
fear anion? the cadets, o.'llcers or sjldiers. to
fhe average cost of subsisting each cadet
*uring the last year was $17.92 per month.
Fhe peneral tone find discipline of the cadets
ire good, although the practice of hazuig has
not yet been enti. ely broken uy co
Foreign; co
Martin Lrfrtfcn'* lour hundredth birthday 111
anniversary was celebrated with religious ca
and o'hor ceremonies by the 2*roto-ta:it com- pt
munities of Eurojje. At Berlin >-0,0(10 neornehildron
marched to the churches, in whool
M
I CAIJ. UITCII wcic uciu HA IIJUVI vtuivu thef.
wno?e Im t was placed before the altar pi
in each of the lift -es. The city was decked ,u
u-ith llags and banders. nnd tho einjieror,
the crown prince an! principal gneralsof le
the German army attended one of ihe
-huroho'. Corner stones to Ltrher werj jj,
laid at Leipsic, Erfurt, Eisona;h and Nor- *
linsa h; a colossal bust was unveiled at
Bremen, and a public hall was dedicated at
Worm? The day was also celebrated q
throughout Denmark and in many towns in
England and other countries. m
Fua nce has declined tho offer of mediation
made by the United States in tho Tonquin at
trouble.
The American Catholic bishops have been w
in session at Rome.
CrtVTivTfm fin.Vifinrr hfifwApn frnvfirnmflrit ^
? - *
troops ancl rebels is reported from Servia.
Various districts have boen declared in a state d<
of siege. ni
A band of robbers derailed a train on the w
Mexican National railway, the engine, express
Car anJ a coach being totally wrecked. el
The firema-i v. as kille J and the engineer badly c-'
in ured. Tho robbers, fifteen or twenty in ^
number, then w.*nt through the train, sccured .,
about $S<.0) in bullion and fled.
IIcigfr A. Prver, the American counsel 61
of O'Donnell, tl,e slayer of Carey, the Irish ct
informer, was finally permitted by the British
government to see his client ifi Newgatf
prison, London.
A man named Tetrau't and his wife and 8
two children wore drowned crossing Mitch- fc
ell's bay, Ontario, during a storm. $}
Mexico's j ational debt is ?1(5,000,000 jr
(about fSO.OOO.OvjO). jr
fi'or.d in paying quantities has been foimd
in the province of Quebec.
Sknor Juan Valera, a distinguished
Spanish novelist and formerly minister to a
Portugal, has been appointed successor to the C1
late h'enor Baroa. who kille 1 himself in New
Vn?L- n; Snnin'a rlinlnm.-itic renrfsentativein '
tho ij'uited'states. "
Sofia Woskhepensky, a young lady stu- h:
ient, has been hanged in St. Petersburg, for fr
intriguing with tho Nihilists to assassinate
the c:ar. Od the same afternoon another
woman named Os insky, awaiting her trial
at St. Petersburg, for connection with the
Nihilists, hanged herself in her cell.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC,
Buffalo is thinking of musical festival
next spring. M
False witnesses can be purchased in India
for sixpense.
Rubinstein has at last decided upon a
name for his new comic opera. It is, "Among
Robbers."
A State Mus'c Teachers' association has t'
been organized in Virginia. The first meet- ^
ing is to be held at Richmond Christmas ..
week.
The Spider is the title of a new play which M
wiil be shortly submitted to New York be
roara^ers by a gentleman well-known as a jn
journalist. tr
Miss Marie Van Zandt, the American
prima donna, will not employ a manager, but j?
attends nei-self to all business matters and en- nr
garment-. ^
Ti e Calender organization and an addi- se
tioi-al -100 voices will participate in the great pc
minstrel festival to be he held in Cincinnati ce
the wesk of January* 7. bt
Jo Howard closes a letter about Irving In w
n.;- T ..i, r i;i,o v,jm VJ* I
ha; good qualities, but the American stage St
lias many infinitely his superiors." b?
Charles Gounod, the composer of IV
"Faust," is a'so a poet in his leisure hours, 5
and ail admirable reader of verse. In his h*
revised work, "Sapho." he has tho advantage
of i h * association of Emiie Augier. '
Mn. Irvinj has bi ought with h'm to ?e
America a gentleman who Ls said to possess a o;
fine tenor voice, an:l who will sing in the ,e
comedies in which solos are introduced. He cr
is paid, according to common report, a salary
fo $100 a week. jk
Mr. Adolph Necendorff, ons of tho bss sv
German musicians in this country, who for a tc
number of years his been identified with rv
Ge. man theatrical enterprises in New York, T,
has settled in Boston, and will devote him- tl:
self cntire'y to musical work. tr
Mme. Modjehka said to a reporter: "I G
mean to retire from the stage after two years s!
mo:o, while I am in lull po?session of all my aj
JJDWCrS. ID JU" UiVir ja a ;JUCIUUI? lucAjJiw-r - -I
ly sad in the last years of actors ap j 111
tres es who linger on the stage.'' Vl
The I'opnlo Romano, of Rome, Italy, says i
that a little lucifor match seller has been dis- I
covered to pos.-e<s a most lovely tenor voice I
and great intelligence, and that he will, no j j
doubt, be taken from his present life of men- w
dicity to be educated as a singer. ^
AIiss el/ k.v A. orridfje, a pupil of Tenor j a]
Gareias. who successfully earned off the 0
Academy medal, London, the silver medal, I "W
the Thomas gol 1 medal. the certificate of | w
meritj the Parepa ?"ld mednl and the Parepa n;
Ro-a gold medal, died suddenly in London, j di
recently. sc
Hiss Carrie E. Masov, a mezzo-so; ratio, ! Ji
who during the j a-t. y. ar has been gaining w
so m.u-h admiration by her exquisite singing , cl
and lady like <,ua itieis a pupil of Achille j w
t'Vrani'j fMiil 'h,> run.,* pherish with creat 1 til
pride the succo-s she has everywhere met [ C
w.'tli. The S;. racuse pa;ers are loud in her | 01
piaise, and inT rontoslie is accredited as be- j lo
mg a second Farepa. New Yorkers will hear j Ji
lier fre juenth i i concert during the season. I cr
A daring innovation has been introduced !
on tho Japanese stage. In Japan, curiously J*
enou;h. female a-tresse-i are tolerated, but i 'c:
their performances are never regarded as of I Vf
thy first order. A native impresario has. | J?>
however, taken the "bull by tho horns'" and j
rrcntlyenga el a company of dancing girk 111
to play at the Gaiety theatre at Yokohama j re
in ti e Forty-seven Itonins." This is the I C1
first tiine that "a na'ive tnxp hasever played j tri
in Yokoha tin. and the performance is said to |
liave been spirited and good. The company
is to visit India, and will possibly go farther j
PROMINENT PEOPLE jM
Prin'cs ok Wales.?The prince of Walei ' 111
is just forty-two years of age. I
BfTLEn.?(ient ral B. F. Butler was sixty j '
five yeare of age on election day.
Coleridge.?Lord Chief-Justice Coleridge tl
has ri turned to Eng!a:id from America.
Collins.?It takes Wilkie Collins six 11:
months to write a stoiy. He grinds out nine
pages a day on I then stops i 4*1
Uladstoxe.?William E. Gladstone. the
English prime minister, completes his lifty- ci!
first year in parliament next month.
Coil?.-?William 12. Cody, (Bullallo Bill) (#
is to g ) as guide for a i arty of Enzlidi hun- I ><;
ters in the Rocky nioun uins for fo.UJO for
H o trir. j ]ir
Bismarck.?Less beer, mere sleep, whole ^
some dieting and plenty of exercise have pu- ,
Prince Bisimrck on his feet again. He hat
lost some of his fat an I gained his strengths.
Mnnnr.nl eViWit.' i hn Itiflinn fi(rhf.or ' ?
V iti/wsv* viwn kMV- ?puw>? ,
is said to be very ab*t:mious m>t drinking ,
any kind of alcoholic liquors, tea or coffee. 1
His favorite be-, era^o is fresh milk. In dress !!j
his ta>:e is equally plain, but he is not in the 11
slightest degree slovenly.
Crosby.? Rear-Admiral Crosby, com- "
trand ng tho A>iatic >tatiou, has b M-n place 1 \
upr?n the retire I list under tho forty years' e"
service law. and Commodore John 1.63Davis,
now r.n duty with the lighthouse board, has us
been selected to succeed him. i pr
Si'ir.tiEO.v.? Mr. Spurgeon, tlie famous
Lon'.on Bajit st preacher, is < inscribed as a | -Ab:o?n>kinii"d,
low-browed, big-cheeked, |e
rugged Ira no I man, srout, of medium | ni
height, with iron-gray hair, short, bristling ai
an I imparted, b?ard and inu^ta-ha do3?ly f
trimmed. wearing a '"Prince Albert c. at
and black cravat, with nothing clerical in i
i,k nn.w ni'nn a I,nt. lnnHiiT for nil the world
like v villrge li'aeks:ni?h with his "Sunday- ' ...
go-to-Mioi t Tig" cl'il lies on.
Brewster?Attorney-(.'cneral Brewster
h :s pn bably the mu-t ta-tel'uliy arranged
office in Washington. It is on the second f0
floTiif tho old Free (man's bank buil ling,
looking out upon Fii t i'iith street, Bennsji- m
van'a avenue an I the White House proun Is. di
In the < en'er of the room is an elaborately wi
i arve!. t'at-topped nialx gany desk, at which
I he attorney-general sit-, anl signs his 1 lr
name with a <|Uill pen. 31 r. Brewster usually
w. nrs a velvet jacket in his ofllce. j
SEVEN MEN DROWNED. 1 f.
Losing; Their Livo* by tuc? C'a|i?ii/iiig A'
of a lloat on Lake .IIIi tl'
A Fetosky (Mich.) tllspatcli fi-ves tho fol- 11j
lowing particulars of a sad drowning disas- '"
tor : About noonO. M. Chase, suwrintendent j|(
of tlv State fldn?rips. accompanied by C. II. ;ii
Hrowaell, his assistant, and George M. p'1
Armstrong, fore: ruin of tho Petosky lu
Irilclicry went over to llarbor Spring; j jK>
t i uivo some linal direction* aoout the t],
sliipmi ill oi s; awn. Tl oy chartered a Mack- ;
inaw i:>H boat. maim <1 by Moses Detwiler, hie '('jj
urns. (ico:'goanil C'i arles, and nephew, George
rill experience 1 and brave ?eamen. At half- i
past three m. the party left the harbor on
the < ther >i?lo. in spite of the earnest rtmon- .
s' ranee-! to attemj t the perilous pas>a;e. ' .
When about half way across the boat was
teen to capsize. Although it seemed im
I o sib'e fur a boat to live in s; c i j
n sea, a volunteer crew male the ...
ilesp'. rate attempt to rescuo two of the ) a !v V
who could bo pla'nly seen from shore clin .in,: i,1'
to the b at. But they were unable to iv:i: h V
the--in on account of the blinding snowstorm
and heavy sea and were hardly able t > :e f l
1-ac'c themselves. About 9 o'clock t < j .
Detwi'er boat, with one of its s'c!e;eni lieil
in. was driven on the beach at Bay View. j
Edward E. Kidder hes sold an origina. ^
drama to Lotta for $.'i,000. aE
LATER NEWS.
Three men wcra killed tmd five cthera in.
red by the explosion of the boiler attache*
a saw mill in Ja'-kson township, Peiin. ' vjg
A cof.onED man 112 years old died a few , j
ivs a^o in Boston.
A convention called by the United Stat s
mmissioner of agriculture to consider th3 J
nta^ious diseases of domestic animals met . j
Chicago, Government inspection of Jail jja
ttle and dead meat exported, and of ex- j
ii IU i JIUQ pi ii uo mi T vv mwv*I
A boiler in the works of the Coal Bluff !
ining company, at Fontanet, Ind., ex- :
od?i killing one man instantly, fatally
Juriag two others ani seriously scalding yjSmA
Very cold weather is reported from the -J
orthwest, the thermometer varying from ? VSSB
rteen to forty degrees below zero. j'j
John Smith, a colored man, was hanged a* ] \
akland, Md., for the murder ofawhite man
imed Harden ; and on the sime day Perry ' !
ter, aib'J C'UAJICU, auuoioa ?* oiuniui JAMWVJ rS7|
; Union, S. C , for arson. ; i\
A fire at Columbus, Miss., destroyed a
arohouso with 2,000 bales of cotton, causing - :J
loss of $100,000. <
Secretary Teller has made an important
cision concerning pensions to dependent
others whose sons were killei in the late -V3gll
ar. The statute, says the secretary, - W t
meted to give dependent relatives some >#jBj
?mpenpation for the damage they had sus- ;;
lined by the loss of the person on whom they .-' 'jH
id in fact depen 1 or might depend for their ='
ipport, and he decides that in all ordinary
;ses a mother is entlt'ed tj a pension. "
During the past fiscal year the expenses of
ie United States diplomatic Herviee aggre. -1?
lied $381,072. Thee msular service returneI '
?s amounting to $'j14.>539, and expended : .>BI
'70,25)0 in salaries and other expenses, show- v]
lg tbat this service is not only seu-susTniaig,
eut has paid into the treasury a revenue
counting to $44,549.
A yocxg man whom the doctors declared
lunatic was arrested in the French senate , . jMa
lamber while flourishing a revolver and inliring
for Prime Minister Ferry.
Edward McMahon, a follower of ParneU,
is been elected to the British parliament
oni Limerick. . ;
A DISASTROUS STORM. jfl
[any Vessels Wrecked and a Large
JNumoer 01 Lives Lost.
ore Than Thirty Oystermen Drowned
in Chesapeake Bay,.
??? /. x *
The recent storm wrought gnat dlW*P . 3
property in various pai ts of the country, - .'^we
it was particularly severe to shipping on
e great lakes and along the Atlantic coqst.
any vessels were wrecked and a large nam:r
of lives lost. Dispatches from the follow- JsSBm
g points told the story of death and de- .
uction:
From Chicago: The gale on Lake Michan
and Lake Huron has been very severe H jffl
id many disasters to shipping are reported.
great number of vessels are ashore and
v?r?l livAs have been lost at different ' . SsmBH
lints. The life-saviug crews ate (hung ex- ^KSSH
Went service in rescuing sailors in peril, and - M-*JB
il for their gallant work score3 of sailers ' '3mm
juld have b?e:i lost.
From New London, Conn.: The tug C. R. ' -JtSW
mford arrived hero last night with the H.^^8
irge Hatteras. The Sanford left New York
ith the barges Ida, Ospray, Dunderbergand
atteras, coal laden. \V hen Midway between """"Kw
)rufieH and Faulkland island last evening .-j-jaH
e hawser between the first and second barges Qfi
irted and the Ida, Ospray ana Dunderberg j-aflg
sappeared. The Sanford to-day went in
area of the barges, and discovered the Ida U tfzsM
'erturned and wreckage from the other was >*nH
?n. The barges are total looses and the MwflM
ews, eight men in all. are drowned. ^ 'S&M
From Baltimore: The heavy gale that vis d
this part of the country, yesterday, ": 'Sgjflfl
eept the Chesapeake with the violence of a, n
rnado. All the steamers were delayed, and
imors of disasters were brought to this city. : aSB
hey were, however, not substantiated until
le arrival 01 the oyster sloop Annie Ger-_
ude this evening from the oys'er grounds. <
aptain LybrandThomas, of the Lfcrtruae, Mm
atesthat the bay was full of oyster ve&els, &3KM
1 laying at anchor, when the storm
ruck them early in the morning, and iany
had sails up to dry. In most of the
jssels all hands were below asleep. The wind
ipidly increased, and amid the flying spray
id darkness njthing could be ascertained of ..
neighbor's fate. The wind continued heavy
1 day from the northwest. Upon the rising
' the sun, a terrible picture of devastation
as presented. Nearly every ves;el that had ; :
?en at anc hor was aground, while the beach
on^ the shores was lined with wreckage. _ $gj
n James Point the large oyster schooner
'alter F. Thomas, Captain Preston Webster,
as bottom upward, Captain Webster, his
iate and crew of eight men having heen ; 'XmBH
rowned on her. Near by was the ASfiM
hooner G. A. Kirvin, of Ba timore^Captain
lines o. JVirvm, ? unn. m DiA a%muuvuw w*
ater, her crew of ten men and her captain inking
to the riggiog half frozen. They ??3h0
ere rescued with difficulty by the crew of
le sloop Annio Rogers, commanded HIi
aPtain W llliam Kirvin. An unknown man. }^fO
le of the crew, had been washed away and ajaH
st. The pungy Seaman's Bride, Captain .''ffaSB
)hn Giez, went down near James' Point. Her -;3&9M
ew was saved. Off Sandy Point two large '
lknown schooners went down with air on
>ard, some twenty men, all of whom were
st. Captain Thomas states that the lost to
ssl'Is. cargoes, etc., will amount to many XjM
ousand dol ars. More wrecks were eeen,
it it is imcoss.ble to get particulars. Hay- .^jJO
g a fast boat, Captain Thomas came di
ct'y to this city for a-sistance. me news .
eated much consternation In the oyster
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Eggs are $1.50 per dozen in some parts of *
ontana.
Silk culture d fast becoming one of the
dustries of Utah.
A railroad is to be built to the top of
ke's Peak, Colorado.
Tue California oil wells yielded over 5,000,
t) gallons of oil last year.
Nine Cherokee Indians have established a
itional bank in the Territory.
\ vi'ii' Evfii ivn tooth-nick factorv uses
.(NX) cords of wood annually.
San Francisco papers complain that their
ty is being overrun with Chinese lepers.
Two Nevada cattle kings are worth $1,0,000
each, and one of them signs his name ^
Hereafter the retail sale*of intoxicating
iuors on credit in Prussia will be punished
r withdrawal of the license.
Thirty percent, of the suicides in France
ke place in cafes, and after the intending
iciue has first partaken of a hearty meaL
London papers tell a story to the effect
at the discarded son of en English noblean
is doing duty as steward on the Cunard
e.
Six covered wagons containing six families,
ith forty-six children in all, passed through
lerman, Tex., last week, en route for Racksack.
Arsenal Island, just below St Louis,
d to be a part of Missouri, and was the
opertyof !?'t. L/ouis: but a cnange in me
a inel of the river transferred it to Illinois.
s the city is forbidden by charter to hold
il estate outside of the State, the lawyers
trying to find out whether the island has 4
ij* owner.
RAILROAD HSiSTER
iffln I'mon* Ki1!c t by a Frlghffnl
A ?i:loit in Illinois.
A di.-patch from Streator, 111., give? tin
l'owing particu'ars of a terrible ra Iroad
cident. by wiiicii eignt passengers, inciu.
nga lady and her daughter and a minis or,
?re killed, and seven <>th r persons injue i:
The Chicago. Burlington and Quiucy ma'l
ain from Chicago wa; due hero nt a
in; ter to 1 r. m. It was within three mile?
the city when it w a< s'gnaled t > stop by a
ritchman who was unlo ullng ballast along
e irack from a train of Hat cars
ached to the switch engi e*
:e pasenger train stipped. an!
;> rear bra'iemnn went back to flag anying
that might b following the passenger
itiii. bit1; he hud not g it mora than ono or
ocar lengths when an extra freight train
un lt d the curve and was down upon them
.-in infant The freight enzine, >Tt\ ~ii.
i:c'{ the roar pas ;enger coach and com?toIy
teli'j-odj e i it. Thero wore about ? r oaty
j crsons in the car ami f< w ewajwi
ill ut in ury. The engine completely im ioil
its.'It' in the tar. the j a<sen^ers being
r.jwn forward, and then its boiler e vplodei
:d one piece of its head was forced e itiro'.y
rough the car.
tine of the passengers said thitt'io train
nl just barely stopixfl when the eol i<ion
urr.il. "I lna:d.'' said he. "a t< rrib'e
ad: as th en ino struck the car. The exmdon
in med ately foilowe I, tiili'lg t :e cir
ith stian aril boiling water. I did not
ar a single cry for at leas: a minute, when
rite 'Vcred tint the two ladio> s.t ing in
. <<T ,{SJ rf
lilt iii illi' wl-lv n-i u,*>> *, *"
...tli. 'Ihev were inll.ng for as-is to are, bat
ie was no help for them, as they perish d
m ?.t instantly from the inhala'ion of
am."
Tne switch engine that was unloading the
i last came at once into this city, and gath,n;
up a relief corps starte I with a < aboose .
iu i wo do< t ji> for the scene of tho accident. " 1
eanwhile all thai couli possibly be done .
r thj asssstan^e of the wounded and dying
id <.aro of the dca:l was done.
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