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PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY
PLATTSMOUThT NEBBASKA.
Oa Main Street, between 4th and 5th,
Second Story.
OFFICIAL PAPER OP CASS COUNTY.
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JN0. A. MACMUEPHY, Editor.
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VOLUME XI.
PLATTSMOUTIT, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1875.
NUMBER 10.
THE HERALD.
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ncr of Main and Viflh struct.
HENRY BGECK,
DEALER IN
JEnrnitnre.
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
ETC.. ETC., ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Wooden Coffins
Of all Ues, ready-made, and sold cheap for cash
With many thanks for past patronage, I invite
all to call and examine my
LARGE STOCK OP
Xuniititro and CoIIIiim.
janiW
AND
MEDICINES
AT
J. H. BUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale ai.l Retail Dealer In
Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes. Patent Medicines,
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
rSn'RESCRIPTTONS carefully compounded at
all hour, day and night. 35-ly
I. W. SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and Livery
STAIlTiE,
Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb.
I am prepared to accommodate the public with
HORSES,
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
AND
A No. f Hearse,
On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms.
A II A C K
Will Run to the Steamboat Land
ing, Depot, and all parts of
the City, when Desired.
Jnnl-tf
First National Bant
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
SUCCESSOR TO
Tootle, Iliiimix Clnrlc.
O. F. JOHNSON,
DEALER IX
Drugs, Medicines
AND
John Fitzgerald . . .
K. t. DoTEY
A. W. M( LiiiHi.iN.
John O'Kocrke
President.
Vice-President.
Cai-hier.
Assistant Cashier.
This Bank w now open for buwiness at their new
room, corner Main aud Sixth streets, and are pre
pared to transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government
and Local Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
DRAFTS DRAWN,
Available In any part of the United States and In
al) the Vrincipal Towns and Cities of Europe.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
INMAN LINE ani ALLAN LINE
OF fSTlV3Il-2IS.
Persona wishing to bring ont their friends from
Europe can
PCRCHASS TICKETS TROX VS
Tlii'oiifj-It to IMjit tt-iiiiontli.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. I300iSrE,
Main Street, opposite Brooks House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Cutting Children's and Ladies'
Hair.
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And get a boon In a
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' OO TO THE
Post Office Book Store,
. J. STREIGHT, Proprietor,
roB rocs
Book Stationery, Pictures, Music,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Novels,
Song Books, etc. etc
WALLPAPER.
All Paper Trimmefi Free of Charge
ALSO. DEALER IN
Books, Stationery
UXAOAZITSriC
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
tc Prescriptions carefully compounded by an
experienced Drufist.3
REMEMBER THE PLACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
THOS. VV. SHRYOCK,
DEALER IW
Main St., bet. 5th and 6th,
PLATTSMOUTH, - 3STEB.
ALSO
UNDERTAKER,
And has on hand a large stock of
Metallic Burial Cases?,
Wooden Coffins, Etc.,
Of all sizes, cheap for cash.
Funerals Attended on Short Notice
I. L WITERMM & SOX,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
PINE LUMBER.
Lath, Shimmies,
SASH, DOOKS, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Main St., cor. Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - - NEB.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Telcsrams f Accompanjinz Date
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
FOR YOUR GROCERIES
GO TO
J. V. Weckbach,
Cor. Third and Main Sts., Plattsmouth.
(Gathmann's old stand.)
He keeps on hand a large and well-selected stock
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FANCY GROCERIES,
Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots,
Shoes, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
Also, a large stock of
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, Queensware,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
In connection with the Grocery ia a
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
Richest Prlre Paid for Country Produce.
A full stock at alt times, and will not be undersold.
Take notice of the Sign :
"EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY."
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WILLIAM STADELMANN
Has on hand one of the largest stocks of
CLOTHING
AND
Gents' Furnishing Goods
FOR SPRING AND SUMMER.
I invite everybody in want of anyihinjr in my
line to call at my store.
South Side Main, bet. 5th & (th Sts.,
And convince themselves of the fact. I have as a
specialtv in my Retail Departments a Mock of
Fine Clothing for Men and Boys, to whic we in
vite those who want goods.
I also keep on hand a large and well-telected
stock of
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc.-
jarlyl
PHILADELPHIA STORE
SOLOJIOX A: XATIIAX,
DEALERS IN
Fancy Dry Goods,
Notions, Ladies' FnrmsMng Goofls.
Largest, Cheapest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock
In the city.
We are prepared to sell cheaper than they can
be purchased elsewhere.
GIVE TTS A CALL
And examine our Goods.
r"Store on Main St., between 4th and 5th Sts.,
Plattsmouth, Neb. lbtf
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS,
PLATTSMOUTn NEBRASKA.
Conrad Heisel, Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED,
Always on hand and for sale at lowest cash prices.
The Highest Prices paid for Wheat and Corn.
Particular attention given to custom work.
Moxday, May 24. A religious proces
sion passinjj through the streeta of Brussels on
the 23d was broken up by the populace. . . . It is
now thought in Washington that the proposed
negotiatioas with the Sioux Indian dele
gales will not be accomplished so easily
as the Government has anticipated..
The New Tork Legislature lias adjourned
tine die J. Tyrone (Pa.) dispatch
says the destruction and desolation caused by
the fire at Osceola and in the woods in that
region are very much greater than previously
reported. .Mne-tenuis or the town were
turned, leaving scarce enough ashes to
mark where the buildings had stood...
Daniel O'Leary, the Chicago pedestrian.
has accomplished the unprecedented feat, at
the skating rink in Chicago, of walking 500
miles in 153 hours, 2 minutes and 50 seconds,
thus beating the time set for the walk by
nearly three hours. In the course of this
walk he accomplished 50 miles in nine con
secutive hours, 200 miles in less than fifty
hours, and made a mile in seven minutes and
twenty-eight seconds, the shortest time on
record. lie is now the champion pedestrian
of the world. . . . Supervisor of Internal Rev-
enue McDonald, of St Louis, has been re
moved and Ferdinand Myers appointed as his
successor. .. .A disease strongly resembling
cerebro-spinal meningitis has broken out
among the horses in St. Louis, and proves
fatal in many cases.
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a tEsijAi, may o. a. icrry-boat on
the River Mur, at Judenburg, in the province
of the. Tyrol, recently sunk in the middle of
the 6trcain and sixty-six passengers were
drowned.... A Madrid telearram announces
the retreat of the Government troons
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irom Igualda The Commissioner of
the General Land Office in Washington
has decided that benefits extended by
law to pre-emrtors 'who. bv reason of
the ravages of grasshoppers, are com
pelled to leave and be absent from their
lands may also be extended to pre-cmptors
whose crops have in like manner been de
stroyed, but who have nevertheless continued
their residence upon their respective claims.
Those whose crops were destroyed or serious
ly injured in 1S74 will be entitled to
an extension of one year from and
after July 1, 1875, and where injury
occurs m ib7o an extension will date
from July 1, 1876 At a largely-attended
meeting of Republicans in Manchester, N. II.,
on the. evening of the 24th resolutions were
passed denouncing the recent action of the
Governor and Council of the State in the con
tested election cases in Senatorial Districts
Two and Four, and pledging assi .tance by all
lawful means. Several speeches were
made, very severe iu tone .... A little
girl named Mabel Young, aged about
live years, was found in the belfry of
the Warren Avenue Church, in Boston, on
the 23d, a little after church services, in a dy
ing condition, because of horrible injuries
which had been inflicted upon her. The sex
ton of the church, a man named Tiper,
has been arrested under suspicion of
being the murderer of the child, and the
evidence against Lim is quite strong....
Gen. Sheridan says parties have no more
right, under the treaty of 1S0O, to go to the Big
Horn than they have to go to the Black
Hills, and it might just as well be uaderstood
at once that no part' will be permitted to go
to these places until the instructions which
now govern the military are revoked A
servant woman in Chicago who recently at
tempted to light a lire by using kerosene
oil was burned to death.... A special
to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat from
Sedalia, Mo., says three members of
family named Finley, living in Cooper
County, thirteen miles from Sedalia,
died of starvation.... The memorial services
at Memphis, Tenn., on the 24th are,said to
have been the grandest ever witnessed iu the
South. Business was almost entirely suspend
ed, and National and Confederate flags were
displayed from numerous buildings. One car.
riage in the procession contained two large
flags Federal and Confederate made en
tirely of flowers, the latter partially un
furled and the national one flung to the
breeze. About 100 ex-Federals participated
in the ceremonies. The graves of both the
Confederate and Union dead were decorated
with the floral tributes, and everything is re
ported to have passed off in a pleasing man
ner. "Wednesday, May 20. The upper
house of the Prussian Diet has passed bills
for the suppression of convents and relative
to the administration of church property....
The Postmaster-General has ruled that a
regular subscriber to a newspaper or periodi
cal is a person who has actually paid, or un
dertaken to pay, a subscription price for a
newspaper, magazine or other periodical, or
for whom such payment has been made, or
undertaken to be made, by some other per
son, witn the consent or at the previous re
questor the person te whom such publication
is sent. A person to whom 6uch publication
is sent without his consent or request is
not a "regular subscriber" within the
meaning of the law, and double transient
rates of postage must be charged and col
lected before delivery. The decision applies
to all subscribers without regard to the
length of time of their subscriptions....
Several colliers have resumed work in the
coal mines at Mahanoy City, Pa., at 20 per
cent, reduction on the basis of 1874.
Early resumption of work in the en
tire anthracite regions is expected....
The Rhode Island General Assembly has
elected Henry Lippett Governor and Henry T.
Uisson Lieutenant-Governor the regular Re
publican candidates at the late election in
that State A heavy rain has put an end to
the extensive forest fires raging in the lum
ber region of Pennsylvania in the vicinity of
Mauch Chunk and adjacent country.
Thursday, May 27. The Court of
Common Pleas, to which the appeal in the
case of the Tipperary election was referred,
has unanimously decided that the late John
Mitchel was disqualified and that his oppo
nent, Mr. Moore, is entitled to the seat....
In an address to the Sioux Indian delega
tion on the 26th President Grant said he had
always been a friend of the Indians and was
anxious to do what he thought was best
for their good. He said they must be aware
that the country where they now live is not
capable of supporting them should the Gov
ernment supplies be withdrawn, which sup
plies are a gratuity, and might be with
drawn at any moment without any vio
lation of the treaty. The President did
nut propose to ask the Indians to leave their
present location without their consent, but
sail? there is a territory south of where they
now live in which they can much better sup
port themselves the game being more abun
dant, grazing much better, etc. He wished
the de legation to think over what he had said
....Th Pennsylvania Republican State Con
vention was held at Lancaster on the 20th,
and orga nized by the election of Gen. Harry
White as .President and C. D. Elliott as Sec
retary. Gov. Hartranft was renominated by
acclamation , and H. W. Rawle, Mayor of Erie,
was nominat el for State Treasurer. Among
the subjects of the platform adopted were:
Equality of ajl znen before the law; the harmo
ny of the Fedeivl and State Governments ; the
unity of the nation; In favor of civil rights;
adherence to the unwritten law of the coun
try limiting the lresi?ency to two terms; pro-
tection to home Industries; protection to
indorsement of Hartranft's and Grant's ad
ministrations, and favoring a general system
of laws regulating municipal government..
In Boston, on the. evening of the 30th,
terrific exDloslon occurred In a dru? store
on the coraerof Washington and Lagrange
ttreets, completely wrecking the building, in
which were about twenty-two people at the
time, nearly all of whom were more or less in
jured, six being killed. The cause of the ex
plosion was unknown at the time. The build
ing waa a four-story brick. Adjoining build
ings were considerably injured by the shock
which resembled that of an earthquake.
Friday, May 23. In a speech to the
Sioux Indian delegation on the 27th Secretary
Delano sought to impress on the minds of the
savages the wish of the Government to do
that which was for the best for both the
whites and the Indians, and also the fact that
it cannot 6top the whites from settling in the
Black Hills. He spoke of the advantages to
the Indians of the territory further south, and
held out to them the inducements which
would be tendered them to change their loca
tion. Spotted Tail responded. He said he
was not the man to break a treaty; he de
sired to remain in the Sioux Reservation; he
knew it to be a good productive country.
He said he respected the treaty which had
been made, and if white men invaded the
Black Hills it was not the fault of the In
dians, who were in no hurry to dissolve the
treaty.... Just before the close of the services
in the French Catholic Church in South
Holyoke, Mass., on the evening of the 27th,
the draperies of the altar caught hrc from a
candle aud the building was soon in flames,
The audience numbered about 700 people
in the body of the church, who escaped,
but on the stairway leading from the gal
lery human beings were packed in a dense
mass, struggling to reach the floor. As
the flames rushed toward them many leaped
to the floor beneath, and were trampled
to death. The gallery skirted both sides
of the building, with only one entrance from
the front. The scene was fearful while it
lasted, for the whole was over in twenty min
utes. Sixty -s ix men, women and children
were either burned or trampled to death, and
the fatally wounded would make the loss of
life fully seventy-five. The priest's exertions to
keep order were fruitless. The screams of the
living and moans of the dying made a deafen
ing tumult above the orders of the pastor,
who worked most heroically and was person
ally instrumental ia saving a great many
lives. One family of four were in the church
and all killed. Many were pulled out by the
arms and feet so badly burned that they lived
but a few hours, the flesh peeling off on being
touched. Some were taken out with scarcely
any flesh remaining on their bones....
Judge Porter finished his argument for the
defense in the Beecher suit on the 20th, and
on the 27th Mr. Evarts commenced his sum
ming up, also in behalf of the defendant....
The Grand Lodge of the Good Templars of
the World, recently in session in Blooming
ton, 111., elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: R. W. G. L., Col. J. J. Hick
man, of Kentucky; R. W. G. C, Joseph
Malins, of England; It. W.G. V.T., Amanda
Lane, of Massachusetts; R. W. G. 8., W. S.
Williams, of Canada; R. W. G. T., R. R. Scott,
of Missouri; Superintendent of Cold AVater
Templars, Mrs. M. B. O'Dounell, of New
York. Louisville, Ky., was fixed upon as the
place for the next session.
THE MARKETS.
Mat 29, 1875.
HEW YORK.
Live Stock. Beef Cattle-$11.0O&13.5O. Hops
Live, $7.75&S.O0. sheep lave (stiorn), f'i.uo
5.75.
Bkbadbtupm. Flour Good to choice, $3.4aa
75; white wheat extra, S5.75&IJ.G0. Wheat So.
Chicago, $1.13'i&1.14; No. 2 Northwestern,
$t.l4;4&l.J5; No. i Milwaukee spring, $1.15'
16. Rye Western and State, SL05&1.10. Bar
ley 1.3031.33. Corn Mixed Western, 73&lc.
Oats Mixed Western. 7&73(4c.
Provisions. Pork New Mess, $J0.5OS'30.T5.
Lard Prime Steam, 14314?4c. Cheese 7S12'.4c.
Wool,. Domestic fleece. 45-&65C.
CHICAGO.
Lrv Stock. Beeves Choice, $G.0O.&6.25;
good, $5.753.91; medium, $5.4035.60; bntch-
ers' stock, $4.0(Xa5.tO: stock cattle, $3.254.75.
Hogs Live, $7.00(37.75. Sheep Good to choice
(shorn), $1.50(2,5.75.
Provisions. Butter Choice, 24&30c. E;s
Fresh, 1414'4c Pork Mess, $19.437M! 50. Lard
S13.90(&H.0O.
BiiEADSTurrs. Flour White Winter Extra,
$0.00&7.75; spring extra, .705.23. Wheat-
Spring, No. 2, W&lW'ic. Corn No. 2, 6i4
6i?ic. Oats No. 2, 58V4MJic. Rye o. 3,
$1.0331.04. Barley No. 2, $1.18!.).
Lumber. First Clear, $18.0X&50.00; Second
Clear, $44.O0&47.O0; Common Boards, $10.OJ
11.00: Fencing, $11.00&13.00; "A" Shingles,
$2.75a3.00: Lath, $1.75&2.0O.
CINCINNATI.
Breadstcits. Flour $5.0535.75. 'Wheat
Red, $1.2531.30. Corn 71(u,74c. Rye $1.2
1.25. Oats t8370c. Barley No. 2, $1.2j(S1.J0.
Provisions. Pork $20.2320.25. Lard 14
145KC.
ST. LOUIS.
LrvK Stock. Beeves Good to choice, $5.71
40. Hogs Live, $6.5037.85.
Bread stuffs. Flour XX Fall, $5.5035.75.
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.2tWi a7. Corn-
No. 2, 63V4364c. Oats No. 2, 624b3c. Kye
No. 2, $1.(1531.06. Barley No. 2, $1.2231.23.
Provisions. Pork Mess, $20.40320.50. Lard
-!414?c.
MILWAUKEE.
Breadstcfps. Flour Spring XX, $4.755.O0.
Wheat Spring, No. 1, $1.03V4104; No. 2,9754
98c. Corn No. 2, 6364c. Oats No. 2,
5SV4359c. Rye No. 1, 99c.3$1.00. Barley No.
2, $1.191.2U.
DETROIT.
Breadstuff. Wheat Extra, $1.2531.24.
Corn No. 1, 69470c. Oats No. 1, 63303-4C
TOLEDO.
Breadsttttfs. Wheat Amber Michigan,
$1.22V&1.33; No. 2 Red, $1.2131.22. Corn-
High Mixed, 71 V 72c Oats No. 2, 64!465c.
CLEVELAND.
Breadstuff. Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.36'i
1.27; No. 2 Red, $1.211.21V4. Corn High
Mixed, 72373c. Oats No. 1, 65!4(&6Gc.
BUFFALO.
Live Stock. Beeves $5.0036.75. nogs-
Live, $7.007.75. Sheep Live (shorn), $5.00
.50.
EAST LIBERTY.
Lrv Stock. Beeves Best, $7.007.5; me
dium, $il.0036.2c. Hogs Yorkers, $7.257.35;
Philadelphia, $S.2o8.40. Sheep Best (clipped),
$4.9035.30; medium (clipped), $4.254.75.
Horrible Murder or a Little Girl.
Boston, Mass., May 23.
Another murder, even more horrible
in its details than that of Mrs. Bingham
a few weeks since, was perpetrated in
this city this afternoon. A bright little
girl, five j'ears of age, was murdered in a
church and, bruised and mutilated, the
body earned up in the tower and throwD
upon the floor of the loft. The victim of
the cruel tragedy was Mabel II. You ng,
who, with ter widowed mother, resided
with her grandfather at 50 East Cuester
Tark. This, afternoon little M'hel, in
company with her aunt, atte oded the
Sunday-school anniversary Exercises of
the "Warren Avenue Baptis. Church. On
coming out of church at 'ualf-pr-st three
o'clock the aunt remained in the vesti
bule about ten minutPs conversing with
some friends, ami on starting home
missed the child, who a few minutes be
fore was at her Ride. At first it was sup
posed she had gone back into the church,
but when 6be was not found inside and
persons outside declared that she had
not come out the aunt became alarmed,
and a search was commenced in
every direction. About four o'clock
some ladies at an open window
tne street heard faint
er, and noticed an unusual commotion
among the doves that swarmed in and
out of the window. Some young men
who had joined the search" started at
once to ascend the tower. They found
the ddor leading up from the organ loll
locked, and on forcing it open were
startled to see fresh blood upon the
floor, and steps leading up to the next
landing. Thev also fouud a strip of
board covered with blood at one end,
and heard low meanings from above
Ascending a long, steep flight of stairs
and raising the scuttle, which resisted
the strength of a strong man, they found
the mangled body of the child lying near
the edge of the scuttle as though it Had
been carried up the steps and hastily
thrown down there. Carefully they
carried her down into the church, where
a large number of persons had congre
gated, and into the presence of her
agonized friends, f roui the top 01 her
head, which was broken in, blood and
brains were slowly ooztng, while
the nose was crushed in and the
face terribly mangled. She was car
ried to her grandmother's residence
and surgeons at once summoned,
who pronounced the case hopeless and
her death a question of but a lew hours
at the farthest. Thomas Piper, who has
been sexton of the church for about a
year, was soon after arrested and is now
confined at the Chief's office. He was
engaged at work about the church, but
liis suspicious manner and his denial
that he had the keys when the two keys
fitting the doors to the tower were taken
from his person point strongly to him as
the party. He is a dark, heavy-set man,
about twenty-six years old, and has once
before been under suspicion of murder,
but was discharged for want of suf
ficient evidence. Juany of the police
still believe him guilty of the murder of
young girl in Dorchester District
about fifteen months since. This last
affair has caused a profound sensation
in the community, and intense excite
ment prevails. The very boldness of the
affair lends additional horror to it.
Scarcely three-quarters of an hour
elapsed from the time the child came
out of the vestibule of the church un
til she was found in a dying condition.
How she was enticed away, and for what
motive, has not transpired.
The Boston Explosion.
Boston, May 26.
At 6:35 to-night a fearful explosion
occurred in the drug store of G. D. Dows
Sc Co., corner of Washington and La
grange streets, which destroyed the build
ing and shattered several others in the
vicinity, and caused a fearful loss ot hu
man lite and limb which it is impossible
yet to estimate. The building, n large,
four-story brick structure, was filled
with omce8, dwelling rooms, etc., and the
ground floor and basement with the drug
store mentioned, and the manufacture of
soda water was a principal branch of the
business. A large number of persons
were in the store, and the streets were
crowded with passers-by, as usual at
that hour, when there came a sudden,
blindiner flash of liirht. a cloud of vaoorv.
1 - a
gaseous smoke and a dull, heavy shock.
At the same instant the building seemed
to lift from the ground into the air, and
in an instant to descend into the cellar
into a chaotic mass of building material.
One man, who was drinking soda at the
counter, found himself in the middle
of the street uninjured; another, who
was passing on Lagrange street, was
blown through the show-window of a
store opposite and somewhat cut by the
glass. A horse-car passing on Washing
ton street was lifted from the truck and
thrown to the opposite tide of the street.
All the passengers were stunned and
thrown into a heap at the bottom
of the car, and one of the horses
was killed. A hack passing about the
same time was blown clear across the
street. A large number of persons who
were in the building at the time were
carried down among the debris, and
probably many are still beneath the ruins'.
jlrs. Lizzie Compton, a woman apparent
ly fifty years old, was in the third story,
and either was thrown or jumped from
tne window to the sidewalk, striking
upon her head and killing her instantly.
ine cause of the disaster seems to be a
mj'stery. Mr. Dows and his clerks deny
that any nitro-glycerine has been in the
store, and can't give the slightest expla
nation of the aflair. The ruined build
ing was not blown outward, as if by gun
powder, but everything fell in, as is the
case w'Len giant powder or nitro glycerine
is the explosive element.
hen the roof fell in over the debris
of the demolished building a portion of
seemed to remain unbroken, i rom
beneath this section was heard the cries
of a man apparently in great distress.
One of the tiremen was attracted to the
place, but the 'cries ceased a moment
after. The fireman in the meantime had
got an ax and commenced cutting through
to where he thought the unlortunate
man was. While thus engaged his at
tention was attracted a few leet distant
by a board being forced up through the
fragments of the roof. Operations were
then commenced here, and in a few mo
ments the poor fcilow was released. He
sustained a few flesh injuries, but beyond
this his injuries were not serious. He
says that he had given up all hope of a
rescue until he heard the fireman cutting
tnrougu tne roof near him. lhis gave
him courage, and he resolved upon one
more effort, and fortunately it attracted
tne attention 01 a rescuer.
across the street heard faint cries of a
labor ; cheap trans- rtation ; free hanking, and. I Child, apparently from the church tow-
The Terrible Disaster at South Hoi-
yoke.
Springfield, Mass., May 27.
One f the most terrible disasters in
the history of Massachusetts occurred to
night, in the burning of the French
Catholic Church at South Ilolvoke, d ar
ing the evening service, involving the
death of sixty-six men, women an chil
dren. The exercises had nearly closed,
when the flame from a candle caught the
drapery around the statue of the Virgin
Mary, streamed up and cav.ghtthe build
ing. Immediately a panc ensued, and
the people rushed for the doors. There
was but one entrance, to the gallery, and
that from the fro'at. On the stairway
leaumg irom me gallery the people were
packed in solid mass. Kt rnc'Tlinfr to clear
themselves, s'j the flames rushed in that
direction, a'ud this soon became blocked,
rendering exit impossible. Many jumped
OV6r iie 6des f tne galleries on the
crowd 'oeneath, and were trampled on
and lilled. The priest's residence joins
the church on the rear, and manv es-
Jf.ped through an entrance leadingtothe
nouse oacK 01 tne altar, ine priest s ex
ertions to keep order were fruitless.
The screams of the living and moans
of the dying made a deafening tumult
above the orders of the pastor, who
worked most heroically, and was person
ally instrumental in saving many lives.
One family of four were in the church
and all were killed. Many were pulled
out by the arms and feet so badly burned
that they lived but a few hours, the flesh
peeling off on being touched. Some were
taken out with scarcely any flesh re
maining on their bones.
The Sisters of Mercy from the convent
were soon on hand caring for the
wounded and holding services over the
dying. Father Dufresne also held serv
ices. His mother was among those ter
ribly burned. Father Dufresne lost al
most everything in his residence, so rap
idly was the building consumed.
The Protestant church was thrown
open for the reception of the dead and
wounded, and several deaths occurred
in the building during the night. Sev
eral were also taken to the New York
Mills boarding-house, and physicians
gave the wounded the Iwst medical care.
Those who were too badly burned to re
cover were put under the effects of mor
phine, and passed away without a strug
gle. While the exercises were being held
over the dying the most intense quiet
prevailed, and the rough laborers knelt
upon the floor with uncovered heads.
But about the Morgue and in the streets
the wailing of the multitude was pitiful
to hear.
One girl escaped from the gallery by
jumping on the back of a man, who car
ried her out, while her sister, who was
with her, was burned. Several mem
bers of one of the hose companies
were playing ball near the church when
the fire broke out, and a relief steamer
was out for practice, so that the Fire
Department was promptly on the spot.
The scenes at the doors 6re described
as terrible. They were blocked with
struggling people teeking exit. Outside
people cleared the way several times, but
as often it would become blocked up
again. Windows were broken open and
several escaped in that way. The last
to get out of the church was said to be
a man with his wife and little girl. The
father took up his daughter and rushed
to a place of safety.
Lewis Langlars, of the Riverside Mill,
went in to render assistance, when a lit
tle girl came tumbling down before the
door under the feet of the throng.
Though he burned his hands sadly in
doing it, he was able to pull tier out out
little injured. A young woman beat out
one of the window frames and jumped to
the ground safely. An old woman of
sixty went to the same opening and,
hesitating to jump, she was pulled inside
by the hair by a brutal leilow. lie
jumped clear and she fell and was seri
ously injured.
Of a family of five four got out alive,
one little girl of twelve years being
burned. She was tearlully sought by
her little brother and at last discovered
dead.
John Lvnch. a mason, finding the peo
ple pressed in at the bottom of the
church door, pulled many down who were
on top, thus saving a dozen lives.
Ex-Constable Casey describes tne
scene as he saw it with a glass from the
top of the Ilutchings House block. The
whole aflair was over in fifteen minutes.
He could plainly see through the blazing
rafters people running about. Large
black spots could be seen in the names,
and half a minute later these spots went
out in a brilliaDt light, which was suc
ceeded by a dark flame.
Many people were badly injured by
jumping from the gallery windows, and
many persons had their limbs broken at
tempting to escape.
SENSE AND NONSENSE.
Hard drinking Chewing ice.
Civil rights Obliging answers.
Dry goods Salt fishes and crackers.
The Hindoos have no word for
friend" in their language.
"Whistling bees. That is to be the
next epidemic. Prepare to pucker.
It is said a sheep never dies in debt.
Its pelt will pay the price of a common
sheep.
Taine says : " What if your nails be
pink? That is no reason wny you should
scratch your nose in public."
A vein of solid gold three-fourths of
m inch in thickness has been struck in
the Osceola mine, Sunshine, Col.
Deaf men claim immunity from legal
punishment on the ground that none can
be condemned witnout a nearing.
Florida is the only State in the Union
which is shown by the United States cen
sus not to have raised a bushel f either
spring or winter wheat.
A young man of the village of West-
over, Beverley, Canada, was tarred and
feathered a few nights ago for being a
nuisance and refusing to work.
Gain may be temporary and uncertain,
but expense is constant and certain; it is
easier to build two chimneys than to keep
one in fuel.
Literary women are said to be long-
lived. May not this be a natural result
of the fact that the pen is less efficacious
than the tongue in the rapid expenditure
of vital force?
For ingenious cruelty the Frenchman
w ho hanged himself in the presence of
his paralyzed wife, and compelled her to
witness, without the power of prevent
ing, his violent death, deserves the
palm.
The "boss" grasshopper has been
heard from. He took the window blinds
off a poor widow's house in Phelps
County, Mo., and then he roosted on the
fence and asked her, " Come, now. Are
you ever going to bring out that cast-off
clothing, or do you want us to starve?"
A circcs with eighty horses was ar
rested while crossing the frontier from
Germany into France a few days ago.
The proprietor of the concern tele
graphed to Bismarck that his horses were
for the exclusive use of women to stand
upon and cut up, and he was told to pass
on.
Manhattan Island is thirteen and a
half miles in length, and its average
width is one and three-fifths miles, al
though in its widest place (diagonally
across to Corlear's Hook) it is a fraction
over three miles. It contains twenty-two
square miles and 20,42( square yards
over, cr, say, a total of 70,189,680 square
yard?,, or about 14,000 acres. The dis
tance from the Battery to the City Hall
is about three-fourths of a mile, and
from City Hall to One Hundred and
Fifty-fourth street about nine miles.
A crowd of infatuated up-town boys
met at Troy, N. Y., the other night to
secretly organize a party to go to the
Black Hills, kill the Indians, and seize
tteir fabulous goldmines. The Chair
man suggested, in a practical way, that,
as at least one of the party would un
doubtedly be killed by the Indians on
the way, it would be well to carry a nice
coffin, covered with blue velvet, and
with silver handles- and screws, with
the rest of the luggage. This threw &
coldness over the meeting. It didn't
seem to take very well, and after talking
the matter over very seriously one
after another finally decided that it
wasn't expedient to go to the Black
Hills. The boys then organized a de
bating society, and it was resolved to
discuss at the first meeting the question
" that it is advisable to exterminate the
Indians in our country."
A young lady of about sixteen sum
mers called for a glass of soda water.
When asked what sirup she preferred she
glanced her lovely eyes over the various
names which appeared on the faucets of
the fountain. She read over the names
of strawberry, cream, lemon, etc., until
she reached nectarine. " Nectarine !" ex
claimed the beauty. "What is that?
What does it taste like?" The soda man
looked meekly at her and charmingly
replied that it tasted as sweet as a young
lady's lips. " Then I will take a glass,
sir, with that sirup," said the charming
creature. He immediately prepared a
glass of the delightful mixture and
handed it over to the young lady, who
raised it to her lips, which bewitchingly
parted to receive the contents. She
sippingly quaffed the cooling beverage
and, handing back the glass, she inno
cently remarked that now she knew why
the young gentlemen found so much
pleasure in kissing her so often.
FACTS AM) FIKUKCS.
It is said that not a single new boat
was built in the numerous yard along
the Eric Canal during the pa winter.
The largest gas-meter in the world lias
lust been built in London. Its capacity
is the enormous quautity of 150,000 cubic
feet ter hour, and its mca-unng drum
delivers for each revolution 1,600 feet.
Prof. C. V. 1'ii.ky, State Entomologist
of Missouri, is confident that by 1S7 we
shall have seen the last of the grasshop
pers, at least for some time.
At Sheffield, England, they have fouud
a new objection to jujeon matches "in
the interest of molality." They stimu
late theft, two thousand pigeons were
stolen there in one year.
Capt. Lawson, an English snilor, has
discovered the loftiest mountain in tin;
world upon the iland of New Guinea, at
the junction of the Indian and Pacific
Oceans. It is 32,7s;J feet hih.
The net profits of the Bank of British
North America for the year 1874 were
100,il2o; the usual dividend at the rate
of 10 per cent, has been declared for the
half year ending in J ui;e.
It is reported, with how much truth
has not been discovered, that since the
introduction of the spelling exercises t!-.e
orthography of the scholars of the acad
emies all over the States has experienced
a marked improvement.
Cotton -seed is becoming one of ihe
principal exports of Etrvpt. In 1800
1,000 cwt. only were exported from that
country, while last jcar o4',)0,0so cwt.
were exported, the value being t'770,O0O.
England took nearly the whole of thU
quantity.
Between the 1st of December last and
the 1st of April $11,077,200 in gold was
exported from California, and $2. 4.) 7, 700
collected for duties, making $13.to4,l)00
gold coin withdrawn from circulation,
while only $7,i20,000 was coined in the
same period, showing an abstraction of
the gold coin of the State to the, extent
of $5,905,000 in four months.
The Angora goat, which furnishes the
mohair so largely u-'cd in the manufact
ure of various fabrics of wearing ap
parel, thrives wonderfully in California.
In 1870 a number of these goats wore
imported into that State from Asia
Minor, and their number along the Pa
cific coast is now estimated at 2,000,000,
while it is doubling yearly. The cost of
the hair or wool of this animal i3 from
fifty cents to $1.2."5 per pound. There
are three manufactories in the United
States in which mohair is woven into
fabrics.
In the province of Silesia 200,000 col
onies of bees are kept, representing a
capital of more than $1,000,000. These
even in the most unfavorable years yield
a profit of 10 per cent, and in propitious
seasons, such as the year 1846 was, the
vield was fully 100 per cent., or more
ihan $1,000,000. It is well ascertained
that the whortleberry and buckwheat
blossoms are much richer in saccharine
juices on the poor soils of Silesia than
in more fertile districts. JV. Y. Inde
jiendent. Parents, above all things, says ex
President Hill, of Harvard College,
fhould have regard for the physical
capacities of children. No machinery is
so delicate in its structure, or is called
on to produce work so line, as the brains
of school children. Their capacities of
endurance are very limited at the age
when the faculties are developing. There
is more danger to be apprehended from
long continuance in study than from
close application for a brief period. In
this particular half is Letter than the
whole.
The history of the growth of the iron
manufacture in the United States within
the labt fifty years exhibits a remarka
ble progress. From a production of 54,
000 tons in 1810 it had become lOI.OU)
tons in 18U0, 047,000 tons in 1840, and
GOO, 000 tons in 18 jO, as near as can be es
timated. In 1800 it had reached 01 0.870
in 1870, l,86o,000; and in 1872, 2,80,070
tons; while the diminished production of
1873, 2,6!."5,434 tons, shows already the
effect of the depression under which the
iron interest of the country still suiters.
Of the production of 1873 very nearly
cne-half was made in Pennsylvania, and
not less than 1,2 10,673 tons with anthra
cite, while the total amount of charcoal
made oig-iron was only 524,127 tons, to
which are to be added 50,000 tons of
malleable iron made by the direct proc
ess in bloomaries. Tlie importation of
foreign iron and steel for 1872 was 705.655
tons; Jor 1873. 371,104 tons, and for 1874
less than 200,000 tons. From the figures
for 1872 and 1873 we may conclude that
the consumption in the United States
was then equal to about 3,500,000 tons of
iron yearly. 2'. Slerry Hunt, in Harper's
Magazine.
A correspondent of the London Vliar
maceutical Journal states that, havinghad
reason to suspect the purity of most
ot the commercial lard offered for
sale, he instituted a series of experi
ments which led to the detection of
large quantities of some farinaceous sub
stance in it. In a quantity weighing
105J pounds he found as much as
224; pounds of this foreign matter, and
in another lot, weighing 431 pounds, he
found 12 pounds of a similar substance.
The pernicious ell'ects which such adul
teration would be likely to produce in
the employment of these lards for cer
tain pharmeceutical purposes, and the
danger which might ensue from their ap
plication to machinery, are obvious. In
another case the analysis of some Amer
ican lard showed that it contained from
10 to 12 per cent, of water, 2 to 3 per
cent, of alum and about 1 per cent, of
quicklime the alum, it is presumed,
being for the purpose of communicating
to the lard the property of facilitating
the rising and increasing the whiteness
of the pastry in which it is so largely
employed.
An Immense Amusement Building-.
TnE Alexandra Palace, the reopening
of which has been announced by the
ocean cable, is such a place of amuse
ment as could only be made lucrative by
its nearness to the immense population of
London. It is erected on the site of that
destroyed by fire June 9, 1873, but is
larger and more superb. It has a covered
area of seven and a half acres, and is a
complete parallelogram of 400 feet long
and 200 feet wide, with an arched roof
of iron and glass, with two domes. Al
each angle rises a massive tower to the
height of 100 feet, square in its lower
part, continued eighty feet farther by a
Mansard roof. The central transept is
385 feet long and 184 feet wide, with a
seating capaci 13- of 12,000. It has fc ur
rows of column, w ith a central span of
eighty-five feet. At the base of the col
onnades are statues of the Kings and
Queens of England. East and w est of
the transept are two courts, one of
which has been devoted to exhibition
purposes; the other is uncovered, and
has been laid out as an Italian garden,
with fountains, statues and rare plants.
On either side of these are corridors for
paintings and sculptures. East and
west are transepts laid out as conserva
tories, surmounted by glass domes, the
partitions of which, as of the hall and
corridors, are glass folding doors, so
that when opened the entire center of the
building is free from end to end. On
the northwest side is a concert rowm,
holding 3,500 people; on the northeast a
theater holding 3.000, having a stage
eighty-four feet in front and fifty-four in
depth. Among the other appurtenances
are a reading-room, a picture gallery, a
hall for the di.-play of arnn and armor,
refreshment and dining halls, etc. In
the grounds, which covers 220 acres,
there is an artificial lake of five acres
extent, a cricket ground of ten acres,
being one fourth larger than the famous
grounds at " Lord's," a circu, a gigantic
swimming bath, a racc-courbe, andutroU
ting track.
Married Under Difficulties.
"Yes, Tom, you heard the rights of
the story; some one did cry out: 'I for
bid the banns!'
" That was a nice fix to be in, 1 can
tell you, at that late hour. Bessy and I
in church, with Miss Spicor, the old Gen
eral's daughter, for bridesmaid, and John
Charles, a particularly nobbv fellow,
win) stood up ns best man. There was
Bessy, as pretty as a picture! dressed in
as handsome a bridal outfit as ever you
saw white sal in and lace ami flowers
and veil. I'm not much at description
ubout a woman's rig, but I vow and de
clare, though I've seen many of 'cm
since, I've never come across a bride as
all t'tied pretty as she was, and 1 never
shall.
"I didn't want to be married in church
it looked sort of conspicuous but
B'ssy wouldn't be married any other
way, and I wanted Bessy.
' Well, the minister, a very tall, cravc
looking man, standing on the other side
of the rail, had just begun the service,
and says he, 'If any man has any reason
why,' and so forth you know what it
is ' let him now wpeak, or forever after
hold his tongue,' when up jumps some
body 111 the back of the house and cries
out:
" I forbid the banns!'
"Well, that was a r'Jtty kettle of
fish to begin with. I fell Bessie tremble,
and I grew hot all over. If the oil man,
her father, a queer old codger, had taken
it into his head that Bessy was too good
for me and, indeed, I (Kn't deny she
was I was done for. But then that
couldn't be. The minister he turned
red, and the people who had come to see
were in a state of icstlessness, you mav
be sure.
"' For what reason do you forbid the
banns V' askeuhe of the white gown. Al
this passed much quicker than I can writ
" ' Jkcanse the is already my vifeP
"Says I, 'That's a lie!' aud her father
repeated it with an amendment which
was not exactly appropriate to the place,
and in a moment more there was a pretty
how d'ye do. 1 had made my way to the
back of the church ami if I had laid
hands on that fellow he'd never seen the
outside of his skin again. I'd have torn
him in pieces. But there was a crowd;
some pointed out one and some another;
and one man gravely told ine the villain
had gone home to get the proofs. Then
Bessy, frightened out of her wits On
missing me, screamed and fainted away,
and of course the minister couldn't have
gone on r.nyhow. Bessy's mother began
scolding me and Bessy's father ripped
round there, all but swearing in the very
face of the parson, till I surely thought
the last day had come and we hud ail
gone crazy together. So w e had to go
back, everybody mad, Bessy in hysterics,
and the old folks storming at her, at me,
and each oilier. Upon my word, Tom,
you'd have pitied me or any other man,
lor what was 1 to do. A slur bad been
cast upon Bessy, poor, innocent child,
and even I, who had been her lover less
than six months, didu t know what to
think of the statement so boldly made
before all Israel and the sun.
' Well, of course it got into the papers
and all manner of comments were made,
which nearly drove me distracted. What
to do we didn't know. Bessy's aunt, a
regular old Tabby, declared it was the
worst of bad luck to have a marriage put
ifT, and abused me like a pickpocket.
The wedding breakfast stayed for two
lays untasted, while liessv 8 falner and
myself went tearing round the city to
find the man who had set all this trouble
going; it was like hunting for a needle
in a hay-rick.
'.Meantime poor little lieasy was sick
with low, nervous fever. I went there
every day to inquire about her and muse
upon the uncertainty of mundane adairs
generally, when one morning 'he door
was opened before 1 bad reacneu ine top
step, a big, red hand pulled me inside,
and the w hole household began 1111 In
dian dance, including everything but
scalps and the war-whoop.
"'Bulger, my glorious leilow, were
all right!' shouted the old gentleman,
giving me such a slap between the shoul
ders that I lost my breath.
" M y dear boy, our sorrows are at an
end,' sniffled the almost mother-in-law.
"I hope it won t be put oil again, lor
then we should have a funeral,' remarked
the Tabby aunt, looking at me from un
der her Fpectacles with her usual severi
ty of expression.
"' What! you naven 1 louna ' cneu
I, utterly unable to finish from sheer be
wilderment.
" 'Yes, we've found him!' said the pa
ternal.
"The poor, miserable wretch!' ejacu
lated the maternal.
" Ought to be roasted alive,' muttered
Tabby, glaring at me.
" ' Jo,' cried a weak voice at the head
of the stairs, 'come up here.'
" You may guess how those stairs dis
appeared from under my feet. Poor
Bessie, pale little thing, fell into my
arra3 without any fuss, and cried and
cried and cried. Tbjgn, after all this
commotion was over and it didn't kill
me my beaming father-in-law that
should'have been at that time handed
me a paper, with the brief remark:
4 Head!' And this is what I read:
" ' A lunatic from G., in the county of
M , has been at large for a month,
but was last night tracked to his hiding
place in this city and taken back to the
asylum. It seems, from the accounts we
can gather, that he has been leading an
eventful life since his escape, having
personated successfully a member of
Congress, the Governor of a State and a
bank president. He is evidently a genius,
and is highly delighted with his tour.
One exploit of which he boasts for
singularly enough he remembers his
pranks was that of spoiling a wedding.
The circumstance will be remembered,
and we are most happy to make matters
smooth again for our esteemed fellow
citizens, J. B and C. L , also the
charming bride, whose maiden medita
tions were so ruthlessly and painfully
broken in upon. We congratulate them
as heartily as if the wedding were con
summated, and when it is may we be
there to see.
" Well, you'd better believe it wasn't
long before that wedding came off, but
we uidn't risk it in a church again. And
we might have admitted the traditional
500 friends, for we had become celebri
ties; but Bessie wanted a quiet wedding,
avening as a reason that among 500 peo
ple there must of necessity be one or
more lunatics. Miss Spier was gracious
and stood up with us again, but John
Charles had-taken his departure to realms
unknown, so we had to put up w ith an
ordinary man. The wedding came off
this time without an interruption ; and
don't fail to look in upon us, Tom, and
wish us joy."
Dissolve one and one half ounces
common glue, which has lain a day in
cold water, with sonic candy sugar and
three-quarters ounce gum arabic, in six
ounces hot water, stirring constantly un
til tne whole is homogeneous. If this
paste is applied to l ibels with a brush
and allowed to dry, they w ill then be
ready for use on merely moistening with
the tongue.