Nebraska Newspapers

    THE HERALD.
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAT
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
On Main Street, between 4th and 5th,
Second Story.
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VOLUME XI.
rLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1875.
NUMBER 13..
THE HEEALD.
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All Advertising bills dnc quarterly.
t"S." Transient advcrUarmcnta must be iaid f4
in advance.
Extra copltm of the Ilanam for ialo by 11. J.
Streieht, t the Poctornce, and O. V. Johuoon, cur
ncr of Main and h'ifib atrccU.
HENRY BCECK,
DEALER l!f
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
KTC.. ETC., ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
"Wooden Coflin.s
Of all frizes, ready-made, and cold cheap for cash.
With ninny thanks for pant patronage, I lnvit
all to call and examine my
LARGE STOCK OF
lu 111 it art; niul CoIIIum.
jan2S
MEDICINES
AT
J. H. BUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale ai.d Retail Dealer in
Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes. Patent Medicines,
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
rf7rRESCRirTIONS carefully compounded at
all bourn, day and night. 33-ly
J. V. SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and Livery
S7.I3XjXI,
Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb.
1 am prepared to accommodate the public with
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
AND
A No. I Hearse,
On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms.
A II A C K
Will II un to the Steamboat Land
ing, Depot, and all parts of
the City, when Desired. .
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First national Bant
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
8l'CCE!SOR TO
Tootle, IIsiiiiui fc Cltirli.
JiiHH FlTJOETIALD
K. ti. DoVET
A. V. M Lm-;iu.in
John O'Hocbke
President,
...Vice-President.
Cannier.
.Assistant Cashier.
This Hunk is now open for hnsiness at their now
room, corner Main and 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 pnrt of the United States and in
all the Vrincipal Towns and Cities of Europe.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
INMAN LINE and ALLAN LINE
Persons wishing to bring out their friends from
Europe can
rritcHASK tickets rnox vs
Tlll'Oll-ll tO X'lllttMIUOlltll.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
Main Street, opposite Brooks House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Cutting Children' and La dies'
Hair.
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And get a boon In a
n41-ly
GO TO THE
Tost Office Book Store,
. J. STREIOHT, Proprietor,
rou tour
Boolcs. Stationery, Pictures, Music,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Novels,
Song Books, etc., etc
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
rUTTSMOUTS, JEB,
O. F. JOHNSON,
DEALER IN
Drugs, Medicines
WALLPAPER.
All Paper Trimmel Free of Charne
ALSO. DEALER IN
t
Books. Stationery
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
t"ETrcscriptions carefully comjioundcd by an
experienced Drnpgitt.jsi
REMEMBER THE PLACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
rLATTSMOUTII, NEB.
THOS. W. SHRYOCK,
DEALER IX
ITi-nit hi e !
Main St., bet. 5th' and Ctli,
PLATTSMOUTH, - NEB.
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
II. .1. WATEMM & S0i,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
PINE LUMBER,
Lath, Shingles,
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Main St., cor. Fifth,
FLATTSMOUTH, - - - NEB.
FOR YOUR GROCERIES
OO TO
J. V. Weckbach,
Cor. Third and Main Sts , Plattsmouth.
(Gnthmann's old stand.)
He keeps on hand a larjrc and wcll-seiected stock
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FANCY GROCERIES,
Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots,
Shoes, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
Also, a large stock of
Dry Goods, Soots and Shoes,
Crockery, Queensware,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
In connection with the Grocery is a
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
Highest Tries Paid for Country Produce.
A full stock at all times, and will not be undersold.
Take notice of the Sign :
"EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY."
nlyl
WILLIAM STADELMANN
lias on hand one of the largo t stocks of
CLOTHING
AND
Gents' Furnishing Goods
KOR SPRING AND SUMMER.
I Invite everybody in want of anything in my
line to can at my store.
South Side Main, bet. 5th & 6th Sts.,
And convince themselves of the fact. I have as a
specialty in my Retail Departments a stock of
riuciiuuimij V71 ..ll. u .nu uujr, iu .uitu 111'
vite those who want eoods.
I also keep on hand a large and well-selected
lock or
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc.
jarlyl
PHILADELPHIA STORE
SOLOMON & XATIIAX,
SCALERS IX
Fancy Dry Goods,
Notions, Ladies' FnrnisMns Goofls.
Largest, Cheapest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock
in inc city.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Portugal lias prohibited the importa
tion of American potatoes.
Gen. Selden Connoh has been nomi
nated for Governor of Maine by th Re
publican State Convention, recently in
session at Portland.
The Agricultural Department, in its
June cotton report, states that the ex
pected reduction in areas has not taken
place, the acreage being about the same
as last year. The condition of the crop
is excellent.
The President recently addressed a
letter to the Czar of Kussia, congratulat
ing him upon the birth of a grand
daughter. The letter was in reply to one
sent by that sovereign announcing the
important fact.
The Central Bank of Indianapolis was
robbed of $7,000 on the morning of the
15th. During the afternoon of the same
day the two men and one woman who
committed the robbery were arrested
at Lafayette, Ind.
Abraham Jackson, the Boston lawyer
charged with being a defaulter and with
having committed various other crimes,
has filed a schedule in the bankruptcy
court which pans out thus: Assets $171,
01S, liabilities $417,720.
The recent conviction, by a Chicago
jury, of three three-card montc men de
serves to be noted. The evidence was
unimpeachable, and the prisoners were
sentenced to the Penitentiary one for
three years, and two for one year each. "
W. S. King, member of Congress
from Minnesota, has given bail in the
sum of $5,000 to answer at the next term
of the District of Columbia Criminal
Court to an indictment for perjury re
cently found against him by a Wash
ington Grand Jury.
The loss occasioned by the late strike
in the Pennsylvania coal regions is esti
mated to have caused a loss to operators
and workmen of fully $10,000,000. As
the latter have resumed work at the rates
proposed by the former a reduction of 10
per cent. it will be seen that they have
gained nothing, but have lost from three
to four months' wages. Many of them
were reduced to the verge of starvation.
The California State Republican Con
vention met at San Francisco a few days
ago. Gov. Pacheco's name was with
drawn and the convention nominated T.
G. Phelps for Governor, Joseph M. Cavis
for Lieutenant-Governor, O. II. llallett
for Secretary of State and Wm. Beckraan
for State Treasurer. Resolutions were
adopted indorsing the Administration of
President Grant and declaring that his
recent letter had definitely and finally
settled the third-term agitation.
We are prepared to sell cheaper than they can
Dc pnrcnaeca eiscwncrc.
aiVB XJS -A- CALL
And examine oar Goods.
t3T"Store on Main St., between 4th and Sth Sts
Plattsmouth, Neb. lttti
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS,
PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA.
Cox bad Hkisel, Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED,
Alwtyi on hand tai for file at lowest cast) prices,
Tba Highest Prices paid for Wheat and Cora.
PariiculAr attention girts to cmtom work.
A few evenings ago Tom McGehan, of
Hamilton, Ohio, was shot at the bar of
his own saloon, while in the act of drink
ing. The shot was fired from the out
side through an aperture in the window.
Mr. McGehan's only claim to distinction
is the fact that he was the client ot the
late C. L. Vallandigham at the time of
the accident which caused that gentle
man's death, some years ago. It is
thought that McGchan was assassinated
in revenge for the crime for the com
mission of which he was then acquitted.
The Bureau of Statistics reports that
the total value of foreign merchandise
imported during April was $45,807,319
$11,793,285 less than the importations of
April, 1874. The total value of foreign
imports for ten months ending April 30
was $459,675,479, against $195,C05,GG9
during the corresponding period of 1874
a decrease of $35,030,190. For the
same ten months the total value of com
modities, the growth, product and nianu.
factureof the United States, exported to
foreign countries was $532,019,106,
against $573,072,189 for the correspond
ing period of 1874 a decrease of $40,-452,423.
The National Board of Trade, com-
osed of representatives from the various
commercial organizations throughout the
country, while in session at Philadelphia
on the 17th adopted a resolution compli
menting Congress upon the fact that it had
fixed a day for the resumption of specie
payment. The same resolution expresses
the concern of the National Board that no
well-considered methods had leen adopted
for the execution of the measure and begs
Congress to place the means for obeying
its mandate in the hands of the Secretary
of the Treasury at the earliest practicable
moment, that resumption may be assured
at the time named in the act.
The centennial celebration of the battle
of Bunker Hill, on the 17th, was a very
enthusiastic one, and worthy the da' and
the occasion. There were over 300,000
strangers in Boston, and a procession
made up niainly of soldiers, extending
over ten miles and requiring five hours to
pass a given point, was a conspicuous
feature of the ceremonies. The exercises
at the monument were presided over by
George Washington uarren, a lineal dc
scendant of one of the Bunker Hill heroes.
Gen. Devens delivered the oration, and
Gen. Sherman, Govs. Hartranft of Penn
sylvania, Beadle of New Jersey, Inger
soll of Connecticut, and Vice-President
Wilson made short addresses.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
A writer in the American Educational
Monthly 6ays that "no person should re
ceive a teacher's certificate of any class,
no matter how high his literary qualifica
tions, until he has served a certain ap
prenticeship (one year at least) to the
profession in the capacity of pupil, teach
er or monitor, under the auspices of a
legally-qualified public school teacher,
or until he has attended a normal school
a certain number of sessions. Moreover,
the principles and practice of education
should be the most prominent subject on
the teacher's programme of study and
examination, instead of being the lowest
and least important, as it is now con
sidered, by the Government officials them
selves receiving, as it does, only one
half the number of marks awarded to
other subjects. Such a fact is in itself
sufficient to make teachers careless of
progress in their art."
Yocng Max "I left a lock of hair
her a few days ago tc be fitted la a
locket. Is it ah ready?" JeweJer
"Very sorry, 6ir; it has be mislaid.
But it's of no consequence, we can
easily get it matched, sir." v i ;
TnE American rifle team, which
reached Quccnstown, Ireland, on the 14th,
were enthusiastically received by the
Irish Rifle Association and a delegation
from the municipality of Dublin. Dur
ing their stay in Ireland they will be the
guests of the Lord Mayor of Dublin.
A Washington telegram of the 14 th
sa3's the Treasury Department was con
fident that the' proofs already obtained
were sufficient to convict all the "crook
ed" whisky distillers. Indictments had
already been found against some of the
Western distillers.
In the criminal branch of the United
States Court in New York city, on the
14th, the members of the firms of Clafiin
& Co. and Field, Morris, Fcnncr & Co.,
together with Col. Des Anges and
Charles L. Lawrence, were arraigned to
plead "to indictments found against
them by the Grand Jury for complicity
in silk-smuggling frauds, all pleading
not guilty with the exception of Law
rence, whose counsel asked for time,
which was granted. II. B. CI all in & Co.
have published a card, in which they
say they have conducted their business
honorably and honestly and that they
expect to demonstrate their innocence of
any complicity in attempts to defraud
the customs revenue.
The New York State Court of Appeals
has unanimously reversed the judgment
of the Supreme Court in the case of Will
iam M. Tweed, and rdcred his discharge.
The Judges hold that the writ of habea
corpus has always been construed in
favor of and not "against the liberty
of the subject , and citizen, and
the reading must be the .same
whether the benefit of it is invoked
by the purest and best of citizens of the
State or the greatest sinner, and the one
most worthy of condign punishment.
Th?y say no warrant can be found for
cumulative punishment upon a con
viction of several offenses charged in
a single indictment, the aggregate
punishment exceeding that prescribed
bv law for the grade of offenses
charged. It was reported from New
York on the 15th that the Shcritt had
taken every precaution to secure the ar
rest of Tweed in the civil suits immedi
ately upon his discharge under the de
cision of the court.
It is announced in dispatches of the
15th that the long strike of the Pennsyl
vania coal miners has ended, the strikers
making an unconditional surrender. Some
of the men stated that they had made a
mistake in holding out so long and were
in want of the necessaries of life. At
Clearfield thirty-two striking miners had
been found guilty of conspiracy and
riot, and six of them were sen
tenced to a fine each of $25 and costs
and to imprisonment for one year;
thirteen to a like fine and sixty
days' imprisonment. Sentence was sus.
pended in the case of the other thirteen.
Dispatches from different localities in
Nebraska, Kansas and Western Iowa on
the 15th state that myriads of grass
hoppers were in the air and flying in a
northerly direction, many of them alight
ing and doing considerable damage in
some sections.
It is announced that several important
and well-known mercantile firms sus
pended in London on the ICth, with ag
gregate liabilities of over a million
pounds.
Santandeu dispatches of the 10th rep
resent that the political situation in Mad
rid caused increasing uneasiness. It was
rumored that the Carlists were about to
bombard Bilbao.
The suspension of the firm of Bennett,
Benson & Co., of Quebec, was announced
on the 16th, with liabilities estimated at
over $1,000,000.
The commission to examine the new
Custom-House in Chicago completed their
report on the 16th, and it is said they rec
ommended the demolition of the walls
now up and the laying of a new founda
tion. It was reported on the 16th that the
difficulties between the Baltimore & Ohio
and tiie Pennsylvania Railroad Compa
nies had been compromised.
An explosion occurred in a building
used for the manufacture of fireworks in
Boston, on the 16th, and six lives were
lost, the burned and charred bodies lieing
taken out of the ruins soon after the acci
dent. The cause of the explosion was un
known. The New Hampshire House of Repre
sentatives on the 16th passed 173 to 130
the resolution reported by the majority
of the Committee on Elections that Ray
mond and Harding (Democrats) Mere not
entitled to seats.
A destkvctive tornado passed over
Quincy, 111., on the morning of the 15th,
and destroyed property to the value of
about $100,000. One man was killed.
The Minnesota Reform State Conven
tion was held at Minneapolis on the 16th
and nominated Prof. R. F. Humiston for
Governor, J. B. Tuttle for Lieutenant-
Governor, John II. Stevens for Secretary
of State and H. D. Brown for Treasurer.
The platform adopted declares that com
petency, honesty and sobriety are indis
pensable qualifications for holding public
office, and that removal for mere differ
ence of political opinion is a practice op
posed to sound policy.
Many additional failures were reported
in London on the 17th, the following
among others: Malcolm, Hudson & Co.,
financial agents of the Japanese Govern
ment; A. Gonzales & Co.; Young, Borth
"wick & Co., liabilities, $12,500,000; John
Anderson & Co., liabilities $1,000,000; J
C. Fonlier; Westhead & Co., of Man
chester, liabilities $1,000,000: John
Strachan & Co., East India merchants,
liabilities $1,000,000, and Henry Adam-
son & Sons, ship and insurance brokers
The recent Pennsylvania State Temper
ance Convention nominated Hon. Robert
Audley Brown, formerly a Republican
member of the State Legislature, for
Governor, and Elijah F. Henry Packer,
of Chester County, for State Treasurer
The platform adopted pronounces in favor
of woman iuffrage and against sectarian
influence In tchools.
Hoy, Wm. Allen has been renominated
for Governor by the Ohio Democratic
State Convention, which vnet t Columbus
on the 17th. The balance of the ticket is
as follows: For Lieutenant-Governor,
Samuel F. C. Trejon, of Hamilton; Su
preme Judge, Thomas Q. Ashburn, of
Clermont; Auditor, E. M. Greene, of Shel
by; Treasurer, John Schreiner, of Meigs;
Attorney-General, Thomas E. Powell, of
Delaware; member of the Board of Public
Works, II. E. Ohagan, of Erie. Among
the resolutions adopted was one in
fuvor of limiting the President's service
to one term nt a salary of $25,000
a year, and another demanding that
the present financial policy of the
General Government be abandoned, and
that 44 the volume of currency be made
and kept equal to the wants of the trade,
leaving the restoration of legal tenders to
par with gold to be brought about by pro.
moting the industries of the people and
not by destroying them."
TIIE MARKETS.
June 19. 18V5.
NEW YORK.
Live Stock. Beef Cattle $11.50313.50. Hops
Live, $7.3T!i7.50. Sheep Live, $4.505.7a.
Bbbadstujts. Flour Oood to choice, $5.30
5.05; white wheat extra, $5.7latj.40. Wheat No.
2 Chicago, $1.111.11-4; No. 8 Northwestern,
$1.14'jai-15; No. 2 Milwaukee sprinR, $1.10PS
1.17.' Ryo Western and State, !Ric3.$l W. Ba'
lcy $1.25:31.30. Corn Mixed Western, Sri
84c. Oats Mixed Western. 6SJ.li'Jic.
Pbotisions. Pork New Mess, $19.4(Cil0.50.
Lard Prime Steam, l:j4l:J?c. Cheenb 5ii
12V4c.'
Wool. Domestic fleece, 433t3c
CHICAGO.
Liyx Stock. Beeves Choice, $ii.2."'-40;
good, $5.S-X2'$.15; mcdintn, $5.5CT35.5; batch
ers' stock, $1.(XX&5.S5; stock cattle, $3.50a4.7a.
Hors Live, $f.65&6-90. Sheep Good to choice,
$4.2j4.50. ,
Provisioks. Butter Choice, 20325c. Eps
Fresh, 15lc. Pork Mess, $18.4:k.18.50. Lard
$12.95(313.00.
BiutADSTurrs. Flour White Winter Extra,
$r..007.25; spring extra, $t.2531 8rt. Wheat
Spring, No.. 2, !7(397JiC. Corn No." . 2, 69
Ofl'ic Oats No. 2, SftiftH'aC. Rye No. - a,
S5(3ic. Barley No. 2, $1.391. 33.
Lumbeb. First Clear, $ W.OJ-jti.OO ; Second
Clear, $13.0(xa4T.OO; Common Boards, $10.0)56
11.00; Fencing, $11.00; 'A" Shingles, $2.75
(31.00; Lath. $1.75(32.00.
CINCINNATI.
Brkadbtufth. Flour $5.3535-15. Wheat-
Red, $1.2031.25. Corn 72374c. Kye $1.08
1.10. Oats 6437c. Barley No. 2, $1.201.7i.
Provisioks. Pork $18.C5318J. Lard 13',i
13? c. -
81. LUU13.
Liyk Stock. Beeves Good 10 choice, $5,753
6.50. Ilogs Live, $6.25(57.50.
Brbadstupfs. Flour XX. Fall, $5.0(J5.50.
Wheat No. 2 Red FalU $1.343L34K. Corn
No. 2, 67fc3K8c. Oats No. 2, 5S359C - Rye-
No. 2, $1.081.12. Barley No. 2, $1.2031.22.
Provisions.- -Pork Mess, $1'J..19.J. .Laru
12'13c.
BRKADSTtrrrs. Flour Spring XX, $1.75 2 500.
Wheat Spring, No. 1, $1.(3'41.04; No.2,9Sic.
fl.OOM. Corn No. 2, b7V4bbc. Oats no. 2,
57V4Q58C. Rye No. 1, 9-K&944C Barley JNo.
2, $1.2031-25.
ULi nun.
BRKADSTUrwi. Wheat Extra, $1.2731.28.
Corn No. 1, 7072c. Oats No. 1, 6161 c.
TOLEDO.
Brbadstuffs. Wheat Amber Michigan,
$1.2331.31; No. 2 Red, $1.2131.21,'4. Corn-
High Mixed, 74374'ic. Oats Mo. z, WJ'rdt.lc.
CLEV-KLANU.
Breadstuff Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.24 !i
25: No. 2 Red, $1.19131.20. Corn High
Mixed, 74375c. Oats No. 1. 6'43e7c.
BUFFALO.
Livk Stock. Beeves $V603 .25. Hogs-
Li vc, $7.0037.25. Sheep Lire, $17535 25.
JCAST LIBERTY.
Livk Stock. Beeves Best, $72,537.00; me
dinm, $6.003t.25. Hogs Yorkers, $,. ... JO;
Philadelphia, $7.wxi7.75. Sheep Beet, $j.2.j3
5.50; medium, $4.75(35.00.
SWIMMiaiti THE EStiLlSU CIIAX-
SEL.
Capt. Koylon and Ills Llle-l'renorvinc
Dre A SufOfMfiil Xrip Across
the- ICnslial Channel.
The villaec of Grisncz, the starting
point, is on the coast of France, about
1300 yards from the light-house, and nine
teen miles distant across me cnannei
from Fan Bay, where this amphibious
navigator landed. Before putting on his
bathing or sailing costume the Captain
was examined by Dr. Direr, his phy
sician, and pronounced to be in sound
health.and in a better condition than when
he undertook his last sail. A deafening
huzza greeted the Captain as he stepped
into the water at three a. m. snarp, wun
paddle in hand, shouting 44 live la
Franfe!" His departure was announced
by the discharge of rockets, blazing bon
fires, and the roar 01 artillery Dy me vil
lagers; also from the steamer rnnce
Ernest. The sea was calm and dark, the
moon being obscured by clouds; the
wind was light, but occasionally blow
ing hard from the southwest, and the
weather was hazy, the barometer mark
ing seventv-six degrees, with a downward
tendency.' His course across the chan
nel was tne most direct mat couiu uc
selected, being the same as the last,
though starting from the French coast
this time, and the English side the last.
After paddling about a mile to the north
west of Gnsnez lie liailea tne convoying
vessel and asked that his sail, which he
had forgotten, be sent for, as he did not
think he could get along without it. He
fixed his sail, with a small veil nag at tne
peak, blew his fog-horn, and started, but
did not make much headway until after
daylight, as both wind and tide were
against him. At daylight the spectators
on the vessel saw the Captain not far oil,
vigorously working his paddle and under
pretty fair Headway, wnen ue saiuieu
them by furling and unfurling his sail,
blowing his fog horn, and standing up in
the water to show them that he was not
fatieued ; after which he vigorously pad
dled away amid rounds of cheers.
At eicht o'clock, hvc hours alter sinn
ing, he was seven miles from Grisncz,
the starting point, and at twelve o'clock
he had only proceeded about three miles
farther, when another steamer, Hearing
an excursion nartv. hailed him with
cheers of encouragement, which saluta
tions he acknowledged by waving tne
stars and stripes; and after partaking
of a luncheon and a smoke he again set
sail, and frequently exchanged saluta
tions of greeting witn I113 convoy steam
er until about four o'clock..when she de-
narted for the En dish coast to land the
excursionists at Dover. At 4:15 a heavy
storm broke over, accompanied by thun
der and lightning, and a very rough sea
prevailed, and ot course nis progri-ss
was very slow, being only thirteen miles
,,t at ct t- m unii KIT TT11IP8 IfODl
Dover, which he hoped to reach at dark,
but, the sea remaining rough and the
wind against him, he drifted about al
mnfit. hplnlpsfclv until about one o'clock,
at which time he was about three miles
from llnvnr havintr onlv sailed three
miles in seven hoars. At 1 :30 he had
made n. half mile further, when, the tide
and wind having changed, he steered di
rectly for the shore, aoout two ana one
half milna distant, and landed at Fan
Bay, one and ne-half miles east of
Dover, at 2:38, having been in the water
twenty-three nours ana vuiriy-tigm min
utes, sailing or walking or swimming
or. rather, -doing all alternately, just
nineteen miles. The course was north
northeast and north-northwest-by-west
Aftprthe congratulations of those on
shore he walked into the water and
hoarded the Btaanier Prince Ernest.
where he undressed and went to bed,
after being rubbed down arid drinking a
little brandy nd milk, apd waj then
placed in blankets. When he came on
board he was in a heavy perspiration and
slightly fatigued, complaining 01 his
face, which pained him. on account of ex
posure to the sun and rough waves, also
complaining of stillness of the joints
His temperature stood at 00 deg. and his
pulse at 71 acg.
At Dover an enthusiastic crowd
thronged the wharf, and the steamer, on
ncaring and imparting the success ofthc
Captain and his presence on board, was
saluted with ten guns. After sleeping a
lew nours tne tJaptain went asnore, where
a royal banquet had been prepared at the
Pavilion Hotel, at which he was lionized
ad libitum and, in a short speech, said
he had 44 accomplished his task of cross
ing the channel, and was glad it was over.
His invention was a success." In a few
hours he left for London and arrived here
looking as well as usual, and apparently
as fresh and buoyant as ever. Lvndun
May CO) Cor. Chicago Inter Oaan.
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Kentucky has no public debt.
The St. Piul directory has just been
issued, and on the strength of it the citi
zens claim a population of i5,b00.
The total number of pieces coined by
the United States in May was 3,401,000,
and the value $4,300,200.
a r 1 c k frm ...... -
has been discovered in Southern Utah
oy tne geologists 01 tne wnecier expedi
tion, and one of 20,000 square miles in
Arizona and New Mexico.
TnEKE are in Georgia 27,535,030 acres
of improved land, valued tit $!M,51 1,5)35.
This is an average valuation of $3.50 per
acre. Tho wild land of the State is re
turned at 7,000,000 acres, valued at $2,
191.S54. A mammoth turtle was captured on
Tybec beach, near .Savannah, Ga., re
centl3r, four feet eleven inches long, two
feet ten inches broad and one foot eight
inches through, weighing 300 pounds,
and containing 500 or 000 eggs.
New Yokk city has a new city direct
ory. It is a book of 1,800 pages, con
tains the names of 253,031 persons 24,
000 more than have ever before been
published and has been corrected,
bound and printed since the May mov
ings. This year the southern counties of
California sent to San Francisco 5,380,
000 oranges, 020,000 lemons and 80,000
limes. The consumption of California is
about 10,000,030 oranges a year, and 5,
000,000 are brought from Mexico and the
Pacific isles.
Di king the past eighteen years there
have been eighty-four murders in Suffolk
County, Mass., most of them being in
Boston. Of the murderers, twenty-five
were sentenced to from one to twenty
years' imprisonment, eight received life
sentences, seven cheated justice by
committing mr'-ude, five are now await
ing trial or sentence, and only two have
been hung.
It is stated that the honey product
of San Diego Couaty, Cal., this year will
be fully 000 tons. One million two hun
dred thousand pounds of honey from a
single county is prodigious for an indus
try only about three years old. Los An
geles County also is making tremendous
advances in the honey culture, and in a
few years the two counties will supply
the world. The honey of Southern Cal
ifornia is said to be without a rival in
quality and flavor in any market.
The State Board of Equalization of
Kansas has just made a report. The total
number of acres as appears from United
States surveys is 43,123,200. Total as
returned by county assessors, 30,025,202.
Acres not returned, 7,007,000. Value of
lands, $254,040,434 ; value of lots, $30,057,
781; total, $2!)0,(;'.t8,218 for the year 1874.
In 1872 it was $424,452,081, the present
valuation being $123,754,4G3 less than in
1872. It is thought by many Senators
and others that the decrease in valuation
will necessitate the calling of an extra
session of the Legislature next winter for
the purpose of devising means to meet
the current expenses of the State. In
view of the fact that; several of the
wealthiest counties in the State, by rea
son of the drought last year and the rav
ages of the grasshoppers of this year,
will be totally unable to pay their taxes
this year, and will have to be returned
delinquent, it is claimed that there can
be no money to pay current expenses of
the State for the year 1870.
Artists' Life.
Taine savs of artists: "A hard life that
of an artist. There arc men of fifty
whose names arc famous, who do not
earn 10,000 francs a year. About thirty,
after ten years' study, he begins to pro
duce something; then sales must be
made, and to make sales the artist must
have the tact of a salesman. Some go
fasting, and put in here and there a thrce-
franc lesson; out even luai is a cuauL-u.
Some paint backgrounds for photogra
pliers, or large sigh-boards. At forty, with
real merit, or friends in the newspapers,
he may get into notice by constant ex
hibition and pulling. About fifty he
earns a little money and has cau?ht the
rheumatism. Each year the number of
rrnl artists prow less and less. lastc
has declined since the division of patri-.
monies has broken fortunes into crumb?,
and the great profits of the Bourse soil
society with new and vulgar wealth.
Amateurs sell their galleries, bargain
with picture-dealers, ppeculatc upon their
stores. To succeed three things arc
needful : The first that at the exhibition
some rich bourgeois shall say: 4 There
is a gay hunting scene, wnicu wm uu
very well for the left-hand panel of my
dining-room!' the second that he feel in
the humor to spend his money, xnai ne
has faith in his own taste, that his wife
does not say no; in short, that he buys;
the third, that ins inenas, naviug
breakfasted before the picture, or
der copies. But the 5,00) pictures
of the exposition distract the at
tention, destroy all beauty. A woman
is pretty alone oy ner nrcsiue in ucrc.iy
chair; put her among eighty ball-dresses
and she is lost. How do 111c two or mree
miles of pictures which are got ten up
each year in Paris find sale? Reply is
impossible. On this route the crowd is
greater than on any of the others. For
thirtv years oacK tne cnici cuaraciers ui
novels whose heroes were formerly young
gentlemen have been artists, especially
painters. inertupuu aviate m mm di
rection; numbers of young fellows who
would have mwle excellent clerks have
boueht gaiters and let their beards grow.
What are they to do for their dinners?
Many a one is worn out. This one takes
a whole summer to finish a study. He
rubs out, paints over, rubs out again,
ends in losing all true feeling, becomes
cross, irritable, talks feverishly and by
fits and starts, like a man who has had a
nervous attack. Many have utterly
thwarted their natures and, after fifteen
years of struggle, find themselves power
less. Instead of an imagination full to
overflow, and an impulse to pour out on
tne canvas the very superfluity of their
brains, they resemble the dried-up spring
which, at long intervals, leaks out in mis
orahlp" drons. A friend comes in. He is
stopped by a gesture. 4 Stand just as
you are; stretchout your arm. Perhaps
I have found the attitude I have been
looking for. At last, by mere chance,
and after a hundred groping hesitations,
they hang up something, and the creat
ure, thus brought into the world by a
miracle, is a pretentious abortion."
Those counterfeit Triers' fives have
reached California.
KISSIXO THE CHILDREN.
Kisses in the morning
Make the day seem bright,
Filling every corner
With a gleam of liht;
Ami m hut liupi'incfS he iniscca
Who, aflccliov's impulse srornlng.
Depart, and sjives no kisses
To the children in the morning.
Many think it folly;
Many say it's bliss;
Very much depending
On whose lips 3-011 kiss!
licit the truth I uni coiifi'Shintr,
And I'd have you all take warning,
If you eovct any blessing,
Kiss the children in the morning!
Kisses in the evening.
When the lights are low,
Set two hearts a-lluming
Willi allec-tiou's glow;
And the :ngc!s swarm in numlH.'rs
Hound the pillow they are prcssitur,
Who are wooed to peaceful slumbers
liy a dear one's fond caressing.
Kisses in the morning
Arc not out of place;
Kisses in the evening
Have a special grace;
And it seems to mu that this is
For indulgence lawful reason;
Sweetest tulips I mean kisses!
Yii are never out of season !
OUK DONATION PARTY.
We had all been to dine with 44 Aunt
Walton" (as we called her, although she
did not stand in that relation to any of
us), a custom which began when wc
were wee bits of girls, and which the
good old lady insisted should be kept up,
although all of us. had arrived at the
dignity of being wives and mothers. Wc
had done ample justice to the excellent
viands which Chloe, Aunt Walton's old
colored woman, set before us, and now
we gathered around the blazing lire on
the hearth to have a good chat. After
passing from one topic of conversation
to another some one referred to the do
nation party to our pastor, which was to
take place soon anil which all of us ex
pected to attend.
44 Speaking of donation parties," said
Aunt Walton, 44 there is a family in our
immediate neighborhood which I think
need assistance very much."
44 Who can it bc?"wc queried all to
gether, for we live in a quiet country
place where none possess wealth Sind
none that wc were aware of were very
poor.
44 The family that moved into that old
house near the mill, recently," replied
Aunt Walton. 44 1 managed to hobble
across the fields as far as there the other
day, and, feeling much fatigued, I con
cluded to go in and rest awhile and chat
with our new neighbor. I was much
pleased with the manners of the lady,
for such she seemed to be, although her
surroundings were those of extreme pov
erty. She told me her husband had died
some time ago, leaving her almost desti
tute, with two little ones, liut she had
managed to pet along by doing any
thing she could find to do uutil her health
failed, and she had moved to this place
hoping the change of air might prove
beneficial, nhe did not complain, and
was evidently trying to make the best ot
her unhappy circumstances; but I have
not seen anyone in a long time whom I
pitied so sincereby. Our good doctor, who
called here this morning, and had just
been in to see her, said the illness
was more in consequence of overex
ertion and anxiety than of any deep
seated disease, and his opinion was
that a little timely assistance toward
the support of the family Mould be
nuite as much service as his medicines.
Now girls, you arc farmers' wives and
all have an aounuancc 01 just inosc
things in which this poor widow stands
in such pressing need. Now I propose
that some of you get a horse and wagon
and call at the house of each one and
see what you can collect foi our unfortu
nate neighbor."
Well, wc all favored the idea, for it
seemed so dreadful to us, whose dwell
ings are filled with plenty, for aDyonc to
be so lonely and destitute.
So we soon decided that Mrs. C-ary
(whose husband was storekeeper as well
as farmer) should be the one to provide
the convc3rance for us, and, as Aunt
Walton had consented to go and intro
duce the party, we separated for our
respective homes to get our contribu
tions rcadv. JUrs. c-ary started irom
home w ith sundry brown-paper parcels
(none of your small ones cither), which
we found out afterward contained tea,
sugar, crackers and raisins.
Her first call was at my house, l had
succeeded in capturing, after a good deal
of coaxing and " shoo-shooing," two fine
turkeys, and at first thought was about to
have their heads taken oil'; but Mrs. Cary
suggested it would be better to carry
them aiive and let the widow dispatch
them when she'ehosc. So we filled a bag
of corn and another with fiour, which,
with a pail of hominy, completed my
contribution.
Next we came to Mrs. Kent's. She
had filled some sacks with potatoes and
w hen she saw us coming she ran into the
house alter a huge piece of beef and one
also of mutton, which we carefully
stOAved away in a big basket. 44 Mr. Kent
has just had a beet and sonic sheep
slaughtcrwd, and I was just in time to
run off with a piece," she said ; 44 but
those potato sacks, how arc we ever to
get them into the wagon?" Which was
iust what wc in the wagon were puzzling
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about ; lor irom me nrsi we 11 ;tu de
termined this should be a f eminine party,
without any interference or advice from
the gentlemen folks -just for fun, you
know. Well, such a time as we did have
with those potatoes! But after a great
deal of pulling, jerking and shoving they
were finally landed safely on board the
wacon.
Next to Mrs. Fenn's, who soon ap
peared with a pot of butter (such butter!)
followed oy the "iieip, orining a paw
of lard and a l irgc piece of cheese.
So we stowed the things and ourselves
to the best advantage, and soon reached
tho next place Mrs. SomTs'. 44 1 won
der what she will carry," said some one.
Some canned fruit, 1 hope," which was
echoed by all, for we yielded the palm
to her in that line. "Sure enough the
trim little matron soon appeared with a
basket filled with g'ass cans, through
w hich the pale yellow of the peach, the
ereen of the cage, and the crimson of the
strawberry were plainly visible, also a
jar of quince felly and one of honey;
which after depositing safely, she ran
away again, and soon came back with a
nicely-smoked beef ham.
44 Two more places to call and our com
pany will be complete," said Mrs. Cary,
as we stopped at Mrs. Elton's neat little
home.
She appeared with a basket of snowy
biscuits and puffy crullers and far down
we caught sight ol a irosieu sun ac e,
which we knew covered one of her de
licious cakes.
4 I expected to invite you all to tea
next week, and made some of this cake
for the occasion. But I guess you are
as well off without it," she said, laugh
ingly .
Then we noticed she had pulled a little
cart after her which contained an enor
mous ham, which for a second time
called forth pretty strong efforts cn our
part to coax into the wagon. Then on
we moved to make our last call. Mrs.
Reade was on hand, as she always was
in every good work.
44 Girls," she says, 44 1 came home and
found cellar and larder so empty that I
can contribute nothing but thete eggs,"
holding up a basketful, fresh and white.
' Po you suppose they will answer, with
a small sum of money?" (which we uf
tcrward learned was a five-dollar green
back.)
44 Of course, money is of a good deal
of consequence, and eggs, too," said we.
"Jump in."
Which was no easy matter, owing to
the assorted nature of our cargo; but,
after some squeezing, a good deal of fun
and laughing, wc were finally settled,
and then Mrs. Cary'H 44 gray" set off at a
pace that threatened to tumble basket,
cans, vegetables and poor humanity en
tnaxxe. Wc urged the lady to diivc with
tighter rein; assured her that the horse
would 44 sweat," as tho gentlemen folks
say. 44 Well, let him, then. It will be in
a good cause carrying assistance to those
in need." So on wc went, over hi'd and
down dale, at a speed which soon brought
us to the widow's door. We had caught
a glimpse of Aunt Walton's gray dress
as we turned the corner of the road, and
so knew she was within, ready to intro
duce us.
So, getting on a tide of the house
where we should be invisible until every
thing was in readiness, wc went to work
to unload, which, after a good deal of
exertion, wc succeeded in doing, then
walked in and were iutroduced, and
chatted awhile with the widow, then
brought in, as best we could, our contri
butions. I shall never forget the ex
pression of that lady's countenance.
44 All these things for us? for us? Oh!
God, how I have distrusted Thy kind
providence," she exclaimed. Then fall
ing upon her knees in the middle of tho
lloor she poured out such a thanksgiving
to God and implored such blessings upon
his unworthy servants that there was not
a dry eye in the room.
W c left the happv, grateful woman in
a .short time and had a pleasant ride
home, rejoicing tha. Aunt Walton had
put it in our minds to act out our part of
pure religion 41 to visit tho fatherless
and widow in their affliction." I have
often thought since how easy it seemed
for us to contribute of 44 such things ns
we had," and have wished other farmers'
wives might do thtr fame. 44 Inasmuch
as ye have done it unlo the. least of thce
ye have clone it unto Me." N. Y. Inde
pendent. m m
SENSE AND NONSENSE.
A ciiiu of the son A grandchild.
The law is always purchased at cost.
A brutal husband favors a lick her
law.
Even the laziest boy can sometimes
catch a whipping.
I want to go home," says Red Cloud,
with blood in his eye.
The Charleston (S. C.) strawberry
crop this year has netted $100,000.
44 1 no havec, how can?" said a Ios
Angeles Chinaman, when asked to pay a
debt.
TnE St. John's Freeman says that tho
quantity of lobsters taken in the Provin
cial fisheries amounts to about 8,000,000
cans annually.
Civilization slowly but certainly ele
vates the mean duration of human life.
As many live now to seventy as lived to
forty-three 300 vears ago
WnEN a reporter stands three hours
watching two painters at work on a scaf
fold, and waiting for the rope to break,
it may, indeed, be called active journal
ism. European statisticians figure it out
that Jews live five years loDger on the
average than other folks, and suffer
much less from sickness while they do
live.
There's only one conclusion left in
regard to the package missing from the
Treasury Department it must have
llown away. Riches have wings, you
know.
In consequence of the hard times the
ladies arc contracting their skirts. In
their expenses, however, they are in
flationists of the most pronounced char
acter. The wife in a family much given to
conundrums was one evening asked by
the husband in an excited tone: 44 Why
are all these doors left open?" "I give
it up!" instantly replied the lady.
Does the Court understand you to say
that you saw the editor intoxicated?
44 Not at all, sir. Only I've seen him In
such a a a flurry as to attempt to cut
out copy with the snuffers. Thai's all."
No matter how sad and weary a woman
may feci she doesn't read much poetry
alnrmt death and the grave until her bon
nctcomcs back from the milliner's for the
third time and still isn't trimmed to btiit
her.
A Massachusetts boy recently found a
pocket-book containing a large sum of
money, and spent twenty cents of his
own money and two hours' lime in find
ing the owner, who rewarded him with a
dime.
Gentlemen's shirt bosoms in the latest
style have a bias band of colored cam
bric, about a quarter ot an inch wide,
placed near the edge on the front plait,
and trimming of the same on collar and
cull's.
A case came up in the General Term
of Common 1'leas, New York, lately,
w hereby it was decided that when a gen
erally docile horse suddenly caunes dam
age inrough fright and f ractiousiicss the
owner in not liable.
A younu man named Ifinkh y, of tiiir
dincr, Me., who was accidentally shol by
a companion about a year ago, has just
died of his injuries, and hi mother and
sister had previously died of overwork in
taking care of him.
There are 7,000 store clerks working in
New York city on salaries averaging ten
dollars a week, but ihey couldn't part
their hair in the cenler if they were
workinir on farms or in shops and mak
ing thrice the wages.
44 Well, doctor, it's no use. I'm going
to die!" 44 Nonsense," said the doctor.
44 You're not going to die at all. No man
ever died with feet as warm as yours!"
44 Ah! ves thev did. doc tor." 44 1 should
like to know who, then?" said the doe
tor. "John Rogers did," said the pa
tient. This, with his autograph, was Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes' contribution to
a bazar and fancy fair at Manchester,
England, for the benefit of a sick chil
dren's hospital :
Hnped in the clinsriii2 billows" trrip.
From s?a-weed frinjre to mountain heuthcr
The British oak with rootnl crasp
Her sU-ndcr handful holds loj;el Iht ;
With cliff of white and bowers uT Kre-n,
And ocean narrowing to carens her.
And hills and threaded streams between
Our little Mother-isle, iod bless her!
One of the grand items of the Centen
nial expense which will fall entirely
upon Philadelphia is the water supply.
The present works must be largely in
creased, and much beyond the peima
nent or immediate prospective require
ments of the city. One million six hun
dred thousand dollars is asked for to
effect the necessary additions to the
present pumping, reservoir and conduct
ing facilities
TnE best trait in Barney Williams'
character is the filial love and lovcrenco
he has for the ould mother, an ancient
Irish woman, who can never be tilth
avenuized, who will smoke a pipe, who
will wear a peat-bog cap, who has no
book learning, and a brogue you could
cut with a knife, but who has the place
of honor at table and the best the house
affords, who Is introduced to every guest
with fond affection, who can go sit and
smoke her dhudecn on the stone steps
"forninst the dure av she plazes, as
she says. What a fine example the play
actor el s. AVw Tort LtUer.
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