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THE HERALD.
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY
AT-
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
O 3F X X C U i
On Main Street, between 4th and 5th,
Second Story.
Ol'FlCIAL, PAPER OF CASS COCXTV.
Terms, in Advance :
One copy, nc year f 2.00
(Inetopy, fix months 1.00
Una copy, three mouths 50
HENRY BCECK,
DEALER IX
Wtx x- nit xlx- e5
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
. ETC.. ETC., ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
AVooden Cofliiis
(if all idzes, ready-made, and hold cheap for each.
Willi many thanks i.r j-as-t jiatronaije, I invite
nil ( call and examine my
LAKiE STOCK OK
Ini'iii ( iiic himI CJolliiiss.
j:lligH
MEDICINES
AT
J. H. DUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale ai.il Retail Dealer in
Drupjs and Medicines, 1'a.ints, Oils,
Va.rnishes, P;vtcnt Medicines,
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
S'T'I'KKSCRIITIUNS carefully compounded at
a!l hours, day and niht. iVly
J. W. SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and Livcrv
STiVEXiE.
Main Street, Plattsmoulh, Neb.
I am prepared to accommodate the public with
houses,
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
ANT)
A No. I Hearse,
On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms.
A 1 1 A C Iv
Will Kim to the Steamboat Land
ing. Depot, and all parts of
the City, when Desired.
j.Ull-tf
MMonal Bant
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
H "I K-sOlt TO
rrti, iiiiiiun .s. ciuiic.
.Tons J'itz':kuai.i
K. a. !-vkv
A. W. M I-M i'l ix. ..
.John u lioLJiif;;
President.
Vice-President.
filthier.
Assi.-tant t'a.-liier.
This Rank iJ now upeii f.r hiir-ino.a at tlii-ir new
room, corner Main and Sixth Mre-fts, and arc pre
pared to truvracl a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government
and Local Securities
ROUUIIT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
DIlAl'TS DRAWN,
Available in any part of the United States and in
a;l the tiik ipal lowns ana Clues' ol Jr-urope.
AGENTS FOR THE
OEI.EDKATEl)
SKA
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D.
JNO. A. MACMURFHY, Editor.
PERSETEKAXCC COXQUERS.
TERMS: $2.00 a Year.
VOLUME XL
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1875.
NUMBER 15.
THE HEEALD.
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Extr copies of tho IIkbai.i for nalo hy II. J.
Btrelgbt, at the I'owtotnce, and U. IT. Johnson, cor
ner of AUiu and Ififtb. streets.
O. F. JOHNSON,
DEALER l
Drugs, Medicines
jr. . . it
WALLPAPER.
AllPaper TriioMFree of Clarp
ALSO, DEALER IN
Books, Stationery
JIAGAZINES
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
The .Secretary of the Treasury has di
rected the gale of $.,000,000 in gold during
July 1,000,000 on each Thursday during
the month.
Late dispatches from France say that
the damage caused by the recent flood in
several of the outlying departments ex
ceeds $2,4000,000.
Fekdisand, the ex-Emperor of Austria,
died recently at the city of Prague, Hun
gary, from an attack of lung disease. He
was eighty-two years old.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
noli lied the Secretary of the Treasury that
the amount of legal-tenders outstanding
during July will be $375,771,589.
"With an eye to euphony the Austrian
Government has appointed Count Iloyos
prinzenslein to be the successor of Earon
Senborn, late Austrian Minister to the
United States.
CjSTrcKcripUons Carefully
experienced Dm;
compounded by
'Sist.s3
KEMEMEER TI1K TIACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
I'LATTSMouTir, ni:i;.
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3Ii:s. Joirx Courtney, residing with
her husband at Lima, Ohio, lately under
took to hasten an unwilling fire in the
kitchen stove by the use of kerosene. Tho
inevitable result followed. Mrs. John
Courtney was fatally burned.
Pemkertox, the Uoston murderer, w ho
recently killed Mrs. Bingham for the dia
mond rings she had on her linger, has
been tried, convicted and sentenced to be
hung. The Supreme Court has declined
to arrest proceedings, and there is nothing
ft for him but suspension unless the
ioveruor interferes.
THCS. W. SHRYOCK,
Tue British Government appointed a
commission to investigate the circum-
tances attending the loss of the Schiller
oil the Scilly Islands. They have recently
ubin'uted their report, in which the disas
ter is said to have laen caused by the fail
ure of the officers in charge to use the lead
as directed in thick weather.
DEALER IX
Iuir-Tiituir-e !
Main St., bet. 5th and Gth,
PLATTSMOUTH, - ISXEB.
ALSO
UNDERTAKER,
Aim! has on hand a large Btock of
Metallic 15tivial Case?,
Wooden Coffins, Etc.,
Of all sizes', cheap for cash.
Funerals Attended on Short Notice
II. 1. WATER JUK & SOX,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers iu
PINE LUMBER
The great international shooting match
between the Irish and American teams
amc off near Dublin, Ireland, on the
21th ult. At D00 yards range the Irish
team was successful by a single point in a
score of 075. At 1,000 yards the Ameri-
ans won by several points. The entire
match was Avon by the American team by
score of 907 to 9'2fJ. The Irishmen
frankly acknowledged their defeat and con
gratulated the Americans on their brilliant
ictory.
McDasiels, the man who, some months
;o, was concerned in the robbery of a
ailroad train near Muncie, Mo., lately es-
nped from the Lawrence (Ivan.) jail
with three of his companions. An alarm
was niuckly iriven and the Shentl with a
large posse started to effect his recapture.
They came up with the fleeing prisoners
ibout live miles west of Lawrence and
opened fire just as they were taking to the
"bush. McDanicls was mortally' wounded
and subscouently died. The smaller
,':unc was allowed to escape.
I.a;tli, Sliing-les,
SASH, DOOES, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Main St., cor. Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - - NEB.
FOR YOUR GROCERIES
GO TO
J. V. Weckbach,
Cor. Third and Main Sts., riattmonth.
((5utlinianns old stand.)
He keeps on hand a lare and well-selected stock
FANCY GROCERIES,
Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots,
Shoes, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
Al.-o, a lare block of
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, Queensware,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
In connection with the Grocery w a
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
Highest Trice Paid for Country riodnre.
A full stock at all tinien, and will not be undersold.
Take notice of the Xi&i:
EMHRE DAivKRY AND GROCERY."
nljl
The New York Tribune of the 25th cou-
lius the affidavit of Mrs. Tilton, in which
he denies the truth of the statements
made by the alleged new witnesses upon
whose evidence an attempt to reopen the
Beet hi r case was made by the plaintiff's
counsel. She also solemnly declares that
he is innocent of all the offenses charged
against her in connection with Mr. Beech-
er, excei t that unuer me lnuuence oi ner
husband she had made charges against
him which were false and unfounded, and
which her husband knew to be so.
OJU STllVMKliJ-i.
l r-on wi.-hin ' to tiring out their friends from
j5urojc can
1'I K-1IASS Tli KKTS riSOM 1'8
'riii-oujrli X'lsit !-iiinili.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
.T. C. BOONE,
Main. Street, opposite Brooks House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
EM'EcIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
4 iit(inu Children ami L.adicV
Hair.
WILLIAM STADELMANN
lias on hand one of the largest stocks of
CLOTHING
AND
Gents' Furnishing Goods
rOK bPIilNG AND SUMME1C
I invite everybody m want of anything in niy
line to call at my store.
South Side Main, bet. 5th & Gth Sts.,
And convince Ihemi-clve of the fact. I have as a
fiiocialty in my lt-titil Dcpurlin. nU a ftock of
l ine C totlnnir lor Men ana jjovs, 10 wnicu we in
vite thoce who want iroinls.
i alfo keep on hand a lar-re and well-selected
: toek of
Hats, Caps,
jarljl
Boots, Shoes, Etc.
Call and See Boone, Gents,
Acd get a boon in a
GO TO THE
Tost Office Book Store,
. J. STK.EIGHT, Proprietor,
rus TOCB
Books. Stationery, Pictures, Music,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Novels,
Son Books, etc., etc
PHILADELPHIA STORE
SOLCMIOX fc XATIIAX,
DEALERS TH
Fancy Dry Goods,
Notions, Ladies' FnrnisMns Goois.
Largest, Cheapeft, Finef t and lVst Assorted btock
m the city.
W'c are prepared to sell cheaper than they can
De purtnaseu en-ewuere.
GIVE TJS -A-
And examine oar Goods.
rfStore on Main SU, between 4th and 5th St.
I'lattfmoutn, jNeD. lttr
FACTS AM) FIGURES.
5S0
The surface of Lake Michigan
feet above the sea level.
There arc sixty-seven patent cough
medicines and yet the world coughs.
The bonded indebtedness of the rail
roads of the United States is estimated at
$l,700,OfX,000, more than one-third of
which is said to be not now paying inter
est. But the whole capital invested in the
railroads of the United States is about $4,
(M)0,tKXt,(XK), considerably more than half
being in stock, and it is considered not too
arire an estimate to say that 2,000,000,000
of money invested in railroads have ceased
to pay interest.
The keepers of singing birds may soon
expect to hear them warbling requiems.
r the crop ot canary seed has lailed. In
Bngland its present market value has
reached six times the average price, and the
onlv consolation is that the little creatures
an keep IkwIv and soul together on a sul)-
slitutc conijMised of equal parts of millet.
ipe and hempseed. Iho situation, how
ever, is a trying one, lor umis, like iiuman
beings, may not take kindly to a compul
sory change of diet.
TiiEfamousltowlderin the middle of the
Niagara liiver channel, lelow the main
Goat Island bridge, lies about thirty feet
farther clown the stream this summer than
last fall. During the heavy llow of ice
the huge rock was moved from its former
to its present situation. Before the rock
was barely visible, lying just under a ledge ;
now it rests with a very conspicuous por
tion ot lus raggetl surface above the rapids
A new liowlder was brought down the river
bv the ice during the past winter, and now
lies, a very prominent object, a few yards
south ot its more lamous companion
It has been for years the custom of the
life companies to mark oil as lapsed all
policies on which the overdue interest of
premium notes remained unpaid. Avast
number of insurances have In cn lost in
this way; but it appears that a plucky
party in Cincinnati has appealed to the
law for protection, and that the Superior
Court of that city has decided in his lavor
This court, following the example of the
Appellate Court of Kentucky, held that
the note was evidence of a loan made by the
company to the policy-holder, a lien upon
and secured by the value ot the policy, but
none the less a win, and thotigu the note
was given for premiums the interest upon
the note was not premium, and that fail
ure to pay such interest did not legally
vitiate the policy or cause its lapse.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The total damage by the late inundation
of the Garonne region was estimated on
the 2Sth at about 13,000,000. The lowest
estimate of deaths in the flooded districts
was 2,000.
Gkeat inundations have recently oc
curred in Bohemia, Moravia, Corinthia,
Tyrol and Beriat, with considerable loss
of life and immense destruction of prop
erty. IxDiAS-IxsrECTOR Daniels states, in a
dispatch dated Bed Cloud Agency, June
24, that the lied Cloud and Spotted Tail
Indians had si'gnt'd an agreement to relin
quish their rights in Nebraska for the sum
of $ 2.1,000 in horses, cows, wagons, etc.
Considerable damage was done in the
northwestern portion of Detroit City on the
evening of the 2th by a tornado which
destroyed alxmt thirty houses, besides out
buildings, etc., and killed four persons and
seriously injured several others.
Edmund Jones fc Co. the London
agents of the Burmese Government, have
j-i elded to the prevalent financial depres
sion in England, and suspended payment
with something like $1,000,000 liabilities.
A fearful thunder-storm passed over
Buda, Hungary, on the 2Sth, accompanied
by hail and rain in immense quantities.
A dispatch to the London Stmulard says
the surrounding hills and the roofs of the
houses' were covered with ice two feet
thick. Over 300 iersons were missing
and it was thought at least 100 of these
had been killed.
A London dispatch announces the re
cent death of the United States Consul at
Zanzibar.
Several Cincinnati officials connected
with the water works department have
been indicted for improperly using the
public funds.
JosErn Loeder, one of the new wit
nesses in the Beecher scandal, was arrest
ed on the night of the 2Sth ult. for per
jury. Pi ic!, who had confirmed the as
sertions of Loeder in his recent alhdavit,
appeared as a witness against the latter,
swearing that he did not know him
previous to 1872, and knew nothing about
Tilton's houso until recently, and that
Loeder had told him that " now would lc
a good time to make some money." Both
men were locked up for further examina
tion.
A dispatch from the Health Officer at
Key West., Fla., on the 2Uth ult., an
nounces that the yellow fever was prevail
ing there as an epidemic.
The reorganization of the United States
Treasury Department occurred on the 30th
ult. under the Kellogg bill. The salaries
of all bureau officers and chiefs and as
sistant' chiefs of divisions have been in
creased, but the general force of the Treas
ury will by this bill be reduced to the ex
tent of 381 employes,, at a saving, it is
claimed, of ?o00,000.
The commission to count the funds in
the Treasurer's office at Washington com
menced work on the night of the 30th ult.
The commission consists of Dr. John B.
Blake, formerly President of the National
Metropolitan Bank; Mr. S. E. Middleton,
of the banking firm of Middle-ton & Co.;
A. II. Liepold, of the Freedmcu's Bank
Commission; Will II. Harvey, Special
Agent of the Treasury, and Messrs. C. II.
Brown, John Patton and T. C. Dicken-
son, cnieis oi envisions mine ncasuiy
Department.
A recent Washington dispatch says
Secretary Delano has not abandoned his
desire to retire from the Cabinet, but the
period at which this may take place is
uncertain.
The Iowa Republican State Convention,
which met at Des Moines on the 30th
ult., nominated: For Governor, ex
Gov. Samuel J. Kirkwood; Lieutenant-Governor,
J. G. Newbold; Su
preme Judge, Austin Adams; State
Superintendent, A. Aberncthy. The plat
form adopted favors the gradual resump
tion of specie payment and a tana for
revenue so adjusted as to encourage home
industry; declares that the Republican
party of Iowa is opposed to a third term,
and demands that all railway and other
corporations shall be held in just subjec
tion to the law-making power, etc.
The California Democratic State Con
vention met at San Francisco on tue outn
ult. and nominated William Irwin for Gov
ernor. Resolutions were adopted con
demnatory of the Republican party
and Administration; in favor of a
tariir for revenue only, and of a
currency convertible into gold and silver
at the will of the holder; and declaring
it the right and duty of the Legislature to
regulate corporations, whether railway,
gas, telegraph, water or otherwise, to
limit their charges in the interest of the
public, and to compel them to serve all
citizens without discrimination auu ai
reasonable rates, etc.
THE MARKETS.
Provisions. Fork Mees, f i0.C03- .25. Lard
13 lie.
MILWAUKEE.
BBBADBTwra. Flour Spring XX, 1 .7j5.00.
Wheat Spring No. 1, $1.0T1.07'4 ; No. 2, $1.04!
1.C4X. Corn No. 2, 64l4G65c. OaU No. 2, 50!4
&51c. Bye No. 1, 91V4S93C Barley No. 2,
$1.1831.S0.
BBBADSTOrFS. Wheat Extra, $1.2Si,Jai.2!.
Corn No. 1, 666"c Oaia No. 1, 51J4:Wc
TOLEDO.
BRSADsrurrs. Wheat Amber Mich., $1.2Ui
1.25; No. 2 Red, $1.2131.244. Corn-
High Mixed, 71HT2c. Oate No. 2, &1H055C.
CLEVELAND.
BuBADgTurrs. Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.23V4
01.24; No. 2 Red, $1.18V4ai.l9. Com Hisn
Mixed, TOOT2C, OaW No. 1, 59a0Oc
BUFFALO.
Liv Stock. Beeves $5.Ka" 03. Hogs-
Live, $7.0CaT.23. SheeD Live, $4.5035X0.
EAST LIBERTY.
Lot Stock. Beeves Beet, $0.7537.00; me
dium, $5.505.75. Hogs Yorkers, $7,200
.30; Philadelphia, $7.5037.75. Sheep Beet,
$4.5034.75; medium, $4.0031-50.
TOST OFflCE BUILDING,
rLATTSMOUTII, NEB.
l'lilTTSJIOlTII MILLS,
FLATTSMOlTTII NEBRASKA.
Coxitin IlEi.-iEi., Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED.
Always on hand and for tale at lowest cafb price.
The Highest Trices paid for Wheal and Corn.
Particular attention given to custom work.
The creat army of potato-bugs from Col
orado lias invaded the E;vt, and in l'enn
sylvania. New York and New Jersey the
levouring hosts arc marching on. As a
larger acreage was planted to potatoes in
those States this season than heretofore, it
is believed that the bugs w ill lie able to
live well during the summer, and possiblj
leave a lew uiurs lor the larmers. l'aris
green is being imported by the ton.
Larry Belcher sat in an Arizonahottl
a short time ago with a big iack-knifc in
his hand, and, while industriously chew
ing tobacco, he was also busily engaged in
whittling the chair ; but w hen the land
lord came shuffling into the room with a
bowie-kaife in each hand and slit hi3 car
Larry piled out of the window, while the
lxss of the ranchc stood in the door jmd
yelled: " 1 11 teach ye how to carver'
NEW YORK.
Jt'i-r 1, 1875,
Livb Stock. Ber.r Cattle $10.5013.23. Host
Live. 7.37!4aT.50. Shecp-Ltve, f4.tOB5.50.
BitKADttTurrs. Flour Good to choice, $5.30,2
5.65; white wheat extra, $5.TlXt.0. W Beat iso.
Chicairo, $1.13U1.11; No. 2 Northwestern,
$l.lJ!iai.l4; No. a Milwaukee spring, $1,183
1.19. Kye 90c3Sl.tfl. Barley $1.25il.30. Corn
Mixed Western. 77a82U;e. Oats Mixed West
ern, 616:j'4c.
Provisions. Pork New Mess. $2)653
23.75. Lard U&Mc Cheese 531 2V4C.
Wool- Domestic Fleeco, 50363c
CHICAGO.
Lrvs Stock. Beeves Choice, $6.10.6.40;
eood. S5.7536.00: medium, $5.2535.63; bitten
ers' stock, $3.7535.00; stock cattle, $3 253
4.25. Hoffs Live, f6.755i7.10. Sheep Good to
choice, $3.7334 25.
Provisions. Butter Choice, C0.i24c gs
Freh, 11315c. Pork New Mess, $19.4
10.50. Lard $13.40313.50.
BRKAnsTurrs. riour White winter extra,
15.507.25; spring extra, $4.37i435.00. W heat
Spring, No. 2, $l.niV8l.oa. Corn No. 2, w
3ti8'.ic. Oats No. 2, M'&Sl'JC. Barley No
2, S1.13&1.2-). Rye No. 2, 890c.
Lcxbkr. First clear, $45.0n31S.OO; second
clear, $43.00(343.00; Common Boards, $10.03
11.00; Fencing, $10.C'5,11.00; "A" Shingles
2.7533.X): Lath. $1.7532.00.
CINCINNATI.
BRADsTcrrs. Flour S5.3035.P0. Wheat Red
I1.1S31.21. Corn ;6Sc. Rye $1.0031.03
Oats-53357c. Barley No. 2, $1.2oetl.s.
Provisions. Pork $ 19.7300.00. Lvd 13 i
lie.
ST. LOUIS.
Livb Stock. Beeves Good to choice, $5.03
6.35. Hogi Liv $6.2-7.15.
BRKAPsrurr. Flour XX Fall, $4 6535.00,
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall. tl.?2ii3M.33. Corn-
No. 2, 65HV,4c. OaU No. 2. E4355C. Ry
No. 2,9010. Barley No. 2, $1.1531.20.
SENSE AND KOSSEKSU.
And now let the weather put a head on
ich cabbage-plant.
It is estimated that there arc over 800
tons of old rubber shoes manufactured
into ear springs in Boston annually.
It is not advisable to go out of doors
without anything on your head, nor into
society without anything in it. Icrre
llmitc Mail.
The advance of education has even-f
spread to the leathered tribe. " A Parisian
bird-seller advertises to teach parrots to
talk sensibly."
Never call a man a sunflower in Con
necticut. Two little boys w ho applied the
horticultural title to William Armstrong
were fined one penny each.
Tennessee lightning went for a Ten
nessee mule a few nights since, but alter
fooling around lor a while it was satisfied
with inciting his shoes off and leaving him
unhurt.
Anson Goodwin, a Rochester rough,
ifted a quarter lager beer cask filled with
water above his head several times to ex
hibit his strength recently, and a moment
later he fell dead.
That singularly limpid oil drawn from
the jaw-bones of blackfish, which is used
by watchmakers the world over to oil the
works of watches, almost all comes lrom
'rovincctwn, Mass., though the total con
sumption is only 200 gallons yearly.
Tennyson wrote of the grasshopper:
What hast thou to do with evil?
Shooting, singing, ever springing
In and out the emerald glooms,
Ever leaping, ever 6inging,
Lighting on the golden blooms.
One of the Chavez gang of banditti,
having resolved to lead an honest life.
hired out to herd horses in Tulare County,
d. Shortly afterward his dead body was
found, having been lassoed and dragged
over the plain until his neck was broken
and lite extinct.
A man who had saved the life of a
aughter of a Boston millionaire received
two dollars and a half from the grateful
parent. He was so overcome with the
magnificent bounty that he paid out every
cent of it to seventeen organ-grinders to
serenade his benefactor.
A raft covering twenty acres of sur
face, and containing 3,400,000 feet of tim
ber, broke up against the International
Bridge, on the Niagara lCivcr. lately, and
went to pieces. About 1,000,000 feet of
nber lodged on the head ot Grand Isl
and. Much of the remainder went over
the falls.
" What shall we do," said Mrs. Par
tington, "it this astonishing trepuuty in
the increase of population continues.
saac says there were over 400 births in
the steamer that he came over in." And
then the old lady fell into a placid con
templation of the internal condition of
that unfortunate vessel.
C.vrT. James B. Eads announces the
beginning of work on his system of jetties
THE DETROIT TORMDO.
We take the following account of the
recent w hirlwind in Detroit from the Free
Press of the 28th ult. :
The destroyer seemed to be a whirlwind
which rose apparently near the southwest
ern limit of the city. It was first seen in
that direction in the shape of a dark,
smoky-lxking spiral mass, shaped like an
invertel tunnel of enormous dimensions,
and whirling with inconceivable rapidity.
Its forward movement was also very rapid
in a course north of east, but it did not
strike the earth until it reached the vicin
ity of Williams avenue and Ash street.
There the first evidence o'its awful power
was se-en in upturned sidewalks sind de
molished outbuildings, but no dwelling
seem to have been caught in that immedi
ate neighborhood.
The greatest destruction was south of
Grand liiver avenue, from and including
Fourteenth street to Eighteenth, between
Magnolia and Linden streets. Its track
was" perhaps 150 feet wide, and within
that limit nothing could resist its tremen
dous force. Houses were taken up high
in air, shaken into fragments aud, in many
instances, scattered over territory a mile
in length. Indeed, flying pieces of tim
ber were seen whirling alot't and flying
about fully two miles from the pla e
where tho work of demolition began.
Where, at one moment, stood a row of
substantial houses, the next wiun ssr l 11
scene of devastation impossible to rcali.c,
with scarcely a vestige of the huiMi:v's in
sight, so utterly wire lliey swept oil the
face of the earth.
It is not difficult to conceive that such
a remorseless monster carried death and
mutilation on i!s wings. Everywhere
were heard the cries of the wounded,
whose bleeding and mutilated bodies were
pitiful to look upon. Kichrml Rates,
aged eleven years, wa ciiuirht up ami
carried into the topmost bram-hes of a tall
elm w hich stood on the commons near his
mother's house, at the corner of Fiiiecnih
and Linden strc Is. His ilcnt contact
with the limbs tote the clothing from his
person and he fell dead to the ground, a
distance of fully fifty feet.
A little babe seven months old. the
child of Carl 1'eea, who lived on Four
teenth street, wa found dead in th- street.
Its father and mother were both injured
and removed to Harper Hospital.
Mrs. Van Dozen, a widow with two
children, on Fifteenth street, bad gone up
town to visit her father, ami when she re
turned her house w as nowhere to be found.
It had been carried bodily at least COO
feet, torn to atoms and se;;t'eml far and
wide. The only recognizable portion of
the building found was tie front door.
Fmleiick Rademaehcr, who lived tit
748 Sixteenth street, was sitting at home
with his wife and two children, wh- n he
suddenly felt himself hurled through 1 lie
air and saw the walls and timlKis of his
lie
dwelling flying in every
for opening the South Pass of the Missis
sippi River. He says that at least one
mile of the east line 01 jeiiy woik win oe
built before the middle of October, and
that a much larger force of men and
machinery will be put on the work next
fall.
In the Sixth District Court j-esterilay
afternoon, while District-Attorney Jones
was making the opening argument in the
Rudolph-Davidson murder case, Mrs.
Hudolph, mother ot the accused, who was
present with other relatives and friends,
becoming excited by the earnestness with
which the attorney was putting the case
before the jury, sprang lrom tier seat aim
exclaimed in thrilling tones: "Oh, Mr.
Jones! oh, Mr. Jones! don't talk that way!
For God's sake, have mercy on my poor
boy! my poor boy! For God's sake, be
merciful !" and fell back swooning into
the arms of a friend. She was removed
from the court-room, and the District-
Attorney urged her friends to prevent her
further attendance, saying that the prose
cution of such a case was at all times un
pleasant, and in the face ot such a scene
as that just presented extremely painful.
but it was necessary lor mm 10 penorm
his duty under the law. bacraiucnto
(Cal.) Iiecord.
How to Make a valuable kecipe
Book. Every housekeeper should have
her own recipe book a book of her own
creation, of gradual growth and proved
excellence. In the lirst place uuy a nianiv
liook and write your name and date on the
first leaf. Divide the liook into as many
different departments as j-ou wish, heading
each page with the department to which it
belongs, as loiiows : iiecipes ior cleaning,
recipes lor soups, reciies ior cwmus
meats, recipes lor caKes aim so on inrougn
family cooking. Then comes cooking for
the sick, care "of the sick, anil all the
various things that are a part of woman's
duty-, and for which, unfortunately, there
is no school but experience. Number
j our pages if they are not numbered in the
Iteginning, and maKe an ineicx, leaving
blank spaces in the index to correspond
with the blank pages letwccn departments
which you do not expect to fill iinmediate-
1 v. Write dow n u nder th ese d 1 lleren t lieai 1 s
every recipe which you have actually Died,
or the results of which you have seen in
the houses of your friends, and enter the
page in the index
Tnr. Dallas iTex..i Commercial says: At
the hanging of Frank Smith, colored.
which took place recently in Montague
fYmntv. Tex., a large crowd gathered at
tho ihirp of eveeution. and after the prir
oner had offered tin a nravcr he addressed
the people in great penitence, ana exnon
ed all to meet him in heaven. The Sher-
ilT then adjusted the noose alout his nec k,
and the guards crowded up to bid him
good-by. The Sheritl" ordered them to
stand back, but thev refused to do so, and
cocked their guns, swearing that they
would bill him cood-bv. Some called out
to " shoot the rope," "liberate him," " let
him co" etc. The greatest excitement
nrevaile.1. and it was evident that the sym
n.-iilir of tlm entire crowd was with the
.loomed man. The effort to release him
would have lcen successful had it not been
for the doomed man himself. He was the
only man that was firm and self-possessed.
He exhorted bis friends to desist. " Let
the law take its course." said he ; " I am
a man. nnd ran die like a man. This is no
time for a row: let us not disgrace our
selve in thi manner." As he said this
his f.ico wore a smile, and as he stood upon
the nl.itform strong and powerful, a head
and shoulders above any of the others, he
rertainlv nrescnted a picture ot no ordina
rv interest. At a signal from the Sheritl"
the preparations were completed, the trap
sprung, and he feij and died without
direction.
escaned with a slight s -alp-wound, but
his wife was more scrion-ly injured. The
children were also considerably brui-cd,
but their hurts are not dangerous.
Mr. anil Mrs. Bates, the parents- of the
lad whose frightful death has already 1 ecu
recorded, and a younger son were badly
wounded.
The house of Martin Schneider, at the
corner of Sixteenth and Linden streets,
was totally destroyed, but loth Mr. and
Mrs. Schneider were miraculously saved
by a cupboard which protected them
from the falling timbers. When they
were rescued both were found to be quite
unhurt.
Joseph Bully, of 712 Sixteenth street,
was standing in a vacant lot adjoining his
house w hen a portion of the roof was
wrenched off and hurled to the ground,
grazing him in its descent and inflicting a
bad wound on the side of his head.
Two vacant houses on Seventeenth street,
near Linden, were demolished, and a
third, adjoining, was partially torn down.
The names of the ow ners could not be as
ecrtained, but as no person was injured
there it is not so important.
August Seaman, who lives on Twenty,
third street, and his wife were visiting a
friend on Fifteenth street, and were caught
in the track of the destroyer. Seaman
has a shocking wound extending from the
forehead across the crown to the back ot
his head, his right arm is shattered, and
his collar bone is broken. Mrs. Seaman
has a terrible cut under her left. eye.
Herman Milkie received two fractured
arms ami severe body bruises. He is con
scious, but his condition is extremely crit
ical. . .
Many others were more or less injured;
seven were taken to Harper Hospital, but
a majority of them were cared for by
friends and neighbors in the different parts
of the city, so it is not possible, at the
present writing, to furnish a complete- list
of the victims.
Incident upon incident illustrating the
peculiar action of this storm-cloud, whirl
wind or whatever it was
might be related
struggle.
1170 auk Tin: roonf
I1V CALEB TH'NN.
Who are the poor? Not always those
Who have the least to show,
Xor are tlu-y always found among
The ilarki-st haunts of woe;
For one may wear the richest ilrcss
Anil roll in wealth's galore.
And still in Heaven's perfect t-ight
De poor, aye, ve ry poor.
Th brightest skies inny ever shine
Above the mansion proud,
Anil he who dwells within its walls ,
With want may ne'er be bowed;
The sweetest music ever heard
May feed hi.s listening ear,
And mirth and pleasure lill the cup
Of all the gladsome year.
Vet poor indeed must be the man
Who owns such joys as these.
If e'er his heart is coldly closed
To others' miseries;
And vain is nil his store of gold
If selfishly lie lives.
And, nlwavs reaping harvests new,
charity e'er give.
Ileal poverty is in the heart,
'Tis want of love for man,
'Tis failure to perform ti good,
To bless whene'er you can;
'Tis lack of love and "lack of faith
In (od and His decree.
That the greatest virtue one c an own
Is loving charity.
So let'us, then, do nil we can
To help each other on,
And slow that wealth of mind and heart
Which lives when gold is gone;
And let us keep this truth in view
Where'er our steps may lead:
A man may be a millionaire
And vet be poor indeed.
A VACATION VISIT.
except that she
and was trilling
time and space wcj-c at commami.
Two horses were carried over a barn and
flung to the earth dead, and numerous
smaller domestic animals were made to
perform some most astonishing gyrations.
Houses on the outer edges ot the tracK 01
the storm were punched full of holes by
huge timbers that were winrieii aiong euu
over end; shade and fruit trees were up
rooted and carried a long instance; oiicks
from toppling chimneys rattled down and
struck fleeing men and women, and through
the roar of the storm came the most appall
ing shrieks.
The house on the corner of Twelfth
and Brigham streets was occupied ry
Henry Ford, his wife and five ciiimren.
While at the supper table a horrible hiss
in rr soun d caused Mr. Ford to turn his
head, when he saw, as he says: "An iuky
black cloud coming toward Jus house, the
ir lieincr filled with the debris of build-
inc " Scarcely knowing wnat ne uiu ne
o-o'iiif.red his familv about him ami started
fr iho imrlr door. He reached the door
nf tbf kitehen which opened into a wood
shed just in time to see the shed lifted
hodilv nwav from the main building ana
dashed against his back fence, completely
demolishing both structures. Standing
them in amazement the family were still
further affrighted by seeing the rooi 01
their dwelling arise and sail away, fol
lowed bva wardrobe, articles of clothing
and household furniture, until the rooms
were literally bare ot everything inovaDie.
Strange to say not one of Mr. Ford's fam
ily was injured. . .
Charles Lou vs. a teamster, lives ai ..no.
793 Twelfth street, and his barn is just op
posite the extreme north end 01 the path 01
destruction. He had a piece 01 stove-pipe
stored up-stairs in his barn, one end of
which projected through a hole in the side
of the barn. In that piece of pipe was dis
covered, tightly wedged, the body of a
duck with its head cut oil. Ihc head w as
found upon the barn floor by the side oi
the pipe.
The surlace 01 me grounei ocueaui me
trees where the cloud lilted presented a
terrible scene. Stickmg into the ground
at all angles were pieces of wood, from the
size ancTshape of a shingle to the doors,
cpetions of roofs and walls of houses.
Piled promiscuously were trunks, kettles,
stone jars and broken furniture. Curious
ly intermingled were the mangled bodies
of chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and in
numerable small wild birds, while weird
ly flaunting from the stripped and broken
branches above, giving terrible life to the
desolate picture below, made doubly des
olate by the approaching shades of night,
were fragments of clothing, bedding and
carpeting.
Toocr Bailors who earned prize-money
in 1S52 and haven't received it up to 1873
i,ov rnmo to the conclusion that it's let-
o- t wort- for low wages and get their
cash every Saturday night.
While I was with Troy & Robinson,
my first clerkship, by the way, I used
mnt a great ueai on my vacation 11
0 , .. .. .
was lour weens in .August ami lay
a great many plans about extending it
pleasantly. Of course an invitation to
some nice place was very acceptable, for
a junior clerk s income is not otlcn large;
and this year 1(3 (no matter for the last
li "tires) 1 was very much in hopes of two
0 rt . 1 . . 1 ...... 1
one lrom my inaicrnai granuiiionier
in Virginia, another from my old friend
Charley Pell, who had some months be
fore promised to asK me to 111s nioiiier s
residence near Boston. Now my grand
mother was a rich woman who had Incn
a beauty, and was very much of the
opinion that she would always remain one.
She had plenty of company, and her house
was a very pleasant one imlced, anil I knew
that Mrs. Pell, though an excellent woman,
was very formal, and seldom opened the
cold, best parlor, where the piano was
kept in solitary confinement, except lor a
prayer-meeting.
It my grandmother inviieu me 1
should excuse myself to Charlie and go
to her nnd enjoy myself generally; but if
she cheated me, as she sometimes did,
why, then I'd accept the Pells' invitation.
Charlie was a pleasant fellow and I was a
very little in love with his sister, who
would surely be Home irom ooariung-
school. These were my plans, but as
time passed on and brought 110 letter from
either of the parties w hom I had supposed
to be my expectant hosts my spirits sank
and I looked forward drearily to the hot
test room in a cheap country lioarding
house or the alternative of staying at
home at Mrs. Ferguson's and hearing
how all the absent "boarders were enjoy
ing themselves at the sea-side.
Just as I had quite begun to despair.
however indeed it w as tiie 2Hth day of
Inly the earliest post brought me two
letters, one a pale blue envelope, 011
which I recognized my grandmothers
fine running hand; the oilier a white,
business-looking affair, bearing Charlie
Pell's w ild scrawl.
Two invitations at once. I chuckled
w ith delight, and, having hurried up to
my own hall bed-rooin quite forgetful ol
my breakfast I tore open the blue envel-
pe, out ot wincn tumoica somcjining
crisp and green, which, on exam inai 1011,
proved to be a bank-note for $100, and
which astonished me very much for my
grandmother had never made me any
present of more value than a flat pin-cush-
ion anil a pen-w iper 111 vimsunas nun.-
and read these mysterious words:
Deak Richmond I know you expect an
invitation, und 1 meant to ask you, but cir
cumstances nave oecurreu inai prevciTV mc
from having the pleasure. 1 am more your
friend than ever, lint 1 li ar 1 can never uhk
ou to visit me again. If I do not you must
nly lose my poor company, lor I f hall send
,'ou what you find inclosed every month,
mil will always be Yours, devotedly,
(J. Richmond.
P. S. I will explain in my next.
"Sin"ular!" I said. And, quite unable
to suggest a reason for my grandmother's
singular conduct, I pocketed her present
and opened the other note. It was equally
mysterious :
Deak Rich You promised to come to me
for the vacation, and you must, but not to
mother s house. 1 am at , at 111c noiei
there, and have arranged matters so that we
m.ij' Lave a truest. Come at once. You will
be very much surprised by something which
I 6hall tell you when we meet. Yours ever,
IIAIU.ES 1KLI,.
"Xousc trying to solve this problem
either," I said to myself. "Well, I'll goto
Charlie. He seems to want me. Ihc
hotel will be jollier than the old home
stead." And then I went dow n stairs to break
fast, and ate cold hash and drank flat
coffee without complaint. There were
but three more days of it, and then came
a month of lounging, smoking and enjoy
ment. At least 1 was young enough to
hone so.
1 1 was n i ght w hen I left the t rain and, port
mant'!iu in liiv hand, entered . Just
sit the denot stood a light carriage.
" llich. old fellow." cried a voice, and
T hurried forward to grasp Charlie Pell's
baiiil .
" I'm so glad to see vou," said he, " and
I've so much to tell you jump in. Let
me take vour traps. Now shake hands
again and congratulate me I'm married."
" Married !" I almost shouted. " Why,
bless your heart. Charlie, accept my very
warmest congratulations ! And how did
it come aboutr Ana wnat noes your
.... ....... 1 1 i
mamma tuinK aooui 11, ami aim
' My dear Rich," said Charlie, "there's
the unhappy part of the story; they arc-
furious. 1 hey have sain ana cione me
most dreadful things. I think they wanted
me to live and die an old bachelor; but at
one-and-twenty, my clear fellow, a man
must think ofscitling, you know, and it's
absurd for them to be so implacable. And
my lady is perhaps a year or two older
than I am, and very lively a gay young
widow, vou know and that they lind
fault with."
"Don't bring her to mv house,'" says
11 ,i 1 1... .itf. 1.. ...it
mamma ' inucca sue enu ; inn j mi "1
I know have sympathy w ith me. 1 ou
comprehend that 1 could not forget one I
adored, because an old iiiuyaiMi aimi'j
girl told me to do so. You'll understand
that no one in mv place coum, wnen y
arc introduced to'Lottie. I met her while
on a business trip for the house. I but
here we are. We sup in our own little
parlor. Lottie has quite a fortune, you
L-n..- sind lives in stvlc at home. I shall
ttiA nl.ire for her hereafter. The
w..it r will show vou to your room, and
to our tuirh.r when you are ready for our
societv."
And away he flew, while T hastened to
mv room, made a careful toilet and went
down-stairs conning a pretty speech w h u h
I intended to make to my irieim 01 10c
When I knocked at the door I heard a
flutter, and doubted not that
comp of the billing and cooing necessary
t.-. ti.P situation "had been going on, but
rimrlp onened the door lor me, and
CAW ft ladv in lilac silk and plenty of lace
sitting near the window. Being very near
sighted I "saw no more,
had a fan in her hand
with it.
"Come in, Richmond," said Charlie.
" My dear I o'tie, this is my old friend,
Richmond Walters. My wife, Rich."
1 advanced. The lady arose. She wn.1
stout and blonde. I saw her face. Sho
saw mine. For one- moment we Mood
perfectly silent; then she put out her hand
and I took it. Neither of us said a word ;
but if my face flushed as redly as hers did
and I think it did it is 110 wonde r that
Charles Pell stared at us.
" What will she do?" I asked myscir.
" Women arc quicker than men." Sho
did nothing; she merely gave me an icy
hand and turned away her head, and I,
dropping her hand, retired to the other
window, while Charles stood between us,
baking suspiciously at me, and growing
very pale.
"You have met Mrs. Pell before, per
haps" he inquired ut last, tryingto speak
very giyyly.
'I 11 ," I stammered.
"Once, a long while ago," said Mrs.
Tell. "I don't think the gentleman re
members me."
And then she fanned herself in silence.
It was very uncomfortable. 1 have al
ways had a tell-tale face, and I could wo
that Charlie read a great deal in it. He
knew that I knew his wife much better
than her words admitted. In vain ho
strove to talk of indifferent subjects and
to do the honors of the supper-table. It
was a very dull evening and I pleaded
headache and retired early. Before I
slept a waiter brought me a little nob-. It
ran thus:
" Keep the secret. Go away tomorrow.
If you have the least love for me, go."
It was not signed, but I knew that
Charlie Pell's wifo had written it.
Go; of course 1 would go, and the
sooner the lx-tter.
1 slept little that night. At daybreak I
arose, and scribbled a brief farewell to
Charlie. A telegram from my employer,
I stated, called ine away. Best wishes,
compliments to Mrs. Pell, etc. I had just
addressed and sealed it when some 0110
rapped furiously at my door, and opening
it 1 found Charlie, who strode in and
locked it after him.
" We have been friends for many years,
Richmond," he began, " and 1 have had
great confidence in y'U. Perhaps you
can explain the meaning of your embar
rassment at the sight of my wife."
" I really " I began.
" No prevarication," said lie. "Vou
know each other. She sent you 11 note
last night. I demand a sijiht of it."
"What does she say?" I asked.
"She has not been asked to say any
thing," said Pell. "I leave her to her
own conscience. Let me see the note!"
"Really," I began again. " I assure
. 1 nr.... Tl. lHM
" Vou arc acquainted nn jus. a hi:
said Charlie.
" I have been. Ves."
"You know something about her that I
do not."
"It is nothing to her discredit," said 1.
" Believe me, you had belter h i the
matter rest. A mere a coincidence."
"The note related to it?" said Pell,
black in the face with rage.
" Well, in a measure."
"Show it to me," roared Charlie.
"I can't," snid I. "Ask Mrs. Pdl to
explain. 1 must not show a lady's le tter
to anyone."
" Her husband demands it," said t bar-
lie. . .
" Charlie," said I, " what a Toed you arc!
There!"
And I cast Uie little note his wife had
written toward him.
He seized it, perused it eagerly, repeat
ing the words :
" If you have the least love for me, ;;."
And he instantly clutched me by the
throat.
I went tlnn. He sat upon my chest
and choked me.
I could not help it then. I had tried to
keep Mrs. Pell's secret, but self preserva
tion is a law of nature. 1 wrenched my
cravat from his hands, and grasped his
wrists firmly:
" Let me speak," I said.
" I give you a moment for confession,"
said he. " Speak before you die."
"I know Mrs. Pell very well," said I,
"better than I do you. We have been
verv fond of each other. She kissed me
when we purled laet and called me h r
dear Rich slop a minute, let me confess
all before vou choke me. She s my grand
mother. She was Mrs. Charlotte Kich
mond before you married her, wasn't
she? I was named after her."
Poor Charlie Pell stopped trying to
choke me, and got up at once.
"Your grandmother?" he repeated.
" Why, she's only twenty eight."
" People become grandmothers very
early sometimes," said I. "I don't know
her age."
Then Charlie let me get up and went
and sat with his face on his hands ne ar
the window before he left me.
An hour after I received another note
from my grandmother.
Dear Rich: Don't go nub s vou choose.
I've explained matters to Air. PHI. Your-,
Pki.i-.
I found out afterward that my grand
mother had told a dreadful fib about my
being an adopted child ; but it really did
not matter what poor Charlie Pell thought
alxmt that, so 1 never contradicted the
statement. And really now that golden
hair-dye has come in my grandmother has
grown so juvenile in Hppearanee that I
think she begins to believe that she is not
out of her teens herself.
The Karens. ' ""
The Rangoon if nil gives an inl rising
description of the Kan 11 tribes w ho occu
py the country which i the prcsi nt sub
ject of dispute between England and lhir
mah a chain of broken hills running
norlh and south luluccn the two coun
tries, and called by the natives the Twelve
Mountains. They number about .o,wo,
and arc said to bo a very superior race to
the kindred Karens 01 tue piams 01 jmih.-h
Burundi. The latter had no written
language and little religion until the mis
sionaries created the one for them and in
troduced the other; whereas these mount
aineers have their own priests and writi. 11
characters, ihc interior ot the Karen
dwellings is fitted w ith a rju-ed scat round
the walls 1T sitting on in ""the European
manner. And the necessity for this ex
ceptional mode of resting is apparent
when wc learn that the women all
wear rings of thick brass wire bent
round the wrist and elbow, and
a"ain round the knee and nnkle, con
lining them so in every motion that
they cannot possibly squat down on the
ground in the usuarOrienlal fashion, nor
kneel to pray as the men do; w hile in walk
ing their feet make two jK-rfectly separate
tracks a foot or so apart. It need hardly
be said that the men never submit to this
lyrannv of custom. They are scn-ibly
elrcswd in light jackets and trousers of an
almost European type, and are chielly re
markable outwardly for very closely sluv
in" their heads, exi cpt where a small top
knot is carefully left. But the effect of
the peculiar female fashion of the Twelve
Mountains is described as extraordinarily
irksome, even to the looker-on; iu fact,
these self imposed fetters cause the harem
ladies more lxnlily inconvenience, if l"s
sible, than the worst development of the
hoop or crinoline mania could have done;
just as the nose appendage of the Hindoo
beauty is more troublesome than the
hardly less barbarous car ring of her Lon
don rival.
Mr J. Black, of New York, whose
very rsme is suggestive of mourning, con
fesses that he has served 2:52 on Coroner's
juries within a year.
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