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VOLUME X.
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1871.
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"POST OFFICE BUILDIAG,
S-tf PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Telegrams of Accompanjin; Dates,
Monday, Oct. A Gorman man-of-war
recently entered one of the harbors of the
Navigator Islands and demanded indemnity of
the chiefs in the turn of $l,t)00, with the
alternative if not paid the .commander would
take possession of the inlands for Germany.
The American residents raised $0,000
and gave bonds for the remainder
....A Madrid dispatch announces that
400 Carlists have lecn captured by the
IU-publicans near Albacete. In a recent en
gagement at Ainposta 1,000 Cailists were
killed. The Carlist chieftain Nava has lately
destroyed eleven bridges on the Valencia A:
Tarragona Railway. .. .The White Leagues
of 1st. Mary's Parish. La., have passed
resolutions declaring that they recog
nize fully and freely all the political
and civil rights of the colored people, and ex
pressing a willingness to divide their nomi
nees with competent colored men.... Col.
Thomas 1?. Whittcmorc, Chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Democratic
Conservative party, Stuiter County, Ala.,
was arrested at Livingston on the 17th, on a
charge of conspiring to injure Detective
Hester. .. .The Republicans of the Second
Illinois District have renominated J. D. Ward
for Congress According to the latest re
turns the new State Legislature of Nebraska
will stand: Senate Ten Republicans to three
Democrats; House Twenty-eight Republi
can to seven Democrats and three Independ
ents, with one district to hear from.
Tuksdat, Oct. 20. A London dispatch
says Germany has definitely proposed to the
) lowers the adoption of an international mari
time code.... Late advices from Washington
state that the Government has as yet received
no official announcement of the payment of
the Spanish indemnity to Great Britain. Cor
respondence is still going on relative to the
ndemnity due the United States, but it is
thought the matter will have to lie referred to
arbitration, according to the terms of the Fish-
Polo protocol A "Washington dispatch says
the Conservatives of South Carolina are circu
lating a petition soliciting the Federal Govern
ment to resume the military control of the
State The Republican State Central Com
mittee of Louisiana has authorized a renewal
of the conference invited by the Conservatives
...Ains worth's official majority for Congress
n the Third Iowa District is sixty-three
Serious troubles threaten to grow out of the
attempt of the Baltimore Si Ohio
Railroad to cross the Michigan Central track
at Lake Station, Ind. Notwithstanding legal
decisions that the B. & M. Road were entitled
to make such crossing, forcible resistance has
been made by M. C. employes, under direc
tions of their managers, and a Sheriffs poxxe
has been successfully defied. Gov. Hen
dricks has been appealed to and has ordered
the aid of the militia to put an end to the
rouble Miss Maria Mitchell, the lady as
tronomer in Vassar College, has been elected
President of the Women's Congress for the
ensuing year.
"Wednesday, Oct. 21. Special dis
patches to the London Tinwx say that negoti
ations for the surrender of the Carlist battal
ions commanded by Beniaola and Garroda
have apparently failed. The Carlists have
burned a manufactory within sight of the
Republican lines at Bilboa ...Th Souhegan
National Bank at Milford. N. II.. was
robbed on the night of the l'.Hh of
(100,000 in currency and bonds
The Vermont Legislature has re-elected
George F. Edmunds to the United States Sen
ate for six year from the 4th of next March.
. . , .The failure of "E. E. Morgan's Sons, San
Francisco, is announced; liability over (&j0,-
000.... Eighteen Mormons were indicted for
polygamy by the Grand Jury at Salt Lake
City on the 20th Judge Hiram
Barber has been nominated for Con
gress by the Republican of the Fifth!
Wisconsin District in place of Col. Cochrane,
declined The Republicans of the Third Il
linois District have renominated Charles B.
Farwell for Congress. Sidney Smith is the
Republican candidate for Congress from the
First Illinois District. ...Tte railroad war in
Porter County, Ind., was terminated
on the 2oth without the shedding of
blood. A company of militia consist
ing of 120 armed men assisted in
enforcing the laws, and Mr. Gardner, Chief-
Engineer of the M. C. Road, as arrested,
together with all his men. All but the lead
ers were subsequently discharged Lieut.-
Col. I. D. Grant, eon of the President, and
Miss Ida Mane, daughter of H. II. Ilonore,
Esq., of Chicago, were married at the resi
dence of the bride's parents, in Chicago, on
the 20th.
Tiuksday, Oct. 22. A severe storm oc
curred in England and Scotland on the night
of the 20th, which caused great damage both
on land and sea. The rivers were all greatly
swollen, and 6wept away bridges and houses,
and in some instances carried oil" human
beings in the torrent. Considerable damage
was also done to the shipping, several
vessels being driven ashore. .. .The op
ponents of the Tammany Hall Democ
racy of New York city have nominated
Oswald ()ttendorf r for Mayor and Patrick H.
Jones late Postmaster of the city for Reg
ister A recent Montgomery (Ala.) dispatch
says large numbers of men have been sum
moned to appear before the United States
Court in Iluntsville, on the extreme northern
border of the State, early in November....
George Q. Cannon, Delegate to Con-
grees from Utah, has been indicted
at Salt Luke City for polygamy," and
held for trial in bonds of (.1,000....
Sam. Rindskopf, the Reform candidate for
Congress in the Fourth Wisconsin District,
has resigned, and W. P. Lynde has been nom
inated in his stead.
Friday, Oct. 23. The Xorth German
Gazette officially announces that Germany has
no intention of occupying any one of the Nav
igator Islands. The Von Arnim family have
appealed to the Emperor against Bismarck,
and the ultramontane memliers of the Reich
stag have resolved to question the latter con
cerning his treatment of the Count.. ..The
Carlist chiefs Lozana and Fuster had been
arrested while passing through Cordova in
disguise The Protestant Episcopal General
Convention, recently in session in New York,
refused to confirm the election of Prof. G. E.
Seymour as Bishop-elect of Illinois.... Mai.
George B. Chamberlain, United States Marshal
at Atlanta, Ga., has been offered, and has ac
cepted, the position of Chief of the Southern
branch of the Secret Service Department
The steamer Brooklyn, of the Northern
Transportation Line, exploded her boiler near
Fighting Island, ten mile below Detroit, on
the 2-Jd. She was laden with a mixed cargo,
had nine passengers, and was manned by a
crew of twenty-one. The explosion tore her
apart, and she 6ank instantly. Five passen
gers and eight of the crew were killed, and
four passengers and seven of the crew wound
ed. The Captain, Harry Brown, attributes
the explosion to low water in the boiler, but
one account says the Brooklyn was racing
with the steamer Cuba and was carrying a
tremendous head of steam when the catas
trophe occurred A Shreveport (La.) tel
egram 6ays papers are being prepared for the
arrest, under the Enforcement act, of sixty
nine merchant who have pledged themselves
not to retain in their employ persons who will
support the Radical party in the pending
election contest Much feeling is caused by
the announcement of this purpose on the part
of tte Federal authorities, and the pledge has
been again put in circulation and received
nearly 200 additional signatures. Flantors in
the country are also signing similar pledges.
Leading attorneys have expressed the opin
ion that the signiug of such a pledge is not a
violation of the Enforcement act.
Saturday, Oct. 24. It is reported in
London that the Madrid Government has sent
(5,000,000 for distribution among the Carlist
chiefs for the purpose of terminating the war
....A Calcutta dispatch announces the cap
ture of Nena Sahib, the originator of the great
Sepoy mutiny.... The firm of Henry Clews fc
Co., bankers and brokers of New Y'ork, which
was seriously affected by last year's panie,
have finally had to succumb, ami have made
an assignment for the benefit of their creditors.
Other failures have been recently announced
which are thought to have also grown out of
the panic of a year ago.... Full official returns
of the State election in Ohio show that
2:S,400 votes were cast for William Bell,
Democrat, for Secretary of State; 221,204
votes for Allen T. Wikoff, Republican, and
7.S15 for John R. Buchtel, Prohibi
tionist, for the same position. Bell's
oflicial majority over Wikoff is 17,202 votes
The Missouri State Grange, in session at
Kansas City on the 22d, elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: T. R. Allen,
Master; John M. Oldham, Overseer; W. Jack
son, Lecturer; W.Cochrane, Steward; Dr. T.
B. Turnbaugh, Assistant Steward; G. T. Bray
ton, Chaplain; C. T. Quicsberry, Treasurer;
A. M. Coffee, Secretary; A. J. McCraynor,
Gatekeeper.... The Presbyterian Synod of
Illinois, in session in Chicago, has declared
that the Presbytery of Chicago had no right
to expunge the name of Prof. Swing from the
church-roll while he was under charges. The
Synod then considered and sustained the ap
eal of Prof. Patton, and found Prof. Swing
guilty of the charges preferred against him,
and decided that his name should be erased
from the roll of membership.
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.
OCTOBEU Si, 171.
Cotton. Middling upland, U?i!irc.
Lite Stock. Beer Cattle $10,75613.25. Hoj;s
Dressed, (S.iVT.OO; Live, $i.5(K3t.75. Sheep
Live, $4.506.J5.
BREADSTirrrs. Flonr Good to choice, f5.:W
5.B0; white wheat extra, (S.OOfatS.ai. Wheat No.
2 Chicago, $t.0o1.07; Iowa rpring, $1.0ii(??.l.(iJ;
No. Milwaukee spring. $1.10!. 12. Kye West
ern and State, 97c$1.03. Barley $1.31X1. 35.
Corn Mixed Western afloat, 8!ta!H)c. Oats
New Western, 61&63c.
Provisions. Pork New Mess, $19.00(&1!!.25.
Lard Vi?,&V.ic Cheese 12' i15?iC.
Wool. Common to extra, 45iHc.
CHICAGO.
Live Stock. Beeves Choice, $5.5tVf6.ll0;
good, $4.25e5.0i); medium, $3.5U4.iO; butch
ers' stock, $2.2va3.50; slock cattle $2.2.Y?fc
3.e5. Hogs Live, $5.50&6.00. Sheep Good
to choice, $S.753.25.
Provisions. Butter Choice, 31-T8c. Eggs
Fresh, 20(?22c. Cheese New York factory,
14'i815'4c; Western, lS'OH'ic. Pork New
Mess, $1!!.0?M9.25. Lard 12Ji3.1 tc.
Breadstuits. Flour White winter extra,
$5.007.00; tpring extra, $4.6oa5.50. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, 8585?c. Corn No. 2, 72
t&T-i'ic. Oats No. 2, 4XZY.c. Barley No. 2,
$1.1 kai l". Rye No. 2, 82a82!ic.
Wool. Tub-washed, 45&57c. ; fleece, washed,
40.'0c.; fleece, unwashed, 2735c.
Lumber. First Clear. $50.0053.00; Second
Clear, $17.00 19.50; Common Boards, $11.00
12.00; Fenciug, Sll.OO12.0O; "A" Shingles,
$3.0O3.25; Lath, $2.00&2.25.
CINCINNATI.
BiiBAUsTurrs. Flour $5.155.30. Wheat Red,
$1.05. Corn 7&S0c. Rye J5c. Oals 52a5tc.
Barley $1.1.Y1.35.
Provisions. Pork $19.75J0.OO. Lard
12'413!ic.
ST. LOUIS.
Live Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $1.50
6.00. Hogs Live, $5.006.(l0.
Breaostuffs. Flour XX Fall, $4.251.75.
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $l.OU1.10. Corn No.
2. 77G7Kc. Oats No. 2, 5I',52c. Rye No. 2,
RJtliHtc. Barley $1.051.12.
Provisions. Pork Mess, $20.0020.50. Lard
12l413'ic.
MILWAUKEE.
Brearstuffs. Flour Spring XX, $5.25g 5JV).
Wheat Spring No. 1, WX&irTc; NO. 2, 88
K84c. Corn No. 2, 73-&74c. Oats No. 2, 47
4Sc. Rye No. 1, 8185c. Barley No. 2, $1.06
G1.07.
DETROIT.
Brbadbtcffs. Wheat Extra, $1.181.18'.j.
Corn 81S2c. Oats 50Q51c.
TOLEDO.
Bueadstuffs Wheat Amber Mich., $l.of
l.nr,'.J; No. 2 Red, $1.031.0l. Corn
Mixed, 77i i7!e. Oats M52c.
CLEVELAN D.
Bueadstuffs Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.081.09;
No. S Red, $1.021 .03. Corn S081c. Oats
S254c.
BUFFALO.
Live Stock. Beeves $l..r)n6.20. Hogs
Live, $5.25o.25. Sheen $UW5.50.
EAST LIBERTY.
Live Stock. Beeves Best. $B.12l46.75; me
dium, $5.(K(il5.75. Hogs Yorkers, $5.50
B. 00; Philadelphia, $K.4t)CT,fl.60. Sheep Best
$ t.7'K!fr5 25 ; medium, $ l.2.Vi4.50.
Leprosy in Canada.
Is the Arcadian village of Tracadte,
near the mouth of the 3Iinimichi Kivcr,
says the Toronto Globe, there have been
lepers for the last eighty or ninety years.
A hospital for their benefit is supported
by the local government. A corre
spondent of the Churrh Joitrtuil, who has
recently made a visit to the establish
ment, says the lizaretto, though well kept
as far as it goes, is much too small to
furnish the requisite accommodation.
The sexes are kept apart, and everything
is done for the comfort of the unfor
tunates that is possible with the means
placed at the disposal of those who
manage the institution.
fSThc leprosy from which they sutler is
eU'pJutntiai grtxurtim, so called from its
tendency to make the limbs swell to
elephantine proportions. The disease is
understood to have been brought there
by a French vessel, which, on its return
voyage from Smyrna, touched at the
Island of Mitylene, and took in a large
quantity of clothing and other stores,
and on her way to lieanbaris Island a
French military port she was wrecked
near the mouth of the Miramichi. The
people in the neighborhood played the
part of wreckers, and helped themselves
to the clothes cast ashore, which, it is
supposed, were tainted with leprosy, the
consequence of which was that the dis
ease soon broke out among them. An
other account i3, that the vessel in ques
tion brought two lepers from St. Maloes,
and that every leper known iu Tracadie
descended from one or the other of these
men.
The prevailing opinion there is that
the disease is not contagious, but simply
hereditary. The people have no dread
of it, and persons engaged about the
lepers for years never contract the dis
ease. Not only do the lepers marry
among themselves, but such is the feel
ing among the poor French in Tracadie
that there is no repugnance in many
cases among perfectly healthy people to
taking lepers for husbands or wives.
The taint generally manifests itself in
every alternate generation. In this way
the disease has become permanently
seated in the locality, while the general
poverty and not very cleanly habits of
the French population tend to extend
and intensify it.
It shows itself in the form of small
whife spots on the brea3t ; then the face
assumes a puffy appearance, and there is
much pain, languor and drowsiness.
The fingers become crooked, the neck
swells, the limbs show all the symptoms
of dropsy, the nails fall off, and at last
the throat and lungs are attacked, and
the sufferer dies, a mere mass of loath'
some disease. Its duration varies from
five to twenty years, according to the
strength of constitution.
LOST IX THE WOODS.
Four !)- anil Niglita "Without Food
in a Wisconsin Forest Ilemarkable
Ad venturer of Josli Itoninaon III
Wandering, Sufleringicand Ilesrue.
Mr. Joseph Robinson a few days ago got
off a train of cars near Junction City, Wis.,
and went into the woods to shoot squirrels,
his weapon being a revolver. He became
lost, and wandered in the forests for nearly
four days before he wis found by parties in
search of him. A reporter of the Milwaukee
Srittiwl interviewed him at Menasha, after
his rescue, and learned the following particu
lars of his remarkable experiences:
"Now, Mr. Robinson," said the reporter,
"tell us all your adventures from the time
you got off the cars to go hunting, and tell it
in your own way."
" Yes, sir," answered Robinson. " When I
got off the train I took my revolver and went
into the woods to shoot a little. 1 had seven
loads in it. I tried to shoot some squirrels,
and with that intention wandered away
about a quarter of a mile from the road.
After I had shot at some squirrels I looked
about me, but could not make out which di
rection I had come or how to get out, and
became bewildered. I walked on a little, but
got more bewildered, and then sat down on a
stump and rested. While 1 was there I heard
an engine whistle. I could not make out
where it came from. It sounded as if it was
ahead of me, and then it sounded off, both
right and left. I suppose now the last were
echoes. It appeared from the statement of
the engine-driver that he had whistled for
half an hour. 1 started to walk m what ap
peared to be in the right direction, but got
farther into the woods! I could not see any
way out, and began to wander about
aimlessly. The only idea I had was to get
out of the woods. My mind was full
of nothing else. I did not think of any plan.
I wandered this way till it was gelling
dark. Then I thought I was lost in the
woods, and began hallooing for help. There
was no answer but the rustling of the leaves
on the iiine trees and the echo. I cried out
. - i . - , . .1 ,
as Joutt as l couki, turning in i-u-rj uiin uuu.
Then I took out some ivory circulars
(kept by newsboys to distribute among pas
sengers on the cars), and wrote on them that
I was lost, and to follow me, and managed to
fasten some on the trees. I began to think
how I was to pass the night. All I had in my
Dockets was one match and a piece of one
luckily the sulphur end in both cases to
light a tire with. 1 had no overcoat, having
left it at the station. I walked till I came to
a piece of clear, linn ground, with plenty of
branches overhead for shelter, determined to
pass the night, and began to pick up dry
woou. 1 was uursiy, ami iomiu ihiii-m.ih-i hi
boles, but nothing to eat. The fire was not
long building, and I took some circulars and
lighted them with one of the matches. Then,
by the light of ttic lire, I gathered my wood
for all night and heaped it round. The night
was cold, and when I lay down I folded my
arms across my chest and tried to sleep. 1
thought of home and a lot of things. 1 had
lost spirit, and knew I had very little hope of
getting out of the woods, but managed to
doze a few minutes at a time. Then I would
wake up with a start, and finding he lire
getting low would replenish it. I will con
fess to rnu that I was scared. I knew noth
ing of the country, and could not makeup
my mind what plan to pursue, rriday night
passed iu that way.
" At davbreak I resolved to travel. My feet
and legs were sore, as I had fallen a good
deal in the broken timber and brush. So I
commenced Saturday with walking afresh,
the idea in my mind being always how can I
get out. I thought all the time to see an
opening. Every few steps I took I fell down,
my feet being caught in the 'windpaths'
(broken trees, and limbs of trees covered
with leaves, and having me appearance oi
firm ground). I shouted as long as I could,
lint it was no good. I found plenty of rain
water, but no food that I could trust. There
were plenty of berries, but I did not know
what kind they were, aim teareci to cai uiciii,
as they might be poisonous. It is not true I
ate M-rries. There was nothing noteworthy
(K-curred Saturday; the whole day passing iu
that manner. When night began to come on
again I remember feeling a dread as to the
other match. I was not sure but I had lost it.
After a search I found it in the corner of a"
pocket. I built a camp-fire in the same way as
on Friday night, fortunately succeeding in
lightiiur the circulars with the bit of match.
Then 1 began to gather up firewood for the
night. I could not sleep. 1 lie noises ot t lie
woods and my thoughts kept me awake.
After some time I managed to doze a little,
and woke, cold, to find my tire going out. All
around was black, dark. All the loose dry
wood was burnt, and I had to go into the
woods a space to find timber. 1 proceeded to
what looked like some logs, and was just
reachingriny handout when I was startled by
hearing a deep growl and seeing a big black
bear iu front of me. He was rising erect on
liis hind legs, one arm secured by his side,
uul the other ready to stretch out. For an
... . , i i.. i...
instant nciuier siirreu. lrooamy nc
was attracted by curiosity, and Avas
as much scared as myself. He did
not appear hungry for man's flesh. 1 did not
touch him. I am afraid to think w hat might
have hannened if I had. I moved back
and he lay still, but growled. Then I quickly
got a firebrand and threw at bun, and fancy
le moved off a little : but he apicarcd, from
the tracks in the morning, to have been wait
ing around there the whole of the night, I
managed to scrape enough wood together to
keep the lire alight till daybreak.
" I got out of that neighborhood Sunday
morning as soon as possmie. ah mis nine
nil that had passed my lips was rain-water. I
did not feel very hungry, but knew 1 was
weakening, and had lost what little hope 1
had. After wandering on a little while I struck
what they call the hay-marsh, and at every
step sank lo my hips. I lie other side ap-
jwared to he lirm, dry land, ana i iook on my
clot hes and waded until I reached deep w ater.
when I swam across the creek, put on my
clothes, and walked down the bank. It is not
true that I h-rt a paper sayingthat 1 liad struck
Aux Plaines River, as I did not know where
that river was, nor did I know anything about
the creek. I fancied it likely there would be
some logging shanty on the firm side, and
that is why I coasted iU After! had followed
the bank awhile, to my joy I came to a
camp, which, however, was uninhabited.
There Mere some tin pans and kettles, and
three or four bushels of potatoes and some
salt. After eating three of the potatoes raw,
and feeling some" benefit from the repast, 1
concluded to go further down the creek,
arguing that it must lead somewhere,
and made a raft of some of the tim
bers, on which I rafted down about
three miles, and struck dense bush and weeds,
which prevented my raft going further. I
had a paidle in my hand, and left the raft
with it. Something told me I had better go
back. There was a stack of hay near the
camp, and I thought I could make a bed with
it between the leg" of the table, boxed up
with the boards. Finally, I went back and
Innirded up the table and tilled the space with
hay for a bed, using some canvas that was in
the camp for covering. I staid there the
balance of Sunday, and slept there Sunday
night, Then I came to the resolution not to
quit, but if I was to die before help came
to pass away in that spot. Monday and
Monday night I passed there waiting hope
lessly, and Tuesday morning I went out a
little distance, and looked around. Toward
evening I thought I heard somebody halloo.
I could not believe my ears, and concluded
it was my fancy. Then I heard it again,
and shouted back, with a bursting heart.
Then, thank God, I heard a gun fired, and
cried, 4 Help, help, I am lost, I am lost!' I
was very weak indeed; then I don't know
what followed. Some men appeared coming
toward me. They were shouting joyfully. I
looked at them, and then raised a great cry,
and suppose I must have fainted. When I
came to myself I was surrounded with kind
faces. I was saved. One of them shot a
partridge and they cooked it and gave it me
to eat. Another had brought wine, and gave
to me to drink" (here the poor fellow could
hardly speak for emotion"), " and we6pentthe
night in the camp, and I assure you, gentle
men, it was the happiest night I ever spent in
my life."
In further conversation it appeared that
baturaay night, the occasion or the bear ad
venture, the poor fellow really gave himself
up tor dead, ana wrote on the buck or Ins pass
card: "Please take me to Menasha." The
6tate of mind he must have been iu when he
wrote these words, calmly contemplating the
other world, must be pictured by the sympa
thetic reader.
When the partv left the losrinnir Bhantvto
walk to the depot, as soon as they got in 6ight
oi tne raiixoaa track, they saw a hand-car on
which was Joseph's father. Both narties hur
ried to greet each other, and in the general
joy a universal gun-firinsr told the people
bunting up and down the line that the lost
was found. Over 600 people, most of them
old settlers, had gathered for a regular scour
of the woods, nearly SIX) of whom were armed
with guns and carried three or four days'
provisions in knapsacks. The feeling of the
entire country was aroused; and it will be
readily believed that when Joseph and his
father came in sight old hunters, who had
not shed a tear for thirty years, as one of
them said, wept like children. Joseph's con
duct, when found, was singular in the ex
treme. He dropped to the ground, and when
he recovered began waving his hand and
6houting as though pursued. He is said to be
an affectionate and model husband
and father, and his first inquiry was
after his family. His wife, who had been out
since Saturday, and was beside herself with
grief, fainted with joy when she saw him.
She looked still weak and suffering when the
party arrived home; but she set about cook
ing a beefsteak for her husband with true
womanly forgetfulness of self, directly she
saw Joseph comfortable in an arm-chair.
There is one story connected with the affair
that deserves mention. When the lost was
found he threw out his pocket-book, saying:
" There, boys, I've not got much, but what is
there is yours," and one chap reached out his
hand for the money. With the gesture of a
hero the old man who had first answered
Joseph's signals drew his gun to position and
on penalty of death dared the man to touch a
cent. The fellow sheepishly dropped the
book as though it had been molten lead. An
other man had just paid eight dollars for a
pair of new loots which had been torn o
iiieccsi n wading a bottom full of snags, and
oseph wanted to pay for them, but the good
fellow said that to accept pay would be to
tarnish one of the brightest recollections of
his life. Scores of acts of similar good na
ture are recounted, and the writer's belief in
human nature has begun to return. It is to
be regretted that the name of the gallant fel
low who lirst discovered Robinson could not
be procured, although the reporter did a con
siderable amount of telegraphing and walk
ing to get it.
The Marriage or Lieul.-Col. Fred. I).
Grant.
The Chicago morning dailies of the
21st contain lengthy particulars of the
recent great " social event" in that city
the marriage of Lieut.-Col. Fred. I).
Grant and Miss Ida Marie llonorc
which transpired the day before. From
these details we extract the following:
IT. II. Ilonore, the bride's father, is a
prominent and wealthy citizen of Chi
cago. Col. Grant, son of President Grant, is
about twenty-five years old and is a
graduate of the military school of "West
l'oint. He was appointed on Gen. Sher
idan's stall with headquarters at Chicago.
One account says that he first met Miss
Ilonore, his bride, about two years ago,
traveling with a party of friends on her
way from school, and that he was intro
duced to her on the cars between Is'ew
York and "Washington and fell in love
w ith her at once. They were engaged
about three months before the wedding.
Miss Ilonore is about the medium
height, perhaps slightly below it, slender,
and a clear brunette, with regular feat
ures, a brilliant, sparkling face, and a
dignified carriage. She graduated from
the Convent of the Visitation, in George
town, I. C, with the highest honors, in
1871, but returned again and passed an
other year to perfect herself in her
musical education.
The wedding ceremony was performed
at the house of the bride's father, in the
presence of about sixty invited guests.
After a few preliminary remarks the
officiating clergyman, the Hev. Mr.
Krrett, of the Christian Church of the
Disciples, addressed the bride and groom
as follows:
"If now, forsaking all others, you arc
prepared to give yourselves to each other
as husband and wife, to live together
according to God's holy law, you will
join your right hands."
The voung couple joined hands.
The l'astor Do you, Frederick, take
this woman whom you now hold by the
right hand to be your wedded wife,
to be to her a true, loving and faithful
husband so long as you both shall live?
Frederick I do.
The Pastor And you, Marie, do you
take this man whom you now hold by the
right hand to be your wedded husband,
to he to him a true, loving and faithful
wife as long as you both shall live?
Mane I do.
The Pastor Then let this faith be mu
tually plighted in giving and receiving
this ring.
The ring was exchanged and put on
the bride's fiDgcr.
The Pastor Pure and endless, let it
symbolize the love that makes you one.
And now, having promised thus to be
faithful to each other, and having sealed
your vows by giving and receiving this
ring, in accordance with the law of God
and by virtue of the authority vested in
me by the laws of the Commonwealth as
a minister of the Gospel, I pronounce
you man and w ife ; henceforth one in
name, in interest, and in all the jo3Ts and
sorrows of life, until it shall please God
to part you by death. And what God
has thus joined together let no man put
asunder. And may our Father in Heaven
bless you and make you a blessing, and
enable you so to live a life of faith in the
Lord Jesus, and of obedience to Him,
that you may enjoy the riches of His
grace here, and, in the world to come,
l'fe everlasting.
Prayer was then offered, after which
congratulations were extended to the
newly-wedded couple. After supper a
general reception was given.
The bridal gifts were about forty in
number, and were exceedingly rcclierche.
About nine o'clock in the evening the
bridal party took the cars on the Chicago,
Alton A- St Louis Railroad for the latter
citj', whence they will go on to New York
and Washington.
A Marriage Discount.
A few years since a Boston divine was
called upon to unite a jolly old couple in
the bonds of matrimony, and just as
they were pronounced man and wife an
other couple entered the room to be
joined likewise. The moment the two
latter entered they were somewhat sur
prised at seeing the divine receive the
splendid ransom of a new and bright
half dollar from the hands of the newly
married bridegroom. Our eminent di
vine immediately thrust the money into
his pocket, and then, congratulating the
happy pair, bade them adieu, and at
once commenced upon his duties in per
forming the marriage rite for the remain
ing couple. Being pronounced man and
wife, the youthful husband thrust his
hand into his pocket and pulled out the
same amount, an equally bright, new
half dollar, and presented it to the di
vine; whereupon the good man looked
with profound astonishment at the in
significant amount, and remarked:
"My customary fee on such occasions
is nve dollars."
" You married the last old ugly
couple, said the indignant young bride
groom, "for fifty cents, and now you
dare to tax me ten times that amount.
merely because we are a young couple."
The good divine, placing his glasses sev
eral inches above his nose, looked the
young man full in the face, and then
said :
"I have never married you but this
once, while I have married the former
man times! and on such occasions
duty demands a liboral discount to the
trade?' Suffice it to say, the remaining
four dollars and a half was forthcoming,
and with a 6mile the bride and bride
groom took the nearest way to the door.
When the cat's away buy a rat-trap.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
A new girl sweeps clean.
Pjude goes before a waterfall.
The favorite animals at funerals are
black kids.
Thk Path of Duty Through the Cus-tom-I
louse. ,
The editor of the Cape Ann Advertiser
says that a clean shirt is one of woman's
best gifts to man!
Gaapes are so plenty in Connecticut
that they are being fed to hogs. There
is absolutely no market for them.
A Camkounian has been accused in a
will case of " dying under an assumed
name." Perhaps he only dyed his own
heir.
The detectives of the country count
that day lost whose low, descending sun
brings not a record of another Koss boy
won.
This is the latest form of wedding in
vitations: "Come around and see me
capture a mother-in-law at eight o'clock,
sharp."
Somebody observes that when six
young ladies sit down to talk about dress,
a small boy with a tin horn is a refuge
for the weary.
A St. Locis man says that it makes no
difference to him whether Columbus or
Leif Erickson discovered America so
long as money is so scarce.
The 13,000 or 14,000 acres of Manhat
tan Island are said to contain assessable
real estate of nearly as much value as
that of the rest of New York State put
together.
Ax editorial notice of a woman's gro
cery store reads as follows: " Her toma
toes are as red as her own checks; her
indigo is as blue as her wn eyes and
her pepper as hot as her own temper."
A county Treasurer in Alabama can't
read or w rite, bot he has put $7,000
where no one but himself can find it.
That shows that a collegiate education
isn't essential to the acquirement of
wealth.
" Will you please insert this obituary
notice?" asked an old gentleman of an
editor. "I make bold to ask it because
I know the deceased had a great many
friends around here who'd be glad to
hear of his death."
New York claims the largest pie
baking establishment in the world. It
has an invested capital of $150,000, and is
a consolidation of seven of the largest
pie-bakeries in the city. The buildings
cover six-and-a-half city lots.
Thf.sk are the days when the fond hus
band says, "Honey, get my winter un
derwear ready for me, will you?" and the
single man xears his hair and says he'll
be dashed if he wouldn't like to know
how it is that he has to buy a whole raft
of underclothing about twice a year.
The Central Ohio Methodist Confer
ence has 150 ministers and about 22,000
members. The amount contributed for
the support of the pastors during the
year was $S5,500; for building churches
and parsonages $101, uuu, anil lor benev
olent objects $1S,400.
It is said that every letter written to
Ben Butler is filed and preserved. After
he has learned its contents he dictates a
reply to his phonographer, who briefs
the contents of the letter and the reply
in short-haud on the back. Butler under
stands phonography, and reads this
record w ithout assistance.
The Dallas (Tex.) Commercial says:
"Boarders, as a class, are too much in
clined to fault-finding. There is one at a
boarding-house on Elm street who
growls because he can't spit against the
wall behind bis bed, and on account of
the landlady's querulous objections he
has been obliged to abstain from the use
of tobacco after retiring."
Recently a German by the name of
Hcllingcr and a Frenchman by the name
of Cunc took a solid gold nugget weigh
ing live pounds out of their claims on
Bowlder Creek, a tributary of Spring
Creek, w hich empties into the Sacramento
a few miles above Shasta, Ca1. This
nugget was found near where Rochon
tooi out a $3,000 nugget about two years
ago.
Messks. Lacey and Feugvson, who re
cently made a voyage to New Haven in
a boat drawn by a large kite, have con
structed another and larger one. This
is 12x20 feet, and will take a larger boat,
containing three persons. The party
will start "from Seaside Park, Bridgeport,
anil will endeavor to make a direct trip
to New York city, landing at Castle
Garden.
A most extraordinary day's work lias
been done in the rail mill of the Penn
sylvania iron works, Danville, Montour
County, Pa. There were heated, rolled,
sawed, hot-piled, straightened and
punched and in all particulars made
ready for use, 150 tons of rails, a feat
that has never before been accomplished
in the world inside of twelve hours,
through one Eft of rolls and the usual
force of men.
IIakriet TcKNF.n, of Boston, forty
years, more or less, of age, and worth
$30,000, was fined two dollars recently
for violation of a city ordinance. Being
an anti-taxation-without-representation
person, she defied the law which none of
her sex had had a hand in framing, and
refused to pay the fine. So they took
her to the House of Correction, where,
in a cell and in tears (in these places the
cells are always in tiers), she passed the
night; but as soon as she could pay the
bill in the morning she did so, and retired
from public life.
Among the prisoners in the Maine Pen
itentiary is a former practicing physician
and contributor to several high-toned
literary periodicals. For several years
he corresponded on intimate terms with
Edgar A. Poe, who had a high estimation
of his literary jndgment. At one time
he acquired some celebrity by announc
ing his dissent from the Newtonian
theory of gravitation, and also from the
nebular theory of La Place, both of
which he combated in a public lecture,
lie was much esteemed in private life as
a genial, scholarly and modest gentle
man. The Rente. Industrielle says that the
danger signal, invented some time ago by
MM. Lartique and La forest, is already
being successfully used on some of the
French railroads. In this contrivance a
whistle is arranged on the locomotive so
that it will, when once opened, continue
sounding until shut by the engineer.
The same device which turns the disk
sicnal. so as to show the danger side, is
extended to transmit a current of elec
tricity to a little projection between the
rails. "When the engine passes over this
spot a metallic brush hanging between
the wheels strikes on the projection and
sweeps over it, at the same time trans
mitting the current to an electro magnet
which pulls the whistle open. The latter,
bycontinuously sounding, warns the en
gineer.
A Polite Judge.
Mr. Baron Graham, of the English
Court of Exchequer, once had nine pns
oners brought before him to be sentenced
to death. The name of one of them hav
ing been omitted from the list handed to
the Judge, he sentenced only eight, much
to the astonishment ot the one unsen
tenced. As the Baron was opening . the
door behind him to leave the court the
clerk told him of his mistake. Hurrying
back to the seat he had just vacated, alter
taking a pinch of snuff and putting on
his black cap, he addressed the prisoner
as follows, with a profusion of bows:
"My good man, I really beg your pardon
for the mistake; it was entirely a mistake
altogether a mistake, I assure you.
The sentence of the court on you is, that
you be taken to the place whence you
came, thence to the place of execution,
and there hanged by the neck until you
are dead; and the Lord have mercy on
your soul. I do beg your pardon. I am
very sorry for the mistake, I assure you."
So saying, he made another low bow to
the unhappy man and quitted the court.
An Aerial Marriage Ceremony.
CixciJiNATi, Ohio, Oct. 20.
A highly successful wedding in mid-air
took place yesterday afternoon at the
close of the performance in a circus.
The arrangements were made for the
wedding to take place on Saturday, but
the balloon collapsed and the good
natured bride agreed to postpone the
happy day until Monday afternton. To
day the balloon was successfully inflated ;
the car was carpeted with Brussels and
decorated outside with bunting; two na
tional flags and two Irish banners floated
from the basket; a basket of flowers
hung overhead, and bouquets adorned all
the supporting ropes. The balloon was
within a large space inclosed by canvas
to keep the crowd back, but so arranged
as to give all attending the show an op
portunity to see. Without a moment's
delay the bridal procession moved
through the circus tent at the close of
the performance, to the music of Men
delssohn's " Wedding March." The bride,
Miss Mary Walsh, a golden-haired hurdle
rider, stepped first in the basket, followed
by the bridegroom, Thomas M. Cotton,
head ticket-seller. After thorn came the
bridesmaid, groomsman and officiating
clergyman. Prof. XV. F. Donaldson was
the aeronaut. Amid the huzzas of the
crowd the balloon gracefully and swiftly
mounted upward to a great height. In
ten minutes a parachute was dropped
from it as a signal that the ceremony was
ended. The balloon rose to the height of
a mile, but descended safely three miles
from tlie place of ascension. All parties
were intensely delighted w ith the experi
ence. A Hoy Snake-Charmer.
Ox Nineteenth street, near the C, D.
tfc M. Railroad track, stands a small
frame house, off to itself in rather a desolate-looking
locality. A family named
Yallandingham occupies this house, and
among them is a boy named Maurice,
aged ten j ears. Yesterday morning our
reporter was informed that this boy had
a collection of thirteen snakes, com
prising several different kinds, and one
full-grown rattlesnake, which he han
dled fearlessly without drawing the
fangs. The story seemed so improbable
that a representative of the Telegraph
was sent up to interview this youthful
prodigy and his collection of snakes.
With some little difficulty the Telegraph
messenger found the house, situated as
above described, and inquired for the
snake-charmer. He was directed to a
crowd of boys playing on the railroad
track, and informed that he would find
Maurice there. Approaching the boys,
our reporter discovered one of the num
ber seated alone a short distance from
the balance of the crowd, and apparent ly
taking no interest whatever in their play.
He appeared moody and silent, rather
avoiding than seeking any notice what
ever. Upon beiBg asked if he was Maurice,
the snake-charmer, be rather languidly
and indillerently said "yes." The Telegraph
man then expressed a desire to see him
handle his snakes, which was ably sec
onded by all the boys, who urged Maurice
to bring out his pets. He positively re
fused to go to the house for the snakes,
but when some of the boys volunteered
to go for the slimy, ugly pets he agreed
to display his skill in taming and Han
dling them. Half a dozen boys ran over
to the bouse and returned, each bringing
in his hands several snakes from one to
three feet in length, darting their forked
tongues out as if m a terrible rage.
Maurice handled the snakfts as carelessly
and indillerently as if they were strings;
winding several of them around his
neck, putting his fingers into the mouths
of the venomous serpents, etc. He
would actually take any one of them by
the neck, and holding the snake s bead
close to his mouth thrust out and with
draw his tongue, which would be imme
diately imitated by the snake. The per
formances of this boy are truly wonder
ful and thrilling, actually excelling all
the feats of snake-charming performed
by traveling showmen with long and
hard-sounding names. AVith the sight is
experienced naturally a degree of dis
gust at the familiarity of snakes, so ab
horrent to all, with a human being.
Maurice claims that he learned the art
of snake-charming about a year ago from
a man named Walton, who resides in
the country near this city. The boy's
first attempt was with a rattlesnake
which he found in the woods near Wal
ton's house. Ho placed his foot on the
neck of the serpent, so as to bld it down
and leave the head free. Naturally the
king of all snakes resented this insult
with a fierce sound from his rattles and
rapid movement of his tongue; but the
boy looked the snake steadily in the eye
for a moment, when the rattling and mo
tion of the tongue ceased. He then
stooped down, caught the snake just be
low the head with his hands, and, raising
the head to a level with his face, looked
steadily into his eyes for about one min
ute, when all indication of anger on the
part of the serpent ceased, and the boy
handled it as he pleased from that time
until day before yesterday, when it got
hurt and he killed it. This snake had
eight rattles and was over three feet in
length. Since that time the boy makes
a sport of catching snakes. Last Satur
day, in company with several boys about
his own age, he went Into the swamp
above the fair-grounds, where he caught
about one dozen snakes, w hich he now
has. Not only does he tame the serpents
so that he can handle them himself, but
so completely does he overcome the
naturally venomous instincts and re
move all warlike or resentful feelings
from them that any person can handle
them with perfect safety ever afterward.
Yesterday thero were about a dozen
boys around Maurice, who seem to be
his little clan. He is both leader and
supreme ruler in that crowd. Without
the least exertion on his part he com
mands implicit obedience from his little
henchmen, who seem to regard him with
a kind of awe. He has but to order to
be obeyed with alacrity, and his little
followers seem to feel a pleasure in recog
nizing one who has such unusual powers
as leader. He does not seem to value
the power that renders him superior to
other boys, and when exhibiting that
power docs it rather as a duty or punish
ment than pleasure; at least this was the
manner in which he appearei yesterday.
He sometimes decides to kill a certain
snake among the number, and all the
persuasion and simple logic that his little
followers can produce fail to alter that
decision. He sometimes exhibits his
snakes and his power over them for five
cents, and no doubt a small amount of
money will readily overcome his objec
tion to "bring out the snakes" (as the
boys say) any time. Dubuque (Iowa) Tel
egraph. Since July 1, last, 2,649 patents for
inventions have been issued by the Pat
ent Office against 3,061 for the correspond
ing period last year. The whole number for
the nine months of the present rear is
9.468, a slight gain on the similar time of
the two preceding years.
The Promised Reform.
Since Democracy lost the control of
the Government it has been clamoring
for Reform. The most satisfactory Ad
ministration the nation ever had fails to
satisfy it. Everything in the shape of
governmental affairs needs reformation,
and every time Democracy is the only
party pure enough to bring it about.
The thief, when pursued by the officers
of the law, will oftentimes direct public
attention from his own efforts to escape
by crying at the top of his voice : " Stop,
thief! stop, thief!" So Democracy, driven
from its fields of plunder and closely
pursued by the moral sentiment of tho
country, endeavors to divert the right
eous punishment which is being inflicted
upon it to an innocent party by crying
out ' Reform! reform! we must have re
form!" It has deceived a few people and been
successful in some sections. Texas fell
a victim to its seductive clamor, and to
day is paying dearly for Democratic, re
form. Its excellent school system has
been reformed out of existence, and its
children, both white and black, will
grow up in ignorance unless true reform
ation is brought about in Democratic
iudicy, or by the return to power of the
Jepublicau party. Its Supreme Court,
composed of good men with loyal sen
timents, has been so reformed that
none of its loyal material is left, and in
its place we find the old State Judges
under Confederate rule. The same re
form has been practiced in every office
under State control, so that at the pres
ent time a loyal man, in the true sense of
the term, is about as hard to find holding
a local office in Texas as a ray of sun
shine in the midst of night. Instead of
offices being reduced in numbers they
have been multiplied, and the reform
that was to save money to the Stale will
cost it at least a third more than the ad
ministration which it supplanted. Tho
elective franchise has been ho purified
by the Texas party of reform that but
few Republicans in the rural districts
dare appear at the polls, and reform pro
scription has been so thoroughly prac
ticed that in a few years a Republican
voter in Texas will be as rare a curiosity
as an abolitionist was in South Carolina
before the war. A like reform has taken
possession of Georgia, North Carolina,
Virginia and other Southern States.
Bad as some of the carpet-bag govern
mcnts were thought to be the substitu
tion in their place of Democratic reform
has made matters worse, and we arc
not surprised that the better class of
Democrats who were led lo believe in
the promised reforms have already re
volted against them, anil to-day are cry
ing for deliverance from their friends.
The broken promises of Democracy in
Virginia are well set forth in the Parkers
burg State Journal, an ably-conducted
paper in that State. The article is en
titled " Democratic Promises Violated,"
and is so truthful a picture of like viola
tions in every State where Democracy
has gained power that we reproduce it
here: Me were promised," says the
Journal,
"That the convention and legislation
growing out of it would cost but $30,000
they have already cost over $180,000.
"That the sessions of the legislature
should be biennial they have been so
far semi-annual.
" That there should be greater economy
in the administration of State affairs
the cost in every department of the pub
lic State service has largely increased.
" That a Legislature should be chosen
that would guard the State Treasury
the most notable act of that body was io
appropriate $10,000 of the people's
money for a Christmas spree."
"That party would punish every din
honest public officer it has shielded a
peculator, convicted by a committee of
his own selection, of overcharges to the
amount of thousands of dollars.
"That it would give us a Constitution
shorter, better and plainer than the old
one it has given us tine that is twice as
long as the old one, and so complicated
that neither the public nor the makers
of the instrument c an understand it.
" That it would diminish the number
of oilicers it has largely increased
them.
" That it would diminish flic number
of Judges it has multiplied the number.
"That it would diminish the number of
members for the Legislature it has in
creased them.
"That it would give us a cheaper roun
ty organization it has given us a more
expensive one.
"That it would lower the salaries of
public oilicers it has in every case in
creased them.
"It promised the people local govern
ment it destroyed nearly all we ever
bad and gave the resurrected County
Court system in its stead.
"It destroyed the trial by juries before
justices in order to concentrate business
and power in the hands of court-house
cliques.
"It promised a reduction in taxes
taxation is not diminished, but rather
increased.
" It promised a homestead law for the
protection of Hie poor man it made one
to rob the poor man."
This is the party that seeks to reform
the nation; that asks the people to give
it a majority in the House of Represent
atives; that demands possession of the
Government in 1870. What the history
of the Republic will be under isemocratic
reformation can be written in a sentence :
Repudiation, bankruptcy, anarchy, na
tional disgrace. To all who seek to
bring about such a reform the Demo
cratic party commends itself. To all
who desire to avoid it, who wish to
maintain the credit of the nation, secure
peace and prosperity within its borders,
promote general intelligence by a wise
system of free schools, and who earnest
ly hope to see the Republic take rank as
the leader among the civilized and
favored nations of the erth, we com
mend the Republican party. It has been
tried and not found wanting. It has
violated no promises, given no pledges
which it has failed to keen. Its record
is as clear as the non-day light, and the
few faults which it Las developed
throughout its long and honorable ca
reer are but as the spots wluch the tele
scope reveals on the surface of the sun,
of sufficient importance to merit inspec
tion, but not enough to destroy the use
fulness of the orb itself. Ilepublic Mag
azine. A Campaign Document.
They have such a quiet and genfeel
way of obtaining converts in the South.
A few days ago a Democratic paper pub
lished at Greensboro, Ala., contained the
following card from a prominent Repub
lican: A CAKD.
I have heretofore belonged to th National Re
publican partv. 1 never belonged to a secret
league of any kind. I never intend to have ov
wore to do with politics. I feci and know that I
am a white man," and for the future I intend to
live and die a "white man." I try to etay at
home and attend to mv own bnsinesn.
P. W. K. STBlNOrtLI-OW.
Hale County, Sept. 9i, 1874.
It appears that Mr. Stringfcllow has
been mobbed, scourged, plundered and
treated to every indignity to cure him of
his Republicanism. Finally he was set
upon on the 17th ult. by a mob and com
pelled to pen the foregoing in order to
save his life. It is now being published
as a campaign document. In their jolli
fication meetings in Indiana and Ohio the
Democracy ought to refer to this promi
nent convert to show how the "White
Man's party" is"marchiDg on." Inter-Ocean,.