Nebraska Newspapers

    THE HERALD.
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AT
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
OPPICBi
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Corner of Fifth St.
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EB1ASKA
EBALB.
JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor.
I'ERSEVEIIAXCE COXQl'ERS."
VOLUME XI.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA- THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1875.
TERMS: $2.00 a Year.
NUMBER 20.
THE HERALD,
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ner of Maiu and Vifth utreeia.
HENRY BGECK,
SEALER IN
DET-LTrnit-uire,
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
ETC., ITC, ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Wooden Coffins
Of U t'.zci, ready-made, and old cheap for cai'a.
With many thanks for pat patronage, I Invite
all to call and examine my
LARGE STOCK OP
Tur nitiirc unci Collins.
Jan2
MEDICINES
AT
J. H. BUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Whole ale and Retail Dealer In
Drujs and Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes, Patent Medicines.
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
rTTKKSCUIPTIONS carefully compounded at
a!l hrtiirr. d:iy ud uiht. 35-ly
J. W. SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and Livery
Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb.
I am prepared to accommodate the public with
house's,
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
AND
A PJo. Hearse.
0a Short Notice and Reascnabls Terms.
A HACK
Will Run to the Steamboat Land
ing, Depot, and all parts of
the City, when Desired,
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FirstlionaTS
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
SUCCESSOR TO
Tootle, Ilmiiia. Sc Clnvlc.
O. F. JOHNSON,
Jotr Fitzgerald
E. O. Dovet
A. W. MrLATGHLIX...
JOHX O'KOCRKE
President.
Vice-President.
Cashier.
...Assistant Cashier.
DEALER IS
Drugs, Medicines,
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WALLPAPER.
All Paper Triminea Free ofCtop
ALSO. DEALER TS
Books, Stationery
3IAGAZINES
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
fc " Prescriptions carefully compounded by an
experienced DrugrlBt.ij
REMEMBER THE PLACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
THOS. W. SHRYOCK,
DEALER TX
This Bank In now open for bn-ineie at their new
room, corner Main and Sixth street?, and are pre
pared to transact, a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government
and Local Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
DRAFTS DRAWN,
Available in any part of the United States and In
all the Yrincipal Towns and Cities of Europe.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
MAN LINE ani ALLAH LINE
OF STIl-OIliKS.
Persona winning to bring out their frienda from
Europe can
TrRCHASB TICKETS FROM T8
Ilirousjli to rMuttsiitiontli.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
Main Street, opposite Saunders House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Cutting Cliiltlrcir mid Ladies'
Hair.
Inrnit'ur e !
Main St., bet. 5th and 6th,
PLATTSMOUTH, - 2STEB.
a i. a
UNDERTAKER,
And hfti on hand a larga ctock of
Metallic XJurial Cases,
Woodon Coffins, Etc.,
Of all itizee, cheap for cash.
Funerals Attended on Short Notice
II. 1 WATERMAN & SON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
PINE LUMBER,
Laitli, Sliinles,
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Plain St., cor. Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - - NEB.
FOR YOUR GROCERIES
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And get a boon In a
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QO TO THE
Post Office Book Store,
H. J. 5TBEIGHT, Proprietor,
rox TOCB
Boob. Stationery, Pictures, Music.
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Norels,
Song Books, etc., etc
POST OFFICE BUILDI.NU,
PLATTSJtOUTU, NEB.
J. V. "Weckbach,
Cor. Third and Main Sts., Plattsmouth.
(Guihmann'a old stand.)
II keeps on band a larg and well pelected stock
of
FANCY GROCERIES,
Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup. Boots,
Shoes. Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc
Also, a large stock af
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, Queensware,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
Ia connection with the Grocery ia a
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
Ilfclifst Pi ire Paid for Country Prodare.
A full stock at alt time, and will not be undersold.
Take notice of the Sign:
"EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY."
nlyl
WILLIAM STADELMANN
Has on hand one of the largest stocks of
CLOTHING
Gents' Furnishing Goods
kor srr.ixo and summer.
I invite everybody in want of anything In my
Ik-.e to call at my :ore.
South Side Main, let. 5th & 6th Sts.,
And conTinc tbem-lirc of fh fact. I have as a
penal it n my lift i;l Departments a Mock of
Fiue flnthintr for Men art Boys, t which we In
vite thoe h nil ood.
I ao keep on hand a large and well-eelected
s;ock of
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc.
jarlyl
PHILADELPHIA STORE
SOLOKOX & XATIIAN,
DIALERS 111
Fancy Dry Goods,
Notions, Ladies' FurnisMiig Gootls.
Largest, Cheapest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock
in the city.
We are prepared to sell cheaper than they can
be purchased elsewhere.
GIVE T7S -A.
And examine our Goods.
tystore on Main St., between 4th and 5th St.,
Plaiismonth, Neb. 16tf
l'LATTSMOL'TIl MILLS,
PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA.
Conrad IIeisei, Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED.
Always en hand and for sale at lowest cash price.
The IHsheet Prices paid for Wheat and Corn.
Particular attention ivcn to cnstoia work.
CUKKEXT PARAGRAPHS.
The French National Assembly have
taken a recess until Nov. 4.
At the recent election in Alabama the
call for a constitutional convention was
carried by L'5,000 majority.
The censusof New York city, just com
pleted, shows a total population of 1,004,.
272 an increase in five years of 01,100.
IIkv. Charles Thomson has been
elected Chief of the Cherokee Nation, over
Col. D. W. Hoss, by a large majority.
Hans Chkistian Andersen, the Dan
ish poet and novelist, died recently at
Copenhagen, Denmark, aged alout sev
enty.
The Mississippi Democrats have nom
inated AV. L. Hemingway for State
Treasurer on a platform mainly tievoted
to State matters.
A Bohemian woman of Omaha, Neb.,
recently attempted to kindle a fire by the
use of kerosene oil. She and her babe
were fearfully burned and the house was
destroyed.
The conscience fund of the Treasury
Department was enlarged $.0 recently in
consequence of a remittance from some
person in Pittsburgh, Pa., who, in years
gone by, had failed truly to report his income.
The French National Assembly has
passed bills authorizing the con.-tiuction
of a tunnel under the Uritish Channel
and approprittting 30,000 francs for the
French exhibition at the Philadelphia
Centennial.
Col. Valentine Baker has been found
guilty, at Corydon, Kngland, of an assault
upon a young lady in a railway carriage
and sentenced to twelve months' impris
ment and to pay a fine of '."500 and the
cost of the prosecution.
The committee engaged in counting the
funds in the United States Treasury report
that all is correct except the $47,000
which was stolen some time ago. They
have investigated this matter also, and re
port that they believe it was taken by
some one connected with the department.
A National Convention of Colored
Editors was recently held in Cincinnati,
which was attended by representatives
from every colored newspaper in the coun
try and by some leading men of the col
ored race not connected with the press.
The question of civil rights was dis
cussed.
Kirn, in Rhenish Prussia, has been in
undated by the bursting of a water-spout.
A bridge and several houses were swept
away and thirteen persons drowned. Dis.
astrous floods have occurred in the north
western provinces of India. Many dwell
ings were destroyed and numerous lives
were lost.
The Executive departments in Wash
ington and the oflices of the District Gov
ernment were closed on the 3d, out of re
spect to the memory of ex-President John
son. L,iKe triimtes oi respect were paiu in
New York, Boston and other Eastern
eities, and also in many cities and towns
of the South and "West.
The National Educational Association
recently in session at Minneapolis, Minn.,
elected the following officers for the cur
rent jear: W. T. Phelps, of Minnesota,
President; V. D. Henkle, of Ohio, Sec
retary; A. P. Marble, of Massachusetts,
Treasurer. Thirty-three Vice-Presidents
were chosen, the first being D. B. Ilazar,
of Massachusetts.
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41.143.:i3
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27.1 10. 4 JO
The follow ing is the public debt state
ment for the month of July:
Six per cent, bonds Sl,'95.8rS.rriO
Five per cent, bonds til:j,ti,7."!
Total coin bonds $1.70U'tl.:t
Lawful money debt
Matured debt
Lesial-tender notes
Certificates of deposit
Kracttonal currency
Coin certificate
Interest
Total debt
Cash in Treasury
Coin
Currency
Special deposits neia ior me re
demption oi certincaies oi aeposu,
as provided by law
Total In Treasury
Debt less cash in Treasury S2,127.:i!3"2K
Decrease during July l,..?
Bonds issncd to the Pacific Railway
Companies, interest payable in
lawful money, principal ouwtana
lnu Interest accrued and not yet paid...
Interest paid by the United States..
Interest repaid by the transporta
tion of mails, etc
Balance o" interest paid by United
States
f3,3&4,!tt!S,M5
$rtS.84-2,7fO
4,iJlb,'.o
61.270,000
S137,52.WJ
$54.fi23,M-:j
8-2 5.1 17
28,-V2,S07
6,211.193
21,988,648
A company is said to have recently
been formed in Paris for the purpose of
testing the non-conducting property of
cork. A number of steam-pipes at several
important establishments had been covered
with cork, and it is said that, after stand
ing some eighteen montli3, the covering
remains intac t, and is as perfect a non
conductor as on the day it was laid. Al
though the durability of cork had leen
proved licfore, in the case of buoys, which
are partly immersed and partly exposed to
the weather, its ability to stand such high
temperatures as those of surfaces intensely
heated by steam had not before been
shown. The lightness of cork, the readi
ness with which it yields so astosurround
cylinders or pipes, the facility with which
it is put in its place, taken down and put
up again, ii the case of the inspection or
repairs of a boiler or steam-pipe, together
with the fact that its non-conducting
power effects a great saving of fuel, are
regarded by engineers as greatly in its
favor for the outer coating of steam
ressels.
An ingenious method of filtration has
recently been devised, by means of which
it is claimed a liquid may be filtered in
one-fourth of the time which the operation
as usually performed requires. At the
bottom of an open glass tube alout an
inch in diameter is placed a pieceof filter
ing paper, and over this a piece of India
muslin, secured around the tube by a
rubber ring. The tube is filled with "the
liquid to be filtered and is closed at the
top with a rubler stopper through which
runs a piece of rubber piping. The tulie
is connected with two bottles so arranged
that the water in the upper one flows
down into the lower, forcing out the air,
which in turn runs through the rubber
pipe, forcing the liquid through the filter
ing material.
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The new navy uniform buttons up
close around the throat, and the orthodox
sailor with his big open collar will live
only in the memories of the past.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
I No. 2, 70&71C. Oat No. 2, 6 &61c. Kye-
No. 2,8t!iSS7!4c.
A Viknna telegram of the 2d says sev
eral engagements had recently taken
place between the Turks and the llerze
govinian insurgents, in which the former
were defeated. In one skirmish the
Turks lost three cannon and eighty rifles.
On the 2d Judge Morris, counsel for
Theodore Tilton, served a notice on
Me.-srs. Shearman and Sterling, the attor
neys of record for Henry "Ward Beeeher,
to be prepared to answer in a new trial on
the first Monda3' in September.
The depositions of Brigham Young and
Geo. A. Smith were o tiered and ruled out
of the Mountain Meadows massacre trial,
on the 2d. The depositions are to the
effect that neither party issued any in
structions in regard to the Arkansas im
migrant train, and that neither party knew
of the massacre until afterward, and then
only by general report. Most of the day
was taken up by counsel discussing the
instructions to lie submitted by the Court.
Thk returns from the Kentucky State
election, so far as received tit Louisville
up to the morning of the 3d, indicated
about the same Democratic majority as at
the preceding election.
Madrid advices of the 3d state that the
Alphonsist troops continued to be suc
cessful in all directions. Owing to the
improved prospects Spanish funds had
sensibly appreciated during the preced
ing week.
The closing religious services by
Messrs. Moody and Sankey at Liverpool,
Eng., on the 3d, were attended by 10,000
pe ple.
A dispatch from Beaver, Utah, on the
3d says that Indian Chief Beaverite had
told the Associated Press reporter that
Lee secured the aid of the Indians to kill
the emigrants by an offer of clothing,
guns and horses; that Lee commanded
during the fight ; that the Indians had no
animosity against the emigrants; that the
story about the Indians poisoning an ox
or spring is all a lie; that Lee, the coward,
wants to throw al! the blame on the In
dians. Judge Boreman charged the jury
on the afternoon of the 3d.
The funeral of ex-President Johnson
occurred at Greenville, Tcnn., on the 3d,
and was conducted by the Masonic frater
nity, of which the deceased was a member.
The ceremonies were of an imposing char
acter. Many distinguished citizens were
among the large number of people in at
tendance at the funeral.
An earthquake shock was felt at Oma
ha, Neb., early on the morning of the 4th.
A severe hail-storm occurred at the same
time, the hail-stones being very large and
doing considerable damage to windows
and roofs.
The recent continuous rains in the West
caused the heaviest floods known for many
3 ears, at this season, in the Ohio and Mis
sissippi Kivers and several of their tribu
taries. Immense damage has been done
to harvested and growing crops, large
tracts of land being inundated. Bailroad
travel was suspended on some of the roads
in the flooded districts, and much damage
to property other than crops was inflicted.
A Louisville (Ky.) dispatch of the 4th
places McCreery's (Dem.) majority for
Governor at between 30,000 and 40,000.
A dispatch from London on the 5th
denies a previous statement that arrange
ments hail been made to protect Duncan,
Sherman &, Co.'s letters of credit in the
hands of travelers. Over 1,000 holders
had been heard from in Germany alone.
Many were utterly destitute and had been
compelled to apply for relief to the local
authorities or to the American Consuls.
A New York dispatch of the same date
says Alextinder Duncan, of Scotland,
father of the senior member of the firm of
D., S. & Co., had ollVred to protect these
letters to the extent of $230,000.
Thk one hundredth anniversary of the
birthday of Daniel O'Connell, the Irish
reformer and liberator, began in Dublin
on the 3th. A solemn religious ceremony
was held in the cathedral, at which
Cardinal Manning officiated. The day
was also observed at Borne by the celebra
tion of a pontifical high mass in the chapel
of the Irish College.
According to an Indianapolis dispatch
of the 3th the lost from the recent floods
in the central and southern portion of In
diana would aggregate 50 to 00 per cent,
of the entire crop. In the low lands along
the Wabash lliver it was estimated that
200,000 acres of corn had been entirely de
stroyed, which alone, at .$13 per acre,
would aggregate $3,00J,000.
The Chicago dailies report the finding
of two bottles oa the lake shore, contain
ing messages purporting to come from
Donaldson and Grimwood, the missing
aeronauts. The genuineness of these doc
uments is questioned by parties competent
to judge. One of them reads as follows:
"July 10 2 a.m. We cannot stay up
more than an hour longer, as the gas is
rapidly escaping. N. S. G."
Provisiohs. Pork Mess, $22.0030
Lard
THE MAKKLTS.
Acoust 6, 1875.
NEW YORK.
LrvB Stock. Beef Cattle $11.00313.25. Hog
Lire. $7.5037.ti2VJ. Sheep-Live, 84.2326.25.
BRBADSTorF. 1'lour Ciood to cnoice, J6.403,
6.83; white wheat extra, 6 8jaV.0. Wheat No.
2 Chicago, $1.3'Jil.4); No. 2 Northwestern,
$1.39&1.40; No. 2 Milwaukee sprint;. $1.43&
I. 43li. Rye Western and State, $1X81.10. Bar
ley $1.301.33. Corn Mixed Western, 8!3
87c Oats Mixed Western, 03a64c.
Provisions. Pork Mess, J 21 503 21.63. Lard
Prime Steam, 13H13?c. Cheese 5&ll!ic
Wool. Domestic Fleet, 50ae3c.
CHICAGO.
Liv Stock. Beeves Choice, J5.90C&6.25.
good, $5.2535.75; medium, $4.!0&5.00; butch
ers' stock, S3.23'a4.00; stock cattle. 3.002
3 75. IIous Live, $7.b02i7.90. Sheep Good to
choice, $4.0021 .50.
Provisions. Butter Choice, 24 J2Sc Essrs
Fresh, 14; jG15c. Pork Mess, $2;.40il 45.
Lard $13 4-x3.lM.50.
BBiiiinTCrrs. Klonr White Winter Euro,
$6.25&7 23; spring eitra, $5 50 g6.00 Wheat
Spring, 'd. 2, $t.2t31.2'; '4. Corn-No. 2,72
724c. Oats No. 2, 59riSi)c. Rye No. 2,
SfcaSoc. Earley No. 2, $1.2 3l.i.
Lumbkr. First Clear, $45.0U 46.00; Second
clear, $4:j.0O34.); Common Boards, $10.5
II. 00; Fencing, $10.0( 11.00; "A" Shicplcs,
$2.t032.8J; Lath, $1,752-2.00.
CINCINNATI.
Bssadstx-fps. Floor $7.2538.0). Wheat Red,
$1.653.1.75. Corn 73&76C. Bye SiSc3$l.lO
Oats 75i78i.
Paovtsiojia. Pork $21.toan "3. Lard IV i
ailiic.
ST. LOUIS.
Live Stock. EeeTes Good tt choice, $6 COi
6.50. Hogs Live, J7.4JS8.00.
J5nBArTurs. Flour XX Fall, $5 7556 50
Wheat No. 2 Bed Fall, $1.5431.E5. Corn
Vi-iQVSc.
MILWAUKEE.
BRSADBTurra. Flour Spring XX, $4. 7525 00
Wheat Spring No. 1, t.31i&t.&i; No. 2,$t.2S
01 mi. Corn No. 2, 12 i72'4c. Oats No. 2, 5iH
53c. Rye No. 1, 7428 )c. Barley No. i,
$1.1421. Id.
DETROIT.
Brbadstctts. Wheat Kxtra, $1.542155.
Corn No. 1, 772T8c. Oats No. 1, 6126l!4c.
TOLEDO.
BRBADSTcrrs. Wheat Amber Mich., $1 514
&1.52; No. 2 Rid, $1.35l4'21.5a. Corn
High Mixed, '.7277 4c. Oats No. 2, 61361V4C
CLEVELAND.
Breadstuff's. Whoat No. 1 Red, $1.534
fftl..r4; N. 2 Red, $1.4S'4(21 4). Cirn-IIih
Mixed, 81&82i. Oats-No. 1, 672t,8:.
BUFFALO.
Livit Stock. Beeves $5 6T27 00. Mos
Live, 7.5028 12! J. SheeD-Li ve, $ 1 7525.23.
EAST LIBERTY.
Livb Stock. Beeves Best, $6.5027.00; me
dium, $5.756.00. Ilos Yorkers, $8,003
8.15; Philadelphia, $.2528 .10. Sheep Byst,
$5.2325 50; medium, $4.7325 0.1.
THE DEATH OF EX-PRESIDEXT
J 0 II X SON.
Particulars! of llln Sudden and Fatal
IllneMK.
A special telegram from Greenville,
Tenn., July 31, to 'the Chicago Times gives
the following particulars of the death of
Senator and ex-I'resident Johnson:
Ex-President Andrew Johnson expired
at tli f- resilience of his daughter, 3Iis. Wm.
II. Drown, formerly Jlrs. SStover, at half
past two o'clock this morning, of paralysis
and hcart-dease combined, superinduced
by a low stnte of the system and over-exertion,
as is supposed. Jlr. Johnson left
Greenville on Wednesday morning at six
o'clock for a visit to his wife and daughter,
Mrs. Drown, at the residence of the latter,
which is some seven and a half miles
northwest of Carter's Station, in Carter
County, this State, in apparent good health
and spirits, lie rode from Carter's to the
farm-house in an open carriage and was
apparently much fatigued with the ride,
which is over a very rough piece of road,
and complained also of excessive thirst.
Aside from the fatigue, however, he seemed
in unusual good spirits, and (spent the
day in visiting w ith the family and look
ing about the firm. About lour o'clock,
having come in from a short walk, while
sittingin his chair, laughing and chatting
with liis daughter and grandchildren, he
suddenly fill from his chair to the loor,
speechless and apparently in great pain.
There were no persons in the house at this
time except Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Drown
and her three children. Mr. Johnson
soon rallied somewhat, and, being helped
to a couch, regained his speech and re
quested that no physician be sent for, as it
was but a trifling matter. No physician,
in fact, was called in until the next day in
the afternoon, when Dr. Jobe, a country
physician, was sent for. who applied vig
orous treatment of counter-irritation and
administered an emetic. As a result, Mr.
Johnson seemed easier, but, the symptoms
continuing of a serious character, the
relatives at Greenville, comprising his
son, Andrew Johnson, Jr., and Mrs.
Judge Patterson and her children, were
sent for by messenger, and requested to
bring with ihein Drs. Broyles and Taylor,
physicians of Greenville, the former
Mr. Johnson's family physician for
many years. They arrived at the farm
house on Fiiday at six o'clock, only to dis
cover that the Illustrious . patient was al
ready past help and in a totally uncon
scious state, having lost the power of
speech and sinking very rapidly. During
the day Mr. Johnson had rallied at inter
vals, and conversed briefly of family mat
ters, not, however, as a man conscious of
approaching dissolution. The last act of
consciousness apparent was in answer to a
question from Dr. Jobe concerning the
breaking of an arm, some years ago, by
an accident, and a request to know which
arm it was. Mr. Johnson raised his right
arm slightly in response, and this was the
final act of consciousness evidenced, and
from this time, about six o'clock Frday
evening, up to the hour of his death, he
gave no token of sensibility. The only
persons present at the time of his
death were his wife, his son Andrew, Mrs.
Drown, Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Brown's
three children, of the relatives; together
with Drs. Jobe, Broyles and Taylor. Maj.
Petti bone. Assistant United States District
Attorney for East Tennessee, who is a fellow-townsman
of Mr. Johnson, clls me
that Mr. Johnson last Sunday had a con
versation with him concerning his health,
during which he stated that, since his re
covery from a severe attack of cholera
two years ago, he had never fully recovered
the use of his lower limbs, and was at
times conscious of extreme difficulty in
milking his lower extremities, from the
knees down, obey the behests of his will,
often stumbling in walking, and some two
weeks ago, in fact, having fallen and
bruised his side and lace considerably.
Aside from this fact, however, the Major
states that he declared himself in excellent
health.
Mr. Johnson would have been sixtj--Beven
years of age the 19th of December
next, had he lived. He was of very robust
habit, a tremendous worker, and bade fair
to live for twenty years, apparently, al
lhough Dr. Tajlor states that he had
tooked for a break-down of health at any
time. Mr. Johnson's son immediately
started for the station, after the death of
his father, and took the train for Bristol,
and telegraphed from thence the news to
this place, there being no telegraph station
at Carter's. The news burst like a thunder-clap
from a clear sky upon his fellow
townsmen here, and produced the most
profound sensation. The news soon flashed
to neighboring citiis, and telegrams came
pouring in by scores, driving the operator
at this point nearly crazj-.
A Destructive Tornado.
The Crawfordsville (Iud.) Jounutl gives
the following account of the doings of a
violent tornado which recently visited that
neighlMirhood :
The storm of Tuesday evening, which
passed high aliove us, visited some sec
tions south and west of us with great de
struction, passing over the northern part of
Vermillion Count- and the southern part
of Fountain in the shape of a furious tor
nado. It seems to have come from the
northwest, first striking near Pcraysville,
and expending its greatest force on the
farm of a Mr. Marshall, aljout one and a
half miles north of Harveysburg, Fount
ain County. It had traveled in alxmt an
easterly direction, and seemed to strike
the ground with such force that it rebound
ed 'like a rubber ball, skipping a farm or
two and then striking again w ith great
violence. It cut an average swath of aliout
a quarter of a mile in width, which, how
ever, narrowed down at the most destruc
tive point, on Mr. Marshall's farm, to aliout
forty rods. In its destruction of life and prop
erty probably no tornado has ever visited
the country with such calamitous results.
In the first part of its course it took down
the residence of a man named Mack, smd
unroofed barns belonging to Solomon
Jones, William Chenoweth and Jacob
Bitzer. The hist-named also suffered the
loss of the roof of his dwelling, as did
also Abe Bensinger. Of the fami
lies in the path of the destroyer,
S. E. Sowers, in Fountain County, is the
most unfortunate. They had just come
from a burial of a child that daj-, and of
that household of five persons but one
survives a little boy with Ixith his arms
broken. Mrs. Sowers, a niece who was
temporarily stopping with the family, and
another person were killed instantly. Mr.
Sowers, Sr., died Wednesday night and
his married son was reported dead Thurs
dav morning. The house is a mass of
ruins, which is the cae of about every
thing on the place. As far as known the
only other case attended with loss of life
was that of Mr. Semple. As before stated
ttie tornado's fury was at its maximum on
the farm ot Mr. Charles Marshall. Mr.
Marshall heard it coining and immediate
ly proceeded to put his family in the cellar.
All were in but himself and little lioy
when the wind blew the door shut and he
was unable to open it. They then started
for the smoke-house, hoping to get in the
cellar, but the building was blown over
on them and hxlgcd on a meat barrel,
which saved them from being crushed.
They were all unhurt. Everything in the
shape of grain, timber, etc., is literally
swept from this farm. Mr. Marshall
said that he had 2,500 bushels .of
wheat, of which he does not think
there are now twenty-five left. The
wind carried the sheaves up in the
air until it was almost black with them,
whirling them around in large circles as
if they were issuing from a large funnel.
The woods arc filled and sown w ith the
wheat. All his fine timber was destroyed.
This in itself is a great loss, as it was said
to have been of a very superior and hand
some growth. In one" place a great amount
of earth was dug up, and some beets laid
out on the ground.
A large liowlder, the lowest estimate of
its weight being 1,800 pounds, was moved
several feet. One house was blown to
pieces, and the floor found over a mile
away. A very valuable orchard, one of
two in that section of country, was com
pletely twisted to pieces. A large amount
of clothing and bedding was blown into
the woods and torn into shreds. One man
was lucky enough in his misfortunes to
find an oid shoe Out by his stable in which
he had deposited ninety-nine dollars. He
also had some silver pieces which were
blown around, but he succeeded in finding
them, all but one piece. Several horses
were badly injured. Mr. Marshall lost
one of considerable value.
State Fairs for 1875.
Illinois Ottawa Sept 13 18
Ohio Columbus ...Sept. 6 10
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Iowa .....Keokuk Sept. 27 Oct. 2
iconsin Milwaukee..... Sept. K 11
Nebraska Omaha Sept. 2124
.Michigan tibt :t"iuaw.
Minnesota tt. Paul
California Sacramento. ..
(!r-!lo Denver
Cliieau-o Industrial.
St. 1 oui Fair
Ciiicimi ti Indus
Connecticut. Hartford ,
Oenria -Mai-ou ,
Maiuu For! laud.
Sept. l:i 1
Sept. 1417
....Sept. 1523
Sept. 21-23
..Sept. 8 Oct.'
Oct. 49
..Sept. il Oct. 9
Oct. 5-8
Sept. 18-25
Seit. 2121
Maryland I'inilico, Baltimore. Sept. 14 17
Mafssa setts II ort.. Boston Sept. "121
Montana Helena Sept. 27 Oct. 2
National Expos... Home. tJa Oct. 4-9
New Kiifrlunil Manchester, N. H. . ..Sept. 71')
New Hampshire.. .Manchester .....Sept. 7 10
New .Jersey Waverley Sept. 'JO 21
New York Elmira Sept. 27 Oct. 1
Oregon Salein Oct. 1116
Pennsylvania Harrisbunr Sept. 2729
Rhode Island Cranston, Providence..Oct. .: 7
South. Wisconsin. .lanesville Oct. 59
Virginia Bichmond Oct. 2630
Wet Virginia Clarksburg Sept. 79
The Jioble Ked Man.
He was one of Barnum's Indians. He
was one of those who each afternoon and
evening chase the bounding buffalo and
make him hump himself in the hippo
drome and w ho gallop madly about after
tl0 lovely Te-he-ti, yelling with an amo
rous ferocity. He was sitting in a lager
beer saloon, where he had just finished
his first glass. His hand rested upon the
empty mug on a table beside him and his
face wore a look of gloom. Admiringly,
but timorously, the observer sidled up and
opened a conversation :
" Is the heart of the chieftain big within
him that his brow is darkened and his
face like the storm-cloud in the heavens
Does he mourn for the lodges of his peo
ple far away to the Westward?"
"Ah git out wid yer? It's thirsty I
am, an' me last nickel jist gone to the
spalpeen beyant! Be asy now!"
" And do not the thoughts of the red
man revert to the past, w hen the numbers
of his tribe were as the leaves of the lor
est and when the Manitou smiled upon
his wigwam? Is he not sad that ko near
him lie the liones of the great Pontiac,
his ancestor, slain by the treacherous Illi
nois?" " Begone w id ye, now, or don't be
blatherin wid yer furrin gibberish; spake
English!"
' Two beers, barkeeper will the red
man partake of the fire-water of the pale
faces and commune w ith his w hite broth
er? Will not the chieftain gladden the
ears of his white brother with tales of his
own prowess; how he followed, like the
wolf, Upon the trail of his foes, and re
turned to his lodge with many scalps at
his belt?'
" It's funnin' ye are, sure! I'll hist a
glass of beer wid ye, but how would I lie
tellin' of thim dime-novel things? 'Dade
an' I don't know any tale barrin' wan about
a banshee!"
The chieftain reads not the heart of
his white brother. The white brother
would drink the fire-water and smoke the
calumet with the chieftain, and list to the
legends of the Indian. Was the great
Hiawatha one of the chieftain's ances
tors ?"
" Higher wather, is it? Why, begorra,
the river's fallen two inches! An' me aunt
had nivcr a sisthcr, at all at all !"
4 4 And was the fair Te-he-ti known to
the chieftain ere they sought the haunts of
the pale-faces? Many moons in the past
did the chieftain wander with Te-he-ti in
the forest glades and whisper to her tales
of love as the stars shone through the
whispering pine-trees?"
"An' it's Ta-ha-ti, is it? Ah, wirra!
that girrul '11 be the death ov me, wid all
the racin' and plungin'! My plague ov a
horse is that unasy I'm chafed that bad
I'm a martyr. Ah, it's a mane life it is!"
"And is not the chieftain lonesome in
the great city of the whites? Yearns he
never for his home in the forest?"
"Is't the ould sod, ye mane? Ah, but
it's the tight little country! But th' land
lord wuz grippin' an' the praeties failed,
an' barrin' the fairs an' the chape whisky
across the say Ameriky's betther."
"And still the red man comprehends
not the lansruairc of his white brother.
The face of his white brother is sad. He
will go and leave the chieftain alone
to his memories and his fire-water."
"An' its cracked ye are, sure! But ye
did the eintlemanlv thing onyhow, in
tratin'. May Saint Patrick kape an eye
on vez !"
The interview concluded, the Indian
speaking apparently only his native tongue
and being unable to comprehend the En
glish. It is to be regretted that no inter
preter accompanies the band, as through
him there could be obtained no doubt
many interesting legends and incidents re
lating to Indian life. tit. Lut Jbynibli
can. There's a man wno nas tieen traveling
up and down the country looking for the
compositor who always indicates proierly
by double and single marks a quotation
iind a quotation within a quotation.
When he legan his search for such a com
positor this man was in the lusty strength
of his first manhood, and now his white
beard falls to his waist and he ltows be
neath the weight of over three-score weary
winters. tit. Louis Rcpuhlicnn.
A lively discussion is progressing in
Walla Walia, Washington Territory, be
tween the friends and opponents of a "no-tv-tio..''
in that retrion. It is the inter
est of a lanre class of agriculturists who
may be called poor, against another class
of rich stock-owners who count their
fl(K?ks and herds by the hundreds.
SENSE AM) NONSENSE.
Fine business the Pol ice Court Judge's.
New IIampsiukk's State tax is $400,000.
A ntETTY piece of business drawing
salaries.
"A stitch in Time" one in the old
fellow's back.
Mosqcitok.s must be happy, for they
are always singing at tneir work.
All respectable, high-toned Boston
families paint their front steps lemon
color.
What movement is that of a man hoe
ing a row of potatoes? A row-later y
movement, of course.
The misery felt by the child who
couldn't go to the picnic is nothing to that
of the one who litis been to it.
The grand essentials to happiness in
this life are something to do, something to
love and something to hope for.
Font Hl'XOHED barrels of dead oil have
been oured into the Baltimore basin in
the effort to deodorize its smells.
Six feet in his stockings!" exclaimed
Mrs. Partington. " Why, Ike has only two
in his, and 1 never can keep 'cm darned
at that!"
A MorNT.ux of iron has been discovered
near Theophile's ranch, in the Gabilan
ltange, alxmt twelve miles from Ilollister,
California.
About 270 cubic feet of new meadow
hay, or from 210 to 24:1 cubic feet of hay
from old stacks, or from 207 to 321 cubic
feet of dry clover, weigh one ton.
What is the difference between sperma
ceti and a school-boy's howl? One is the
wax produced by the whale, and the other
is the wail pHnfuced by the whacks.
A philosopher asserts that the reason
why ladies' teeth decay sooner than gen
tlemen's is liecause of the friction of the
tongue and the sweetness of the lips.
The New York Tribune says that the
Philadelphia water works will not be
able to quench the thirst of half the
people who visit the big Centennial.
How a man can afford to give away
an eightccn-dollar chromo with a pound
of dollar tea puzzles people who don't
know the immense profits made on teas.
Some strangers dug up $75,000 in gold
near Mobile the other day, and Mobile
papers suggest that strangers be impris
oned hereafter the moment they strike the
town.
Did you ever meet Alonzo Brown, of
Virginia? If you never did you never
wili. He was found hanging to a limb
the other day and a paper pinned to his
coat read : "He stole hams."
A Spanish musician recently tried to
hang himself with a cord made of fiddle
strings rolled together, but was cut down
in time to save his ute. His " execution '
in this instance was poor.
The river has been cutting into the
bank at New Madrid, Mo., at such a rate
that a new storehouse has gone into the
Mississippi and it has been necessary to
move several other buildings to a safer lo
cation.
Hair can be turned blonde, or in other
words killed, by washing in a very weak
solution of soda twice a day. Two of the
leading belles of New York society owe
their much-admired golden tresses to this
simple recipe. Cineiniuiti Time.
Dame Fashion says that woolen barege
is coming into vogue again. It is fashion
ably worn in France, and is admired for
its soft, clinging texture, rull costumes
of barege have lieen sent over from Paris
in stylish ecru and dark blue shades.
A mother and father are Irving to
force their daughter to marry. Daughter
(loquitur) "There are many reasons why
1 don t want to marry mm; in the tirst
place he is too hideous and stupid."
Mother (with dignity) " Stephanie, did I
not marry your father?"
Cheating is not confined to any partic
ular race. In a package of opium that
has not been opened since it left the shores
of the Levant, received at a drug store in
Alexandria, Ya., there waa found a col
lection of old bullets and rocks, which
had been paid for at the rate of $$.75 a
pound.
A Massachusetts woman was recently
struck by lightning, and the electric cur
rent melted a string of gold Heads slic
wore about her neck. She recovered from
the shock, but the prejudice she now en
tertains against melted gold beads running
down the back and into the shoes is said
to be even grand in its vigor.
The other day, as a woman in mourning
had about finished making her purchases
at a Vicksburg grocery-toi e,and the goods
had ljecn placed in a vehicle which brought
her in from the country, the grocer asked :
"Wouldn't yer like some nice beans?"
She burst into tears ana leanea against Hie
wagon. " What is it, madam what is thn
matter?" he anxiously inquired. "Did
vou sav beans?" she sobbed. "Yes."
ell. you struck a lender cnorn in my
heart when you said beans; my poor hus
band called lor beans Hie last thing oeiore
he died." Yicktburg Heruhl.
An auctioneer is selling a picture "Go
ing at thirty francs at thirty, thirty, thir
ty too cheap, gentlemen; but have it at
your own price; going, going, and
" Stop!" cries an oinciai wno nas just ar
rived. 44 Excuse me," he says, 44 but I am
happy to say the artist who painted this
picture died an hour ago." The auction
eer resumes the sale, and the picture which
came very near to being knocked down tit
thirty francs is finally disposed of at4,50O.
Tins is oi course an extravagant, inven
tion, but it illustrates how pictures en
hance in value after the death of the art
ists. Shrewd dealers buy up all the pict
ures they can when the artist has a repu
tation and is old and sick. When the art
ist dies the dealer will quadruple the orig
inal price at least. Figaro.
Wherever the ptistures of Western
Missouri have been destroyed by the grass
hoppers newvarieties of grass havesprung
up which the oldest inhabitant never saw
before. The principal of these is a green
bunch grass of luxuriant growth, which
now covers pastures and door-yards
where only blue grass has grown for many
a j-ear before. Stock eat it with avidity,
and some rieople contend that it is btifl'alo
grass, while others see in it a resemblance
to other grasses of I he plains and mount
ain west of us. We hope that its devel
opment will be studied by some expert in
liotanyof this continent, for its origin may
throw a new and important light upon
the origin or migration of the locusts. The
seed was evidently brought here and de
posited by the swarm that laid eggs in this
region last fall. If brought here from
Kansas and Colorado only, its identity
would surely have been determined ere
this by old plainsmen who are so numer
ous hereabout. It has put forth no seed
stalk as yet, and perhaps in this climate it
may not go to seed this year. Kama
City Times.
On the afternoon of the 4th inst., as the
steamer Maria Wilkens w as on her way
from Freeport to Kalama, she frighted a
deer in the river aliout a mile below the
latter place. When first seen he was about
one-third of the way across, and striking
out boldly for the Oregon shore. The
steamer was headed for him with all
haste, and, there being no firearms on
lioard except a small pocket pistol, it was
decided to iry and capture him alive. A
noose was made in a rope and thrown as
the boat approached, but missed the game.
The deer whirled and made for the Wash
ington Terriiory side, which was the near
er," but Capt. Huntington turned the little
steamer in fine style and headed him off.
The chase now bertnue exciting. A sec
ond time the ropes were thrown unsuc
cessfully, and the deer, though making
prodigious efforts to reach the shore, was
a third time overhauled. This time both
ropes caught on his horns, and after a des
perate struggle he was hauled on board
and securely fastened, but one horn wiw
broken off in the struggle, lie proved to
be a four-year-old buck, and in line condi
tion. I'ortliiiul Oreyuniitn.
FACTS AND l'IGl'KES.
The annual hay crop of Great Britain
is worth 2 10,000,1)00.
The State Lunatic Asylum at I'tica, N.
Y., contains 744 inmates.
A pot' it horse team will haul from twenty-five
to thirty-six cubic feet of limestone
at each load.
The area of the Southern States is near
ly r07,000,KH) of acres. There are 55,
(kxi,000 of acres under cultivation.
To compute the number of tons an ice
house will contain, calculate the number
of cubic feet in the house and divide by
:15; this gives the number of tons if close
ly packed.
Boston has 475 public schools, (: hanks,
lf5 hotels, 11X5 churches ami religious as.
sociations, 14 courts, l:JS constables, be
tween !00 and 1,000 lawyers and IS!) news
papers and periodicals.
Some of the men who went to war a few
years ago did not gain worldly renown in
the strife. Of the 255,000 headstones just
finished to mark the resting places of
Union soldiers in the national cemeteries,
1!I5,000 are for graves ot the unknown.
From returns made by the General
Agent of the National Board of Fire Un
derwriters it is shown that the losses by
fire for the months of Mav and June last
in the United States and Canada aggre
gated sflti.427,751. This h exclusive of
losses ill California.
The largest library In the United State
is the library of Congress, which contains
274,000 volumes; next in order is the Bos
ton Public Library, with 274.0(H), whilst
the Harvard University Library, with
1HS.0O0, and the New York Mercantile
Library, with 155,120, are respectively
third and fourth in point of sire.
Becent statistics show that the South
ern States have 1S7 mills, 10,447 looms,
4!J7,(J27 spindles and b,Mi,HVJ pounds
each. Georgia has forty-two of the mills,
running 2, t:M looms and l:!!i,:i:0 spindles,
and 1S,522,:K) pounds, or 4,:i07 bales.
The next State to Georgia in consumption
is South Carolina, which consumes 7,1:14,
55H pounds, and the next is Alabama, with
(,4!0,7!)0 pounds, followed closely by Ten
nessee with (1,27(5,15:1, and North Carolina
with (.0:52,(J7:l, and Virginia with 5.4.H,
025 pounds, and the rest are under y,4Sl,
IJ7;J pounds.
Iv small blasts ono pound of powder
will loosen aliout four ami a half tons of
rock. In large blasts one pound of pow
der will loosen two and a half tons. Fifty
or sixty pounds of powder inclosed in a
bag and hung against a barrier will de
molish any ordinary structure. One man
can bore with a bit one inch in diameter
from fifty to sixty inchen per day of ten
hours in granite, or ."(H) to 400 inches per
day in limestone. Two strikers una a
holder can bore w ith a bit two inches in
diameter ten feet per day in rin k of -medium
hardness. 'ientific American.
To determine the weight of live cattle,
measure in indies the girth around I In?
breast just behind the shoulder blade, and
the length of I lie back from the tail to the
fore part of the shoulder blade. Multiply
the girth by the length nnd divide by 14 .
If the girth is less than three feet, multiply
the quotient by eleven. If bit ween three
andrlive feet, multiply by sixteen ; if le
tween five and seven feet, by twenty-three,
or if between seven and nine fed, by
thirty-one. If the animal is lean, deduct
one-twentieth of the result and the answer
is tin: weight in pounds; this multiplied
by 0.C05 gives the net weight. Scientific
American.
A Chinese Solomon.
A Chinese Solomon has come to. light
in Nankin. His latent wisdom was devel
oped under the following circumstances:
During the Taeping rebellion a married
Chinaman, resident of that city, joined a
regiment which was ordered against the
rebels. He did not return from the war,
and, nothing having been heard from him
for several years, his wife listened to the
suit of one who professed to love her and
married him. In a year or two husband
number one, with the perversity of hus
bands tinder such circumstances, present
ed himself, alive and well, nnd demanded
his wife. Husband number two refused to
give her up, and it was ultimately decided
to take the case before a magistrate. At
first that functionary was puzzled what
course to take, Ixith husbands producing
legal proofs of marriage. At last he told
them to leave the woman with biin and re
turn in ten days. Alxmt the fifth or sixth
day the magistrate sent in haste for the
two men and informed tliem, with mourn
ful faces, that the wife had been suddenly
smitten with an illness that had
proved fatal, and that she was dead,
and he asked the first husband whether he
would take away the body and provide for
the funeral. This man demurred, saying
be wanted a living wile, not a dead one,
ami should have nothing further to do
with the matter. Turning to the other,
the magistrate put the same question to
him, saying that one of them must remove
the iHxly. The man said he was very
jHor, but the deceased had been a good
wife to him ; they had loved each other
dearly, and, cost what it might, he would
raise "the money and pay for the burial.
44 Very well," said the magistrate, 44 then
here she is ; take her away with you." And
drawing aside the curtain he showed tho
astonished man the wife, standing and
living and in good health, before them.
It Iieing clear that the first husband really
cared nothing for her, they willingly
abided by the magistrate's method of set
tling the complication. The-only draw,
back to this story is that we are unable to
hand down to posterity, in plain English,
the name of this Chinese Solomon.
How the Sun Moved a Drldge.
Duhino the recent building of a bridge
in Holland one of the traverses, 400 feet
long, was misplaced on the supjiorts. It
was an inch out of the line and the prob
lem was bow to replace it. Exjx riuients
proved that the iron work .expanded a
small fraction of an inch to every degree
of heat received. It was noticed that the
night and dav temcrature differed by
alxmt twenty-five degrees, and it was
thought that'llns might be made to move
the bridge. In tjte morning one end of
the pieces was lxilted down sec urely and
the other end left free. In the heat of the
sun the iron expanded, and toward night
the free end was loosened. The contrac
tion then dragged the whole mass the other
way. For two days this experiment was
repeated, and the'desired place reached.
The contraction and expansion of iron bars
by fire-heat has frequently been us-d to
move heavy weights over bhort distances.
Broken w alls and strainul roofs and arches
have been brought into place by simply
heating iron rods until they expand and
then taking the slack by screws and nuts
and allowing contraction by cold to pull
the wall or roof into place.
Bishop Cummins has a letter from a
clerevman in the island of Tobago, Brit
ish West Indies, giving the following in
formation: 44 1 am authorized by the
Leeward parishes of this island, namely,
St. David's and St. Patrick's congrega
tions of about 8,000 attendants and 5H)
communicant, to express our united de
sire to join the Reformed Episcopal
Church, placing ourselves under your
Episcopal charge." A cordial reply has
been sent.