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VOLUME XL
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1875.
NUMBER 21.
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ner of Main and Jfifth streets.
HENRY BCECK,
DEALER III
FnxTiituLe,
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
TC, BTC., ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Wooden Coffins
Of All sizes, ready-made, and sold cheap for cat.
With many thanks for past patronage, I inrlta
all to call and examine my
LARGE STOCK OP
Fiirnituro mill Co 111 ids.
Jn2S
MEDICINES
AT
J. H. BUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale ai.d Retail Dealer in
Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes. Patent Medicines,
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
rtTTRESCRirnONS carefully compounded at
all hours, day and night 35-ly
J. V. SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and Livery
STAnTiC.
Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb.
I am prepared to accommodate the public with
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
AND
A No. I Hearse,
On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms.
A II A C K
Will Run to the Steamboat Land
ing, Depot, and all parts of
the City, when Desired.
janl-lf
First National Bank
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
successor to
Tootle, Ilnnna Sc Clarli.
Jons Fitzgerald . . .
E. Ci. DoTET
A. W. McL.AroHi.ix.
John O'Kockkb....
President.
, Vice-President
Cashier.
Assistant Cashier.
This Bank is now open for business at their new
room, comer Main and Sixth streets, and are pre
pared to transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government
and Local Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
DRAFTS DRAWN,
Available in any part of the United States and in
all the ?rincipal Towns and Cities of Enrope.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
INMAN LINE ail ALLAN LINE
OF STIiLVSIKUS.
Persons wishing to bring out their friends from
Europe can
PURCHASE TICKETS rRO CS
Tlrofjli lo IMjitttsiiiontli.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
Main Street, opposite Saunders House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECLVL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Ciittiuff Children' ami Ladies
Hair.
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And get a boon in a
CXjZ: -A. K JBS IX V 23 .
n41-ly
GO TO THE
Post Office Book Store,
H. J. STBEIGHT, Proprietor,
TOR TOCR
Boots. Stationery, Pictures, Music,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Norels,
Song Books, etc., etc
TOST OFFICE BUILDISG,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB,
O. F. JOHNSON,
DEALER m
Drugs, Medicines,
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WALLPAPER.
AHPaper TrimiiFree of Cbarie
ALSO. DEALER IH
Books, Stationery
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
iv "Prescriptions carefully componnded by an
experienced Drnrj-iL a l
EEMEMBER THE PLACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
PLATTSMOUTII, NEB.
THOS. V. SHRYOCK,
DEALER TH
Main St., bet. 5th and 6th,
PLATTSMOTJTH, - NEB.
ALSO
UNDERTAKER,
And Sias on hand a large stack of
lMetallio Burial Cases,
Wooden Coffins, Etc.,
Cf all sizes, cheap for cash.
Funerals Attended on Short Notice
II. J. WITEMJflf & SON,
Wholesals and Ectail Dealers In
PINE LUMBER,
Lath, Shingles,
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Slain St., cor. Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTH, . - - NEB.
FOR YOUR CROCERIE8 '
J. V. Weckbach,
Cor. Third and Main Sts., Piatt; month.
(Gathmann's old stand.)
Us keeps on ban a large and well-selected stock
f
FANCY GROCERIES,
Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots,
Shoes. Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc
Also, a large stack ef
Dry Goods, Soots and Shoes,
Crockery, Queeniware,
Etc., Etc., Etc
la connection with the Grocery is a
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
Highest Price Paid for Country Produce.
f nil stack at all times, and will not be undersold.
Take notice of the Sign :
EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY."
nljl
WILLIAM STADELMANN
Has ea hand one of the largest stocks of
CLOTHING
AND
Gents' Furnishing Goods
FOR BrRIXG AND SUMMER.
I lnrite everybody in want of anrthinff in my
line to call at mj store.
South Side Main, bet. 5th & 6th Sts.,
And conrlnce themselves of the fact. I hare as a
specialty in my Retail Departments a stock of
l in. Clothing for Men tan Hoys, to watch we In
Ti'e tho wht want goods.
I also keep on hand a large and well-selected
stock of
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc.
jarlyl
PHILADELPHIA STORE
SOLOJIOX & XATIIAX,
SCAURS M
Fancy Dry Goods,
Notions, Ladies' FnrnisMni Goods.
Largest, Cheapest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock
in the city.
We are prepared t sell cheaper than they can
be purchased elsewhere.
GIVE TJS -A.
And examine oar Goods.
rystore on Main St., between 4th and 5th Sts.,
Plattsmouth, Neb. 16tf
PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA.
Coxrad Heisel, Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED,
Always on hand and for eale at lowest cash prices.
The Highest Prices paid for Wheat and Com.
Particmlar attention sires to custom work.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Sam. IJrannon is the Democratic can
didate for Congress in the First California
District.
The recent Oregon Independent State
Convention nominated G. W. "Whitney
for Congress.
The New York Republican State Con
vention is to be held at Saratoga on the
yth of SeptemlK-r.
The Chicago Industrial Exposition is
to open on the 8th of September and con
tinue one month.
The town of Lincoln has been selected
as the site for the Illinois Institution for
the Feeble-Minded.
Catt. Bogardus, the American pigeon
shooter, recently easily defeated Kimell,
the English champion.
TnE Massachusetts Republican State
Convention will be held at "Worcester on
the 28th of September.
The French Government has prolubited
the sale in France of Mr. Gladstone's
writings against papacy.
Mrs. Annie Sumner, of Cincinnati,
used coal-oil to hurry up the fire, a few
days ago, and was fatally burned.
The French Geographical Congress has
awarded first-class medals to the American
Statistical Bureau at "Washington and Prof.
Ilayden.
The Republicans of the Fourth District
of Maine have nominated Gen. Plaisted to
fill the vacancy in Congress caused by the
death of Wm. F. Ilersey.
The Government income for the last
fiscal year is larger than any estimate
made, and more than realizes the expecta.
tions of the Treasury officials.
Serious riots occurred in Glasirow.
Scotland, between Orangemen and Ilome
rulers durinsr the O'Connell celebration.
Several of the rioters and policemen were
injured.
The funeral of Hans Christian Ander
sen, the Danish poet and author, occurred
at Copenhagen on the 11th. The day was
made one of national mourning through
out Denmark.
The little mare Lulu made the remark
able time of 2:15 at Buffalo on the 10th,
the fastest time on record with the excep
tion of Goldsmith Maid's 2 :U. at Roch
ester last year.
Notice of trial of the $100,000 libel suit
of Theodore Tilton against the Brooklyn
Eagle and Thomas Kinsella has been en
tered in the Brooklyn City Court for the
September term.
The Oregon Republican and Independ
ent State Conventions both adopted reso
lutions favoring specie payments. The
latter favored the repeal of the law in
creasing the President's salary.
Jefferson Davis, the ex-Con federate
President, has accepted an invitation to
deliver the annual address before the "Win
nebago County (111.) Agricultural Society
at Rock ford on the 11th of next month.
It has been definitely ascertained that
the political status of the delegates to the
North Carolina Constitutional Convention
is as follows: Democrats, sixty; Inde
pendents, two; Republicans, fifty-eight.
It is stated that the committee of the
creditors of J. B. Ford fc Co. have recom
mended the acceptance of thirty-five cents
on the dollar, in twelve monthly install
ments, commencing Dec. 13, w ith interest.
Announcement was made on the 11th
that Shaw & Thompson, British iron mcr.
chants and manufacturers, had failed for
C00.000 and compromised with their
creditors b' paying fifty cents on the dol
lar.
A recent report places the number of
pensioners whose names are on the Gov
ernment rolls at 228,034, a decrease of
4,871 since last year. The amount paid
out in 1874 was $1,223,000 less than in
the previous year.
Gov. Beveridge, of Illinois, has issued
a proclamation offering a reward of $100
each for the arrest of the perpetrators oi
the murders committed in Williamson
County within the past two years. This is
in addition to the $1,000 reward offered
by the county.
Seven local architects who were ap
pointed to investigate the disputed ques
tions relating to the new Custom-I louse
building in Chicago have unanimously re
ported in favor of continuing the work on
the original plan and with the same ma
terials. This report has been forwarded
to the Washington authorities.
It is reported from New York that
Drcxel, Morgan & Co., of that city, have
made arrangements with Duncan, Sher
man !c Co. and Alexander Duncan, father
ol the leading member of the firm of D.,
S. & Co., by which the branch houses of
the former firm in London and Paris will
cash all orders and letters of credit of the
latter firm held by travelers in Europe.
It is understood in Washington that an
adverse decision will be given to the peti
tion of Fitz John Porter for a rehearing of
his case. The decision is based upon the
ground that the finding of a court-martial,
after sentence has Leen approved and exe
cuted, cannot be reviewed or reopened,
and that the United States Supreme Court
has held that under the Constitution there
is no appeal from such a verdict.
Speaking of the balloon ascension of
Messrs. Donaldson and Grimwood, occur
ring a month ago, the Chicago Journal of
a recent date says : " There is now but lit
tle doubt that they were dashed into the
lake by the gale of that terrible night and
that their bodies and the balloon sank in
the middle of Lake Michigan, where, the
water beingof very great depth, nobodies of
drowned persons have ever been known to
rise to the surface. In every instance
where reports have reached U5 of Donald
son's balloon, or remnants of it, having
been seen or its passengers heard of, we
have promptly instituted inquiry, but in
no case have we found the reports well
founded or worthy of credit."
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
An amnesty demonstration occurred at
Dublin on the 7th, in the cemetery where
O'Connell is buried. Over 40,000 persons
were present, including several members
of Parliament. Resolutions were adopted
favoring home rule and amnesty for the
imprisoned Fenians.
TnE cholera is said to be raging violent
ly in Syria. Advices up to the 23d ult.
reported 400 cases daily at Damascus, and
the real number was thought to be consid
erably larger. The disease was also re
ported as raging at Antioch and other
towns adjacent.
Benjamin B. II alxeck, a clerk in the
cash-room of the Treasury Department in
Washington, was arrested on the 7th under
suspicion of being concerned in the $47,
000 robbery. Wm. H. Ottman, a saloon
keeper, and an old gambler named Brown
were also arrested as accomplices in the
theft. A special telegram of the evening
of the 8th says Halleck had made a full
confession, saying that Ottman put up the
job, Brown being used by him (Ottman) as
a go-between. It was thought $40,000 of
the money would be recovered, and that
Ottman's property in "Washington would
be sufficient to cover the balance.
One hoy was killed and eighteen others
injured by an explosion in the Govern
ment arsenal near Philadelphia on the
morning of the 7th.
A fire in the town of Victory, near
Auburn, N. Y., on the night of the 6th
destroyed the entire business portion of
the village, forty buildings being con
sumed. Loss estimated at $250,000. A
woman named Patterson and a boy,
Charlie Watson, were burned to death in
one of the houses. Peter Barnes, a fire
man, fell from a ladder and was instantly
killed.
The jury in the case of John D. Lee,
charged with being the leader in the
Mountain Meadows massacre, reorted on
the 7th that they were unable to agree
and were discharged by the Court. It is
said they stood nine for acquittal and
three (one Gentile and two Mormons) for
conviction.
The trial of Alexander and William
Collie on the charge of obtaining money
from the London and Westminster Bank
on false pretenses came to a sudden con
clusion on the 9th by the announcement
that Alexander had absconded.
Of the $47,000 stolen from the Treasury
Department $14,500 were recovered on
the Oth, being found in the vault of an
Alexandria bank, where it had been de
posited by Ottman.
The State Constitutional Convention is
carried in Alabama by about 10,500 ma
jority. Of the delegates chosen the Dem
ocrats have eighty-one, Independent
Democrats six, Renublicans twelve.
The Republicans of the First California
District have nominated Ira P. "Rankin
for Congress.
A London dispatch of the 11th states
that a serious affair had occurred between
the Russian and Prussian frontier guards
at Donbrowa, on the boundary between
the two countries. The trouble was pro
voked by the Russians, who trespassed on
German territory. Several of the guards
on each side were wounded.
It is reported that all the Carlist villages
on the plain of Alaoa have submitted to
the Government of King Alphonso. A
Madrid telegram of the 10th says the
Official Gazette had published an order
directing a levy of 100,000 men.
Gen. Crook and Col. Stanton returned
to Cheyenne on the 10th from the Black
Hills. They report that miners were pre
paring to leave the Hills, covering up the
richest lodes to prevent their becoming
known until such time as they can re
turn. They say there are gold mountains
full of quartz, and that capital and skill
will develop mines equal to those of Cali
fornia and Nevada. There were about
1,500 miners in the Hills, and a great deal
of preliminary work had been done by
them in the way of ditches and sluices.
But few Indians had been seen.
Ottman, one of the three Treasury rob
bers, was remanded to jail on the 10th, in
default of $40,000 bail.
A Raleigh (N. C.) telegram of the 9th
sa3s the result of the convention election
was still doubtful. The Democrats claimed
four majority in the convention.
A ncmbek of citizens of Minneapolis,
Minn., state that they saw a balloon floating
westward over that city, at a great height,
on the evening of the 10th.
Halleck and Brown, under arrest for
complicity in the. United States Treasury
robbery, were examined on the 11th and
committed to jail in default of $40,000
bail each.
A collision occurred on the evening of
the 11th between a cattle-train on the St.
Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway
and a special train on the Hannibal & St.
Joe Iioad, a few miles from Kansas City
The special train contained several rail
way officials, many of w hom were more
or less injured.
The levy of troops recently ordered in
Spain includes j-ouths who shall be nine
teen .by the 31st of Decemler next. The
man-of-war Victoria was reported on the
12th as bombarding Lequito, on the Bis
cayan coast.
According to a Constantinople telegram
of the 12th the situation in Herzegovina
was Incoming exceedingly grave. The
insurgents had attacked Trebigne, and
were burning and pillaging in all direc
tions. The Turks had been defeated at
Bileridia after an obstinate fight.
Shawneetown, 111., was inundated on
the 12th, the high water in the Ohio River
bursting through the levee at that place.
The water in the town was from five to
seven feet deep, and the inhabitants were
obliged to take refuge in the higher sur
rounding country.
The census returns from all counties in
Wisconsin except one give the total popu
lation of the State at 1,230,579, being an
increase of 181,909 in five j-ears.
There were thirty cases of yellow-fever
at Pascagoula, Miss., on the 12th. Seven
deaths had occurred, the disease being of
the most malignant type. A Fort Bar
rancas (Fla.) dispatch of the 11th says
there were no new cases there.
THE -MARKETS.
Auocst 13, 1S73.
NEW YORK.
Lite Stock. Bef Cattle $11.7o13.50. Hors
Live, $7.502.7.6,4. Sheep Live, S!-5G3-25.
BsaaDSTurrs. Flour Good to choice, 6.G53
7.10; white wheat extra, $7.1D(3.7.bO. Wheat No.
2 Chicago, $1.370,1.3!; No. 2 Northwestern,
S1.38&1.39; No. 2 Milwaukee sprint;, $1,433
1.44. Rye Western and State, $1.0831-10. Bar
iejr $1.301.S3. Corn Mixed Western, 80
84Hc Oats Mixed Western, 64'4B6c.
Provisions. Pork Mess, $21.0i21.(i5. Lard
Prime Steam, 13Jiai4c Cheese 5llc
Wool. Domestic Fleecu, 502.03c.
CHICAGO.
Lrva Stocx. Beeves Choice, $6.0(V&6.25;
good, $5.4(&5.80; medium, $40&5.15; butch
era' stock, $3.2o&4.; stock cattle, $3,002
3.75. Bogs Live, $7.702,3.00. Sheep Good to
choice, $4.003.4.75.
Provisions. Butter Choice, 24J28c. Ecre
Fresh, 13Vi14c. Pork Mess, f 21.3aal 25.
Lard $13 4313.50.
BuiADSTvrrs. Klour White Winter Extra,
$6.50&7.75; spring extra, $5.5036 50. Wheat
Spring:, No. 2, $1.24K31.25. Corn- No. S, 6'J',
370c ata No. 2, 4&49c. Rye No. 2,
8fc385c. Barley No. 2, $1.1731.19.
Lumber. First Clear, $45.00(316.00; Second
clear, $43.OO45.O0; Common Boards, $10.00(3
11.00; Fencing, $10.00(311.00; "A" Shingles,
$2.1033 00: Lath, $1.75.00.
CINCINNATI.
Brxadstutts. Flour $7.35(37.50. Wheat Red,
S1.40&1.5S. Corn 74 77c. Rye 95!Wc. Oats
70S 75c.
Provisions. Pork $21.73(322.00. Lard 13?4
14c
8T. LOUIS.
Lira Stock. Beeves Good to choice, $5.90Q
6.40. Hogs Live, $7.40(38.23.
BKKADSTUrrs. Flour XX Fall, $5.75G 23.
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.47(31-47i4. Corn
No. 3, 69(370c Oat No. 2, 51 32c. Rye
No. 2, 83(385c.
Provisions. Pork Mess, $22.00322 30. Lard
12iOt3c
MILWAUKEE.
BBiaDSTurrs. Flour Spring XX, $5 0035.25
Wheat Sr-ring No. 1,$1.313L31; No. 2, $1.26
31.2'1!4. Corn No. 2, 69370c. Oats No. 2, 49'
&E0c Rye No. 1, 82383c. Barley No. 2,
$1.1231-13.
DETROIT.
BMADSTcrrs. Wheat Extra, $1.49(31.50.
Corn No. 1, 79&80C Oats No. 1, 6CK361C
TOLEIXJ.
BBiiDtTum. Wheat Amber Mich., $1.50
l.EO'J; No. 2 Red, $1.52(31.53. Corn-
High Mixed, "J7(377c Oats No. 2, 65366c.
CLEVELAND.
BBEADSTTjrrs. Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.55 54
1.56; No. 2 Red, $1.50!i31.51. Corn Hih
Mixed, 82383c. att-No.l, 70371c.
BUFFALO.
Lira Stock. Beeves $5 5036 75. Hogs
Live, $7.7038 30. 8heeD Live, $1.7335.50.
BAST LIBERTY.
Lira Stock. Beeves Best. $6.5037.00; me
dium, $5.7536.00. Hogs Yorkers, $8,153
8.30; Philadelphia, $8.6028.80. Sheep Beut,
$5.0035.25; medium, $4.5034 75.
Calitok-ia has an odd trouble. Thou
sands of pelicans are eating up all the fish
in Big Meadow Lake, 150 miles inland.
Brief Biographical Sketch of the Late
Ex-President Johnson.
Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh,
N. C. Dec. 20. 1WS. His father, Jacob
Johuson, was city constable, sexton and
porter of the State Bank. At the age ot
four he lost his father, who died from in
juries he received while attempting to res
cue a man from drowning. At tne age 01
ten he was apprenticed' to a Ra
leisrh tailor. While engaged in the
industrious pursuit of this calling
young Johnson first learned to read.
With such assistance as he could get he
mastered the alphabet, and added to his
store of knowledge as bc-t he could, until
he became possessed of a good deal ot
general information. He rose from his
humble position step by step, and in
was elected Alderman of reenville, and
three 3-ears after Mayor. He was elected
to the'Tenncssee Legislature in l&io, was
defeated for re-election in 18:7, and was
a train elected to the same posit ion in is:j).
In 1840 he was a Presidential Elector-at-Large,
and in 1841 was elected to the State
Senate. His first election to Congress oc
curred in 1843, and he remained in Con
gress for ten years. In 1853 he was
elected Governor of Tennessee, and was
re-elected in 1855. He was elected United
States Senator in 1857.
The Republican Convention which re
nominated President Lincoln in June,
1804, named Andrew Johnson as its can
didate for Vice-President. This ticket
was elected, and Vice-President Johnson
took the oath of ofliceon the 4th of March,
18(54. On the 14th of April Abraham
Lincoln was assassinated, and Andrew
Johnson became President of the United
States. On the 24th of February, 1S(8, the
House, by a vote of 128 to 47, resolved to
impeach him of high crimes ami misde
meanors, but the vote in the Senate was
not sufficient to secure his removal from
office.
Mr. Johnson was again brought into
prominence a few months ago by the
struggle in Tennessee over the United
States Senatorship, which resulted in his
return to the Senate. He occupied his
seat during the brief extra session of the
Senate in March last.
The Tornado in Knox County, HI.
At six o'clock last night this vicinity
was visited by a damaging tornado that
scattered destruction along its entire
track. It is first heard from at Alexis,
Warren County, where it took an easterly
course, and crossed the northern suburbs
of Galesburg, demolishing everything in
its course. It was about a half-mile in
width. The first place that was struck
was George Furpcning's house, which was
entirely destroyed. Next came the resi
denee of Mr. O. Hultz, which was whirled
high in the air in a thousand splinters.
The home of John Anderson was demol
ished, killing his wile and severely injur
ing him. John McGraw's house, Henry
Maxwell's barn, corn-cribs and orchards
were leveled. 1'. S. Nelson's hay-sheds
were demolished, and six acres of orchard
blown over. The house, was badly dam
aged, and forty acres of corn taken up by
the roots, while forty or fifty acres
additional were more or less dam
aged. Three boys are missing, and
are supposed to have been picked
up by the tornado and killed. The
houses of Seakery Brown and Robert
Stott were destroyed. Barney Conley's
house was blown down. A house and
barn belonging to Peter Coffee were over
turned. John McGrath had 1,000 bushels
of corn in crib blown away and a large
number of hogs killed. A dead steer was
found which had been carried one mile
from its pasture. The foregoing occurred
within two or three miles of Galesburg.
Passing on, the funnel-shaped destroyer
prostrated everything in its path till it ar
rived at Wataga, eight miles northeast,
where A. Dreed's house, haystacks, or
chards, etc., were destroyed, J. Holyoke's
corn-crib demolished, Thomas Woolley's
barn unroofed. Dr. Slater's barn moved
from its foundations, Mrs. Anna Wild's
house overturned, and herself nearly
killed. Houses, btablesand other buildings
belonging to Henry Vaile, W. II. Smith,
J. Olson, Mrs. Swanson and Mrs. Delane
were torn down and the debris scattered
far and wide. On went the tornado to near
Knoxville, where the touse of Mr. Barton
was laid in ruins over the family's heads,
one child being injured beyond recovery,
and Mr. and Mrs. Barton being danger
ously injured. It is impossible to give
but a meager idea of the extent of the
damage to crops. Whole fields of grain
that had been stacked were swept away
and corn-fields are laid -waste for miles in
extent. , o possible estimate can be
placed upon the damage at present, as it
extends over fifteen or twenty miles of
country. The greatest excitement has ex
isted in this city all day and the different
points along the line of disaster have been
visited by persons whose friends and rel
atives are victims. It is generally con
ceded that this visitation is without paral
lei in the history of Knox County. Uakg-
burg (Aug. (i.) Dispatch to Chicago Tribune.
Seventeen Years Among Savages.
An Australian correspondent of the Lon
don I imc writes: "An interesting case
of naturalization of a white man among
savages has just come to light. Seventeen
3'cars ago the French ship St. Paul, with
;J27 Chinese coolies for Australia, was
wrecked on a reef oft Rossel Island, in the
Lousiadc Archipelago, east of Jsew Guin
ea. The coolies were landed on an island,
where thev Averc left by the Captain. The
story ot the (.lunamen is a short one, tor.
as the natives happened to be cannibals, it
seemed good to them to fetch off two of
the fattest every day and eat them, ao that
wlien at last a ship came to fetch tliem
away there were only seventeen left. The
boat containing the Captain and his crew
of eight Frenchmen made the coast of
Australia near Cape Direction, on the
Cape York Peninsula, and the Captain
and crew landed in search of water.
Among them was a boy twelve 3cars old
named Xarcisse Pelletier, of St. Giles,
near Bordeaux, who cut his feet badly in
walking over the rock, and was unable to
keep up with the others; consequently,
when the boat started on its course he was
left behind and remained three days alone
on the coast, lie was lying asleep under
a tree when a geutle shaking made him
aware that he was in the presence of three
black men and two black women, who
made signs of surprise ami commisera
tion. They gave him some food, and led
him away without any violence to their
camp, where he was received by others of
the tribe in an equally friendly manner.
He lKcame one of the tribe and
adopted their way of living, which,
as he describes it, is, perhaps, as
primitive as any that can now be found.
Shelter and clothing are dispensed with
altogether, except that the women w ear a
small, fringed girdle round the hips. Their
food consists of fish, which they take en
tirely by spearing and harpooning, fruits,
and a few animals. They use "tire for
cooking, obtaining it by rubbing two
pieces ot dry wood together. llieirperr
sonal ornamentations consist of a few
scars, made by cutting the flesh w;th
broken bottles and pinching up the in
cisions repeatedly until a cork-like ex
crescence is formed. The design, as ex
emplified in his person, consists ot two
straight cords across the lower part of his
chest, the longer of them alout ten inches
in length, about a third of an inch thick
in the middle, and tapering oil" to the
ends, the other somewhat smaller; four or
five short lines parallel to these and above
them on each side of the front of the
chest, all the lines being about an inch
apart; some similar short lines or crack
ling' in front of the right shoulder, and a
few slight ones in front of the left; le-
ldes that he has a hole through the lobe
of the right ear large enough to hold a
piece of wood of the size of a five-franc
piece when stretched, and finally a hole
through the division of the nose to admit
a piece of hamltoo as large as a common
lead-pencil just below the nostrils lhey
do not practice any other mutilation or
modification of any part of the body, but
thev cut their hair (which is black and
straight not curled in the smallest de
gree) with broken bottles. The incisions
lppl ted to the women diner only in pat
tern from those of the men. When it rains
heavily they try to shelter themselves with
pieces of bark or branches, but they have
not even the rudiment of a hut. They
seldom stay long in one place. They have
no stone implements in use; their weap
ons and fish spears ar tipped with iron,
obtained from the hoops of ca.sks picked
upon the beach, llieir language, about
a hundred words of w hich have been writ--ten
down from Pelletier's dictation, does
not appear to have anything in common
with -Malay, or with any of the Papuan
dialects, of which vocabularies are at hand.
It abounds in nasal sounds. They are
wholly unable to count, and have no
words for numliers. Their relations be
tween the sexes are those which obtain
among animals other than man. The
strongest tike three or four women each,
and fights for their possession arc of fre
quent occurrence. When a man for any
reason is dissatisfied with or tired of his wife
he simply spears her sind there is an end
of it. Domestic troubles are consequently
of short duration. Neither cannibalism
nor infanticide is practiced by this tribe;
on the contrary, according to Pelletier's
statement, they arc rather good-natured
people, and would be kind to any white
man who came among them unarmed.
Of any religion, or belief in the existence
of any kind of unseen world, they appear
not to have the slightest vestige. Pelle
tier is, of course, a living curiosity. He
is to be handed over to the French Consul
at Sydney, who will no doubt forward him
to France. What his ultimate fate may
be no one can sajr, but it is certain that if
he is to thrive as a civilized man he will
require a larger amount of discretion than
his training up to this point is likely to
have given him."
The Rain-Fall.
Tiik immense rains which have flooded
portions of Europe and Asia, and even
now are visiting China and the remote
East, are now visiting us with 11ok1s that
are doing great damage in some places
and threaten to lc very destructive in oth
ers. We know too little of the laws of the
physical globe and the forces that operate
in 'and upon it to foresee these visitations
and prevent them. But in this country a
great deal lias been done to invite drought
and increase the destruetiveness of floods
when they occur by stripping the hills of
their natural covering and baring whole
districts of forests. These alsorb the rain
as it comes and hold it back for equable
and safe distribution through a season.
Thev regulate the flow of rivers, as well as
suck up the storm that but for them would
break in devastating fury over a whole
district, doing immense damage. It is now
demonstrated beyond question that the
more forests in a State the less it sutlers
from droughts and floods. It is obviously
important that everything should be done
to prevent the wanton destruction of for
ests by law, while the planting of artific ial
forests on the bare and unproductive hill
sides of the country should be encouraged.
We cannot stop the occasional massing of
the rain-clouds and their breaking in
storms over a particular distric t, but by a
wise adoption of such preventive measures
as we understand their destructive effec ts
can be mitigated, and they can be utilized
to some extent for industrial and commer
cial ends. N. Y. Graphic.
Yonng American Wonders.
I wondek what makes papa tell such
nice stories to visitors about his hiding
his master's rattan when he went to school,
and about his running away from the
schoolmistress when she was going to
n-hir liim and then shut me ui all dav in
a dark room because I tried just once ot
be as smart as he was!
Wonder what made papa say that
w icked word when Betsey upset the ink
all over his papers, and then slapped my
ears because I said the same thing when
my kite-string broke!
'Wonder why mamma told Bridget the
other day to say s-he was not at home when
Tommy Day's mother called, and then
puts me to bed w ithout any supper every
time 1 tell a lie! '
He squeezed her hand in the damp
arbor a the stars came, up, and asked her
to remain a little longer, but the gathered
her liht shawl more closely and said she
felt a little dewbious about it.
FACTS AM) FIGURES.
The combined wealth of the guests at
the United States Hotel at Saratoga is esti
mated at if'JO.OOO.tMK).
The Wheeling (W. Va.) nail factories,
during the past six months, have turned
out f l,.2 ),:i- worth ot nails.
The sale of postage stamps in the New
York postoffices for the quarter ending
June ;S0 amounted to f 4!,14!MN.
In Louisiana oranges are sold on trees
at $10 a thousand. The hist crop amounted
to 1(5,250,000, which realized a net profit
of !f810,000.
The Panama Star says that shipments
of bananas from the Isthmus had been sus
pended, and 8,000 bunches will rt on the
trees, in consequence of the high rates of
freight.
Tiieke nre 2,150 cubic inc hes in a level
bushel, and for corn in the ear you must
give three heaped half bushels, which
equal two level bushels, making 4,11110
cubic inches.
AnorT 800,000 gallons, or over $ 1 ,000,
000 worth, of ice-cream are manufactured
in Boston every year, and the average con
sumption in the leading hotels andhaloous
is forty-two gallons a day.
The insurance companies have Fettled
with the losers by the big fire in Spring
field, Mass., for $142,802. This includes
all the risks on buildings, one of $25,000.
The total loss by the fire is now estimated
at $x0,000.
It is a curious fact that Boston 'sexports
of iron and steel are greater than those of
Philadelphia, Boston having exported
$1,21(S!W4 worth of iron and $22,208 worth
of steel in 1874, to Philadelphia's $005,755
in iron and $1,779 of steel.
There are over 2, 7(H) varieties of apples
known by over 1,H(K) names, 2.2(H) of
pears, 200 of cherries, 150 of plums, ".OO
of our native grapes, fifty of currants,
eighty of blackberries, and thirty of rasp
berries, according to a counting up of
somebody.
Of the 1,905,078 cheese received at New
York for the year ending May 31, 1874,
1.701,328 were exported, leaving for
home consumption only 0 per cent., show
ing that the foreign market is what
our cheese-makers have to depend on.
The cheese, exported were wortli $14,-
500,000.
A nitTOHT idea in statistics has been
struck in Massachusetts. In calling for
44 blind and deaf" they tret every person so
afflicted to tell of all of his or her relatives
similarly suffering, then they count all.
In this way they avoid missing any. More
than that they make magnificent gains.
Suppose six persons in a family are deaf.
EachreMrts the other five, and altogether
the census-taker gets thirty-six on rec ord
where six exist. It is a simple process.
F. R. Elliott, a writer on agricult
ure, has been collec ting certain data in re
gard to fruit culture, and gives the total
market value of the crop ot the entire
country at $47,000,000. New oi k leads
all the States in amount with $7,000,000.
California's figures are largest in propor
tion to population, being $(i,(M)0,0(K), this
sum probably including the yield from
vineyards. The total sum for the New
England States is put at $li, 000,000, the
individual States not being itemized.
SENSE AM) AO-NSEXSE.
In these days no lady appears perfectly
unruffled.
A btoky gains currency so long as it
pays lo tell it.
Floiuda is to give us 1,000,000 pine
apples this year.
Fon the past two months no fifty-cent
notes have tcen printed.
New Haven is the home of a girl-burglar
about ten years old.
A iioixiNG stone gathers no moss, but
how about a rolling prairie?
Where are those silver twenty-cent
pieces that the public were to 44 jingle V"
Phof. B.uim says all the 400,000 shad,
destined for the '4 o'ershadowed Rhine,"
have died on the voyage.
The Cedar Falls Gazette says it is rec
ommended, to cure a balky horse, to fill
his mouth with dry sand.
The man who attempts to get up a grain
corner in France is promptly got into a
corner of a convenient prison.
Tramps are organizing in Maine for a
fall campaign. They refuse to work for
three dollars a day, but go about freeboot
ing. Don't ue soap. A Brooklyn editor
says that it communicatesdisea.se by being
made of fat taken from dead dogs and
cats.
When a man lives so far off as the De
troit Free Press man he isn't afraid to say:
44 If Tom Allen won't fight let him keep
still."
44 If you won't work we can give j-ou
no credit," is the way the retail dealers at
Fall River, Mass., talk to the striking
operatives.
Dr. Rusn in his last will and testament
aptly and epigrammatically alluded to
newspapers as "vehicles of disjointed
thought."
Miss Emily Faithfull thinks that
American ladies, for beauty and dignity,
rank with the most highly-cultivated na
tions of the w orld.
It may be remarked that, while the
season ol" college commencements is just
ended the season of colic commencements
is but fairly i jaugurated.
Those who think they are wcatherwisc
predict that next winter will not be a se
vere one because, they say, a mild win
ter always follows a cold, wet summer.
44 1 would I were a glove upon that
hand," he murmured fondly, but the next
time he saw her she had the salt-rheum
bad and then he changed his mind.
Fickle, fickle man!
A lawsuit is in progress in San Fran
cisco in which one of the questions raised
on a demurrer is whether a mud-sc ow is a
44 sleamer, vessel or boat" in the legal ac
ceptation of those terms.
44 Lord! how this world is given to
lying," whispers the Philadelphia Chron
icle. Reform must commenc e somewhere,
and we believe it should start in Phila
delphia. Detroit Free l'reas.
44 Oh, dainty foot, oh, gaiter boot, to
piety j'ou're shocking," was what he
quoted in a whisper when she kicked him
vigorously in church ljccause he was
kneeling on the edge of her skirt
The numlier of deaths in the English
mines last year averaged one to ever' 510
persons employed, and uearly all were at
tributed to carelessness. The total num
ber of persons employed was 538, 820.
Old Mrs. Boulav, of Dallas, Tex., found
$1,800 in gold under her floor the other
day. It had been placed there by her hus
band, who had neglected to tell her about
it before he died. Boulay for the old
man.
The bovs of McDonough's school, in
Baltimore", annually have the fun of visit
ing the grave of that deceased millionaire
and covering it with flowers. This is
in accordance with John McDonough's
will.
A sister of ex-Gov. Senter, of Ten
nessee, fell into a trance so closely re
sembling death that she was prepared for
burial. Uion revival, t-he baid bhe had
been with her father, who had been dead
many years.
So great is the rapacity of sunfish,
bass and pickerel in Lake Geoige that
fishermen declare that, ot the 70.(XK or
80,000 trout plated in thee waters by
Seth Green, scarcely cue in a thousand
will come to maturity.
A PRitONEU in Burleson County, Tex.,
who broke jail the other day and fled to
the woods, wan so badly bitten by a rattle
snake-within an hour or two of his scape
that he was obliged to deliver hinwlf up
in order to save his life.
The Green Bay (Wis.) Gazitte was re
cently brought into court charged with
libeling a sewing. machine agent. The
Gazette said that his machine wouldn't
sew, and he wants to prove that he can
sue if his machine can't.
More sorrows: All the clock-maker
in Connecticut have agreed to suspend
operations for four wet ks. It would lie a
pretty hard blow on the nation to be com
pelled to get along a w hole month without
its regular supply of docks.
There is an ominous silence just now
regarding that Kcely motor. It can scarce
ly be possible that the water ha given
out; there's water in abundance now. Let
us hear from Mr. Kcely, the talented I'hil
adclphian. St. Iaii JlcputUiran.
A $2,(HX)-MiitROR with a $(!(H gold leaf
frame is one of the tilings that are pointed
out at Saratoga, and yet there are folks
who will walk right by it without being
made any happier, unless they see that
their dress hangs better than their neigh
bor's. In Kansas, recently, two young ladies,
having retired early, were awakened with
an urgent request to attend a social gath
ering of friends, and in iust fourteen
minutes they appeared before their escort 4
completely arrayed in fashionable attire.
This is the best time on record.
44 Rents have risen," was the jocose re
mark of the astute small boy when 11 nail
caught in the previously small tear in his
coat tail and ripped the garment up to his
neck. Subsequently, alter an interview
with his parents, lie moaned to himself in
the woodshed that 44 leather had fallen."
After a good deal of figuring the New
York 1 ndipendrnt has got together the de
grees conferred by only M'vcnly-nine out
ot the 3(H) col leges at the recent Commence
ments, footing up 120 D. D.'s and 73 LL.
D. s. At these strides a little careless
calculation will show that when next, this
country has a Centennial every inhabitant,
from the best-preserved centenarian to the
youngest babe, will be cither a D. D., 1111
LL. I)., or both.
Althoi c;ii the Esquimaux arc placed,
as a race, low down upon the hcale of hu
manity they arc said to have considerable
inventive and constructive skill Their
boats are ingeniously made and their ice
huts are arched on correct mathematical
principles. A recent writer describes, too.
a cruel but really novel method in tie
among them for killing bears. They
sharpen the ends of a piece of whalebone
a foot or more long, then bend it double
and wrap it closely in fat meat, which is
exposed to the air till it freezes. These
treacherous pellets are thrown to the bear,
which Ixilts them whole. They thaw in
his stomach; the bent whalebone straight
ens and the sharp points pierce his vitals
whenever he attempts to move.
Bigamy Extraordinary.
A Boston correspondent of the New
York Kvaiina l'ost relates the following
instance of remarkable matrimonial du
plicity: I heard rece ntly of a c ase of biga
my in the neighboring city of Lynn,
which, I believe, has not got mentioned in
the newspapers, but whic h is probably one
of the most remarkable on record in tli'n
country. The husband of two wives in
tins case was a resident of Lynn, who at
the outbreak of the war obtained a clerk
ship in the Treasury Department at Wash
ington. He continued to hold this posi
tion until his death, which occurred not
very long ago. AV hen he went to Wash
ington he left a wile behind him, she; hav
ing the care of a relative-with whom she
lived, and not wishing to take up her resi
dence at the capital. This arrange-ine'tit
was continue-d for fourteen years, the hus
band nuiking an annual visit and passing
his vacation with his wife at her home in
Lynn. The characte r of the man was rej-
spectable, and no one; ever suspected that
he had unlawiul marital relations. On
the occasion of Ji is last visit to his home
he was taken violently sie k, and alter a
short illne-ss he died. A day er two b;-
fore his death a letter Mas rece ived lioin
Washington directed to him, and ns he:
was une-emseious his Mife opened it. It
informed her that the man who lay dying
before her had another wife in Washing
ton, who was the mother of two chiMie-n.
It was theli'st intimation she e ve r re-
ceive-d of the fact (whih she le arned upon
further inquiry) that he had bee n living
for several vears in a verv miiet manne r
with a lady in Washington, who was,
moreover, rcspe'ctablc ami utterly una
ware that she was the wife ef a bigamist.
All the facts in the case are fully substan
tiated.
Driving Oxen Home.
Of course we can drive the oxen horn.
we told the farme r. The id-a of doubting
our ability when we had se'en the-ni ban-
died every day for the past month! He
handed over the long whip and started
them, we taking the proper position just in
front. It was e asy enough though rathe-r
monotonous, till we met a te am coming
the other way ; the n we ,4 geed' those oxe n
into a ditch, and, running against a tre e-,
came te a stand-Mill. We rece ived a pleas
ant smile freim the teamster, as we had
given him the whobr road. But there we
were. We hollered "gee," "ha" and
"back," and :-were till eur throat felt
rough. We couldn't get ahe ad unless we
Inn-rowed an ax and cut the tree dow n, and
when we tried to back them they spread
emt from the pole, and stood face- to face,
nearly choking iheii)e l ves. Then eur pa
tiene:e gave out ; we K iekcl the ne ar en.
in the ribs; he playfully ictorted by
switc hing us across the face with a fly di-.-perscr.
We lit a pipe, ami pulled smoke
into their nostrils. This was a happy
thought; they sneeze-el ove-r us and backed,
but forgot to stop till they got a -tone wall
between them. We went home to Imutow
a steam-derrick, but before the arrange
ments were made the oxe n came in view
and calmly stopped in front of the barn.
You may think there is nothing human in
an ox, but we are ready to swear that loth
winked when the-y saw us, and oup had a
positive grin on his face. We refrain from
expressing eur opinion of oxen.
Some Embarrassing Questions.
A oentleman who recently passed ove r
the old Central Railroael from Roe lie-ter
to Syracuse re late-s an amusing ine-ide-nt
that came under his observation before;
reaching Auburn. An eillic-e r was 011 the
train, having in charge two e-onvie ts des
tined for Auburn Prison. The hands el
the convicts we re free, and they sat eppe.
site one another with irons em their ankles,
the officer occupying a seat w ith eme eif
them. Presently a gentleman came in,
w hose hooked nose, old-fashioned silk hat
and general seedy appearance indicate-d
inquisitiveness, came along and took the
vacant seat beside the cemvict, not notic
ing the irons. The convict was an intelli
gent fellow and eyed his fellow-passenger
closely. Presently the stranger said :
44 Pretty slow train this." Convict I ap
pose it is rather tlow when one is in a
hurry. Stranger xes; vou going clown
the road far? Convict No, sir; I Mop off
at Auburn. Stranger Ah! Do you live
there? Convict I have not formerly.
StraDger But you thiuk of taking up
your residence there, do 3-ou ? Convict
lam thinking t-eriously of it; ye, sir.
Stranger What business are you in, it I
may ask? Convict I expect to be ia the
employ of the State. The str-gvr '
the irons and the sell about the same tkr.e
and ejaculated: 44 Oh! Ah, yes, I fate,"
and went into the next car.