Nebraska Newspapers

    THE HERALD.
PUBLISHED EVERY THUKSIAY
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
Oa Vine Bt., One Block; North of Main,
Corner of Fifth St.
OFFICIAL PAPKIl OP CASS COUXTV.
. Terms, in Advance ;
On copy, one year f 2.00
One copy, six months'. 1.00
0n cwpy, three mouths '. 50
KEMRY BCECII,
PUUB IK
8 A PES, CHAIRS, '
. Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
iTC, arc, ztc.
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Wooden Coffins
Of all sizoa, readj-madr, and told cheap for caaa.
With many thanlcs for pat patronage, I turtle
all to call and examine my
LARGE STOCK OF
Furniture uutl Co flints.
Jan-'S
MEDICINES
AT
J. H. S'JTTERY'S,
Cn Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale ai.d Rpt.nl Draler in
Drug's end iTcdiciacs, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes. Patent Icclicines,
Toilet Ai-ticlcs, etc., etc.
f5fri:i:sCR;:TIONS fareriilly cnionTiledat
a'l ho-ir, d ir and eijht. 35-ly
I-
Feed, Sale and Livery
Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb.
I am iireparcd to accommodate the public with
Carriages, Buggies,, -.Wagons,
AND
A IMo. I Hearse,
0a Short Notice and Reasonable Ttrmi
A HACK
Will Run to the Steamboat Land
ing. Depot, and all parts of
the Citjvwhen Desired.
Jaul-tf ' ' ' Vs ' ' '
First national Bant
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
arcctssoR to
Tootle, Iliiiiiia. te Clarlc.
JollS FlTZOERaLD.
E. C. IOTFT
A. W. M-,AC;HLl
JoH.V O'KoL'UKE
resident
....Vice-President.
Cashier.
..Assistant Cashier.
This Bank ! now opon for business at their new
room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and are pre
jiarod to traur-aci a general
BANKING BUSIOTSS.
Stocks, Bords. Gold. Government
' and Local Securities .
UuCGIIT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
' -CBAFTS " DRAWN,
A ratable In any part of t':e United States and in
all the Vrincipal Tuwu aud Cities of tarope.
: AGENTS FOR TKS
-- CELEBRATED
INMAS LIKE anfi ALLAH LINE
" OF tSrX'iV3Xiaii-
Persons wUhing to bring out their friends from
Europe can ';
Xlii-oujrl"'- XMuttssmontlt.
Excelsior ; Barber ;S!fop.
.T. C. BOONE,
tTain Street,' Opposite Saunders Honse.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ZSrECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Ctitlln? .Children und "Ladies'
' Hair.
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And get a boon in a
CIiB J. 1ST S3 XI -A- """7" 13 .
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GO TO TUB-
Post Office Book Store,
H. J. STEEIGHT, Proprietor,
Torn Tora
Boob. Stationery, Pictures, Music.
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
" Newspapers, Novels,
Song Books, etc., etc
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
PLATTSMOUTS, SE2.
JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor.
PEIISKVEUAXCK COXQCERS.'
TERMS: S2.00 a Year.
YOHUME XI.
NUMBER 21.
THE HERALD.
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O. F. JOHNSON,
DEALER IS
Drugs, Medicines,
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WALL PAPER.
AUFaper TrimmeiFree of Charge
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Books, Stationery
ASCIIS ES
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
SS7Preecrlpt!ona carefnlly compounded by an
experienced DrngiLJ
EEJIEMBER TOB PLACB
Cor. Fifth and tVTaln Streets,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. .
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THOS. W- SHHYOCK,
Main St., bet. 5th and' 6th, .
pl, ATTSMOTin:, - 3Nr:23.
atso j
UNDERTAKER,
Aad lai on hand a largt itock of;
r
!MetalliG T5urial Cases,
Wooden Coffins, Etc.,
Of all clzeo, cheap for cash.
Funerals Attended on Short Notice
II. J.TATERMV&SON,
, - - . f v
Whole?al9 and Befall Dealer, in
PINE LUMBER,
Lath, Shingles,
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Slain St., cor. Fifth,
PL A.TTS 510 UT H, - - - NEB. ;
FOR YOUR GROCERIES
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
James B. McCkeehy t was inaugurated,
as Governorof Kentucky -tn the 31st ult.
The jetlow-fevrr has "cntirelyj7lLj:ip
peared from Barrancas and Petmcola,
Florida.
Tripoli has1 apologized to the United
States Consul for the insult offered to him
and his wife.
The fourth annual session of the Louis
ville (Ky.) Exposition opened on the even
in r of the 1st. . -.
Tue British iron-clad Vanguard recently
collided with the Iron Duke in the British
Channel and sunk. No lives were lost.
Gen. Gekshom JIott has heen appoint
ed State Treasurer f New Jersey-, in
jdace 'of Sooy, charged with . eralezzle
ment. ' ) , '
Four children of a Mr. Mier, of Vscen
sion Parish, La., were poisoned ly Fre nc h
worm-lozenges on the 1st, and, died in a
few hours'.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
After being idle for seven weeks then
Atlantic cotton-mills at Lawrence, Mass.,
employing 1,000 hands, resumed opera
tions .on the yoth ult. j " ""'
i ., : ' : . O ' -
The business portion of the town of
Heynoldsville, Pa., was destroyed by fire
on the morning of the 29th ult. Loss over
$100,000, with an insurance of but $40,000.
.1. M. TnATcriER, United States Com
missioner of Patents, has sent in his resig
nation to take ; effect Sept. "30, E3tfCon
gressman -Duell, of New York, will be
bis successor.
A colored servant girl in the employ
of a family tit Pleasant i I IillIttj 4tdeav
ored a few days, ago .to. hasten! dinner by
pouring kerosene on tle kitchen lire. The
can exploded 'and "the ''girl was fatally
burned. w
v,The. New. York? JIa-'iti. h-js recently
published an accownf of an interview with
Mrs. Mosher, in 'which she declared her
firm conviction that Charlie Ross was still
living, but declined to give her reaon for
so believing;.- r
The funeral of the late Bank-President
Ralston took place , at Sal Francisc o oa
the SOth ult.', and was largely attended, at
least 20,000 people liejug present. The
ceremonies we're of themost. imposing and
nuressive. cliaracteV.. . r
Tm-rSerretary'-of tlie'Trcasncy'has de
cided tliait pine timber, commonly known
as "squared" or "sided,"- is subject to
duty at the rate of 1 per cienl. .per cubic
foot, and not 20 per cent, ad valorem, as
heretofore held by the department.
Jessie Yorick, a servant-girl of- Pitts
burg, Pa., attempted to start a Tire a few
mornings ago by pouring roal-bil from a
can upon .the, smoldering coals. -The
usual explosion followedand the -girl was
so terribly burned that death ensued in a
few moments. The building was "entirely
destroyed with all its contents. " '
J. V. Weckbach,
Cor. Third and Main Bts., Plattsmouth. 1
(Gnthmann'a old aland.) . , ,
Ha keepa on hand a large and well-eelected atock
f
FANCY GROCERIES,
Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots,
Shoes, Etc., Etc., Etc., Eto.
Also, a large atock af
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, Qxteensware,
Etc., Etc., Etc
-1
Is connection with tha Grocery is a
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
Hiichrt Prira Paid for Country Prodnre.: '
t
A. fall atack at all time, and will not be undersold.
Take notice of tha Sign:
"EMPIBJS BAKEBY- ASD GROCERY."
WILLIAM STADELMANN
Has ea hand one of the largeit ttocka of
S CLOTHING '
- - 1 1
' - - - AND ' ' "
Gents' Furnishing Goods
TOR SPRING AND SUMMER. 1
I Inrite everjhodr in want of anything In' my
line to call at my slure.
South Side Main,t.-.5th k6h Sts.,
: . m- I X 4 ,
And eonrince themselves of tha fact. I have as a
fpecialty in my Retail Denrttnenta a stock of
Fine Clothing fur .Men and Boys, ta which we In
Tite thoo who ant olls.
I aloojteep on hand a large and well-eelected
atock af
Hats, Caps, BootSj Shoes, Etc,'
jarlyl '
PHILADELPHIA STORE
SOLOMON fc XATIIAX,
SIM.IBI IH
t
Fancy Dry Goods,
Notions, Laiie Furnisliins Gools.'
Largest, Cheapest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock
, , , . , . In tfre citj.
We are prepared t rellchesper than they can
be purchased elsewhere.
GIVE ITS A. O-A-IX.
And examine oar Goods.
EfJ-Store on Main 6L, betweB 4th and 5th Pte.,
Platumoath, Neb.
16tf
I'LATTSMOITII MILLS,
PLATTS MOUTH NEBRASKA.
Cosbxd nets el. Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED,
Always o hand and for eale at lowest cash price.
The Highest Price paid for Wfeeal and Corn.
Par tic alar attention giTtn t tuwn wttk.
A ten-year-old daughter -of JlichacJ
Glavin, of Jules, Mich., poured kerosene
oil from a can on some live coals in the
stove, on the 31st ult. The can exploded
and the burning oil m;hs . thrown over her
and her little sister, ten nionihs old, who
was clinging to her .clothes.. The babe
was burned7 -to death'--and the- girl very
badly injured in trying. L .save the child.
The Secretary of the Treasury has is
sued calls for redemption of $1:3,000,000
of 5-20 bonds'of 164, $3,000,000 of whic h
are on account of the sinking fund. The
principal and accrued- interest will be paid
at the Treasury of the Lniteu states or, at
the office 6f the Assistant Treasurer in Xe
lork, Dec. i, ISTo, Interest to cease
that dav.
on
Geo. A. SxiiTn, Se'cpncTPrcsident of the
Mormon Church, and . Brighani Young's
t hief adviser and counselor, died at Salt
Lake City on the morning of the 1st, aged
fifty-eight j'ears. "He leaves 'five wives
and a large number of children. Accord
ing to the, rules of the Mormon Church
George Q. Cannon, Delegate- to Gmijress,
will sfceceed . President .Smith, he being
next in age and position.
i -.
On the night of the 1st the Planters' Na
tional Bank of Louisville; Ky.,was robbed J
of over f 100,000. The teller, Louis Rhem,
stated that three rhen'had.taleiThlin from
his house -during the-night, eompclled
him to go to the. bank and . produce the
keys to the safe, which tlley then robbed.
iie,c'xhibteoI some, slight-wound winch
he alleged they in'jrtorl'u'pOn him. The
bank officers' d iTrviied hi story and
accused him' of committing the theft.
After repeated decjarations of his inno
cence he afJiist conijpsfcd rtwvhewas 'the
thief and that he had committed the -pob-
'bery-hef ore' midmghVand buried lh6 pro
ceeds under his house. The stolen prop
erty ivas all recovered on the 2d and Rhem
was lodged in jail. 4 ,
It is said that a majority of the jury of
inquest upon the bodies of those drowned
when tlit Queen's yacht ran Into the Mis
tletoe have recommended that the officers
of the royal 3 ;uht bc'prosecutcd for man
slaughter. . . " ...
The foot 'and mouth disease was re
ported on the '28th to be spreading among
the cattle in Cumberland and Aberdeen
shire, England.
Caule telegrams of the 2Sth state that
over 3,000 Turkish Croats. had crossed the
l)anube into Austrian territory. Military
preparations were going on steadily in
Servia. The-inhabitant:.--of 2ovaroseh
had revolted and burned the chief town
of the province. A Ragusa dispatch
of the 2!th saj-s an insurrection
had broken out in Albania. One
thousand Servian volunteers had entered
Herzegovina to aid the insurgents. The
insurgents had rejected the advice of Eu
rojean powers and demanded the inde
pendence of Bosnia. A dispatch to the
London Times of the 30th says a force of
Russians had taken the field against Kho
jend. The rebellion had extended to the
southern districts. ' '; ,
A dispatch from Berlin on the 30th
ult. says Bosnia was lull of rebellion.
The llerzegovinian insurgents had estab
lished a national governments j
Advtces from the Polar expedition
were received in London on the'30th ult.
The two vessels had sailed for Upernavik
on the 17th of July. All well:
The publish ing-hous.of Lee & Shep
ard, of Boston, and -the brttneh house of
Lee, Sh'epard' &: Dillingham, of New
York, have failed. Liabilities estimated
at $1,000,000. i '.
The trial of Westervelt, who is charged
with being an accessor' to the alxluetion
of Charlie Ross, was begun at Philadel
phia on the 30th ult. .
The trial of the negroes charged with
insurrection in Georgia commenced ' at
Augusta 'on the 30th ult.
. Acconpixo to dispatches received in
London on the 31st uit., all the insurgents
in Bosnia who had not lied into Austrian
territory had surrendered to the Porte.
Late advices from Egypt state that
great excitement existed there in ' conse
quence of military movements. Besides
the dispatch of a' large, force to tc Abys
sinian frontier, the Khedive had been re
quested to send troops to aid the Porte to
suppress the llerzegovinian trouble. All
officers on furlotigh ha.d"been recalled.-
Rach'sa telegram of the. 1st says' the
Turks had compelled -tha. insurgents to
leave Trebigne and retire to the mount-,
ains.. """ - -
,'TiiE Bishop "of ..Padefbor'n Germany,
has-'befeu -outlawedby Jiiuisteriid order,
becauso'without .leave. .he. left the city to
wluy,h.he had been restricted. . .'
. ' The news from .Herzegovina, received
in London on the 2d-j was'conflicting, but
its general tenor was unfavoraUltr to the
insurgents, who had been unsuccessful in' L
several- reecrit engagements.
Ox the 2d an attempt was made to inter
in the Catholic cemetery at Montreal. the
remains of Guibord, who, at the time of
his death, about a year ago, was a member
of u '.secret society, and whose burial in
consechrateil ground had been forbidden
by ecclesiastical, but after considerable
litigation .directed by the' civil, authori
ties. - A mob of 2,000 persons drove off the
hearse and its attendants.
The exact amount of the deficit of Sooy,
tlier defaulting New Jersey Hatc Treas
.urcr, has been ascertained to be $ ll.lKi.
He was on the 2d committed ' to jail in
default of $75,000 hail. " '
' .".A!. hiPATCH from St. Louis on the 1st
-J ' - - a.
says j the investigation . of the charges
tigainst-Indian-Agent Gibson, at -Osage
Agency, Kan., has been concluded so far
as the taking of oral testimony was con
corned. ' and the Commissioners had ad
journed to Lawrence to examine certain
documents and make up their report. It is
said the evidence against him was very
djHnaging, and his removal would proba
bly be recommended. " . v
Dispatches fro.iu San Fnuicisco on the
2d indicated Hi at the Democrats had car;
ried California -at the kcceiit election .by a
large plurality,, and had probably secured
all of the four Congressmen. They would
also have a plurality, if not a majority, in
both houses of.the Legislature. The elec
tion in iSan Francisco was , very close, the
Independents claiming niost of the citv
omccrs.-' f ' -
.TnElvrchants' Exchange Bank of San
Francisco resumed business, on the 2d,
I). O. Mills had autlipf iie$ the statement
that capitalists' interests ur-jthc Bank, of
California would - be - fully protected and
funds subsf rihccLt Ji jUace 'tlje bank . in ii'
condition to . pay . 'all .demands and put
-it""cm a sound basis. Flits assurance:
had an excellent ,eJlect;.diihusincss pns-
The stateinent of.the condition of the
public debt Sept. 1 is as follows: -t
Sit percent, bonds. ...I. ...i. $l',(t.8r,5,'BO
Five per ent. bonds - vf 62 l,u'.2.7E0
BBaD8TurP9. Flour XX Kail, 5.75afi '-I3.
Wheat-No. 2 Red Fall. 81.42K&1.43. Corn
No. 2, 61S61HC. Oata No. 2, 35'-t&Mc. Rye
No. 2, 74S75C.
PaoTi8ioN8.--Pork Mees, S 1 -50x21 -75. Lard
12anc.
MILWAUKEE.
BnaADeTtrrrs. Flour ttpring XX; fl.75ii&.00.
Wheat Spring, No. 1, fl.2,,(2.1.2ili : No. 2, $1.14
g.1. 15. Corn No. 2, 60tiJ)lc. Oats Nik ,
34V4355.- Rye 'So. . 1, tastc Barley No.
2, $1.0031.10. . ' ' ' : ' ' ' i '
. r " DETROIT. ' -i '
BRADfTtttw. AVheat Kxtna, $1.41 31.-12
Corn NO. 8, 73S74c. O.U-No. .1, 363iv4c.
TOLEDO. - -
Bbeadstuipb. Wheat Amber Michignu.
$1.3-S1.32!4; No. 2Ued, S1.34iSl-33- Corn
UiRh Mixed, GbhiQWc. O.ite No. 2, '4S3!:.
.CLEVELAND.
BksABSTurrs. Wheat No. 1 Red, $1,453
l.-W; No. 2 Red, $1.21Vi'31.2). Corn High
Mixed, 70a71c. Outs-No. 1, 4 li.lz.
BUFFALO.
Live Stock. Beeves $i.30 J7.12-4. Hogs
Lire, $7.75'j.2.,S. Sheep Live, J4 MKa5 50.
EAST LIBERTY.
Livx Stock. Ucoves Bi-et, 6.2b'g6 50; me
dium, $5 2".50. liops -Yorker?, $7.908 80;
Philadelphia, JS.75&9 00. Sheep Best, $5.25
S.50; medium, St-75.'3.o 00.
The Croat
Bank' Excitement in
. Francisco.
San
THE MARKETS.
Total coin bonds. . . .
Lawful money debt.". ..
Matured aetit r. .
LetraT-tender. notes-.. j .4
''C'Jjrtificateaof deposit..
Fractional currency, . . ;
Coi n "certificates : . .
Interest.
Total Bebt: . .......
r Cash m Treaeary
Coin
Currency .-
Special deposits, held foi the re
demption of certiiicates of deposit.
Total in Treasury
Debt lss cash in Treasury. .
Decrease during August . ..
-Decrease since June 30
$l,7t.p! fi.snn
14.H7S.0iiO
17.!il.2
874.ni5.Fxir)
tl.7W).(Xl
" 41.1:i7.lS
17.Blt?.5'
..' ;Sb,919.7S:J.
82,2til,'i08,42U
871,117.272
4,r02,:W5
Ct,7S0,0T0
$n4;w.6,7
Silio.sxs.wi
.......- . i..b.ms
- , -2.H7H,i-t
Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway
Companies, interest payable in
lawful money, principal -outstand-
ins
Interest accrued and not yet pai(L..
Interest paid by the United States..
Interest repaid by the transporta
tion of mails, etc
Balance of interest paid by United
States
$64,623,512
- t4,2:
2S,-Jr2,SJ7
. 6,3M,017
21,894,760
At Brownsville, Tex., bees have be
come troublesome in a number of grocerv
stores. They have taken possession of
some stores and hid.to be driven out with
smoke. The place where sugar is store?
is alive with them, and they have driven
custom away in consequence; of children
bejng stung. They have become a nui
sance and the storekeepers show them no
mercy. Large numbers have been killed
as the only remedy to get rid of them.
SeptE-MBER 4, 1SH. '
. ... -VN'fcw YOKK... - : ''
1jv sVotK.-'Beef Cattle $11.5012.75., Hops
Live, $i-J5l8."50.' Sheep live, $4.00&6.25. ;
BKxyTCrra. Flour lood to chtiice, CP-V&
60; w hite wheat extra, 2 t,503.7.0."..WheiatNw.
2 Chicago, $1.2!iai-i0; . No. . 2 Northwestern,
$t.3l!3.1.':i2; No.'. .2 .Milwaukee, spring. 1.:3
I. 34. Rve AVcstern and State. POe Bar
ley $l.t;5$.t.4Q. Corn Mixed 'Western,
7c. Oats Mixed Western, 57&i9c. - ' t
Paovjsioss. Port New .AIupb, $A)gl.00.
Ijud Xrime Steam, 133i'2il3ic. . C&ee.-4'i
lt'We. ',.,;..
Wool. Domestic fleece. SuSM.tc.
i . - CHICAGO.
'- LrvB Stock. Beeves Choice, '$5 75.8.25,
good, $5X025.63; medium. SI.25&5.U); butch
ers' stock, $2.754.00; stock cattle, $3 0034.00.
Hogs Live, $7.85a8.00. Sheep tlobd to cnoice,
$4.253.5.00.
' Protisioss. Butter Choice, Si5S,W. Efs
Freeh, 13'i14c Pork Mess, $20.6Oa20.65. Lard
$12.6C12.85. '. -'. , :
BBEiDSTcri-s. Flonr White Wlnte'r Extra,
6.2S7.50; spring extra, $3.2T,'a5.25. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, Sl.llv4ijl.15. Corn No. a, 62's
tile Oaw No. , 34'4fe35c. Rye No.
7S379c. Barley No. 2, $1.091.10.
LrxsER. First Clear, 15.00WOO; Second
aear, $13.00(45.00; Common Boards, $10.0ia
II. 00; Fencing, $10.0C(r11.00; "A" Shingles,
L .5Ui23.00; Lath, il.75&2.00.
CINCINNATI.
BREansTOTrs. Flour $fl.40a.75. Wheat
Red, $1.30?fcl.35. Corn 70&'.3c. Rye SO
85c. Oats 4e50c, . - j-
Pbovwfons. Pork $20 ',531.00. Lard 143
14c. .
STi LOUIS. "
Lit Stock. Beeves Good to choice, f 5.25U
6.23. Hogs Liyc, $7.25&3.00.
It was not until one p. m. that the
ofTlcials of the institution became much
alarmed. About that hour several checks
for $100,000 or f2VOt0lH1, or similar
amounts, came to be cashed 'from deposi
tors not usually- disturbed by rumors of
financial trouble.' All these were paid
without a murmur, but they kept on in
creasing. The scattering drops became a
quiet palter, and the patter became a heavy
shower. By two o'clock the steady with
drawal of funds had quickened into a
' run,"' which attracted attention and drev
a crowd of spectators about the doors. The
news ran along the street like a prairie
tire, causing the greatest commotion
among brokers and operators, who rushed
toward the center of interest, some with
bank-books in their hands, others simply
inspired with a desire to join in the ex
citement. As the news-spread to the
adjoining streets, and into the quarter of
th city devoted to heavy business,
it aroused everywhere the same attention.
Stores and workshops were emptied
of their occupants, either to see the. excite--ment
or to enable a withdrawal of deposits
before the hour for closing the . bank,
which was now 'at hand. The people thus ,
led by curiosity or intorc? t strea-maxl from
all quarters toward the corner of California ,
and Sansome streets, filling the f-p;tre in
that locality for a squnre . in- every direc
tion. At half-past two the excitement cul
minated in a scene of extraordinary inter- .
est, which could. be taken in sit. a glance
from an elevated position. The streets
were thronged as far, as. the eye could
reach, the crowd being qUet - in certain
places, in others alive willi. motion. The
steps of all banks and ofliccs were packed
with" spectators. ' A pale face was seen at
every pane of every window. Wild men
were rushing in nil directions, papers llnt
tertng in their handle; andamong them the
inevitable bank-book. Pale women, with
disordered hair and dresses, began to ap
pear, giving the scene a little variety of
color, and striving vainly to reach the nar
row entrance at the door of the Bank of
California,-besieged with crowding.stxug-.
gling, obstreperoi3, white-facdei, lncu.' ,
- The sceno at the bank-door was so wild,
eager; confused and' tumultuous that it
can be but imperfectly described. Po
licemen, in uriifortHS and without, were
scattered about in all available phices to
keep the crowd -in the. best order possible
under the circumstances. The great iron
door was closed,, and - through the little
narrow door in the center, 1 ike the-en-!
trance to a prison- cell, the pau.ic-stri,cken
depositors crowded pressing their way
between serried ranks of ragged, moneyless
spectators, to whom the failure of all the.
banks' in the world would not have been a
matter of the slightest consequence. An
effort was made to keep out those having'
do business inside, but if was only par
tially successful. Those - who came for
deposits were largely brokers' clerks and
the representatives of business men in the
lower part of the city.
. The scene inside, the bank was even
more intensely exciting than that outside.
A crowd lined the counters from end to
end, nervously shoving checks under the
no? os of tellers, who glanced at them and,
as'thcir only answer, shoved over- to the
excited men who brought them little piles
rtf gold or great -piles and boxes of silver.
Every Idler had a while, scared look, and
the.biok-kerper.s- and' the faces-of clerks,
seen at thedislant desks, looked ghastly.
snow-drifts in the moonlight. Now and'
tli en a bank trustee was seen flittingabont
in a ghastly wa,. disappearing in thtVdi
rection of the looms 'bclnnging- to "'the
officers:' The old' Chinese clerk, who
must have been contemporary with Con
fucius, sat on a high stool, gazing wisely:
through his spectacles, which are large
as watch-crystals, at the half-crazed crowd
pressing forward for their money.
.Great, piles of gold and silver coin
glistened on shelves just beyond the reach
of those so vociferously demanding it. The
clink of coin fairly drowned the din that
came from the thronred street through the
iiarrow entrance. The crowd increased
rapidly from two o'clock until half-past
two, when there was scarcely room for
them at the counters. Then tile manage
ment decided to slop payment, and so tel-'
graphed to their Eastern correspondents.:
At 2 :3. - the little lopr swung to in the
faces of several, anxious depositors.. An
effort was made from without to push it
open, but the policemen with strong arms
'shoved it to. and drew the heavy iron bolts,
forbidding, further ingress, .Then the
Crowd began beating a fierce tattoo, to
which the tellers and clerks who stood still
jn.theirplaceS listened with a faint smile
of satisfaction and a deep-drawn sigh of
relief. : But the mission of the great Bank
of California was ended.
After the: Imnk had closed its doors a
.woman', having evidently'crossed the ltu
bieonv but ghastly with paint and rouge,
vainly .endeavored to climb into the bank
through a closed window, declaring she
would have her money, every cent of it,
and if her John wasn't out to Sister Abi
gail's, in Amador, he'd see that her hard
earned savings wasn't stolen, you bet your
life he would. Only desisting after find
ing that entrance was entirely 'U of the
question, the frantic woman departed,,
wringing her hands and protesting amid
torrents of tears that never again, - no,
never 1 would she put hermoney in strange
folks' hands to keep for her as long as
here was a spade to dig a hole in the
ground with to bury it. There! And so
the perturbed female' departed and was
lost to view from California street.
While the run was at its height an old
Californian, having the highest faith in
the Bank of California, struggled vainly
for entrance, declaring that he had $40,000
which he would deposit if the crowd
- would open its ranks and allow him ad
mission. But the throng, drunk with ex
citement and alarm, paid no attention to
tke protesting individual, who struggled
and shouted until he was exhausted and
speechless, when he strode away breathing
husky anathemas upon the " plaguy cow
r rds who thoutht the bank was goingo
bust!" JSan Franciico Chronicle, Aug.27.
-The publisher of a paper in Boston
having missed or lost about $2,"iOO which
had leen sent to him by .mail, and being
fully satisfied that the trouble and the thin
were in the Boston ofliee, applied for as
sistance in Catching the rogue. Decoy
letters were used, but the brilliant officer
in the PostoiTice took particular pains to
mark the envelopes, and the thief, seeing
some strange mark, let them alone.
The Failure of the Bank of California.
A San Francisco 'dispatch of Aug. 27
says: " The failure of the Bank of Cali
fcnii, hi!e immediately caused by a de
positors' run, whs dinn tly the outcome of
a conflict between two t-luAses of Califor.
nia spe culators one of the Bank of Cali
fornia party, headed by Mr. Balston and
Mr. Sharon, and the "other headed bv
Messrs. Flood, O'Biicn and Ilidenfeldt.
The latter partv have established a Kink
in San Francfsm -called- 4 The 'Bank of
Nevada," with a c ish capital of $-"i.ooy,C'.0
gold and the right 4o increase to i'JO,))),
too. .Incidental to t lib-light there have
been the mining propeiiics known a- the
Savage, the Caiedoni.i. the California, the
Ophimnd thc(Vn.-olidatcd Virginia. The
three latter are kn m n 113 the ' Uiir Bonan
za Mine,' and tLic Batikol California pi ty
obtained cunU-ol of them. In netting this
control the stock of lhe California was
run up from !0 'Jo S00, and was then
multiplied bv " five, which would
make the highest price 1:0. It
has since declined to The Ophir
stock, while they were' getting control,
advanced liom 80 to 7.00, imd was multi
plied by five, making 7.00, representing
140 in new stick. It has . since declined
to 4l. The- Consolidated Virginia, dur
Ing the process of getting control, ad
vanced from !s( to 7M. It was yesterday
'io7. 'That the bank had been strained of
lute and pinched lias been evident to
bankers here, .who have . slimmed their
bills from the fact that in . the last sixty
days. most of the bills offered in this mar
ket have been those of other institutions
indorsed by the Bank of California. Th"
inference has been that the Bank of Cali
fornia hid hypothecated securities with
those who lent their-bills; and that this
borrowed exchange, was used to obtain
funds needed to carry on the large opera
tions of the bank. The borrowed hills
which have so appeared were those of the
Bank of British Columbia, and the Bank
-f British North America."
Capt. Webb's. Great Swim.
' London, Aujj. 21.
Capt. Wnr.n started- ej-rerday on his
swim across the Channel, at the rate o
twenty strokes to the ninu)e. The weath
er was calm. At"i::!0 he lunched on ale
and beef-tea, and at eight o'clock beef-tea
and beer. lie then rested, floating on
his back.' At nine o'clock he was troubled
with floating seaweed. At eleven o'cloc k
cod-liver' oil was given him. The moon
rose at one in the morning. He indulged
In brandy and- tea. 'At this time
Webb declared the accomplishment of the
feat a sure thing. At three. he partook of
coffee, then the tide, turned, running north
ward, and the C Captain 'appeared exhaust
ed. His triuner stripped,' ready to render'
assistance, but ,Wcbb laughingly declined
his services: ' Ilff'FtrokeB 'at' this rime
Were at' .the rate of twenty, per minute. .
"Fears arose-that the' northern tide wonld
drift hinl abreast of the -Calais' sands, and,
as the sequel proved, he had four miles
further to swim. IJU light-broke at four,
o'clock, findiiiirhuu drowsy, when he in
dulged in coffee and 'brandy. At M0
IUdcii's buoys Mere sighted, and their
position located,. At seven .. there was 11
westerly breeze and chopping sea, re
tarding in their 'influences,' and it- Yhs
only indomitable pluck that injured suc
cess.' A skiff was kepi 011 .the wcaf.hc.r
side, Webb swimming slowly from this
time. - lie indulged '.in brandy straight
every twenty minutes. Soundings- were
taken at eight o'clock, and ten fathoms re
ported. Steamers now made their appear-"
ance from Calais, and 'steamed along the
weather side of the swimmer, breaking
the sea. Cheers rang on incessantly, giv
ing fresh hope to.the. gallant' swimmer,
who laid a direct - course for Oahus sands,
westward of the pier. At 10 :;) o.Vlock lie
was in shallow water, and at 10:40 to-day,
incredible to relate, the brave Mlatthew
Wcbb stood on land. lie was tired, but
soon recovered and was . conveyed to a
hotel in a carriage, where he was rubbed
down and put to bed, and at one o'clock,
when the correspondent sailed on his re
'tttrn to Dover, tranquilly slept. The doc
tors have no tears of serious consequences.
Captain ebb, naked, beats i'aul JJoyton
about two hours. - In London the wildest
enthusiasm prevails. It is -pronounced
by the press the greatest physical feat of
the century.
FACTS AM). FIGURES.
THE FAMILY It E CORD.
44 At, write it clown In black and white
The date, the a, the name;
For home has never seemed so clear
As since our baby enine.
No child before was half so sweet.
And never babe so wise;
-And, John, the neighbors say, indeed, '
It has its faiher'a eyes."
44 Xav, wife, I'm sure they're like your own ;
The rogue's his mother's boy.
How strange that such a tiny form
Can t-:ius such boundlet-s Joy!
And you tm7 have him named I'onne?
Come, think it o'er again;
For '.John' is but a homely name "
44 Nay, do not drop your pen,
"For 4 Jolin shall be his name, my dear,
It is his father's own;
And though a hundred more were given,
I'll call him that alone.
His father's eyes, his father's face,
His father's form, I'm sure;
God grant he have his father's heart,
.- Lite's hardships to endure!"
"Well, there; 'tis written down at last;
The record is complete.
Henceforth we'll lay our loving hearts
Beueath our baby's feet.
- Ab, wife, our home's au humble place
We're humble folks, that's true;
But I'm a king with boundless wealth
In that young rogue and vou.
14 So, baby, wink and blink, my boy.
Your mother's eyes 41 Nay, John,
They are his father's eyes, indeed ;
Thatl insint utKn!'
44 Well, be that as it may, his mouth
Is waiting-for a kiss.
Ile'a like you thdre, at least, my dear.
Say, do I jude amiss?"
TjfK population of Portland, Me., is
37,000. - . -', ,:. ;..'
Boston deposits over .'; $74,000,000 in
savings banks.. . , .,
Tub wealthiest man in Atlanta, Ga.' ii
w.orthbut $400,000. . .'''.'
TiiEltE are 800,000 acres of soil in India
under jureculiivai ionrr -
.Solomon Eaton, of Irasburgh, is said
to have the largest hop-yard in Vermont,
lie; has.8,000 hills, covering ten acres.
'Tin: estimated annual income of the
London: Times' from advertisements- is
$'2,1."0,000, and the profits of the paper
therefrom are computed at $7."0,000.
The lumber surveyed - in Bangor, Me.,
from Jan! lto JuTv 1, amounted to 43,
9SG,.r:"4 feet a decrease of ir,02:,..017 feet
as compared with .,the .same period last
year. , ' ' " V
The est ini a tecf-'coinage of the Chifcd
States mints at Philadelphia, San Fran
cisco and Carson City for the present fis
cal year is as follows: Gold, $:4,000,00O;
trade dollars, $. 000,000; subsidiary sil
ver 'coinage, $, 000,000;, minor coinage,
$2"jO,OOU; total, $40,200,000. .
In Cape Colony about bOO miles of rail
way are 'about to be constructed, at a cost
of four or five millions sterling, and in
New Zealand there are 5f0 miles . of rail
way in construction iu4 :70 morq author
ized. India has;.ahejMly -0,872 miles, of
railway open,-while 1,827 miles rera.aiujto
be completed. ' . - - -j ' '
The Bell-Punch Company Exacts a royal
ty on each punch of Irrcnty-AVe cents; a
lay, or !)1.2-5 a year. .There jre at present
1,100 in'actual use, an3,"for "whichroyaJty
is paid. This number give's an income to
the punch company of $27" a daj', or
$100,37-3 per annum." This, it will be re
membered, is only for the use of the
punches, which must be re turned to the
owner as soon asthe royalty is discon
tinued. The punch costs alout $-3.
Reports of 117 cheese and . butter fac
tories in the State of New York for. the
season of 1S74' show the following partic
ulars : Aggregate of . average number of
cows for .lire btjison employed by these fac
tories, 3(5,-129 ; milk received, 118,093,222
pounds; average per cow, 3, 2 11. 73 pounds,
or 377,42 gallons; lowest-average number
of cows for .the-season employed by a sin
gle factory, 5-;' highest, 800; general av
erage, 311 1 averace'Mengtli of factory sc-;v-son;
a-Wfageii ofi the number of factories
without Tegaud- to size, 0.24 months; re
garding the average number of cows, in
each, .4t months. Of the 117 . factories
five are exhibited as devoted wholly. or! in
large part to "butter; 112 show an average
of 331 pounds of cheese per cow; average
amount of milk required for one pound of
cured cheese, 9.82 ounds. These 112
factories also report 3(5,141 pounds of but
teraveraging 1.02 pounds per cow. Four
factories, averaging a season of -V.ttii
t months, exhibit l,3iy cows as the average
number for the season, and4,3.KJtximcls,
equivalent to .307.2-3 gitlloa-Mof milk per
cow; each cow averaging 4-31.8 poundiof
cheese and eight pounds of butter.
A little girl in' Gal ion, Ohio, has de:
Teloped parts as a. dentist. She tied a
string to her little brother's tooth, tied
the other end of the string to the btore
eg, and then touched rt red-hot coal to
the little victim's nose. The tooth ame
out.
' ILLUSIONS OF THE SENSES.
. The little chiUl-who watches with de
light the moon scampering wildly through
the clouds of A windy night, and wonders
why it does not sooner finish its race, and
come down upon the far-oil" trees, is not
the only subject of illuded sense. His
brother who is old enough to accompany
their father on a journey, and who, on
crossing a ferry for the first time, sees the
bank strangely moving away from the
boat, and the Lrcc$ and heavens spinning
around overhead as the flat swings down
stream with the current, is another sub
ject of illusion. And so is their father in
many a thing, although, being more
learned in the ways of nature, the decep
tion under which he labors iriay not be
quite so palpable. -
In truth, scarcely a day passes in the
lives of most people in which, despite all
their intelligence; there Is not more or
less illusion of some of tiieir senses. A
laboring man w ho had lost a leg used to
complain bitterly of the itching cf the
missinc toes. - -
44 My trouble is,?saidhc, "that, bad as I
want to, I can't tcruU-k ';."
Of course the feeling excited was whol
ly nervous.,' ' ' " '" 1 j
."A similar nervous trouble, though of ;:t
more dignified character, occurred in the
case of a young lady whfi suH'crcd intense
ly from paiti in tho point of a' fort-finger.
Her physician, 'orrLug in his diagnof is of
the case, endeavored, without success, to
relieve it by. .poulticing, blistering ami,
apj dying anodynes. One day a med
ical friend Oeing present whose neurologi
cal information was of a higher order, he
re marked to her jocosely :
44 1 think, Miss M- , that you are mis
taken as to the seat of the pain."
"What, doctor!" she exclaimed, 44 do
yon-suppose I do not knoy where it hurts
me?" '
44 1 do," he, replied; 44 and if you will
loosen your dress so that I can re;u h )ur
spine 1 think, you will soon agree with
inc."
Thcrpnportuuity being afforded-, be. put
liw ringci:, upon -out; of the vertebra: be
tween the shouJder-.Mades and gave it a
gentle pressure, wlien.shrj sc reamed : '
''"Doctor, you are right! The pain. is 4)
my buck.'1'' "
44 Well, now," said he, 44 having discov
ered the seat of the pain, I lhink we can
relieve it."
He applied a counter-irritant directly
over the ailing spot, ami in the course of
few days tfiejinyer was well.
Among the illusions of the sense of
feeling we must not forget to mention
that cur:us deception, familiar to most
boys, in which they cause one marble to
seem to be two by rolling it in the palm
of one hand by two of the fingers crossed
of the other. , t
Another deception of this sense is not so
generally known. If three tumblers Ik
filled with water ne hot as the ' finger
will bear, and one cold as can be ob
tained, and the third, the middle one,-a
lukewarm mixture of the two and a
finger of each hand be held for a minute,
one in the hot and the other in the cold
tumbler, then both plungod together into
the tepid, the water in this last will seem,
at the same moment, hot to one finger and
cold to the other.
.Illusions of the senses of smell and of
taste seldom, if ever, occur, jossibly from
the fact, in the first named of the two (if it
be a fact, which no man with a faithful
nose can easily believe), that we have no
recollection of. odors. That illusions of
the sense of sight should so greatly out
number those of any other sense or of all
the others 'combined may Ik; readily ac
counted for by the fact that impressions on
the eye are so much, more vivid ; but this
reason leaves us at a loss to account for
the fact that illusions of the sense of hair-
inn are so few in proportion to those of
sight, and especially that they should be
few compared with the usual fy-supposcd-less-vivid
sense of feeling, unless we adopt
the opinion held bv many that the sense
of feeling, so called, is not one sense, but
many. Leaving, these points, however,
without discussion, we proceed with our
main subject. .
. We watch .the.ma. jestic rising und pet
ting of the sun, and wonder what jwnvcr
there is in the atiifosphere near the hori
zon to mianiftf so greatly his apparent di
ameter. :,We can .readily conceive that the
refraction of.- bis jjnys .will render the face
visible .sonic minutes iK-fore'the'actiial 1 is
ing, and will keep it visible for as many
minutes after lhe actual netting, but what
rs there to increase so greatly the general
diameter? It is'with almost incredulity
we learn from those who test this phe
nomenon by : careful-instrumental meas
urement that .the, apparent increase of
magnitude is all aii illusion, and that the
sun's disk subtends no greater angle at
the horizon than, it . does w hen,, in mid
heaven, it appears to have shrunk to one
half or one fourth its size. The only ex
planation offered of this mysterious differ
ence is that at the horizon the eye makes
an unconscious comparison with objects
whose dimensions are familiar, while in
mid-heaven no such .objects are visible.
The same is true of, the moon.
On a cloudless evening soon after sun
set it is not unusual to see the heavens
arched from west to east by alternate
.stripes of light and shade, convergent at
'(.heir termini, but spread widely apart
overhead, like the seams which divide the
lobes of a cantaloup, or the plugs of a
peeled orange. When, however, we learn
as, in the course of time, we probably do
that the dark stripes arecaused by shad
ows thrown athwart the sky from" small
clouds intercepting the sun's light below
the western horizon, we are convinced of
having experienced another- illusion.
Those lines tore, jt arched, as they seem
to be, but are fn right lines, as are all
other nrys of light and shade; and they do
not diverge from the west and converge to
the east to any perceptible degree, but are
virtually parallel, and their appearance toi
the contrary is attributable to tne erect ot
d istance.
No optical illusion's are more common
than those connected with magnitude and
distance. The magnitude of oljects per
ceived by the eye is usually calculated by
the angle which they m blend, corrected
by the conp-eturcd distance; for, the near
er the object, the greater the angle. And
the distance of objects is usually con
jectured front the angle they subtend,
taken in connection with the brightness
or haziness of their appearance; for dis
tant objects are usually dimmed by the in
tervening atmosphere. It .syui -times hap
pens, however, that an object close at
hand is dimmed by 1111 unobserved haze,
so its to seem to be at, a distance; in which
case, unless the spectator able to correct
the mistake by the lon e of reason, the ob
ject will assume in his concqion gigan
tic proportions. A lew ycais since a
gentleman, well educated an 1 by no means
nervous, in t illing along a pubjjc highway,
saw in an adjoining field w Ut seemed to
him to be a wild beast ot terrible aspect
and monstrous proportion-.. Its ld.y,
equaling that of a half-grow n hippopotamus
in size, far exceeded it in uncoiithness,
ami resembled nothing ever seen by him
before, or described in books of natural
history. Contrary to a'l rules of ani
mal structure, its enormous body wan
nimbly borne by legs disproportionate
ly long and slender. And what was
strangest of all was that this enormous
creature was suspended in the air by a
rope, to which it citing by some contriv
ance in its feet, and by which it, slowly
descended until, having reached a den or
hole in the midst of a distant thicket, it
plunged therein and disappeared. lie
was so astonished by the unearthly vision
that he stopped bis horse on the broad
highway and watched the scene to its end.
How was he to account for it? For, how
ever incubus-like the scene, it was no
dream, but a reality, to which his senses
testified as positively as to his own cxist-
ence. lie walc'lieu ami rcasoneu, ;mu
soon the mystery was revealed. The mon
ster had disappeared, but the rope along
which it had so strangely traveieu was
still in view. Carelully scanning that
rope through the; misty air, he discovered
that, instead of its overhanging the field
afar oil', one of its ends was attached to 11
twig distant from him only a few steps,
ami that, instead of his having looked
upon a monster comparing iusie with the
hippopotamus, he had only been watch
ing the motions of au enormous spider,
which had passed down one of the c ables
of its web to the cntranuo of its den. Oh,
the relief to his mind! 1 lad he not held
on until the mystery was explained he
must have labored to tin end ol lite under
the impression, that cither he had been
mentally deranged or that he had beheld
a monster such as was never before seen
on earth.
Persons traveling upon a railroad for
the first, time at the speed -f forty or fifty
miles tho hour will sometimes b; horn-
lied and sometimes amused at what they
seem to sec. For inslauc-, in rushing ut
this rate through a rugged "cut," if they
will fix thj eyo sU -adily upon a projecting
crag or rock on luo side of the cut and
uponii level jwith the eye, it will apiieur
to iucrea.se. in size so .rapidly thatthe mind,
unaccustomed to obstrvc such rapid inovo
lneiitd, can account. fur'H- inert -ae only
on the supposition that (lie rock or crag
is jtrojMctl nt thcin, and tiny will be
tempted, under the vivid impression, to
draw themselves quickly back from the?
seeming missile, or, hi. other words, to
dmlfie it. , Also, whoever, while traveling
at this rate, will occupy a phice on the
rear platform ami let his eyes skim along
the rati directly beneath, will hardly be
able to escape from the conviction that
the rail, 'instead of being a fixture on the
road, is not running forward at a speed al
most equal to Unit of the car.
In passing by rail over a wide, grassy
prairie, or by i-teaniboat through the im
mense leve ls "of green marsh bordering our
Southern , seaboardthe head becomes al
most giddy with the ceaseless whirl which
Is visibly" around anvpoint as a center on
which the. eye happens to Ix fixed, all
objects n-arer th.-'n the point seeming to
run rapidly back,. -ami all further objects
as rapidly 'forward. This gyration U so
graceful that the observer is temple!
to watch it long. Altera lew minutes,
however, unless forewarned, be is liable
to experience an illusion whic h for a mo
ment or two may give him serious dis
turbance ut least such Wiis the experi
ence of the writer. On a bleak winter's
day he was passing by steamboat through
a wide and beautiful marsh, and was en
joying the apparent motion just described,
from the warmest place attaimible.on deck,
which was to the leeward of tlu hot iron
chimney. Suddenly turning his eyes
from the green marsh to a spot on deck
above the wheel-shaft, he was startled to
see the planks apparently forced from
their fastenings as il by some slow, resist
less power, which moved them past each
other at the rate of several inches K-r sec
ond. Having not loubl (for ''seeing is
believing") that Serious derangement had
happened to the machinery below, and
that the floor would soon b a total wreck,
be sprang hastily awuy from the danger
ous neighborhood, anil nt u safe distance
turned to watch the progm-s of the acc i
dent. To his surprise there was no break
whatever. The planks occupied tin; Hume
relative position, although they permed
even y t to be slightly niov'ng. At this
moment the thought occurred that the
seeming motion of the planks was a re
versed resemblance of the seeming whirl
of the marsh, and was to be accounted for
by the persistent impression made upon
the retina. Hundreds of times since has
lie enjoyed the illusion and called the at
tention of others te it , many of w hom had
never observed it before.
There is another optical phenomenon,
not euite so 'much of an illusion, ye t,
being only a tceminff, must be put into
the same category. When the sun shines
brightly u 1 xm the floor of a piazza or of
an open bridge, causing a strong contrast
between the- illuminated faces of tin
planks n,'l the jVirk lines of division be
tween, if anyone w ill walk firmly across
these planks an! Inte-r-tires, keeping the
line of tight steadily fixed downw ard and
forward atari angle of about forty-five de
grees with lhe floor, he will prlf,ri see
a strange quivering of the planks, as if
the ll'Mir was about to give way. The
epiulilying adverb " probably" is used be
cause, although some persons discern the
quivering oh their lir-t trial, : others can
not discern it alter repeated attempts. The
quivering deje.s not take pla o within the
circle of perfect vision, but just iuti1i f
ft, yet, so great did it appear to the one
who first observed it, that he thought the
bridge on which he. was walking was
about to be shaken to pieces. This illu
sion is explained by remembering that
the inferior of the eye ball is partly filled
witli fluids, which, "being jarred by the
heel striking firmly upon the floor, cause a
wavy" motion of the retina in till tho-- parts
not kept steady by the muscles of the eye.
We give no notice of those remarkable,
and in some, iustanccs terrible hallucina
tions at'endant upon a fctate of disease
hallucinations in which the individual
sees as plainly as with the real eye the
figures and fac es of friends far distant, or
of persons diseased, or of strangers never
seen Ieforc, and, in cast s h (Irfirimn
tremrn, of fierce demons haunting the
sight or clinging to the person. The
omission has been intentional. The ob
ject of the writer was to describe only
those cases which hive fallen under his
own observation, and in which all persons
may feel a practical interest, for the reason
that they occur in evcry-day 1 nl ""'
greater "part of 1 hem may be verified, by
anyone who will keep the eyes open at the
proper time. '. Jl. Hcnhhhy.in Ajq ?rtn'
Jwrttiil.
A question, to come before the Texas
Constitutional Convention Is that of the
establishment of corporal puni; .-hub -nt t y
the whipping-post and stocks.