Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 18, Number 14, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 April 1876 — Page 3

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C. D3ArE, PuUiiher. J A IXI'I ANA ITEMS OF INTEREST. I'hmmI iii'l l.iiirirr, i Mr-. .I tm- I irnv w ishrl;n and her I 1 .m.'lit. r .. ban "g meto Kuiuj.e. The ' !.i.tr r v i.l eut. r the :tl r..iiM-rva-t'.ry at I :p:' -i .ic:e sl.e w lll.l'ic il illicatiotl. ' I '..'.. I. l ..r- ( illli'll 1. ( , Mr.ili M. lognn. the first colon d U iu ile student who has graduated from 1 a-iv r!e.l:c.il college in 'n.-w York, ha- ; j i-t ren icl her diploma from the f'ol- i i f Medicine of the Syracuse I'ni- '

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i:i;ton. -II - Kmperor of I.ra.l, now en r-.e ;.. this.. Mnary. H... 'years ,f age, wit'i white heard and hair, an erect I carri.i'' si ff. t hl;hf and dignified in his bearing, lie is a man of seholarl)' attainin nt-S and p aks llm ntly the jtrincheil langi; ige- of iiKntern llnrepe. lie has nijnediu Urail for thirty-six years, and in 171, recognizing the progress .f the world, iucd his edict for the ....... - - . - - ' - ..! 1 1 -'. I Miti-inciti kti.tn ..f . 11 tltM h.l.v...i ...... ..-. .fc.. ... ........ ti . . i i L's Fnii'ire 1 I he :..ng-.!eiaye.l proje. t of ere. tma n.oruitiM iit to John (. ( ail.oiin is ; about In carried into e fleet by I... I .til? .M'MlllllllIU . . n i.iu'fll .'I K "tArie-toH, S. (,'. It lias been decided ! lie:i i i n ' n c i nti i Tiiiirii"in j t f l rnaraW of the trts.ps of tin- Khedive of ( i.gypt in ti eir late Miiv iame villa d i i vrry tive rvice in the Confedera'e army during the whole . f the relicl!i n. lie h n a strong love for military I f', and has ernbrai ed ciery opportunity for s riii e in the field, although he has an ample private fortune. s,i.M ( h.rfh. At the re.-.nt cone-ration of the ! A:i. ri.-an Muirch in Home, the I5i-h..p j of Nibra-ka at:d the Key. Mr. Totter, 1 n.-. r.'arv t f the Initcd Mates Home of ' I;hops, a"i-ted in the cercm--nic. ! The Stale Suju't'intctident of I'liblie N-hooJs f Ti t.:ieee has undertaken a lecture tour to r ii-e the funds necessary to tTiiki an i xhibition f the ducationa! iM. rest, of that State at the Centen- . i V , ,. j It has heetl iteeidiil that the Mill) !."." b-ir.g th residue of the fund coli.Wed i:i Knland f rthc Monewall J uksi.n statue, shall be invested in safe securities, and the interest devoted to P-urin-a gold m.-dal for pres. utato tne hrt grad.Tate ,n each Ha,. v.ar cv var. of the Virginia Military I.i-t tute" ' " . ' . . ., .... . j IflllKll t IS r.ipi'lis 11 111 11 II. I COIl' s hoo's in Alsai'i an 1 !rraine have Ist'n furnished with i. rniati principals. The first Sunday in July has Wen st apart in the Kef.. mi..! (Dutch) "hurrh for the celebration f the Centennial year. In case an earlier d ly i lsir.ij by any ( ihe churches, the third Sunday in April has Wen recommended by the (m il ral Svno.1. Tl. r.ntributions ujHin these divs an to 1 formed ir.to a Vufennial Seminary fund," the interest of which is to Vv used for the vjppi.rt of the theological schools. Th work of Bible revision will probably consunm four years more. Two committees have Wen at work for ott four years on this revision one in Kn'land and one in this country. The work of each is submitted to the other, andlH.th work harmoniously. Th F.nglh ConiUiittee has reached in the Old Testament the thirtieth chapter of Jeremi vh, and in the New Testament the -en-nth chapter of Second Corinthians. A-Ia awl lailactrf. A magnet that will lift r.o.ooo pounds was recently made by an Arisonia, Conn., lirtu, and they are :r.aling one still larger The leaves of the l.ine-apide are I nw Wing utilized in the manufacture I eil in the manufacture I I of W iddin" available I i ' i " ' i id in making a heavy 'f . coarse kind m nphoisterv, an fabric n-s mbliiio; tl iniu 1. " i Among new ThmI priMlm ts may be j noticed the condensed cottage checso i no' offered ujMin a eomnicrcial scale in j the New York market. It has been re t i,..l with favor by thecheee trade. There are l.Jill men, :'.d steamers, ;I7 v. ss. U, and 1" factories engaged in the oil and guano business of Maine. I'uring 1 7.', no less than 71l',lsst barrels of fish were taken, mi increase of ) over 171, and I.msi.ooo gallons "f ..il made, an increa-e of i'l,osi mlIons I be amount of g': mo prepared 1 wa, j..,..., ... I I he Iem and for rubber tires for ri'.ni'iu-es and carriages i again reami ribb.r manufacturers in I . .. I I I. . ..1 . ! ii"iiooM ann in-run now .hu t w n:u is lai'ii. d as astror.g, durable, and silent tirt that will outla-t iron on the lieaiicst

to L,,c tb. f-undatp and pe.h,tal of ' ZrTlX, 1 " h. in I '1 native granite, and surmoMni.ng tlu , ,, f Fll,ri: ..r,.. i, ;(t. Lamo, of Isorwicii, ( I., ex-Sc-imlol' ?..v:.,:rh.ri'-' . ,f rrtt"' r. ' I i . .1... if i!M,.i , honorable position n examination, lie L., . . . J11" iMi d a t'l.ice in t!ie t,it Mall of Lharles- ,. ' . .. . . TJ),. cause of the a-t is not known. J .,i , f,i. i . . then returned to trance and became . ' , . ton. IK.-site.. f the monumeut has not, ,. , ,, . , . rn(r,:.i, L win Uaker, telegraph operator at .... i .... i natuiaiicu. lie is the tirst j.ngiisii . . j .- , , . T- 1 i S i t m jet tun determined. , ,. Ja. kson, Mich.,shot himself doadwhile

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ti-.n durinir the S. mi.-o'e war. fought ! V . .' i .J . , r-, ,1 butch.-r, hung himself as a wind-up toa ....i...:. i .4 .i .-i , 7... bcr of I'el.utles shows that .t,..l,Kilu I.-, M,,UJ I it lull

f .r icdejH n.icr.ee, commanded a regi- I''? t;rc Z"- lh' V'.!'" respectable citizen of Newark, X. .1., .,. r.t ia - arruy i;f d-v.. Scott dur- 'r te I-.nipire and 1,.VJ4,(hh. ,U ,.fe ,iy H MlaMu.rf fK- r .4n r. u.7. 't es represent the combined strength j ,r- ,... .. r ' ,n f(r ,l1P,tecd the man-I

t.Vi'n - .f'thrCn of Mei,o.and was 1 !'f the lioiirb.,,, and ( McanM monarch- m. fn wl)k.h Ms wife L'oaded hira fori

-'7mj' .1 r 'l",.7 l" 1 1 ' t.H.k a young gv psv girl to his heart and .'1ti-iI rt. mi'i'4 uitfi I .iTiiisn t..i. Ii. ' . r. . .

' V-i i . (home, iiis ik'.i anu iniar.i. it was very ers. Ac.-..rd.r.- to the J.r 7l-:pm.Mltil. nl ... nnil an,lloVl.. Ai.'urc;. I - have ..-. !, p.a-ed at th'1 ; jVf it seemed r.s though the honey.leads. .f schools ml ,.-r AWv alone, j wuM m.v,.r t.nd;and it might If tl same .ro,-.rt...n has I ii;lV4. l:t,t.d iioImMv knows how long but rved in the oth.-r proline s, :, I ,. on ... .:.!... ' rn- ,n in t, .wr.

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' . I . : . . . . .... . . m.u i is ii i,r hoped tins most dcsiraMi Mi!-litii!.- i- K .:'ly made priietKid. l!ruM U has the liririst ii-c-li'juxu in woriij. I hv roof coiers an area of l,ooo s.j'iarc fci t; tin; v.ts lire 1 double, and filled with moss and miw- j iiu-t. 'I her.' lire nine m liarate ice . I I .... - r ! chambers, eueh of , h ( en die fi et c il,:i,'ly- There me galleries fur fti rin j ""':tt '" wither, capable of h'-lding i ' 1" l,l, rs- a in-uion tons oi icI. .... I I : ... I 1 . I I: .... one m en stored in Hie liui Mm" at one tune. A ri"v locomotive has been recent! v i '""'lcl.l 1 Uladelpliia under the iii- i r' r,'"u ,r- Wcaton, of Manchester, i-niaiei, ir tiiej eiins ivania Kailroad. ; , ,'''4l"i'''1 l" possess greater power ... . - . lo n,.n !l1 ,,s" 'lM,i" than any other limine, as it utilizes oth smoke and steam, and tleit it u ill ilr-.u-v i.l(!(.(1 tr:iill (f lw ears and can he w;,hia lU ((W) j,,, rU, Th,; j, OIJ t of th,. b))ile- , i ..... .'smoke - si:iek' is ini. kin i .t a couiinon btoVfplpf. Korrlgu Motes. l'uris is soon to be htocked with pure water from the country, hitherto having largely depended on the dirty water of the Seine. 1 he waterworks I . . . . . . . . ivt" J" been (ii)jdeted, although be- , Visitor will now be d,l.. I , i -.'.. '' .... I ..7 (ill. II II1H' M Ul i,. .. ...,... jr.,, ...- .:ii.; v.. ........ . . niiiiiu vu.kb V.I1- . . ... the j( ', French (.'abiiu t. in the i j A summary of the party results at ics. About three ami a hall million voters abstained from voting. Of the votes given the Republicans cast t":t,ooo more than a half, or a majority of M.i;,ooo over both monarchies ami the Kinpire. Ferdinand Freiligrath, the (Icrman p"'t, was buried in the cemetery f t'ronstadt, near Stuttgart, on the :'lst "It. An enormous multitude followed 1'"' hearse, which was covered with tJower-, vireathsand palms, to the place ,,f detination, from all part .1 iermany. 1 he mourners assemiil. . Irom every .jiiarter, and the must touching sympathy was manifested. Many literary bodies were represented either through members or rich floral gifts, w hile thousands of private individuals joined the funeral procession. The grave was surrounded by many leaders of the l'cople's party, mourning their lo-s. Minister Ilerrle of Cmnstadt I preached the funeral sermon and was I 4, .P. ....... I I..- r'-.rl !.v.r ill,., in lhi ;um. ()( t,K; ,,,1,..,,' party, bade their u.,(Vi t. ' ,. . . .. ... ,. . Mr. IIulH'rt Smith, an I-nglish autlmr and the owner of a large estate. (.on of a Mr. (Iroomc, who paid him a visit, and well, the upshot of it is that after he went away the lovely, sweet, w ild wife declared she was Ww itched and wanted to visit a "gussoree grgee." She would W b:u k to her dear lord in two hours at the longest. The gaissoree gorgee proved to be (Iroonie and the two eloped. Mr. Smith thinks he has had gyp"V '"ough for one. lifetime and the Judge agreed with him. The. gnmoree gorgee is a fine institution. It saves a world of trouble. Graphic. Map tail Ml.ktpi. A Fort Wayne Wv named (Jross fatally shot himself while loading a revolver, a few days ago. .Tames K. Wrav, of Lntt' Creek, Ringgold County, Iowa, while moving a houe on runners, fell, and a runner passed over his head killing him distantly. Mrs. (ieorge Stoten.of Itgansport, Ind., while leaning over the railing of a stairway in her residence, one day last week, fell, striking on her head, and it I is thought she can not recover, Ihe wife ol .lohn 1 y le, of Iuis.i- " ' 'j-'" 1"" i fits, was burned to death on the i'th by tier .'Ii it li.'s I iL. itn fire u liile sol'", r" ni' m r t lot In s takm-. nr. wniu -'" I '" 'bS Ky., w ho was subject to ej.i.cptic from a lit Mrs. Fanni'la Smith, aged 0:1, of Scottsburg, Ind., while engaged in cleaning a kerosene lampthe other day accidentally dropped it The contents went over Icr dress, and, becoming ignited, burned l.cr to death. A farmer named Kls. r, near Iieuvenworth, Ks., went out the other morning to catch a calf, but encountered a bull. The bull gored him to death, ter ribly mangling and mutilating his bod 3. ' The infuriated animal had to be sM)t 1 before Kl-cr's b(My could be recovered. 1 .I..;.Hu:l.ikcr,of Mon.icdlo, Ky.. Visited IoilIsi die a few days ago, and w hile sutb ring from mal iri i went to a dnig-'ist to imrchase some .luinini', .,1 . . . .. ' t . 1 ineiieiiuorniniriieivas.ii-coicrc.ini bis r.Mun at the hotel in a ding condition, having taken morphine. Before

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expiring he cried out: "The druggist l'uv.' ine iiiornhino fur ouinine!"

Two sons of A. Schultman, aged .'5 a il ." year, of Holland, Midi., were iihivinir with n limited rrvnlvcr the other " . ... day, when the pistol win discharged, and the youngest boy received the full change in his face, destroying one eye :tiiil I'liler'ni" th. brain, which oozed out of the eye-socket. The wounl is pronounced fatal ly the surgeon. The oldest ho)' was also injured slightly. Some ren-nt suicides: A young . . . . ... J " l ..!.- ...I vl..,.. i;.-;n l l'l 1 (IHIIM M - I it I a IM I ll III I Ii..!i.; i...... i :'.... i. ....... if .... i... wi, I shoot iii" thiou'rli thi; head, using a i nif a nun 'i in i . i un; ' t shut gun with a string attached at wifl end to the trigger, and the other end to a liedpost, and htari(ling before the muz zle. Mie h it u nolo !nt'UTsci to tier jiarents saying t.he was tired of living and seeing her family growing up in the way they were. A man, supposed to be Thomas Hughes, from Oconto, Wis., threw himself in front of a train at Ilatiover Junction, Wis., and the whole train passed over his body, cnuhing it tJ a shapeless nias. lie was nidently insane. Mrs. A. I). 1'rescott, a most estimable lady of Minneapolis, wandered from her homo at an early hour the other morning, while HUlVering from temporary derangement 'nlucci by long niness, ana was niterward found dead on the ice on nas.sett s Creek, only a short distance from her own and her father's home She had nothini" on but her nii'ht clothes, and " r- . I . .1.. IT. I .. .. I.. cviu. iiuy un a irom exposure, us oniy lier feet and the lower portion of her lower limbs were in the water. She iitVxrifur f rum h m-ver i!lnts ('.ilw.'ir.l v. Wcninan, of the SHnie place, cut his throat, on account of family troubles as is supposed. t harles Doll, at incmnati money to supply her extravagant desires, and ( barging her with keening him awake at night harassing him about dress. Oriita aail t'.nd. A popular poctu has been thus transformed on the Pacific slope: l.unrli. briUirr, lunoh with rr. I.um li inUic I'rvM'iii-r of Hit- liKrkeepairc, Atj'l help v.iurM-lf t the ai.ft. njsire, .lii' I toiii'li very lu'l.ton llir Hrmg I.uU.mit, Ami l':i y )iur tilt on Hie mau't ruuuUirf. A gentleman froHi the rural districts attended Wade's ( pera-hou-c, San Francisco, recently, and, for the first time in his life, witnessed the ballet. But he did not secrn to appreciate it, as he was heard to nav, "Why did they hist that curtain before them gals pot their clothes on?" A prominent clergyman of Brook lyn last week, w hiletakingoneof acourse of boxing lessons for exercise, received what the boys call "a jolly black eye." On Sunday 1' thoe his text from Timothy, 4th chapter, 7th verse: " I have fought a good light, I have tinished my course." Among the fdories told of Finney, the revivalist, is the following: He was passing an iron foundry w hen the works were in full blast, and heard a workman sw earing terribly. " Young man," naid the revivalist, addressing the swearer, " how hot do you suppose heil is?"' The workman recoguiztd his questioner, and placing his arms akimbo, ami looking him sqnan'y in the face, said, "Well, Mr. Finney, 1 suppose that it's so lot there that if somebody bpotight you a upoonful of melted iron vou'd swear 'Iwu ice cream." Mr. Finney had nothing more to say. A Pctroit lady purchased a jacket at a store the other day, and the clerk said he would send it r'ght home inside of half an hour. In about four hours a package boy appeared with the parment, and the impatient lady exclaimed: " You boy arc the greatest nuisamce in town! I supjiose you stopped to play marbles or hunt up a lost dog!" "fndced 1 didn't," he replied. "I went up home to change hats, and ma she had to try on the jacket and parade before the glass. Then Katy she put it on to make a call, and w hen she pot back ma was determined to walk over on Woodward Avenue to show it ofT, and I got here as quick as ever I could." Free Friss. THK I.AT Of THK COW. swiUh engine I.ou:wa. "It., I'.. K. A M.," 11 no nlowinir tip K-"M Strvfl alxul 3 i. in., Uhrn I lie ulekrr looked out of the win.iow id ay, "TliiTi'' a cow join arrosn Um? I r a-c kay." IVnivrl ImlUi the row on Uie irnrk r.urnon her pcnlatl Uil. ! run en lier "" H""1" t nninnier, flie s.s iiK' I lit Ttl.. ,,,.,.(, ni,c BWll(h rn p j.n I'enivrlr lisltM the row on the trsrk ,"J Imrk ; t lO M-ti e. Once nmre the linker t.peko: "Tti.rc ulie 1 row - " llullv." th.- rnirineiT unnth. "fur the ennt" Aiel, icvermnn In eiiK'i'i', lierrieit, "Miiiot oh, sh.s.Isi. ih stoker, "oh, h.Hi'i the n'c-oh-ilouMe -uu I" Sliriilv the hiit!e shrirkr.) its slarni, A Ini Hie Mont threw tirt-aisul ami roiils in r arm ; Itut the ew never In eilol, nor thuught that lier 11 a unu at four mile nn h o u r. The ii. li-rni(in. atm.-k her alx.ut ainili.hi. An n. r eiimn.er .ln-uui. met aiti. a t..ui e, n,.se; n.l'iiir. -n h.r Uoan trma s i r-iloui.le e tea. tllo ,n(rinM,r lln.w ln M, ,,,. .ior'ukl-l her wnlo op. n" nnnl he -pe t; '-ut tin- t..krr enuiol gyiy, "oi l fellow," si. ..Th..,..L'":..,..i.,. .,..0. 1.,..,.. t, - . " ' ' I 1 " - ' - - sI hat isn't the way to ppell p rtcr-h.)UM! ulenk, but Ihe ni-lilwsy wouMn't rhyme. Ilurimjlv thitrk-1'jt.

SHUT BY A FLOOD. Tlie ral Itrarrvolr al lViimlrr,Hii., Iilui Ua)r, mil Ilia tValrrSwrii 1 . ri 'I lit it u In II 4 iiuro , lrur rt n t alley 'J rauaf uriurd lo a Itrsulalc 4ulrl. AVokcj-stik, .Maw, March At J:o') this evening the reservoir dam gave way with :t gn at crash, Jetting- oil 7;o,ihh)ooo gallons of water which was stored behind. Tim water rushed down the ravine w ith a terrible roar in a solid mass twenty feet high. The first thinin the line of the sweeping Hood was tho stone waste-gate house. This was tipped oer bodily, and not even a stone of it remained. Down through a narrow ravine, loo feet wide and one mile long, the flood swept on. The sides were fairly dug out clean in an instant for feet until the edge of the embankment was almost perpendicular. Through the pine woods on one side of the ravine the waters tore, and the largest trees were TWISTKU AKOlM I.I K K STKAW S, pulled up by th roots, and carried onward .town the. decline. The flood tore out every thing; in the ravine and rushed onward towards the highway below. A large barn was taken up and carried about .VJ feet, when it struck a tree and was broken into pieces. The next was (!. W. Olney's dwelling-house, one of the finest in the village. The rushing man struck this broadide and completely cleared out the rear and front walls. The ends stood, and strange to say, support the roof under which the water poured in a solid stream l'1) feet high and 'M w ide. WHEN THK HAM MUST t'.KOKE tlic'gap M"i3 about ." f"vt in width. This Increased rapidly after the water had once gained a passage through it, and continued to increase until nearly the entire section, which was H) feet in wielth, had been destroyed. The ravine Wing narrow, however, held the water back, and it continued to run for three hours before the reservoir w as exhausted, and the worst of the dinner :it Cherry Valley (the first villape encountered) was over. A small cottage house stood on the oppesite side of the road from Mr. Olney's. This was taken up whole and whirled around on the surface like a top for a time, and went down into the; water. Three or four other small dwelling-houses were taken up and borne tilong until they era lied together and sunk out of sight. The waters from the reservoir reached Kettle Brook and a vast amount of water swept across a pond, struck aline beyond, and was turned down towards Cherry Valley. Jamesville, Lcesvillc, Stoneville anI Worcester. MILLS SVVKIT AWAY LIKE EUC.-SIIKLLS. Smith & Co.'s woolen-mill stood at the head of this pond. In front of it was a dam which had withstood many a severe test, but it crumbled unler the immense pressure brought upon it, pave wav, and tho waters of the Mnd were added to the already uncontrollable mass. The mil, a substantial brick structure, was next struck i-nd crumbled until three-fourths of the building was in ruins and the water was sweeping through what was left standing. A short distance below was the IJottotnly Mill, operated by A. F.. Smith. This was a wooden structure aixiu. .V) feet square which stood below a dam which held the water of a pond above. When the water struck this it gave way and the watr of the pond served to still further increase the vast amount which was already "weeping destruction before it. The. mill vva-s next struck nnd lifted bodily to the top of the rushing waters. Ou it was swept at a terrific rate, whirling'and twining in all directions, until it strui k Ashworth Jones's mill. This was the Wst mill on the stream and one of the best in the country. It was a substantial brick structure four stories high, with an ell for a boiler-house. The Bottomly Mill struck this ell with terrific force, knocking it to pieces. The Bottoniiy was completely demolished by the shock, as though it had been blown up with dualin, and nothing more was seen which could bo recognized a the mill standinp but a moment before. The boiler-house of Ashworth A Jones's mill was ruinexl in an instant, and one end of the main structure was swept away. The boiler was taken up and carried along as though it was a shinple in a mill stream. Soon an explosion wa heard above the roar of the flood, and a stream of water was thrown several feet alnjve the surface of the current. Another explosion followed, and another, until five had occurred, and the boiler was blown to pieces. Mr. Jones also lost a large barn, w hich was crushed like an egg-shell. At Stoneville the dam pave way and the course of the flood was through a narrow valley, and the KOAKOF THE Kt MI1SO XVATEK was distinctly heard for n mile. The flood next pxse.l over a small dam and the Boston and Albany railroad just above the JaincsiiiL depot. Spectators who were standing near the depot say the water was ill) feet high. When it approached the track with one tremendous crash the ' railroad embankment frave away, opening a gap f mr or five inndred "feet long and LO feet deep. The coal-sheds were carried away, but the passenger and freight depots were left standing. Just as the water mountain struck the railroad embank meat at Jamesville a section of the stream forced its way on the line of way on 'Kth sides of the depot and rushed tn feet high down the track, carrying devastation before it. The grade being quite steep ht this point, a new impetus was piven the water, and in its course it lifted rails and tics bodily from the road-bed and turned them topsy-turvry. For more than a mile, it rushed along, and just

before reaching tho stone arch bridge at Curtis's I'ond it bored a hole down into the road-bed ati'bmadc a pap 'ibout M) feet long and 40 fevt deep, i he water then found its way into Curtis'a I'ond. 'I he devastation at this point will be as costly as any along tho entire route. The two long and diep pans will re-

, quire much time and great exj-nse to j repair. A mile of rails and ties are ! piled up in every conceivable shape, and I the road-bed under the north track is i washed out in places three and four feet oeep. 1 im orancu ranroau 11 taken un b.xlily and carried over wa.s into the main road. Trees, stumps and shanties wero also thrown down and washed away. THK I LOOO KEACIIEIi I.EESVILLE about two hours after tho dam broke, an.l struck the satinet-mill owned by Albert Curtis with terrific force. It gave way and crumbled into ruins, and the dam was carried away. Three hours after tho dam broke away the effect was felt at New Worcester. The course of the stream from the reservoir through other villages is nine miles, showing that the water advanced at the rate of three miles an hour. The first mile, however, was made in three minutes. The first intimation of the trouble at Curtis's Bond was the rise of w ater at J o'clock. The situation was critical. The water had cut a hole through the dam. The Boston and Albany Kailroad embankment served as a dam, and Webster Square was rapidly converted into a reservoir. A few minutes past nine one end of Curtis & Marble's large brick shop gave way, falling into the olrr.uu. By thin ti...e tho giiu la Curtis's Bond dam had increased to 10 feet, and soon after the Arcade lluildinp tipped over and was left standing on one end. About a quarter to 10 the double-arch bridge on tiie Boston and Albany Bailroad, below Curtis A Marble's shop, gave way, a section of the embankment 70 feet long and 20 feet deep with it, and an outlet was made. The danger at New Worcester was averted after the second break in the B. and A. K. K. The mill of the Wicks Manufacturing Company at South Worcester was destroyed. The water then spread out over a series of tneadows, and in the southern part of the city there wiu a general inundation. The water is rapidly subsiding. No further damage is feared. The Boston and Albany Kailroad w ill not be opn for several days, but their trains will run as usual by the Ware Biver, and Boston, Barre and (Jardner roads. It is impossible t estimate the loss to-night. THE WISDOM OF LIFE. n r ritor. jmix stcakt hlakir. M'nul'l roil leail happy life, free from mrhtnehnly, Oniiw ing rare aii'l tiiurny trife, Ami piunceii ol hliml tolly I will U-ll you how tit live Heartily n l truly, M'uli meet hmiev in your hiie, lake bee m July. Lile the hee, he out Mel work 11 hen the tun i hinmg. Never in a eomer lurk, ll tiimerlnir an. I whminr. If you MHiur the DeliU, yi.u'll CdJ Thi tne, or mint, orclnvcr; SomeUutifr tui i.lintr ruin 1 Oul w i.l riill li-over. When the ky if rrim an l (rry, Thnuirh the rloii'ls ran luutibtin, March ; ao l molehill nn your way Imh'I mistake fur mounuiut. If a ph.isl beni'le you iuri'1, Make no learlul comment; Itut fare Uie eh.liw IsthJly, and '1 1 vnitie.l :n a inmiientl What the f'ka of you may tay Xever roir.il a rattle. Spin your quiet yarn, while they 11 arte their wiml in battle. Lie that float on vrintery w infra With vria.ly hMe wll permit, Itut the arasl of truthful Uiin Tuiie'i fruitful wontU will cherish. Wear your heart not on your aloeTe; Itut on 1 lot orramon I't men know what you lielieve W ilh hnssty ventilati.ia ; Trove the jruisl and make. Uiem thine, Willi warn embrace anl ample; It ut never cast Tour pearlt to a-ine, 11 bo turn ana reu4 and trafnple. Make a aenny when you ran, 'Ti useful aa a tnoi ia. Hut who aayt, rnornrf mnlti tkt aaua, A meaxer-witted fuol ia. Itirh i he wnoae xenial lireant, ll iUi liberal salutation, ll.ttli welcomed aU that's hrirht and tret Throughout U wide creation. Delaware Dwarfs. Th Eii-iUm F(ir ha the following a1ont two diminutive young ladies from the lower part of Delaware, who are attracting attention just now : The two dwarfs the Misses Marine exhibited at the Paragon House last week by Mr. Binder, from (ireensborough, are truly extraordinary natural curiosities. These young ladies wore born and raised in Sussex County, JAdaware. Miss Lizzie, twenty-eight years old, is thirty-three Inches tall, and weighs fifty-five pound. Miss Amanda, eighteen years old, is thirty-seven inches tall, and weighs but fifty pounds. Th'y haiegood heads, of ! the natural size, are intelligent, and converse fluently. They have no bones in their bodies, only a sort of muscle or cartilage, and ean 'lx nd their hands and lingers in any direction. '1 hey do beautiful needle-work, such as embroidery, etc. There is nothing at all unploa.sant in their appearance, except that they are small and look twld. Tbey have not traveled heretofore, but intend next summer to visit the Centennial and exhibit themselves to an astonis'u'.l world. They are only traveling now hccaiie they are too poor to support themselves otherwise. - When Madame McMahon gives a ball a cord stretched across the room prevents too near approach of trie crowd 141011 the aJy and her intimate. friends.