Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1880 — Page 1

Rensslaer Republican. . ■ EVERY FRIDAY ■ORIUfI BY K CORKS A JOHNHON, PabUatera *n<i Frapriaton *■»■■ >■ Makwv'p'a Bajldla*. aorth tfda PMa , th*ur» . Terms of SuW"rfptiM. feevaar.** ** » feSSL::::::™- 3 Th*'OAouU Paper of Jasper County. <■ Ueb eCataiß aad Job Priatla* aoatly

HEWS SUMMARY.

The Baak of England told £IOO,OOO of yesterday for shipment to New The Republicans of the First district ot Georgia have nominated J. 8- Uolluis for congnaa. The laborers in all the cotton presses at New Orleans are on a strike for an advance in wages. , » . The Greep backers of the Sixth Massa chusetts district bare nominated C Moody Boynton for congress. The New Jersey Democratic convention nominated George C. Ludlow for governor, on the fourth ballot The workingmen of the Second district of California have nominated J. R. Glascoen, of Oakland, for congress. The retirement of Grand Dake Nich olas from command of the imperial guard of Russia, is officially confirmed. -* Andrew G. Chapman, of Charlee county, has been nominated for congress by the Democrats of the Fifth Maryland district

■ The amount of coinage executed at the United States minis during August is valued at *6 849,800, of which *2,253,000 were standard dollars. The steamship Herder brought *1,765,600 in foreign gold coin to New fork yesterday. from Europe, gnd the Genera) . Werder brought *50,000. The stone to the memory of ex-Gover-nor Geary, authorized by an act of the legislature, was erecled over his grave yesterday at Mount Kalami cemetery. f A collision of freight trains at Morgan station, on the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central railroad, September 1, resulted in great damage to the engines and can.. Harry Casey, aged 19, was drowned while bathing at Narragansett Pier. He was a son of Col. 8. F. Casey, of Washington, and a grandson of Gen. Silas C-sey. The British political officer at Candahar, telegraphs that the country is quieting down. Ayoob’s force has been reduced to the regulars, and a small number of Ghizis

Ten persons have been arrested in Covington county, Alabama, chargee with beating and intimidating United Stales witnesses and destroying processes from United Stales courts. Yesterday's withdrawal of bullion from the- bank of England for New York, was on German account, and is explained by deficiency of obtaining gold from the imperii! bank of Germany. • Bev. Dr. T. E. Daggett, a graduate of the Yale class in 1828, And three years a professor of divinity in the Yale college, was found dead in bis house, at Hartford, Connecticut, September 1. On the prelimlpary examination before Justice Marchant, ot Cincinnati, ex-Cily Auditor 8. W. Hoffman, on a charge 61 embezzling two city bonds of one thousand dollars each, discharged.

The Democrats of the Third congressional dietrict of Michigan nominated Jameri W. Sheldon, of Albion, for oongr#a«, and those of the Fourth district have nominated O. *W. Powers, of Kalamazoo. •’ • ’ ' The three large Jesdi{-schools in Pans have been entirely evacuated, and the authorities have walled up the dooys of the establishments, and the new civil directors have already been installed in the vacant posts. ; The Albanian chiefs declare'when the ships appear the Albanians will enter Montenegro and retake Podgoritza. Riza Pasha, the Tprklsh commander, reports the state ot affairs as very critical and the Albanians much excited. Cline Hamilton, son ot Dr. Hamilton, of Georgetown, Pa, ivas killed at ten o'clock on the night of ■ Sept. 1, by being hit by a stone as he was passing an alley at Bellaire, Ohio. It isdiot known who did it, nor for what purpose. The platform laborers at the Plumb street freight depot, of the St. Louis. Iron Mon main <fc Southern railroad, St Louis, have struck for higher wages. They numtw about 100. They have been receiving >125 per day and want *1 50. - Jame» Coatiman, Thomas Purnay and Walter Best are under arrest on the charge of being the persons who killed lawyer Barwood, in Brooklyn, Saturday night. The fourth person is sought for, but the police believe they, have the principals. -,

An equipment has been ordered of the forty-two life-saving stations along the New Jersey coast one month earlier than usual, because of the prediction of unusually heavy September gales. Two hundred and fifty-two men compose the lifesaving patrol. •* On application of the wife and son of Joseph K. Emmei, (Fr.lz,) a warrant has - been issued for his arrest, on the charge of "being an habitual drunkard and neg lecting to properly care for his family, in order that he may be confined for a short time In some institution to correct hie habits. The special cable to the bank of Mon trea» agency' at New York, reports that £25 00-5 were shipped to New York from Havre, on Saturday, and that £210,000 were stepped from Londiio. £120,000 was withdrawn from the bank of England for shioment here, the total being about $3,000,000 since Saturday. . The house of lords, on August 81, the employers’ liability bill as IZwwded in that body. A motion to rein state the section entitling claims to be preferred against the employer, in case of injury, caused bj negligence on the part of any person in the service of such employer, was negatived without division. The meeting of the society of the Army of the Cumberland, at Toledo, on the Wi and 23d of September, promises w be wsrv larftfAv attended. Generals Gras*, Sheridan, Girtteld and others have sign!Med their intenties to be present, and a favorable response tn a special invitation is expected from General Hancock and others.

The returns of the clearing houses of Chicago for August are $137,000,000, > gainst $96,000,000 for the corresponding jSsonlh last year. This shows an increase i forty-two per cent. Ths clearings for i Irst eight months of the year are remortnd $1068.000,000 against $7$$«M Z #OO for same period in 1975, stowing an increase of forty-thxee per cent. Extensive preparrtions are making for tha meeting “of ;he WJekly of the Armv of the Cumlx-rland, In. Toted* s , Sept. 28 andM. A committee of promiaant fitiMMwttl visit Galena and request Gen. Grant’s etMndtu-c\ and representatives from ihe several posts of Ohio have been ordered toccuv.a- on the 33d for consultation. Arrs<- ’-menu bare been made with the reline fjr half Usjs. The vote frv Which the house of «eu» ‘ xdoqs, at Lonoov. passed the Irish coustabalary bill, w-w 40J 909; government’s ■ujorfiy. 76; Two EnglishmenJoseph Cowen, asemher for Nev-Goslle-an-Tyne and Ck wfe* Bradlaugh member for Northampton, radfcab—voted in i the minority. AbuWt <-werty , aanported the govemneut «o attempt MMrocUoa

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TELEGRAPHIC.

Washing tom. Sept. I.—The following telegram has been received at the war department from Brigadier General Ord, under date »f San Antonio, Texas, Au gust 27. Grierson, by telegram from Fort Quitman, dated yesterday, reports as tolows; My scouts have returned after following closely the Indian trail to Candelria mountains, Mexico, and report the Indians in a badly crippled and demoralized condition. They have their wounded with them and their stock is played out. They also report that the Mexican troops have neither attacked the Indians nor get in their way,and have evidently given them an opea passage toward the west, only skirmishing with small parties who were stealing stock from Mexican settlements. The Indians crossed the road leading from El Paso to Chihuacha, only a few hours after Colonel Valle with a small detachment had passed south toward that place, and they have gone toward the Santa Maria river, in the direction of Dequeemann. This information is confirmed by a telegram from the commanding officer at Foci Bliss, who states that the Indians were there with a camp of three womfcled from the 28th cf July, when they first crossed the river into Texas, until the 12th of August, when Victoria, with the last of bis force was a second time driven back into Mexico. The loss of the Indians in the fights at Tenago Day, Palamas and Rattlesnake Canon and in the several skirmishes was certainly not lees than thirty killed and wounded. They are not now in a condition to act in a body against any organized force, as they are now in Mexico al least 150 miles to the westward of Fort Quittman. Washington, September I.—The state department has received from Vice Consul Jerre, al Nuvo Laredo, Mexico, a detailed account of the circumstances attending the general jail delivery of prisoners at Laredo, Texas, and their attempt to escape into Mexico. At noon on the 11th of Angus', seventeen convicts escaped and plunged into the Rio Grande to swim to the . Mexican shore. The vice consul was crossing the river on a ferry boat, and says in an instant guards, citizens and all who happened to be in the vicinity started in pursuit, everybody who could run seeming to be already armed with a carbine or revolver. At the bank of the river the pursuers halted and fired upon the swimming fugitive*. In the meantime a party oi police and citizens on the Mexican side commenced firing at the crowd on the American side, with the evident intention of aiding the fugitives. The Texans, however, maintained their fusilade until all the prisoners had disappeared and were recaptured, firing altogether about two hundred shots. . Twenty or more shots were returned from the Mexican band. Ot the seventeen prisoner eight were killed or drowned, six recaptured and the remainder missing. The vice counul says he understands an effort will be made to criminally prosecute all citizens who z fired at the escaping prisoners. None of the latter, as far as is known, were killed by the officers, but al! were virtually murdered by persons who had no official authority. The statement that two copvicts were rescued by the Mexicans is denied by them. Coluicbcs, September 1.-« Thomas McDonald, aged about twenty-eight years, a fanner living near Commercial, Pickaway Point. Commercial county, was taken from his house last night by a mob and hung to a tree near his residence. Me Donald came from Kentucky some yea.s ago and married into a highly respectable family. Owning a large farm, he has for a long time been regarded as a desperado, quarrelsome and vindictive. A tend has existed between McDonald and hia neighbors for some time, especially during the past year owing to bis general cussedness. On Saturday he commenced a quarrel with Tom Beaver, a neighbor, and was badly beaten. The neighbors thinking to quiet the neighborhood, thought it wise to commit this horrible deed. There is no means ot knowing who or how mazy persons composed this mob, and it is not likely that the public will ever know wko were concerned in the outrage. WoncKSTEh. Mass., September 1 —The Democratic state convention met 1n Mechanics’ hall to-day, and was called to order by Colonel Jonas H. French, ExGovernor Wm. Gaston was presented as * candidate for governor, and as the general who had pre riously led the party to viclory. Brady moved an amendment that the convention nominate General Benjamin F. Butler for governor, 0y acclamation. Loud cheers and confusion followed. General Butler declined the nomination. Thompson was then nominated for governor. The following is the official announcement of the vote: Thompson, 536; Gaston, 448; scatter!eng, <2. The nomination of Thompson was made unanimous. The state ticket was complete as follows! Lieutenant Governor,. Alpha E Thompson, of Woodburn; Secretary of State, Michael F. Donahue of Somerville; Treasurer, Frances J. Parker, of Newton; Auditor, Charles R Hi Id, of Greenfield; Attorney General, P. A, Collins, of Boston ; Presidential Electors at large, Joshua G. Abbott, of Boston and Jonas H. French, of Gloucester.

Tojtkxa, Km., Sept. 2.—The Republican state convention completed the state ticket today, as follows: Lieutenant-governor, 8. W. Finney; secretary of state, James Smithiauditor, P. J. Boimbrakc; treasurer, John Francis; attorney .general, W. A. Johnson; state superintendent, H. O. Spear, Lounvnxa, September 2.—General Manager Clark, of the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans railroad, was in aonsultatipn. Ibis morning with General Alexander, vice president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, in regard to and freight rates, and a final tcnpii'St&s of the railroad war. Arrangements were made entirely satisfactory to both companies. Dovkb, Del, September —The Republican state convention to nominate a candidate for congress and three presidential el actors, met today. Ex Con gresaman Loft was made chairman. Hen ry Dupont, D. P. Barnhart and John D. ijodpey were chosen electors, and Hon. John W Houston was unanimously nom lusted fo* ingress. The resolutions adopted ratify & Chicago nominations and platform. Elmira, N. Y., Sept. 2 —Mattie fiuntor won the free for all pacing race to-day; HoWd/ Boy second, Lucy third. The first heat was in 2:lß}{, the fastest time ever made bf' pwsjj ,°u • half mile track. ; Prrrsnußa, September 2.—The I»utß burg Exposition society and fair opened

U4s afternoon at 2 o’clock, with addresses by John H- Hampton, Esq., and Presi deatWm. MiUcr F ull X ei $ ht thousand people were U Uie#dw«- Manufactu sere, stock-raisers and of wee tern Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio and West Virginia are represented. The trotting track was dedicated at 4 p. m. by thgeji imbibition races. The first race tor nremiWßM anM fr® on Saturday. The society declares but expends the money io enhrgtng M»e grounds and buildings. The space of tifc former is paw fifteen acres. The preeeet eihibjtulh bid* f>hr to be the best in the history oi the CoscontATi, National reunion of oM-time lelegr&uaqM te to. bi hi*]d here September 1. It will bring tfl? gather ajen widely separated, ana not 1 heretofore gathered into an organization. Much inujvat.is taken by the citizens to promote its success. The Utycinasti En-

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quirerftoday gave a check fw oce hundred dollars to aid the enterprise. The Adams Express company, through L. C. Weir, has given a like sum, and resident members ot the fraternity are using every effort to give their brethren from abroad a cordial greeting. Southern Ute Agency, Col., via Lake City, Sept. 2.—The Southern Utea signed the agreement to-day. The question is practically settled. When finally consumated, the commisioner will proced to an enumeration of the Indiana, the payment of money and location of lands. Canton, O, Sept. 2.—Monroe Young, of Greentown, this county, was knocked off the cars yesterday on the Valley railway, near this city, receiving injuries which resulted in his death thia morning. He was riding on the platform at the rear end .of the train, swinging out from the side of the car, and was struck by the timbers of a platform near the track. This is the only accident of any consequence reported. The great crowds attend ing die reunion were worked extensively by pick-pockets. A great many cases are reported ot losses, ranging from small amounts up to *2,000 in money, besides several watches, etc. It is estimated that from *2,000 to *B.OOO were stolen. There were many special Joi ice en duty, but the crowd was so ense, and principally at the outgoing trains last night, that they were of but little avail. Thirteen pocket-books were found at the valley depot and twenty-five at the Fort Wayne this morning, ah minus their contents, but containing all sorts of notes and other documents. Only seven of the th lev. s were arrested and they were released upon payments of small fines. New York, September B.—A special dispatch from St. Augustine, Florida, says: There is very little doubt but the steamer City oi Vera Cruz, of the Mexican line, which sailed from New York August 29th, for Havana and Vera Cruz, went down m the recent hurricane, which has already strewn the coast with wrecks. The terrible discovery was made yesterday, when portions of the mail carried by the ill-fated vessel washed ashore some miles south of this city. One mail bag contained letters for Cuba and Mexico, which had been posted in Pana, France, August 13th, and another lot was found with' envelopes bear, ing the post-mark of New York. August 25th. These at once indicate that the lost vessel was a mall steamer bound for southern ports, and the surmise was that it must have been the City of Vera Cruz, as she left New York on the day last named. Closer examination showed several bills of lading of the sUamer Vera Cruz. Saturday afternoon a large steamer, supposed to be the Vera Cruz, passed

the brig Caroline Eddy, then about sixty miles from the coast,ofl St. Augustine. This brig was soon after struck by a hurricane and wrecked, drifting on the beach where the lost letters were discovered. At the time the steamer was sighted she was headed south. The wind was then blowing hard and the pale was rising. The City of Vera Cruz must have been struck by the hurricane and was probably foundered on Saturday night or Bunday morning. > Every hour brings news oi some more startling discovery in regard to the supposed The body of a lady and a little child were found on the shore, cast up by the waves. They were buried by a party of wreckers on the sands near the place where found. This makes already five bodies recovered, three others being the corpses of unknown persons. The shore for over forty miles south of this place is strewn with the cargo of the steamer. A trunk was found marked Hernandez. This corresponds with the name of a lady passenger in the list of the City of Vera Cruz, as it appears in the New York papers of last Thursday. The mails, or at least what could be recovered of them, were brought here yesterday and wili be forwarded to their destinations. Two sailing vessels in addition to the Brig Eddy have come ashore since the gale near here. The signs are the hurricane must have been very fatal to shipping. The City of Ver. Cruz was a wooden vessel of 1,874 tons register, built at Greenpoint, L. 1., in 1874 for Alexandre A Son’s line, to run between this city, Havana and Mexico, in which trade she was employed. Captain Vansiec commanded, and Captain Horn was the first officer.. She carried a crew of fifty picked men. The vessi took an unusually large consignment of French malls, there being no less than nine bags altogether,while the Niagara, a steamer which left the day following, took none whatever. It is suggested that in the event oi an accident to the City of Vera Cruz, or if the steamer became unmanageable in the storm the crew and passengers have taken to boats, bringing the mails with them, and afterwards threw the mails overboard to lighten them- The postoffice authorities say the mail washed ashore, post marked at New York Aug. 25 and Paris Aug. 18, indicates that the mail arrived here by the Batavia from Liverpool, and was dis patched by the City of Vera Cruz

Ngw Yong, Sept B.—The Star and Herald, of Panama, just received, has a story of a disasterioqs hurricane which swept over Jamaica on the night of Aug. Is. Ths winds raged with such jury at the beginning that the street pars had to cease running. Vessels have been sunk and driven ashore, wharves destroyed, roofs blown ofl, trees uprooted and a catalogue of other damages sustained, which it is impossible to estimate. Not a single coaster in Kingston harbor rode out of the gale in safety. Twenty-seven vessels, brigs, barks, etc,, were driven ateore orweut to pieces at their docks. Every Wbkrf but one is blown away. The beach JAretrewn with the cargos of vessels wrJcyd, Many seamen are missing,* afirTThey are supposed to have per Mhpd, All * the penitentiary vessHs foundered, and those of Port Royal sustained considerable damageThe damage on land is roughly estimated at £IOO,OOO- The poposaut trees >ere all snapped in pieces, and strong and substantial bouse* fell before the fury ol the wind, to say nothing of the tenements of the poor classes, The streets and lanes are frightful to look upon, The villages of Almsntown, Brownstown and Paasmoretowß sulierpd severely. The bangua crop is destroyed and trees of all kinds vanished. Three severe shocks of earthquake were felt during the storm, and the cries and screams of the people rushing from the faUing dwellings were frighUul to hpar. Nearly the whole of the provision crop is destroyed, and great want will be felt by the peasantry. Indianapolis, Sept. 8 —The motion for new trial on the murder case of Wade and Mrs. Brown, convicted for the murder of th® faUep’s husband, has been overruled, and they 1 faaye* beep sentenced by the court to be hung October Galvkston, Sept B.—A News special from Waco, says Sam and Frank Fossett, Ed. Michals and Geo. Wright have been arrested charged with the murder of J. Hodges and Mattie Woods, at Morgan, July H- confessed everything. ’ AWVST4, WK. 'Bent. {Jen. Weaver spoke here tonight, and took p«sitive ground against a fusion. Previous to the meeting he refused to be escorted by a Democratic torchlight procession. BpAJJJORD, P*m September 4—About 1 o’clockUik WQnjJng the Dudley house, ths largest hotel th fiaiagunpa, N. Y., was discovered on fire. A moment after flames broke through the roof the enWl building was enveloped. The buildftlg Jocated in a solid portion of Main street and spread rSßidly up and down the street on both slues- r There ace two fire organizations la the place, but they

were powerless to cope with the conflagration. A steamer and hose company from Olean were summoned by telegraph and arriving soon cheeked the fire, The principal losses are as follows: Hevner Bros. *50,000, insurance *88,000; florae A Culver *20,090, insurance *lO,000; Dudley house, Dudley at Buffalo, owner, *IO,OOO, insurance *3,000. These mentioned were the heaviest sufferers. There were twenty buildings in all consumed. The total loss Is estimated at *157,000; insurance, *60,000. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a lamp explosion. Keokuok, M. T., Sept. 4.—Secretary Schurz and party have arrived here, and have had several councils with the Crows, who express a desire to gq to farming and become permanently settled. The secretary is tn consultation with General Miles and Inspecter Pallotk concerning the disKition to be made in regard to Bitting 1 and the Sioux, and returns by the next steamer down stream.

New York, Sept. 4.—Loans increase, specie increase, *90,900; legal tenders decrease, *794,100; deposits increase, *768,900; circulation decrease, *54,500; reserve decrease, *964,176. lhe banks now hold *5,679,400 in excess of legal requirements. New York, Sept. 4.—The mile and a quarter race, for all ages, was won by Warfield, New York Weekly second, Una third. Time, Boquet stakes, three quarters of a mile, for two year ends—Spinaway first, Barrett second, Lady Raselburg third. Time, 1:W. In the great challenge stakes race for all ages, mile and a half, Elias Lawrence did not start. The other horses passed the winning poet In the following order: Luke Blackburn first, Manitou second, Uncas third. One Dime fourth. Time. 2:88. The steeple chase over the full course, about three miles, Bertha won; Dandy second, Disturbance third. Time, 6:o9Jfi. Dandy threw Delano, his rider, near the finish, but the jockey remounting, secured the second place. Ten thousand people were present. Havana, Sept 4. —Yellow fever has assumed an epidemic character in the valley ot Bandiego Del Valla, attacking even Creoles, and causing the death of forty persons within a few days. A sick soldier from Bagua, parsing through the village, imported the fever. Twenty-eight deaths from yellow fever and one from small-pox are reported in Havana for the week ending Friday last. City of Mexico, August 21, via of Havana August 24.—The first preliminary session oi the tenth congress was dissolved immediately upon thw opening, August 20th, after fixing the 24th for the next preliminary session. The reason of the dissolution was the preponderant number present without official credentials.

Borne newspapers recently created a sensation by announcing that a conspiracy existed between General Trevina and the American General Ord to establish the republic of Sierra Madre, to be composed of the states of Nuevo, Lecow, Coapita, Chipuapula, San Luis, Potosi and Tamaiiapas, and afterward for the annexation of the new republic to the United States. London, Sept. 4.—A well informed St. Petersburg correspondent writes that a mine was discovered in the government of Exaterinoskavon, Friday last, previous to the emperor’s journey from Isaiaskas to Livadia, and another in the government ofTamida, 116 versts further on the railway to Bimpherope was found only the day before the emperor started. The latter mine contained 108 pounds of dynamite packed in two cases. There was a wire connecting with the mine, but no battery attached. General Louis Milikofi had been exerting the greatest vigilance, m view ot the emperor’s intended journey. The details about the mine in Tarnida are from a competent source. London Sept. 4.—The following telegram has been received from General Roberts, dated the Ist: Ayoob Khan’s army has been defeated and dispersed, it is hoped with but slight damage on our side. One British regiment has three officers killed and six wounded and eighteen men killed and fifty-seven wounded. The loss of native troops on our side is unknown, but it is believed not to be excessive. Avoob Khan’s camp was captured. The body of Lieut. McLaine was found in the enemy's camp, and appearances indicate he had recently been murdered. Garrison, N. Y-, September 4.—Two freight trains on the Hudson River railroad were in collision last night at Croton. The tracks are block ruled to-day. Passenger trains were delayed till 9 o'clock. New York, Sept. 4. —A man was arrested in lower Broadway, to-day, charged with aiding Elijah Alliger in his disposition of forged Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad bonds.

Concerning the Brain.

The brain-eubstance is a mass of nervous matter, concealed within a bony box, called the skull. This bony bof is not of the same thickness throughout. Where the brain is most liable to injury, from falls and blows, there the skull is the thickest. The back part of the skull is exceedingly thick in comparison with its other parts. It is necessary to our well-being to guard our brain from all injury, for the intelligence depends on the integrity of the brain-substance. If irreparably injured by disease or accident, the mind becomes diseased, and shows it by lack of intelligence. The brain of man is larger than the brain of any other animal, except the brain of the elephant But the smallness in sise of an animal's brain is made good by the greater extent of its surface. The brain M convoluted, or folded, and the folds run deeply into its surface. It is the number of convolutions given to the brain that determines the intelligence of the animal.. An organ SO delicate as the brain, and protected so nicely and strongly by bone bf the hardest kind, is susceptible to the slightest injury, should it be exposed. Yet physiologists will tell us that the brain may be pierced with needles to » considerable depth, or scorched With hot irons, or pieces taken off of it, without tne slightest harm, or even, in fact, without the knowledge of the per* son subjected to such treatment. You must pierce very deeply before your meddling will become dangerous. You must pierce what is called the “vital knot” But sometimes a great shock to the brain, Instead of doing harm; is productive of good. There is a very curious case, mentioned by a physiologist, of a laboring man. He fell from a staging where he #is at a considerable neight, fojhp ground, and struck fairly upon nis head. Tie wad taken up ipsepßjbJe. But instead of losing any of his faculties, upon his recovery, he seemed to have gained several. Before his injury he was a very stupid max, but after it he became pore intelligent and capable. u Tt Is asb>hishing to what ap eptent the wound will sometimes cause death, An illustration of this may be seen in the manner-of slaughtering cattle by the Spanish. A long, narrow and sharp poniard is thrust into the nape of the heck of the victim, close to the skull, thus penetrating the brain end causing instant death. , • The western papers tell us of a boy who “peered fatally into the muzzle of a ■tot-gUnJ’

LNDIANA.

Wiliam Wade, a second-termer at the prison South, died a few days ago. A large cell-house is oeing erected at prison South, which will accommodate 200 prisoners. The circular* are ent for the Wayne, Henry and Randolph sgncultural association, to be held at Dalton, October 6,7 and 8. Robinson Turpin, an aged citizen near Brows burg, dropped dead a day or two ago. Mr. Turpin wm respected by all who knew him. Jesse Gams'residence, at Mishawaka, was visited by burglars, who got away with fifty or sixty dollar* in money and some clothing. Tyre Harrell, a farm laborer was run over by a passenger train, going north, at Pox’s Station, five miles north of Marion. Hu body was norribly mangled.

Three hig hwaymcn stopped Will Myllen on the street, at South Bend, about eleven o’clock at night, and presenting a pistol at bis head, robbed him of his valuables. Burglars broke into the postefflee at Woodland, a night or two ago, and secured all the letters and about *2O in money. Entrance was effected through a window. James Ramer, a brakeman on the Lake Erie and Western road, while in swimming at Lafayette, was taken withcramps, and drowned before arsistance arrived. The body was not recovered. The moral town of Plainfield disgraced itself recently. A fight occurred on the street Bunday night between two lioys, and at an early hour Monday morning a like occurrence between two Germans. Thomas Morris fell irom a wagon while passing Hunt's mills, in Richmond, and received an ugjy gash on the forehead, and other serious injuries. He was carried to the mil), where he laid in an unconscious condition until physicians arrived, who applied restorative*. Andy Hoficn back, at South Bend, was brought before Judge Voyes on a writ oi habeas corpus, he being in jail under *2,000 bonds, charged with manslaughter in killingE. 8 Dice in a street fight. He was remanded to jeil without bail, and will now be tried for murder in the first degree. Cyrus Thomas and Ed Kidd, both colored, got into an altercation at Connersville, when Kidd drew a revolver and shot Thomas in the breast. Thomas walked a few steps, fell, and expired in fifteen minutes, while Kidd made his escape during the excitement Kidd was intoxicated. William Merhoff, a farmer living flvo miles from Lawrenceburg, near Guilford station, who was missing from his home, was found in an old gravebpit near Bquibb’s distillery, with a bottle containing wh iefcy and a bottle labeled rat poison at his side. Domestic troubles assigned as the cause of suicide.

The victims of the warehouse disaster at Bullivan are all doing well with the ex ception ot Mr. W. H. Power, who is repor- . ted no better, and who requires constant attendance. There were fourteen car loadof wheat in the house at the time of the accident. Luckily, this was nearly all saved. The loss of the building will be about *l,lOO. In the Washington circuit court the case of Mattie Lee against Andrew Knight, for slander, has been concluded. Knight is a young man of foul tongue, and called Miss Lee, who is a respectable young lady of nineteen, a prostitute. For this she sued him. The jury gave her a verdict for *I,OOO as damages lor the defamation. The verdict is a righteous one, approved by everybody. While John Currigan, of Evansville, a painter, was standing on an extension ladder, engaged in painting a house in the west end of Sullivan, the extension suddenly gave way; but Mr. Currigan, before he could fall to the ground, caught to a support and saved himself. By the severe strain hi* back was severely hurt, however, and ho returned to Evansville on the evening train for medical treatment John F. Stephenson picked up a target rifle in Fred Lohman’s shooting gallery and bowling alley at Richmond, and while the proprietor was sitting up the pins in the lower end of the alley, he took aim and fired. The ball lodged under Lobman’s sca«p and plowed a groove across his head, but did not penetrate the skull. Stephenson claims that he shot at a target but bystanders swear that they saw him take deliberate aim at Lohman

It will be remembered that one Asa Parris, of Richland, was arrested about two weeks ago on an affidavit of his wife, charging him with an attempt to take her life by administering to her some poison ous drug, telling her he had received it from her physician. Parris was arraigned and acquitted, his wife testifying that she was not aware of the character of the affidavit when she made it. One of the at torneys slated that he was of the opinion that toe drug had b?en administered for the puipose of producing an abortion. Frank Hildon, a stone-cutter, woikiug on the Waba»h road, was run over and Id stantly killed on Wednesday, at Lafayette. Hildon was working in the gutter ai the crossing of Romig street, cutting a channel through the rock to place the rail in. While thus engaged a passenger train from the cast came along, and, al th» ugh HUdon’sfellow-workmen told him to look out, he did not seem to Lear them, and in another instant the pilot of the engine struck him, throwing bis head am ..ft mm rn the track, cutting both clca; off. The d< ceased w’as a widower, but has a daughter living in Indianapolis, and one in Dayton, Tippecanoe county, who have been notified < f ihe t- rriblc affair. A Opßjopa Tbpaw.— Thpre is p wonderful freak of nature about six miles north-west of Gainesville, (81, which is commonly known as-the Devil’s Mill Hopper. This curiosity is a large sink in tne earth, covering an area of perhaps four acres around the toy, which gradually becomes smaller in circumference as yon descend—being one hundred and fifty feet below the earth’s surface. Having effected the descent of the steep walls of rock, a body of water is approached Which is perhaps five hundred leet in circumference, probably lew in dry weather. Into this sheet of water rock wall surrounding. Around this wall is a large growth of the various kinds of trees grown in Florida—oak, ash, hickory, bay and also thick undergrowth of fems and moissea. “Wh*t,” the young man asked the young woman who was waiting for him to s« for hie hat, "what do I put you in mindoF" “A French clock, I’she 1 ’she said softly. And pretty soon he arose and went on his way. The next morning he called upon an eminent horologist and asked mm what was the distinguishing trait of a French clock. The horologist said, “Why it never goes.” An# the young man was sorely cast down, and'he pieve4, and he told no man of hfe buR,

SOME SIFTI[?]

The iron hone has bul ’ jrf. lx engineer. j - M ' A *SO painted fan raise* ! '• 2 < than the Acentpalm-leaf. 7 ’'S ' In Agawam, Maas. have L two robbins entirely white. A man at Salt L>«ke swallotfcu ■nd was cored of chills and fever. v *' All railroads to watering places haven right to call themselves great trank lines Owing to the water famine the streets of Brooklyn are sprinkled with salt water. A man at Brighton, Mass., live* nu landwiches and soup, by hi* physician’s orders,

A couple were recently married at port after a couriship of thirty-five yean. A father and son are now in the Lancaster county (Pa.) jail on 17 distinct charge* for stealing chickens. Aja Idaho woman who was caught by an Indian broke away from him and put two holes in him with a pitchfork. The Campbellites in the. United States number 828,000. including General Garfield and a number of senators and representatives. A tramp in West Virginia stole a ride on a train, entering a refrigerator car, where he was shortly after locked up and nearly frozen to death. Josh Billings ha* found one thing that money cannot buy, and that is the wag of a dog’s tail. It is an honest expression of opinion on the part of the dog. A sea captain, residing in Portland, Me., now over 50 years of age, has never as yet had an opportunity to vote for president, as he has always been to sea or in some foreign country at the time of election. “I will not learn a trade!” exclaimed the Chicago lad to his father. But this business of learning a trade is only a matter of time, for within a year that young man studying harness making in state prison. A wealthy Chinese merchant of Ban Francisco has a full-blooded negro wife. Their six children are a singular combin. ation of two races in appearance, with crisp, curly hair, coppery skins, almond eyes and a Mongolion expression of face. It is now thought that the unholy war of England waged in Afghanistan by Lord Beaconsfield will cost *75,000,000. The St. James Gazette thinks that *IOO,000,000 is nearer the truth and that when the troops return to India a large expenditure will be needed <o replace equipment*. In the heart of a large pine tree recently cut down by Jonathan Oatley, of Unadilla Forks, N. Y., was found an Indian pipe of stone, with the date roughly carved on it, 1783 A flint and as en arrow heads of steel were near it. This Is supposed to be the spot where the famous treaty of 1783 was made. Mrs. Mary Jane Rozelle, who recently died in Oiwego, N. Y, at the age of 105 years, 7 months, was the second wife of Peter Rozelle, whom she married 71 years ago. and who died in 1864, aged 110. She had born him 15 children, nine of whom are now living. By his first wife he had 10 children. *

Minneapolis, Minn,, has the largest and finest flouring mill in the world in the new Washburn—a mill rebuilt on the ruins of ti e nr.iil destroyed by explosion two years ago It is fitted with the best machinery and appliance* to be had, and is capable of turning out 8,000 barrels of flour every 24 hours. The Utah northern railroad has its pres ent terminus in Minnesota at a place called Red Rock, where passengers and freight are now landing. Notwithstanding thi elements have aeemeil hostile this spring, work is progressing, and before the season closes the terminus will bp 100 miles nearer Helena and not more than that distance away. A Long Branch correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, describing the scene at a juvanile hotel ball, says: “I saw a ynuug lady watching one of the little misses whose plum n legs were covered with light blue stocking, with elaborate embroiaery at the insteps and a delicate vine trailing over the ankles, and there w&s unmistakable envy in the expression of her face, as she said: ‘Heigho, I wish I was a little girl again.' The truth was you see, that she had on as fine stockings’ as the youngster, but could not show them.” An eccentric rich man lives at Elton Tenn. He imagined that the whole country desired him to ba president. Taking advantage of this hallucination, some joktr had a bogus telegram deliver d to him & nouocing his nomination at Chicago, and subsequently a similar one purporting to come from Cincinnati. He gave a great dinner to the young men of the town, and made a glowing speech of acceptance.

The appearance of baby bridesmaids is growing common in England, and their dress is usually so very pretty tbit they really add to the beauty of the bridal procession . Skirts of Languedoc lace, looped with ruby satin ; polonaises ot pink cashmere, trimmed to match the skirts, and Duchess ot D vonsbire bats are the principal details of the costume worn bv two lite! girls who followed six older bridesmaids up the aisle of an English village church the other day.

The American bicyclers who are making a tour of Enela.;d on their machines, receive much ultra lion, They have ridden on the wheel some GOO miles, through some of the most iuteresling parts of the island. They were not allowed to go quietly along, but were met at all points by delegations from clubs aqd furnished with escort through the whole'of the trip. They have been through the ordeal of dinners and speeches in all (he principal towns, A Hungarian bicyclist is said recently to have made the entire distance from Paris hr Vienna, I.2QQ miles, on the wheels, in about 1$ days, making the best long-trne di wince on record.

A remarkable case of defective vision is that of the three children of James Howard, a seafaring man, whose family live on Ocracoke Island. They become totally blind each day immediately after the sun goes down* If by chance they happen to be in the yard playing when the sun seta, their play things are instantly laid aside, and efforts made to reach the house, when they retire and sleep soundly until sunrise, after which their sight is described as being restored, and, to all apjiekrsnto, perkily 'Wrnpaired. The youngest far there ana the eldest fen years did—two boys and One girl, all of light complexion. Their eyes are light blue, and there » nothing about them that appears at all stratum. IV has been quite the fashion of the press of late to ask: “Where do the boys spend their evenings?” and paw tome one turns the tables, Mid .asks j “Where do the fathers spend theirs?” adding, “We certainly can always find one family in four in which the father fapends his evening away from home. And this is not confined exclusively to meh who loveelub-life or politics. Aman owes duties to his wife and children which he sometimes forgets. While they lose mueh, bcnOsM equally of be thing* that should make lift a bleat-

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< J• Tijr liu/ Si, . '■‘ - A ■ ..‘J ~. / ••■_-» .V- ,A; i for '■ u -■' ■". y* • \ * / httit the : 4I f 4JUOm cleA Buiv <hb season are all contracting, notwithstanding the business boom. Joe Jefferson is raising short-horns—-not the horns which he doesen *t count this time. The tree keeps its trunk in good order during the winter so that it shall bo readv to leave early in the spring. There is nothing in the four quarters of the globe more unreliable than the headquarters of a mule. Professor Swift has discovered another comet It is impostsble for a comet to travel incog, when the professor is around. Sir Walter Raleigh is to have a memorial window in St., Margaret’s Westminisler. London, if the project doesn't end in smoke. “Treat women like a splendid flower,” says Bob Ingersoll. “So I do. I have planted mine,” says a widower who has buried three wives. When a man keeps on talking to you after he has said “a word to the wise is sufficient,” the time to take summary vengeance has arrived. The Hawkeye says perhaps it is wrong to go fishing on Sunday, but if the fish are wicked enough to bite on Sunday they ought to be made to suffer for it. “I say waiter! I called for weal pie. This ’ere is beet.” “Beg parding, sir; it’s not beef.” “Veil, p’raps you’re rightIt’s neither beef nor weal. P’raps it’s whoa.” Mother—“ Now, Gerty, be a good. girl, and give Aunt Julia a kiss ana say goodnight.” Gerty—“No, ne! if I kiss her she’ll box my ears, like she did papa’s last night.

The census of Rhode Island is completed, and some of the enterprising papers ot that state print the names of an the inhabitants in full, devoting nearly a column to it. Judge—“ See here, prisoner, if you do any more lying you won’t get off with three years.” Prisoner—“ But Judge, how many years d’ye s’pose ye’d gimme if I told the truth t The man who, while suffering from a first rate toothache; has a smile and a pleasant word for everybody he meets may not be a Christian, but his chances for salvation are Al. Relatives are an absolute necessity to some people. If a servant girl hasn’t got an aunt who is tick and requires some one to spend the night with her, how is the girl to get out to the circus ? About 800,000,000 paper collars are manufactured annually, for which it reJuires 8,000,000, of cloth as a strengthener. fobody has found out yet how many yards of profanity is wasted on them in a single month.

“Dinah," said an old darkey, referring to a balloon ascension, “I seed a man go up in a saloon dis mo’nin’.” “Dat’s nuffln,” she replied; “I’se seed a pawah of people go up in saloons. Whiskey’s de boss, I tole ye, ole man.” Orators are m demand up in the oil regions. The Petroleum World says: “If some first-class public speaker will come here and take the stump and take it clear out of Uie state and keep it there until the campaign is over he can draw on us for a dollar.” A rapid recital of the following narrative is said te be an infallible cure for lisping: “Hobbs meets Bnobbs; Hobbs bobs to Bnobbs and Nobbs; Hobbs nobs with Bnobbs and robs Nobbs', fobs.” “This is,” says Nobba,“the worst of Hobbs’jobs,” and Bnobbs sobs. General Bob Toombs was asked by a friend a few days ago whether Mr. Alexander Stephens would be returned to Congress, “Returned!” said Toombs;“why, ——me, his district’ll keep him in Congress as long as he lives, and when he dies they'll run his executor.” An Englishman says that no other people in the world, so far as he knows, can equal the Arkansans in off hand exaggerations. “Do you see that spring over there, stranger?” one of of them said to him, not long ago. “Yes,” he replied, “Well, that’s an iron spring, that is, and it’s so mighty powerful that the horses about here that drink the water of it never have to be shod. The shoes just grow on their teet nat’rally.” A lady had in her employ a young man from the country. On certain occasions he was instructed to inform any company who might ring at the door that “Mrs. —'—was pot at home." One day John made this reply to a lady, who shortly went away, leaving a card and promise to call again. As the card was handed to his mistress, she said, Well, John, I hope you did not laguh.” “Oh, no ma’am,” said John, “I never laugh when I tell a lie;”

A Cambridge boy, after a week’s ab sence ip the coqotnf, wrote tohia mother: “I have got here all tight and I forgot to write.betore; it fa a very nice place to have fun. A feller and I went out in a boat and the boat tipped over and a man got me out and I was so fall of water I didn't know nothin* for a good long while. The other boy has got to be buried after they find him', His mother came from Chelsea and she cries all the time. A boss kicked, me over and I have got to have some money to pay a doctor for fixing my head. We are going to set an old barn on flic to night and I should smile if we don’i have bully fan. I lost my watch and am very sorry. J shall bring home some mud turtles and 1 shall bring home a tnme wooJcbuck if I can pet em in my trunk.’’

The earth turns upon its axis with a surface velocity of over one thousand miles at the equator, while at the poles the rate is reduced to zero. A scientific gunner states that, under special circumstances, heavy guns with long ranges have to be corrected for the different rate of rqhltteq ’ >f the earth at the place frqm which’ one is died, and at the mint the shot falls, which difference tnay cause as much as two yards peflertion to one side or the pther in firing north or south, The earth’s rotation fa thus actually made viable. A quantity of flour was exposed by a French experimenter to. a pressure of three hundred tons, reducing it to one-fourth its original bnlK. A portion of it was they placedincans and sealed, the same being done with yme unpreasefl flout. A year afterward opened, when the fcmr was found to be' spoiled, while the pressed was in excellent preservation. There has been a kind of shale discovererably ufa a*, a fertilizer and hng killer TO,W m ■od humic-acid. It is said that neither the chinch DOT any other bug will attack vsgrtatfogrowing in a soil ferfilfaed by

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HY drophobia.

I- d<>abt that dread dr/W.‘ > as hydrophobia has an /' i has caused the death °£ , 7; 4 «< •J* people, yet fitial cases of it aOJ -' k , than is commonly supposed. £ jf * reason to believe thatapor“T / th ® reßolt <* mght H a.’fcndition of the patients than i ‘tfSi Poisoning of the blood by the / fV r * b »d dog. The effect of exPop the imagination has been ' k 2fe > death, and ft is conceiv- * anticipation of being attacked w, a! tK°* e disease might produce in a 6. -J® such a state of mind as / > U the imitation of symptoms WjS of i^ e disease itself. It should t I lk W tiiat hydrophobia can only • t J hr the actua i inoculation of saliva -J SA)n teof ®'•bid dog, and that even ’ k bas i )een bitten by an animal ’’ 3* rabid, it is by no means cer4 tk° e P oison i*® B entered the blood. 4 bave ' )een 80 bitten, not more 1 vßjt have died, and the canine t susceptible to the influence of bia than man. Most of our mediwill tell you that they WfTjhl, tr encountered a gennidb case of «f In Paris, with a population sMJh t i-000-000, during 40 years, to ’re were only 94 cases of hydrotittle more than per annum. t '*’w jn York, with about the same popnla01SW? ere wer ® 28* cases in 6 years, or annum ’ From the best atstatistics it is estimated that not 'ban 5 per cent, of persons bitten by jdogs become hydrophobic. The disth«t Jlowever, is of such a horrible nature ogai effort shbnld be made to guard cSseJfc it, especially as no fhlly developed poisJ' raa ever known to be cured. Once the h , of A be dog begins to circulate geala^ 8 the doom of the person is Medical science is powerless to on^.r® The disease is usually develPyd in one to three months from the bite, six months or a year ensue, and 'brare cases 17 or 18 months elapse before ‘ patient is prostrated by the malady. It is not necessary to describe here the symptoms and appearance of hydrophobic victims, for most readers have become familiar with them. It may be well, however, to frequently impress upon the attention of the public the necessity of watch-

ing carefully all dogs, for symptoms of the rabies. These are a gloomy and morose disposition, nervous agitation and disquietude, betrayed by frequent changes of position, by an avoidance of his master and playmates, and by hiding in his kennel or in a closet. The expression of the eye is suspicions and uneasy, and as the disease developes the animal will snap and bite at anything. It is not true that a mad dog will refuse water. Whenever the above symptoms are observed, the dog should immediately be confined to prevent his doing harm until his case is decided. Some observers contend that the rabies may be caused by the ill-treatment and starving of dogs, and that most of the cases reported in cities are those of neglected or estray animals. Dogs are sometimes harrassed and abused by cruel boys to a degree that would drive an animal to ness, and if this theory is correct, the police authorities will have a clue that will enable them more effectually to dispose of those dogs who may be termed the “tramps” of the canine race. Hydrophobia is very seldom heard of in the country districts, where fresh water streams abound, and we believe the disease is unknown in Utah, where the irrigating ditches afford domestic animals a plentiful supply of water. In some of our cities, Chicago among the number, the Humane Societies, in erecting water fountains in public places for the use of men and horses, have attached reservoirs where dogs can refresh themselves, and these facilities are greatly eiyoyed by Pomp, Fido and Tiger. A dog was never known to prefer whisky or beer to pure water, and as he drinks but little, ainple facilities should be afforded him to quench his thirst. These remarks are made at this time, for the purpose of attracting attention to the fact that the kind treatment of dogs and the supply of their wants might in some cases prevent disease. Persons who have valuable dogs and prize them as they should, have an interest in maintaining the value and character of this friend of man, and while worthless specimens may be dispensed with, there is not one good dog too many in the hands of those who love and tare for them property.

A Chinese Funeral.

Coming up town lately, says a correspondent, a Chinese iiineral passed me at a brisk trot Seated with the driver oftne nearse was a Chinaman who was diligently scattering slips of paper along . the street. Picking some of these up. I found them perforated by a sharp instrument. cutting them in several places. I stopped some Chinese on the walk, and asked the meaning of them, but could Kt no satisfactory answer. I learned >m a friend, however, that these paper charms are thrown out all the way from the house to the cemetery, the object being to keep the evil spirits from getting the bodv. It is supposed that they follow the dead body in crowds, determined on mischief, but that, being verycurious, they stop whenever they see these paper slips, examine them carefully, and try, as I did, to get at their significance. Meanwhile the procession hurries on, other slips being thrown out, thus keeping the Uttle spirits occupied in their studies till the friends get the body buried, and beyond their reach. . A Chinese faneral service reminds me of those Bible passages which make mention of hired mourners. These Orientals employ women to do their public lamentation. The coffin fa placed upon a bier on the sidewalk, flanked by the inevitable pig or pigs, there being two, one roasted and the other uncooked, but both decorated with flowers and paper beiroglyphics. The priest talks a little, and then the professional mourners, dressed in white—which is the mourning color of the Chinese—lament a little: then more talk from the priest, followed ' by more lamentation from the women: and so on to the end, when the dead man and the dead pigs are hurried off together tn the cemetery with a shower QI paper enigmas to tease and cheat the demons on the way. A disinfectant for hospital uso and for general disinfecting purposes fa recommended by Dr. John Doy, It fa composed of one part tef rectified oil of turpentine, seven parts ot bcuriue, and five drops of oil of valerian to each, ounce of the mixture. Each of the ingredients is said to posaesa the power of absorbing the oxygen of the atmosphere and of converting ig into peroxide of hydrogen, a substance similar in its effects to ozone. Books, tetters, newspapers, clothing caipeteand wall paper, may be treated with this Gort of disinfectant without injury. Its action is very persistent. When a woman burns her finger she cries a little over it and keeps her burn in good condition to show ' r busband when he comes home .nd et sympathy. A man in the same condition will stick his digit in Ufa mouth, kick over the office stool, swear at the boy and forget all about it. One in the effect of love; the otlier of business. WertkfeH Stuff. > Not so fest, my fMond. If yoo eovM *ee the itrong, healthy, tava. wouieo ami 4rentb»t haxsbetn >\d«ed fr vu» ted* ol sfekqoM, suffering by the wra *>» Hop Jlilters, y«u ttunM say H Various ud i» v*l uab le ce.nedy.’' <a*liuua.—Fkstf . css..