Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1874 — Page 2

RENSSELAER UNION. JAMES A HEALEY, PlupMsW. * RENSSELAER, ’ - INDIANA. ‘

THE NEWS.

The Cariists Defeated After Four Days’ Fighting. clm • Breaking Up of Their Army in the North of Spain. Fearflal Explosion in London—Several Live* Lost. Germany Demands the Cessation of French AM to the Cariists. The PuMic Debt Statement for September. Beecher Procires the lidirtaeit of Tilton ud InltM for Libel. Mist Catherine E. Beecher vs. Henry C. Bowen. Francis D. Moulton Indicted for Libelinf Miss Procter. Compromise Between the Conservatives and Bepnblicans of Louisiana. Other Interest ins News Items. FOREIGN. A Vienna dispatch of the 28th says Austria vrill aeit year send another expedition to the Arctic regions to ascertain whether the land discovered by the expedition, and named Frant Joseph's Land, is an island or a portion of the continent. Dispatches received from Madrid on the 20th say there had been continuous fighting in the Province of Navarre for four days previous to the 25th. On that day twenty two .bjttafions of Cariists attacked Gen. Morlones’ army at Bersain. A sanguinary conflict ensued, resulting in the repulse of the Cariists along the' whole line. Their losses were very heavy and they had been compelled to ask medical assistance of the Republicans. It was reported that Russia was about to .open negotiations with a view to the recognition of the Spanish Republic. A Berne (Switzerland) dispatch of the 29th says that all the European Governments represented in the Postal Congress, except Prance, had instructed their delegates to sign the convention upon condition that it receives the support and ratification of the United States. France reserves the right to hereafter examine the conditions before signing. The London Times of the Ist in a leading Article contradicts the statement recently current that the tfueen had paid the debts of the Prince of Wales.- A London dispatch of the same date announces the breaking of the direct cable, and the return of the vessels engaged in laying it. Advices from the North of Spain to London journals of the Ist indicate the breaking up of the Carlist army. Several of the insurgent leaders had already surrendered, and it was reported that others had been shot by order of Don Carlos for demanding a cessation of hostilities. Early on the morning of the 2d a barge lying in tire Regent Canal and laden with powder exploded near the London Zoological Gardens, killing and wounding a number of persons and shattering houses and bridges for two miles away. A number of valuable Animals in the garden were also killed. The bodies of five persons had been recovered up to the date of the dispatch. * A late arrival from Japan brings the intelligence that the recent typhoon caused great destruction at Nagasaki. Several steamers and over 1,000 junks were wrecked, 0,000 houses destroyed, and over 300 lives lost at Nagasaki, Kobe and Sagaken. A Rome dispatch of the Sd says the King of Italy had issued a decree dissolving the Chamber of Deputies aud ordering a new election. ' - Germany, according to a recent Madrid letter, had sent a note to the French Government demanding the placing of a French army on the Spanish frontier to prevent the sending of aid to the Cariists, or otherwise Germany would station an army there. The Ministers of Great Britain and France presented their credentials to President Serrano, of Spain, on the 4th. It was noticeable that both Ministers addressed Serrano personally and did not refer to the Spanish Republic. " ' f : ‘ - DOMESTIC. A census just completed by the local authorities in Minnesota gives ,552,000 as the present population of the State, and rates the taxable value of all property within its borders at s2ll,ooo,ooo—an average of a fraction over $393 per capita. A national convention is to be held at Louisville, Ky., Oct. 21, to consider the question of ihe removal of the national capital from Washington to the Mississippi Valley. TheJßusingt©n ■& Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska has given $5,000 to the Nebraska Relief and Aid Society, and the Union Pacific has given the same amount. The nloney will be used to supply food, fuel and clothing to frontier farmers whose props were destroyed bv grasshoppers. '4a collision occurred on the Utica & Chenango Valley Railroad on the 29th ult.. near Oxford, N. Y-, between a gravel and a passenger train, the former of which was standing on the main track and loading at the time of the accident. E. Childs, mail agent, was caught in the ruins of his ear and his body was burned. A fireman and a lady passenger were fatally injured, and several other persons were slightly bruised- The mail car amfccontents were burned up. A stopped' watcSTssaid to have caused the disaster.The international rifle match at Creedmoor, N. Y., between the American and Irish teams came off on the 26th and resulted in a victory for the former, they winning the match |»y three points only. According to the New York Tribune the

earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee A .St. Paul Railroad fortlic third week iu September show a decrease of 47 pef cent, 'compared with tho.'O for the same tinn in 1873. It alsu. statesthat the official* of the !*t. Paul RailIroad say that the decrease in the earnings of 1 the NoythweMerp Railroad Is .somewhat I greater.' . - * g. The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has given | a decision, vacating so much or the order of the court excepting the Prairie du Chien Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul Railroad from the operations of the Potter law. - - A Washington dispatch of the 80th ult, s»\s reports received at the Agricultural Department show that the wheat crop will nearly average that of last year. None of the large corn-producing States reach an average. There will be a fair crop of,oats, potatoes and hay, but less than hsjf a crop of tobacco. Orders were issued at Washington on the SOUi ult. for four companies of cavalry to proceed to Western Alabama on account of the alleged disturbed condition of that section. A collision occurred on the “Allegheny Valley Railroad, near New Bethlehem, Pa., oh the 30th ult.,between a mail train and a freight train. Tile engineer and fireman of the mail train and a passenger named Henry Doyle were killed, an express messenger was fatally and a newsboy and a passenger were seriously injured. The baggage-car, containing the baggage, mail and express, was burned. The accident was caused by the telegraph operator .at New Bethlehem failing to hold the passenger train for orders, as directed. Considerable excitement has been reeently caused in Chicago and at the East over the threatened withdrawal from that city of the insurance companies represented in the National Board of Underwriters. Several companies ceased issuing policies on risks in Chicago on the Ist These companies allege that the facilities for extinguishing fires in the city are entirely inadequate, while the exposure to fire is so great that companies cannot afford to do business there. Certain demands have been made on the eity authorities, a compliance with which it is thought will materially lessen the danger of extensive conflagrations. A Madison (Wis.) special of the 80th ult. says both the Nortlrwesteru and the Milwaukee A St. Paul Railroads were about to comply with the Potter law, their agents having received the new schedule of rates for passengers and freights in accordance with the provisions of that law.

The public debt statement Oct. 1 makes the following showing: Six per cent, blinds $ 1 .'207.24,600 Five per cent, bonds 517.U2.V2U0 Total coin bonds $1,724,229,800 Lawful money debt $14,678,000 Matured debt' 6.457.710 Legal-tender notes 382.D75.407 Certificates of deposit 50.350,(XX) Fractional currency 4u.731.018 Coin certificates 36.415.600 Interest 32.ttf11.t77 Total debt 52.289.018,712 Cash in Treasury— Gain $77,409,677 Currency , 16,115,840 Special deposits held lor the redemption of certificates of deposit, as provided by law. 56.350.000 Total In Treasury .... . .... $149,875,517 Debt less cash in Treasury $2,139,743,195 Decrease during September ......-.j 435,417,= Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway Companies, interest payable in lawful money, principal outstanding $64,623,512 Interest accrued and not yet paid. 909,352 Inkiest paid by the United States.. 24.325,896 Interest repaid by the transportation of mails, etc A 469.979 Balance of interest paid by United States 13,855,418 The Secretary of the Treasury has given notice that the principal and accrued interest of the following 5-20 bonds Of ISO 2 will be paid at the Treasury on aud after the Ist of January, 1575, and that the interest on said bonds will cease on that day. Coupon bouds: SSO Nos, 1,811 to 4,200, botli inclusive: SIOO, Nos; 1,967 to 6,200, inclusive; S3OO, Nos. 1,187 to 5,000, inclusive; SI,OOO, Nos. 4,871 to 14,900, inclusive—s9,ooo,ooo. Registered bonds: SSO, Nos. I.SOI to 1,820, both inclusive; SIOO, Nos. 15,901 to 14,150, inclusive; ssoo, No§. 7,951 to 8,070, inclusive; SI,OOO, Nos. 32,951 to 88,350, inclusive; $5,000, Nos. 10,151 to 10,260, inclusive; SIO,OOO, Nos. 12,501 to 13,200 inclusive — $1,000,000. Total, $10,000,000. Atty.-Gen. Williams has sent a circular to the United States Marshals in the Southern States suggesting to them the appointment of some prudent and fearless person as Deputy Marshal in remote parts in each district, to act at once in .the arrest of parties committing outrages in the vicinity, so that it may not be necessary in such cases to send for the United States Marshal before troops can be used for the purpose of arresting those guilty of violating the laws oUthe United States. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided that parents, and not teachers, have the right to determine what studies their children shall pursue in school. A New Orleans dispatch of the 2d says Gov. Kellogg had. upon the recommendation of the Advisory Board, removed Thomas H. Wynne, Assistant .Supervisor of the Second Ward, and William Davis, Clerk of the Second Ward, charged with obstructing registration, and appointed other persons to those positions—the first practical results of the conference agreement. A recent Washington dispatch says our Government is still pressing upon Spain indemnity for the Yirginius affair. The annual report of the Commissioner of Pensions will show 33,640 pension certificates issued the past fiscal year, of which, however, i only 9,783 were original certificates. The Comptroller of the Currency ha?lssued a circular calling upon the National Banks for reports of their condition at the close of business Friday, Oct. 2. The State Executive Committee of the Democratic and Conservative party of Alabama | hpve issued an address to the people of the | l nited States, denying the truth of the I charges made-by Minister Spencer, Congress* B : men White, Hayes and Pelham, and J. J. ; Martin as to outrages in that State, and ‘ alleging their untruth, and that such [ charges were made for the purpose of ini fiueuciqg the elections in the North and West ! and to procure Federal troops to be sent toj control the election in Alabama, i The Railway Commissioners of the North-’ I western States, recently in session at Madison, j Wis.,adopted a form for reports, so that the rail- ’ road statistics of Illinois. lowa, Minnesota i and Wisconsin will be collated and published ! in a uniform series of tables. The next meet—- ; ing will be held at Springfield on the 9ih qf : December, when the consideration of the subject jof legislation and classification will.be resumed. * A Charleston (S. C.) .dispatch states' that 10,0)X> voters of the city, black aiid white, assembled in mass-meeting on the night of the 3d, to demand from Gov. Moses the removal of the Board of, Election Commissioners, alleging that they are unscrupulous partisans.

I‘A committed was appointed to present to the Governor a petition for the removal of the ‘Commissioner.. I'HttWltt. Mias Catherine F... Beecher having published a statement relative to the ljreehcri eoutrrtMrftsy, in-which she makes certain aei eusutions against Henry.C. Buyout,qf the New ’ York / ivl'-jyrul&rtt, among other ftfings chargj ing him with being the.real originator of the ■ great scandal, Mr. Bowen has responded by j denying in fo7(7the _ ifllegaßbns bTsfisa Beecher : and emphatically declaring that he was not | the originator of tlie charges against Henry i Waul Beecher, and that the latter gentleman j never charged him f Bowen) with improper ; conduct. The banking-house of Townsend '& Co., of New Haven, Conn., has failed for $3,000,000. Its affairs are in the hands of a receiver. The greatest sufferers are among the laboring classes. The Grand Jury ot Kings County, N. Y. have found a criminal indictment against Francis D. Moulton for libeling Miss Edna Dean Proctor. Bail was fixed at $20,000, which was subsequently reduced to $3,000. Two prominent business houses in New York—Williamson, Griffith & Co., sugar refiners, and J allies Bi&hou A Co., importers and manufacturers of india-rubber—failed on the 29th ult. It was not thought other houses would lie involved in the ruin. The National Grange will meet at Charleston, S.C., on the 18th of November. The National congregational Connell convened at New Haven, Conn., on the 30th nit. Gov. Kellogg, of Louisiana, has issued an address to the people of the United States, in which he declares his willingness to have all his official acts subjected to a rigid and critical examination, Ife claims a-great reduction in State expenses and taxation for the current year as compared with the two preceding years. The marriage of Lieut. Thomas W. Fiteli, U. S. N., to Miss Maria E. Sherman, daughter of Gen. Sherman, occurred at Washington on the Ist. The marriage service was performed in St. Aloysius’ Church by Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, assisted by the resident clergy of the Catholic faith. The attendance of invited guests was very large, and the wedding presents numerous and costly. Mr. Elmer Washburn, formerly Police Superintendent of Chicago, has been appointed Chief of the Secret Service of the Government, Wre Wlrtroly, resigned.

Henry Ward Beecher attended the regular weekly prayer-meeting of Plymouth Church on the evening of the 2d, and met with an enthusiastic reception outlie part of his friends. The church building was crowded, many failing to obtain admission. Charles Sumner’s estate has been appraised and is valued at $1:14,758. Commodore Melanethon B. Woolsey, of the United States Navy, died at Pensacola, Fla., on the 2d, of yellow fever. He was fifty-six years of age. On the 3d Henry Ward Beecher appeared before the Grand Jury, in session at Brooklyn, and seeured thedndictmeut of TheQdore Tilton and Francis D. Moulton for malicious libel and slander. This action caused great excitement in Brooklyn. It is said that when Mivlieeeher gave his testimony he was in the highest degree emphatic, and declared that the allegations of Tilton and Moulton with reference to himself, Mrs. Tilton and another lady were “ atrocious falsehoods.” Samuel D. Morris, counsel for Mr. Tilton, says that Mr. Beecher has at last done What he was asked to do by Mr. Tilton in the opening of the controversy. In a letter to the press published on the 4th Mr. Tilton solemnly charges against Beecher, and demands immediate trial. lie declares that this tardy action by Mr. Beecher and his friends iu prosecuting him for libel can be attributed only to the fact that the verdict of the committee fails to command popular credence. Mr. Beecher preached to a large congregation in Plymouth Church on the 4th. y

POHTIfAL. The New York Liberal State Convention, in session at Albany on the ‘29th lilt., declared it unwise to make nominations for State officers. The Conservative and Republican Committees in New Orleans have effected a compromise by which it is agreed that the registration shall be committed to an Advisory Board to be composed of two Democrats, two Republicans and an umpire. Tin- Nevada Democrats have nominated L. R. Bradley for Governor, Jewett Adams for Lieutenant-Governor, and A. C. Ellis for Congress. The platform adopted opposes massed capital, subsidies, and a third term; condemns the back-salary grab; opposes Chinese immigration ; favors laws for regulating fares and freights; indorses the Eight-hour law; arraigns the Administration for its abus#" of power; demands the repeal of the bullion tax, and condemns the acts of violence recently perpetrated in the South. Congressional nominations on tlie 29th ult.: Republican—fifth Ohio District,. Reynolds M. Little.. Democratic—First Missouri, Edward C. Kehr; Second do, Erastus Wells, renominated; Third do, William 11. Stone, renominated. The .. Republicans of the Thirty-first New York District have renominated Lyman K. Bass for Congress. The Grand -Hotel, at Saratoga, N. Y., was burned o.n the Ist Loss over #300,000. Congressional nominations on the Ist; Democratic—First Tennessee District, William McFarland; Third Michigan, Fidus Livermore; Fourteenth New York, George M. Beebe. Republican—Fifth Tennessee, 11. H. Harrison, renominated; Twenty-seventh New York, T. C, Platt, renominated; Second Texas, F. W. Sumner; Sixth New Jersey, Marcus L. Ward, renominated. Reform—Eighth Wisconsin, G. W. Cate. Democratic-Liberal-Thirty -third New York, A. F. Allen, The Supreme Court of ludiana has decided constitutional the law providing for a special 'election of Judges and Attorneys of the judicial districts into which the State was divided by the Legislature in 18T3, Tlio following Congressional nominations wore made on the 2d; Democratic and Independent—Ninth Illinois District, L. F. Ross. Liberal—First Michigan, A. $: Williams. -The Nevada Independents have nominated a State ticket, composed of sevep Democrats, four Republicans and three Independents. For Governor, L, R. Bradley; LieutenantGovernor, A. J. Hatch; Congressman, A'. C. Ellis. ' _______ —Happy thought—That of the fashionable school-teacher who, when asked by a pppil, “ Who is the present King of Switzerland?” said: “This is not the hour, you know, when talking is permitted. Ask ine at the next session anil then I will tell you"—and then rushed for the book-case, —The silk factories of New Jersey employ 7.000 girls. ‘

The Fitch-Sherman Wedding.

Washington. Oct. 1. Lieut. Tlios. W. Fitch, of the Engineer Corps of the navy, was married to-day to Miss M aria Hheruian, eldest daughter of Gen. W. T. Sherman. The ceremony ] took place iu At.. Alpysius' i Catholic) j Oijurcn. The marriage was solemnized by Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, assisted by clergymen from New York and Brooklyn and the resident priests of ■ -theDistriCtur:"- — r~r ‘—T:r-n j The bridesmaids were Misses Lizzie i and Ella Sherman, sisters of the bride; J Miss Phillips, of Cincinnati; Miss Fanny j Marey, daughter of Gen. Marcy, United ; States Army; Miss Alice Bartley, of j Washington:'. Miss Maria Patterson, of , St. I.ouis; Miss Ella Ewing and Miss j Bessie Smith, of Cincinnati. J The groomsmen were Charles Rae, of i the Engineer Corps; Lieut. Hunter, Paymaster Cochrane, Edwin Wells, of the Engineer Corps; Lieut. Wood, United States Navy; Lieut. Russel, of the Marine (lorps; Thomas E. Sherman, brother ot the bride, and Mr. G. Alvin, of Boston. The bride leaned upon the arm of her father. The groom stood within the sacristy, near a door leading to the sanctuary, and as the bridal party approached the altar he passed through the sanctuary, leaning upon the arm of Gen. Hugh Ewing, the brother of Mrs. Sherman, and met flic bride near the sanctuary, where he received her from her father. The entire party then approached the altar railing, and, after kneeling a short time, took the positions assigned them. All being in readiness, the Archbishop entered the sanctuary from the sacristy, and proceeded with the marriage ceremony. The bride and groom first received the holy communion. At the conclusion of mass a special blessing was given, and the ceremony ended. Before the mass Archbishop Purcell read portions of the Scripture relating to the sacrament of matrimony and then addressed the congregation. He said that the marriage ceremony had never before been performed in the United States under more interesting circumstances than the present . He-was told that among those in the church was the ruler of the great Republic, the greatest nation of ancient or modern times. Here also was the father of the bride, who had achieved such fame-as a soldiei-and-was-a most devoted patriot. There were other brave officers and Generals present who had gained the admiration and respect of every nation of the earth. He then referred to the sanctity of the marriage tie, and said when the marriage union was consummated under such auspices as were witnessed to-day there was every reason to believe that Almighty God would bless the couple. The Archbishop next spoke of the family of tne bride, referring to her grandfather and grandmother, Judge and Mrs. Ewing, and the noble traits of their characters. He again spoke of the sacrament about to be administered, and said marriage is essentially a religious ceremony, and not a mere civil contract. It had been raised to'the dignity of a sacrament by the Savior of the world. He congratulated the vast assembly in attendance upon the good order maintained, by which was shown respect for the house of God and for our divine Lord here present, as well as His Excellency the President and the bride and groom. The ceremony over, the bridal party returned to Gen. Sherman’s residence and received their friends from one to four o’clock —the bride and groom in the back parlor, while Gen. and Mrs. Sherman occupied the front parlor. The bridal party received congratulations in the front of a niche containing a bust of Gen. Sherman, under a canopy of tiowers draped with smil-ax, from which also was suspended a marriage bell of snow-white flowers. During the reception ceremony the Marine Band,stationed on the grounds west of the parlor, played appropriate airs. The newly-married couple left in the evening for a bridal tour North and West, intending to reach St. Louis, their future residence, about the loth.

FACTS AND FIGURES.

—Smitliville, Conn., numbers 381 Smiths. —lt takes 260 rails to lay a mile of railroad track. —lowa put up 1,200 school-houses within the past year. —The highest temperature ever observed at sea was 86°. —The Boston Public Library contains 213,000 volumes and 49,000 in the branch establishment. —The School of Design connected with the Mechanics’ Institute in Cincinnati has given instruction to 3,243 pupils since 1863. —A man in Jasper County, Ga., gathered from one grain of wheat 2,370 grains. His corn will average forty-five bushels to the acre. ■

—The oyster openings in New York city amount to 550,000 stews, 250,000 fries, 175,000 raws, 75,000 roasts and 25,000 broils daily. —ln the twenty-five years —1840-’73 there were 262,563 new houses built in London, and 0,578 new streets* and seventy-one squares were formed. The length of these new streets and squares exceeded 1,158 miles. —The amount of lurnbdr surveyed inBangor, Me,, from Jan. 1 to Aug. 1, was 91,084,418 feet, being pver ten millions of feet more than was surveyed during the corresponding period of last year, while it is over eighteen million of ■ feet less than the amount for 1872. —Michigan has thirty-two charcoal blast furnaces, nearly all of which are in operation, three that run on bituminous coal and coke, and one on anthracite. It j has also four rolling mills for muck and ; merchant bas, and one rail mill. The ! blast furnaces have an aggregate daily ! capacity of about 1,000 tons. i ■. . j —The following are the number of let- j ters in the alphabets of different nations: English, 20; French, .25; Italian. 20; Spanish, 27;-.German. 26; Slavonic, 42; Russian, 30; Latin, 22; Greek. 24; Hebrew, 22; Arabic, 2S : Persian, 31; Turkish. 28; Sanscrit, 44: Chinese radical characters, 214. —lt is asserted that 500: pounds of frogs are daily consumed in New York. j They are chiefly caught in Canada, and are sent thfe’re in salt sacks laid fiat on the floor off the freight car, and contain- j ing each about one* hundred frogs. An • average of 5 per cent, die in the train. , Each female frog is said to spawn oveV a j thousand at a time, but .not more than fifty in that number live to attain full j growth. They are often eaten by their own species “or by birds and. snakfsJ They are flsually taken with the hook, j

I but bite at it only when their heads ariW j above water. A bait is often uwiecesj sarv. A frog-catcher frequently brings ; his hook, under the jaw of the frog wirb- ; out creating alarm, and jerks its poifft i into the flesh. He is then easily liftejl into the bout.

HAPS AND MISHAPS.

—Mr. Henry Tallert, of Chicago, about ten weeks ago suddenly lost his | speech, owing to paralysis of his palate. ; A few days ago be regained his speech as suddenly as he had lost it, and has j since suffered no inconvenience from his . late affliction. 1 —Aaron Bowers, a colored dining- | room servant at the Grand Hotel, CinI cinnati, while going up on an elevator ; from the laundry with a basket of linen, j the other djiy, put htodrCad out as he was | passing the first floor to speak to a comrade, and he was caught against the ceiling and instantly killed. | —rThe other day Mr. Hart, of Newcasj tie, Ind., came home from a bunt and set his gun up in a corner. As Mrs. Hart was passing around about her household duties she accidentally knocked the gun down. The fall discharged the load, which passed through the bottom of her foot, inflicting a frightful and possibly fatal wound. —A minister lately baptized an infant in a chutcb in Northumberland County, Pa,, and after the ceremony was surprised by a request that the child might be allowed to drink the water used in the sacrament, the reason being that, if it should drink the water with which it had been baptized, sickness could be kept from it through life. —Anson Thompson, of Port Henry, N.. Y«, h%d a fashion of taking a nap on his door-step after dinner. The door-step was an old boat turned up-side down. Some of his watermen friends thought they would rouse him one day lately, so they placed a glycerine cartridge under his bed and exploded it to see the fun. The cartridge tore a hole about sixteen inches long and ten inches wide in the boat and continued the hole* nearly the same size in Thompson’s side. He was blown to his feet, looked around, saw his friends running away and fell dead. —A man named Mike Long died recently at Granton, N. J., from taking an overdose of medicine. It appears that he had the fever and ague. A physician prepared and gave him a bottle of medicine composed of quinine and other ingredients, with instructions to take a teaspoonful every three hours. Long, after the doctor left, remarked to one of the inmates of the house: “ Be jabbers, and it’s too much trouble to be bothered about the time; I will take it all at once,” and he did so. He was quickly prostrated. The doctor was sent for,-but nothing could he done to save him. He died in tw r enty-four hours after he had taken the overdose. —The new season of snake stories opens promisingly with two reptilian marvels. In Sussex County, N. J., an angry snake which had made a dart at a dodging man struck its venomous fangs into a tree instead, and within an hour thereafter the tree wilted, all the leaves fell off, and it is now but a shriveled trunk. According to the second story, a family living near Liberty Mills, Orange County, Va., found lately in the bottom of a tea-kettle, which has been used to boil the water for their coffee at breakfast, the body of a black snake which had been boiled to death. The horrifying discovery caused unspeakableconsternation amongst the cofl'ee-drinkers, none of whom, —however, were injured by the abominable distillation

A Monkey Doctor.

All previous narratives of intelligent proceedings on the part of animals are thrown into the shade by the following account of a medical monkey, described by the Oriental correspondent of a London journal: He one day saw a monkey holding a snake by the throat and rubbing its head in the dirt, but, as the ground was moist find damp, the Snake was not readily killed by this mode pf punishment. Every now and then the monkey would look most knowingly in the face of the reptile to see if it was dead, and in the course of one of these investigations the monkey received a severe bite. This angered him and he speedily dispatched the snake, hut its coils had hardly relaxed before the monkey reeled and fell prostrate, apparently in all the agonies of death by poison. By this time an aged-looking monkey arrived on the scene, and after examining the body of the snake and the victim he immediately started for some neighboring bushes, where he collected some leaves of the plant known as the clierchita. These he rapidly and skillfully fashioned into a sort of pill, which he administered to his snake-bitten companion, who speedily revived and walked oil' with his physician. The story is declared to come from trustworthy sources. 1

Prince & Co.’s Organs.

Five octaves, two full sets of reeds. Solid walnut cases, elegant bronze finish. Price, with six stops, $ 125; eight stops, SIBO. . Address Reed’s Temple of Music, Chicago. A person who represented that he was a clergyman presented himself at the office of a prominent real estate firm in Boston the other day, and asked if the firm would give him a list of all the farms' offered for sale and owned by widows. The query naturally arose whether he wanted to buy a widow or marry a farm: Popular Fallacy and Deceptions.— It is an infirmity of man to cling to the teachings of a past generation and to stubbornly resist the light of reform and progress. , Health-reform and Temper-ance-growth are jealously watched over by; the Poison Bitters compounders. One great prevailing deception of the present age is the impression that every human biped of either sex must be stimulated , and the poisoned chalice is labeled “ Medicated Bitters,” tfie better to palliate their use and prolong the epidemic. One of the most zealous workers to cure this malady, Dr. Joseph Walker, Inventor and Proprietor of the famed California Vinegar Bitters, believes in making Bitters that are “true medicine,” and advises the sick man to swallow a draught that will wash out the Leprosy of his disease. In this faith he is steadfast, and his Vinegar Bitters, though a contradiction to the general character of all other Bitters, are, as a great sueeess and Life VUtilizer, evidence of'one popular fallaey and corrected. 3 To have good health the liver must be kept in order. ' Sanford’s Liver Invigorator has become a staple family medicine. Purely vegetable—Cathartic and Tonic—for all derangements of Liver. Stomach and Bowels; ,clears the complexion, cures 'siek-headache, Shun imitations, Try Sanford?* Liver Irtvigoralor.

Died Suddenly of Heart Disease.

How coimnon'is the announcirnent. Thousand# arc Bu«ldr-nly swept law eternity by this fatal jtutjailv. This disease, generally has [ itiSßri#iu bi impure blood tided with irritati tn 3| poisonous materials, whiotj. cifvulatrag 1 through the heart, irritate its delicate tissues, i Trough <he irritation may at first be only slight, producing a little ]>aipitatii>n or irregular action r «r.dull, heavy, or sharp darting pains, yet by and by the disease becomes firmly seated, and inflammation, or hypertrophy, or thickening of the Jining membrane or of the valves, is produced. How wise to give early attention to a ease of this kind. Unnatural throbbing or pain in the region of the ! lieart sliould admonish one that all is not right, and if you would preserve it from further disease you must help it to beat rightly by the use of 6uch a remedy as will remove the eause-jt)f tin? trouble. Use Hr. PiereeU Golden Medieul Discovery before the disease }ias become too and it will, by* its great blood-purifying and \jcpnderfui regulating properties, effect' cure. It contains medical properties which act specifically upon the tissues of the heart, bring“ing about a healthy action, Sold by all firstclass Druggists. HEART DISEASE CURED. Rockport, Spencer Co.. Inch. Feb. 1, 1874. Dr. R. V. Pierce. M. D., Buffalo. N. V.: About two years ago I was afflicted with a disease of the heart, which at times created a pressure around it, almost causing suffocation. I saw an advertisement of your Golden Medical Discovery, recommending the same as a cure for disease of the heart. I then bought half a dozen bottles of it, and after using three bottles I was entirely relieved and am now enjoying good health. Gratefully yours, Vitus Killian. Cmi.i. Cure!—Safe axd Sure.— Dr. Wilhoft's Tonic is curative and protective. It will cure Chills and protect from further at! tucks. Its reputation is established. Its composition is simple and scientific. It contains, no poison. It acts promptly and its effects are permanent. It is cheap, because it saves doctors’ bills. It is harmless, speedy in action and delightful in its effects. Try it and prove all that’s said. Wheelock, Fixlay <fc Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. For sale by all Druggists. The Elmwood Collar is the most perfectfitting collar yet made. It is so close an imi tation of linen that it cannot he detected. The novelty that produces this effect is the folded edqex, which, when worn over a scarf or tie, prevent the sharp, raw edge from showing as in other collars. It is for sale at all gents’ furnishing stores. —Brooklyn Union.

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