Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1874 — Page 2

RENSSELAER UNION. JAMES * HEALEY, WwrfeWr*. *—— * RENSSELAER, INDIANA.

THE NEWS.

Count Von Arnim Under Arrest at Berlin. Carlists Giving Themselves I p and Asking For Pardon. Applications From Southern States for United States Troops. The Louisiana Difficulties To Be Solved by a Recount of Votes. Interesting Grange Statistics—The National Grange. Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc. FOREIGN. The Catholic Vicar of Posen, Germany, basing disobeyed 11,1 order to leave the country within twelve hours, has been forcibly ejected. “Barry Cornwall,” 4 the English author, died on the sth. The Sultan of Moroceo-has issued a decree prohibiting the export of cereals for three -.years.- »-■ 1 ?■-. At Northampton, England, on the 6th, after the declaration of the vote by which Bradlaugh was defeated for Parliament, a mob of his supporters inaugurated a riot which the police were unable to quell. The military were at last called out, and in the struggle w hich followed many qwrsons were _ A Madrii dispaUli .of tlie TUi-says the Carlists had been again defeated at Igualada with a severe less in killed and wounded. A report that Don Carlos had been seriously wounded at Durango is pronounced untrue. A special to the London Post of the 7th declares that anarchy reigned in The Turcomans were plundering tribes friendly to Russia, and her armed intervention was thought to be inevitable. Count Von Arnim, late German Ambassa dor to Paris, was recently arrested at the instance of Bismarck, who charged that he had concealed important State documents and was about to publish them. A London dispatch of the Sth says the affair had taken a very serious turn, and that the Emperor had ordered that no stone be left unturned to recover the missing papers. The Count had denied that there was any intention of publishing State secrets, and intimates that the documents were removed from the archives of the em-. bassy without his knowledge. A Rome dispatch of the same date says the missing documents relate to the establishment of a new Government in France and to German iuter- ’ Terence with Spanish affairs. A Madrid dispatch of the Sth says that Spain had disbanded 16,600 soldiers, the period for which they enlisted hiving expired. A Madrid dispatch of the 10th says -many Carlists were coming into Barcelona and Tarragona and asking for amnesty. Nineteen natives of Navarre in the Carl'st army had been shot for insubordination. An explosion had recently occurred at Aspatia, in the building used for the manufacture of cartridges for the CariisTs, wlffch caused the instant death of eighteen persons. The London Tima of the 10th had advices from Vienna to the effect that the SchleswigHolstein question would be referred to the arbitration of the Queen. Count Vdn Arnim, on account of the serious condition of his health. has been removed to a sanitarium near Berlin. DOMESTIC. A Washington dispatch of the sth says the Commissioners to settle the affairs of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company had w ritten to a correspondent to the effect that it was impossible to say when a dividend would be paid. They had only $45,066 of the s6oo,Otto required for' a dividend of 20 per cent. It had been determined to close the thirtythree branches 1 at the end of this month. A number of Texas steers, which arrived in New York on the evening of the 4th, while passing through the lower part of the,city, became infuriated by the noises and lights, and eight of them broke from the drovers, rushing in various directions. Before the steers were shot nearly fifty people were injured by them, some seriously. , A recent dispatch from the United States Marshal at Montgomery, Ala., announces the arrest of several persons charged with complicity in the murder of one W. P. Billings in August last. he New York Tima the- sth publishes- A , dispatch from New Orleans stating that, upon the arrival of the United States' troops at Coushatta, some fifteen White Leaguers who were engaged in the recent murders at that place left town and fled to Arkansas and Texas. A letter was received at the Postoffice Department in Washington on the sth from a special agent sent to investigate the murder of a colored route agent in Alabama, a little over a month ago, which says: ” The reign of terror existing in this country at present far exceeds anything of the kind I have ever seen. Armed bodies of men are riding over the country, and colored people are afraid to go into the fields? to save their crops from waste and ruin.” This letter is dated “In the Woods, near Livingston, Sumter County, Ala., Sept. 29.” The Conservative State Central Committee of Louisiana has issued an address to the people in which they claim that the White Leagues were organized as an offset to Black Leagues, composed of colored men, which at one time, they say, were numerous ’‘throughput the State. - - i -- ‘ ~ There will be a total eclipse of the moon On the night of the 24th inst, visible in ’this cotin try. The eclipse will begin a little before midnight and end about three o’clock on the morning Of the 25th, the total occursing about one o’clock. Washington dispatches of the 7th state that applications for troops were constantly reaching the War Department from Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana. Gen. Sheridan had

been requested to spare a regiment from his command and the Thirteenth Infantry had been ordered to re]»ort to the Department of the South. The Secretary of War says if he were required to comply with all the applications received it would be necessary to largely tHUfeasc the force - of the army. ~ C. C, Warren, of Princeton, 111., has obtained judgment for SI,OOO against the Chicago, Burlington At Quincy Railroad for extortionate passenger and freight .Thargesr,;. • The Grand Jury at Salt City, Utah; have indicted one of their own number, Thomas E. Ricks, for polygamy. He is cha rged-wi t-h ha ving-ti ve w i vex, three of -wlioni were married to him *incelS6A- His own da tighter is one of the principal witne-xt.es. The Attorney-General of Wisconsin lias stipulated with the general solicitor of tlie Chicago A Northwestern Railway’ Company to unitedly ask the United States Supreme Court to take up the railroad case appealed from the United States District--Court at Madison, and set it down for trial on the TOth day of December next. Gov. Kellogg, in a reply to a recent address of the Conservative State— Committee, -assertshis anxiety to secure a full registration and a fair election, and declares his willingness to do all in his power to that end. Postmaster-Gen. Jewell has expressed a determination to do away with Claim agents in the transaction of department business with railroad or other corporations or individuals. He prefemiealing with parties directly interested.

At Buffalo, recently, the United States detectives arrested Thomas Ballard, alias John Davis, one of the most expert counterfeiters and engravers in the country; also Elizabeth Ballard and Ann Adams, accomplices. In their possession was found $16,060 in counterfeit money of various denominations, together with press, dies, plates, etc. A New Orleans special of theJTth _says Frank Morey, Congressman from thcrFifth District, had sent a communication to 8. B. Packard, Chairman of the Republican State _Central Committee, stating thatintiinidation, organized and thorough, prevailed in the parish of Union to such an extent that not more than SOOof the colored voters would register. He stated further that a similar state of things existed in some of the other parishes. The commission charged with the duty of investigating the, facts in regard tQ4.be killingpf live Osage Indians by the Kansas iiiilit.ia finds that tlie attack was unprovoked and utterly unjustifiable, and recommends that the United States Government should see that the Osages are reimbursed for loss of property captured by the attacking party. New Orleans advices of the 10th state that the supporters of Gov. McEnery had accepted the proposition of Gov. Kellogg to test the question of the Louisiana State Government by a canvass of the actual returns, and all parties to abide by tlie result. These returns could be produced and authenticated at any time. A telegram of tlie 9th from the Assistant United:States Attorney at Denison, Tex., says eleven Ku-Khix prisoners had just been brought to that place from Montague by a Deputy Marshal and his assistants?--PERSONAL. David Valentine & Co., of New York, silk importers, have failed, with liabilities of $500,660. Kupfcr & Silverman, dealers in woolen goods, suspended on the sth, and Clews & Co., bankers, had also stopped payment, but expected to resume shortly. The failure; of 11. B. Patterson, broker was announced in New York on the 6th. There were also rumors on Wall street of trouble in all departments of trade, and tlie utmost use was made of them to depress stocks, and with good success. • President Grant arrived at St. Louis on the night of the sth. On the Ist day of October* according to an official bulletin issued by the Secretary of tlie National Grange, there were in the several States 26,788 subordinate Granges. Duping. the preceding month 469 new Granges had been - institutedr The next session of—Hie National Grange will be held in Charleston, 8. C., on the first Wednesday in Februarv. 1575. The Rev. Dr. T. M. Eddy, formerly of Chicago, and Missionary Secretary of tlie Methodist Episcopal Church, died in New York on the 7th, aged fifty-one years. ThesGrand Jury of St. Paul, Minn., have found twenty-six indictments against Mr Charles Mellrath, late State Auditor of Minnesota, for alleged malfeasance in office. At a recent meeting of the Chicago Presbytery Prof. David Swing presented a letter in which, after avowing hiniself “ a Presbyterian in thvsense in which the vast majority of clergymen wearing that name are Presbyterians," he declared himself independent and asked the presbytery to drop his name from its roll. The request was' granted by a vote of 18 to 11, and resolutions were adopted to the effect that this action was taken with great reluctance and declaring warm personal regard for Mr. Swing. The President has appointed Charles G. Hammond, of Chicago, a member of the Board of Indian Commissioners. The committee of the Presbytery of Jersey City, N. J., have presented charges and specifications against the Rev. John S. Gler.denning, of seduction, breach of promise, etc. It is said the father of Charley Ross, the abducted -Philadelphia boy—whose whereabout s have - not yet been—ascertained, uotwithstanding the large rewards and great efforts put firth for his recovery—has become crazed with grief and because of slanderous reports which have been published concerning himself and family. POLITICAL. Congressional nominations on the sth: People's Party-*-First Illinois District, B. G. Caulfield: Second District C. H. Harrison; Third DistrictrJ. V. LeMoyue. Democratic—Fourth Arkansas, Thomas M. Gunter; Twelfth Ohio, William E. Fink. M. J. Townsend has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Seventeenth New York District. The State Republican Convention of Massachusetts met at Worcester on the 7th. Gov. Talbot was renominated on the first ballot, receiving 755 of the 1.042 votes cast. Horatio G. Knight wa's th A choice for Lieutenant Governor, Oliver Warner j for Secretary of the Commonwealth, Charles R. Train for Attorney-General, Charles Endicott Auditor, and Oharies Adams, Jr., for Treasurer. The resolutions adopted declare in favor of a sound currency and such legislation by Congress as shall place the currency on a par with gold; express gratitude to the Ph-sident for his promptness in suppressing the New Orleans outbreak: declare that the Republican party has proved itself Under all circumstances the party of progress and .reform, etc. The election in Georgia on the Tth for members of the State Legislature passed bff quietly.

But little opposition, except in a fpw counties, was made to the Dcm<K-n(tle candidates. The Deni6cratlc majority on Joint ballot will be altOUt-W'. ■».. ..ri Congressional nomlnejioiis- on the 7th; 'Democratic—First Michigan District, A. 8. ’'Winianis;”BUebli<r -- Keiitucky, John Young Brown, rehominated; Fourteenth Illinois, J. IL Pickrell. Republican—Fifth Wisconsin, John Uoi-hrany. Republican'and Independ*‘yltrTcnth Missouri, Ira B. Hyde. The Democrats of tlie Twenty-eighth New York Congressional District have nominated Edward 8. Esty (Liberal) for Congress. The Conservatives, of South Carolina, at their recent State Convention, resolved to support the candidates—for Governor ami Lieutenant-Governor nominated by the Independcfir Itepuhlican party. They also declared their platform to be honesty and economy in tlie administration’ of the State Government. ~. ' Jolin Means is tlie Republican candidate for Congress-tn the Tenth Kentucky District. Ail .-lection was held in Delaware on the Bth for Inspectors and Assessors to conduct'the election iii November. The Democrats carried the day by an aggregate majority of about 450. . ♦ The Tammany Democrat* of Naw York city have nominated Win. 11. Wickham for Mayor.

FACTS AND FIGURES.

—The cost per scholar on total expenditures in the Richmond (Vd ? .) public schools is $16.58,, English railway companies killed forty passengers last year out of 455,000,000, and one employe of every 323. There were two accidents to every three days, and more than half of those were collisions. Only five of the accidents resulted from unavoidable causes. T —The- German Emigrant Society’ reports that 31,779 Germans have arrived in New York since the Ist of January last. The number for the first eight -months -of-ritß73—was 73,-724;’-slrowing a falling off this year of more than 50 per cent. —Four thousand four hundred and j seventy-four new depositors have entered thtir names on the books of the Boston Fivc-C'ents Savings Bank within the last five months, making- Hie whole number of accounts iiow:_opeii..66.4oo-and i the amount on deposit $11,866,280.54. : —Tlie linnifal supply~oT copper from the whole of the civilized world is estimated at between 127,000 and 130,000 tons. The annual tin supply is stated at from 25,000 to 28,000 tons. These estimates are made by a leading English house engaged in the tin and copper trades. —The number of horses in lowa by the enumeration of 1874 is 561,263—a gain since 1873 of 10,211. Mules, 33,325 —a gain since 1873 of 1,325. Sheep, 470,074 —a loss since 1873 of 53,115. The total value of live stock of all kind sthis year is $39,061,286—a gain since 1873 of $2,530,932. The banner county as to horses is Linn, 13,392; next, Clinton, 13,254; Jasper, 11,777; Benton, 11,726; Johnson, 11,057; l)ubTßjggr~ro‘Bßsr 'Tlie banner county for sheep is Van Buren, 24,736; Mahaska, 21,535; and ten other counties have between 10,600 and 20,000. —We get some idea of the vastness of our country from the statistics furnished by Mr. Dodge, of the Department of Agriculture. Less than one-fifth of the entire area of the United States is mapped into farms, and only ojie-fourth of this farm area is tilled or mowed. Heavy as our wheat crop is, it occupies a surface less than the. area of South Carolina. Our national crop, maize, covers a territory’ not larger than Vir- ! ginia, and the potato crop could glow in less than the area of Delaware. The country is capable of producing food for the support of a population almost without number. There seems to be no danger of our being overcrowded for •centuries. —An able statistician has, with intinite labor, compiled a table whereby the changes and chances which may occur in a game of poker may be told at a glance. For instance, 2,598,960 different hands can be dealt with a pack of cards; 1,302,540 will contain less than a pair, and 1,296,420 one pair or more. The latter hands divide into 1,098,240 of one T>air, 34,912 of threes, 125,532 of two pairs, 10,200 straights, 5,105 flushes, 3,774 fulls, 624 fours, and forty straight flushes. With this table in one’ hand and your cards in the other it will take a very smart man to get the best of you in a little game of draw. If in the "course of 64,974 deals your adversary holds two straight flushes, a look at the table will convince you that something is wrong, and if fours are played on you more than once in 4,162, instead of drawing .your cards, “draw” your revolver and “call” for the police, and when they take hiyi you take the pool.—A”. K. <Si*n. I

A Turkey Story.

• I From Fontainebleau, in France, comes an account of an amusing lawsuit lately tried there, which was decided according to scientific and Solomon-like principles. Monsieur C had for a neigh- ' bor a farmer named B . Hd also pos- : sessed a turkey-hen which, a few weeks j ago, hatched out a brood of fourteen ; little ones. ’ Soon after their birth these new-comers suddenly disappeared, much ; ter the" vexation Oftheir owner, who sought in vain for them in every spot : whither they could have strayed. One ! day the mother's oft-repeated calls were answefed by cries from the barnyard of Farmer B . The police were called i into consultation, and on the suspected premises found a cage containing ten little turkeys, which Monsieur C —- j ■ swore were his property. B and his : wife both protested earnestly that they j were innocent of any wrong, but the j . matter was brought into the courts. At , the trial the Judge was puzzled how to i proceed, but, acting on the advied of a i naturalist, he set the chicks in the pres-.; ence of the hen belonging to B . She ! instantly flew at them and pecked them. ; The other hen was then, led into the ■ arena, and the voice of nature was loud- | ;ly eloquent. Spreading her wings, the i old fowl called the brood and they took ! shelter in their accustomed place' uttering loud cries of joy.. The mother inarched off in triumph; the court proi nounced this proof decisive; and Farmer ' B*— and his wife were arrested, tried , and condemned to two months' imprisonI nient. . > I Take three carrots and grate them; pl.ace in a vessel and corer with lard, I without salt if convenient; boil thoroughly, strain, and add sufficient beeswax to make a paste. This is a most jnvalaable ointment for cuts, burns, scalds, or wounds of any kind. Farmers are like fowls—neither 'will get 'Tull crops without industry.

HAPS AND MISHAPS.

—A young Bchool-teacher ofjSteuben, Me , named Nash, was instantly killed recently, while attempting to draw a charge from a gun. —Mrsi Johnson, of New York,, was fatally; injured, the other day, by getting her feet entangled in her skirts and falling down stairs. —Ambrose Palmer, of Sandwich, Vt., was killed a few days ago by falling in front of his loaded'eart while descending, a hill. The cart-wheel cut oil his leg ju<t below tlie thigh, and death ensued in a few moments from loss of blood. —A terrific cloud burst occurred on the Humboldt division of the Central Pacific recently. The track was washed out and an emigrant train drawn by two locomotives went into th«i chasm. Both engineers were instantly killed. No others injured. —lsaac Howland, of Franconia, N. IT., set a loaded gun by the stove to dry and laid down on the floor near it, the other day. The gun was jarred: to a fall, and, being discharged, the Contents • entered the left side of Mr. H., inflicting a serious but not fatal wound. —A singular blasting accident occurred lately on the Penobscot River at Green’s Point Ledge, Bangor, Me. Though the blast was some ten feet under water, a rock weighing half a ton was thrown out of the water and struck a sloop a hundred feet distant, breaking the right leg of Mr. E. L. Durgin, and otherwise injuring him. —As Jacob Smith’s wife, child and her sister, of Lyman, Me., were riding out on a recent Sabbath afternoon they came in contact with four oxen in the road. The oxen commenced a fight, rushed into the team, upsetting horse and carriage and landing the occupants under TEe fence. They were all badly bruised, but it was hoped not seriously injured. —While Oscar King and Gursey Milliard,- - aged--respectively eight-and nine years, were playing with a gun recently, at Burlington, N. J., Oscar raised it to his shoulder and aimed it at his friend, asking him if he should shoot. He said “No,” but the gun was discharged, inflicting a wound in the bowels, causing death soon after.

man Sloss, of Tuscumbia, Ala., who shot George F. Long some months ago for defamation of his daughter’s character, has stolen a march on her parents, and married the very man whom her papa favored with thirteen buckshots. Mrs. Sloss, upon arriving too late at the scene of .the ceremony, attempted to follow her husband’s example and shoot her daughter’s choice. —George W. Hall, who had been arrested for stealing at Norwalk, Conn., but escaped, was found in an underguard in front of the side-wheel of a steamer, just before it arrived in New York, the other day’. He had been there on a seat not over six inches wide, and two stet above the water, for forty hours. He was thoroughly drenched by’ the great waves and spray, and when taken off his legs Were swollen, his teeth were rattling like castifllets, and he was. suffering the pangs of hunger.

A Curious Story from Maine About the Fall River Fire.

The editor of the Brunswick (Me.)TeZ'lgraph, himself a trustworthy man, in a recent issue of his paper tells the following: On Monday last we called on Mr. John Fitzgerald, the well-known temperance lecturer (living on Bank street), who is confined to his bed, quite feeble, but still able to converse briefly with friendS who call. At this interview he related to us a remarkable experience, for so we call it, through which he passed on Saturday morning, «19th ultimo, the day upon which the fire occurred in Fall River, Mass. -Airs. Fitzgerald had arranged her husband for his morning nap, and left to enter the stable, in the rear of the house and attached thereto; almost as soon as she had passed into the building she heard the cry of “ fire,” Tn tones so startling that she* rushed back to the house in the greatest alarm, to hear her husband repeat the cry in tones as loud as the fire call—all the md’re startling to her, as for several days he had not spoken above a whisper; he was evidently greatly excited, catching at the bed-clothes and at tempting to get out of bed, saying he must have his clothing. Mrs. Fitzgerald asked her husband: “What does this mean?” “ Write,” says Mr. Fitzgerald, “ there is a fire in a factory in Fall River, Mass., in the upper story, the mule-room; I see the sparks flying from the machinery as sparks fly from a grindstone when men are grinding their tools, and the factory is full of women and children. I see it all.” ' Mr. Fitzgerald renflarked that his wife must tell us the rest, which she did substantially as follows—put in as brief a form as possible, as our only object is to make a plain recital of what we heard in the course of conversation. Mrs. Fitzgerald then went on to, remark that her husband all the time was endeavoring to get up from his bed to escape the fire, saying that it was near to him, and he must assist the poor people—close “that door into the entry or the women and children will be burned to death—an old sailor, he could rig a better ladder than that—splice this.'splice that —don’t jump from the windows (this expression oftrepeated), for it is only a choice of-death between fire and being crushed upon the pavement —to the firemen, why do you do this and why do you do that"—see poor women and little children filling the room, and yet the laws"of Massachusetts forbid the employment in factories of children under a certain age. Mrs/ Fitzgerald was alone with her husband, and exerted her utmost strength to keep him in bed. It seemed to her almost an age, but she took no note of the time. All at once Mr. Fitzgerald fell back i the pillow and said: “It is all over, the i roof has fallen in, and those poor people ; are burned.” After that he was complete-1 ly prostrated: and Mrs. Fitzgerald for ! some time feared that he would not re- \ cover from the shock. Mr. Fitzgerald said he never thought i of looking at his watch, but that he saw ; the fire in the morning somewhere from . seven to nine o'clock. it was not until ! Monday that Mrs. Fitzgerald .heard of ' the fire, and not until Tuesday, 22d, that I she got a paper with an accqunt of it.; This She read to her husband; heseveral i times stopped her and told her What was i to come in the newspaper account, as “he had seen it all.” Subsequently Mr. Fitzgerald repeated somewhat, and said: “I saw the fire, but somehow could not tell the building, and it. must be a factory put up since I was acquainted with Fall River.” lie hasoften lectured there.

Above are the statements as given to ua, and all we vouch for is a correct rendering of them. We oiler no explanation, but it is due to gerald to say thit_ he disavows all belief in spiritualistic manifestations, and finds it marvelously strange that, such an experience should befall him. Mrs. Fitzgerald is equally decided in her belief, and remarked to us that the scene in that bedroom had reality enough for her without a thought of seeking an explanation of its strange features. Mrs. Fitzgerald, like her husband, -lectures upon temperance, and both told us the story free from excitement, with an evident determination to avoid every expression that could itnjfart to it a*super-" natural air. It was a plain recital of Ihe events of the morning. To those who do not know the parties we have only to add that they are entitled to belief as speaking at least what they hold to be the truth.

A Speedy Wooing.

Four years ago a bright, intelligent, but not pretty-looking young miss, left a homeless and penniless orphan by the death of her father, came to this city and procured employment as a waiter girl at a well-known second-class hotel, making her home with a family —fifth cousins or something of that sort—then residing on "Second street. One day, at dinner-time, there strode into the dining-room a tall, broad-shouldered, bronzed and bearded man, who was evidently from the far West. There was the unmistakable air of a plainsman about him; evidently one of the better sort. He seated himself at the table served by the girl in question, and watched her movements very closely. At supper on the second day after his arrival he remained at the table until it was nearly deserted, and then, as he was about rising, he addressed the girl in courteous tones, saying that he desired an interview with her as he had information of importance to communicate. She replied that she wouldL ses.-Jiim ..in the. ladies’ parlor at a later hour. She did so, and was not a little surprised at receiving an osier of marriage. He stated that Jie was a resident of the grazing districts of California, owned a large stock ranche and was a wealthy man. He had been out there tfrirteen years, during which time he had mined, prospected for rich -diggings, huntcdgrizzlies,foughClndians,chased greasers, and pursued the usual avocations of an enterprising Californian. He was on his way East to visit his aged parents, who resided in Massachusetts, had stopped in Detroit to see the city 1 had met her as above-described, was pleased with her appearance, and thought it would be for her advantage to quit her present employment and become the wife of a ranchman.

There was an honesty and sincerity in the man’s voice as he made his declaration that convinced the girl that he was in earnest. She replied that she would consider his proposi-' tion and give him an answer at the breakfast table. During the night she thought the matter over seriously, and when in the morning she took her eccentric lover’s order, and he asked in a low tone, “Are you going to California?” she replied “ Yes,” and then went for beefsteak and potatoes. That was the extent of the courtship. As soon as the hungry guests had departed from the dining-room, she repaired to the parlor, where the lover was anxiously awaiting her. By his direction she informed the head-waiter that she should not work any longer, donned her hat and shawl, and the two started out a shopping. Dresses were ordered of nearly all the fashionable modistes in the city, the same to be completed within twenty-four hours. Hats were similarly ordered, and then the retail dealers in all manner of small wearing apparel were visited and large purchases made, the last one being two large Saratoga trunks. The next afternoon the pair were married at the residence of a clergyman, made a call on the bride’s humble friends on Second street, and left for the East by the evening train. Of course the few’acquaintances of the bride who were aware of the circumstances of her marriage were all positive that she had acted rashly, and predicted all manner of troubles and trials for her. From the hour of her departure, however, none of them have ever heard a "word from her; but from the fact that the happiest-looking wife and mother to be seen riding about the city on Saturday, a curly-headed boy in her arms, and the gentleman who “ told her something to her advantage” by her side was the waiter girl who ‘‘married in haste” but did not repent at leisure, it may be safely assured that the prediction did not come true. — Detroit Free Press.

The Chicago Exposition.

The best pianos and organs at the Exposition were shown by Reed & Sons, of the Temple of Music, in a beautiful Gothic buildiflg they erected expressly for the purpose. — Exch. —The average of personal property per capita in the State of Illinois is ascertained to be $105.03, and of all property $436 per capita. Vinegar Bitters the Greatest Yet, —A few dose's stir the life-current; sluggishness departs, pain vanishes, and after continued use of the remedy the whole body glows with a new energy and a new being. Purge the blood and every organ •will perform its function perfectly. The stomach will be no longer tortured with Dyspepsia; the lungs will be free from Consumption, the liver active, the heart healthy, the brain clear, the nerves braced, and the mini! elastic. Use the “ Vinegar Bitters” and purge your blood. Whether the disease be Fever, Consumption, Dyspepsia, Affection of the fiver or Kidneys, Dropsy, Catarrh, Rheumatism, Gout, ffr pains and aches of any kind, attack it in its stronghold, the blood—the fountain of life—and it will soon surrender and abandon the outposts. To do this you must have the “Vinegar Bitters;” there is no complaint to which the human system is liable that will not yield to its influence, and there are thousands which no other remedial agent will remove. 4 Chill Cure!—Safe and Svre.—Dr. M ilhoft’s Tonic is curative and protective. It will cure Chills and protect from further attacks. Its reputation is established. Its Composition is simple and scientific. It contains no poison. It acts promptly ajidits 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, Finlay & to., Proprietors, New Orleans. • For sale Druggists. .y The Elmwood Collar is a novelty. It has all the edges folded; a tine cloth surface, and is the best fitting collar ever made.—3. I. Sun. . Henry Ward Beecher writes that the Steinway piano is a musical angel.—Exchange.

Let the People Speak.

Manhattan. Kan.; April 8, 1873. K. V. I’ieulX— Buffalo,y.; ■ fijwYour Favorite Prescription'has ’ done' my wife a world of geod. She has taken nearly two bottles and has felt better the past two weeks than at anytime its the past two years. No more perusii'Al pains; none of that aching! back or dragging sens A-. tion in her stomach she has been accustomed to for several years. I have so much confidence in it that I Avould be perfectly willing to warrant to certain customers or ours who would be- glad to get hold of relief at any expense. 1 have tried many Patent Medicines, but never had any occasion to extol one before. Very truly yours. Geo. B. Whiting, Mrs. E. R. Daly, Metropolis. 111., 'writes, -Jath-OrJSßfc ’ “,Dr. R. V; Fierce —My sister is using the Favorite Prescription with great benefit.” Mary Ann Fkisbie, Lehman. Pa., writes* May 29, 1872: “ Dr. R. V. PiEßCg—What I Have taken of your medicine has been of morerbencfit to me than all others and hundred? of doctors’ bills.” ■ To have good health the liver niust be kept in order. Sariford’s Liver Invigorator has becomea staple family medicine, IWrely vegetable— Cathartic and Tonic—for all derangements of Liver, Stomach and Bowels; clears the complexion, cures sick-headaehe. Shun imitations. Try Sanford's Liter Lwiyorator. The Northwestern Horse-Nail Co’s. “ Finished” Nail is the best in the world.

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