Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 43, Number 18, 12 July 1873 — Page 2

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Van Cat What it costs to I Ioto wish to know. The following report, for December andJmn- ' ; tttecl tteBowieConjitj Irwi T .T r ... v-wwvi ww uis matter: i uateriai oc.. mo. Jfotmd -q-Ore eiicrged:'.2,lU,ap 52,885 E3 Coke charged. 891,250 - 2,005 20 Coal chMrsd.il 82200 J 1,101 80 Limestone. . 552,7Q0 -,cj 804,58 Balance...... 400 00 Ma. from store .... i'i t 303 87 Blactamittdiig ; . ,Tr, ;z 118 56 Ponn'y castings vi . d y i 98 04 I "if t Total.....,,. 88,337 55 Product, 590 tons No. 1 mill Iron: cost $14,13 per ton.' ' Ore yielding f 62,40 per cent' wi i- fW. , They charge their ore up at three dollars per ton, when, its actual cost by contract is only two dollars. They allow the extra dollar to cover, any possible waste or cost of extra handling, In January last the books show Hf.i the e following eratifyinsr rasa! Material Ac No. lbs. nuiK 53,194 80 ,169 80 1,405 77, ,7831 Bl UIO C11UI KSU. . ,uo,ow Vil.'.U-.' A KIT FAA 'I

v i Coke?. . r. ; : f 1,408,859 . 4, Coal charged. 1,633,600 limestone ,v 601,800 ,: r Takn

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Totoi;, .; . .,.;: $10,433 sal "Product 655 tons No. 1 mill iron; oosty$15 $2 per ton.'- Ore yielding 62 78-100 per cent v, i . I Doing' these two months! the whom amount of pig iron ffiw- - tared by this company, was -1,245 : tons, "which cost .13,770 95, r 15,00 per ton. TheriKmfmtj the furnace was worth $40,00 per to or $49,800 for the -whole amount produced. ! ,STow, deduct 4he cost of produetkm from what the iron 1 was north at the furnace, and yon . have' ,07, or a gain of more than toy lndred and seventy-five percent on the original cost of productioa. - It seems like this js quite BuGcient profit without a high '' Protectire Tariff: Pigiron is made in Indiana, Missouri and Ohio, at about the same riee.u ui i V; -The following resolutions passed - at the annual meetmg of the National Assodstion of Iron llanufacturers, at Clereland,' Ohio,' a few days ago,u will explain7 how the farmers and laboring1 men -of the country r are annually robbed of nulKomi ' of dolmrs- ty1 thla Iron Monbpolys 3 ' f J" -' "Resolred, That it is the sense of '-, this meeting that theurrency now . in s circnlstion , is indsqnate to the requirement of , general busmess, and - we suggest, as a permanent ' remedy the ' enactment of a free banking hvw; and,'lusnwhile;1mtil such a law can be cesstsd, it would in our judgment, be expedient for, the Secretary of the Treasury to reissue the $44,000,CC0 legal tender -reaeree.'-- .'1-J!! "Resolred, That H is the sense of this meetmg i that, ' nv -the present condition of the iron trade in; this . country, it js desirable that the prodnction of metal should be curtail ed as far as possible, until a 'more favorable market is estabnsned, and that a copy of this resolution be sent to each member of. the Asso-CUtl0ni-'f.n-;I;,;r! -ei ;f in 1 . Tlus iron monopoly has enjoyed the proceeds of a tax, or : tariff; im posed upon every scrap of iron used either directly or indirectly, for ' long time, by , every man; . woman : and child in the United States. 5 Ships constructed of iron cannot ; be built in this country on account - of the high price of iron.- v There-! . fore, w carrying trade with' for t mffn'oonntriea has. mainlT. to be I done by . foreign vcsnsli. which is a great loss oti employment to; bur citizene and profit to, , the country. This la one ot the great sources of . wealth to 'England, and occupies the. Aext place to her great menufscturing mterests, which has bieeg t carried on most successfully for a. long time against the nations of the earthi without one cent of Protec- : tive TariC ;- Again, the, construe tion of locomotives : and ' railroads have been ' rendered ' so ' costly i ly this iron monopoly and Protective Tariff, owing to the increased cost of iron, that the costs: of freights ' tad travel, have inereased to such an alarming extent that the inter1 nal commeroe "of the country, begins to suffer. . j ' The farmer come ta as a large clafiStf 4hol greatest suSara nnder the cperttkms of a hih protective tri3. A number six plow that ' eost from eight to ten dollar be fore the war, under the operationa of aeyenue, tarij nbw. sells for . twerttrwo doUar cash dowiv and Jots, ot erumbhng.. . The mechanic, .who inakcs , the plow, , receiving brgtt rr4TBs, it is tornej bnt, noi as much as he du before, fari in proportjtm to, fhath m.k now; to my for what he is compelled to

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edartic!i IS Hepay.5WSMprS.lS or steam ttjti-twioe fJ mci r aewin(f rutins I in be United StaWwd W to-pay for psying the expenses of tranpporfa JJSSAJPI?. coontjry fox s JUw boring ma ttoaT , However, he can more out oiiJif he does not JiXfl.it; in i if he grumbles about it The next largest class of smfiera.are themechanicand skilled operative.- They L are taxed and tanff-ed almost for -overy thmg. WTiat , good, does it do them to receive $15,00 or $18,00 . per week for . their) services,- when 1 1 it is all consumed for the mere ne cessaries of life, during jkhe, week. JC3- The great trouble with Yolo,' is, that : he in - the shore, fails to separate thee "ring! influence from that of a protective tariff; and" his aiumentdnlr applies to the former, and don't affect the latter, a partU Lcle,,,I,;;-n 'ylot v?- ' i.We. hare not time i to follow our correspondent T bat here's a fact that, as "pig iron" aeons to be his favorite hobby, - we wish him to ponder : Pig iron sold in this country at t21 in 1850; but when Eng. land had broken down our compe tition' by low tariff and selling: ne at post until our ' mills had ' closed, pig iron went up to $37, in '1354, with a:tTABbr for reTenue."F i I Bejwrtod for tfaa PsUadiam. w' ' Frth ef Smir CeleVmioa. r tbe u , .f Mae f Likrrtr, laeiama. 7 mThe patriotic , ladies of liberty, jn tiie.litUe' county d Union, finding that the. gentlemen were - not making arrangements to . celebrate the Fourth of Jply, determined to 1 ( celebrate. , it ; themselves and not withstanding rain and storm; had a , very successful orthodox old time; with enough of hetrodoxy and newjness in it to . give eharacterto the occasion and keep out of - the old fjrnts. f.Therewas a great lack.of the spread eagle, sky-scraping style, and entire absence of lager. L&dies who' worked so faithfully in f getting up such a pleasant affiur in . so short time: Mrs. Nancy Thompson, Mrs. J, M. DuraD, Mrs. Mary Tappen and others. . The ladies ,who led the singing and performed the instrumental music, as - well as all the young ladies who assisted in singing deserve much praise. - : . , ; It was the intention to have the meeting m the ' court A hotiBe park, followed by a supper served in pic nia style, but the dampness of the ground and threatening storm made it necessary to convene under shelter, the court house was decided on m the place of meetings . ; ? ' Perhaps , the ; sheriff; of Union county knows the reason 'why ! the kdiea could not have the use of the court house, according to. promise, or why the court house bell was not rung for, the meeting; . but the rea- . son was. not phun to those who were ahut out j7The: query arises: is the court house so sacred a place that Fourth of July celebration would desecrate it! j Alsoy who owns the exmrt . honse,;: the; aheriff,: or the county coTsmissioners, or the i peopled: verrr rt-sy ri 1-ui ' -.t. fr Bemember the fate of the "man , that stole the meetin' honsel'' Ber. member, the, .fate of the enraged bovine of .maseohnet' gender, that batted the loeomotive off the track! But forttmately, Mr. Ballenger kindly offered the nee of the Town Ball free of charge; yet it was not (Capable of holding the , i crowd and many were obliged to go away who could not r. get .. seats or Standing The Hall was draped "with the National Flags and i handsome .bo ' qnetiof flowera adorned the -roef troin,vthe boquets were presented to, speakers and . others at the close p The house was called to order .at two o'clock by the president, Mrs. . Mary Tappen. ;. Prayer was offered s to the throne of grace by Ber; McChun. !AL choir of thirty seven ybunff iadiesr dressed in the Nation . at colors, each representing a State of the Union. : sang : the anthem: fMy countryEltia of thee.' j : iD;'l.ne ieciaraaon oi inaepenaence mmtm ' wo. a WW-. ' ; was then read by Miss- Mary Farr, followed by the popular song, The ' Star-spangled Banner," which was sung bye choir of thirteen 'young ladies.: ; '?t ' . tv ir s rm r:.v ' mend, was then ' mtrodUieed, and addressed the audience in a speech of eonsMierable iengtb, wmcn was listened to witS marked attention enf waswarmry applauded. !J a i '?B$S1 Ckhiidii," then sung by the choir composed; of thirty .seven youngA ladies. - Mrs. Mary i Tappen followedy. reading an adr dress which was well delivered, and fair of beautiful sentiments ' and , . -A patriotic song by the choir se looted for the oeoasiott came next 'in order,' followed by a h6rt, spicy essay from Miss Oenevra' Remedy on the subject of Woman s suffrage

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vo warily nOdA i lasTTes read tne loss in a most impressiie 'and animated manner,' Thai response , to the: toasm jweraJmpromtu -and-eome 1 quite lengthy. ; W omit them and save onhr the toasts, - ji The day wcelebrate--Our National Eirthday. Each year old, yet each' year new-We greet it with enthusiamc and celebrate it with festivity and thanksgiving to GodT i Besponse by Rer. McClam . ; .it' jbvrXi 2SD TOia? ' T f The Ind we love Our whole proud Country North and South. The most predous offering has been throwntin the Chasm. Gad,' granl it may remain closed forever: j May lasting peace Bucced war.'r May prosperity- and . love rest upon us even as God's Benediction. : Besponse by A. B. Bates. ' . , ?fv;. 3bd toast. -' mi !r ' The soldiers of the la.d'War Those who died, "died for us; and those who survived were ' no' lest heroic. The memory of their slrng L gles should ever fill our hearts with devotion to the ' cause which they sealed with their blood. The only debt our Nation can never' pay, i the debttof gratitude she owes to herJbrave defenders; Jxi. 12 - L Besponse by W. M. C CasterlineT iQ .li Bile; t-Ttt SOHT, -Ji-i r ) The Revolutionary Mothers, They did 4 noble work of self sacrifice, patience and toil. .Their names may not be familiar to us but their1 work endures--their' influence is perpetual sra&I ot lilt:tsr 4 3 Besponse by Miss Bates. V " -.' f 5TH ' TOASC J ".i The Signers of thei Declaration of Independence Men who '' had grace to see their j duty and grit to doit; May we emulate their zeal for the right, and maintain what Ihey bequeathed to u ti- etji,. '; -'' ranwuou VA ABU. ; 2t6 V)X...!-'6tH' TOAST. -! L " ' Ui 3 The Fourth of July, Hot dusty, noisy, busy day. A pity it couldn't be in October, when it is eooL And yet, like children, the noiser it is the beUer we like it r: : Response by C W. Stivers. 7th TOAST. t J. ;'. 3.P r The Liberty ; Herald, Our most welcome guestr , Long may it wave! Ever be as now, j the champion of Bight and Justice, and alive to the best interest of the ? people of our little county,! j c i iAa& j Besponse by C iW. Stivers. ' :'JMr.8TH toasts ,frv?p :. The Legislature of- Indiana, They have in the last year won re - spect and honor.' If - their laws are exejmted. Indiana will , eooni attain a. higher moral and social standing and the term Hoosier be a nroud title instead of reproach. 1 f T Besponse by James Kennedy. 9th. Our Martyred President Being dead, . he still 'lives. t; "His proudest monument ahall be the broken fetters of the slave." iMsiy we all leamfromi;him the lesson to ne .Mwiw mance toward none, with charity for alL" I With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the Tighter 0r. W b'i ; ," !" Besponse byJ. M, Conway. i, 10thl4berty and Union now and Forever one and inseparable.' We toast not, mere abstract princi-pahV-bnt oar town and county. May. they in their littie life proudly assert and nobly exemplify the glori ous principles . whose , names . they bear. A7 At Response by Drr Z, Casterline. 11th. The Gentlemen,T Our in vited gustJIaytheir charms ever be undiminished t their beauty as bewildering jtheir presencf ever as attractive, mid their public spin! aa landable andigratifying as ' 'tis today, nl, -tr. tfj oi Li'dq Besponse by, I M Test r I2.t Our t Ministers, May they1 go. on in their good work; ever bear1 ing in mind that the- elements of good and evil .are,. yet gathering with almost equal energy , to try their strength. . . May they be steadfast and true for it is God's word and cause. :-lL Besponse by Bey. E. P. Whallan. 13th. ' The old Flag,' Stut hon ored and 'respected abroad loved and cherjahed.at home. -The symbol to us of all that is sacred in our Nation's - life and history.'' 1 Like Minerva's shield, dropped from the skies,' this ' constellated banner is our palladium. "IT any man attempt to haul it down,' shoot him on the spot ! ' Long may it wave ! : - 1 Response by H. K W Smith. After the toasts 'were given, the audience arose andj au joined m smgthedoxolpgy: fPraise Go from," whom all bl aringsflow.''f i- n-j-jsif'" iflhi.t -: A benediction was said, and the andiance disnersed. ';n'- A ' C ' Hnis'V. AtTSTDr. Bichmond, Indiana, ' -; - ... 1 1 1 lo r William Bush poured molten iron into his boot at anIndianepolis foundry, on Wednesday, badlj burning his leg.

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the great storms in the r eat f In tne Ticuuty" of Des Moins, Ibwa,the -country was deluged and wheat and noatsproken3ttwn..TA TB'VM UO Along-the hneof the Bock-Island Bail way the hailrBtorm did.stiU greater damage' A farm house linear Stewart "Btatiotfwas bl jvfa to pieces, and Jafibther one close bf was blown down' and fire persons seriously injured; ' fc 1 ' ; " ' " r '! At Aiecandria; M6.,several houses were' blown dbwn. The bridge of the M. R & W. Bailwry," croBsrSg Des Moines River, was blown down, the culverts washed away, and great damage' done. In Hancock,' BL,' farm houses and barns were blown Mown 'and two children felled.' ?a c AC Aagusta tie7 Chr&'tian church -'was leveled' to the ground. . The steeple of the Presbyterian church was blown down, and the grain elevator "Mown over. r Houses were unroofed and much other damage done. iH "' V ;'V'H J AC Carthage the High School aind part of the college ere unroofed, Wd fences," chimneys, etc.; demol "ished:-1 lcr L- '-':-' -t'' 0 -'At West Point," the dwelling oJ 3 Dr. Cnrrie was torn to pieces an ' the stores of Wolf & Cordin and Frank & Howeston were destroyed.1 'A school house was blown down, arid a carding; match factory, and "flouring mill unroofed. ' The dwell ingof Henry Garner was Uown 'downand Mrs. Garner, her child. aand sister kfflecLJ vf THl f 1 J' At Warsaw several houses ..were 1 demolished. ii V: Hiiil'" ui 7, The Enquirer's1 special from Ath '"ens, -'Ohio," reports immense damage to' the crops in tliatsvinnity by the recent storm - The salt works of JosephHirsell "were damaged "to the extent of $10,000,3 olher works of the kind - are'' also damaged. The White Water Valley R. R lias suffered near Ehzabethtovow Ohio. ""Reports 'from all Quarters represent great damage ' to 'crops orchards and forests. ' ''' '' ' ' Eight thousand dollars worth of ": property was destroyed at Jewell City, Kansas-one man1 severely wounded arid a child killed. '"'"r Dispatches frotn as farr east as New Hampshire and as far west as the western bank7 of the Missouri, teu tne same story oi wind, rain,and disaster.?" Streams were sud denly swollen in Volume, the lakes lashed into fury, and many persons pleasure riding upon them drowned, While the wind prostrated miles af ter miles of the growing grain, do ing a damage to the crops to be - measured only by figures up hv the millions. It is impossible 1 yet to any fair estimate of 'the1 disaster so fa? Is tte sropsf are' con ? cerned; but that it will prove1 very serious there can be no doubt One of the moist deplorable features of the storm was the capsizing of the excursions-party on Greeri Lake, 'Wisconsin; and the consequent loss 6f elevefiKves.",-t,i'-- VH&i At Union City, trees, fences and house roofs were thrown in all; di ! rectionsi!I Quitea' number 'of the best buildings being unroofed. 3The Methodist church steeple that stood 150 feet high was thrown dowxuarid torn in pieces, innumerable. ' - Quite a number of new buildings nearing completion were badly damaged, Some thrown down. One two-story brick; with family living in, had the nrst story Diown on. r ortunateiy lid one' injured. The roof of Knc tz' 3 plaining', mill was'' blown1- entirely over the wholesale house of Huer ' ft Starbuck, and lodged against the Eagle office, crushing that building terribly. Mf.T Allen Maplick, a foreman mtiieoffi(, 'narrowly escaped being struck by the falling tizo Eighteen 'or twenty "boards' from a lumber yard were thrown endways through the weatherboarding', ori Carter's factory- 'Mather's fLix mitf vwas partially unroofed, the fallini ff debriti killing Vcow " The storm at: Marion,1 Hartford City, and mts wesVmora destructive?" A huge null and several houses were destroyed' at" Marion, and two men were killed.' At Hart ford the people were asseriibled -.in the Court House yard, cdebrating the Fourth. The chimney was blown off the' Court House and ; injured two boys one fatally. A portion jof the roof was torn off the college 'at Ridgeville. ' -' ' . ' The telerrtph announces - a disaster to Vine steamship Cu? ot Washington, of tbe Inman , lire, similar to that which overtook the fated Atlantic, if the White .fctar L'ue, stve the tei ribte loes of il'a did net atttentV'epoo lhion. The vfsteamaafiwas Wmked off Ja tbe same locality , aa the.. A'JaatIc, but the crew , and paMesgers were eot off In safety. Help baa been aent to1 them, snd they will probably soon arrive it Unlit" x. vAey" number of idiots sre climb' Ing ..the; White Mountaios tbi s , anm mer to get a view of the cows paaturiog in the meadows below; . :' r ! 1 03 is pumping out its oellars.

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lAixri Ons-fThe mosf smgukr death by h htjring la tlit of a young'' inari near Fort Wayne on the fourth,-by-the name of-William Bobertaom who went out hunting onFridayonung, did not return as expected and .his Jriends began search for hun. v He wa found in themftsgwacarabont twomites-from town, 'lying' about1 fifteen feet from a large tree,' Which had been struck by lightning. His head was severed from his body, and' the two ; were lying some distance apart ' : The verdict of the Coroner's jury is that Robertson took shelter under the tree with his gun upon his shoulder, thereby drawing the electricity upon mmaelf: rt '-?ri -' DicATDB Countt.- An aggravated murder took place near Greerisburg on the fourth. ' ' Two men,brothers-in-law, named William Aderholder and George Leisure, had an pld feud between them of years' stand-' ingT They were, both squirrel hunting and met in' the woods, and the quarrel was.reriewed. ' Leisure drew a knife; when Aderholder. fifed, killing Leisure iristanUy ; Aderholder Surrendered himself to the authonReview relates the .freaks of . Jightning in Elkhart in the following lively style: The lightning made - business ebf striking here in, the city, yesterday mornmg, The first ol the two bolts which startled everybpdy,struck the' house of 0?) l "Main, Esq., tearing the chimney to some extent,xgomg into th5 house;, splitting two- posts of a bedstead, dodging , fiom : one room toanother and , finally, goiiig put of the house and apparently to the, well and, cistern, where it was lost - .A neighbor's little girl was with Mr Main's .children at the and all were in the bed room where the fluid came, and were con siderably shocked. ..On the. .leg of the visitor a cross, with arms al most three inches long, was imprint ed, which was : visible for., some hours. The Congregational church was struck at the . same, time, and several persons were more or less shocked. No services .were .being held at the. time, the pastor being in attendance on the funeral of Eu gene Elmer, but a number, of per sons were scattered about the room Miss Jennie, Wentworth was leaning against the wall, and was quite seriously affected. , Mrs. M A. Clark received a shock, which gave her great annoyance, A gentleman also a great ., deal shocked, though he soon recovered. . Others were more or less . affected, r, The second bolt struck the house of A-' S. Pierce, on Franklin street, . tear ing the shingles from the roof and doing some slight damage. No one was hurt by this last visitation. ! v. Kw ox Count T--The lightning alighted on, Martin Scott's, barn last Friday and set it on fire, ft Fif teen tons of . clover y hay, , a large quantity of thnothy, hayr 400 bush els of corn, about forty' bushels of wheat, awheat 'drilL, plows, har rpws, and two large and- valuable mules were burned in the $ barn, it being impossible to get the poor animals loose from their halters in time to extricate them from a burning death, j There .was also a good buggy burned belonging to a neigh bor. and friend.. Scott's f loss, will not fall short of $2,000. ;The. Tincennes, Times adds : - At the , same time, a young man, named .George Roberts, r;living , in, mceville, was struck, by hghtning, and, instantly killed, j Mr.: Roberts, was : engaged in binding wheat at th time of be WfiJa! e'w 319.! woVT I u -LifOKTK .Oochtj.--There are in this county -2,788 acres of lakes by the chain, These ought tor be put into the best state of .fish 1 farming. The. : Herald i says I .... ; Full h threefourths, of fcihe above area i is em braced in Clear,; Stone and Pine hikes which are one and, the same chain of waters., The Field; Book thus attests tnat we have abundant apace for all pleasure and sporting purposes yachting, '.boating, re gattas, tCj.lJ i; 1 o ;ai v.f J J;' Yido Coxnmr. -Terre Haute is rejoiang at . tne completion 01 tne water works. - -With such weather as the clerk has dispensed the last ten days, there is no need of other water works than the clouds. ) - Two dollars a day is the price for harvest hands in the vicinity of Terre Haute."' -.nz&zi ,,r - JohnMcBride, of Bochester,had Iris right foot struck by hghtning a few days ago. . & - a Edward" Fielding" was , thrown from 'a freight car at Indianapolis, on Thursday night, arid s""3 juredV no:'n:r-itXyit at Only a dozen Indianapolis saloons closed up on the Fourtii, and. they felt so solitary that, they opened again in the afternoon.? . j ur. - z ' A Decatur damsel gives the Fort Wayne Gazette a list and descrip tion of the confirmed bachelors of the villager and : fears" .that unless there il aradieal0 change ' she jrih be called upuu urpuMoau - a us 01 old maida. 1

Iadiaaapolis parties are netfotiaS-1 ing for the removal to that place cf a large carriage and wagon factory sow established in Ohio, i t -A railway switch a mile in laogbt. has been built in North Indianapolis at the" expense of four new' mana-" facturitg firms. . : j i 3a4' The Bates -House, Indianapolis,

, has , changed hands, and will be nereaner Known under me more .high-toned name of ."HotaEateaj; 2 Some villain entered the j stable of William Cooke, near Mishawaka, on Tuesday evening, and cut the throat of two valuable horses. At Fort Wayne; on' Saturday, David '. Philibaum was ' crushed to death between the freight: house , and a moving train. . . . t ' ' At Henderson, on Sunday, Frank Delano accidentally shot himself in ' the abdomen with a revolver. ! The . surgeons think he will die.: . . fAi Lawrenceburg, 'on rFriday, Pete Miller a' desperado under arrest-knocked down Sheriff Truett,. c and the" officer retaliated byshooting Miller, inflicting a fatal wound. ' rj George t Mechling . and . Henry Brumm, after drinking considerably; laid down 'on a' railway track near Trosa,Jrecently, and went to sleep. - A freight train came along in the night and killed both of them. A 'The body of an unknown! man was found in the Wabash bottonV jiear Terre Haute, on Wednesday, f and the doctors can pot decide whether ' he " died ' of sunstroke, ,!?1Mrs. George Stebbins, living near Marion, was precipitated into a well twenty-fiye feet deep last Thursday r She was immediately . rescued by her husband,, but it is feared her injuries will prove fatal While boring a weu on the'farm ofL. D. Hawley, near Oxford, a ' Vein of black marble was discovered, ' which is said to rival in beauty arid . fineness: any . black marble : in the' World. f,r.--lc,!If, - J udge- Buskirk, r who .wounded Rose, at Bloomington, recently, has 1 given $3,000 bail, and departed for fresh fields. ' : Bose is recoyering. Had ho died, it is said, Buskirk would have been lynched..;; I - t r :,Last Thursday a kettle of melted ) iron was spilled .into a puddle of ,waterf in! Murray's foundry. Fort Wayne, causing an explosion which shattered every pane of , glass in the windows. - Two men were badly burned.? n j.'rr -. T-ofrifw mi a Tas Bee Siga-Boai. . ' Ho; 3 ...! . bt ins. j. lr'coi'auQHT. 55 H'?l; ! r : Not long after the prohibition law hd been passed In a certain State, a traveler stopped at a way side'inri; snd asked for a glass of brandy. 'i nj J -- "Don't keep it," said Una msn. f.c;lThe law don't allow -It ! il The a! ringer looked bard at him, and muttered sn ineredolooa exclamation.' V'-' j "7" It ta a fact - td the landlord; bis" hooae doa'tkeeD it." 1 ' 'Tbi "Then bring out your own boV tic,-' said tbe traveler with decis ion.' - Yoa needn't pretend j that you keep tba: face of yoor's ia re-' pair with" water ' S;-;1'-- 1 j Tbc'riiao laoghed at the doubtful '" compliment, and ' '' forthwith brought 'out ' bis private bottle, which advertised itself so plainly on his face. 1 r - ' ; : He' was: not the first one who carried his sign on- his' countenance.' - Any bad bsbit will leave ' 1 1 a at am p tb ere, and a close bbserver can sometimes almost read the ibi.ughta. : -; - u. Boys and girls, remember this sign-board when you nourish ia vour hearts 'any evil thing, fancying it will never betray you. Such hlngs betray themselves. It you wish for a plessing conntenance inil what person does not? cherihgocd habits snd good thoughts. FM your mind with sound knowledge, arid learn to talk with ease and grace'' One of the most dla-, :tinguished ladles in France In former years, Madam de Stael, had a very plain 7 connleoance; but it Is aa!d of her that it took fifteen min- - utes.to talk down her. ? face, at the . end of which time she became poJ itively beautiful. If you. can talk .... - r -!- well, it - is little matter bow plain your face is. ; Have something to the purpose, and cultivate a pleasant tone, but not too high nor too low. Bat to have the words right,1 it is all important that you should -have the heart right.. .There is no place where you can find so sure a guide as the Holy Book. Study it much and follow its teachings, and you. will not fail to make yourself acceptable in tbe eyes of your fellows, but, what is of , far greater importance, yon will also be - acceptable . to y oar j Heavenly Father.utrc.1 l i;'v.-.t i&i ) ! . -1 ; T The New York Commercial Ad;, pvertiaeV shows the folly of the urarmera' attetnp!ting to 'organise a political party.arid the results they hi: have' achieved inside the Bepublir can ranks' lis:') vdi ( . i A romantio couple iri Iowa paid twenty five dollars for the privilege of being married in a, circus ring. .the performance being temporarily . 'stopped to allow of the ceremony. ' If there la anything iri signs they will lead a rouga and - tumble life.

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TXtPsOer fLke Pnaiesat les4. Sf SI : VS ' ? jptfapL Grrt, the President's rstner, died afttenomc In Covington, Ky ,on Sunday eveninr, June 29th. Tbe President was oa his way to Covington, bat did not arrive in .time, to witness the last aeeast i Mr. Grant feat been feebls fereosse titnwirasv, bwttts-coadi-tion was not ; deemed dsngerous nntif within the last few'daya. He had passed beyond the period allotted to-human lire, being In his 80th year; yet until of late he has exhibited an activity and sprightll ness beloogiag'to middle age. and has enjoyf d more 'than ususl good ana sne wiin ner sister, urs. nose, snd-Mrs Crsmsr, Une 'yeangest daughter, were with" him in the closing hoars of his life. The Chicago Times speaks of bim ss man of little note, who would never bare been heard of bat for the ac cident that elevated hU son to the Presidency."-: It is aboot time that this plea' of accident was abandon, rd.'. ' Gsaeral Orante brillfant record as leader of onranassa has passed Into history and kls noless brintant and wonderful achievements at the head of ' the govern ment will soon take their place among oar annals and become the eomnws property of the nation; A few years will have peered, and then none but will be proud of Lis fame aad glory and be ready to sbower praise upon bis priotleas servtoea It is hardly worth while, therefore, to court bad taste by attributing the Presldsnfs sueoess to good luck, or by calling him an aoeldeati f The Times says that Jesse Gran though a man of little note, was an' '"honest old soul, whose ftteM weakaess was an inordtnate yaalty ia his sonV sne cess," a tribute the old man wrung from evealiis worse easmies, and which in these day a' irone11 of the highest tbst coold be pstd. 1 The Cinoianatl Enquirer thus; referred to Mr. Grant's approsehin death, a reference all the; .morex grsoeful that t comes from p violent r partl-ssn.pen-.x! j.fj Uvlthi (Tbe old man's path has: aot always been strewn with roaee, nor have we always been abla tor spesk adadly or him; yst thersH is imuch of grandear in n the closing hours of a life whicbiif .not i remarkable iri tte achierementa; has beea won derfel in its surroundings. In the peaceful resignation iwith whiob, having scea his 'soldier boy? Gen eral of the Armies,: President of the - most i powsrfel repablic bri earth, and re elected triumphantly the father awaiti, deathpr m there not the' srnrixof Ithati iron-lfke "grit," wales; if any -personal tjual ity, has made the son what he istrr There was UmethinsT tonchine in tbe pride with whioh the' Esther regarded , the President, as i there was in the sffection arid ' reverence the President gave tn retoto: The latter baa the sympathies of the people in bia loss, which; c though not onexpecied, is etill a ''severe J affi ction. later Oceanthe Cincinnati Gazette says . It will be 1 remembered that a a severe attack of paralyais,, and thst about three weeks' since be was , prostrated by r the, malady.' Since the last attack he has" t been lingering between Hfq and . death, tenaciouilyolingingto the, former by, the aid of a remarkable oonsii tution, until last evening, when, at the advanced age of seventy-nips years,-he expired. , jJ,, ! x, Always possessed of the yerr best of health, the , necessity of succumbing to ths natural inflnaities of id age and e weakness 4 Vt It X vUfwl KHII UUWH .WH ItOUO' ly severe to Mr, Grant. He had often been heard to say thst during his whole II f,' prior ' to his first attack of paralysis,,, he had never 'suffered" one ' dsy ' of sickness. it Though again and again urged to give up the duties of the 1 Covington postmaaterahip, duties which involved a responsibility too great for a msn of his sije, he steadfastly refused, and persisted in aitendiag to business up to the four "weeks prior to his deathV ; ' 4 J It was about the time that be made an attempt to go to 1 he office but succeceed in only aceom pushing ' about ha! f: the d istsnce, wb en his at rength utterly Vfstlcd. j He then suffered himself to be carried heme, where hs-was' confined nntil death. J For the last week he has r besn cousteotly coefnetl to kia oed; ano eoosctous - oaiyai intervsls. For tbe last time he partis. ly revived on IMdsyand in reply to tbe query bf his wib.L asking if he raopgnised her, iha ianioVfecrr tainly I do.? Further then thie he gave no sign of oonscAoaanese. . Hie family phreietan believed that It was only the iron: eoastita? tion, accompanied by the eefiincaiasr will of aGraaXcWhichieot off death ao long. A man of ordin-

lougai ho gnm asatroycr so long and ao saccessfully. ' His last hours were not remarkable Tor suC!ine nettber were they entirely aaaecoBsealed by pain. Tboi slight etrsglee socaeionslly manifested betrayed the existence of bodilj aofferlng. The absence of consciosjsaese, however, rellev- . ed. the sufferer of its acutensas. ' 1 mtm lit- " ,

The lafaefy etf Oakea Aaass C clsv rm aavwla that Asms aad N4 DtBMted Check vVNew and yery, imprf eyidence in regard to the case of Mr. Colfax In the Credit MoUIIer inyestlgatlon has Just come to light. Mr. John T. Draw, a . lawyer, and a member of the firm of Drew, diss and Hohnee, of this city, now at Borllegton, Vermont,-"Who hss been in Frope , for nearly a year 'tlai ,thVfae'iiDa of tbe Department of i JMtlce and who has returned there frocrelnee the adjournment "of Cragress, .has for wsrded ''to Jadere" Poland Chair man' of 'the "late oonctlttee, statement setting forth ..In postlve torasets fact that hs Was with Oskee Ames when the tatSer presented Jhe famous S. C.' check that he aaw the check- ssw the cashier ,v pay e i.uandaaw Mr. Ames hand the money to a man in the lobby, whom' be f (t)rew) did r not Jmow., JH Jde'vails the) facta substantially as follows; DurIng the Summer 'of lSOhe was "attending to set drsl matters before Congress, in one a of wbie he wsa especially, desiroamof enlisting the MaMaiwnjetmebeyrB ,J(le called on, Mr. Ames attho Ilesse several times dating the taotAh of Jane,,T On onevoccseioji he found Mn Ames in conversation with a gentlems n "In iheicorridor in the rssr of ,t he , SjtesksrV chair, and near the door in close proximity to which. was Mr. Ames east. He awaited the conclusioa of the conversatibn, of 'which h an oclonal word, from vrkieh ha jDoncloded it . referred to certain cotton cases at Nsw Orleans In which ' Mr. Ernes' wso 'then mter- ' eated.' Before Mr. ' AmeeA turned b attend to DreW.ho r. marked to the first gentleman, wart la bomen' kad thti passed Into the chamber, to his deskyreappearbjg very soon with apiece o f paper' in hie bend,- whan Mir. Drew Jrined him and they 'walked together into the room of -the Sergeant at Arms, and 'stood for some moments in conversation at the cashier's deshv During this" eonfereneeMf. Ames tested one arm pn the. desk essl running the check through hie fingers in such a manner that lis1 facewsl clearly before .MrDrew, ..who coold not ;hslp neticins :ito pcrpott;) .There was nothings about it calculated to : make an Istpress'.on ; upon Mr. Drewifezeept thatit was payable to the iaitials "S. C, or bearer," whtcli ostorally, Ymprcssel liim a littie inysterloaet.and ( tf eporarily exeitetl, hte cariosity.,, The check wss, presented: and? paid to Mr. Ameeby the cashier; -Mr. -! Drew did riot observe the "denomination of the 10s, except that the one on top waa' fortMO. nTha two then walked ont of the . room into the lobby, when MT.Asles handed the nbtteyto the gtntleman' with whom in coavoiaatioai,Mr. preWrt that time was iri the habit 'of keeping a datyand transactions and InteryieVsWhen ,he returned f rorn Europe . ke men tioned these fscU to one. or two persris, and aali he wU eonndentthat this dairy wold fix the with . M r.. Amefk, , When he oabse qnently . obtained; e Access-c to his books and papera be foOnd in his disry for 1S38 iwcf entries of Inter Views wi h Oakea Ames;' June 30 and 22, 1868. ; It , was, Mr. Drew says, that2 on one or the' other of "theae days' that be aaV the check. It will 4be remembered vhat the check wss dated J une 20, 1868, and paid Jane 22, 1 868.; It Is under- ; stood that Mr, Drew Is . ready to support the statement under osth If required. This testimony con firms Caahier Dillon's .recollection that he paid the check to Mr. Ames in large bills, and also tupporta the eyidence bf all the gentlemen to whom'J. initial checks ware said to have been given, that they never saw them r The ogrioottarhite' who have, as he Ps'rons ot Husbandry,1' or'have fattly captured' the Bepublican party in several of tha States. This; ffbsi the very-nat tore-of tbe ease vtas Inevitable: I Tbe'roUra . of those States sr . pre-eminently Bepql'Ucan.,. They ere generally denixena of rural distrlcts,aad 000 oeqaentty the bfgenlsers of the granges, and, probably, in every average grange Republican members ate in aidecided majority. . The farmers hsve, besides the sympathy of tbe trader!; and the UBtof city people.