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" ROSEBURG, ; OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1880.
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-''' Wafcnmaker and Jeweler,
OAKLASD, - - . - OREGOS
Offloe ta Dr. Page's Drugstore.
Can y onville Hotel,
O. A. LEVINS PROPRIETOR
HAVING RECESTbY PURCHASED THE
Canyonvi:le Hotel, I am uow prepared to
nrniih tnivclen with the beat ofaooommntUtions.
Feed and stabling forstock. D. A. LEVINS.
W. D. WOODCOCK.
H. W. CHUBCHXLIj.
Churchill,
MYRTLK CREEK,
ORKGOK
TEAMSTERS FROM JACKSONVILLE
an'i Ills re-ileiits in Myrtle Creek will find
the beat b.s-Wr3 at tbia establishment. In
this line we eluiin to do work equal to any in the
State. New work manufactured and repairs
made on the shortest notice. Give ns a trial, and
If we cannot suit vou none can.
, WOODCOCK CHURCHILL.
J AS. THOENTON.
W. H. ATKINSON.
JACOB WAGNEB.
B. X. AKDEBSON
Ashland Woolen Manuficturii
Company,
Manufacturers and Dealers in (
Whit & Cclori Blankets
Plain nt Fauer Casnmeres, Doesktna,
Flannels, Etc. also,
OVER AND UNDERWEAR CLOTHING
Made to Order.
W. II. ATKINSON. c'y
ASHLAXD. Jackson Couulr, Oregon.
H. C. STANTON,
Dealer in
Staple Dry Goods I
Keeps constantly on hand a general assort
ment of
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW AID GLASSWARE!
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of
8CIIO OX- O Ol
Such as required by the Public County Schools
All. kind ef STATIONERY, TOYS asd
FANCY ARTICLES
To snit both Toung and Old.
BUYS AND BELLS LEGAL TENDERS
furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures
Dratts on San Francisco.
Metropolitan Hotel,
KOSEBLKO,
OREGOS.
Perkins & Headrick, Prop'rs.
Tnt Only First-Claw Hotel in the City
AND
' Depot of the C. O. Stage C o.
WELL FURNISHED SLEEPING APART
" menta, the best of beds, and the most attea
tjra housekeepers, and a table supplied with the
beat of ererythii
lung.
8TOtS
FOR RIDDING
ear the house every day on the arrival of the
tars from Portland.
The traveling public, and all who favor ns with
their patronage, can rest assured that they will
be entotained in the best possible manner.
HEADRICK A PERKI3
MA HONEY'S 6ALO -
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oak-.in ij
Jaa. Mahoney Prop'r.
The finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Doug
lu county, and the best
BILLIARD TABLE
la the State kept in proper repair:
Parties traveling ea the railroad will find this
place very bandy to visit aunng me sup
ping of the train at the Oak
land, Depot. Give me acall.
JAS. MA HONEY.
SALEM
Foundry and Machine Shop
B. P. DRAKE, Proprietor.
SaLEM, . OREGON.
Mtenm XZnfrlncB, Ssvw Mill,
Grist mills. Reapers, Pumps
and sll kinds and Style ot
f " Machinery repaired on
viH . Short Notice.
Pattern mazing done in all its various forms,
and all kinds of bran and iron eastings fur
nished on short notice. Also manufac
turer of Enterprise Plainer and
Matcher, and Suckers and
- Sharpers.
PATTERSON'S
Jam, H. Xipton, Prop'r.
ALL KINDS OF LUMBER,
Including
Bng-ar Pine,
Cedar, ITir,
Pine and Oak
Lumber,
Always on band,
And Orders promptly filled on
( tbe Shortest Wotloe
AH kind of dressed lumber constantly on
hand. Lumber furnished at any
point in Roseburg without extra
charge, and br application to
me it will be found that
11 T Lumber is not only the best but
the cheapest in the market. Try
me anil nee. Address all letters to
mvKAn MRn.. Patftcreem'a Mill. Of
BLACiiSITHIHC,
WADKINS BROS.
i.i :r.. !,. miliiie that they have leawd
tbe brge
e brge Blaoksiuilhiug shop lately occupied
bv George
Mickle, ana an mv
prered to do
All Kinds of BlAcksmithing
In Crst-cla style.
..... .Lv,. W.-r than Uie lowert. They have
luiay J experience in the lme ot
many yosrsf
Horse
Shoeing!
t of patrona. All kinds of
tnr- repaired, Plow
Vt'.V Vtl : '
Shop opposite 8. Mark A Co
. ' : saite..
x- JOHN FRASER,
Home Made Fnnutnre,
! WILBtR, - - OREGON.
Upholstery, Spring Mattresses, Etc.,
! Constantly on hand. .
crn f irirnp I save the best stock's
VUnt 1 li Hto. inrnltureaonUi of Portland
i ' And all of my own manufacture.
No two Prices to Customers
A ....... ,
Residents of Douglas county are requested to
give me a call before purchasing elsewhere. , -
19- ALL 'WORK WAREANTED.-
Furniture Store !
JOHJf
aTVAVIXG PURCHASED
THK FTJRNI-
J ture Establishment of John Lebnberr, is
now prepared to do any work in the
UPHOLSTERING LINE.
' He is also prepared to furnish . . -
IUJtlVITUJEa.1: !
In all slyles.of the best manufacture, and cheaper
than tue cnenpesi. nia
Cltaix
BurcauN,
Bedsteads,
W eslistands,
ETC ETC., ETC.
Are 6f superior make, and for low cost cannot be
equauea in me duvwj.
Finest of Spring tseas
And the
Most Complete i otas
Always on band. Everything in .he line fur
nished, ol the ocst quainy, on lutjouorvcov
notice and at the lowest rates.
COFFINS MADE AND TRIWWIfcU.
And orders filled cheaper and better than can
any other establishment.
Desiring a share of public patronage, the un-
dersiffned promises to oiler extra inducements to
all patrons.
Give rae a trial.
JOHN GILDERS LEVE.
J. JA8KULEK,
P RATICAL WATCHMAKER
ASD JEWELER.
Roseburgi Oreficon.
NO MORE USE TO SEND YOUR UZ.
Watches to Portland for repairs. A fice
assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spec
tacles and Eye-glasses always on hand. .
The only reliable Optometer in Koeebure for
the proper adjustment of Spectacles and Eye
glasses, which will preserve and strengthen the
eyesight.
All worn vnmuiu-u.
DEPOT HOTEL-
OAKLAND, - - OKEUOS.
Richard Thomas, Prop r.
rpHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
for a number ot years, and has become very
popular with the traveling public. First-class
SLECPINC ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table supplied with the best Hie market
allbnls. Hotel st trie depot 01 me ntunmn.
T, C. SMITH C3 ,
Chemists and Pharmacists I
Patton's Block, State Street,
lALKM, - - OREGON.
Particular attention given to prescriptions, and
ail orders by mail or express hum
promptly and accurately.
Physicians and country dealers will save money
by examining our u, . f.....-6
our prices, before purchasing else
where. '
Ore iron and California
STAGE IITVIE !
TKSOUSH TO SAN FBANC1SC0
FOUB DAYS.
THE QUICKEST. SAFEST AND
EASIEST BOUTE.
TACKS LEAVE ROSEBURG
I Inrr By st T-30 P. M.,
VaUn anick connection at Reading with the
i cars of the C. & 0. R. R.
Tor full particulars and passage apply to
PERKINS A HEADRICK.
A gent.
MAMMOTH
LIVERY AND FEED
STABLE.
This establishment is the
Best in the State
and connected with it is a large
Wagon "Yard and Shed Room
Capable of accommodating any number ol
Dona ui Bgwu
Beat of Hay and Grain
! always in full supply and at living prices,
and no one is allowed tit go away dissatisSod.
Dnn't fail to eive us a call, for wa are
determined to suit you in quaa
Uty.quality and price.
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V'OTICE 13 HEREBY UIVKX
mav coucern Ibat tiia 0'i-b-r
i WHOM IT
awartled the contract I t
County paupers for a periixi of iwu years. U
persons io need ofassistam'c fnmi aid county
must first procures certificate to tbnt effect froin
any saember of the County Bmrd and present it
to one ot the following named prns, who are
authorised to and will care for those presenting
such certificates: Button A Perkins, Roseburjrj L.
L. Kellogg, Oakland; Mrs. Brown, Looking
Gbws. Dr. Woodruff is authorized to furnish
saadieal aid to all persons in need of the same and
who have been declared panpera of Doujlaa
Oasnty. W. B. CLARK.
SEEDS!" "5EEDS!
ALL KIDS OF BkJST QIAL11 Y.
ATaL, ORDERS
Promptly attended to and Goods shipped
- wun care. .
Ad dress, Haeheney Beno,
Portland, Oregon,
TEIEGRAPHIC:
EASTERN.
Fatal 4naml. v
Loi'isvii-LB. Dec. 20. R. E. Little, a
prominent lawyer, : politician. . and ex-
member of the legislature, was "shot by
his brother-in-law, James Harrold. Little
received four shots and died in four ' min
utes. The men quarreled over land held
by them jointly. - r .
The Reward of Crime.,
Nmt YoBKiDec. 20. Wm. Kelly, one of
tne Mannattan bank burglars, was con
victed last niaht ofbnrelary in the sec
ond degree nd sentenced to the state
prison at hard labor for ten years.
An IadljpiatloiL.XeeUac.
AvitusTA, Te ,20 The indisrni tionieet
ing last night was Attended by an im
mense crowd. Delegations from various
parts of the state were an imposing
feature of the demonstration. Granite
HalL where the meeting was held, -could
not accomodate the multitude. Ex-Gov.
Connor presided. Resolutions were
adopted denouncing the action of tbe
Governor and council, and Senator
Blaine then made an address reviewing
the situation in detail which was received
with great enthusiasm.
Katlnre In Peoria.
Chicago, Dec 20. The Tribune's Peoria
necial says the liabilities of Thomas
Nei II, cattle dealer, are now believed to
be $400,000. Nothing has yet been heard
from him. Detectives are on his trail.
All (creditors are very reticent. Some
have not a scran of rjaner to show for
thousands of dollars of indebtedness.
Mltro Glycerine plosion.
St. Paul Dec. 20. An explosion of
nitro glycerine on the Canada Pacific,
near Portage, killed fonr men and
wounded three. The killed are J. C
Logan, foreman, John Prazer and Patrick
Page. One of the men who was handling
the can of nitro glycerine slipped, thus
causing tbe explosion.
Sue Strike.
Chicago, Dec 19. Trouble at the stock
yards remain in itatuquo. Five thousand
men are idle, but 3000 are at work in va
rious packing bouses where none but
members of the union'are employed.
Cessna Sapervlssr for California.
Washington, Dec. 21. The question of
tbe practicability of allowing a fourth
census district for California at tbe ex
pense of curtailing the number allotted
for Massachusetts, has not yet been de
termined by Superintendent Walker, bat
meanwhile the California delegation
have agreed that the three districts, as
already mapped out, should be provided
with supervisors, as loilows: Henry (J.
Langley, for the district comprising San
Francisco and the coast counties; J. R.
Hardenburgh, for the district comnriseJ
of the southeastern counties and most of
Page s congressional districts, and some
one to be named by Representatives Ber
ry and senator iarlev for the remainine
district. Senator Booth concurs in this
arrangement, and it will doubtless be rat
ified by Superintendent Walker and the
president, so rar as it might conform
to the state's final districting.
Pstnella Reception Sew York's Effort.
Nkw York, Dec 21. The following ca
ble dispatch has been received by Dr.
Philip K. Donlen, one of the secretaries of
the rarnell reception committee:
UCEBSSTOWX, Dec. 21. Parnell and
Dillon have sailed. The land league com
missions them to receive assistance for
the relief of distress, which the league will
distribute, ine distress is very pressing.
An Arizona. Scandal.
Kw York. Dec. 22. The Tribune
learns from Arizona parties arrived here,
that the recent transactions of Inspector
Hammond and Commissioner ilavt. ot
the Indian bureau, implicate them in the
scheme of Agent Hart, of San Carlos res
ervation, Arizona, who was charged with
crooned practices in connection wttn a
silver ledge discovered on the reservation
It is asserted that the charges against
Hart have been withdrawn, and be al
lowed to resign, since which a new survey
of the reservation lines has been made to
throw me mine out,, ana nayt and Ham
mond are interested in the same' mine
through friends. The Tribune says these
transactions may be capable of explana
tion, which will relievo Inspector Hani'
mond trom tne odium ot compromising
grave charges of official dishonesty with
Agent Hart, for the purpose of getting
possession ot nis silver mine.
mi - - - . r . . .
tae suspicion cast upon uommissioner
Hayt of approving such compromise and
or placing nis personal lnends m the way
of a profitable mining speculation may be
waoiiy unjust- as the matter stands,
however, the affair certainly demand in
vesication. Arizona gentlemen residents
assert that tbe scandal is not a recent one.
and Hayt's connection with it is be
lieved by them.
On the Retired Ll.f,
New York, Dec. 21. William Burke
alias "Standish Bill." alias "Stacv." mur
dered Alice Strickland in a saloon on Rev
ington street, June 9, 1877, by stabbing
her in the abdomen with a knife. Alice
and the murderer had been living to
gether, and after the murder Burke left
for California. He was captured there a
short time ago and brought on here. To
day, in the court of general sessions, he
plead guilty of manslaughter in the first
degree, and Judge Gildersleeve sentenced
him to the state prison for ten years.
Deep Snow.
Port Jervais, X. Y., Dec. Snow has
fallen here to the depth of nearly seven
feet. The storm extends alone the Erie
railway to the Susquehanna, and north for
a distance oi miies.
Census Official's Coming.
Omaha, Dec. 22. Professor David 8
Jordan of Bloomington, 111., one of the U.
S. fish commissioners in charge of inves
tigations on the Pacific Coast for the IT.
S. census of 1880, and C. H. Gilbert, of
Indianopohs, his secretary, passed
through the city to-day for California, to
begin their work at once. Every separate
public institution or department lias its
own census agents. These gentlemen will
spend nine months on the Pacific Coast
in pursuit of statistical information con
cerning fish, fish culture, fishermen and
everything else in this particular denart
ment. They will begin at San Dieeo and
Fort Yuma, and then follow up the coast
as lar as ruget sound. 1'rolessor- Jordan
says tne next census will be the moBt
complete one that has ever been taken.
College Burned.
St. Pali,, Minn., Dec. 24. A fire at Car
reston College, Northfield. vesterdav. An
Btroyed Wallis Hall, the main building.
with nearly all its contents, including fur
niture, books and students' effects. Th
loss is estimated at $50,000, insurance $17,-
OUIF.
Edlaon's Greet tOlscnverjr.
Chicago, Dec 24. The JournaTg New
York correspondent, who was present at
the private exhibition of Edison's newly
invented electric light at Menlo Park last
night, says that the working of the light
and lamp in the residence of Mr. Edison
were completely successful, and people
will be both astonished and gratified at
the result of the public exhibition soon to
be given. The successful operation of
tbe light at Jbdison's residence makes it
appear that matches will be things of the
past in cities when the light becomes
fairly establ'shed, while those who are
manufacturing piping, chandeliers and
globes now necessary in the use of gas,
must find some other industries, and the
owners of gas stock, from appearances,
win do me poo real ot people.
Edlaon's Discovery and Gaa Stocks.
Nkw York, Dec. 24. A considerable
number of investors and speculators gath
eredat the real estate exchange this
afternoon to attend the first auction of gas
stocks since Edison's announcement that
he had perfected and was about to pro
duce his electric light. Their interest
centered upon tbe offerings of gas stocks
for auction sale of these securities, as they
afforded the general pnblic their only no
tion of their market value. Out of seven
items on tbe auctioneer's advertisement
four were gas stocks, hut only one sale
was effected, viz: fiOfiharrs in the Man
hattan Gas Light Company at $138. At
the last sale the same stock brought $143 J.
No bids were received for other gas shart s
offered. There was a sale the day after
Edison'a announcement of some New
York stocks at $77i2i per cent, lower
than tbe last auction.
- - .: Matlny. ( i
New York, Dec 24. There arrived in
Atlantic dock, -Brooklyn, this afternoon
the Italian bark Francico Donatara. Dur
ing the voyage from Navarro a terrible
mutiny occurred. Tbe captain's statement
is as follows: IMy bark is from Savona,
and is owned by Italians. On board I had
a couple of had fellowa as sailors, named
Gregoria Pedro Irene, of Ilolo, and Autir
nio Aredund.of Maaija. On the 5th inst
both these seamen mutinied . while
changing watch at midnight, intending to
kill all hands and take possession; They
killed the boatswain, Antonio Marchisia,
and wounded" the mate and one man.
With my crew 1 quelled Jibe mutiny and
killed the mutineers. Their bodies- sere
thrown overboard.
... - , . The Cnlesg Strike. ,
Chicago, Deo, 22. The 8000 striking
workmen at the stock yards have largely
resumed operations, the-packers having
acceded to their demaud that no man
outside the anion should be employed.
The only firms which will stand are Ar
mour & Co., Fowler Bros,, Cudshy ; &
Chapiu and the Anglo-American Packing
Company. P. D. Armour said tday that
his firm would stand out till doomsday
rather than allow employes to dictate to
them. There has been no trouble what
ever at the stock yards and no talk of vio
lence, --v-5-i.y-s.
Jim Keene's Operations. .
New York, Dee. 22. A report'1 has
gained credence in Wall street to-day
that Jas. Keene will soon draw $5,000,000
from the banks here so be sent to Chicago
aud Milwaukee "to margin" wheat con
tracts beginning to fall due Jan. 2d next
New York. Dec 26. Professor Henry
Morton, president of Stevens Institute of
Technology, writes to the Sanitary En
gineer that tbe latest published statements
regarding the success ot r.dison s electric
ight have the effect of placing Edison and
bis claims in the same category with is.ee-
ley and bis motor, Payne and his electric
engine, and Garey and hia magnetic mo
tor. :
The RanMB HUdaa.
Governor Vanzant, being asked, "Is it
true Governor, you have received the ap
pointment as minister to Russia 1" re
plied, "It is not proper for me to answer
that questions I decline to say anything
about it."
Tha Hull,
New York, Dec. 26. In the six day
pedestrian contest Hart was ahead at
noon, having 417 miles to bis credit.
Report Denied. V
BosToy, Dec 25. President Nickerson,
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
road, denies that the road has passed into
tbe hands of Jay Gould.
Bat Factory Burned.
Newburyport, Dec. 25. The Bailey hat
factory and contents were burned to-day.
Loss, "$110,000; insurance, $40,000. The
factory gave employment to 200 hands,
and was ran night and day te fill orders.
Suicide.
Niagara Falls, Dec 25. A gentleman,
about GO years old, supposed to be S. A.
Sikes of Kennedy ville, N. Y, this after
noon jumped from the new suspension
bridge into the river below. ,
Robbery and Murder.
Delphos, Ohio, Dec 26. Bernard
Picker, an old German resident of this
place, was called to the door by load
knocking at 2 o'clock this A.M., and upon
opening the door he was confronted by
three men armed with revolvers, who
demanded his money. He resisted and
was shot and instantly killed. His wife
hearing the disturbance came to his as
sistance and she was bound with ropes
and tortured with fire until she disclosed
where the money was and $1500 were
taken. No clue to the criminals have
been discovered.
Hayes on Polygamy.
N kw York, Dec. 2a. The Irilmne says
the president has written very little in
regard to his views about the way to
crush out polygamy in Utah, but ho con
verses about the matter a great deal. His
ideas on tbe subject are emph.vic. He
believes that the Mormons should be de
pnved of political power and that no
time is to be lost.
New Orleans Dec. 25-E. C. Voulea,
bookkeeper for li. O. Houston & Co., who
, ,
leu nere a ween, ngu unuer suspicious
circumstances, one of which was giving a
check ot sou on a bank where he never
had an account, was traced to New Or
leans, where he was arrested last night
about midnight. He immediately swalfc
lowed poison and died in ten minutes.
InterOceanle Railroad Project.
New York, Dec. 25. The Herald says
Captain Eads narrates to-day the details
of a scheme for an inter-oceanic ship rail
road with eight or ten parallel rails and
with a lock at each end of the route. It
appears to be substantially the plan
which has long been advocated by Doctor
William J. Cbanning, of Providence, son
of the celebrated Unitarian divine. Just
before the meeting of the Paris congress
last summer Cbanning wrote an exposn
tioA of bis design which had extensive
circulation in the press. The chief difs
ference between it and Eads coaisted in
its proposal of stationary engines to hoist
trucks laden with ships ap steep inclines.
The respectable authority of Edward J.
Reid. formerly chief constructor of the
British navy and designer since ofthe iron
clad ships ot war lor Uerman, Turkish
and some other governments, is cited by
.bads in lavorot nis railroad projects,
Shot by a Deputy Marshal
Nashville, Dec. 25. Edward Hanlev
was fatally shot by Deputy Marshal Mul-
lms in Edgeneld, a suburb of Nashville,
this afternoon. The ball entered Han-
ley's leftside, penetrating the lungs. Han
ley w.isat the time unarmed. Nick Mar
tin, who had previously taken charge of
ilanlev s pistol, was shot in the leg. A
short time before the shooting Mullins
had attempted to arrest Hanlev, and a
scuffie ensued, in which Hanley threw
Mullins, when they were seperated.
Just Think and Shiver.
St. Pacl, Dec. 25. Tbe severest weather
reported for years prevails to-day
throughout the slate. St. Vincent near
tbe Xritisn line, reports tbe spirit ther
mometer standing oa degrees below zero.
At Cookston, Minn, it stands 56 degrees
below zero : At grand t orks, 50 degrees.
and at Breckenbridge, 39 degrees. These
places are in tbe Ked river valley, and
the cold wave seems to have'couie from
the British possessions. In the eastern
and southern part of the state the weather
is milder. In at. 1'aul the thermometer
did not fall over fifteen below. The un
usual amount of snow delayed the trains
on all the roads, some trains on the South
Minnesota and Northern Pacific being
abandoned last nignt. All trains from
tbe west are late to-night.
A Brutal Crowd.
Baltimore, Dec 25. Eight roughs
rjoaruea me Baltimore ec unto train at
Camden station at 11:15 last Wednesday
night just as the train started. They
drove a colored man from the cars and
soon afterwards made an attack upon an
other colored passenger. He fled to the
ladies car for safety, but was pursued
thither by the roughs, who made indis
criminate assault with pistols and sticks
upon the passengers. A colored man was
sbot in the neck and a man was badly
cut. The other passengers were badly
bruised. It was with difficulty that many
persons were prevented from leaping from
tne car wune n was in mouon.
. Fatal Railroad Accident.
St. Lot' is. Dec 26.--The passenger train
on tbe Chicago & Alton Railroad which
left here last night for Kansas City ran
off the track between Kand and Berdan
stations some time last night Two pas
sengers were killed and several badiy in
jured. Two coaches were burned ana tbe
train was generally wrecked. The, acci-
twill It M wj w - .
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' Des Moines, Dec. 24. A fire st Newton,
Jasper county,- this-uorning, destroyed
property to the extent or .$3,uoo. it is
snpnosed to have been set on fire by bur
glars. Gillman's block, toy and jewelry
store. Gillespie's drugb house and Brill's
dry goods establishment iwere entirely
consumed. ;; i ne insurance is about fiv,
000.
- . Kolorious Criminal Arrested. -
Kassas Ctrv; Dec. 54. Douy Fox, at
one ti'iv.i a member or the notorious
Js wo James paug, was arrested in Sam-
net county, Kansas, and is now in jail in
-this city, lie is under an indictment - for
assisting in the murder of J. -VV; Which
ers.orie of iPinkerton'a detectives, near
Independence, Missouri, on tiie 10th of
March, 1874, and also for engaging in the
robbery Of the Band of Independence
during the latter- part -of 1876, Fox was
with Quantrell daring the war. An old
comrade, who states that Fox told him
tbe whole story of his participation in the
PACIFIC COAST.
Overland Route.
Sax Feancisco, Dec 19. The time lor
opening the new route from this city
east via; Benicia is definitely fixed for
the 28th inst. The overland train will
leave this city 'at 11 A. M, making the
passage of tbe Sierra Nevada mountains
in day time instead Of night, as has been
done ever since the construction of the
road. The new route shortens the dis
tance 65 miles, and is the most direct and
practicable, and will remain the estab
lished line of overland travel.
The Savage Pumps,
A'meetine of Savage and I Hale & Nor
cross trustees took place yesterday after-'
noon to ratify the agreement come to by
their respective presidents. : It has been
finally arranged that pumping shall go
on, and that Savage and Hale & Norcross
shall bear the expense equally until the
completion of the 2400-foot drift from the
combination shaft, v- When the connection
with that shall have been made, each
company will have to pay for the putnp
iag of water that itself may make.
Rilled by the Storm. - -
During the height of the storm to-dav
Joseph N. Fritz, commander of tbe Gat-
ling battery, N. tl.C, went to the recrea
tion grounds for the purpose of securing
tbe high fence against the force of the
gale.. While at work upon it a heavy gust
blew a section of the fence upon him,
crushing him in each a mariner as to
cause bis death in a few hours. He was a
native of France, aged 47.
And Still it Continues.
Sas Francisco, Dee. 20. At the bear
ing to-day on the opposition of J. H.
Burke to the allowance of the account
filed by the executors of the estate, of
O'Brien, deceased. Hall McAllister, coun
sel for the executors, stated that Mr. Ga
per, bookkeeper for Flood ot O'Brien,
had not yet completed the . additional
statement asked for, but would by Mon
day. The hearing was adjourned till Mon
day morning, at which time Mr. McAllis
ter promised that Flood and Mr. Gage r
should both be present. The defendants
have been granted by J udgc Thornton, M
days further time to file an answer to the
complaint of John H. Burke against the
executors of the U Uuen estate, to recover
$26,000,000, the defendant's demurrer
having been overruled three weeks ago
and the answer having been due yester
day. . uuu SMOcnas.
Sas Fbanxisco. Dec. 22. It is believed
that the game to condemn lake Merced is
blocked by the resignation to day-of P.
Crowley, hief of police, and one of the
commissioners appointed by trie old
board of water commissioners, as it is
thought the new board will not appoint to
the vacancy. , , : v
Assessment.
Mono and Lady Washington levy as
sessments of 50 and 20 cents .respectively .
Drowned.
Frank Fagan. aged 15 years, was
drowned yesterday afternoon while duck
shooting near Powder House point. He
lost command of his boat and attempted
to swim ashore. '
. Stock Reduced.
The Graneets bank of California has
filed a certificate in the county court dim
inishing its stock from. S2.5O0.O00 to $1-
000,000.
AmleaMy Settled.
San Dieoo. Dec 2L Telegrams ex
changed on Friday and Saturday, between
the citv authorities and President Scot',
of the Texas Facifiu R. R. Co., have re
sulted in an amicable adjustment of pend
ing litigation. The -Texas Pacific will
deed one-halt of the railroad lands to the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe B. R. Co.
This gives the latter coin nan y a. splendid
deep water Irontage on tne bay and ouuu
acres ot well located lands, with ample
facilities and privileges for . nrstclass
depot and wharf accommodations. : The
details will be settled as rapidly as possi
ble between representatives or tne com
panies and of the city.
Insurance Suit. -
Sas Francisco. Dec 22. In the case of
G. V T. Carter against the California
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, to
enjoin the defendant from collecting as
sessment, Judge Daingerfield to-day de
cided tbe assessment illegal, also that the
company could not under the laws ' tran
sact a mutual-insurance business and had
no right to levy an assessment except on
capital stock. .The decision affects an
assessment of $50,000. -. . : v ; ,
'' Mlnln-jTsew..: ' !;:-.' ...
San Francisco, Dec 23. A meeting of
the trustees of Crown - Point, Belcher,
Alpha, Bullion, Exchequer, Confidence,
Imperial and Challenge Mining Compan
ies will be held next Friday afternoon at
2 o'clock, in room "No. 11,203 Bush street,
to take into consideration the proposi
tion made by the Yellow Jacket Company
to work the above named mines through
the Yellow Jacket's shaft.
Bechtel levies an assessment of
25 cts
Interrupted by tka Cold.
The overland lines are interrupted by
cold east of the Sierras, the thermometer
ranging to 30 below zero. Advices from
various points in California also report an
nnusual degree of cold. Ice is forming as
far south as San Benito county.
San Francisco, Dec 24. The cold snap
continues. Ice formed in tho'western ad
dition this morning strong enough to bea
a person's weight and some instances are
reported or water pipes ireeztng up.
Declined.
P.J. White, appointed by David Maho-
ney, representing the Lake Merced inter
est, as commissioner ; to condemn the
property, has declined.
. Unprecedented.
Dispatches received to-day from all
parts of the state show almost unprece
dented cold weather for the last two days.
Some damage to fruit and vegetables is.
reported from a few localities, but on the
whole the injury is but slight and crop
prospects are generally excellent.
The Board of Water Cam mi toners. -
Mayor Kalloch and Auditor Dunn and
a majority of the board of water commis
sioners met to-day and reorganized the
board by choosing the mayor, president.
and his son I. M. Kalloch, secretary.
They denounced tbe job to condemn Lat
Merced; denounced the action of District
Attorney Smoot in appointing a commis
sioner to condemn without consulting the
other members of the board, and revoked
all previous action of the board with ref
erence to the condemnation of Lake Mer
ced. : : ' ... .
8am Frakcisco, Dec. 23. The stock
board will adjourn to-morrow afternoon
until Monda r.
To-d iv it i i clear and cold with a brisk
northerly wi nd. Thermometer at sunrise
was31 .
Spirited Away. ;,
The principal witness against Lucky
Baldwin in his distillery fraud case has
nevsavaoni nf TiaUa-in'a rlortra nnl nn
$1000 to bait witness- out of confinement
j.n h.mu r,
FOREIGxf
;Reinfireements. ;
Calcutta, Dec. 21. A dispatch from
General Rollers dated the 18tb urges
General Googh's immediate advance in
light order, without tents, and only ta
king ammunition and supplies for five or
six days. General Roberts states that
there is no enemy between here and Jag
Hatlak and Cabnl to oppose Gen. Gongh's
advance, and adds that he shall be able
to settle affairs in Cabul when General
Gough joins him. General Gough'will
leave Jagdallak on the 2 lst( to-day) with
1400 men and 4 guns, picking op 700 men
and 2 guns at Satabond.
..... Hews from the Frost. '
; London, Dec 22. The viceroy ef India
telegraphs to-day that General Bright re
ports the movement of reinforcement all
along the line. General Gough marched
yesterday for Cabul. Azinatullah Khan
Ghulzai, chief of Tughman, who led tbe
tribes in the desultory attacks upon Gen.
Gough's command, is reported wounded.
His followers appear to be deserting him. :
Reinforcements have been sent to Dakka j
in consequence of the report ' that the
Mohmounds are assembling in that vicin-
The Brttlah In Africa.
Cape Tows, Dec 22. Seccoceene's
town was captured by tbe British forces
on the 28th of November. Two of Secoc
ene's captains were killed, and two cap
tains and two lieutenants killed. Secoc
oene lost very heavily. The total British
loss is 25. ?
Distress of Working; Classes.
Rome, Dec 21. In the chamber of dep
uties bills have been introduced authori
zing the government to take steps for the
immediate prosecutton or public works in
order to relieve the distress of the work-'
ing classes.
ParneU's Visit,
London, Dec. 22. Parnell will visit and
deliver addresses in New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, St,
Louis, and probably several other cities.
His purpose is notonly '-e arouse an inter
est in the political condition of Ireland,
but to secure financial aid for the relief of
the thousands of poor pe&antry who
otherwise must suffer terribly during the
winter. 1'arnell has received pressing
invitations to extend his journey to the
Pacific Coast, bat will be unable to do so
owing to tbe pressing nature of his en
gagements at home.
Kngafferaent accessary.
Calcutta, Dec 22. General Gough re
poits that in consequence of desultory
acts by Ghilzais, it became necessary to
engage them all aloug the line and that
the unnzats have been driven on, ana ne
hopes they are dispersing. -
The Black Art.
' I Prom Uie Atlanta JGa.) Constitution.
Few of' onr readers can remember the
negro minstrel business as it used to be.
Ia the old days before the, war had been
fought, and the' negro had been made
famous, a minstrel troupe was a poor
concern. - It consisted of a ' banjoist,. a
dancer and a man, to do the "essence"
business, as it was , called, which was
simply the singing of old plantation
songs and the retailing of plantation
jokes. 'The more ambitious - of 5 the
troupes' added a chorus of corn-song
singers and a brace or so of Jim Crow
dancers. The show was always rated as
low class, and the manager was happy
over $30 to $40 anight.
The most of our readers, though, are
familiar' with the progress that has been
made in minstrelsy since the war. After
30,000,000 of people had fought for five
years over the negro, he became an ob
ject of interest and everything pertain
ing to turn was seized wun eagerness.
The minstrel troupes of the present day
are immense concerns, aai the old time
minstrel gang is excelled by the Btroll
ing combinations that perform in the
streets for the magic soap men. Indeed,
negro minstrelsy has come to the most
lucrative branch ol the "snow business,
ontpaving the drama or the opera. Lotta
took in 8835 her best night. "B. W. P.
& W.'s" minstrels took in $984 one night,
and Cal Wagner s Company has had as
high as $1180 in one night in this city.
A troupe of minstrels that falls below
8500 in Atlanta is playing to poor busi
business, while the average dramatic
company does not get more than $200 to
8400. -
A few days ago we had a talk with
Harry Chappan, who is managing Bar
low, Wilson, Primrose & West's Min
strels. He is. perhaps, the best-posted
man on negro minstrelsy in the country,
and gives us some interesting points,
'The highest salary ever paid a negro
minstrel." he said, is i00 a week.
This has been paid only twice, as far as
I know. Billy Emerson received it for a
trip through the country, and his man
ager made money out of him. Of course
he had his traveling expenses besides.
We are now paying Cal Wagner $500 a
week, and it pays us to do it. His name
is immense, and he is inimitable in
his lines. This is a salary larger than
Grant used to get as President of the
United States, and is equal to the
combined salaries of two and a half
Cabinet officers, throe Ministers to for
eign countries, and a half a dozen Gov
ernors of States. It is over $25,000 a
year and all expenses paid. And all
that Cal has to do is to black his face at
night, crack jokes with the boys on the
stage and sing a character song or two
"Do not the other members of the
company get as much?
"Our four leading men are partners in
the business. None of them draw salar
ies, but divide the earnings. The profits
will go to 8100 a day each. The show
will easily make $100,000 during the
year, counting in the salaries of the fonr
partners. The other penormers get
from $25 to $200 a .week, Sam Price of
course, leading them all. Yon Bee, it
rjava to black the face."
'.'What are tho expenses of a minstrel
troTinp?"
"It would run. I should say, from $350
to $600 a day. It costs us to play about
$400 a day, excluding the salaries of the
four proprietors. II we include them it
would run np to $700 or upwards. One
vantage that we have ts mat we can
nlay several nights in one eity, and
changothe programme nightly. This saves
railroad fare and give ns better rates at
hotels. . We played here six nights, and
will play at Maeon six nights.
"What are your receipts?"
"It is a poor show that cannot get over
$500 a night. Ours goes np over $1000
often. We have played for twenty nights
and have had to turn away people every
Bight-. I have seen the minstrel bnsiness
in San Francisco go np to over $7000 in
s week, or about $1300 a night. We shall
average this season $7UU to $suua night.
" "What was the biggest minstrel busi
ness ever done?" '
"That is a hard qeestion to answer. I
went ont with Jack Haverly's company
and carried it from Maine to Mexico for
fonr seasons. It paid him tjbu.ouu clear
profit one season, and $90,000 for the
other three seasons, so that in four years
he made $150 000 in net cash out of one
.' 1 i 1- 1
Anmnantf - I 11 OT. frm TH1J1T Ul lUIUBMOia
what gave Haverly his start. He began
k Tuuvnnf. Imw was then appren
r7 ..' . ;T
tiojul In a tailor Mien pecamo a nxxxivmu
knti- anl finallv boss of a variety
in TnWn. Ohio. He waa doing
nnthinrr. and didn t amount to much un
til he met Cal Wagner, who was then
inftt beginnms to make note aa a minstreL
Haverly went in with him, and the show
started out under "Happy Cal." It made
money, but Haverly and TCal- couldn't
urree.. and they dissolved right here.
Haverly then organized a company, with
George Wilson as his leading end man
aad Jmrnrose ana w est as turn uaucers.
SS aa ins uauctsra.
in Texas, where he
j We picked Barlow upi
wasma rariety show, tyfl put him
the end from Wilson. With this crowd
backed up by a first-class quartette, we
made Haverly's fortune. He is now the
biggest manager in the country. He
gambles" desperately, or he would be a
very rich man."
"Who is the richest minstrel man in
the country?" .-
"Cal Wagner. In Hpite of Ms failures
as a manager he has pnt aside over
$100,000. He will be a very rich man if
he lives, as he has a good wife who saves
his money. If Billy Emerson had not
gambled and drank to such an extent, he
would have all that a man wanted. He
is still good for $400 or $500 a week and
may come out all right. Poor Lew Ben
edict, who was ono -of the handsomest
and brightest man that ever corked his
face, has scattered a fortune from hia
fingers, and is now end man in a fema)e
minstrel troupe. Barlow is young yet,
but will be a rich- man. He has proba
bly $20,000 stowed away, and can add
that much to it every year if he wants to.
He has a loveljr wife, who travels with
him. Wilson is married also, and his
wife is with him now. He is better off
than Barlow, "perhaps. Primrose and
West are laying np money rapidly and
have no bad habits.- As a dancing team
they are considered the best in the busi
ness." "What has become of Duprez, the old
manager?"
"He is not doing much. He is one of
the old fashioned sort, and still sticks to
the old style. That won't do in these
days. : The minstrel business is rushing
all the time, and a man must go with the
current."
Is the forty-man minstrel tronpe of
Haverly's doing well?"
That idea has worked well. Haverly
started it out, but Nick Roberts origi
nated it. A stock company was organized
in Cincinnati to send out a forty-man
troupe, but Haverly took the idea and
started one himself. It paid like a cold
mine. There is now a troupe on the
road that has fifty men, and I understand
that it pays handsomely." vi
"What about the negro, troupes in
NewYorkr -
They have all made money. The San
Francisco Minstrels have crowded houses
month after month. No matter what
happens they are always full. They bur
lesque all the sensations at the other the
aters, and require the best comedians to
play them. It is considered in New York,
as it is on the road, the safest branch of
)jtbe show business."
: now nave tne genuine negro troupes
done?"
A good many of them failed because
they did not have proper managers. But
naveriy s ueorgia Minstrels have paid
him enormously. Ton see in the North
and in England the genuine negro is a
sensation. In the South the darkies all
turn out to see them."
"What is the reason of the furor over
minstrels for the past few years?"
it is simply that the minstrels have in
creased the attractions of these entertain
ments. We engage tbe best singers to be
found anywhere, and our ballads are
rendered in a style that pleases the
masses much better than, opera. The
dancing is always a feature, and there is
the clog-dancing for the ladies, and the
rough, and tumble for the men. The
music is always fine. The comedians of
the troupe must be such men as would
be stars in a regular dramatic troupe, so
that the audience, besides getting the old
plantation essence, which is dear to
Southern hearts and a revelation to
Northern people, has a comedy or farce
that is just as good as they can get else
where. The character of minstrel shows
is changed, and "gags" that were com
mon on the stage a lew years ago would
not be tolerated now, because of their in
delicacy. The minstrels here drew the
most refined audiences, and it has come
to be a note that the best general shows
given are minstrel shows. They draw
houses when everything else rails.
The above contains many points of
truth. The best voice that we have
heard on the stage this season, in opera
or out of it, was that of Billy Kersands, a
negro minstrel. The finest bit of com
edy acting was George Wilson's spark
ing scene, while two subtle or more deli
cate comedians than Milt Itarlowand Cal
Wagner we have never seen upon the
stage. Billy imerson is the most up
roarious hog that we ever saw on the
stage, cooked or uncooked. And so the
negro minstrel show, the peculiar pro
duct of the South, shall live and flourish
like a green bay tree.
Orleanist Scandals and Tragedies.
The Dnc d'Aumale's entertainments at
Chantilly are now in full swing. I won
der whether the mystery of that residence
will ever be cleared up? The Orleans
family are blessed with strong nerves, or
they could hardly make merry at the
scene of such a tragedy as was enacted at
that chateau in ldU. The JJuc de Bour
bon was found one morning dead, hang
ing by a silk, nandxerchief from the
hook of the window curtain; his feet
were touching the ground, and the doors
of his room were closed on the inside.
When the Due was in England during
the emigration, he became acquainted
with a shop-servant, one Miss Dawe,who
subsequently returned with him to
France; soon after which, being desirous
of getting on in "society which, in
her equivocal position, was impossible
she induced the Baron de Pencheres,
who was attached to the Prince's house
hold to marry her, and in a few minutes
he separated from her and quitted
France, leaving her in full possession of
the Duo de Bourbon.
The Dnke of Orleans (Louis Philippe),
whose rapacious mind was always busied
with scemes for promoting the interests
of his family, was intent on inducing
the Due to constitute the Duo d'Aumale
his heir, although his claims were in
ferior to those of others of his relatives,
and soon began to pay fulsome court to
the Baroness with a view of persuading
her to co-operate in his project, offering
her his protection after the death of her
protector, and assistance in her views on
society: The Due de Bonrbon, early in
1830, was bullied into signing the will
which proved his death warrant, and in
which the Duo d'Aumale and Madame
Fencheres were the legatees.
The revolution of July frightened the
Prince out of his wits, and he was so
enraged at the perfidy of Louis Philippe.
Full of fears for his own safety, as he
now detested his female friend, he re
solved to quit France, accompanied only
by a confidential servant, who was dis
patched to France for a million francs in
gold. It was well known, both to the
new King and to the Baroness, that, once
a free agent, the Due would make a new
will in favor of the Due de Bordeaux,
The next morning he was found dead.
It afterwards turned out that mere was
a secret entrance to the Prince's apart
ment, communicating with the rooms of
the baroness, and that the fastening of
this door could be drawn and re bolted
from the outside, and was generally be
lieved that having surprised him in the
I w.,"V. .1...... .Klui wl.i v-ao
W t UliiUs, POT sWU Ml flaac w -v vaw
to her, smothered him with a pillow, and
1 suspended mm when lie was round.
3 I cljl- t.u. J.-.J
1 uuiuj cuuuu, w nio uuo mm
I mysteriously and suddenly a week later.
I The Baroness got the wealth she desired.
- 1 but sue led a miserable uie, ana died in
) London about thirty years ago. She was
called in Paris "Madame la Baronne de
SerrecoL"--London Truth. .
"I didn't at all expect company to
day, said a lady to her visitors, with
not very pleasant look, "but I hope you
will maxe yourselves at home.",, "fee.
, ixiumi, ivpxuru uuo ja wciu,
1 off, "I will make myself at home as quick
on ' as possible." .
Brfbre Pliilippar!
In 1841 the London Times einrJ
pt V fill i
keen little Irishmam,surnamed 6l.t i lv,
to furnish it the current news of Iv..
He scented a bold scheme to per; : r
an enormous fraud upon the bauksrs t f
Europe and England. By devices v ..!
Which only the news reporters and cor
respondents are familiar, he Wormed bis
way through the baffling cloaks of
secrecy with which the plot was covered,
until its true inwardness was revealed to
him, when he gave his knowledge to the
world through the JV'meeV b A startling
Bensation Bashed through finaneial
circles when his letter detailed how
forged drafts were prepared ready to be
presented by specified individuals at
every large bank in Europe and England
simultaneously. O'Reilly's grand coup
crushed this prodigious conspiracy. '
Fourteen accomplished Freneh, Italian
and English villains were engaged in the
iniquitous and audacious scheme, One
o mem was the Florence partner of a
large English , mercantile house. He
brought a suit of libel against the printer
of the Times. The proprietors of the
paper assumed the brunt of the letral
fight. " The jury rendered a , verdict
which simply.divided the costs eqtially
between the parties. But the Times
people had expended thousands of dol
ars and made vast exertions in oreoar-
ing for a defense. As a consequence
they unraveled and laid bare the 'whole
conspiracy to the minutest details. The
trial displayed to the banking public all
the more clearly the imminent danper
which it had so narrowly escaped. The
cost of the trial to the paper waa ascer
tained, and a subscription was at once
taken np to defray it. But when a com
mittee tendered the money .the "proprie
tors gracefully declined to accept it.
Financial institutions to the number of
417 were represented upon the sribscrip
tion lists. They were unanimously de
termined that the memory of the paper's .
wauuci ia me premises snouid be per
petuated. Thirty-eight years ago. this
month they appropriated $10,000 to the
purchase of a "Times scholarship" at
both Oxford and Cambridge.. With the
remainder of the fund four suitably in
scribed tablets were procured and put
up in appropriate places in London, o
being at the Time printing office. -.
Alcoholic Poisoning. - ,
In the Health Department, the first
paper was by Dr. Norman Kerr of Lon
don, on the "Mortality of Intempei.
ance. J. he author stated- that his esti
luate, presented to the Cheltenh&ia Con
gress, oi the annual fatality from intcm-4
perance m aiconoi was arrived at br an.
SI . A.
plying the .results of his own 'medical
experience to tne total number" of medi
men in the kingdom. ; The medical pro
fession has- been supposed to number
16,000, and on this hypothesis his former
estimate waa based; but, having Bine
had occasion to communicate witfLevery
member of the profession, he found the
actual number of practioners, exclusive
of the army and navy, to be 18,090. Dr.
jverr a original computation, then, that
120,000 persons died every year in Great
Britain and Ireland from intemperance
hi.ouuu oying xrom tneir own excess.
ana ay ing rrom indirect conse
quences or excess oi others,was far under
the truth, as had been from the first
contended by Dr. Harwicke and many
competent observers. Dr. Kerr re
viewed the fortieth report of the
Itegi strar-Ueneral with reference to
deaths from alcoholism, and suggested
mat - me social science association
should ask confidential returns from 500
medical men in different parts of the
country, with the view of arriving at
approximation to the truth. . It was sig
nificant that gout was more fatal now
then it was ten years ago; and that Italy,
a most temperate nation, had only 240
g?r 1,000,000 of violent deaths, while
ngland. an intemperate nation, had no
leas man i'ol per 1,UU0,UUU.
James White (Manchester) without
raising the question whether alcohol had
any oiereno vaiue, or whether it was
beneficial when taken by the right
people, at the right time, and in right
quantities, renewed facts about which
there was little or no dispute, for the
- ; . , . . ...
purpose o uuueauug ute extent to which
the harmful and poisonous use of the
drug prevailed in this country. - It was
not settled that all doses under a certain
quantity were harmless, but it was quite
set-ueu mat u aoses under a certain
quantity were harmless, but it was quits
oeiuea lust an closes above a certain
quantity wern injurious. The outside
qunuuues uiu migni De taaen in twenty
four hours were 1 ounces by a healthy
man, and oz. by a woman; and feebler
people, wno are very numerous, must
take less, so the average dose might be
reduced to one onnce each. Calculations
(worked out by the author) gave ZV. gal
Ions of alcohol rter year rxr head of thn
population. Out of 24,000,000 in Eng
land, iu,uuu,isju might be classed as non
cousumera, reckoning abstainers and
children. Consumers were divisible
into sections, some consuming less than
their shares and others more; but the
proportion ol alcohol was over 2; ounces
for every consumer in 4,000,000, and as
many drank less others drank more, up
to 6, 7 and 10 ounces a day. The con
clusion was that it ia impossible to doubt
that much more than half of the alco
holic liquor consumed in this country is
consumed in poisonous doses. f Pro
ceedings of British Social Science
Congress.
The Late Abtssinus Pexnck. The
death of the young Abyssinian Alamayu,
ax jjeeas, is n meiancnoiy termination to
a career which even before it came to a
close did not lack pathetic interest. The
nn S 1.A 1.1. VZ IM 3 - .
buu ui wo utiu oiuj xuwuure was not a
possible successor for his father, and he
thus became, , as it were, a ward of bis
father s conquerors.- This involved the
same difficulty which has so often pre
sented itself in similar case. Almayu
could not be left in his native country,
where he would not only have been
without the advantages of education,
which could only be given to him in
England. He was accordingly brought
to England, and there he has suffered
the same fate as that which has been, un
dergone by so many strangers to our
climate before him. The change from
the hannv vallevs ef Abyssinia, even
though these happy valley a may lack
some of the delights once attributed to
them, to the chill and bleak air of Eng
land, has once more been too much for a
native of summer lands. Prince
Alamayu was only 19 when he died, and
he was well spoken ol for moral and in-
terlectnal qualities.
Had ha lived, it ia
doubtful what career might hava onened
itself to him. Bnt the ill-luck of his
1 house pursued him, and he has fallen, a
victim to it.-
-London News, November
X5th.
" Ole Bull has rented James BusselT
Lowell s house at Cambridge, Mass., for
the winter. . - . -
A gentleman in a draper's shop had
the misfortune to tread on a lady's
skirt, r She turned around, her face
flushed with anger, but seeing the gen
tleman waa a stranger she smiled com
placently, saying, "I beg pardon, sir; I
was going to be in a dread f ul passion. I
thought it was my husband."-
Seven young ladies received the de
cree of AB. at Northampton college
"B. "asks the Lowell Courier, "how
can jyoung woman be bachelor?"
jrsnaw i A. is. don t mean tis.it m a
lady s dipXuia. I tneanii "after bachel
ors, ana s i-niues taat the yovr. z imiy
that received -she highe.t Ucg is q-iali
ficd for matrii-lpny.
J) &! yt.
of t: i i&r.v r
. i.fc-S ' CC'ffiO -
' t ued
'I.., s when
..t joy
'i . i merry
J -iMubtTs of the
1 tie. pleasant
Laraal -cheer-w.
- How the
i- '.Irc-si caught -:
ta blaze, and'
fairies. . ' Does
& fireplace? The -l"
I red brick,
i beyond the
-s iraaa candle-,
a ,-w, and the
: . Tiie shovel
a corners,
: - i.k of tie :
used,
a r'nktingale.
t-l.:-c.rt
t!.!t:r'..iincj .
and fcldu1-', i.
feasting; when .a i :,.
lannJy- a I .si Jfi
'board, and the cwat f
fully ia . tde C
brighyj-j oli.-'.c j i-r; .
the raujj re:;n; 'i..,
danced around i;kg
anybody rememler mm
hearth was of fmUr r
nd tke mantel was
reach of the children. s
feticks.vere turnfld cp ia a
aliaaaae hung at ne'er .; ,
and tongues had their '-
and there was a cmim i j :
fireplace, -s wiser tiw ;v.
sometunr-s to sing l;?
Where r t'er Jtcau . ?
Th was a
'. it? with a
-. ;e pie, and
: splay of
ihv- Tnere
iy tied as tha
would reach
pantry, too (have you s
mc oi ... eiieeaaj-. .ami - ;:
doughnuts, and a tenr-
jars tied up with white
was aiw s3's one not so t ' .
rftst, and naughty haEiU
after the peach preserve aoraarirot
Anybody know where a?l the iisritTwii
have gone? .. ..-,.:-: ." v ' - ".;
ihere were two old rtv'fcins nKain
with cushions pieced up from aarapa of
dresses. The paint wa r t: : :a the
arms, and they tipped c."' sf you
rocKod too far 1 but via v they
could be found. ILera a L.tohen,
too. It weiit av"-y wi.a a'i i rpst. A
Sweet kifcl en wnere was alw-avg a smell
of gooi u nut ', a spicy R"-A aromatic
odor of f - I tA-s. Ko t i cr coffee
has evir Itt-n inoe j gath a
disli iOhi a. c'-.a. 'i"ui re are il. ,-"Saads of
great r- - j p s wr.'i evcrv roJera ar-
piianf1
it c f rt, ts here Uey have
' r i l ciid (,! pomp and
irate i
iia it. costy
t gluaa and
V- They
to-day, we
Ihere are
1 its siaoky .
atki tjr
silver, s
' 'Z. s a -e of t
r I ti8 us? rre t
are B,,h
t, f ct s., o bo s-
want the 1 1 I
k.-. :. inse.
i - in f
echoes v , ;
rafns, ,l t
1 1 1 .-Art with
. , . 1 pain.-llaugh-&t:r
( i JL?yieet
a iiiji -a iw.
These fere roi
ter, aai snd
tu Cl-i
we k' .
Ut.M
' it 1 r
;a that
a';.
' in tha
rnvt o i
, you
1 can
linens
a into
ngfad
know r.f
-h r.j o. i
teilwi
a m-ricn of CI
1"' 'ciif lock c
ft ur
tiie t
wi'. 1
h,ti lni w
- 'fht
Captured 4' '
. cure f f T-ri.' i
the .in Govt mo- N
ttiiiH .f Persian rile -
east c f ti e f aapian .
says ;j r LrttUr, rf
is sent to O' e Dr mo d ci tL"-
ot tuL-9 (I-vjlus trt tu3 e
presents have -bHm forwar.
Shah by thm of laf, ar ? 1.'
immediate y dun.. tut
another Gjverr(,r .1 b '
place them. T..e t a
who has already robbed t
until they have - aotltiug i : .
wistf u!y tsims his eyes" : '
his rich neighbors", t" - .
Forthwith he organizes an p
and sends forth spies to a
point are encamped the pre--j-
01 xursarsan women aud hor"
smallest "fcumberof men. il
ascertaoned. he starts at tiie ii ad of
night, accompanied by hw reordering'
robbers, and swoops dawn v. - n j, 3 an
fortunate victims. Those Tus who
are able to' fight, or likelv a s ary
future trouble, are ruthW ? r . rod,
and the old men, the boys, -it " Tch-
ters and sisters are boud J -
foot and brought backing ft t- rr ,
tory.. .- -.
Then commences a seen t 'u.
alike to humanity and nv.. . IL'
old women and infanta are, i zi
from the young and bean tif j I ( , z.mj "
of the Turkman Women are ia i--u-ful)
every point is looked t to a- i dis
cussed by the men told off $ r ' .is tut
pose, just as the intended j-- - . r vf a
horse trots out the aniin J to - u
him. Those possessing tbe 1 ,1 at,
are sent off to the Shah and m r f -it
men at Teheren, Those with a-i, o 1 ..nit
other are kept by the Governor hmise i f,
and distributed among bis I..1 e'.'- r. i
and low, bis servants bemsr ti r s c- u
erously treated in the distant, j
human spoil. - The horses and ou
stolen property-are likewise disposed of.
But what becomes of the old women and
little ones? These 'are locked p tintd
some Turkman relation can buy their re
lease for twenty or twenty-five poacds
each; and if this happy arrangement
cannot be effected, they probably dia of
starvation. 1 could mention inarjy
startling instances -of tM alma whiiii
have lately taken place. T3ifr is & Jr -u-lar
season for these expedai-'as, com
mencing about April and ending al:-5t
October. ' ' ---- --
I assert that these Turkmans zvec
give any cause whatever to the Pt r . sna
for those barbarities, and thai -all t.ie
marauding and kid-napping oa'1h
part of the Persians. Wlwa any Per
sians tail into the hands 01 tne i uuman
it is during one of tbeso rcbbiL? fpe-
ditaons, begun and carnal cit 1 '
Persians themselves, t..a 'IV...
fighting solely in their own ! it.-.
know large towns in Klior.-'ja. i.i
house of which is a .
slave, taken -in - the raiiivicr a
scribed when yet yon-j f. . -1 s
husband or a de voted aa J I , -mother.
. " -
tliO
r
5 de
Db. Jobksoit asp 3T-- f
Johnson comes oat r.:r
every one known, is ,m r
r than hurt Frne:s V.tl
serranf) feelings, tebiii-
T.
eat her dinner; and, wlir.t i
" lu .faitufui uvro v
Easton, probal.-Iy of L's j
wrote letters to L r, 1 .
Scotlahd'and vifejig I-r
Boswell finds, among ot.'-.r-of
resemblance ii;t-en
host, that they lad eh A a '
This man, "Gojy," a-4 t
them from, the 'house f
At particg. Johnson t,
Mr. Oory, give me h-ni e -
question. Are yoa Lav:-
told him he wm, aca c
Bishop of Dafh i'ai. II-:
gave him a sLJ..!-;.
e seems always to hav
and Boswell records w. ..
Aemnatior-. oi bis 1
Joseph Litter. ,!L .
disdain his itro-Jnc;'
son gave him tlis cL.i.
civil man aad a w;"
wood's Magazine,
1
i ::.
Mr. Tennyson, wi.h
about to take a t--nr in
Most burglar ari i
After that a yfl few t.n:
risk ht-ing cut tp t",
coroner.
A mov
Board of
t J
pen.ss wiui B.i 1
mar and iMinj x
by exanttlc.
, If hi. d t
ttify sav "L -
.I.'Ia t s5 u.
rvpetrte.J; re?
li..,:
-by
1 great
trk-t
ler,"
T!7 .
tjors -;
no .
iLs
, not . .-
;.'.) re-
nor,
"da
..-ie, .
ijans.
uonj
what , f
er.aiber -
and the
being
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