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Ttiwe lire lhe terms 6r thoer mying in ad
Vance. T!:p ImiKi-KxhloiT offer tine uijuoo
BHDU to Urrrn-r.- Terms rea.u.iljl.
r. P. MULLC R.
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
OAKLAND,
OBEOOS
Office in Dr. Page's Drag Store.
Caiiyoiiville Hotel,
D. A. LEVIS",
PROPRIETOR
HAVIXO RKfEXTLY PURCHASED THE
Canyonyi.le lintel, 1 am now prepared to
furnrh travelers with the beat ofaccomui"iatious.
Feed and stabling for stuck. D. A. LEVINS.
W. D. WOODCOCK.
H. W. CHTTBCHILL.
Woodcotk & Churchill,
MYRTLE CREEK,
0BEC05
TEAMSTERS FROM JACKSONVILLE
nd the residents in Myrtle Creek will find
the best bomoshoers at this establishment. In
thi line we claim to do work eqnal to any in the
State. Kew work manufactured and "repairs
made on the shortest notice. Give us a trial, and
if we eannot auit you none ran.
WOODCOCK A CHURCHILL.
JAB. TBOBKTOX.
W. H. ATKINSON.
JACOB WAGNER.
X. K. ASDEBSOX
Ashland Woolen Manufacturing
Company,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
White & Colored Blanket-
1'laln and Fancy Ctahmrrrs, Doeskins,
Flannels, Klc.. aKo,
OVER AND UNDERWEAR CLOTHING
Made to Order.
W. II. ATKINSON. Soo'y
ASHLAND. Jackson County, Orvgon.
H. C. STANTON,
Dealer in
Staple Dry Goods I
Keeps constantly on hand a general assort
ment of
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, YTILLOW 13 D tiLASSWABE 1
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of
BCIIOOL B00 1i.
Such .as required by the Public Co'inty St'hooU!
All kinds or STATIONERY, TOYS aud
FANCY ARTICLES
To tuit both Young and Old.
BUYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS
furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures
Dralte on fan Francisco.
Metropolitan Hotel,
' HOSBBURa, - - ORJCOOa.
reitins & Headrick, Prop'rs.
Tkt Only Firat-Clus Hotel In the City
Dcpoi of UM C. O. Btaga Co.
WELL FUR5ISHED BLEEPING APART-
menta, the beat of beds, and the most aUen
Tt Bouaakaepara, and table supplied with the
battofaTerything.
STAG IS FOR RIDDING
Sear lha house every day on the arrival of the
ears from Portland.
Th traveling public, and all who favor us with
heir patronare, can rest assured that they will
be antetained in the best possible manner.
HEADRICK k PERKINS.
r.lAHONEY'8 SALOON.
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland.
Jas. Mahoney, Prop'r.
Th finest of wines, liqnon and cigars in Dong
las county, and the boat
TJirOL,IJLHX 1A.11L.S3
ia the State kept in proper repair;
Parties traveling on the railroad will find thi
place very handy to visit during the stop
ping of the train at the Oak
land, Depot. Give me a calL
JA8. MAHONEY.
SALEM
Foundry and Machine Shop
B. F. DRAKE, Proprietor.
SAIjEU, . OREGON.
Htem Enelnee, Saw 9dlll.
Orlatt Mllla, Reapers, Pump
and mil kinds and. style oi
Heohlneiy made to Order,
Machinery repaired, on
Short Notice.
' FeUern mating done in all its various forms,
nd ell kinds of bran and iron castings fur
nished on short notice. Also manuiac
lurar of Enterprise Plainer and
Hatcher, and Suckers and
Sharpen.
11
PATTERSON'S
aTaau IX. Xipton, Iropr.
ALL KINDS OT LUMBER,
Including
Wug-ar Pine,
Cedar, Fir,
JPlne and Oak
Lumber,
. Always on band,
A nd Order promptly filled on
the Hhorteat notice
All kinds of dressed lumber constantly on
hand. Lumber famished at any
point in Roseburg without extra
' charge, and br application to
m it will be found that
11 y Lumber is not only the best but
the cheapest in the market. Try
- tne and see. Address all letters to
Jat. H. TIPTOW. Patteraoa'a MUla. Or.
DLACiisnmiins,
WADKIN8 BROS.
"JTorild inform the public that they have leased
the large Blackstnithing shop lately occupied
lj Ueorge Mickle, and that they are
prepared to do
ATI TTiTid af BlacVmiit,hiHg
U finaWlass style,
And at prue lower than the lowest. They have
many years' esiwieoca in the line of
Horse Shoeing!
And dana, en this point, in the trade, they are
eoliipeUrtt to do the beat of work to the
aaliffae&io of patrons. All kindsof
Maaarv repaired, Plow
Work, Etc
Give tttesB a call- Shopoppasite & Mark k Co
VOL.
5.
JOHN PHASER,
Hone Hade Fiirniture,
WILBUR, - - OREGON.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.,
' Constantly .on hand.
f U 14.1 IlllUt, turnitnre south of Portland
And all of my own manufacture.
No two Prices to Customers
Residents of Douglas county are renues'ed to
give me a call before purchasing elsewhere.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.-
Furniture Store!
JOHIV GILDERWLEVE
El AVING PURCHASED THE FURNI
ture Establishment of John Lchnherr, is
now prepared to do any work in tho
UPHOLSTERING LINE.
j He is also prepared to furnish
XXJIllVlTUEilE !
In nil styles.of the best manufacture, ami cheaper
" than the cheapest. His
Cllllll'H,
Talle,
DurenuM,
IlcclsiteacI,
"Vnslnstnnils4,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
Are of superior make, and for low cost cannot be
equalled in the Slate. The
Finest , of Spring Beds
And the
Most Complete , Sofas
Always on band. Everything in Jie line ftir-
nished, of the best quality, on the shortest
notice and at the lowest rates.
COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED.
And orders filled cheaper and better than ctu
any other establishment.
Desirinc a share of! public patronage, the un
dersignetl promises to dffer extra inducements to
all patrons, oive me a trial.
JOHN GILDERS LEVE.
DEPOT HOTEL-
AAKXlAXD, : OREGON.
RiGhard Thomas, Prop'r.
rpHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
A for a number ot yean, and has become very
popular with the traveling public. Kirst-claee
SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table supplied with the best the market
affords. Hotel at the depot of the Railroad.
Fine Liquors and Cigars.
The undersigned has purchased the ealoon form
erly kept by Mr. Tibbets, Oakland, and
with new brands of wines, liquors
and cigars he is prepared to
hospitably entertain all who
may give him a call;
A. Fine BlliTard Table
is kept in constant repair.
DAVID BAKER.
T. C. SMITH CO.,
DRUGGISTS
Chemists and Pharmacists !
i Fatton's Block, State Street,
SALEM,
OREGOX.
Particular attention given to prescriptions, and
ail orders by mail or express filled
promptly and accurately.
Physicians and country dealers will save money
by examining our emu, ur
our prices, before purchasing else-
where. 404
Sugar Pine Mills
Located at Soger Plae Mountain,
Post Office address, Looking Glass, Oregon.
The Company owning these mills would say they
are preparea to iutuisu u
BEST OF LUMBER
At the most reasonable rates.
Sugar Fine
Fir and Cedar
Lumber always on hand, and all persons wishing
at mirchase Lumber will do well to give us an
-pportunily of filling their orders before going
awnerc.
3. G. GALLIGHAN. President,
W. B. CL R K E. Secretary and Treasurer
Oregon and California
STAGE IIIVE !
KSC'JSa TO SAM FRANCISCO
: ITOTjrt DAYS.
TRS QTJIOKE8T. SAFEST AND
EASIEST BOTJTE.
STAGES LEAVE ROSEBURO
Kvary Pax at T-30 P.M.,
Ifakint ouick connection at Reading with the
" . n L A D t)
Oars ox uia v
Tot full particulars and passage apply to
PERKINS A HEADRICK.
A gent.
MAMMOTH
LIVERY AUD FEED
STABLE.
This establishment is the
Best in the State I
and connected with it is a large
Wagon Yard and Shed Room !
ramKI. of aanmmodatine anv number of
horses and wagons.
Beit of Hay and Grain
alwavs in full supplyand atlivinf prices.
And no one is allowed to go away ilisiatisfled.
Don't fail to give us a can, wr we are
determined to suit you in quaa
'. tity, quality and price. -
WKIGIir SVaRl-OS
raoTicE.
NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEK TO WHOM IT
mav coneern that the undersiirned baa been
awarded the contract for keeping the liouglaf
ftaintv taiinn for a oeriod of two vears. All
tafwni in rA nf amdlllM from Said COUntV
nut nt nramn a eartificate to that effect from
any member of the County Board and present it
e one ot the following named persons, who are
Mtherised to and will care for those presenting
snob certificates: Button A Perkins. Roaeburg; L.
I Kellogg, Oakland; Mrs. Brown, Looking
Glass. Dr. Woodruff is authorised to furnish
aaadieal aid to all persons in need of the same and
who have btea declared paupers of Douglas
IMaty W. B. CLARK
DOUGLAS
TELEGRAPHIC.
EASTERN.
Fatal Exploatoa.
CnxcAoo. Sept. 21. Thottie C. M. Vir-
ler, while towing the schooner S. A. Wood
to Evatiston, burnt her boiler at 9 o'clock
his morning off I.ini-oln 1'ark. llio fol
lowing were killcil : Robert Leahy, ca
taiu : John Callajraii, engineer; Peter
Rogers fireman ami William Burton, cook.
The only roan on the tu? who escaped was
Win. Mt-Uuire, a deckltatid, ana lie was
badly injured.
Fever at Memphla.
Memphis, Sept. 22. No new mhos have
been reported. Two deaths have co
currel since last evening.
Memphis, bept. 22. Utses, 16, deaths 3.
"PoltUc." In the South.
New York, Sept. 22. At Bayou Chico.
durinn the election on Saturday, a shooi
ng attriiv occurred between two men
auied iort and llossman. Neither ot
hem was hurt, but two bystanders were
hot. Ed. W.Grinmie was instantly killed
and Richard Kutfh dangerously wounded.
Colored Celebration.
Chicago, Sept. 22. The colored people
celebrated the anniversary of the emanci
pation proclamation in various cities to
day.
President Hayes at Chicago.
Chicago. Sett. 23. The presidential
party arrived at 7:40 this evening over the
Lake Shore road and were at once es
corted by the Union Veteran club to the
Grand Pacific hotel, where an elegant
dinner was served. General W. T. Sher
man, Lieut. General Sheridan and wife,
lion. Joseph Aledill and wite, lion. 1. ii.
Potter, member of the British parliament,
and wife, and several other distinguished
persons dined with the president, there
was immediately after the dinner a re
ception in the spacious halls of the hotel
given to several hundred invited -guests,
nd for half an hour a select company of
ladies and gentlemen took the hands of
the president and Mrs. Hayes. The maiu
nails ana corridors oi tne omiuiug were
brilliantly illuminated with electric lights,
and on the Jackson st-eet entrance lights
the same characler rendered the whole
large front and the street that passes it as
light as day. The first and second regi
ments formed about 10 o clocR, and in turn
serenaded the distinguished guests. The
preside it was introduced and received
with hearty 'cheers. He made a brief
speech, introducing Gen. Sherman, who
said a few words suitable to tho occasion
and withdrew. Although it was an
nounced that the reception would be pn-
vat-, the streets for blocks around w ere
thronged w ith people anxious to do honor
to the executive. J he reception amount
ed in fact to an ovation, and nothing was
wanting to make it one of the most bril
liant evertendered to a public man in this
city. The last visitors left the hotel short-
lv after midnight, uen.siierman to nigni
decided to call a meeting of the Army of
the Tennessee in Chicago JNov. oth and
6th, at which time it is ex pected that Gen.
Grant will be here. Many allusions were
made in the various speeches to Grant,
and the mention of his name never failed
to elicit expressions of applause. The
party west to-morrow morning.
Collector Freeland or Brooklyn Dead.
Xkw Yokk. Sept. 23. James Freeland,
collector of internal revenue of Brooklyn,
was found dead in his bed this morning
He was eighty years of age and one of the
founders ot riymouiu churcn.
A Heavy drain Firm Suspended.
II. Del Tlondis & Co.. commission nior
chants and heavy exporters of grain, have
suspended. 1 hev had a branch home in
St. Louis. Western linns lose heavily,
but little of their paper was held here.
They had been selling wheat short.
Wheat Advancing at Chicago.
Chicago Sapt. 23. There whs a coutiu
ned unward movement of prices on
change to-day, wheat making a most de
cided advance. November selling os higl
as $1 08 during the afternoon and closing
strong at a shade less than the best prices.
Although prices have advanced dailv for
two weeks with ho retrograde movement
of consequence, the result has not been
disastrous except in three cases on change
until to-day, when several small operators
suspended, but the total amount of their
, . ' I . ' .. III 1 Jl I L.lj ifW 1 , ..I.,
liauliities win naruiy uc ?uw. i iuvio-
ions are also strons with a decidedly
buoyant feclinu. Farmers appear to be
holding back their supplies for better
prices.
The Troubles at Fall River.
Fall Rivkk. Mas.. Sept. 23. Indig
nation has prevailed here to-day over the
attemnt to murder officer Townsend last
niirht. It is expected that a meeting of
the board of aldermen will be held to
morrow and an effort will be made to offer
a reward of $500 for the arrest and con
viction of the assassin. The French pop'
ulittion are greatly agitated over the pres
ent outrages and particularly at the as-
uanlt nn Iheirrntintrvmpti hist week. Sev
eral meetings have been held during the
past week and resolutions passed, denoun
cing the action of those members of the
board of aldermen who refuse to increase
the patrol.
A Labor Strike Proposed.
St. Lovis, Sept. 27. A private circnlar
has been issued here by the trades assem
bly and rent to nil assemblies in the
United States and British North Anier
ica. setting forth a project for a genera
strike of all trades the time to be deter
mined by the trades assembhesrr-and to
take united action for adoption and en
forcement of the eight hour system, and
abolition of the truck svstetu aud child
labor.
Execution for Murder.
Little Rock, Ark,, Sept. 57.--Marcns A
Whitley was hnng at focohontas yester
day for the murder of Iuko Sumner in
Feby., 1S77.
Aid for the Striking Spinners,
Nkw York, Sept. 23. About 500 English
and German- socialists gathered in the
Germania assembly rooms last evening to
raise a subscription for the Fall River
spinners now on a strike.
The chair was occupied bv John Swin
ton, who said that 1200 striking spinners
were deserving ot the notice and sym
nathy of their fellow workmen in New
York.
Barker, of Fall River, said that the
strikers were in sore need of help, and
unless they got money they must submit
to the tyranny of the bosses. II thev
could hold out a little longer the possess,
who are now paving more for labor than
the regular spinners demanded, must
sCf-curaU In four years spinners' wages
had decreased forty-five per cent., and it
was time they were increased, aiu nao
been sent from many parts of the state
but thev needed more yet.
A collection was then taken up amount
ing to several hundred dollars.
Fall Riycv Strtkss about Oyer.
Fall River. Sent. 23. The indications
are that the spinners' Btrikp are about
over, and the general oj inion seems to be
that if that tho manufacturers would dis
charge the knobstick Bpiniifirssnd employ
all their old help at tho old wages the
strike could be ended in a few hours..
Han an-Conrtncy Race Ppatpencd.
Rocukxteb. Sept. 23,The Hanlan
Courtney race is jostp ned uuti! Octobe
Itttti.
Fatally Poisoned by TowAstoole.
Locisvillb. Sent. 23. Three brothers
nnmd Berkley ate toadstools for mush
rooms this moruiniz. One died, and the
other two are i n a critical condition.
The Innlla Investigation.
TnPEKA. SoDt. 22. The conuresi-ional
committee in vestigaling charges of bribery
against Senator ingaiia mci to-uay. n
nrnuoi-ntion were not reaJv. Ingalls do
ninrUl every member of the iMiislatnre
who voted for li( U he Mibpenced to
testify whether Uu?y averp bribed. The
committee hasuio maiicr uiwier auvu-p-ment.
piaaatrona Fire at Carrol, Iowa.
Pes Moinks. Sept. 25. A special to the
Slate Rfpttr from Carrol, CuidI Cc., re
ports ft disastrous conflagration iu that
"Independent
ROSEBUHG, OREGN, SATURDAY,
city this morning, entailing a loss of from
$150,000 to $200,000. The greater portion
of the business portion of the town is
wiped out. The fire originated in Henry
Shaffman's saloon on Fourth street. Two
hours hail done all the mischief. The
Masons and Odd Fellows hall, the Presby
terian church and over 40 btiHiness houses
were burned. Insurance about $35,000.
Mrs. iAuudsbnry Pleads iinl ty.
Bkidgkpokt, Conn., Sept. 25. A few
hours after the coroner's jury hud ac
quitted Mrs. Louiidsbury oi criminal re
sponsiblity for the murder of her hus
band, a complaint was issued by the grand
jury and returned to Justice Smith, who
went to the residence of Mrs Loundsbury,
and after reading the charge put her to
plead withoutcounsei. In agonizing tones
she plead guilty. The justice announced
that he would defer further proceeding
until this morning. Meantime friends of
Mrs. Loundsbury arrived and engaged
counsel. Mrs. Loundsbury is quieter this
morning, realizes the enormity of her
crime and expresses a willingness to suffer
the full penalty of the law, Loundsbury's
funeral has been arranged for Saturday
at Christ's church. Bishop William, Rt.
Rev. Bishop Wedel, of Ohio, and a large
number of clergymen will be present.
Hon. K. B. Washburne Misrepresented.
Chicago, Sept. 25. E. B. Washburne in
nterview with a Tribune reporter denies
positively that he ever received a lutter
from Gen. Grant stating that he (Grant)
would not be a presidential candidate.
Washburue was misrepresented by the
papers, and given no opportunity of cor
recting the mistake.
A Ship Aahore.
Pcovidexce, Sept, 25. Tho U. S. prac
tice ship Minnesota broke from her moor
ings this morning in iNewport harbor and
went ashore at Fort Adams.
Seven Hunters Killed by Indians. '
St. Locis, Sept. 26. The Republican'!
pecial from Dallas, Texas, says that news
reached there Inst night that a party of
young men from Dallas and Fort Worth,
while hunting in the Panhandle country,
n that suite were attacKed by Indians on
Sept. Ilth, and seven of the number
killed alter a nght tor two days.
Murder at Bridge water. f
Boston, Sept. 20. L. Gunn was murder
ed last night in his home at Bridgewater.
Mis son is missing.
Hung for Murdering his Daughter.
K.vo.wii.LE, Sept. 2(. Anthony Blair
(colored) was hanghed at Morristown
this afternoon for the murder of Maggie
Walker, his stepdaughter, in July last.
After his conviction the prisoner refused
to make application for a new trial, and
also objected to an appeal to the supreme
court as a lost resort.
Bad State of the Grain Trade In Russia.
New York, Sept. 20. The British gov
ernment has just issued a blue book con-
uining its reports from its consuls in
Russia, who state that the condition of the
Russian grain trade is now suffering se-
erely from American competition, htan-
uy, the consul at Odessa, explaining the
ause of Russian wheat reaching market
n bad condition, savs that the greater
part arrives from the interior on uncov
ered wnuons and frequently for want of
cover rem tins exposed on railway p'a'-
forms. Unless it can be prjduced cheap
er and brought to Odessa in belter condi
tio l, and the cost of transportation and
plr.cing on shipboard be reduced.
south Russian corn will soon no longer
find a market in England aud western
Europe, be'ng unable to compete with
American, Indian and Australian corn.
During the past year, owing to the depre
ciated value of the rouble, purchasers in
England had to pay only JE1 for what at
the normal rate of the rouble they would
pay XI 7s Oil. Even thus America was un
able to undersell Kussian corn, lo con
tend with American competition atten
tion is at length being drawn -to the abso-
ute necessity of improving the facilities
of this trade, and as tho price of grain at
us placo of production is moderate and
can stand comparison with that of other.
countries, direct communication is de
manded with an export depot winch will
ship expeditiously and at minimum rale.
Deadvrood tn Aathem,
Deauwood, Sept. 2G. At 2 o'clock this
morning a lire broke out in a hakcry on
Sherman street and consumed almost the
entire business portion of the city
Thousands of people are rendered home.
less and m a destitute condition, the tire
is still burning. The loss is roughly esti
mated at a million and a half to two mil
lion dollars, there is little or no lnsur-
ance.
The fire broke out In tho Star bakery
on Sherman street at ..-U A. M.. and lot
lowing that thorouglimre swept every
thing before it on Lee, Main, Gobi, Wall,
Patton and W ilham streets and several
residences on Central avenue, fanned bv
a light breeze and nothing to work against
it but a very lnelncient lire department.
Everything was at the mercy or the
flames. Less than half a score of pro
nounced fire-proof warehouses withstood
the severe test. The buildings being
mostly of wood and poorly constructed,
thev burned like so mucti etiun. liienre
spread with 6Uch wonderful rapidity that
anv attempt at saving anything wonld
have been useless, ah along its course
terrific explosions of gun powder, petro
leum, liquor, etc., were of frequent occur
rence, and buildings were blown into
atoms.' The hook and ladder apparatus
and hose carriages were the firs-t things to
burn, leaving nothing buta few feet of
worthless hose, with which to battle
against the devouring element.
The new water works were tried for the
first time yesterday, and this morning
thev were put to their full capacity; with
little success in subduing the Humes cn
account of the scarcity of water. The
hillsides were almost a solid sheet of
flame, and water from the Boulder ditch
could not be had, otherwise considerable
property would probably have been saved,
as the ditch ran almost directly oyer the
worst soot. The wildest excitement pre
vailed on account of the fearful force of
the flames, and the pecple thought of but
little besides saving their own lives.
Hundreds escaped with but only their
night clothes. Evory team within miles
of the city wtis culled into service to help
save what oould be got out,. There are
probably 2000 persons who are homeless
and many destitute. About 125 buildings
besides 50 or 00 dwelling houses were de
stroyed. Well posted business men place
the loss at from one and a half to two
million dollar. The fire is still burning,
but all its material is exhausted, and there
is no danger of its spie-nUing, unless an
unfavorable change in the wind takes
places.
Deadwood after the Disaster.
Deadwood, D. T., Sept. 27. The city has
presented an nuusally active appearance
to-dav. the flames and smoke having
cleared away enough to allow the mass of
ruins to be cleared away, ana tne erec
tion of tents and small wooden shanties
of which there have been from 75 to 100
put up. Almost evcrv class of business
is represented on Main ant Sherman
streets, aud all are having an immense
rush of ctsiora, although Rriccs have not
aavanceu pxeepi in a very rcw innmures
where the demand for some articles was
greater than the supply, and, thp advance
has been slight. All duily papers are
suing on f-jnall sheets, bejng struck off at
Lead City and Central. hy contain
little else than fire peus; I .umber is now
being haiilod in by every available team
in this vicinity, and bringing $td per
thousand. Mills are rnnninu mailt and
day, but not enough lumber tan be
brought into supply the enormous de.
mand, Hontf had shanties erected withm
five hours from tho time of the first out
break. AH day telegrams have been pour
ing tn, ottering stocks of goods, money,
clothing, food, etc.. but as yet nothing but
merchandise lias neen accepted, So re
lief committees has been organised vet
and probably there will bo none. People
who are bankrupt aud homeless do not
want to accept help from the outside
world. Merchants and others are very
niumm aide and wiiliitsr to stand their
har nf tSe burden. At a meeting of
mumhere of the bar this afternoon. ieo.
lutions were pasd asking Judge M.xiy
to remain here instead of attending lb"
October term of the supreme court at
-3ftinT '3US:fm
in all Things; Neutral
Yankton.soin rase his services aire needed
he will be at hand.- Hie tupreme court
will probably adjourn a few weeks until
the city is partially rebuilt and! auiet is
restored. Competent judges place the
loss at fully $3,000,000, although some
time must elapse before exact figures can
oe ooiaineu. oans vaults were opened
to-day and were found intact
Chronom-
eters on time locks were still
running.
Both banks will open on Mond
Howell Wins.
New York, Sept. 29. At 8:15 Rowcll
walked around carryingthe American flasr
and Merriit ran around with the Union
Jack, the band playing alternately "Yan-
kee uoouie" and "uod Save the Queen,
the dense crowd cheering, whistling and
tipping hands, lhe frenzy seized the
vast mass of people in the streets, and
their responsive roar filled the. garden,
wnere the cheering was renewed, when a
grand floral piece x shield surmounted
by waving com was presented to Howell.
It bore the inscription, 'To Charles Row
ell, by the Albion Society." It was car
ried in front of Rowetl ior several laps,
and in a few minutes the uproar seemed
redoubled when Merritt, Hazael and How
ell, hand-in-hand Merritt the central
figure walked around the track. Thev
topped opposite the timekeepers' stand
nd naid : "Uentlemen I thank you. I
am through." The three men retired
from the track and match at 8:25. their
scores being : Rowell, 530 miles ; Merritt,
515 : Hazael. 500 and 1 lau.
A Trustee Appointed.
Providence, Sept. 27. The supreme
court has appointed Robert Thorn p n
trustee of the property of Mrs. Wm.
Spragne.
FOREIGN.
A Somewhat "Florid" Statement.
Liverpool, Sept. 21. The Shipnina Ex-
pri'ns, speaking of a contract for Russian
corvette cruisers, says that Admiral Less
evsky, Russian minister of marine, is on
the point of signing contracts with the
agents of American shipping firms for a
number of cruisers, the aggregate coht to
be Zo.uuu.uuu roubles in gold. Upposi ion
contracts have been presented by native
hrms, but American agents, owing to the
lavish employment of bribes, have appar
ently secured the order.
Irish Polities
Dublin, Sept. 21. The council of the
Home Rule League has passed a motion
made by Chas. S. Partell. member of par
liament for Meath, to the effect that it is
too late to take any action on the letter
of William Shaw, member of parliament
for the county of Cork, in which he re
fuses to participate in the proposed Irish
national convention, aud suggest, tl.e es
tablishment of a convention to discuss
the land question only.
The World's Surplus Wheat.
London, Sept. 21. The surplus wheat in
America, Russia and the east, is 5,000,01.0
quarters loss than the aggregate deficien
cy in various countries. The Stock Ex
change closed to-day for repairs.
Death of Rev. Mr. Thompson.
Berlin, Sept. 20. R-jv. Mr. Thompson,
the oldest member of the American col
ony here, died to-day of apoplexy.
Strike Ended.
London Sept. 22. The strike of colliers
at Stonfordshire, has been ended by the
masters yie.ding.
Workingmen Protest. .'
The men of North England in tho iron
trade have protested against Dale's award
and demand his reason therefor.
A Roumanian Arrested.
Constantinople, Sept. 22. The man
who endeavored to force his way into the
garden of the palace last Wednesday,
and in the attempt wounded three sol
diers, was subsequently'arrested by Nez-
ams. He was a Roumanian. A demand
for his surrender by the man's brother
has been refused by the Roumanian rep
resentative. King Cetewayo Kipected at Cape Town.
London, Sept. 22. Advices from Cape
Town to the 22d of August, report that
King Cetewayo was to embark at Port
Du in ford for Cape Town.
Sir Garnet Wolesley was expected at
Utrecht on the OUi hist.
Mexico Remits 4130,000.
Citv of Mexico, Sect. 15. One hundred
and thirty thousaud dollars, the next in
stallment of the American debt, has been
forwarded to Washington.
Terrible Fire at Kiev, Rnwla
Odessa, Sept. 23. The Vjertnirk, news-
Daner. publishes a letter from Kiv de
scribing a terrible fire which occurred at
that city on the 3d inst., while a furious
storm was raging, lhe fire broke out in
seven different places. The offices of the
fire brigade, the chief police station, a
gunpowder magazine and four petroleum
stores were simultaneously set on fire.
The whole city was w rapped in a thick
black cloud of smoke, and every now and
then people were terrified by a series of
detonations and lottd explosions. The
entire garrison, the firemen of the sub
urbs and many inhabitants labored nine
fabitigably to extinguish the fire : but de
spite their ejfwts it continued until the
morning of live second day alter it broke
out. The loss was enormous. Many
lives were lost, including those of several
children.
News of a Russian Defeat Confirmed.
Simla. Sept. 23. Official intelligence
has been received here from two authen
tic sources bv way of Persia, confirming
the news that the Russsan advance col
unin has been defeated by the Turcomans
at Geoktcpc ith a loss of seven hundred
killed, and the Russians are falling back
oil Fucrma.
Additional Confirmation.
London, Sept. 23. rThe viceroy of India
confirms the report that the Russian ad
vance column of the expedition in Cen
tral Asia, has been defeated by the Turco
mans at Geottepe, with a loss of 70Q hun-
nrcu Bitieo,
Un Ay beat in France.
Paris. Sept. 23.The BulWm De Mailt t,
repartcs new wheat threshed so tar un.
satisfactory in yield in quality, and de.
Dcient oven in districts where it was ex
pected to be favorable. In several de
partmonts new wheat fetched from three
to four francs per quintal less tlmn old.
some of it requiring pevetid months dry
ing before it can be milled.
Australian International Exhibitions.
Sydney, N. S. W., Sept. 1. His Excel
lency Lord Agustus Loftus opened the
industrial exhibition to day. Ureal en
thusiasm prevailed.
Wheat Excitement In London and Paris.
London, Sept 25. The Paf Mall GazeUe
savs the wheat market lias been excited
for the past few days, and there has been
comiderable speculation. The best for
eign krnds have advanced nearly two
shillings per quarter since Monday. The
movement is aided by the recurrence of
heavv rains, the lateness of harvest and
the inferior quality of the new crop,
There was simultaneous speculation in
Paris, and there are reported failures of
large California speculators.
England and the ' Afghans.
Simla, Sept. 25.rrThe force under Gen.
Baker reached Kushi yesterday afternoon.
Yakoob Khan's envoys had an inter
view with Sir Frederick Roberta and as
sured him of the ameer's friendliness and
willingness tp bo guideq by British ad
vice.
. The Explorer's Seereey.
London, Sept. 23.StanIey at Serre
Leone gave bis name as Swinburne, and
invaded the. exDeditEon with so muc'i
mystery and secrecy that the steamer A'-
i..v nn n'lili-h his nnrl v orrivHil. was i'l
danger of being stopped by the authori
ties. Stanley . men ueciarea maiseii una
his purpose. ;
Arrival of Diseased Sheep at Liverpool.
London. Scot 23. fTlia Liverpool Po t
savs that in consequence of the preva
lenceof foot and raofith diseases amors
thirteen hundred head of sheep which
recently arri3 1 here, the privy j council
is nbout tu u-sn an order placing Amen
can sheep in I be sane category with cat
tie.
The Alvanee on Cabnl.
t Simla, Sept. 2Q. ca. Baker's brigade
1 to-day will proceed to za-gen Shan?,
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OCTOBER 4, 1879.
where it will be ioined bv a force under
Sir Frederick Roberts, the last detach
ment or which leave Alt Kheyl Monday
for Cabul. The ameer's officials have
been instructed not to oppose the advance
of the British troops. A small body of
Mohmund assembled near La Lapura,
but wero dispersed.
Cholera. '
Six fatal cases of cholera have occurred
in the Oth ifegiment. The royal artillery
(81st regiiucntjis also afflicted by the same
disease.
The Ameer In an Fnglldt Camp.
Simla, Sept. 28. The viceroy sent the
following dispatch to London to-day:
Baker received a letter from the Afghan
commander-in-chief yesterday at Kushi,
asking whether he would receive him
and the ameer's heir apparent in camp.
The general replied in the affirmative.
An hour later a message came from the
ameer, lakooo Ktian himself, asking
Gen. Baker to receive him. The general
esponded saying that he would meet the
ameer one mile from the camp. The
ameer, his son and father in-law, General
Djinud Shah, who was reported killed
during the Cabul outbreak, with a suite
ot 4 persons, at d an eiort of 2000 men,
arrived at Kushi during the same day.
Cabul is in a state of anarchy and the
gates of the city are closed.
Died.
Halifax. Sent. 27..rchblshop Mc-
Kennon, of Nova Scotia, died of paraly
sis ut Antigonish ; age, (ill.
PACIFIC COAST.
Snlclde.
San Francisco, Sept 21. Geo. F,
Mar-
tin, an American, aged about fifty
years,
residing at the International hotel, com
mitted suicide this afternoon on Green
wich street wharf by shooting himself
through the head.
Gen, Grant's Movements about San Fran
elaco He will Visit Oregon.
San Francisco, Sept. 22. This forenoon
Genera IGrant by special request reviewed
the Stockton Guard in the court of the
Pal ice Hotel. Shortly before noon, ac
companied by Mrs. Grant and by Mayor
and Mrs. Bryant, he visited Tabei's pho
tograph gallery on Montgomery near Mar
ket, and bad some pictures taken. Their
departure from the hotel by a side en
trance was unobserved, and the party
walked to the callery. the General beinsr
recogonized by but few persons, and then
only by a passing glance. This afternoon
the party, consisting of General and Mrs.
Grant with suite, Mayor Bryant, Super-
visois luniel, uibbs and lalbot, and uen-
erals Coey and Miller, will drive to the
Cliff where they will lunch. At the Cal-
frnia theatre great preparations are
being made for production of the Colo.
Guard and reception of Grant's party
this evening. The boxes are being ar
ranged and ornamented for their recept
ion. The lt regiment baud will assist on
the stage and the orchestra will perforin
an army quadrille composed for the o-ca-sion
by the conductor, Prof. Withers, and
dedicated to Gen. Grant. At 9 o'clock
this morning a line was formed at the
box office, and it is hkelv there will be a
tremendous crush in the evening.
The General has accepted an invitation
to visit Virginia City about October 20th.
on his way east lie will time his visit
i Oregon so that it will take place during
state fair, the first week in October.
Gypsum Discovered near Newcastle.
Seattle, Sept. 22. A quantity of gyp
sum from a newiv discovered lead in
Squak valley was brought into town on
Saturday. Several specimens which were
ass.iyed by Prof. Tiernan prove to be en
tirely pure. The lead is located on gov
ernment land just seven miles from New
castle, facing on the side of a mountain,
40 by 100 feet. It was discovered by L.
1J. Andrews while out hunting. A ton
will be sent to San Francisco soon to be
tested. With the exception of a few
pockets found in Nevada, it is the only
discovery of the kind ever made on the
Pacific coast
Eastern Oregon and Washington.
Wallui.a, Sept. 23. A dispatch to the
Walla Walla tfaktman from the Weiser
country states that a band of horse thieves
raided the settlements in Indian valley
and run off some horses. They aro sup
posed to be white men, although they
left arrows behind them for the purpose
of misleading. A party of twelve armed
citizens t irtel in pursuit.
I he citizens of northern Idaho thank
Gen. Howard for sending Lieutenant
Farrow out with Indian scouts. Farrow
says he ran whip any number of hostilcs
W illi ma imiauim (mtuuis.
Teams loaded w ith w heat fill the streets
of the town dailv. It is estimated that
there are 2,000,000 bushels here yet to
ship. The railroad is blocked. Tho cars
take the grain lo Wallula faster than the
boats can carry it off.
Grasshoppers are very numerous but
are not the right kind to make BUlferers.
Grant and His Movements.
San FiiAe.soo,Scpt.53. A light shower
of rain fell this morning and the weather
is still threatening, the soldiers and
sailors of the late war fired a salute in
honoi of General Grant at noon from
the sand lots.
Governor-elect Perkins and ex Gov
Woods of Oregon, waited upon General
Grant yesterday evening and asked him
to start for Oregon on the Slate of C'niior
on the 4t h of October. After a long
conversation Gen Grant said that he
could not decide on any to go to Or
egon ; yet he hoped and in" fact was de
termined to go there before he returned
east.
Tho pre:aii.tiona yesterday and to-day
around the new c.tv hall lor the formal
presentation qf General and Mrs, Grant
to tho citizens of San Francitoo were of
elaborate character, The mayor's office.
Which, was used as a reception room, was
handsomely draped with Hag?. At 12:30
1'ie crowd began to assemble, in front ol
the McAllister street entrance and shortly
alter the passage stops and every point of
At the Market street side of the building
there was also a large crowd awaiting the
arrival of veterans to lire a salute from
the sand lot. As the hour for the reccp
tion approached the crowd grew deuser,
tilling up the corridors and entrances of
the building. A squad of 30 policemen
was detailed to keep the passage open
At a quarter to one the veterans, federal
and confederate, arrived upon the sand
lot taking up a position near Market
street. The first gun was fired at I2:o0,
the other 37 guns succeeding each other
ut intervals of one minute. People were
massed all along the line of Market
street After the sa'ute the veterans fell
into line, entered the corridor and, march
ing down its length, countermarched and
took op a position awaiting the arrival of
the general, in a lew minutes the ex.
president and party arrived at the McAl
lister street entrance and were greeted
with cheers. Windows of the houses op
posite and the housetops were crowded
with people, who waved their handker
chiefs and sent up cheer after cheer as the
party alighted. As thp general proceeded
along the pavement, escorted by the
mayor, ins enthusiasm ot lhe crowd broke
out afresh. Along tho corridor running
from the lower entrance to the mayor's
office were ranged the veterans, posted in
two lines. Their commander. Colonel
Lyons, stepped forward as General Grant
and the mavor reanbed tho corridor mid
said, 'V'ow boys, three cheers for your old
commander." The veterans responded
with enthusiastic cheers. The party then
proceeded to tne mayor otb.ee where a
committee or ladies wero waiting to re
ceive Mrs. Grant and assist her. Mrs.
Grant did not arrive until some time
after the general, w ho took up his posi
tion in the centre of the room. The
southeast corner of the room was assigned
to the ladies and directions were issued
to admit the multitude. After a few of
the invited guests had been presented
the crowd bled iu, shook hands with the
city's guest, and pasted out at the Market
street entrance after presentation to Mrs.
Grant All the forenoon a constant stream
of visitors poured through the aoart-
mcnts and all were greeted with a hearty
shake of the hand, the general declining
a suggestion of the mayor that hand
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i v n a ii tin
shaking might be dispensed with on ac
count or the great rush expressing bis
opinion that he could fight it out on that
line all summer. Previous to the salute
on the sand lot the general reviewed the
veterans at their rendezvous in Mechan
ic s Pavilion. To-morrow, in addition to
the programme heretofore announced,
General Grant will visit the Produce Ex
change during the morning.
Oakland's Welcome to the Hero.
Saw Fhancisco, Sept 25. To-day being
set apart for the reception of Gen. Grant
in Oakland, carriages containing General
Grant and party left the Palace Hotel at
10:Io A. M., drove directly to the wharf
and aboard tho steamer .lmKlorof the
creek route. A large crowd was in atten
dance to witness the start and numbers
followed the cavalcade to the wharf. At
the wharves a large gathering was pres
ent, all eager to see Gen. Grant ; but wbil
there was some crowding for precedence,
respectful qiiet was maintained. Just as
the Grant party boarded the Amador the
Oakland lit the dock with every avail
aU i inch of room filled with people poing
across the bay to witness the reception.
At seven minutes past 11 the Amador left
the wharf. On liourd were Mavor Bry
ant, Hou. II. F. Page, M. D. Boruck, the
Japanese consul. Col. -Stevenson, Judge
Hoffman and other leading citizens, to
gether with the Oakland reception com
mittee, consisting of L. G. Cole, David
oes, J. W. Babcock, J. West Martin,
W. W. Crane, C. N. Fox.Capt. Little, Dr.
L. H. Carey, W. E. Hale, L. L. Alexander,
A. C. Henry, J. W. Badger, A. K. P. Har
mon and J. R. Hardenburg. As the boat
approached the Oakland wharf a salute of
twenty-one guns was fired under the di
rection of the citizens committee. The
wharf and the vessels lying at the wharf
were gaily decorated. A large banner in
scribed "Welcome," was stretched across
the entrance to the wharf. The party was
met at the boat by Mayor Andrus and
carriages with the city "council, citizens
committee, board of education, and board
of supervisors followed. Various military
companies, Jre companies and civic organ
izations making up the procession, lhe
decorations along the line of the route
were oi a most elaborate and beautiful
character, far exceeding in elegance of
design and execution those of San Fran
cisco. The day has been one of unusual
beauly, the sun shining, warm and clear
with a gentle breeze just rufficient to
temper the atmosphere. When the pro
cession reached Fourteenth and Clay
streets, there were fully 5030 school chil
dren ranged in line along both sides of
Fouiteentb street, from Clay to Broadway.
Eight bundled singers from the hic'h
schools were stationed at the intersection
of Washington and Fourteenth, opposite
the city hall. The school girls were
dressed in white, trimmed in gay colors
anu eaen or the oOOO children held a bou
quet of flowers. When Grant's carriage
reached the corner Of Clay and Fourteenth
lie alighted and taking the arm or C. N.
Fox. president of the citv board of edu
cation and accompanied by State Superin
tendent Campbell aud Mayor Andrus and
followed by veterans of the Mexican
war, walked down one row of schml
hildren and up the other, amid a shower
of bouquets and flowers. Suspended
across the avenue of children were three
banners, the first inscribed, "Welcome to
Grant, the City's guest :" the second con
tained a quotation from Grant's Des
Moines speech. "The Free School is the
Promoter of that Intelligence which is to
Preserve us as a Free Nation :' on the
third was inscribed, "We Strew these
Roses beneath the Feet of Him who
Saved us from Defeat" As the general
and narty began their review of children
the high schools pupils; accompanied by
the 1st regiment band, sang "America."
When they reached the city hall they
sang the "Star Spangled Banner," and
when he returned to his carriage the
Red, White aud Blue.".
Kearney again Snubbed.
Denis Ka.-ney again sent up his card
to General Grant to-day, who, as before,
declined to see him. Some curiosity is
expressed as to what Kearney will have
to say at the sand lots to-morrow.
Kearney on Grant's Refusal.
San Francisco. Sept 23 Those who
visited the sand lots to-day in expectation
of hearing Kearney pronounce a diatribe
against Grant, were disappointed. In the
course of his customary speech, the agi
tator reterred to nis unsuccessful attempts
to obtain an interview with the general,
stating that his intention was to invite
him lo the sand lots, lie proposed to
make no comments on Grant's refusal to
see him leaving intelligent workingmen
to form their own conclusion.
Tne Mo'hansen Industrial Fund.
The Industrial Society, interesting it
self in considering the too generally sad
condition of the wage-worker when the
season of his .activity had passed, saw
that it can hardly be expected that dur
ing his working season be could make,
without assistance, adequate provision
for his old age, since the amount he could
possibly save from his wages was inade
quate, and, besides, the wage-worker has
seldom the opportunity to become an
expert in the technicalities of investment.
As a result of their investigations, in 1851
an association, which now consists of nine
hrms, was formed to meet the difficulty.
Their rules are as follows: The work
men from the age of sixteen are given
the opportunity to deposit three per cent,
of their wages with the State Treasury,
and at the same time the employers, for
the purpose of encouraging this saving,
and to increase tho amount deitosited.
agree to contribute also three per cent, of
the wages paid the workers of both sexes
in their employ who have reached the
age of eighteen and sixteen. Two-
thirds of this last sum are to le added
to that deposit by the workmen, the other
third being used as a I nnd for paying the
expenses of the accounts, to be dis
tributed for the assistance of aged or in
firm employes, and finally for increasing
the tensions, which were too small to
support their recipients'. To further the
objects of this association, from funds
collected by ' a subscription, a large
building has been erected to serve as an
asylum for aged and invalid workmen.
and it now shelters 256 such men ami
women. The funds thus raised, invested,
and on hand to invest, amount to very
nearly 200,000 francs, and the manufac
turers have reduced their contributions
to one per ent. upon the amount of
vawh paid bv them. The nrmciuln haj
however, been so thoroughly introduced
into the industry or -Alsace that it is el
most a rule without exception, that the
large industrial enterprises of that conn.
try consider it a duty they owe to their
operatives to, provide for aqd to assist
then) by some such plan. In some oasea,
where the fund invested is. large enough.
the pensions aro paid without requiring
tne Qperawves to continue meir contribu
tion, thus enabling them to make imme
diate nae ot all their wages.
Thr FinsT Elephant Brought to the
Unit eii States. The ship America ar
rived in New York in May, 1796, having
on board an elephant in perfect health,
trom jrjengai. 'xnis was tne nrst elephant.
a female, ever seen in America, and for
her $10,000 were paid, at that time the
largest sum that had ever been given for
an animal in Europe or America. She
was but five feet high, and was first ex
hibited in Philadelphia, where she
astonished the public by doily drawing
corks from thirty bottles of porter and
drinking the contents. On the 20th of
June. 1797. this elephant passed throucrh
the city of New York on the way to Bos
ton. Her amiable disposition was highly
eulogized in the advertisement setting
forth when and where she was to be seen
but in a postscript it was said that she
had destroyed many ranera of value.
and visitors having valuable papers on
their person were warned to keen them
out of the reach of the elephant, or at
least uni oi ner signt. &x.
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NO. 25.
1 bese Autumn Days.
f From the . f. Bulletin.
lhe sun has not yet "crossed the line "
but autumn has come. It is indicated in
part by the dying out of the trade winds
or rather their intermittent character.
The heated term intervenes. That is
necessary to perfect the autumnal ripe
ness.. The grapes are tinted rapidly on
the hillside, taking on royal colors of
crimson and gold. The apples tako the
richest color on the side most exposed to
the sun, and the pumpkins lie like great
yellow globes afield, the solar heat hav
ing melted, as it were, the vines away, or
reduced them to a mere withered liga
ment, though while the last of the sap is
distilled. The corn is filling out rapidly
uuuo tow icrveui iieui. xnere is no top
ping the stalks to hasten the ripening
process, because there are no frosts to
cut it off prematurely. The hayricks go
laden to the markets, and the little bay
schooners slip down with the tide, their
booms hoisted up to clear the bales, so
that the masts look like a little boy's legs
which have outgrown his pants. It is
not, however, the growing season, except
for boys and girls. It is the ripening
oeuaon. xne time wnen nature puts the
finishing stroke to the work of the year.
Even the earth seems to be perfumed
with the scent of orchards and vineyards.
The markets, too, give token of Autumn.
Little steamers come in loaded with boxes
of fruit. They have slipped out of the
sloughs and tide-water creeks adjacent to
the farms in the night, perhaps, because
time and tide wait for none not even the
market man and the fruit venders, nor
for the little Bteamer which spits along
spitefully, as if this being called up in
the night was not an agreeable circum
stance. A cargo of fruit, or half a dozen,
makes little impression npon the market.
Just now there are something like three
hundred thousand fruit-eaters in this
city. The children of the poor go along
the wharves and pick up the half -decayed
fruit, eating the sound part, and are glad
that autumn has even so much in store
for them. Just now the markets are
plethoric with the early autumn frnits.
There are melons by the schooner load
melons suggestive of cramps and colics,
and melons with golden tints, suggestive
of a deep peace, which flows from a sort
of satisfying fullness. There are ixahm
pale as consumptives, and others with a
sort or riotous carnation, as if color had
some relation to flavor which is not a fact,
by the way. You note that the average con
sumer goes for high color. He will buy a
box of red apples sooner than a box of
pale ones, and the pears that have the
deepest color will bo transferred to him
as a matter of choice. Observe, too,
that the rather insipid and tough Tokay
has the preference over the Muscat of
Alexandria or even the Black Hamburg.
It is the delicate blush that wins favor.
There is sentiment even in the selection
of fruit All the attractive colors take
the precedence. Even the neutral and
so-so tomato owes half its popularity to
its attractive colors. There is not only a
tropical affluence of color, but a tropical
taste in the matter of selection. That
colored "auntie" with the bright bandana
about her head, who caters for a whole
family, will not buy a single pound of
fruit which is not high colored. It is
the off season for strawberries, but the
great Chile berries are tempting, with
alternating sides of gold and crimson.
There goes the whole box into her capa
cious market basket. There is no color
blindness there. But observe that she
discarded blackberries, a much better
fruit, because the color didn't suit.
There will lie a carnival of fruit from
now until Christmas. Autumn comes in
without noise, but with a certain serenity
and peace which pervades all things.
The powdered trees by the roadside, the
long trail or dust behind the team on the
country road, the swelling of springs
and small streams, the solitary "honk"
of wild geese coming down from
the north country, and the ducks,
which are settling among the marshes
and ponds, are so many hints of
autumn. There will be two months
yet of ripening, rainless weather. There
are yet the finishing touches to be put
upon the orchard. The winter Nelis
and tho Vicar of Wakefield are not yet
ripe, nor are the Russets and Greenings
and Pipping ready to go into winter
quarters. The little cider mill set up
under the tree is grinding the windfalls.
What a pretty affair it is in contrast with
that great wooden mill of former times
with its enormons timber wheel running
in a wooden trough when the boys went
-rouna and round at noon time, and
took a littie toil or new cider through
straw.
But those were days when no farmer
was comfortable unless he had rolled at
least a dozen barrels of cider into his
capacious cellar. That was a storehouse
of good things. It was open during all
the autumn days, and besides the honest
dozen or cider barrels, with sometimes
hogshead to give emphasis, as a sort of
"tiger," there was the bin of winter ap
ples, a broadside set apart for ether pro
duce or the rarm, and the great oaken
chest for the mince pies, while in the
garret the quinces spread out on a floor
dinnsod an autumn fragrance through all
the chambers. There was the biting
frost, too, which opened the chestnut
burrs and sent down a great wealth of
hickory nuts, which m the crisp and stdl
mornings scorned to fall as if from an
open heaven. Autumn here has less of
flavor and accent. But there is the same
suggestion of repose, more roundness
and richness of snpply. the same serene
brooding, but without the suggestion of
storm and tempest.
Bora Lucky.
The New Nork correspondent of
the
Boston Gazette writes.
"It is better to be born lucky than
rich." the uroverb savs. and I believe it,
You may be born rich and die poor, but
if you are lucky you will never want. A
case in point is that of Mrs. Mark Hop-
funs, the widow of the California million
aire. She was a school teacher in this
city, and no longer a young girl, when
Mark Hopkins happened at the same
hoarding house, wooed and won her
They had no children, so she adopted a
hoy of seven years of age by the name ot
Tim. ; He is nineteen now, and a very
amiable nnspoiled fellow, not particu
larly bright, and not at all dull. His
adopted mother is particularly adopted
va rum. and indulges mm in ail ms ue-
aires. Sho is anxious for him to love
literature, and is building a magnificent
library for him. During her last visit to
New York she bonirht 87000 worth of
rare books from one reporter. She buys
knowingly too. The house she has just
completed in San .Francisco cost s-j.uuo,-
000, and Herter fitted up two floors at
8200,000.
"My room is magnifieentr said um,
I inst crave Hnrtsr carte blanche, and
suite of armor are hnng on the walls, and
he has made it look like a castle. airs.
Hopkins travels en princesse in her own
drawing room car. with French cook and
silver table service. Her bedroom has a
double bed in it. and there is a hand
somely furnished parlor and kitchen be
sides. When she stops anywhere the car
is switched off, and waits her pleasure on
a Bide track. The last time she was in
New York it was brought np within a few
blocks oi the Windsor Hotel. I would
not pretend to say how: many millions
tne w iaow aopKina is worth, but yon can
imagine irom ner manner ot living it is a
goodly sum. And Tim. has he not been
fortunate? A. poor boy, picked up to be
the heir to such a fortune. So I say
again it is better to be born lucky than
rich, for neither Mrs. Hopkins nor Tim
were born rich: but we see what luck
has done for them."
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laree Card Monte.
Three card monte is a swindling game
at which it is impossible to beat the op
erator, and it has been so thoroughly
exposed that there ought not be any vic
tims. Nevertheless, the monte spider,
seeing human flies of present wealth,
dextrously handling his cards and talk
ing the while, makes his living about as
easy as he did in the days of the war,
when money was so plenty. An old rail
road conductor, now a passenger for the
Chesapeake and Ohio road, but who ran
a train on the Baltimore and Ohio during
the war, relates that he knew "Canada
Bill" to gather in 9000 in one train from
Martinsburg to Baltimore, a distance of
100 miles.
. "Canada Bill," is a name well known
to the gambling fraternity, although he
who was known by that title, was some
years ago laid to rest. His death, which
cut off from earth tli6 smartest operator
of three cards that was ever seen, took
place when ho was a trifle more than 40
years old. "Just as well to die now,"
said he, when told that medicine eould
not save him. "Might as well cut the
game, because the cream of the monte
has been skimmed. There will not le
another war, and they aint goingto build
no more Pacific railroads, and it's hard
for me to play for ten, when I used to
catch a hundred twice as easy." When
his last minute came, he sat up in bed
and called out, "Fifty dollars to ten yon
can't pickup the ace," .and then he fell
dead. .
That is the story told of his last mo-
ments and may be true if the old saving
has no exception that the ruling passion
is strong in death. Bill's great boast
was that he had beaten a minister. Chi-
cago newspaper reporters of the year
1874 remember of the excitement the city
editors of the papers there, except one,
were thrown into by the exclusive publi
cation by that one of the story of a well
known minister who became a victim to
Bill's wiles on a train on the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. He
had lost nearly $1000. Canada Bill did
not bear the reputation of having been
the most skilfnll operator. In the slang
of the profession, "he could ring in
suckers better than anybody," and hero
is a sample of his proceedings that come
under the observation of the writer a few
years ago:
The Illinois State Fair held at Deea
tur, was just over, and the grangers
were filling the trains, homeward bound.
Bill, wearing cowhide boots and eoaran
clothes, got into the train just moving
from the station and attracted attention
by saying in a loud tone, "Well, no
farmer has a show with railroads. They
kill his stock and laugh at him when ha
wants pay for it." "What's up?" asked
his clever capper, and Bill related: "I
bought three head of Durham calves
down here from Winnebago county and
I got premiums on all of them. I was
having them put on the car to send
home," by this time the attention of
every granger in the car'' was attracted
"when one of the consumed fools let one
of them break a leg on the bridge from
the cattle pen to the stock car, and they
had to kill it to put it out of misery. I
wouldn't have taken $200 for the calf, '
but the railroad tells me I was shipping
at reduced rates and ain't got any claim."
The conversation that ensued and the
statement that Bill had made put him on
the best possible terms and in the confi
dence of all the grangers, and so when
he presently spread his overcoat and said
first, "I'll sue the road, anyhow," and
then, ''I fonnd this little game that'll 1
funny for the Winnebago folks, anyway,
he had no lack of listeners and interested
watchers, and after that is accoiupTMd "
tne worn oi tne uiree-cara monte man is
easy. Human nature, rich averice, does
the rest.' Bill drew out his cards and
proceeded to tell how he had won $530,
after losing $60, "just as easy," he went
on, "as this. ' Now hero's the money,"
and he pulled out a pig-skin pocket-book
tied up with twine, which he undid and
exposed a pile of notes to the amount of
several hundred dollars. "No discount
on that; easier made than turning a long
furrow, liis capper asked for an ex
planation and Bill told him all there was
in it, and lost forthwith $20 to his ac
complice. By this time half a dozen
pocket-books were out and bets came in
freely.- In half an hour the train reached
Tolono, where the passengers change for
Chicago, and BUI, about $2U0 ahead, got
up, remarking: "Well, gentlemen, 1m
going to Chicago to see a lawyer about
recovering damages on that calf. Good
night." And before the astonished gran
gers could realize the situation be Had
disappeared through the door. Half au
hour afterward he was seen on the north
bound train, dressed in the height of
fashion and looking like anything but
the -coarsely-clad man on the Wabash
road.
He was a great player of draughts an 1
won much money tnat way. vi nn
early life not much is known. He"wai
born and lived some years at 1'et-KsKiii.
N. Y., on the Hudson river, just below
Poughkeepsie. He was often arrestel.
but never stayed long in prison. - Aft j.
the war his" field of otration8 w.i
mostly on the Pacific railroads, west of
Omaha.
Himself a man of during' and person u
courage, he naa oiten to lace man mor.i
desperate than himself, but his presen u
of mind never deserted him, and whe.t
everything else failpJ, he was as rea 1 y
witu his weapons as uis aaversary. a j
never drank to excess, and had no inti- .
mate friends. Some years ago he vi ute. 1
Philadelphia. It was in the days whe.t
faro flourished, and the strict orders of
the police had not submitted poier in
urivate for faro in gambling room 4: Bill
came with $3000 in his pocket. He wa i
the guest of a Sansom street sportiu
man, and Bill remarked to his host, "I'm
only going to lose $500 a night, so Til
stay ten days." He went into a Ninti
street room that evening and left the en
tire $5000 on the table in less than tva
hours. For a month or two he operate i .
in this vicinity. Every week be woul I -
come back irom nis trip wnm aw or
$300, and at every visit be loft it bofor.i
the box. One night he put out $7(H,
and when it had gone he tarqed in hi l
chair and said to the owner of th
house,. "Lend me $100; Tm going to Chi
cago." He sent the money back thj
next wees, witn a letter wmcn rea. i,
"Much obliged for the money. Chieag
is good enough for Canada Bill."
The aitplication of the alloy of tin an I
Chosphorus for casting journal axl
oxea has for some time baen carried o i
in Berlin. It is said to be easily fusible,
melts at C26 Fah., does not heat at a 1
when in use, and hence requires but li
tie if any lubricator, and, as it is scarcel y
, , -
auectea at ail uy acius, cueap ous can i a
used. A great advantage is that no mould
is required in which to cast it lhe axld
is placed in the box, which is closed witn
boards on each side and well stampel
down with clay, and the metal pourei
directly into the mould thus formed.
When cold, the shell is taken out an J
cleaned, the hole bored, and it is ready
for use. If not overheated, this met.il
shrinks very little, if any, on cooling,
and thus fills the mould most ace i
rately so that by using this ineUl, ia
stead of rough coating, there is a aavicg
of the cost for mould, for pattern, i
boring out, and for fitting; it is elainie.1,
too, to last longer than other casting ,
and' to bear as great pressure and greater
speed. This same alloy of phosphor as
and tin is also employed for the "man i
factnre of phosphorus bronze with tli
advantage of both cheapness and ecu
venience. :
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