VOL. 5.
ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1879.
NO. 30.
at PoniLAfiDFrjc:
E. R; MULLE,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
OAKLAND,
ORKOOX
Office in Pr. Page's Drug Store.
Canyonville Hotel,
D. A. IJEVIXM, -
PROPRIETOR
HAVIXG ItECKKTLY PURCHASED THE
Canyonvi.Se Hotel, 1 am now prepared to
Ornish traveleis with the best ofacooramodations.
Feed and stabling for stock. D. A. LEVINS.
W. X. WOODCOCK.
H. W. CHTJBCHIIili,
Tocdcotk & Churchill
MYRTLE CflEEK,
ORECSOJT
TEAM8TER8 FROM JACKSONVILLE
aail the resident in Myrtle Creek will iind
the beet hor" .lioem jit this establishment. In
this line we claim 1u do work equal to any in tbe
Male. Aew v.iou uwnuiacturetl ana repairs
made on the thirttet notice. Give us a trial, and
if we cannot stitt vou none can.
Wt'MJDCWK CHVRCniLl.
AS. IHOB.VTOS.
W. H. ATKISSOX.
JACOB WAONEH.
E. K. ANDERSON
Ashland Woolen Manufacturing
r Company,
Manuiaeturertj and Dealers in
White & Colored Blankets
Plain asul F.urr Ca.hmere Doeskins,
Flannels, Ktc also,
OVER AND UNDERWEAR CLOTHING
Made to Order.
W. ir. ATKINSONi Sec'y
- i -
ASHLAND. Jackson County, Oregon.
H. C. STANTON,
Dealer in ' : ? -
t
Staple Dry Goods I
Keeps constantly en hand a general assort
ment of
EXTRA FINE! GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW AID GLASSWARE !
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of
SCHOOL
n o o it s
Public County Schools
Such as required by the
All klsMla of STATIONERY, TOY and
FANCY ARTICLES
To suit both Ypung and Old.'
TtJT8 AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS
furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures
iwana on Ban t rjneisco.
riletropolitan Hotel,
ROSKBUKG, :- : OREUO.t.
Perkins & HeadrlcK, Prop'rs.
Tat Only First-Class' Hotel in the City
- A2TD
Depot sttbC O. Stega Co.
TyjXL FURNISHED BLEEPING APAKT-
neota, the beat of beds, and tha moat atien
4) housekeepers, and a table supplied with tha
bast of everything, j
TAQtS FOR RCDDINC
t
eave tha honaa erery day on tha arrival of tha
an front Portland, j '!--
Tha trarelljig public, and all who favor tis with
sbatr patronage, can net assured that they will
atetaiaed in tha beat possible manner.
HEADRICK PERKINS
.' - -I - ' '
f.lA HONEY'S SALOON.
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland.
Xas. Mahoney, Prop'r.
Tha finest of wines, liquers and cigars in Doug
. las county, and tha best
BIZalUIA.RD TABLE
In tha Btata kept in proper repair:
Parties travaSag on tha railroad will find this
place very handy to vbitduring the stop
ping of tha train at the Oik
land, Depot. Give me acall.
JAB. MAHONEY.
rSAIJEM ;
PoTiadry . and Machine Shop
B. V. DRAKE,; Proprietor, ' '
BaLEH, OREGON.
Mteam ' "Englncm, flaw Mills),
Grist Mills. Reaper. Pumps)
aatad aUl Iclnaai stud Htyleai ot
Haohlnary made to Order, '
.Machinery repaired on
Short rtotlos.
Pattern maUng dons in all Its various forms,
and all kinds of brass and iron castings fur
nished on short notice.' Also manniao
turer of Enterprise Plainer and
; Matcher, and Backers and
. Sharpers. - - -
PATTERSON'S
Jam, II. Xlpton, Prop'r.
ALL KIND OF LUMBER,
Including
itnarar Xtnes ' j
Cedar, ITlr,
Pine and Oak
j Lumber.
Always on hand,
i '
jand Orders promptly filled on.
tlae csnorte Aotios
AH kinds of dressed lumber constantly on
hand. Lumber furnished at any
point in Eossbarg without extra
charge, and by application to
me it will be found that
My Lumber is
the cheapest
' me and see.
not only the best but
in the market. Try
Address all letters to
JAB. H. T1PTOX
Pattcnoa's HUla. Or.
DLAOusximnns,
tVADIUXS BltOS.
Would Inform the public that they have leased
the large Biacksmithing shop lately occupied
by tteorge Hickle, and that they are
prepared to do ,
All Kiads of DlackgrnitJilng
. In first-class style, .
Aad ai prires lower than the lowest. They bays
raasty years' experience in tha line of
Horse Shoeing!
Asd claim, on this point, In the trade, they are
I competant to ao w neat 01 worm m u
i - satiafaetioa of patrons. All kinds of
i " Uaehiaery repaired. Plow ;
i ' . Work, Etc.
fiivs them aaaU. Shop opposite S. Mark k Co.
RczavB.
Bair.
stU
JOHN FRASER,
Hon Hade . Furniture,
WTUHH, . OREOOI.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.,
Constantly on hand. :
I'TfD mTl WITVI IS I km the heat stock
f Ifttl 1 1 U B jarnltore soatU of Portland I
And all of my own manufacture.
No two Prices to Customers
Residents of Douglaseouiity are requea'ed to
give me a call before pimbasmg eisewnere.
t&r all work warranted.-
Furniture Store !
JOHN GILDEB8LEVE
AVIXO PCRCHA8ED THE FURNI-
.- tare Establishment of John Lehnberr, is
now prepared to do any work in tho '
UPHOLSTERING LINE.
Ho is aio prepared to furnish i .
In all style?, of the best manufacture, and cheaper
- ' than tue cneapest. m
CliolrM,
Tables, :
Bnrcauft, .
Bedateaclst, -
Waethstaiiclis,
ETC ?t ETC., ETC.
Are of snpericrt- make, and for low cost cannot be
II. 1 ' 1L. Dl.l. (Tk.
equaueu in me ouiur. x no
Finest of Sprina Beds
. . ' ,-. And the
Most Complete bonis
Always on band. Everything in he line fur-
uisheu.ol the best quality, on wesnoncst .
notice and at the lowest rates.
COFFINS MADE, AND TRIMMED.
And orders filled cheaper and better than can
anv otber egtaoiisnment. --
TVsiriuz a share of public patrouaee, the un
dersigned promises to oiler extra inducements to
ail patrons, uive nie a tnai.
JOHN GILDERSLEVE.
DEPOT HOTEL-
, AASXAHS, - - i- OREGOH.
Riobard Thomas, Prop'r.
rpHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
A for a number ot years, and has become yery
popular wm tna traveling puouc- - im-ciaae
SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS.
And tbe table supplied with the best the market
affords. Hotel at the depot of the Railroad.
Fine Liquors and Cigars.
The undersigned has porohascd tbe saloon form
erly kept by Mr. Tibbeta, Oakland, and
- with new brands of wines, liquors
- and cigars ha is prepared to
hospitably entertain all who
may gi? him a call.
A. Fine IJillTarcl Xablo
is kept in constant repair..
DAVID BAKER.
T. C. SMITH A . CO.,
DRUGGISTS
- Chemists and Pharmacists 1
Patten's Block, State Street,
AUEM, - - ORKGOH.
Particular attention given to prescriptions, and
sil orders by mail or exprese nueu
promptly and accurately.
Physicians and country dealers will save money
by examining our mock, or prwunug
nnr 'urines, before Durchaains: else-
where. 40t
Sugar Pine Mills
Lgchd at Sugar Ptaa MoaUI,
Post OfBce address, Looking Glass, Oregon.
Tbe Company owning these mills would ay they
are prepares, to lurnun us
BEST OF LUMBER
H the most reasonable rates. ,
Suarar Pine,
'. Clr and Cedar
Lumber always on hand, and all persons wishing
k fHimn.Ha ljwrmDer will oo wen id eiva ub m.
pportunitr of filling tbeir orders before going
aVewhere.
J r. l.Al.tUHAi. i'reaideat,
W. Tt.f. ' fit K. B- irv and Trwiwrri'
Orearon and California
TEaSUSH TO SAN F8ASCISC0
FOim DAYS.
THE QUICKEST,1 SAFEST AND
EASIEST ROUTE.
STAGES LEAVE R08EBURC
Kvary Djr at T-30 P. M.,
Staking qnlck connection at Reading with the
cars oi mi v. u. xv. n.
For full particulars and passage apply to
PERKINS A HEADRICK.
Agent.
MAMWOTH
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 I
Os cable of accommodating any number of
horses sod wagons. .
Beat of Hay and Grain
always in full supp'y and at living prxes.
sad no ons ia aliowed t go ay diamtUfied,
Don't fail to give us a islh f'r we are
; deteniiinai to suit you in qua-.;
Mr, quality aud (ki-x. )
WMIti't' !.'
VOTK'E 18 Hi
A insv einm'i
K.iKUVtJIVjST T" T?ii"'-I 11
h tt.tt '-iit! mi. f::u'l na
swankvi the oi.iilni.-t t'rt- k- i " l"V'.
rvm'.T nam for a i?iid ot lw.-tr .l
nersuns ia uoed of swjUisiy friio-.w. 1 i"'
any uiemUr of tbe Cuunty lsui and prua-ul
to one ot the foUowini uaim-d j-.r'ii, si
authorised to and will care for luoj (weirtiii'l
sncb oartincales: Button A I'orktus, I Mxtmrti u
L. Kollfgg, Oaklaud; Mia. Urown, Looking
flluL nr U7n.wln.fr 1. uitknriCnl tA ltirni!n
saadieal aid to all persons in need oi the SNinsahif
wao aava naan deciarea naucrs vi i- ".,
Geenty. W. B.CLAKlv
i jjiitiuiuiiruiu.
EASTERN.
Sam Ttlctost'a Tun. -
New York. Oct. 22. The suit of the
govern raont to recover from Sara'l J. Til
den his unpaid income taxes goes over
till Monday next at the request of counsel
for defendant, he not being ready to argue
the demurrer to the bill of discovery tiled
by the government.
...,:,;. Yellow' Fever.
Mkmphi, Oct. 22. Two new cases, no
death. - - -
Memphis, Oct. 22. Throe emeu were re-
porteil this afternoon. Tiio chamber of
commerce Of New Vork Bends $2000. ;
Unprecedented tmialgnttoa. .
" Xew York. Oct. 26. One thousand and
twenty immigrants arrived at Castle Gar
den this morning. In consideration ' of
the tact thai emigration to America this
year is unprecedented in point of num
ber, and that the emigration of 1880 is ex
pected to oe even larger than that of the
present year, the emigration commission
ers, together with officers of societies who
help to take care of newly arrived immi
grants, have made special elicits to gather
accurate information concerning, districts
winch oner tf.e best advantage to settlors.
Dnring the present year the New . York
emigration commissioners have helned
about 20,000 immigrants to get to the
western states, ana not one has returned.
Acquitted.
Atlasta, Ga., Oct. 2b The trial of the
men accused of the murder of a Mormon
elder has resulted in their acquittal.
Some persona indicted are not yet caught.
Murderer Arrested.
Dktroix. Oct. 20. Matthew Fitch, who
killed his wife, from whom he had been
estranged for some time, and his four year
old daughter near Hadley, in Laprie
county, on Saturday the lyih msu. was
arrested in Goodrich this morning.-
Bympathlilwa; with Irtah Tenant..
New Orleans. Oct. 26. A mass meet
ing ot Irish residents was held in this
city this afternoon, for the purpose of
considering the condition of a Hairs in Ire
land and relations of landlords and ten-'
ants. Tbe meeting was largely attended.
Monsignor Ailen presided. Addresses
were delivered by Kev. rat hers t inn and
Moyniban, Mayor E. A. Burke and Col.
McGloin. Resolutions were adopted ap
proving the course of Parnell and others
and sympathising with the oppressed in
Ireland. ; ---
Fire in av Railroad Tunnel.:
Cumberland, Md., Oct. 26. Early this
morning fire broke out in the Pinkerton
Tnnel. ou the Pittsbure division of the
Baltimore A Ohio . railroad.. Freight
trains are stopped. Passengers are trans
ferred in wagons. . -
Mau Burnett to Death.
The Riverside Hotel at Snohomish
Citv was entirely destroyed by fire on
Friday night last ' and a river driver,
named James Poland, consumed in the
building. , The fire originated from the
explosion of a coal oil lamp.
Sentenced to ba Hanged.
Philadelphia, Oct. 30. Isaac Jacobson,
a sailor, recently convicted of the murder
at sea or (Jtiaries u. Brooks, mate oi tne
ship .Sin King, on the 17th of August last,
was ta-day sentenced to be banged on
the 4th of January next. ,
xildem'a Income Case.
New York, Oct. 30. Tho examination
of James B.Colgate, of the firm of Trevor
& Colgate, brokers, was continued to-day
before U. 8. Commissioner L.yman, in the
suit against Samuel J. liideu to recover
arrears of income taxes. Witness refused
to produce his books and papers aud was
taken before Judge Choate in the TJ. S.
district court, who heard arguments in
the matter and reserved his decision until
to-morrow. - Witness' examination was
resumed, but he could not recollect any
stock he purchased from Tilden. By
looking at his books lie might be able to
refresh his memory and answer that
question, but refused to do so and would
give no reason for his refusal. The case
then went over until to-morrow. ,
Murder and Sniclde.
Assapolis, Oct. 30. Mrs. Frank Chairs,
living at Curtis creek near Walker's pa
vilion, Anne Arundel Uo snot her bus
band fatally yesterday and then shot and
instantly Killed tierselL,
Indiana Prowling Hear Rawlins.
Rawliss, Oct. 30. Col. Biackett of the
3d cavalry, in command of a force at
Rawlins, telegraphed to headquarters to
day tbaton the 28th . inst. while two of
his men were out hunting one of them
had his horse shot from under him. A
careful investigation proved beyond
doubt that the shooting was done by In
dians. Pony tracks were found in the
vicinity, and it was discovered that the
bullet came from a fifty calibre rifle, none
or wtucu are used by the troops. '
Funeral Honor to I.leut. Weir.
The remains of Lieut. Weir of the ord
nance arrived at Rawlins to-davand were
received by the troops encamped there.
They were escorted to the court house by
a company oi the utn mtantry under the
command of Capt. Bowman, where".
impressive address was delivered by Kev.
Dir. namuton ana tne mi rim service or
the Episcopal church read. The body re
mains atthe court house under a truard of
honor until mHnight, when it will be
shipped east.
Arrival of the White River Party at
Denver.
HrvfffD n..t fl Twj on1 Vfluo 110.1...
and Mrs. Price and two children, late cap
tives among the Utes, arrived here to
night. Airs. Meeker is very sick.
A special to the irunine states that Gen.
Edw. Hatch, Gen. Chas. Adama, special
agent, and Chief Ouray, have been ap
pointed a commission to investigate the
Ute outbreak.
To Meet Orant.
Quite a large delegation, consisting of
the governor, mayor and otber olncials.
and prominent citizens, will go from Chey
enne to trenver on a special train to-mor
row to meet Grant. ., ,
Death of Jamea M. Cavanaugk.
A disrjatch : lrom Leadville states that
Hon. James M. Cavanaugh, the first mem
ber of congress from Minnesota alter ad
mission to tbe uuion, and delegate to
r. :.. 1QR7 i c-n
died there to-dav of erysipelas, lie had
gone there last Thursday from New York,
where bis ramiiy now resiae.
Another Cos mt Popular Justice,
' Chic-aoo. Oct. 21WA -Tribune Keokuk
special says that the trial of Bill Young
for llie muraer oi iouia opeuuer uu iuur
children closed in Kahoks, Alo., on rat
urdav. the verdict being not guilty, lue
culmination of tbe case, however, came
to-day. The circumstantial evidence was
strong, but was Weakened by the fiasco
or a detective 8 eviaeuce. auuuugu
Young was acquitted, the belief in his
iruilt was verv decided among citizens
and they determined to lynch htm. Sun
day afternoon Young married Lydia Bray
of Ohio, and on Monday evening tue
couple arrived here before going to
Young's bouie at Lafay's. As the train
passed throush Kahoka this morning,
Young and his wife alighted, and a mob
of from 200 to 300 followed them on horse
back and in wagons and surrounding his
bouse demanded his surrender: Young
opened fire on the mob and shots were
exchanged until he was wounded. Eight
men then forced their way into the
house, took him out and hanged him
The excitement there is intense.
.' . The Fever Dead.
Mbmpdis, Oct. 30 Noon No new cases
or 'eatbs reported since' yesterday lore-
noon. W eather cold.
UluunM F)re at Parker, Pa
Park ke. Pa., Oct. S0-A destructive
fire occurred this morning, originating at
aim in a small omce, and was evidouily
the work of an incendiary. Tho fire
spread so rapidly on account of high
winds and scarcity of water that little
could be done to arrest the flames until
that portion lying between the Mansion
House and Wilson A Manifold's drvgooda
house from the river to tbe bluff, was
totally destroyed. About oue hundred
buildings were burned, comprising the
principal business portion of the
town, involving a loss of probably $20(1-
000, ttpou which there is but little insur
ance, as poiiuies were generally cancelled.
Both sides or the mil road, on front
street, for three blocks, was entirely de
stroyed. Most of the business houses
were partly covered by insurance. iocm
over $300,000. Insurance about $200,000.
The cause of the fire, incendiarism. Hill
sides ana river shores are lined witn
homeless families and household ehati leu.
Great excitement prevails.
Poison In a Wedding Feast.
Detroit. Oct. 30. At the wedding
of the dan uliter of L. D. Heath
at Spring Lake last ' evening all of the
guests oi whom there were more man one
hundred, were made HI by poison in some
ingredient of food, aupposed to be ; arsenic
in baking powder or.the flavoring of Cake.
Although several w ere dangerously ill for
a number of hours, ail are expected to
recover.
The Skagit Jtlnea Splendid Report..
Seat-TLB. Oct. 30 Several miners ar
rived here by last evening's boat from the
Skaxit sold mines, via Skagit City, for tbe
purpose of procuring supplies, etc lhey.
report that a rush lias set in for the dig
gi ngs from ail quarters, tbe principal route
being up the Skagit river by canoes, a dis
tance of 110 miles above Mount Vernon,
the present head of steamboat navigation.
A still lesser number are coming in over
land, via New Westminster aud Fort Hope
in British Columbia. Gold in now beintr
taken out in considerable quantities, and
operations will be continued all winter.
A few claims are paying as high as from
$30 to $40 per day to the man. Several
claims have averaged $140 per week to
the man recently. Kobmson, one or tne
parties who arrived here last evening,
and who is an old California and British
Columbia miner, Bays that the gravel is
the richest he ever saw.
Death of Well Known Miner.
Port Towksknd, Oct 29. David Disher,
a Canadian Frenchman, and one of the
oldest miners on the Pacific Coast, well
known in British Columbia, died at the
Central Hotel here to-day of heart disease,
aged 71.
uu -s-rtui sor nsnier.
Powhkekpsik, Oct. 31. The trial of
Mrs. Mary E. Loundshnry for the murder
of ber husband, Rev. Dexter L. Lounds-
bury, at Stratford, Sept. 24tb, begun to
day. Mrs. Loundsburv pleaded in a
scarcely audible voice "'Not Guilty." ;
Memphis. -:':-- .. -
Memphis, Oct. 31. No new cases or
deaths. Weather clear aud cloudy. The
thermometer early this morning
was
down to 45.
Death of Jacob Abbott.
Farminotok, Me., Oct. 31. Jacob
bolt, author, died at his residence
Ab-
this
morning; aged 76.
Grant at Cheyenne.
Cheyesse, Oct, 31. A , special train
with General Grant and party arrived at
12 M., and at tbe same hour a special from
Denver bringing tbe Colorado delegation,
consisting of Gov. Pitkin, ex-Govs. Rutt
and Gilpin, Senator Teller, Congressman
Belford and many other prominent citi
zens of that state, arrived. Owing to some
misunderstanding as to the time of ar
rival, Gjv Hoyt and the committee f i'.ed
to be on hand to receive the distinguished
guest, which was an embarrassing cir
cumstance. Finally tbe Coloradianstook
possession of the general's party and
drove to the residence of Gov. Hoyt,
where they dined and afterward re
turned to the Railroad Hotel, where an
inloi-mal reception took rd ace. No speech
es. The party departed at 2:30 P. M.. es
corted by a delegation of the Grand
Army of the Republic from Omaha.
The I'tesKvidence of Treachery.
; Rawlins, Wy., Oct. 31. Joseph Burnet,
a courier, came in from W lute river late
last night,with dispatches and mail. He
reports numerous pony tracks and plenty
of Indian tigns in txold creek canyon,
near White river. All the war correspon
dents at the front came in this afternoon,
aud report the same. Mr. Dillman, gov
ernment farmer at the Unitali agency
caine in to Rawlins last night He left !
theUnitah agency with an interpreter,!
and by representing themselves as Mor
mons they were able to pass through the
ramp of the hostiles, and gain tbeir con
fidence. Jack, a Ute chief, told Dillman
that if the war continued, they would be
aided by a band from the TJuitah Utes,
the Arapaboes and other tribes. He was
not satisfied with the peace talk that he
had with Adams, and wanted to have
another talk with Merritt. This chief,
Jack or Yam pa Jack, is the worst Indian
in the Ute tribe.
PACIFIC COAST.
Ease Ball.'
At tbe recreation grounds yesterday the
Chicagoans defeated the Matuals It tol.
At the recreation grounds to-day the
Chicagoans beat the Cincinnati by a
score of 9 to 4.
Detained bjr Burning; Wood.
The overland trains were detained ten
hours at Reno by the burning of wood
piles. , ;
Another Contest In California.
To-day Chas. Tillson, tax collector elect,
accompanied by Dennis Kearney and
Hiram Cook, went to the tax collector's
office and demanded possession of tbe
office, presenting at the same time the
demand was made, bis credentials. . Wm.
Ford, who holds the "office, declined -to
surrender it, referring Mr. Tillson to his
attorney. Mr, Ford asserts that his
course is uicuueu oy ms bondsmen and
he will abide the result of the contest be
tween J. P. Dunn and Colin M. Boyd, for
the unexpired term of auditor.
Fatal Broil at Napa.
Napa. Oct. 26. Yesterday nfternoon
John Crowey.a young man, his brother
and father engaged in a controversy with
the cook of the William Tell Hotefon the
Btreetin front of the honse. The cook
retreated into the hotel followed by the
Croweys. f A fight followed, in which the
elder Crowey was cut severely on the
band. John Ciowey was thrown by the
cook and in tbe melee received terrible
bruises. The cook, August La Rogue,
died this morning from his wounds. The
town is much excited over the conse
quencesof the broil. The Crowey boys
were committed to jail to await the action
Of toe grand jury.
After Many Year.. -;
San Fbaxcisco. Oct 27. The remains of
w. S. Bodie, the original discoverer of the
Bodie mining district, and who perished
in a snow storm on November 14, 1856,
was discovered yesterday about a mile
southwest of the town- of Bodie.- De
ceased is ceiieved to have been a native
either Of Rochester or Poughkeepsic, New
rors, wnere ne ten a lamiiy.
-..!--. i :.'- - ' Deutha.
Stocktok, Oct. 27. Thos. t'onrov. need
about 60, died this morning from taking
au overdone of morphine to remove rheu
matic pain.;
Rev. John Csllan, assistant pastor ol
St Mary's Church, died this morning
after a snort uiness.
A. Remarkable Accident.
Stockion. Oct 27. An Italian named
Dominico Tenipio, aged 23, farm laborer,
started yesterday to seo his father on tbe
Marioosa road, carrying to his father two
bottles of liquor. One was carried under
his shirt near his body, and the other in
his hand. While crossing a field he step
ped into asquirrel hole, breaking the bot
tle under his shirt, the sharp point cut-
tine- Into his bodv over the kidneys,
making an opening into the - abdominal
cavity. He lay in this condition for some
time until bis cries attracted passers by
Temnio died this morning.
John Santos, a barber, while atanding
on tbe top ot his dwelling cleaning a
chimney, slipped and fell to the ground
with terrific force. Ho was hnrt about
the bead and body, and bis injuries may
prove ratal, . , ; , .. - j - .; - - -
ad Caao of elr.Mardcr at Balaton Bay,
Seattle, Oct. 27. A terrible tragedy was
enacted at Salmon Bay. five miles below
this city ou last Friday evening. An old
man named ' James Lawson bad some
timn airo located with his family, includ
ing his wife and three grandchildren on a
claim in this vicinity. Recently a third
party named Switzer, jumped the t-(ai m,
filing ou the same and notifying Lauoon
to vacate the planuses withiu u K;o-ified
time. LiiwbQU who had nitnle consider.
able improvement thereon, determined to
contest Switzer's filing, ami emuloyed
lawyer for this purpose, but riuuily imve
np the ca hopeless. On Friday, tiuie
liavinji arrived for ibis o-iupliuut-e n ilh
the notification above mentioned, the old
man became hopelessly despondent. Early
in the evening a rap was hear. I t the
door and Lnwson, sunning that the pat
ties had arrived to take possession of the
place, became greatly excited. J,i-t then
the report tif a pistol was heard. Mrs.
Lawsoa striking a light, found her hus
band prostruie upon the floor with blood
i8uiiii! from lus mouth and side. 8eiz
his hsu4 she cried : "Oh, James,
they have shot yen !" "So," he replied,
i oiu ii luvHeii. ... i couia not sinuu tins
any longer,";; and soon after expired.
Switzer took 'possession of the premises
to-day, whereupon the settlers waited up
on him in a body aud notified him to can
cel his filings at once or there would be
trouble. It is the general opinion,- how
ever, that Swzer's proceedings were en
tirely legitimate.
- - Stiietde. -. - ; .
Sax FRANci-cn, Oct 28. Last evening
J. B. .W-Kformerly driver of trUt k
No. 1 of the fire 'department, shot himself
in his room, 862 Mission street, last night,
dying in a few moments. He left a note
to his landlady respecting the disposition
of his effi ets and Btating that he was a
native of St. Johns, New Brunswick, and
aged 50.
A Serious Charge.
F. S. O'Brien and James M. Duff were
arrested yesterday on charges of perjury
in connection with the case of Dudley
11. Haskell, who shot and killed Charles
Schwartz recently. The prisoners made
affidavits that they were engaged by
Henry Schwartz, a brother of the de
ceased, and others, to swoar falsely in
order to convict Haskell of murder.
Operation, of a Chbaeee Steamship Corn-
' San Francisco, Oct 28. News has been
received by the City of Peking from China
that the Chinese Merchants' S'eamship
Company design putting on a hue of
steamers to Honolulu, and that they will
probably continue the route to this port
The company is very wealthy and under
able management, and has already suc
ceeded to a great extent iu crowding out
foreign steamship lines on the Chinese
coast
Double Suicide.
Sas FRAHCisco.Oct 29 A dispatch from
Oakland says that at the Nicoll House,
Oakland, at 8:30 last svening, Herbert
Benton and Frankie Woodward both com
mitted suicide by shooting themselves
with the same pistol, the man killing
himself first. It was a premeditated
deed, as both had threatened to kill them
selves. Nothing is known of tbe cause of
trouble.
'The) Fast Horse.
R. F. Morrow and O. A. Hickok, owuers
of St. Julian, the horse that made 2:12
Saturday last, to-day refused $40,00" for
the animal. St. Julian will probably be
taken east next spring. Saturday, Nov.
Stb, St. Julian will trot at Oakland track
to try to beat his own record.
Strike In San Francisco.
San Francisco, Oct 28. Yesterday the
cauinet makers ot tbe city held a meet
ing and resolved to strike to-day if their
demand lor an increase or twentv-bve
per cent, is not complied with. They give
oa suiuae ui tueir grievance mat it it im
possible for them to live ou the present
rate ot wages. Ihe piece system which
they denounce consists in paying each
workman by the dozen for bedsteads,
bureaus, tables, eta Prices vary in the
different factories according to the amount
of machine work done, workmeu in some
being called upon to prepare woodwork,
while in others it is given partly to be put
togetner. l hey claim that good work
men cannot make over $3 per week.
This morning the move was beirun by
i the employes of the West Coast factory,
i at -.-the corner of Fourth and Bryant
streets, who iu a body, with flags flyinir,
marched to Urant a factory ou Brannan
street, near sixth, where they were joined
uy tne nanus mere who numbered Jo
men. The procession then marched suc
cessively to Craggen's factory on ' Bran-
nan street, between Sixth and Seventh,
wnere zo more strikers were added : then
to L. & E. Emanuel's factory, on Berry
street, between Fourth and Fifth, where
40 men joined, thence to Fry's, on King
street, between Third and Fourth streets;
and to tne ban e rancisco factory, opposite,
wnere tne employes or ttiese two fac
tories, numberiug about 40 men, joined
in. The strikers then proceeded out to
wards south San Francisco, takmir in all
factories aud small workshops in that lo
cality, the men from which all stopped
work to a man. All these cabinet makers
belong to the trades' assemblv. nnd dur
ing the continuance of the strike will re
ceive and $6 per week for married and
single men respectively. There are two
orancnes or the union, one or which is
German, and indications are that there
will be a general strike among them.
A Journalist Attempts Suicide.
San Frascisco, Oct 29. W. II. Hender
son, commercial editor or the Lhroiucle,
attempted suicide in tbe Anon saloon, at
the corner of Kearny and Sutter streets,
at about 1 o'clock this afternoon, by shoot
ing himseir in the bead, lie wrote a
note to a friend attributing his act to do
mestic and pecuniary troubles. He had
lost considerable money in stocks lately.
His wound is not necessarily raial.
Henderson, tne uirorw ct editor wno
shot himself this forenoon, died early this
evening,
sreutn us i. a. ..saws.
Gustavus S. Johnson, senior proprietor
of the Grand ' Hotel, died suddenly of
heart disease yesterday, morning at 2;30,
at tne urana rtotei. . ,
Chilean Vessel Lost Ciow Rescued.
The steamer-NeuAxm, from Mexican
ports brings the crew of theChilean whal
1 1 , 7 Tt . 1 p A ,
ing intra u rtnauuni lrum . v u l paramo,
wrecked on Margarita island iu Maeda-
lena Bay, on the coast of Lower Califor
nia, ou tbe 2d. . Two of, the crew were
drowned on uape &t. Lucas in attempting
to reacn toe Mexican coast tor aid. -'
Meetlnai of Baud Lottere at Kob Hill.
Worklngmen held quite a largely at'
tended meeting on Nob Hill this even
ing, which was addressed by Kearney and
Other speakers. It was under the auspi
ces or me tJigar matters- Association, and
it is designed to hold a series of similar
nature to revive the anti-Chinese excite
ment which has been allowed, to some
extent, to die out of late. The speeches
had a good deal of the old fashioned blood
and thundering about them. Kearney,
reierring io trie recently reported scheme
of the Chinese Merchants' Steamshin Co,
to out on a line of steamers between this
port aud China, said that he was glad of
lb, Ha ifc wum iratu vim x ailliu wail V-AJ.
something of what workingmen had suf
fered lrom Chinese competition.- The
police were pretty well represented at
tbe meeting, but there was no occasion
for their services.
Alarm Telegraph Wires.
At about 9 o'clock this evening it be
came known at tbe police and fire alarm
headquarters that quite a general cutting
off of alarm wires had been accomplished.
Notice was at once sent to all engine
bonnes, and the police watch on duty util
ized as a fire patrol and every precaution
taken to ensure the safety of the city un
til such time as repairs can be affected.
When auotUer watch of the police force
reports at midnight, both watches will
probably be put on until -morning. The
damage so far as ascertained is confined to
that portion of tho city 'north of Market
street. The authorities are very reticent
and are endeavoring to keep the matter
quiet aud it is difficult to ascertain to
what extent connections have been cut
ihe police decline to advance any theory
as to the motives of the perpetration,
put express conndeuce that the precau
tions tney nave lasen wut frustrate tne
plans for mischief ll any is intended
' ' A Dividend.'
San Fbanlisco, Oct 3L Belle Isle de
clare s;a dividend of 75c.
A Fiaale. .
, Sas Francis (i. Oct. 31. A recount
which has been going on at the request
of Staley, the defeated workitigmen's can
didate for superintendent of streets, was
dismissed to-day partly finished, the ap
plicant falling to pay the costs in accord
ance with the law.
Another Waterloo.
Sax Francisco, Oct 31. At Oakland
to-day the Chicagos and Oaklands plyed
live innings ; Chicagos, 18, Oaklands, 0.
Irish Dividends.
S.Nevada levies an assessment of $2.
Beg. Belcher levies an assessment of $3,
the first since April, 1870. The mine has
been practically closed for a longtime.
--- Charges Ignored. -
The grand jury have ignored the charges
of embezzlement preferred against Geo.
Schultz, late manager of the Bullion and
Exchequer Mining Co., for his transac
tions in connections with the affairs of
those companies. 1 ;
' Indictment Aaaln.t Charles Da Tonne;.
- The grand jury have found a true bill
with intent to murder against Charles De
Young, of the CiironicU, based on his as
sault upon Rev. 1.8. Kallocb.
Morrow's Indian Hunt.
Tuesoif, Oct, 31. A special to the Star.
from Silver City, says that a courier ar
rived at Fort Bayard, and reports Major
Morrow's romaiand as havins crossed the
line into New Mexico. At the time the
courier left the command, Morrow was
below Ascension, 60 miles in the interior,
in close pursuit of Victoria and his war
riors. Probable Murder at Astoria.
Astoria. Oct 31 The bodv of Fran
Eagan an employe in the Upper Astoria
boot and shoo factory, was found to day
in tbe harbor. lie had been missing for
several days. Eagan was well known in
Portland, having worked at bis trado for
some time in that citv. He was for anv.
era! years an enlisted man in the army
and was recently discharged from the 21st
U.S. infantry. A coroner's mrv decided
that death resulted from foul means, ' but
was unable to intimate who were the
guilty parties. An immediate and thor
ough iuvestigation ot the case will be
made. ;
FOREIGN.
Naughty Girl.
LosnoN. Oct 26. It is stated that the
'daughter of a French general of division,
JX3 viaiuuri; v iuiuuuuuui at lours, lias
eloped from P iris to London tor the pur-
r i . i .
pue ui marrying me son OI MUSUruS
Pasha, Turkish ambassador here. ,
Beln.li Fellows.
The Cor8est. Jarrow. Hartlepool and
Stockton irou-plate mills have stopped
because a certain class of workmen re
fuses to bear any part of the reduction
under the recent award of arbitrators. -
The Teaasat War.
An Irish national land leacue will be
formed with a central committee in Lon
don. A land meeting at Enniscorv yes
terday was attended by 6000 persons and
addressed by Mr. Parnell.
Germany and tho Vatican.
Berlin, Oct 27. Herr Von Pulthamer.
minister of ecclesiastical affairs, apeakinz
at a public dinner t Essen, said: Fou
are aware that the Emperor has sacrificed
ins personal leeiings to the public weal.
He had done so because he thoueht it his
duty to conclude an alliance which he
hopes will secure tho peace of Europe.
.Rosenberg's Punishment.
I-ondon, Oot 27. Adolphus Rosenberg
of the Toirn Talk, was sentenced to-day
to IS months' imprisonment for publish
ing defamatory libels against Mrs. Lang-
try, and to six months' imprisonment on
each of the indictments charging Bimilar
offences against Mrs. Cornwallis West
and Lord Loundesborough, and at the ex
piration ot bis imprisonment he is to be
bound over in his own recognizances in
1000 pounds for good behavior for
eighteen months. These sentences are
concurrent with the eighteen months sen
tence in the case in which Mrs. Laugtry
was the complainant, and therefore his
whole term of imprisonment will be oulv
eighteen months, justice Hawkins re
gretted that he could not add to the sen
tence bard labor,
How Rosenberg will be Treated.
London. Oct. 28 Adolpbus Rosenbnrg.
convicted of libels upon Mrs. Langtry.
Mrs. cornwallis west and Lora ixnindes-
borough, was again to-day placed in the
dock at the old Bailey, and Justice Haw
kins said that it appeared to be the itn
pression that tbe prisoner would be
treated as a first-class uiidemeanant, able
to receive bis friends and furnish his own
maintenance, l ins, said tbe justice, is
incorrect. Rosenberg will be treated the
same as any other prisoner. "
Operations at Shutargadan Peas.
London, Oct. 28. A dispatch from
Kusht announces the arrival there of a
convoy from Shutargardan. Tbe officer
in command states that there has been
hard fighting at tbe latter place for sev
eral days and that many of the enemy
have been killed, Snow is already begin
ning 10 lau in the nut cist nets.
Requested to Leave France.
Paris. Oct 28. It is reported that Don
Carlos will be requested to leave France
in consequence of his reception of and
other public interchange of courtesies
with army officers, some of whom have
been subjected to army discipline for the
same cause. f-
Rowing Hatters.
London, Oct 28. Hanlan has been sent
a format demand for tbe return ol the
Challenge cup. Meanwhile the trustees
have been invited to consider Klliott's
proposal to include the cup in the race
with Boyd.
Preparing for Trouble.
The corvette Connut and sloon-of-war
ALUatros, it is understood, will proceed to
the China station as soon as they are
ready for sea, in view of the pending rup
ture between China and Japan and the
friendly attitude of Russia towards China.
Opposing Confessions. .
George Montague, alias John Hender
sou, on committal to Maidstone jail, who
confessed that in July. 1877, at Baltimore,
he murdered a fellow-soldier, named
Henry Saunders, by stabbing him. and
afterwards threw the body in a well, yes
terday, on compiuteing his term or im
prisonment was re-arrested and held to
await the action of the American author
ities. He now savs that the confession
was a falsehood, concerted to avoid being
imprisoned nere.
Death of Lady tiooch.
London, Oct 31. Lady Gooch. wife of
Sir rancis Uooch, well known iu con
nection with an attempt to palm oli
spurious child on her husband is dead.
Death of an Actor and Manager.
John Baldwin Buckston. a famous come
dian, and many years lessee of the Hay-
market Theater, died this morning in
Sydenham, aged seventy-seven.
an &wiu crtme.1,,,...
In Holbstad, in the Yilder district of
Besarubia, the wells used by a German
colony have been poisoined by arsenic.
A hundred are ill and five have died.
Tbe perpetrators of the crime have not
yet been discovered. . , .;
The French Communists. ...
Paris, Oct. 31. Official returns to be
laid before the chamber of deputies show
3065 communists amnestied. 1300 being
prisoners and 1700 condemned by default
About 1000 remain excluded.
Relief of Distress In South Ireluttn.
London, Oct. 31. Ordinal Manning has
authorized a general subscription among
Catholic temperance organizations of
Great Britain for the relief of popular
distress in South and Wet Ireland.
An epidemic of typhoid fever and
measles prevails at Cape Clear, where 40
cases and 13 deaths have been reported
within a week. " "
Anti-Slayerr Movement,
' Madrid, OctSl. -Abolitionists are pre.
paring also for a great meeting in favor
of sincere measures for tbe emancipation
of slaves in Cuba, and Cuban representa
tives in the cortes and liberal orators and
statesmen are invited to assist in the
movement
; Cheer Each Other,
Not with empty, meaningless forms of
expression,' that are only surface deep,
but with the, earnest words, and kindly
acts that come straight from the heart.
We crush back too often the pleasant
speech that would help to strengthen our
faith in human'nature. Daily we might
do much more to help and lighten the
burdens mother has to carry the dear
one who never wearies in doing for Iter,
children, who' seldom repay ia every
measure the wreath of affectiou showered
npon them. '
How pleasant and cheering would be
tbe impulsive caress, the cordial thanks,
the 'thoughtful act, the encouraging
smile, that would lighten the heart, and
give her renewed ambition to work for
those she loves.
This lack of appreciation drives back
so many warm impulses. How many
devoted wives quietly wring their hands
lor a Kind expression of the love so
fondly plighted them at the altar, to
whom a handsome establishment and
means provided, are not all who yearn
for the helpful words, that they may feel
all their untiring efforts to please have
not .. been unootioed, or thrown away--
imple acts, simiile words, and vet how
often they are left undone, and left un
said, and the want of their expression.
added another paid to hearts that already
suffer enough. ; Do unto , otbert as ye
would be done by. How the burdens
people carry would be lifted, and the
troubled soothed away, if this rule was
only carried j out, and what a bright,
glad world this would be to live in and
enjoy. , - "
How often the cheering word would
be a spur tol untiring exertion, a talis
man against evil, a brace to- bear np un
der many loads ef troubles would
sweeten the hours of daily toiL To feel '
that somebody loves and cares for you,
feels an interest in your joys and sor
rows, your good luck and vicissitudes,
sympathizes with your troubles . and
manifests ani interest by words and
deeds, that comfort and feel like a bless
ing, when you feel discouraged, and.
wonder what there is in life worth living
for and toiling after. Cheer each other.
The heart goes out in a rain of gratitude
to the ones who bring -us comfort and
needed encouragement, and help us to
bear our troules. We all yearn for a
little human love, care and sympathy.
Many a woman loses heart when she
never hears a word of praise from her
husband. '
A celebrated actress said: "Yon can
never know how cheering to the heart
is the round of applause that calls up be
fore the curtain and tells us that our
efforts to please have been appreciated."
We do not stop to realize the good we
might do trying to cheer each other and
bring more joy into others lives. Do
not live purely for self, but strive to do
all that lies within the power, to comfort
one another, to cheer and brighten the
existence of those whom we come in contact.-.-
Sensible Vacations. This is a busy
world and country. Everywhere can be
heard the sounds of reviving industries
and business. Men that for weeks and
months have been idle are suddenly
hearing of calls for their dormant ener
gies and powers. Everyone is glad for
the changes, indeed we are beginning to
hear of wishes for a holiday, or a day off
from work or business. Among busi
ness men at least this desire should be
granted. - We are apt to think that, if we
can during the summer's heat and dull
ness get away from our business for a
few days or a week, all our needs in the
way of recreation and rest are fully met.
This, however, is not so; the season and
time for our vacation and play spells is
Dauuy cnosen. we also err in leav
ing home for our holidays. , We
do not wish to be misunder
stood as declaring against the
value to us of a change of scenery or
place, but the matter is carried too for.
We all think that in order to have an en
joyable time we must don our best bib
and tucker, and away. All the time we
are away it is expected of us that we are
to be on dress parade, and through the
severity of the requirements of etiquette
and dress all our enjoyment is lost. The
right way for our merchants and clerks
to enjoy a vacation best is, to take and
give it regularity. Once a week let one
of the proprietors or clerks be spared a
half a day or an evening, and spend those
icw uvunt ub uuue unit meir irienus.
There are those of our business men
to whom the greatest strangers in
town are their own families, especially
if there are little cnes there. They
are up and away to the calls of
their store or office before the eyes of the
children are unsealed from sleep, and
excepting the few moments at dinner
when the children are in from school
(and even this they miss if they do not
go home promptly at twelvei hardly .'see
them from Monday morning until Satur
day night; and then they are greatly Burs"
pnsea to be toiu mat their sons are be
coming roughs. Give us the home vaca
tions in plenty; give us a better chance
to know our children, occasionally even
A . i . se . ...
to get uown on we noor ana romp with
them, that will perhaps lead us to look
bock through the web of years that have
passed with us since boyhood's days, and
we are certain it will make better men of
us, as well as fit us the more earnestly
and with more strength to engage in the
duties of the coming morrow. Kings
ton uounor. '
Ovn Dead Presidents. A review of
the lives of the different Presidents of
the United States is productive of very
interesting results. For instance, three
of them died on the Fourth of July,
John Adams and Jefferson died on the
Country's birthday, July 4, 1826, and
Monroe died on the 4th of July, 1831.
Madison died on the 28th of June, 1835,
and his friends were confident, that, he
too, would live until July 4th.- If he
had, then the second, third, fourth and
fifth Presidents would have died on In
deuendence day. Tavlor and Andrew
Johnson both died in July. Every fourth
President until Mr. Hayes' time, was an
old bachelor. Van Buren did not draw
any of his salary until his terra expired,
wiien he drew it out in gold. "U in
heap." Tvler died poor, having gone
into the rebellion, and was one of the
Confederate Commissioners at Montgom
ery. John Quiucy Adams lived the long
est; he was 90 years old when he died.
Madison, was 85; Jefferson, S3; John Q
Adorns, tu ; van tfnren, U; Jackson, 78
Buchanan, 77; Filmore. 74: Monroe. 72
Tyler, 72; Harrison, 68; Washington, 67
Johnson, 67; Pierce, 55; Taylor, 60: Lin
eoln, 56; Polk, 64. General Grant is the
only living ex-president. Tyler and Van
Buren both died in 1862. Lincoln in
1865, Buchanan in 1868, Pierce in 1869,
Fillmore in 1874 and Johnson in 1874,
. A URAicrri, covktby. W hen we are
informed that the expenses of funeral
of an English soldier m Znlalsnd are de
ducted from the arrears of a man s nay,
our breast swells with emotion while we
contemplate upon the overpowering
gratitude otthe Christian nation under
the benign sway of Her Most Gracious
Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and
Ireland and Empress of India. We feel
just like forsaking father and mother.
sisters and brothers, and our maiden
aunt, and cleaving into a suit of badly
fittidg raiment, a gus.aksapsajck, haver
sack, canteen, and ten dozen pounds of
other personal baggage, and, after wal
lowing for years in mud and mire, and
going through nre and water, lay down
onr life for that great nation aforesaid.
gladly giving our last cent to pay for the
lunerai voucnsaiea to us by our grateful
noble, high-minded, conscientious. en
uguwroea ana christian countrymen
Hw it Is Uere.
4an Frauciseo 8an.
While from the Eastern side of the
conntry comes daily the cheering and
happy tidings of better times near at
iiand, uie merciless juggernaut 1 1 pov
erty, loaded with pig-tailed ChineHe, cpn
tinues to crush under its broad-spread
wheels the workingmen of California.
The molten oil of monopoly lubricates
its ponderous axles, and only the power
of those who labor for life, united, un
divided and with one strong will, can
ever turn aside the grinding car. ; .
i". From the East we hear every dity thai
machinery is humming again, the spin
dles buzz and tbe whirr of busy wheels
makes music which the workiiigman
accompanies with a cheerful whistle
while his busy hands work in harmony
with the whole, . Not so in California.
The Mongolian -' slaves increase by
myriads like pestiferous insects ' in a
noisome swamp, and fat, well-clothed.
Ah Sin marches at early morn to plenty
of work, and back to his shelf and his
opium pipe at night, while the thi n-vis-aged
white man watches and waits for his
good time thai never comes, and goes
heartlessiy and hopelessly back every
night to the ill-clad and hungering dear
ones, who look to him for the comforts
that he can no more bring than he could
bottle the sunshine.
All people see the evils ef Mongolian
ism on this coast. They see the work
that should be done by our men and wo
men, boys nd girls, performed by ani
mals who can make money on so much a
day as is necessary to keep a white man
alive. And, for grumbling about this
state of affairs, the white man is asked
almost the question, "Why cannot you
aud your family, your neighbors and
their lamuies, men and women, boys and
girls, babies and all, huddle together
like pigs in a pen, as the Chinese do;
live on rats and rice, eschew all ideas of
life's holidays and a pleasant hour once
in a while, and work at the some wages,
and make money, as the Chinese do?
This is practically the question. All
people can see that Chinese cheap labor
carries itself into the ramifications of life
on this coast and makes idlers of our
boys and do-nothings of our girls, when
they should have an inheritance in the
land of their fathers of, at least, whole
some, well-paid work.
- Mongolianism is permeating the Iwne
and sinew of the land with vicious, fear
ful habits and sin sunk ; to its lowest
depths, and tbe whole mass is cooking in
a pot that will some day boil over and
scald the country and poison the air with
the direst and most terrible revolution,
unless Mongolianism is checked. Capi
tal knows this and is afraid. Then why
does it not enlist oa the right side and
help the workman onto his feet again,
ami make him its friend, and thus avert
the evils that are otherwise sure to come,
and moke the country hearty and whole
some and happy again. .-
At no time should the workingman or
the capitalist forget this, and when Con
gress assembles, in six weeks from now,
let all work together to induce that body
to do something to save us from this upas
oreatn irom uiuna.
A RkjcaskabiiK Monstrosity. With
all of its other wonders. North Carolina
has now given birth to one of the most
remarkable monstrosities ever known to
the medical world in this or any other
age. , This phenomenon has been dis
covered to exist a few miles from this
place, It is stated by the father, a negro
iving some ten or twelve miles south
of this place, that this prodigious mih
naturae gri almost counter-part of tbe
frog, with sands, feet and in form of
body very near similar to that of this am
phibious animal. . . In habits almost the
same, it exhibits a decided preference for
the watery element, and at night, when
croalung, guttural notes of the number
less neptuuian choirs are re-echoed and
reverberated tliroughthe - wood ' land
marshes.this would-be aquatic peals forth
its strange, unnatural song; which the
father avers is almost the same in in
tonation and sound as that produced by
the pond irog, only on a coarser and
louder scale, keeping it up until about
the hour ot midnight, when he, she or it
lulls him. her or itself into ouietness and
sleep. , It has been on exhibition in this
place for the past few days. The creature
lias attracted a great deal of attention,
and a number of medical men from dis
tances have come here in the past few
days to examine it
Mobtalitt . lit India fbom Snake
Bites. Readers will be -startled to learn
that, according to a return published in
January, 1878, no fewer than 22,000 hu
man beings lost their lives in India dnr
ing the previous year by snake bites,
This lamentable sacrifice of life is occa
sioned not only by the cobra and krait.
but by other deadly species, and notably
by a snake barely a foot long, the Echtt
carinata, known also by the name of Knp-
per or f oorsa. ; The effects produced by
snake-bite vary according to the spec its.
Thus, the bite of the cobra produces
coma and speedy death, whereas the
poison of others, such as Russell's viper,
produces excessive pain, convulsions and
usually death. - The bite of Echitcarhiala
causes blood to ooze from the pores of
the victim, who, after lingering for a
week or more, succumbs to the fatal
poison. The number of harmless snakes
is enormously in excess of the venomous
species, else the mortality would unques
tionably be greater even than it is; and it
is to be deplored that more strennous
measures, are not taken to eradicate, as
far as possible, a tribe of animals so
deadly to man. Chamber's Journal.
The Vest Best. Yesterday a lady
stepped into a bird store on Kearney
street to purchase a parrot for a house
hold pet. Having examined the collec
tion, she turned to the proprietor, and
without otherwise designating her seleo-
tion, simply said: "I will take Hon
esty. "Beg your pardon, ma'am," said
the dealer, "which one is it you say you
win tase ?" "I will take lionestv.
Please have him sent round to No. 13
Geary street," "Honesty?" repeated
the puzzled dealer. "And which one is
Honesty T " WTiy that one. of course,
said the self-possessed customer, point
ing to by liir the largest bud in the
flock. "All right, ma'am," said the
ornithological trader, and as he ws
making the necessary change he timidly
ventured to ask, "And may I inquw ,
ma am, why you call it Honesty I "Cet
tamly. answered the customer, with a
heavenly smile; "that parrot is Honesty
because uoueaty is the best roil 1 see.
The dealer was struck with a congestivi
chill, and gave the lady a half dolla
snort or hor change. 1 Detroit ireo
Press.
Domestic Thtjsijkb Sto&mb. Not
many lovers, I suppose, have found that
their wedded lifo ; answered quite the
dream of their courtship not quite;
mine don t Yet who would enter a com
plaint with heaven because May does not
quite match with October? - If my ex-
jienence can oe oi any use, a iuiua s
thunder storm so it was not to do mis
chief may clear the atmosphere under
the roof about as well as it does outside.
And so sure am I of its blessing, tha.
when I hear people say that they havo
lived together five and twenty years, and
never had tbe least difference. I wonrte
wonder if they have not had a great deal
of difference. It is a lesson we have to
learn, too, through our saddest and mosi
painful bereavements. Robert Collyer-
A stranger asked a resident of Mil ford.
Del.,: . "Are you always troubled witl
mosquitoes here?" "Mosqnitoetr wa
the answer. "Swing a mint measur
around any dsy and you'll catch quart
of them."
? Tho Deata-TrEp.
Mr. Warren, the mate of the whidebl.'i,
Roberta, was loved and respected i v
every man in the vessel, with the exet p
tion of Harry Thompson-a tall, ,Wk
browed youth, f an evil, quarrelsome
deposition. Thompson hod taken a dis
like to the mate from the moment he dis
covered the latter was a man calculated
to win the esteem of his crew. He
(Thompson) had hoped to excite the
men to mutiny; but when he perceived
how kindly they were treated by the first
officer, he knew to accomplish his pur
pose he must first remove Warren from
his path. Night and day, therefore, he
watched for an opportunity to take the
life of the mate to strike the murdorens
blow m such a way as to avoid detection.
Days, weeks and months glided on ; the
ship rounded the stormy Cape Horn,
bowling along toward the sperm-whale
cruisuig ground Off the Gallipagos, and
still the dark-browed villain waited for a
chance to accomplish his hellish work.
One evening, just after sundown, while
the hands were eating their, supper, the
well-known cry of "There she blows!-'
came down from the masthead, causing
every man to spring to his feet Whales
were discovered about a league off the
lee bow; and the captain, havini? crAorA
the main-yard hauled back, darted aloft
with bis glass slung over his shoulder.
Soon after he was ordering his mates to
lower their boats. .
With a glad shout the men sprung to
the davits, the roues slid thronirh
tackle-blocks, and the boats, dropping
into the water, were soon manned.
"Give way, lads!" cried the mate, seiz
ing his steering oar. "Give way with a
Willi .
"Ay, ay," responded the crew, and the
voice of Thompson, who pulled the bow
oar. was the loudest
A strange light shone in his evil vs!
his teeth were compressed, he seemed to
think the moment for which he had
waited so long was at hand.
The four boats glided swiftly over the
long, heavy swells so common in the
Pacific, the mate taking the lead, and in
a short time the spoutinar of a whale was
heard a few fathoms ahead. -
"Your paddles men your paddles!"
gritted ' the first officer through his
clenched teeth. "Stand np. Hal!"
Hal was the boats teerer or harnooner.
He sprang lightly to his feet, his iron
ready in his hand. But just as the mate
was on the point of giving the familiar
order, "Give it to him! " the monster of
the deep turned flukes and disappeared.
Warren fairly turned pale with dis
appointment, j -
"There, we've lost him! " he cried.
"I think you're mistaken, sir," said the
harpooner. "Yonder," pointing to the
mast, "is the top of the moon's disc just
rising above the sea. We'll have light
enough, I reckon, to see that humpbacked
chap when he comes up again."
"Ay, ay, you are right, Hal," answered
the mate, rubbing his hands. "I never
before whaled it by moonlight; but we'll
have a chance to do so now, for 111 keep
on that fellow's track until we get a
chance to plant an iron in his hump, if it
takes me all night, This is our first
lowering since we sailed, and blow me if
I don't mean that it shall be a lucky one.
Pull ahead!" - .; -.- .
The crew obeyed, and in the course of
half an hour the spout of the whale was
seen rising like a jet of liquid silver about
a quarter of a mile ahead of the boat.
The moon had by this time risen high
above the horizon, sprinkling water-stars
all over tbe surface of the sea.
fxill aueaii ntreien ronraen rs, m
lads!" cried the mate. "We'lLfioan Lave
an iron in that chap ahead."
The men pulled with a will, and in a
short time the boat was within six fath
oms of the monster.
"Stand up, Hal!"
And the boatsteerer iiprang to his foot.
"Give it to him!"
The harpoon clove the air with a rush
ing sound, and was buried to the socket
in the hump. Then came the order to
"stern;" andasths whale sounded, the
mate and boatsteerer changed places.
The boat was now rushing through the
water with the speed of lightning, the
spray foaming and boiling around her
bow, and her gunwales forward almost
on a level with the water.
With a triumphant flash lighting his
snake-like eves. Thompson stooped side
ways from his thwart to uniash one of
the lances secured to the side of the boat.
"Quick! Quick, my man! Hurry np
with that lance!" exclaimed the mate,
stretching out his hand to receive the
weapon.
"Ay, ay, sir," answered Thompson in
a hoarse voice; and suddenly rising np
with the deadly steel in his hand, he
he contrived to stumble in such a man
ner aaawould, he hoped, cause the blade
to pierce the bosom of the mate.
Ihe latter, However, avoided the stroxe
by stepping nimbly to one side, when
with pretended anxiety Thompson quick
ly rose, declaring that he never could
bave forgiven uis own awKwaroness it
the mate had suffered from it
"Don't mention it," exclaimed Warren,
"Aocideots will sometimes happen. You
were not to blame for stumbling," and
he took the lance from the other s hand.
Foiled in this attempt upon the life of
the man he hated, Thompson quickly re
solved to make another. 1h slackening
of the line soon afforded him the oppor-
. ' . 1... M,.A,1 IVl, ," lrt .Ka man v.Mt
hauling wpon the rope, he contrived,
unobserved, to twist into several kinks,
the part which was nearest Hie mate,
just as the whale come looming np from
the ocean, within darting distance of the
boat.- ' .t
"Now, then," Thompson mentally ex
claimed, "the moment the whale sonnds
one of the kinks I have prepared will be
come entangled about the mate's kg. or
his neck, and drag him overboard. There
goes the lan eel" he continued aloud, as
Warren hurled the weapon, with unerr
ing aim, into the monster's body. :-
Up went the flukes of the whale, and
the next moment he disappeared a sec
ond time beneath the green chambers of
theses. '
Then, as the line ran whipping through
the chocks of the boat, the kinks which
had been arranged by Thompson to en
snare the life of the mate, flew upward
like wreathing serpents, forming a
"bight," which, glancing past the first of
ficer as lie dodged to avoid it, caught
tightly around the neck of the villain who
had prepared the infernal trap, sod
pulled him overboard with the velocity
of a cannon ball. The mate instant! v
severed the line with a blow of his hatch
et, but Thompson was never soon again
by the crew of the Koberts.
A few days afterwards the whale was
recaptured, killed and towed to the fchip.
Graham Bread Is History. The
Phrenological Journal for Gotolxr is
the authority for the historical feature
of Graham oread. It savs:' Dnritig
the administration of -William Pitt, in
England,, there was a scarcity of wheat,
and in order to make it go as ta as
possible. Parliament passed a law tiia-t
aU the bread for the army suonia ut
of unbolted wheat meal. Il'isiorj stiitfa
that the result was such an iiniittm-1
condition of health among the mddiers
as surmised them, and
a' t:
officers and -the surgeons,
declared that never bwore
anlilittra so robust and ii?'
'll-.y.
tht disease had nearly
from the army. For a -ju4 t
kind of bread was used ami ' si
stvely, but when ths wheat
once" more abundant, its usa w
continned.
Tho Chicago Times hiy I
no other proiicrty than a f ew -
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