Kit: INDEMSNUV.V'
is issuf.u
, v.; ... - , , . - '.7--',
Katurdity Mnrnf fuv.,-."
- .'.. BY- ! :
I'.HLLY 4 WELLS, PuM . .
I mr ...... M
p . . .Y.itjalb
J V ,vl OUtletl ,
i' mi III.- ' r liw '
E. P. MULLEN,
Watchmaker and; Jeweler,
O IKXAXD,
OREGON
Office iB Pr. Page'i Drag 8tp.
CanyoiiVsIle
Hotel,
ft. A. L,EVIX,
- PROPRIETOR
HAVING I5C0KXTLY PURCHASED THE
C'aoyonvi la Hotel, I an now prepared to
nrnish travelers with Iw-bist of accommodations.
Feed and stabling for sUck. J). A. LEVIK.S.
V. D. WOODCOCK. H.jW. CHUBCHILL.
Hoodunk Churchill,
MYRTLE CREEK,
OREGON
rflEAMSTK US FROM JACKSONVILLE
- and the nsuU-nts in Myrtle Creek will find
the beet hom-dmi-re at this establishment. In
tbis line we claim to do work eaual to anv in the
State. New wi-rk manufactured, and reiairs
uja m. tU -I -. . . ; . 1 : . i i
ti we cannot smt vm none rniu
- WOODtWK iGHVRCHILL.
JAS. THOBNTON. ACOB. WAQNEK.
W. H. ATKINSON. E.jl. ANDERSON
Ashland Woolen Manufacturia
Company
Manufacturers and Dealers in
White & Colored Elakets
Plain aad Fancy Cashmeres, Doeskins,
Plaunrla, Ete-also,
OVER AND UNDERWEAR CLOTHING
Made to Order!
XV. II. ATKINSON. Seo'y
ASHLAND. Jackson County, Oregon.
H. C STANTON,
- Dealer in
Staple Dry oods I
. ' 1 Keeps constantly on hand a general assort
tnent of
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW ASD GLASSWARE!
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
Afullstockof J
SCHOOL B O O It H
, . . - 1 - -
Bach as reqaired by the Public; County Schools
All; kinds of STATIONERY, TOYS and
FAXCT ARTICLES
To rait both Young and Old.
TJUYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS
furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures
israns os nan r rant-two. i
Llelropolitan Hotel,
- ROsEBDUU, ... ORRQOa.
Perkins & Headrlck, Prop'rs.
Tka Only Flrt-Clas Jtatel io the City
. ,. . AND I
Depot of the C O. Stag Co.
WELL FURNISHED SLEEPING APART-
" manta, the best of beds, at:d the most atten
tive hooaekeepers, and a taole supplied with the
baatof arerytbing. .
STAGES FOR RIDDING
feara (ha house every day on tbi arriral of the
fan from Portland-. !
The traveling public, and all who fa Tor us with
Ihair patronage, ean rest assured that they will
ba antetained in the best possible manner.
HEADRICK A PERKINS
, : i
MAHOMEY'8 OALOOfi.
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland.
Ta. Mahouey, Prop'r.
Tht finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Dong
lu county, and the best
BXXX.IJlRX TJLllIVEJ
la ths EtaU kept in proper repair:
1
Parties traveling on the railroad will find this
place vary handy to visit daring the stop
ping of the train at the Oak
land, Depot, Giva me aoalL
J A3. MA HONEY.
Foundry and Machine Shop
B. F. DRAKE, Proprietor.
OREGON.
Mtesira EnBlneai. Saw SCllls.
Grlat Mlllsi, Reapers, Pump
d all IrAnds n4 Styles ot
Maohlneiymadeto Ordar.
aCttelilnery repaired on
; Shore iwotloe.
FatUra making done in all its various forma,
and all kinds of brass and iron eastings fur
nished on short notice. Also manuiac
torer of Enterprise Plainer and
Matcher, and Suckers and
Sharpers. i
PATTERSON'S
ourr : mis!.
Taau II. Xipton. Prop'r.
ALL KINDS OF LUMBER,
Including
gngar Pine,
. Oedar.Flr,
Pine fund Oak
i
IfUmber,
Always on handj '
And Orders promptly filled on
- tb Hhorteot Hotloe
AH kindA of dressed lnmber constantly on
band. Lnmber furnished at any
point in Roeebnrg withoot extra
charge, and by application to
mo it will be found that
JJy Lnmber ia not only the best bat
tbe cheapest in tbe mnrket. Try
nte andsee. Address all letters to
jAB. h. TIPTOH. FatUraoa'a Wllla. Or.
CUCllSLllTliinG,
AVADKINS BROS.
WmiH ialorm tbe public that they hare leased
Uw tnrrs filaeksniilhing shop lately occupied
bv George Mickle, and that they are
prepared to do j
' All Klnda of Blackamithing
la Crst-claas slle,
And at prires lower than the lowe. They have
many yeaia "j "
I
Horse Shoeing!
ABdal,m tuluPoiBt ", the lrad, they are
eompeteos io uo wa
' au.-faction of patrons. All kinds of
Machinery repaired. Plow
Work, Etc. i
Civaibem a ealL Shop opposite $- Mark & Co
.asianao. Ka..
- " Utf.
VOL. 4.
JOHN FRASER,
Hoi HiV .'Pi?iti:i
OREUON.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.,
Constantly on hand.
FUR! TITQK 1 bc' ,ortc
i via i tsjHD. furniture south ot Portland
And all of my own manufacture.
No two Prices to Customers
Residents of Donglas county are requee'ed to
give me a call before purchasing elsewhere.
ALL WORK WAKRANTED.-a
Furniture Store !
JOHN GILDEUSLEVE
HAVING PURCHASED THE FURNI
tore Etabliiduuent of John Lehnherr, is
now pn pared to do any work in tbe
UPHOLSTERING LINE.
He is also prepared to furnish
In all style?, of the beet manufacture, and cheaper
than the cheapest. His
Tttlle,
-.- liurciiuN, .-.
Ilelatcadin,
"V MllKtlt lltlH,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
Are of surerior make, and for l.iw t cannot be
equalled in the Male, ine
Finest of Spring Beds
v-' And the '.
Most Complete of as
Always on band. Everything in .he liue fur-
nished,oi the best quality, on tnestiortesi
notice and at the lowest rates.
COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED.
And orders filled cheaper and better than can
any other establishment.
tyrsif nig uiai. vt iuwiii. jmiivii., uv ...
dersiened nromises to oiler extra inducements to
r . f n.,u:. tin.M l1i.nn.
all patrons. Give me a trial. - ' :
J. JA8KULEK,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
AKD JEWELER,
Roseburg;, Oregron.
NO MORE USE TO SESD YOUR FINE
Watches to Portland for repairs. A fine
assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spec
tacles and Eye-glasses always on hand.
The only reliable Optometer in Roseburg for
the proper adjustment of Spectacles and Eye
glasses, which will preserve and strengthen the
eyesight.
AU work warranted.
DEPOT HOTEL-
OAKLLASD,
. ORSOOII.
Richard Thomas, Prop'r.
rpHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
for a number ot years, and has become very
popularwith the traveling public First-class
SLEtPINQ ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table supplied with the best the market
allonts. Hotel at the depot ol me nanroaq.
T. C. SMITH C) ,
UB.UG-G-ISTS
Chemists and Pharmacists !
Patton's Block, State Street,
SALEM,
OHEGOX.
Particular attention given to prescriptions, and
ail orders by mail or express nuea
promptly and accurately.
Physicians and country dealers will save money
by examining our sioca, or prucunug
our prices, before purchasing else
where. 40
. . ' Oregon nl OaurornUa
STAGE I-ITVE: !
TKZ0U6H TO SAN FRANCISCO
FOUR DATS.
THE QUICKEST, SAFEST AND
EASIEST ROUTE.
STAGES LEAVE R08EBURC
Every Day at T-30 P. M.,
Makinr quick connection at Reading with the
WIU uta w. m v.
For fall particulars and passage apply to
PERKINS A HEADR1CK.
IgenL
MAMMOTH
LIVERY AMD FEED
STABLE.
- . This establishment is the
Best in the State I
and connected with it ia a large
Wagon Yard and Shed Room I
Capable of accommodating any number of
corses anu wagons.
Best oF Hoy nnd Grain
always in full supply ami atlivin price,
and no one is allowed t K" away Ji-uMtiafiod.
Don't tail In give hs a i-ai!. f-r wo am ;
detenninnJ to suit yon hi ij'iti
tity.qiwli'.y Mii'l pnw.
vr no
VOTICB IS IIEI'KBV 0:V . ' '
may omwr:, 'h-'l ihe i' "
awanled'the dwi fr k j i 'i i'
County paucr ( ri.l - i ' . . -person
in need of m- ,
must Brst procures eert.iii-Ht ' I :: if
any member nf (He Comity I: .!.! .n i J
to one ol the following tiaim' l p- '
anthorised to anil will nn- far Ui.
tach eertificates: Button A P.a-kiii. !i "ir ;.
L. Kellogg, Oakland; Mrs. Bi.w.i !xUit'
Glass. Dr. WooilrulT is auiiior'nil Ih ik
BMdieal aid to all persons in twiM .rftli
who have been declared "( ''r'
Caenty. W ''! A -
KRIBS & M'MILLEK,
DEALER? IN
Cook, arlor and Box Stoves,
COOKING RANGES AND KEATING
, - FURNACES.
Manufacturers of all kind of
TIN, COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE.
Kooflag; and All kinds of Job Work
Promptly attended to
Mm. IB! lirat Street. rrtl Cr
TELEGRAPHIC.
EASTERN.
Tke Panie Babsided atoeka lmpreviaa;.
New York, Nov. 22. The stock market
is strong and speculation very firm in
tone, the flurry or panic of yesterday hav
ing entirely disappeared. Prices having
advanced steadily from opening till noon,
when an improvement of J to 7" per cent
has been established, the latter in Dele
ware and Hudson.
Aver thing tatet at Wnltc River.
Rawlins, Wy., Nov.23. Paymaster
Stanton arrived from the White River
agency to-day, aud reports everything
quiet and no signx of Indians iu the
neighborhood of the agency. General
Merritt left White River yesterday for
this place with 30 cavalry and Company
D or the 5th cavalry, and three compan
ies of infantry. Four companies of cav
alry, under command of Lieut. Gilbert,
remain at White river this winter.
A FlendiaB Outrage. J"
Boihk City, Nov. 21. On Wednesday at
about 11 o'clock A. M., while George liol
brook's daughter, a girl sixteen years old,
who lives forty miles below here on the
Boise river, was out not more than forty
yards from the house, a stout built, middle
aged mau came up behind her out of some
brush, unobserved, caaght her and choked
her so that she could not speak, and rav
ished her. The girl made a desperate
straggle and had her clothes nearly torn
off her. She soon after got to the house,
where there was no ono but her mother
and little children. Her father was sent
for a mile, off and the neighborhood
turned out fifty strong and bunted all day
W dnexday and are still hunting for the
man. He appears to be a stranger in tbe
neighborhood, and is supposed to belong
to a gang of cuttle drivers. The excite
ment is great, and if the right man is
caught he will be hung without ceremony.
Aa Effort to Remove Mayor Cooper.
Nkw York, Nov. 18.-A rnmor pub
lished of the intended removal of Mayor
Cooper rests upon the plans discussed
among high Tammany and republican
officials aiming to procure his removal on
cbarges or omcial dereliction.-
"Society" at Leadvtlle. -'
Lsadville, Nov. 25. Matters are Quiet
ing down, but guards patrol the city still,
and the conflict between 'viglantes and
plug ngties may be resumed on slight
provocation. Twelve masked men hist
night entered a ball room, singled out a
man ond examined Ms face, but released
him, Baying: "This is not our man."
None of the parties warned to leave have
gone. -
Jay Goal4 laterviewed by St. Loula Mer-
cnsaii,
St. Lorna, Nov. 25. Leading merchants
and capitalists of St. Louis called upon
Jay Gould at his rooms at the Lindell
Hotel tbis morning, and had a conversa
tion with him regarding bis recent acqui
sition ot ranroaa property in tne west, the
effect upon this section of tbe country,
tbe policy he would pursue towards St.
Louis, etc., which, acsoriing to report
(tne meeting Deinsr private), was quite
satisfactory to those present. Air.- Gould
has made a preity thorough examination
of the Missouri Pacific droperty here, and
expresses himself highly pleased witn it.
He and his party will leave for Kansas
City to-morrow morning on a tour of in
spection over the Missouri Pacific road,
thence to Omaha and then to Ogden.
Evacuation Day. "..";
New York. Nov. 2a. Evaenation day
was observed by a parade of the Oid
Guard, display and bunting iii the City
Hall, the raising of the natioual colors
over Old Fort Clinton in Central Park,
and on tbe liberty pole at the Battery.
The veterans of 1812 were entertained at
dinner in the afternoon.
Execntloa ny Mob.
Pkrkv, Ga., Nov. 23. A nezro who con-
ressea to several burglaries was taken
from jail by a mob.
Mother and Child Poisoned
Rkading, Pa , Nov. 25. Mrs. Huber
and her siv months old child werr poi
soned by arsenic. A step daugpter of
Mrs- Huber is suspected ot pouomng
them. The baby died but Mrs. Huber
will survive.
. The Hostile VJtes.
Dexver, Col. Nov. 25. Dispatches from
Los Pinos state that up to Monday no
hostile Indians had returned to they
point, though it was reported that they
were preparing to come in. Ouray said
that the hostl les were arming, evidently
fearing trouble. Tbe dispatches do not
indicate that the commission expect to
accomplish much more, and it is reported
that the plans of the campaign have al
ready been arranged ono column to
march from Milk river, one from ltah,
and two from the south. The commission
is still barricaded and prepared to resent
any attack.
A Htnpeadeas Work.
Desvek, Nov. 25. The South Park and
Pacific R. It. Co. let a contract to-day for
the excavation of a tunnel through the
main range of the Rocky mountains at
Alpine pass, one-third of a mile long and
11,000 feet above the sea level. The en
tire work on the road to the Anthnacite
coal fields in the Elk mountains and the
waters of the Gunnison is to be com-
fileted by tee 1st of September next- The
etting of the grading, bridging and tie
ing is to be made in 30 days.
The Qernuut Tutor Aerala.
New York, Nov. 25. George Linck,
the German tutor to Mrs. Sprague's chil
dren, at the time of the Canonchet troub
les, nas sued Mrs. Sprague in the marine
court here for 5240 salary for three
months. Mrs. Sprague pleads that she
was a married woman, and therefore is
not liable.
The "Authority" of the Church.
Boston, Nov. 25. Announcement is
made of the policy of the Roman Catholic
Church in New England toward Ihe pub
lic schools. The Archbishop, following
the advice of the Pope to a European
Bishop, has directed all priests, in the ;
archdiocese of New Fngland to at once
estab.ish parochial schools, and threat-
ens parents who refuse to patronize them
with the terrors of the church. In local
ities where the influence of the public
schools is thought to be particularity in
jurious to Catholic youth, priests are in
structed to withdraw children at once,
even if ihere be no parochial schools in
the vicinity. ,
Banking aad Railroad Combinations.
New York, Nov. 26. It was officially
announded "this afternoon that negotia
tions pending for some time past between
foreign and domestic bankers represented
V... Tl..nl .fnwn Jt, TV. r.t Void Vnrlr
and J. L. Morgan & Co., of London, and
Wm. II. Vanderbilt for the purchase of
$25,000,000 of New York Central stock
were successfully concluded to-day. It
is understood -that tbe bankers take $15,
000,000 now, with an option on$10,000,000
additioualat 1 50. Mr. Vanderbilt re
tains bis control of the New Central. Mr.
Field control the Wabash with which
road close close connections will be had,
and Mr. Pierrepont will represent the
English interest. A rumor is that a com
bination similar to the Pennsylvania
railway combination will be formed ta
king in the New York Ceniral, Lake
Shore, Canada Southern, Vabasb, : and
Kansas City and Northern.
, Marine IMsaaters.
Nkw Yokk, Nov. 26. It is reported
lieJe that tbe mail steamship Jkllona,
Captain Potlener, from Montreal and
Quebec, was dnveh ashore during a ter
rible gale at Lake St. Peter. No further
particulars could be obtained owing to a
tremendous heavy sea running. .
Tbe mail steamer Albert, from Pictou,
Nova Scotia, is reported wrecken on one
of the Magdalen Islands. Reports say
that tbe passengers and crew were all
saved. ; .
. The Uaca-Spraaue Caae. "
Nsw YoK, Nov. 26. The court room
was filled with people to-day when the
suit of George Linck against Mrs. Kate
Snramid was called. Dinck was tutor for
Mrs. Sprague's child, Willie, at the time
of the recent troubles at Canonchet in
"Independent
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER G, 1879.
which Senator Conkling figured, and sues
for $250 salary ond expenses in carrying
out his engagement as tntor. The answer
of the defendant to tbe complaint sets
forth that the agreement with Linck was
made in her capacity of a married woman;
thar therefore her husband is responsible
for the debt, and that Gov. Sprague had
full knowledge of the engagement with
Linck. The case came up to-day on
notice of motion by counsel for Mrs.
Sprague for the counsel of Linck to show
by what means he expects to evade the
bar of the marrsed woman act. In the
course of the orgument a letter was read
from Mrs. Sprague to Linck to show that
she considered him in her employ, and
counsel adeed that the professor made
his exit from the Sprague mansion at the
end of a shotgun. Tbe judge took the
papers and reserved decision.
Fire la a St. Louis School Hoase.
St.' Louis, Nov. 26. Between 10 and 11
o'clock this morning firo was discovered
in the ground floor of the Webster school
at the.cornea cf 118th and Jefferson streets
tha largest primary scnool building in the
city. The school fire alarm was imme
diately struck and the teachers and schol
ars throughout the building were ap
prised of the danger. The children on
the ground floor got out safely and in
good order, but those on the vpper floors
were seized with a panic and rushed
wildly nndshrieking with terror fo the
stairways down which they hurled them
selves in the greatest confusion. The
pressure was so great on the stairs be
tween the second and ground floor that
the brnnister gave way and several child
ren were precipitated to the floor below.
One child hnd an arm broken, one was
badly hurt about the and another bally
hurt. Mrs. Ballasegar, a teacher, in her
heroic efforts to stay the rushing tide at
the head of tbe stairs was hurled from her
feet, trampled upon and borne to the
bottom, where she was dragged out very
much bruised but nit seriously hurt. The
tire was only a trifling affair and soon
mastered.
The Steamer "Alabama" Rescues the
Crew of the Ship '8vca."
rotate of Alabama resiued the crew of the
Srea, from Boston fojr Antwep with palm
oil. The crew was much exhausted from
exposure and wanij of water and food.
One was washed overboard a few hours
before the Alabama hove in sight. While
in the lifeboat off the steamer the sea
sea smashed it into pieces, throwing the
third officer and two seaman into the
water. Ropes and life buoys were in
stantly throwu to them and they hauled
themselves on board. The steamship al
so passed a large ooanlity of wreck stuff
and a great number ot petroleum barrels.
Explosion of Benzlae.
An explosion of benzine in the balh
room of the New York Electrotype
Foundry recurred to-day, doing consider
able damage to to the building; and prob
ably fatally burning Edward O'Keafe and
Wm. Gray. Tbe children in Ihe school
house near by were saved from panic by
the prompt action of the teachers.
Mrs. Hayes at Philadelphia.
Pmi.ADEt.rniA, Nov. 25.AMrs. President
Hayes "and her son AVebb came from
Washington yesterday and attended the
Methodist Fair for the benefit of the
Methodist erpbrnage.
Mrs. Hayes Receiving Presents.
Philadelphia, rNov. 26. Mrs. Hayes
visited the Methodist Fair this morning
and was formally presented with a hand
somely embroidered satin screen. Bishop
Simpson made the presentation speach.
Subsequently another screen was present
ed to Mis. Hayes by the congregation of
St John's Church.
PACIFIC COAST.
Assessment Levied.
San Francisco, Nov. 22. North Bo
nanza levies an assessment of 25 cents.
Killed by a Pall.
Patrick O'Laughlen, a resident of Sac
ramento, was killed about half past 2 this
morning by falling from the window of
his room on the first floor of the Russ
House. He came down from Sacramento
yesterday, took his room early in the
evening nnd went out, returning some
what in liquor. His age was 43. He was
a member of the Sacramento Lodge A. O.
U. W.
Comments on Coll Deane'a Lecture.
Stock naners to-dav comment on Coll
Deane's lecture, the general tenor being
that so far as his location of the new bo
nanzas is concerned, heteld nothing that
had not been talked of on the streets for
months. As to his attack on Flood they
rent that as a matter of personal ill will
The Bonanaa Knits.
The argument in defendant's demurrer
to the complaint of John H. Burke against
Jas. C. Flood and Jas. V. Coleman, execu
tor of the estate of W. S. O.Brien, de
ceased, to recover $26,000,000, the value of
the tailings and excessive charges for
milling ores and the value of several lot
in Virginia City, was concluded to-day in
the 23d district court, and submitted for
decision The arguments for the defend'
ants was mainly devoted to the statue of
limitations and the delay in bringing the
action after the discovery of the frauds
cnarged.
Denis Must Pay a fine.
In the police court this morning, Kear
ney was convicted of carrying a concealed
weapon ; sentence Monday.
The Bonanza Suits.
San Francisco Nov. 28. Judge Thorn
ton, of the 23d ui"trict court, toilay over
ruled the demurrer of defendants in the
case of John H. Burke against Flood, and
the executors of the estate of O'Brien to
recover $26,000,000, and decided that de
fendants must answer a motion to com
mst Flood for contempt in refusing to an
swer questions put by plaintiff's counsel,
the court eeciding that air questions put
wera proper and that witness (Flood)
must answer. Hail McAllister, counsel
for Mr. Flood, assuring the court that
witness would not answer, no furthea or
der was made. -
In the suits of Burke against the Neva
da Bank to recover $15,000,000, and Burke
against the Pacific Reftueay and Bullion
Exchange to recover $1,000,000, all odjec
tions of pefeneants were overruled, except
that the complaints did not sufficiently
allege the nature of the contracts com
plained of. On this ground defendants'
demurrers were sustained in these suits,
and the plaintiff allowed ten days to
amend his complaints. " ,
..Drunk and Robbed.. .
J. A. Forrester, who arrived In this city
yesterday morning on the steamer iStote of
Oalifotnia from Portland, incautiously took
too much water front whisky at an estab
lishment not far from the steamer's wharf
So long and deep were his draughts of
firewater that he was taken to the city
prison on a charge of drunkenness. After
having cooled off his heated brain For
rester remembeted that he had left in an.
old stocking under his inattres-s on the
steamer $140, and upon retaining release
from custody went to the steamer, and
failing to Ond it there, concluded that he
must have taken it with him, and had
been fobbed after getting ashore
s 8s. Julie "Indisposed." . ,
St. Julien was to'have trotted against
his time of 2:12 on December Oth, but he
has caught a severe cold this week and
the trial has been indefinitely postponed.
FOREIGN
The Cholera la Japan.
Yokohama, Nov. 21. The latest cholera
reports show onwards, of 90,000 deaths.
The epidemic is expected to cease entire
ly by the end of the year. Extraordinary
precautionary measures for the.future are
to be applied to the minutest, districts.
It is now to be believed that the Japanese
eanrary system is unsurpassed tn tne
world.
Fraudulent Issue of STtnuaeat Motes.
The question of illegal issue of govern-
aieiis paprr luuuvy ia auu uuuer investi
gation. Wild reports continue to circa
late, bat are now understood to be greatly
1 xlfCT"
in all Things ; Neutral
exaggerated for speculative purposes. No
positive facta are known,' except that a
certain number of government notes Lave
been fraudulently issued. The extent
and method of the transactions are unre
veaied." k ,.,
Foreign Relations.
: The Duke of Genoa is cruising in Japa
nese waters in the ship Vilior Iltani.
General Kawaji, chief of police, recent
ly returned from a European journey,
died suddenly October 13th.
4 NordenskjoldJ journeying . homeward,
received complementary demonstrations
atKeobe and Najaskl, the central and
southwestern pojrts of Japan. .
The Corean port, called Gedsen, is
about to open to Japanese trade. Com
mercial retujns jof Japan and Corea for
the year ended June 13th, 1879, show the
exporta froni Corea to be f the value of
$460,000, and importsinto Corea $400,000,
mostly shirtings.
One of Loudon's Fogs.
London. Nov. 22. A dense fog prevails
over London, j Weather throughout the
Kingdom for the past three days has been
cold, wet and snowy.
Severe Weather ia Germany.
Burun, Nov. 22. Winter has set in
with severity here and all over the north
orn part of the continent. Snow is deep
in Berlin.
Wolves la French Forests.
Paris, Nov. 22. Early frosts has driven
wolves from forests in the department of
the Marne, and peasants are organizing
midnight hunting parties to protect their
flocks.
Government Relief in Ireland.
London, Nov. 22. A dispatch from
Dublin says that the government has de
termined to abandon all preliminary dif
ficulties which might obstruct tbe obtain
ing of loans from the board of public
works and from improvement of estate,
and in order to. expedite expending ef
money strictly for employment of .un
skilled labor, they will immediately give
loans to land owners and sanitary boards.
They will add to the principal tbe cost of
the preliminary interest on the sums bor
rowed, allowing two years' grace. Repay
ment, inererore, win negin at tne begin
ning of the third year. This concession
will only take effect in districts which the
government will declare to come ntjder
the designation of distressed districts
Another Method for Relief.
Dcblin, Nov. 22. Tbe Irish 7tnM states
that it to possible the government m.iv be
induced on the memorial of boards guar
dians to grant money to assist emigration
irora localities where other arrangement
is unable to cope with any threatened cal
amity. -
- Another AntUBeut Meeting.
London. Nov. 22. A great meeting was
held to-day at Soonamore, two miles from
Balla, Ireland. The chair was occupied
by John Louden, president of the National
Land League of Mayo. Charles S. Parnell,
Edmund Dwyer Gray and several other
prominent gentlemen were present. Res
olutions were passed protesting against
the recent attempt of the government to
stifle the voice of constitutional agitation
and drive the people into acts of violence.
Also calling upon the people of Ireland to
maintain tbe attitude of self! .control
has hitherto characterized the movement,
and to carefully abstain from giving the
government any excuse for inaugurating
a policy of coercion which the meetin
feels convinced they have in contemplag
tion.
Death of Charles Dleheas Wife.
London, Nov. 22. The widow of Charles
Dickens died at her residence, Gloucester
Crescent, Regent's Park, this morning,
after an illness of 18 months.
Eugenie Passes throagh Parle. -
The ex-Empress ' Eugenie arrived in
Paris on Thursday night by the authori
zation of the government on her way to
Spain. The authorization was solicited
through the medium of the English em
bassy in Paris and at once granted. The
ex-Empress alighted at the residence of
Duke de Mouehy from whence she started
Friday morning for Madrid. During her
stay the doors of her host were rigorously
closed to prevent the slightest manifesta
tion, and any misconstruction that might
have been put upon her visit.
Arrival of the
Ex Empreae
Madrid
Eugenie la
Madrid, Nov. 23. When the ex-Empress
Eugenie arrived here, her mother,
The Countess de Montijo, whose sickness
occasioned her visit, was already dead.
King Alfonso, who was awaiting Eugenie
at the station, communioated the news of
her mother's death. Eugenie wished to
go to her mother's residence, but was pre
vailed upon to go to the Alba Palace,
where many thonaand visitors called and
inscribed their names.
Cuban Hatters lu Cabinet Council.
The Corretpondencia states that the pres
ident of coDgiess was present at a cabinet
council held on Saturday, and that an un
derstanding has probably been arrived at
between tbe parliamentary majority and
Promier Campos, in reference to reforms
in Cuba.
Disastrous Fire at Farmlngton, Minn.
St. Pacl. Nov. 23. A fire at Farminir-
ton last night destroyed four-fifths of the
town, including the depot, elevator, two
hotels, bank, stores and dwelling houses.
me toia- loss is probably f 150,000. Insur
ance 50W,tlUU.
The South Australian Wheat Harvest.
London, Nov. 24. The agent general
for South Australia has a telecrram from
Coby dated the 21st inst., which says that
reaping nas commenced in northern dis
tricts. It is estimated that there will be
375,000 tons of wheat for export.
The English Government and the Irish
. - rsor. .
Manchester, Nov. 24. The London cor
respondence of the Guardian savs that
Beaconsfield on Saturday last reouested
the attendance at his official residence of
a very active and wominent member of
the home rule nartv. with whom he con-
vemou a lung nine aooui. me petition oi
iimu uieiuuersui parliament nraviun inai
the government relieve the distress pre
vailing in manv nnrta oi jreiann. tne
greatest of which results from scarcity of
luei. Jjoru uoaconstield ileclared that the
government was favorably disposed to the
prayer oi tne memorialists, and tney con
template senaing large quantities ol coal
to porta near the distressed districts, to
be distributed by poor law officers and re
lief committees at cost prices.
The Irish Land Question.
London, Nov, 24. Rev. Alexander
Mackonochie conducted service at Stal
ban's church Holborn, yesterday under
the circumstances mentioned la a disatch
of the 22d inst. There were gatherings of
Irishmen yesterday in various parts of
London to consider preparations for a
demonstration at Hyde Park Sunday
next. Provincial contingents are expected
from Manchester, New Castle, Liverpool,
Bristol, Cardiff and Glasgow. Tbe meeting
at Manchester yesterday was . a great
failure.
. Hers Is Good Advice. ,
Dcbun. Nov. 24. The pastoral of Arch
bishop McCabe was read in all the Cath
olic churches yesterday, declaring that all
must take part in bearing the burden of
bad harvests in Ireland. But they must
take care not to drive God from their
side by violation of his law x "Unfortu
nately, men who claim to be in sympathy
with the people, are disseminating doc
trines which,, if pushed to their logical
conclusion, strike at tbe root of God. faith
and mntual confidence." . - - .
i Trial of Irish Agttavtora. -
Slioo, Nov.24 Dayitt, Daly and Kil
lin, arrested last week and lodged in jail
here were charged before , magistrates
with sedition. . Monroe, Queen's counsel
and Crown Law advistr, conducted tbe
prosecution. The inquiry will be very
protracted. Farnell and a number of
priests were in court. There was no dem
onstration. The prisoners were brought
into court under heavy escort. There is
a great crowd in Sligo, and extra police
men have been drafted. A land meeting
was held to-day at Aghadonar near Castle
Bar, county of" Mayo, 10,000 being pres
ent, Monroe, in opening the case for the
prosecution, pointed out that eedition
a,."'T?-'H-.
IIDEPEIBEIT.
in Nothing."
meant not only open violence but any
thing calculated to incur disaffection or
set one class against another. He then
proceeded to call evidence. Areg, solici
tor of Belfast, himself at one time a polit
ical prisoner, 'defended Killin. Tbe pris
oners all looked well and chatted uncon
cernedly. A number of police were examined to
prove the general character of the Gnerten
meeting and in cendiary wordB on which
indictments against Uie prisoners are
founded. In consequence of the magis
trates leaving the bench during a short
pause caused by the indisposition of a
witness, linden applied for the release of
tne prisoners as tne magistrates ten tbe
bench without adjourning tbe court or
remanding the prisoners. The applica
tion was overruled.
A Page from the History of Carriages.
How few ever think, aa they enjoy
their elegant carriages of the day, of
the clumsy mode our forefathers had of
traveling and of the suffering they most
have endured in their rude, uncomforta
ble, clumsy wagons without springs, that
were then in use! Chariots of a very
clumsy make, were in nse by the people
of Israel 4000 years ago. ;
The earliest record we have of convey
ance is the camel. In ancient times it
was the only means of carriage to con
vey the products from Arabia to Egypt.
Even in the present day, throngh Persia,
Arabia, Barbary and Egypt, the camel is
largely used, as in the days of old, not
only to carry merchandise, bnt as a car
riage for passengers.
The horse, the ass and the mule date
equal with the camel.
The elephant has been trained for cen
turies, and was in nse long before Greece
ami Rome were known; but neither the
elephant nor the horse were as well
adapted to the sands of Arabia and Egypt
as the camel, and consequently were not
as generally used. In time of war, the
ancient Itomans, Carthagenians and
Egyptians made great use of elephants to
assist in carrying great loads, both of
baggage and of archers and spearmen.
The first knowledge we have of wheels
to carriages is in the Book of Genesis,
and makes known that wheels were much
used in ancient Egypt 4OU0 years ago.
It was not till about the seventeenth cen
tury that we had anything like comfort
in traveling, and it was almost a century
after before mail coaches were intro
duced. , Before this date all traveling
was done on horseback, although wheeled
vehicles of various kinds were in nse by
the ancients; it is stated that it is only
within the present century that close car
riages were introduced.
The first coach was supposed to have
originated in Hungary, and introduced
into England from Germany, in the six
teenth century, but so little was it in
use, if at all, that we have no trace that
Qaeen Elizabeth ever used one. The
first coach ever nsed in Ireland was in
1593; the first that was ever seen in Scot
land came from Vienna in 1571, although
some writers claim in 1577. Coaches
were long rare in Scotland, the young
looking upon them as effeminate, pre
ferring the quick movements of the
horse.
It was not till the reign of Charles I.
that a British King had a state carriage.
In Scotland, the only means of 'con
veyance for goods was by pack-horses.
with sacks thrown across the back; this
mode of conveyance continued till alxrat
100, when one horse-carts came in nse.
During all these times traveling was very
perilous, the roads, if they may be called
such, were infested by Highwaymen,
which made traveling anything but a
pleasure. About the year 1700 springs
of a very rnde make were first introduced
in Scotland. Up to this time the manner
of traveling was of a very rnde and
primitive nature, and in consequence of
the bad roads the speed was not over
four miles an hour for the mail coaches.
We might mention that in South America
and Mexico the mule is used as a mode
of conveyance, their country being al
most destitute of good roads; so also in
Kapland the reindeer is employed, as
also in Kamtscnatka the dog is almost
universally used as a beast of draught.
from tne time ot the old Greeks and
Romans, the way back to the ancient
Egyptians, following up a period of 4000
years to the present age, the greatest ad
vancement and improvement of vehicles
of all kinds have been made during the
past fifty years. There are many who
can readily recall to mind the cumbrous
and clumsy family coach, as uncomfort
able to ride in as it was heavy and un
sightly to look at. Our grocers and
butchers' wagons of to-day are more
sightly and comfortable than was the
state carriage of King Charles I. of Eng
land. Surely we are living in a wonder
ful and luxurious age; what progress has
been made in all things that tend to make
life desirable; how perfectly decant and
comfortable is the family coach of to-day;
what beauties of taste and comfort, how
easy, noiseless in all their movements, as
they roll over our fine avenues. As we
have been astonished at the discoveries
nnd improvements during the past cen
tury, wnat may we expect m tbe next?
nottnatwe wouia suggest or recom
mend and backward steps, any plan
which wonld render our farm work any
slower of performance, or be attended
with any more expense. Nor would we
recommend a complete substitution of
oxen for horse labor; bnt this much is
sure, steers and oxen are never out of
place on a New England farm; there are
many kinds of work they can do better
than horses, and they are always a source
of advantage and profit. At all our fairs,
the well-matched, large. well-disciDlined
oxen and steors are always an object of
admiration and pride, and we have ael-
dom Known a Mew England farmer who
had a "likely" yoke of oxen or steers for
sale for which lie could not get a good
price, and always find a purchaser. They
may not again assume their former im
portance as a farm team, but on the farm,
aa animals lor work a part of tbe time,
for sale as workers or for beef, they are
of a coming high rank. Crosses of Here
fords with our better class of grades
make a superior working and an excel
lent beef animal, while the grade Devons
are aiso esteemed as workers or beeves,
and the excellence of our Shorthorns is
well known.
The main question of farm labor aside
for the moment, we wonld much like to
see a revival of the interest in steers and
oxen in New England. If their number
were greater we believe our agriculture
wonld rank higher, for the more cattle
we can keep the higher wiU be the con
dition of our agriculture, and the greater
crops of grass and the cereals we may be
enabled to grow. Besides there is always
a quick market at a good price for the
well-fattened steer, and where the hay is
consumed and animals fed upon the
form, there is a profit to sneh husbandry
which cannot be argued out of sight. ' A
pair of good steers on every farm in New
England this fall would not be a bad
sight, and every one which the owner
wished to part with could find a good
market at Watertown, in preference to
Western steers.
."Charley, how far is it round the
world?" "About twenty four inches, my
darling,! replied he, as his arm encircled
her waist.
; The boys might add a few Awars and
feathers to their fancy colored bat
ribbons, and pass themselves off for
young ladies.
Call a man a "puppy," and hell re
sent it. Call him a t'sly dog," and he
rather likes it,
A man never knows how many friends
I he has until he begins to keep a demijohn
Te Babies."
The fifteenth and last regular toast
was '
The Babies. Aa they comfort ns
in our sorrows, let ns not forget them in
our festivities;" and to this Samuel L.
Ulemertg responded. He said:
I like that. We have not all had the
good fortune to be ladies. We have not
all been generals, or poets, or statesmen.
but when the toast works down to the
babies we stand on common ground, for
we have all been babies. It is a shame
that, for a thousand years, the world's
banquets nave utterly ignored the baby,
as if he didn't amount to anything. ' If
you will stop and think a minute if you
will go back fifty or one hundred years
A a I 1 1 ' r V a. ; -
hj your eany marneu me iiangnterj and
recontemplate your first baby you will
remember that he amounted to a good
aeai, anu even something over. I on
soldiers all know that when that little
fellow arrived at family headquarters
you had to hand in your resignation. He
took entire command. You became his
lackey his mere body servant, and you
had to stand around, too. He was not a
commander who made allowances for
time, distance, weather, or anything
else, f Convulsive screams. 1 You had
sto execute his order whether it was pos
sible or not. Roars.' And there was
only one form of inarching in his manual
of tactics, and that was the double-quick.
Shouts. He treated you with every
sort of insolence and disresDect flaneh- i
ter, and the bravest of you didn't dare j
to say a word. Great laughter. You
could face the, death storm of Donelson
and Vicksburg, and give back blow for
blow, bnt when he clawed your whiskers. '
and pulled your hair, and twisted your !
nose, you naa to taKe it. jiioars.J
When the thunders of war were sound- i
ing in yonr cars, yon set yonr faces to- j
ward the batteries, and advanced with !
steady tread, bnt when he turned on the
terrors of his war-whoop laughter J, you
advanced in the other direction, and
mightv glad of the chance, too. When
he called for soothing syrnp, did yon
venture to throw out any side remarks
about certain services being unbecoming
an officer and a gentleman? Boisterous
laughter. No. You got up and got.
When he ordered bis pap bottle, and it
was not warm, did you talk back? Not
yOn. Renewed laughter. You went
to work and warmed it. You even de
scended so far in your menial office as to
take a suck at that warm, insipid stuff,
just to see if it was right three parts
water to one of milk tumultuous
laughter a touch of sugar to modify
the colic, and a drop of peppermint to
kill those immortal hiccoughs. Koars.l
a can taste that stun. - And bow many
things you learned as you went along!
Sentimental young folks will take stock
in that beautiful old saying, that when
the baby smiles it is because the angels
are whispering to him. Very pretty,
but too thin simply wind on the
stomach, my friends. If the baby pro
posed to take a walk at his usual hour,
two o'clock in the morning, didn't yon
rise up promptly and remark, with a
mental addition which would not im
prove a Sunday ' school book much
laughter, that that was the very thing
von were about to propose yourself?
I Great roars. Oh! you were under good
discipline, and, as you went faltering up
uuu uuu iuo room in your undress
uniform laughter, you not only prat
tled undignified babj; talk, but even!
tuned yonr martial voices and tried to
sing, "Rock-a-by baby, in the tree top,"
for instance. Great langhter. What
a spectacle for an Army of the Tennessee.
And what an affliction for the neighbors,
too, for it is not everybody within a mile
around that likes military music at three
in the morning. Laughter. And when
you have been keeping this sort of thing
up for two or three hours, and your little
veiveiueaa mamatea that nothing suited
him like exercise and noise, what did
you do ? You simply went on until you
mucuuj uie just, ui&cu. ixjaugnter.j
The idea that a baby doesn't amount to
anything! Why, one baby is just a house
and a front yard full by itself. One hahv
can furnish more business than you and
your whole Interior Department can at
tend to. Laughter. I He is enternria-
ing, irrepressible, brimfnl of lawless
activities. Do what you please, yon
can't make him stay on the reservation.
Great shouts. I Sufficient unto the day
is one baby. As long as von .ire in vonr
right mind, don't you ever pray for
twins. Mr. Clemens is the father of a
pair. Twins amount to a irmanent
riot; and there isn't any real difference
between triplets and an insurrection.
Uproarious shouts. ,
Yes, it was high time for a toast to the
masses to recognize the importance of the
babies. 'Ihink what is in store for the
present crop I Fifty years from now we
shall all be dead, I trust langhter, and
then this flag, if it still anrvirn faTirt
let ns hope it may), will be floating over
a republic numbering 200,000,000 souls,
according to settled laws of our increase.
Our present schooner of state will have
grown into a political leviathan a Great
Eastern. The cradled babies of to-day
will -be on deck. Let them be well
trained, for we are going to have a big
contract on our hands. Among the
three or four million cradles now rocking
in uie iani are some which this nation
wonld preserve for aces as sacred thinira.
if we could only know which ones they
are. In one of these cradles the uncon
scious Farragut is now teething; think of
u, ana putting m a word of dead earnest,
inarticulated, but perfectly justifiable
profanity over it, too. In another the
future renowned astronomer is blinking
at the shining milky way with but a
liquid interest, poor ' little chap! and
wondering what has become of that other
one they call the wet-nurse, .Tn another
Ihe future great historian is iying, and
.1 t-AT lit . ' . 1 ll i . 1
uuuuuon win continue vo lie laugnter ,
until his earthly mission is ended. In
another the future President ia busying
himself with no profounder problem of
state than what the mischief has become
of his hair s early langhter, and in a
mighty array of other cradles there are
now some CO ,000 future office-seekers
getting ready to furnish him occasion to
grapple with that same old problem a
second time. And in Btill ono more cra
dle, somewhere under the flag, the future
illustrious Commander-in-CLief of the
American armies is so little burdened
with ma approaching grandeur and re
sponsibilities as to be giving his whole
strategic mind at this moment to trying
us uuu wub some way to gel U1S Dig toe
into his month, aa achievement which.
meaning no disrespect, the illustrious
guestof this evening turned his atten
tion to some 50 yesra ago: and if the
child is bnt a prophecy of the man, there
are mignty lew who win doubt that he
succeeded. ' i
Tke Fibsk of Animals A French ser
vant having been called upon to give his
views regarding the eating of horseflesh,
says: '"It is like third rate beef, it can
not be said to have a disagreeable taste,
for it has no taste stall. Donkey, on
the other hand, is delicious, and ifinitely
better eating than beef or mutton. This
the rencn soon discovered during the
Biege of Paris for a 'portion' of donkey
cost about six times as much as a "por
tion' of horse.r Cats taste exactly like
rabbits; it is impossible to distinguish
between them. The objection to rata is
that- when cooked 4&eir flesh is gritty.
ThU objection, however, -is somewhat
epicurean, lor, except for this grittinesa.
they are a wholeome . and . excellent
article of food. I am surpriaad that there
is no society for the promotion of rat.
Why should not felons beil with these
nourishing little animals?' ....
Punctuality is the chief virtne of a
cheek which lacks its face at its back.
NO. 34.
Owens Baby.
. The following letter from the cele
brated comedian, who ia the central fig
ure of the interesting incident subjoined
is self-explanatory:
; Pa&acb HoTEia, Not. 19, 1879.
Mt Dear Sir: Thank you for the ad
vance proof of your article, which is cor
rect in almost every particular, except
that you have overdrawn the scene in the
theater slightly, and made, X think, too
much fun of a matter which to me is one
oi the most serious events of mv life.
Little David f for I have resolved to call
him after yon) is sleeping quietly in the
new crib I bought for him this morning,
and I have an alcohol lamp to warm his
mint tne moment be wakes up. I have
already learned how to dress, undress.
wash and powder him, from a kind mat
ron residing on the floor below, and can
perform every office that his infant help
lessness demands of me. - I had to dis
card the 'Maws Feeding Bottle" for an
other kind with a rubber attachment that
works better. If you know any friends
who have children and could spare me a
few bibs and one or two pinning blan
kets, send them along. I have all the
diadems I want. . D. is Hat waking up,
and the little rascal has kicked off one of
his woolen shoes. Excuse my closing
this abruptly, as I have to take him. He
has commenced to cry. Your Binoere
friend, ; v , Johh E. Owxxs. -
THE FACTS OF THE CASS, '
Which will be eagerly read by all who
know Mr. Owens, are as follows: He
had retired to his room on Monday about
half -past three in the afternoon, and after
taking off his coat and shoes, lain down
down to take a short siesta as a prepara
tion for bis evening labors. He was just
beginning to doze off when he heard a
loud knock at the door, which he an
swered by requesting tbe caller to wait.
About a minute and a half elapsed while
be was putting on his boots and coat,
during which he heard the rustling of
dress of some person evidently hurrying
down the corridor and tne cry of an in
fant. When he opened the door there
was no one in sight, while on the mat
outside lay a beautiful baby boy about
three months old, with large bine eyes,
and crowing lustily. : When his first
burst of astonishment had passed away
he naturally . lifted the little one and
noticed a page of note paper pinned to
its dress. On this was written; ;
Mt Dear Srn : I haw een yonr per
formance of Higgina in Clyde,' and
consider it one of the finest impersona
tions! I ever witnessed. The onlv wav in
which I can evince my gratitude to you
is my offering you one of the loveliest
infants I could select from the Orphan
Asylum. Take it and cherish it, and
may God bless yor. and prosper you.
"Ah Unknown Adheres.
He was on the point of taking the lit
tle, helpless cherub, and in a moment of
: AKQKB AXIS TO INSANITY,
Dashing it to the floor, but the baby was
smiling at him, and his heart melted in a
moment, while great tears welled up from
the princely breast of the old comme
dian. as he folded it to his bosom and
carried it into bis suite of rooms. There
he laid it tenderly on the bed, covered it
with a red handkerchief and a green
coat, wrapped its little feet in an old
scratch wig, . looked at it, chucked it
under the chin, and well kissed it till
his prickly beard made it cry. Then he
A . - ,
sooinea it, ana puuiug us arm cnair
close to the bed, contemplated the situa
tion. : : - - - ;.
"I'll keep it," he cried, "in spite of
what anv one may say. I'm eightv-fonr
years old, and a member of the Baptist
Church, and only six weeks in the city;
111 defy tmblio ouinion: I'll be if I
don't. , Next he rang the bell and sent
for Mr. Sharon, told his story and his
resolve. The latter secured the services
of a kind lady guest, .who, amply pro
vided by Mr. Owens with the necessary
funds, secured a lavish outfit for the
foundling within an hour. . When the
time came to go to the theatre, he for the
first tune felt anxious about his treasure.
He could not leave it. Like the Spartan
heroes of old he faced the music the
gibes of the company and the incredu
lous disgust of tbe leading lady and the
soubrette, and with the child sleeping in
his arms and a feeding bottle sticking out
of his pocket, entered the dressing room,
where he he pro vised a crib. He wonld
allow . : - - -
; SO ONB TO NURSE IT,
Except his friend, Mr. Kennedy, nor to
touch it or handle it. The noise of the
orchestra woke it up, and its screams
drove the leader nearly wild, and an
noyed the audience, but he persevered,
and merely set his teeth and sent for
some paregoric. How he set np all night
with it, and sent for Dr.- Bishop to allay
its colic, and how .devotedly he nurses it
day and night, are matters which will be
told by-and-by. His act was that of a
good, brave and generous soul, and, as
such, deserves to be given to the world.
San Francitco Post.
A Fascinating Swindles, An extra
ordinary swindler has just made his ap
pearance before the Correctional Tribu
nal of Nantes. . He called himself the-
"Comte de Naux," but his real name was
DorsainviUe. He was born at Port an
Prince in 1829. At the age of thirty he
left his native town for reasons of a deli
cate nature; the police had been ordered
to arrest him for embezzlement. On his
arrival in the Old World he took np his
residence in Paris, where his good looks
and a flnent tongue soon succeeded in
leading astray the daughter of a rich
bourgeois, wnom he married iu 1859.
Having run through his wife's fortune
in a twelve-month, and while she was yet
alive, he looked out for another partner.
Tbis time he captivated a jeweler's daugh
ter; but ihe father-in-law, discovering
shortly after the wedding that the
"Comte" was fonder of the diamonds in
his shop than of his daughter, sent him
abdut his business. The adventurous
Creole then crossed the channel and got
married to an English girl of a well-to-do
family. It is necessary to here state
that these marriages alternated with cer
tain difficulties from the police, which
will explain the ruptures of his conjugal
life. For instance, in 1860 he was sent
to prison in Paris for embezzlement; in
1862 he was sentenced by default to five
years' imprisonment for swindling; in
1864, at Geneva, to five years' imprison
ment for forgery; in 18C9, at Brussels, to
two years for theft; and again, in Paris,
in 1872, to three years for embezzlement.
The charge on which be was tried on the
present occasion was a swindle cf aa in
genious combination. ; It appears that
the manager of the Fantasies Lyriques
Theater at Nantes was on the point of
bankruptcy, when he received a letter
from London signed "General De la
Miranda," in which the writer offered to
put 350,000 francs at his disposal to save
him. . The manager, jumping at tbe
offer, repaired to London with a notary.
The "General, who was no other than
DorsainviUe, explained that tbe money
was partly at Florence and partly at
Madrid, bnt that it would be necessary
to advance 60,000 francs in order to get
possession of it. The manager obtained
the assistance of two Englishmen, and
Florence and then for Madrid,' but it ia
hardly necessary to add that the prom
ised golden fleece could no be discov
ered, and the poor theatrical manager
returned . home J5,(ifX francs out cf
pockety The prisoner was sentenced to
three years' imprisonment and ten yea s
supervision of the Police. Curr. Londn
Standard. - ,
Wound no one's feelings unneces
sarily; there r thorns enongh in the
path of busts) Lfo.
the iM)i:i:; .
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' : Neatly and expelitiu-1,- Kr.-iitcd
at ponriANO PrMO?
Vandalism at Teu'ee.
The poet Morris writes to the London
Daily A'w.-
I liave just received information, c.
the accuracy of which I can rely, that the
restoration of the west front of ;;t.
Mark's at Venice, which has long been
vaguely threatened,' ia to be tukoh in
hand at once. A commission ia called
for next month to examine its state and
to determine whether it is to be pulled
uuwu uameoiaieiy or to be allowed to
stand until next year. The fate of snch
a building seems to me a subject import
ant enough to warrant me in asking von
to grant me space to make an appeal to
yonr readers to consider what a disaster
is threatened hereby to art and culture '
in general. Though this marvel of art
and treasure of history has - suffer
ed some disgraces, chiefly in the base
mosaics that have supplanted the earlier
ones, it is in the main in a genuine ami
untouched state, snd to the eye of any
one sot an expert in building looks safe
enongh from anything bnt malice or ig
norance; but anyhow, if it be in any way
unstable, it is impossible to believe that .
a very moderate exercise of engineering
skill would not make it as sound as anv
building of its age can be. Whatever
pretexts may be put forward, therefore,
the proposal to rebuild it can only come
from those that suppose that they can re
new and better (by imitation) tbe work
manship of its details, hitherto supposed
to be unrivaled; by those that think that
there ia nothing distinctive between the
thoughts and expression of the thoughts
of Uie men of the twelfth and of the
nineteenth centuries; by those that pre
fer gilding, glitter and Man kn ess to the
solemnity of tone and the incident that
hundreds of years of wind and weather
have given to the marble, always beauti
ful, but from the first, meant to grow
more beautiful by the lapse of time; in
snort, inose onty can think use "restora
tion" of St Mark's possible, who neither
know nor care that it now has become a
work of art, a monument cf history and
a piece of nature. Surely I need not en
large on the pre-eminence of St. Mark's
in all these characters, for no one who
even pretends to care about art, history
or nature wonld call it in question; but
I will assert that, strongly as I may have -seemed
to express myself, my words bnt
feebly represent the feelings of a large
body of cultivated men who will feel real
grief at the loss that seems imminent a
loss which may, be slurred over, bnt
which will not be forgotten, and which
will be felt ever deeper as cultivation '
spreads, i nat tne outward aspect of the
world should grow uglier day by day ia
spite of the aspirations of civilisation.
nay, partly because of its triumphs, is a
grievous puzzie to some ot as who are ..
not lacking in sympathy for those aspi-' -rations
and triumphs, artists and crafts
men as we are. So grievous it is that
sometimes we are tempted "to say: - "Let
them make a clean sweep of it all, then;
let us forget it all, and muddle on as best '
we may, unencumbered with either his
tory or hope! " ' But snch despair is, we
well know, a treason to the cause of civ
ilization and the arts, and we do oar best
to overcome it and to strengthen our
selves in the belief that even a small mi
nority will at last bo-- listened to and its
reasonable opinions be accepted. In this
belief I have troubled von with this let
ter, and I call on all inose who share it
to loin earnestly m any attempt that may t
bj made to save from an irreparable ljj-g -f
a loss which only neadlong radiness 1
could make possible. Surely it ean never
be too late to - pull down Mark s at
Venice, the wonder of the civilized
world. . x. . -
, Bob Morrow's Lack.
The atmosphere of good lnc-k that
hangs around some men is past under
standing. Take the case of Bob Morrow,
the Ban Francisco manipulator, who
owns St. J nlian, the fastest horse in the
world, to illustrate by, for instance. iThe
reporter met a forty-niner who used to
know him in the days when a "biled
Blurt" worn among the mountain miners
indicated that the possessor was either a
blackleg or a gospel expounder, the
cliances being ninety-nine to one that he
was the former, for parsons were then ss
scarce as copper pennies, almost. , He
arrived in Nevada City when the camp
was a mere infant, so to speak. The first .
thing he did after getting here was to
skirmish around and hunt up a shovel,
pick and rocker. With these he began
scratching along Deer creek for gold.
By dint cf perseverance and hard work :
his knowledge of mining did dot exceed
his intimacy with Bible passages and an
exercise of cheek he got enough to alle
viate the pangs of hunger to a bearable
extent. He stayed around here till 185'J,
and by that time his clothes were so tat
tered and torn that he had to put his old
hit under him to keep his bare body
from coming in contact with the chair
whenever he sat down and then decided
to emigrate. George Hearst, Joe Clark,
A. E. Head, and a number of other boys
whose lines were too hard for comfort,
wanted to go with him. ' Tint the
whole caboodle of them were dead broke,' '
and figure as they would no alternate
presented whereby they could scare up
enongh coin to get out of the camp with.
finally, Arthur nagadorn came to the -rewme.
He fitted some of them out with
a mule apiece, provisions and coin.
They made a bee line for the Cornstock.
The next time his old townies heard from
Morrow, he was on top of a wave of pros
perity; that is, hail got into the riuvage .
and some other big mines at Virginia
City. For several years he reveled in ;
wealth. After 'enjoying the rapidly ac
quired shekels for a few years, they slip
ped away from him, aad Le was busted
once more. : His will and energy didn't
peter out when his money did, and
making a little raise he sprang boldly
into the arena of the stock market. Ebnce
then be hasn't drawn a blank in the lot- s
tery of life, so far aa heard of. As a
Director of the Bank of California alone,
to say nothing of all the other soft things
he dropped into through the influence of
tho deceased Balnton, he has glory
enongh to satisfy any common man. As
to the three individuals- named above
who took sail on the mules with Mono w,
they are all in San Francisco doing more
or less in stocks. One or two of them
have become pretty well fixed in respeot
to this world's goods. None of them ever
have come back here to .live.enula
TratucrijH, November ilk. -
Does Hkb Ows Wo ex, Docs shr-?
Wliat of it? Is it any disgrace? Is she
any- less a true woman, less worthy of
respect than she who sits in silk and
sat Ji, and is vain of fingers than never
labar? . We listened to this sneer a few
days ago, and tbe tone in which it was
uttared betokened ' a narrow, uelSshv
ignoble mind .better fitted for a country
wh -se institutions do not rest on honor
abl labor as one of the - chief corner
stones. It evinced a false idea of Uie
true basis of society, of true woman
hood, of genuine nobility. It showed
the detestable spirit of caste, of rank,
which a certain class are trying to estab
lish s caste whose sole foundation is
money, and so the meanest kind of rasis
do1 rn to civilization. . Mind, .manners.
morals, all that enter into a goo.l c-Ur-'-ter,
are of no aeeonnfjwstli these social
stu bs; position in their stilted ranks is
bought with gold, and each additional
do Iat is another dollar in the lackkr by
wh b elevation is bought. .
Its is only independent who e&n t;
tain himself bv his owa cserrkms. -tiow
rucoiy . iat vrnr t .
yotrg; sriu to -.. "art. ' "i
she ijs)Bdfl, v.'s get over I
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