Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 14, 1879, Page 5

‘on just write meastrong letter dunning a whats collection agency, —give moa hint that the dorsement on one of the notes Igavo yor proves Hs pave been forged, and that nnloss tis met you ie ii have mo dragged to A felon'a cell. Prt} it wi rand Tit twelono ft to the old lady with a Mrenent tetter that Tl sprinkle with the halr~ Praah to make it seem biletored with tears, and 1'I tet you $275 she'll bo in town in twenty-four pours." Theadvico soomed good tothecreditor, and ho wroto the letter, and threes days afterwards the voang man piloted to his ofice ** the old woman," pi was clad in doep mourning, and on her oldetly qountenance hore signe of tears, She carried a cat! oldefaahioned tettente, and clung to her gon'a arm nervously. ‘tah, Hobert, Mohertt'* she eaid, ‘hero your extravagance and andotiful filing yonr stomactt with prodigal husks bas well- nih brought down my gray hairs with sorrow to tho grave, besides having to #1 $1,500 worth of bonds, which is worse. Ah, fons are ® sore trint to thelr mothoral"” and abé followed the creditor {nto the inner offico, with many tears and alghs. sesty poor, misguided son,” she said tothe money- lender, has been borrowing money from you, and Linfet frown your letter to him that the hapless youth has added forgery to his other recklesa- nesses, ‘This Is an awfal blow to a mother's heart, which bas rocked him, an innocent babe, in tho cradle, and expected fondly to ace him throned among the great and food a8 an Alderman, or a missionary, orsomething. Buta mother’s heart, Monly Iwant you to understand that, if after thia once be porsista in his cvit courses and borrows money from any one to equandor ft in riotona haske, I won't pay a ponny of It, and wouldn't if he wae dying In his ecMn before me, 60 mind now what I bave sald to yon, Jlow much—" At this moment the cred- itor eaw the prodigal winking ot him from the ontelda office, snd telling the old Jady to walt one motnent, lic ateppedont. ‘Ia eho going to pony up!" sald tho prodigatanxioualy. ‘ighe fa; —it's O. Ky" aald hile creditor, ** bat she eays sho‘ never do so sgain.” ‘Tell you what," aald tho prodigal, ‘* you give mo another 200, and sock it to her a8 $300,—she'll pay It o8 She's paying all, aud It's my lastehance, You'll take $100 on the transaction, onyw: ‘Tho creditor considered the propoaltion for a moment, then handed the young man over four £50 natca, wlihawink, ‘Tow mach does my unhappy son owe you," rald the old Indy, and the creditor ro~ piled, *SAnst B1,058,92." ** Laws o magay" cried the old Jady, ‘*he told mo ttwaen't but £5,300 or $1,950. , O, Robert, Robert, muat you deceive your poor, mother to the end? Unhappy boy, why contd you not tell mo the trath? I only brought $1,400 with me, and I'll havo to go to the tank ond get tie restof the monoy, ahe sald, shaiting up with a enap tho rotlculo, from which shehsd begun to take rolls of bills and piles of gold; ''do yon think my reticule'll be sate here?" Tie promised It would, and she left it, and, lean- ing on her eon’s atm, hobbledaway, with many re- proachesand lamantations becanso of his final de- cet, N. B.—Sho hasn't returned yet, and when the creditor opens tho reticulo he'll Sind it contains splel-marka and Confoderate currency. ————>_-—_ | PERSONALS, Br, Edison has given us o great doal of gts, but no clectric light. Pathotio remark of Mr, Hanlan—Oh! my prophotic sonl, my carbunctat Gor, Hubbard goes so far ng to regard Mr. Bhepsrd In the light of a wolf, Petition ot Mr. Tilden—Savo me from another extra scealon of Congress, Lord Chelmsford appears to bo about os greata inilitary gonlua as Ben Butler. New York hnd a big dog-show last woek, and went to the ‘*demnition bowwows,"* "Who will bo Queen of tho May?" aske anexchangs, We nominate tho Widow Oliver, Mr. Tildon will be utterly ruined if ho doesn’t bny off J. C, 8. A, Blackburn immo- diately, Miss Lucy Stono talks of going abrond. ‘Wo beg toremind Lucy that a rolling atone gathors ‘no mosa, Lent is over, and everybody is obliged to be os Industriously wicked as possible, in order to make up for lost time, What a bright and beantifal Sabbath! ‘Thoughts tnrned involuntarily to ita Creator or to the auck-marahea, “Eve was novor extravagant in the matter of dees," saysanexchange, Bhe had a ruinons appetite for fruit, however. The Brooklyn Preabytory had bettor pluck tho beam out of thelr own eyo before thoy attempt Ww give Talmage a black one. Mr. Cotownyo's oxcollont fighting qualities lead us to bellave that he was at some timo a mem- ber of the Brooklyn Preabytery, Mr, Hendricks insista on having the first placo onthe ticket. Dut Mr. Tilden quietly saya: “Tommy, make room for your uncle." Tho expression, “Go to ——," has beon amended by substituting tho word **Texas” for the dash. ‘Tho change gives it more atrength, Mrs, Maria Gillett, a grand-nioco of Ethan Allen, and for fifty years a momber of the Shakor community, lately died from the bite of a epider. Wednesday was tho fourteenth anniversary of Lee'a surrender at Apponiattox, Loo, wore ho allve now, would assuredly boa *biger man than old Grant. Lorne is very much surprised and disap- Pointed to find that tne duties of ‘Govornor-Gen- eral Suclude somuthing bealdes ekating and slid- dng down hilt. “‘Thero aro worso mon than Samuel J, Til- den," safsan exchange, Such remarka are uncall- edfor, ‘They aro on insult to old man Bender and the Olive gang, Among tho Louisiana colored people on thelr way North {6 Eitza Pinkston, who cannot bear any longer er painful separation from **diasea Shorman" M. Gambotta keops growing fat, notwith. standing he bas been trying to roduco his flesh by Uving on leas than two francs a day, and taking & dally wath of four inites, Harmony exists betwoon tho brothers Van- derdiit, but it ta probable that **Corneal" sill Hever ogeee with hia brothor that the old man's talnd was perfectly sound, é Tho ort of navigation is tayght at Cornoll aiversity, Yet Androw D. White, tte President, Who basbeen glven the Gorman Bllsston, cannot Maungo even a beer achooner, A lady in Providence has a pug dog valuod $10,090, And, basing thelr value on the com- Birallve, smount of attention they receive, ber : widen, if aha has any, aro probably valuoa at 10 Simon Comoron it not popniar in Wash. Sngton voclety, aud wo infer, thoreforo, that tho Mortes of tia intrizucs with Mra, Oliver and othor Women are not credited, Acconling to tho Jorsoy City Journal, Anna Dickingon will lecturo on the great question, Where Way Moses When tho Light Went Out!” ‘We trust that Moses" charactor will not be black- {ant by s full revelation of the truth in this mat- Minnio Hauk, who sailed with hor mother Thuriday for England, promises aomo day to Telura to this country, Sho fe to alng in the prine Clpal cltles of Germany noxt winter, She has Fecelved offers i t aris, Mila: and Medeie jor eng enta a! is, Alan, Lord Benconaflold fs sald to bo looking pually aged and very frail, Wo has 8 way in Jaillament of sitting very at!l], in an apparent lethargy, for a tong thue; then he suddenly a (And makes @ vizorous apeoch, to the great si colshment of the Mor Propping Up Washington's Monumont, 5 Wathington Paver. ihe foundations of tie atub of Washington's eaautment in Washington are being strength: et Ut a cost of $100, ‘The alin ff to under- , n the atructure and distribute its weight over ereater aren, and in dotug this it becomes nece ‘teary to undermine the monument and to re- piece the earth to a considerable extent with Finphacte hod ‘This ts a delicate operation, Only a tur yerelcal layer about four feet in width is uncled at a time, aud every prosaution {6 Be co to prevent an unequal strain upon the : Fucture, ‘The tunneling of one of these decp Hie trenches takes about two days anda wth Ten hours ty then occupled in alling it bert Fortlgnd cement concrete, which, when it the becoines as bard as stone.’ It te placed in a trench fu inyere about aix inches deep, ny {pounded info a solld mass. When the HA ‘neh ts nearly tilled an turprovised bate nesta 4s used to drive thy concrete apy and snulely futo the ends and top Toe cpenlaits finally the cement concrete luced to the consistency of cream Is {ntro- ‘d Ly pipes running to the end of the trench. motike | Thls Higuta forces itself into and fills every crev- ice of the concrete mass, and hardens into stone with the reat. Eight of these tunnels have been made and filed, Seventy-two will be necessary. When two tunnels at corresponding distances from each cornor, and ona about the centre of each face have been made, tho work will go on more rapidly, na the structiro will be compara: Uvely well supported, and it. will be enfe to dig two frenclics at once. The present digaing looks Uke rather ticklish business. The workmen bur- row under a mass of atone weighing nenrly 82,000 tons, which has alread showy tint it doos not stay where It is put. It Is expected Mat the work of underpinn{iyg will remedy the slight de- Dression discovercd to exist in tlie level of one corner of the tnonument. Though overy pre- caution fs taken to make the worl secure and Prevent a toppling of the monument, the means of discovering stich a toppling, If onc oc curs, ero not negiected. Levels aro taken twico o day at the four corners. nul a wire plumb-lino falls over 150 feet from the top to the hottom of the monument, the plumb-bob welghing twenty pounds boing suspended in motasses to prevent vibrations after the movement which the bob indicates ling ceased, if the monument moves in-any direc- tion a distance eqnal to the thickness of a sheot of paper, it will be readily discovered. When all these trenches have been dug and filled the base of the monument will be incascd in o foundation of stono, resting on incompressible sand, and {ts welzht will be distributed over 16,876 equaro feet, instead of 6,400 aquara fect, asat present, This new base will extend cizht- gen fuct under the outer cdge of the founda- tlon, and five fect, under the outer face of the aliatt at its lower Joint. ‘The contra of the monument will alao be supported by a mass of concrete, the excavations for which will be mado when the central trenches arc dug, a8 tho latter will be carried from one side of the monument tothe ather. To lock the old foundation with the new, and distribute the pressure more uni- formly, a supporting masa of concrete, Hke a continuous series of buttresses, fs to be carried from the upper surface of the new foundation up and under the outer portions of the ehaft. CRIME. A REMARKABLE CASE. Special Disvatch to The Tribune. Prinapeiraia, April 13.—Willlam C, Martin, a well-known and quite wealthy real-estate agent in this city, died yosterday ofternoon. Just a week ago Mr. Martin's brother and part- ner returned to the office after a few houra’ ab- sence, and was surprised to find the office doors closed and Jocked. It was about 4 in the after- noon. Ho entered the room by meaus of a Window, and found hfs‘ brother in an ancon- scious condition, seated In a chalr before bis desk. From his head, which bung over the back of the chnir, blood had flowed from threo ugly wounds {n such quantities os to form great pools on the foor, The luck of the desk had been forced, and, as was alter ward stated, $1,000 in money taken from it. The detectives began their work at once. Martin Was put under the care of the best physicians thut moncy could procure, but all to -no pur: pose, for, after lying six days in an almost un- conscious condition, he dicd to-day without uttering a word about the fatal attack, which newspapers call “an unfathomable mystery.’ Thosc who knew deceased better, however, have sald yery little about the matter. DASTARNDLY ALL ROUND. peciat Dispatch to The Tribune, Borrao, April 18—Whilo s Grand Trani Railway freight train was moving along at about fifteen mites per hour, near Fort Erie, late Sat- urday afternoon, a man named Brandon Neace, who was standing on the track, fired o loaded shot-gun at Conductor Radcliffe, who was sit- ting in the caboose looking out of the window. The charge, which was a heavy one, hit him in the face, Infllcting sevore {f£ not fatal injuries, Neace was subsequently arrested, and confessed the crime, but gave no cause for the shooting. ‘The prisoner was placod in the custody of hia brother-lo-law,'who Is a Constable at Fort Erie. During to-day the oflicor allowed Nence to cs- cape, and st Inst accounts he pad not been cap- tured. Great excitement relgus in Victoria and Fort Erie. MYSTERIOUS DEATII. Ban Francisco, Cal, April 13,—Jostah Bavon, Treasurer of tho Goodyear Dental Vul- canite Company, of Boaton, who came hero a short time ago from the East, was found dead on the floor of bis room at the Baldwin Hotel this afternoon. with no pistol-shot wound in bis abdomen, He bad been dead soveral hours. No firearm was found in his room, nnd, as the hemorrhage was entirely {uternal, there were no means of facet of movements subsequent to the fatal shot, and nothing has yet transpired. to throw any Ilzht on*the affair, He was 9 native of Massachusetts, aged 45, INDIAN MURDERERS. Duapwoop, Dak. April 18.—-A. amall band of Indinns, who, a fow days since, killed nnd scalped Private Leo Bader, of the Second Cayal- ry, and serlously wounded Sergeant Kennedy, of the Signal Service, were captured by Sergeant Thomas B. Glover, Second Cavalry, witha de- tachmont of ten men, and taken into Fort Keogh yesterday, The Indians surrendered immediately on the approach of the soldiers, not offering any resistance or attempting to escape, Bader’s horse and écalp-lock were found Imthelr possession. . A FALSE PENSIONER. epectat Dispatch to The Tribune. Miuwaukeg, April 13,—To-day Deputy United States Marshal Nowoll proceeded to the National Milltary Asylum and arrested an jomate named. Charles N. Hamilton on 2 warrant charging him with having made out and filed false pension- pers on the bth of February. Hamilton was odged {n the County dall, pending prelimfoary examination to-morrow. f ‘ — A MURDERESS, Special Dispatch to The Tridune, Inpranapous, April 13,—Night before Inst James Ingerman, 4 uegro, died of traumatic erysipelas, Examjnation showed a fracture of the akull, and bis wite, a white woman, has been put under arreat to awalt an investization of the case, ‘They had been quarreliug, aud sho hit him with a sad-fro1 INDICTED. * Canpia, N, H., April 18,—Upon tho repre- sentations of the committee appoluted to inves- tigate the affairs of E. I. Ingalls, late Town ‘Treasurer, Who claimed to have been robbed of $3,700 March 4, the Grand Jury have found an indictment againat him for embezzlumont. Tho Gyroscopo, To the Kastor of the Nevo York Rerald, In the Mare number of bis useful monthly, the Manufacturer and Builder, Dr. P. HL Van Der Woyde objects, in somewhat strong Jan guage, to my theory of thy gyroscopo, and to my proposition, A body fa uniforin weight w fic dt rest only,” both of which wero laid down, briefly but clearly, iu the Jerald of Jan, 25. In ‘deuliug with the one and the other the Doctor's denunciation is wholesale and sweeplng, fe declares them to be ‘crade" and Meamoded ¥ errors, utterly contrary to all the principtos of correct scence,” and simply the drivellng of a person who “has no knowledie of the elementary principles of natural philos- ophy nor of mechanical sclence." TuAucuat, 1857, 1 propounded my theory of the ‘gyroscope in ihe columns of the Toronto Leader, Dr. Van Der Weyde informs us that ft Was taken up aubsequontly by the Mechanics’ Tnatitute of New York, and “thoroughly dis- cussed at several successive inceting here fsa logical scrow loose somewhure hero, Only fancy the “crude! speculations of a man who “hud no knowledge of the elementary priucl- ples of atural philosophy nor mechanical science’ commanding the attention of that dis- tlnyuished body at several successive incotings! ‘Ae ludispensabl lo to a leading nud most abstruse feature of my theory L advanced the proposi- tlon that ‘u vertical ‘wheel in motion docs not ress UPON the samme points of {ta bearings that tt does when at rest’; alleging, in explanation, that the partictes of matter compoalng the per> iphery ‘of te ascending balt of the wheel bear snore lightly upon that aldo of the axis than the particlua of the descending half do upou Thar elde; establishing, so to speak, a lus ald a minus halt In the rotatiny disk. ‘or exniapte, let ao represent gravity aud b tan- entfal force, and wo have, for the ascending fait ot the wheel, aininus >, and for the de- scending half a plus 6, which does not of course {nterfere, In any dexrce, with the welzht of the masa aso whole, although resulting iu ao uno- qual distribution of forca upon the axis and causing the horizontal ring to revolve in a di- rection contrary to thut of the rotation uf tho vertical whcel. Every proposition regarding my theory save this one I had placed upon a dass the moat linmovable; but as it bad to ba disposed ot in some way by tho vereatile Dov tor, who was prosent at tho ‘several successive meetings,” bo, ag hd informe us, ‘quickly sete tled the unatter by placing a gyroscope on the THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY. APRIL 14, scale of n balance, showing that {ts welght was exactly the rame whether {t laid (t) atili or was rotating on its pivot.” There $s not snother word to be sald here. 1 congratulate the Doc- tor on the genius which prompted an experi- ment so original aud conciisive, aml which gives us some hupe that eyen the most abstruse deuuctions in the regions of pura mathematics shall yet be tested by tha voarser mathods of mero mechanical sciences. De, Van Der Weyde docs his own excellent attainments antl the Intelligences of bits readers absolute injustice in attempting to deal with elther of my propositions in a manner so untena- ble nnd utterly devoid of analysis. Can ho not perceive that in his repruductlon of the hack- noyed demonstrations regarding falling bodiea, projectiles, gravity, etc., which are the property, of every schoolboy, be docs mot nesail, even re motely, the inteurity of my position, but rather austatns itt f latd down the proposition that “a vertical whice) fn motion dors uot press upon the samo point of ire bearing that {t does when al rest,” and that “a body moving inn straight Une nv alters its weight at every ‘inainent.”? Tho Doetor has neither dispraveil tor disturbed the one nor the other. Noris he, with all his acknoviedged versatility, competent to do so. However, in viow of hls egece fons errors in the premises, Tam charitablo cnavugh to inellue to Uhe opinion of some of his scientific friends, iint he has totally misconcelyod the whole ques- Mon, or that its aubtlencss may haye overtaxed, im. Bhoutld this bo so, and if he js desirous of being enlightened upon the subject, Ict bin lepute soruo gentleman accredited in ‘natural philosophy” or “mechanical acience” to call upon me at my residence, No. 83 Enat Tenth street, when, I yentureto hope, I shall quickly sottle the matter on ita true hasis."?, : James McCannout. ‘THE RAILROADS. - EAST-BOUND FREIGHT BUSINESS. Tho east-bound freight buslness during the past week bas been unusually heavy, all the roads boing taxcd nearly to their full capacity. The total amount of {reight carried by the roads Tcading east from thia city was os follows: Michigan Central, 42,300,100 pounds; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, 86,575,503 pounds; Pittaburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, 38,744,473 pounds; Pittsburg, Cincinnatt & Bt. Louis, 20,460,520 pounds; and Baltimore & Ohio, 2 47 pounds. The total percentages carriod by the various roads were os follows: Mictlyan Central, 80 b per cent; Laka Shore & Michigan Southern, 26; Pittaourg, Fort Wayne & Chica- » 27: Pittsburg, Ciucinnat! & St. Louls, 15; altimore & Uhio, 2. The flour shipments wero distributed as fol- Jowa: Michigan Central, 23,893 barrels; Lake Shore & Michican Southern, 21,690 barrels; Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicaro, 20,115 bar- rele; Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louia, 4,555 barrels; Balttmore e& Oblo, 1,085 barrels, ‘The craln carried tas Gintributed ns follows: Michican Central, 054,144 bushels; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, 655,727 bushels; Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, 504,518 bashels; Pitts+ hure, Cincinnatt & St. Louis, 800,075 bushels; Baltimore & Oliv, 87,140 bushels, The meat shipments were as follows: Michl- gan Central, 2,605,860 pounds; Laka Shora & siichlgan Southorn, 4,188,185 pounds; Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, 9,893,272 pounds; Pitts- burg, Cincinnat! & 8t. Louis, 4,487,800 pounda; Baltimore d& Ohio, 903,159 pounds. ITEMS. Mr. Samuel J. Cooke, for the past year tn the employ of the Southern Dispatch (Groen, Line), has severed his connection with that Ino and has accepted the position of Chief Clerk in thé ofiica of the Michigan Central Ratlroad at Do- trolt. . Mr. O._E. Perkins, Vico-Prestdent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, left this city for Boston last evening to participate in the organization a{{the new Board of Direct- ora. At this meeting officers for tho ensuing year will be clected. It {8 not probable that any changes in the present management of the road will be made, ‘The traffic roport of the Iiltnois Central Rall- road for the month of March {s as follows: 1870, 1878. S4tU,005 8402, 446 + 124,878 133,563, TOtdl...4-00+reeeereeeee O10, 883 $550,408 Durlng March, 1879, the laud sales were 742,55 ucres for $4,452,535, nnd the cash collected on lund contracts was 86,500.93, SEED-TIME. IOWA. Special Dispatches to The Triduns, Hooxe’ Port, Hamilton Co., April 13.—The bulk of the spring wheat has just been sown. Will all be in this week, Arca will uot bo inf creased. Very little onts linvo becn sown. Old wheat only cnouch for homo consumption, Spring cold, wet, and backward, Sipauy, Fremont Co., Apri! 18,—The ground hos been so dry that the carly sown wheat hos just sprouted. Too early to say anything detin tive os tostand, What bas como up looks all right. Plowing for corn, Old whent all sold, Prospects good tor grain crops. dust havo a good rain, Looay, Harrison Co., April 13.—Spring whent. not all sown, The weather has been 60 cold that very Httle of the wheat has comoup yet. ‘The acreage of wheat ond oats fs focreascd 10 per cent. Plowing for corn, The old wheat will oll be used up for sced and bread, Mave net tworaing, which will put theground in good order, Estnenvinte, Emmet Co., April 18.—Spring wheat not all in yot. Acreage allehtly tuereascd, Just commencing to plow for corn. Our hopes aro strong for agood crop year, Onrent, Adaic Co., April 13.—Wheat is not up cnough to dotermino na tothe stand. No {ucrease In screage of wheat or cata. Weather as turacd warm, tith a good rain, Cincinnati, Appanooss Co,, April 18.— Spring wheat fe all right. Stand good, Acre- azo the sane as last year. “Large acreage of fax going in. No vround plowed for corn; too wet. Winter whent and ryo all right. No old wheat on bund.. Wo are haying ino rains, and the prospecte aro now for a favorable season, SrinapaLe, Cedar Co., April 18.—-Ground fs now in fine condition. Wheat {s all sown, Maye had fue rain, which will glvo the grain a good start. Weather still continues cold, Guippgx, Carroll Ca. April 13.—Sowin| finished. Acreage increased fully ono-third, Boll {1 excellent condition, Very little old cat on hand; 60,000 busnela of ‘corn incrib ere, —-+ IKANSAS. Special Dapatehes to Tha Tribune, Gnaxp Haven, Osace Co., April 18.—Wioter wheat looking bad on account of dry weather.” Woopninz, Dickiuson Co., April 13.—Winter wheat dying out fest. Wheat and oats all sown, Acreage not increased. Corn nearly all sojd. ‘Wintor and spring wheat about all gone, Oswxao, Labette Co,, April 18.—Scason very dry, Winter wheat needs rain, One-third of the crop planted this epring fs cuater No corn to ship, Ono-fourth of the cold crop of whout still on bund, —— MINNESOTA, Specht Ptevdich to the Tribune, Bro Laxg, Sherburne Co., April 13,—Wo are in the hurry of aceding our spring wheat, ‘The wheat eown in March is in good condition, but not yet up, The acreage will be increased one- eighth. No more wheat on hund than will be needed for bread and scod. ‘The late rains baye put foe graund in good order, The prospects of a good scason brighten, ‘Ihestreums, rifers, aud wolls oroastill low, . ILLINOIS, Special Dispatches to The Tribune. Kan», Greene Co., April 18,—Very tlttie plow ing has been dove. ‘The winter wheat is doing well, Ten per cent of the old wheat on hand Pauusting, Crawford Uo., April 18,—Oats are all sown, round wet Wintor wheat bas come out all right and growing Qnely, z Baisrvit.y, Ogle Co., April 13.—The far mera have commeuced socding again for the third time, ‘The weather is good and the ground fu fine order, 7 DAKOTA, Apecial Dispaica 10 Tha Tribune, Fanao, Cass Co., April 18—Nearly one-half the apring wheat isin.’ The acreago of oats noe becn increascd 50 percent. The ground fs yot dry, though we bave just had rafo, Looks now aait we should have considerable wet weather, ao Wurled Woalth. : heme {6 on foot to collect all the articles of vate which the bed of the Tiber in supposed to cuntalo, The golden candlesticks taken from the Temple at Jerasalem, and the gold and eilyer cups and ornaments, which once decorated the palacca of Homan Emperors, aro itnaulned to lig beneath thy Tibor’s yellow mud, By inouns of draxs it ia thought all this burted wealth may bo recovered: and restored to form a national museum of extraordinary valua, A committe of disting olabed archwologists has been appofnted to consider the bert means of Aahing up the leyendary statuca, coins, and other articles which for centuries baye been covered by tha sands of the Tiber, FIRES. IN ONICAGO, Tho alarm from Box 812 at 10:13 yesterday morning was caused by a defective fun in tho two-stury frame building No, 584 Jefferson street, owned and occupled by 1. WW. Mortell. Damage nominal. A still alarm of fire to Insurance Patrol No. 2 at 5:40 yesterday afternoon was caused by a fire in the two-story fraino building No. 280 San- gamnon street, owned by Mra. Hommond, and oveupled by Krank Colenitor ann residence, Caune, ono of the inmates leaving a tighted pipe poo atruok. Damage to trunk aud conteuts, AT WABASITA, MINN, Br. Paut, Minng., April 13.—A special to the Pioneer-I’ress ease a fire at Wabasha, Minu., this morning, destroyed the Campbell fouse and all the buildings in the block, other valuable bulid- ings near being saved with diilivulty. Loss, $10,000; insurance, $7,000, AT CAPE VINCENT, N. ¥, Watentown, N. Y., Aoril 13.—A building at Capo Vincent, owned by the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensbury Rallroad, occupied by the Cum tom-House, American Express, and tolegrapb office, burned last night. The safes finve not vet been opened. The luas on tho building! small, Ms ee a SPORTING. * BASE-BALL. 8y. Lous, Mo. April 18—A new baseeball club has beon organized here under the new St. Louls Brown Stocklugs. It is composed of Mor- gan, of Jast year's Milwaukees; Craft, late of Andianapolis; Cuthbert and Pearce, of the old 8t, Louis Browns; and Houtz, McDonald, Pe- ters, Decker, MeGiunis, and Magner, of the old St. Louis Reda. ‘They aye applied for member- alip in the, National Association, and will, no doubt, be admitted. They played a zame to-day with the Athletics, champion amtuteurs of Mis- suurl, and beat them 10 to 4. O'LEARY’S SCHEME, Special Dimpatch to The Tribune, New York, April 18.—Tha forty-one con- testanta who baye entered in O'Leary's alx days’ pedeatrion contest set out at 1 this moru- ing, About 1,000 persons sai the start, Nono of the contestanta oro of high record, and it ia not belfeved that the raco will amount to inuch as to score AMUSE MENTS. PHTILADELPIIIA, Special Correspondence of The Tribune, Patwapecruta, April 10.--If the result’ of tho Inst experiment of a polycamous performance of *'Ttomeo and Jultec" can only be generally known, Weare likely to be spared tho repotition of tt, Romeo Atkins Laurence, not having had aa many Opportunitica as he would like to appear in his favorite character at the Walnut Strect thisecason, conceived the tdea that, even ff he were nota Rig- nold, ho might make money by a benefit at which atx Jultets should have an opportunity of claiming my Romeo fora bricf houron tho rtage, At first he was going to have Muud Granger, Fanny Davenport, and Liille Glover, vut there wero still threa more, so that the tails of his ulater have been kept stretching out straight ‘by his rapid motions about town for tho past ten days, buttonholing cvery one he met with a de- mand fora subscription or b Julle. Hy Saturday his kingdom would have been 1 low offer to fiake fora fitth or sixth Juliet, and to mect him in the Street was to take two or four tickets, persistence that he showed jn hia canvass would have given hia on independent fortune asa book: agent or a Mfe-insurance canvasser, Expecting that ho would do os he said, and make up a gal- axy of fomale loveliness in which whe might ape oar, Miss Lillle Glover consented to oblige, aud ir. Sheridan volunteered to apnear once more ata Dbenefit,—this would almost bare completed tho ronnd dozen for whieh he has played this year, ‘The advertisemonts jn the Sundsy papers came ont with Mr. Laurence'a name in if ao letters, — as Iarge as the rules of the Sunday papers wonld porinit,--Mr. Sheridan's ugthe down among the Walnut Street company and Miss Lilile Glover's bunched together with twoamateurg, who tad taken Mty tickets fur the occasion, ono reader who bad done the anme, and two mdiferent stuck actress who bayo been without any permanent engagementa forsdme thine. g@Btr, Sheridan robellod, and raid that to would faye been glad to accommodate Mr, Laurence, but Mr. Laurence didn't seem to appre ciate tho fact that there was such oa thing as pro- fessional rupntation which could be sacrificed by appearing in such a crowd, or profeselonat courtesy which dictated ordinury respect for the position af anactor who had put limvelf to. a great deul of trouble without any hope of reward, Komeo Atking had never thought of this, and ho begged and ontreated, but to. no purnoso; their Withdrawal was final, and they could not lot Ue gad thnt they hail been spared the ordeal of the performance, Then Atkins went on the ptreet again, and at last found Tinogene, the young Woman who plays os long as her money holds ont, aud when the noxt quarlur comes round sponds the income duo then in another star engagement. ‘The performance came off this afternoon, and the heavens woptat the sight. There wero not quite so many peoplotnthe honso ss Atkins had sold tlekets to, hut he played tho part for all it was worth, and he was not atall cast down, called before the curtain, and made some humor. ous remarks about being overcome by tho pressure of eo many Jutlets, Some of them did pretty well, Lut thera was an evident regret on the part of the gudlence that the last sceno was nut real, If Imogene and Atkins could have been burled then, — ‘but thot was too mach. One more ** }inafore company noxt week, the children, They havo been rchearsing atthe Hrond Street for a tong tine, and whilo Joo Jefler~ Bon occupies the atago in tho avaning, they will wing at tho matinoes, The ddmirat will be Edgar avenpurty the youngest son of the tragediun, With hia debut the whole fainily will be on tho atage,—Fanny oa a star, May in the Critcrlon Com- edy Company, Blanche on the opcratic stage, Florence in “** Pinafofy,"" Harry with his slater Fanny, under tho name of I. Q, Davis, and Edgar with the childron, ‘Tho performance will be a most entertaining one if the children only do os well a8 they have ot rehearsal, Tho cake, how- ecn taken by the colored company been singing at Fox's for a fort+ night, They are of nll shades anit comploxjons,— the Josephine beng av light that she uses rouge very vientifully, and some of tha alstera, courins, and aunts ay block nsany crow, Thoy sing Itke a naw factory, and have aa much idea of acting as of the differential calculus; and yot the bottom Loe not entirely dropped out, for the pleco enters upen ite tenth week at the North Broad noxt week Monday, and the North Iroad bas done an excele Jont buwness in this, toe thirteenth, at that house, Joba Carncroas camo back fora week with the bure leayuo, after a fortnight in Washington and Baltte more, during which ho mado fully $2,400 clear, althouph his eins)l company has as big a aalary Iirt ae that of tho Mastodons, It is over $1,(CO & week, One of the remarkable features of the succees of this opora, which haw alrondy ‘been given moro than $00 t!mes in this city within throe months, Ia the fact that although the Broad Street frst gavo the impetus to tt, ond tte people pronounce it the best performance of iLo ‘opern glyen anywhore, All the profeasioual pco- F ja are down upon it, and cannot find a good word forit. Ricw thought that hie company contd doit evor so much butter, and Sra. Oatoa was euro that ahe conld improve upon it, ‘To hear any actor talk pod zo would think that the company wore a lot of *+duffera," and had no right to wing fore Junatie asylam. ‘Tho theatres havo gone through Lent quite nicce ly. Rico's Sorprise Party te playing the best ens gagoment of the season at the Arch Btreet, with s single exception. Muight made moncy for bims if andthe house, and tho Oates troupe took aney s Httle—not much. ‘The Willfamsons playc the Worst = gugagement of the yur at tha Walnnt street. ‘*Struck Of" ‘wae @ terrible trost, and they fell pack upon ‘he Horald iting." but that was so much they went back to ‘Struck Oll" in the middle of the weok, ‘I'hcir businces was very badly manaced, Vangs paid expenges and a little more, and ‘Tre Dolugo” that now covers the Walnut Streat is siaking an avorage of $100 a night over expenses. “‘Kngagud" haa tone well snaugh to bring in $2,000 in royalties for Mr, Gilnort, and it 18 Mood for soras tlie to come, the Aftieth porform- ance belay announced for tho 22d. ‘The Chestnut has had no auch ran since *Our Boys," and deserved, for the pleco is very well Ly he eunial, snd the biggest week's receipts, Aw for ** Pinafore," it has nade $50, 000 for the Irovd Btreot, and about $7,000 for the North Broed, OF tho $50,000, Ford will_get aboot three-fourths and Fred Zimmerman about s quarter, Raymond Isyed one of the bust coxagenents that be ever fad in thie city. People wore turncd sway on Monday night, and the week ran up to nearly 8,000, Itaymond eat in his dresaing-room on the night of the 4th, aatd, reflectivaly: ** This ts my birthday,—43 s Ol to-day. “Twenty-five years ago 1 was at the ald Chestnat Btreot Theatre, and acumen to-doy in bumlness that wore then unborn. Ptell you, Judge, it makcsa man feul old, And look at these troasers. Thoy are olu, too, and [hatoto part with them. They aro to originals, 1 bave worn them every porformance of Col, Sellere, and the pockets are worn out with the change that never wasinthom, Edonit know what Lam to do for anothor old pate of trouscra.”* Ka a that be haa great hoves of bis new od Crave,” that he ia to play at and upon that will depend much relate {ng to hia plana for nest year. ‘Those ie much more in store for ns during the coming mouth than we usually expect at this soa- won. The regular seatou at all the houses bas been brouggt to a close, but. Mr. Gemimill will run rtogeged: * for auijudedulte period, and he bas Half tha + He was | ‘woree thut | drawn the largeat housy knownelrca | In reserve the **Palace of Trath.” '*A crap of Paper," and Gilbert's fant, **Cretchen," ha hate ing the refusal of all of Gilbert's picees far tbe whole State, At the Broad Street ‘slup Van Winkle" in to give way to '*The Rivals," that Mr. Jefforaon may hava an opportunity to ‘appear as Hob Acres. Joe Emmett comeatothe Arch next fwoek, and then Rico's paceny tetarns to play & new burlesque, entitiod **Hevele,” the work of Mr. John J. McNally, of Boston. The Park opens doors to the Criterion Company next weok, and Jator will preaent the Troubadours, The Walnut Street hae the Now York Standard company in ** Almost a Life" for tha noxt fortnight. and mean- while the company wilt piny and be **Tha Exile" in the interior. On the 28h Tony Pastor comes, onthe 6th of May Mra, Uarney Williams comer from retirement, and on the 12th Nat Goodwin and Ellzs Weatheraby return, RW, M STRAKOSOH OFF ror CALIFORNIA. Spectat Correspondence of The Tribune, Ptavecenta, April 10,—Strakorch started for California yestorday morning, hls chorus, orches- tra, and Litts, and most of the company having Rone over from Pittaburg on tho preceding Satur- day. Mfau Cary and Conley started with him, Lita is to open the scosun in San Francisco on Monday next, Hoze will make her first appear- ancoon Wednesday in ‘*Havoriia,”. Max seems tohave the advantage of Marco tn the matter of contract at fasue between them. Ho wan naked about it, and explained the situation thus: He en Raved Misa Marco in Europe, indaly last. In tho hight of tho season sho was taken sick with bron- chitls, and the engagemont was canceled by mu- tual conrent. Rest proved an ample specific, and the made arrangements to rejoin the troupe, Ales Marco saya nhe was engaged for San Franslaco, that ahe rejoined the company ander agreement to go to San Franciaco this month. Bhe sang in Pitishurg and elsewhero, and on Sarch 31, ¢0 she saya, sr, Btrakosch wrote to her that be conld not filo bia contract, owing to the objection of the manage: mentof Mayuiro's Theatre, Sho left st once for Now York from Pittsburg, and Judge Jittenhoefer 18 to bring suit for $1,80U for alx weeks’ services, Her theory te that she was thrown overponred after Mario Hoze had been engaged, and that Mr. $1 Kosch held on to her In cage he could not have got Mario Roze, On the other hand, Strakoach says that the engagement for Sun Franciaco was condi- Monal, and that Miss Marco, by leaving him at Pittaburg before he had an oppurtuntty to break. any contract, put hersoif in the position of forfeit. dugali claim upon hip. Had she wished to ma her case, she would have sung in Pittebare ane nounced, and not have compelled him to chang the opera, and then made his actual refosal to go the bante ofasutt. It-tooksasif Misa Marco had. been baaty enough to destroy all chanes for ro- covery of any damages. . Me MUSICAL NOTES. Pinafore" has nowly broken out in Richmond, Yo.; and Montreal, Di Muraka, Carreno, Rosnatl, Tagiaplotea, and Rerraail sing in Philadelptia on Thursday evening next. The Tandel mnd Haydn Society, Boston, vive Carl Zerrabn = boneft Moy 2, producing ‘CEM ah. e@Xra. Oates appears this week at the Lyceum Theatre, Now York, fo **Girofto-Girofta," and Almee at Booth's in "Le Petit Duc.” ‘The Emma Abbott troupe will sing on Tuceday and Wednenday nights of this week in Indianapolis, and on Thursday night in Columbus, 0, The Strakosch troupe will give ** Lucia" this oyoning In San Francieco, for the debut of Mile. Litta, Lazariot will sing Edgardo, ona Pantae leoni Ashton, At the Trinity Methodist Church yesterday, one of the inusicol features was a solo entitied ** Prayer," pane Uy Mr. John E. Mc\Wade, and written for hlin by E, Ht. Winchell. Wilhelm will appear in his frat chamber cone certin Now York next Friday evening, with Dr. Dameosch, violin; Max Schwartz, vioia; Fr. Berg ner, ‘cello, and William Mason, plano, Mr, James Morrissey. the clever and indefatiga- bie business representative of Misa Emma Abbott. in evidently in for n long cogagement, ns the ilt- te songstress declarcs she shailrely on him for “*the next soventy-flve yeare,"* In Mr. Mapteson's prospectus for his next opera ecazon in London, ho promises to bring out Gluck's “* Armida,"' Huito’s ** Mefistofele,” Verdi's *sAida” and .**Forza del Destino," Toraini's “*Gazza Laura," Donizetti's ‘Linda di Cham- ounix,” Rosaint's **8emiramide,” and Warner's “Rienzi,” besides the famillar repertory ‘The now Remenyt combination will appear in Pitisbnrg on Wednerday evening next. The ad- Vertlacment announces Edward Remenyi, **the Liszt of the Violin": Ars, Einma ‘Thurston, **the charming soprano Prima Donna”; Mr. Frank A. Mower, /*the Eminent Basso"; and M. Duleken, **the bfilliant Composer and Pianist." Br, George Sctlelfarth'n new waltz, '*Alpine Vivlets," the dedication of which haa been accept- ed by Prof. Ad, Rosenbecker, will shortly bo Peter by the Chicaro Orchestra at Turner fall. She plano arrangement will be txsued by Oliver Ditson & Co., Dovton, and will soon be out at Mesura. Lyon & il Mr. 8. Is the author of the ‘*Messongers of Spring Waltzes," Tho great Boston cast of ** Pinafore * commence their reason this evening at the Boston Theatre, ‘The cast fe this announced ofiicially: Capt. Cercuran..ss..6. + seeee Ml. We Kt. -iton. sir Joseph Parte: n straw. ealy's. well-known. Whitney Sarnates Faiph it "om, Atte hella MeCutloch sfosephine, Ise Mary Heche itene.. deageia Cayvan Dick Deadey sseeeeeen (Corse Fruthinetan UA Hobatny.. rthur it. dlitcheack ‘uin Bowlin, George It. Hob Heckett, Crowell rank Tom Tucker, Litto Gortrnds Tho Loulae Cowen Concert Comblinatton, # col- ored troupe organized in this city, including Mr. 'T. §, Homo, conductor, Mins Be 1, Cowen, prano, Mrs. E. 0° ‘MM. Davenport, contralto, Me, Robe ort Crawford, tenor, Sir. George Uarrison, basso, and Mr, Walter ilarding, planist, has beon mect= Ing with remarkablo wuccers this season, Their datos aro ae follows: Monday, 14th inet., Olivet Baptist Church; 16th, South Congreyational ; 27th, Firat Baptiets "18th, ‘Weet Sido Red-ItIbton Clubs lth, Red-Itibbon Reform Club, ‘Twenty-secund stroot; 2let, Gospel Tabernacte,J01 Wert Madison atreet} td, Firat Christian Church: “4th, Forty- fret Street Presbyterian; 25th, Alich{yen Avonue Methodist, a THE WEATHER. Orricg of Tua Ciisy SioNAL Orricer, Wasutnaton, D, C., April 14—1 a. m.—For Tene neeasce and tho Ohio Valley warmer southerly shif, to colder northuast winds, with a rising barometer and partly cloudy weather. For the Upper Misslastopl and Lower Missourt Valleys, cooler northeast winds and rising barometer, followed by falling barometer, inereasing cloudiness, and rain preceding o uuw storm centre. Fot the Upper Lake region, stationary and rising barometer, cooler northerly winds, partly cloudy orclear weather, For the Lower Lako region, northeast to northwest winds, slightly higher pressure, stationary or lower temperature, partly cloudy wouther aud occusfonal raius. Ago, April 13, Vel.) den, 1 Weather GENREAL UnIERTATIONS. ta, “April i 10:19 p.m, stations. fis Tar.) Wind. _,Hotny eather, 40 w 42 30 of 70, 4a Hs] ri) eu. Bt 30.490, a. a 20 129, uth, sia eye BES rg Fe i SE ESRSzzE S2BRE OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, New Yous, April 18—Arrived, the Necker, from Bramen. Boston, April 18,—Arrived, the Victoria, from Liverpool. Loxpow, April 13—Tho steamships Sardia- fan, trom Baltimore, and Wicland, from New ‘| York for Hamburg, have arriycd out, —<—$—a $$" Lord aad Lady Byron, Mrs. Morrell was au Irish tady lately deceased, who in her youth was a member of the Afilbauke household when Lady Jiyron, after many quur- rele with hur husband, roturned to hor father's house, ‘Those quarrels ouded gue morning wt breakfaat, swhon Lord Byron wes in a “tan- trum,” and bls wifo brouglt matters tos crisis by taking pointedly: “Byron, am T in your | struck the revolving saw many times, At leat It - wayl’! Byron, leaning againat the mantelpiece, | canghe his back and tore him in two. He fought - ~ answered ‘savagely, "Yes, damonbly!” Lady | with the whirling aaw unlit Iterally locerated. Byron immediately left the room and soon after the house. She never saw her husband again. BEN PORTER'S MURDER, Miss Cummena’ Btory of the Tragedy. Correspondence Cincinxatl Commercial, Menus, April 8.—Your correspondent met ‘Miss Ellun Cummmens, the actress, ot this polot As she assured him that no correct accuunt of the Inte tragedy at Marshall, Tex., had appeared in print to her knowledge, the readers of tho Commercial may take interest in her description of the murder of “poor Ben to-day. Porter"; Wo had given a matinee ot Shreveport La., at nover 12 o'clack, Wednoaday, March 19. 1 wil forget that date, The 3 o'clock train was hel for us, and we reached Marshall at poout jarry- more, Mr. Porter, and myself took such sup ee 7 o'clock. All the company but Mr, as they could get at the depot hotel. threa conciuded to wait until after the theatr for ourg, a8 we hind lunched on the train, After to pieces, Ho icaves a wife aril five children. , — HIGHWAY ROBBERY, Michael Kobocek, 8 young Bohemian, living at No, 185 Boventeenth street, wille on his way home at 10 o'clock last evening tas met at the’ corner of Barber and Jefferson streets by a young man named James McMahon and threa othera, who were unknown to bim. The frst requested acigar and received one; then the others asked and Mkewlse recolyed. McMahon next knocked him down, and the quartectte robbed him of $3and 5 new hat, and ran off, McMahon was subsequently arrested at the “Barracké,? on Barber street, near Ciinton. He was fully tdentifled by Kobocek. ee DRUNKENNESS. *° Dr, D'Unger, discover of the cinchons enro for dennkenneass, curos ail cises. Koom 27 Palmer House. o —— 0 Amoricans in Edinburg. Landon (E ng.) Echo, the performance of “Diplomacy,” to the only | Our American cousin is ‘not by any means Ror for Little Hock, Ark. Those of the compan’ who had suppet Mr. Barrymore, and myself, went {nto th eating saloon. The lunch-counter was high, we had Mr. and eat. to sit upon high stools t Porter was upon hiniself. take coffee. 20 cents In chauge, 4 beer, and said: 1)l have to go to flad Redpat! (the treasurer) and cet some money to take Order you outof pawn. I'll leave you here, ypu. suppers, and I'll be back {no few minutes.’ fe want out laughing. We were negotiatin: as to what we should cat, when a man, whom now know was Cutre, cauie ip, drow the stool on which Mr, Barrymore bad been sitting a little apart from tne, and sat down to the counter. Tgylanced at him, and he returned my loot {mpudently. Ie was a powerlully-huilt, rough looking man, not handsome, He wore n rough seemingly suuff-colored suit, a white shirt, think, and the inevitable slouch hat. I was alarmcd at his manner, or, rather, felt out of fr, Porter, “Hadu't wo etter gu In there??? pointing, as I thought, to 6 Mr. Porter revlied, You are all right fa ‘Then we turned our attention again te ee Nace. 1 whisnered to more.retired dintng-room. “That ia the barron, here,” the supper question, Curre at first ordere soinc ees, ina loud tone, saying to the attend ant that he was going to eat Ils supper and thea Do judge, he waa not runk, boreven under the foiluence of Mquor. did the 1 ordered some eggs and we continued had not looked again at Curre directly, but he seemed to me to be or- ote bed. So far asl could Mr. Porter ordered coffee, und Curre same, to chat over our supper. deringeverything thatwo did. I may be mistake fo this. He paid for bis supper, and when the proprietor banded him five cents change he sald, “Keep that, do you want to insult me?” on then added, as 1 understood nim, “Do yor waut to sell ine adog" [thought this was new way of ordering o drink, and laughed at it to Mr, Porter, after Curre had gone in. the direction of the barroom through a lattice door. Mr. Barrymore shout this motnent returned, pointing to the remains I said, tuok hie seat, nnd said, of Curre’s supper, ‘* What 8 thist®” “Some man had some supper aud Is gone.’ Curro just then passed back through the room Barry- him about unl went out the other way, 1 called more up and was telling the expression, “selling dog,” whe: Curre again cate tn and said to Mr, Porter, who 4 4 was leaning hla face on lis bands, What did cs 4 youdo thut to me fort Porter turned und |, / y 42 said, Did you speak to mei? Curre replied, that oom Cc “Yes, andi want to know what you di tor,” making a pecullur motion of his hand aw arm past bis head aul err. wasn’t thiuking of you, ainongst oursciyes.”” urre replied, callin Porters G—dd—d Hor, a G—d d—d at—r, and Mr. Porter sald, Bo careful, dow’t tolk thut way, there ian lody 8 G—d d—d s—of ab—. present.” “A Jady?* Curre replicd with sneer; “well, F don’t know. Mr. Uatrymore 8 this tho sort of a pa you keep? Can not quiet people come in here and sup without then turncd to the proprietor aud said, ‘* being “insulted?” Harvey sald, all right; don't mind him. and go to wed." said gentlemen with me, “ Be quiet, please don’t an siwer bim.” Vorttr sald, Go away, we don’ kuow you. eat our supper.” and settle it.” and-by; I want to cat my supper now.” “Oh, he’ this tlme pe bad his hand on hia pistol. neither platol nor knife,’ haye I," swaggering up to Barrymore. more replied, ' Wil Barr you swear at?” at house we had had in Tcxas, the entire company went tothe ‘Texas and Vactfie depot and hotel to walt for the train at half-past 2 before went to the parlors, Alter depositing our satchels, we, Mr. Porter, iny left, Mr. Barrymore on my right. It was just midnight. Mr. Barrymore ordered beer for tne and for Mr, Porter declined, saying he would Mr. Burrymore looked in his pocket fur money, aud found that he had but With this ho pald for the Porter replied, “1 airy we were talking dim, go home te both - the We want to be quiet; we want to Curre sald, “Come outside Porter aald, “11k meet you by- Then Curre said to Barrymore, “ Perhaps you want to take up the auarrel!” I bad noticed that all jarry- amore replied, “f can’t feht with you; 1 have Curro sald, * Neither popalay with the canny people of Edinbura. He goes to the hotels, dincs at the table d’hote, butts so'cute a3 to taku his wine at the bar, y | He goes to the “stords,” turns over all tho goods, and {nvarlably comes to the conclusion that he can buy thein cheapor in Net York. io | He has mao himacl{ so unprofitable, and, therefore, so unpopular, that several shopkeen~ | ersin the modern Athens haye displayed cards in thely windows bearing the {nscription, “No Americans served here.’ A French Murderer, : In cold, deliberate butcbery, o French mur- derer surpasses all competitors in crime. A young man named Laprade has just been een- h | tenced to death at the Asatzes of the Lot-ct- Garonte, France, for killhng his father, mother, nnd grandmother. He first shot hls parents, then retosded the gun and suot his grandmother, after which he mutilated the bodies in horrible fashion, The sale object of the crime was the possession of a smait property The sanity of the parricide fs not questioned. ————— i A Considernto Baker. Ha On a recent trip of onv of the steamers rone 1 ning to San Francisco, bread was served at dine ner one day which tasted strongly of coal-oll, ‘The Captaln afterward naked the baker It he did not know that kerosene had got into the flour. fle admitted that hedid. = Why didn’t you. {ved the flour to the chickens, then?” was asked. ss Ol" he replied, “I was afraid: it would KUL ern, Mydrophobia, : transmit It through thelr teoth, Teeth should te kept free from virus, Uss Sozodont, kecp the human teeth clean, and no damage can ba done by the man who nays to bie girl, *'T feel ike eating you up, aeares BUSINESS NOTICES, “Lips of Gola" are not ton good to sprale tho praises of Caswell's Slippery Etm Iozenyes for coughs. For sale in Chicago by Buck & Mayner, ———— de nD ue a Chow Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco. RADICAL CURE For ny ATARRH 4> id ‘This mav certify that Ihave been a subject of B | that terrible diseaee, Catarrh of the Head and, if } Throat, for sume 52 years, cnused by taking cold In the mouth of dune, 1625. ‘The attack ué thas time was so severe that the doctor and my friends thoucht I must die. For years amt a neate Thove been so sick that life has been burden to myscif and friends, Jt {s useless for. me to eay how many doctors [ have tried, how much medicine L have taken, during nll threo years of endlees suffering, but those who suffer as [ have suffered will know that I wover ceuscd to look for relief, and to try every remedy that promised it. . . In Beptember, 1870, I began the uso of Ban youp's Tapican’ Cuna vo Catan. No sooner did } begin to use ft than my symptoms ehavged. It cleared tny truant, it cleared my head, {t cleared my mind. It operated ony Fra tem ina way that nothling ever before given 1.0 by doctors lind done. Jlow raptdly L improved under the foflueuce of this wouderful mediito these whe have known me for years can testily. And now, alra, to make a long atory short, will say J would not exchange the good tt hiss 8 1 "t ‘Y* | done ina for the whole war! and all ft coutaiue. | My memory, whic was nearly all gone, has ces Carre resuouded, Yes, Harrymoro salds | turned ugaih, und I could tell of alllictions & “Then DH meet you,” and jumped | jaye ondured, too great for some people ta of the stool and begun to take hie | credit. Lean with a clear conselence and the two coats off together. his heart, We were now all ou our ivet, and seized Mr, Barrymore's right arm. He threw ino off, and the motion saved bim, os the platol muzzle was close to bis body aud could not have migsed ite cool aim. ‘he pistol was a self-cocker, and the firing s% rapid that to give the onicr of events {6 almost iny and sible, IL only remember the man wheele fired st Porter instantly, befure he ha Onisned his cry, Don't shoot me; TE am un- armed,” hhauds and ran out. Porter grasped bis wouud with bot this slut missing, as ft proved, and Jodging fh the wainscoting. He fired again, fotlorin Porter out. ing disappeared, Mr. Barrymore I said, Don’t go in again.’ pate, nnd hurried behind the counter, evideutl: hunting a refuge, I wus atilt tu the bi Waygas Curre returned, ee atine, I gasped, “Oh, please, Barrymore sald: * Don't you sce 1 can't flzht you.” Curru anid: “Ifave you ho uack door, and I after him, He went over and met hin sir, don't! snough?? Mr, Barrymore again ran out of the re) LLI N > six-foot fence, and I understand it was for the CS S After some diticulty he was per- suaded to come back, and we got him up-stairs For nearly $wo hours afterwards, a8 wo attended upon Barrymore, I could bear Curre’s voice, ovidoutly 1did not cyen dare to go second time. into a bed-room over the saloon. at large, in csrousat. tw seu poor Porter befure he died. ‘This is the statement of Miss Cummins, 28 she assurca us she will mako it substantially Upon the witness-stand. ————__———__—$— Francis Josoph's Fomale subjects, At Vienna the Hungarian women are conald- dressed; the fur hafred Poles aud Boheinfaus, the moat stylish; ored the prettiest and best the Viennese, the sauciest, most coquettish an attractive; und the Croats, the ugliest. the Capital of Francis Joseph before he lost them with their proviuces, oe Morrible Accident, A moat horribte accident fs reportod bi London (Ont.) Area J’ress of Tuesday. Duncan worked at o saminiii about seven mile: from London, with the log carriago und he was drawn iu of all his efforts to the clrenlar saw, Jeg was anwn from the ankle to the hip, In bk {frantic etrugele Duncan dislocated tna thigh and SERMON Cann Aah ESTABLISHED THIRTY YEARS, MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING the gum: only reli system; used it; with Its ‘worth YRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING. BROWN'S HOUSEHOLD PANACEA, BOLD BY Almost before le vould get them off, Curre alied deliberately at ‘The man then fired at Barrymore, who was goltur out the back door, Twas atone, the propricter hay- I started out to go after returning. fic wus very ack duor ointud tivo pistols amunarmed i Sold by all druggists. The daughters of sunny Italy wero tn much favor tn the Robert Ife cont talls become cutaugled pite His loft SOOTHING SYIRU MRS. SOOTHING SYRUP For all Diseases of Children, such an Teath- ing, Win Nic, Tellable, and harmieas remedy, jaice theatomach rest health to the shild, inatance of dissatisfaction by any one wha Diroctions accompanying eooh Bottle. BB"GUARD AGAINST counterfalt, which are sometimes thrust upon the un- wary by reason of thelr large profits BI-None aoneind unless the fac. of CURTIS the outside wrapper. id by Druguists throughout tha world, NT TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE, 25¢.- WORLD-FAMED REMEDIES.-25¢. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES, for Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarsoness &c. BROWN'S VERMIFUGE COMFPITS, for EradicatiIng Worms in Childron, (Unfaillng.) BROWN'S CAMPHORATED DENTIFRICE, for Whitening ond Preserving the Teeth. ALL DRUGGISTB. strongest falth attest to this on the Jluly Bible. God bless the man that found out this remcdys I SAMUEL SPINNLY, Meadow Vale, Annapulls Uo., Nova Scotia Noy. 23, 1877. 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