Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 10, 1881, Page 11

THE CHICAGO ‘TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1881—SIXTEUN PAGES SS = COAL. goription of the Conl-Field of Jowa, Embracing Thirty- eight Counties, De anpsit of ‘These Countios Produced 1,367,229 Tons of Coal in tho Yoar to June, 1880, Pysils of Numbor of Minos and Product of Ooal in Enoh of tho Oounties, Prohability that the Lower “ Coal Measures” Extond into tho Southwestern Counties. Aggregate Produst of fowa and Northern {Hinols in the Year to Juno, 1881, About 7,500,000 Tons, Representing a Year's Labor for Ovor 10,000 Mon, and an Aggregate Value at the Mines of Nearly $10,000,000. fe Chicago Tribune, with Statlatica Com- Trion Jor te Ginchat dnd authentic Suurecds} In fowa that group or aries uf atrata ealled by the geologists “ tho coal niensures ” fsprubably front 400 to 509 feet in thickness, measuring vertically, ut the general posl- tenof this formation is not exuctly horizon- fa, There Is u general Inctination down- ward, or *dip,? from each toward the west nidsauthwest whieh would probably aver- age trom te to four feet to the infle, "Thera ate, of course, many places where in fimited dltriets the dip may seem to bo horizontal, orventoward the east, but the general tend- ency of ntl the coal-benring a3 well as ater formations ts to dip to tho southivest. Fur conventence of description the Zeologists have divided this 409 or 690 fect of “ cont measures” into three groups—viz.3 the Supper,” “Samtdite,” wand “lower coal meng- uns” Eneh of these groups embraces a great muy strata of" various formations. of rocks that are usually associnted with the bedsorseams of conl, In somu places the *cgal measure” 1s barren of any seam of toal of suflicient thickness to be worked profltably, but as n general rule each of thesa groups of con! nieasures carries & senm or ded of coal that is one of the chief character- fotles of that coal measure wherever It may exist THE “LOWER” COAT, MEASURE Isthe one which in Lown is now produclng: the great bulk of the coal raised in the Stute, The general thickness of this lower coal measure Js probably 159 feot, rnd it has been found In many places to carry three scams of coal, these seams of coal being at yarious distances averaging from thirty to fifty fect, apart. ‘Tho average aggregate thickness of tho seams Is probably twelvo fect, ‘The “middle” coal mensure also carries three (or four) seams of coal, but they are all thin, ya- tang from sixteen to twenty-four inches, anditls only when thoy can all be found in such close proxlinity ns to be worked ns one want that they are profitable, ‘fhe “* upper”? toal measure carries so faras yet known ouly one suai af coal from sixteen to twen- ty-four inches thick, ‘Thesu three coal meas- ‘ures He overlapping each othor Jike shingles: on aroof, the lower one projecting trom fifty toseventy-five miles northenstivard past the edgvof tho middle one, and the middle one projecting northeastward an average of say fifteen miles beyond the edge of the upper ont. Tho eastern or outcropping odge of thls upper cont measure ny be approxi- mately traced by aline drawn from Contre- villo Inthe southeastern part of the State, northwestward, through Charlton, Guthrie Centre, and. Audubon, ‘The castern or outcropping edge the middle coal measure may be aporosioncaly imeed by a line drawn from the southenst comer of Appanoose County to the City of Des Moines, thence twelve miles further northwest, and thence twenty-five miles to tho west, e" TUE RANTERN On OUTCROPPING THE LOWER COAL MEASUR may bo approximately traced by a line drawn from the Clty of Fort Dolgze to Eterna, thenee southward to the contre of the north Inv ot Jasper County, thonee southeastward {oa point three or four miles west of Wash- ington, in Washington County, and thenco south to the south boundary of thp State, ‘The northwestern boundary of .thiy cont field has never been determined, but it may beupproshuately Indieatod by a line drawn frum Fort Dodge ‘through Andubou ‘to Clarinda In Page County,. _Uutvestdes thls area there is an outlle in Scott County, 100 mites east of tho cnstorn Jinit of the Nel as ubove deseribed. In the article on the Ulnols , conllold, printed In ‘Tun ‘Camus a weok ago, ft was mentloned that this epost of conl In Scott County did not properly belong to the Iowa Coated, ‘thts mention was made be causoin all the Intermediate 100 miles be- tween the Iowa field as described, and tho Scott County mines, the sub-enrboulfurous tucks come to the surface and show that there eaniot bs any doposit of the cont Measures to vonnect the Scott County mines With the general field of the State, IT 15 A CURIOUS FACT that In both Llnols and Towa the dip of the coul measures is awey from the Misslssippl River. In Lowa tho soams.of coal which sre nitved In Jefforson and Wapello Counties atadepth of from fifty to sixty fect are only found ut a depth of 150 feet In Chariton and Avpanoose Counties, forty or fifty ulles fur Wer westward, In Mlinois the scams which ate worked in Sangamon County have an Werngo dip to tho eastward of six feet per hile, and tha seam of coal which 1s worked Madepth of fifty fect in MeDonough Coun- {s presumed to be several hundred feat be- Pad tho surface seventy-live miles eastward, the rising grade of those seams of coal in fpetwo States were curried out to a meeting ‘i Would probably be at a loval several hun- red fet ubove the lovel of the AMflsslsslppt tives But thoss coat mensures are fori a- ie Of very revent date as compared with mndencttbonlferons rocks that everywhere tenet than, and {f thasa subcarboulferous In vethid Sworndenuded of theconl mensures oth States tha course of the Alastasipl or ate island to Keokuk would be that dlstunee vf Tae the summit of a ridge, A wari aad tulles both to the southesst- the yall | suutiiwestward the depression of Tow tho ev etttd be Crom 400 ta G00 foot be- W th presont surfa vor, my urface of the river, of EDGE OF tm REA AND FRODUCT OF THE IOWA COAL FIELD $3 ,Above described fy about 10,700 square ails, Ng sulituy or" boring lisa yet ben southwestern quarter of the Biate to prove-bevond question thut the lower Ista eisures jo exist there, Lut the une wut euble dip of all the coal strita to the regu nest Milords as much ground for the Tuluption that they will be found there cate peining ws there “was for the same Ysuption Iuregard ‘to the coul seams In ani {thin tho limits of the Lovee flelds there es, or lhe counties and parts of coun. tow geavilch twenty-five are producing coal Beat! eater or less extent. Bealdes these ty coalprouUty, naking 4 total of twonty-slx f inhroe icing counties. ‘Che total number any of Uretaese counties isu little over +, of course very small af- : falry, but Show at least that the coal is there for the development of a ining product of the Ts80, wos 1 3H57; While the total product of cont in Lowa in the year to diane, 1890, was only about one- third ns uel as in that part of Mlinols north of the north Mne of ATanuu pit County, AL nitest be mibernd that this Industry in fown, and especiatty in, Southwestern Lowa, Js comparatively new. it is only within a, few yeurs Unat (thas been belleved that the lower cont nenstres extentled se far to the southwest. Ju refereney te the probable future supply of Narthorn [tnols, it wits es- Minted thatthe eoal-feht embraced ay ares OF 18.804 syttare intles, and that after making n deduction of over one-half of this for the vrosion of the streams ani other causes that had either earrled away the con! or prevented its deposit, there was at feast 0,000 sqttire. jniles Gist might be estimated te carry n four- foot seam of conl, and tint this deposit would faen n 10,000,005 tons ver annum for 3,000 CNH. twill bo seen that the Iowa conl fletd is nenrly equal in extent with that at Northern AMinols, and after making a similar deduce ion from its ares we may estimate that it will bear an verage of six fert of eoal over $8,000 square infles of tha field, and would therefore contain in the aggregate even i renter future supply than the fleld of Northern [iinofs, ‘the conl seams of ows have been regard edt by ming operators ag less satisfactory aud more ttneertaly than those of Ulinols be- cause they dhl nov run so evenly. ‘The coal Instond of lying In continuous beds of even ‘The total tle for tha year to June, tons, nnd regular thickness was belfeved to Tu7 More Tn basing and pockets,” which were able to give out, But this character for the Jawa coal seas has been acattired mostly on the experience of the seams about Fort Dodge and in Bvone County. The mines here fre on the extromo nortndustern cage of tho fend, wod it wilt probably bo found by’ longer ox- perience that those boar the same relation to tna more southern portions of the teh) that tho uilnes fu Mock Island County do to tne rest of tho nufs thord, WENSTEM COUNTY. ‘Tho most northern coal minus in the State are in this county, focated near Fort Dodge, ut Col ville and nt Lehigh, Tho principal or workabio in of ont Varies from threo and a half to five wt tho diferent mines, but the average thickness uw Nettle over four feet. At Contvilio the shaft of tho Fort Dodge Cont Com- puny is operated with tho most timproved Iniehinos and oon 8 large sonte, Je- sides this there ara nt Coulville no teas than sixteen thor sinalice minos worked by Blopes, ind produelnyg from 2,00) to 8,000 tons por Annum ouch. Lehigh t# exclusively at coal-mine ing town, i narrow-sugo ratirond having been built from Judd Station, on tho Illinois Central, down to Lehigh for the express purpose of bring- Jugs out the cual, The whale mimber ot mines in the county at tho close of 158) was twonty-tive, nnd the total produgt of coul for the yeur to Juno J, 1880, was 10,000 tons, WAMILTON, COUNTY. ‘Tho seam of coal worked at Lehigh, in Webster County, extends into Hainiiton, and fs worked at Homer aud possibly fn.a very ‘sual way) nt Sow ottior points cust of that “place. Hut owing to tho greater supply nt Coutvitie und at Lenigh, where tt {s more necessivio than in Hatntlton, the coul deposits of that county have not been de- veloped, ‘The totat product of tha county for tho yuur to June, i850, was not above 4,000 tous. HAUDIN COUNTY ison tho extromoe northerstern border of tha Productive conl-tield of tho Stata, On tha Town River, two inites north of Eldoray the three Reus of coul that are known in Webster Coun- ty are found, but very much thinned \out and lyhug in busing so that thoir thickness Is very tr- regulur, ‘The thickuess of uny of tho workable aqumis fs about two teet, butowing to thelr ir- regularity and the trouble from witer the oparn- Uon of tuo mines is expensive. Coal communds aligher prico here at tho mines than at any: pthor inves In tho States of Jawa or Wkly. ‘Tho product of four mines in oporttion during tbo year to Jane. 1890, was 3,135 tons, MARSHAL, COUNTY, Cont has been recently discovered ten or twelva nillos northwest of Marshalttown, but Is not worked yet to any extent, HOONE COUNTY, ‘There are two warkable seams of cont in this county, the prineipat onoof which averages about four feet thick, and Is oxteasively worked at Hounesborauch and at Malagoun by shares a little over 100 feet deep, ‘Theraure alsosome fow small inines by drifts inte the upper seam, whic ty two and a hnif to three fect thick, ‘Thore is ren~ sun for bolloving that the greater portion of tho aren of tho county Is underlald by both of those: seams, At Zenorvillo a three and a quattor ton four-foot seam is worked by siopes, ‘There were thirteen mines in operation in the county in tho yer to June, 180, and thelr totul product wus 50,000 tons, ij GREENE COUNTY, ‘Though Immedintoly west of Boone County, witere the sens uf coal aro heavy und exten? aslye and profitably worked, the sumo serns do tot ovcur in Grecno County its fur as yet discov- erod. Thoy muy yet be found att groater depth, but the sean whiel Is now worked by four dif . ferent shafts, two or three miles southwest and northwest of Itiploy, docs not averuge two and half feat {n thicknoss, und {8 not over sixty to soventy-tive feet below the general surface. The total number of mines in operation nt the close of 1860 was four, and tholr total product in the year to June, 1880, was nearly 7,000 tons. r GUTHRIE COUNTY. This county carries a thin seam of coal from twolve to sixtcon Inches in thickness, Known In that loculity as * Panora coal.” 1tis an entirely different seam from auy that are worked tn on of tho countiea north or cast of Ht. Several milnes, by drifts and eballow shatts, have been operated in this seam near Panors for ten or twolve yeurs, to supply the lminediate local dee mand, but tho total product of tho county ut no thine exceeded 1,600 or 2,000 tons, DALLAS COUNTY. . ‘The coal seam known in Guthrio County ne “Pavora coat" and ulso anothor thin seam (fourteen to twenty inches thick) of good quull- ty, known as Loneduto coal,” ure worked In this county four or itye miles’ northwest, from. Adol, Nour edilelt also are othor banks and rifts Into athres-fovt seam, whieh bas bevn worked for nbout titeon yours to supply tho Joa) domund about Redield, io OnIY iin= portunt ming tn tho county is that of the Chicn- yo & Vau Meter Coul Company at Van Moter, on tho Rock Island & Paeltio Ruilroad. Yho total product ot the county in the yeur to Juno, 188), ‘wus probably 13,000 tons, POLK COUNTY, Tho cont product of Volk County fs notsa large us the appourinco of tho cunt trafic at tho City of Des Molnes would woum to Indicate, from the fact that a good deal of coal raised in Mari- on and fuer Couutien is sold bore, All the nitnes of Polk County are ulso concentrated tm- inedlutcly urotud the outskirts of the city, and sever oven within the city Iimits, ‘Tho sean worked In tho inajerity of “those mines {3 tho BatgD As worked ut Radilold, in Guthrio County, and rangbs from throo to wnree aud 4 halt feet thiok, Int ata greater depth thore is Another and thickur senin, (In tog siutt of Gare vir & Walters, fn Must fos Molnes, down ninoty~ ono foot, the seunt is said te average between, four and a half und tive feot thick.) Thera were fourteen mines in operation im thts county at tho closo ot 188), only five of which wera of muoh finportance. Tho total product of tho county inthe yeyr to June, 180, was probably W,00U tons, JASPER COUNTY, Thero wero twenty-one con! mines In opera- ton in this county ju tho year 1880. OF thoae the sixtoun most finportunt ones are Mstrivutud along tho valluy of Skunk River, from uw pulnt nbout three miles northwoss of Colfax to Kenge nor Stallon, near Monroy, The three minos uorthweat uf Colfax are operated by sbarts frow forty to sixty fevt deep. Near by all tho other mines In the county are worked olthor by slopor or drifts, Tho beaviest production in uny one tocullty is along the ruilway for ubout four niles south of Newton. This ifstriet pro- duyad in tha year to Juno, 1880, fully two-thirds: of tho 74,500 tons produced tu tho county that: yeur, lnall tho wosturn half of the county thn geam ot coul varied from three and n halt to four feot in thickness, Hut in the banks worked near Lynnvillo the seam 18 only. twenty-two Inches’ thick, Going dircotly gtiat trou, this point there {sno point whero coulis produced within 100 tatles until wo come to SCOTT COUNTY, Tight mites west from Davenport, and two inilus north of. New Buffalo, theru {sa lttlo dis- trict toree or four miles squure which bears a suum of coal averaging throu feat in thlokness nud ut Oh avoriga aepth of w little over titty {vot bolow the surface. In thle district are lo- cuted five shafts ranging from forty-five to wlxty-vo fect in dopth. ‘Tho total product of those for the yeur fo Jung, 1820, was 14,500 tous, + KEOKUK COUNTY ison the oxtremv vastern edgoot the product- ive voal-telds in Central Lowa, Tho seam, whieh Ms from xe end one-half ta threo and one-hit feut thik at What Cheor, aud extenshely worked by seven or cight imines ut that pluco, ‘thing out, crops out, and disappears at German Crouk, audut threo Tullos cust of Slmouruey, At tho closy of 1580 thors were fitteon mines in operation within w rudiug of four tnites trom the Zown of What Cover, Five of thaay wors now mines opened in the summer aud fall of 1380, ‘Cho discovery of coul at this point In any considerable deposit 13 of comparatively recont date. ‘The latest State gealogicul survey dis- couraged tho hope of any such discovery, and it wag, thoratore, w considerable sururiie to oven the ‘geulogists that tu 17 the Valuable do- Rosita ut What Cheer wore found ta exist. ithia tho ladt a tho Town of What Chocr bas sprung up with w rapidity reaumbling that of some of the naw ming towns in Colorado and Arizona, and Ite appearance presenta tho same amplitude of now Unpainted wooden Ho newest town on the Northern allway, Of the olghtecu wiues in operation in the whole gouty at the cloiy uf 1850 only thirteen wero in operation In dune, .aud nearly alt of these (except one at Biyournoy aud two ut a polnt twe uilles south of Delta) hud been opened within the yeur Up to Chat tine. ‘Cho total product of the county for tho yeur vo June, 1880, was 4. but f the reascus above given would probably be at Jeast twice as much for the yeur to June, 18h, MAMASIKA COUNTY ig the heaviest producing county in tho State, the product of tho thirty mines in the county | fown—and particularity the Contral Hnslroad of for tho year ta June, 188), being just about AHOOH tons, “The seams of coal in this county ‘vary from three to wx feat (n thickness, and are heavicat wong the Valley of the Deas Mofnes and tho fine of the Keokuk franet of the tock fal. ond Latroad between Pella and Eddyyille. Tho heaviest producing ming i the eounty (and to cond honviestitt the Stat unt nt Mac nock, whieh t4 worked by aley ned pradite over one-third of tho entire product of the county in tho yeu, MARION. COUNTY, though by no means tho heavioat producer In the Slate, cortulnly has the heaviest deposita of ec Tn Marion, as tn Mabraska and Wanello Countioy, there ara three rents oF Gon. "These nly io the diferent countics, burt the itvernyo nugregate thickness of the the senmus Is about twelve fect. Tho avernze thick- oC all the atratn of rock and onlin tht partof tho coal-menrure forinution whieh ear- Hes those three sins is about 3) feet. The Upper one of thoso Ronms crops out In many of the hiltsides, and its average depth heluw tho surface ts probably iifty feet, Tt wil, tharefare, ‘be sven that thorg are probably many places in this district whero nsheft is) feet deep would penetrate nll threo of the senins of ‘cou At n polnt on White Breast Creek, two milles north of Knoxville, & fonrefout soam of coal 18 ex= posed for i distance of balf a the Des Molnes River, the further north, there are two aeams of coal, tio fect and one seven feot thick, both exposed fn the iver bunk some Itty or alxty fect nbove. tho level of the river. Near Maryvilte thore are sovorit jalnos operated in sons from 1h seven feotin thickness, and « shart diytanea west of Maryvilio is adrift Into a scam twelve feet thick. ‘Thore aro mines In every township in Marion County, aud tha untira aren of tho county fs probaily underlald by soutns of coal averaging rom alx to efeht fect In thickness. Tit tho nl resources OF the euunty have Hever been developed, owing to the fret tat Marlon ts sure rounded on every side by othor sca eyircoiietiy counties, Those stand in the way and Intereept stho coal trate iu supplying the enstern and northern parts of tho Stute which nro destitute ofcoa, Tho demand on the Mactan Cauity inines fa thorefure confined almost wholly to tho: focal consttmption in the county, and a small supply to tho railronts, Hut when’ the Jnarens- fg demand ror coal in the northern nnd eastern parts of tho State renches inty Marion County, alarger supply will provably come frut there thanany other county. At present the most Important mines in tho county are at Flagler, where fully two-thirds of the entire product of tho county In tho year ty dune, 1850, was tulsed. ‘Tho total product of tho gixty'inines in the county war nenrly 60,000 tone, Many of thee mincs, however, tre only worked for a few months in the winter, und some hive not been worked for a couple of years in couse: quence of the low price of coal. WARREN COUNTY. Thosenms of con! worked fn Warren County fre much thinner than In Murion. The upper seam, which fg worked by drifts fn tho vicinity ot Lucom and Indinuola, 18 only fram tfteen to twenty inehus thick, and yot fa worked ton very” gousiderubic extent to supply tho foal demands, ‘The other seam, worked Ly'shutts fifty to sixty feot deop ut Summersot, Carlisi, and othor pisges, is three feot six inches to three feot eight nehes thivl. ‘The sixtcen mines fn the county: produccd 17,057 tons in the year to June, 1380. In this county we find the largest produslug mine in the State, belg that of tho Wattebrenst Coal Company at Cteveland, ‘The shaft is the deepest it the State, bewte | feet, Tho mle, also, 13 Hghted with un electele Uebt, being tho only one in ise in wny coal mine tn elthor Il. nolgy or Iowa. The product of this shattin tio your to June, 188), wus, 125,0K) tons. Tho Farm= ers’ Codperative Coal Compuny at Russell nave a sbuft of nearly the sume proportions, but tho minu has not been operated to nny extent sy Boaldes, thore ara etait snail drifts within aix iiles north of Charitan, ‘These operate in an eighteon-ineh seam. Tho total product of the county In the year to June, 1880, was 128,000 tons. MONKO! COUNTY, Thore aro comparatively fow ematl mines f this county, tho total number of all classes b ing ulne. ‘Those arc located in tha vicinity of Albia, Frederick, Avery. and Contitoli, and aro mostly operated by suntte, The total product of the county for the yenr was 147,000 tons, WAPELLO COUNTY. Tn this county there are, a8 in Marion and Ma- haska, three seams of conl. The upyer xeam uyorager two foot thiel, and crops out nt vari- ous points. The second sean averages four fect, and is thirty feet below tbe upper one. ‘Thy third seam averdyes ive and a int fect thick, anid is about sixty feet bolow the second. At tho close of 1880 thera were about twenty-three mines in operation In the county, ‘The greatest: nitmber of Chase ttre tocated or a lite froat Ot timwa, through Kirkyille, to Eddyvitie, in the northwest quurtor of tho ‘county, but there is also one important ono at Lrddsdale, near Eldon, in tho southoust corner of tha county, At. the Intter place tho sein nyerages three fest thick, ond at Kirkville four to four and aha feot thick, and at Eddyville three and nbalt feet. Lhough so abundantly supplied we a depusits of coal, tho resources of eounty in this respect have never been doveloped, ‘The mines have been worked almost exclusively to meot the local demand for consumption In the county, Of the'dozun mines in tho Vicinity of Kirlcvillu, thore are very fuw ‘that hive beon worked for moro than thres or four montha tn the winter, The vest af tha yoor they wre idle. The total product of tho county for the yoar to June, 1680, was only about 35,00 tons. JEFFERSON COUNTY, The most Important mining locality In tho county 1s at Pertee, wheru there are two shafts that produce nearly three-fourths of tho entire atnount riised in tho county. Lhe next most important point is at Conlport, where the line of tho Chicago, Buriiugtou & Quingy Ratlronl erosecs the eastern Hino of the eoutys ut Weat of Fairtictd, within a distance of soven or cight iniles, there ure also tyelvo smaller inincs,, the totul number in tho county. bein fifteen, Tho depth of shafts throughout tho county Tunges from forty to soventy feet, and tho thickness of tho senm worked Ht all tho mines ayoragea threo and one-half feot, Tho towel product for tho yeur to June, 1840, was 40,100 tons. HENRY COUNTY, ‘Thore are some drifts worked fora few months in the winter at Ulleborongh, In the extreme soutbwestorn corner of tho county, but only for nm very fitfted focal consumption. The total Product was not ubovo HN tons tor tie year, Tha county fa mainly outside of the coal Held and Gan not be expected to over preduce much, VAN BUREN CousTy, Almost the entire county is und8rlatd by ono or more scams of cou, averaging from threo And one-quarter to four feot thick. But, owing to tho ract that tho coal na yet docs not tind any vonstdorabio market outsidcof the local de Inund in tho county and tho fow larger towns pists outeldn of tho county, {ta cout rotourees have Hever been dayelonedl, The most fupor- tunt mines nro nt Doud'’s Stutiou, Hoyer's Sta- don, and near Farmington. The throd mines ut theso three points: byoduced 14,000 tons in tho Your to Junie, 1830, and thie would cover the vue tire produvt of the county, with. tho uddition of little produced near Keasauqua—say 500 tons nore. DAVIS COUNTY. Alltha north part of this county Is presumed to bo undorlaid by n seam of conl from threo and one-bult to four feet thick. The local domund far it is, however, very ight. Wood fs to bo hud yun nvaragy prico of $3 por cord, and this ts tho prinolpul fuel of the citizens of the county. Mines taye therefore been openctt, only where thoy wero required for railway use, ‘Chu only two in the county ure newe Vloris, in the north= ‘enst part of tho county, and thelr entire product for tho yeur was 5,500 tons, ALPANOOSE COUNTY. Centrovilte fs tho centro of the mining Indus: try in the county. ‘There are ton ralnes within wradius of yoven mios, Several of them have shorts that nro from 160 to 100 tect deep, At Contraville the seam of coal averages three fout thick. At Hilitawn, on the extreme southern boundary of the county and of the State, the wnino thickness of sou is worked by drifts into tho hillsides, Tho total number of mines in tho county at tho close of 1880 was sixtaen, and tho total product was about 61,00 tons. WAYNE COUNTY, ‘The same scams of coal worked in Appanooso County extend into Wayne, and mines are in operation at Kniffon and somo other points, Bur thowe vro all worked by drifta in n small way, and ure not operatod atall in tho summor, ‘The total pegduct of the county ts probably 2,000 tons in tho yoar, Gong westward from NVayno Counts wo find no production of coal for ninety stles, which brings ua te the wostern border of TAYLOM COUNTY, At Hnwloyyillo « seam of cual only sixteon Invhes thick ts worked in threo different’ mines: At an ayorage depth of twenty-five foot boiow tho surfaco, thelr ugeregute product for the yoar boing about U,100 tons, ADAMS COUNTY by twolve mines in tho vicinity of Carbon and Quinvy fu tho northwest pure of tho county, und eu further north by w shaft in thy extreme northwest corner of the vuunty, The total praduut of theso thirteon minow in tho year to Sane, 1850, was 8,087 tons. > é PAGE COUNTY. Two mites southwest of Cinrinda thoro ai soveral shufta from fifty to slxt ating to tho sume sixtoun-li worked Iu taylor County, aad hve. miles south weat of Ciarinda {a unother shufe 12) Coot deep to the vamothinseam. The axgregaty product of all tho solnes i the county for the yeur to June, was 5,700 tons, Following up the Vatley of the Nodaway wo Dnd the same seam worked. TUE AGGUEGATE OF IOWA AND NORTHERN ILTANOI, Aa stated in another place, tha numbor of coud» minos in Jows ig ubout Wu. In Linols tho totul number north of eerie County isabout 00, tuk log a total of 9W0 in tho two Btatus. - ‘Tho sotul product of tnvsy wnines in the year, to June, 1880, was ovor 5,000,000 tons, AB atitted {nthe articlo on ‘tho, coul-product | ot Atinots, increased severity of the winter of 1880-'3i, and -the inoreasing demand from the revivul ‘of mining industries, made a much groater demand for and product of oval in the year toJuny, 18d), But the ine orcaso in Lowa was not so yrowt wa fu lillnols for ‘two reasong—viz.; ao Tt was more diltioult to Ket tho labor there than in Iitluols, @) The railways wolch carry tho coal to Ue nosthoastera pct of Towa—were either blocked by stow oF disabled hy Hoods for st fonwer period than the content. ryIng rowdsin fiiluels, | For those ronson It swould neem that an eatiionte of 1 per cont wold cover tho inerense fn the fown product tty the year to June, 188}, over that to dune, PS, whlel: would pince the praduetfor the year to. Dine, IM, at, aay, 1472125 tons, ind thug make tho total’ praduet ‘for fowa and Northern It iuls abont 400),000 tong for the nttor your. At average day's work fora inkier is from rand one-hut ta thees tons. Ff we put it at. tong it will he seen that the production of NO tong required LLU dayy’ work, yir'a work fur 84x) mine beste tisers below grout, there are other labeare ers und employés about every mine It tho ratio Of about one to overy els or aeven miners, so that tho produet of tha coal represented tho Your's work of about 10,000 mon. % W. Ly Fawcett, GOSSIP FOR LADLES. SONG, when tho Summer comes, warm and fair, Ll grow strong in the perfumed air, , Leball be happy beyond compare. Waite }9 the anu, 7 Matter the winds Hweet love (ah, wol) It fs left bebind. Love, In the Winter white Eeball forza ‘Chis hoavy weakness, thls vain rexret— “Md tha enol arifts Fit pe apps yet, Kod roses biow, Sliver the moo! Sweet love (ih, wol) Jeu broken tune, Nover fm Winter flakes, pailld and clilll— Never Jn sumoner, with Diossoming thrill, Shall shy Joy vome o'er the sunrise bill, Uniler the snow Lio rgos, In sleeps Sweat love (uh, wot) It fy burled deep, Ava.5. Fassy Driscont. A FAMOUS BEAUTY, Mrs, John 1% Grymes, whose death was ree cently telegraphed from Parls, was a notable wontn, She was tha famous beauty and helle uf the Territory of Louisiana ay Miss Bosqne, nnd of the new Slate of Lautslana ns the widow Chilborne, the relict of tho first ‘Territorial and. State Governor of the State, and on tha death of thet eminent and Ie mented gentionan as the wits of the most Matinguished lawyer in the dtate. Mss Bosque was born in New Orteans on the 11th of August, 1706, She was oft funlly of Span- ish deseent long settled in Louisiana. She Vosques were wealthy and commanding peo- we who lived Jn grand styly ina Jarge aml elegant oll mansion in the lower’ sub- urh of the elty, ‘There were several sons and daughters of the family, all rentarkable Tor thelr great personnlle leauty. ‘Che sous negiired the reputation of great prowess and courage and of a too-strong tendency to resort to the duello to deters miine all controversies In whieh they might be fnvolved, and sometimes, ib was believed, to test the cournge of persons who might eross the path of their ambition to be re- gurded and Jooked up to as the champions and chevallers of the old population. In several of the most noted fatal duels which oceurred In that: era the Bosques were proml it netors, each one of the brothers, wo bellove, having killed hla man, Aside from this ebaructeristle, the Hosques were famous for their hospitality. They kept opon house. ‘Their elegant catabilshment in the vicinity of the bat~ He-Held of Chalmette, and during the #tirring and exeiting events of Gov. Claibornu's Adittns istvation of the erritorinl Government, was tho resort of the prominent men of all parties fu tho State. Even as carly ag 1811-15 tho lovely daughter of tho house, Miss Rosquo, tnd anatured into beautiful woinan and was the yrent nttraction of the gallunt aud distinguished men who clus- tered around the young Governor of tho State, Gov, Cluiborne was thon a young mun, not hav fo reached his 40th year. Io was, howover, twice a widower. When bo camo to tho State, under an appointment of resident Jeffersun, ho brought with him his young wife, a Vennes- sco lady, eminently endowed with all tha vir~ tues and charins which coull adorn her high stution, ‘The fate of thls youn lady was an unhappy and mournful ofe, oe bud a lon, hard fight with the creole poputution and suc- ceeded In enrrying bla points, But hls victory was uchicved through many sorrows and nililee tlous, ‘Tho firstof thoso was tho denth of his Mttle daughter, followed ina few days by that of his ‘Tennersce wife, und In ten days thero- after bis brotuar-in-law aud private secretary: was killed [na duck. aA plain murble shaft, erected fu the Protestant cornor of the old St. Louis Cemetery, on Bustin stroct, recor theirsayveral deaths. ‘That of young Micajah Lowls records the fact of his death on tho 10th of January, 1, ino duet, The duel grow out of a demand by young tho writer of a communication to the N euns Gazelle rotlecting very grosely upon tho Governor for his conduct to bis wife, ‘Chere never was a geosger libel printed, Afterward Gov, Claiborne ralited tha Crealo population to bls support and yielded lo thoir customs and tastes, Ilo married Mist Duralde, who was connected by marriage with Hours Clay, the Kentucty atatesinan. From this union sprung tho lute dlatinguished W, C. Chubarne, Shortly after tho birth of the latter tho Guy ernur was ugaln a widywer, During tho War of 1812 Gov. Claiborne was brought under tho intlucnee and fascination of tho beautiful Miss Hosque, to whom he was att- anced. and who becntus the third hidy of the splendid crete which was gathored around bin, Never wus tho high position of (ho fudy of tho Oirst Governor-cluct of Loulslana moro graces fully titled than by his uew creole wife, Alter filling threo several tering Of the Governorship of the State, two undur tho Torriturtil nnd ong under tho Stute Government, Gov, Claiborne waa olectud Senutor from tho State, He never Hived to uccuipy thls exalted position, but, to the reat grief of tho whale people, was Utken alide denly stek, and died tu 1817, in New Orleans, His widow, with ber two children—the Jute Charles Claiborne, long Clerk of tho United States Court Ja Now Ortouns, and who had titled miuny other ollices In thy State and Clty Governments, and whe died some yours uga tn Cuba, and Stra, Marte deville Marigny—procecded to Europe, whero she rosidud forgome tine in Parts, supervising the oducnuon of her young children, Noturning to Latisiant some time in tho twenties the widow Ciaiborno resumed her for- mer position inaoalety tn thisclty, Mer splen- did enduwments of ‘beauty, wit, spirit, grac und fascination of manner had matured and ¢: panded, and now ake wos tho acknowledged inmost beautiful widew as sbo had bean tu her the lovellest young dimeat in Loutsinnn, host of udinirors hor choles for her second venture tn mutrinuny fell upon that datingulahed Inwyor, Jobn i. Gryuics, wu gay Unehelor of most fiposing and clegant bearing, #reut davotlon to fushion und endowed with the uta nt and chivutrlo trults characteristly of tho ‘yin eavatior, Jt was x part of tho gossip of tho day that, the beautiful Widow Claiborne conquered’ tho ht % ¢ yeitarked bachelor- dom of tho omtucnt lawyer by her atten- ons to bim during bis continement from a severo tructuro of one of hia legs, cause by an i aes of w buxey in a drive trom the - race feld, The murciage ‘of the Widow Clat- borne to tho Oritiaut fawyer John Ut. Grymas Wits aD ovent uf almost a8 much soclut impor: tines and delat as her previous marriage to the frst Governor of the Site, ‘Tuo marrlod lifo of cho yew couple was for sovoral years a nappy. one, Beveral ehildron wero born to thom. ‘Theol atylo of ving was an expensive and liberal one, thelr entortuiumenta ona grand and wistful bealo, At lust, howover, there enine somo inters ruption of tholy domestly relations, and in 1834 Slra. Gryines, with tho full RUpTN AL OF her husband, romoved to New York in order to su- Porintend the education of her chitdren, Pure chasing a villa nad large grounds on Staten Taland, whore there was but a seul sattlemont and mall linprovements, dirs, Gryines lived tn wroat seoluston for snany years, dovottng her- well to tho renring of her young family, Jn this retired cea-girt ‘iwlo urow twa lovely and attractive duuybtors—ouo, Sedoru, #0 idotlzed by hor father Wat her unamo was over on bis lips, and the presence of her medulllon on is wold anutf-box wus indisponsably to bla suce cessful and elfective delivery of thove ade! able argumente bo was required by his lar practice to uddress to courts und juries. So- dora, atter ronobing womanhood, married th tandus Banat Ward, thon of the great and woulthy thrm of Prime, Ward & King. ‘Tho tuur= lage Wos hot a happy one. ‘The great tirm broke. san Ward becnme u club anu of fash~ fon and gomowbat of an adventurer, bon vivant, gud Bohemian, | Finully he turned up as king of the lubby in Washington City, Medora re- Ured with Ber gon to Vuris, whery Bho resided for many youry, Thodeath of ber son, yours Ward, was foltuwod ina fow months by that of tho mother, and thus the handsome compotvucy: thoy posscased enured to dire, Gryinca, Whu ao- companied ber duughter to Parla, whore she lus over ance resided, with frequent visits aod long sofourvatu Nico, Tuy. Tho other daughter of Mra. Grymes marriod the wealthy banker, Von iHoltmgn, of Now York, Bnd this sdcurod great happiness und good Cort- unu, ‘Che daughter by this marriage ie tho young hidy whose murrlage to one of the woalthe Juat Wd most distinguisbud noblemen in Kurvpa Was deserted aoe thine uxe jn the European Journuls as an ovent of great celebrity hi the uristovratie virglus of Bt. Potersbury and Berlin. OF the fortunes of the other children of Col, Grymos we buve uo Information, ‘The great old lawyor and Demoorat died tt 18865, In extreme but’ digaltied Paveelys Ho bad tmpovorished Rimaclt to build up bie family, Hie widow gure 5 vived him twenty-five y period and to extreme: old nage Inarkable degres the tracy of Ut grace Which once wielded 20 pow ener over the strong: Hera and intellects of Louisiann, FRENCIE WEDD! OUTFITS, The fundamental aud elassie part of the frousaeatt or wedding outfit 13, of eaurse, in Franen is'linen. Modern Itens are sitizats wg the proportions, however, and some peo: ple even Inigh at the stores of Hnen deemed ieevssnry in provions generations, A spundent In the Magarin dca Demoiaetter speaks of tn aunt of hers who had inher ont fit twelve dozen pairs of sheets, mnkhag tn all two lamidred and elghty-elzht sheets, and ns many dozen tablecloths and table napkins; and says that her aunt was delighted when sho Inherited from her famtly ieestra half dozen palrs of sheets and a: few more dozen table nupking, ‘The linen Mled one wing of the country house, and much of It was wort without ever having served: for linen wears without being used—tho folils of it ent, as the dozens of sheets and towels, ete. He piled in the enphourds. ‘Phy, young git to whoin she is writing Is reeelying au install. thent of house linew from her future his band's mother; therefore her friend advises her to buy only six dozen of each detail at householt Hnen—sheets, table-Hnen, towels, ete, as to personal linen she is more empliatle and exteting, and gives her young friend pe full, true, and particular aecount of thu wed- ding. outfit uf a mutual friend, who is the duughter of a womnn celebrated for her elv- xance, The youny brido had, she saya, twelyo dozen chemfeve, six dozen uf which were in tho finest cambrie, riety. embroidered and tehinmed with exquisit Valenciennes. OF course, tho ene brofdery. and Valenctennes free may be apple nd fniinitum, according to tho taste uf the pe son who gives thy order, It is useless to ac. cumufate too much, for finen becomes old fash= foned just ns other fertures of costume da, Look atthe chinze in the fushlon of pettleuats, for Instance, stho hist twenty seus. Theres two dozen short petileouts for short cos. oxen ire peLtleouts ark conelite fuses of the extrava- ‘sth stuld adviser, a nen duzens In allk of pinin, embroilered, spot ted, “and open 3 there wore stockings tn ribbod silk, for weiriug when ridings there wore dozens int tinest Liste thread, pluin whlte, on worked, striped and Covered with flowers. ‘Th etock ings ure intended to go with the thousan and-oue hall-dresses, evening-aresses, luting dresses, ote, that are necessary iu favhtonalite Ute, ithe shearing of faw shoes sind at start sitirts hits brought the stocking jute consider: ble prominence, and young ladies wito have em= 4 sllk tuckings are anxtons to chow and tay be seen elttine with thelr protritdityy in order to effect. the display 1 sury to their happitiess, ‘Thesr siiic stockings aro neersstry tor evening wear, but it Is hy no facuis necessary to thrust one's The dresses “of a wedding 1 rendy-mad cvery winde of he The extraviunint bride to who made had twelve ready-mards: the authority deehires to six, or ¢lght at the smost, are sutiicient—Including tho dresses for everyday weir—for the handsome dresses for” tiit dre: fire presented by the bridegroom. ‘Tho bandkerchicts are, of course, lozent dozens, oF by six dozens; thoy are of at kinds, and there should pen dozen extremely handsome handkerchiefs for frail-er cen sions, A spill sytare of the tinest cambric, edged with a deop tlounce of old Mechitn. i4 all that Is required in the way of haudxerehicls for the wedding day. Then, thre OWNS are Hecessney—one ultri-e other of medium elegance. tho third extremey! kimple: alee, Cor each walking dress there must bon Sort gloves, shoes, bunnel, and parasol to mateb. Then comes the question of the eclebrated eorbeiile de mariize, whieh every Freneb bride- groom Is bound to offer to his bride. In the old days the gifts expect from the brilegroom were faratmpler an every respect. They were presented fae bandsome busket, whence arose tho tert carbellle de mariage, and) consisted: generally of un Tndin steal (ie jsoneroua bride- room gave Dwo Tyla shawls sauAre shiw!), Kor ws hapsu couple'of dozen of yurds of alka, aud 1 pair of solitaire diamund cursrings, Now, how- ever, thines have vastly aitered. ‘To ‘begin with, corboulile, or busket, 1s no longer u basket, but a muagnitivent plece of furniture, which serves asa lasting Arnament ly the bride's new home, ‘Tho corbeilte of the extravagint bride whose trossent tins been mendon eral times was a gorgeous pleee of wuod-cary- ing of the ety fe of Louta XV. that will mate o Uriliiant effect in her rooms, sets of spleadid Inces, Liack and white prieelesy sutin dresses, two Velvet dres: gorgeous opera elonk, two fur pellszes, onE seniskin, the other inguble, with muits to mate! Q xot UF dinmoud ornament, neckiuer, cal rings, brucclets, and brooeh; a Ket of pearl ornt ments, pearis belug more fashionable than din- mons Just now; a watch, a chain, and several bighiy custly articies of faney Jewelry; fans, the most luxurious being a fan in wother-of-peart nnd gold, with a Louty XV. palating on it, ufter Watteau. Among tho fins were two with original paintings of flowers on them signed by the tamour French cotortsts, Another feature of this collection of haudsome Kitts was o dresafng-ende in crystal mounted m silver, nod with the initiuis in silver on tho iid, Inside of |t were bottles, brushes, combs, ates, mounted in tortoise shell god. with initials and crests in ally ‘The pra also presented by the bridegroom, was really 1 wen; the cover was In red morocco leather, the clasp aud tho framework, and the fnittuls and creat in old silver elaborately worked, The out- fit wns, then, it will be conceded, an extromely handsime ole, ‘Of cours, tho ganeral tone of a woman's dreas will be influcneed by the taste of the htus- bund. But fow husbands Ilke to soa tholrwives: in full finery outdoors, and uiways dowdy ut home. Said Jonn Paul,» Verily, [ boieve wom- en ndorn themevives ‘for thelr eneinies even inore than for tholr friends,” und the snytg 13 certainly tru; butthe fact is grossly v and every woman should be ax nuxioi Pear woll at home as out In society, Let her, b: all moans, bave n few pretty dresses in bor ou Nt, and let ber don them proiudly tor her hu band’s sole gratification. In it she found three a lu A FAITHFUL WIFE, Some syears ago there lived in Phitadel- phita thrifty pair, ‘Che husband's busiiess was one that his wife could assist In, so she was In every way his helpmect, besides be- ing his housekeeper and his saying bank. ‘thoy wore happy aud prospering in thelr own Ilttle house—the Philadelphian’s patent fuea of comfort. After a thue the man grew ambitious to get x more showy footing, He took to politics—ns ts the duty of ull citizens when tits means pollties aud water, Untort- unately it was polities and whisky in his case—the sort of ward polities that Is carried. on In the Hquor saluons, Mo grow to be such nn importantinaninthis © combination” that. ho could not uttend to his private business anymore, If this were tho story af “ Mul- hooly,” the rest of It would bo that, in epito of his empty shop and untinished orders, ho went ou petting rich, Bur X was not a high poltticiaa of that kind, 2e was of tho sort nag een ot A mater in tho politicul trado, Mis wife, Tertalone in tho ebop, did bor Dost; but for the very fact that she was alone, that ho was novor seul, oNstOMOTs begun to suspect something. Orders that he had tuken wont wrongs com- plainta wero mado of fost goods that hud been trusted to tim. Sho had to muke thom gout, Hero again, tho story ought to turn that she built up the busingss berseif again, and put up bor own nume usa golo trader, But sbe was a poor, beurt-broken woman, Sho wantad to ros elalia bin, and nat even the business was as fine portant to hor as what had beconio of her buy> Cand ait tie ‘Wduyx aad nibta that bo atuld away from hor. ‘hoy were bule sturved. bit she kept. ip adocene. tippearauce 6ull, kept her children clean, and hurselt tidy. One day strango thing happencd, ‘This respeutable, neat woman, With ber two protty children, made ber appeartnee in the tavorn whero thia man spent ify days. She dil not muke a scone; she did nat come for that. She guictly took her seat there and waltod for Blin. | People eame np to ber und urged bor to go home, say mg that this low drinks {ng place was tio place for her and her children, UYltorever-tho futher atuy's," ano roplled. 44 the place for bis children and for mu." Of course he wus ready soon to xo home. Soute mon would baye been brutal—nave struck or cursed at hor for interference, but this muy wis only weuk, not cowardly, ‘Tho next day ho went to duother place. Shoe followed presently with the bright detteniidron,. tats was kept up for some woeks, The tavernkeepers grow nneat joy could stand the mute witness of the musy weakness, Thuy could not complain of bar, for she did nothing, said nothing—only sat and watcha. Shu did gut cry orentreat while bor husband lounged uptotho bar ta drink, Sho simply sat by, pained und intent, with tho two obitdren” kept very closo’ to her, as-if sho would shut out frow thelr cyow and vara such tuk aud suck eights. No tuvern- Kpopor could stund J, Oug ufter another ros aod to sell Liquur to a mun soguarded, Finulty it beyan to toit on bim—this gentle, talthrul tay nm watch. Ho stopped drinking, dropped his “political” asgoviutes that hn je my to It, and began te turn overs now lout, Re picked Up bis of busiiess azuln, but Noli concluded to move to another place anc wake clean start, Mu {8 now prosperous, und bis experience bs not tho fteust ‘part of bly uaius. ‘hls was tho way one" womun reformed her husband; with never a spoken Word, sho ‘fulrly ahumod hiw out of bls ruin by jotting im soo that whatever hoe sank to thors sho and the children wore bound to bo, and that oven in dauger or foulucss abo still looked to hui to protect thom. For better, for worse, abe had married bin, and eve whey bo took the a2 a er et worse there would sho and his ebiidren be. It was nn appeal to bis tnanhood, and a very un comfurtuhte uppeat to the manhood of all wha stow! aroutl, or who dropped in to drink. — Not f ory wornin—not even na prying one, a8 nn; one could aeo—init, by tho mute uppenl’ of presence there, finally conquering Lor Wi ANd happiness ayains WONDERFUL GOWNS. A Saratoga corruspontent says: ‘The are rivals here daily Inerease, and ng the weather Is wilder than last week the place appenrs to even greater advantage, ng the Jndies do not fear to wear the nitiest. daintiest Inwns and mustinsatall hours of the day, Speaking of files’ dresses and the contrast they as “well as the hotels offer to Sarntoga, ag SE was. in Jackson's Administration, Mrs, Ogle Tay- lor, of Washington, gives me pleasant reul- niscences of her visits tu Sarntoga forty and Mure years age. She came here from Troy, hey native place (ste was Miss Warren, of that city), quite frequently as a young girl She speaks of the Inerense In to splendor of the dressing as wellas in the hotels, None of the latter in her youth tad carpets in the bedrooms. ‘The washstands were common tables; there were no bureats ut diy hotel, ‘but merely smalt tables, sor beneath six: infrrors, Of 4 fashionable young lndy's ward robe sha saya she heard the mother of one bello speak thus: “My daughter basa high capo to wenr with her best silk frock, whieh makes it suitable for breakfast. She Lins a Preach enpe which sho wears with It for dinner, und for the hops inthe eventug shy removes the cape and takes out the long sleeves of herfrovk and Is ready for danelng.” Gowns in those days were rarely made with bigh walsts, but generally with low ones und capes. The sleeves had caps, 0s they were called, at tte top, which made the short slvove when tho Jony.ones, whleb were only Dusted in, were removed. Imuyine a Saratora belle with one sili dress tobe worn all day lang, aud for in ovewtoifal ehinge it resis: Himple white milin gow, NOt ONE AK At present msde, sas tobe covered with face, tuts, and rl bons) What # contrast does this offer to thot who have since come here cael with dure trunks fall of gorzenus tollets tot even the siuplest of which would the owner deiun to desigiate by the goat ofd-fushioned word gown or frock. A “tollet" and xo in the hotels ti watet The bagzage porter at tho Milton, who bus bi with Saratoga hotels (most of the thne with that one) for fifty yeure, mn Indies generally are not bringlig asin as usinl with them this year. They average now vt most fonr apices, where a few yours REO they often brought efut, ‘Tho prevailing fash> Jon of wearthg short dresses parthilly neeounts for the lessening of the inount ur bixgare. ‘The above-mentioned baggagy portar remem= bers when only one trank—and that not 1 tare to contain a iadss Saratoga anint, New York ine ited who has re tad streaves here wi ave af them, She per day, and never while he AG ee ane twlee, Mee dhe eMUERENS om yorgen keeps a fady whe fs fn reduced, t constantly employed in embroider clotitug, Including her stockings, 18 dresses und parasols, A Phtladeiphinn, who seems to he very well in- formed on such matters, telis me that heulles: weir garters embrofdered to mutch (hole aluek- at he sees them a thos yet Mite Or out Hrearrhiyces, Miso he afin that it 1a 1 1 wwith same Indies to wear stockings of ing colors, oe belne blue and the ether nr one red and the otbar black. Oppare Laer vations are nol went lis, hi Ftates, how having brow, nats to tak erent dl is seen to Wwe: mons a nye well as Yor Tsnw a young woman on tne front balcony: of ont of the tirgest hoters at inilday, when the porch as well ns tho street below was full of people, sitthig with her ehuir Gited back against the Wail, and ber fect on the upper rounds of chat Jn front of her, DAN IC! Dau Ulee, the na nnd clown, was In Erle, Ta, the other day, drawn thither by un application fora diverce filed by lis wife, Rebeees Lieve, of Girard, It is claimed by the petitioner tit Dan Ree, In violatlon of Hs marringe-vows, lina will fully nnd maltelousty deserted her fora pee riod of two years without just cause The won now asking for divorcee }s ice's see- oud wife, ‘The first: Mrs, Rice was a ciretis uetress, and shared with Dan his fame when at Hs hight. An event whiel transpired while Rice's show was exhibiting in Erie caused her to apply steessfully for divoree, Two daughters was the result ot this union, hath of whom are now comfortably married, Mrs. Rice after being divorce became Mrs, Warner, Dan Rice woved and won Miss Hebeeen Conucll, of Glrand. a lady miuny years his unter and much his superior in. the: Koch seaty, sa ber father, who wus a weultby bunker byterian deacun, Thought, So bitterly Phosed tothe mateh that he disinherited bis daughter, notwithstanding #be wis in only ebid, it has been stuted by Hlce that he first sw Sliss McConnell ut hia show when an fafant in her nurse's arms, The litte thing evinced such an extraordinusy fnterest: in the perform Anco na to nttenct hls attention, Although thea a married min, he watched ber with special ine terest until she grew’ to womanhaod, After his drat wile procured a divoree Nice won Miss Mes Connell as bia bride. Le was very prasperons for rome yours after his serond mucritge, and erceted weustly mnnsion at Girard, and adorned the grounds stirrouning i, the whole coating someting over $10),00), 1118s Riea went imo bankeuptey, aud bis fortune vanished lke ust, A boy, the very semblance of his father, was tho result’ of, tho seeand marrige. Netore the death of Mrs, Rico's tathor, sume yers to, he relented xumowhat in bis fouling surninst bis daughter, and bequeathed his: property to her olfspring. After bls tlownctal ruin tice grew cold toward pia family, whieh was the cate of his second wife applying for a separation, Rieo's Arat wite still resides in Gleard, wad 1 to by on intiuate tering with Mrs. ico No. 2 FEMININE NOTES. A dapnneso paper states that in Kasalwazaki, Echiga, public lectures are very popular, women huyg become members of political suvie: ues, and earnestly insist upon the necessity of a nadonat assembly, Tho number of women employed in tho rall- way oflices of Austria ts now over 3,000, They get paid from $15to &0a month. Nearly vil of them are clthor the widows, wives, or daughters of defuuet or active male employes on tho df= ferent roads, Two young Indies, Evangelina Bouter, of Aqui, and Caroling Mugtstresii, of SMuntun, who have been studying at tho Roman Univorsity in Raine, Italy, sittca 1877, toxother with students of the mile Kox, have tuken the degree of Doo- tor of Natural Science, Ladies who aro font of color, yet who wish to use white china that hus been bequeathed them, Jutroduce « colored cloth on the tablo—leep red or blue—and cover this with a white cloth that has open pattterns of druwn-work down euch sido, and embroidery in brighter red or blue represouting lod, or quilint little old Bngilab Qyurea wrought In outline stitch: a tank of Jucquemtnot roses, carnations, buttereups, ar other Howors duwa tho contro supplies wddl- tonul calor. The new Huguenot Princess dress—only he- coming ton periect ture[4 cutout aguiro to the nevk, and edged with a white frill at Vene- tun point ince, A dunble string of Romun pearls {9 than worn, twhited about the throat. A very tall, stylish lady recently appeared in this fashion uf dreas, whleb was mare of plata white surah, ‘hero was not tho least trimming upon the elegant towing train, and no ornaments wero Wari ¢: t the rl necklaces and © Bigh Spanish comb, headed by large Irish dine mounds, : ‘The Grecian *tunto Is a decided success. A handsome dress just brought to America ia ot ‘pourl-blossuns satin, ombroldured ti wold, and bs ‘out low in the neck and eauyht up ou tho shoul der with Creoinn medaitlon clas, A Greemn pattern cdgus the neck where it ty cnt low, und desevnds on both sided of the tunie, which opans it the bottom fn. two poplin biaques. A scart, embroidered with @& golden Grecian pat- tern, forms a sortof rouni tablier. From vie der tho shoulder falls a crunellatad tunle, ums broldured in the same design. ‘Thu lower part of tho skirt is entirely tormed of gauze plaittngs. The Httlo town of Fidtangen (Wietembery) hos a brigade of furty-two water-catriers, be+ longing not only to tho fair avx, but also to tho flredepurtiment, Thoy were completely equippe for work (tho tlh water-pails bomp provided by £ them nt thulr own cost), arrayed in thelr best ‘Bunilay-wo-to-moeting costunies, and drawn up fn dine to yo through a regular dei and sho fire before the District Inspector, who could not ‘Dat express himself bighly satiqded. ‘The brig- ade fu divided inte four sands, each squad com. inanded by a’ feuntle Corporal,” wee keepa to rall—tho runk and filo baying tho ori eye of electing such Corporals in the Towns Mall. ‘Of the-condition of woman In this country half acentury or wore ago Eniliy Collins, who wid born iu Ontario County, Nuw York, early tn this contury, saya? “In thogy early days u husband's stipremacy was often enfuroed tu tha rural dis triots by corporat chastisonent, and it was cons wenvo cloth for all the garmente of tho ‘famity. And prey why should not ptier husbund have ennstised heel Tho hiv made it his Prlvtteroy und tho Hible, ns Interpreted, mado tt fis duty.” Mise Pryde, n Indy whose benevolent effortsin behalf of Indigent and atrusaling English gave vrnedses in Waris have made ber name widely Known and respected, deliverod an address ro> cently In London. ‘Tha snbject was tha opens Hlonsduring tho lust ten years of tha Governcsse Institite, of which Miss Pryde {9 bonornry secs retary, tna city, shoe remarked, do misory and Mehea Ite slide by side as itt tho French Capit int no elty wero there so many persous in duend circumstances, among whom worea large wroportion of Enulishwomen, The offorts of charity wero directed alinost exolusively toward relieving the wantsof tho lowest. class, although intteh misery existed among eduented parsons, who were often even tora hulplesa whan Lott destitute, English gitls wero fnduced toapend certain time in Paris In order that thoy might require 1 keowledye of the Fronch janguage, by which tholr services na Rovernesses were sreudered more valuable. ‘This probationary was tt vers’ hi reine ond, boect with temptation: any one who woult bear thig in iniad would recognize tho importance of the work which tho tnatituto hus undertaken, AUTUMN LEAVES, A young Indy rebakingty asks us: Which fa worse, to taco tight or to yet tight?" We give it up—we never faced, Several notable happy marcinges bave been made on two hours’ courtship, but It Isa protty sife rulo to know tho girl for ut least three days und ft pienle, A Mt. Lotts man won't horea-cur tet hed willtug to holst out tho mun next ta tlt to lake room for the lady, $f ahe's yoorl-lootimg, Harmour—trown Whilisting}— Thenrd ft was all Solt* between you und Miss Roweshotts” Wobbinson (estherai—" Yun. Incompatibility of compleston!—abe didn't suit my furnichars An exchnuge speaks of a now fushlot: In yalt for girls, but w stroll wloug some of our strouta inthe eott suminer twiliht will eonvines any one that the old old gute bos a tenicious grip on public fuvor. * Somebody's coming when tho dewdrops fall she was sortiy humming, when the old ian rn. give up Mis soat inn duit he's porter snark An" you bet your sweet life, Maria, tht. think wv, thunder-storm’s fet foose when he get's bere? A, Whose lend was souyt by an old yolevaw, ouitig girl of refinmght and entehaw, Suld: “Sie, Iryou dygue Approneh me, Law@ar . ‘To yet pa with hls boot to insulehaw.”" “T am walting, iny darling, fur thee,” he surbled: and yer when tho old run threw up a ehititier windiw atid westteed Blin that "he'd be down in w minute,” ne fost hla grip on the melody and went ont of the waiting business. Young lady, who can’t hear herself play bo- enuse oF the racket made by the Inwn-nlower: tobi, naw lun shall you Le, as Lwant to prac the Hatha young ga ‘Oh, wou yeouw on, Misa {y—ave deouw onl Tshau't mind yar nods! : rr HOME-KEEPING Tar The Chicuao Trioune, ‘To thy strative ploces of the Earth My fort will never stray, hlooht wayes ber hands, For vot to tur Cathay, ‘Tho Islands of the distant seas Will ranger be, hedritis fooning up tho Northern Sea. Tabalt not climb the Pyramids, Nor gaze itpon the sand Of dusky ATrie, Ising bot: And scorebang nif the fand. Tkhall nat sail the sturten Nilo, I feel the slicen Aud ulory that pervade the ale OF suered Palestine, Mut T shall seo far more of all ‘The glory and tho grace UF this wide world than some who go Ceuscless froin place to phuee, And T shall hetter know tho world, When trom its joys [part For Gol bis given the seems eye, Anil yiven the loving heart. y hy day ond hour by hour Near heatties on me dhuvti, Au by new visions of detizht My feet are onward drawn. ne'er tude For mo, never pals, And anton enchanted ground Whene'er the moonlight falts, The clouds have eit a thousand forme Upon thousand days: wer learn, 18 WOS't The brook bos sta wewel Whene'er { wander b: And in now formes of it ‘The etindaw muses Me, Old Howera have faeces new ench spring, UF color sume new hints, Anil with nore Juy each year L read The poem of the tints, The oldest of tay wayside walia Presents sone new surprise, ‘The miracte of trees ath zrows Upon my wondering eyes. The redd' ning clover’a mantilug Hush, Tl line's purple planes, Hiv’s waxen tikes, fount of orehurdebloon Geld of October woods, and Tho poem of the year, Inspiro mg to xuuh love and Joy Terave not There—but Here, iLarrin T Richest, Narest, Most Dellelous’ “SND ONLY" combination of the trae damalea Gtos ker, clloleo Aromutles and Freneh Irandy, ts BAN- -FOUD'S GINGEE, Uo guintesscence of ntl thats Healthful, refresting, and preventive in inoviiclus or condiments. A quaranty uf health and bappiness to every tamily or Individual, Beware of tuita. one sald to be us good. Avk for SANFOILD'S GINGEH, and take no orer, Suld everywhero. WEEKS & POT: GREAT GERMAN REMEDY RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, . LUMBAGO, BACKACHE, TOD SORENESS { CHEST, SORE THROAT, j QUINSY, SWELLINGS au . BPRAINS, FROSTED FEET axa EARS, BURNS ‘axD sCALDS, Geral Bodily Pains, f TOOTH, EAR ie HEADAOHE, aun ALL OTHER PAINE sidered by must people ae quite rightand proper as much 40 a8 tho correction Of rufructury eniidren fn like mitnner. 1 remember, i my own nelybbarnood, a mah who wast Sethodtst cluse-leadur und exborter, aud one Who wus es- toemod a worthy oltlzen,'who overs tow wooks guve bls witya Deattug with bls borgewbip, Mu sud it wid Necessary In order to keop ber in subjection, wad because she soolded so much. Now, this wife, surrounded by six or seven litte children, whout sho wut wash, dress, , and witend to duy aad aight, wad obliged to spiy any No Frepsratiog om earth ORE, SIMELE god cusar ACHES. GULO BY ALL DRUOgISTS AMD DEALERS In MCULGINE. A. VOGELER & CO. Matstone, Mig Ue hey GounT,