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VOL, X. , HICKORY,; CATAWBA CO., N. C.f FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER.1 "9 1687. :0. 5.
THE WEEK'S GOSSIP.
YarinKfc abaat Antbara, Aetreaae,
Miatearaen, and Rrl Perasaaeee f the
Ireel Day.
Prof. J- M. Hoppin, of Yale, is going
to Europe for six months to study art.
The New York Graphic refers to Rev.
Dr. Morrison, of Atlanta, as one offthe
coming preachers of the United Stated
iss Braddonn fiftieth novel is about
to apnea J, If miantitr is taken
us a
the express TBAKsrEn.. cenernl Newo fJoteo
-tine' .Hlhs Braddon's works place her
- am jnThe firtt of novt list.
Herman Strieker, of Reading, Ph., has
aii o.Ter of f 13.000 for his colli c
jjuj oi Initteillics, tard to be -the Inrot
most, a;itii in exisiun c.
g- comhlcrcd; McNeilly, of Saco.
Me:.',- g c to the hesd or the defaulters'
li.f . He ' oi ly nineteen and he scoured
ocr a garter of a million.
It appears thit Km Kalak ana's crown
ing extravagance lay in. building, an
$80,000 ixarvof-war. lie owes his cin
barrjM mvnt to a man of war and nt a
womaD, htixnge to sy.
"Gov. Hiil was never in such robust
1 e tlth a he is at present. His eyes are
Iriht, h'8 complexion clear. arid h.S4 pale
thin herttofoic and his whole be aring
llit of a niiii who is at jwace With hint'
te'.t and 1 i fellow-rren.
President Clevelan 1 writes all his It
ters and addresses win his own han't.
He tried dictating to a stenographer
some time ngo, but found that he could
, -do the work much better wLea he wielded
' the pen himself. .
Just as setfji as the United States Ex
press Company leafed-the Baltimore and
Oh:o Ex j r. si it watered tie stock of the
bitter frem $7,000,000 t f 10.000,000.
Three millionstof alleged values made by
tt tt.cke cf tie pen. -1
The trust e of Welletley College un
troub'ed to rind a vorthy cueces;-or to
Miss Fn oman. That gifted young lady
lias decided that hu would rather 1 e th;
wife of a lliuvurd professor than prist
dent of the foremost female college in th
lind.
Mine. Pemorot. the well-known
modiste and publisher of New York.
. keeps up a handsome country placo near
Saratoga. The house and grounds com
prise the old Curtis him.'stead where
Mine. De merest was born. She U the
daughter of Zebu I oh Curtis, and ionics
of a family famous for its longevity.
Mute. Demcrest was a milliner, in lcr
giilhocl, and located at Nehuylen ille,
N. Y. Later in life si e went to Mew
York City, wlurj she his risen to the
vi ry front rank in l:er pio'ossion.
Mndsm Grevcy. wife of the President
of Friicce, dresses well, but not extrav
agantly. On the occasion of "La Sainte
Bastille" she was in iron gray silk. Her
leg of-mutton sleeves were held in lx low
tie elbows with black cuffs fittinir
. ch sj to.hu arm, .m:d her haudkeichTef
was of Charttitly l.iee. o was the bon
net, which hud n ray velvet bow in the
liont, with an a gri lte tipped with small
brilliants. The o'her bow under the
chin, was faslci cd with a diamond
brooch. .
Zebihr Pasha, who has just been ro-
leased troin a thn e years' imprisonment
at Gibrttlt.tr. has lmd an imjujitint
ait in Afiican iiitn8 for tweuty tivc
je.irs pa.kt. lie his been an KnglUh
prisoner tver sin e his capture by Gc n.
Gcrdon. over ten years ago. lie was on
ptro!e in Cairo for ii.ht years until his
jiitrigi;i in Indndt of th 5lahdi obliged
the English to shut him up at Gibraltar.
W'lRlhcr hf wilt be conteuted to remain
quietly in Cir. or will attempt to legain
I hi.r .sceptre in Darfur is an interesting
i-rob!e:n.; '; '
M . ' i .. Ml
Ran era That the Ttlrcfrofc HM At
At Baltimore, on September the first,
the Baltimore and Ohio Exprei s company
passed into the hands of the Uuitrd
Mates Express comrair, anl us em
ployes wire notified of the change.
There will, for the present at least, lie
r.o changes in the tmploycs, end reports
will bj made to the general manager
heretofore. Speaking of the sale, Mr.
John K. Cowan, xxiutsel for the Balti
more and Ohio coniaoy, raid:
The statement that thti B.dtimor
and Chio Express has lieen sold to the
Unite i 'tites Express company It not
correct. There has Wctf simply a con
traet enUrc l into u .'tween the twi com-
iani s by which the Unite! States ex
lre.s.s is to run the Baltimore and Ohio
fer thirty Years for wlixh the lrmr. u
to pay th-. latter company a eerUia vr
ccntac of earnings."
lie decItnteito sav what the in:r cent
age will bj. It in. now Tcry generally
believed Ik re that tbc sale ot tne express
is not the hist of the deals of the Balti
more und Ohio railroad company.
Vic-d'icsideiit Sj encer, in answer to
on inquiry on ti e subject conGrmcd the
lisi)o;a' of the plant of the Ilaltimejre
an 1 Oliio vxpreKs comr any, and of the
execution of tie contract between the
i ailnal eomp;inyand United States ex
press company for thiity yeir, bnt de
clined to give any further particulars,
lie, however, re-gardyd tl o arrangcnr.ent
:;s quite advantageous to the interest of
the railroad company. Mr. Sencer
stated that there was no truth whatever
hi the statement 83 to negotiations with
"Loudon bankers for the control of the
c mpany, or that the hoase of Garrett
& Sons w-as selling er intending to sell
its holdirgi ani knew of no such inten
tlons on the part of any other large
holders, lie trea'el as absurd the state
ment 'hat the Pennsylvania railroad had
adaiced, or was advancing, any money
to the Baltimore and Ohio company
looking to its control, or for any other
pnrpeses. The control of the company
had ru t, and would not, pass into any
rival huml. It would continue as an
independent trunk liue, with the iotir
ests of all clas-ies of stockholders fully
ami amply cared lor, worKing, n is
hojieel iu such harmony with "connecting
and competing interests as would secuie
th Lest result 8 for all.
The tteamth'p BilUnnie arrlrtd at
LiTcrpool.
Phylloxera tare appeared la sever!
districts of Bessarabia.
Queen Victoria ha directed that her
jubilee gift be publicly exhibited In 6L
James Palace for three months.
.The paper of the Richmond Paper Com
pany, of ProTidence, R. h, has rone to
. a.AA a. a.
proicsi. jiaui lines -w,wii.
Chamberlain expects to aail for America
about the end of October. He will May
a few days in New York before going to
Washington.
King Otto Dcriods of insanity are be
coming lens frcqnent, but their likeness
to the late King LudmigV Attacks is be
coming ttronger evif-j daj.
At Little Rock, Ark., the Memphis
and Little Rock railroad was sold under
mortgage to R. K. Dow. of New York,
the price paid being $2,800,000. The
rord will lc extended to Dlla, Tex.
The Farmer's Alliance of Thomas
c outiiv, ueoigia, nave passed mo:u
, lions denouncing the Fanners Alliance
a." v -
oi inoiana ior msuiung I'resiaeni cteve
Iaml.
FEARSOF A KIOT IN PETEtt8BrRi.
dispatch from Petersburg,
Thj city is in a
Va..
feverish state of
a clash between
THE till EAT TEXAS KLOOB.
Itridgcn Wnihrfl Aniiy,, Toni DnninKrtl
nail Knilroitft Trnllir Inlrri-nptrd.
A BD. cial from Waco, Tex:is. s tys, lint
ev ry bridge iu Hill e-ounty was washed
away by rairs and the daniage te crops
. n I ffirm-i will not fall .hort of $100,C00.
In Hospie county anil along the Lue of
the Sante l'c Railway the elamage is also
very loivy. Of the little; towns here
In dell. Whituey. llico nd Aquilla hive
suiletc I niest. -The ril road com panics
lave SJlTeicd :eerJr. It is Vlieved
thit the Central and" the Misouii Paeilic
roads are rj o heavic t lesors. The
lissHit i Pacific has a force of nearly 1,000
men at work em tho lire near Grand
View. A tndn on the n a 1 was detained
Intween Hasea and Grar d View from
Mi nday night till yesterday evening. It
wsa out en the prairie nine -miles from
any hou-, and many vt the passengeis
sulTered tor lack of find. None of the
io ids are rumng their full schedule yet
Trouble Brtween the Her An Ia4i
rrrtelarri luike Lvriil Nwnjr.
A
says
exciteineiit, cat 8?d by
the raeca elining ti e past week.
A week ago 51 rs. DeJarnettc was
stimkinthe street by a negro man
while she was interfering in liehalf of
her child, who hid tioule with a young
negro. The negro man was airestel,
fined $50. and scut to jail.
- On Friday last. Dr. Samuel Hintor, a
promiucnt jhysician, interfereel in an
altreeation l.ctween his young son and
som-; coloreel chillren, am ng whom
wai a girl. The gill, with a tick.
ttireateneil Illntons son. llinlou ex
postulated and the girTa response was
that she would kill the bov. Dr. Hia-
ton then struc' the girl, lies was ar
rcsteel and brought before the Mayor's
Court on Monday and the eae was con
tinued. The negroes have become very
violet and have demanded through a
colored lawyer thit the Mine punish
ment lc inrii. t .d on Dr. llintou that
was given in the case; of the uogro who
stru.k .Mrs. DcJartette.
A Violent card utlishcd in the In
dex-Apjxal a;id signed by prominen
coloreel me-ri h:s iueenfcd the white pr
tion of the' community. Warrauts were
ssuctl and the editei of the Iodex-Ap
mud and th-; signers f the e-arel were
arieated on a charge of lilel. The
paitieM wcrcChll baile'et for apjH'aranec.
The excitement has Ix-come so interne
than th Mayi r oideic l out three coiu
juinies of maliti t to hold th'-mselvcs in
readiness to pre'serve the jnace. Great
anxiety for to-morrow's dee-ibion is felt
here, as if not atlsfactory t- the colored
element it may result iu a collision be
tween w hites ami blacks.
The carvers at Pullman, ill., struck
because ceitain work was transferred
from them to the cabinet makers. The
con-piny yielded and the men went
baektowoik This is the first success
ful strike that has ever occurred at Pull
man. I
An epidemic of black diphtheria is
raging at ixKkrort, 1'cnn., a Tillage oi
200 inhabitant, about CO miles cast of
Pittsburg, Penn. Thirteen deaths fcare
eKxurred.
A Terlin dispatch sajs that there bas
been an alarming outbreak of tricllaosia
in Brunswick, acd so far Mxty persons
have been'afflicte J, seven of whom have
died.
The Press lecepilon committee ap-
ointea by tne Liatcu States Constitu
tional Centennial Commission met in
Philadelphia and made anaogcroents for
the entertainment of iting jumalist.
Services have been' secured on the
Toledo, Peer and Western Railroad by
the sheriff, in cases thus far filed by
claimants for death and injuries resulting
from the Chats worth wreck, to the
amount of $140,000.
TTtskTifteB Notfi,
The Comptrolltr of the Qnreccj has
declared a dividend of 15 per cent, oa the
stock of the Middle town, S'. T.. Nations!
Bank, which failed Nor. 2?. lbSC. mak
ing in all 70 reretnt, paid oa cUim.
proved, amounting to W,?iJ.
The Acting Poattaistcr-Grnrra! has p
poloted the following named fourtat rl
poatmaaters : IU F. Strickler. Torari ilk.
N. J.; Andrew J. Irttrr, t;icntnir. Me.:
Otis W. Robj, Alfml, N. Y.
The dril service cr4nmie$tuo hxt r-
ceired from the srert t-wy of wra rrrjut
lor artificaUs of 212 rlJgtblca, all iuU,
from which 53 selections traj be mtr
to fill Tacaneiet now ciUting in his of
Bee in the f 1.200 gr-Mlcatd 43 in th
11,000 grade. Th u the Urrrat teiQi-
sition ever made upon tbe commi4n
ind to fill it at le st fnr .cenifiratce
were tnsde for each tf the ttxtet and
lerritorica. TImm vppetmenta are fr
low grade pmiliona made vacant by the
premotion of c!e'ks under the new ruks
goTernirg protnoticn in thcdesrtmeBt.
The President has appointed Alrs
smder McCte, the present iolicitr of tte
trravury, to be commiaicnc-r of Csh and
fisheries, to inececd the lte Ihofewr
Baird. The office i n t a laiLd ore,
the law simply prescribing th appc-lnt.
mrnt from among civil ofnerra cf ihj
United States cf a pr;on of pmvid
sclentificate snd prart'ea! aoruairt-iu-r
with the fishes of the rct. Tli p
iwintinrnt will not necessitate tine ie
iioquuhmcnt of his pnernt fOMtion by
Solicitor McCuc. It is not jet kn.tn
who will be appointed ecr.tary of t e
c r . l l .f. . .
-nmiinsoniao losuiuiion, in piece ti
Professor Baird
Imports at te Mariners.
The lighthouse board gives notice that
on and after c'eit-mln-r 15, 18"??. a filed
white light of the thirel ordr r, varied ly
a red flash at intervals of 30 second i, ill
bo shown. from the lighthouse tecentlj
erected at the i outbrin enil of tie moat
southerly of the gio jp tf Anciote Key,
Fla. The apnaiatus brhts the tntiie
horion, and the focal plane is 101 1 2
feet almrethe main s.a level. The l'irht
should be seen in char weather from the
deck of ateel fifteen miles almve the
eea sixteen nautical rode a Tbc t tnirturc
is a black pyramidal fiame-o.k of iron,
surmounted by a bhuk 1 intern. Two
keepers dwellings, jvalnted white, ith
green blind. are sitaited mar by.
South Carolina's Metropolis,
The elabrate review of the trade of the
commercial year shows a heavy falling
oil in cotton receipts, but a -beery gain
in the receipts of . naval stores snd do
mestic. The amount of general whole
sale and retail trade of the manufactures
is three million dollars. In excess of the
previous year. I lie total trade la over
sixty fix and a quarter million dollar-,
oniy six hundred thousend dollars, lesa
than in the preceding year, despite tho
diminished cotton receipts. Special oSi
cial crop reports show that tne cotton
crop will exceed last year's in this state
by G7,00(J bales; corn by tbiee million
bu.-hels, and wheat and oats by half a
million busLels each. The News and
Courier's review of the earthquake's
woric will show that in the pat year
over six thousand building have bcea
rebuilt or repaired, and that two hundred
and seventy-one absolutely new build
ing! have I en erected. The whole cost
is four million three hundred thousand
dollars, of -which Charleston spent at
I ,'aj-t three millions.
WHITE CAPS IN INDIANA.
SETTS AND NOTES TOIl TTOXtll. .
f!ti of tilt brail or rawterie art
ra-jcb ori with white wtol drtoea.
Croahed ro cs a ad loops of talis make
the fop-jUr trinminj for Le;hora Cats.
la fr'rc sUadieg collars with tartcd
diwu folate are wornnly ia fall drtse.
The ron-h rottons of lt yvar. with
lotted? ao-l f rle effrcia, are eatirrty emt
ofatylr.
Very wkle aaahe of bUch brocade at
all the rap-, aal are wons with all sorts
of ccMtumra.
The eoloerd rear I roe. rray and
b'ark. the Utter for swonmiag are rtry
much th taxhioa.
Fans of point dcprit tt are mtarh la
favor: they dont give a partkle of air,
tt they Wok welL
The aatlor hat it brttts decidedlr wom
this mua for all, aal but, too, than it
Is fa hiowxV.y worth.
. Bra rklaara a arrr w ora ia pairs, la
fact, it I the favhion to manacle only the
light a-wi at presrot.
Ijarge lockets from a band of blAfk
rrltet abont the feminine neck are an-
doubl-My fhiooable.
A novelty ia the way of tea gowns Is
of shrimp pink India silk, the skirt
covered w th lace flounces.
Mrs. 1L I Hughes, of Letlogtoa, Ca.,
k m m m a Sv
owns a l uttc-r fltn wnicb iter ugiua
an-rtor ate out of ia ICVO.
rUtlor hits are still worn oa almost all
jtihl (ircaa'oaa, their Ptiocipal rivals
being the brood Leghorn Cats.
Tu jude fnm thermnlcls now la prrp
rti.n, wraj will be quite as dirersi
tied next eaon as they were lat.
Reel UexuM of soft silk are worn with
sxirts of white and ml striped flannel by
EaglUh girl for boating drret.
The newest freak of fhioo, Is to have
thedrr!, haf, glvc, Imots and stock
ing of the same cvl'-r a the laJy a bair.
A string of gold beaH around the
throat is worn with low summer dreaaea.
It h a tut innocently infantile cilect.
The l-i-of-muttun sleere. it appear. Is
simply the result of a roopirary among
fah'oal le diramVers to drive out the
jetm-y.
Sailor collar, comb i on 1 with a Ccha
m a a m a a
or M-art rnia, are nvuie oi paie oiue or
M-arlet silk, aa-i wota with bite wool or
China dk d'e ci.
Cmm colore 1 camel's hair, with fine
a . a
g-iM v-.-tucnienc on tmi, cotur ara
cutT, and gold buttons, make an exqui-
site driving jacket.
Irraca are worn looger than ever,
nearly touching the ground, and the
steel t which aremel to cipaad them are
aroil!rr than of U'e.
White roudin vrl or p'atrooa are
tuade trry lull In uns arroti the cbet,
M-parated by tucka, thronh whkh Bar
row ribbons are drawn.
Sbawl-ahspcd it vers collars, all in oae
piece and ioumtHl en the side, are worn
with open throated drec inatead of
the notched coat collars of lat year.
Mia Itdmunds it a great aid to her
father, the Senator. She seta as his
private secretary a good portion of the
lime, and looks cloacly after his law buti-
ne.i.
Kiev trie blue ia many shades, finally
loing trlf in silver gray, iaoae of tha
mo popular of the seaaua'a colors, and
will prolnUy 1 seen ia deeper tone ia
the fall.
MUs Lure, daughter of Governor Loee
of Michigan, hat lrea voted the Daugh
ter of I he Brigs' l. owing t- her kJndtwas
anel attention to the invalids la the trate
camp near Iktroit.
rc!cfloecaie, V-shspe.1 plaitrons. and
Clntrd iU bUs fr wear with Wa-k
e drt-e, are made of Hotly cat t
braK in trellis ltems, drwpiag loops,
or chain armor cleign.
Row mant ille. Oat., b said to be a para
dise for worneo doimua of entering the
etatroi matrtmonr. Iruriag the paval
.A GITIL'S DIL"E EXFLOIT.
wirr xjlt tart.T.TT wu orrra
AUOUXTi STA.TS .
Tbe Story Teld Itw fllV4 Di
Deokew Hrtdx a4 fUv4
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A a a ;Mf f -'Vxr ; i-mrr
A ROCK BETWEEN THE RAILS.
Ke
v THREE MEN DEAD.
The ratal R. .nit of m Terrible Katlra
Arridenl.
A dispatch from Lawrence, Kan,
fays: Abuit 11 o'clock Friday night a
terrible acf iderit cceurred at the junc
tioi of the Ix-avcnworth branch of the
Union Pacific with the main line, some
, s mile from this city, which lcmlted in
the death cf three men. The coal train
! was comiqtjr over the line from Leaven
worth and had alrrtost reached the
,J-r:t-tMn before the engineer discovered
v iiiae. ine -wucn naei not Keen turned to
altow the-.iain to run out cn the main
- line. The. loccmotive anel several cars
plunged from the" track down the erc
binkment, "Engineer J. 'Murden was
instantly killed; Fireman Frank Davis
lccoivea injuries trom .w iticn ns eiiea a
f jw houra later. The head brakeman,
, Te m Brown, w as also killed. Seven
- ' tfs we r: thrown from the tra?k. The
tfJ003e and s;veral cars rvmaiued cn the
r9 - '
I)alardly Aliempt ! Wreck w Paaaeacer
'; Traiaialllla.lv.
' A special Irom Pckin, III , says: A bold
attempt was made to wreck tne Indiana.
Bloenninjrton and .Western caatbound
passenger train that left Pekin.at 8
o'clcxk, at Leslie stalion,six mile cast
of this city. The east and west.lound
iiscnjrer tram. elue at 8 ocbuk. arrive
ami iwisVst this ioint. TLe west lound
nasseninr msscd Leslh nil tiht. It
wa? Intween this time and 8:15 that
some pcrsn carried a laige stone, weiyh-
in a couple of hundred ixunds, twenty-
live feet, and plaen'd it U-twecn tie rail
on the main track. Tpe cist bound
mssncer tram crr foitunate.v bad a
iiassenirer for Ixlie statiou. The en
jrineer Was notified and had s!oed up.
when hb e ngiuc struck a steno, throwing
over the stone, and the forward truck
left the track. The traia was dclaycel
nearly an henir. Had it not Inrn for this
one passeiger, here would have l-ien a
sraashuj, a the train would have dashed
into thisrok obstruction at lull speed.
The only theory giren for this devlish
act is that of robbery. The orticials of
thelndiina, Bloomington and Western
willmvestigats the matter.
Oairatea ay a (itu af. I.awle.a ma Is
llarrt.aa Caaair.
A dispatch frcra New- Albany. Ind.,
sarr: a cang oi uwiess men in spencer
township, Harrison County, calling
themselves "Wliite Caps, took from his
Ud John Hildebrandt, a popular citizen,
who last April was electee! justice of the
peace by nearly a unanimous ve te, and
tying htm to a tree beat bim unmerci
fully with hickery awltchea. Tbey told
him they were not pleased with his de
cision, and charped him with cruelty
to his family. 1 be same night st Do-
pauw they warned a suoon keeper to
stop selliotr liquor, snd at Frenchtown
they awakened Postmaster Paul Henriott
ane told him what they had been doing
and oreleted him under penalty of one
hundred lashet tei spread the new
epuickly. They hsd prcviemsly warned
a widow named IKnigberty that she
must not marry a young man to whom
s-hc is cna"ed.r Her friend have or-
gmized for her protection.
Prof. Chareh's Work In China. 1
The Department of Stata has been in
formed that ItoL Chun h, cf Columbia
College, New York, a duttngiddied min
ing expert, lecenlly arrtveel at 1 hnts'n,
China, and en'cre-d the srrvice of the
Viceroy, Li Hung Chang. He baa made
a personal examination of ami full leport
upon the interior Chinese copj-cr ad sil
ver mines, in whith he deprecat-a the
continuance of thj old system of hand
ling labor in mine atd recommends th;
adoption of machinery.
Cartons Death Rites la India.
It is but a few years a 70 that certa.n
officials in Calcutta erected a large oven
in which the bodies of the Hindoos miht
be rapidly cremited ; but th' whole
some mode of consuming was rejected as
heterodox ; yet still, on dark nights, and
'at tOe stated places on the Holy River,
from Calcutta upward to Benares, may
be seen the solemn flames that reduce the
dead to ashes, and may be heard, on the
still air of the Indian sky, the wailing
that tell of sorrow and separation. The
Mohammedan in India, as else where.
buries his dead ; but the Hindoo com
mits their ashes to Father Uunga, amid
the waters of which they are supposed lo
be restored to participation in happier
scenes than earth can present a portion
of mythology too vast to 'be .entered on
here. To be without a son toclo one's
: eves is to inaure another period of protm-
i.f 1 1. .1 1 : : 1 . . . t 1 1 a v..
lion ami peiuarn a urL'ianuK ur m 1 in icui iwit t vu
Lhis world ;nrnceineiawoianopiioo. iu eleven rec rgsnwaitooa oi ion viuav
die in Benares is to a ecu re immortality, Ithurch chosr, all rvndere.1 rennlitby
and to die on the hanks of the Ganrr I female members taking nzla themaetvea
the highway to heaven is eenlUl to I bojbanI.
everlasting joy. Hence on the Burning I flu- reet dreaaea are mvU with two
Ghaut at Calcutta may be seen at timca ! - tv owef o0 alightly
six or seven iiics, eacn o- 11s rue 01 ttun tU uptr.
woodoften of the root ce, r de-np- n. zUon ihehir-
u . i.. ..... 1 : . . '
Risked Her Life to Save Her Sister.
A dipnatch from Woolwith, Tex., says:
Perry Buchanan's borne waa burned. A
girl about five years old waa burned to
death. Another, three years old, cannot
recover. One, aged about ten years, may
recover. Mrs. Buchanan had her srms
burned to the elbows. The ten-year-old
child was in the yard, out of all danger.
but she saw the flame s surround her little
three-year-old sister and ran back and
brought her out, sufirriog tne penalty of
being almoct burned to death for her
bravery..
RAILROAD WRECKERS IN OHIO.
Uacle Sam's Balance Sheet.
tion, if the people be we. hy sur-
rounded bv Irkiatins Brah ns and
mourning friends. The Pardee eliia
otherwise of their dead. On a hill In
the Island of I lorn lay (railed by the
Europeans Malabar Hill) staod. all w ithin
a ahort distance of each other, the church
rard of the Chriatiana. the cemetery ol
the Mussulmans, the place where the
Hit cremate their dead, and the
Tov I of Silence, where the Parsers leave
1 a a .a
tbei UincoCineel. lot dcvoumi iy ine
birds of the sir. It la a lofty aqre in-
rlosure. without f or rovensg 01 any
kind. Huce bloated vultnrea and k ilea.
rorred with human fleah, throng Luily
the summit of the lofty wall surrounding
the stone pavement, which is divided
into three compartments, wherein the
corpses of men. women, and of children
are bud snart. and all nude as they rams
. .a a a
into the world, rome reuiive or ineoa
anxiously watches, at a ahort dUtanee.
to ascertain hirh eye Is first pluckeil
out br the birds : and from thence it ts
inferred whether the soul of the departed
is happy or mUerable. The l"aree re-
rard with horror th? Hindoo method ef
disposing of the dead, by throw ins the
bodies or ashes tato rivers ; yet their own
custom is even more rertugnant U the
feelings of the Luropeans ia India.
-Taalee DeedleJ
Some songs like the stories cf mythol
ogy, seera never to have been coroproed.
aot is raieil w th
pa and puSr-l at the
bawk. and I smnrtimes opened ai
akle lo reveal the underakirt or panel.
hk-h may te of a lighter or darker
a hade than thedre.
There are oneiuodred aal fifty fetna!e
physicians In New York 10-day, aad the
numl'cr In Brooklyn and the wrroeuJiaj
ritie about dooblra that. Amosg tZKe
In New Yerk city there are quite a nma
ber who have ioeomcaof tlO.OvO; two or
there tn-ke yearly turn rantnag from
15.000 in $M,00ijf and ooehaa average!
for the Ut four years a steady lacorae of
fi5.00X
CaraUh llvker rata.
The CernUh fiahenaea are a splendid
Y-
The variety of the tale known rom-
.'fnercially as agalite is now used largely
."?n paper-making in place of .kaolin, pro
f xluciiig the high gla2e which character-
- izes so much of our American paper. . . -
Aa Aiteaapt Ca De.irar a Teal a with r'Ua
Ilaa4re4 raaarac.rm. , ' .
; AMisiateh from Ciccinnalti says: An
infamous attempt to wreck a train for the
purpose) of lobbery 1 reortcd frvMn
JLebaocn, O. About 2 o'clock , Wednes
day morninir. as a train of eleren cars
with 500 passengervwas returciag from
Cincinnatti, the engineer encountered st
a xint a mile from Ielanon an obstruc
tion made of railroad tie and fence rails.
By good fertune the train had stopped
only a short distance before it to let off
some lasfengers and had-rot ob'.aswd
sufficient f peed to be seriously iaj
wxea 1 tic oDstruction was reacted
lajVJSl
Jr
The debt statement issued September
1st, shows the decrease of the public
debt during the month of August to Is
,509,475.41. The riecTtaia of the
debt since June 30, 1S37. is ?,G54,3?0.-
24. Cash in the treasury 45.!r3 1.729-
87. ttold ret tiScates outstanding S3,
765,340. - Silrer certificates outstanding
I47,S7,385. .Certifies tec of deront
outstanding $7,150,000. Legal tenders
outstanding 316,631.015. Fractional
currency t.not inclodiag ajnount rati
mated as lost or destroyed) tG.St 3,924.
37. ' -
-The number of trade dollars redeemed
to date I $7, 153, COO. Treasury pcope
believe that but few more arc out.-twd
icg.
Trace them back to one source, and the)
are found "to have a at ill more aneieni
orbria. From the lowlands of Holland,
it is said, came the original hint ol 1 aa
kee Doodle." A song with the follow,
ing bcirden has long been in ue I hen
among the Uborers ia harvest time, whet
they receive as much tmttennilk aa they
can drink, and a tenth of the grain bar-
Tanker, eliW. dmtJe elown,
t. IvW. dM laatr.
TanXaa vive vca wwr etrarw,
' IkiCteemHa ankl taathee.
The tone was known in New EneUad.
before the Revolution, as "LjdiaFiahcx'i
I- Examine carefaUr before coming to
coadasiocj, " y -
race; sober, ladaslrsous aad lod-l ear
ing. The Jviaday ia invariably kepi
with decorum and solemnity. During
fliy weeka aojoura amf- them I neither
saw a tipsy j-raTnr hcad aa oath.
There is no Urkinr. no hortarsy, o
annaie.ha!! annr. The whole ni JX of
the people aeeana to be chaaleael aad I
ducd by their uncertain. baxamms
Uloedou ratliog. aat the ever abiding
pveaencre f the great wide sea. For
hours and hours they will stand La little
group en the quay or beach, talking
gravel r. ie undertones, or gaiieg lateau
ry on the sceiie before them. spcrnUUnjr,
oa th- various craft that gUde pact a ia
the silenca of a d rca ea. c'Cr$ $
A reeeat New preteilU (TYaa. 1 Wtt er U
th PitlaUjr- r-t 4 aaya: Tly. at
the house ot a saanaal f rwJL I a a
herotae a yowng tftl U wears apa j
bet brewat a maaaf e-i4 medal lit w
preaented to her by the LeuUtsrt of tie
Kale of lewn aoaw years aa, as a e--ark
of iu appeeciataoa of her voa-lnfJ
courage -i retrae of sa'ad. Tall,
ervrt aad well pcr"jcctial. wi:h hrr
dark. Idht eye, rmj cheeks aad clear
cut faaturea farsalag a charmiax Pict
ure f struar. true AnwrrVcaa
hood, Kaie rhUey, ef Boo, La., ts a
E'rl that aar father la aay f ute sawrkt
iproodof. hhe U tday twvety two
years 01. wneewiy slttaeai tbn, by
aa act of dariag be eery, ah woai th
sylmirataoa aad rrataale of the people
of her Bailee Pfata aad male her saas
famous amoag them.
About dark oa Joly a, I'll, a raia aad
wind atoms of aa para! W led aevvrit r bunt
over Kate Shelley 'a home In th rouatry.
near 1 looey itttIu The IVs Aloises
River rnae sit feet, aad etrry rretk was
over its taks la lea thaa aa hour. The
window of this beaea JTxl a rma com
maadcsl a vitw f the Hooey Creek rail
road bridge. PeeriBg out la lot he dark
neaa, she saw, by the aU of the vivid
flashes of lightning whkh st fryuest
intervals Rlumiaaleil the scene, that
houara, barns, fenees lambcr aa-i every
thing portable within reaeh of the fool
had bee a carried away, while the wind
swept by with fearfal aad evtr lacreasla?
velocity, and the waters ccallaaea
qukkly ami atexl.ly to rue.
Throci-h the black new and storm she
saw a locomotive beadajht advaneiog
swiftly la the direction of the brvlga
whkh the flood hal boraeawar. Aaecoad
later aal the licht tuddcBlv drepped
down out of sight, aad though the roar
lag of the wind sod the water rvadere!
it iraposaible for her to hf the f riphtf el
craah it mud have made sa Krw that a
train of cars had HanpH-rtta i!-
There was do eari tu, Lerwlf
" " M aOJ Ufa UIIW 4,VA
and sistmibj-fcS knew iht IT help was
to be $r thesuffrrtrs end a warning
(At f rowijK, ih rnriaeer cf thectreeaa
nearlr ue she must u&der-
take the awful taak akme. Throw le g aa
old water-proof aboat her ahaaklrra, and
btilv lightUg a Ustera, aha ventured
forth lata the aterm. The flood wat far
above all rmds mtA rath ways to the wa
ter's edge.aad she sooa reaUie-l it would
be imraiiti lo rvwch the wreck, thm
nail try aoeneeber phva.Jt steep.roeky
bluff led op. to the track, hhe tcaa la
eteent it. With her tlothes iarm to rigs
and hrr fleah lacerated bv the thUk
growth of buvhea, she at laat reached the
rails. There was sti3 a asull poetia of
the bridge left. Oa her bAddsand kaeee
she crawled eat on the rrznsialng ties to
the laat one, aad hoi a lee on with one
haad for hrr life, she kaaed over th wa
ter as far as she coukl aad wavls her
lantern, crie) at the Uet hrr vckc.
From the black cud l-eJ ow three came
la answer the faiat acceaVsof the eaf t-
aeer. who told her it was a rvicht traia
that had goo over and thaUth9;h bad
ly injured, he had saved hlssMllfroeu
nrowmer by erewUar uadey souvs ItvVia
lira beta. He Ulirrvd that all the other
traia hands hal pejiahed. aad adviaad
her to proceed at once lo the aeareat ata
liom. warn the s prroac hi a g e 1 peraa tra La
ef Its danger aad rvt era with help fee
him.
Retraclrg bet step, the youae herj4ae
was soon haateaieg aiog the traek with
all tbe speed she cuuld aaake agaiaai the
howbag tewapteat towards Xoegoae, a
small sutKa about oae mU frees Hoary
Creek. To reach that pmat sW hal U
eroaa the Weh ttealle bedge oves the Des
Hoioeu River, a dia'aac ef S04 feet,
Hrr trembling foot Lad scanrfy take-e
It a t rat step upon th atructcre vbea a
i Rghtalsg. wla.1 and rain nearly t.rvw
her over tato tae water aa4 at the aans
time ctUagviabed her iht. XaUhee
vpuM hart len poaerlraa to re! C-t it
ia aoch a horrkaae. rvra if shehad ihesa.
and she w as to uasite to sew even a
Laavd a length lfcee hrr, etrep wWa a
d flaahof lightaiag ryv rated the rag
lag waters leoraih her f the dark out
tine tf the swaytsg bridge V wkkh aha
rlnag
dauatk
oa her hands
her way thrrajh the darkaeaa aad storm
froealietotieovee the penioua trrti.
IkwrhUg ims growad araia. she aaua
roverel the ahort remalalrg diataaee to
the ataUew. heealhaay toad her story
and the fell la a dead laiat at the vta-
'tam ageat'a feet.
KaecTT wax haatlly derpaXrhe1 fa the
suffering ragiaeer ia llowey Creek. Tk-
rraana wens nyxr- rp awu ww 10m ue.
Ifyjjg the ra.na.i erzmez-
zr w as giae.
Jiaatooemuaateaner xae reav rt
had faiate!. and wail she stilt lay as
roearWaM the eapreae train caaae ruki-r
ia Wbcs the paewerra armea -
1 areWSeal iroen ,' iv
Ta w-. 3 M r w '
f-H a-f X 1- 1 t - a. - w l-a.
( m fr W I w r 4 . iv v.
tte fFl a' S a-a - tyaSL.
A t.1 rri' i a t we k ;
la ri- al ta l-.i-a lr- ew.a
I alW! al trr 1 a a 1 t ar a-a,
ta l::ea 1 )u i - :- V - l-fc.
Aat rr S Vi- f .
t-a.
ii:.r, t: r i "--t a.-! t
aant a rrat.
Taa tat U ajr--t tm r-7" ' i J7
Aatl kM atXs:Vra - a !-- f aa,
rcrl i frtoa Mm :
V a'.J . 't - t.
fcfcl t e Ua if - I1 e-
rkaJwa in kal
Ha a tt 5 1
11 4 1 art e l.
ft W WaV h
n m In.: .rrt Ml. L-
a-arf 4
fee li- ea kia t..'a
?rJh IkaehS,
Aat a mr aaV;t r-.as; tV-: ha tv'
hm I ,11 t
TWa areve i-aaa U t fe. m U ! t". f f at
A Vjwa t-'a 0tfmjm, a arrt mx.-m-m.i
trait' V
.t.'ea:.J,r l'
lm t aa f-
I a--l
Yet ha -.t rr;:'- al at p a
hir. dxiav a . ;a. U I i. t -a
Aat lo kv-tWai V.m dutt 4 , '
Vt aa aw4 a."aa .-.' tsl.
ItjanJ ar anew a esjv ; t4 rT.
twAa a-a ajl wai 1- r " '-'t.
Aat foavt. W- 1" aai jav. a. V-l.
TVra- k.iaa f rva kit nVeat tt r
IWrmLr. timttmwtat. rt a.1 tw i "1
Ve ta.-ai vaa a kea ea. i .' t-..r-
bv.
A reol UlWl reVW a faeat BtW
Atl bm feew ar to r-.V !,
leaea,
ee eVwasiM ha veij t e l-rrw
a ' - a
a t-..r I .
t j a.4 '
To m terrVaa eWsra tSm aenla-er 1
UJ eaostt lav ta L-a e-.T
dew.
fkit hm a Iea&;e4t ha ft3, aa tS?ca.ia
Aad lha lr a t'Ji rUa ".U lr all.
riity aa aaai. Wv al Ver -"a ie,
la tae rvW t t- j .m'.h U Vm W-r a
rr.
OalialIr aV.-.lf. a df c-iar4 at VaaC
TVr5wt Ih-j -el a tl a ir-a el
lm.
F.re i t.k Ut ci tala ba'Jl tiav ery e-a't .
ll4 14U Ue tia arJ tti'' ..-.
Aa---
TU-l'TTiwl t-awo:it i't
t i:Ser. la exraa as! C-
To ttrtt aaJ
inaV;
To ahntat UM LaVeta a ew:
AjS t -t to cea ln4 urn
eoa. .
pae ao I t ve
. Tha rcttlow of SCO Convert.
TV f lm lira lv!-i a.- 1 atiTv
tranataa of tj Tceawa tT x"-'- vrv a;
a'r'smJ to a pK-l ai. at..-f Urn c
KmAm lo txU mj?-sm tim UreW' r. !.
timy eU-n haa te ;;M aaca t l"" r j"t
Urm ami tt-xaWvJ
. T- re u aVlraiaail to ta -ii-m -f
teeraaee, ar 4 aa f a
-Ja all aca ta Ih k--c.ee e r i- e
erlaara. ec :eraate. asl r- " w I
torn ls 4jw1 ra I 4 rjrt wi ; mr m -e
lb WLa f aa-i
.a c t ai.treim- l.-'.t .v
fprj U ttm r-''a 7--ii'ai lUal
re-jacaa t lm&. KJ I - -;".
aaU tatr rayafae crval If t-m C.r. I i
f . imm it Xml a jeJ oaCc7U r,
"Ha. lia S-alea tsa Vim F'-al lV-'f-eT , .
Bjarartse t-y ee-alTv .-.! e-n i t
atfUw-aJa fairta, UlU j; e at t ' ra '
av3 lh K-mrtf a vf. il tS U l-art
aa4 feteat -mm m--hmt IVao ! rfff,
c-aaa aaa. A tmri. f awa aa-aw ' r u u i
IM a-ocae a! Mm crawl hi va mm f- .
eawiW loo ;aaa a tf ea !. a -i c
le ait ta xe-t ai iaJ, c j- c f
TnfiLi.w,'
" M Sa a S aa V li-t rr r ' x t'
Falo aa a txaU'.atal lra- t ar L -
eiAua laaal eeuawJ A w a -...
Sa4 lafaf th l&iLiMV it aWif, n
neaUr aart tmi f -r.a c- ' t
111 i elj ra'a ia. V t ' 1 d ; '
ce tKirmrUy I IaaI as--. -
" M aartr r li f a i
Sraa'ae4 aal nmt?lml ar-. te .
w.'.h Urn pvV c -a
a aa Vr tt J r 1 m tara S . -.
2f matim4 tm ii w a a"- f t'- f
tra. a4 f j kaaV aaa, aja 1 llm :.' -etutiraa.
V t-'al o J 9 a- a "
eaaa. al fr urn r fra a e-..r ' - l
fee ea kAalf aai i a, avnjvaa--.t ! e
V tt ef
v.
reeraeea e (at i ha I Barrel
fV fmm Jum, bmm ! a i ;
a f ag lt e j m
aw.tataMai:a : r"r I I
- I aa anaa mt a lei, t . -a a. - er- .
mmm t4 f tirrfi Wanaa, .l m tu .
wW 3 af c-w a fc. - ? i
r .mtari tw 1 tx a r a-' W- i -a. a i
w t t rl trx Nat rT are I a a. A
akra le r a 1 , l--t
t,4a m m Uaat aaate l a J -mm r t t
I2t0a.v las'ie.i ..'n.Hr-
I aa ea Uraa aai r I i . . '. I
Throw tag a way her laalera, tha i a-a aarrae Una wt at , iu 1 .u
a Ancrvss rrl araU drvppe J svliw saaw an la-a a as t-r
v . 1 . i. ' , . I an arS arhe aai m l a ari k tl
mfd aad kaeee aad lh tnale dMmt , , Ul,k j, f . r. a . , i
rvxta w aw ko aJ if m r .'
eea-a la faweaJ a-. ta - ..l -
aa a a t t f ea . t t .Ia-x" :
ijm. If 1 mmtmi tm teaar a tm fraJ I
Vaavtrwte Imr rm ta V -m n;r. I .
ta Ve t4 l'-m t iU a t feaf ai
aa.trllkaxa U V tt t," t a-lt
nu4 lha IW aa e!e t t ..' -W
I UN reraaja-4 l rtrn. 11 .f ( mr
mmU lewhrw Sfe arJns -! Umrl r
vLa.re 1 Aa.1 r a Ut li -raaUaa
t" afc. a"l II a V-i
iiaet'-Uet. aat 1 1. : -.a 1 rwa i. -;
tnaa tr-it.
. 1
1.
r tleee.
Sd
Pari 8 e Ceast rertaara.
rlrac reveled In mil!kita aa a nuaee
rloata over hia cldea hoard, and be en
dowed nxaayof bis characters with the
generous haad of the swvrliat: but. hm
drill ia fraara. cot dollars, ami the
Pours fpeculalors nd the great Saaacial
Khrrnea that be loved todeartibe paie In
to inaiga-caare lrfaee tha farturei aad
boatoe ope ratios a cf tLe talf-dorra
ram ol the i ar.fc rrt. w ta raiala
and raHruds Lava mle fort u oca that
would have hem ea!!el rmal even la the
ayaof Carter and lapcrUl I'.osie, Ce
t J'! .... ... - . ,
salal srewo.. m - they ha-1
t-eea saved by t.U Ceaiubte murage
ef 27i.A2i rirL krvlsg haa.ls tck her
tTTtenalerty, chafed the torw aad tked
laic limb, laved th paUlal far aad a
railed her baek lo liearala. Then I key
eolWleti foe lr a aobaiaatUl pajrae-
TVhea the faawof teas Kate fkilcj'i
exploit speead lhrvshout her native
Mate anew aad wca ef all elaaaee
ailed to do hrr ttoax. rVverml aS
arriptknts were atartrd foe hrr brmt,
aad If raoaey sa rree aa adequate reerswa
peaae fcr such beroixa she ha been well
rewarded for hrr beaee eclact. The
Is-jrValar voted that a SB-Mai ahsl-l le
gieew hee U rasartmie her aUriaj a-rf
aad appealed a spec aai eaauaautee lo prra-
e It, her heeotawa bela- mle the Ihetae
of esaaa eliMaeat rrechea.
On the day w hea aha received the oe.lal
from lk haads ef the Lejidaliv Cota
mdtee la t!-e Us ef nxae, Iw,
th event was rvkbrated ia a raasaer
whkh pBfTaed aay pevvkms p-iti
dexarieatrattoa held ia thai tixlt A
-ram, !-
ar of It
mm tir. m ! U e. '. '
fmmti are t-e
4 aal M-enl - T ,
Wj4 a waa ." TU'-tm .
.I Tee, a t' Amt$ Uimr. . - .
Umtt al aj.t aS- l- ,
ua a " Xnai. tea mxm Vr T -
,,, a rmm wS aea a"V aaajwa 4 X -
mCmm mri aaf Imm. WJ r. i,;
j .... a aa a. aa
r.a" a la-e mU.mm a 1 U.-e l r
1 twaU.wa. I ' a4 m- . .
t a.xVl 4. m-t-?mim ta U fa'ear
ul Mn.'K-ra II a C
mmM aMCrattn. aai -3 U
mmrm f4ar IS mJmum al rtf aV- re-s.
tr mJ tt aa jft Ir-mmmm tm I
ftl4 (trta'l timmm Rit-Ue
&m ntm,ml ff
ia ml U ' t -1 l-e
f.a- l mmrsmrm i r
t.'JJ C- .i e : a ; '
4m-i tvmm . I arref a 1 a
eC Hm u r la w 1 a a-e i
a. jn. a
t f . r , M
.Krmm i
irrl . "
r- t ; I
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r at
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t. - . -e t
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rnrMuns ismii. are bet al a
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iraljrrs w lisecca'.-ti, w i
r'ecf her aaUvt i -'J1 ' ' a
enel
wUh ti t c-J.r the peer'
Stite, Ul ala rwaa y J we is 'hra g"-'j ' a
frrxa avTc4d uaiu-l t J cli -ct ta trvt
Kate M!lry.
TWTT.C-T. r.er 5''t.
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f a t '
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