TuCMSnED BY ltOAKOKB PUBLISHING Co. .
C. V. W' Ausbon, Business Manager.
. .."FOR 00 D, X'OR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH,
VOL. II.
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; PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1891.
. NO. 17.
; DR.' TALIAGE;
Eloirient Sermoir by tha' Brooklyn Di
vino on a Very Popular Vico, -
f -
t Subject Th Plnsne of Lles.
. Text:
Hi-, 4.
uTc shall not surely fftV Genesis
That wm point Manx li Satan told i
to jw8 to induce her to put her semicircle of
"m.to, ucnomiui leetn iuto a forbidden
apricot or plnm or peach of apple.' H9 prao
tically sla to her, 0!i, Eve, just tak abita
or this and yoa will be omnipotent and
omniscient You shall ba as gods. Just '
opposita was the result. It was the first lia
l",nttt". Wdb atb 4nl.i J -.t T4 .
. tho 2fonilh39tl
aliguteJ.aAhi tdftnet Ifc intrln .V
Tl3uethat cavers all nations, the plague of .
'ICS. Far WOrsfl than thai Ttlnrrno.nl U-nmt
for theywere on the banks of tthe Nile, but
this on tae bauksof the Hudson,on rbe banks
of the East River: on the banks of the Ohio,
unit KA j - . . . .. .
r r, v, ""appi, ana ids a. names, ana.
the Rhine, and tae Tiber, and on both sides
fall river?,;. The Egyptian plagues lasted
only a few weeks, but tor six thousand years
has raged this plague of lies.
. There are a hundred wars of 'tollinj r a
1S .fA nac'e entire life may be a falsehood,
tvhils with hi3 lips he may not ones directly
falsify. ' There are those who state what is
positively untrue, but afterward eav Mmay
oa" softly. These departures from the truta
ore called " white lies;" but there is really no
suchtbingas a white lie
' The whites lie that was ever told was as
owes as perdition. No inventory of publio
crimes win be sufficient that omits this gi-
i,.,fc..:. : ,.,.fJ6m,, a
i .-.,! 1 i i" I" "IT-', 7 I
'i.J S wno, upon cer-
win ouuwu mm in priAiu spnerss, are non
at all to be depended upon for veracity. In
deed, there are many men and women who
have their notions of truthfulness so thor
oughly perverted that they do not knosv
when they are Ivinz. With manv itia a cuWt
tivated sin : with some it seems a natural irii '
firmirv f v l i .i j
to have been bora liars. The falsehoods of ! rojn.tD8 hStj and showers frpm-fte lmisio
their lives extended from cradle to grave. H f11? da?os "'IS children's quick f6et, pat
Frevarications. misrepresentation, and dial trnr-u8,h tha h,2dmU ttei-thcon-.
honesty of speech appeared in t'heifflrst ut- i Bfaaon of men and the approval of-God.,
terances, and were a6 .natural to themas any I A merchant can, to the last item, be thor--of
their infantile diseases, and were a sort of oughly honest. There is never any need of
morai croup or spiritual scarlatina. Bnt
many have been placed .in circumstance.
wuere wus lenaency nas oay uy-, oay ana
hour by hour bean called to larmr davnlotvl
ment. They iiave gone from attainment to j
aitainmenc ana irom class to class until they-,
have become regularly graduated liara. v.
The air of tho city is filled with falsehoods.
.They hanz pendent from the ehanJellors at.
onr finest residences; they crowd tho shelves, I
i wuio uur inercaanc princes .wiey mi tna
sidewalk from curbstone to .- browni stone
I acme: taev .cluster around the: HiechanicV''
Jiammer, and blossom from the nd of &e !
merchant, s yardstick, and sit in the doors of
churchea. Ssome call them "fiction."; Soma.
etylethem "rabricatiou.i Youf might say '
inai; tney were sunteriuge," disguised, delu
sion, romance, evasion, nretensa. fable, decep
tion, misrepresentation, but, as I 'am igno'
rant of anything to le gained by? the hiding
of a God defying outrage- under" a lexico
grapher's blanket,'! shall cillthsm what ;roy -
tather taught me to call thom-lies. . "
I shnll Hivida them 4ritn birlrnlr.i,rat mw.
cantile, mechanical, ecclesiastical, and social
lies. ' Tv "
First, then,' I will spsafe of thoj thatT. hre
more particularly agricultural. There is
something in the perpetual presence of
.natural objeots to make a toa'u! pure. 'The
trees never issue "false stock.". Weat fields
are-atways bonsst. Rye and oats never more
uub jn ne nignr, noc paying ior tne place
iney nave. ..occupied vorn . shocks never
make false assignments. Mountain ' brooks
are always 'cnrrent." 'fho gold on. the grain
is never counterfeit. I ha 6unri3e never
flaunts in false colors. The dew sports only
genuine diamonds. Taking farmers as a
class, I believe they are truthful and fair in
dealing and kind hearced. But the legions
surrounding our cities do not a! ways send
this sort of mento'nur markets. Day by day
there creak throligh our streets and about
the market houses farm wagons that; have,
'not an honest spoke in their wheels or a truth;
t ul riv et from tongue pa taUboard: : f,
. During th-Iast tew years there have been
times when domestic economy has foun
dered on the farmer's firkin. , Neither high
taxes, not tho high price of dry goods, nor
"the exorbitancy of labor, could excuse much
that the city bos witnessed in the behavior
oh the yeom'ajuy.V'By the quiet 'firesides in :
Westchester and. Orange Counties J;, hope
there may be ssasons of deep reflection and
hearty repentance. ' Rural districts are ac
customed, to rail at great cities, ms' given tip .
to fraud and every form of nnriehteousneaa,
but our cities do not absorb all the abomina-
fir in a flnr iitir.nna havn Inarnnrl th imrfirt
ance of not always tVustiag to the siss and
style of apples In the top of- a farmers bar-'
rei as an indication of what may be found
farther do'wn. Many of .pur, people are. ac-..
customed to w'alch,apd ses how correctly a.;
bushol of beets is measured, .and there are
not many honest milk cans.' :
Balls'.; 'ftVhgB ; tfuir- -cities sit down arid
weep over theiiv -sius, ..all the surrounding ,
countries ought to come in and weep with
them. : There is often hostility on the part of
producers against traders, as j thacgh tle..
man who raSsea; the orn wat necsarily,
more bonorsble than the" grain dealer who
fiours it iuto bis mammoth bin. There ought
0 be no sueh.hostilit v. Yet tirodutfers of tn
think it no wrortg to "snatch -awslj fiom.th3
trador; and they say to ,tha bargain -maker,
"You get vonr . money easy." : Do they get
it easy! I Lit those, who no. tl(ef quiet field
and barn get their Jiving, exchange places '
with those who stand to-chv,' amid the ex
citements of commrcIal lifw.ond see if they
find so Is v6rv ea?y. ' . ' "
While -tho farmer goes to. sleep with the
assurance .that his corn and. barley will be
growing all the night, momsnt by moment
adding to his revenue, the merchant tries to
go to sleep conscious that that moment his
cargo may be broken on the rodks or lam
aged by tna wave that sweeps plear aAross
the hurricane aeck, er. that reckless paea
1 a tors may that very-hour be plottuj; some
.monetary revolution or the"Tur,tiaTs "Be
- prying ' open hia safe, or his debtors flewinj''
the town, or his landlord raising the rent, or
the firts kindling on the block that coutafns
all his estal Easy ! 't la it? God helg
the merchants! It is hard to have the palms
of the hands blistered with outdoor work,
l.iii t a more, d'.'eadful process when through
mprcantile anxieties the-brain is consumed.
Ia the nfest1 place : we notice mtrcaifylte
lies, thTOKJ-belora theeounter and' behind, the
Cfonter. I wilt not' attempt to speoif y the
differ ant forms of commercial fateenood.
There ere merchants who excuse themselves
for dffriattoa from truthfulness because of
what tbay rail oommerciai custom. In other
words, the -multiplication and "universality
' if a sin turns it into a virtue. There have
lren iargj fortunes pathered where thf?re
wtisnot" one 'drop of unrerjuited toil in the
wine; not one E;iarK of ba 1 ten per flashing
from tii'3 Lrony bracket; not one rlrop of
peedl-T woman's bsnrtbloul in the criilJMon
r.usii, while t:urear$ otb:".- great e-Ubhh-
meats in which there Is not one door knob,
not one brick, not one trinket, not one thread
of lace but ha 3 upon it the mark of dishonor.
What wonder if, some day, a hand of toil
that liad hern wrung an I woi"n out and blis
terert Until the skin catneotf should be placed
against the eleant wall paper, leaving ltd
mark of bloo.i four finders and a thumb--or
that some day, walking the balk, there
should be a voice accosting the occupant,
Baying. 'Mix etiits for making a shift, ' and,,
flying the room, another voice sjould say,
"Twelve cent for an army blanket," and
the man should try to sleep Rt night, but
ever and anon be aroused, until cettina un
l on oni elbdw, ho 6hould shriek out, "Who's
there!"
I One Sabbath night, in the Vestibule of mt
j church after serv.ci, a woman fell in eonvul
' sions.s The doctor said she needed medicine
no"t so ranch as something to eat. As she.
began to revive in her debnum, she said,
fcaspingly: Eight cents! Eight cents!
Cipui cental I wisa 1 could tret it done: lam
K" tiredLLwjsb. J could eet sow sleep 'hut I
,lRJU?5? d?B. iuguteeuts! Eight
cents 1" We found out afterward she
was making garments for eieht
cents apiece, and that she could make
but three of .them in a day! Three times
fight are twenty-four 1 Hear it, men and
women who have comfortable homes! . -
ome'ot'tbp worst-villains cf the city aro
the employers of these women, They boat
them down to the last penny, and try to
cheat them out of that. The wom,ai must
tipostt; dollar or two before sb gets the
garments to work on. When the wbf k isdone
it is, sharply inspected, the most insignificant
flaws picked out, and the wages refused, and
sometimes the dollar deposited not given
,back. The Women's Protective Union re
ports a case where on 3 of these poor souls,
flucliugja place where she could .get more
wages, resolved to change emnlovers. and
j went togat her pay for work-done. The
j employer says, 'I hear you are going to
,4 ieaveme." ."jtey' snesatd. ind-iam
aveine. "iev snesata. "anaa &m come
v gc nun jruu- owe me." maa oo,
i answer. She said, "Are yon not
id. "Are von not -eointr to
pay me?" "Yes," he said, "I will pay you;"
an J he kicked her down the stairs.
There are thousands of fortunes made in
commercial spheres that are throughout
righteous-.. God-will 'let His favor rest upon"
every :scroij, .every pictured wan, every
traceried wiudow. anrt tae lov thafi flashes
laisenood. xetnowmauy wui, day by day.
hour by hour, utter what they know to be
wrong. You say that you are sellinz at less
.than cost. If bo, then it is right to say it.
But did that cost you less than what you as!c
tor it? If not, then you have falsified. You
say that that article cost you twenty-five
dollars. Did it? If so, then all riht. : If it
dm not, tnen you nave latsinex
Suppose you are a purchaser.. You are
"beating down" the goods. You say that, J
tnat article cor wmcu are aouarsr4s charge;!
u fiAf. wnvfK via fhn fm- Tq u wu
more than four dollars? Then; all right. If
b9 worth more, and for the sake of getting;
itif or less than its value, vou willfullv de-
it-for less than its value, you willfully de
preciate it, you nave iaisiued, You may
call; it a sharp trade. The recording angel
writeait down on the ponderous tomes of
efcewiisy, "Mr. So-and-so, merchant on Water.
sti-etpr in Eighth street or in State'Btreet,
or Mrs! Sond-so, keeping housa on. Beacon .
street or on Madison avenue or Rittenhouse
Square or Brooklyn Heights or . Brooklyn
Hill, told one falsehood." You may consider
it insignificant - because relating to an
insignificant purchase. You would despise
the man who would falsify in regard to.some .
great matter in which t he city or whole coun-.
try was concerned; but this is on'y a box of
buttons, 'Or' a' "row 'of -pins, or a case of
needles. 'Be not deceived. The. article pur
chased may be so small you Can putv it in
your vest pocket, but the sin was bigser
than the Pyramids, and the echo of the dis-'
honor will reverberate ..through all the
mountains of eternity."
You throw on your counter some spacimens .
of handkerchiefs. Your customer &aks:
Vlt that all silk? No cotton jo. in?" Yon
answer. "It is all silk." Was it allsilkf If
so, all right Bufr was it partly, cotton?
Then you vhaVe jfalsifled. Moreover, you
lost by tho falsehood. The customer, though
he may live at Lrnn or Doylestown or
Poughkeepsie, will find out that you have de- "
h-auded hfm, and next spring when he again
comes shopping he will look! at your sign J
and say: ' x wiu noc cry inereti xnac is ma
place where I got the handkerchief.". Ho
that by that one d? nest, bargain you
pick your own pock, 'and insulted the
Almighty. v ' ;
v,Wold you dare to u an estimate of
How many faiseliooda in ukde were yester
day told by hardware men and clothiers and
fruit dealers and dry goods ;establishmeat9
and Importers and jewelers and lumbermen
and coal merchants and stationers and
tobacconists? Lies about saddles, about
buckles, about ribbons, about carpets, about
gloves,; about.tcoats, about shbai, about
Eats, about watches,about carriagea,' about
books about everything. In-the. name of
the Lord God Almighty, 1 arraign" ; com
mercial falsehoods as one of the greatest
plagues in city and town. j t : ; .
In the next place I notice mechanical lies.
There is no cla?s of men who administer
more-to jthft welfare of tbe city than artisans..
To their banct we must look for the building
that shelters us, for the garments thatclo,the
us, for the car that carries us, '.They wield a
widespread influence. There is much? deris
ion of what is called "Muscular Christian-;
tty," but in the latter day of the .world's
prosperity I think that the Christian will be
,mus6uyiw Ws, h.ave a right to expect of
those stalwart men. f toil thjo highest possi
ble integrity. Many of them answer an our,
ious and phUanthropio enterprises. ' But
thie class, like the others that I have named,
has in it those who lack in the element of
veracity. They cannot all fbe trusted. In ,
times when the demand for labor is great it
is impossible to meet the demands of the '
-public; or do work with that promptness
and perfection that would at other times be
possible. . . . . ' -
But there are mechanics whosa word can
not be trusted at any time. .No man- has a
right to promise more work than he can do.
There are mechanics who say that they will ,
come on Monday, but they do not come until
Wednesday. You put work In their hands
that they tell you shall be completed in ten
days, but it istbiijty. There ha va been houses
built of which it might be .said that every
nail driven, every foot of plastering put on,
every yard of pipa laid, every shingle ham
mered, every bnck mortared, wild tell of
falsehood connected therewith There are men
attempting to do twi or fUteaa pieces of
,werfc-whq bajre t?,the time or strength to
do more tli anWer six pieces, but by prom-
-.isos never fulfilled keep all the undertakings
within then own grasp; This is , .what they
call nursing""the job. ,V ,t .
TTow raiinh wronff to his soul and insult to
God a mechanic would save if.. he promised
only so much, as he expected tQ.be-ao!e to do.
r, . .r sn,i"nnnu(n.' '
.Society has po right to ask ofVyou,.' ihipossi-'
nlwavB. calculate cor-
w.J.v.r. t" J ; ,
rectly, and you may fail becailse y,ou cannot
fit tne kelp that you anticipate. But now
am epeiUiu. of ths wiimif maklnT of
provisos that'you know yoa'jcatiriot kep.
Did you My that that shos should h i mende-i,
that cofct re--iire-J. tho-f bnuks -aid, that
harness sewed, that door grained, that spout
fixed or that window glased by Saturday,
knowing that you would neither be. able to
do it youself nor get anyone else to do it?
Then, before God and man you are a liar.
You may say that it makes no particular
difference, and that if you had told the
truth you would have lost the job, and that
people expect to be disappointed, but the ex
cuse will not answeiY There is a voice of
thunder rolling among tho drills and planes
and shoe lasts and shears which says, "All
liars' shall have their part in the lake that
kurneth with fire-and brimstone."
I next notice ecclesiastical -lies that is,
falsehoods told for the purpose of advancing
churches and sects, or for tbe purpose of de
pleting them. There is no use in asking
many a Calvahist what an Arminiaa be
lieves, for ho will be apt to tell you that the
Arm.ii ian believes that a man can-convert
himself; or to ask the. -Arminian what the
Calvlnist believes, for he will tell you that
tbe Calvlnist believes that God made some
men just to damn them. There is no need
in asking a pcsdo-Baptist what a Baptist be
lieves; for he will . be apt io Bay that the
Baptist believes immersion to ba positively
necessary to salvation. It is almost, im
possible for one denomination of Christians,
without prejudice or misrepresentation, to
state tbe sentiment of an opposing sect. If
a man hates Presbyterians, and you ask him
what Presbyterians believe, ho will tell you
that they believe that there are infants in
hell a. span long.
It is 6tran also how individual churches
will sometimes make misstatements about
other individual churches, "it is especially
so in regard to falsehoods told with ref erencs
to prosperous enterprises. : As long as a
church is feeble, and the singing is discord
ant, and the minister, through, the poverty of
,the church, must go with a threadbare coat,
'and here and there a-worshiper sits in the
end of a pew,' having all the seat to himself,
religious sympathizers of other churches will
. say, "What a pity P But let a great day of
prosperity (Como; and even" ministers of.the,
gospel, who'ought to be rejoiced at the large
ness -and extent 'of the work, denounce and
' misrepresent and falsify,; starting the suspic
ion in regard to themselves that tne reason
they do nov like the corn is because it is not
ground in their own mill. -How long before
we shall learn to be fair in our religious criti
cisms I The keenest jealousies on eirth are
church' jealousies. The -field of Christian
work is so large that there is; no need that
our hoe. bandies hit. - , s
Next I speak of. social lies. This Vil make'
much .of society insincere. VYou' know. not.,
what to believe. When people ask. you to.
come you do not know whether or. not. they.
want you to come. When they send their
regards you do not know whether it is an ex
pression of their heart or an external civil
ity. - We have learned to take almost every
thing at a discount Word is sent "Not at
home," when they are only too lazy to dress
themselves. They say, "The furnace has .
just gone out," when in truth they have had
no fire in it ell winter. They apologize for
the unusual barrenness of their table when
they never HVe any better. They decry their
most luxurious .entertainments to win a
shower of approval 1 They apologize for their
appearance, as. though it were unusual, when
always at home they look, just so. They
would make you believe that 'some nice
sketch on the wall was the work of a master
Dai n tar. - "It .was an heirloom, and. once
hung on the walls of a castle, and a. duke.
gave it to tneir granaiatner." w nen tne
fact is that painting- ws made by a man ,
"down east" &hd baked so as to make It
look old, and sold With others for ten- dol
lars a dozen. People who will lie about
nothing. else will. lie about a picture. On a
small income we must make the world be
lieve that we are affluent, and our life be
comes a cheat, a counterfeit and a sham.
Few persons are really natural. When. I
fay this I do not mean to slur -cultured man
ners. It Is right that we should have more
admiration for .the sculptured marble than
for the -unknown block of. the quarry. From :
many circles in life insincerity has driven
out vivacity and enthusiasm. A frozen dig
nity instead floats about the room, and ice
berg griads against icebarg. You must not
laugh outright; it is vulgar. You must
smile. You must not dash rapidly across
the room ; you must glide. There is a round
of bows and grins and flatteries and ohs I
and ahs! and simpering and nambypamby
ism a world of whicn is not worth one
good, round, honest peal of laughter. From
such a hollow round the tortared guest re
tires at the close of the evening and assures
Jres ac. 9 .cts 01 n
hi lhaA J"S
t'.,ldoi
enjoyed mmsali.
insincerity many ceonle
rim in order to win (Jie favorof the worTdl
Their life is a sham and their death an un
speakable sadness. Alas for the poor butter
flies when the frost strikes them ! -
Compare the life and death of such a bne
with that of soma Christian aunt who was
once a blessing to your household. I do not
know that she was ever offarel tho hand in
. marriage. She lived single, that imtram
meled she might be everybody's -blessing.
Whenever the sick were to be visitel, or the
poor to be provided with bread, she went
with a-blessing. She could pray, or sing
"RockOf Ages" for any sich pauper who
asked hef. t As sha got older there were days
when she was a little sharp, but for the most
part auntie was a sunbeam just the one for
Christmas eve. ' She knew better than any
.one else how to fix things. Her every prayer,
as God heard it, was full ot everybody who
had trouble. The brightest things in all the
house dropped -from her -fingers.. She had
peculiar notions, but the grandest ' notion
she ever had was to make yop happy. She
dressed well--auntie always dressed well;
but her highest adornment was th-.t of a
meek and quiet spirit' which, in the sight of
God, is of great price. When 6he died you
all gathered lovingly about, her, and as you
carried her out io rest the Sunday-school
' class almost covered the coffin with japoni
oas, and the poor people stood at tho end of
the alloy, with their aprons to their eyes,
sobbing bitterly; and the man of the world
said, with Solomon, "Her price was above
mhW and Jemis. as unto the maiden in
jndea commanded, "I say unto thee, arise !"
But to many, through insincerity, this
Ufo is a: masquerade baT. As at such en-
tertainm2nts gentlemen and ladies appear
in the dress of kings or queens, mountain
bandits or clowns, an 1 ot the close of the
' riaoca throw ofi their disguises, so. ia this
dissipated life all unclean passions move .
in mask. Across the floor they trip mar
rily. The lights sparkle along tho wall or
drop town fthe cailins a coaort of firet
The muyo charms. The diamonds glittar.' j
The feet bound. Gemmed bands stretched I
out clasped gemmed bands. Dancing feet
respond fto dancing feet.' Gleaming brow '
hpnrla t, rfeauilni brow. On with . tho
dance 1 Flash and rustle and Jaughter and
immeasurable merry making 1 Bub tho .
langour of death comes over the limbs and j
blnrs the sight. . : ,
. lights lower 1 Floor hollow with sepul
chrai.echo. Music saddens into a waili Lights
lower! The maskers can hardly now be seen.
Flowers exchange then fragrance for a sick
ening odor, suoh, a.a'. comes from garlauds
that nave lain in vaults of cemeteries Lights j
lower! joists nu tne room. uiaaaeii joiuo
' as thouxb. shakerv ;0j uiiea D.na?r; , J
com mi fh ti imr! sr the cur iatnJ. , bcariiain
from the Bhouluor-or oeauty a .sarautti
Light iwer! Overtlio slipway boards, in.
dance of death, li ie ilousibs, ditsirpoin;-' ,
xncnts, u3t despnU". Torn leaves aiv l wit!.i-
er.,.'.l garlands oulr haf hii.'sthe u'...v: .-1 te.--t. i
"15, str-ich 1 h'i.okifiT; Litr.p nicks almcbt j
q - ucl Cok.; g diJips. Ch::'.;ue-i. IVit
1 i
stnr. Hands foIJeaT" TTJos shut Voices
hushed. Lights out!.
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES
A DESPATCH, from Minneapolis, Minnesota,
ays that there are ten thousand cases of la
grippe in that city. '
Ubb. T. M. Hawk was killed and her hns
band was f.ttally injnred by being struck by a
train near Lanark, Illinois. -
BT the explosion of a sawmill boiler, at
Wayiie, Wisconsin, Henry Nouru was kill
ed and several others were badly injured.
THREE boats containing fifteen thousand
dollars worth of coal were sunk at Cairo. Illi
nois, by striking one of the piers of the
bridge. ,
The schooner Augustus J. Fabans, lime
loaded, went uxhore at Ocean Point, Maine,
and took fire., , The vessel and cargo of 2800
barrels of lime are a total loss.
" PLEURO-Pneunionia has appeared imnn
the caitle of, David Herr, near Mountville,
Lancuster county. Pa. Tbe herd of 2.5 have
been quarantined by United States authori
ties. While John Peterson was working in the
bottom of a shaft at Lehigh, Webster county,
Iowa, the rope broke when the bucket was
near the top and the backet .fell upon him,'
catting his body in two.
As A party of young people were returning
from n ball the horses became unmanageable,
nenr Georgetown, Colorado, and tho wagon
went down the mountain side. Fifteen of
the sixteen occupants were badly injured.
'An expresstrain on theFlintand Pere Mar
qwtfe road, in Michigan, was run into by a
lreight traiu at Brick Run Station, and - the,
sleeper whs wrecked. Several passengers
were injured, E. E. Sumner, of Kansas City,
seriously. . 4
Lui.u ami Lelia Copperage, aged 19 and 17
years respectively, were struck and killed by
a ' train, nenr Coyner'a Springs, Virginia.
The girls were walking on the truck. Their
pure lit were walking along n road near the
track and witnessed the accident.
. A fbeioiit train on the Catawina Rail
road was wrecked near Beaver Valley, Pa.,
Hie cowcatcher ot theengine striking a brake
beam which had fallen on the track Irom a
preceding train. ' John Fuher, engineer, and
James Wood, nremun, were killed, and Clin
ton Harder, Drukeiuan. had hU legs broken.
-'Whims James Poltoek and son Were riding
in a carringe . Irom Dallas to Wilkesbarre,
Pa., they were overtaken by a whirlwind',
aod the men and carriage, were lifted bodily,
carried Rome distance; and thrown against a
clump of trees. The men were badly injured.
The whirlwind was confined to ana'rrow'coin-'
pass and did no more damage.
:-Andrew Moore, aged 21 year, and Miss
Allie Cox, aw'ed 16 years, were drowned nenr
Kennedy, Alabama.' A party of pupils of the
Kennedy High School were out boating and
the boat capsized. Moore brought one youug.
lady to shore, but when be returned for IM iw
Allie the current was too srVong, and both
went down together. He could have saved
his own life by swimming out alone.
A BRICK tenement in Allen street. New
York, was destroyed by fire a lew days siuce.
Bernard Jaoler, who occupied the filth floor;
Betsy Jaster, aged 13 years; Sarah Jaster,
aged 18 years, uml Philip Elsekeisky perished
in the flame. Minnie Jaster and Henry Jas
ter were badly burned. . Abraham Goldstein,
three weeks old, was thrown from the thyd
tory window to the sidewalk and sustained
internal injuries. - - y. .' j'
IN THE GRIP OP DEATH. ' j
Five Thousand Cases of Grip In jEltts
bnrg and Vicinity.
A despatch irom Pittsburg, Pa., soys: From
a street joke the grip has become a generally
dangerous disease. The death-rate has in
creased to a great extent, and this month will
break tbe record by the alarming increase of
fifty per cent. Closing at noon, 723 deaths
haVo occurred in Pittsburg and Allegheny in
twenty-four days of this month. Thirty-eight
deaths hare been reported within the last
twenty-four hours, and maay, no doubt, have
not been reported. The direct causes given
on certificates are grip, influenza, pneumonia,
typhoid and diphtheria. From the last-named
disease one death per day has occurred within
the post three weeks at the Home of the
Friendless alone.
In the two cities there were fifly-one funer
als lust Sunday, and there was, not one-half
enough hearses to go around. Respectably-'
covered wagons are used and carriages are
daily at a premium, in one large clothing
house twenty-three clerks laid ott with influ
enza, which is daily growing more severe, and
now numbers ol victims neariiigthe5000niark
are in the city and suburbs. 1'hyxicians are
overworked, and some have as high as forty
to sixty esses ot grip alone. ,
It is t8timateu that over 1000 people are
suffering with the grip in the towns along tbe.
Fort Wayne Road.
AtBellevue and West Bellcvue over two
hundred cases are reported, some of which arc
of a very serious nature. At Emsworth and
Haysville there are over one hundred case.
There are aloo many cases in Sewickle'y, and
it is estimated that tully five hundred peopm
are confined to their homes.
Report from other townsshow results some
what similar, though noue are to afflicted as
this city.
A special from Canton, O., says Miss Kate
Detweiler, a handsome young Isdy ol twenty
four years, hung herself. She hud been sul
ieringfrom a severe attack of the grip, and
while delirious from the fever, suicided. .
MAR&ErS. ;
BAtTIMOnE Flour City Mills, extra. $5.00
$5.15 Wheat Southern Fultz, l.OUQl.OO.
Corn Southern White, 707 !c, Yellow.
6tf70c. t.)ats Southern and Pennsylvania
5860c. Kye Maryland and Pennsylvania
8S9"w. Hay. Maryland and Pennsylvania
10.0$i1.00. Straw Wheat 7.UO$8.00.
Butter Eastern Creamery, 8334c, nenr-by
receipts 2C(),.'8e. Cheeser-Kastem Fancy
Cream', 1 1 c, Western. Sic ' Eggs l.H
ldc'Tobacco, Leaf In terior, 1 (V$$l.dO, Good
Common, 4 6$. $..(, Middling, bYu.0O, Good
to fine red, VCtyU I Fancy 12(.(13.00.
New York Flour Southern Good to
choice extra, 4.25C)$5-85. Wheat No. I While.
114116. Rye-State 5860c. Corn South
em YelloV, 7272c. Oats White, State
JH5J57e. Butter State. 2032o Cheese
State, 79Jc Eggs l7ISc.
Philadelphia Flour Pennsylvania
fancy, 4.25fii$4.50. Wheat. Pennsylvania and
Southern Red, 1.081 (Al.OPi. Rye-Pennsylvania,
60fi57c. Corn Southern Yellow, 724
73c. Oats 57(?;57ic. Butter State, 3'.(o,31o.
Cheese New York Factory, lUty lvjc Eygs
State, 17117ic. ..
CATTLE.
Baltimore Beef 4.50f$4.73.
4.50fa$5.23. Hogs 4.0O(i"a4.00.
Nrvv York Beef 4.30(.75;
J5.00ffi$5.4n. IIoars---S.4n(f.to.9;i: '
Sheep
Sheep East Liberty Beef 4.40($4.70. Sheep
4.00(55.20. . llogs-r.WVi4.0u.-.
Sittiso !if!.l,'i two wiilows are ready to
f .11 the dead chiefs ;tbin to tne highest bid
der, because they bay it is haunted.
THE NEWS,
Millie Capese, aged sixteen years, of IIuzlc
tan, Pa., rather thun marry an old man whom
her. parents iavored, committed suicide
J. A. Burke, telegruph operator at Cumber
land Gap, Tenn., was shot and killed by Tom
Hunter, colored, who was subsequently
lynched. A young Greek who in four years
bud squandered a iortuno of $2,000,000 arrived
as an immigrant in New York to look for
work. The Delaware legislature has created
a law lor the arrest of tramps and putting
them to work at breaking stone. Samuel
Morris, one of the oldest locomotive engineers
in the United States, died at Gleudolo, N. Y.f
rfged sixty-nine years. The case of the
badly treated Hungarian miners, at Poca.
hontas, Va., is beyond the jurisdiction of. the
.government. An order will be issued pro
hibiting the sale of stamps ior mauuiactured
tobaeo to ' cigar-makers. -It is probable
t-.nt'tlie charge a'gaiust Harry Martin, who
broke into tbe White House, will be reduced
to common assault, Work' lias, been re
sumed oil the battle-ship Texas. The Itev,
Father Brady, of Georgetewn College, dead.
Bucaug-j of the grip the death rate iu
Chicago is increasing. Four mou were
crushed to death hi a suit mine iu Lyon?, Ks.
Two meu Were waylaid und kilied uear
Home, La. William Garner, of Mexico,
Mo., died of hydrophobia. 0.1 ver Win
Stangles was hung in Mauch Chuuk, Pa.-
General Merritt has issued orders to enlist
Indians iu the regular army. George
Washington Musi was bung in Wilkesbarre,
Prt -' . . : . .-.
. S. M. Garrett, a Kansas Ciiy lawyer, was
driven mad by hunger. Ben Grant, a negro,
wanted in Topeka for wife-kiltiiitr, Committed
suicide in 'Pueblo, Col.- J. 'M. Conu and A.
B. Taylor are suing the Chicago, Buriington
and . Quiuty , Railroad for. $100,100 - Ed
Bryant, a 'mulatto, was .killed in Iloustou,
Tex., for attempting to enter a game of cards
where he was not -wanted. A train ran off
the track on the Lonisville and Nashville
Road. Six' passengers were severely injured
The Hon. Inaac Degrbff Nelson, one of
the 'most' prominent Citizens of Nortrierri
Indiana, died at Fort Wajne, Intl., 'aged
eighty-one. ' He has held numerous city, state
and federal offices under Democratic adminis
trations. John Dinees, colored, was I lynched
at Columbia, Ala.; tor an' attempted outrage
ttpott Mrs. Brewton Petts, a white woman.
Mrs. Annie Kockhoski died -at Shumokin, Pa,,
aged one hundred and three years. An
attempt was ' made to wreck a passenger
train on the Lebanon Valley Railroad, "near
Palmyra, by placing, a tie on: the track'. '
The. .New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Con
ference, iu session at Trenton, after 'an excit
ing debate, resol ved that members ol the-conference
would notduTport political cahdicates
or parties believing iii tho h'quor license.; -ka
; unknown" Swetlish steamer is-ashore on
the North. Caroliua cooiland fast going to
pieces,- The grip.,accoiupauied by pneu
monia and diphtheria, is causing a heavy
death Tate In Pittsburg and vicinity.
Thousauds of sheep, it is said, have died in
New Mexico during the Winter. Two fire
men named Mahone and Siegfried were killed
in collision on the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road, James river division. Dr. J. P.
Wickersbam died at Lancaster, Pa. D. B.
Fotheringham has . been elected mayor of
Spokane Falls. Dr. Edward Brooks, of
Mullersviile, Pa., was elected superintendent
of publio schools in Philadelphia.' Since
January 1st 853 new industries have been
established in the South, against 837 in itlie
same time last year.- Thomas B. Norcross
robbed the postofnee at Green ville, Del., and
was caught. Banker S. A. Kean, of Chicjgo.
was indicted by the grand jury for defrauding
his creditors, in connection with the failure of
his bank some months ago. The comtnitti e
of the California legislature appointed to in
vestigate the charge of bribery, reported that
no money was used in behalf of candidates to
secure their election to the United State
Senate. Weavers inthe Atlantic mill it
Providence, R. I., struck in opposition to the
new fines system. It is reported that one cf
the men who recently robbed the Freeport
Savings Bank, of Freeport, Pa., of a large sum
of money, is now under arrest at Wheeling,
W. Va., in the person of John Mooney, a
notorious burglar and afe cracker. A
survey is being made for a railroad in Ala
batna to connect the Tennessee river with tha.
Gulf of Mexico. i-A Whitney & Sons, car
wheel manufacturers of Philadelphia, are
financially embarrassed. :
SERIOUS RAILROAD WRECK.
Im.iU-Up at Rncln Junction, Vt.
Two Men Dead, Others Bmdly .Hart. .
A serious wreck occurred on ' the North
western road at Raciue 'Junction " by which
one man was killed, tp, dangerously hurt
(one of whom has since died), aud three others1
more or less injured. - '
A mail-car, baggage-car and ; fiye, .freight
cars were destroyed byjfire-. The pecuniary
lo s is estimated at, $50,003. ; -
The collision occurred nt midnight between
a north-bound C..& N W. passenger train
nnd a south-bound t'reighi train on the same
line. The latter train consisted of .til cars, and
was under sueh headway that it could not be
checked - muielentty .to allow side-tracking.
Both trains came together on the main track
at the depot, with the above result - ' ;
In thesnfe of the American Express Com
pany was $10,000 ia currency for Northern
banks irom Chicago. So intensely hot did
the fire became that wneu the safe was open
ed half .the currency Wan found burned to
ashes and the other half partially burned.
The express company will lose about 3,00o
of the money, enough being saved f. the
other ba f to insure its redemption. Several
thousand dollars wprth of jewelry was melted
and J'un into ods lump. , 'ilia. United State
Express Company. also lost a large amount of
money. No a pound ot express ormail was
saved. '
QT,SKtLh Nathan Gotr, the noted West
'Viryini politician, looks Lite a 'Clergyman.
His lave is ftlways smoothly shaven and he
dresses in a dark frock, suit. In spirits he ii
us chccrlul &s sc hool boy.
NINETEEN HENDBOFlIEl)
The Steamship Strathairly' Wrecks!
on the North . Carolina Coast
Only Seven Lives Saved Oat of Twenty
six People on the Ship Effort of the
Life Having Crew of Little Avail.
' A dispatch from Norfolk, Vs., eays: The
British steamer Strathairly, bonnd from San
tiago de Cuba to Baltimore with a cargo of
iron ore, went ashore, a mile south of the
Chicacornico life saving station on the Nortli
Carolina coast. She was commanded by Cap
tain William Wynnand bad a crew of 25 men.
The captain and . eighteen of the crew were
arowned.notwithstandipgjthe heroic efforts of
the life saving crew to rescue them. Seven
of the men were caved, but all the officers ex
cept the reeoud mate perished.
At the time, of the wreck a northeast gale
was blowing and the weather was very thick J
The ship was discovered by -the life Baving
crew about 4:40 o'clock A. M., tossing about ,
in the breakers and high up on the beach. A.
. rew from the life saving station was'nt once
sent to her assistance ami with much danger
nnd difficulty succeeded in rescuing the men.
Lieutenant Failing, ot tiio life saving service
at' Elizabeth" City, N.C; 'was- at the nation
when the wrecK was discovered. Mr. a oaru,
i;eut at Baltimore of the Earn line, to which
the wrecked ship belonged,'" telegraphed to
T iuiiiuiiA 4- EVi i Ititi a fin A dlrt ll I n If TIDC I K!
when the wreck was discovered. Mr. a oaru,
agent i
tiie '
Lieii
lor the survivor, and forward them to Balti
more at the earliest opporiuuity. :'
. THE SCENE OF THE WRECK.
Communication between Chicacornico and
Norfolk is interrupted by a break of the
Government, telegraph cable across Oregon
Inlet. This is an arm of the'sea about three
miles across, just sot It V of Kitty Hawk. Al
in formation irom the wreck lias to bebronjrh
nerog- this break iu a bout, and only two trips
tire made a day, and only; then when tne
weather permits ; ' - -1 , -
It islillicult to imagine c- more desolate
const than that npon which the unfortuuiite
sleanier SfathaiHy was -wrecked. For ltMJ
miles south irom Cape Henry there extends
a.trip o sand cast p from, the sea and seper-
nteu irom uie mainiaim oy many nines ot
bt-intd salt sounds. .iSome -times this strip
broadens to a width of a few miles and then
shrinks to a mere thread of gray sand. The
inhabitant are few in number, scattered in
solitary dwellings, and'w-it.bout means of com
munication with the world save the occasion
al oyster sloop or fishing bout that at irreeular
intervals cruise .along ihef-Mmnds. Their
living is derived Irom the sea and the strip is
nearly barren of vegetation.
On the enside long sand bars run ont nnd
reels abound, so that the vessel wrecked upon
this coast is Mire to strike at a distance from
the shore aud be speedty torn to pieces by the
tremendous Uatteras surges that ha ve made,
the vicinity tho dread of vavigators for a cen-.
tury; and strewn the white beacbe with tho
tinibersof nuinberlefs vessels . and eountles
sailors. The life saving seryice is of the best
in flip nniin'frv 'tint owihtr to'the character of
the coast, the most usefu4 of' their appliances'
the Hfe.line thrown from a gun can rarely
be used, and the crews are compelled to rely
' largely upon theirsnrf ''briats, which they
. manage. to, bin licit and- land with marvelous
dexterity in the fierce surf' which constantly
' rolls upon the beacties and jars.
HOW HE DID IT.
A Drpaty County Conrt Clerk UeU Away
U'ltnOver 810,000.
l'UVKI 11. I.UUI IJSUU, ULUljr VI CIS. VK ,UB
Seolt county court, Virgiuia, lias, it is alleged,'
by various sharp transactions obtained and
appropriated to his own use from $10,000 to
30,000 aud left the state., His mode of pro
cedure was this: , -'
He would take uncalle l-for' claims in his
otHce, luistf the amounts by hundreds, forge
otMeis Horn jofiieeM lor the same and send
tneiii to the auditor at Richmond aod obtain
ciic m jsK-y. He would also leave blank pages
iii writing up the proceedings of the court bll
tticui in wiut beta ious cases, make out the
h lis of cou und draw the money. ' In one
,-'i-h case h ti alleged witness by the name of
Kiutcr it iii Kansas was allowed $175.
. 1 is suiu-u tnut li went over the books for
several years and increased costs and obtained
tne money. Murhson has been in office about
a your. He married a lady living near Wash
ington,.!). C, and it is supposed he has been
in Hint city nearly a ruuutii. An order ior
nis urn-it bas been issued. ,
MOBBING CHRISTIANS.
Word Received of a Serlons Illot In
Chink Missionaries Pri-titiil.
The steamer Oceauic brins news that anfi
Christian riots have Occurred in the dis:ricts
around Chung King, China.. The Christians
have nearly all been driven from thedwtricis.
Many of them have been" plundered of every
thing they possessed, and in many Instances
their houses hive been- torn down or, burned
to the ground, leaving them entirely desti
tute. Troops sent to the scene of theoutrages
hare had several encounters with therioiers
and'a number hate been killed and wounded.
RevL Dr. and Mrs.vUanter and family, and
Rev. Mr. Lane, ot the American Presbyterian
inifsion.the firstforeign missionaries to reticle
at Chiming Chow, have been driven irom
their premises. JTwb t'aaadian missionaries,
named Golforth and MeLure, were sot npon
by a mob near Nonan, who ill used them end
destroyed their property.- Other outrages are
reported.
V'A' FAMOUS FEUD ENDED.
The IUlflrld-McCoy Vendetta to Wind
lip With a Wedding.
The famous Ilalfield-McCoy feud which
has made of Wayne couuty, W. Va., nnd Pike
county, Kentucky, a bloody ground for thirty
years has come to a happy and romantic end.
iii me tuuiBtj ui me vnuL'ii.a it. m miu inai
two hundred lhes hive been sacrificed, but
the feud only became open war withia four or
five pears; when cold-blooded murder followed
assassination so closely as to horrify the
ountry. This new activity dated Irom the
murder of a McCoy, who ha'i married Ins
cousin, by a HaHield, who had been betroihed
to her.
As it began', no w jU it end in s wedtliny.
It has been arranged that Aaro i iFnirie!'.'.
nephew of "Devil .Anse," Jon'; lici t of me
fAus.nhall marry a 'lair da ngliu rot the I"'"'
of McCoy in May, when a bip barbecue
be held in a grove iu Wayne county, near i
liigundy. and both Hctitius jirome to 1',
oa blind all thtir reiutivs.-i wi. c l'1'-""'
ba gathered.