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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-19

PTrssURdH Posr wArsE AND CHcAso RAILWAY Co
OYylca SECaErARI, PIrTsBuRGH. March "a 1853 !
THE BOARD of DIRECTORS of this Com
have declared the regular gARTERLY DlyIDESD me ~
Capital quarter ending March 81 payable and amer
MONDAY April 26h poIimo at the once Of WIkSLoW, LANlBR
Co. ri Pine those registered NewYok aud at the oes
Of toe Treasurer 10 those registered at Pittsburgh
The will close MONDAY April a. at1 and
reopen TUESDAY. April 81, al 10 a. II, --.....--..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-19
NJ THE MAY NUMBER

TTppTNCOTTS MAGAZINE.
WITH A BULLPAGB ILLUSTRATION.
CONTENTS.
/ BBYOND THE BRBAKBRS HovEL-PARTV BY the Hon
RoberE Dale Owen
II. MAY APPLES: A PoRH
Ill SALMON FISHING.
~ HANS BRRrTMANN IN POLTCs-PARr III. The Author
asserts the intellectual superiority Of Germans 70 amer
icana 2 Showing how Mr. Hiram TWine "psyed or Oh
Smith. By Charles o. Leland Illustrated +
Y ROUGBGORGE. A TALE. By Harriet Prescott sPoaoTG
VI LIPR IN COAL MINES.
VII AFBw CURIOUS DERIVATIVES By Prof Henry Coppee.
Will DICK LYLEs FEE A STORY rRE Dali By L. OArAe
Davis
TX. SPECTRUM ANALYSIS
X RARL DOUGLAS OF PHILADELPHIA.
XII RBCOLLBCTIoNs OF WASHINGTON IRVING BY L. Gay
lord Clark
XII. THB ARGOSY A PoHN.
Kill A REAL GHOST STORY.
XIV OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP.
XIV LITERATURE OF THE DAY. r.
~ Por at all the Book and HeSs Stores.
Single Numbers IS eent& Yearly Subscriptions 81 Liberal ""s
10 Clubs aud Agenta ...o..,-, -, - p-,u,
Nos us aud III Aarketst, PhlsaepEA
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mil & ST. Paul LIST NJ. 7 BIO. 81
Milwaukee l. IT. Paul LIST Mort sl'
hilw. and St. Paul "a Mort.... ".
Nil 4 81. Paul l. 4 ~ d..... "
Chic. 4 Milvaatee, lst Mo-. u
n. Y. 4 N. II. es............. "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-19

We are requested call the attention OF the holders OF
the New.Haven and Northampton Company's bonds TO
notice by the Treasurer, in advertising columns this
morning
The exports OF specie during the week ending April II
were as follows:
Tor The 500
Previously reported bt'85'S
Ioial since Jan l.
Tho following comparative statement Of the exports
specie from tho port Of to foreign ports for
10 years from January TO Apr H. 1862 and FOR tho
rcanondlnc nerloda n the undernOied YeAra:
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from port of NewYork foreign ports for the week
ending April 49, and since the beginning Of the year.
P FS6 10; J'; ;'poa:d SS@ 1io'Sa @%i%i
Sine, Jan Inns 091lS0 ssO.a9ai sU;ee'
The following shows the imports OF foreign dry goods
and general merchandise FOR the ending April l6
and since the beginning Of the year:
pi IV Sooe. WEEK lSos s iso sas soD
General merchandise. 9.sG5sH $4,000 s29i,76I
p TSl'l f. ;ss5i:i sa5 ssss t3o;i
Since Jan bum. s7g9ug7o 47les70 sgS85a
The following are the dry goods imports, included In
the above, for the Same period
v 70, q: 's,.t no., isS1 So, ISIS; IsGo
Tbroun mstst........ lS2s7J I.ss9,ao9 2aa1sgT
H5.sisa Ii. tsss5e9 s,s9s. 80 s3,7gf1
The receipts OF fractional currency at Washington for
the week ending to-day amount 20 s22sOOO Shipments
for the week-o Boston, 500 O0 TO Philadelphia s2OOOOO;
TO the National Banks. $2O3i5o The following amounts
are held for the National Banks As security for
circulation s2 693 cO for public deposits The
National Bank currency issued during the week $685.
ssO total TO date t34 Muatod bills returned 49,
2l3559 nsoyent bank notes redeemed, 0js 395 Actual
circulation at this date, Fractional currency
redeemed tOO,9OO.
The Chicago Railpdy Reriep says OF the Michigan
Southern and Lake Shore consolidation: AT meeting Of
the Boards OF Directors OF the Michigan Southern aud
Lake Shore Roads, contract Of consolidation was unani
mousy agreed upon subject 20 the action Of the stock
holders OF tho Companies. Tho stockholders OF the
Michigan Southern Company will be called upon 10 vote
the question at meeting called at Chicago on the St
OF May next and probably those OF the Lake Shore Com
pany will be convened at about the same date as the con-
tract provides for meeting at Cleveland June TO elect
q Board OF Directors aud officers OF the consoli'
dated Company. The arrangement contemplates the
early consolidation Of these companies with the But.
falO and Erie Company, also forming cOntln'
line under corporate organization and manage
ment and uniform In equipment, between Chicago aud
Buffalo, $50 miles The consolidated capital OF the new
Company will amount 10 S5JOO,OOO the aggregate earn
ngs about t in 1863 and the entire length
OF track branches ncuded) apprO1imates 1000 miles.
OF this the Michigan Southern has moro than onehalf,
52i mes-243 OF man lne together with the Air Line,
and Detroit and Monroe, and Jackson branches. The
The Lake Shore main line, Toledo TO Erie i miles IN
length, which the jamestown and Sandusky branches
to about 800 miles. The Buffalo and Erie Road
Is 80 miles la length.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-19
WsNNins Galhs, TT.

A Il VIM. EVERDELL~ SONS, No 104 Full
"a tosst-WEDDIhG CARDS aud FNE STATIONERY. lKItib
Llhsd 1851
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-19
gibfbmh Nutins.

oyuca LAKs sHoRs RAILWAY CosPAsI,l
- CLEVELAND March 10, 1863 !
NOTICE.-The Directors of this Company this
d., ss.l,Isd DIVIDEND Of TIN PR CENT on h. sap.
stock OF this Company tncndng the capital stock Of the Cleveland
Papss aud AsbuA Lake Shore Railway aud the Cleveland and
Toledo Railroad Ccmpinles payable ia the per thirty
bonds this COMPANY The 2 day Of April 1859 such per
have been holders Of the ,ef Of sid the sOi'
Of the transfer hooks the LIST day OF April, 1869.
The transfer books Of the Company will close the LAT day Of April
next at . s'sOei p. n, and reopen On the 3lst
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The following wero the bids for B
And the folIowlng for Rallroad hnnds.

hsS-YoTk Central 6s. 1873. .... ppI
NeG-Hort Central 6s. r. Estate 81
EeN.York Central Gs. subsc'n.. 80
Bn- IL, ith Mort lad, 1880. .. so
Bu1, \. Y. L 4. LIST 81, 1871. 81
hud. X. IS. lat Mtg, lS69-sO. e.. 1901
Hud. X. u. "a Mtge.. S.P. 1885. lg2i
He'd. X. "a. 81 htge., ls75..... ~
Harlem lat Mort. .........,....lO2
Mich Cent, Up. Ct. 1868 2...ll2
Mich Cent new Is. NJ. 8s, iGe2.Ill
Chic Bar L Y. Q p. G. lat n. .ll0
Mich. 80. 7 per ct. "a mort. 93l
Pscifo r.. Is, guIrsnfd by Mo. 80
Alton 4 4. H., lat Mort 81
Aloe l. L II. ~ Mort Pref. s2I
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n
IL LITERATURE
FOR MAY.
with q ene steel engraving Of DIAN MiLhAN
I-THR RIGHT HON HUGH EblIOT.-Nofth brush REVIEW
I-PBRCBIvING WITHOUT SEEING; Romance OF Asuen
omy.--GoOd WOnls
UL-NRW GRRMANY-Rdnburgh Review.
IV-LORD BYRON-Temple Bar
V-SIX MONTHS IN CALCUTTA-Tempe Bar
Vl-LUNAR PHENOMENAL bamberts Journal
WHITE MYTHS OP LOND0N-Begravi@ - .. .-,,
VIIL-THB STRUGGLE FOR EMPIRE WITH THB hAHRATIAh
dl--Westmiaser Review.
IX-ANBRfCAE AND OTHER TRAVBlL-London Society.
X-HR KNBW HB WAS RIGHT. Chaps XIX. XXX, XAL-An-
M-DR GOGUST SBANDBR. (coneP0-Brish Quar-. Review
KILLER MAJBSTY'S TOWER-Dubin University
XIII-THR LADIES CRY, NOTHING TO DO--Mkcmillan-
XIV-A MODERN ALPHABET INVRNTOHG-ChAnoerSt Journal
Xv-MBsALLIANCES.-Saturtsy Review -, -,
XyL-STA0R MORALITY AND THB BALLBT.-bAekNooat
xvu-TfIR POLAR WORLD -IntelleetuG observer.
XvIII.-DBAN MILMAN.-The Editor.
XIX.-POBTRY.
XX-E6TBS on BOOKS,
XXL-SCIBNCB
XXu-VAkIETIBS
The SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES In THB ECLECTIC are attr,e1l
marked attention. those the present number are particularly FaA
fRRAiS or THE RCLECTTCi
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the undernoted years

The following shows the exports exclusive OF spece)
from port OF NewYork foreign ports for the week
ending April IS, and since the beginning Of the year:
1867. 1868. 1869.
Fort he week aiE6.Tno f10l3 3e3 f16iTB3
Previously reported 5e.Ts,lH G.I9itf NSIb7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-19
Sinanial.
NKw.lIAvES AND NORTHAMPTON CoNPASr,
Nav HAVEN, Conu., April, 1862
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES nYnl

Nkw.HAyES NORTHAMPTON CoNPAsr,l
- .-.. Nav HAyES, Conn., April 1862
NOTICE to B0NDHOLDERS.-The new seven
per boBds Of this Company having 20
ready o exchange With such holders Of those falling due 10Th July
do Tho payable 10th July and 10Th Jan
ua These bonds will he hi and only mortgage the railroad Of
this company which has been aud full operation for
from this city Northampton aud eArnng beyond the
and interest on s bonds fair dividend 70 ia stockholders The
pnJ registers the bonds the Of the holder wben desired and all
Hane can DO registered thus guarding against o ere robbery
NO security offered the pubic perfect limited amour.
otese bonds offered Tor sale and accrued Interest and AZ the
Tar PAID by The they not TAXABLE 10 The holders this
hA NONRESIDENT holders requested to notify the their
places dDes and amounts held In order that they be provided
Tor All that exchanged before LIST June will then be offered 10
the stochhoden Apply to d. PARDBB, TisGTsr New
Haven, Conn, or TO WARD 4 CO.. No 81 WAllst
COLUMBUS CHICAGO INDIANA CENTRAL RAILWAY CoNPAsI
- .. No. 81 Broadway, NKw.ioRK, April, 1869.
IRANSFER BOOKS FOR THE STOCK
or THIS COMPANY have been opened the ofce OF tho Union
Trust COMPANY the City Newok who have bsn appointed the
u9sisr agents The certificates will o be couneRed by the ST.
II r. SMITH, President
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The following shows the imports OF foreign dry goods
and general merchandise FOR the week ending April l6
| tl,n l.nrt nf fhn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-19

Since Jan hmm. s7s9p,ggo 471.C57D s9s58.)H
The following the dry goods imports, included II
the above for the Same period
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
The Latest Horror.

The people Of Kane county, Ills,
are Mortified over an extraordinary
crime. 1t seems that one Rev. Isaac
B. Smith, of turner junction, in that
county, has been arrested for the
murder of his wife. Sometime last
summer he was driving his wife in an
open buggy to neighboring minis
ters after night, and in crossing a
stream, as he alleged at the time his
buggy was upset and wife was wash
ed own the stream and drowned
IL now turns out tina, the Rev. Scoun-
drel had 50 900 insurance on his
wife's life; that he was building an
S8, 600 house at the time on an $500
salary that the stream was only Il
inches deep at the time and place 81
vas supposed to be drowned. togeth
er with many more suspicious cir
cumstances pointing pretty plainly
to the guilt Of the accused.
Smith is represented as young anc
good looking; the pet Of the fair Nom
bcrs OF his flock, and minister o
unusual eloquence and power.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
Exploded 7 heories.

The democracy SAID the Yanks
woalin't fight. AMI mat the Rebell-
ion could never be Suppressed. But
they did it.
They said emancipation would
bring about war between the late
owners and their slaves, drenching
the land iE blood. But it didn't.
They said emancipation would
inaugurate war of races. But it
didn't.
They said they would never vote
with the debased African. But they
do.
They said they would never hug
germugger the negro for thir votes.
But they have brought to bear all
their great talents on this subject,
resulting in Ottumwa in securing
the vote Of one nigger, who is pro.
tessional bawdy house keeper, and
dirty low dog and drunken pimp and
vagabond in general, to.wit: Albert
Savington, who voted straight
open democratic ticket Tuesday, for
which he was applauded by the Cop
perheads around HIM.
They said we couldn't beat Bill
Ross the pure christian, unmixed pa
triot, superb Treasurer, and dyed 10
the wool democrat. But we rather
suspect we did.
They said Tom. Bedwell was a
sheriff without guile who maintained
in Office that pink Of perfection
Johny o. Briskoc, and that we
couldn't beat him, with that upstart
quarrelsomo soldier Swiggett.
| But we opine that if Tom. Bedwell
will look into his mirror this morn.
ing and survey that elongated visage
with its funeral procession sickly ap
pearanee mantling over it, that even
he will conclude that il has a stri
king resemblance to !. licked lndiyid
vidual.
Upon tho whole we advise oul
dearly beloved coppcrhcad friends tt
go out Of the prophetic line as it il
evidently not their "best holt
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
Our Objections to a Railroad.

We the ''oid iOgles are opposed
to railroads, for reasons thusly:
They raise the price of real estate.
We want TO buy real estate. hut have
no money as yet 10 do SO. lichce
railroads stay away.
They bring carpet basgers, conf
dence men aud cholera With t!,em-
innovations that seldom travel Will
OK teams.
They keepa conioun'!ed, rafting,
sizzling and whisliing all night thro ,
thus keeping us awake when we
ought to bc asleep.
They will bring along rich nabobs,
who will put up noisy Ioundrie-, buI
zins machines, mills and factories,
all grinding the noses OF the poor
We arc poor, and don't want our
noses ground.
They will raise the price ot egg.
butter and vegetables. AZ we'll ms tn.
expense OF living generally. ",
want to buy those things at the low.
4 est rates. Hence keep away rail
roads.
They will swell our town popula.
tion several thousands, aud by that
means create a demand for bread and
beef-articlcs which the poor coun
trymen must supply. We want Z
buy butter ut Is cents per pound
eggs at s cents per dozen, and tlou'
at S6 per barrel, which we cannot d,
ifrailroads invade our country.
| They will bring in An oily-toungc,
set of Yankees, who will cheat us ou
of our eve teeth. We wish to Acel
our teeth intact. Therefore we pray
that railroads come not hither.
They will throw thousands o.
teamstcls out OF employment wh'
now buy tobacco and meat from on
merchants.
They will bring our mails ever,
day, thus keeping US iu coostan
state of excitement, and shorten on
natural lives hy several years. "
want To be lei alone, which won't b
= the case itrailroaas come hither.
J, We don't want dusty on mudd
Ireets. We want to live quietly az
It lonely. Hence NJ railroads tor u>,
you please.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
Tennessee.

Gov. ID. W. G.. Sentcr submitted
his annual message to the legislature
Of Tennessee day before yesterday.
The following is synopsis of it:
"Govcrnor Scntcr submitted his.
message to the Legislature today ~
1t was admirable in temper and able
in argument of his position. 1, croa-
ted profound impression, especially
those portions discussing the 18th
Amendment and the Public Dcbt.-
After brief reference to the bless
ing Of the National Govcrnmen, he
discussed the franchise question, di-
recting that the time has come ior
the removal Of all Inequality orpriv-
ileges for political causes and recon
mendcd prompt and efficient meas
ures to restore all citizens to their
rights and privileges, lie says he
regards the eufranchlscment cf the
colored people a fixed fact in Tennes-
see, the right OF suffrage having al,
ready been conferred upon them, and
it is not to be supposed that it will be
| taken from those now in power.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
The Difference.

Polk County voted Tuesday to is
sue $40, 900 in bonds to aid in build.
ing bridges across the Des Moines
and Coon River at that place.
The same day by decided ma.
jority tho people OF this county re-
fused to aid a similar, project at
Ottumwa to the extent of say &c.
900 even.
The people Of that county think it
| is important at least that tho large
| streams should be bridged, as well as
the creeks and sloushs.
| In WapsIlo county it is only righ,
and constitutional, to bridge the lit.
tie small out Of the way streams, by
public taxation, but when it comes to
bridging large river which runs di-
agonally from one corner to another,
of tho county, and ut its cente,
which would accommodate more peo.
pie and tax payers, than all the o.h.
er bridges in the county put together
then it is odious. horrible and Insult
fcrable.
1t is all right for the people of OF
tumwa and Centre Tp., to aid by tax
alton to build bridges across the Ce
dars, Soaps, and Avery's, but a!
wrong for tho people in those neigh
borhoois to aid in bridging the Del
Moincs.
| The Des Moines has done very
naughty thing in growing so larg'
that it cannot be tcrdod or ferried bu
at great danger and expense to tn
hundreds of thousands Of peopl
who find it necessary to cross /
here annually.
Had it remained small modes
little stream, never coming up hig
enough 10 wet horses belly, and ra
through some sparsely settled towi
, ship, it would have been crowne
: with a bridge long AGO at the publ
: expense.
Niye humbug
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21

The New Secretary Of War.
We give much Of our space to-day
TO the just tribute to the new Secrets
~ Of War. Major-G General VIM. w.
ReIknap, from tho Gate City Of Ks-
okuk, Iowa, printed III his own home.
immediately after the death q
Secretary Rawlins, We intimated our
preference for Belknap a. his succes.
sor. but little thinking then, however,
that Iowa and the country at large
was to be SO fortunate asito secure the
appointment. $500. 81. f;s.-.
From the opening to the close Of
the rebellion the writer.of this arti.
Gle was on the most intimate terms
Of friendship with Gen. BsIknap that
could be besotten under tho same
tont; at the same mess table; around
the Same bivouac fire, and on the
same bloody battle fields; and he can
truly and couscientiously say thatit
was never,his good fortune to know q
Drawer soldier, truer friend, or nobler
man. .sttg l
He is in the prime Of life, and pos
sesses one Of the clearest and most
systematic minds in the country, and
has withal the most extraordinary
taste for details Uf business and ad.
ministrative affairs, Of any man we
ever knew ~ as
He he is as sound . Republican as
lives, having as this writer happens
to know, spurned tho Possum nomiu-
alton for Governor of Iowa, rendered
him before vicksburg, in advance, by
the leaders of that move ment, and
which tempting bait eventually se-
duccd Gen. j. NJ. Tuttle.
By and by, when the country comes
to know Belknap as we do, they will
come to regard him as ono OF it's
abiest and most practical public SER
wants. Meantime, we predict that he
will soon become recognized as ono Of
the wisest and best of the advisers in
the councils Of our great Captain,
President u. s. Grant.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
THE DAILY COURIER
Courier aob department.
ORDERS SOLICITED.

The appointment of Gen. w. w.
Belknap to be Secretary OF War, is
not satisfactory to the Chicago Times
or Des Moincs State Register, per
contra, the Chicago Postal the close
of q long and highly complimentary
article says:
He is in all respects admirably
fitted for the position to which he
has been called, and we predict that
he will 80 perform his duties as TO
merit the most favorable opinions OF
the general public"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
Prompt Payment.
Ottumwa, Oct. Is, 1863.
sRs. EplToRs COURIER.

MEssRs. EDiroRs COURIER.
GENTLEMEN | desire in this public
manner to express my gratitude to
the Union Mutual Life Insurance
Company, and. to Mr.. l.. G. Clark
their Special Agent, for the very sat,
isfactory adjustment, and prompt
payment to me Of 81, 600 insurance on
the life ofmy late deceased husband
Henry Devon, who took apolicy III
that Co. some twoyears since, for that
amount. May God ever bless them
in their Mission OF Mercy, TO the
Widow and Fatherless. To me, and
mine, as to many Others, Life lnsu
rance has proved 'Friend in tins
of need would, therefore, advis,
all parents having little ones depend
ing upon them for subsistence, to sc
cure without delay, apolicy IN th
Union Mutual Life lns. Go.
Gratefully, SARAH z. DErou.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
Railroad.

Mr.. Wells, the agent of the Chica.
60 L Southwestern Railway Co. has
been through on the two contesting
lines and filed = mortgage, covering
the entire property and franchises
Of the company. Many Of our peo-
pie as well Is many in Fairfield and
other places supposed that the fling
for record in the Recorders Office Of
the various counties, had much to do
in determining what route would be
selected, when it does nothing of the
Kind. All that it does give us as.
surance Of is, that the road will be
built speedily, that the parties hav-
ing it in charge mean business. We
are as confident as we are of any
thing else under the sun, that hardly
one resident in Iowa knows where
the limo will be or which route will
be chosen. Some people are curious
enough to believe that parties who
have worked and labored for this en- j.
terprise in this city and elsewhere
on the two routes have knowledge
of which route is to be selected. This
is an entirely erroneous idea. Every
body would be glad to know the Sc
crets of those who are TO make the
selection. but not man in lows does
know unless it may be such Of the
Directors of the Chicago Rock Is
land & Pacific r. K. us live. in this
state. The pecuniary inducements
that each line may offer are alone the
controlling thing in its location,
when the routes are equally good,
and money is the only potent thing
we can offer.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21

A Masonic Lodge was recently ded
icated at Washington at which Gen.
Sherman spoke in favor Of the Capt.
tol remaining forever on the spot
designated by Washington, and con-
secrated by the stately steppings Of
Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Renton
Beau Hickman, ct al.
An exchange maficiously pipes in
here "and also the place where John
and Tecumseh sherman recently
bought much real estate" Selah!
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
Serious Accident.

James Smith Esq. of Pleasant town
ship in this county, while engaged
yesterday thrashing with a Machine
at John O'Bryants in said township,
met with terrible accident which
will probably prove fatal.
His clothes were caught by the
knucklc Of the tumbling shaft, and
torn completely off Of him, and be
was most horribly mutilated in the
lower part of tho adomen. He was
one Of the owners Of tho machlne
and falls victim to his own want Of
compliance with tho law requiring
the tumbling shaft and knuckles to
be securely boxed.
He is most estimable citizen and
has quite large family dependant
upon him. We trust that the neigh.
bors and friends Of the family will
extend to the unfortunate man and
wife aud children all the did they
can in their terrible afiiction.
The law in reference to boxing the
shaft and knuck les of machines is as
follows:
"That oil persons hereafter own
"ing or running any threshing ma.
"chinein this state, shall cause the
"two lengths of tumbling rods next
"tho threshing machine, together
"with the knuckles or joints Of the
stumbling rods to be safely boxed or
secured whilc running"
The law further provides that the
party not complying with the above
shall pay all damages for any injury
received by reason of such non-com-
plianvo; and that he shall not have
any right to bring suit and recov-
er for any threshing he may do; and
furthermore that he shall be liable to
be fined in the sum Of not less than
ten nor moro than fifty dollars for
every hour he runs his machine
without complying with tho law.
We do hope that our farmers will
see that this wise and excellent stat
ute of our state is stringently on
forced; for these accidents are of
daily occurrence in the state during
the threshing season, and every one
of them would DC ayoidcd if therc
was no failure to use the means re-
quired by law.