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The New York herald., 1870-04-06

TIE NEW ELECTION BILL.-The State Som
ate yesterday, before passing the Charter.
amended the new Election law for this city
and passed 1t without much difficulty. As Il
is now it is well calculated 10 serve the pur-
pose Of securing just and honest election,
and preventing fraudulent voting. The
amendments are as strict as could be de-
manded by any radical who believes the New
York democracy always carry elections by
repeating and counting out"
In A SQUABBLR-The radicals Of Indiana.
A prominent one said the other day that the
republican party had "stall-fed tho Dutch long
enough, and now, as 1t had niggers enough to
Offset the German vote, the Dutch might CO."
To show that the party could get along without
the aid Of the Germans tho convention to
nominate candidates for the various Offices for
Marion county did not put a German on the
ticket, Notwithstanding several were urged for
positions. Tho radicals have probably had
enough Of the ''sweet German accent" as they
long have had disgust for the erich Irisl,
brogue." Their ambition will now be to
secure the votes OF the coored population,
whose accent is of q different sort from that Of
the Germans.
The New York herald., 1870-04-06

WOODS MUSEUM AND MENA0ERIE Broadway. cor.
Thrush sAAtinse daily Performances every evening
The New York herald., 1870-04-06
ADJUSTMENTS TINS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twsn.y.foursh ss.-Fsou
KoU. "
The New York herald., 1870-04-06

GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner Of Eighth avenue and
I'd sL-Tns TWELVE TrMrrATIoas.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12
Doetru.
THE cows ARE COMING.
BY ALICE HoBBNs.

.TT[l.--s II
T.Iecows are coming, Jessie dear, msks haste and
There sre tSenSy InilEy beauties to be housed and
Thathrst one with the snow-white horns is Just as
She sndmy Siq pet rstsaw the light the same soft
summer day. sssFkEr s'A +
tender creature was she, so weak and cold, and
thinl
John said she was not fit to raise. said it was
sin
To cast her sff. for Ma5buds sake. John laughed,
and asked me whether = ID
Ithoughtit best, upontheEhole, to rear hOs calves
together.
But she was spared and 50 was May. Itsometimes
In stArbrights soft and gentle eyes Mays pleading
glance see. n ~ F-t ---s e.-.
IlOve the creafure-you may smile-perhsps my
She's fairest of the herd as Mays the sweetest of
. = the flock. ~, -s-r a~e4r s~~ q
There's May, her arms round starbrights neck
the girl is nine to-day,
frolcsome and genial thing, at study or al play:
The darling OF our falling years, sprirg in our
A fair white-iewei In our faded csronei 'r
But see. John lets the bars down. in clover deep
With glossy Hanks and backs as straight as yonder
table-land;
The fragrance Of their breath pours IN Ike amber
They're Just the neatsst COWS tomiIk-JohH sayE
they never sur. lfs,, 30 - 49,. -. .s-.-.
They know his tone-'tis seldom loud; they know
his touch-'ts kind, ---.. aa a5'
John has away the neighbors say, to make dumb
creatures mind; = rA ~
PerhapsI only know that I, through all thes'
blessed years,
Have never seen the moment when his voice ha'
brought me tears.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12
Natural Gas Wells in Erie, PenRsyl
Vania O..
From the Erie Republics

We yesterday afternoon interviewed
the recently completed gas wells of Messrs
Busseck, Clark & Co., put down to supply
their oil works, on East Tenth street, with
fuel This well, if it were possible, is even
more of q success than that of Messrs OH.
yer & Bacon, noticed two days since. II
was commenced about six weeks or two
months since, and is sos feet deep. The
total cost of drilling, casing, and the ne
cessary pipe and fixtures to convey gas
to the stills and boiler of the engine foots
up to about sixteen hundred dollars.
When we arrived at the works, but one
fire was lighted, that under the boiler, and
| the pressure of gas on the safety-yalve OF
the well was 30 great that although the
weight was at the extreme end of the lever,
so much was escaping as was being con-
sumed under the boiler. The stills being
charged and ready to fire up, the manager
proceeded to apply the match to the gas in
each furnace, and Immediately eleven fires
were in operation, sufficient for the purpose
of distilling oil. Those of our readers who
are acquainted with the distillation OF oil,
or who have been around refinery, know
the amount of fuel it would be necessary to
operate on two hundred barrel still; and
yet, here by the simple turning of a STOP
cock, and the application of match, eight
fires were started under this still, together
with two other under smaller stills, besides
the fire under the boiler, and yet the sup
| ply was not near exhausted. The pres
sure on the safety-valve of the well was,
we should judge, at least one-third OF
whatit was before the eleven fires were
started. The fire produced was steady and
uniform, and having had some years expe-
rience in the business of refining oil, we
express the opinion that it will be found
on practical trial that the oil distilled by
this fuel will be much more uniform in
color, and thepercentage obtained greater,
for the simple reason that the heat will be
perfectly uniform, and at all times under
the control of the distiller. But it was not
to write on the distillation of petroleum
that we sat down., but simply to record
another success in development that we
firmly believe is to revolutionize the manu-.
featuring business of the city. The amount
of horse power the gas from this well would
produce, if applied to the production Of
steam, we have no means of correctly
stating, but it can not befar from two hun
dred
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

He raised hisqhead and looked up the
lone, dismal street He recollected that
outcasts like himself, condemned to wander
day and night in those, dreadful streets,
had sometimes gone distracted with their
own loneliness. He remembered to, have
heard many years before that homeless
wretch had once been found in solitary
corner, sharpening rusty knife to plunge
into his own heart, preferring death to that
endless, weary wandering to and fro. In
an instant his resolve was taken, his limbs
received new life; he ran quickly from the
spot, and paused not for breath until he
reached the river side.
He crept softly down the steep stone
stairs that lead from the commencement of
Waterloo Bridge down to the waters level
He crouched into corner and held his
breath, as the patrol passed. Never did
prisoners heart throb with the hopeof lib
erty and life half so eagerly as did that of
the wretched man at the prospect of death.
The watch passed close to him., but he re-
manned unobserved; and after Waitingl TIL
the sound of footsteps had died away in the
distance, he cautiously descended, and
stood beneath, the gloomy hIOh- that forms
the landing place from the river.
| The tide was in, and the water flowed at
his feet. The rain had ceased, the'wind
was lulled, and all was, for the moment,
still and quiet-so quiet, that the slightest
sound bnthe opposite bank even the rip-
| pling of the water against the barges that
were moored there. was distinctly audible
to his ear. The stream stole languidly and
sluggishly on. Strange and fantastic forms
rose to the surface, and beckoned him to
approach; dark cleaning eyes peered from
the water, and seemed to mock his hesita-
/ ton, while hollow murmuTs from behind
urged him onward. He retreated few
PAGES, took short run, desperatelea and
plunged into the water.
Not five seconds, had passed when he
rose to the waters iBuriace-but what a
change had taken place in that short time,
in all his thoughts and feehngsL Life
! life-in any form, poverty, misery, starva-
tion-anything but death, He fought and
struggled with the water that closed over
head, and screamed in agonies of terror.
The curse of his own son rang in his ears.
The shore-but one foot Of dry ground
he could almost touch the step.1 One
hands breadth, nearer-but the tide bore
him onward under the dark arches of the
bridge, and he sank to the bottom. l-'o
Again he rose and struggled for life
For Ole instant-for one brief instant-the
buildings on the rivers banks, the lights on
the bridge through which the current had
borne him, the black water, and the fast
flying clouds, were distinctly visible-once
more he sunk, and once again he rose
Bright flames of fire shot from earth to
heaven, and reeled before his eyes, while
the water thundered in his ears, and stun
ned him with its furious roar.
A week afterward the body was washed
ashore, some miles down the river, "a swollen
and ,disfgured mass. Unrecognized and
uRpitied, it was borne to the grave; and
there it has long since meldered awayl
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

A RECENT accident in an English printing
office holds out a hope for Chicago. A scamp
gained access to the Clarendon printing Of
fee when the forms for new edition of the
prayer book of the Church of England were
nearly ready for press, and substituted for
V in the word Give" in the marriage service
where it reads that both promise to love,
honor, etc., $50 long ss ye both shall live, u
thus making the last word ''like." The
whole edition was published before the er-
ror was discovered; and as the book with
such a'regulation of marriage would be OF
no service in England, it is now proposed
to send the edition to Chicago, and dis
tribute it there at nominal price. 1t Is
thought that all the prayers in the booB
are needed there, while the change in the
text of the marriage service will differ but
little from the custom Of that place.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12
Curious Story about N. Benedetti'S
Dispatch from Ems.

The Paris correspondent of the London
Daily News, writing on Monday evening,
July II, says; 2ii''i. H.. -a 81
''The prolonged suspense is relieved by
really comic incident The expectation
of the French government, confidently ex-
pressed on Saturday, that it would this
day be able to state positively whether we
are to have peace or war, was not realized,
and you will have seen that the Duke de
Grammont told the Corps Legislatif this
afternoon that he had, as yet, nothing to
I say. II seems that long dispatch in ey-
pher, sent by M. Benedetti from Ems,
was received last night, and that the En-
peror and his Ministers, after puzzling over
it for two hours, could make out very little
of the contents. There was in the dis
patch Il have this fact from the editor of a
government iournsD an extraordinary and
inextricable tumble of politics and bar.
openly accuse the Prussian govern
ment Of having purposely spoiled the
dispatch ia order to gain time. Some
attribute the mishap to arrangement of the
telegraphic wires caused by lightning.
But another version, really not more un-
acceptable than many current canards, is
that the King of Prussia, who-it is now an
historical fact-asked NJ Benedetti to din.
Her on Saturday, as a preliminary to bust
ness, so piled him with the choicest speci.
mems of that treacherous Rhine wine
which, in this hot weather, slips down the
throat like water, but is terribly heady,
that the Ambassador, after leaving the
presence, was not able to draw up his dis
patch intelligibly. A dead set is nov
made against M. Benedict, and he has
according to the latest news, sent in 6
formal complaint to his Government
against recent articles of the Constitution
mel, running him down. The mess mad,
of this important dispatch is extremely un
lucky for him. The accident may, how
ever, turn out well for the peace of tn,
| world. ',lt' 1880 f-.iss
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12
A RelIigerent -Mnstanr.

The people of LOutree Lick, Indiana,
would like to have some professor of Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals come. out
there and practice moral s1asiOn on,a mus
tang mare. One Mr.. Moore undertook
there to wash her, and rode out into the
lick to where it was nearly deep enough to
enable her to swim, when she suddenly
plunged, reared, threw Mr.. Moore and
gave him cash ON his ankle. As he rose
she attacked him, rearing her forefset out
OF water. Moore was too quick for her,
dove under her body and coming out be-
hind her, started. for shore. The pony
wheeled and followed, blood running from
her nOstrils and fury In her eyes; he avoid
ed plunge she made at him only by div
ing and swimming ash ore under water
The pony caught sightof him on the bank,
chased him there distance of about fifty
yards, and again Moore took refuge in
swimming under water. But this time be-
fore entering the water, he had happily
picked up a sizeable club, what an Irish-1
man would call "a bit of stick" and
when he had gained a resting place out in
the stream upon log, Mr.. Moore sat and 7
awaited the onset Of Mile. Mustang, who
swan oat to attack him. A neat blow from
the club between her eyes effeeteda change
IN her sentiments; she turned and went
ashore, whittier Mr.. Moore followed her,
and finished her education, for this time at
least, with the club. & boz
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

REVOLUTION IN SCHOOL FURNITURE.-The
larg est manufsetory in the country of school
de SKIS, Office and church furniture, is that of
A. II. Andrews & Co., IL State-st., Chicago.
This firm manufacture two hundred different
styles of school and Office desks, which fOT
beauty of finish and elegance are not sur
passed on the continent. Every article fully
warranted. For further particulars send to
this firm for their full illustrated and descrip-
tive circular.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

Nervous debility WITH It's gloomy stJeac.
ants, low spirits, depression, involuntary
emissions, loss OF semen, spermattorrhce ca :
loss of power, dizzy head, loss of memory,
and threatened impotence and imbecility,
End sovereign cure in Humphreys Homeo-
psthic Specific, No. twenty-eight. Composed.
Of the most valuable mild and potent eura-
tives, they strike at once at the root Of the
matter, tone up the system, arrest the. dik-
charges, and impart vigOr and energy, life
and vitality, to the entire man. They have
cured thousands of cases. Price $5 per pack.
age Of five boxes and a. large Wal OF
powder, worth $500, which is very important
IN obstinate and old cases, or 81 per
single boz. Sold by all druggists, and sent
by mail on receipt of price. Address Hum
phrey's Specific Homeopathic Medicine
Company. 562 Broadway. New York,
Wholesale AgeHns-Burnhams b Van Schaaek, Hurl.
burt Edsal, Chicago, Ills; jerks & Gordon, St.
Paul. Mimi; Brown, Webber & Graham, 81. Louis,
Mo-; FsT-lnd, Shelley Co., Detroit, Mich.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12
A Thrilling Scene.

A French paper relates thrilling scene
which lately occurred in Partisan marie.
A couple presented themselves to be mar
ried, the bride about eighteen years of age,
and possessed of considerable attractions;
the bridegroom an extremely small man,
aged fmty-five. When the ceremony was
concluded the door of the hall was burst
open, and womsn of gigantic statue, ac-
companied byathin damsel of fiftee n, burst
into the room and elbowed her way through
the semicircle of guests. Wretch, scoun-
drel, thief J" she cried, addressing the hus-
band, who turned as white as a sheet;
this is how you leave me in tho lurch, who
have sighed fifteen years for the day when
l might call myself your wife!" Saying this
she seized the unhappy man by the collarand
Jerked him up under her left arm as though
he were slouch hat, taking no notice of his
struggles. She addressed the mayor in a
voice of thunder. do 1 arrive too late
The marriage has taken place, replied the
mayor, .'and Irequest you to release NJ. Au-
gustin, and TO retire" Mot" said the
giantess, frantically raising him in the air,
and whirled him round her head. Gre
peat what you have said," she shrieked;
this child who is like you as one pea is
to another-is it yours or not 2" n. Au-
gustin did not open his mouth. His exc
cutioner then seized his nose with her left
hand and wrung it violently. About this
time two of the guests, moved by the en-
treaties of the bride, attempted to inter
fere, but the enraged woman, using the
bridegroom as weapon, and brand
ishing kim at arms length, charged
hervopponents with such fury that she
put them speedily to fight. '"'Call the po
lice, cried the mayor. ''You need no
give yourself the trouble" coarsely ejacu
lated the giantess; 81 will let go the rasca
of nay own accord. Here, my beauty, "i
ADDRESSING the bride, sis your little bit of
man. have not broken him. We have
40 fur her business here. Follow me,
Baptistine," and so saying she flung down
her victim at the feet of two agents of po-
lice, who at that moment appeared at the
door, 81 co." she added, .'but let him
ever appear before me on his wife's arm,
and l viii take him between my thumb and
forefnger and make but one mouthful of
him. This little incident cast quite a
gloom over the assembled guests, and no
one dared even to pick the fainting bride
groom from the floor until the last echo of
the heavy footsteps of the injured fair one
had died away. in the distance, when they
assisted him to his feet, and in solemn
silence took their departure 'st
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12
How a RattIeSnake y NOunded Man and
Killed His Dag,

From the Linn MO- Democrzt. July 9S.
We are informed that during the late har-
vest farmer in the northeastern portion
of. Usage county,. while cutting wheat IN
his field, heard the sing of a rattlesnake.
Before he could determine the precise 10
cality of the srattling' the snake made st
him, leaping over the scythe and cradle, but
missed the man, who now. IN, turn attacked
the snake with his cradle. The snake was
ready TOR the charge, and again leaping
over the cradle, inflicted a severe wound
on the front part Of the right leg of his
antagonist, who, now retreating, endeaVor-
ed to defend himself against the repeated
attacks of the reptile. The snake made no
less than ten different lunges at the gentls-
man, while retreating, who, at the same
time called loudly for his dog. The faith,
ful animal finally arrived, finding his own
er nearly exhausted with heat and pain, and
at once attacked the snake. The farmer,
fully realizing the great and Imminent dan
ger of his wound now made. his way home
"a quarter of mile-as best-he could. On
reaching there, he atonce applied thick
igature, heavily soaked in tobacco juice
and salt, and whilst awaiting medical aid,
and drank two quarts of pure peach brandy
scarcely feeling any effect therefron1 IN his
excited and exhausted condition. Heat once
despatched assistance to the scene of the
conflict, to rescue his dog, which, on ar
irving there, found the. snake coded
around his faithful animal-the dog dead,
and his venomous antagonist in
dying condition. The wheat, for eonsid-
erable space around, was torn down, bea1-
ing evidence OF the fierce, deadly contest
which had then but recently occurred.
The dog received an honorable burial,
while the snake was subjected to an anat-]
omical inspection, which revealed nearly
rabbit The tail OF the reptile
bore several ratties and one '.button."s Our
Informant inadvertently, We presume,
omitted any mention, m his notes of the
length and general llsizeIof' the deadly foe
with which the; farmer and finally his
faithful dog, had the, dreadful encounter.
That it was of rather unusual size would
seem most probable. '-i -8Gi-,
The gentleman was confined to- his room; !.
about two weeks, but is now able to attend O.
70 his business as usual. Ills name, as we.
earn, Is Mr.. Fred Zenter, residing near
fredericksburg, in this county. 2 = s[5l-.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

The ARGUMENT OF FACTs.-With the con-
sent of the parties concerned, the following
facts are made public: On the 23d of Octo-
Der last, Levi NJ. Phillips, civil engineer, re-
siding IN Harlem, was suffering from an OBJ
stinate and severe bilious affection, accCmpa-
MED by great bodily weakness and utter loss
Of appetite. In compliance with the wish of
a friend (Mr.J. s. .Latrobe, OF 40 Amity Place,
New York;, Mr.. Phillips commenced taking
Plantation Bitters. He had no faith, ,-he said,
but would make the experiment" We give
the result, as related by Mr.. P. himself, at 50
Park Place, on the Both Of November: ''Imet
LatrObe the other day in q restaurant said
he, .'snd told him that the preparation saved
my life. l say so now. ] weigh fourteen
pounds more than did five weeks ago, am
quite well, and as to eating-Welk ask me to
dinner and you'll see." Facts like these are
worth a thousand assertions, and Mr.. Phillips
and his friends are at all times ready to in
dOrse them. I,--
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

Mr.. JAMES FIsK's TURNOUT AT NEw-YoRK.
This establishment eelipses everything,
and makes decided sensation whenever
it appears. Even aristocratic Bellevue
turns its head for second look as the
snowy turnout dashes down the avenue
The. horses are fine animals, powerfully
built, but fleet, and weighing 1,300 each.
The team consists OF two blacks and two
dapple grays; when arranged for the road,
the grays are placed as off lead and nigh
wheel, and the blacks as nigh lead and
off wheel The harnesses are of morocco,
silver mounted, and very plentifully be-
sprinkled with silver monograms. The
martingales are of silver, costing nearly
500 each, and the trsppings are all of the
most snowy description. The carriage is
high English drag with a rumble, in
which is footman in dark livery. On the
box are two coachmen, said to be ''artists,
and besides these, three outriders. The
vehicle holds two persons. % -s.. .
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

DE-. SAGE's CATARRH REMEDY Is warranted
to cure Catarrh in its worst forms and
stages. The most painful cases are speed
lily relieved by it, and stOppages, offensive
discharges, and tainted breath all yield to It's
wonderful curative powers. "Cold in the
Head" dizziness, and thin wateryi discharges
are removed, the head cleared, the air pas.
sages opened, and relief and comfort Afford
ed by its use. II contains no strong irrita-
ting, poisonous or iesustle drugs. Sent by
mail on receipt of sixty cents. Address r.
Y. Pierce, NJ. D., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by
most druggists everywhere. -
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

WAR MAPs.-Coltons nsp OF the seat OF
war. Price so cents, sent by mail. Maps Of
all kinds at wholesale and retail. W. G.-
Homes, wholesale and retail Bookseller and
IStationer. 148 Lake street, Chicago.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

EcoNoMY.-By using Mrs. Whitcomb's
Syrup for children, many doctors bill can
be saved, and much suffering averted. Read
the advertisement in another column.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

The OUNARD Mail Line Of Steamships leave
weekly from New York, Liverpool and
Queenstown. Agents in all the principal
cities Of the Northwest. s. Rowe, Genera
Western Agent. No. 2 Lake street Chicago.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

A MAN lately made application for insur-
ance on building situated in village
where there was no fire engine. 1 n answer
to the question, what are the facilities for
extinguishing fires ?" he wrote: cit rains
sometimes" .tt
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

HALLS VEGETABLE SICLIAN HAIR REVIEWER
will stimu late the absorbents and the secre-
tions of the hair tubes until they regain their
original vigOr. Try It. ..'I III ~. ..
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

& A SYRAoUsEAN wants to know what has
become of all those storekeepers who some
time ago were anxious to give their Gus
toners silver change.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

NoRTHwEsTERN HORSE NAIL Co., manufac-
turers of Patent Hammered Horse Nails.
ONCE So West Van Buren street. Factory 56
TO SO West Van Buren street, corner Clinton
street, Chicago. ......r r.--.