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FATAL ACCIDENT.
Accident TO a SIeep-WaIker = He
Falls from u Porch and In Killed
History of His Troubles.

Yesterday morning the body of man
named Frederick Komner was found be-
meath the porch in front Of George Baus-
mans tavern, on the Pine Creek road,
some three miles from Allegheny City.
Deputy Coroner Donaldson immedi-
ately visited the locality and empan-
neled jury, determined, if possible, to
see whether or not this was another OF
those cold-blooded murders which have
been so frequent in this locality within
the last thirty days.
DR.. McQuade, of Etna borough, was
summoned to make the examination.
He found the back Of the skull broken
in, wound of about four inches long
and two deep, as if the man had fallen
head foremost from the top of the porch
and struck the steps beneath. His right
eye was punched yearly out of his head
as he lay on his back, some three feet
from the steps. The doctor thought that
he had turned over and the corner Of the
steps had inflicted the eye wound.
HIS HISTORY.
About eighteen months ago Charles
Komner became acquainted with "a young
woman in Birmingham. They were very
intimate, but marriage on his part it is
claimed, was not thought Of She, how
ever, contemplated it seriously, and
made it serious for him, for she landed
him in Jail on very grave charge.
After he was confined in Jail for a short
time, and she was confined in Birming-
ham, he agreed to marry her, which he
did, and regained his liberty. Preferring,
however, to live in the vicinity Of Shaler
township, where he had other fascinating
female friends, he stayed there and she
stayed in Birmingham with her parents.
THEY MAKE IT UP.
A few days ago he announced to the
tavern-keeper, Mr.. Bausman, his inten-
tioa of going back to Birmingham and
living with his wife. He sent all his
clothes to be washed visited his wife,
made il all up and set day for his re-
turn. But the fate seemed to be against
him; he could not get ready. Last Mon
day he took ride with BausmaD and in
coming hack toward the tavern wanted
to stop for his clothes, but the tavern
keeper would not stop, he told him he
could 60 back again and get them. His
brother, young man lately from Ger
man, roomed with him. Frederick
came up stairs and sat by their room
window long time and at last fell
asleep. The nail marks of his shoes
were found on the window sill and on
top of the porch under the window. The
tavern-keeper had locked all the doors
when he came in and it is thought Kom-
mer got out of the window to go after
his clothes he had left to be washed His
brother says he was in the habit of walk
ing in his sleep and believes he was en-
tirely unconscious when he went out of
the window The verdict of the jury
was, "ac occidental death
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The western Man who Saw the
npagUs

saw man at Newport coming out
upon the cliff by East0n's beach, where
tie ocean all at once lifts up and looks
face to face with the gazer, over the
rocks. The ocean was pouring in long
rolling waves between 0chre Point and
Easton's Point drumming uadar Forty
Steps, and breaking with power the
whitehess upon the sandy crescent OF
the beach. The mans face was so
pathetic and his lock so affected me that
! looked myself % the sea again, and
felt more than eyer the glory of IT, He
gazed away little while, and then OBJ
serving me near his feet, he recovered
himself
us that the scar he saidi the
oeeanY
YES"
ats not a bay, nor a channel but its
the whole thing, the genuine AtlantieY'
"Yesl There's nothing past that but
EeTope,
He looked at it again in silence, for
some time, and then remarked
at looks just like the pictures of it.
It's mighty fine. | never saw it before" +"
What part Of the world are you
fromP
Born in Ohio, sir. Moved to Kansas.
Always a Western man. l came East on
purpose TO look at the sea, and now that
I'm here, guess III enjoy an hour of
il"
SO he sat down on the grassy cliff and
looked and looked, and there ] left him,
a delighted worshipper. He will, per
haps, 60 home to tell his boys how it
sounds, how it roars, how the boat gallop
on 1t, how the land on its verge wears a
naked looked, as if smitten by its gales.
&c. Alfred Townsend.
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Fashionable wedding ip Esshing-

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald, writing pnder date of
the 7th instant, says:
A fashionable wedding took place mere
this evening at st. Johns Episcopal
church, opposite Lafayette Square, on
II street The happy couple were Mrs.
Kirby Smith, widow Of General Kirby
Smith, brother of the rebel general of
that name, and Major General A. b.
Eaton, of the War Department. One
hundred invitations had been issued to
the elite of Washington, and ats o'clock
this evening the church presented an ar
ray of beauty, fashion and wealth re-
markable for this season, when every
body is out of town. Among those
present were Secretary Robeson, Acting
Secretary of State, j. c. b. Davis and
lady, Gen. Humphreys, Gen. M. Meigs,
Major General Townsend, Gen. Howard,
W. W. Corcorap, DE-, Clymer, Commo-
doFe Alden, Col. Lee, and eyeat num-
Der ofladies and gentlemen distinguished
in society. Promptly at eight o'clock
the happy couple aiighted from their car
rage at the church door, aud ertered by
the northern aisle, while the organ
pealed forth the wedding chorus from
Lucia Di Lammefnoor. The couple,
attended by some dozen inti4ate friends,
took their position on a platform that
had been erected by the altar, and the
rector, Rev. j. Vaughan Lewis, made
his appearance in bis CLERICAL robes.
The ceremony was performed according
to the simple bnt impressive forms Of
the Episcopal Church. General Meigs
gave the bride away, and at ihe conclu-
sion Of the ceremony the couple we,e
warmly congratulated by their friends.
The couple proceeded 10 the residence
of Mrs. Commodore Morris.
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MIR. Reecher on TOBACCO.

| exceedingly dislike tobacco, and ]
still more dislike bad tobacco; and
have been polite enough to say to men
that were smoking, Il have no objection
to your smoking decent cigar; but the
smoke of a pipe that has been used for
a generation, and that is filled with the
worst kind of tobacco, is fumigation
that | do not need. Yet if you will
smoke such pipe and such tobacco, |
must submit" | think that smokers are
the nastiest things that God let's live on
the earth. When | 60 into the cars or
boats where they are, and see what pud-
dies they leave, / feel as though if / had
the liberty Of doing by them as we do by
poodles, / would take them by the neck
and rub their noses in their own filth |
They have what they call " Gents "
rooms That is right The name ought
to be cut in two. They are not gentle
men. You would think, in going through
a gents " car that you were going
through 1lophet. It eyoels nay magma
tion Of Tophet. OF all dirty holes, that
is the dirtiest.
1t is complained that on the boats
gentlemen will not go into the gents
cabin instead of going in on the ladies'
side. ] won't go in on the side that was
intended for gents" am a gentleman
mot o gent The fiithiness, the
nastiness Of these places, after two or
three hundred men have smoked and
spit, and cheved and sqhirted, is beyond
all belief ! pity the woman that mops
un. ! have thought of writing an aEtieie
land ! will yet2=on that very subject.
The snail that goes about leaving slime
in It's track, is o clean animal compared
with one Of those men who has no sense
of anybody's comfort but his own, and
selfshly smokes or chews his tobacco,
and smells scarcely less strong than a
polecat, and spits wherever he goes, and
dirties the dress of every woman that
comes near him Though | 90 not pity |
the ewomen, where they wear long dresses), |
and makes everybody around him un-
Such men often profess to |
be good Christians. Abominable fell |
IoBs1 We examine men for meWbership |
on drinking. For my part I should |
like to see them examined on smoking
and chewing.
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The .D-a Duaehmen,, a. .hey Are.

Mr.. Halstead writes: Perhaps il would
do some Of our American Know-Noth-
ings-the parties with slim legs, who are
fond of distinguishing all Germans as
'd--d Dutchmen' deal Of good to look
upon two or three hundred thousand Of
those German soldiers. There is not
the look of our conventional or stage
Dutchman about one in ten thousand of
them. Nearly all the officers and a
great many Of the private soldiers have
highly intelligent faces. More fine speci-
mems of splendid manliness-six-footers,
every joint in the right place, coat and
breeches full of good muscle--can be
selected from regiment Of these SOL
diers than from like number of any
soldiers | have seen, with, perhaps the
exception Of Sherman's army as it
marched through Washington after the
surrender of Lee. About the German
officers of the line there is good deal
of the German students style. They
have not been campaigning yet long
enough to be thoroughly sunburnt,
and many of them wear spectacles
or eyeglasses, and their clothes
are cut with that precision for
which Partisan tailors have reputa-
ton unwarranted by their achieve
ments. They are young men well
made--hundreds Of them would be sensa-
tions in ballroom Each of them car
ries Il speak, of course, of the officers on
foot) an oilskin knapsack, flask, and a
waterproof coat In this rig, with their
swordsin their hands, as the music struck
up on the march through Pont-a-Mous-
son, they walked proudly beside the big
boys who carried the needleguns, step
ping in perfect time with the music,
which was often as magnificent and
thrilling as was ever blown through the
horns of war, joining the soldiers in their
triumphant singing. There are sad faces
among the soldiers, and pathos in their
thoughtlessness, when the hurries of ex-
citement are over, but the prevailing ex-
preston is one Of the most serious and
dangerous resolution. They are stalwart
and hardy, round heads, eyes far apart,
cheeks tawny and full, mouths square
and rugged with teeth sufficient for all
the hard bread that can be baked by the
contractors of Germany. Their bearing
is in the highest degree that Of combat
ants. They not only outnumber the
French, but are taller and stronger, and
have a more deadly purpose.
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Underfakers-HOw Mr.. Dickens lie.
gan a Reform.

The Pail Mall Gazette has the follow
ing:
.0TLs pndertakers have seldom re-
ceiyed such ssyege blow as that dealt
to them by Mr.. Dickens viii. em-
phatically direct that / be buried in an
Inexpensive, unostentatious and strictly
priyate manner; that no public an
nouncement pe made of the time or
place of my burial; that, at the ptWost,
not more than three plain mourning
coaches be employed, and that those who
attend my funeral wear no scarf, cloak,
black bow, lopg bow, or other such
revolving absurdity' Fbis Is plain
speaking, and the grim ravens VINO
heyer round the house of mourning with
the view ef tprning tears into cash will
be all in a futtef when they read this
expression of opinion with regard 70
their trade, uttered by one whose voice
has appe the less influence because it
proceeds from the grave. Lord Derby,
Lord Clarendon, and Mr.. Dieksps haze
set an example which the vulgar and ig-
gorant will do well to follow, of simpli-
city in thsif funerals The day will
come when we, or rathsg osr descend
ents, will wonder that undertakers were
eyer permitted to trade upon our sor-
rows In ihe present aisgraceful fashion.
In nine cases out Of ten, when the head
of family dies, every sixpenee is OF
value, and nothing more lamentable can
be conceived than that the hard-earned
savings intended to provide for the
necessities of wife and children should
be sqnaaasred on black kid gloves and
silk hat-bands ior seeoaS cousins, doc
tors, servants, and others who are mers
puppets in the hands Of the undertaken
to help hiE, 70 plunder the family of the
deceased IL one o. tTo dukes or
duchesses would have the kindness 10
direct that their remains were TO be de-
posted IL ,he ground without having a
brick vault specially made TO receive
them, the middle class would az once
consent to be buried in a similar man
ner; ssd this would cut off the brick
layer, who, with tis haherdasher, joins
the undertaken in the work Of extoFsicn.
Brick vaults are but attempts 10 fight
with nstlre, who, in the long run, will
be victorious. We have much to learn
and much to unlearn on this subject;
bat the day viii come when We shall
conquer ouS prejudices and not be afraid
to say to the portly andsFtaker, as he
solemnly stalks through the streets at
the head Of funeral procession: Ny
dear sir, instead Of being, as you imagine,
an imposing object, you are, IN the
words Of Mr. Dickens, simply revolt
ing absardity, y"
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The Horrors Of Way.

A special correspondent of the New
York Herald, in speaking of the siege
of Strasburg, says:
NV host, Baron Won Broecklin. ex-
planned to me the real plan which has
thus far controlled operations. The first
order issued was to invest the place in
such a manner that no supplies in con-
siderable quantities could enter, and to
prevent communication between the city
and the outside world. These msaspres
were promptly and successfully taken,
and were added to by not too destruc--
tive bombardment, which it was hoped
would have the effect Of compelling a
capitulation of the garrison.
This moral pressure utterly failed;
The Governor Of Strasbnrg. remained
hostile and de6apt, spd endeavored to
strengthen his position Orders were
then issued Cor the bringing np 0f the
siege force, which at once commenced
operations, A third parallel was soon
completed and the heavy guns mounted
opened fire.
What destruction ensuedi The aye
nues OF the city were soon filled with
debris. The cathedral and public build
ings we're partially destroyed and mag
niiicent houses were made ruins; :.
Strewing the streets were the dead and
diving. One shell burst In the midst of
a school-roon full of children killing
seven little girls.
Ia the two most advanced batteries
the artillery officers assigned to the duty
of directing the iiriag were constantly
heard exclaiming, Twenty yards more
of elevation to the right. There, soy,
thst will do. First ratep This last
sentence YES uttered after the gun had
been fred, and the clouds of yellow
smoke clearing away proved, indeed,
that the firing was First rate,
The suburbs have suffered fearfniiy,
entailing ruin to the inhabitants: Whole
parishes have asl losing everything.
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Fanny Fern tells the following story
Of her iFst meetips Eith Horace Greeley
He had agreed to take tea at her
house, and Mr.. Barton gave her special
injunction TO have some stale bread on
the .ahls, es Mr. Greeley, he said, never
touched hot biscuit. This vas ACCORD
ingly done, and when the great editor
saf down to snpper a large supply Of
dry bread vas Rlahed pl9se 70 bis plate.
He, however, Was not content With this;
but peering across the table in his near
sighted way at the biscuit opposite, he
stretched out his arm and proceeded to
help himself, and actually made his meal
of them. Mrs. Parton expressed her
ssrsrise at this, and said: why, Mr.
Greeley, / read the TFibAae fsE SO lopg .
time that | thought you abominated hot
bread" " Fanny" replied the sage
HoEace, helping himself to another bis
cult, do you always practice what you
preaeh2 I'm sure don'ti'
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A Cnrions RnttIe.

Yesterday afternoon says the Yir-
ginia City (Eevada) Enterprise of Au-
gust ls-a Pinto Indian and a China
man had a singular contest on Taylor
street, betVesn =. and c. streets. Both
we're evidently highly enraged, but, ia
stead Of striking with their fists, they
seized hold of each other by the shout
ders and began pushing each other like
two Spanish steers Up and down the
street they had it for nearly half an
hour, much to the amusement of large
crowd Of spectators. Sometimes one
appeared TO haye the best of it, and
again his antagonist ontpushed. Both
constantly soplded in their respective
languages, and the eyes Of both flashed a
deadly hate, yet neither cared to do
more than outpush the other. At length
The pair of wild bulls we're forcedto quit
the contest from sheer exhaustion
neither having gained the victory.
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Fashion the Ruin of France.

An English lecturer on the war says:
II am sorry must give very bad'part to
the fair sex. ] have seldom seen that they,
as body, conduct themselves anywhere
properly. In France, wherever you go,
the greatest disturbance and the greatest
mischief are done by the ladies. The
grearest panic is spread by them. The
bulk of the female population is, as it is
everywhere, corrupted by an indolent
existence; deprived of all sorts of knowl-
edge, and physically weakened by an
abnormal manner of living, none of
them thought for a single moment that
they were answerable for a great deal of
the mischief caused to their country.
Were they better educated, they would
form better wives and better mothers
The better wives and better mothers
would better influence their children and
husbands, who would thus be made better
citizens, better soldiers and better polti-
clans. A sovereign would never be able
to enter upon war with population
not disposed to it, and the politicians
would never permit themselves to be
drawn into negotiations so critical as to
lead to war II they were selected from
among better citizens. The empire, the
court, fashionable Paris, with its fashion
able shops selling fashionable dresses,
would never have tempted reasonable
women so far as to forget all that brill
liancy has its dark side, enormously
costly in money and inevitably leading
finally to a still greater cost of lives.
And when that all this is done-when
France is thrown into the miseries it
now finds itself in-who is it that seeks
that even the honor of the country
should be sqeriheeqj again women,
and Of the highest circles. 1t is they
who begin to talk about mediation, as if
they did not know that not single
Frenchman will cease to fight until he
not other people, acknowledges
that the country is vanquished, and that
there is absolutely no hope of rescuing
France from political degradation and
military dishon9S.1
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An industrious miller named Arnold.
who resides at Schenectady, \. Y, was
recently thrown into a state Of great
anxiety in consequence Of the theit, as
he supposed, Of Sl0O0-his entire capi-
tai. The chief Of police made a dill
gent search about the house for the
money, and finally succeeded in discOF-
ering il between the bedtick and the bed
stead. The perplexity Of the miller a.
to how il had come there was relieved by
Mrs. Arnold. who bounced into the room
and declared that she had risen in her
sleep and brought il for safe keeping
She had been in the habit Of sleepwalk-
ing for years.
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A boarding house in Boston advertises
that four Christian young men are
wanted, who neither chew, smoke, spit
nor swear" But it is impossible to find
them. If the applicant doesn't chew he
smokes, and if he doesn't smoke he spits,
and if he doesn't spit he swears, and if
he doesn't swear he smokes, and il he
doesn't smoke he chews, and if he doesn't
chew nor smoke nor spit nor swear he is
no Christian, and therefore doesn't ill
the bill. That boarding house is a failure.
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RAILROADS.
LOUISVILLE ROUTE.
FALL SCHEDULE.
Takes Effect Sept. 1st, 1870.

The train leaving Memphis at LIS D. IN. runs
daily. Tho am. train does not run on Sun
day. Both trains run through to Louisville
without change. Elegant sleeping cars run
through on the rs p. m. train from Memphis
through cars to Philadelphia. Cleveland, Buff
falo and New York, without change. Only
one change from Louisville to Baltimore,
Washington City and Boston. Berths and
staterooms. in through cars. can be engaged
at the Ticket Office, 237lz Main street.
j. II. BOYD, Superintendent.
JAS. SPEED, Ticket Agent. 9-62-f
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The property of Gen. Sterling Price,
nearly all Of which he ssA .sfs % his widow
and son. is valued Of 81 100000. The
widow and son we're appointed executors,
and have been required by the County
Court at st. Louis to give $1,000, 900
bonds.
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BUSINESS HOUSES.


A TTw00D a ANDERSON, COTTON FAC
IA torand Commission Merchants, 2yi Front.
DANK-FIRST NATIONAL OF MEMPHIS.
ID y. $. Davis. Pres't; Newton Ford. v. P.
BOWMAN, @. H., MACHINIST AND
ID Scale Factor, 2o2la Main street. Special
attention given to repairing scales.
NfTY BANK, NEW BANK. BUILDING.
~ Madison street. s. II. Tobey. Pres't;
II. @. Kirk. Cashier.
CAROLINA LIFE ms. CO., AZ MADISON
" st. J. Davis. Pres't; w. +. Boyle. Sec'y.
NANCE 4 ANDERSON, ATTORNEYS
v at-Law, 325 Main street, Memphis.
nICKINsON, WILLIAMS 4 CO., COTTON
IL Factors, 210 Fiont street.
EMM0NS a son. BOOKS. STATIONERY,
II Magazines. etc., 10 Jefferson and 6S Beal.
LNISHER, AMIS Il CO., MARBLE-W0RKS
Il and Drain Pipe. cor. Adams and Second.
NoEPEL, LEOPOLD, AGENT, DEALER
" in Organs and Knabe's Pianos. 375 Main.
HElNRICH, p. IL. a BRO, C0NFEC-
III tions, Groceries, LIQUORS. etc., "a Main.
M oC0MBS, KELLAR & BYRNES, HARD
Nl ward, Cutlery, etc.. S22la and S2i Main.
DRGILL BROS. &C0., HARDWARE, CUT
" lcry, Agricultural Implements, 3l2 Front.
DODESTA & CAZASSA, DEALERS IN
Il Confections. etc.. 252 Main. cor. N. Court.
DRESC0TT, o. II. a. CO.. DEALERS, IN
L Coal Oil, Lamps, Soaps, etc., 40 Jefferson.
CTEAM OVERS * CLEANERS
- Hanson 4 Walker (iate Hunt x Hanson).
2i6 Second street.
uILL, TERRY & MITCHELL, WHOLE
III sale dealers in Boots, Shoes and Hats. S29
Main street.
NTHITM0RE, E., STEAM JOB PRINTER,
w IL Madison street.
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PHYSICIAN.
FORTUNE TELLER.
Anne. 100 Real Sc.

MADAME ANNE. THE FORTUNE TIL
vi Ter. has returned % the city and taken
patronage Of her oId customers ana the public
generally. f-B
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Hnsey Secretary Missouri Life
each himself the described
on the 18th day Of July $50 all of the above described absolute properly
eddO knowledge
GKo. A.. M0oRE. Secret
fSeal Notary
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ANNoUNcEM ENTs.


For the Legislature.
W. ID. Lumpkin is candidate for the Legis-
lature from Shelby county; 7subject to the
action of the Democratic Convention. l152-"
FIOater. tAtf
We are authorized to announce CAPTAIN
JAMES NJ. HARRIS as a candidate for
Fleater for the counties of Shelby, Fayette
and Upton; subject to the Democratic Con-
ventiOn. = IL
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Army dispatches s"-The mitrailleuse,
the chassepot and the acknowledgement.
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Platter.
A. NJ. ERNST,
Electro Gold and Silver Platter,
AZ MONROE STREET,


old SPOONS. FORKS. TEA SETS. CAS-
" tors. etc., repisted and warranted TO wear
equal 20 new. Steel. table and tea knives
plated; watch czses and jewelry gold plated I;
and all kinds Of houseWorks. such as door
knobs and plates. bell-pulls. mantels. bars.
Manipulating. Solid silverware rcpolished.
Being convinced that Mr.. Ernst il practi-
cal platter. capable Of dsinE good work. We re-
vicinity. =. ID. BARNUN a CO.,
=. II. CLARK 4 CO.,
- WIN. c. BYRD.
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o y IL
of
foregoing full
said double
u.
W. H. FARNHAM, Notary Public,
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STATE OF TENNESSEE,
DoMprpof ur,f 70 npprcp Naoh,.,lIa I,I- 1Q-n


l. eNorh
said complied
Conn
Memphis, Tennessee ED II. PENNEBAKER,
Comptro lerofT Tennessee
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STATE OF TENNESSEE. I

CoNPrRo OILERS OFFICE NAsH LIZ
l. Pnnke that the Missouri
m Leaven
complied with all The
of
provide n
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