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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
Death at tIsc Grave.

Death is sad at all times, but doubly so
under circumstances like the following:
Atnoon on Monday, in the town of Free
port, Armstrong county, young man, the
son of Mr.. Gocring, of Freep0rt. died, and
his body lay in his fathers house awaiting
burial. In the afternoon, Mr.. Goering,
accompanied by three SONS and William
Hines, went about four o'clock to the ce-
metery on the hillside, back of the town,
to select site for the grave of the dead
man. While they were there storm
came upon them in all its force. Louis
Goering, one of the brothers, and William
Hines, stood together under one umbrella,
Jacob Goering stood by himself under an
other. The father and the third brother
stood together without any. A flash of
lightning and deafening crash of thun-
der came simultaneously, and did such sad
and terrible work as is rarely recorded
Louis and Jacob Goering and William
Hines. were Instantly killed, and the father
and his remaining son were severely shock
ed. 1t is believed that the metal ferules
Oh the umbrella tops attracted the light
ming which killed the unfortunate holders.
Thus, in one day, three brothers were
taken away by death. and another family
was made desoiate by the sudden taking
off of the husband and the father Louis
Goering leaves wife and three children,
as does also William Hines. Jacob Goer-
ing was unmarried d-PiHSL.uu Port.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

Continues to attend to Claims. especi-
ally those growing out of the late war.
before the several Departments and
Courts of the United States; Pensions
due Soldiers. Officers of every grade.
Seamen and Marines, and the Widows,
Children and heirs-at-law of those who
have been killed or died from wounds or
sickness contracted in the service; Re-
cruiting and Quartermasters' Claims /;
Claims for Steamboats,. ard craft of all
description. used, rented, or destroyed
by Government; HOrSeS. Cattle. Fodder.
Corn, and all kinds ofproperty taken for
Government purposes i'll the \ Ortliern
ana Southern States; Mail Contractors
Claims. and the Claims of late Post Mas
ters. North and South.
Claims for property seized by the
Frcedmen's Bureau Treasury Agents,
and for the recovery of abandoned prop
erty, promptly attended to.
Particular attention given to Claims
for Refund of Internal Revenue Tax
and Customs Duties erroneouSiy assessed
and paid, Railroad accounts and Claims
on Foreign Governments.
Bounty and Bounty Land obtained un-
der all existing laws, and laws that may
hereafter be made.
Claims before the Departments, Con-
gress. Court of Claims. and Supreme
Court, in the hands of distant attorneys,
requiring the service OF all agent i'll Wash
iugton. are requested. ana Will be encr-
getically prosecuted on the most liberal
terms.
Suspended cases. OF whatever nature.
whether of long standing or recent date.
are solicited; also, pensions, suspended
by rea; on of the late war, revived in the
several States.
Our long residence at the seat of Gov
ernmcnt, familiarity with the offices. and
thorough daily practical experience iii all
the Departments. well qualify us for the
prompt and energetic discharge OF all
business placed in our hands.
REFERENCES HON. Eugene CasHady.
L. =. Senate: Hon. ). p Chase, Chief
Justice. L. S.; Gen. W. 7. Sherman. L.
s. a. Hon. II. NJ. McGill, late Coy. /;
w. L. Olympia; Hon. Jno. Sherman, L.
:. Senator. Ohio Hon. 5. G. Pomeroy.
L. 5. Senator. Kansas Hon. W. Il.
Stokes. NJ. c.; Judge G. ". Clinton.
Buffalo. y. y; 4. y. Griffith. EST.
.JoneSborO.
Attorneys at Law and Agents through
out the country who desire to form an ell
ergetic Branch Agency at Washington
which will be Of mutual benefit are re-
qucsted to forward business. Detailed IL
formation. advice. instruction. and al.
necessary forms for every claim furnished
to correspondents. Terms moderate. Ad-
dress .CuAS. F. MCGiLL, p. ., Box
$50 Washington, ID. &. Office and resi-
dence 9th street cor. +.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
GalilcO. .

In 1852, Calico, then youth of eigh-
teen was seated in church, when the
lamps suspended from the roof were re-
plenished by the sacristan, who, in dong
so, caused them to oscillate from side to
side, as they had done hundreds of times
before when similarly disturbed. He watch
ed the lamp, and thought he perceived
that while the oscillations were diminish
ing, they still occupied the same time
The idea thus suggested never departed
from his mind and fifty years afterwards
he constructed the first pendulum, and
thus gave to the world one of the most
important instruments for the measure
ment of time. Afterwards, when living
at Venice, it was reported to him one day,
that the children of poor spectacle-maker,
while playing with two glasses, had observ-
ed, as they expressed it. that things were
brought nearer by looking through them
in certain position. Everybody said,
How curious but Galiloc seized the idea
and invented the first telescope.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
Supreme Casirt.

The Supreme Court of Tennessee met
at Knoxville, on the 18th, and organized.
There was a full bench present. Judge
Nelson announced that Judge ~ Q. p.
Nicko lson had been chosen, unanimously,
as Presiding Officer Of the Court. Hon.
Joseph B. Heiskell, of Memphis, was ap-
pointed Attorney General and Reporter
for The State, and j. Franklin Deaderick,
Esq, of Jonesborough, Clerk of the Court
at Knoxville. Business will be taken up
in the order announced at last term.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

THE population of London is nearly
double that of Paris, four times that of
New York, five times that of Berlin, six
times that of St. Petersburg, twelve times
that of Amsterdam, and eighteen times
that of Rome. The inhabitants of Paris.
Berlin, Vienna, and st. Petersburg added
together, fall short of the population OF
London. which exceeds that of all Scot
land, is more than equal to two-thirds of
the population of all Ireland. and consti-
tutes nearly one-eighth of the population
of Great Britain.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

THE Postmaster G eneral has issued an
order requiring the name and address of
the sender of a registered letter or pack
age to be affixed to the same, and in case
of non-delivery the registered letter or
package will be returned directly from the
Office to which it is sent to the sender with
out (as now) being returned through the
dead-lctter Office. In case the sender of a
letter or package thus returned cannot be
found it will then go to the dead-lctter
Office and be treated as other undelivered
mail matter.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
After Dinner Maps.

The Herald of Health says: Many per-
sons are in the habit of sleeping for half
an hour or an honr Immediately after din
ner. This is a bad practice. Ten min
utes sleep before dinner is worth more
than an hour after. 1t rests and refresh
es and prepares the system for vigorous di-
gestion. If sleep is taken after dinner it
should be in sitting posture, as the hori-
zontal position is unfayorable to healthy
digestion. Let those wlro need rest and
sleep during the.day. take it before dinner
instead Of after, and they will soon find
that they will feel better, and that their
digestion will be improved thereby.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
..The IIeIy Estate Of marrfmeny. /"

We have no types which will adequate
ly emphrsize these sterling words. by Miss
Muloch: Marriage should always be a
question, not of necessity, but of choice.
Every girl ought to be taught that love-
less union stamps her as foul dishonor as
one of those connectians which omit the
legal ceremony altogether; and that. how
ever pale, dreary. and lonesome a single
life may be, unhappy married life must be
tenfold worse an ever-haunting tempta-
tion and incurable regret; torment from
which there is no escape but DEATH"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
WHAT PEOPLE GO TO THE
WATERING PLACES FOR.

''Some come to drink the waters
(The sensible old fashioned elves:)
Some come to dispose of their daughters
And some to dispose of themselves.
Some come to exhibit their faces
To new and admiring beholders,
Some come to exhibit their graces.
And some to exhibit their shoulders.
Some come to make people stare
At elegant dresses they've got,
Some to show what lady may wear.
And some-what a lady may not;
Some come to squander their treasure,
tAnd some their funds to improve,
And some for mere love of pleasure.
And some for the pleasure OF love:
And some to escape from the old.
And some to see what is new.
But mOSt-it is plain to be told
Come here-because other folks do.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
East Tenn. Va. and Gi,. Railroad

The stockholders of the East Tennessee
Virginia and Georgia railroad met at
Knoxville on Wednesday, the 7th inst,
and elected the following Board of Direc-
tors: J. r. Anderson. Sullivan: John
White of Washington James Earnest,
Greene; VIM. Galbraith, Jefferson; p.
Dickinson, Knoxville, G. NJ. McGee,
Knoxville: r. c. jackson, Knoxville
Jos. Jaques, Virginia; S. Reynolds, Lou
don, JOS Galloway, Cleveland R. I.
Wilson, New York r. Sneed, Monroe {;
L. W. Cole, Nashville: Barret, Augusta.
Subsequently the Directors elected r. 7.
Wilson. President, JOS Jaques, Vice Pres
ident; Z. c. Jackson, Superintendent,
ard J. G. Mitchell, Secretary and Treas
urer.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
The Siege OF Paris.

The Siege of Paris will date in history
from September ID. Just two months
after the declaration of war, precisely six
weeks after the opening of the campaign,
the Prussians are before the walls of Paris
in force enough to take it.
On the north, the advancing Prussians
had reached, at our latest advices, the
City of Creil, 25 miles from Paris where
the French burned a bridge over the
Disc to retard their forward movement.
On the south, at Corbeil 1S miles from
the Capital, the French had destroyed
another bridge. doubtless with the same
design. On the east, the Forest of Bondy
under the very guns of the Notifications,
has been burned-less, of course, to OBJ
struct the enemy than to give full play to
the FIRE of the French forts. From Creil
on the north to Corbeil on the south, the
German line ere this doubtless stretch
crescent, like around the eastern side of
the French Capital. When the extremes
of this crescent. like that of Sedan, shall
have been extended, and the line con-
tracted into strong circle about the city,
its fate will not long remain in doubt. In
spite ef the great strength of its forti6ca-
tions. Paris will fall of its own weight
because of the impossibility of supplying
the two millions of inhabitants who remain
within its walls.
Already six of the railways which sup
ply the city are in the hands of the Prus-
slams. Others are theatened by the caval-
ry. and are imperative in consequence.
Only the main lines to the west are availa-
BILE for flight or reinforcement. The roads
to the east are, of course, in possession of
the Prussians, and their cavalry, by few
raids from the extremes of the lines held
by the infantry can readily ohstrucs those
on the south and vest. yi1nauy the
gates of Paris are shut. and tbs sig re may
be said to hayob bsgun: IN Y. 7fetmxe.
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
The Brain--CuriOus Facts in Mn
turC.

In fish, the average proportion Of the
brain to the spinal cord is only 2 to 1.
In the reptile, the ratio is 81 to one. In
the bird it is 3 TO 1. In the mammalia iS
is to1. But in man, it is 53 to /. No
less remarkable the fetal progress of the
human brain. 1t first becomes brain
resembling that of fish then it grows in
to the form of that of reptile; then into
that of bird then into that of man
ifcrous quadruped, and finally it assumes
the form of human brain thus compris-
ing in its fotal progress an epitome Of
geological history, as if n man was in HIM
self compendium of all animated nature
and of kin to every creature that lives.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
TIE Find "a Lady's Age.

The following, just now going the
rounds of the press, though more ancient
than the memory of the "oldest inhabi-
tant.'' is still of great practical value. for
it is the only invention ever yet discov-
cred by which ladies of ''unlimited age "
could be made to own up. We publish
it for the amusement of the young, prem
ising that they will not take advantage of
it for the annoyance of their venerable
seniors. The table in question will an
swer up to the age of sixty-three. Get
the person to Indicate the several columns
of the table below in which his age ap-
pears. Then by adding together the top
figures of the columns indicated you will
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

A LAW of the recent session of Con-
sress, but not generally promulgated, as
yet, is well deserving of the attention OF
business men. The new tax tariff bill as
it passed Congress, abolishes the stamp
duty on receipts for money of any amount
whatever, as well as promissory notes Civ
en- for sums less than one hundred dollars
The bank check, draft, and documentary
stamps remain in use as heretofore
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
Fearful Fatality Of One Lightning
Stroke

The lightning stroke which killed five
persons at Kingston, New York Thursday
night, was the most severe of the many
fatal exhibitions of electricity this season.
Of the five that were killed, all were talk
ing together. Jane Montuync was lean
ing against the tree, with her arms folded
listening to the others. She fell with her
arms folded, and they could hardly Le
pried apart. Elizabeth Newkirk was
laughing. and there was q smile upon her
lips when she was picked up. Arthur
Scott had one arm partially raised. and
after death it was hard work to straighien
it. 1t is a noteworthy fact that the bodies
of the dead bore no marks of violence
whatever not particle of evidence il
observable to show that they died other
than natural deaths The flesh is now
where burned nor is the hair scorched---n
fact which excites general comment.
For full five minutes after the awful
visitation no oee could stir in the vicinity
all were struck dumb and unconscious
and were paralyzed. Twenty five persons
under the first tent were knocked down
and severely injured. According to the
statement of bystanders it was indeed y
fearful sight. Hundreds under the main
tent were parlyzed, and incidents Of su
extraordinary nature were visible eycrss
where. When the true state Of affairs out
side became known under the main canvass
there was no holding the audience and theu
the entertainmcnt for the evening ended
at once. AS rush was made for the
open air, it was ascertaincd that scores cf
persons could not leave their acats., All;
of them were more or less injured. One
man had part of his coat torn away. an
I'otherhad lost the rim Of his hat and dozens
were almost unconscious. They sat Ike
statues, and thSrc was guxe of vncaucy
in their eyes that was frightful to look up{
on. Friends shook them and urgcd the,sl
to go but they moved not-appsret1tly
{lenb. Every one ~ tho t0mp1 49, u
dne vas % 1sriodll = u
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

Demorest's Young America, the Juvenile
Prince of Magazines, is on our table and wa
find as ever, that the children are on the
quivivc of expectation for the good things
they are always sure to find in it. The
chrome of the Baltimore Oriolc makes the
present number especially attractive, and
"Fiddling Freddy still excites the atten-
tion of the Juveniles. Yearly 81. 80, with
beautiful premium worth the cost Of
Young America. Address w. Jennings
Demorest. S3S Broadway, New York.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

Nearly eighty years of French history
may be thus summarized; In 1892, the
great Revolution and extinction of Louis
XIV. In 1868, the Republic. In 1769
Bonaparte First Consul. 1904, Bonaparte
Emperor. 1915, Restoration ofthe Bour-
bons 1880, Expulsion of Charles X, and
rise of Louis Philippe d Orleans. l84S,
Abdicatlon of Louis PHILIPPE and election
of Louis Napoleon President of the Re-
public 1851, Louis Napoleon President
for ten years. 1851, the second empire
bya vote of 7,724.129. In 1870, dethron-
ement of Louis Napoleon and declaration
of the Republic under Trochu.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
Time and Eternity.

What folly is it, that with such care
about the body which is dying. about the
world that is perishing before your eyes
and time which is perpetually disappear.
ing, we should SO little care about the etcr.
nal state in which we are to live forever
after this dream is over When we shall
have existed ten thousand years in another
world, where will be the cares and fear.
and enjoyments of this? In what light shall
we then look upon the things which now
transport us with joy, or oyerwhelm u:
with grief? s
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

AN Irishman decapitated a turtle, and
afterwards was amusing himself by put
ting sticks into its mouth, which it blt
with violence. A lady who saw the pro-
ceeding exclaimed .'Why, Pat, thought
the turtle was dead?'' 80 it is, ma am,
but the crather's not sinsible of it,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

The authorities of the Naval Observs-
tory, at Washington, have closed con-
tract with Alvin Clarke & Sons, of Cam
bridgeport, Mass, to construct a new tel
escope for the observatory, for which Com
gress at the last session appropriated S5O,-
600. 1t is to be refracting instrument.
with an object-gass of twenty-six inches
diameter. 1t will be tie largest perfect
glass of that size in the world. 1t is sup
posed that it will require four years to
complete it.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

A MAN named James Jason, who was
sentenced to the States prison, in the year
1S47, from Posey county, Indiana, return
ed to his former residence on the 30th ult.
and found it occupied BY his grandson and
great grand children. At the time Jason
was sentenced twenty-three years ago, he
was fifty-two years old. Oh
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

AFTER the first of October ensuing, the
new law exempts from the use Of stamps
''promissory notes for less sum than one
hundred dollars, and receipts for any sum
of money. or for the payment of any debt -
Stamps ON checks will still be required
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

A CLERGYMAN was preparing his dis
course for Sunday. stopping occasionally
to review what he had written. and to
erase that which he was disposed to dis
approve. when he was accosted by his lit
tie son who numbered about five summers
Father, does God tell you what oprcach 2
Certainly, my child" Then what makes
YOU scratch it out z"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

A newly-married couple at Clifford, n.
H., after living together two weekscouldn't
agree, so the husband offered the wife
hundred dollars if she would quit and she
snapped up the offer and got" That ia
better than long tedious divorce
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
NO. a.

A man in Concord, n. H., has in his
possession a biscuit which was set upon the
table at the collation. given on Lafayette's
visit to that city in 1925. 1t is of oblong
shape, has stamped upon it the words,
welcome, Gen Lafayette" and many of
the letters can still be distinguished. n
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

The census reports show a population
for Knoxville of 10000. This is a most
gratifying increase, as the population in
1860 was but 5000.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

AN election III the new county of Ham
lin, made up Of fractions of Granger and
Jefferson, for county officers and the sclec-
ton of a county site, resulted in the Sc
lection of Morristown. A full corps of
county officers was selected.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

THE trial of Mr.. Il. S. Ayres. charged
with killing DR.. Oliver, for the seduction
of his daughter, resulted in the acquittal
of the accused. The presiding Judge re-
marked, in discharging the prisoner, that
the verdict while natural one, was neither
in accord with the law nor the evidence.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

Coz. John Baxter, Of Knoxville, has
sued the publishers of some four or five
papers, for publishing slanderous speech
said to have been made before Chancellor
Temple, some weeks ago, by Gen. Joseph
A. Mabry. Each party has been sued for
$4,000
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
2lszO No

AMONG the Iowa excurtionists to the
East was Mr.. John y. McKibben, editor
of the Winterset Sun, probably the small
est editor in the world. He is twenty-one
years of age, thirty-six inches high. and
weighs thirty-six pounds.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22
ADVICE er.m the scaasId.

Skagcs, the man who was hanged in
Missouri a week or two ago, gave from the
scaffold the following advice ''In the first
place avoid drinking of whisky; and in
the next place. avoid the love Of money
better than you do your God ;'anS in the
next place, whatever you do. a voN lewd
women. Them three are three things
that are wrong in man, and one ruht aftepr
the other" 1t is good advice, even Aougl
it came from a murderer. ~
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

ADvIcEs from Rome represent that the
Pope is making preparations to meet the
transfer of the italian Government to
Rome. 1t is reported that he will retire
to CASTLE Gondolfo as soon as the italians
reach the city.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

THE latest "dccission' is that dealers in
manufactured tobacco whose annual sales
exceed $lG0 are Liable to pay special
tax therefor, in addition to "a special tax
as dealers in general merchandise, if they
do deal in other goods.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

Louis Napoleon, who is now on visit
to the King of Prussia, has had the long
est reign, as President and Emperor. of
all the sovereigns of France, since 1913.
Louis XVI was executed in 1898, after a
reign of eighteen years; Napoleon l fol
lowed with fifteen years; Louis XVIII,
nine years; Charles y, six years; Louis
Philippe, eighteen years; Louis Napole-
on, twenty-five years.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

HOLsTON Conference will convene at
Wytbeville on the 9TH of October. Bish-
op Kavanaugh to preside.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

A ROCHESTER, man has issued book
of the names of men who don't pay their
debts in that city. 1t contains so many
names that it is frequently mistaken for
and used in the place of city directory.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

IT Is said that Louis Napoleon has thir-
ty million dollars invested in England
which, with good management and proper
economy, will enable him to live comfort
able the balance of his days.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-09-22

CLINTON county, Missouri has cheese
farm of 1900 acres the proprietor Of
which keeps 800 cows. and makes 400
pounds of cheese per day.