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Frightsul Railroad Accident.

A frightful accident occurred on the
line Of the Illinois Central railroad, near
Hyde Park, H., on the 18th, two human
beings meeting death in its most appal.
ling shape. gentleman and lady, both
of refined and genteel appearance, pur-
chased tickets for Hyde Park, at the
general ticket Office in the Union depot,
Chicago, and took the o'clock train on
the Illinois Central for their destination.
Upon arriving at the station. the gentle
man and lady left the cars and visited
a gardeners grounds near by. The
gentleman inquired the price of ceatain
real estate in that vicinity, and for up
wards of an hour remained with the
gardner, conversing with him regarding
the property he apparently contempla-
ted purchasing. the strangers announc'
ed their intention Of returning to Chi
cago. on the 5 O clock train, and shortly
before that hour proceeded to the sta
ton to await the arrival of the train. 1t
came in on time, and stopped in the
usual place, which to reach, passengers
are obliged to cross the track Of the
Michigan Central. The unknown gen
tleman and lady started for the train,
and while yet on Michigan Central
track, the Kalamazoo accommodation
was seen coming around a curve just
above the station. This train does not
stop at Hyde Park, and the gentleman
and lady had barely succeeded in get
ting off the track when the train dashed
by at very high rate of speed. The
horror Of the spectators cannot be I'M
agined. when upon the track just passed
over by the train they beheld the man
gled bodies of two human beings, a man
and woman. fastening to the appal-
ling scene the woman was found to have
been instantly killed. Both her legs and
one arm had been completely severed,
and her head and body mashed in the
most shocking manner. The man was
yet alive when found. but died in less
than half an hour. His head and breast
were crushed, one leg torn and crushed,
and the other broken in three places
1t supposed that the unfortunate beings
were drawn under the train by the sue
ton occasioned by the velocity with
which it passed them. They were stand
ing within the narrow space between the
tracks, the train which they intended
taking one side, and the other train
coming upon them so quickly, left nc
avenue Of escape. and without a mo
ment S warning their souls were sent tC
Him who gave them
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A Human Curiosity i'm HObOken.

Mr.. John Winkler, q German, has
Just erected, on the highest peak of the
rocky range Of land at the western ex-
tremity of Hoboken, an observatory, at
an expense of about $4,000. 1t is
styled the Mountain Park Observatory
The building is of wood, and 100 feet
high, while the ground on which ii
stands has an elevation of 235 feet
above the Hudson river level, giving a
total altitude Of 335 feet to the OBJ
server.
A telescope twenty-five feet long, one
of the largest in the United States, is
mounted there. The view to be OBJ.
tanned is one ST the most extensive that
can be obtained anywhere near New
York. Newark, Rutherford Park, Pat
erson and Sandy Hook can be distinctly
seen. A fine view of the Orange and
Poingston Mountains can also be OBJ.
tanned. The time of Trinity Church
clock can be ascertained to a minute,
and the business signs in New York
read distinctly The water in the Gro.
ton Reservoir, Central Park, is also
plainly visible.
Mr.. Winkler 10 most enthusiastic over
what he considers an achievement in
behalf of Jersey science How he is to
get his money back is question that
seems not in the slightest to trouble
him. He attends himself personally to
his sightseeing visitors, regulates the
glass, and points out such objects of i'm.
terest as he deems should come under
their eye. He has adjusted a kind OF
regulator which is at once novel and
appropriate. 1t is of crimson silk, fall
ing down over his breast and shoulders
and bearing in front, in large gilt let.
tiers, the word " Happiness" and on the
back, in the same style, " Pleasure
This, he says, is allegorical, and indi
Gates his character.
He assures his visitors in great con
fdence that he is member of society
of which society there is no other living
member. What he wears at night
when he visits the observatory he pro
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-04-28

A LAWYERS FEE.--A story is told at
the expense of a legal gentleman who
was formerly well known in Norwich.
Conn.,, but now living in Oshkosh,
Wis. One Smith had failed in business
and sold out, and having two or three
tough little bills, had given them to
this lawyer for collection. Smith went
to the office to receive the proceeds.
The amount collected was about $50.
" I'm sorry you've been so unfortunate,
Smith, for | take great interest in you.
| shan't charge you as much as | should
if didn't feel so much interest in YOU
Here he handed Smith $l5, and kept
the balance. You see, Smith, knew
you when you were a boy, and l knew
your father before you, and | take
good deal of interest in you. Good
morning Come and see me again y
Smith, moving slowly out of the door,
and ruefully contemplating the avails,
was heard to mutter Thank God you
didn't know my grandfather"
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Official Census OF 1870.

The following table, prepared by the
Census Bureau, is the authorized state
ment of Government. Numerous tables,
more or less complete, have been pub
lished, but this one only has official
sanction. 1t should be preserved for
reference. Notwithstanding the losses
by war, and the Encouragement of emf
grafton, there has been an increase of
population in the last decade of years
of 7,094,S59 The States of Maine, New
Hampshire and Virginia, and the Terri
tory of New Mexico, have lost in popu-
lation. The New England States have
gained little, while the Western show a
large, and the Southern States a moder-
afa incraasa.
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DECLINE OF CORNISH pER.MINIyc

DECLINE OF CORNISH GOLFER
Copper-mining in Cornwall, which has
been steadily declining,-in 1860, 49,
359 tons of copper ore were produced,
and in 1869 only 7l,790 tons,-is now
suffering from a new and peculiar form
of competition. Iron pyrites is now
imported in enormous quantities from
Spain and Norway for the manufacture
of sulphuric acid on Tynside and Lam
cashire. After the extraction of the
sulphur from the Spanish ores, the
residue is operated on for the two per
cent. of copper it contains and in 1869
no less than aboNt 1000 tons of metal
were thus obtained the entire yield
from native ores in the same year being
1921 tons. The importation of these
pyritic ores increase rapidly; and it is
not unlikely that Newcastle and Liver.
pool may by-and-by take o large share
of what has hitherto been speciality OF
Swansea.
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tests no human eye hath ever seen, nor
ear hath heard, except the visitor. He
talks mysteriously of mounting a light
on the summit of his observatory,
which is to be visible from all parts Of
the country and Sandy Hook.
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Interesting DevclOpments-Thiers In
triguing for Napoleon.

La Capitale, the republican journal of
Rome, prints in It's issue of March %
the following remarkable statement
son Saturday last, the 25th inst, Fa-
Their Becks received a courier from
France, leaving two dispatches one
from Col. Charette, the other from
Theirs. Charette stated in his that he
had come to an understanding with Ma
poleon regarding the restoration of the
temporal power OF the Pope. Napoleon
confessed that the French clergy had
led him into error that he was ready
to give up all the papers he held, COM
promising certain ecclesiastics noted for
their Gallicanism, the only condition of
the papal restoration to be this: That
Plus TX. should embrace liberal views
with respect to the temporal power.
Charette promises to send $4,000 men
on to Paris to restore the Napoleonic
government. wants theJ esuits to open
asylums throughout Italy in which zou-
ayes and other volunteers of the Catho-
lie Church may be sheltered, so as to be
ready at a given time to burst out at
once all over the peninsula. Rest
assured, concludes Charette, that with
in three months time Napoleon will be
enthroned once more in Paris
The dispatch of Theirs is addressed
to Charette. In this, Theirs states that
he trusts entirely to him. and that in
exchange for his good offices for the
restoration of order he should be per-
mitted to make his attempt to re-estab-
lish the temporal power of the Pope A
meeting of Jesuit fathers was at once
held, reply prepared for the courier,
and he left the next day"
The CapitaLe adds This is in ac-
cordance with the letters of Napoleon,
written to win the hearts of the sol
diers. 1t is also known that Charette
is collecting troops for an attack on
Rome. 1t will surprise nobody to
hear that Theirs has turned Bona
partist."
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In Guatemala, as in some other places
where the Spanish language is spoken,
the death Of a young child before reach
ing the years of sin, is regarded as a
cause for rejoicing rather than mourn
ing. Chevalier Morelet thus describes
what he once saw in that city: Zone
day, while in The vicinity of the GENE
terry, heard, at little distance, the
sound of music, gay and animated as
that of a festival. 1t proceeded from a
group of young people, bearing in their
midst litter, apparently covered with
flowers. Every face wore cheerful ex.
preston, and all entered the inclosure
with light STEPS, as if going to we'd
ding. instinctively followed it, until
it stopped at the edge of one of the deep
fosses which always stand yawning for
the dead. l approached one of the
party, and inquired the occasion of such
a merry gathering. We are burying a
baby 7 was the simple response, and he
looked at me with an expression Of sur.
prise, as much as to say, What singu
lar question q"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-04-28

A wILLrUL falsehood told, is cripple
not able to stand by itself without some
thing to support it; it is easy to tell a {,
lie, hard to tell but lie.-ThomaS Fu-
Ter
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A MATRoNLY CAT in care Of her kittens
is an instance of severe maternal dis
cipline. She is licking her offspring
pretty much all the time.
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TYPHus FEVER patients are now treated
in Germany with cold-water baths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-09-08
ALE x A N DRIA.

SECOND WARD RADICALs.-Last night the
Radicals of the Second Ward held a meeting,
c. w. Dewitt chairman, and the following dele
gates were appointed to the County COnyen-
tion:-P. A. Breen and X. e.. Armstrong white.
and Marshall Williams and Edgar johnson,
son, colored, as alternates. The President was
subsequently added to the number. 1t was re-
solved that the Convention meet at the court
house in this city, on the 18th inst. at 10 a. m.
MALARIOUs FEvERS.-The great destruction
Of growing timber in the counties bordering the
Potomac during and since the war, has increas-
ed the sickness of those sections, and malarOus
diseases, such as ague and fever, are now re-
ported 10 be prevalent and OF greater mortality
than formerly. The forests absorbed the ma
laria.
OYsTERs.-The oysters that have heretofore
arrived here this fall have come in barrels by
steamers, but the schooner Mary Parks arrived
yesterday, bringing the first cargo of the season.
Gdsette lost eventg.
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THE COTRTS-

CRIMINAL COURT, Judge Enthusiastically.
B Sn and dGSSmey appeal from the Police O9urt
zeal IRON Police Court. larceny of rags: iury Dis.
charged being unable TO agree.
house-appeal from the Police Court, where She
was convicted and fined SsOe-was placed on trial,
eta Cook and Fannie Bsyne testified tha; they had
ness and they boarded there their board being psid
by friends. Some OF the policemen testified that
thsy hs .,i seer the inmates entice prostitution.
not sufficient to prove the reputation of the inmates
Of the house 20 convict, but that criminal must
be proven TO have been committed in the house 1t
would not do to prove that ewd behav Tor had taken
place outside Of the house, and it was for the gov
sr1inent TO produce the best evidence, which they
MIR Harrington argued that the reputation of the
ho9se could be proved by the inmates, and that he
The, jury retired with directions to bring in a
the jury in the Of Mary Eckley, charged with
keeping b's~dy house, returned sealed verdict of
Hiram Atherton, charged with an assault on
Sh hsr a. ssSeet; appeal from the Police Court
suity-M Miner for defensSe was found not
Julia Williams, charged with keeping a bawdy-
for verdict 81 Dot guilty Sss ren
dered The case of Ellen Long, charged with keep
e the .s snd Mr. ,s
convicted and fined in this court on the 9th Of March,
and in the Police Court; in May last, she was con
the case now before the court On the 18th Of July
she was again icted in the Police Court and he
IN m. the
nolle pros. Harriet Dutton, keeping bawdy house:
nolle pros. The petit jurors were discharged TO
For Monday the following cases have been set -
Johnson. grand iarceny sS Ottawa Ala:
Bryon, assault with intent to kill, James Wood do
Laura Lee grand larceny; W. d. GOrbutt, assault
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read Company locaie and grade taeIr said rod
80 70 prepare i'r 80 suPerstruotare; nov, thHe-
src. I E.a . :, s-se,ss, That, provided tbs, this
act shall be submitted % the people 80 the next
votes cast Cor ncrhrrs q the Iegisiatfve Assembly,
az such election so Frer'e fu- ;sr Tia; this sct
STess IL he Tni',. state. fie eSrsrPor shan D..
and he " hereby, suthoTiHed q subscribe, IN the
name q the District 4 Columbia 20 the capital stock
Of the Piedmont and Potomac Rairoad Cs'mpaay, -
an an. uni not sSosedii Sin hundred Thousand 81.
lie made, satisfactory id-nos shall h. fIfn,sssi %
the ROard of Public Works that such sniscrir:,oS
sraaiSs q .SG ro and . :. S"sssS ,s
shall be given 20 said Bard ths, TIC amount 80 snl
that said work viii b. completed within the tip@
necessary avail q said guarantee q the PennsvH
ss5tssr. That sad rad shall Is eonssracss fr"
some point NE Pot~mac river ~ Gsrrretovn
works. '''N
sEc 2 Ans ., a fvrtAs- saaoi,d. Tia, IN order 20
Goyernor /. hereby authoTi,e 70 issue Re ress re-
tered or coupon bonds & the District q Couubia,
face shall he signed 4, IN oSernsr and sccre,sry
q the District and shs be Reasonable twenty years
half yearly, 90 amount necessary % PROV de saA
sum % sly hundred theHs and dosrs ani 20 81 said
mont and Rotomsc Railroad Corapsny. a; .ash time.
ana IN snch snoun's g may BE- ruired hE the pro-
bonds shall not b. soii A. lower rate than ninety
per contum II the par value thereof.
sEc ). ASd D. ~ tsTfh,r ssaf,a. That In order 20
meet the Interest o. accrue On said bonds, there
shall be levied annually tax 81 six pr cent , or
such lower rate may suffice, on every hundred
dollars % the asscsrd value a real aud personal
Estate ina said District. the proceeds ~ which taH
shall g institute special fund pledged for the pay.
mont Il said interest.
Sue. q. And D. 20 fsrfAsr ersrfsf. That the Gov
ernor hereby rcqur-tcd this ACT Ca b. duly
published bet,,re the ueNf general election. A. re-
guired 10y the urtreIfh section 81 the charter -
The District - Columbia act 81 Congress Of rei-
rnary twenty one; .ieh;oen hundred aud seventy
one,l aiA b sntahe pr reclamation g. submit tliss
same toWe people, and prescT be the FORM ia whicd
Il shall be voted uron.
CHARLES l.. HTlsE
Speaker - the hCuze ~ nalocafes
WILLIAM STICkNEY.
President q the Council
Approved. Angus, 10. ISL
III. II. COOKE. Governor. ausl SIN
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Three Fires Shi. Norrtr~

About go O'Clock this morning Officer Fleet
turned in an alarm of fire from box "A, for fire
discovered in the back building of a two-story
frame house, corner OF New York avenue and
18th street. occupied by John Erwin. and in a
Few minutes the whole house was in flames
The fremen responded promptly and got in
service, bnt the flames spread 10 the three frame
houses belonging 10 MIR. Thomas Waggaman
and occupied by Mr.. FurlOng. Mrs. Clark and
two eolOred families, which were entirely de-
stroyed, they being of very light material. The
adjoining building, belonging To Mr.. Hays, was
saved a. also most of the furniture in the build
ings. The loss Is about IS 900.
While the membersof No. Pc ngine were giving
~ a trial, about 3 O'Clock, at corner of 18th and
streets, TO ascertain IL it was damaged by a
Jolt received last night, an alarm was given
a two-stOry brick dwelling, occupied by co!ored
people, and known as ''SlewfoOt Lize'sf-was ON
IRE, and the stream was turned on il. The fire
appeared to have got in under the shingles, and
at one time, on account of the high wind, il was
feared that they would be unable to check the
Progress OF the flames, and an alarm was struck
from box 80, (NO. 2 engine-house,) which
brought out the rest of the department. The
engines got into service. While the fremen
were at work on the roof, some of the. inmates
ntllzed the water pouring through the ceiling
by serubbing the lower floor. The fire Is supposed
u have canght from spark from the engine.
Il ne loss Will be tritiing.
About $50 O'Clock this morning some little
boys gathered up on the street some wood shaw
1ngs, used In filling mattresses, and took them
10 the rear Of the house No. All Eleventh street.
occupied by Dir. r. Heygster and Mr.. A. Bou-
doin, where they piled them against the board
fence and set fire TO them. The wind soon
spread the blaze to some frame sheds which
would soon have been in flames had not a colored
man extinguished the fire. This Is the third
Time within week or two that these BOYS have
set fire TO the same premises. The Franklin
was On hand but their services were not needed
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NOTICE AND PROCLAMATION BY THE
1NGQVERNoRp publishing an act entitled "a An nc
mont and Potomac Raroad Company upo me rlsG
conditions, and submitting the same 10 the peonla
Of said District ana prescribing the form in which
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, August q, 49,
Nottct Is hsrect etcsH ana proclamation made that
the act Of the Legislative Assembly OF the District
Of Columbia, approved August 10, ISL entitled IAN
Piedmont and Potomac Railroad Companx N nn ene
certain conditions will be submitted 10 the peonle
Which viii be held on the fourth as M
yemter, lal being the twenty second day OF that
Be- and Ss the act
act shall contain the worde-
IAN act to authorize subscription IN IN. .to. 81,
the Piedmont and Potomac Railroad Com pauy m ron
certain conditions approved August 10Th, ls-l and
tickets aeains- SAD set shall contain the word
"An act to authorize q subscription 10 the ,toch
UPON certain conditions" apnrossa xas DomPsny
1871, and that said election VIII be cenducfed In All
2. A s. ssn of T Of The
bet hs1s msss and thereof
Governor of the District of Columbia.
Az AcI TO authorize subscription 10 the stock of
the Piedmont and Potomac Railroad Company
upon certain conditions.
Sc a e~ei.d ty the Lesisls,,re Assesby 81 fAe
that the CONSTRUCTION Of the Piedmont and Pptomse
railroad recently authorized BY act OF the Legis
STs q I 3 BE- q benefit e hs
Legislature the. Pennsylvania Central Railroad
Company s required 70 guarantee the first MORTGAGE
pany 10 an amount necessary 70 furnish superstruc
ture and equipment for said road, which ssid guar
sy r. e date 81 said last msnneed se
ten miles more of said road shall be ready for su
T s " n
less, win enable said Piedmont and Potomac Rail
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OFFICIAL.

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ACT OF
W THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, Approved
August ~. Isl. FIXING THE TIME FOR
HOLDING GENERAL ELECTIONS IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
An ACT fixing the tine for holding the General
Elections in the District Of Columbia.
BE u esaeted ~ fks Lfgtslaitre Assembly ~ he
Dtsutcf q CoiHnst fd, That the general elections
therein shall be held on the fourth Wednesday Of
November Of each year.
SEC. 2. And Be 81 fsrtaey enacted. That whereas
emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of
this act II hereby declared TO be in force from and
after its approval by the Governor.
CHARLES L. HULSE,
Speaker Of the House Of Delegates.
WILLIAM STICKNEY,
President Of the Council.
Approv ed, August 70, ls1
II. d. COOKE, Governor. au q SIN
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I HASKELL, LYON 4 90.

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NO BOILING!
NO HARD RUBBING!
NO HOT WATER.
NO WASHB0ARDS.
NO BLUEING.
NO INJURY TO GARMENTS Or HANDS
BALTIMORE, MD.
a, The above hrn having secured the exclusive right
Warneld's Patent Cold water self.
Washing Soap,
in and for the STATE OF MARYLAND and DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA.
rior SOAP. which washes tSoroaehls in any Kind Of
vsfer-Hard. Soft or sAlt-etfkosf boihas. They
also guarantee that IL viii not inurs even the hnest
Not only does Il save labor, fuel clothes, &c, but
BY using 4 esf I'd q the dscS%io Of
ring winter, which causes frequent colds. especially
70 those who go from stesning hot wash-rOom 70
T6oussnds OF testimonials 10 its great excellence
81 hand but no evidence can equal that derived
TO NV it. single bar is sufeienf for the ordinaTy
By s o1n seton i sssSlSes sse ssssss ana os.
things that SOIL and liberetes them from the gar
1hoi Is usually done With labor and bard asss ss
The elethes by nesps OF washbosrd OF machine.
firmly inbeddod in the fabric.
The ciothe. require blueing n dried in the sun,
washed S 2 sos, ef s sa twice
AZ long when washed in the ordinary way with the
To cor samers, therefore, Il is unaues,ionably the
S.hkAftsl soap ever manufactures. The usual
POOLE A HUME. asa Pa. sv.,
sus- In ''s'~'e AssH'' 'O' " coid water Soap.