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The New York herald., 1871-02-23
Marine Disasters.

SHIP RICHARD ILL., Wood at Savannah 18th inst from
heavy weather the 22d ON the 10TH while lying
which the ship upon Der beam ends sSed her cargo
twisting her ruddereead ssranng the vessel and doing
sprung and OF her sails split while others
New YORK; reports passins large amount OF pine lumber
inst, four miles south of Cape Henry, ashore
Essp her from ns sinking sDe shortly after to Psss
their lives They walked to Norfolk and reached Baltimore
souR POTTER, Potter from Mobile for Providence, ia
ashore on yalock's Point below = and will haze
e
made at high water I'D.
YORK. laden with ore coming up the bay last night about
@ % @ Of % wns run into oy sos MP
port sldc, about andshps causing the barge 20 n mmed
droxaed; The escaped drownIag The s!nr
% No. % y os wssrs sa epa w
MISSING vEssEI.-Thc Barabno Paers, Viardo cleared
from New York FOR Antwerp the LIST os Oct last and has
not since been beard Of.
DEAL Feb 1.-THE bark Harriet, Richards of HUI, FOR
Pensacola is ashore the main, and It Is feared she will
become n wreck; she Is leaking badly
FALMOUTH, Feb Io-The Mountain Ash Care, from New
York which arrived 9th inst had lost boat buwark
rs asHVs been '''''N ' n'' on
.FowEY. Feb loThe Isabella Marcaret Todd from New
N0hns pos@HSs ne oecarsa en srre.ns .io gn S ,ss
sruss me .Sp making een Of ali the
buiwarks sanchions &c taking away galley stove boats
and washed quantity OF things OF tie deck Feb B.
struck by another which carried port buwarks,
bowsp split sails and did considerable other dam
GnAyRsYsD. Feb 9-The Blandina Dudley Kyle. from
London for Boston, has put back mere leaky
LyERpooI Feb SThe Crcscen, City reported lost In
telegram IRON the master TO have run ashore IN
at Galley Head and become total wreck crew
and safely landed. Nothing said TO the
prospects OF salvage thought that not much OF the
cargo will be From The captains telegram the ship
rretrievably gone.
had very bad weather She has been
oiyhead and Ise Of Man since the 18th JAM
owing to strong sE gales The cnem Ia the vessel which
was ID cosion with the Vile de Djeppe, from Cartnagena
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c Aso Sin
iShTAIriycd bark Island Queen Brooks, Cardiff; schr
sss feo'':Si..Ss; on:ss. Watts, New York.
scnr WRsnos Ss m Tsx Yora Liverpool
HohMEs' HOLE Feb e. Pm PS-%rrived, brig Florence
Ss.asa Carrie saS%sId, Williams. Fortune Bay,
IS s5s IM ssg sss HAITI. ,o, No. Prom n.,
for BossOn Dslmon Locke. Hatch, Georgetown Sc,
:eh Ruth Kssmp Boston fos
sAMrWind sHiauISSai NEW Ne. with L iIsS.''' snow
10. u a1 s s
vens Emma Lewis, Loretto Fish, Rutn Atwood, and
aYsTic o Feb al-Arysa = he outer harbor, brig
NEW ORLEANS Feb I7-Arrvsa, steamship Frankfurt.
Cardiff Mary McKee, Sharp, Baltimore r Below coming
Jacobsen, from Cardiff; brig Jane Goodyear Davis from
Cleared steamships St Louis. whi.ehead. Now York;
Grange Br Houston, Lisbon barks Amph,on lRu- kem.
Ann, Hayn LverpoO brig Merced (sp>, carbone, Bar
SOUTHWEST PASS, Feb IL Arrived, ship Kendrck Fish,
osn Ms ss1n 0avSsv S Yor Gss ss
NEwBUsYpoRT, Feb .o-sailed, schr EDWARD Lameysr,
NEW Asryea sSArs Dsya Collins
NEWPSkT FEB 20 Pm Arrived ' scSrs Red jacket Avery,
s2 b9Gsasa fSs New York Len" Hunter Perry Portland
Sailed schrs Annie Friend Stapes, West ISLE NB for
New York Fannie Bailey Locke Chishom's Isiand 80,
tor Woods Hole Renzi: Cobieigh, tor Wareham.
NEW LONDON, Feb l9-Arrived schrs Carrie Walker,
Mcfarland Jacksonyile;J Truman Gibbs, New Bedford
for New York w Patten, Baker, Calais for do.
SailedSchrs Jachn, Kane from Belfast for Baltimore;
Anna May, Baker, for philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, Pcb 2l-Arrived, brgs Williams,
Thompson, Cienfpegos John Welsh, Jr vanselow saguai
!ss MsFs s hass
Cleared Bark Margaret Evans lBr Smiley Cork or Fall
mouth for orders schrs Kate Rch doughty Cienfuegos;
Florence NOVEL;. Fennimorc Nagnabo PR.
Ms ss % ose Ship
Asia passing out Thermometer, 40; wind, N.
Rio Janero bark Hornet brgs Planet, Almon, Borvell,
two brgs unknown and sbout 50 schrs Thick Of shore
PORTLAND. Feb 2O-Arrved. steamship Prusslan tBr,,
Duon Liverpool via Londonderry schrs Robert Byron
Clark Baltmore Nesunta Shaw, Rockand for New York.
Returned-Brig Geo Berry (from st Domingo City Tor
Boston.
gst-Cleared, echrs Annie Leland, Bennett, New York
George Deering, Willard, Philadelphia.
PROVIDENCE, Feb 2l-Arrived brig Wfsweu,
Bridges Mobile schr Pointer. Baker. kzabethport via
Beow~schr Potter. Potter Mobile; is ashore Bull
locks Point.
saedBark Hpparchus tBr), Calhoun, Charleston schrs
II Ncwcomb, Higgins Deals Island; Lewis Benton.
Patterson Tanger Clara Davidson, Jeaers, Phladephs;
j Austin, Davis, do; q New.ns Rulana, New York;
Annie Martini Bird do
RICHMOND. Feb so-Arrlved steamships Geo Upton.
SAN FRANCISCO Feb 22-Arrived, ship Golden Gate
(Br, Swinton, Liverpool. .
SAVANNAH Feb Arrived steamship Virgo, Bukleys
SALEM, Feb 2OArrIved schr vioa Hall, Eizabethport
The New York herald., 1871-02-23
ARRIVALS.



Steamship Cuba lBr>, Noodle Liverpool llh Queens
town 18TH with ndse and ls4 70 Franckyn
:'sas ss Eat ssss.
ossr 6fg;rgsed steamer bound east snh, s a. lon 50 s.
Ion steamer sies%e GSana Souna ssss west miles,
steamship team. Pa ;Abyssina, bound east
to Henderson Bros Had hssvv weather.
Ssshe nsnss
steamship Americ. tNG) Bu.sns, Bremen Feb ., via
SOUTHAMPTON ih, with mdse and passengers, oerchs
Steamship Rapidan whtehnrs, Havana Feb ls. at Pm,
we sss nns sn 70 os
Key West 10th, with mdse and passengers to Mallory
Steamship Ashland, Moore. Fc,nandna 3 days, with
hsaa @ Boy Il M
ers at work preparing TO hoist out her 2st at AM
asae'y Of floating
sse apa o Savannah Feb 49, with
.ss
}, seSsacto Sherwood rhiiadepha with mdse
Ship LAKE Huron lBr Gilmore. Glasgow. Der 2s with
Bark Amadns .Br,. Fsrrsy, Annoy Oct 90 With tea
s o y .y. az
up q e
lat ~ Ion 81 W spoke scIr Rngdove, Phladephs
Bark Brothers Pride tBr,. Boulson Liverpool, 90 days.
with mdse 70 snow Burgess; vessel to Master Tookthe
been ~ days from thence, with succession OF heavy Sw
Bark kMar..y u psnn,ps,9n Port Prince ls days
So%,s .a ~ Herald
ass ~
%qSeats wss.asS the entire ss:sass ss ION
Ra'iss sist for .appa.sa Ms.ss
e be the MNw time &
miles sose, sshr swsassa bSS, from s. JOINS SF
So miles; exchanged signals With North German Cesna,
sTs vTeins Johnston. Martinique Is days, with sugvr
asssp
sa E'nd' most Of the
sshs Ss u Lsws of
ashore ian Jones Inlet heavy NE
81 he @ s % 's
'owsd soSr 'q sns oi,y p.mnros.
for s. Joha: ks with la@osr 10 mater '-''A' 'as'
sc schr Ah Annie Frssman usIs B%Syn.on Virgins. r
schr Il sayward Williams, Gloucester days, with her
schr Carrie Holmes, Potter, I'D inst
for Norfolk Same day. when 10 miles north squan Inlet,
leaking an
port for examination and will dry dock necessary
Passed Through He'll Gate.
FOUND SOUTH.
Steamship Chesapeake, Johnson Portland for New York.
with ss,r Tese siaa, ana messenger s to Ames
for New York, Is days. with produce, cranda
schr Favorc CBr), Jenkins Nova Scotia for New York.
with potatoes.
Ser Jnchin Kane, Belfast for Baltimore
Scbr Singers, Shares, Portland for New YoIk.
Schr Red Jacket Rockland for New York.
schr Hero Kelly, Salem for New York 2 days. with nsh
10 Ropes 4 Co.
Sehr II Tucker Sheridan, Providence for New York.
Schr William James, Hud, Providence for New York.
schr Mls, Titus, Providence New York. in ballast,
to master.
schr New,ns, Providence New York; in ballast to
master.
schr Wake, Simmons. Newport for Phlladelphia.
s ,sy May New HousOn G9 for
Schr NJ Freeman. Meade, Stamford for New York.
Steamer Thets, Walden Providence for New York. with
mdse aud passengers.
BOUND EAST.
Stenmship yicksbure Matthew'S, New York for Boston
Schr Madeline, Crowei, Richmond fsr Bridgeport.
Schr A Cain, Simmons, Baltimore for Boston.
Schr Gilman Baltimore for Portland.
Schr g Hotchkss. Racket Hoboken for Providence.
schr Noainc, Rakes, New YORK for New London.
Steamer Electra, Mott, New York for Providence
The New York herald., 1871-02-23
rRIsHTFUL CATaSTR0PHE.

Reclsiessness in q Coal Nlinc-Fiiteeu Miners
Injured-One Man Killed.
CLEVELAND Feb. 22, 1871.
special from Youngstown, Ohio this evening,
says:-.A frfghtfu accident occurred this afternoon
40 the Brookfeld coal bank, In BroOkfeld township,
owned by the westerman Iron Company and others.
Fifteen men were descending the slope III two
cars. and through the carelcssness OF the man
whose duty it was TO attach the chain,
failing to 40 go the cars with the men, descended at
fearful rate with nothing to check them. man
named Redmond was killed, and five others were SO
badly injured that they cannot recover. The rest,
except one, were more or less injured.
Washingtons birthday was not generally OBJ
an
The New York herald., 1871-02-23
RAILROAD DISASTER.

4 Train the Pan Han3ie Road Breaks
Through Bridge-A Fireman Killed.
CINCINNATI, Ohio Feb. 20, 1871.
Last night freight train on the Pan handle Rail-
road, bound East. broke through bridge No. So
twelve miles east OF Steubenvie and the engine
fourteen cars went down. The fireman, named
Hess, was killed ana the engineer was slightly and
one brakeman seriously injured. The train was
loaded with horses, sheep, hogs. meat &c Eight
or ten of the horses killed. IL Is supposed tnGt
the engine struck stone rolled down from the en-
bankment which threw OF, the tender, and that the
tender, thrown across the track on the bridge
threw the other cars of.
The New York herald., 1871-02-23
MASSACHUSETTS STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.

BOSTON, Feb 20 1871.
A new State temperance movement on the basis
of moral and religious principles, was inaugurated
to-day by well attended convention In the
fremont Temple. L. s. TObey presided with
q list of one hundred vice presidents,
including Governor Calin. several Boston clergy
men ana prominent advocates or the cause from
other parts OF the State addressed the Convention,
which continued In session during the day and even
ing.
The New York herald., 1871-02-23
CLEARED.

PORT OF NEW YORK, FEBRUARY ss, 1871.
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Steamship Abyssnia Orb Haines Liverpool via Queens
Steamship caabria Br) McMckan, Liverpool Queens
town--C Franckvn.
Steamship Colorado (Br,, Freeman Liverpool-wilams
Guiou
Brig 4 Armstrong, Marks, Demsrara-L, W p Arm
strong.
Schr Eveline. Pierce Barbados Trowbridse 4 Co.
Schr H Godfrey, Sears, Jacksonville Warren Ray 4
Co.
schr Nickerson, Nickerson. Philadepha-W Wonder.
smith.
schr Ben Perley Poore Bartlett Boston-James stetson
a Co.
Barge Watson Waters, saybrook vibbard, Foo.e Co.
The New York herald., 1871-02-23

Almanac for New York This Day.
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THE HARVARD COLLEGE ALUMNI.

The Harvard College Alumni held their ann ual
reunion dinner at Delmonico's last evening, which
was OF the most brilliant aairs OF the season.
everything being Of The best and doue IN the most
superb manner
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Cornelius rinne London bark John BanieId Bristol T.
- Also sailed, barks Aet,a, Havre; Atta, Gibrassr
source Savannah; schrs John Atwood, and Crown Point
Baracoa.
Wind at sunset, NE light
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BELOW.
SAILED.

Ship Elizabeth, from -.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-17

10 the Editors OF the Union and American:
1t was my pleasure to visit the Fair OF
Tuscumbia and FlsreRee, Ala The people
of the vicinity ana ofscsys having control
of the institutions may well ,coneratulate
themselves on the good feeling, good man
agement and complete success of their first
(since the wax effort Of the kind.
But, Of the latteTplaee, too much cannot
be said. Everything worked in the most
perfect harmony. There seemed to be A
man for every place, and every man seemed
to know his place and suit it admirably; no
confusion, no delay, but everything worked
smoothly and pleasantly. The exhibition
OF cattle, sheep and hogs was rather meagre
to the eye of a Tennesseean, but was fullyas
good as we could expect in country where all
the attention Of the farmer, until very re-
Gently, has been given TO cotton. But
the display of horses, ia all of their different
classes, have not seen excelled this fall at
any Fair in Tennessee, and it has been nv
good fortune to attend most of the best in
the middle part of this State. The directo-
ry combines within itself all the energy and
judgment necessary to conduct a concern of
the kind on a magnificent scale; and at the
head of it we find man with all the ability
necessaryfOr any occasion oremergency. Yon
will find good and hospitable people wherever
you go; but 1t has never been my lot to meet
with any people who, with one accord. arose
TO bid the stranger welcome. Such hospi-
tally as the people Of North Alabama ex-
hibited has never been equaled except by
the gallantry Of her sons, and surpassed
only by the beauty and accomplishments Of |
us daughters. GILES.
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TENNESSEE NEWS.

VIM. A Reeves, a young man for1nerIy
OF Winchester, died recently at Winchester
Capt. A. B. Newsom, of Sumner county
died quite suddenly few DAYS since in the
10th year Of his age.
Mr.. j. w. Hatcher, who lives near Beth.
esda, in Williamson county, has received
letters patent for cultiyator.
There are $3.50 gallons of whisky IL
bond in Robertson county. This lie eyeb,.
sive Of rect,fed liquors.
The matrimonial fever has fairly set in
down at GAINESVILLE, and the market prom
ses 70 De Disk. Dix or seven marriages
are expected to take place soon.
Ihos. Reed, George Yarbrough, Thos.
Snel and Jimmie Bills left Lewisburg
Monday, the 18th inst, ''to improve their
fortune in the Far West"
The work on the Southwestern Railroad.
under the auspices of the Memphis and
Charleston road, is being pushed forward
with all dispatch, heading straight for
Sparta.
At Lebanon, the highest market price for
large hogs, on foot, is five cents per pounds
small ones, four and half cents. The
highest price paid for good beeves is two
cents per pound, gross.
The Supreme Court at Knoxville decided
the case of Steve Haynes VS.. the widow and
heirs of VIM. Swan in favor of the latter.
The amount of property in litigation was
estimated at $4,000.
The st. Louis Democrat informs us that
''Memphis detective captured A man
named Clark at Cape Girardeau last week.
who IS charged with stealing railroad train
at Union City. On his way to AHenviIle
with his prisoner, the detective was shorn
OF his laurels by the escape of the prisoner
Peter O'Neal, Clerk of the Montgomery
County Court, gives notice that in future
no money order on the County Trustee.
drawn by the Board of School Commits
slcners, viii be eOuntersigned by him until
the monthly report of the Commissioners
shall have been properly filed. Something's
the matter.
The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf says that
on the evening Of the 18th inst. there was
brilliant assemblage in the parlOr of SCOTS
Hotel, to witness the marriage ceremony of
Mr.. John B. Coulter, whose happy lot il
was to lead to the altar the beautiful and
accomplished Miss Sue A. Stratton. of
Richmond, Va. =
The Lewisburg Gazette has lately had in
its employment festive typo of somewhat
irregular habits. He last week, during the
absence Of the editor, surrounded too much
OF the ardent, pied form, emptied out two
cases, broke the press, appropriated the
money on hand, cursed out the whole con
Germ, and left for some new field of labor.
The editor has reason to think his absent
jour the llost demonstrative spiritualist in
the business. r.
The Memphis and Shreveport railroad
committee of fifteen met at the hall of the
Memphis Chamber Of Commerce, Tuesday.
The l4th inst, and after considerable dis |
cussion, appointed sub committee of two
TO confer with the friends of the Memphis |
and Kansas City railroad, and obtain from |
hem such proposition as they might sub |
nit regarding united action in applying to |
he county of Shelby for aid to construct
he two roads.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-17
CHICAGO.
Stirring up the Insurance Companies

CHICAGO, Nov. 16-A meeting of po)icv
holders in suspended Insurance Companies
was held at Stanard Hall last evening, Hon.
| /. n. Ornald presiding.
! Hon. VIM. F. Coolbaugh said he had
made up his mind that it was the duty of
the merchants OF Chicago to determine the
mutual relations existing between them and
the Insurance Companies, especially in view
OF the fact Of the immense difference exist
ing between their proposed settlements and
their published assets. He proposed a Sc
lect committee to be sent to New York
with instructions to make the fullest inyes-
legations. He felt compelled to say there
was as much disposition in New York com
panies to drive hard bargains as those of
Chicago. He thought every suspended
company in New York, Boston, Hartford
and other cities, should be made to offer a
tairer settlement than twenty five per cent,
having as they did in many instances, a
surplus Of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. Insurance companies ought to be
taught that they should be honest as well
as other persons.
Mr.. Stillman, of New York, was called
upon to speak. He represented the re-
ceiyeIs of the Atlantic, Manhattan and Sc
eurlty companies, of New York. He had
been asked what amount can you paw. That
question would never be answered. even
where the company was solvent, but he
thought, taking the companies as they run
III New York, with two or three dishonOra-
bic exceptions, there was not any feeling to
do otherwise than to pay every cent due to
the Chicago sufferers. The Manhattan and
Security companies would probably paw
from sixty TO seventy-fve cents.
The chair then appointed an executive
committee to report a plan of action to be
submitted to meeting to be called. The
following are the committee: w. F. Cool
baugh, Cyrus Bentley, c. B. Farwell, Mar
shall Field, c. NJ. Henderson, J. L. Thomp-
son, j. +. BOniield, John Cresar and Geo.
Peabody.
The March of DespOtism.
The Erening Journal has it.from trust
worthy authority that the grand Jury now
IN session in this city has had the matter of
the death Of Col. Grosvenor under inyesti
CATION, and after very careful and thor
ough examination of all the facts bearing
upon the case, to-day come to the unani-
nous conclusion that there was no GOOD
ground for an indictment either against
young Treat, who did the shooting, Mayor
Mason, Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan or the other |
military or civil officers under whose orders |
the city was being guarded and patrolled at
the time Of the unfortunate homicide.
The Banks.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-The Examiner
designated by the Comptroller of the Cur
rency to make investigation of the affairs of
the Chicago National Banks damaged by
the fire, reports that the losses will be in
reality much less than was estimated lust
after the fire, and that under the circum-
stances the condition of the Banks is ex-
cellent.
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eyles-as tending to engender sodangerous
a sentiment.
This Legislature he thought would not
respond to the general demand for reduced
taxes, If it failed to reduce them to the
point proposed by the minority, and it
should be our highest aim to carry out the
sovereign voice on this most vital question.
Mr.. Hinkle moved to strike out fifty and
insert twenty cents as the basis of taxation.
without coming to a vote the House adj
Journed until 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
DIsAPPROvED.
During the discussion on the tax bill a
message was received from the Governor.
announcing his disapproval of the bill to
prohibit debtors of county academies from
holding Office in said academies.
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THE sTORM-KING.
Details of RaTages round New York.
Numerous ShipWrecks on the Lakes.

/ NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-The first snow OF
the season commenced falling at I this NOR
ming. Additional accounts show that the
effect of the storm in this vicinity Tuesday
night, and by the high tide Yesterday, was
quite severe. A large quantity of the Har-
lem fats was washed away. In JERSEY the
Morris canal was overfiowed, submerging
Easements, carrying off lumber, boats and
| yachts, and damaging over $4,000 worth of
property. The lecture room of the Metho-
dist Church, at Bergen Heights, was blown
/ down and the church damaged. In New
ark over $4,000 worth of property was in
jured by the wind and water, several unfin-
! ished houses being demolished and cellar
Easements flooded. At Elizabeth brick
| foundry and five buildings were blown down.
The damage to the shipping is considerable.
| 1t is expected that further losses will be re-
ported. An unfinished church in Plain6eld
was also destroyed.
PHILADELPHIA! Nov. 16.-Snowing here
all day.
On the Lakes.
TORONTO, Nov. 16.-Advices from all the
lake ports represent the storm as very Sc
we're and that great damage was done to
shipping. The schooner George Foote, of
Detroit, is ashore at the mouth of the Mia.
CARA river. The crew were saved. The
propeller Enterprise IS aground at South
Bay. The tug Sam Lewisis ashore in Owen
Sound and is supposed to be a total loss.
The gunboat, Prince Alfred, went TO the as
sistance of the schooner Gold Hunter and
had her in tow, but was obliged to cut her
adrift to save their own vessel. The Gold
Hunter had on board captain, mate and
four men. The captain of the gunboat
thinks the schooner capsized.
ERIE, Pa, Nov. 16.-The schooner
MOntcalm went ashore early Yesterday
morning, two miles east of Girard, Pennsvl-
vania. There were ten persons aboard of
her. All efforts toward their rescue were
unavailing, on account of the heavy sea, I'M
til O'Clock this morning, when they were
taken of. No particulars as to cargo or des-
tination known.
On the Atlantic.
RocKLAND, Me-, Nov. 16.-The severest
gale known here for years commenced on
Tuesday night and still continues. The sea
ran higher in our harbor yesterday than has
been known since 1855. The wharves and
shipping were badly damaged.
PORTSMOUTH, n. H., Nov. 16.-The
storm continues but the tide is not so high
as yesterday. The beaches and road the |
seashore at Rye and Hampton are seriously
injured. No trains over the Eastern Rail- |
road have arrived here since the storm |
commenced.
Across the Water. l
LONDON, Nov. 16.-Heavy gales prevailed |
all yesterday and last night around the Brit |
ish coast. Several casualties to shipping are
but no American vessels mention
ed
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

Rev. Thomas Vickers, pastor of the First
CONGREGATIONAL Unitarian Church, in Gin
cinnati. has resigned, to take effect about
New Years. IL will devote himself to
literary labor.
Ed. Thompson, a well-known horseman,
of Chilbrath, Ohio, died yesterday fIOm an
0yeroAose of hydrate of choral.
The new government sf Yokohama en-
tetained the foreign consuls with dinner
on Oct. %, and radically progressive
speeches were INDUCED in.
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Tun1rGuwe have rnrr- q,

THoUGH we have very good authority that
"matches are made in heaven" birthstone
matches are generally excluded from the
category. But from Kansas City, where every
thing strange ocurs, comes evidence that they
too, are of heavenly origin. A couple, deter
mined to be yoked, entered a Justices office
just after dark. The gas fixtures were bro
ken, and there was no light; but they would
be married. So, in the smoke and fume of
a dozen matches, amid the fizz of phospho-
rus and fumes of sulphur, the license was
examined and the knot tied. Never before
were bride and groom so well matched.