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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-11-15
LATER.

Boston, . o'clock Sunday Night
The fire still RACES. The engines
have been driven back from station
to station. Granite blocks weighing
tons, were split in fragments anC
hurled across the streets.
The people are blowing up the
buildings on Lindell and Congress
streets to check the flames. Beebe'.
Block, the finest business structure
in the city, has been burned. Stew
arts rooms only fed the flames.
Pieces of dry goods went whist
ling across the square, firing the
stores on Devonshire street. Every
building is now heated to the verge
of spontaneous combustion, and
caught fire like cinders. Deafening
explosions are constantly heard. -
The tenement houses Upper and
Federal streets now caught.
Crazed women rushed to and fro
with clothes and bedding in their
arms. The houses on Federal street
caught next. They were crammed
from cellar to garnet. The paper
houses came next. The Freeman's
National Bank of North America
went at midnight.
The loss is great several insurance
companies must succumb.
The Post office, with most Of Con-
gress street, will go.
The fire has reached dimensions
that simply defy description. The
people of Boston find themselves in
danger of their lives.
The loss of houses and property is
now scarcely thought of. The peo-
pie are retiring before the flames
towards the fremont and Cour,
Streets, where the fire was supposed
to be unable to reach, but a gale is
blowing, and it seems to have no
positive direction.
1t is probable that Fanuel Hall
and the Quincy Market will go. -
The Union Telegraph Office was
abandoned at halfpast eight.
LATER.
BoSToN, Nov. 1.-THE conha-
grafton was checked at o'clock
after fifteen hours havoc.
The general boundaries of the
conhagration are, the whole length
and both sides of Sumner street,
across Federal and nearly down to
brakes wharf, and thence nearly
direct line to Fort Hill, along Ham
ilton and Battery north to KiIby
street, as far as Lindell and Central
streets, and from Milk to Sumner on
Washington street. Within these
boundaries, an area of about seven
ty acres, with every building, is con
sumed.
BosToN, Nov. II, $3.50 p. Nj
Besides the business houses there
were sixty dwelling and lodging
houses burned. The fire is now
confined to the ruins. No apprehen>
sion is felt. A large number OF en-
gines are on watch.
1t is estimated that nearly 10000
girls will be thrown out of employ
ment by the fire. 1t is known that
thirty lives have been lost.
A large number of the Insurance
of Massachusetts, have
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-11-15

Candidate for Ordinary of Cobb County.
Belonging to no party; owing allegiance to
no political organization, and relying solely upon
my oasl record, | announce myself as a Can
didate for ORDINARY of Cobb County and
respectfully solicit the suffrages of my fellow
citizens at the approaching election.
e. j. SHEPARD.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-11-15
Georgia Cobb County +:

Mrs. Jane A. Wright Administrative of the
estate of l.. b. Wright applies to me for letters
Of dlsmisson from said administration. This is
therefore to cite and ad.lorish all and singular
pas.es interested to show cause if any they can
Why letters of dismission shall not be granted to
her on the first Monday in December next
August 18th 1872.
C. J. SHEPARD, Ordinary.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-11-15
County Nominations.

For Ordinary III. NJ HAMMETT,
For Clerk Sup. Court--W. J. HUDSON.
For sheriff p. STEPHENS.
For Tax Receiver-N. J. GARRISON.
Fer Tax Collector--R. S. EDISON.
l-o, Count, Treasurer-H G. WHITE
Io Sarye yor-JoHN X. WAkD.
Fcr oroner--M. T. GRIsT
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-11-15
For Tax Receiver.

We are authorized 10 announce the name Of
w. A. NJ. LANIER as a candidate for the Of.
fee of Tax Receiver of the County of Cobb at
the ensuing election.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-11-15
announcements.

We are authorized to announce
A. COOK as a candidate for the
Office of Tax Collector of Cobb Co.,
at the election in January next.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-11-15
New Advertisements.
LIST OF LETTERS.

Remaining in the Marietta Post Office
November l4th 1872,
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Georgia Cobb County :

printers Fee S
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Administrators Sale.

MAIN OFFICE,
10l w. Fifth ST.
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Administrators Sale.

Z, J. SHEPARD, UrdinaTy.
October 4th. 1S72.-1m.
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Georgia Cherokee County

C. J. SHEPARD, Ordinary
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-08-21
The Widow Rody.

The Widow Rody, an owner Of two
white mules and homestead, lived in
Western Missouri. She did all of her
house and farm work, and notwith-
standing she stood six feet in her moe
casins, never wore more than seven
yards of calico. When she went to
mill with her grist on one of her mules,
she never rode on a side-saddle.
During the late "unpleasantness" a
noted guerilla named Jenison raided
down on her premises, and when she
returned from the spring she found
her two mules had taken such liking
20 the guerilla as to follow him into
his camp. Getting on their track she
followed it until warned by bayonets
presented to her bosom that she could
not see the chief of the gang. Brush
ing these aside, she made a bee.line
for his tent. She soon appeared in his
presence, and there was that express
sion in her eye which said as plainly
as words that she was not to be trihed
with. Jenison looked and being ev-
IDENTIFY annoyed, asked her business.
She replied, "See here, Jenison, I
want my mules"
GLOW do you know I've got your
mules ?" said he.
"Because l seed 'em under the hill"
"Well, old woman, before you can
get them you must tell me your poll
ties"
81 hain't got no politics, Jenison,
and want my mules"
THAT answer will not do; l must
know your principles, or on what plat
form you stand"
Drawing herself up proudly to a
towering height the old lady said: 81
don't know what yer mean by my
platform, Jenison, and hain't got nc
principles; but can tell you this
I'm dgiw all Stealin'. want my
mules" And she got them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-08-21

Judge Davis, of Illinois, is rich
man. The public may not know how
he became wealthy. About thirty
years ago, when Judge Davis was a
practising lawyer in the West, he was
employed by q Connecticut man to
to collect $780, Davis went to the
place where the debtor lived, and
found him to be rich in landed posses
sions, but without a spare dollar in
money. He finally settled the bill by
giving a deed for tract of land-a
fiat, moist and undesirable piece Of
land in appearance, lying close by a
sheet Of water, and consisting perhaps
Of sixty acres. Davis subsequently
met his Connecticut client in st. Louis,
when the latter (who seemed not TO
have the usual Connecticut shrewd-
ness) fell to and gave him a regular
"blowing up" for taking the land rath-
er than insisting on having the $500
in cash. He did not want any of your
Western land, and he told Davis that
having received it in payment of the
debt, he had better keep it himself
and pay the money out of his own
pocket. To this Davis agreed. Step
ping into friends office he borrowed
$500, took the Connecticut mans re-
ceipt for the land, and held 1t for a
rise. That land forms part of one of
the suburbs of Chicago. Judge Davis
has sold two or three hundred thou
sand dollars worth of it, and has near
ly million dollars worth left. 1t is
a striking example of what the West.
ern property has done for its holder
At a Springfield conference there
had been a lively discussion on the
propriety of publishing in "the min.
utes" the names of the donors to the
missionary fund, together with the
amount contributed by each. Father
Taylor made one of his characteristic
pointed speeches upon ostentatiou;
giving, closing with the injunction
"Let not thy right hand know what
thy left hand doeth." In reply, Il
was urged by DIR. Butler that it would
be in opposition neither to the spirit
nor the letter of scripture to publisl
the names of those donors citing, a
an illustration in proof of this posi-
tion, that Christ himself had mad,
laudatory mention of the poor widow
who had cast two mites into the treas
ury. Father Taylor, half rising, anC
leaning forward with a shrill voice
not loud, but perfectly audible in eve
ry part Of the house, called out, evil
DIR. Butler please give US the name 0
J that poor widow"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-08-21
A Great City.

The elements of New York's great
ness are thus given in summary by an
Eastern journal: Few people have re-
ally any idea what great city New
York is. Its debt in round numbers
is 1927, 100000, twice as much as that
of Philadelphia, and more than that
of the nation before the war. Its tax
for the current year is $50, ,497 ,523.01, 4,
and its tax rate S2,7S. The popula-
tion is now nearly 100000, the area
of the city twentyfour square miles,
and the water frontage twenty-nine
miles. 1t has 800 miles Of paved and
100 miles of unpaved streets. Twen-
ty thousand gas lights nightly burn
in the streets and public places,
at a public expense of $43 per
year for each lamp. There are
$50 miles of Croton water pipes and
277 miles Of sewers. One hundred
and seventy-fve miles of sewers are
yet to be made. There are over 1000
men on the police force, and 600 fire
men, whose salaries together amount
to a round sum Of S3,000,000. An
average number of 5000 workmen are
employed each day Of the year upon
public works. The city contributed
to the support during the past year OF
81 ,466 criminals. ltalleviated during
the same time, by out door and insti-
tutional charity, the sufferings 1875, 1885
of the poor and the sick. 1t contrib.
utes to the support, under private au-
spices, of $4,000 children in the pri-
vate schools Of various denominations.
1t expends S250,000 for salaries Of
judges and ourtatlaches. More than
two millions Of dollars are expended
for educational proposes, and hum
dred thousand children attend school
every day.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-08-21
A EFETs Ey

Mr.. Samuel Bell, of w. i. Schmertz 6
Co., Wholesale Boot and Shoe Manuiaclur-
ers, 81 Fifth avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa, has
been afflicted with chronic rheumatism for
Thirty years, from his right hip to his foot,
having to use a crutch and a cane, at times
so painful as to utterly incapacitate him
from attending 30 his business Having
tried every remedy known, without effect,
except Gilliland's Pain Killer, he was
finally induced TO try it. A second applica-
ton enabled him 20 lay aside his crutch,
and third effected a permanent cure. Mr..
Bell is popular and well-lknown citizen,
is a living monument of the etfacacy of
that great medical discovery, Gilliland's s
Pain Killer. The afflicted should ask their
grocer or druggist for it, and try its Won
derful power. Mr.. Gilliland, we under
stand, wants a respectable agent in every
town and county for ii. The principal Of
flee is at " Third Avenue, Pittsburgh Pa.
Slit
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-08-21
Whisky Making in Prison.

The Auburn On. " Advertiser is
responsible for statement that will
surprise the public and induce the be-
lief that the discipline Of the New
York State Prison is exceedingly lax.
1t says that two or three weeks ago
gentleman who was passing through
Auburn, left package of five hun
dred temperance tracts with the chap
lain of the prison, for circulation in
his discretion among the convicts. The
tracts were searchingly scrutinized by
the chaplain, who is exceedingly eau
tious about putting anything into the
hands Of the prisoners that is not of
the most unimpeachable character
He found that the tracts were written
with great care and likely to do good
They discussed the various aspects of
the temperance questions; among 9TH
er things, told of the various drugs
and poisons which liquors are often
made of, giving analyses and explana-
tions of the way they are manutactur-
ed, with a view TO show how deleteri-
ous they are to health. The tracts
passed inspection and were distributed.
Soon afterwards various convicts were
found in an intoxicated condition. On
investigation it came to light that n
number Of them had actually made
use of the recipes in their tracts and
produced kind of whisky, on which
those in the secret had been revelling
till detected. As soon as the trouble
was traced to its right origin it was
stopped pretty quickly. The Adverti-
ser does not state how these convicts
obtained the material of which to man
ufacture the whisky.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-08-21
A Russian Lady on her Travels.

The Oneida Circular describes a
visit to the Oneida community by
young Russian woman who has come
to this country to study the "woman
movement" Her name is Catharine
Dikhova, and she was introduced by
Mr.. A. Brisbane. Miss Dikhova is
the daughter of Princess, and her
father is general of artillery at st.
Petersburg. This young Russian lady,
though not yet twenty-One, is very tai
ented and highly educated. 1t is but
four months since she began speaking
English, and she now converses quite
fluently, comprehending readily every
thing said to her. She is mistress of
seven languages-Russian, Polish,
French, German, Greek, Latin and
English. She graduated with high
honors at Kasan when sixteen. She
received at that time the badge Of her
Majesty, which give her power to APP
peal to the Emperor for any favor ;
also the privilege of attending court
balls. She is one among only four
women who have been honored by her
majesty's badge during the last forty
years, as it is only awarded to those
who display extraordinary talent and
proficiency. Not satisfied with the
amount of education she had received,
and there being no schools in Russia
where she could pursue the higher
branches, she employed private tutors.
devoting the following four years to
the study Of mathematics and physics
and was examined by the faculty at
Moscow. She is poetess, novelist
and a correspondent of a monthly
journal published in st. Petersburg
She came to this country for the pur.
pose Of studying the woman movement
here, examining the medical colleges
for women, etc, with a view to assist
ing her own countrywomen. She was
the first to appeal to the Emperor t
open colleges to women. She intends
starting woman's journal when shC
returns to ST. Petersburg.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-08-21
Sentenced to Marriage.

A case recently tried before the Clon-
mel Qrish) Assizes was brought to a
singular and novel termination by the
presiding Judge. The parties in the
case were a young man and woman.
Both claimed possession of rural
property, one by virtue of an ancient
lease, and the other under will. They
were in court for the purpose Of giving
their testomony, when a bright idea
occurred to the Judge, who interrupted
the case to say:
at Just strikes me that there is a
pleasant and easy way to terminate
this law suit The plaintiff appears
to be respectable young man, and
this very nice young woman. Laugh
ter. They can both get married and
live happy on this farm. If they go
On with law proceedings it will be all
frittered away between the lawyers,
who, l am sure, are not ungallant
enough to. wish the marriage may not
come off,"
The young lady, on being interrogat-
ed, blushed, and said she was quite
willing to marry the plaintiff, The
latter, on being asked if he would wed
the young man, gallantly respond
ed, "Most undoubtedly" The Judge
remarked that the suggestion occurred
to him by instinct on seeing the young
couple. A verdict was subsequently
entered for the plaintiff on condition
Of his promise to marry defendent
within two months, stay of execution
being put on the verdict till the mar
riage ceremony is completed. The
counsel gave the young lady such an
unmercitul chatting" on her consent,
which many in court thought should
have been first obtained from plaintiff,
that she left the court in tears.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-08-21
Won His Wages.

Years ago, into wholesale grocery
store in Boston, walked tall muscular
looking, raw-boned man, evidently
from some back town in Maine or New
Hampshire. Accosting the first he
met, who happened to be the merchant
himself, he asked:
'You don't want to hire a man in
your store, do your"
"Well," said the merchant, 81 don't
know what can you doP'
"Do," said the man, 81 rather guess
l can turn my hand to almost any
thing. What do you want done?"
"Well-if 1 was to hire a man, it
would be one that could lift well, q
strong wiry fellow; one for instance
that could shoulder sack Of coffee
like that yonder and carry it across
the store and never let it down."
"There, now, captain" said the
countryman, that's just me. l can
lift any thing / hitch to; you can't
set me. What will you give man
that will suit your"
81 tell you," said the merchant, "if
you will shoulder that sack of coffee,
and carry it across the store twice and
never lay it down, 1 will hire you a
year at 800 q month"
"Done," said the stranger, and by
this time every clerk in the store had
gathered around and were waiting to
laugh at the man, who, walking up to
the sack, threw it across his shoulder
with perfect ease, as it was not extreme
ly heavy, and went quietly to large
hook which was fastened to the wall
and hanging the sack upon it, turned
to the merchant and said:
"There, now, it may hang there un
til doom's day; 1 shall never lay il
down. What next shall l go abou
mister? Just give me plenty to do anC
500 month, and its all right"
The clerks broke into a laugh, bu
it was out Of the other sides of theil
mouths, ard the merchant, discomfit
ed, yet satisfied, kept his promise, an(
to day the green countryman is senior
partner in the firm and worth hal
| million dollars.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-08-21

During fire at Oshkosh, Iowa, the
other day, while everybody was busy
putting out the falling sparks, the
the scream Of woman was suddenly
heard above the surrounding din, and
she came running along the sidewalk
with her bustle all on fire. 1t was
composed Of rags, and burned rather
lively. She ran and screamed, small
boys and dogs got out Of the way in a
hurry, while strong men we're so over
come by the excitement Of the occa-
sion as not to have many wits at their
disposal. At length a man, bolder
than the rest, seized the woman and
beat the hustle until he put the fire
out.
In the course of humorous homily
on idleness, the late President X,
of Harvard, put the following con.
struction upon a passage of Scripture,
Solomon showed his usual wisdom in
sending the sluggard to the ant, since
he could recline upon the messy bank
to observe the ways Of the diligent in
sect, and learn lesson of industry, at
his leisure, without any exertion to
fatigue himw
A Salem lady says it is always safe
when travelling, to inquire the price
of any article before deciding to pur,
chase. She bases this opinion on the
fact Of a railroad restaurant taking
fifteen cents for a cup Of tea from all
who didn't ask the price, and only ten
cents from those who did.
Close.cut hair was the cause of the
death of a coachman in Belleyille, N.
j. While bathing he was seized witt
cramps, and his comrade failed to res
cue him because he could not obtain
] a hold.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-08-21

An amateur Philadelphia psortsman
went cunning over in New Jersey, the
other day, for snipe, a bird that he had
never seen. After banging away for
several hours he returned home with
two snipe, as he supposed, in his game
bag. He told his friends there were
thousands of birds over in Jersey, but
they were blamed hard to kill. He
succeeded in winging two Of the small
est, he said, but not before he had fred
four or five shots apiece at them. Then
he inserted his hand in his game bag
and drew forth an ordinary New Jer-
sey mosquito! Fact.
A colored philosopher thus unbur-
dened himself on one Of womau's weak
nesses: "Jim, de men don't make such
fools of themselves about women as
de women do about men. If dey look
at de moon dey see man in it. If
dey hear a mouse nibbling, it's man,
and dey all look under dc bed last
thing at night to find a man. Why, l
nebber looks under my bed to find a
woman, does you
A little girl, daughter of clergy
man, being left one day to "tend door" g."
and obeying a summons Of the bell,
she found a gentleman on the steps
who wished to see her father. "Fath-
er isn't in," said she, "but if it is any.
thing about your soul ! can attend to
you. l know the whole plan Of saliva
ton"
A friend of the Christian Register
writes a clergyman that he has got so
far in politics as to hurrah for Or,
but doesn't know whether to end with
ant or oeley, The clergyman replies
by referring him to Proverbs vi. C.
go to the ant thou sluggard."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-08-21
The Great Tree of California.

Far back in the ages Of the past a
wind-wafted seed fell into the fertile
soil of mountain valley in Califor-
MIA. 1t was among the smallest Of
seeds. II was cased in a hard and dry
husk, and it soon mingled with the
dust, but in dying it gave life to a
tender, thread-like stalk that rose
slowly and tremblingly to the light
and air.
At that time God was calling Abra-
ham to leave the home of his father,
and become a wanderer in the land Of
Canaan. A hundred years passed on
and Abraham died, aud that delicate
thread Of green had become q great
tree. Three hundred years more pass,
and, and the descendants Of Abraham
march out of Egypt an emancipated
people, and that tree is still lifting its
giant arms to the sky. Five hundred
years more come and go, aud Solomon
is upon the throne of Isreal, and the
history af Greece and Rome has not
yet begun, but that tree is still grow
ing. A thousand years more are add
ed to the world: thirty generations of
men have all been carried away by
death, and Christ rises from the tomb
in the garden of Joseph, and that tree
still lives. And now eighteen hundred
years more of struggle, and conflict
and change have passed over the earth.
The New World has been discovered,
and the Old World has been made
new, and still that mighty tree, which
was alive and no bigger than a blade
of grass springing from decayed seed
in Abraham's day, is lifting its tower
ing column Of green verdure to the
skies. 1t is q hundred feet higher
than the highest structure reared by
human hands in America. A great
army could encamp within the reach
of its shadow. That tree has been the
contemporary of Abraham and Moses
and David, and Caesar, and Moham-
med, and Napoleon. 1t has hourished
in perennial beauty while a hundred
and twenty generations Of men have
appeared on the earth and passed
away, and yet it is green and full Of
life to-day. And it all sprang from the
decay of the one small seed that was
buried in the ground four thousand
years ago.
And so this body of ours, which il
the husk of the soul, shall be buried
in the earth. 1t shall moulder anC
mingle with the dust from which i
sprang, but from its ashes there shal
come fourth the germ of a new ant
immortal life, which shall be clothed il
spiritual and deathless body. An(
the living soul, invested with its new
and ethereal form, shall go on increas
ing in greatness and beauty and pow
er until it surpasses the highest reacl
of this earthly life as much as tn,
mighty California pine surpasses tn,
seed which died in giving it birth
From My Fathers House, By DR.. March