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TEE BALTIMORE MYSTERY.

There has been nothing discovered to
clear up the mystery Of the two dead men
iouud near baltimore. All that il know
tends to deepen the mystery. The Amer
icaU OF yesterday SAYS:
Several attempts we're made TO examine
the clothing upon tie skeletons, but the
stencil was so intoerablc that the men
were forced TO desist They maraoe1
however. to iiud the two railroad ticket-
spoken Of IN Yesterdays Amaicun. and
which bore evidence OF having been is.ue,l
at Iiiidehrand Emigrant Agency
Thames street, on the 10Th OF August last
Both tickets were found upon one OF the
bodies, showing that one Of ihe uniorfu-
uates took charge of them These tickets
were placed ~ possession of Chief Detec.
tive Crone Yesterday. aud lev him II was
ascertahyd that tncy had been purchased
at Hil6e"randi on the day above men
TONED. but the ticket agent who sold them
had no recollection oi the persons who
purchased them Justice Lehman also
corrected anoti ~ statement which was r--
ported yesterday 10 the elect that small
holes we're i"und IN TIE s.ulI. of both
men, one hole beng li the right temple OF
one skull, whle the other skull WAS per-
ioraied from one side To- the other. and IL
o. Singular 'act timt the Lol,- in both
rku'l- are Just nbJ,e the tempr- An.
0ther remarkable circumstance is thai the
man who was found near the small pistol
had large hole iu his skull. while t,.
man who WAS near the large pistol had a
small hole in his skull 90 course many
persons viii argue from this act that the
men killed each other iu ducl. hut this
suppositoO becomes weak when it b. made
Known that tine space intervening between
the men was filed hy % ciump or thick
anb.te aud blackberry bushes mIl, five
.,et 900 height, and youur .apliugs Zoo great
proiu-i0n Ip fact. If tes men bad inten-
dci To engage iu duel ry would have
selected an open space of rnd and not
spot where tneir vision wond boz oh-fruc
ted by bushes aud -maIl trees Chief ID,
ieciive Croue has been entrusted with the
unraveling, ii possible, the mystery. and
eNPrc's 10 day 20 trace the men ns Tar A.
the Relay House. on the liue of tine BtIi
more AID Ohio railroad The general -up
position i- that the two men. after pur-
chasing their tickets at tLe agency or
Thames street. proceeded 90 Camden -fa-
ton, aud there tuoh ibe western train Tor
Cincinnati. instead of taxing tue Northern
'eutral railway. as their tickets caliei flr
ami after doe train hli gotten unIcr wav
they found thcv were upon the w-nru
road and quilted she cas- ut tte hcias
House
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C0NGRATULATORY.

Mr. EDToR-At a meeting of the bar
practicing i'll the county OF Mercer, aud the
citizens of'said county, tnr the purpose of
expressing their esteem and confidence in
the Hon II. l.. Gillaspie for the Just. ups
right and honest manner in which ne has
presided as the Judge of thi- court. On
motion OF Col J w. Davis. Gen. \. A.
Chapman was called to the Chair, and D.
+ Johnston appointed Secretary
On motion OF James d. Johnston. the
following committee was appointed. To
draft suitable resolutions for the occasion.
}. w. Davis OF Greenbrier, James D John
ston, of Giles, Sterling F. Watts, OF raze-
well, John A. Douglass, OF Mercer and
y NJ. Lowry, of Summers The commit
tee, after short retirement, reported the
following preamble aud resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted:
That in parting with Hon II. /. Gill
aspie as Judge Of this Court, we deem il
but proper and just to exl ress our feelins-
and sentiments on the occasion:
Therefore he it
ResOired, lst That in Judge Gallaspie
We recognize a just upright and efficient
officer
~. That we part with him with regret
aud tender to him rur sincere wishes for
his happiness in his retirement, and our
conduued confidence in his honesty Is a
man and purity oil heart
5ri. That il it -honld be his pleasure to
do so, we welcome him again to the prac-
tice Of his profession
9TH. That the proceedings of this meet.
ing he requested to he entered at large
upon the records OF this court. and that n
copy thereof he furnished 10 the Border
Hatchma". Monroe Register, Huntington
Argus and Charleston Coprier, with the
request to publish the same
On motion the meetink adjourned
A. CHAPMAN, Chairman
D. J. .loHNsTOy. Sec'v
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The Ches"pcnIse aud ohioLonn.

he successful completion OF the nego-
'lation =, the Sli,0uO,O19 loan oftue Chcsa-
rcGNe aud Ohio knilroad Company bv
Me-srs. Fisk and Hatch, their fnancial
agents, 's secured by the result Of the Of
irrius for proposals of - ,923. 700 Of the
bonds. The proposals. received amounted
10 S2,J9l $40. The amount remaining
alter those AWARDED 10y the directors. which
secme'l io Ice Tor the interest of the CON
pary to accept, il $G59.OUO, which sum
docs not include the SlOJ bonds The
loau is now wIthirawn from the market.
md this small balance will be disposed Of
ot private sale an opportunity is thns NJ
IOrdej to those whose proposals were not
accepted 10 make private bargains Tor them
should they feel 80 inclined We UNDER
stand tlint the bids which were accepted
averaged about eighty five per cent N
!. ITiJtHs
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AHEuAfsI<AisLE 4 DOG.

There i a remarkable do. belonging to
one oi the steam fire engine companic- H.
Washington. The engine house il on
capitol llili, ami the company il note!
Tor beng one ~ the prompte-t, quickest
aud most effective Iu tus country. The
members are sober, ear,able aud very A..
tenuve TO ter duties. he engine Is as
clean and a. shiny a, new watch and "a
cleaner lot Of hOr-cs. harness and general
equipments we're never seen The engine
company is also celebrated for their dog
He's of the Newfoundland breed large
and neavy built lis cpat T. tnn ail
shaggy aud 90 VERY dark brown TIE
face Of tie dog is auiabIe rs Venus, his
jaws are large and powerful. unj ni- teeth
sharp and luug Nhenescr an alnrm oi
fire is sounded the dog lister. a.tcntiyplv
for moment nutl tie number ot bDls
indicates the locality; he ru-hc-. barking
fIriou-ly, 10 the stable Of the hor-es. which
i- the basement OF the engine house and
10y the time boz gets there the horse. are
ont, aud he takr- h- po.tiDn a. their
bead aud runs 60 engine The fire mae
been I1hfei in the meantime and in less
thau three minutes The engine i- rushing
through the streets a- 10 bell had broken
loose What J.. wonderful about the dog
b., the moment the driver mounts h- sent
aud takc- the reiu- in biz haul- the dog
starts OF no % fearful pace FOO tbe direction
Of the fire, barking loudly and tceping
time with tht bcii OF tue engine. giving a
bark f1r every stroke of 'he bell How
the dog knows where The FIRE b. hq- been
Tor mon'hs q mystery The horse. arr
CIO-C behind lIu AID seem 90 follow Ltm
llc turns corner. avoids the tracks OF
street cara. and i-1i- tne WAY. Indeed 20
ihe -crueo of the fire Con 70 he possible
th.u the bo. kuoe- the -,-fru ot a.uru.
900 chat cts
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4 Cure FOR SNAIL PoX In a recent
numhcr Of tie Lancet Dr-. Alexander q
Watson recorded several cases NJ snail
pox aul scarlet fever in which tie exter-
uai Application OF carboiic acid met with
marked success. lu the ra-e OF one pa
tent with small pox whom bee saw at the
period when papulm appeared, he ordered
an enema, and then bal the patient "a
girl Of eleven years--ponged all over with
c'rholic acid sonp suIs Oa the next dav
a severe attack OF conhucut small pox wa
threatened hut the child wa- sponeed "A.
she bal previously hccn. and thcn her
whole boiy va, painted with the carbol.c
acid glycrrlue OF tbe British Pharmaco.
pwin. fi,c grains of DOver- powder
we're then given 10 allay irriiabnitv. and
thc litte ciri slept qnietly tor several
hours When rhe was sponeeI again. 40
'r-cieclc- formai aui the patient VIA
convale- ent in o. frw DAYS Cafholic acid
was iu the meantime pleuufully use %
about the room
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American. ON the s.rec,.in EUROPE.

4 n EuItnn ,l.,. :, ~ pl,:
,..,.;..,., - " '"N D'''''"'o
80, "nV = "r,.ns series OF IA
,,onr - -. ~. ' ",ol~, say;
var, 'e'' p'"'"'' uresse" an"
l., - p,ia. i p'","e, a'ra!en precse,
mov;n, ,Iaa'. pVpe az. neie 'n l:onuon' anu
,ho,on,Lcss 'f S'sn """ puis.'y "n 'he
,r;,;o'' 90. "',', uy some h'nd OF NJ
rs,,','.n.,' ~" 80. ."s on,lute" on 'he streets
~ - s,J a .nme',c""s' a"u ma"y s,np
,reo"na,Is ~. WI" ,L 20 'HoN a,'sr ns- we
go Z" e.,,''ai, '"e 'Ao'a'""''"n Amer
,ha, - 80 ''u "Su !vuug' aau 'm's'ne
,i'. r.'.a',,';,; s'sr ~, 'eenns nnu respect IN
~, ,..,e; s"'''o" 'ne eau "rNe's a' Ano"
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JOHN W. CORNS

Young lady of Bambcre. : G.. has
cultivated tweuty-iwo acres of cotton dur
ine tle past Spring and summer. with no
'ther "--i-ttnce I'u ONE negro girl huut
ST. hirct i"r tho wear Ior Ilt,-iA dullars
The '"nng LADY .id the l"cing while the
gri dd the p'1wing TIE ground was
manfred with iuur tons ui Wando iertili.
ftr' ard % is e-iiutt.d w.u yicIi twelve
ihlc- "' r''ou, -iN OF which have alrcadv
been r."''vei hy MeS-rs R-ci.r q Da,
'c'"r- "t Richmond to edition fn tbc
"ttHI thr voung lady will mtke nm abun.
7a'c' "l rorn, peas aud potstocs. and
enough -lstr oni syrup to a-t her Tor
ife" vcs~- Size is only nineteen years of
aye and ili''- her frat attempt TO make
crop
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tis gratifying to notice the wonderful
amount Of Nisor that is being infused into
the pending campaign toy the Democratic
aud Llboral-Republican leaders The ne
cessity Of thorough and complete organza-
on has become 20 apparent that every
possible step will nuw. we hope, be taken
to accomplish that desirable end. Our
friends every where are active and vigilant
AID the Prospects OF glorious victory
grow brighter aud brighter every dnv.
I've contest in PENNSYLVANIA promises bet
ter things than the most sanguine imagn-
ed when the fight began, ani the election
OF Buckalcw IN October vii he the GER
tain defeat OF Grant ia that State in No.
venber In Indiana the gallant Hem
dr!cks is making vigorous canvass, and
oar friends there are entirely confident Of
An overwhelming triumph H. New York
the nomination of Frrucis Herman placed
the matter IN such shape that the only
question how discussed is how large his
majority will he. Ia fact, the political out.
look generally is of Il character TO ill
every patriotic heart with joy It is clear
that the people have risen in their Nigh
aud are fully determined TO shake Off the
Grant incubus that now hargs over the
nation, aud restore The Government once
more TO IT. ancient purity aGd prosperity.
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The latest news from South Carolina
- that the Speaker "T the House of Rep.
resentatives. Franklin j. Moses. .Ir.. aud
the President Of the Senate, \ j Ransier.
have adroltly manipulated the pay-roll- OF
the Legislature, SO a. To rob the state of
some seven hundred aud sixty EIGHT thon
sand dollar The House was entitled TO
pay certificates to the amount of one hun
dre'l and fifty thousand dollars. aud the
Senate 10 the amount ol forty thousand
dollars. il has been discovered that Mo-
ses has signed, on behalf Of the House
certificates which have been redeemed at
the treasury Tor five hundred and seventy.
six thousand five hundred and G.rtv.one
dollars; and Ransler, on behalf OF the SEN
ate, for about three hundred and ten thou.
sand nine hundred and twenty nine dol.
lors. here was an additional item OF the
Joi"t expenses OF the two hsuses. Tor which
cerUtchtes were also signed. Bv these
frauds Moses and R:n,ier have emp'ied
the treasury. All the State charities are
CLOSED. Grants friends have rothed the
widows, the orphans and insane This
man Moses u now candidate for Governor,
aud RansieI Is "a Candidate for Congress on
the same ticket Unfortunately. South
"a Olng Is the only State OF the South in
which the carpet-bagger- ani the negroes
are too firmly in power I, be unsra,cd.
Unless there are the grossest frauds ON the
part of tie Administration, other South
efn states, ~ the coming Presidential con
test, may he able TO shake OH the -hlck-
les that hold tlicm in tn, power o' the
Grant Republicans but South Carolina
seems destined to drain the bitter. cup OF
prescription and alien rule 10 the drrg- -
BaitiBors Gl-ene
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Iur CrgtN Sivsws Op WAn- a NV
York letter -ay- Prominent member OF
ihe Cuban Junta IN tItis ,ity are qnite -an-
guiur o. 90 tlc proposal. thcy have ujen.
cd 900 London iur Is s2lul 100 losn Boy
-ly they can -nti-s the rreat capitalists
there thnt will funds to tnh amount Boo
hailh the, car drive thr ~panarI- our be-.
Tore neNi spring even % hug Amade o.
succeeds in hY.tn uI- ,uau Of On, hun
drei nnl iOu- " ut, thr Cuhans most fear
i- that ih biit.h G1vrrnment will -tDu
900 and irlrd -u 4rr tions in sid of re-
eIlion "ga MT poser with which IL has
irrate-. ln any event. ttey talk as ID lhe
final fate Of hr present struggle must be
decided in tnv + ruy az MONEY market-
10 Spain sets h,r SiWUuUW and Cuba
rns .' 20 nwqv empty, the . me will b..
up; hrt ~huul tie conditions be revers g.
uey 81 Cyua bOul- will ~ be ~ la
N
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For the Argus.
hAYoE IS OrFcf, lronton, . Sept -, -.
Nix. EpupE:-l notice in your last is
'ue communication signed lronton, ~
which the writer ei deayors to give ,ou a
ieN facts IN reference to Mr. CLAY being
disturbed while speaking mere on the I2th
inst ltisqnite true tnat the gentleman
wH- annoyed somewht, by a'fcw hoys and
1nrn showing their preference ior Grant
A aras have heard Republicans ex-
pres- themselves Oh that sutjec', the g. .-
dtmn the course p irsued there b., tie lew.
aud J in common With our Pol~e force.
done all in our power to quell the di-tur-
bancc, and When "lronjou' says that the
hooung. yelling, &c, WAS encouraged and
approved by the VI ,yor, Marshal and Po-
Ice Officers Of this city, he jcll- what he
knows to bc an infamous lie
Please give this place in your columns
Shi obiise yours &c
IDTIN Al ftnUN-
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Passenger cars on the Nor;h Pacific
railroad now run regularly from ~.
Faul and Duluth to Moorrhcpd. ~
miles west Of Duluih. l37 miles west of
Brniuerd, and 3J2 mile. uOrinwe-t or
~. Paul The track is laid, and con-
stuc,iou trains rHu 20 james river. o.
Dakota, 100 miles west Of M,orthead.
ihus making now 3j2 miles Of track
laid on the main live frou Duluth.
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Marriage and Death notices free but com
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TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Cnreies. Handling OF Firc Arms.

On Saturday morning last. ayoung msn
by the uan,e OF George Kidd, some six
teen years OF age, residing near the iorks
OF Coal river IN this county, wEs handlirg
"a ritie carelesslv, apparently, preparatory
TO day hunt. Ia the course OF this
process lac put his month over the muzzle
OF the gun ~ II to ascertain whc,her or
not the connection between the barrel and
tube wa- clear, aud pushing the hammer
back with hls foot, began to blow. tut at
tins instant the hammer slipped, dis
charged the cap, which unknown TO the
victim, was upon the tube. and sent a full
charge from the gun into his mouth.
hldd WAS not standing directly over the
iire-arm at the time, and the ball took a
course through the right side OF the i,ce
making terrible work "a it went, aud iiual-
ly lodged just back oi the eye in the lower
part of the temple.
DIR. tomstock, of this city, was sun
moned later in the lay, aud having rone
to the place indicated, found the Young
man in "a precarous condition The hall
is still in the victims head, imbelied in "A
perfect pulp OF crushed bone- which were
80 rendered 10y the whring motion of the
bullet. a portion Of the broken bone up-
on the right side Of the face. has been re-
moved, aud other proceedings taken neces
sary TO the removal OF the proiectile,
which, from the nature of the case. will
lie very difficult thing to accomplish |,
is needless to say that the condition of the
young mau l. still dangerous in the ex
treine, Suffering ns he Is, not only from the
, decorations OF his face hy the bullet. bni
also from the serious burns about the fac,
aud mouth, made by the lire from the dis
charge Charleston CoRriti'. .SepL. 24tA
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Can i Ia, poss ble thar a iogu sm
climb the outside bri wall ola oft,
city ~ nsion tou.c cond story win
dow With 20 al lu 'hu Of strous
India ubber sickersg Yet his Is said
OF Forres g, ths SIP. De, d Nathan
murd ~.
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A CWHr pNNo -dr J0hn-pr. 'rom
cucInnau. 70 icairr On Panp-, proposed
yesterday io Jr. Itvr luat be would sell
him r. Prno ior 800 pUahlc after ihc
election of & 5 Grant nr President r .r
Doctor very VrpupIy accepted the ofrr
ali vii probably have chetp TIA .o. -
NGisstH ~ Cvrtsr
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\ gentleman uamed Drew died in
san Francisco recently. from cancor
caused by friend piuching him on the
arm about eighteen months ago.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-12
COUNTY NEWS.

FITcHBURG.-At republican caucuses held
Saturday evening last in the six different wards
into which this new city is dstrictcd, the follow.
Ing gentlemen were chosen to act as the repaid.
lican ward and city committee for the year en-
suing.
=, Ward l. George Houghton, Or Alfred Miller,
Henry o Putnam.
Ward edwin d Works, Newton, William
Baldwin, Jr.
Ward an II Merriam Henry Allison, Joel Page.
Ward 4-Henry Willis, Il # Bailey, II A Good
rich.
Ward g. Capt Geo Goodrich, j A Person, Il p
Monroe.
Ward Cool II Loring. Wright, Leonard
DOwne
SUPERIOR Court CIVIL TERM-PUTNAM j.
FitchJWg, Monday, Nor. 1.-THE November
term of the superior court for the trial of civil
cases, began its session in this town this alter
noon, Judge John p Putnam of Boston on the
bench.
The court was opened with prayer by Rev.
5. b. Grant, d. D., OF Fitchburg. after which
the following iuries were empannced.
First JiTB-Calvin Barker of Worcester, fore
man; deorge battele ofWorcester, Uriel 4 Blake
OF Worcester, Frederick Blanchard of Harvard
OrrlsOn w Brigham of NOrthbridge Gardner 5
Burbank of Fitehburg, VIM Burditt OF Northboro
George II Bushnell Of Worcester Charles Carpenter
Of Athol, Ezekiel Darling Of Blackstone, Harlan r
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-12

PHILADELPHIA, Nov 11.-Business Is aImos,
entirely suspended, hags everywhere are draped
IN mourning, and even buildings. ont oG rasn"ci
to the memory Of Gen. Meade. The ronte ave,
which the funeral eortege is moving * 6lled
win people, Early this morning tie BODY Of
w deceased was removed from the house 10 81
MARKS church, where it was placed in front nj
me altar, guarded by detail selected nv Gen
Mcdowell Long before half past ten, the tim,
The Officiating clergyman read n praver ~,
procession commenced moving about half pnsl
eleven, and Il took nearly one hour 10 mass a
gingn point; National, state and city official,
VlSd with private citizens 10 honor the dead
ne coffin Was carried on a Gun oarriaoe
WaMn " SIX horses, and followed bv a horse
le sa WIN saddle and vacant boots reversed. The
CONN was covered with the American colors and
a sword and wreath ON the top. Gen. Grant In
eltlleG dress, rode in an opUn carriage, accom-.
panied ny George ii. Stuart and other gentle
mGn' Gems. sherman, sheridan and other army
officers appeared in full uniform. The process
SION was Il very impressive affair.
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Duncan of Worcester Franklin Eaton of Gardner
Second J5rU-,Jacob Ii Fairbanks of Fitchburg.
foreman; Albert L Fisher of Grafton, Rufus J For
bush OF Westboro, Eli Hastings of BDylstOu Daniel
Kendall of Sterling Amos t Knight Of West
BOylstOu, Elisha Knowles of Worcester, Lyman
Moore of Bolton, George Morse Of Leomnster,
Albert 4 Mumford OF Webster. Bradley Simonds of
Lunenburg, Charles Upton Of Westminster
SHDeTNHH90rjeS - Horace Walker of Milford.
Henry G Williams OF SouthbOrO. Harvey W Wilson
Of Leicester.
The calling of the docket, putting the cases
in order for trial, aud hearing OF motions, oc
cupied the remainder of the afternoon. Tn,
following eases were frstin order for trial: No
$50, l. v B. Cook vs. Caleb Sprague; Nos 266
300, Sl4, S34, $50, 456, 49l, $40 SIS.