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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-11-15
INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS.

INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS.
Business generally, to very large ex
tent, was suspended Monday in financial
and commercial circles, the confagration
and its effects being the only subject that
occupied the minds of men. Many of
the parties burnt re-estabIishing their
business, engaging quarters in every d.
rection for temporary use, and maturing
plans for future operations. Some took
the train for New York Sunday night to
purchase goods, and all appear animat-
ed by an intense desire to extricate them
selves from the overwhelming calamity
that hangs like pail over the mercan-
tile community.
INJURED AND MISSING FTREMEN.
William t. Woodward, hoseman on
No. Is, was run over by Steamer No. 10,
and sustained fracture of his shoulder
aud several ribs.
A fireman named Louis P. Abbott,
living at No. IL Pinckney street, Charles
town, is missing, and William Fairy,
foreman of Hook and Ladder Company
No. OF Boston and Daniel Cochrane,
assistant foreman have not been seen
since Sunday morning.
John Dillon, machinist, has been
missed since three o'clock Sunday.
A MILITARY GORDON AROUND THE BURNT
DISTRICT.
The police and soldiers were posted at
all the streets leading TO and surround
ing the burnt district, forming COM
plete Gordon around the luins.
RELIEF.
A citizens relief committee has been
organized to care for the sufferers. On
ly small portion of the sufferers by the
fire were actually burned out of their
homes. The real suffering is and will
be mostly among those who have lost
their employment, and have no longer
any chance Of earning their daily bread.
About 125 of the boys of the Quincy
school are homeless.
SCENES AMONG THE RUINS.
As som as it became practicable. not
to say safe, for people to venture among
the ruins, the debris'which marked the
line of streets was covered with crowds
of curious and fool-hardy spectators.
who run the gauntlet of falling walls.
from point to point. But among these
were merchants who CROPPED their way
through the suffocating clouds of smoke
seeking out the location of their stores
and gazing disconsolately upon the relics
of lifelong devotion to business. 1t
was painful to meet little knots of men
who had been neighbors. aud perhaps ri
walls in the trade, gathering about the
smouldering ruins and consoling one an.
other with the reflection that they were
all in the same boat"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-11-15
ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER PLACES.


Engines and fremen arrived from
neighboring cities as well as from Maine
and New Hampshire, which relief was
seasonable as the Boston men were work
ed beyond human endurance.
On Monday morning the fire which it
was hoped was stayed, began afresh ow-
ing to the explosion of gas. The day
and night of Monday was one of fearful
anxiety and apprehension. The gas was
wisely shut off early in the afternoon,
and though the inconvenience was great
as precautionary measure it was judi
cious. The streets were patroled all
night, while the infantry and police did
their best to preserve order and quiet
The Relief Committee and City Council
cooperating to afford speedy relief to
the unfortunate, and all citizens are dis
posed to accept the situation and make
the best of it.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-11-15

na~ For Coughs, Bronchitis and Con-
sumption, in its early stages, nothing
equals DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Dis.
covery. 615.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-11-15

Standings Glue, cheap, convenient,
useful.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-11-15

nished gourd but wherever the :.
the hirsute tibers remain undisln,s
will cause them to put forth new 1
and in all cases where the hair b ~
come thin ii will increase its yolns
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-11-15

The horse distemper has broken
out with full fury in England.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-11-15
BLOWING UP BUILDINGS.

No active measures to mine buildings
were taken till many hours after the ire
broke out. The destruction of build
ings by these means served materially to
preventing the spread of the flames in
certain directions, and it proved one of
the most important elements in battling
the flames.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-11-15
THE BURNT DISTRICT.

comprises about 70 acres, and was &C.
cupied principally by shoe and leather.
dry goods, wooden, paper and commission
houses. All the iron, wool, and shoe
firms, all the wholesaledry goods, except
Hovey and Jordan, Marsh IL Co, many
wooden, hat and furnishing goods. and
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-11-15
MORE FACTS.


The evidence thus far seems to indi-
cate strongly that the deed was commit
ted by Leavitt Alley, teamster who has
stable on Zimmerman street. Blood
was found on his clothes and .here is
other strong evidence against him. He
has been fully committed for the murder.
When the search was being made at
Alleys stable on Thursday billy was
found in the pocket of his overcoat
which was thrown across barrel. A
very probable theory now is that Alley
knocked Ellis down with this intrument.
and with the same weapon dealt him
blows which caused his death, and that
the ak was not used until Alley multi
ated his victim for the purpose of pack
ing his body in barrels.
THE RELATIVES OF THE MURDERED MAN.
The family consists of Mr.. Rufus Ell.
lis of Waltham, Mass. George and
Timothy Ellis of Fitzwilliam, Cheshire
county, N. H.; Samuel and Elijah Ellis
of Alstead, N. H.. and Mrs. GOWN. a
married sister, living at Fitzwilliam, N.
ID. Mr.. Warner GOWN is son of this
sister and is employed for w. w. Glea-
san, corner fremont and West Camden
streets, Boston.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-11-15

all the wholesale paper houses, except
Carter, Rice, a. Co., are burned out.
Trinity church, St, Stephens church,
Purchase street chapel, the Revere Ma
tional Bank of North America, Emf
grants Savings Bank, Boston, Hartford
and Erie depot, and all the type found
ries were burned. The old and new
post Office buildings are badly damaged,
and Faniuel Hall will be used for mail
service. The fire was checked in the
jewelry store corner of Washington and
Milk streets, thus saving the Old South
Church. On the east side Washing ton
street, from Milk to Summer, is cleaned
out. Nothing is burned on the upper
side of Washington street, but many
buildings are ruined by explosions. The
Transcript and Post offices were burned,
the Traveller office mined, and the Journal
Office twice packed everything. The
Transcript folks lowered their valuables
into the cellar. No hotel was burned,
though the guests of the United States
Hotel packed everything in readiness to
move. The number of dwellings de-
stroyed was comparatively small. The
dwellings destroyed were in the neigh
borhood of Bedford and Broad streets.
Several vessels were also burned at the
wharves All the residences of the Fort
Hill section, so called, Gridley, High
and Broad streets, have been destroyed,
rendering hundreds of families homeless
and destitute.
Only the most superhuman efforts on
the part of the iremen saved the west
side of Washington street, thereby stay
ing one of the most destructive fires on
record, had the fire fend crossed over
Washington street there would have been
no limit to its ravages.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-11-15
DRUMMERS ATTENTION
BRASS INSTRUMENTS,
JOHN G. HAYNES & co.

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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-11-15

At the General Term of the Supreme
Court,the following assignment of Judges
was made for the y ear commencing De-
cember /, 1872:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-21
A Strange Case.

The Harrodsburgh (Ky.) People sub
mits the following case upon the author
ity of trustworthy gentleman of Mer-
Ger county;
During the war Mr.. M. was so badly
wounded in the arm that amputation
above the elbow was found necessary.
After the operation the patient com
planned Of much pain and discomfort in
the hand. He said that it was " crum-
pied up and uncomfortable, and gave
him no rest. One of the attendants
told him he would 20 and straighten
the hand. The attendant accordingly
went and took the severed member from
where it was buried, placed it in II
natural position upon a board, and re
buried it. AS soon as the operation WAS
finished, the patient, without having
been informed what was done, declared
that his hand felt much better, and
soon ceased to experience any trouble
from it. Now, what sympathy could
the nerves of the arm have with that
part which had been taken away? The
existence of nerve memory accounts
satisfactorily for the fact that the patti
ent may feel pain in the and or foot
after it has been cut Oft, but how &C
count for the perception by the nerves
Of the altered condition of the ampu
tated member?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-21
CarhQIic Acid.

Carbolic acid has at last somewhat
subsidized into an ordinary article. The
tanners have taken possession of it, and
find by experiment that it is just the
article for them in the hot days of July
and August. One of their greatest
troubles has been to preserve hides
from decomposition at this period, and
they have been obliged at times to en-
ploy very strong measures with them,
which, while they preserved the hides,
spoiled them in a certain degree by
making a leather less valuable. 1t is
found that carbolic acid preserves the
hides from decay, and it is even said
improves the leather to such a degree
that the tanners all wonder why the
usefulness of the article was not discov-
cred before.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-21
New YOrk's Industrial ARMY.

New York State, according to the last
census, has, in a population of 4 1882, 900,
over million and half engaged in
gainful occupations. OF the whole num-
Der whose occupations are given, 9S5 ,09S
are native Americans, I59,6S3 Germans,
264,S5S Irish, and $1,000 English and
Welsh. Nearly 100000 are farmers or
laborers, an equal number practice pro.
fessions, 100000 are engaged in trade,
and half million in manufactures and
mining. There are 5000 clergymen,
1000 journalists, 10000 teachers, 10000
printers, 1000 physicians, and 5000
lawyers. Besides these, IL quarter of a
million women are employed in various
avocations, principally needlework.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-21
Poor Metz-Its Rapid DepopuIation.

A letter from Metz in the Denschc
PrcsSc says that the state Of affairs i'll
that city daily becomes more alarming.
The population continues to diminish
more and more as the period fixed for
the "option approaches its termina-
ton; business is stagnant, and the great
capitalists have all gone. "All that
the official papers say continues the
CORES pondent, "about the colossal de-
velopment which rs to be produced at
Metz by the projected railways and
other plans, are mere castles in The air ::
the impoverishment of our city it a sad
reality staring us in the face. The i'm
migration OF Germans, it is true, still
continues to be pretty active, and has
already added 1000 persons to the pop
ulation; but it must be remembered
tina these people, though they fill the
streets and empty houses, do not fill
the purses of men of business Those
who come do so in order to earn money,
and bring nothing with them but the
will to work 1t is sad fact that the
Government has found no remedy for
the disaster which threatens the city,
and that none of the German immi.
grants have any property worth men
tioning. Land can now be had here at
almost nominal prices; unfurnshed
houses may b, purchased for q mere
song. 1t seems that no one in Germany
will venture to bring his capital To
Metz The reason of this is the univer-
sal belief that IN the next inevitable
war with France Metz will have to stand
a SiepaD
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-21
Newspaper Advertising vs.. Advertising
SchemeS.

Ever since the era of advertising was
inaugurated business men OF all classes
have been made the victims OF GER
tain class of men who, with tiippant
speech, and with persistency as pro
yoking as it would be admirable In
better cause, have persuaded them to
enter into their particular schemes.
These schemes are numerous, as many
an advertiser can attest, and when we
weigh their influence in a calm, Impair
tial manner, we shall become convinced
that they are a sublime fraud upon the
too lencnt advertising pubiic; ana tliat
the advertiser, when he has submitted
to the imposition, has literally thrown
his money away.
The schemes of these honey -tongued
and mctal-visaged gentry, who beSiege
the unwary advertiser oh every hand
and bore him mo giving an ''ad.,
which the advertiser generally does IN
order To get rid OF him, are, as we have
heretofore mentioned, exceedingly nu-
mercus. There is the programme
| scheme, iuI instance, cunnlnGly inter
| spcrscd With stale jokes, or other hight
an,. entertaining reading matter, and
| handed to the passer by on those days
when there are chances to be an unusual
| gathering in the town or city, only to
| be ylancei at Tor the spacce OF second,
| it al AL. and thea carelessly thrown
away To be tramplel under foot. This
is decidedly Il waste of money on the
| part of the advertiser.
Then, again, we have the hotel regis.
ter scheme. MOTEL card advertising
| Il hut h1f
most infamous of all frauds, the hotel
card-rack scheme. together with other
| schemes too numerous to mention.
Now, what the honest advertisers want,
and, indeed, what every advertiser III
the land wants, 5 the greatest return
for the amount of money invested. In
order to do this there is but one reliable
method, and that is the newspaper
The American people are pre-eminently
reading people, and OF all the lltera
ture thrown broadcast over the coun
try, that of the newspaper prcdoml
mates, and is the most generally read
The people are gradually being edu
Gated up to the practice OF looking int
the advertising columns of the news
paper in order to find where thei
wants can be supplied; this being thu
fact, il is patent to every sensible al
vertiser that the place to display hi
wares is where they will be the mos
likely to be seen, which is the news
paper. Further than this, the news
paper is lar less indestructible a
an advertising medium than any othe
medium that can be devised, which o
itself is an important matter, an'
which is not the cas-, with man.
other modes that have been devised
from time to time to time. In conclu
sion, then, it is presumed that the ad
vertiscr always wishes to receive a fai
return for his investment when he ad
vertises. To do this he must seek tn
most reliable medium that medium i
most emphatically the newspaper, am
the wise and .judicious advertiser will
always reject every other medium
American Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-21
From the Paint Shop to the Senate

For the first time in the history OF
Canada, workingman has been elected
to the Dominion Senate. Wilton, of
Hamilton, Ontario, a painter in the
Great Western workshops at that point,
has f'een chosen to a seat, securing the
support of the Government and of the
best elements of society. Wilton has
been accust med to devote his spare
hours to science and literature, until
now he is one of the most thoroughly
cultured men in the city. He never
took an active part in politics until after
his nomination, when his speeches at
once brought him support
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-21
Why :!


Why is chimney piece also called a
"mantel?" Because it is work raised
before chimney to conceal it mantel
originally signifying cloak.
Why is chief magistrate called a
mayor? Because of its origin from the
Teutonic Meyer, lover or might.
Why is the game of whist SO called
Because it requires strict silence; thus,
Whist! that is, be silent.
Why is an embalmed body called a
mummy? Because of its origin from
the Egyptian word mum, wax, which is
used in embalming. The custom Of
emblaming originated in vanity
amongst the Egyptians OF being consid,
cred immortal.
Why are the edicts of the Pope called
bulls? Because the seals appended to
them were formerly of gold bullion.
The bull of Pope Clement VII, con-
terring the title of Defender of the
Faith on Henry Will, had such seal
of gold affixed to it,
Why is potash so called? Because it
was formerly procured by burning veget-
ables in pots. Potash is now prepared
in large quantities in wine. countries by
the incarceration of wine-lees and must.
Why is soda so called? Because it is
procured by burning the plant salsola
soda, which grows on the Spanish coast
Why do the properties of soda and
potash differ in soap making? Because,
with soda, oil forms a hard soap; with
potash, soft one.
Why do pearl ash and water emove
grease spots? Because the pearl ash
unites chemically with the grease, form.
ing species of soap, which easily wash
es out.
Why is common yellow earthenware
called delfY' Because it was originally
manufactured at the town of Delft, in
Holland.
Why is conceited person called a
coxcomb? Because his resemblance to
the fool in the early drama, who was
dressed in motley clothes, and wore a
cap surmounted with the neck and
head of a cock, or sometimes only the
creast, or comb.
Why is the x used as Il mark Be-
cause Withered, King of Kent, first
adopted the sign of the cross for his
mark to his grants, he being incapable
OF writing his name. The majority of
the barons who signed the Magma Charta,
made their marks, being ignorant of the
science Of writing.
Why are certain animals called rumi-
mating? Because the first imperfectly
chew and swallow their food, and sub
sequently return it through the esopha-
gus or gullet, in small quantities at a
time, to the mouth, here to be thor
oughly masticated, and then swallowed
asecond time.
Why do certain animals see in the
dark? Because their eyes are usually
OF large size to admit greater mum
Der of rays, and that part which is called
the choroides, reflects instead of absorbs
the light.
Why do cats see in the dark? Because
the external rays of light, of which
there are some in most dark places,
after being concentrated by those parts
which are called the correa and the
crystalline lens, are reflected in bril-
liant concave mirror at the bottom of
the eye, called the tapetum. The con-
struction, therefore, of the eye of the
cat tribe enables them to collect in one
focus whatever light may be found
and few places are 30 dark but that
some light m y be found as we know
when we have gone into cellar, where
the darkness at first appears impene.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-21

trable, but where, even with our differ
emily constructed organ of vision, we
soon distinguish objects without diff
Guilty.
Why does the trunk of the elephant
seize upon large and small objects WITH
equal certainty? Because the muscles
of the trunk, which are nearly 10000,
have the power of distinct motion.
Why are birds called oviparous BE
cause they produce their young from
the egg oU'sm an egg, and pdrto to bring
forth.
Why Goes some stone decay rapidly,
although very hard when first dug from
the quarry? Because it abounds with
clay or aluminc, which has so great an
affinity tor water rs to absorb moisture
from the atmosphere, and thus destroy
itself.
Why is the terrier so called? Because
it burrows the earth (t1ra) III pursuit OF
foxes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-21
Current Items.

Iowa has 5000 miles of railroad.
A MAN of "a, in Bedford, Mass, has
son 10 years old.
NEWARK, N. j., is building a Catholic
cathedral TO cost 81 100000.
MRS. MARY GRAY, OF Greenup coun
ty, IS Kentucky's oldest. She is ia.
A COMPANY is organizing in California
to manufacture sugar from water
melons.
Two HUNDRED AND sIxTY-Two railway
passenger trains arrive at and depart
from Boston daily.
THE "Heathen Chinee" insures his
life for enough money to send his body
home when he dies.
A CUBIC inch Of gold is worth $50.
A million dollars in gold, according to
the figures at the Mint, weigh just about
two tons.
HENRY WINSTON, mulatto resident
of Columbus, KY, has become as white
AZ any Caucasian. 1t took him seven
wears to do it.
The girls of Evansville, Ind, are
eauestrianizing man fashion. They are
opposed to sidesaddleism, and go for
woman's rights square to the backbone.
A MAN was put off street car in New
York recently for smoking. He recov-
cred 81 800 damages from the company,
and now every car on the road looks
like locomotive.
THERE is struggle in Newburyport
between champion nail drivers. One
carpenter drove sixty.tive nails in a
minute another lather drove seventy
five in sixty seconds.
WITHIN a radius of six miles of Port
age Lake, in Michigan, there is available
metallic wealth sufficient to sustain
100000 people, and pay a handsome in
terest on $l0O,00O,0O0
A SUIT was the other day concluded
in an Illinois court, the original dam
ages of which were laid at $25, but on
which the extended litigation entailed
costs exceeding $4,000.
The death-rate of Europe is nearly
double what it is in the United States,
averaging yearly one out of every forty
three inhabitants. while here it is only
one out of every eighty-one.
A DAILY evening Chinese paper is pub
lished in San Francisco, and distributed
regularly to subscribers by carriers. The
reporter of the Oakland NewS says it is
called the "San Francisco Daily Even.
ing Jab Jab.'
A CoLoRED woman in Indiana is the
owner of hog that has won the cham,
pionship as a rooter. Some time last
week it was roofing around in her barn.
yard, and it rooted up four silver watch.
es, two breastpins, and a number OF
other valuable articles.
In a Ms. in the British Museum, de.
scriptive of Hungary, the writer says
1T hath been an ancient custom among
them that none should wear feather
but he who had killed Turk, to whom
onlie it was lawful to show the number
of his slaine enemyes, by the number
of fethers in his cappe. Thus we get
the phrase, THAT will be feather in
his cap"
AMONG the commendable features oi
the Iowa State Agricultural College is
an infrmary for sick horses and cattle
The department is under the charge OF
competent instructor, animals are ex
amined and prescribed for at certain
hours tree of charge, and the student,
acquire valuable knowledge of the
ailments of animals and their proper
treatment
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-21
Is Beer intoxicating!

In u case involving the Excise law,
which came up in Brooklyn the other
day, and which also involved the ques-
ton of the Intoxicating qualities of
lager beer, half dozen Teutons swore
that they could drink thirty glasses Of
beer day without getting drunk.
William Schrader testified that he often
drank fifty glasses in a single day, and
never got drunk. August Valborth
swore that he drank so many glasses in
a day that he couldn't count them. and
that no man ever saw him drunk.