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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-20

PoUHKEEPsIE, New YORK, July ID.
3. Shetfield's paper mill, at Saugerties, a
very large concern, was destroyed by ire
to-day. The loss will amount 10 $300,OOO;
insured for S105,000. No lives lost. The
mill employed $50 hands.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-20

The traffic and shipment of alligator
skins is becoming quite an item in the COM
mercial circles of the South. During the
past five months single firm in Florida
has shipped to parties in Boston one
thousand four hundred and ninety alligator
skins. -.aH ....-r
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-20

The Cathedral at Chester, in England,
was founded in the year 200, and was used
as a place of safety against the Danes in
800.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-20

TENNESSEE BONDS closedsin New York
yesterday at decline to 72s for the old
issue and T2s for the new.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-20

CorroN is reported more active in New
York at a decline to 22Sc for middling,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-20

A Michigan village had regular leap
year celebration on the Fourth. The Ires-
ident, orator, marshal, and all the ofncers
except the chaplain and the reader, were
women.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-20

Just one hundred years ago Newport had
a greater foreign and domestic trade than
New York. Now Newport only affords an
arena for the display Of New York's wealth
and fashion.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-20

Fresh buttermlk is kept on tap in the
drinking saloons Of Lafayette, Ind,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-20

a Hollander who arrived in Bay City,
Mich, recently, on Friday, had before Sat
urday night bought and paid for land and
lumber, built house, and gone to living in
IT, .r
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-20

In 1871 the total quantity Of tea entered
at the Custom-house in England for home
consumption exceeded the enormous num-
Der of one hundred and twenty-three mil
lion pounds.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-20

3. So far, 800 dead bodies have been recoY-
eled from the ruins at Antioch.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-20

TT stealing hams, Aaron Edmondson, a
so. Ham, has been sentenced to three
ye~ Imprisonment by the Circuit Court
Of --.acOln county.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-20
qNTnN AND AMERICA

GOLD is dull and heavy ia New York at
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
A National Cat Show.

The London Times says: The
"Third National Cat Show" at the
Crystal Palace in London, has brought
together 221 cats of all countries, col
ors, sorts, sizes, sexes and ages. They
are shown in nearly the same number
of neat cages, arranged back to back
i'll double line in the center of the
north nave of the palace, and set upon
Il stage of convenient height made
seemly with red baize. Each cage is
furnished with a cushion, which sets off
the fur of the fortunate and indolent
tabby, never in his life reduced to the
necessity of catching a mouse, and
now sleeping and purring from meal
to meal in the face of the multi
tude of sightseers with as much
cquanimity as though the Crystal Pal
ace were q village cottage, and the roll
of the grand organ The droning of the
housewives spinning wheel. Here are
cats-English, Manx, French, Russian,
African, Smyrniote, Angoran, Persian.
for their smallness, such as Mr..
Churcher's "Nip," which weighs only
p fbs.; cats remarkable for their big
ness, such as a monster of 19 tts.; a
sturdy veteran of IL summers, price f5.
cha, ming kittens of a month, 5s., "to
he handed to All Saints
Church Restoration Fund.-" cat
which suckles two squirrels
with her kittens, cat that has three
legs, cat which has "seven claws on
! each fore paw, and five on each hinder
one," cats white, black, brown, blue
and red; cats long haired and short
haired; cats tortoise, mouse and fawn
color; cats which win silver medals and
plated teapot; cats belonging to noble
ladies and laboring men and chief of
all. the famous tortoiseshell Tom of
Clerkcnwell, who this year mas but
again to come forward and take in his
class his uncontested first prize Of
3N;.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
EARTHQUAKE IN ICELAND.
Strange Coincidence with the Ves,
vlAN Osath reak K.

vi~M Outhreak.
A correspondent of the Norddeutsche
Allgemeine Zeit,ing, writing to that
paper, from Copenhagen, saws the
schooher Harriet. had brought precise
accounts. Of the remarkable earthquake
which occurred two days before the
outbreak of Vesuvius in the northeast
baFt of Iceland, # or near Husavik. q
small market town in the Skalfendi
Fiord. On the afternoon of the 10th
of April a shocF was felt in Husavik.
which was thrice repeated in the course
of the day. Two others followed dur.
ing the afternoon of the 18th. the Sec
ond of which was particularly violent,
and the whole night through the earth
continued, with short intervals of re-
pose, in lively agitation. On the fore
noon of the 18th the agitation reached
its eliminating intensity; all the
wooden houses of the place were thrown
down, and the st0he ones were more or
less injured, the factory alone remaiu-
ing in any measure habitable. Fortu-
nately there was no loss of human life,
though some cattle were killed, and
from twenty to thirty families were
compelled to seek shelter in the out
skirts. Nobody remained in the dilap.
idated little town except public func.
tionary (the Sysselmann), whose family
came to Copenhagen in the Harriet.
During the next three days the shocks
continued with diminishing violence,
and had terminated when the vessel
sailed. In the immediate neighbOrloOd
of Husavik the shocks were much
weaker, and at Krabla they were quite
insignificant.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

The Republique Franoais gives the
following summary of the result of tho
trials Of Communist prisoners: Sen
fenced to death -; hard labor for life,
PIP; transportation, first degree, 894;
second degree, 2, 800; detention, l, ,169;
imprisonment with hard labor, 60; i'm
prisonment for three months and under,
5000; imprisonment for three month,
and upwards, 1873; imprisonment t'
periods not exceeding one year, 1,13S;
banlshment, 291; total, 8415. Acquit-
tals, 2,112.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
The Murderer Of Hon. Sharon Tvn,lale
Discovered.

Governor Palmer has paraoned from
the pcnitentiary in Illinois, with view
to arrest, one James Canedy, against
whom . chain of testimony has been
wrought which points to him rs one of
the murlerers of Hon. Sharon Tyn-
dale. Cancdy was arrested soon after
the murder, in Morgan county, tried
and sent to the penitentiary for one
year, for playing the confidence game.
His term is therefore about to expire.
Immediately upon his discharge from
prison he was 're.arrested. The case
has been worked up under
the direction of Governor Pal
mer and Hon. G.. Nj. Morrison, who
have given their personal attention to
the collecting Of testimony. Mr..
Charles T. Askins, a sl,rewl farmer liv-
ing in st: CLAIR county, obtained tho
clue, and has been constantly ut work
in collecting the facts to make up the
testimony for three months. Tho great
mystery Which has hung over tn e
death Of Mr.. Tyntlaie for moro than 1,
year may now be cleared up, and TINT,
too, after the shrewd detectives had
abandoned the case rs hopeless.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
Bancroft Davis Doings.

The New York Sun tells the whole of
the marvellous story of J. G. Bancroft
Davis robberies of the Erie railway.
He was an Erie director from 1858 un-
til 1868, and he and his partner, Dor
man B. Eaton, were the railways chief
lawyers at So, 900 year and pickings.
In addition to this, Davis received $2,-
500 annually for special services, and
drew also the pay Of an Erie director.
He soon became practically Erie's chief
manager, and as such accepted pro-
posals from Eldridge, president of the
bankrupt Boston, Hartford and Erie
railroad, under which, after some cir
cumlocution. the Erieirailway guaran-
teed IS, ,OO0, 900 of the utterly worthless
Boston, Hartford, ard Erie bonds. For
this service to q rotten corporation he
received, not only the 100000 bribe
which, in the Massachusetts legisla-
lures investigation was proved against
him, but an additional $50, 600 also.
Next Eldrilge and Davis went before
the Massachusetts, legislature and
procured an act under which the state
took 81, 900, 600 of the Boston, Hartford
and Erie bonds, nominally worth 80,
for SO, ,O00, 900 of Massachusetts state
bonds, worth 10, an operation in
which Davis and Eldridge made clear
800, 600, which they pocketed. Then
the pair spent the money raised from
Massachusetts in putting worthless
Boston, Hartford and Erie stock upon
the market, and in doing this lost q
million, which they saddlel upon the
Erie railway, protesting to have been
acting for that corporation. Soon af-
terward, Davis and Eldrilge upset the
Erie railway directory; Eldredge be-
came Erie's President, and the histori-
cal SIC, 600. 900 OF unauthorized Erie
stock were put on the market. 1t cost
the Erie company $500, 600 to get an
net through our legislature lcgalizing
that stock. Nor is this all. The con.
spirators continued watering Erie until
their over-issue reached $66, ,OO0, OOO, and
then they were kicked out.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
An English Experiment.

An experiment is about to be tried
i'll England, the result of which should
be carefully watched here. The IRON
clad Hotspur has been detailed to
discharge a number of 500 pound shot
against the revolving turrets of the
iron clad Grafton, in order to test the
real strength of the revolving turrets,
the advantages and disadvantages OF
the system, and other points which
only can he settled by actual expert
ment.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
Dancers Of Nedern Shipa.

An English newspaper reports that 4
circular has been issued by tho British
Admiralty calling attention to the dan
ger to workmen employed in the double
bottoms and other inclosed places in
our modern ships, arising from the
presence Of foul air. They are told to,
use the air fan free, make for the door
on the first appearance Of dimness in
their lights, always work in pairs, and
not venture in until assured they may
do so with safety. That the danger Is
no imaginary one, the writer adds, he
knows well and many times he has
been surprised to see how, in spite of
orders, warnings, expostula&ions, men
will venture into such places carelessly
or worse. During the building of the
iron-clad Northumberland, one of the
painters was found suhocated in the
double bottom It is said he had gone
in there to sleep, unfortunately
without thinking OF the danger to
which he exposed himself. Again, one
of the engineer officers of her Majesty's
ship Buffalo was rendered insensible,
and but for ready assistance would
have died inside the boile--, where he
had incautiously gone shortly after it
was opened. On another occasion q
stoker of the iron. clad Hercules was
rendered insensible, ard remained &C.
riously i'll for some hours, By inhaling
the foul air issuing from the door he
had just opened on one of the boilers.
The noise caused by his falling tools
called attention TO something wrong.
He was found lying with his head over
the door, where he had fallen in his
unconsciousness, and there he would
have died but for the help At hand.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
NUMBER 10.
Another Lola laoutdg.

A sharp young American woman, =
Mrs. Fanny Jordan, whose maiden
name was Chumley, has been playing
a pretty and profitable game with TIE
King Of Bavaria. His Majesty rarely
appear: in the capital, but leads an iso-
lated life at his villa of Hohenschwan-
gan, where bis chief enjoyment is that
Of music. The lively adventures went
to the place with the sweet and pretty
name. and took lodgings At the Golden
Bear Hotel, determined upon the con-
quest of the King. Walking out
with her femme de chamber,
when she saw His Majesty ap-
proaehing she fell to drawipg the beau
tiful landscape with all her might. The
King, who is proud of the scenery, ap-
preached the fair artist and opened an
affable conversation. Then he invited
the engaging Fanny to visit his coun-
try-seat, and gave her white mare, a
diamond bracelet, his portrait frame in
solid gold set with emeralds, and other
gifts OF great value. Then he lent hsr
money in quite largo sum1; and then
his uncle Leopold, hearing Of the mat.
ter, employed two Munich detectives
to hunt up the antecedents Of the en-
olantxoss. Leaning his determinaticl,
she fled, leaving behind q trunk contain
ing 100 letters from different lovera.
:: For the last three years tho lady has
been seeking, and occasionally finding,
her fortune in different European capt.
tails. Her last affair, before the b.
varianbpeou2atiieo, !@as in Berlin, where
ahn did 40 ho1nvil an ,nnfor$,,n>on fyn1
onel that he resorted to forgery to
crafty Ler iucessant demand for
money, and 80 was ignominiously cash.
tered, The Bavarian detectives having
found her in retired village, allowed
her to make choice between leaving the
country or gong to prison. So she
continued her fight into switzerland,
with SIG, 900 in money and valuables,
the net proceeds of her Hohensehwan-
gan speculation.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
vaou fna nIuDoosrAuHK.

Il ~ Pea" !" I'D Chandse AL vAtls tie Manda-
Erowned 1. supescilous anger At the dog who dared
~ an frisodlss and . Hindoo: such . one meets
few 70 love him
Hero in China, where The Hindoo hnds the truth
have n.aebt . bu, your justice: were wise had
Speak your jadssneot;" :" and be crossed his Arms
and beot hi quivering faco.
Heard - thsn tbs unjust sentence: all his goods
and gold were givon
TO smother, aud he Stood alone, besgar in the
And the man who bought the judgement looked
with triumph and derision
IL hands and smiled
Al IL yhsspsssa srssu''.sos Of his fri'ud' and At
At Ii: ;s e.: ss ss.a ar'sn'' dover for Ahm'sr h''
Fair Ahneer. vSo oe aods creatures vas the only
ooe who oysA hin,
She whose voioe, lie hee dear mothers, w The
only pow that Ic.ed him
A.a tls Old man tl:.ied Coofae,ous, and tho judge
and him who paeadsd.
' =" oSs % Soa sis Ssssess ''''''' WY ''" '''A
Every =: turn: On ts' Hind00' who before "'' al
= still ~ deoeA.
Not alone stood chsnder Al By hss side Ahmeee
Was staadinG,
And IL brovn I'D rsstsd lightly On her shoulder
At The sweet young f.es turned tov,rd him. Then
the fathers Vodle, Commanding,
Dade his daukhtar 1eFosly 10 him from tho doG
who's toueh da13ea.
But sAs moved Do and shs looked not It her father
A - snsvr1s6 v1sh h, avas uune H. Hindoo,a
noble faoe:
'Noy, my fathse, ~ deAles 0ot; thi0 kind arm
shove ~ ot6e1s
Il my choosing, and forever By Iii side ah.1 be my
plaoe.
Whom you knsv not, has dear hand haA given many
. sweet lovo-toks0,
Hs I'D gathered - NJ heartstrinss and had bound
them round hjs life;
let yca ten De 10 deAlss me nay, my father, you
have spoken
In your anger, so6 noe moving W10 Chun6ee
Al, . Via"
- Dsgk ORsi4H, n Gslaxy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

W: T. F1sHnAcK, Esq, late editor of
tho indianapolis Journal, and q. H.
Hasselmnn, late business manager Of
the same paper, have cacl, purchased
large interests in the stock of the st.
Louis Democrat, and will ut once take
positions in the editorial and business
departments of that paper.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
VOLUME ".
The High Tide.

Moehcr, dear, what il the water saying3
Aother, deaR, Why docs the wild sea rcar7"
Cry ths ohildrsn on the white sand playing.
On The wAite sand, half milo from shore.
" Little Ones, I fear = storm IL growing.
Come away Oh, let us hasten homer"
Calls tbe mother; and the wind is blowing,
FlaaAing up million ewes Of fosln.:
Mother, 80 our footprints = NO follow =
Mother, dear: what crawls slons beforc'"
1sss.S sss s sssxesn sss .s"se ss Ao"
saaSscn, ,lcr wtpsrsh IL the ids !" ''
ffa f. III sss asssts' 'assa, +: ::2 :sI..
.'l1dher, tbar, ,ns sea Is coming .,tcrts
Mother, - between ~ and tho land"
looking ba6b, thy eco the waves With hu6htes
Wash thck hltl6 shoes from Oh tho sand.
"Quickcr!" 1ogeans the mother, 'quicker, quioker!
Fass they ~ before the sn1lca sand.
Step by step the mothers heart grows sicker,
Inch by inch the sea creeps roa.nd and round.
"Mother, in the water No arc ~ading;
Mothcr, it grows deeper - We Co."
"Hasten, children, hasten day l. fading
Higher creeps the tide 20 black and slOw."
Nay; but :: each step the = vave: grow deeper;
ssill the 80 beesshe, hks drunken sieeper-
SIN M tae teaa ezswfs, and tAe Wind h'ad thrill.
Mother. tasrs i iaud, an srssn 81, and dry land.
01sss 1pou n RedBli1egss and . tree!"
promontory turned into an island, ~ .
tAsso ~ ovsg.Eh1ng sea:s~-sr
1osSer We arc si1Rns or
In her arms uplifting them and gripping,
On she plunges, wading to the waist.
" Mother, set us down among the grasses!
:. Mother. VIC are hungry !"they now cry;
Watching the bright water as It passes,
There they sit between the sea and sky,
1gter crawh the sea, WITH deep fntoniilR, -
Passing every dood.mark far or near
H'Ias the high tide !" cries tho mother, moaning,
"Coming only once in many year"
Higher higher lapping round the island
Flows the water with = sound forlorn, ~ i!
Those are flowers tis snatching from the dry land
Pa!e primroses, sweet and newly born,
Smaller grows tho hale where they Ill sobbing,
Darker grows the day on every side-
winter grows the mother, with heart throbbing
Madly, ~ she marks the fatal tide:
":hildren. cling round me hold me faster!
Kiss me !! God Il going to take all three!
Say 4e prayer taught you.He Is Master! =,
He 10 Lord, aud his hands lie wei7
Flowers tho tide Ii snatching before:
WIN 1t snatch these human fowors aiso7
Where they cling, sad creatures OF the shore3
Nay, for o'er the tide boat n stealing >.
On their names mans strong voice doth cry:
'Nod be praised y the mother crieth, kneeling,
" "Me hath ~ heard our prayer, and help is nigh"
aerc We are!" aloud cry girl and boy
ZONES The boat, the children round it gather,
Butth mother smiles and faints for Joy.
In his strong arms his pale spouse uplifting,
Bv her side he sets the children two:
Through the twilight shoreward they are drifting,
While .he pale stars ghmmer In the blue.
Round them In The tranquil evening weather
All tho scene seems strange as strange can bc:-
Waves that wash green fields and knobs of heath r.
Lonely trees up. p.peeping from tho sea.
-Good Words
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
The luycntive German.

A German adulteration has been re-
Gently reported which deserves to rank
with the invention of wooden nutmegs.
Some green Rio coffee, when prepared
in the usual way, yielded a decoction of
such peculiar taste that close exami-
nation was instituted, which showed
that moro than one fourth of the beans,
though resembling the coffee bean ex-
ternaliy, swelled up wher moistened.
They were formed of bread, pressed
into form, and colored.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
Clerical Drinking In Scotland.

An American gentleman, one month
abroad, writes from Edinburgh to =
friend in this city:
"Saturday night in Cork and Dub
lin seems to bc given over to one huge
dr,tnk-Glasgow the same. I don't
know how it may he here to night, but
if the Presbyterian ministers Who are
attending the GraEd Presbyterian
Council here are = fair sample, Edin.
burgh must be the tdrunkenest' place
in the world. I saw a number Of them
ut dinner at our hotel yesterday take
enough of Sherry, Champagne, Claret,
Brnndy, and hot Scotch to send great
many Yankees under the table,"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
Rev. Norman HacLeod, d. d.

A cable telegram, dated in London,
informs Us that the Rev. Norman Mac
Leod, ID. d., has just died of heart
Rev. DR.: Macleod was IN
eminently distinguished divine, pop
ular pulpit orator, and writer Of great
thought and erudition.
Norman Macleod was born in the
year 1912. He was sixty years of age
at the time of his demise. He was
son of the Rev. DR.. s. Norman Mac
Leod. He was himself Presbyterian
one of the Deans Of the
Chapel Royal, Member of st. Colum-
ba's, Glasgow, and one; Of the chap
lains to Her Majesty, Queen Victoria.
He was educated in EdinburR. Glas-
gov, andin Germany. Having accepted
holy orders, he became Minister Of Lou
doun, Ayrshire. in the year 1885, of
Dalkeith in 1S43, and of the Barony
parish, Glasgow, in the year 1851. He
obtetd the degzee of Doctor of Di-
vinitysn the yeafiB5a Rev. DR.. Mac
Leod was a dilieent student and
hard working writer during the greater
portion of his life. He was the
author of "Ea1nest Student" =" Me-
MORALS of Macintosh" "Parish Pa
pers, Eastward" a book of travels,
rnd other volumes. He was editor of
q menthly periodical, Good Words,
from its first publication, in the year
1860. Doctor ,MacL cod was greatly e.
teemed by his fellowmen of every reli-
gious denomination. He was highly
honored by his sovereign, and members
of the royal family: He preached fire.
quently before Queen Victoria during
her visits to Scotland. The Prince Of
Wales has invited him to dinner at his
home, and paid him the honor of per-
sonally seeing him to the door on his
retirement, and there is nodoubt that
the plain spoken words and excellent
advice of the now deceased clergyman
have had a most beneficial effect on the
mind of His Royal Highness, who viii
Join with the most humble of the sub
lects of his mother in expressing regret
for the loss of good man and faithful
pastor.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

TIE New Zealand Maoris-n warlike.
aboriginal tribe-hnving satisfied them
selves Tint the white mans drink has
been the lnne and tho curse of their
country, and that the love Of it bas been
the cause of their wars and suffcrings
for years, have determined to Danish it
from their midst.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

SlxrY-rwo vessels of the Spanish ma
ri,", comprising steamships, ships,
h"rks, and brigs, have left the port of
Savannah this season, all If thom cot
ton-laden, with some few exceptions.
Tine Advertiser is informed that, in all
t'"ipati"n of IL much greater business
during the coming season, three first
class steamships Of about 1.4OO tons
hu;then are now building for the trade,
with IL capacity Of about 4, 600 bales OF
c'tt"n each, besides sufiicicncy of
fuel.
TIE Brooklyn directory contains
$3.50 more names than last year, indi.
,*'ting an increase in population OF
about 10000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
A Sermon Fabricstor. j.

Some miscellaneous literary hacks,
out of employment, might take q hint
from the exploits Of an enterprising IN
who is mentioned in one of
the Liverpool papers. The individual
in question made it . point to supply
clergymen with sermons at the rate Of
a guinea a sermon. but was willing to
make deduction to any one who
promised 10 he regular customer.
He appeared to have been successful,
and to have driven quite . Aourishing
trade. Probably the sermons he pro-
vided were quite as good as the major
ity Of those that. are preached from
American or English pulpits. One
clergyman offered to take twelve ser.
mons per month, and the offer WAS ac'
ceDted