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Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27
A MagnanimOuS Action.

A Spanish gentleman. having in duel
killed young Moorish noble OF Goan-
ada, Immediately fled from justice. He
was eagerly pursued, hut profting by a
turn in the road, he jumped, without
being seen, to the rear wall OF garden
in which he entered.
The owner, who was also Moor, hap
pened to be at that time walking in the
garden, and the Spaniard falling on his
knees before him, related all that had
happened, and asked permission to con-
ceal himself.
The Moor listened with much pity and
generously promised his protection. He
then concealed him in an arbor, and he
left assuring him that at the hour of
midnight he would provide the means
for his escape.
Some hours afterward they brought
the Moor the dead bodX.pf his son, and
by the description they gave of the muir
derer, he knew it was no other than the
Spaniard then concealed in the garden.
He disguised the horror that he felt, and
retired to his room, where he remained
until midnight. At that hour he pro-
ceeded secretly to the garden, he opened
the door of the arbor, and spoke to the
Spanish gentleman in the following
terms:
Christian, the young man You killed
in duel was my only son, my only love,
my only hope. should take revenge
on thee, but I have solemnly promised
nv word of honor to save thee"
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27
A YOcalist's Misfortune.

Ossian Z. Dodge, the vocalist and
Secretary OF the Chamber of Commerce
of the city of st. Paul, Mimi, has OBJ
tanned divorce from Mrs. Dodge. In
a lawsuit about the custody of the chill
dren he makes this solemn statement
ON oath: "Ever since she was married
she has carried six-barreled loaded
revolver in her possession, with which
she has great many times threatened
to blow my brains out and toshoot me. "
He further deposed that Mrs. Fanny
was in the habit of beating the son.
whose custody she now desires, over the
head "with q bathing-brush 20 inches
long, and SO severely as to break the
handle of the brush" When this wea-
pom was not at hand, the affectionate
mother used the tongs. Ossian has
been the victim of grief before. When
he first set out rs vocalist he urged n
friend who edited Boston paper to
give him Gift" in the way Of notorie-
ty. The editor complied with the re-
quest by sending q despatch over the
country III effect that Dodge, often hav-
ing been tcnderly cared for in the FAM
lily of our acquaintance, had repaid the
kindness by eloping with the wife OF
that acquaintance and after working her
ruin had cruelty deserted her. The
story was told in terms so pathetic that
it created quite a sensation and gave
the vocalist more notoriety than he
bargained for. 1t took him many days
to undo the work of his editorial friend
and caused him to lose his temper more
thop once
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27
Singular Wills.

A German, troubled how to dispose
of his money, bequeathed it to o man
whom he detested, upon the condition
that he always wore thin, white linen
clothes without any undertaking.
A Mr.. Sergeant, of Leicester, Eng
land, sought to improve the habits Of
his bed-loving nephews by putting the
following clause in his will: Gas my
nephews are fond of indulging them
selves in bed in the morning, and as l
wish them to prove to the satisfaction
of my executors, that they have got out
of bed in the morning, and either en-
ploved themselves in business or taking
exercise in the open air from five to
eight o'clock every morning from the
second of April to the tenth of October
being three hours each day-and
from the tenth of October to the fifth
of April, beirg two hours every morn
ing.
"This is to be done for seven years,
to the satisfaction of my executors, who
may excuse them in case of illness but
the test must be made up when they
are we'll, and if they will not do this,
they shall not receive any share OF my
property 1t was very hard on the
poor nephews, but MS the amount at
stake was quite large they had to do it.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27
The Terror OF Hungary,

Rosza Sandor, this strange character
who so long eluded Austrian justice to
be captured at last, and who, during his
sixty years-he is now an old man-has
seen more ups and downs in life, and
probably committed more terrible
crimes than any other living being, is
the latest descendant Of famous and
wealthy family of Hungarian bandits.
1t is a horrible fact that his great-grand-
father was broken on the wheel after
his eyes had been destroyed with red
hot iron; that his grandfather was
quartered;" that his father was slow
ly strangled to death-all for the most
atrocious crimes committed in their self
chosen vocati.n as leaders of gangs of
highway robbers. Strange to say, the
authorities never confscated the prop
erty accumulated by the family; and
after the execution of his father, young
Rosza Sandor, who was then not yet
twenty years old, inherited from him an
estate large enough to enable him to
live in luxury and ease.
But, whether it was in the blood of
the family, or pride of his ancestors,
whom the opinion of the common peo-
pie had surrounded with q sort Of ro-
mantle and almost legendary halo, the
youth scorned the idea of leading life
of luxurious ease, andhe unhesitatjngly
stepped into the shoes of his adventur-
ous ancestors.
In year or two after the death of his
father, Rosza Sandor was already at the
head of large gang of mounted BAN
dts, and his name has become house
hold word throughout Central Hungary.
Murders without number were COM
mitted, but the authorities at length
succeeded in capturing Rosza. The
authorities ordered that all the accom-
plices of Rosza Sandor should be Sc
verely fogged until they would confess
what peasants and denizens of towns
and cities had helped them in their
crimes. In this manner they obtained
the names of four and five hundred per-
sons, who were Aogged in turn, when
most of them added further names TO
the list of the implicated.
Rosza Sandor himself was not at first
hogged, but only threatened with the
lash, in the hope that, being proud
man, he would rather make clean
breast of everything than to submit to
, that indignity. But he stubbornly re-
fused to make any confession whatever
Finally, however, Count Raday wrested
a confession from him by means Of a
curious ruse. He sent for Rosza San
dor, and asked him to kneel down. The
prisoner did so. The next moment five
of his principal accomplices were
brought in. Upon seeing their former
chieftain on his knees, and believing his
courage had forsaken him and that he
was confessing, they turned upon him
in scorn ard called him n chicken theft
and other vile epithets, which so en-
ragged him that he hurled the insults
back upon them, and in revenge for
their treatment of him he made fnll
confession, duplicating some OF the
most prominent citizens and officials,
including jrdges, police and others, all
of whom have been put upon their trial
with Sandor and his gang.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27

cane, the first blow of which nearly

cane, the first blow of which nearly
stunned me.
It was my turn to scream then, for I
found that I couldn't do anything else,
rs my antagonist held me 30 tightly in
his arms that it was utterly impossible
for me to move.
Mercy, mercy, spare me and I'll
never do 80 any more. You can take
Mrs. Jackspratt," cried "only spare
me-"
What's that ?" cried my wife, run
ming down the stairs with lamp in her
hand for she had recognized my voice
at the first yell. "You here, William
Henry ?"
cha 4! isn't it burglar ~ asked my
powerful antagonist, holding his cane
ready for another blow.
I looked up at him.
"Isn't it Dodger, I cried.
"Dodger! Why, its Uncle Tom, just
come back from"
90, what confounded fool I've
BEEN" I groaned. "But your new
bonnet p
"Uncle Tom bought it for me, of
course" replied my wife.
"And you put him into your cham
ber to sleep, and it wasn't Dodgers
shadow that saw on the window eur
tain, after all. o, what q ninny I've
made of myself, and-O, how my head
aches p
"Well," said Uncle Tom Blogstar,
who was just beginning to understand
the case, "Well, Mr.. William Henry
Jackspratt, although I never had the
pleasure of meeting you before, allow
me to express my opinion that, if you
don't know any better than to be jealous
of such wife as you've got, I'm glad
your head does ache, and I'm glad that
I pounded it." :.
"But I'll never be jealous again"
said I. And then I took Mrs. jack
spratt in my arms and kissed her, and
she said she would forgive me.
"But o, William Henry, you don't
know what love of bonnet I've got!
"And it has cost me great deal
more than it would if I had bought it"
said I.
The next day I remained at home,
while my wife attended to my wounded
head, and Uncle Tom, who had come
home from the Diamond Fields with
great deal more money than he knew
what to do with, was kind enough to
render the firm of Jackspratt & Tuttle
such pecuniary assistance that they
didn't have to fail, after all.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27
ATMOSPHERIC INFLUENCES on LUNAcY

ATMOSPHERIC INFLUENCES on LUNAcY.
A very interesting paper on the me-
neurological facts of insanity appears in
connection with the recent annual re-
port of the Brighton (Epg) Lunatic
Asylum. According to this report there
is very little difference to be discovered
in patients fits between the average
number of those on which the moons
changes occur; and for the days COM
posing the rest of the month, and what
little difference there is is in favor OF
the days on which no such change oc-
ours. An examination, however, OF
more than 200 accessions of fits showed
that, with five exceptions, they were
preceded or accompanied by considera-
BILE alteration in atmospheric pressure
or solar radiation, or both. The legit-
innate inference, therefore, after all, is,
that it is not the moon which directly
affects the epileptic patients, but the
change of weather; and that it is the
coincidence, which not unfrequently
occurs of change OF weather with q
change of moon, which has led the
popular mind into the notion of the
moon affecting both the weather and
epileptics.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27

The LOCAL PAPER.-The local news
paper is taken by the best people in
every locality. It is the only advertis-
ino medium that is bought and paid for
by the persons whose attention the ad-
vertiser is desirous of attracting. The
attention of the subscribers to regu-
lar newspaper is invited to an announce
ment in It without any officious solici-
tation, almost without his knowing it.
Every man is conscious that he thinks
much more Of the paper for which he
PAYS than of any occasional copy OF q
eratuitous sheet or circular. which is
thrust in OF the door.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27

A plot had been discovered to assas-
sinate President Pardo, of Peru, by
blowing up the railway train on the
Chorrillos line as it was entering Lima.
by means of torpedo, which was pre-
pared with electric wire connecting
Herewith.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27

"You can't do it, sir! You are fool,
sir!" said Humphrey Davy in 1873,
when a man told him that cities would
oon be lighted by gas,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20
A Blind Soldiers Wife.

l have recently met lovely
Kentucky lady, Mrs. General
Paul. She is from Newport
Gen. Paul had both his eyes
shot out in battle. He bears
his affliction with the resigna
tion of a Christian martyr. Al
the Cooke ball the General was
in full uniform, and would play
fully repeat the EXPLANATIONS
he heard about the beautiful
flowers. His beautiful wife is
the staff upon whom he leans.
and she so tenderly watches
and guides his steps that she
is eyes and everything to him.
In the carriage he made some
gallant speech to her, and she
SAID, "Oh, husband, l have
changed so that | don't believe
that you would know me if
you saw me, it is so long since
you have seen me-" Such rare
devotion as theirs gives eyes
to the soul, and the loss of the
outward ones is not recognized.
Louisville Courier.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

A YOUNG man in Portsmouth h
named Will B Jack, when era
zy with whisky went into the
liquor establishment of Will
liam Musser & Son and asked
Tor a drink. MIR. Musser gave
him a glass Of water. This in
suited the young man, and he
raised a row. Mr.. Musser then
put him out of the house,
when he commenced shooting
at Mr.. Musser through the win
dow, and shot lour times.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20
a MAINE man has succeeded

A MAINE man has succeeded
IN making very fair artificial
oyster out Of -four paste, tapio.
ca, salt, and water. The in
ventor places these in second
hand oyster shells, which are
carefully glued around tn 9
edges, and when a hali-intox. i
Gated customer calls for "a
dozen raw on the half.shel !"
he gets them fresh from the
shop.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20
Skin Grating.

Anna Cooper, a married wo,
man, was severely burned on
the breast and neck, a year
ago, and has since been under
treatment in Bellevue Hospi-
tai. A new skin would not
form over the burned spots,
and the surgeons decided that
her case demanded a desperate
remedy. On June 10th, "A mans
right leg was amputated, and
Immediately after the opera
tion had been performed the
surgeon cut off from the stump
eighty-nine pieces of flesh of
the size OF a y S. three-cent
silver piece and applied them
to the breast and neck of Mrs
Cooper. The process was simi
lar to that of grating in tree
culture. OF the pieces of flesh
thus grated, eighty adhered,
and the woman's health rapid
ly improved. She left the hos
pital, recently, perfectly cured
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

Gov HAwLEY, of Hartford.
Connecticut, was re-nominated.
for Congress on the 5Ih irsts
by acclamatIon, and runs 4
platform condemning the leg
islators Of all parties engage d
in the Credit Mobilier corr'Ip-
tion and the unwsrrantabls, in.
crease of Congressional salar-
les.
This platform is notable as
the first adopted by a Repub-
lican Convention since the late
Congress took action upon the
subjects mentioned.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

JOHN LAY, a citizen of Logan
county, became intoxicated
some time Last fall, and while
in this condition fell from his
wagon and broke his neck.
His widow brought suit under
the provisions Of the new tenn
perance law against Peter o.
Brien, saloon keeper in Lincoln,
for selling the liquor wilhwhich
he got drunk. The jury decid-
ed in favor OF the plaintiff,
awarding her 81, 200 damage }.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20
Practice with a Mule Battery.

Out in q certain Western
fort some time ago, the Major
conceived that artillery might
be effectively used IN fighting
with the Indians by dispensing g
with gun carriages and fasten-
ing them on the backs OF m rules.
So he explained his views to
the commandant, and it was
determined 10 try the expert
ment. A howitzer was select.
ed, and strapped upon an am
bulance mule, with the mnzzIe
pointed toward the tail. When
they had secured the gun, and
loaded it with ball-cariridge,
they led the calm and stead
fast mule on the bluff, and set
up a target in the middle oil
the river to practice at. The
rear of the mule was turned to-
ward the target, and he was
backed gently toward the edge
of the bluff. The officers stood
around in a semi-circle, while
the Major went up and insert
ed a time fuse in the touch
hole of the howilzer. When
the fuse was ready, the Major
lit and retired. In a few sec
onds the hitherto unruffled
mule heard the flzzing back
there on his back, which made
him uneasy. He reached his
head around to ascertain what
was going on, and as he did so
his body turned, and the how
itzer began to sweep around d
the horizon.
The mule at last became ex-
cited, and his curiosity became
more intense; in a second or
two he was standing with his
four legs in. a bunch, making
six revolutions per minute, and
the howitzer threa tening sud-
den death to every man within
half mile. The commandant
was observed to climb suddenly
up a tree; the lieutenants were
seen sliding over the bluff into
the river, as if they didn't care
at all for the high price OF uni.
forms; the adjutant made good
time towards the fort; the SER
geant began to throw up
breastworks with his bayonet;
the major rolle1 over the
ground and groaned. In two
or three minutes there was a
puff of smoke and thud, and
the mule-oh, where was heI A
S olitary brute might have been
seen turning successful back
somersaults over the bluff, only
to rest at anchor finally with
his hOwitzer at the bottom Of
the river; while the ball went
towards the fort, hit the Chin
ney of the Majors quarters,
rattling the adobe bricks down
into the parlor, and fright ening
The Majors wife into convul
s;ons.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

The announcement is made
of the marriage of Anna E.
Pomeroy, the divorced wife of
"Brick" Pomeroy, to James g..
Reed of Fulton, Ill, who has
acquired some celebrity as an
artist.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

MISS SToKER, of Piqua, Ohio,
Joined the Baptist church, and
on Sunday night entered the
church to be blessed, with i'm.
mersion robes on, but fell dead
of heart disease before she
reached her seat.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

FIRE in Indianapolis Tuesday
night, destroyed the Wood
burn Wheel Company's works.
Loss 100000. Chief Fire En-.
glneer Daniel Glazier was
killed by being crushed by q
falling wall.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

Hon. JOHN L. WILSON has
been nominated by the Re.
publican convention OF Adams
county, as candidate for dele.
gate to the Constitutional Con.
yention.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

The Illinois House OF Rep.
resentatives has adopted, by a
vote of 103 to 4, a resolution
severely censuring those llh-
nois Congressman who voted
to increase their salaries at the
end of the late term of Com
gress.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

NATHAN CADwALLADER, OF
Seneca county, was made the
happy recipient OF his 25th
child last week. Mr.. @. is 81
years old.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

100000 he's been appropria.
ted by Congress for a Govern.
ment building at Parkersburg.
II will be for tie use of reve-
nue. officers, U. S. Courts and
the Postof1ice.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN publish.
ed the first American Masonic
book, a copy of which is still
preserved in The archieves of
the Grand Lodge Of Pennsyl.
vania.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

BoYs will be boys. The
Mayor of Detroit explains that
he pulled down the smallpox
flag from a tenement owned by
him, because the boys would
persist in gathering together
there, and "daring" each other
to scale the fence and approach
the house on which the flag
was displayed.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

A sYLFH like girl of nineteen
years bounced through the
window of a saloon, near the
dep t, at Elmira, a few nights
ago, knocked the saloon keep.
er down, led her father out by
the nose, and then kicked him
home.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

The night freight train from
Cincinnati on the morning OF
the I'd inst, ran over Isaac
Lowery, at Athens, killing him
instantly; his body was cut In
two.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

DAN CALLEN is again in his
seat in the Ohio Legislature
Dan may be SAID to have "gone
up like a rocket, and come
down like stick" The troubl e
is, he went to Columbus too
soon, and stayed loo long. One
term in the House is apt to
spoil a vain young fellow; but
three terms are sure to ruin
him. Tommy Corcoran, OF
Cincinnati, Dams sworn broth
er, (his Pythias, so to speak, J is
about as badly played out as
Dan himself. These young
gentlemen are smart, alter a
fashion, but they made fools of
themselves when forgetting
their catechisms, they began
to tamper with what of good
name they may have had. 1t
is one thing to be gifted with
good sense, and quite another
to make good use of it,-as
many q wrecked creature sad
ly knows.-Marietta Register.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

MILTON L. CLARK, OF Chilli.
cothe, is the most prominent
candidate for Constitutional
Convention the Republicans
have in Ross county.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

THIRTY-oNE citizens of Mus
kingum want to represent the
county In the Constitutional
Convention.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

A ToLERABLY difficult conun-
drum is proposed by the Bos-
ton Globe: "If the Postoffice
Department can afford to
transport the posta! cards, even
furnishing the card itself for
a cent, why can not it trans.
port a letter weighing the same
and without the expense of
furnishing any material at allG
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

WHEN men are resolved upon
unbelief they can yield them.
selves to any delusion.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

The French Assembly has
made intoxication a penal of.
fense.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

THERE is some advantage in
living on the border, and a
number of thirsty souls in vi
go county, Indiana, and Clark
county, ILL.,, propose to make
the most Of their fortunate 10.
cation. A building is to be
erected on the State line, with
a bar in either end, and the
Sucker will mcisten his clay in
Indiana, while the Hoosier per
forms a similar operation in H.
linois. In this way will the
pains and penalties of the liq-
or law IN the respective Com.
mon weallhs be avoided.