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, 1873-07-23

pfalF1e6 OK iowa, DotWeen Anita and Affair." Hixty
miloa from Doa Moinos, tho Rock 1alant Il Pa
oitio Night Exrroas, carrying tho through mali and
exprosB mattor from California, waB thrown from
tho track and boarded by gang Of otght armod
rufllans In wllito nanuol masks. Tho railrond
employees weren't once ovorpoworod ind guard
Het oyer thom aud tho 100 passengers, who woro
throatonod with instant death II tloy ovon
moved from their beats. As thcre WAS but ono
pistol among thom al resistance was hopeless.
Tho oxproas messenger WAS forced ut tho roril
Of his lifo to glvo up tho koys Of luis safo, Which
tho robbers then plunderod Qf nll the valuabloa
they could find, fortunately overlooking largo
amount Of bullion. Usually this train carrles
100000 or moro, md tllia tho robbors OK
pocted to goeuro, but It Ind luckily
boon aent on by anothor train tho night
before. They obtained only s1.7o0 and somo
othor triling booty. Tho atrocity Of tho afrair
conasts in tho murdoroua way these highway
mon choose to intercept the train. This thoy
did by removing q rail but M instant
boforo tho engine reachod tho spot.
Nothing but tho presence of mind md
devotion to duty of tho engineer, who died in
saving tho liyos undor his charge, prevented q
siokoning alaughtor. This outrage recalls tho
somewhat similar occurrences Bovoral years
ago III Indiana, whom number Of
tho trains on tho Ohio l. mississippi Road woro
plundcred by highwaymon ut Seymour. Thoy
wore finally caught and placed In jail to nwnit
their trial, but tho indignant poop1o took them
out mud hanged thom.
, 1873-07-23
DUBUQUE.

Stro0ta n1ncndumiZcd with Lcad-a
SNic11cs
Special Dispatch 10 Tie CHICAGO 1+ibuns.
DUBUQUE, July 22.-Tho city bought u lot Of
stuff for macadamizing rocontly, md it turns out
10 bo largely composed Of load orc taken from
somo Of tho mines hero. Ono Of tho strootg,
Julien avenue, iR partly macadamized with It.
Tho boys have been picking it up.
Dudley Dovling, well-to-do farmer about
so ycars OF egc living throe milcs from bellevue,
shut of tho top Of bis hend with gun this evon-
Ing. Mr. Dovling was a poaccabie, good citizen,
and no cause ia assigned for his committing tho
rush act. He loavoa vito and family.
, 1873-07-23
CHANGxa,
| ABOVE LOW II
/ WATER. II


Two Elltilo Attempts to Poison n 1f1sa
bnnl-Arroat Of tho Wifo nnd Another
PerHOn.
PlrrsnuRou, July 22.-On Friday morning
last, John snydor and two Of lliB children, living
In Springfield, in tho borough Ut Dntlor, wero
takon i'll with all tho symptoms of having boon
poisoned. They continued to improve until Sat-
urtlay oyoning, whom Snyder was suddenly taken Ill
again with tho salno symptoms. Tho physicians
cauo OF poisoning by arsenic, but, as in the pro-
voua attempt, an ovoldoso had boon givon,. and
tho yiolont vomiting saved hia life. a party by
name Of Foreman, suspected Of administering
Snyder WAS also arrested yesterday at noon and
committed to jail. Tho parties will hsvo a hear
Ing today.
, 1873-07-23

Half dozen heavy failures hayo occurred in
tho tea trade Of New York, for sums rising
from 3150, 900 to 100000. The house Of A. A.
Low s. Co. have also lost q million dollars. Tho
total losses Of the trado stated at 9G0 900.
, 1873-07-23

The Sheriff is after twenty Of tho unionist
coopore on strike in Now York. who hayo NAL
treated non-union worknon for using d now
process in making barrels. The warrants aro
iaauod on tho motion OF Tho employers, who
have determined to submit no longer to tho ex-
actions and outragos Of tho coopors.
, 1873-07-23

.spttfal D3stalch to Ihs Chicago 1F7bUns.
URnAaA, O., July GA little girl, about 12
geara OF ago, daughter Of Abol North, a farmer
living betwoon Kingston aud Kannarl, in this
county, was burned to death last night: She
had uaod quantity Of patent bnrning-nuid to
ting too noar tho fro in ordor to dry hor oloth-
Ing it caught, wrapping hor instantly In famcs.
Doaido being badly burned externally. alle had
also inhaled tho 1amos. Sho fingered about
eight houra. sho WAS cripple, and was in the
louao alouo at the time.
, 1873-07-23

The Trueteoa' Of Plymouth Church nro
stated to bo awaiting only tho return Of Mr.
Beechcr mud tho loading members OF his
church from their summer vacation to begin m
Investigation Of tho scandal connected with his
namo. Tho inquiry, it is aaid, will bc secret.
, 1873-07-23

Shippers by tho Illinois Central, tho Wabash
L Western, and tho Peoria l. Jacksonville Rail-
roads havo brought charges Of oxtortion against
those lines boforo tho Railroad aud Warehouse
Commissioners.
, 1873-07-23

pHOUAnIIiT1E8.
WASHINGTON, D. G., July 22.-On Wednesday,
for the South Atlantic aud Eastern Gull Coats,
eaatcrly winds, cloudy woathor, and local rain.
For tho interior Of tho Southern States, Ohio
Valley, and tho southern portion Of tho Middle
statoH Bouthoastorly winds, somewhat higher
temperature, and partly cloudy weather. Fog
gonerally clear or hazy weather. For the Lnko
Region and Northwost Houthwcsterly winds aud
increasing cloudneas. With local ator1ns in Iowa
and Minnesota, and possibly in Wisconsin.
STAGE OF WATER.
Daily report Of tho stage OF water, with
changes In the twonty-four hours ending 8 p.
u., July %, 1878:
, 1873-07-23
TIE COST OF FOOD,

What advantage havo workingrnon in this
country over those OF other ercountrics, because Of
choapor food?
mechanical and manufacturing labor a1roct tho
coat of uving7
II, sinco 1860, the pricc Of farm products paid
to tho farmor has not advanced, while tho coat OF
products Of mechanical and manufacturing labor
has advanced 80 por cont, what is tho consequent
difference in tho coat Of living7
Theso and other questions, constantly rccur-
ring In discussion, all turn upon tho coat Of arti-
clos Of food ordinarily consumed by tho working
class in this country, as compared with tho other
elements in the coat OF living and supporting
family. It lis strange, therefore, that 80 Ittto
attempt las boen made, oyon by writors and
oconomists Of acknowledged ability, to fix tho
ro1ativo proportion Of tho cost Of living duo to
tho cost Of food, and to other olemonts.
1t is truo, tho problem is not simple ono.
Tho prices Of articles of food vary wdoly In dif-
forent states the cost of clothing, rent, aud
other nccoBsaries not loss widely. Thus food
costH very much moro in Eastern States, whilo
other clements In tho cost Of living aro 80 much
cheaper that tho working mon generally demand,
and obtain ns necessary to their support at least
as high wages in tho Western as in tho Eastern
States. But by asccrtaining tho quantity con-
sumod Of different articloa Of food and tho COM
parativo cost Of other e]omonts, in any locality,
a close estimate of tho proportion OF oach clo-
mont in tie cost Of living in otlcr localities may
be mado.
The Massachusetts Labor Commission, by tho
statements Of the Expenses Of about twenty
families, has supplied very important data for
tho solution OF thiB vexed problom. IT is
true, tho statements embrace quantities
Of oacl article Of food, but only tho cost Of tho
whole without pricea OF caeh, except In single
instance. But applying the prices thus giyon to
tho averagc quantities consumed by all the FAM
Nes. It appears TINT T. reduction Of ono-sixth in
prices brings tho aggregate cost Of Ill food to
the average amount stated, SO that tho ono finn
lily in question either paid one-sixth higher
prices, being In Suffolk County, than tho avor-
age for othcrs soattorod through many towns in
different parts Of the stato or used little bet
tor quality of food than tho average. Making
this reduction, presenting tho actual average for
twenty families OF each element in tho cost OF
living as stated by the Commission, anT calcu-
1ating the proportion OF zach elemont to the en-
tire yearly expenses per individual, VIC roach tho
following interesting statement;
, 1873-07-23

Tioro haa not boon q boldor or moro daBtardly
outrage committed In Northern Btatc for many
day night, While travelling at tho ratio Of twon-
ty-six milea an hour, through tho unpooplod
, 1873-07-23

Special Ditpateh to Ths Chicago ?r1ouns.
Bpn1Nop1E1p, July 22-Tho capital stook ot
tho Interstate Industrial Exposition OF Chica-
70 has boen increased to $3.50, 900. aud oorttf~
loato to that ofToot waa filed with the Secretary
Of State to-day.
, 1873-07-23
TERMS or THE TRIBUNE.

T1naH OF aunRcn1rr1oN trATAHrH N ApvAHoE,.
Daily, hy nlnl!...S Hnn!s,. .99
Parts OF yonr ut tho sa1ne rnte
To prevent delay and mistakes, ho and Ryo Post
OEce address IN FULL Including State and County.
Nomtttanecs rnny no c!ter by draft o1pross Post
Qiico ott1cs or In registered lours. at our risk.
TEnMe TO CITY BuusCn1DENs
Da!ly cltycrod Sundny c1cortou. 25 conts por wook
Dniy, dcscted. Sunday included. 20 conts pos work.
Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY.
Corner Mndtson and Doarhorn.ata.. Chicago, III.
, 1873-07-23
WEATHER AND WATER,
War Dcpurtmcnt Weather I1oport4
LOCAL oDaERvATIoN.
Gutniao Ju1v n. 1HTH.

Maximum Thermometer, 50.
Minimum thermometer, CO.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
TUESDAY. July 2G-1t:1G u M
, 1873-08-09

sovillowomon Justify the reputation for beauty
moro thoroughly than those Of any othor Spanish
civ: nrottlnoBa Ia q moro appropriate torn to
lie each othor to surprising dcgroc, 10 iu all
rtlro racos Of married. type. Their oyes, fringed
With long black lasAos produce an ,effoot OF
whito and black uullllown to our colder, lose
passionate olmo. It aoems al IT tho sun Ind
loft It's rol!ccton III those magnificent orbs,
equally noticeable in tho faco Of some 2-yoai
old child and in, the gipsy girls Of France,
Tho cleaning aud glancing aud tho burning
OF those eyes Inns a worry OPPRESSIVE word ii.
spau[sl. called eiear, Which is full ofsubtle mean-
ing,, although these oyo-thrusts, 80 embarrassing
ea 4Es go s1 .ron 7soty syes q sg younE
soyano g1anco upon dog IN the atroot with
tho aanlo intonsity sho would beBtow upon aomo
moro worthy OBJ oct. The exquisite s1nallnesa
OF tho ladioB' foot Is too we'll known TO dwoll
upon many could DO easily hold In q chi!da
hand, and tho fair Andalusians arc justly proud
Of this quality, and wear shoes accordingly,
not differing 40 very much from tho ohiaest
Shoes
, 1873-08-09

It appears that the moa tho namo given by
tho Now Zoalaudors to tho large winglouB birds
whose bones are occasionally found In Bwamps,
forests, and other ont-of- -tho.way places iu that
country Is not yet extinct, ne has boon generally
supposed. It il stated, according to tho Mol
bourne Ass that large {o bisdm%s dc nn1.
tions Of run ID tic Wau District, on the woat
side Of the Waiu and adjoining tho asgo bush 9aa
land. It's trucks aud footsteps havo bcen re-
peatea'y soon and on recent e =, occasion ,,o9 a.
Of manukn scrub with bis uheep-dog., The bird
rau from tho dog until it roaohod tue brew Of "a
tor1aco abovo him, and somo thirty or fortyyart
off, whom 1t turned on tho dog, WHO Immediately
md wisely returned Us fast as it could to tlla
minutes on tho brow Of tho terrace. bonding its
long mock up and down oxaetly as tho black sWai.
does vixen disturbed. It is described az being
very much higher thar, any emu evor soen i'1
Australia, mud as stelding worry much moro erect
on iss legs. The color Of it's feathers is sort OF
silvory gray, with gsooniBh stroals through It.
II this story is true, It destroys the notion which
has hitherto prevailed, tllut no largo mons have
boen spon nliyo Rflco about 1G5D.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-21

A FEARFUL RIDE Down CoA1
SHAFT.-Nelson Whitmarsh and
Patrick Congan are employed in the
shaft Of the Union Coal Company OF
LaSalle, Illinois. On Saturday morn
ing last, having stepped upon the cage
to descend, after having the signal all
right, the drum around which the
cable runs, and which at the time was
somehow disconnected from the other
machinery, began to revolve rapidly,
and they knew that they were riding to
perhaps horrible death. They struck
the bottom, distance of 253 feet, and
breaking through the three inch plank
ing, were plunged into the dump,
which contained about tenfeet of water.
Wonderful to relate, neither of them
clambered up on the boards. The car,
which was ascending at the same time
they were going down reached the
surface with awful momentum, and
tore through the upper forks and
wrecked nearly everything in the i'm
mediate vicinity Assistance was sent
below, and the injured men brought to
the surface, where q vast crowd of
people had assembled. They were
carried home, and medical aid
summoned. Whitmarsh sustained a
fearful conclusion on the right hip, and
is bruised in several other places
.Congan was not so severely injured
No. bones were broken and hopes are
entertained that with proper care they
may recover.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-21

They are God-ordained and God-up-
held; they have religions as well as
civil claims to our homage and allegi-
ance; they are our divinely given par
ent, worthy of an unqucslioning duty
and affection But whatever be the
object to which this slavish submission
is said to be due, clearly it i6fers an
abasement of mind and soul unworthy
of freemen: 1t has its prototype only
in the speculations of Sir Robert Fill
mel, who in the most servile and de-
graded age of English history attempt
ed to reduce to sort of system the
doctrine Of passive obedience and. non
resistance to kingly authority. He,
too, taught 'thatcivil power not only
in general is by divine institution, but
the form of the power of governing
and the person having that power are
all the ordinance Of God, Nov, is this
conformity of thought and expression
merely accidental! or is it that such
as lapse into slavery lose the language
Of freedom, and think and speak alike !
or that the present state Of radicalism
in this country can be defended on no
other ground9 1t has been lamented
that q protracted war made such q
break in the education of our youth,
particularly in the political training
which should fit them to be the citizens
of a free State. five hope to revive
them, surely such sentiments as these
should never be tolerated from the lips
of Governor of Virginia
Very respectfully,
p r. 7. DANIEL
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-21

A PLEA FOR MusoUfroEs.- learn
ed gentleman asked us to believe that
the mosquito is not pest, but on the
contrary useful little creature, sent by
Providence to preserve us from the eff
fects of malaria. He never comes but
when he is need9, and his preselce is
then blessing for which we hght to
be thankful. To go one ST. b further
on this principle, he might say that mus
quito nets and such contrivances are a
selfish and inhuman device to deprive
this innocent and serviceable little
creature of the sustenance which he has
so well earned. Mosquitoes, are COIN
monty looked upon as natural enemies
of mankind, but q little philosophy
teaches otherwise-that it is simply a
lack of appreciation for the delightful
little things that makes us detest them.
Nor. Journal,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-21

THE Clarke Courier, in an appeal to
its subscribers and advertisers, who are
in arrears, begs them to remember that
it has no bank on which to draw when
cts creditors call for their pay.
VIM. +. Hickey, of Lynchburg, who
has heretofore acted with the Republi-
can party, has come out from that
party and will give his support to the
Conservative ticket.
The Fredericksburg News says that
the "time has certainly come, for Vir-
ginians to 90 to the mountains" but
whether the money and the clothes
have come is another matter"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-21
Trirhtful Accident.

An alarming accident occurred to a
funeral procession in Wheeling, West
Virginia, whilst proceeding with the
remains of child up the hill to the
Peninsula cemetery. The Wheeling
IateSqeaecer says:
"There is fearful embank1nent on
the left of the road that leads from Man.
chester to the cemetery. 1t is in some
places nearly perpendicular, and at all
points descends at an angle Of not less
than forty five degrees. As the process
sion was going up the hill, and had got
ten nearly to the top, just at the very
worst place for an accident, two boys,
who were coming down the hill with
fishing rods, met them. The boys
were quarreling and the one was trying
to take the rods from the other, and
the noise Of the scutfe scared the hor-
ses. The horse attached to the wagon
began to plunge, and in an instant
horse, wagon, and the person In it,
John McAdams and his wife 3, and a
little daughter of James MeAdams,
ment.
GAS the other conveyances were
closely following all Of the horses COM
menced backing, and it was only by
prompt action that any Of them were
kept on the road. The balance of them
however, were prevented from going
down with the exception of the next to
the last one, which was occupied by
John Marshall, wife and child. The
forward buggy, with the horse, went
crashing down for fully 200 feet, and
was only prevented from going several
hundred more by being caught in some
bushes on a. comparatively level spot.
Mr.. Marshall's buggy did not go SO far,
the bank at the point where they went
over not being SO steep. All of the
occupants of these two buggies were
more or less hurt, and Messrs. Marshall
and McAdams and Mrs Marshall were
badly injured, but cut in many places
and badly bruised. One buggy was
mashed into kindling wood, but the
other was not much damaged"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-21
A FAMILY ENGu1.FEn I'M VIZ,

A FAMILY ENGULFED IN WELI.-
AT Adamsville, Ohio, Mr.. A. J. Wine
has well which lately proved disas
ter to his family. 1t was thirty five
feet deep, had long been in disuse and
was nearly dry. He was engaged
in digging it deeper, and there was a
MINDLESS and tub for drawing up the
dirt. The workmen being otherwise
engaged, had not touched it for several
days, and a daughter of Mr.. Wine, a
young lady of eighteen years, thought
she would put some butter at the bot
tom of the well to keep it cool. She
persuaded her brother, young man of
UNEMPLOYMENT home from college dur
ing vacation-to let her down in the
tub. She took the butter down safely,
and deposited it at the bottom. Her
brother was drawing her up, and when
within few feet of the top the young
lady became insensible, and fell out Of
the tub to the bottom. The young
man raised an alarm, and the father
came, He let his son down, and before
he could secure his sisters body. to be
drawn up, he was lying senseless at the
bottom Of the well. The father then
raised an alarm, and the neighbors
came. A yoing man who was very
intimate in the Wine family, and prob
ably loved one Of them, agreed to go
down the wei! and bring up his two
friends. lie was let down as young
Wine was, aud, like him, stayed at the
bottom. Only then it seems to have
occurred to anybody that it was foul air,
and that this going into the well was
certain death. The deep hole had al
ready swallowed up three estimable
young people. A fourth went down
with more care and proper machinery
for graphing, and finally all three were
brought to the surface, dead! The
young lady was much admired in allthe
country round, and the two. young men
who lost their lives in trying to save
sister and betrothed were of great
promise. The affair caused lnconsola-
BILE family grief and great public dis
tressin Adamsville.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-21
Strange Adventurers Of Algerian convicts

The Baltimore Sun has the follow
ing:
On Monday night three Algerims
presented themselves at the middle dis
trict station-house and asked for lodg--
ings, with which they we're 'accomodat-
ed. Yesterday they were examined by
Marshal Gray, with the assistance of a
French gentleman, who managed to
extract from two Of them, who spoke
tolerably good French, that their names
Were Paid, Amar and Ben HASA.
They said that they were convicts from
the French penal colonly of Cayenne,
north coast of South America, whence,
in Company with some hundred others,
they had managed to escape from custo
dy about year since, but afterwards
becoming separated from the rest, fore
ell their way through the almost impen-
etraIle woods, dense swamps and
treacherous marshes of that country to
Demarara about one year after their
escape. At Demarara they obtained
! passage on vessel, whose name
they could not remember to Baltimore,
arriving here early ON Monday morn
ing They had enough money in their
possession to pay their passage; $50
| for each.
Marshal Gray, on hearing their story
and learning that they had nothing to
eat for some time, gave them q good
| meal, for viii they seemed to be We
ry grateful Paid is thirty years Of
| age, and ,tog her wit his COMPANIONS,
was transpol to Bayonne from the
French colodg cf Algiers, Africa, for
robbery for five years; Amar thirty
five years of age, convicted of murder,
was sentenced for ten years, and Ben
| HASA for ten years, assaulting an Off
| Ger in the French army. Paid has al
ready served four years, Amar five
years and Ben HASA five years. Both
the French and British consuls, Mess
rs. De Merolla and Honahoe; were no.
| tilted If the circumstance, as the men
were escaped convicts from r French
colony,; and had been bro here
in British ship, and visited - sta
ton house, where they saw hhd ques-
toned the men, have not conclud
ed yet as to whaGsAad best be done
with them In the meantime Marshal
Gray ordered them to be sent to Bay
view, which was done yesterday after
| noon
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-21

Returns of the recent election have
been received from all the Senatorial
districts Of Kentucky, and from all the
Legislative districts but eight. The
next Senate will be composed of thirty
two Democrats and six Republicans.
Of the six Legislative districts not yet
heard from, it is probable that three
will return the Democratic and three
Republican candidates. Upon this a 8
sumption the House will be composed
of eighty Democrats and twenty Re-
publicans.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-21

THE PROPER SPIRIT-General JAMES
II. WILLIAMS, whose name was prom
inently mentioned in connection with the
nomination for Acknowledgement, and
who has done good service for the
Conservative cause in every canvass
since the war, writes to friend in this
city: ''You know it was a re-
luctant consent, given only because of
the earnest solicitation of friends for
ed out as it has certainly rejoice. The
ticket is the very best and strongest
that could have possibly been nominat-
ed, I will give it my cordial, earnest
support. You know in such a canvass
I cannot be idle. Mr.. WILLIAMS is an
able lawyer and an eloquent and &C
complished speaker. It will be safe
to perdict that high honors yet await
him at the hands of the Conservative
party.-Rich. Whig.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-21
LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE CON-
SENTATIVE NOMINEES.

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 8, 1873.
Gen. james L. Kemper:
Dear Sir,-By resolution of the
State Conservative Convention, which
has Just been held in this city, the
pleasing duty was devolved upon me
of informing you of your selection by
that Convention as the candidate of the
Conservative party of the State for the
office of Governor at the approaching
election.
The imposing character of that body,
the entire unanimity with which your
nomination was made, and the great
enthusiasm which has everywhere
greeted its announcement, constitute
with proper exertion sure guarantee
OF your success.
And it is needless for me to argue to
you that the welfare of our people, and
the honor of the State alike, demand
that Conservative rule shall be
maintained unbroken in our midst.
I trust you will promptly allow me
to announce your formal acceptance OF
this nomination.
With high respect and regard, re-
main yours truly, THos. S. BococK,
President, &c.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-21

The Wawaset disaster proved to be
more serious than was at first reported
Eighty-two bodies have been recovered
and it is believed that more will be
found. Serious responsibility rests up
ON some one but the Investigation,
closed, without disclosing in full
the cause of the disaster.