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The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-10-22
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Ingenious Thefts.

One of the most ingenious
and daring thefts on record was
perpetrated a short time since
at the village of Brerly Hill,
England. A lad entered the
store ola grocer of the place
and brought a roll of bread,
which he asked the man to
stuff down the back of his jack
ct, as his companion outside
would take it away from him if
he saw it. The grocer COM
piled with the apparently inno-
cent request, and having had
his loaf placed in it's original
hiding-place,the boy left. Hard
ly had he quilted the store
when another lad rushing in
exclaimed: "Do you know
what that chap has doneY He
has prigged your watch p The
grocer looked in horror, and
saw his watch-chain dangling
and his watch gone. "There
he goesv' said his informant,
pointing to a figure seen going
down the street; and the store
keeper Immediately rushed out
in pursuit, leaving the store un-
guarded. When he reached
the corner the supposed thief
had vanished, and returning to
his store, he found that during
his absence the informer had
emptied the till and gone off
with the money. The two
thieves have, SO far, escaped
capture. tss1 4aia
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A House Moved by a Tornado.
TO BE CONTINUED.
From the Boston Adyerti,ar.

From the Boston Advertiser.l
The neatest achievements of
a tornado which has passed over
Sullivan county, Vermont, a
short time since, was the re-
moval Of the house Of Buswell
Benway of East Unity. The
house was a heavy one, 40 by
% feet. 1t was instantaneouly,
taken from it's foundation and
moved forty feet, and as if it has
slid ice. Scarcely an under
pinning stone was displaced /;
not a thing was dropped into
the cellar, which was deep and
Of the size of the whole house !;
nor was the ground where it
stopped much disturbed. Mr..
Benway was pumping water IN
the back room, and his wife
was in the front room; both
were carried along, only being
aware that some terrible blow
had fallen upon their dwelling,
but having no suspicion that it
had been moved, and neither of
them was hurt. Many of the
windows were dashed out; ev-
cry article of crockery or glass
was broken to pieces clothes
that we're hanging about and
other things were scattered rods
away. The backside OF the
house coming in contact With
the front doorstep, and perhaps
the underpinning, the latter
was handsomely laid upon the
ground inside down, and al
though badly racked, the house
stood, while the she'd, about
thirty feet in length, at the end
was entirely demolished.
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Selected Poetry.
Where.
BY JOHN W. CHADWICK.

That is her body lying there,
so sweetly still,
As IL but sleep had worked thereon
Its perfect will.
The violets strewn about her seem
10 haunt her rest;
And, as in dreams, she clasps the rose
Upon her breast.
How strange Il lis we are SO sure
She is not there,
Though all her precious Outwardness
Is still SO fairl
For we have seen her just as still
Full oft before;
But now we know those dr0wsy lids
VIII open no more,
She is not there: and II not there,
Where is she thenp
Elsewhere or nowhere, that at least
Our thought can see.
Nowherep But then-oh, shallow thought
She Is no more
The most has perished, but the least
Is as before.
This cannot perish: this may change
From form to form.
In grass and blossoms reaching up
To sun and storm.
A thousand summers shall grow pale
Through all the land
| And still her precious dust shall lie
In Gods right hand.
And lying there, shall take the shape
He thinketh best,
But never lovlier than is now
On it impressed.
And shall the garments that she wore
Exist so long,
And she that wore it be-as is
An ended songf
An ended songP But even that
Is somewhere still,
IL doth the heart with burden sweet
OF memory I'LL.
May not her somewhere be as much
AS that, no morep
To walk in dream land up and down
A sobbing shorep
To live in deeds, for her dear sake
Made pure and true:
In great asprings that from her
Their being drewp
Then from her high and holy place,
Full soon know,
Her thought sweeps down my thought
~ meet,
l With music low.
With such sweet tryits as these my soul
Can be content
Until my life with hers again,
In heaven Is bent.
II thou, in thy new home, canst be
| As patient, Sweet
Our days will be most happy till
Again we meet.
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Railroads..
I nd, Gin. & Lafayette Railroad
Great Through Passenger Railway
to all Points West, Northwest and
Southwest.
This is the short Line via indianapolis.

The Great Through Mail and Express Pas
senger Line TO st.. Louis, Kansas City, st. Jo-
seph, Denver, San Francisco, and all points In
Missouri, Kansas and Colorado.
Tho shortest and only direct route TO In
dianapolis, Lafayette, Terre Haute, Cam
bridge City, Springfield, Peoria, Burlington,
Chicago, milwaukee,, st. Paul, and all points
In the Northwest.
The Indianapolis. Cincinnati q Lafayette
Railroad, with Its connections, now offers
passengers more facilities In Through Coach
and sleeping Car Service than any other line
from Cincinnati, having the advantage OF
Through Daily Cars from Cincinnati TO ST.
Louis, Kansas City, st. Joseph, Peoria, Bur.
lington, Chicago, Omaha, and al intermediates
points, presenting to Colonists and Families
such comforts and accommodations as are
afforded by no other route.
Through Tickets and Baggage Checks TO oil
points. flr "
Trains leave Cincinnati atH:aO a. M, 800 p
M, and 900 m.
Tickets can be obtained at No. 1 Burnet
House, corner Third and Vine, Public Land
ing, corner Main and River; also, at Depot,
corner Plum and Pearl streets, Cincinnati.
Do sure TO purchase tickets via lndianap-
oils, Cincinnati Il Lafayette Railroad.
q. j.. BARRINGER,
Master Transportation, Cincinnati.
C.K. LORD,
Chief Ticket Clerk. Cincinnati.
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A BUTCHER at Warrenton,
Va, became enraged at his
horse and tied the animal up
and was saving him in two
when parties interfered, but too
late to save his horse.
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habit for gentleman to in
dulge in, especially in the tidy
sitting room Of his wife.)
Soon the good Mrs. L. ---.
had her kitchen work done up,
and appeared in neat and taste
ful attire in her morning dress,
taking her seat on the opposite
side of the stove.
"Mr. Lorenzo said the wife,
81 told you last night / had
something strange to tell you,
and now if you will listen |
will proceed"
"Well, first and foremost, /
want to know if Will brought
in wood before he had started
to school; I bet he didn't"
eyes, there is plenty of wood
in the kitchen"
"Sarah ! | believe I can
guess what strange thing you
are about to tell. I heard it
before you did. 1t is this:
Margaret Vorheese and Sam
Jones are about to run off and
get married"
"No, no dear, | heard that
talked of among the women at
the quilting, but l am so averse
to telling that I never mention
toned it, even to you. That is
not the strange thing"
"Wife, stop, I want to guess
again. It's this: you and some
one else of your sect, have made
up your mind to buy an organ
for the new church. Now, I've
guessed it."
"Not yet Mr.. Lorenzo, for l
think any church is better off
without an organ than with
one, for [ do not believe in wor-
Shipping God by machinery,
though it be the sweet tones of
one of Princes best organs"
"Now just let me try. once
more ; the third time is
charm. Let me see. Now |
have il" "you had fixed on a plan
in your Sewing Circle to get
up a donation for the preacher,
and between You and me, I'm
down on it, for 5000 is too
much already to pay any
preacher for only one year."
'Not that either, yet I think
such a move would be an hon
or to our church and a needful
help to our faithful pastor"
"Well I guess l will not guess
anymore. What is it,"
TO BE CONTINUED.
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AGENTS WANTED,

In every county OF each State, for new
National Book. (THE LIVES AND PORTRAITS
OF THE PREsIDENTs) with fac smile copy of
the Declaration Of Independence. tine C0nsti-
tuition of United States, and Wushington's
For circulars and terms, address johnson
Wilson n Co., u Bcekman Sc. Y. y
n27e&w-6m.
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rise so high. But up it shot,
and he held on to his frail sup
port, the flames every moment
cutting away the canvass above
the hoop, and thus hurrying the
instant that would launch him
into eternity. There were long
ropes attached to the top of the
balloon that were used during
initiation to control it, and one
of these swinging out over the
sphere came near him several
times, and he attempted to
grasp it. Could he have done
so he would have had one other
means Of support; besides, his
weight on this would have in
verted the balloon, turning the
burning end up, and, though he
might have descended with
fnghttul rapidly, it is probable
that the volume of canvass
would have saved him. But he
missed his grasp and lost his
hat in the effort, which came
whirling down in advance. A
moment more and the canvass
parted, and he came darting
through the space, feet foremost
like an arrow. Who can forget
the sight that witnessed it.
The fall occupied buta few sec
onds, but they seemed all too
long.
He fell in a stubble field of
low ground nearly halfa mile
from the starting point, coming
down on his feet, with such
force as to drive them into the
ground a foot, and breaking the
homes of his feet in many places
and thrusting their ragged ends
through the flesh. The body,
head and arms were not yisibly
injured, The upper end of the
balloon, shortly after he left it,
turned inside out and fell, a
burning mass, a quarter of a
mile away.
BoLEY moved to Allensville,
Vinton county, Ohio, leaving
that place June 25th, for Aledo,
Ill. His age was about thirty
one. He had made twenty
eight ascensions before coming
West, and has made twelve
since. He leaves a wife and
four children in destitute cir
cumstances. His wife has been
staying in Ohio, and the three
Oldest children are now there.
Recently she became so uneasy
about him that she felt she
must come soon or never see
him again. She was here and
entreated him several times
during initiation not to make
the ascension, as she felt he
would never come down alive,
and at last, when everything
was ready, she bade him adieu
and told him to kiss the baby
for the last time. Her ptesen-
timent seemed to have been too
true.
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SIXTEEN years ago a North
Carolina boy was threshed and
sent out to hoe corn, and that
was the last seen Of him until
the other day, when he came
back from California worth
Some parents here
abouts ought to try the expert
ment.
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Worried Over Many Things.

lie is a happy mortal who
each night Of his life is not
haunted by fears and worri-
ments lest thieves break into
his house to disturb his slum-
ber;
Or, lest tomorrow will be a
stormy day which will inter
fere with important engage
ments;
Or, lest the bill for his last
suit Of clothes will be sent in
before the money is ready to
cancel the debt;
Or, lest the pigs will creep
under the garden fence and root
up the cabbage plants /;
Or, lest the dirt in the next
yard is blacker and will make
the carrots and turnips yield
better than his own;
Or, lest brother so-and-so will
be considered more fluent in
class meeting;
Or, lest he will end his days
in poverty;
Or, lest the house will take
fire, and he be driven forth with
singed garments;
Or, lest the morning paper
may announce the failure of the
bank where his money is de-
posted
Or, lest somebody may say
something bad about him
which his neighbor will be-
lieve;
Or, lest the house may be
struck by lightning;
Or, lest sometimes he will
get his just deserts, and have
to begin at the lowest round
of the ladder of fortune, and
try working up on an honest
plan;
Or, lest the fashion may
change during the night, and
he have to send for a tailor be.
fore breakfast;
Or, lest there may be a frost
that will nip the buds and xii
off the fruit !;
Or, lest the baby may have
the Group.
For a fact, he who is not wor-
ried over many things is a mar
vel, who has time and frequent
inclination to alleviate the real
troubles of those around him.
Those who are utterly bound
up in self, as to fret, and fret
continually lest imaginary ills
may interfere with personal de-
sires, are too selfish to observe
the needs of their fellow beings
Elm. 0rlou.
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Original Story.
{ Written for THE CHRISTIAN WITNESS.
MIDNIGHT AND MONDAY.
BY ECCE FRATER.
CHAPTER III.

"YO@ waU; up and make a
fire and don't let me call you
again." so cried out Mr.. Loren
70 about 4 o'clock the next
morning.
A rustling was heard in the
little bed room, and soon a lit
tie boy of about ten summers
was seen making a fire in the
warming stove, then in the
kitchen.
"Haye you fed," enquired the
stern man Of the house, as soon
as he was fairly out of bed.
"Not yet, Uncle it was to
early | thought"
"To early you are a pretty
boy to talk about too early, here
at this time of day. Away
with you and feed the stock"
"Husband!" spoke the wife,
you must start Willie to school
again this morning"
"Yes, yes, but he must stay
at home tomorrow and help
me clean a grist of wheat"
"No, that will not do; you
had better keep him at home
to-day, for if you must have
him to help you"
81 have other fish to fry to-
day, and besides that, to-mor-
row is the day to go to the mill
for me-"
"But, Mr.. Lorenzo, it is no
use to send the boy to school,
after any such style 4; it will do
him more harm than good"
"Wife, / do wish l could do
as | please about something"
Husband, do / ever inter
fere with your business, are to
your inquiries?"
81 promised Bill Jones TO go
to the mill tomorrow, and SO |
must do so, and / cannot
change my plains"
"Well, then, I will help you,
and you must let Willie go to
school,"
"Pretty how-to-do, make a
waiter out OF yourselfto indulge
a boy"
"No / don't look at it that
way, but ---"
81 want my breakfast some
time to-day, if I am going to get
any"
~
The breakfast was over, and
the important Mr.. Lorenzo took
a seat by the fire, and began
the enjoyment Of his morning
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The next tax in South Caro-
lima will probably be twenty
five mills on the dollar. The
Taxpayers stand a good chance
of being ground out there before
long.
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A NORTH CAROLINA jury deci-
ded the case of a man on trial
for murder by pulling fingers.
After lengthy contest the
prisoner was acquitted.
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CERTAIN heirs in Pennsyl-
.vania broke a will last week
by proving that the deceased
once paid twenty dollars for a
dog.
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PUMPS.
A mrican Submerged Pump.
"THE BEST PUMP IN THE WORLD.

OUR AGENTS report over O,0OO worth OF
property saved from Fire this yearly these
pumps, being the most powerful f0rce-pumps
In the world, as well as NoN-FRERzING.
See October number, page 890, also the Pre-
turist. This paper ncverdeceives the farmers.
See notice in February number, page 45. Try
one. II it don't do the work claimed, send Il
back and get your money, as w WE WARRANT
our pumps to do all we claim for them on our
circulars,
Send for circulars or orders to the Bridge
port Mfg Co., No. 90 Chambers ST., New York.
An order for nine Mol Pumps secures an
exclusive town agency. '7-tt.
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GeneraI News.


a string Of notes?
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN has an
income Of $4,000 yearly, from
rents alone.
COLoRADo has nine dailies,one
semi-weekly, and thirty-twO
weekly newspapers.
\ THE new silver mine at On
tonsgon, Mich, is creating con-
siderable excitement.
lV a bookkeeper wishes to
borrow a novel he had better
not tell his profession. gs1s
TIE Pacific Railway now
runs "honeymoon Car" for. the
use Of bridal parties.
UPwAaDs of 100000 copies
Of pilgrims Progress" have
been sold by the English Book
Society.
A PORTION Of the Memphis
bluff has for some time been
gradually sliding into the Mis-
sissippi river.
A CLEVELAND boy crawled
under a lounge to avoid a
thrashing, went to sleep, and
200 persons searched four hours
to find him.
MR. BRAsLIN, of Congress
Hall, Saratoga, states that one
day last week he had cooked
1880 chickens and 1000 eggs
for breakfast. e rg'sa
A COMPANY in Chicago have
invented a process for preserv-
ing wooden telegraph poles. Its
essential features is the substi-
tuition of iron ones.
AN Englishman who is Wis
iting in Danbury, says he has
but . poor idea of a country
that has to get its weather from
the government. 9Mi 9ia1
The new forts around Paris,
twenty-five in number, are to be
begun this month, and when
they are completed, Paris ex-
poets to be seige proof.
AMAN who served during the
war ss colonel of a Pennsyl-
vania regiment, and who was
once worth $4,000, is now
working on a propeller which
crosses Lake Michigan.
A TEN.YEAR-oLD child was
carried off by an eagle in the
Italian mountains in August.
Some soldiers saw the flight,
and soon found the mutilated
body. 30"
The original Indian OF Kal-
amazOO is Kekunamazoo, and
means Great Smoky Town
a delicate compliment to the
mists, which gather in the val
ley.
SAVANNAH is proud of dry
goods clerk who has been
horse-whipped by seven differ
ent women, but he remains in
his place as if nothing had hap
pened. ''i
A LEAD mine has been dis
covered in Banta Springs, Kan
sas, where solid nuggets of
four to seven tons are discov-
cred within eight feet of the
surface. aa
TEACHER--"Can you tell me
why Adam and Eve were driv-
en- out of Paradise ?" Bright
Pupl--"Because they wouldn't
go on their own accord"
NOTWITHSTANDING the Abys-
sinian war and The Geneva
award, the public Debt of Eng
land has been reduced by $685.
722,775 within the last fifteen
years. 4sief IN
You can tell when a news
boy has been struck with one
of the new $500 greenback
counterfeits, by the usually
thoughtful expression upon his
countenance.
A CONVICT of the Michigan
City Penitentiary feigned death
for three hours, but when they
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Particulars Of the Death Of the
AreOnaut BOley.
[rr0m. .no wapello lIowal RepublIean.l

From the Wapello (Iowa) Republican,
One Of the most frightful
scenes men and women are
ever called upon to witness oc-
cured at this place Thursday,
September 25th, about halfpast
3 o'clock p. m.-the spectacle
of a human being descending
from a great height with great
rapidly, with the certainty that
in moment he will be dashed
70 pieces.
Prot. JOHN III. BoLEY, has
been making ascensions in Ill
inois and in this State recently.
in d hot air balloon. The man
ner Of imitation is as follows:
digs o trench about two or
three feet long and d-two or three.
feet deep and wide. This is
filed with dry wood and other
combustable matter, and cover
ed over At the mouth the fire
is set, and a large barrel with a
sieve in each end to keep out
cinders and covered with ce-
ment to prevent burning, con-
stitute the chimney at the out
er end. Over this chimney the
mouth Of the balloon is placed
to catch the heat as it rises.
The mouth of the balloon is Sc
cured to a strong wooden hoop
six or eight feet in diameter,
and to this hoop is fastened the
ropes that descend to the bar
upon which the aeronaut stands
in his giddy flight. He did not
use a basket, as is usual. Dur
ing the process of initiation the
flames come up through the
barrel, and frequently ten or
twelve feet into the body Of the
balloon. =. When the balloon is
full, and just before starting it
is customary to have some trusty
man enter the mouth of the bal
loon and place cover over the
top of the barrel, so as to prevent
danger from fire. His cousin,
JAMES r. SPENCE, who travels
with him, usually performs this
duty. Occasionally Mr.. BoLEY
has started without this precau-
ton, but it is always hazardous,
and once before his balloon
caught fire, burning slowly
without blazing, and he got
down in safety. Thursday Mr..
SPENCE was unwell and could
not bear the intense heat of the
balloon, and ascent was attemp-
ted without the precaution of
covering the top of the barrel.
The sickening scene which
followed was the unfortunate
result,
The wind was blowing brisk
ly from the south, and it was
not prudent to make the
attempt, but the Professor was
to receive some pecuniary aid
from the Agricultural Society,
and one or two of the Board of
Managers had given their as
sent to the appropriation only
on the ground that one of the
ascensions should be made that
day. Hence the inducement,
in part, at least, to brave the
peril. Besides, Mr.. BoLEY was
a brave, conscientious man, and
he felt that he must redeem his
promise to make the ascension.
No sooner had the balloon
been let go, than to the horror
and dismay of every one, it was
discovered to be on fire near
the mouth, and the Professor,
instead of standing ON his bar,
was holding to it with his
hands and dangling below. 1t
was a fearful sight and sent an
indescribable shudder through
IL - a.o,x,1 III Ll..t
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A CITY is growing up. like
magic at Malvern, Ark.
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Hack Line. .
M oARTHuR HACK LINE.
M1h1iN lA--]- ~ ~ htst
CHARLES w. BARNETr, Proprietor

XXTMb run regularly to NJ Arthur Station
wv 10 noct all trains. Z va < tt n
Hack leaves Macarthur Post 0lice at 10
O'clock, A. M, tomeet Fast Line Westj at II
nj. TO meet tile Cincinnati Express going eastj
at2 O'Clock r. NJ, 10 meet the 81. Louis Express
going west, ut o p. NJ for Fast Line east.
ZaleHki ACCOMMODATION on application In per-
son or by letter.
Orders left at the Post Onlce, Macarthur or
Dundas, promptly attended to.
une 4-1873. CHARLES w. BARNETT.
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DAUGHMAN HOUSE.
7AIESKI,C Q
HULBERT HOUSE,
MoARTHUR. OHIO.
IAnIES MARKHAM Prnnriatnr.

This House, since changing proprietors, has
been thoroughly renovated from stop to bot
TOM" The present proprietor offers to trav;
elers the best accommodation in clean and
Good stabing, and horses will be well cared
for. G. w. BARNETT's "Bus line" starts from
this House daily, at IL O'Clock noon, for the
Railroad. 16-e1y
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Legal Advertisements-$1 90 per square for
first Insertion: and ~ cents per SQUARE lor
each additional insertion. az
Business Cards, not exceeding lines, 80
Al bills due on frat insertion Of advertise
Bills with regular advertisers to be paid
quarterly. ,,ia
Notices-accordi to the liberality OF the
p'Y Yearly, advertisers entitled to quarterly
changes. 80, ..,,
be continued until ordered discontinued, ana
charged accordingly.
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The breakfast was over, and
the important Mr.. Lorenzo took
a seat by the fire, and began
the enjoyment Of his morning
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MACARTHUR ENQUIRER
). w. BOWEN, Editor and Proprietor
Terms Of subsc ription,
Ahvnrtising Rates.

Advertising Rates. FFt =
Tine spuce occupied by 10 lines Of this (Non-
pareiD type shall constitute square.
Rule and Figure Work-50 cents additional