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the husband, the friend, the noble citizen, the
Chief Magistrate OF city has fallen, and we are
here to perform his funeral ODseques. May God.
in His Infinite mercy, overrule 1t for the public
good.
man, the pastor OF the church, to rise and Join In
the singing OF the hymn commencing
Before Jehovah's awful throne
Ye nations bow with sacred ave.
DR.. Chapman said that this hymn was favorite
one with the deceased. VINO frequently spoke OF
the impression made upon him IN his youthful
days when he heard 1t sung at the Lutheran
dred,n and 1t was to that tune 1t would be sung.
The immense congregation then rose and sang 1t
with great fervor.
DR.. William Adams In the course OF his address,
said The sudden death of the Chief Magistrate
impressive lessons to the community. The con-
spicuous position occupied by the deceased makes
M, me event I'VE % more than ordinarily appalling; It Is
death familiar as Is the spectacle, oh, what q
mystery 4 ISL To-day active, busy, absorbed in
the sight OF men. Going forth with the morning,
and ere the evening lying down never to rise until
om e pasc no aars m the
his ghastly form into the scene, waves
his. his skeleton arms and all is hushed and still.
teaches is the insigniacancc Of all things human
before the palhd king. We turn to the Word OF
cause Of sin. Sin is the sting Of death. We are
all subjects OF It's powers It Is the transition Of the
soul to the Judgment OF God. TO die Is to be
stripped OF all earthly adjuncts and stand naked
IN our moral natures before the eye OF God. No
man can be Indifferent to the Judgment or men.
but In coz trast 70 the Judgment Of God OF what
small account Is their estimate or Opinions.
Men are misjudged by the prejudices OF par
ties and men. How true It is that . man with
the heart OF child s oftentimes represented
TO be austere and cold and unsympathetlc Good
men may safely refer their motives to God. who
knows the heart That Q public man should be
open to lair criticism needs not word Of COM
ment but is It not true that public men are
treated unfairly through the lines OF party dis
tinction. While We honor the government let us
all learn lesson from this hour Let us over this
bier pledge ourselves to pray for our rulers that
godIiness Our Chief Magistrate fen rom the very
e1sr e1s Q, eVer Can ~ BE- sne 9Sss Sss 1ss
ful OF II, and who by the grace Of God II
prepared Tor II. There Is lesson in this hour
tnaI we must over be ready and watch, inxsmncn
rs We know not the day or the hour wnen the Son
or Man shall come. This is the lesson repeated to
us by the palid lips OF the deceased, and perhaps
this death IL productive OF more good to the tire
community than the greatest triumph OF q long
and honorcd life. Watch In the name OF Jesus
Christ, whose minister am. l repeat the lnjunc-
tlon. BE re also ready. Ye men al antnor itx- m
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PRBCOCITY AND PISTOLS.

jeremiah Kelly. aged seven years, seems to De .
precocious lad. who knows all about the mechan-
Ism OF pistols. Last evening he was showing one
OF these weapons to Catnarine Tsppen, woman
aged thirty years. who lives in the same tene.
ment as ne no. 3S Cherry street,, and was ex.
The ball from IL struck Mrs. Tappen In the right
breast, and made severe wound. Sne was sent
to the Park Hospital, and the knowing child, Jere.
miah, is now lamensing In the Fourth precinct sta
ti0n honse.
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TRoTTINe AT FLEETWOOD PARK.

Two trottlng contests were commenced ut Fleet
wood Park yesterday afternoon, but only one OF
them was finished, the other being postponed un-
til Monday after i've heats had been gamely
struggled for BY the horses engaged.
The nrsr trot started was the match for $780, be.
tween P. Fleming's gray mare Alice Gray to wagon
ana John Murphy's bay gedlng Tip in harness.
Fleming threw the first heat to Tip, but after that
he went on and won the race as he found there
was no chance to make dollar by "chucking
neats.n
The second race was very nne and closely con.
tested struggle between John Murphys gray geld
ing Willie. John Haslett's bay gelding Sherman
ana 7. Trimble's brown mare Lady Trimble. mile
heats, best three In i've, to wagons, and was ION
the square," Before the start Willie sold for nrst
choice, Sherman second and Lady Trimble at the
lowest price. The FIRST heat was close one ana
was won by Willie by half o length, sherman
second, with Lady Trimble close up. The second
heat was also very doubtful one to the end,
Willie getting over the score first by Q short
length. Sherman second. The third heat was
very close, Sherman q little In front, but
crossing the score on Q break the Judges
made it q dead heat between him and Willie.
The fourth heat was counterpart OF the previous
one, Sherman leading all the way, bot again
'front.' but the judges decided It another dead heat.
Dan Mace then took John Hasletts place behind
Sherman, and he took the lead with the WORD, was
never headed, and won the nth heat handily. The
trot was then postponed until Monday, as II then
was too dark to see the race. The time made, ns will
be seen by the summary, was remarkably good
class. Lady Trimble, although third ave times.
showed considerable speed In every heat for
and fail back. Willie was great favorite nom
beginning to end. The following are the
noc < Troe
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Bound to Geta Subscriber Any Way


He was once out on a jaunt in the town
ship White Oak, Ingham county, sticking
to every farmer until he got his name and
money, and it SO happened that he came to
house where death had called few hours
before. The farmers wife was laid out
and the husbandman and his children were
grieving over her loss when the editor
knocked at the door.
whats up?' inquired the editor, as he
saw the farmers solemn countenance before
him.
MY wife is dead, replied the farmer
''1s that so ?'' mused the editor, little
disappointed. did she die easy9''
Dropped off like lamb
"Did she say anything ?''
Not a word-just went right to sleep
like
don't KNOW" continued the editor, a
sad look on his face, but what she might
have requested you to subscribe for the
Cascade, which you know is the best paper
in the county. II you want it I'll take
your name right in, and under the circum-
stances / won't charge a cent for the obitr-
ary notice =;
The farmer hung off for while, but
before the editor went away he had two
additional dollars i'll his pocket. and had
written out an obituary notice for publi-
cation in the next issue, which the bereayed
husband pronounced "a mighty smart
piecc'
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A !" Missing Link. "

AIr. Darwin's "missing link has at
length been found, to judge from an account
of dwarfish human beings, said to resemble
a race of monkeys, which is given by the
Siam Weekly Adoertiser:: son the island
of Borneo has been found a certain race of
wild creatures, of which kindred varieties
have been discovered in the Philippine
Islands, in Terra del Fuego and in South
America. They walk unusually, almost
erect, ON two legs, and in that attitude
measure about four feet in height. They
construct no habitations, form no families,
scarcely associate together, sleep in caves
and trees, feed on snakes and vermin, on
ants eggs, and on each other. They cam
not be tanned or forced to any labor, and
are hunted and shot among the trees like a
great gorilla, of which they are stunted
copy. When captured alive, one finds with
surprise that their uncouth, .jabbering
sounds are like articulate language. They
turn up a human face to gaze at their cap
tors and females show instincts of modesty;
in fine, these wretched beings are men and
women. London Graphic.
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Stock Reports in Nevada.

From the Virginia City Enterprise.
In this city the telegraph boys take the
place Of newsboys in other places. Upon
the arrival of the stock reports from San
Francisco they are to be seen running in all
directions at break-neck pace with punches
Of reports ON white and yellow paper, tiut-
tering in their outstretched hands. They
not only carry these reports to the newspa-
per offices and to the offices of all the stock
brokers, but also to all the first-class saloons
to some of the breweries, and to a few bit
saloons. Everywhere men desire to see the
stock reports as soon as they are out and
in order to keep his customers from rum
ming away from him, the saloon-keeper has
the report brought to them in their favorite
haunts. There is, III other ways, policy in
the saloon-keeper having the stock reports
brought into his house and posted up on
his private bulletin board. If the amateur
speculator reads that his stock has gone up,
he feels elated and takes drink, and all of
his friends who are in the same stock feel
elated and take drink; if his stock is down
he damns his luck and takes drink to hide
his chagrin or drown his sorrow, and all of
his friends who are in the "same boat ;" do
likewise. Now, unless the saloon-keeper
were established next door to q stock-bro-
ker's office, he would miss all these drink
ings, sure to take place let the reports be
good or bad; so he takes in the reports and
makes business for the telegraph offices and
telegraph boys. From the time the San
Francisco Stock Board opens in the fore
noon until it closes in the afternoon, til ese
youngsters are to be seen flying about the
town. Often these young Mercurys are to
be seen racing, and then it is nip and tuck
between the Atlantic and Pacific and the
Western Union boys--yeilow paper and
white paper. Unlike the newsboys, the
telegraph boys are noiseless, except when
t!inging ,jibes at each other as they rush
along their routes. In the Offices, too, they
are wide-awake, and the fingers of the ope-
rators fly at lightning speed as they receive
and write out their reports.
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A BalkY Horse.

There are two ways of managin ballsy
horse. My companion knew one of them,
and the other. His method is to sit aui-
city in the wagon, and at short intervals
throw pebbles at the horse. The theory is
that these repeated sudden annoyances will
operate on the horses mind, and he will try
to escape them by trotting. The spectators
supplied my friend with stones, and he pelt-
ed the horse with measured gentleness.
Probably the horse understood this meth
od for he didn't notice the attack at all.
My plan was to speak gently to the horse,
requesting him to go, and then follow the
refusal by one sudden, sharp cut of the lash;
to wait moment, and then repeat the op-
Grafton. The dread of the coming lash af-
ter the gentle word will startle any horse
| tried this, and with certain success. The
horse backed us in ditch, and would have
backed himself into the wagon if had con-
tinued. When the animal was at length
ready to go, Dave took him by the bride,
ran by his side coaxed him into a gallop
and then, leaped in behind, and lashed him
into run which had little respite for ten
miles, up hill or down. Remonst1ance on
behalf of the horse was in vain, and it was
only on the return home that this specimen
Cape Breton driver began to reflect how he
could erase the welts from the horses back
before his father saw them-C. d. Warner
in AprH AtJnntic
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Special Correspondence Cincinnati Gazett

Special Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette.
His marriage was the most Incompetent
sible thing he ever did throughout his long
and useful life. Mrs. Hooper was very
beautiful, brilliant and greatly admired
woman, who moved in the choicest Boston
circles. Her position could not have been
augmented by becoming Mrs. Sumner al
though her ambition might have been graf
flied, and she certainly forfeited her for
tune. She was used to homage from men;
her husband was accustomed to reverence
from everyone. She found him an absorbed
man, only going into society for the etiquette
of the thing. She was devoted to gay life,
and drew around her a crowd of worship
pers. When the SENATOR weary from his
duties at the capitol, would at an early hour
be ready to order the carriage, the mad
anne was in the zenith of her enjoyments.
and have been told of several remarks she
was wont to make to him before people,
stinging to his self-love and mortifying to
his pride. She is accredited with high
temper, over which she exercised not the
slightest control. We cannot penetrate the
causes which led to the estrangement, for
Mr.. Sumner never mentioned the matter
after the separation, but who can tell what
he may not have suffered? His death, so
Immediately following his wife application
for permission to marry again. is by some
thought to be the effect Of learning the
above news, his physicians prophesging that
my sudden excitement would Iinye fatal.
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!" OUT WEST"

There are 600 men in the Cassiar gold
country, British Columbia.
A Chinaman and an Indian were joined
in wedlock at Corvallis, Or, recently.
Two hundred and forty thousand barrels
of beer were brewed in Oregon last year.
Ben Simpson was to assume the duties of
surveyor-general of Oregon about the 1st
of April.
Swallows are becoming scarce in the
West. The temperance women are to
blame for it.
B. F. Watkins, Santa Clara, Cal, sheared
his merinoes few days ago, and got ten
pounds of wool per head-about four pounds
when washed.
Parties from Texas state that it looked
very much like fall as they passed over the
plains-grass being green and grain a foot
high, as they left Texas. -
Mr. John Clough, a prominent business
man of Denver suicided few days since.
Mental alteration superindueed by sickness
is the conjectured cause.
Fl. J. Glenn, of California, whose posses
sions lie in Colusa county, has very snug
little farm. It extends along the bank of
the Sacramento river IS miles, and back
from it miles.
Congress will take no action at this
session on the proposition to annex North
ern Idaho to Washington Territory, but
will wait until the Legislature of Idaho
expresses itself On the subject.
At River. Bend, Colorado, they have
large "Jack,' and, as the Express was
coming West the other day, passenger
asked the brakeman-Tom Morrelle-if it
was jack rabbit, stating that he had heard
how large everything grew in Colorado.
A rumor was current at Salt Lake City,
few days since, that $15000O had been
collected and sent on to Washington, to be
used i'll defeating any legislation by Con-
gress on the Utah question. The money is
said to have come from Brigham, who has
SO frequently boasted that he could buy up
Congressman.
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How to Get Passes.

There is d newspaper man in the eastern
part of Michigan, who is being bantered as
the champion railway pass beggar. "Pass-
ing him by, we want to tell little story
about an old acquaintance who once pub
lished a paper ON the line of the Detroit and
Milwaukee Road. He was q mighty poor
compositor to begin with, and the first
issue of his paper was sight to see. He
had borrowed old Buchu and Bitters'
stereotypes to fill up with, and his 'ssalu-
ttray, as he called it, contained about two
hundred typographical errors, and half that
number of grammatical blunders. But it
was foundation, and he went to receiving
subscriptions and sending for railroad
passes. He ''went for" superintendents
until he had q pass over every road in the
State, but these were not enough. He
sent abroad, and finally he addressed the
superintendent of an Ohio Road. No ans
wer. The editor wrote again. No answer.
he wrote a third letter, and an answer
came back: $50 to h--!'' The editor
turned the letter over and wrote: "Send
me a pass N your road, and will.'' The
pass came, and he was made happy
american Newspaper Reporter.
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A New Up-River Metropolis.

There is to be another new town on the
Upper Missouri, near the mouth of the
Muscleshell River, Or what is better known
to river men as Little Rocky. The embryo
city has already been laid out and named
Carroll. The Northern Pacific Railroad
Company and the Diamond r freight line
of Montana are the prorrietors of this new
city in the wilderness. tits located about
800 miles east of Fort Benton by the river,
and is only % miles further from Helena
than from Benton. Carroll is surrounded
by most picturesque country. Standing
in the centre Of the town YOU can see
through a rift in the river bluffs the blue
chains of the Rocky Mountains, fifty miles
distant. The country in that vicinity is
also heavily timbered 4 trading post was
formerly there and the buildings are still in
excellent preservation The Northern Pa
cific intends to run weekly line of steam
eis between Bismarck and Carroll TO con-
meet with the Diamond r overland freight
trains to all points in the Territory. This
new town is already attracting considerable
attention among up-riyer men, and no
doubt it will be a lively place during the
coming season. n.-siosts City journal.
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Waldron Run Away With.

Manager Waldron Of the Denver theatre,
with his wife and two other ladies' belong
ing to the company, who have lately been
amusing the Central City folks, were run
away with by the horses attached to the
carriage in which they were journeying
from Central to Georgetown last Sunday.
They met the stage from Georgetown on
its downward trip, near Idaho, and the
driver of the stage, who was trying to see
how near he could come to his nigh leaders
ear with his whip, without endangering
the animals eye, accidentally hit one of
Mr.. Waldron's horses as the teams came
abreast. Tie managers team resented
this familiarity on the drivers part by
starting off at a break-neck gait, spilling
the manager and his fair freight in the
road and utterly demolishing the vehicle.
The ladies were badly frightened, but no
injuries were inflicted save Il few slight
bruises on the managerial head and
shoulders - Denger Macs. April 1
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MINING LAws.--The Importance of
compilation of the mining laws and the de-
cisions thereon, is understood and felt bv
every legal gentleman ON this coast. Hem
ry n. Copp of the General Land Office at
Washington. D. G. has performed this task.
ana A. L. Bancroft & Co., of San Francis
co has published the work, which embraces
all the mining laws and decisions of the
Commissioner of the General Land Office
and the Secretary Of the Interior with APP
pendix OF circulars and forms. The work
is published and hound In law style and
contains $50 pages. There is no need of
urging good lawyer to buy this work. It
IS indispensable IL he lives in mining dis
trict and he will procure it as soon ne he
knows it is published and where to send for
a copy.--fduH0 Statesmen.
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A Gard Discarded.

A Mississippi legislator having published
Col. McArdle, the fighting editor of the
Vicksburg Herald, as liar, scoundrel and
coward" McArdle denies the imputation in
the following language: g.. ...
With a few words shall dispose of this
card and its author. The man whose name
is attached to il I never saw, that am
aware of. From his own account, he was
aggrieved by my editorial, and for the rea-
son it might be construed as n reflection
upon him! Instead of asking for an ex-
PLANTATION, and in default of getting one that
was satisfactory, demanding "the usual
satisfaction - recognized by gentlemen he
rushes frantically to newspaper office, and
through the medium of the foregoing card,
seeks to relieve his o'ercharged heart, heal
his wounded honor, and soothe his lacerated
sensibilities. If he finds relief and gratif-
cation in that puerile achievement. it wonId
be cruel in me to deprive him of such
pleasure.
AS to any opinion the Senator from Mon.
roe may entertain or express of me, I trust
TO be pardoned when say that I am p,o-
fonndly Indifferent to- it. He and / were
both born in Kentucky; and, though it has
been many days since left the GOOD old
State, am willing to have the staple prod
act of that country used in hanging me if I
cannot get better endorsement from the
gentlemen of Kentucky than he can. Fifty
thousand Confederate soldiers will make an
afiidavit that am no I: coward and, "a
am tolerably wel-known in Mississippi, if
the gentlemen who do know rne-Whigs.
Democrats and Republicans-will not saw
that am neither s'liar'' nor g scoundrel, .
l stand pledged to drown myself in the Mis-
issippi River.
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THE LARGEST DIAMOND IN AMERICA
The New York Diamond Company exhibit
ed yesterday the largest diamond ever
imported into this country. In its rough
state it weighed eighty carats. The design
andcutting of this gem were done personally
by |. Hermann, President of the company.
1t was found in the South Africa diamond
fields, and was valued in the rough at
100000. 1t lost about 33 per cent in cut
ting. and is now valued at about $A0, 900.
1t is not for sale, but vas exhibited az q
choice specimen of new branch Of industry
established in this city, which has so far
advanced that it now rivals in results of
workmanshiptheb best efforts OF the diamond
WorkInen of Amsterdam. Five months
time was occupied in the cutting, and the
brilliant, although slightly off color, being
d delicate straw shade, isamarvel Of beauty.
When disturbed by any movement it seems
to pour out new feods Of light until tlleeye
are dazzled by IFS splenlor.--Nea FORK
Journal of Commerce, Marcl, 9.
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How FAIR CHINESE DTE FOR LoyE.-In
his "Fair Cathay'' Mr.. Medhurst states
that one fine morning he received card
from wealthy young lady, informing him
that her betrothed had passed into an early
grave, and she had made up her mind TO
commit suicide on certain day. To Mr.
Medhurst's surprise, his official remon-
strances were received with commonplace
ciyilities, and .'and on the day named the
woman did deliberately sacrifice her life in
the presence of thousands A stage was
erected in an open field. with tented frame
over it, from which suspended a piece of
scarlet Grape; one end Of this she adjusted
around her neck. She then embraced a lit
tie boy, probably her brother, presented by
person standing BY, and having let fall a
veil over her face, she mounted a char and
resolutely jumped off Of Ii, her little clasped
hands saluting the assenblage as her
fast falling form twiiled round with
tile Tightening cord.
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The Tiniest Youngster On Record.

To the Editor of the Times:
In recent issue of your paper, I saw re-
ported case of Lilliputian twins. which to
some might appear remarkable; hence am
induced to report q case met with in my
private practice, which l think is much
more wonderful, there being but one child.
was called July 4, 1878, to see Mrs. 3.
aged about 20, living about four miles
above this, place, in Charlton county. l
found her in labor with her first child. In
less than an hour after my arrival she was
delivered of a male child, perfect in form
and symmetry. As it was the smallest
living child with which I had ever met in a
practice Of twenty-five years, l made a
memorandum of it. Its actual weight was
only one pound six ounces; eight and three
quarter inches long; wrist one inch and FIVE
eights in circumference; the fleshy part of
its leg was two inches and tllree-eights, in
circumference. A moderate sized tea-cup
when placed on it's head rested on its
shoulders, hiding from view its head and
neck entirely. Though it's breathing was
free and easy and every function normal,
it could not cry, but moved like young
kitten for four or five weeks, by which
time the mother having recovered, I lost
sight of it.
HORACE MATTERS NJ n