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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-14

during the present month. The KnickerbocKer
Yacht Clue, a reorganization OF the old harlem
Yacht Club, Is In hourishing condition and antlc
ipaLeG guile lively season. The Olncers OF the
CLUB are: Commodore Edgar Williams. OF the sloop
yacht Dudley; Vice Commodore william Potter,
Jr, or the sloop yacht G. NJ Potter; Secretary, Il.
M. SAMSON OF the sloop yacht Pickaninny;
Treasurer, g. NJ Potter, owner OF the soop yacht
A. Vsrian and steward, Thomas Marx, oil the sloop
yacht Graz. Tue grand opening clarnbake and
regatta will be held at the Clue house, Port Morris
between the 18TH ana 20th oil June.
One or the most interesting excursions OF the
season wul be made on the LIST Oh July, when the
New York Yacht Club sail down Ia squadron to
take part IN the Cape MAY Regatta. Vice Com
modore Gamers beautlful new schooner Mohawk
VIII probably make her FIRST appearance on that
occasion. There will be two 0ays' racing at Cape
May, after which the leet ill return to New York.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-14
ARTILLERY PRACTICE.

To-day and tomorrow Battery K, First division,
will be under arms for artillery practice az East
New York. the battery Will form az the corner Of
Thrty-nfth street and Seventh avenue this after
noon, nc half-past tnree O'Clock aud march to the
practice ground, where the guns VIII be parked
Tor the night
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-14
YACHTING NOTE.

Yacht Columbia, N.Y.Y.o., Mr. Wallack, from
Stamford, passed milestone yesterday, en- route
Tor New York.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-04
Saturn at His Nearest.

Chief in the rare planetary spler-
dor now attracting attention in our
nightly sky, the great ringed ORD al
Saturn shines. 1t rises with the fu |
moon in the eastern heavens, ami
passed into opposition with the sun
on Sunday evening. The earth J.
now between the sun and the grea
planet, $1,000, 900 miles nearer th 4:
latter than when it is on tho othei'
side of the sun from Us, 10: It's dit
tance then is II htlle more than i
thousand millions of miles. Hi
comparative neighborliness make
him and his rings more golden
bright than they are at other times
even to the unaided eye, and thougl,
a telescope gives opportunity for
closer inspection. The history of hi,
luminous rings ls a thing quite un-
solved, though astronomers have
not spared their specuiatious. There
they are-tbree belts of light; tb :
two outer ones, one q 900, the other
81 90 miles wide, separated by q GAP
of 1900 miles, mere thread in tie
tremendous diameter of the greater
circle Q76,G00 miles,; the third q
mere misty shadow, through which
the planets substance is plainl,
seen though 10000 miles away
Some think these rings are enve-
lopes of gaseous fluid, and Pro-.
Pierce, OF Harvard, has reasoned
out the conditions under which sucli
Il ring of fluid might be supported
| by the bright satellites of Saturr
which revolve around them. Otherl
again, advance the theory that thes
rings are simply continuous succes
sioDs of minute satellites, analogou
to, though so infinitely more numor
GUS than the asteroids that circle
around the sun, or those simlls.l
bodies which some astronomers have
supposed to exist, rs addition y
satellites to our earth, in order tC
explain the zodiacal light. Saturn
is thought to be IL world not ycl
cooled off for habItation, IN a Sta It
of gaseous change; Il realm o
chaos, but hardly of old night. Bu
these matters are as yet but coDjecl.
ures. - Springfield Rep.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-04
Accidents and Incidents

The state treasurer of New Jersey
is detauiter TO the tune OF S20, 600.
Church, late head of the ribbon de-
parLmcnt of Jaf1ray & Co. New York,
who absconded with,$40, 900 has been
arrested in Montreal.
Col. Edward Longstreet, of the sus-
pen. firm of Longtreet Il Dempin,
leather dealers, committed suicide
Friday night of last week.
Rev. Isaac Denman, we'll known
Baptist preacher of indianapolis, was
iui over by train Oh the lndianapo-
lis & ST. Louis railroad last Satur-
day, and instantly killed.
John Lee Powell has been convict
Ell and sentenced in Bridgeport.
Conn, TO twenty years III the state
| H"u>atonic railroad, in July last.
The stomach of Mrs. Mehita5le
Magoon, of Raymond, n. H., who, it
was suspected, came to her death by
poisoning. has been analyzed aud
found to contain strychnine sufficient
TO r:.use death. Mr.. Magoon and n
female accomplicc have been arrest
ed.
"A tragedy recently occurred in the
Kitchen of a Newport hotel. Two
walters, Samuel Il. London and Jere
miah Crump, were Jealous over =
Frencn girl only thirteen years old.
Meeting near the cook room they
clinched, London attempting To stab
Crumu- with Il pen knife, and Crump
plut Sed Il carving knite iutp Lon
don's body, inllicting II fatal wound.
The lawyers of New York are puz-
zlrd to know why the thieves who
steal their books should invariably
take the same book from all the Of
tices visited. Eight or ten copies of
Ahb"trs Digest of the New York
statutes and Law Rererts, III six
volumes, have beeu taken from dit
frrent offices in d short while. \ re-
ward of 500 has been offered for the
capture of the thieves.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-04

Queen Victoria's Kln,iness.-A
recent collection of gip.y songs con-
tains a poem entitled Told Near
Winsor,' which, according TO the
AJhnIum, narrales :, vorltabie lnci.
dent, illustrating the fact that the
term "our gracious sovereign is in
Nictorla's case no misnomer:-
"One bitter wintry day, when the
snow was lying thick all over Wind
sor Park, u gypsy family was
crossing it, when the tent, had to be
suddenly pitched, the pangs of labor
having overtaken the mother. A
Few sticks were hurriedly gathered,
but there was hardly any time to
scrape away the snow and get the
fire int before the gipsy woman gave
birth to twins. The park keepers,
OF course, came up and ordered the
tent to be taken off the ground.
But the birth of the twins in The
suow under her windows reached d
the ears Of the Queen, who at once
sent food and drink and clothing to
the wanderers. Among the presents
were some babies woollen stock
ings, knit ny the Queens own
hands, and pair of blankets which,
but Il short time before, it is said,
had lain on state bed. Glpsies
repeat this ancedote With great
pride, and the socks knitted by the
Queen o! the GorSios are frequent
ly referred to by them when they
speak of deeds Of thoughtful aud
timely charity.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-04
Farm Notes.

The corn crop in the South is un-
exceled by that of any previous year.
The cotton is in an uncertain condi-
ton.
At the New Hampden Park race,
Mass, on the 9th of Aug, Amer.
ican Girl beat Lulu three straig ht
heats. GOLDSMITH Maid was with.
drawn on account of lameness.
The FIRST balo of new Arkansas
cotton landed in Little Rock last
week.
Tice's last storm gave Nebraska a
good shake.
Minnesota boasts splendid har-
vests.
A farmer near Dubuque, Mr.. VIM.
Waters, has ust completed barn
one hundred feet long and sixty
feet wide. He claims that he
can save the pglce of the barn in
less than five years by preventing
the loss of grain and hay that
spoils in the stack on his exten.
slSc IoI H. IL Is u suggestive SlaIe-
ment, and what is true of Mr.
Waters case is equally true of hun
dreds of farmers in the West, whose
losses, for want OF proper shelter Tor
grain hay and stock, will in Il very
few years amount to enough to pay
for all needful improvements for
adorning the farm and rendering
farm life less onerous and more
agreeable, and farming more profit,
able.
Be 'kshres. - The Berkshire is
probably the nearest thoroughbred
among swine, and in that class is
like the Arabian among horses. |,
is undoubtedly the highest type OF
hog. They have all the good quail.
tiles, are good breeders, good mothers
mature early, fatten easily and at 4
young age, and can live on clover
and grass almost as well as sheep.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-04
A THRILLING AFFAIR,
Rescuing Child from an Alligator.

tHandsboro (Afss.) Democrat, July 81
Last Saturday, about suudow a.,
four miles cast OF this place Oh i l.
Oxi ba", occurred Il scene calculated
to send u thrill of horror through t. 9
human heart, and TO make evel TIC
boidest trcmble with fear. Two H.
tie girls, daughters OF Mr.. Elan X
Blackwell, living on the back bay OF
Biloxi, while bathing in The bay i'm
mediately in front of his dwelling,
were attacked by an enormous ALI
gator. The eldest, a girl Of about
seven years OF age, was holding the
youngest, an infant OF Two years, "a
her hands. and was quietly enjoyi :,
her bath, when suddenly her htt!o
sister was snatched from Der ald
borne swiftly from the shore. Tec-
rlfied beyond measure, and unable to
render any assistance 10 her unfor-
tunate sistcr, the cider girl uttered
scream, which was quickly caught
by the ear of the father, VINO hao.
pened ,accidentaliy,to be passing wi IA
IN thirty or forty yards of the spJ
where his daughters were bathing.
Rea'izlng instantly, from the tone Of
the voice, that his children were iu
some peril, but unable TO coriectus
It's exact nature, Mr.. Black well, WHO
Is an active and atheiotic man, rusB-
ed rapidly to their assistance, and
arrived at the spot Just in time To
discover his little daughter bsii &,
oorne out in the bay by ;lu alIigator.
Comprehending the scene at once,
and nerved to almost superhuman
etfor; by the desperate situation OF
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-04
Hermann.

Our dispatches Announce the dcd-
ica,ion of . statue TO Hermann, n
Detmold, Germany, in the presence
of the Emperor William and several
lesser pntentates. The subject 0t L@e
honor il more generally known to.
Americans, as te WAS to The E|-
mans, by the name o! ArminuS. lie
WAS born sixteen years before the
Christian era. The Roman conqucsts
had been pushed Into his country,
and, like many other Germans, he
had entered the Roman as coInnan-
der of auxiliary troops. He profit
ed by his new relations, and soon
became skilled in the Latin language,
the strategy and politics of Rome.
He perceived that the Romans in
tended the complete suhjugation OF
the Germans, and apprehended ~
increase uf their already burdensOme
restrictions. He resolved to strike
Il blow for freedom, and enlisted ali
tho tribes US lar east u.s. the toe III
his design This was the easier TO
do, as the Viceroy Quintilius Nar1s
had not the art OF co1ceaiing his
despotlc aims under bland exte-
rior. SuspecLing nothing, Narus
was induced TO scatter his forces, ,an d
at tho head of one detachment "; 81
enticed into the Ten.olse=g foros t,
near the place where the statute OF
Arminlus has been erected.
! Having reached point where le
could otrer the least feasible rcsis
tance, he WAS attacked by his sup
posed allies. lie fought bravolY
for the battle lasted three days, buj
it resulted in the utter destrucii,I
Of his army. This occurred in the
Year 9 of the ChristiaL Era, whri
Arminus was twenty-five old Th'
news of the disaster aroused grea
consternation in Rome, and it W..
some time before etfectual step we"'
taken to make good the loss. Ia a
d. Is, Germlnicus undertook til
task; and his success was so gre'
during the two years that he wou
probably have completed bis woii
very satisfactorily had not TIE lGiu
peror Tiberlus ecalled him. Theme
forth the German had things the.
! own way tor many years. The.
!, wero not generally so eniishtene
a. their deliverer, but were contin
, ally quarreling among thcmsclve'
, and he was finally murdered by hi
. own relations about A. ID. 20. ii
, was hardly 81 years old at the tim
p. of his death, but his life was Len
, enough to give abundant evidence
= his genius. The Roman historic
Tacitus, pays high tribute to h.
merits saying that Though not /,
y ways successful in battles, he W.
inviucible in war" He certains
excelled all his native cotemporari,
in talent, Intelligence and far sisht
patriotism.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-04
CITY DIRECTORY.
SOCIETIES..

County Grange P. Of HI. A. Prather. Mas
ter, Msyview; J. r. Ferguson, Secretary, Snt-
abar. Meets 2nd Tuesday iu January, April,
July and October.
MASONIC.
Lexington Il. A. chapter No. 10, meets the
first Monday evening OF each month. Ken. Ry-
land, H. Z.
Lafayette Lodge No. 3s, A. F. 4 A. NJ. meets
the second Monday evening OF each month. j
f. Ryland, w. NJ.
Lexington Lodge No. l+9. A. +. Il A. NJ.
meets the third Monday evening each month. A.
A. Lesueur, W. NJ.
DeMelay Commandery No. g., K. T., meets
the fourth Monday evening Or each month. j.
W. Bedford, f. e.
Aullville Lodge No. 46l, A. +. 4 A. NJ. .meeti
Saturday night on or before the full moon.
Mt. Hope Lodge No. 476, meets Friday nigh
before the full moon.
Dover Lodge No. l22, meets Saturday befor.
the full moon.
Waverly Lodge No. 81, meets Saturday on OF
before the full moon
Chapel Hill Lodge No. $40 meets Saturday OF
or before the full moon in each month.
Orion Lodge No. As, meets every Tuesday
Gutenberg Lodge No. 523, (Germunl. meets
every Wednesday evening.
Itaska Encampment No. s, meets the secont
and fourth Friday OF each month.
School OF Instruction is held on the hrst NJ OIL
day in each o1th.
Aullville Lodge No. 274. 1. o. .. F., meet,
every Monday night.
Wellington Lodge No. 81, l. o. U. F., meet
Saturday nights.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-04

lar attempt npon Ni'le girl eight
wears Old. and about 100 citizens went
TO the old mans house at night drag
ged him out in his night clothes and
tarrcd and icathrrcd him.
James Il. McNral. a wcil-knOwn
planter. living eighteen miles below
Memphis on the Arkanaas side, was
aSsasSiuatrd on the morning of the
21th ul,. He had just left the field
where the hands were at work, and
rode out into the road when they
heard shot fired, and saw his horse
running riderless up the road. d.tollow-
ing man on horse back. When they
reached the road they found McNeal
laying dead. a whole charge of buck
shot having entered his breast. No
clue to the assassin.
Gust:ve Humler. of Jamestown,
Greene county, Ohio, while intoxica-
ted on the night OF the 18th OF Au-
gust attempted to kill his wife. She
fled and took refuge with Il neighbor.
He followed and made an unsuccess-
ful attempt to get to her. The baf-
fled fiend threatened to return to the
| house and kill their infant child,
about eighteen months old, and hor-
rible to say, carried the threat into
execution. He returned to the house,
got table knife, sharpeued it upon
the stove, took the babe from the
arms of its little twelve year old sis
Ter, and, laying it upon the floor de-
| libcrateiy cut its throat from ear tC
ear. lie then threw the dead child
I rr,--G..ifc unon the bed. and wen,
back and told his wire what he nae
| done.
a little Italian girl about five year!
old fell from fifth story window Il
the pavement, in St. Louis Frida.
night of last week land, strange to say
she was not killed. The left thlgl
bone was fractured as was also tn
right jaw. No other injuries were ap
parent. When found the child haC
no clothing on. From the tenant o
the building the police found that sh
lived i'll the fifth story with her faith
er, the mother having recently died
On going to the room the door wa
tound to be fastened and had to b
forced. A scene of the most squalI'
poverty presented itself. On a pill
of old rags aud rubbish of every de
scription, lay the father of the child
buried in drunken sleep. He wa
, an Ealian and could not speak Wor.
of English. At the police station
was ascertained, through an interprc
ter that his name was Alexande
Sah aud the little girls Maria.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-04
Fashion Gleanings for our Lady
Readers.

The new importations of millinery
show many novelties for the bonne,s
to be worn III the approaching fall and
winter, and allow a wide scope for
the indulgence Of the taste of the fair
sex.
While the new bonnets retain the
high prominent front and moderate
crown now i'll vogue, they are orna-
mented i'll every variety of shape and
color, from the neat black birds
wing to the sweet gorgeous tints OF
oriental splendor. They Invariably
have strings, and fit close to the ear.
FELT AND VELVET.
Felt bonnets will be worn all
through the autumn and early in the
winter, velvet bonnets not appearing
n"ii- Christmas.
Light cream-color and part gray
felts are most liked; there are also
many dark brown, bottle green. and
blue felts.
NEW RIBBONS.
A great deal of soft ribbon is used
Ill trimming bonnets and for the long
strings. These ribbons are closely
twilled or else broad serge twills, and
are three and half inches wide.
Gros grain ribbon is very little used.
ECRU CASHMERE LACE
This is a tiue wool lace, made in
thread patterns like those of black
chantilly and of the old time thread
lace, now called Molines. 1t is made
i'll Normandy. This creamy, white
lace is very effective when combined
with dropping plumes, glowing ger
aniums, graceful ferns, aud dark, rich
velvets. and has entirely superseded
black lace, which is not seen on i'm
ported hats.
ORNAMENTS, RED, GOLD AND SILVER.
The new ornaments of red gold aud
silver consist of massive brooches and
buckles of various shapes III open Ill.
igree silver and gold, aud richly
chased in mediaeval patterns. Jet
ornaments are entirely out of fash.
ion.
WINGS, BREASTS AND BIRDS.
The fancy for wings, breasts and
birds is very evident in the newest
importstions. The merle, or black
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-04
Circular of the State Centennial
Board.

OFFICE STATE BOARD CHsrssSIAL MaSAcERs,
ST. IoCIS, August 18th, 1870
Every county can send something
to add to the general collection, and
receive it's share Of the general ben
eft. Please to examine the list of
subjects in the circular and suggest
what can he most properly done III
your county. ifin mineral district
there need be no hesitation. We
want specimens of every economic
substance used in commerce or the
arts. The specimens should be more
distinguished for q"attfy than SIZE:
A huge, ungainly mass of ore will
be as useless as it will be trouble
some. Where practicable, however,
there should be a number of specl-
mems Of the same kind, each weigh
ing two TO ten pounds. Arrange
ments are already made to exchange
specimens with some of the states,
and by this means we hope TO place
the evidence of our mineral wealth
in many places where it will do good
in the future. 1t should be borne in
mind that however great may be
the advantages of our display at the
Centennial, they will rot be 1.-THE
of those that will result from this
effort in coming years. A choice
collection of our natural products Is
TO be placed at the Smithsonian In
stitution, in Washington, another
will be kept in the Mineral Hall at
Philadelphia, and others will go to
the chief cities in the older states.
where they will remain on perma
nent exhibition. In addition 10 this
1t is the purpose of the Board tc
bring back the large collection thai
goes from Missouri, and, with the
valuable contributions promised from
other states, build up in St. Louis
an institution that shall represen
the resources and characteristics o
Missouri and the whole wester,
country.
In agricultural products We neet
choice samples of all kinds of grain
from quart to gallon in q quantity
Each sample should be sent in
muslin bag with a memorandum con
tanning the specific name of the grain
also the locality OF the grower. A
labels will contain these facts att
they should not be overlooked il
sending specimens. We also nee
the heads, with u foot of stalk (abou
a dozen of a kind) representing ever.
variety of grain, and 4 few pertec
cars of every variety Of Indian corn
also the tallest corn stalk, with ear
attached, that Can be found in tn
state.
c A little thought and effort by til
l thousands who arc interested in thi
enterprise will bring together CO
lection Of our natural products S
vast, varied and rich that the cor
tributors themselves will be astonist
o ed at the result of their labor
: Specimens should be properly packe
= for transmission and directed to =.
# l.. Tracy, Centennial Office, S
e Louis. Station agents and baggag
!. masters on tho Missouri railroad
:, have been instructed to send u
such packages free.
t BY order Of the President
J. l.. TRACY,
s Secretary State Board Ccntenni.
Il Managers.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-04
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
LAFAYETTE COUNTY DIRECTORY


Girss. xenasy IN uaPs aPr,L LsaIns AaEns.
ion; Frank Trigg, clerk; Alex. Graves, Prose
criminal court-lst Monday in March and I'd
Monday in October. W. H: H. Hill. OF sedsl-
ia. judge; Frank Trigg, clerk.
P4stssr B. sseeis ce4f j.
Probate Court-First Monday in January.
Judge; Geo M Catron, clerk; N. Chapman.
Public Administrator.
Collector-Dr. VIM. A. Gordon.
Treasurer-B. X. Ireland.
Recorder-.Jacob D. Conner.
AssessUr-Zsch s. Mitchell.
Coroner-,John d. Williams.
Surveyor-John o. Lockhart.
LEXINGTON TOWNSHIP.
Harrison Smith, Vim. r. Beck and James NJ
Callahan, justices Of the peace; Fl. r. Ander.
son, constable.
John 8. Wheatley, Richard Barley and Roht
| G. Scott, justices Of the peace; j. A. Hsrwood
Dover, constable.
j. j. Hall. Justice Of the peace; W. w
shroyer, waverly, constable
peace; John e. Zantmeyer, Aullville, con
table.
H. W. Thicman, NJ. F. Price and Jas. II
| Concordia. constable.
| WASHINGTON.
J.J. Browning and j. a: Poole. justices {, o
the peace; Berry barton, Mayvie"' constable
! WIN. Z. Anderson, justice of the peace; A
G. Phillips, Chapel Hill. constable.
Geo. S. Williams, Geo. W. Ferrell and JOIN
| H. Gabel, Justices Of the peace; Daniel Bates
Wellington, constable.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-04
Its BETTER TO WHISTLE THAN WHINE

It's better 10 whistle than whine boys,
1t is better to laugh than cry.
It's better TO dance and be merry,
Than 1t il 10 be sober and wry,
This world is but sorrow and trouble,
There's ac uallv little sublime;
So remember, my boys this motto,
II is better ID whistle than whine.
To-day may he stormy and cloudy,
But uttO-morrow the sun may shine bright;
overcome your aihictions ana woes,
That the weight on your heart may be light
Don't foster the future as dreary,
There Is coming H lar better time;
SO put on u bold front to lile's troubles,
For iL's better to whistle than whine.
Don't envy your ncighbOr III riches.
For You know mel his cares for i day;
Appearances glimmer and glsten,
And large fortunes on wings ily away.
Though head winds to-day yet tomorrow
Your own ship may be crossing the line;
And through stress OF weather arrive safely
So whistle, my boys and don't whine.
CHORUS.
It's better 10 whist ie than whine boys,
II is better TO dance and b. gay;
Than II Is to sit down and mourn boys,
Over what might have been and what may