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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

Among tho rest was man pulled from
beneath the ruin of the smoking-car, and
through his side huge splinter had been
driven like an arrow. 1t was Lionel
Chelmont.
Mr.. Chelmont was taken to Chestnut
Farm, and he recovered consciousness.
Nellie distracted with grief, was at his
bedside. rIrTfr tTE I
His first words were:
"Send for my wife,"
They thought him delirious. but it
was not so. In this, his last hour, he
told the truth, that he was married
man. He implored Nellie to forgive
him.
81 loved and would have betrayed
you, my poor girl, villain that ! was"
he gasped, "but l am fitly punished.
Say that you forgive me, Nellie"
He died with that unanswered prayer
on his lips. Next day his beautiful
young wife came, and there could be no
further doubt. She told the history of
her own unhappincss-how heaven had
bestowed upon Lionel Chelmont every
gift but that of strong moral nature,
and how that one defect blasted every
blessing.
1t was long mystery how the rock
had come to fall to the railway track, and
never till he grew to manhood did Frank
Tyrrel reveal the truth-that in the
thoughtless mischief of childhood he him
self had contrived to loosen and hurl ii
there that fatal afternoon when his
sister had so impaticntly longed for a
change-eyen for some horrible accident
Nellie's nature was transformed. The
dreadful escape she had made was les
son never to be forgotten.
"Old friends" she sighed, cold places
and old things are the best, after all, u
and she married faithful John Mortimer
Never once since that event has she
wished for change.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01
A Midnight Horror.
Lst. Louis Rernhlican.1 |

Since Judge Van Brunt, of Long
Island, in company with two other gen.
tlemen, all armed, murdcrously with
shot-guns and pistols, surprised two other
men at a disadvantage, and with the
most desperate courage shot them to
death, there has been yearning IN the
heart of the average American citizen to
catch burglar at like disadvantage
and achieve evergreen laurelsin the same
way. The only obstacle in the way of
numerous feats of slaughter has been the
fact that burglars have not always come
around and suffered themselves to be sur
prised. Mr.. Lamb, of Portland, Oregan,
one of those who have hungered ana
thirsted for the gore Of night prowler,
could tell you how uncertain burglars
are. Mr.. Lamb recently had occasion TO
visit the town of Roseburg, where he
tarried over night. He had been think
ing of burglars, and after reaching his
room. he barricaded the door with chairs
before going to bed. Had Mr.. Lamb
taken the precaution of closing his win
dow he might have dreamed sweetly all
night of home and family expenses to
meet, but he left that widow wide open
and so left himself all unprotected. He
was awakened in the night by sudden
/ tug at the bedclothes and sat up and tel,
around, but could discover nothing. He
tried to sleep again, but o. mysterious
rustling started him and made him fee
for his revolver. Then his pantaloon
glided from the foot of the bed, and N
!. heard the silver coins. roll from th'
pockets. With his teeth set together
Mr.. Lamb bounded out of bed in hi
shirt, and in his. wrath he held his pisto,
on the spot whence the sound proceeded
There came another rustic and he spranl
for the intruder Just as the intrude
I sprang for him. Itwas horrible Thin
1 Ia Thing with big (which seized
2 leg and sunk sharp claws into the Linn
( and climbed ever upwards, like the da'
Q youth who yelled Excelsior" !" MI
Lamb did not look fora burglar longcl
y he Just went through the window an
. over the fence, and sailed down the stree
n like the ghost of nightmare. with
n steam, whistle attachment, SO hidcousl
o he whooped. They captured him at las
the startled citizens, and then they foun
, the fleeing object to be a man scanti'
!. clad ana frightened into the Valley
u the Shadow OF Death almost, while b
? meath his only garment a raccoon clui
I'D tenaeiously to the cuticle. The raccot
!: was pet animal which lived about u
m hotel where Mr.. Lamb was stopping, b
=. Mr.. Lamb didn't know IL to be a pct
is a raccoon either when 1t mistoek his !
,g for a bcdpost. spds pns. .gilrNf
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01
Crazy Gold Hunters.

A PORT Jervis correspondent ofthe New
York iSun writes: Joseph Pilford Is an
old Frenchman living in the town OF
Shandakin, Ulster county, near the
Greene county line. He and his wife arc
both monomaniacs on the subject of min
erals and mines. They believe that the
mountain at their farm contains valu-
able mine. of some kind. All that is
necessary to demonstrate the truth OF
their belief is, they say, to dig far enough
into the mouHtain. For fifteen years the
industrious old Frenchman has been
digging and blasting every day, seeking
the teasure. He says he don't know
what the nature OF the ore is that he is
working to uncover, but his faith in the
existence of something in the mountain
that is some day to make his fortune can
not be shaken. h us3 -aus sea Eei
Once he thou lht he had uncovered q
silver mine. Analysis specimens failing
to detect any evidence of that ore, he
went to work again. He next announced
that he had struck heavy vein of pure
copper, and was nearly wild with excite
ment until his discovery was pronounced
worthless.
He is now certain that he is drawing
near a deposit of gold, or coal, but which
he cannot tell. He has excavated hol'
through rock one hundred and twenty
seven feet deep, and reached a depth Q
one hundred feet. Surface water retarded
his work very much at first, but at tn,
depth of ninety-eight feet he strucl
seams and fissures, through which tn
water escapes. tF t'~s' ~ '
This singular miner works rcgularl
and systematically. Four times day
at regular intervals, he fires blast !
his mine. The noise OF these blasts ca
be heard for three miles, although 8
deep in the earth.
Madame Pilford is now less enthusiast
tic over the prospect than her husband
She says she would not sell her interest
the mine for $4,000.
/ IL.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

The Venango (Pa.) Spectator says;
On Monday morning, last week, Captain
Mackey, living few miles from Titus
VILE, found a hound lying in one OF his
fields, on the snow, and beside the dog
was dead fox. The hound was unable
to walk and Captain .Mackey carried
him to his house.. where he was taken
care of. On Saturday last a gentleman
living near Hartstown, Crawford county,
forty miles from the place where the
hound was picked up, called on Captain
Mackey and claimed the dog. The
owner said the hound started on the
trail on the Friday beforehe was found
by Mr.. Mackey, and it was his opinion
that the dog had chased the fox fully
two hundred miles, until Reypard fell
exhausted and his enemy lay down be
side him. The hound is some dog, nc
doubt; but the fox was also q stead,
pOer. III afaH Eln .f
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

Mrs. JAMES X. POLK has sprcsented the
Tennessee Historical Society with apen
made from an eagles quill dropped by an
eagle in Virginia and presented TO
President Polk in 1s45. Mr.. Polk signed
his first message to Congress with the pen
made of this quill,, the joint resolution
of Congress for the admission OF the state
of Texas, the law to extend the laws OF
the United States over Texas the act |" re
ducing the duty ofimports and for Other
purposes" and the treatyo Of peace will
Mexico, July 4, 1S4S. -. ls ysaa Esl
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

TIE Milwaukee Msws says that Eli
Perkins, the alleged hunorist, wants 70
deliver lecture at the Centennial Ex-
hibition. 1t is written on wall paper,
and there are two rolls of il. 81
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

ONE thousand laths will cover seventy
yards of surface, and eleven pounds oil
nails will pat them on.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

nordins 10 the Theory Of pr. o. W. Molmes


H.. .uym lu m Isi si -
Sigh, 80 aug.l 20 at q
Groan ay 80 .g#bls s
/ wheese4-y 'ssuod '.r.l.
Cold { ole! ehills chill ava..sJg~ .so'tma 10
Creep Ger, s-s aa. en-. iat E
Red nose ll eti gua- J-'n % se
And how sore! s.il Hs"o,ii i""''~ r.
Stitch in side. stH aH u
Mouth open wide
To catch breath '''.''f o's
Ears stopped like WOOL Il l. u La9s
Mind stupid as fool %.
Pm tired almost to death.
But here my doctor comes, ,Js5 tHrI
Doctor (and poet) Holmes, .t..a
And says, "Dear sir, your lungs are gain
ing" - Isa sIL.le 80 t'5.sqtsfq :.
Because he notices I'm growing more
diffuse
In course of all my grumbling and com.
planning .so vt.l .s.p....,. rs
In the quantity of syllables use;
This being the essence of his latter creed.
That people naturally write as they have
breath to read.
Of it were lady patient, in this style
he would greet her: fso. f,
"Do you respiro, S. m, c. m, or long par
ticular merte?" -
And she-"I fear nae, doctor, I'm in a
swift decline, ,,...... ......... - g.
I seldom now respire or write forty
syllable line,", so gsNQo' G. iss
And before he would assure man thai
his cure was quite complete,
He would say. ~ must count carefully
not your pulses-but your feet.") 20,
And therefore Ito return) he finds my
cold continually lessening in its might
Since it takes increasing length of breath
to read each succeeding line of verses
that write: S4 .3.lLaH teEbIie
And also must concede in view of thi
very striking theory recently promul
gated by the doctor and the poet,
That by token of these lines write ant
the ever prelonging length of breath
which they indicate and require, an
now as we'll as ever, even if Otherwis'
should not know it.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

IT looks suspicious, 10 say the least, TO
see two milk men 60 TO law about the
right of possession 10 spring. ''s
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

~ -----1"G ctsAa
I like, of course, TO be neat and clean
But oh /! II Is 80 trying
To have ones hair eurlsd and 60 about
With lots OF furbelows flying N"
coo aafuy. M .toTgM
No doubt I'm horrid and yet fine clothes
I regard with perfect ioathing;
A fish out of water n pleased compared . -
With me I'm my Sunday clothing.
There's Mary Johrson- other day SA
sss ssSsss " hss sSS
On the side Of her sp0tless stocking wo,,L
And Mary is always feeling her eurls,
To see II they're quite In order, tscl hWS& ~
Or else persuading her petticoats
To stand out sitter and broader.
20 A.uA sat 10 HNiEffsT HBkGG "
Now, I'm 30 entirely different
I I'm my general st yle from Nary aFIiiag hnA
I I'm too much engaged in having fun
/ To think about being airy.biga& bssIU 81
/ And II I am dressed asplain as mouse, 80,
Why, Ican't see where the hurt isjza' EH
I'd rs lief as not wear high-neckcd gown,
Long -sleeved, ar'd the color that dirtis var q
Fine clothes haven't made, thus Ear In life, rns,n
My happiness one bit stronger;
And it's time enough 70 begin 10 strut syfgWe VI
When one can't play any longer
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01
Tunneling the SROw.

Rome IN. W Sentinel: 1t is nothing
new for people to pass under mountains"
and rivers in tunnels, but most persons II
would probably regard it as q novelty to q,
travel with horse and sleigh throughAa
tunnel in the snow. - Should any Of our i
readers have an. ambition in that direo-.
ton, they can be gratifed by going
about three miles north of'Lees Centers 4
in the Fish crock region. There they {
will find that o most reliable portion OF
| the road lies in dug-out under the SNOW,
which Is twenty feet high on the road =
We have the assurance of those who
| have passed through the tunnel, that the
driveway in it's smooth and eyen, and :
\ while the wind may howl and the snow
Edrift outside, this part Of the road is a z
sort of oasis, asit'were, peven, lesol and r.
! comfortable q There. ia said 10 be only .
/ one drawback--it is little, dark, about
j midway. The roof of the tunnel Is kept
! from falling il, by ceiling of hemlock ,
slabs. We have failed to- ascertain the y
=. length of athis tunnel but judge itsmust
be abont an eighth Of q mile. It's, 3,
single track route, with places for teams
ITO turn out IN case of meeting ,s.L'.s
" The Motrimonial Ne,cs, a, journal de.
yoted to tho promotion Of marriage and
coriugal felicity, has wide circulation
, all over grcst Britain. There are more
(, than 300 advertisements in its last issue |,
D fol, husbands and wives. } Clergymen,. >.
larmy officers. members of Parliment,r
!. manufacturers, merchants, physicians,
I chemists, farmers, university men, an
b Esvl's son, q areportcs, gentlemen without
4 auy bachelors and widowers,, Roman
" Cathol;c and protestant. all urge their
The Morning herald., 1875-12-17
SprfnSer's Third Term BOlnbshell

No such bombshell has been sprung upon
Congress, since the days of the great fer
ment previous to the war upon sectional
differences, as that which Mr.. Springer, OF
Illinois, created with his 4inti-Third Term
resolution, which was given in the Morn
ING HERALD. A correspondent states that
During the second reading of the resolu-
ton the Republicans had an opportunity
to draw breath. One of their number
sprang to his feet and moved to adjourn,
but the motion was lost by loud and fero-
cioas "No" that must have been heard by
the people down on Pennsylvania avenue.
The Democrats were not quite through
with the business they had in hand. Re-
venge was sweet. They had their oppo-
nents in chancery, and were going to make
all things even. Adj was out of
the question for few minutes. Strangely
enough the demoralized minority, ever SO
compact and cool in previous contests with
the other side, missed their chance at this
moment 10 tilibuster. With the motion to
adjourn lost, they could have moved to
adjourn to particular time, and SO have
STAYED off vote for the day, if not indef-
nitely. But the fact is they lost their
head, literally and politically, for their
eadcr, ex-Spealer Blaine, thought more
of fight than of strategy and lef, the rank
and file to their own resources. The scene
in the group Of Republican members hal
now become painful to witness. Envi-
roned by the Democrats aud watched by
the galleries the devoted band was the
picture of despair and desperation. They
evinced their anxiety in shifting uneasily
from seat to seat, in rising and going about
from one place TO another in pursuit OF
advice; in twisting their bea,ds, and in
nervous clutching of the hands, The roll
call began; dozen or more broke and ran
to the cloak rooms. As the Clerk reached
the name of James G. Blaine there was q
hush and deep momentary stiffness. The
name was repeated, but no answer coming,
and the hurley form Of the gentleman
from Maine being invisible to the thous-
ands Of eyes directed towards his vacant
chair, litter, laugh, and then broad
guhaw greeted the inglerious absence Of
the Republican captain. Taking time by
the forelock he had waited not for the an
commencement of his distinguished cogno.
men, but as soon as the Clerk had reached
Gen. Banks among the BIS, the ex-Speake,
beat rapid retreat to the cloak room and
was seen no more in the House until the
little unpleasantness was over"
The Morning herald., 1875-12-17

JOHN w. JOHNSTON, renominated at
Richmond, Virginia, as the United States
Senator from that State is one of the most
popular men in politics in the old Domln-
ion. He was born at Panicello, Sept. .,
1918; was educated at the Abingdon Acade-
nv, and the South Carolica College, at
Columbia, studied law at the University OF
Virginia: practiced law up to March, 1869,
when he was made Judge, and remained
upon the bench until he took his seat as
United States Senator; was member Oh
Senate Of the State of Virginia in lS47-5S
was President of the Northwestern Bank
at Jacksonville, from 1850 to 1859; was
elected United States Senator from Nlr-
ginia, and toek his seat January "a, 1917.
His political disabilities had been removed
previously, and at the time of his election
he was acting with the Republican party.
Before the expiration Of the short term for
which he was elected, in March, 1871, he
Joined the Conservatives, as the Virginia
Democrats are styled, and was reelected
for the term expiring in March, 1877. lie
is nephew of General Joseph Z. Johnston,
and holds high rank as officer.
The Morning herald., 1875-12-17

schools, ought not to be again indulged in
il it be impossible to maintain the schools,
upon 100000, and that Council will give
no more, way out is to resign, and let the
people sustain one or the other, the Board
or Council. The Board have full power
by law,in the employment-and regulation
of all expenses, ,and in this light,we cannot
see any other course for the members to
pursue than to go on, and appeal to the
court of last resort, the people.
The Morning herald., 1875-12-17
THE HERALD.
.-SZ------s--
WILMINGTON DECEMBER II, 1875.

WHEN Ex-speaker Blaine, jumped
from his seat upon the introduction of the
Springer Anti-Third Term resolution, and
sought safety in the cloak room, it was a
bold stroke of policy. He has some aspi-
rations for the Office, and he knew that if
he voted for it bis own chances might be
Injured as a Republican, candidate, and il
he voted against it there might result dan
gerous after-claps. The burly representa-.
tive no doubt has faith in the proverb: lie
who fights and runs away lives TO fight
an ,ther day."
The Morning herald., 1875-12-17

GENTLEMES-I am Methodist, but |
ana opposed to third term. SO wien
Bishop Haven down there in Boston the
other dav put Grant up for another term
thought would shov the country thai all
Methodists were not for Grant, and
wanted to see just how Congress stood on
the speaker.-Spyinger, author Of Ih"o
Term Resolution.
Mr.. Springer has found out how Con-
gress stands on the question, and so have
the Republicans throughout the country
The route will be greater in the Presi-
dental contest in 1876, than it was in Cor
gress among the Republican on Wednesday
last
The Morning herald., 1875-12-17

Col. RICHARD Henry LEE, who has
been chosen to read the Declaration of In
dependence at the opening of the Centen-
NAL Exhibition, is practicing law at Mil
wood, Va. He is The grandson Of Rich
ard Henry Lee Of The Revolution, a
nephew of Attomey-General Lee, Of
Washington's Administration, ,an5 cousin
of Gen. Robert T.. Lee. He entered the
Confederate service as lieutenant Of in
fantry in the "Stonewalp' Brigade, and
was wounded, after which he served as 8
Judge Advocate Of the Second Corps o
the Confederate army of Northern Nir
ginia until the close of the war.
The Morning herald., 1875-12-17

IF THERE has ever been doubt in the
minds Of any one, that Grant snot popu-
lar man, these doubts must be set at rest
by the vote Wednesday last upon the
Anti-Third Term resolution offered by
Mr. Springer, of Illinois. This was bring
ing the desc, bitter as it was, suddenly
upon the Republican members, and allow
ing them no time for preparation to swal'
low it. But they accepted it, and out OF
vote Of two hundred and fifty, but eighteen
voted in the negative Six of these were col
ored men,and four others ofthe carpet-bag
stripe, who dared not vote against the
power that put item in Congress- while a
number Of Republican members left tho
House purposely to avoid the question
This is the most positive expression
against the Third Term that we have had
yet--the people speaking through thei1
representatives--cho the assumption OF
an notwithstanding the political right:
uf the people over one man power
The Morning herald., 1875-12-17

Ex-Congressman Benny Biggs, the only
member from this State who kept his salary
grab, was among the thousands in Wash
ington las week who wanted an ottice-dool
1eeper-or anything he could get. So it is
sail.-Sinyrnq Tunee.
$50 it is said,"--tells an untrUth We
know that Mr.. Biggs was not an ap tlican
for any Office, On the contrary would moi
accept one, in the gift of the House O.
Repre- ,entativos. He was not in Washing
ton at the organization OF Congress-ths
time when Office seekers, are about 1t il
an unpleasant rehection-that gentleman
cannot pay a visit to Washington withou
being charged with Office seeking.
The Morning herald., 1875-12-17

GOVERNOR PONDER has retired into
private life, and is no longer fair target
tor comment, or inuendo. The st,ry sent
from Washington to Erery Erening
about the Governors interfering in poll
tics is utterly baseless. IT is rather strange
that gentleman, cannot change his resi-
uence, for domestic, or business reasons,
but his motives must be impugned, and
wild speculations started as to
lis action in political affairs.
80 long as Mr.. Ponder was Governor o1
The State, his official conduct, was fail
subject of criticism, and censure, if it de,
served censure; but now that lie is nc
longer either in Office, or an expectant fol
office, it is simply u matter ofcommon fail
play to let him alone. 1t is quite eviden
from the tone of the comment upon tn
correspondence, that the columns of on
contemporary is used to graft some prvat
grudge At least it appears so.
The Morning herald., 1875-12-17

is about to kickthe bucket may frequently
be heard. But never but once have we
heard Of prayers being offered up in
church for the life Of party. This was
done in Boston by about two hundred
Methodist parsons, headed by one Bishop
Haven. He arose and nominated the pres
ent President for the Third Term, and as
the JUNCTION was given to the great Ulys-
sis there was responsive Amen from two
hundred white chokers. Truly, indeed. the
party must be already kicking in the last
throes of its existence when prayers are
offered up for it in the churches and its
Cesar has to have the unction Of lot OF
New England fanatics, otherwise known as
preachers, before he can be considered
again as a candidate for election.
The Morning herald., 1875-12-17

THE MORNING HERALD Is puollsheo
every morning, Sundays excepteo') anu
delivered In the city Of Wilmington and
surrounding places for six cents per week
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The Morning herald., 1875-12-17

II is not an unusual thingssin this coun-
try where there isso much wickedness for
prayers to he offered up for dying sinner
in the churches, that he may be recon-
anendeA for salvation. In the Moody and
s,ankcy revival meeting the lamentations
Of Mr.. Moody over somepoor sinner who