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THE TERRIBLE sIruArrox.

Endeavored to qaiet the people who
were about him. Seeing they were too
thoroughly alarmed he ran to the doors
eading into Floods alley, which con-
meets johnson street and Myrtle avenue
and opened them, so that the people
might escape in that way. This divert
ed mary from seeking to escape through
the main entrance All who were on
the right hand side of the parquette and
balcony escaped through those doors
The opening of the doors created tre-
mendous draught, which so increased
the flames that the players were COM
PEELED to abandon the stage and escape
as best they might They had remained
there to the last, but seeing it was now
QUESTION OF life AND DEATH.
They retreated, and the flames shot
out on all sides ofthe stage and eDvelop-
ed the prosentum, and the smoke began
pouring in vulumes into the parqnett.
Probably not more than five minutes
elapsed between the beginning of the
panic and the complete envelopment Of
the stage and parquettte 10 flames. By
this time nearly all of those n the low
er part of the house had escaped. The
crowd from above came pouring down
/ into the lobbies, which were soon dense
{ ly crowded, the stairways were choked
/ up and there seemed to be no way in
which they could be relieved. Many
succeeded in escaping by the regular
means Of egress into Washington street
bnt that staircase was also soon crowd
ed, and escape by that way was next tc
impossible.
THE GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
Must have been among those in The
family circle or top gallery. Those who
happened to he seated near the door
succeeded in gaining the stairwavs ant
lower part of the house. but there wer'
many who got no further than the sec
nnd floor. where they died The fame
ma 'e -uch rapid headwav that the floor
I'll in hefore assistance could reacl
them. The shriekS of women. the shout
ing and imprecations Of men. and pitifii
cries of children were hesrd below. bn
there was no human relief for them
1t was heartrending situation. T
have human beings perish almost with
in sight of their fellows, was somethiD
terrible beyond description.
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SOMERSET, OHIO,

The loss Of life at the destruction OF
the Brooklyn Theater, on the night ei
Tuesday the 9Th inst. WAS far greater
,han that Of any similar catastrophe that
ever occurred in this country. Two
hundred and ninty-6ve persons are
known 10 have perished in the fIe, and
several persons are still mi-sing, who it
is believed we're at the theatre that
night. or the victims New York dis
pa.ch says:
OF the 205 persons who Perished in
the ere, and of whom 100 have been
identified, all but forty-iwo were males.
Eleven Of the victims were from New
York City; ffiy-three were from between
fifteen and twenty years Of age, ffty-one
between twenty aud twenty five, twenty
between twenty five and thirty, fifteen
between thirty and tbirty-fve, aud
twelve were over fifty years Of age.
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THE sun.
1877.
New York.
1877

The different editions of THE Sun during the
next year will be the same as during the year
that has just passed. The daily edition will on
week days lie sheet of four pages, and on Sun
days sheet of eight pages, or 06 broad columns;
while the weekly edition will be a sheet OF eight
pages Of the same dimensions and character that
are already faniliar to our friends.
THE SUN will continue to be the strenuous
advocate Of reform and retrenchment, and of the
substitution of craftsmanship, wisdom, and in
tegrity for hollow pretence, imbecility, and
fraud i'll the administrati ion of public affairs. 1t
will ntend for the government of the people
lay the people and for the people, as opposed to
government ty frauds in the taliot-hox and in
the counting ol v..Ies. enforced by military vio-
lene,- will e'deay ycr I" supply It's readers
h,'dr not f',I f. M nlii.ion Of sou!s-wiih the
mes: careful. complete ana u>istxurih hy
counts "f current events. and viii employ for
this purpose Numerous and carefully selected
staff - reporters and correspondents. Its re-
ports from Washington, especially. will be full,
accurate, and fearless: and il viii doubt less con-
tinue to deserve and enjoy the hatred OF those
who thrive by plundering the Treasury or by
usurping what the law does not give them while
ii viii endeavor TO merit the confidence of the
public by defending the rights of the people
against the enerOachments of unjustified power.
The price of the daily SIN will be 55 cents a
month or $3.50 a year, post paid, or with the
Sunday edition S7.70 year.
The SUNDAY edition alone, eight ages, 81 20
year, post paid.
The WEEKLY Sun, eight pages of sc broad
columns, will be furnished during 1877 at the
rate OF 81 year, post paid.
The benefit of this large reduction from the
previous rate for THE WEEKLY can be enjoy ed
by Individual subscribers without the necessity
| of making up clubs. At the same time, If any
| Of our friends choose to aid in extending our
| circulation, we shall be grateful TO them, and
| every such person who sends us ten or more
subscribers from one place will be entitled to
| charge. At one dollar year, postage paid, the
expenses of paper and printing are barely re-
paid; and, considering the size of the sheet and
the quality of its contents, we are confident tn e
people will consider THE WEEKLY sun the
| cheapest newspaper published in the world, and
we trust also one of the very best.
| Address THE SIN New York Cifv
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Wooden Steam Boilers.

This has decidedly Hibernian sound
says the Boston Journal of Chemistry,
though wooden boilers for steam engines
were not invented by an Irishman, but
were a genuine Yankee motion" hav-
ing been first suggested in year 1900 by
no less a parsonage than Chancellor Liv-
ington. at that time our ambassador to
France. His hint was worked out BY
builders in this country, and for some
time wooden boilers were used for many
engines in New York and Philadelphia
We CLEAN these facts from an interest
ing al istory OF. the Steam Engine in
America" in the Journal of the Frank
lin Institute for October, 1876. These
wooden boilers were used in 1900 for the
FIRST engines of the Schuylkill Water
Works at Philadelphia, and are describ-
ed az follows:
"The boilers were rectangular chests,
made of white pine planks five inches
thick; they were nine feet square inside
at the ends, and fourteen fee, long in the
clear; braced upon the sides, top, and
bottom with oak scantling ten inches
square, the whole securely bolted to-
ge,her by one and a quarter inch rods
passing through the planks. Inside of
this chest was placed an iron fire. box
twelve feet six inches long, six feet wide
and one foot ten inches deep, with verti
cal fiues. six of fifteen inches diameter
and two of twelve inches diameter
through these the water circulated, the
fire acting around them and passing ny
into an oval fiue situated just above the
fire. box, carried from the back Of thu
boiler to near the front, and returned
again to the back, where it entered thu
chimney. The FIRE box and fues appear
to have been at first made entirely O
cast iron; then a wronght-iron fire bo,
was made. the fues still being of cas-
iron; this not being satisfactory on &C
count of the unequal contraction ant
expansion of the two metals causin
leakage, erentually wrought-iron fue
were also put in.
"Great advantage was at the tim
, supposed TO be gained by the non-con
ducting powers Of the wood, and also b
the vertical iiues in The FIRE box
! These boilers were used for abunt tw
years, hat. As might have been * pectet
it was found very ditlicnlt to keep thel
: perfectly steam tight. CaSt-iron boiler
e were accordingly substituted for 'iicm
. Dec. 1901.
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Lucky DANIEL JENNINGS.
lie Finds Father and a Fortune
of $4,000 One Day. and an Aged
Aunt Wills Him $50, 900 the Next.
Special Telegram TO the Commercial.

Special Telegram 10 the Commercial.
VEvAY, IND, December IA hard
working, honest, but poor citizen of our
county, bv the name of Daniel Jen-
nings, was greatly surprised few days
ago by the appearance ofa stranger who,
upon investigation, was found to be hi-
father, from Galena, Illinois. whom he
had net seen for thirty years, and sup
posed TO have long since died. The
newly discovered father is said to he
worth abont $50, 900; is quite old, and
no! long since executed his will, giving
Daniel, his only heir, his entire wealth.
This was such a complete surprise TO
Daniel that he hardly realized bis sit
uatiOn. The discovered father and the
sudden wealth he had inherited filled
his cup of joy 10 overhowing. Scarcely
/ had he began 10 appreciate the situation
affairs until an aged aunt wheeled into
line and divided her property Of twenty
thousand dollars between eight heirs,
one Of which was this same Daniel Jen-
nings. To simply say he is happy, no
longer does the matter justice. We will
leave the reader to imagine how he
wonld feel if placed in similar circum-
stances, and then draw his owD conclu
sions. Once more in the history of time
has the poor and honest laborer been re-
! gardei
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A Revolutionary Boy.
From the Burlington Hawkeye.l

rom the burlington HaWkeFe.
Ny son, my son," mildly exclaimed
a reproving West Hill mother Yesterday
morning, unite that cat from the gate
latch, take in that rope you've stretched
across the sidewalk, let your little sister
out of the woodshed, unfasten the cellar
door and let the hired girl come up and
go TO her work. take that sign of board
ers wanted off Mr.. Posonby's front
door, let Mr.. Jasper dog ont out of that
barrel, throw that paper Of gun powder
in your pocket out into the street, and
and then come here and tell me where
you were Friday and Saturday chat YOU
weren't at school" The boy said he
wasn't prepared TO answer just then, but
he would insist on throwing out the re-
port of the teacher on the ground that
he the boy had been unduly intimidat-
ed from attending school by the terror Of
long, hard lessons, and further by the
practice of bulldoziDg in the parish, as
he could establish by reliable Witnesses.
| Pending the decision of the board he
filed number of protests, but his moth
er pronounced his attitude revolutionary
and sent to his fathers office for troops
which arrived about tea time, and the
local government was at once supported
and order enforced and as the boy went
up to bed without any supper and in the
custody Of the troops, the throes of a free
people struggling in the iron grasp of a
domestic despotism, could be heard away
down on the next street, where the othel
boys were lifting gates from their hinges
and carrying them down town.
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Change.

First report oI eF'A' u'T"S''' "'e 'P'
to be exaRger"'e'' anu Ie'"''' :" go
al, We snppo-e' look u ior e'""'' '''"''
upon careful investigation the enee'S o.
the late catastrophe IN bengai ""u'u
be found less terrible Than they h'n
been represented. Investigation, how
ever, has shown that, though less prop
erty has been destroyed than was at
fret believed, more human lives per
i-bed. Two hundred and hfty thousand
persons ai least wer" destroyed. and ih'
impre-sinn "f "b-erver- ~ IL" -c"n" l.
that the number ~ even greater
the result would he o'Ih interesting
and Instructive, u some competent per
son, with access to the British Museum
or 10 the Imperial library at Paris
would publi-h in parallel some speci'
mems Of current newspaper comments
on the Bengal disaster and some speci-
mems Of the comments called forth by
the earthquake Of Lisbon. That cata--
trophe took place somewhat more than
hundred years ago, in 1857, ii we mis-
take not. Accurate census was not taken
In those days, at least in Portugal, and
the exact number who perished in the
isaster was never precisely known.
About sixty thousand was, We believe,
the lowest estimate. But to the gener-
niions then living, the sudden, almost
instantaneous swallowing up Of even
that number 0f human beings seemed a
most mysterious, utterly incomprehen-
sibls manifestation Of supernal wrath
To some the disaster was simply incred-
ible; DIR. Samuel johnson, "the great
moralist," IL is said, in spite of the mul.
tiPlication Of testimonies, continued to
live and hnaily died In the belief that n
had been grossly exaggerated. Voitaire
W ms Candide ana IN one oI MS epls
ues' SHOWS 'h"t even ne was Somellh@'
awed nj the Thought ot the calamity A
Proiessed oeilever ID supreme beihg
ne oerlVen from 'he event the lesson 0
human ignorance concerning HIS ways
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At Fort Smelling, MINI, yests rhny
james McCann. formerly n soldier of
Company II Tsenrieth United State $
infantry c"mmitied -niciIe by rhrowirs
his head on hnzz saw attached to =.
wool sawin: machine lie stood watch
ing the operations and suddenly rushed
mp throwing his head down in front OF
the saw before the horror stricken work.
mcn could reach him. His head wa.
fairly severed, leaving two bleeding
parts hanging to the neck and present
ing n spectacle Of the most CHASTITY and
sickening description. McCann is wei
known in 81. Paul and ha- relations anC
friends there. lie was serving out
term Of imprisonment for desertion an,
was not crazy.
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PARTITION NOTICE.

CUSAN KELLY and John Kelly, her hus-
y band; Margaret Cover and John J. Cover
her husband, Amelia Ann Snider, and her hus-
band -SAider, n atilda C. Shrider, William
c. Shrider, Charles A. ShIider, Leroy Shrider,
James Shrider, Edward n. shrider, Luther
Shrider, Sarah E. Shrider and George F. Shri-
der will take notice that q petition was filed
against them on the 27th day of November
1876, in the Court of Common Pleas within and
for the County of Perry, Ohio, by Adam Clum,
and is now pending; wherein said Adam Clum
demands partition of the following real estate,
situate in said county Of Perry, Ohio, and de-
scribed as follows, viz: Being part Of Section
No. IL, Township No. IL, and Range No. II,
commencing 81 perches and II links east from
the northwest corner of said Section; thence
running south 90 perches to post; thence east
20 perches to post; thence south 90 perches to
post; thence east "a perches and IL links 10
post; thence north II perches to post; thence
east % perches and IS links; thence north Ill
perches to post, thence west 10s perches and IL
links to the place of beginning, containing 1o1
acres and IS perches, of land, but excepting
therefrom ten 10) acres out of the northeast cor
ner OF said described tract of land which said ten
(10) acres is now owned by one Thomas Binck-
ley, and leaving a residue of 81 acres and 3s
perches; and that at the next term of said
Court the said Adam Clum will apply for an or
der that partition may be made of said premises.
ADAM CLUM,
By w. E. FINcK, his Attorney.
Dec * 1875 26v6
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In Sianislaus County, California, on
the 18th ult., three masked men entered
the house Of DIR. Umphelby, an old man,
and upon his refusing to tell where his
money was, took off his shoes ond stock.
ings and poured hot ashes and embers
over bis bare feet. The agony was too
great for him to bear, and he told them
where to find $40. After securing that,
the 6ends again applied the torture in
hopes Of getting more, but when deep
holes had been burned in his feet and
ankles, to no purpose, the old man hav
ing no money, they desisted.
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Captain Lyons.

Mr. EDITOR On Tuesday, the 7th
inst, the charred remains of Captain
Samuel Lyons, at one time Captain of
Co. A, '31st o. V. l., was deposited in
Rockey Cemetery, near Ferrara. Many |
of his old soldiers were present TO pay |
the last sad tribute of respect to a COM |
rade once so brave and true and many
of his comrades will regret TO hear of
the death he died. Your readers have
had notice of his death, through an ac-
count of the Coroner's inquest, and
heard the many rumors af1oat and opin-
ions OF the people as to his death. There
seems to be shrouded mystery in the
affair, and the facts may never be better
known than at present. In company
with few friends ! visited the family
and attended the funeral. 1t was truly
sad the wife, who, but yestesday, as~it
were, saw him in full life and manhood,
now brought home burned to an indis-
tinguishable mass, and deprived the
privilege of seeing him, felt the pang
Of grief poignantly, and seemed not to-
believe it; yet her companion, all that
was left of him, lay in the coffin near by;
children, too, seemed to think it could
not be their dead pa, and that be would
yet come. That old mother, now four
score years of age, bowed her head sub
missively to the will of her Master yet
she was anxious to see her boy, as he
/ left her so soon before, and she too,
seemed to think it could not be; but the
reality of the scene was impressive to
conviction After a short, but affecting
service at the house, by that good man,
the Rev. Benjamin Whips, the hearse
bore along to the grave the remains of
the once charitable, generous, noble and
brave Captain Lyons to his last resting
place. Many Of his comrades were pre-
sent who had seen him in the thickest OF
the atfray, and witnessed the mangled
bodies of their fellow soldiers on the
battle field but this occasion had more
.olemnity to them than any heretofore
"a they stood at the grave uncovered
and paving the last sad farewell to theiI
comrade many hearts were moved
.,fe tile1 ,hroxed the mantle of CHART,
o. er hi. fsuits and fnible-. and honoreC
b N a. he once stood mp panoplied fo
the defence Of hi1 country here, also
; were gathered at the cemetery many o
his friends who endured the piercin,
a cold, TO see the body deposited in its las
: resting place. While the sexton wa
-, performing his duty, I was reminde
B, that this cemetery was the receptacle c
. the unfortunates Here, few year
. ago, John Mcdonald, Sen, killed b
o accident among his cattle, was buried
{ here also, in 1872, his son, Lewis No
e Donald, Esq, and grand son, little Mil
y son of Harrison Priest, and Sergear
a George Gaver, the latter soldier Of tt
n 31st Ohio, the four having been inju
N ed by the blowing up. of Esqr. Nj
e Donald's store, were buried; and her
d also, was buried the Sewing Machir
, Agent who was killed by Stuckey,
s, Shawnee, n few years ago, and now al
o. other victim in the person of CAPITA
Id Lyons.
I'd Reader, when you pass Rockey Gem
e, terry, cast look towards this resceptac
ii, Of the dead, and be reminded that he
e. sleep many of the good and the brav
er Dec. 13, 1876. J. w. F..
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CATARRH
S0RELY AFFLICTED.

J. 0. BosUorth & Co., Deauer, Col:
Grntlemen, ,-Promp'ed by a feliowfeel
ing for those afflicted with Catarrh, |
wish to add my testimony in behalf OF
SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE For Ca
TARRH. ! have been sorsl, afflicted
with this fearful disease for four wears
and have tried every known remedy
without avail until / brought bolt e,
of the above CURE from Won. viii, h
gave me imost instant relief. Ii heins
a constitutional a. well a lnc+l r. n,.dy. !
believe il 10 be All tt.t i claimed for il,
Radical Cure for Catarrh.
Very truly yours.
WM AMETiVF,
DENVER, Sept. %. 1873. With Jenson,
Dt;.. /,
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A Rutland correspondent Of the Mid
dleport Herald writes that he owns a
COW Of common stock that gave AZ lbs Of
milk daily for the entire month of last
May, from which wa. churncd an aver.
age Of 2 pounds Of butter, daily, be-
sides furnishing two large families with
crea m for coffee.
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Nessrs. J. o. Bosmorth & Co., Denre,
Co.,: Gentlemen,-I have used SANFoRD's
RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRH, and it
has given perfect satisfaction. l have
tried almost everything, and it is the on :
ly thing that has given me relief. /
therefore take pleasure in recommending
its use to all afflicted with Catarrah Of
any kind, and offer this as my testimony
to it's benefits. Very truly,
DENNER, Oct. ], 1875.
w. S. DECKE Err.
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Gov. JEWELS younger daughter is
very charitable young person. She has
$4,000 year for pin money, and during
her last winter in Washington spent
nearly all her money in supporting sew
eral poor families, whom she daily visit.
cd In person. and for whose wants she
cared. She also organized Dorcas so
ciety, whose generous fingers made many
garments for the poor. Thus writes the
admiring correspondent Of the Troy
Times.
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Owen Thomas, Of KygerriIle. informs
", says the Middlrport Republican,
that from one COW, in seven weeks. he
sold seventy pounds Of butter. besides
what his own family, consisting Of five
persons, has used. The COW is not
"hlooded stack, although she il a very
superior animal.
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Messrs j. 0. Bos,rorth & Co, Deaner:
Gent|emen,-I take pleasure in recon-
mending SANFORD'S RADICAL
CURE FOR CATARRH to all who
are afflicted with this disease | was
greatly affiictly with it for long time,
and cnred it with two bottles of the
above CURE, About a year afterwards
| was again taken with Catarrh quiet
severely, and Immediately sent for an
other bottle, which fixed me all right.
giving me relief from the first dose
am confident that this remedy will do all
that is claimed for it and more too
Wishing you success in its introduction,
I am, very truly yours,
A. W. SMITH.
DENVER, Oct. 4, 1875. of Smith
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Scarcity Of Money.

There is no doubt but the present
condition of all kinds of business and
industry is fearfully depressed, and it
behooves every family to look carefully
to their expenses. Winter is coming on
when children are liable to Group,
Whooping Cough, etc. Coughs and
Colds will prevail everywhere, and Con-
sumption, with other throat and lung
diseases, will carry off many. These
diseases should not be neglected. Doc
tors bills are expensive, and we would
advise our people to use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup. 1t never has failed. One
bottle at rs cents will keep your whole
family well during the winter. Two
doses will relieve any case. Sold in all
towns in the United States, and by your
Druggists. Skinner & Bro.
The New York Observer is out with
its prospectus for the fifty fifth year. II
is large paper of the first class, and
should be in every family in the land
Those who do not take it should send
for n specimen copy at once, or, better
! vet, should send tn. price for year
! ANY person desiring comprehensive,
weekly newspaper. filled with just thu
new. that every family wants, and FREE
from clap-trap or objectionable matte
4 Of any kind will hardly do better tha,
/, ~enl - Is G. ). | Prime 4 Co.. 3
Park Row, New York, and receive III,
Observer postpaid.
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Each package contains Sanford's I'm
proved Inhaling Tube, with full direc-
tions for use in all cases Price, 81 90
per package. For sale by all Wholesale
and Retail Druggists throughout the
United States. WEEKS & POTTER,
General Agents and Wholesale Drug
pists. Boston.
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Stockholders Meeting.

OFFICE NEWARK, SOMERSET & \
STRAITsvILLE Rail ROAD Co.
NEWARK, o., Dec. Ii, 1876.
A MEETING of the Stockholders of the New
IA ark, Somerset d Straitsville Rail Road
Company will be held at the Office of the Com
pany in Newark, Ohio, on
Wednesday, January II, 1877,
At o'clock p M, for the election of Directors.
and the transaction of such other business as
may come before them.
T. ]. DAVIS, Pre.t.
F. G. McCuNE, See'y.
Dec. IL. 1S-6. 2SH5