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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-05-13
CORN! CoRN!!

WE pay the outside figures in CASH FOR Ncr-
w cAaUtable CORN, either 10 the ear OF
shellsi. TRUSSELL T. LUCAS.
March l s., 1876.
M May %. e.. W. Z. kEABSLEI.
V7EESH GROUND PLASTER.-W are now
receiving and grinding irst-ratc lot Of soft
Blue Windsor Plaster, 90 WeirricE d Wcliers
Nil.
WASHINGTON 4 LIPPITT.
Aprill5, lsT6.
Limo.
ERESH Burned Withdrawing Lime, Just re-
I ceived aud Tor sale by
AIr'i $, ls7-. GEQ. ". 7. EEAESLEY.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-05-13
DAytpH. CocKEILL. JosEPH II. CocKRILL
DAVID II. COCKRILL & SON,

Architects and Builders,
CHARLESTOWN, JEFFERSON COUNTY, VA.
OUR experienced the business which weadver-
Z tise to conduct, and our thorough acquaint-
snce with it in all its branches, enable us to assure
the public that any work entrusted to us will be
executed in the most workmanlike manner, and
with the utmost dispatch. Having stood to their
posts in the Confederate army during the four
wears struggle which it manfully encountered,
they have located in their native county, where
their services are offered in building up the waste
places and lin carrying outpractica reconstruction
Particular attention given at all times to the
drawing of plans and specifications; and in the
construction of
GEOKETRICAL STAIR Wal Us,
where calculation is required they are confident
thatthcy cannot be surpassed by any workmen in
the Valley of Virginia,
GIS- Being well known in the community, they
deem il unnecessary To say more, than that orders
left for them will receive prompt attention.
April Q, ls6s-tf.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-05-13
NOTICE.

A Ii persons are hereby warned not to trespas,
be enforced against all offenders. Parents are
earnestly requested to warn their boys or they
NAV be injured. Night plunderers will receive
special attention by an armed guard. No admit
lance on Sundays to any person.
Aug. 6, ls7I-tE J. J. II. STRAITH.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-05-13

The human face IS divine when not degraded
- the vices Of society.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-05-13
..EIosnc-NIadc shirts.n

rT7IiE above STYLED Shirts are warranted 20 be
I made Ot w Wausuta Muslin, and the Bo-
SON of % 2lCj Linen, and are fully made up. With
the exception %, Button Holes and Buttons. The
cutting and perfect &c OF these shirts are worth
half their cost, as they are sold at kearslcvs
Cheap Cash Store, 90 the extraordinary low Pgice
OF One Dollar each. Sizes from Is 90 1Gls
GEO. W. 7. KEAKSLEY.
Al Is.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-05-13

lis % live twice when you can enjoy lLc
rs--,c-iir Z your fT-cy lie.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-05-13
NOTICE.
ITO. 7. LIGHT is selling Cashmere Boqsii

GE0. 7. LIGHT is selling Cashmere Boqs'i
VI Soap at Is cents.
GEO. 7. LIGHT Is selling Lamps from 30 et'
NJ 70 Sl.50-very best Chimneys cheaper ilah
ever sold BEFORE cents by the half dozen.
Chimneys at sl.OO per doz.
CCH0OL BOOKS sold loser By Geo. 7 Lieh.
y than any one 10 town. Copy Book, 5 AID "
cents: Initial PEPPER Is cents per box. Lhgh
Cap Paper 20 cents per Or.
October 30. 1873. GEO. T. LIGHT.
, 1876-05-22

An inhabItnnt Of Fnntenay-sous-1]ois one Of
tho most charming lttlo suburbs Of Parfs, hns
rrcently departed this life under circumstances
which mcflt thu attention Of DvcrybsKly, hut
more particularly OF tho scientific and medical
world. Tie ,n2p IN question in:l long been
confirmed drslslEartl. nntl imhibctl OIL an aver
mgr, II quart md half Of brandy per dirtn.
Conscloils ot the degradation Of Ills bcsctting
vice, ie kept nloof from his family, and At times
III order to pursue his devotion to Dacrhus ur,.
1nsJested by tlo rcproach Or Ic1nonstraneo Of
abandon Tue braudy-bottlc by the approach, ef
lcltEs,lm tremc,!e, but ,lc was no sooner cured
by tic doctors tl,an l,c returned To his favorlto
love. At length Ito was seized with an lrrcsisti.
olo desire to destroy himself, which the medical
Easter Sunday ho shut limfclf up again, but,
remaining SECLUDED longer than usual, tue
neighbors broke opcn Ills door. An oyerpowcr-
Ing smell Of spirits struck them on entering tho
room, where tho Ic1naina of charcoal fire wero
body 1T the nan rcdicctl to cinders! Tho doc
tors say that spontaneous combustion must
have taken place shortly after tic drunkard lay
down to dir.
, 1876-05-22
modification Of his ncphcw'a lndlctmont.--or
whether there wcro other unexplained causes for
the rash act, nc nrn yet 1T tho tlnrk

modification Of his ncphcw'a inllctmont--or
whether there wcro other unexplained causes for
the rash act, TIC aro yet III tho tinrk.
THAT WAS THE YlnsT ACT TN THE TRAGEDY.
The second opens with thu sudden insatl-
tty AMI death Ut ex-senator Mnrrls, at whose
house stcycna hung himself, md upon whom
Erskino ma!nly tlcpentled to establi.l.
his previous gotKl character. Thu third net Is
the second Indictment OF Ersktnc for n State's
Prison nircn.c upon The testimony uf Henry D.
Sherman, nnd tic next NC hear ot young shcr-
man
nH IL IN TnR lNsANn nosrITAt
at 0slkosli, and Ersktne's trfnl Is postponed
Until fall in consequence OF Ills {Shcrtl.nn's)
inability tn attend md give his Testimony. Shcr-
mnn wis Ersktnc'n Deputy all through tho term
Of his Office, nrtl IN fact knew much moro abDnt
lis affairs than tho Collector himself did. lie
and tho other Deputy (StAwnst} aro the only
two persons connected with tho Rcven,tc De-
parted IN this city that escaped Indictment,
The curtain has MT yet descended upon this
dreadful slrainn, but awaits tho ringing of the
bell by
JUDGES pnuNMoHD AND DrEn.
but 30 far there have been :wo cases Of insanf.
ty, one suicide, and young man recently mar.
rlctl receives tic first visit frnm Ills WHO aud
newborn child In n prisoner'e celii What ma
tcrlal for tho pen Of Victor Hugo or George e.
lot, and how that old thrcadbarc alagc Gonea
bnck to us agaIn more forcibly t1!an ever, that
"TFuth Is stranger than lctiohl" 7.
, 1876-05-22

M W. o. at tq nsts1a sn
Ills finger severely bitten by large plckcrel
Frcas says: "Wc hear great dcal said Of
pickcrel fishing here md there, where there ara
know something aboat plckcsot fishing, md
what VIC have to say about It Is, that no genuine
sportsman. will hive anything to lo withit. We
would ruthor fish fur spring suckers in a head.
point. When pleiscrci ire drawn 10 yoar boat
and arc hostcd In with thrcc-pronged hook
large enough to anchor . battcau, there Is about
as much sport in II as there would be tn n foot
such On do fancy this folcss sort Of fishing, wo
attviur them, before attempting to take out tho
hdbk, to break tho neck OF tho llsh by bending It
forward, otheswise they will almost certainly bo
bitten Sometimes Q largo rtckcrcl Inns been
known TO blta through tho llngcr.n
, 1876-05-22

A ten-mulo team, drawing lumber, while
conlng from tho vicinity Of tho lake this morn
tng, went over tho grade ncar head Of Kings
Canyon. Tho driver sprang from the saddlc,
thereby saving Ills lilo. IIe tllcn stood still, d
horrited and spccchlcss witness to ono Of tho
most terrible scenes possible to Imagine. The
In olu confusci rolling mass, ncarly 1000 feet
into thu bnttom Of THO gorge, Wild cries from
thu crushed and nlanglct aili!nn1s rcnding tho
air rs they were hurled 1natlly down tho steep
lnountalu-slc, until, when nearing tho bottom,
aud life tlcco1ning o1ttnct, the ugouiztng sounds
ceased, and all bcca,ne silent in dcnth. Tho man
snys tlsat after the first 100 feet Ind been passed
tho entire mass became hidden in a EreAt cloud
uf SNOW turned up and scattered through tue
air, but that o could distinctly hear all sounds
proceeding from tho white cloud Us It rolled
swiftly onward, until It struck tho bottom OF
tho canyon with d crash like TINT Of an earth
Ottlke.
, 1876-05-22
THE NIAYORALTY.
CUE LATEST SCHEME OF TIN E1.u3uEPEn AND
TIE HuMNHH POLITICIANS.

&H4 --LATEST SCHEME uf 1uN EA.uaHEfEH AND
TIE BuMMHH POLITICIANS.
Colvin, tho hummer cx-Alderusen, and the
horde OF tax-caters who have fohycass been fat
tculng 1t the public crib, die harsi. They i'aye
matused 3 selse,Ae which they Arc now engineer
Ing. whereby they may again come into power
nad set at naught tho will OF the people as cx'
pressed in tue. late election: They have
caused 10 l,o circulated III obscure
and low d1inking-Baloous throughout tbs city,
mainly On the North aud West Sides, petttlons
for signatures, to be presented to thu Council,
askihK that special election be called ct IN
early 1ato to give the people IN opportunity to
governed " tho charter ot 1879 or adopt that
u 1875. They hops to Dx thtngs up SO that the
by general election, Which thu hummer ele-
1acnt hops to capture, and thus ,1chabtlltate
Of piunlcr. These bummers have
evidently forgotten that WhoA tho gnla
would destroy they ilrst make mad; The
scheme y . bold one, but It VIII not work. Thu
days Of "plug-ugly and - Bcau-Club " rulc
have departed naYeT 70 return.
Tho counsel ior Mayor Hoyne will probably
, 1876-05-22

The public hive already been Informed,
through the newspapers, Tint q. wedding ring
found upon the tlng6r. Of Mrs. Charles Metz,
who, with her husband, was recently killed by
warlcl to parties iu this city, to be sent by them
p the muulsrcd womnn's relatives In tho East.
The Laramie ChrvHtce now comes out with
sensational story, In which It Is clamcd TINT tho
Mctzcs aud the uegrcsa ~ho accompanied thom
were murdered by white villains, who followed
them from tho Black Hills. According to tho
Chronicle story, this bodies Of tho victims were
lcspolled Of tnoney, jcwelry,, and clothing, and
so1Ile Of tho latter Ia now being worn by Whito
mon about Fort Laramie, while the jewolry has
changed lands several timrs. Tho paper 1asos
its sensational account on the docla!ation OF
Matthias Dauglenleicr, brother Ut Mrs. hletz'
, 1876-05-22
Flight botwcen II Devll-Fl.,, and a fobstor.

An interesting account OF tho octopus, or
devil-Asl, has boon given by Prof. Kollinasi, Of
Munich, WIN has been studying, tho aninal's
habits at tho Naples aquarium, where there aro
was placed III tic same compartment wlth u
lnrgc lobster which had recently killed turtle
2 feet long by crushing It's skull. 4 tlcrco COM
hat cualicd, md the octopus wrcnched claw
placetl in tho adjoining tank. The octopus then
climbed out Of the water over thu partition, aud
was only discovered with tho sain' lobster IN his
clutches, literally toEn In two. Prof. Kolman
thins ths pursuit. !, pIopi o.
lures c.n swim baeiswards and forwards, jump
feet out Of water, use their armB separately and
III different directions at the aalne time, aud
change thcIr colors through Hearty all the shades
recognizing their keepers at the aquarium, and
that they actually manifest attachment for
these men.
, 1876-05-22
THE COMMERCIAL LOAN.
ANOTHER MEETING OF THE cAEp1Tons OF THAT
DEyuNcr CoNcK1{n,

The dcnos!tors Of tho def,lngt Commercial
Loan aud Trust Company Savings Dank, to tho
number of about scycnty.llvc, gathered yeater-
tlay afternoon In room back Of Klages Billiard
hall, No. 70 North Clark street, for the purpose
OF squirting up tho stockholders mud tho AS
signcc, In order To get tho 80 per cent balance
duuthcm. Auton Frederick presided, and Adolph
Kcuckcn acted as Secretary. There WAS one
solitary, woe.bcgone looking woman present.
The Chairman stated the object Of the meet
Ing, and Mr.. Henry Isaet!Ict,, from tho Stand
ing Committee, made brief verbal rcport lio
haI recently sren the Assignee, MIR. ]. D. Har-
vey, md he Ind askcd him why he did not pro-
coed aguubt tile Stockholders. Mr. Harvey had
told him, he had done not!linE, bccauuo, Mr.
dividend would DO paid ottur june /, Il they rat
courts. This dividend woilld probably amount
to iroln to 8 per cent. Thcru was party
in cash Tor II: ii I1ardlng's ease WIS dcci,ied
dypos!tors sone ss5,o Go in money now in in
controversy. Cronkhta owed them aolnc so 900,
e ,hn ssns1 wss sSon os d Z w s1Sts4 e a,. sy
Myers owed ss,0od, which would not be due ul1-
til two years from now. There was much paper
in The y.nk WHICH %as overdue both ltetsst ts,'
feJmrt by Juns next. lie tho speaker
thought It best, II they could yet IT. tn
accept Is cents on tho dollar. They
had already been paid % cents, and he
thought II thu other Is PER cent waa
soon Forthcoming, II would be wiser to take IL
than walt thtee or four years and get the
balarce in lrtbbles Of fro1p to pur cent, and
thus wait several years for thelE fnoncy.
Mr.. Frederick stated that he wanted 1t lin.
tlerstnol TINT Mr.. Harvey had done Ills duty
thus fur, mud they did not,want to find fault
with lin, but that tnptters werc moving too
| SLOW. lle wanted to hear something more
liz understood that, wl.e. the bank closed, 1t
could hays paid 80 rents on ths dollar, but
insteaa Il bud been divided aud pail In two In.
stallMtnts, The next probable dividend
| hud dwinltcd down from l5 pGr cent
| to5, mud he wanted to know how they sto0A
| lio thought that they should get q committee
to see Mr. Harvey, who, he said, was gentle-
nlatl, and would anawer all questions and treat
theln politely. What lie wanted to see chosen
| WIS u committee who would give their t!1ne and
work for the Interest Ut tliu deposltors. MIR.
ltacttich had been tho nnly gentleman On tho
cU,Hlhittru WIN hatl tloliu uny work. Alr. De-
! luney lad done nothing, anu cx-Ald. Jouas, be-
| lug one Ut tho crooked ones, had as much just
| now rs he could do to protect hiInae1f
Mr. Hactlteh's report, which wis verbal one,
Was accepted, md the Committee discharged.
l. Ar. Charles Rcifschncldor moye4 tA8t IN.
, 1876-05-22
CASUALTIES.
Terrific Hail.storm IN New Jersey and
Eastern Pennsylvania.
Nearly thu Sntne Phenomenon at Sioux
Ctty...I1igh Water In Minnesota.
STORM DAMAGE.
Specfot EtspdfrA 10 J1e Tribune,

Special DtspatcA 10 7at Tribune
LACRossH, Wis, May 2l.-Tho heavy rnin-
Ftornl Of Friday was followed by another last
evening Of much greater severity. It Is re.
ported to-dny that tho Root Mycr' an.l Rush
Creek, OIL tho l[ne Of the Southern Alinncsota
Railroad, arc ngaln on the rampngc. Tho
out between Whaisn ami Nl.hfori, nn.i lost
five hc,ts Of the Kus!,-Crcok brElge ut Kush-
ford. It fcnretl that other rua1s aud bridges
in this Vicinity t1aye suffered quite severely.
No other particulars aro received: The railroad
nlcntta1ea lave lnrge gang. OF mcn at work.
and Will be ctcnr Tomorrow.
MAp,.os ;t Ws 's? Nas s1Tharsay III sns; night and
n,nt., tliu inter hca3 tl,l.i,icr-s',ower. Thu
track of The Ch!nEo T. Northwestern Ratlroad
WIS washed out for so1no 20 feet some miles
,oa. o. sss Ht ng s tat ct The ssEss
but thG road is all right to-day.
MoNn,srowS, \. j.. Nfay 2t.-A storm from
+ to U, With hafE terrific, some rs lasge as
l,ens' eggs. Church, store, nnd house windows
t1ena ruined, a,,1 fruit utterly gone. The
damage To roails Is yet unasccrtalncd, but Is bo-
lIcyetl to ho very heavy. .... ....-,..
LANCASTER, Pa, Alay 2l.-A tremendous ram
tllanescr, visited this vicinity to-lny. II Is
feared TINT nucl, lanasc tns been dono to fruit
Md grain.
Sf<ctdt iEfpHffa 10 Ae lF79AHos
OLkEr, Alny 2l.-Il.is rcgion Of tho country
was Visited t;'".!ay with very heavy, rain and
thunder storm, ,tlntx1ing our strcrss anil overflow
Ing tho bottons, During tho storm Peter Brill
l,arbc's residence inth.wcst cn,l the town was
struck, the lightning tcarlng oil tho wcathef
boartliny, ald fllnging down tho chimney. No
onr was Injured.
Special Dispatch 10 The Trtouns.
Sioux CirY, Ih, Alny 2l.-Spcc!als this even
Ing from Southern Dakota give, further ,puEt'en.
lars Of the terrible storm which visited :thc
western .pnrt Of Clay County Yesterday at.er-
noon. Thu storm cA!ne from tho southwest,
aud was tho nost destructive Of any that ever
orcurrel III thut vicinity.
At Gayvlltc, on the Dakota Southern Road,
10 tu!lcs west Of this city, Il majority Of tic
buildings fn town were i,adly, anl some Of them
III s.cil quantity ms 10 cover tho ground
to depth of a1NMt inches, and were Of n'-
mensc size, measuring to inches In diameter,
and In tllcir fall breaking tie siding from bnll-
ings an.l breaking sas and glass IN windows ell
t.rcly out. Several buildings wrrc blown down
mil innny moved from ttietr foundations. M
lives wrre lost. though several persons were
acsously injured. Growing crops in the track
Of tho tornado were completely destroyed
, 1876-05-22

the commoneemcnt Of winter-is tho chan.,e
that has been slcnominated tho November H.
mosphertc wnyc. Lnst inl1 this occurred IN
~Octohcr NJ. Some Of tho phcnumona BY whI,h
nrc these: There Is sudden increase Of heat
SO permanent that only long rain can r,it,onts
u, whercaa, during tho winter acncstert c1car
tnys wero colder than rainy oncs also, tl'o sufn.
Ne, whereas winter rains begin at Sc Ind e,,S n
at INV, and tho Be becomes now fatr-wcsthor
Wind; also, on Mny tho trces suddenly opea
their long.wa!ting buds.
, 1876-05-22
Won IIOLLEN.

VON l1S1l1HDAN
i'N'''"0 co,,ssr,x
r,o ,o,,.n,,r ovco,n,. rou"s .rc tokcn fron let
g.. NV ss,asrn1 ,,v n rruic from Gcorrc Won
tIe,,aa 49, sofa,,,stnr fnv CoIlcc,or. who ia
1lolen' t'lo uctH"ss'nb Wy Ss''e~~0'' ""O
now located IN Cnnada:
-.-, May y. lSt0.-A. y. 17ao1: -; M'1.I1 Ia
DEAN sln Away lrnn np' IN. N .nS1niv f.Icnis
hmong st.anscin, osts.G'iuu lu, sasttnr X, vc,rt
h9n,c nna .n5 ~ H. lvs 1T. ~ "ih"4. snfbct tl,sn
i. Is'.tte ~ ~ @ W. H. t,tfny rrsroeneciiyo yicw
tnnte oi Hy OWL. ~ tnkh'aR tea. III ~ woi
oi my nsa'ss hHa ILL., H. sn,t. Mn.H ~ rantcrt mi
worse thnr, rnmblcrr.. gambling politicians. Tho
ecfviic Chiengo papes alnce my departure, arc ho-
, 1876-05-22
DEATHS


nRENNAN-At tho residence Of his a!dtet, Il
Church place, Thos. T. brennan, sgcd 81 yeais.
Funeral from St.. DHdget's Church At 0 q. n.
Monday 22d Inst, BY carriages to Calvary.
cnce and Margaret Donovan, 185 Canalport ~.
Quito.
Funeral Tuesday, May 70. at 1880 a. n., b,
cars to Calvary.
Wsftdd!ctown Coma. pupcrs plcaso copy. :
11UGI1Es-Sunday, May II, ut 1o.50 p. M, .,
tho tea'dcnce Of her parents, 232 North Franklin.
r.. Ill Ia Anna 8. Hughes. aged 20 years and il
Notice Of funeral horcafte..
, 1876-05-22
Simultaneous Generation.

Tho spoutancol,s-gcucratlonls llavo founa q
hard nut to crock I'll some experiments by Mr.
Wurthingtou sllith. Tho experiments Of 9th
ers llayo bcon 10 bolt wateF, ASSUME that 10 "
lug germs enuid possibly retain llfe under tllts
Tint subsequently appeared as product OF
snontanteky. This Wow has bcun weakened by
observations Of several parties, that tho blue
mould Ia 1rcaL appears after tho spores hayo
Experiments with spores boiled In hsr1netIczlly-
sealed tubes, which afterwards ca1no out alive
and we'll
, 1876-05-22

tho scene along tho burning stream is mngnta.
cent. Thr lIrrs light up tin dark forests, and
srmrklc on the WATERS, innktng 4 spectacle rarely
Witnessed, This stream Is conttgl.ons to Of! ter
rit"ry, md tlc nn,y eatlsf!actory tl'sory of tho
1cum IrIpatts beneath tho wRter, rs the sR,'lo
phenomenon, nthnugh tho Has was In less Qua't-
tity, has Ircu noticed IN on Creek.
, 1876-05-22

other committee b. appointed to carry on tho
work Of the committee Just discharged. Chr
rictl.. Tho C1!nlr appointed Charles RSiisel,ncll-
The Contnittea was instructed - .scn Mr..
Harvey lurit,g the week, nntt get fstf md ar
curato statement from lin, wttl, Il 10 lie print
ed and dtstrlbutctt to tho 1epultors, and here
nftcr printed monthly Statements were to he
made.
Tho Chairman stated TINT there wrrc 1900
dcposttore, and tu ,nsrct1 that Mr. Harvey 20
rcquesed 70 hereafter ray them In currency r. H. =,
Rtcnd Ut checks, nnl thus eavo somt $lG0 IN
revenue stafnps 10 tho dcrosisnrs.
Mr.. Keifsefncitler wanted tlic hil!tA aEntnst
tho atockholtlers pushed, mud In that wny they
might get pretty nearly tilr haIancc duo thcin.
After some further discussion, the meeting
adjourned.
THE CENTENNIAL FOURTH.
TnH UNITED IRISH SOCIETIES 70 CELEBRATE.
A meeting Of the united Irish societies Of
this city WIS held at Mnskcll's Hall yesterday
afternoon, the object being to take Into consid-
aration the propricty Of Irisllrncn tak!ng some
united part IN celebrating the coming Fourth Of
July,
David Walsh called the meeting toprt!cr, and
John OAtara mnvcl that the societies unite In
ths proposed celebration, and tho motion pre-
vailed.
NIr, McGuirc moved TINT tho day be cclcbrat-
cd hy public procession.
htr. Walsh moved "a m amendment that the
societies unto In n picnic on the Fourth Of July,
the proceeds to be dcvoscl 10 sonac charitable
purpose. He supported bis motion III violent
speech in which # tcroppcd ni,t tint he had vury
little respect for tho fnct tint s adopted cotlti-
try WAS hundred years utd,sand still lcss for
tho Fourth Ut July. ~
Aid. Ryan replied to Mr.. Watsh IN very
pertinent Speech md a. times onc could imas-
Inc that tour Cnrtcr's" eagle wac lowering
over tho asscmblngc.
Tho amendment Of Mr.. Walsh Was lost
finally, md thu original motion prevailed by
large vote.
A motion wes mnlo to elect GRIND Mnrshnf,
but owing to the tact TINT oil Of the societies
were not represented, the election wns post
poncd for two weeks.
resolution prnvstlIng for the erection Of a
monument to tho memory of the late Col. Multi
gan, to cost S,5oo, was presented, and laid oFcr
for Two weeks,
The meeting then adjourned.
, 1876-05-22

tilc their plcadngs In answer to Colvln's inf2r-
nation FIR g,io warranto to-day, slol,ld tac
fcr fn tic courts, wr.l his wnrtncst personal
friends think he will not do.
, 1876-05-22
sern!-Annual Change In tho Weather.

On Friday, May :, thu sc11i-annual change Of
wcathGr tu0k p!aee. Its datu has been very uul,
form now for ktyeral ycarx Soma time snro
We proved TINT there aro really only two sen.
eons Ia our year, their boundary line being tho
dRfe just passed Tho othes bouuQary-k e.,
, 1876-05-22
TIE pArpESuE1n1 OPERA.

Uoolcy's Theatre WIS not as wull filed last
evening us Oil tho previous Sunday night, al
though the programme was In rcallty n better
ono, giving Madame Pappcnlic!m ample opror-
tunity to show l.er raro lyric anil dramatic ublll-
ties to the best advantage. Tic programme
for once was carried out aa announced,
and consisted Of tho first and fourth
acts Of "Trovatoro;" tho second oct
"Der Frclscliuotz," nud the sccnnl ac. Of !" Lu-
crctla gorgIa." To MADAME Pappenhctm We
can only nwar4 tho greatest praisc. shc not
only renewed tho cxecllont Impression that she
mado hero Ut former performances, but sur
priscd and captivatcd her audience beyond
Its greatest expectations. Wo havo spulien
betoro Of her powerful voice, of Its
extensive range, It's sympathetic quality, nnl of
tho richness Of tone, Int WI have not u yet ha.l
thu opportunity of witnessing her In her heavy
dramntic roles, In which shs Il ut her hest. Az
In Leunora stlc showed us a,a tntcnse and
E,sas R!sce ot Of nst'g ,a as also th,; II 9a' W.
shonc with thu greatest l,rlll!aney. In tho alfe-
gro movement Ii tbs opc.llug u "Trovatoro !"
ono noticed the want Of 'Icxbity and elasticity
q her voice, which Is usually tho case with mr.
dRssn:s Rsssss'Ez zueeS sf sds'a and a0fSas
aria oof I" Der Frctscl,uetz" ,yas powerful, In
tense, ana effective hgr faGlal expression alone
tmpers0natioh, full OF ilro and intensity, aud
played Will. q lueeniy grace.
The only other nlcnibcr OF tic troupe
that deserves layUtaho nClitlOn Was Mr.,
Felix Pr.usser, who. rs Count dt Lnta, aud
tho Duke ADonso, showed q beautiful baritone
with r,lfo tlnsii. fle Is an 'artist wlo i iuIly
worthy Of plucs dds by silo With Madame
Pappcnllen. The tcnor,, Mr.. bectz, was exc
| crahlc throughout, aud by his wsctchc1 singing
Bp0lle1 the utfeet Of several concerted nuMbGth.
| Va must nut furget the nrchrstra under the III
rcction Of Mr.. lians Dalatka, which did efficient
work In e1ecllunt style. an oprratls lncsat,ge
Is generally unsuccessful and u.satisfactory,
hut this 0ne may be put. down b. u succcsa
notwithstanding scycral shortcomings, s,.rh as
. miserable tenur, pu0r alto, urd ltttle autlfto
rum In which the prfna donna hati TO hold bacl
her voice In order to he heard to advantage.