The Lake County star., 1876-06-22
MINOR TOPICS.

The Ph iladelphia Times describes
remarkable woman who is connected with
the Centen nial Exposition-Miss Emms .
Allison, of Ontario, who has the entire
charge OF the Baxter portable engine NJ
six-horse power. She is by no means a
soot-begrimed and ou-covered Amazon
but, on the contrary, of neat and cleanly
appearance. and a highly educated and
refined young lady. OF the brunette
type, medium height, v ell formed. DOS.
sessing gentle dispo sition and much
vivacity and good Sc use in conversation,
she affords no littls, attraction to visitors
as she dexteror.s. y manages her iron pet
ana Tells the N all about it. Her dress
Is neat, an' she makes it point to keep
both eng ne and room in the perfection
OF tidip .ess. She believes that if 60 many
male engineers did not find such apparent
der .ght in plastering themselves all over
with SCOT and making their engine rooms
perfect specimens of disorder and filth,
women would long ago have looked with
avor upon the occupation.
A SHIRT dealer in Dallas, Texas, tried
a new plan to win the affections of a
woman-one of the stubbornest of her
headstrong sex. He fell desperately in
love with one of his shirt makers, who
was comely, good, and fair to look upon
and she, knowing her station and respect
ing it, crushed him with indifference
and pulverized him with civility. But
sne gave him no hope at all that she ever
would become an equal partner with him
in the shirt business. He swallowed a
big dose of morphine, but took care to
have doctor or two and stomach.
pump close at hand, and not to be too
long sounding the alarm. The doctors
pumped him and bailed him out of the
prison of death, and the newspapers gave
him gratuitous advertising of the cause
OF his self-violence. He fully expected
that it would bring the pretty shirt
maker round, but it didn't. 1t was a
daring experiment, but it failed. 1t was
loves labor lost. She simply told him,
in return for this mark of his devotion,
that if he had permitted himself to die
for her like man she would have gone
to his funeral with pleasure.
A RECENT fatal accident on the Great
Western Railroad, near London, Canada,
contains sufficient elements of romance.
The day express was racing along to
make up time, when the engineer, George
Irwin, saw, as he rounded the curve,
that switch was open. The fireman
sprang from the cab and escaped unin-
jured, but Irwin had no thought of thus
saving his life, and reversing the engine
and applying the air-brakes, brought the
train to standstill on the verge of steep {
though not before his en-
CINE had been thrown from the track.
He was scalded to death. Irwin was
one of the oldest engineers on the line,
and the first that crossed the Suspension
Bridge. He had acquired sufficient prop
erty at Windsor to render him independ-
ent of labor for the rest of his life if he
chose to retire, and was an alderman of
The city. The fascination of his occupa- [
ion, however, kept him on the road till I
he met his death at the post of duty.
His remains were received at Windsor
BY the whole population of the city, and !
It's flags were halfmasted and bells tolled :
n his honor. {
Miss SARAH SMITH STAFFORD, daueh. l
Ter of the volunteer Lieutenant who
,prang into the sea and rescued the flag !
hot from Paul Jones's ship Bon Homme
Richard in the battle with the Serapis in {
l779, is still living at Trenton, aged sew t
,nty-four. She is relative of Sir STRAIT I
ord II. Northcote, of England, and
meal descendant OF Charles Carroll, of ?
Jarrollton. When the rebellion broke =
,ut she loaned all her small fortune of n
fifteen thousand dollars to the govern. v
nent, receiving in exchange the first II
'oucher issued by the State of New Jer- y
cy as war loan. This, when paid, she g
invested in Northern Pacific stock and a
Dst it all. She has loaned to the Cen Il
ennial Commissioners the original rec. Il
rd of the courtmartial proceedings in n
he case against Benedict Arnold, tried r. r.
n 1880 for fraud as Quartermaster, and !;
he original order of Washington dated Fl
ALLEY Forge, March, 177S. She has Il
lso in her possession the flag shot from e,
he masthead of the Bon Homme Rich fe
rd and rescued by her father. 1t is of = =
uniting, with thirteen red and white Il
tripes and twelve white stars on blue D
eld. G
ACCORDING to the provisions of the G
oldiers Homestead Law, any soldier " :,
no has been honorably discharged from " "
ne army can enter one hundred and ft
xty acres of government land the title sc
D which will mature five years from Il
ate of entry, provided he settles thereon "a
5 soon as he is discharged. Should he, =, =,
Owever, before the expiration of the a, =,
We years, change his residence, or give 81
p the land, the land reverts to the gov fl
rnment, and he has no power or right L
D sell or transfer the title, which in q
oint of law he does not and will not ~ =,
ossess until the five years have expired. D, ,,
y recent ruling of the Secretary of Il
be Interior, entries of such homestead Il
re no longer permitted to be made by n
ttorney as before. In future all persons o .
ntitled to enter homesteads under this " y
sw, are required to make their applica- N
ions in person, with due proof of C,