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, 1876-08-11

CINCINNATI. O.. aug. 10.-Thg Cashotle 7t!s.
arauA this n,ornng CONTAINS I'LL article ffunl Arch
b,sl,op Purcell! declining tho attitude Of thu Cathu-
lie Church towards thu publtc-school systc oi tho
United btatcs liz declares that tbs Church has
M disposition 10 Interfere with thc systcna lie
further rays: ''Ho donht tnstlcu md equality
wound cntite llu uatl,nltc reorlu Of this Country
10 exemption frnfn taSatlon tor thu support u
other actu,l. Or To HIar1 vi pahl .schu0l funds
iu proportion tu se nuLcs Of inpls in thu sctuus,
hui even tj.s clltas We Rsa disguised to Satss IL
yuur fpYUs, u
, 1876-08-11

f1itcidi nisputeh to 7hs Tribune.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 1U.-aliku Whf.'an1 sna Au.
gust Wcur, !aborcrs In sewer ltun0yer street,
wrzU buried by sewef cavFns In ut o'clock p. tn.
Tbv fnr,ncr was Instantly Killed and tho latter W
inIurcl tbnt he cannot live. Whitlunl ltAyra d
Wi{e and 2!,set ch!ldsvN.
, 1876-08-11
CASUALTIES.


11RfINF NEUs
Special D1st1fch ~ Tic Tribune
RocRroHD, Ill.,, AtS. 10.-A boat containing
tAsce Germans cu,slzcd this nftcrnonn In Rock
River III front Of The HcsoEt 1loaHc. All tkc ocens
pants wccr the worac for liquor, anl onr Of the
number, Frederick Stricken. lost ILLS life. His
co,npanIons wtte too ufHnk to sayo hin. This
body has mt yet been fonnti.
Stecfal pispatch fo ne 7rioank.
ynuils Ean Ut Lar,r,p., went hathlnE III Honey
t'Feck the aftrf1lnnn HId va. drowned. lie was
u, uud An alopca son of thu Rcv. j. L. Strung.
, 1876-08-11

Lincoln, ILL.,. Aug+ 1o.-J. ". Noel, rromi
ncnt farmer OF Kraawcil Township this county,
left hcte la.t evening about o o'clock for home.
mid he had sc.rccly left the buAexs portion Of the
city when be was assaulted b. two tuxcals, knocked
un hs !.nrsr, and severely hcatcn. They silecncd-
known Norl is seriously hurt. Theru u no clcw
to the sphbcYp
, 1876-08-11
DERRICK ACCIDENT.
EnttIa& {hsu.isch to Tia Tftbune,

LASAtLE, ILL.,, Aug. l0.-John Al'lnon, Of this
city, who was Injured hy thu falling OF orr1ck at
Utica few uys uso, died Of hts injuries list night
and was buried to-day, l!c WA abuas IS years of
age, and !raves lasge family In pavsrty Kchasd
tDngupn, VI Et!ta, WHO was bataty injured Vt thu
same ilme, II IL Thought Will recoSeE.
, 1876-08-11

FgETsnuNa, IT,, Avg. ln.-As Mr.. ttuae1herg.
market gurdencr, was on h!s way home this iNoEn-
tEg from, this city, lIIs horps became frightened,
H,sd, surfing ii run, threw Nj. llauel6nsE and
wife luth from tiIelr wagon. KILN: The tady in-
4tantly, Hu1 suycse]y !njuTing thu !lustaAd.
, 1876-08-11

HAl,FAx, Aug. 10.-Tho Yarmouth ship N. ".
H'cthen, capt. cox. gra!" sadeM, %hEn tAseS days
out from ualtlnnrc, cal'sixcA in a hurricane sn'
sunk. Thu CaptaIn, bin wife, two children, tnd
all The crew hut fonr we.1 last. 1'hu survivors,
after dtty.s!4 h0urs OIL plrces of tho wreck, were
rescued.
, 1876-08-11

would esk ulster Ai olsc 10 hrrne i'll Int
a! i:fE;%5!: Il; S: @
T. 70 3 fG; st f II! II i "1r a i ars ss ss r
"@ s:;,S S is ri xTs ''s ,s'' "':aSa. f EshSy
t'e new.rapers, hu. npt In tic pr.ntrd tc,ti'ony
ieforr tlsc tonnttce, and esnnrked that lt1r
statement of Wilson, teemtmsy mntc on naspt~n
The reiroM thai curly lnft lteceniuer. wIrn lie vas
ycsy Hes alnnaat t".:cath Wilson an.' :;ur%sr!sor
lsseT, sss n cssa ys % Witt # s s, S ass y tnew s t
the declaration III his leter was ..-....
PAl.sH IN EVERY PARTICULAR CONCERNING
I. wns falsc in nil III parts n far a. II referred 10
him y n4Iuua ttons or otherwise. ~ TINT tt,nc he
wna cot.1ncd IN hta he'd mud could mt mt'sr. ard
!1at @ ssaaiias @ whea Wllssn aaa cel. &4,taews vIa
coI. Matthews. ,ru VI. present n The Commit: t.
tre.roota. Cunrncd what had jlkt tccn stated ~
~ sny set,1E sf Entsc hs is ~
Gsswef sjss ss b ,esx wr ~ fS$e; snSG WI Viz no
Whisky Ring in Ch.rago or elsewhere wah = falsc-
llootl from bsginnInE to Gnt 1le never l1al any
or nny connection with dias!lcrs or rrctiicts. and
no business viii! then, Whatever: Nor had hn
K.1pWLEnaE or ANT FRAUDS,
except a. they wrr. developed In the TRIMS and
shsise 81 &ison i 3 eeaa.or losan
5 aes;. !" : sats 's %sf eeisa eas d
scnator Loyal raid Wartt VIVA re'noycd, while
be tI.rsnn} Was lying On lls bed tcs. Ile only
frnm Senator 0Etcsly, hts cochEue. aAkin9 HIN to
concur in the rceo,'',sation 9f nnoilier nssso1
sSs I @ 1S ss ass 9ts s %sSns besn aa snsn on II Tin e.
newspaper, i, connection viii she whisky :rands;
Villain saia 10 MIN and to his wife that he aoEat')
os M wese s1aer"s t% @ "ss Will WIFI III ere Wson va,
interviewed By reporter 70 wl'om Wilron rad Tint
ypaef f @ a had a o ao %sae;s. 70 &c sstei nh i
u senasr s i Iossn @ farisf sais e never a. @ noen
With tho persecution oi the wi.!sy frnur in cl!,-
Eago o. clhcwlacru- lia did. haweses, 60 to lhe
isgcoMMEsp WILSON'S REMOVAL
for the rvasan that DlstrIc. Attorney Harls at chi.
eago, told him tlas Wilson tad said t9 hsm that
Lo1an would hase to bg Indicted "a po!itiSa, ne
waH tn testimony 10 This eud, when Mtaon replied
~ makes 10 a!crsncs' Inlst t hI s,sh sn
ena thjns % st oIect so o,hers m
'"!a ssnator iosan went 10 tss President and told
him that tnAn who w1nld act IN that WY wns NJ.
completely With tho whisEy fr9uls The prcsi.
M IL! e. s y IT,
but It ras lust spring. Scnator Logan wished It to
be distinctly understood lint lls oe|sst W. not: q
tbu whisky men or my othcrr lnt hecausc he
Hp'te,i u acsssay ,nan whose reputation ~as bet
| tertE,un lis own. ..-
he ever recommended to tho rrcsident Inc rcmusni
| Of Secretary Brlstow, which question thu Senator
y Cd yniE e ea"e IL I'D
hle Cabinet. If may, however, hass eonsrr,s'
| may haro .ail ti'at lie thought
| nx1srow MAS NOT IN lIA1i,foSf HrT1t HIM
On nnItical matters, ., mny have sald Il hc Metc
, 1876-08-11
ON THE YELLOWSTONE.


pE5ClklrTioN or THE COUNTRY HELD III 1nn
SIOUX.
Fran Our DfoA Correspondent.
ON TIE YEILowsrosE KIyEM, 3Eon. Ter, Last
Week IN July, 1876 -Tleru Is m ctetrnl fitness I'M
th{,ss isYrn tho guod John BNHyan forgut ~ TO-
gard that truth when ic sent Christian out on tho
putt, with salt In hls haversack. Tho Fchctaf
t;pyrrnnlctt evidently dlsregar!ca that truth WHEN
tt sent this detachment OF soliera out to aunt ln-
dlaus u, stc7,i. wheel stc2suboat TH detachment
which has thu honor vi protecting your correspond
cut, u / lavo Written beloto, u composed VI tho
1,yenty- second Infantry, six companies. and 14o
bs,azcf fcasalry recruits Iuder command Ut Lieut.
tu! Utis, and using tho Steamer ClFr0ll tor tFahs-
1,ort. No liaso ulals our first Har.calnp
to-nIglt- Dreyrt-3taj, D!ckey aad lia Cum"
paiy u IL now doing picket duty,
and Is In mon,cntary expectation OF hearing tho
s.arp whi1 af Sioux bultst for We asu In thu
cncmy's country. sncB writing laAt fort uu.
ford. July g3) war incidents iaso crowded upon
,np, hut your other means Of communication a1-
monlsh INC 10 touch tho general subject cItsorly.
~ uuforl tcaracd that thu dFoYaRs tGlos Ven.
tres, largely sympathized with Sitting Hull aud tho
hostile Indiana. TAis. too, while they, the'r
sauuwa and paIooscs, were daily tho recipients
Of tho Government bounty aud laFzcss. From QUO
usoYan lcarnol TINT last Tuesday bis Partnur left
Dufora with 1UO Winchester cartridges. returning
on Wednesday without eatno Or cartridges. That
lroyau lad met nn u.nssary Of Gen. Bull. nntl
that hundred rounds Of Wluchcstcrs uay yet do act"
tye duty In tls of tnsnsFocton. In the rasly
days Of Father do 5mcts missionary labort a1tuns
tlaa uppes Missouri tribes. ho once maao q wto!o-
sale conversion Ut tho uneapapas. Two beaFs.
tho Chief, like good Scotch prcsbYtestan,
ppFEuup VI plsAyHRs THINE TINES DAT
TO thu willie nlans Great Spirit But tls mots ha
,taycd, and t.e ndre s enjoEuod religious o1sofs'
uners upon Ills triba tho nlote theiF aisIoFtuned
crowded upon them. FlFst casno short ,ttops;
, 1876-08-11
APPOINTMENT,

HjItct0I pis4uIcA " Tia Tribune.
LANSING, 5iIc.,., Au9, u.--A9EGan s. Crosby, OF
tirant ltal!ds. as been appointed by tho u"ssrnor
u tnrsnhtr Ut lhr Eousd Vi t'uIl,l'sonurs Tor the
Supervision VI tns.At aud GgiafA4to11 !pAAtu-
titus.
, 1876-08-11
Arrival Of Col. Miles Six Companies
at Terry's Camp, Aug. 6.
Terry VIII Move Forthwith
to Effect g. Junction
with Crook,
A Bloody Battle Predicted for the
Last Week in August.
The Friendly utes and Sho-
shones of wyoming
Territory.
GEN. FORSYTH,

Ills RETURN FROM TEaNr's CANT.
sr. Paul, Mlnu., Aug. 1o.-3cn. Forsytl, or
Gen. Shcrlluns staff, passrd through this ci,y
yesterday, having left Gen. Tcrry's catnp ut the
mouth oE TIM Ro1ehud week Ago lust Tuesday.
In conversation with urcay nIlIccss whlu hu,c,
Gen. Forrrths corrected several erroneous Aate-
mcnts that were recently selegsaphct. from isis-
nnrck, nnt forwarded from tAa point. 1t WIZ
stated that Gen. Terry haL fallen back 10 u.ilea,
Which te tho tncrcst nonseufc. aud gives falre
Impression To tho public There was No fuIiln,
hack n& all.
The evening before Gen. Foreyth LEFT t;en.
Terry, ecout from Gen. CrnOks command hAd
reached Gen. Teery ten. Crook was then son,u
where near the hcadwaterr of tue Rosebud River,
ns between that and Tongue River. Now. at thls
Tine, Gen. Terry wasat uis mouth OF Tho Big I1nrn
River, anu, In order IL make communication be-
tween hinfca md Gcu Cruok easier, he dropped
down The liver to thu mouth Of the Kosebud, be-
tween which point md Gen. Crooks command th4'
distance WAS no greater than from the mouth Of
tho Bis Horn, while tho country to 10 trarcrscl was
infinitely a,orc favorable for thu march Ut thu,
troops. Besides, the sceat alluded to furnished
the ncws tbut indian tEnIls had bccn found lcadtng
TO this cast, between Gen. Crook and t4e Yellow
stone, and a junction of Guns. Tory and Crook at
point further eass taan ths Big Horn wn. likely
10 prevent tho escape OF tho Indians to tho east
ani nnEth Of the present scene Of operations.
Another m{sstatemcnt found IL 10 the effect that
the troops under Gen. TcHy arc dlsl.castcuod at
the prospect bc!otc thetn. Col Smith, whu nc
eompunicd Gen. Fofsysht utterly contrutlcts this
l,asc!css stury. On tho contrary. Gen. Terry md
tlls art In tho bass losslhla spirits, and arc
but too nnxious to meet the hortlo Of tasagcs in d
falr and squire Gght. There urt no featx III to thu
result.
Another correction which hlu,plo jnstico requires
es of N eS aso y c. H. su pot q;
the steamer Fur West. and party froul that ateam
, 1876-08-11

Rochester,, n. T., Ang. 10.-V!ctor Smith
shot Catharinc. vito Of Frank Bowman, his uclgh-
bor, shout h::!0 to-day. She died almost Instant
". liz then eilot himself. will, probably fatal rf-
fects. Supposed tn have been criminal inter
courtc between Smith and Mfu, uE1wn. which
led 10 thu quarrel.
, 1876-08-11

SAN FnANcifco, Ang. 10.-Thc schooner Banner,
which left this port hat Matrli on tthln9 anu
trading yoyugc, %aa wrecked among tAu Japan
J4luu,!s Tbs crew wcrr all saved with lhe eSetP.
tton Ut Capt Mcclellan. whu llrtt lr0m exposure.
, 1876-08-11

NEW 1nnK, Aug. to.-Wltf1am II. II. Bennett.
the lutte paying.te5lcr Of thu Mechanics ind
Traders bank, who WIN arrested yesterday for
cmbczzicmcnt, has confessed, aud bceu tonaudc1
YItluut ball
, 1876-08-11


BAN TltAsc1sCn, Aus. lO.-Wii!am O'Conncl1.
charged with having committed M assault With In
lent to kill In Missouri. wax arrested to-day on
rcQuisitlut f1om tbs Governor Of that State.
, 1876-08-11

silver lcgattcndef 10 the amount OF $40. and give
tr holders Of United etatcs iotcs tlic nbtnn Of
such notes into silver dollars Of the old
MI tiosy a.ked II the Senator was n1lInz 70 All.
!ssaes f"i III III sissf o'ar not Iessi te"der aSase
Mr. Sherman replied he won!d tesye It optional
Sir. Stevenson asked II Tho scnntor from Ohio
woua he %Hx ~ n pmqs' in ,, ,,ycr
tlaEe It tcgal.tendcr.
Mr. Sherman replied that fo VIVA willing 10 lcayc
ile then tend aEan from the letter Of acceptance
Of Guy: IIrr aud HrEncd dt.at 'nanJ thns' y :
%rfc ns h9 10 tpsao
witch ,et Of nen, eonld l,c trusted %
paay ' as" us :s the ten OF had
~. o n9s IL yloR g. o t nt,s:' ts. .ays r"s
e"1t!on II ~ pa1|le ds!,t every year. !te Ina no
d""b that II tic Eeynhltcan iars should he con.
e .; he p"ic % et Will BE- sa eon1eited M % %,s aud
~, PEI cent hands. The people o. The United
States knew who aaldlcd .c connsr5 with a11 thi.
RETURN in tir civil tcrvlce. it was rather curious
to hear Tint party wttsl, 1rat declared Tint ito t1e
vts,1T ", n1ns m c o k nhni !oy FetT c T.
bring about reforms With The aId Of . i5e:n"cratlc
tan:res~ The country already has bad 'artc Of
civil hcrylca reform In ucn1tcFaitg ilouat Of
Representatives. Where was Ilrclay: Where were
all the snIlrEH 'rho were wounded In tic hcrslce uf
tl!rlr country Al Xot!c: .
The contrtt npoh r1lich ths country WaN 1hnnt 70
cn'cr wnta MT turn npnn u" enIi!tihi Gnrtt1nn
The real question in ts campaign tSae ris,: l.hcr
and nlahcE every any nnti 'sxrTfethrr tnt Dsn'.
ocratic party Should 10 ra'torcu IL power III this
conntry.
IL ilcn referred to the soathesn ontrages' ,a anl
them, and upon TINT party Irhfed tte Fs*ronrih'iiy
OF putting them DOWN: Tue people Of nc NORTH
Ind hecn gencrne tn tue people OF tan s0uth+ a!'
one OF the wnftt things which could happen for
tlIc south "ntfd be The restoration o. thc lcmn.
cratIe party topowcr. ~ i could only he dnbc !y
q uni1ea snntl am Aha& "ou!a at!a5 IN. tne
Norm acninst thcnl. ,,.,. ho HrenHa ahAt
ia Hh,sspt' H,ht Hu H.. a,cs I.ss
tepMpcah ntates, A! u III ncp"tcn y, snI .c
thefG were e, MusLeone VI Fso'snGe. he psos u 'nc
nf.u wuu!u % hmuM = ~ IT, s lie r'et' sf ~ ~
nv %hHte sAsntsy nesnahNta tns tusee7s nt tAe
hepnu.fean I,nsty. ha s!oHe ~ u: .,td I. n.ns m
n ~ ~ H., u. II stn.e. .nen tx. rr1Issn
wtth ali In nrnntscs nnt IacEed by tbs Democratic
es u Pt0AsA'e~e '-'aN '>F@.~4 - sAS
, 1876-08-11

Mr., Lord uttered 4 sesaluston reeltug that The
right 1T Suffrage prrseriDsl ly TIC Constitutions 1l
tllp several Stltes |. subject tn thr Fifteenth
Amendment, anl That thc exrrc1se ot saia r,fhi
ie United States an1 that It ~ assesttA thnl tae
pSefceu uf xaitl slght IL ia soEln stltcs HntWtl.
standing thu el1orts pf gouf cIttzta, Eeslstcti nnd
c.,utrultrA tIy frand, lntinlislaitn anu saoEehcu.
tucut ~ defeated, anil that all citizens. with,
uHt dIrlinctinn at Tnra tr enior. nfo cntlt!ca
~ t'e right. conferred by sull amendment, and as-
c!arll1:, fAt oil attempts by fnEco, fraud, ferrps,
cIsu ot thv tight ut suffrage, should neut With
tnn, cuuhiyn. aud etIeetnaf punishment, and TINT
In any casr which tax heretofore INCURRED or which
mar hc.euicr occur IN which yfGleNce o. murder
har hrcn or stall tn committed by pnt clasa OF rnrs
ua muller, stte prompt punishment Vt thu crlW-
lnal or crl.alnils tj tinpctativaly demanded.
whether tho c,iMr ha punishable hy d hne aud In.
pElso..nscut VI uus demanding thu punishment VI
1ruti.
y vote was then taken on Tho preamble. which
Mr. i'ecbe, chBirn,an nf tliu Cou,mittcu On FIX
ptnAitusca ii sl1c Navy Department. submitted .
with tllrco fesUlntlnlls.
Mr.. Hale EnscI Tho polnt OF oEdet that Thu report
was moi privileged onu aadus tne Eef.las@M passsd
lat NOll1aJ, ~ 1t way report which haa pre-
yiusly tteii reported, printed, anA Foc"nsmtted.
TIN Speakcr tSpsin:cF) osctFuted the po!ni Of
osdsF.
Mr.. Tttson ia. raised point Of order TINT tho
ular order 0f pu.ilcsh wa. lllo discussion "f thu
ulotluM u RECONSIDER Tho yote BY which Hiertass
of the rrssrMt ~as reIerseu to tho Committee on
Appropriations.
Tie resolutions which th1 lajuFity q tbs Cam;
mltten talensfs. pctues altaalty. uad Ans} report
ufr ~ Iullows: ....
tesoised That Isaiah uansso.n. Cblef Of shv Bureau
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-20
The Silver Bill.

The following is the text of the House
bill to provide for the deficiency in the
Printing and Engraving Bureau of the
Treasury Department, and for the issue
Of silver coin in place of fractional cur
rcncy, as amended and passed by the
Senate on the 10th:
Be it enacted, etc., That there be, and hereby
is, appropriated out OF any money in the Treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, the sum Of $163,
OOO, to provide for engraving, printing and other
expenses of making and issuing United States
notes: and the further sum Of $4,000 to provide
for engraving and printing National Bank notes
to he disbursed under the Secretary of the
Treasury.
SEC. :. That the Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby directed to issue silver coins OF the United
States of the denomination of ten, twenty, TWEEN
ty-fve and fifty cents, Of standard value, in re-
demption of an equal amount of fractional cur
rency. whether the same be now in the Treasury
awaiting redemption, or whenever it may
&c presented. for redemption; and the
Secretary Of the Treasury may, un-
der the regulations of the Treasury Depart
ment, provide for such redemption and issue, by
substitution, at the regular sub-treasuries and
public repositories of the United States until the
whole amount OF fractional currency outstanding
shall be redeemed, and the fractional currency re-
deemed under this act shall be held to be part
Of the sinking fund provided for by the existing
law, the interest to be computed thereon as in
case of bonds redeemed under the acts relating to
the sinking fund.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-20
A Sad Story.

The wife of decent workingman left
her family in Brooklyn the other morn
ing, to do some shopping in New York
for the children. She did not return, and
on the evening Of the next day the hus-
band searching for her, recognized her
in the body of woman floating in an
East River dock. It was found early in
the afternoon, towed in and made fast to
. corner of the pier by ropes, where it
lay, waiting for coroner TO release it..
The distracted husband begged to be al
lowed to take 1t home, but was told that
1t could not be removed without the Cor.
oner's order. The proper message failed
to reach the authorities till the offices
were closed, and the poor man walked
the pier all night, mourning by the body
Of his wife. Not till eleven O'Clock the
next day could he take the corpse of the
wife and mother home to her children.
Anything sadder than this sight can hard
" be imagined, the helpless figure,
dressed as she left home, pocketbOOk
clutched in her hand, tied in the water
BY ropes about the waist, exposed to the
mockery of the wind and waves, her cry
ing children waiting her return, and the
half-crazed, faithful m0urncr keeping his
watch all the wild night In the darkness
by her side. The spectacle was seen BY
thousands, hurrying to their work the
next morning, and commented on severe
y, but no one dared to NEEDLE with the
body against the law. 1t IL thought the
woman was pushed or blown from the
dock on her way home in gale.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-20

equal in intensity or quantity to that
which is reflected toward US by white
cloud on q summer day, it can scarcely
be pretended that weather is affected by
such cause. That the moon does exert
attraction on us 10 manifest-we see its
working in the tides. but though it can
move water, it is most unlikely that 1t can
do the same to air, for the specific gravity
OF the atmosphere is SO small that there is
nothing to be attracted. Laplace calcu-
lated, indeed, that the joint attraction
of the sun and moon together could not
stir the atmosphere at quicker rate than
five miles day. As for lunar emana-
tons, not a sign of them has ever been
discovered. The idea of an influence
produced by the phases of the moon is
therefore based on no recognizable cause
whatever. Furthermore, it is now dis
tinctly shown that no variations at all
really occur in weather ut the moment OF
the changes of quarter any more than at
other ordinary times. Since the estab-
lishment of meteorological stations all
over the earth, it has been proved by mill
lions of observations that there is no
simultaneOusness whatever between the
supposed cause and the supposed effect.
The whole story is fancy and super
stition which has been handed down to us
uncontrolled, and which we have accepted
as true because our forefathers believed 1t.
The moon exercises no more influence on
the weather than herrings do on the Gov
eminent of SwitZerland.-Black s
MHU1zins
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-20
A Serious Family Performance.

They lately had comedy which lasted
all night on steamboat at the New Or.
leans wharf. VIM. Latimer, a steamboat
painter, had assembled to the top of one of
the steamer Natchez' chimneys by means
of tackle, and got upon = narrow balcony
formed by iron wicker-works around the
mouth of the chimney. He was working
there about 100 feet above the deck, when,
shifting the tackle to correspond with
change of position he was about to make,
it slipped and fell to the deck, leaving
him on his high perch without any means
of descending safely. 1t was late in the
evening then, and all efforts OF the Cap
tain and crew to release the painter from
his unpleasant position failed OF success.
They tried to splice together ladders
enough to reach him, but they were too
short. They tried to throw him cord by
means of which he might haul up rope
to descend upon, but could not hit the
right spot. In the meantime the painter
was patient observer of the collecting
crowds on the levec. The delighted spec
tators laughed and shouted, and the sun
fell and all the wharf was dark. Latimer
did not come home to his evening meal.
Latimer's wife and children came and saw
with terror the ticklish position of their
protector. They huddled together SILVER
ing on deck and looked tearfully up the
chimney. The Captain finally gave up
trying to extricate Latimer that night, but
the mans family stayed by him, as near
as they could get, and spent. the night
gazing, as it were, at the man in the moon,
and shouting to him constantly, and
getting his answers, in order to prevent
him from falling asleep, and also falling
down the chimney. So they kept up a
loud conversation and carried on the
comedy all night. 1t was very funny to
the wharf audience, but very serious to
the actors. 1t was "Serious Family
performance. The Captain (Leathers) as
sured the woman that if the high comedy
performer did not come down involun-
tarily during the night, there would be q
happy family reunion and she should kiss
her husband at ten O'Clock in the morn
ing. Doubtless he kept his word, as we
have not heard of anybody getting fiat
tened out by falling down steamboat
chimney in New Orleans-St. Louis Re-
publican.