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More than a Mile a Minute.


From the Detroit Free Press.
There was only one stop in the II miles that
separates St Thomas from Amhcrstburg ou the
Canada Southern Railroad, The engineer. Ma
combcr, was surrounded by an almjring throng-
aMd passengers and rtilr ladcIS commented ON the
handsome appearance of his iron steed. The
steanl-gauge Just before starting showed pres
sure Of eighty five pounuS, moderate figure for a
locomotive. Conductor Crawford sang out "AIl
aboard :" and the special train, with Bishop B"r
gess on board. pulled out from st, Thomas at ~
T.. NJ. \ grand hurrah from the platform Si%ntIlcd
the departure.
once the bridge was cleared Macomber let her
ont" Bishop Borgess.. in the palace ear, after IT.
crivins the salutations of the gentlemen of the
party. sat down, and dinner was served to him
and his travelling companions npon small table.
No one noticed any particular motion III the car
There dlSarrangcment III the dishes, croWd
ed and small as the table. The hum OF the
train wa, somewhat sharper than usual, and the
rushing uiI against the windows seemed like the
sweeping of rain storm. otherwise there was
no indication Of unusual speed to person IN the
Presently watches were taken out and observa-
tons made The reverend clergy, as well as the
more worldly became Interested "A mile III
sixty seconds" :" calculated one shortly atter--'A
mile i'll ttv-eght seconds AEaln-'A mile III
titty-seven seconds" and the enthusiastic Frank
Moran with cheer that intensified the eNcle
ment. announced that his stop watch marked ttt!
five seconds to the mile.
Before one could point out an ohi"ct 1t had VAN
iShed Before question could be asked and an
swercd Il mile had sped: five miles were ttar"rHrd
in the interval. while cigars were handed around
and lighted bv as many men, \ flock OF black
birds tlying toward the west with all their iicct
ness in clcayng the air were soon left behind and
lost to view.
down from the movement of the train, The
bushes on the side of the bitches shook as if swept
by a hurricane, and the tall and gaudy yellow
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''Do you think, said my mother, slowly,
"that she did it because am your mother,
or because
Il think" said |, quickly, chat if any
thing would have prevented her doing it,
it would have been the fact that you are
my mother"
"And that you were present" said my
mother, nodding her head sagaciously
II thought so. Frederick, we had con-
versation two weeks ago
"On dancing, gambling, and laughing
in church." | suggested, as my mother
paused
FREDERICK" said my mother, severely,
''will you be kind enough to let that sub
ject DROP Because | was a cantankerous
idiot and self opinionated bigot, will you
leave me no place for repentance Ihave
had new views of the falliblity of human
nature since then, and l suppose | may
take a womans privilege OF changing my
mind
'By all means, said, laughing, 'espe-
cially as you have fulfilled the conditions
so admirably"
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Buried Alive for Eighteen Hours.

AT O'Clock Saturday morning. ilie Henry
Raueh was engaged in the work of cleaning out
well, 40 feet deep, On Stephen Matthews place, at
PaincSville, Ohio. the whole side slid IN, burylng
the man alive The alarm Immediately spread all
over the village. and the people turned out ell
masse. willing to do all in their power to rescue
their neighbor. The almost hurculean work was
placed under charge OF the Mayor. No one eX-
pected to find aught at the bottom OF debris tx
cept the manglcd corpse, but no less willingly was
the work prosecuted RELAYS were formed and as
soon as one man gave out another took his place
A short distance from the surface curblng was
placed in order to keep the trcacheruus earth from
again falling in. and the work pushed on. At
dark but "a little portion of the real work had been
done and those who had hope Of finding the man
alive were completely discouraged. 1t was thought
that if he had escaped being crushed or sulocated
he must die of dampness and cold But the work
was pushed on vigorously by the light of lanterns
and torches One curb after another WAS put
down, and the men toiled on. Midnight came
and most of the crowd had left, but buckettul
after bucketful of stones and earth were constant
" ascending from the awful pit At length the
bottom was nearly reached, when one of the work
men called out 'Henry. where are YOU" Distinct
". though muiled by the earth, came the answer
''On the side next the town During ali the ter
rible Is hours that he had been in this living tomb
Rauch had kept the points OF the compass III his
mind and this probably saved him at the critical
moment Great now taken not to strike
the mans head or to permit the debris to cave
in around him. In few moments his head and
shoulders. then his whole body was extricatcd
He was given several cups Of hot coffee and some
bread and after short sleep was able to walk
home Rauehs DESCRIPTION Of his sensations while
in the well were very interesting. He had not
moved muscle, he said, during the time, He
had Slight breathing space afforded him by
means of the rope by which he was lowered. One
arm bent and raised supported large stone, and
the stone rested on the back Of his neck. He was
derious with apprehension much of the time
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An Interesting Party.

New YORK oct y George W Briggs alias
Thomas ii l.cury, and Elizabeth Hlll, two ot the
prisoners arrested by Inspector Murray On rducS
daY night with LAngdou W. Moore, alias Charley
Adams and Rebeccd Moore, lIS WIFE were agaIn
brought up before Justice Smith to-day AT the rs
sex Market Police Court According to the par
ticuars elected i'll evidence to day 1t appears that
on the 1lth of MAY William B, Kerr commercial
traveller for Ang Brothers Of No. llO Broadway
checked il trunk from Worcester IL Hartford. con
tanning ltwelrv consisting of pms rings bracelets,
cameo brooches. etc all of the value of o'O0u. and
that on the same evening Il Young man. who gave
the name of Davis also called and directed to have
his name put on his bag, after short delay. He
went away, and i'll the interval the day porter
Samuel knowtou was succeeded by night por
ter named Sticklcy. Davis came back again 70
make inquiries about his bag, and Stlckcv invited
him to come around the counter. The porter dld
not pay much attention to his movements and he
watched favorable opportunity to have the
checks changed. that his bag was sent on IT,
Hartford Conn. and the trunk was forwarded .u
New York.
The next day the bag reached Hartford ANA the
trunk was received in New ork. II Wds brought
BY a hackman to the Putnam House, under the I,t.
struction Of Briggs, who registered at the h"tci
under the name of Charles H Brewster and who
was assigned room No. 2il. He left III halt an
hour and had the trunk sent on by Adams tx
press "a Baltimore 1t is believed after having rtrd
its contents 1t was discovered in Baltimore.
empty. Briggs has been identified by the day
clerk at the Putnam House Us the man who
brought the trunk there, and by newSvendcr
named George Martin, who helped to remove the
trunk when the hacklnAn was CARVING II on |"
Adams Express office. Two pairs of gold bracelets
and a cameo brooch, found on the person of Eliza
beth Hill were identified by George t. Alin us a
portion of the stolen property taken from me
trunk Of Kerr. The model and dies from which
they were taken were produced in Court. ana
the articles fitted nicely into them. The pri
ia initial mark d \llIur a Co Oblltprlt
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lngersoll on Temperance.

In Il recent letter to an Indiana paper
Col. Robert G. lngersoll says that the only
Temperance speech he ever made WAS
i'll what was known as the Mum trial in
Chicago, when he made these few re-
marks on alcohol: II believe, gentle
men, that alcohol, to a certain degree de-
moraliZeS those who make it. those who
sell it, and those who drink it. | believe
that from the time it issues from the
coiled and poisoned worm Of the distillery
until it empties into the hell of crime, dis
honor, and death, it uemoraliZes every
body that touches il from its source to its
ends. | do not believe that anybody can
contemplate the subject without becOm
ing preudiced against that liquid crime.
All that we have to do, gentlemen is to
think of the wrecks upon either bank Of
this stream of deatll-of the suicides-ot
the insanity-of the poverty of the igno-
rance of the destitution the little
children tugging at the faded dresses of
weeping and despairing wives, asking for
bread-of the men Of genius it has wreck
ed-of the millions struggling with i'm
aginary serpents produced by this devlish
thing; and when you think of the jails,
of the houses, of the asylums, of the
prisons, and of scattolds upon either bank,
| do not wonder that every thoughtful
man is preiudiced against that damned
| stuff called alcohol"
THE KIND OF GIRLS THEY RAISE IN
PENoBsCOT COUNTY. Eva Z. Works, the
/ girl who hayed all summer in Brewer
village dressed in male attire, was born
in DXmont near Bangor. Her parents
lived on a farm, and she, as soon as she
was old enough to do any work, com
menced to help around the farm. Three
of her brothers went into the army The
father was in rather poor health anc
needed help. Eva, as she grew stronger
did good deal Of the hard work on tht
farm, and knowing that she could dc
work easier in boys clothing than girl's
she assumed male dress.
She continued to do the work on the
farm, and as she grew older and stronger
she became a very good farm hand. Ii
1872 her father died. The mother wa,
then dependent upon her for support
Eva continued on the farm, carrying OF
the laborious work in most successful
manner till the house and Outbuildngs
caught fire and were totally destroyed
Not daunted in the least by this most I'M
fortunate misfortune, house near by was
rented and the farm continued to be rlI
by her.
Thinking, however, that she could pos
slbly support her mother some other way
better than farming she moved to Chel-
sea. There the mother lived while Eva
worked in Boston and gained living fol
the two. A part of the time she was 8
hostler at a stable and the remainder o
the time drove team. This went on fol
two years, when in May last the mother
sickened and died, and Eva, not having
to support any one beside herself, came
to her native Maine once more.
After she had become accustomed tt
the garb of a man she preferred to con
tinue in that dress, and she now stoutly
affirms that she will ever appear in male
apparel.
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When the Songs Gone Out of Your Life.


When the songs gone out of your life
That you thought would last to the end
That first sweet song of the heart
That no other days can lend
The scng of the bird to the trees.
The song of the wind to the flowers,
The song that the heart sings low to itself
When it wakes in life's morning hours.
ou can start 10 other song
Not even tremulous note
Will falter forth on the empty air.
1t dies in your aching throat
1t Is all in vain that you try.
For the spirit OF song has fed
The nightingale sings no more to the lose
When the beautiful flower is dead
So let silence softly fall
On the bruised hearts quiyering strings
Perhaps from the loss Of all you may learn
The song that the seraph sings
4 grand and glorious psalm
That will tremble and rise. and thrill.
And till your breast with its grateful rest
And its lonely yearnings still.
Boston Transcript.
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The Harvest Moon and the Hunters Moon

Twice in the wear when the sun is in Virgo and
Libra, the moon being near her full, in the oppo
site quarter of the astronomers tell that the
latter orb rise near sunset for numbe. of nights
III succession. The tlrSt moon appears about the
time Of the equinox, Sept. - being called the
harvest moon because at that time in the mother
country the crops brought in: and the second.
occurring about Oct % is called the hunter's
moon" for the reason that 1t indicates the opening
Of the chase
Whoever may be on the watch at these times
is likely to witness Il brilliant spectacle nightly re
peated and one by which even the thoughtess
person is sometimes surprised, most fancying for
a moment that there has been some invasion of
natures law. In olden times when the British
yoeman studied the earth and the stars instead OF
questionable cheap newspapers the recurrence OF
the harvest moon was long anticipated and was
hailed with merry making.
The explanation of this phenomenon, constantly
occurring i'll some parts of the Garth is found in
the fact that at this time only very small angle is
made by the ecptic and the moons orbit with the
horizon. When tiattened by retracton these moons
are sometimes called horizontal moons. 1t is the
hunters moon that is to be associated with '.the
soft advance OF Indian summer II season due
about Nov. |, All Saints Day, on which account it
has been called THE Summer of All Saints" Whit
tier alone of all the prominent American poets, al
lows the hunters moon to stand in its true con
nechon:
From gold to gray
Our mild. sweet dav
Of Indian summer fades too soon;
But tenderly
Der land and sea
Hangs, white and calm. the hunters moon y
Appleton's Journal
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At Emonaus, N. r., the other day, dentist was
called in to extract tooth for the daughter of a
citizen who owned very fine watch dog The
doctor had no sooner applied the forceps to the
tooth than the lady began to scream The dog,
who was outside, heard the cries. and thinking his
mistress was being harmed, rushed in and seized
the doctor by the leg, and was only persuaded to
loose his hold by severe beating
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tramp went into gentlemans house in Haw-
leyville, and after seating himself ordered the
servant girl to get him some eggs and cider While
ordering these things he spat upon the floor, and
being ordered out refused to go. The girl knocked
him down, and as he arose to depart gave him a
hot water bath
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English, and | was glad to see that my
mother Was gradually becoming more and
more absorbed in the conversation. When
she found that her refusal to take wine
| provoked only a very mild surprise and
remonstrance, her last scruple melted
away, and | was scarcely surprised to
see her wildly waving her empty glass,
and chanting with the rest the musical
'Hoch," which is the German version of
our unmelodious cheer To be sure, the
toast which she elected thus to honor was,
40 the health Of our American friends
now present" but as no doubt of the pro-
prlety Of her proceeding crossed her mind,
IL would have been aplty to enllghten her.
Now there was stir around the table.
The band, which had hitherto been silent,
struck up march-like air. Each gentle
man offered his arm to his partner, and
we moved around the room in dignitied
promenade, While the walters entered to
clear the tables and push them out of the
way. Round and round we went, my
mother beaming with mild enjoyment as
she leaned upon her partners arm Sud
denly the measure changes; hand is linked
III hand, aud the long line winds and
waves, weaving itself in and out in
graceful undulations For an instant
my mother, in confusion and bewilder-
ment, yields to the impulse. Then a
dreadful suspicion breaks upon her mind,
and she turns to her partner, with the
trenzied question
"What is it ! What are we DOING"
doing, madam ?" repeats Herr Muller,
looking bland, but slightly puzzled. owe
are dancing the POlonaise, to be sure Do
not be troubled; you do perteo tly WE'LL
assure YOU
But my mother waits for no further en-
couragement With a gasp she wrests her
hand quickly from the grasp upon it, and
mechanically retaining her hold upon her
partner, she Whirls him, too, out of the
ranks, and drops, a limp. collapsed heap,
upon the nearest chair. Helen and dis
engage ourselves from the line and hasten
up to her. But consolation is in vain.
She only raises her fearful eyes to mine
and murmurs.
''Frederick, your mother will disgrace
both You and herself in her Old age First
gambling, and now dancing, Oh, Fred
erick send me back to Nepoosuc before
sink turther' And covering her face
with her hands she bursts into helpless
tears, while her bewidered partner looks
on unable to form the slightest conjecture
as to the meaningof this remarkable scene.
obviously there is but one thing to be
done, and that do, by hastily consigning
Helen to Herr Mulers charge, and lead
ing my mother out of the room as quickly
and as quietly as possible.
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My mother and | sat for a long time
without speaking, on that memorable
Sunday evening. She was calm and com
posed now, though the traces of recent
emotion still fingered upon her face. |
would not be the first to broach one sub
ject, the only one upon which felt in
clined to talk just then; so we sat silent
in the dusky twilight, watching the leap
ing violet flames which quivered and
tiickered above the bed of glowing GOALS
"Frederick,' said my mother at last.
Eyes, mother"
"Your Helen is brave girl"
81 am glad that you think 50, mother
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Hangs, white and calm. the hunters moon y
[Appletons Journal
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Some farmers complain that they are
always unsuccessful with their apple crop
on account of the fruit falling from the
trees in a diseased condition, while their
neighbOrs are never troubled in this man
ner, and generally succeed in gathering
their crop in good condition. The fruit
not untrequently prematurely falls on ac-
count of the attack of an insect produced
by an egg deposited by a moth. 1t eats
INTO the apple and destroys it. If pigs
we're allowed to roam through an orchard
thus afflicted, immatured apples would
be eaten as they fell, and the cause of the
loss eradicated; or the apples could be
gathered and fed to swine or destroyed.
by allowing the worm eaten fruit to re-
main on the ground, the insect annually
repeats its ravages. Ger. Telegraph.
A Southern paper thinks that one of
the strangest things in the world is to
find Southern planters buying tons OF
Northern hay, while the heavy and griev-
GUS task the whole year round is to keep
the fields clear Of grass
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-15
DISSOLUTION.
C0PARTNeRSHIP NOTICE,

ID. II. w. NJ. Thoburn have this day
formed a copartn rship under the firm
name OF Thoburn & Bro. TOR the purp1ss
Of carrying on The Grocery business Ia the
stand formerly DC upied by Crawford q
Thoburn, No. no Market cor. nth street.
JanIl
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-15
Auction Sale of Livery Stock.

At 9:30 O'CLOCK \. NJ, ON MONDAY,
n February }. 1871 will proceed TO sell at
public auction, the valuable Livery STOCK
used by the late firm Of Husemen &c Men.
del, or so much thereofas is not previously
disposed OF at private sale.
The said stock comprises nineteen hne
horses, five splendid hacks, eight top
buggies -four nearly new,) one barouche,
one large four-hors- wagon with seats, one
sample wagon, one sale, two ONCE desks
nine buffalo robes, one large four.horse
sleigh, three one.horse slefghS, nine sets
single harness, five sets coach harntas'
one set barouche harness, one set hearSe
harness. one set iair leather harness. two
X light pole harness, one set Jour horse
harness, thirty harness covers, thirty-two
iron stall fixtures, one feed-cutttr ana
numerous other articles such as are usu'
ally part of the equipm snt OF first class
livery stable.
Terms OF sale will be cash on all pur'
chases OF less than 500. A credit OF ninety
days will be given on all purchases OF sltO
or more, the buyer TO give negotiable
note with approved security for the
amount OF his purchase, and the interest
,hereon from the Gay OF sale TO the date OF
the note maturity.
HARRY CALDWELL,
jalj Assignee of HuSemen Il Mendel
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CITY CLERKS OFFICE.
WHEELING, ". w, Jan. II, 1871

On Thursday. January 18th, 1877, an
election will be helG for Mayor, Clerk, Ser
geant, Street Commissioner. Superinien-
dent of Water Works, and Wharf Master,
of the City OF Wheeling, and Tor members
of Council for tue several wards of said
city, commencing at 9O'clOck a. NJ, and
closing at o'clock p. NJ, at the following
places IN the several wards, viz:
In the First Ward, AT the Nigilant En-
CINE House.
In the St cond Ward, at the North Hall
IN the Market House.
In the Third Ward, ut the Court House.
In the Fourth Ward, at the Atlantic En-
e, ne House.
In the Fifth Ward, at the Guards Hose
House.
In the sixth Ward, at the United En-
CINE House.
In the Seventh Ward, at the store OF j.
B. LukenS.
In the Eighth Ward, at the store room of
NJ. M.llor, on the east side of Jacob street
Told Fifth
The members OF the Second Branch OF
Council are apportioned rs follows:
For the First Ward, three members; for
the Second Ward, threS members; Tor The
Third ward, three members; for the
Fourth Ward, three members; for the
Filth Ward, three mem berS; Tor theSiNth
Ward, lour members; Tor the seventh
Ward. two members; Tor the Eighth Ward,
four members.
Branch OF COuucil one member from each
ward, to serve for four years.
The election will be held under the SUI
perintendance OF such persons as His
Honor the Mayor may appoint.
l.. A. BRITT, Oity Clerk.
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COUPONS LOST.

The following numbered US. Coupons
were lost in the mail between Taylors-
town, Pa, and Wheeling: ,,o-
July j, 1857, act OF March 3, 1868, nc, No
q, 0i, and e., Jan. l, 1877, se5; July /, 800
ISL. sl5: July /, 1865, act OF March, 3, 1868,
No. lo0, Is5 January, ls1, sl5; July !, ls6S'
ISL. SIS: July /, 1865, act oil March b. 1865,
No. 1884, Janu-ry. 1871, si9; Novem3eI'
1865, act of November l, 1860, NO: 1920,
January. ls77. sis: November, 1857, act OF
November /, 1885, No. $685., January, 1877,
All persons are requested to keep look
out for the same, and to give Information
TO MessrS. SIMPSON REID,
Wholesale Grocers, Wheeling, or to
Ian. las A. T.. M'CLEES,
Taylorstown, Pa.
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the appointment OF Joint Committee IN
relation to the furniture, &c, necessary
for the building" coming up, was adopt
cd.
The President appointed Dir. johnson
as such committee on the part OF the
Senate.
Ordered. That Mr.. johnson inform the
House OF Delegates of the action OF the
Senate upon the resolution.
Anessage from the House of Dele
gates, by Mr.. Riley, announced that that
that body had adopted House JOINT Res
olution No. 8, "Instructing our Senators
and Representatives in Congress to
favor a modification of the internal rev.
enue laws in reference to the sale OF
tobacco, and asked the concurrence OF
the Senate.
Mr. Dennis, on leave, introduced Sen
ate bill No. 10, "a bill regulating mile.
age"
The bill was read by its title and re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judlcl-
airy.
On motion of Mr.. Burdett,
Resolved, That when the Senate sd.
iourn to day, it do so to meet at 10 o'clock
A. NJ. on Monday next. -,
On motion of Mr.. Burdett, At IL
o'clock NJ the Senate adjourned.
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BUSINESS NOTICES,
NOTICE.

VNHE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
L Stockholders OF Benwood Iron Works
Tor Election OF Directors, VIII be- held nj
the ONCE OF the Company, No. II Four.
,sehth street, on Tuesday, January ~,
1917, at O'Clock =. ".
ia9I ALoNzO LoRING, sec'y.