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Tho railroad magnates ure still In session at
Ecw York, mud 70 far no decisive actiun Inns
been taken. Adylccs received hero up to last
evening Indicate m atnlcable settlement Of most
o1 tho existing difficulties. The Grand Trunk
Is represented by IT, President and General
Freight Agent, and they seen 10 bo willing to
join ta MI agreement looking towards the main.
teuance Of uniform rites.
The subscriptions to the proposed Ann Arbor
d Toledo Railroad arc 50 nearly full that the
promoters Of lhe Company fuel warranted In
beginning to lay rails, aud haYe arranged to
ctnltuut.co that work nnxt week u Dundee, on
tue Cana4a Southern. They are going to push
thu work IN both directions. -
Fur the last week the car.shups of the Chi
cago, Hook lsland Il Pacihc Kal(soad Company
laye presented, q lively appearance. The
basteF Car lsnfl,lcr, slE, VerbTick, iias had
orders tn build l5u new ours to taku thu place Ut
the WORKOUT ones nnl those which haYc been
dcstroyel cntircly. Ic has elnploycl tiity
extra tueu, and Is now working .sssdu Aauls on
full tllnr, and has to keep part Vi Ills machinery
working lur iuio thu ui%ht tn order to keep vi
with Ill. work. Hs is turning out new freight.
cars at thc rate Of four lay. liz has also Ia
the shpps fouF new passenger coaCl.e&, 0ne
baEEaye'ear, and tour new VuboOscs, which he
d rustlsng 10 completion, a. the roAl has been
short u passenger coaches siEve thu Ioxs
aScidcnt.
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SRSc101 NtR1lt1 % 34f GA9e000 1F1SKHt.
1ApiAAAPolls. Ind. Oct. 6.--About tiity fam
ntes will start for Floyd County, Lolisians, and
settle 10 q few weeks. The anne man who Or
9anized the Mississippi colony hxs charge Of
this one.
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3kl MAN Z 1NNNEe E<&s :, -.
WILxxsBAaRk, Pa, Oct. t.-An incendiaf9
are In Nausleoke, mining town near here
burned fourteen bulldogs. The loas Is $e5.oo@
mostly insured,
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CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 5.--On thls tho fourth
md Inst day Of the fall meeting OF tho Clcvo-
lanu Club. there was large attendance.
Tho special purse was won by Rasus, Great
Eastern second money, Hopeful third.
TlIu 80 race was won by talmar, tho faYorltc
Calnar tho winner OF the I: 3:oG class Of ycstcr-
tlres straight heats, giving him record OF
2:993>9, IL 0 blood bay, y years old, by bourbon
Chloi, and was purchased tu kontucky three
years ago by, hs owner, ueorge 4. Baker, Of
John splan.
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HANNIBAL II ST. JOSEPH.
ST. JOSEPH, No.. Oct. h-The petition oi
Morse rs. the Hannibal Il Ct. Joseph Road, ask-
luz stat Receiver be appointed, has been post.
polcl to TuesIay next.
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KNOCKED DOWN AND ROBBED.

1ANVIAF FIJI lyV " - zk.NV IEVI&KEFIt
BosroS, Uet. G.-'rlts noon Alderman Asa 4.
Breed, Of Lynn, Director OF the Central Ma
tlonat Bunk of that PLACE, passing through a
small al'ey-way opposite the Boston, Revere
Beach g. Lynn Railroad statson this c1ty, wns
set upon l,y two men. who knocked him down
and robbed him Of 5000 in bunk bills. Mr.
breed resisted, and the r0bbers drew ruvolycrs
and drctl three stlots at him, one oi which
Erazed tho buck af Ills tea,l. The robbcrs re-
treated under covcr Of their rcyoIyers TO q team
tn waiting for them, nnd druye otI hastily
towards South HUst0u.
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"A YOUTH CHARGED WITH MURDER.
DAYTON, o., Oct. 5.-Thu Coroner's Jury 10
the case Of Sheridan Miller, shut ut Washington
Court.flouse yesterday, brouuht q verdict at
trlbutIug hls lcath ~ hIa cousin, David Miller,
who Ia under urrcst. The prisoner IL only III
years old, mud ucnics all kuowlcd2e VI thu
shouting,
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,,y,r+rpuIr1r nj. Dru,7rx,.Ayc
A meeting VI "the other" Fifteenth Ward
Renubliran Club n IA held 1axt evenInv at Fo1xta
Ill NJ T.,,.
Aa1's corner ot Hofth avenue ana Aa1taoee
street. To anybody familiar with politics
in The wo,5. tha term used 10 dis
- -" ,..,e-
tingukh thls Club WILL heco no e1p!snat1on-
For the information of outsiders, II may be
.,.t.d .t,t th.-A 49,. TOO f,luh. In +he ward ons
statcu ena' 'he'7 "e ss ~ ~ 1"s "1"' ~, vnu ~,
oe which makes it, hcaaquaftefs a. NO. VI
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a Beautiful idea.

We have frequently met the follow
ing beautiful sentiment in print without
the proper credit. 1t is one of Bu}wer's
most beautiful emanation, and, if our
memory serves correctly, it is to be
found in the thrilling novel of Eugene
Aram.
1T cannot be that earth is mans only
abiding place. 1t cannot be that our
life is bubble, cast up by the ocean of
eternity to float for a moment, then
sink into nothingness. Else why is it
that the glorious aspirations which leaps
like angels from the temple of our
hearts, are forever wandering about un-
satisfied? Why is it that the rainbow
and the cloud come over MS with beau
ty that is not of earth, then pass off and
ness? Why is it that the stars who hold
their festival around the midnight
throne are set so far above the grasp of
limited faculties, forever mocking US
with their unapprOachable glory? And,
finally, why is it that bright forms of
human beauty are presented to our view
but for a moment and then taken from
us, leaving the thousand streams of our
affection TO flow back in alpine torrents
upon our hearts? We are born for
higher destiny than that of earth, there
is a realm where the rainbow never
fades-where the stars viii spread out
before us, like islands that slumber on
the ocean, and where the beautiful be-
ings that pass before us like shadows
will stay in our presence forever.
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The Old Coat of Gray.
BY BLONDINl

1t lies there alone +; it is rusty and faded,
With patch on the elbow, hole in the side;
But think Of the brave boy who wore it and ever
Look on il with pleasure and touch it with pride
/ A history clngs to it q; over and over,
We see proud youth hurried of to the fray,
\ With his form Ike an oak, and his eye like the
How gallant he road in the ranks of ''the Gray -
1t is rough it is worn it is tattered in places,
But I love 1t the more for the story it bears:
A story of courage in struggle with sorrows,
And heart that bore braYey its burdens of cares.
It Is ragged and rusty, but all ! it was shining
In the silkiest sheen when he wore it away,
morning,
When he sprang to his place in the ranks OF ''the
Gray
There's rip in the sleeve, and the collar is tar
The buttons all gone with their glitter and gold
'Tis thing Of he pass, and we reYereutly lay it
Away with the treasures and relics Of old;
As the gifts Of love, solemn, sweet and unspoken
Are cherished as leaves from long vanished day
We viii keep the old jacket for sake the loved one
Who rode in the van in the ranks of 1.-THE Gray"
Shot through with bullet-right here in the shouI-
Aud down there the pocket is spIintered and
sOiled,
All more-see, the lining is stained and disoolored!
Yes-bloc=i-drOps the texture have stifened and
spoiled.
It came when he rode at the head of the column,
Charging down in the battle deadliest day,
When squadrOns Of foemen were broken asunder,
And Victory rode with the ranks Of ''the Gray"
It's memry i weetuess and sorrow cOInIningled,
To me 1t is preciOus-mOre precious than gold
IN the rent and the snOt-holes volume Is written,
In the stains on the lining is agony told
That was ten years ago, when, in lfes sunny morn
ing,
He rode with his comrades down into the fray,
And the old coat he wore, and the good sword he
welded
We're all that came back from the ranks of ''the
Gray"
And it lies there alone; 1 viii reverence it ever,
The patch in the elbow, the hole in the side,
For gaanter heart never breathed than the love-
ed one,
Who wore it in honor and soldiery pride.
Let brush of the dust from its tatters and
uish,
Let me fold it up closely and lay it away
It is al that is left Of the loved and the lost one
Who fought for the Rights in the ranks of ''the /
Gray"
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CHAPTER XVIII.
TWO PAIRS OF WOMEN.

Mrs. Celia Revere's appearance took
everybody by surprise. Susie, dear soul,
had made up her mind for a middle-aged
widow lady, in cap, with black lace trim
ming. if FEgenteel,'' or for care-worn
woman, with lines of narrowing thought
marked upon her faded forehead. Amelia
had fancied a mild, gentle lady of about
fOrty-six, in black silk dress with Whi1
linen cuffs. and her hair parted smooth IL
the middle for Edward to kiss, when she
bent over him. To the dismay of mother
and daughter, when a card, inscribed . Mrs.
Celia Revere was followed by the visit
or's appearance With Fanny in the cot
tage parlor, a handsome woman, with
flashing eyes, and raven curls, dressed IN
brown silk, and Enthusiastically p" arlsto-,
cratic" bowed distantly to Mrs. Macy and
q Young Miss, in blue silk, initiated her
mother, with slight inclination OF her
curly head Then both visitors, bending
little, acknowledged Amelia's presence;
and Fanny was presented as Edwards
sister, madam"
Amelia told her mother, afterwards, she
g thought she'd drop" SO taken aback
was the poor little school teacher by such
&c genteel " reception of hospitality. m
sure sha'n't like her - was Amelia rapid
thought, and she saw the reflection OF 1t IN
her fond mothers face, which she knew
how to read so we'll The visitors were
shown to their room with more punctilious-
ness than Susie had practised for years.
They were directed where to find everything
needed, and if they required more, to ring
for the servant. /" Then the two pairs sepa-
rated, Susie and Amelia, looking at one
another, below, in the parlor; Celia Revere
and her young daughter, clinging to each
others necks, in their handsome chamber,
with hooks on its marble eentre-table and
fresh flowers on the mantle piece.
aAmelia, what do you think of them, !"
"Oh, mother, I'm afraid they re proud y
s'But the child has sweet face" said
She's artful, I'm sure" responded
Amelia -" Did you see how she watched
her mother?"
/" Well, we must try to make the best OF
them. had no idea she was such fashion
able woman-reduced, of course"
"She's lady, mother, that's evident,
said Amelia.
Well. we'll treat her as a lady," an
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Laying for Him.

1t having come to the ears of the
United States officials at this point that
Big English, the boot-black, had band
full of lead nickels in his possession, the
boy was yesterday interviewed on the
subject.
Eyes; I've got nineteen bad nickles in
my trowsers pocket" was his prompt
reply.
"And what are you doing with them?"
Holding right to ,em. You needn't
think you've got a case again me, for
you haven't"
Glow did you get those bad pieces?"
''Rich man, who shall be nameless-
black his boots every morning
me out a lead nickel-thinks he's got a
soft thing on me, but I'm IayIn' for
him.
"HOw?"
why, he's got daughter bout my
age.Pll be thinking in two or three years
more, and I'll shoulder a bag of his
nickels, walk into the parlor, and say:
Mister man l love thy fair daughter,
and l demand her hand in marriage.
Behold the proofs of your vile perfidy,
and come up to the rack or go to the
jug : You just keep still and let him
shower out his bogus coins. amt
handsome, but I'm terror to plan!''-
Free Press.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-03-21
A California Domestic Tragedy.

A wealthy, middle-aged and jealous
Englishman at Oakland, Cal, according
to an exchange newspaper, has found
that he didn't take the right way to
trap his pretty young wife In the
orthodox fashion he told her he was 60
ing to Sacramento for a week; but he
came back the second day, crept into
the library, and after much difficulty
encased himself in one Of several coats
Of mail fastened to the floor, where he
patiently awaited the false wife's gay
lover. Darkness came-9 o'clOck-mid-
night; and not even the wife appeared.
The old gentleman grew tired, fell
asleep, and unfortunately snored. This
frightened the butler, who came down
stairs, gun in hand, to meet the robbers
The jealous husband was dreaming,
when a handful of quail shot took him
in the breast plate, and, amid his ter
ritied shrieks, the butler promptly put
the other load into the pier glass, under
the impression that another burglar was
dra wing a bead on him. After the
whole neighborhosd was aroused the
mistake was discovered, and the batter
ed party extracted by the aid of black
smith, and, amid the smokers of the
assembly, the chagrined man crawled
upstairs to his bedroom A small note
was sticking on the pincoushion. His
wife had elOped the morning before!
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Still Ahead.

Solemn-looking Detroiter, dressed as
a labOrer, enters grocery on Michigan
avenue, carrying chest of tea in his arms
and as he puts it on the counter he says:
Found it in lumber pile near the
Junction this morning. 1 see from the
marks that it belongs to you. Had you
missed it?"
l-ahem-well--" coughs the
grocer.
cts your chest, of course, and I
want no reward for returning it. Right
is right, and try to do the fair thing by
everybody"
Yes ahem- needn't let this get
into the papers -ahem-nOr speak to the
police-ahem-and take this dollar for
You, trouble"
The chest was hidden nnder the coun-
ter till 4 leisure moment arrived, and
then the grocer open it in search of fifty
pounds of Oolong, Japan or best green.
The contents consisted of saw-dust-
nice, clean saw-dust of the highest
workmanship. 1t was only dollar swim
die, and why did.that grocer kick the
chest across the store, slam the stove
aruond, and yell to his meek-faccd clerk:
Boy, Pm a good mind to discharge
you for thisL''-bree Press.
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TENNEssEE's DEBT.
What the Bankers Committee
Think Would be a Fair Com
promise.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE Comit-
tee consisting Of George O. COe, j. ID.
Virmilye, r. b. Sherman, B. B. Com
eygs, and EnOch Pratt, who at recent
meeting in this city, to consider the ad-
justment of Southern State Debts, were
appointed Committee to confer on the
subject with committees from the sever
al Southern States, after conference
with the committee recently appointed
by the Tennessee Legislature, has been
decided that the following plan would
be an equitable one for adjusting all the
debt of that State.
"After adding all the Arrears of inter
est and the interest to accrue up to July
1st, 1877, then the aggregate would be
the amount Of the State debt. This
would be re-adjustcd by the issue Of
new bonds at the rate Of 80 per centum
of the whole amount, i. e., for every one
thousand then due, new bonds should
be given in exchange and full settle
ment for six hundred dollars, or for pro-
portionate amounts The new bond to
bear interest at the rate of six per cen
tum per annum from the first of July,
1877, payable semi-annually in the city
OF New \ ork, the first payment of inter
est to be made on the first of Janu-
ary, 1878, and the principal to be
made payable also in the city of New
\ GOrk in thirty years from date The
interest coupons to be receivable by
the State for all taxes due to it. The
committee think that the bonds issued
under the proposed adjustment should be
uniform in terms and conditions Of pay
ment and in their general appearance,
and they also express the general con-
viction that the State will be able, at an
early day, to provide a sum, however
small, in excess of the interest, to be
used for the gradual extinguishment of
the debt.
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Lively Skirmish in a Church.

According to the Reading, PennsyI-
vania Eagle, rather lively skirmish oc-
CURED in that town on last Sunday
evening, the theater of the disturbances
being the Church of the "Elegemeine
Brueder in Christie" About a year ago
Messrs. Leaman and Matthews were or
dained as preachers in the denomina
ton. Recently the Rev. Mr.. Seagrist.
the founder of the sect, wrote Rev.
William Schaffer, the pastor in charge,
not to allow Leaman or Matthews to
speak In the church as ministers of the
Algemeine Breuder. The two tabbooed
Ieverends appeared in the church at the
beginning of the services and heard the
lett-r publicly read At the close of
the services Matthews entered the pull
pit and asked the people to remain, as
he had something to say. Brother
Schaeffer invited him to "shut up" One
Stephen Walter ordered Schaeffer to get
down and out" whereupon one Faust
took Walter by the throat and com
menced a choking process. A hundred
young men rushed to the pulpit to see
fair play. In the meantime Mrs Kis-
singer and Miss Gaul had a set-to, and
Miss Gaul was sent to grass by a square
knOck-down from the fist of her oppo-
nent. A woman tainted, women and
children screamed, the ladies who had
babes in their arms escaped from the
church as quickly as they could, to save
themselves and childen from being hurt. :.
and Revs. Matthews and Leaman, and
NJ Messrs. Amos Gaul, Henry Fisher and
other officers and members of the church
dashed out of the rear door near the
pulpit and left the premises. During
the course of this lively tilt policeman
in the church, but the young
men ordered him to "clear out" and he
cleared, as the odds were decidedly
against him.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-03-21
Uncle Jim's PhrenOIOgy.

A good old cOlored man named Uncle
Jim set himself up phrenOlogist and
a woodward avenue barber was his first
subject He placed the barber on a
chair, felt his head for long time and
then remarked:
William you is too sanguine. When
you lend nonney you expect it back.
You are bilious; You want to be hon
est; but you wasn't hopeful. you is bow
ed down with grief most of the time;
you has an ear for music; you has de
worst foot OH Kentucky street; you is de
right sort of a man to wheel ceal down
hill for big wages
William rose up, pitched Uncle Jim
over the stove and under the bed, and
split pannel Of the door as he went
out.
The aged phrenoIogist was at the city
hall last evening to get advice from the
police and when advised to 60 out of
the trade or profession, as the case may
be, he replied:
Seems like l shall have to, I'ze get
ting too old to be frown over cook
stoves.
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No OccuDatiOn.

We recently read a sad letter from an
ambitious young man. He had been
unfortunate in some respects, but life
lay before him, and he was ambitious;
he experienced, however, double mis-
fortune in this world, in which there is
so much to do, from not knowing how
to do anything My father, he wrote,
did not think it worth while for nee to
learn any trade or business. He had
been thrown on his own resources, and,
although now man in statute and years,
he was a mere infant in his capacity to
earn a living. How awkward What a
misfortune! Yet such cases frequently
come under our observation; and they
lead us to look upon the culpability as
very great, of any parent who brings up
a son without having him practically
and thoroughly instructed in some way
Of earning an honest living. Every man
should have some professisn or trade;
should know how to do something.
Then, whether he steadfastly pursucs it
or not, he has at least an occupation to
which, in an emergency, he may resort,
for the support Of himself and others who
may be dependent upon him. A practi
cal know-nothing is greatly to be pitied
in this practical WORLDLY J, Ledger.
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Close of Congress.
spical to the Baltimore Gazette.

AS the hour Of dissolution approached
ewes were frequently and anXiOusly
turned to the old clock above the door
that has marked the birth and death of
so many Congresses and statesmen. All
interest in the last two hours centered in
the fate Of the army bill, for in its
passage or defeat hinged not only the
question Of a new session, but the dcsti
nv Of parties in the near future Of Amer
lean politics. Fortunately the Demo
Gratis stood solid to a man, with single
exception, Hancock, of Texas, against
continuing the dangerous power in the
hands Of the President of using the mill
tary to assassinate the States. The
House had receded from the position to
reduce the Presidents salary from $50,
600 to S25, 900, because an extra session
could not have accomplished anything,
as the Presidents salary cannot be reduc-
ed during his term Of office. But on the
army bill the Democrats presented de-
termned and united front, and refused
to recede one iOta. When Morrison
made the last report from the confer
encc committee en the army bill, de-
clining on the part of the House TO re-
cede the end was reached Foster, the
initiatOT Of Hayes policy, eager to pre-
vent an extra session, was willing to
make an appropriation Of $12, O0O, 900 for
the army lot SIX months, or he was gra-
ciously willing to drop to three months,
but the shout went up from the Demo
cratic side, Not day! not an hOurT
s vote was demanded on the report of
the committee, and the yeas and nays
were demanded and begun about sixteen
minutes to - II was evident to all
that the roll could not be completed
Ere the number reached twelve an atten-
dant Of the House approached the clock,
and it was thought he had been sent to
stop it; but the chair saved him this
piece of well-meaning enterprise. The
Toll-call had proceeded to the letter 'P, "
and Mr. Payne, of Ohio, was the last
man to respond to the call of his name,
when the speakers gravel descended and
he announced that it was evident that
the roll-call could not be completed.
The clerk paused, and Mr.. Randall be-
gan the delivery of his Yaledictory He
was listened to with breathlcss attention,
and at his close he was greeted with a
storm Of applause from floor and gallery.
At Just one minute of - the speaker an
nounced that the Forty Congress
was dead and the session ended. The
members Immediately mingled on the
floor, and spent some time in bidding
each other goodbye. In half an hour
the foer was cleared, silence reigned,
and the Forty-fourth Congress was a
thing of the past.
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~ Hayes has been seized with
such an extraordinary mania for
shaking hands with people since he
became Fraudulent President that
he solicits everybody to shake hands
with him. He seems to be afraid
that they will forget to do it, or that
they will dislike to do it, or that
they will somehow fail to do it.
Even before he left Columbus for
Washington he asked a crowd of
people whom he addressed to par
take of the pleasure of shaking hands
with him. On his way there, accor-
ding to the Times reporters, he shook
the hands ofeverybody within reach,
Upon arriving in Washington, he
began to look cut for hands that he
could shake. The mania grows up
on him. Yesterday the Philadelphia
State Fencibles visited him at the
White House. and as soon as Kel-
ley had delivered his speech of in
PRODUCTION, Hayes stepped up to the
Fencibles, declared that he would
be glad TO shake hands with every
man of them, and proceeded to do
it. He then shook hands with all
the members of the band, and upon
being told that there were many
other people present who desired to
shake hands with him, he shook
hands with them.