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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-13
MAyonabry or NRw OatHAHs,
City Hail, June II, 1877.

NUs H95B- HHfIb9sI
hesolped, That the City Surveyor he and be Ia
hereby instructed TO prepare, At once, specifics
lions for oil work 10 be done under the ordinances
prescribing The method Of cleaning streets. build
ing aud repairing bridges removing oftal, and re-.
pairing. keeping III repair and running the drain
Ing machines.
Adopted by the Council OF the city Of New
Orleans, June D, 1877.
Yeas Brown. Uavanac, Denis. Diamonds.
Nays--Edwards, McOaffrsv, Hengstntff-g.
ED. FtLsBUHY, Mayor.
true copy
THos, g. nArlER, Secretary.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-13

At n special meeting Of the Board Of Trustees
held on the nth inst, II was resolved to pay ON
demand o SECOND STMI-ANNUAL INTEREST
OF FIVE PER CENT to April 30, 1877, making
OF the company 81 900 ooo). and q cash dividend
OF TWENTY rer cent 10 stockholders on the
amount ($3s9.5ss 81 OF their net participatinp
premiums for the year ending April 30. 1877 =
ED. 4, PALFREY, President.
JOHN CHAFFE, Vice President.
THos. II. WALKER. Secretary.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-13
CEEaCENT MUTUAL INSURANCE. oMpANYi
NEW ORLEANS, May 10. 1877.

The Trustees, In conformity with amended
charter. submit the following statement Of tho
nffairs Of the company on the s0tb Of April. 1877
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-13
INSURANCE
INSURANCE
ELEVENTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
OR THE
FACTORS AND TRADERS
INSURANCE COMPANY.

a7...... OAHONDELET STREET. .....a7
NEW ORLEANS. May II, 1877,
The Trustees. In conformity with the charter
OF the Company. publish the following state
ment OF its Affairs for tbs fiscal year ending D0th
April 1871. to wit:
Premiums for the year
On lire risks........ .u... .s521.bg9 60
luver NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2gD,sbD 90
Merine risks."......".... 87.228 gt-sbe7,7g7 10
Less
Differentiated premiums.
1eT.......4s ...... ANN. $50 90
Return prsmiums.......4s g,4H At pa,gt5 n
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-13

MAyuRALrF or Nhw ORIEAHs,
City Hall, June II. 1877. I
mo. Administration Series
De " ordained. That The Administration ct Pub
lie Accounts warrant on The Administrator of IT.
nance II, favor OF Charles Fleming and George
Armoiel fpr the sum Of t2U each. being for re-
mission Of fines Imposed by the Seventh Justice
of the Peace.
Adopted by The Council Of the city OF New Or
leans, June II, 1877
ED. PIL5BuRY, Mayor.
true copy
Taos q. HAptFR, Secretary.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-13
Another Disastrous Fire.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-About nine o'clock
this morning fire broke out in the drying
room on the fourth floor of the large piano
factory of John P. Hale & Son, at Tenth
Avenue and Thirty-ffth Street. The build
ings were eight and nine stories high, and
contained some two hundred and fifty
workmen. Instead of giving an alarm, the
employees, who knew of the fire, tried to
extinguish it when their efforts proved un-
availing, it was too late for the engines to
check the progress made. Before their ar
rival the men above in the fourth floor were
caught in dense smoke and were driven to
the roof and windows. Some assembled the
fire escapes, others jumped from the win
dows. Two men leaping from the eighth floor
were instantly killed. Three others who
leaped escaped with shocks and laceration.
These are the only known cases of death
and injury. How many are buried in the
ruins can not be ascertained. Three men
are missing, and were last seen in the
building. Nobody knows the number of
men at work when the alarm was given, nor
how many of these are safe. The fremen
estimate that at least forty persons perished,
and the widest reports have been circulated.
The fire, in extent, was the largest that has
occurred here in some years. The fire de-
partment was partially helpless through
scarcity of water. Nearly two entire blocks
were devasted.
The loss on the property destroyed and
damaged will not much exceed $5OO,0OO. In
all eighty buildings were either destroyed or
damaged by the flames. The losses are
John P. Hale & Son, on both buildings and
contents, $22O, 900; John Graham Son, silk
factory, building and contents, $150,000; E.
E. Connolly, cooper shop, $4,000; Josiah
Walker, charcoal yard, $4,000; loss on the
twenty-five tenements destroyed, $4,000;
loss on the eighteen stables destroyed, $40,
900; loss on the sixteen tenements damaged
$4,000; loss on the trucks and wagons, etc.
50 1000; loss on the fifteen shanties destroyed
$500; loss on the household goods of two
hundred families burned out, $4,000; loss
on the Gospel tent, $500; loss on the fire
engine destroyed, $4,000; other losses moi
enumerated, $4,000; estimated losses
$565, 700
No information could be obtained in re
lation to the insurance, but it is probable
that it will not cover over one half the loss
Owing to the neighborhood, the nature O
the buildings and their contents, insurance
could not be affected in any sound company
except at very high rates, and some com
panies would not take risk on some of tn,
buildings at any rate.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-13
The New York Fire-The Day After
the COnflagratiOn.

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-The Eyening Post
furnishes the following: The scene of the
great fire at Thirty-ffth Street and Tenth
Avenue yesterday was this morning vast
wilderness of ruins. The burned area be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh Avenues extends
from the middle of the block on the north
side of Thirty-fourth Street to the middle of
the block on the north side of Thirty-sixth
street. In addition, a number of buildings
were damaged on the west side of Tenth
Avenue.
considerable number of spectators as
sembled to-day, but they were Kept at dis
tance from the ruins by the police. The
ruins resemble those of burned town.
The blackened walls still stand at irregular
intervals, the spaces between covered by
immense piles of bricks, fragments of iron,
large and small, twisted and warped out of
all resemblance to the original beams, Cir
ders, or machinery, of which these are only
relics.
Only one eng inc was atwork to-day, close
by the remains of the engine which the fire.
men were obliged to abandon Yesterday.
Near by lay the front wheel, tires and few
| other relics of new hose carriage
abandoned with the engine.
The lack of water yesterday was due to the
small size of the mains in the neighborhood
which were laid in the days of hand engines
and are only six inches in diameter.
This morning the hydrant furnished only
abouthve pounds pressure apiece, instead OF
twenty or twenty-five. Among the relies
were the remains of a cart, and the back
ened skeleton of horse, in the yard Of
Hunts pickle factory. The team was al
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-13
THE MARRIAGE LAW OF OHIO IN
COTRT IN BAVARIA.

The Court of Appeals at Nuremberg
Germany lately had an interesting
cause before it of bigamy. The COM
plant was entered against Friedrich
Popp, a peasant, and Margaret Steiner,
previously the wife of Mr.. Steiner,
baker by profession. Margaret had mar
ried Mr.. Steiner in 1867, in a little
place near Weiden. The marriage was
an unhappy one, as according to her
statement, the husband was spend
thrift, had abused her, ETC., etc. In
1868 they separated, and appeared be-
fore the consistory of the episcopate.
Regensburg as parties to an action for
divorce. The consistory separated them,
granting the wife "dower OF tolera
tion," for two years. The hubsand now
left that country, and was found work
ing at his trade, as mason, in 1875, in
the city of Munich, while his wife took
service in village of Upper Palatinate,
where she became acquainted with
fellow servant by the name of Popp, and
believing that by reason of that decree
of liberation" she might go to service
or marry again, she emigrated with
Popp to America, when, eight days after
their arrival in Dayton, o., she married
Popp. A year after both returned to
Upper Palatinate, and there lived to-
gether as man and wife, until finally
the birth of child brought up the ques-
ton of the legality of the marriage be-
fore the Court, in connection with which
an examination for bigamy was insti-
tuted. The Circuit Court in and of
Weiden having sentenced both to the
lowest penalty of six months imprison-
ment, they took an appeal. 1t being an
offense committed by Germans abroad,
the question was not to be decided ac-
cording to German, but to foreign law,
in this case, according to the law of the
State of Ohio. On the part of the de-
fense they referred to the opinion trans
mitted by the attorney of the German
! Consulate in Ohio, who declared that the
criminal code of Ohio fixes the penalty
of him who marries while living in law
| lul WtulOCh dG llOIl OAlO w oS'Sh1 y SesA
imprisonment in the penitentiary. But
| if any spouse has been deserted by the
other, or by reason of ill-treatment or
non-support is compelled to leave the
husband, or has heard nothing of the
other party for the space of five years,
he or she may marry again. Again, the
law of Ohio does not punish the origin
ally single or unmarried party (Popp in
this CASEY who enters into marriage with
a married person. Finally the question
came up whether, in view of marriage
entered into abroad by Bavarian,
without permission and contrary to the
law of the State (Bavaria), it could at
all be spoken of as marriage. When the
Court of Appeals decided to recommit
the matter to the examining Judge, to
consult the records as to the divorce,
and to obtain further authority from
the Attorney General of Ohio and the
attorney of the Consulate at Dayton
touching the law of the State of Ohio in
regard to bigamy.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-13
A Flagman's Duty.

A peculiarly shocking accident oc
cured in Philadelphia few days ago,
by which iagman employed at one of
the railroad crossings in that city lost
his life while trying to save that of a
drunken man. The fagman's name was
Stout, and just as the train was about
entering the depot he observed a man in
an intoxicated condition staggering
across the track. Seeing that the man
was in imminent danger, Stout called to
him to get off the rails, but no attention
being paid to the request, and the cars at
that moment running down rapidly to
the point, he sprang on the track and
catching the stranger by the arm en-
deavored to push him into a place of
safety. Then ensued a thrilling scene.
The man turning fercely seized Stout
with vise-grip, and a struggle began.
For second or two the men swayed back
ward and forward, and the stranger, be-
ing the more powerful man of the two,
dragged the flagman to the ground, and
fell himself just as the cars reached
them. For an instant there was sick
ening sound of crushing bones, and then
the mutilated bodies of the two victims
were seen covered with their blood.
Both were shockingly mutilated, and
both expired in short time. When the
man first grappled with the aagman the
spectators called to Stout to let go of
him, but the grip of the miserable man
was too deadly.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-13
Calamity at Cincinnati-A House Falls,
and Buries Fourteen Persons.

By the falling of a house on Longworth
Street, Cincinnati, on September 8, two
men and one woman were instantly buried
and killed in the ruins, and four others were
seriously injured. The Gazette says that
the building crumbled in an instant, sinking
down in one heap of brick, mortar, plaster
and fragments of woodwork, leaving no
trace of what it had been, and sending up
cloud of dust that looked like dense vol
umes of white smoke mounting from great
conhaSration. Some of the passers by
say they saw the walls fall, saw some of
the frightened women going down with the
mass, and then were blinded by the dust.
For quite time nothing could be seen
through the heavy volume of dust resting
in the air, and when this settled there lay
only the confused mass of rubbish. The
cause of the accident: a new cellar was be-
ing digged adjoining the house that fell; ;
the foundation wall of the building was
endangered, and Thomas Coughlan, of the
Chicago House Raising Company, was en-
gagged to shore it up. Mr.. Coughlan had pro-
gressed so far in the work as to make hole
in the foundation, place. heavy beam
therein, and fix q fulcrum. Under the pro-
truding end of this beam a jackscrew had
been set, but not tightened. 1t is said that
the west wall of the wrecked building was
considerably bulged out before Mr.. Cough
Ian began his labors, and that he had been
called too late to save it. Nevertheless he
was doing the best he could under the cir
cumstances. Just as the wOrkmen were en-
gagged in tightening the jackscrew the gravel
slipped from under the foundation wall OF
the i'll fated house, and the west wall went
with crash into the excavation for the new
cellar.
| Some laborers engaged in the excavation
at the time escaped without injury.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-13
L0Oking-Glass Astronomy.

DR.. Van Der Weyde, writing to the
New York Herald thus explodes the
mirror method of seeing Mars Moons.
He says: Your paper contains a COM
munication from Mr.. Fl. Young, of
Goshen, mentioning that he saw the
satellites of Mars, as well as those of
Jupiter, by reflection in looking glass.
Allow me to remark that any bright
point will give two or three images in a.
looking-glass, when it is inclined under
an angle. The brightest image is that
formed by the silvering on the back, a
fainter one by the reflection of the upper
surface of the glass, and often a still
fainter one by the three refections-frst
from the silvered surface: this is re-
fected internally by the upper surface,
and then again by the silvered surface
When the object is quite bright and the
mirror held very obliquely even more
images may be seen three, four and five,
etc., all in line, but growing fainter
and fainter by the loss of light caused
by the increased number of internal re-
Elections between the two surfaces of the
glass. These images will be further apart
when the glass is thick, and inversely,
close together when using a mirror of
thin glass. 1t is now some twenty years
ago that somebody looked at Jupiter
by means of such reflection, and seeing
two extra images fainter than the prin-
cipal one, supposed them to be the
moons. This was published and has
since deluded many persons. All that
is necessary to convince any one of the
illusion is to observe that the position of
the supposed satellites is always the
same every night, if using the same
glass, under the same angle, and changes
when the angle is changed, while a tele-
scope will from night to night show a
continual change in position, often all
the four satellites, sometimes three,
sometimes two, and always quite diff
ferent from the illusion of only one re-
flecting surface will always show only one
luminous point. 1t appears that Mr.. III.
Young was not informed of the fact that
this error was exploded twenty years
ago, when he now imagines that he has
seen the moons of Mars. Let him look
in this way at any of the brighter stars
and he will see one, two or three extra
images which to those who have never
seen the moons of planets in telescope
may be held to be satellites. The satel-
| lites of Mars are so small and faint
that only the best refracting telescope
ever made has enabled observers to see
them. They are still invisible for all
other astronomical observers, even those
having superior instruments in com
mand. This alone should be enough to
throw doubt into any reasoning mind
that the mere reflection by looking.
glass could make them so easily visible.
did not suppose that this error still
prevailed, and think it duty to dis
abuse the public when occasion offers.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-13
A Mob at Oxford, Ohio.
ICincinnati Gazette. ]

A special dispatch in the Gazette of Sep
tember announced the lynching of negro
named Glenn Garnett, from the Oxford Jail,
for an outrage upon Mrs. Kingery, a white
woman living near College Corner, the
shooting of the culprit and his rescue single
handed by Village Marshal Kyler. On the
morning of September 5, the mob was in
creased by mob of farmers, who went to
the calaboose, where the prisoner was con-
fined, battered down the doors, pressed in
and shot the shrinking, frightened prisoner
in his cell. Four shots were fired, each one
of which lodged in some vital part of the
brain or body, and he died almost instantly.
The body was then brought outside and left
on the street for about an hour, when it
was taken back to Jail by the Marshal, who
summoned Coroner Spencer at Hamilton.
A jury was impaneled, an inquest held,
and a verdict returned that the deceased
came to his death from the effects of pistol
shot from the hands of mob, to the jurors
unknown. The body was afterward taken
the home of the deceased, near College
Corner.
A peculiar feature of the character of the
mob was the fact that it was led by frst-class
farmers, nearly all of whom are friends of
the injured woman. Notwithstanding the
terrible character of the affair, the SYM
pathies of the whole community appear to
be with the mob. The demonstration was
confined to the former class, and when no.
torious rough named Jim Ham attempted
to lead the crowd he found no followers.
After the shooting on Sunday, and the
failure to kill, the mob became dissatisfied
The doctor who examined Garnett reported
slight wound to the left of the spinal col
umn, which would not necessarily prove IA
tai. The failure to kill aroused the crowd
to further and successful effort. The
trouble, too, in fastening the crime upon
Garnett exasperated him. He tried to
prove that he was at the depot at the time
the rape was committed, but this was clearly
disproved, and their action appeared to
them the only legitimate outcome of their
honest indignation.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-13
The Wrong Kind Of Rabbit.

A sturdy, hungry looking individual
stepped into Fulton restaurant, says the
Fulton Times, and after consulting the
bill of fare called for Welsh rabbit.
After short time they brought the piece
of bread nicely toasted reposing in its
bed of cheese, and after looking at it
intently for a moment he asked:
els that Welsh rabbit"
i. "It is" was the answer. He lifted it
with fork and looked under it.
at isr' he echoed.
eyes, sir, it's just what you called for
"a Welsh rabbit"
"Well," replied the man, moving
slowly back from the table, "you can
take it away just the same and bring me
some American beef, and remember
that when want fried cheese Pll call
for II -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-13
Mr.. CocKERELL, editor of the Cincin,

Mr.. CocKERELL, editor of the Cincin,
natl Enquirer, adds to our enlighten-
ment upon foreign hostelries by writ
ing letter to his paper from Shumla,
from which We clip the following:
The only hotel in the place is kept by
a Greek, who runs sort of brewery in
connection with his hostelrie. His inn
is bad and his beer is execrable. His
cook has no idea of cooking beyond
stewing mutton in rancid grease, though
he has once or twice essayed a fancy
dish in the shape of native rice wrapped
in grape leaves and boiled in oil. l
have found some entertainment in study
ing cluster of old mills which grace
the hillside back of the hotel The
ancient wheels are propelled by noun
tain stream which does service as a
sewer for one section of the town. They
pound away, all the while turning out
coarse barley flour for the army, and the
daily yield of each is about equal to that
which lusty man could furnish with &
mortar and pestle.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-13
Scientific and Useful.

The electric current moves through
the Atlantic cables only six thousand
one hundred and twenty-five miles per
second, whereas it travels through in
sulated wires over ground 28S, 900 miles
per second.
A vial of oil of pennyroyal placed on
the stand at the head of your bed will drive
either you or the mosquitoes out of the
room. A dab of the oil on your fore
head will keep the mosquitoes away
and everybody else, too.
The force of the wind is easily meas
ured by an thermometer. Seven miles
an hour is gentle air; fourteen miles a
steady breeze; forty miles a gale; sixty
miles a heavy storm; and eighty to one
hundred miles is a sweeping hurricane.
The discovery of the satellite of Mars
is owing to the fact that this planet is
many millions of miles nearer the earth
at present than for nearly eighty years.
Take good look at Mars now; you will
not see him SO big and bright again for
nearly a century to come-and it is a
trifie doubtful if you will then.
Where screws are driven into soft wood
and subjected to considerable strains
they are likely to work loose. In such
cases the use of glue is recommended.
Prepare the glue thick; immerse a stick
about half the size of the screw and put
it into the hole; then immerse the
screw and turn it home as quickly as
possible.
A simple means of temporarily chang
ing the colors of natural flowers is by
immersing the stems in liquid ammonia.
In this way blue, violet and purple
flowers are changed to green, and white
ones to yellow The natural color re-
turns in few hours. Another interest
ing process is method for coating
natural flowers, as well as leaves, with
silver, by the application of electro
metallurgy; simply electro-plating them.
The most delicate ornaments can thus
be obtained, preserving with exquisite
detail the outline and form of each leai
and petal.
The quantity of pins now produced
daily in England is said to be sc, 1000, 900
of which Birmingham produces 81 1000,
Warrington, Stroud, and Dublin, where
the article is also made. The weight Of
wire consumed annually in the pir
manufacture OF England is SET down a
| about 1875 tons, one-eighth of this be
ing iron wire, used in the production oi
| mourning and hair pins. The consump
ton of brass wire amounts to 2,500,00(
pounds, valued at nearly 5000, 900, anG
of iron wire some 345, 900 pounds, worth
about $36,00O-to these values being
| added, of course, those for wages, paper
ornamental envelopes, boxes, wear anC
tear of machinery, manufacturers pro
fits, etc. Mourning, hair, chronological
and japanned pins-that is, those stucl
in rows-realize larger profit than pin
sold by weight. Taking it altogether
the pin manufacture of the United King
| dom is not over-estimated, it is thought
at the aggregate amount of $1,00O,000
In the United States, the weight of pin
produced in year is set down at l,
12o, 900 pounds.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-13

Rock ISLAND Oll.) Argus: Years
ago, when Rock Island was a small
village, and its people had lots of fun all
to themselves, one of our very sober and
dignified citizens put hisown head under
one end of yoke and little bulls un-
der the other, to teach the animal how
to be useful and work. When he found
the bull was running away with him
down adirt road towards a crowd around
the country store on Illinois Street, he
measured sixteen feet at jump, kept
up with the bull and yelled at the top of
his voice: "Look out! here we come,
darn our fool souls. Head us, some
body" and when halted and the yoke
was being lifted from his neck, he
yelled: "Unyoke the bull ;never mind
me, ! will stand"