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The daily gazette., 1877-07-26
WASHINGTON.
THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION
DISTRIBUTING AVAILABLE TROOPS.

DISTRIBUTING AVAILABLE TROOPS.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-In official
circles it is thought the situation through
out the disturbed section is growing more
serious every hour. The stoppage of all
traffic it is thought will render provisions
so scarce in large cities as to cause bread
riots, which may result in bloodshed.-
The Government is doing all in its pow
er to protect every threatened point. All
the troops have been ordered from the
South, comprising fifteen or twenty bat
teries of artillery and about twenty five
companies of artillery. These are order
ed to proper points for distribution. 1t
would be well for the strikers and rioters
to understand that any interference on
their part with the movement of troop
trains will be treated as rebellion against
the General Government.
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST GENERAL
WASHINGTON, July 25.-It is stated
that the alleged misconduct of General
French while in command at Martins
burg was of very serious nature, and
that formal charges are to be filed and
court of inquiry ordered in the case. A
court martial may ensue, and until then
judgment seems to be suspended.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26
A SUPERLATIVE HORROR.

From the Omaha (Neb.) Bee, July 1871
This morning, about nine O'Clock, a
terrible accident happened at the steam
saw mill of NJ. q. Hamilton, north OF
the city, resulting in the instant death OF
William Knowlton, an employee of the
mill.
He was engaged at the time iu rup-
ming the circular saw, which is about
three feet in diameter, and which was in
full motion. IL appears that he went to
go around the saw, in close proximity
to it, to pick up a belt that had been
broken and one of his feet slipped on
the lumber which caused him to lose
his balance. He threw out his left hand
to recover his equilibrium, and in doing
so it came in contact with the saw,
which cut off his little finger and man
gled the hand in a terrible manner,
hacking it into shreds. 10 save himself
he now threw out his right arm, which
was also struck by the saw and the hand
was instantly severed from the arm just
above the wrist. The unfortunate man
lost all control of himself. and fell head
long against the saw, striking the same
with his head. The victim dropped upon
the floor lifeless and almost headless
man. More than one half of his head
had disappeared] The right half of his
head, from the back through to the nose.
including the right cheek and right half
of the chin, and from the top of the head
TO the neck, had been sawed off and his
brains scattered all through the mill.
What remained of his skull was scooped
out, and nothing but the half-shell was
left
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26
THE MINERS,TAKING TOARsoN.

Shenandoah Pa, July 25.-To-night
the miners and other workingmen 10
this place together with men from the
surrounding country to the number
os SEQ or 1000 headed by drum and
fife and number of flags paraded the
principal streets, and tneu repaired to
the base ball grounds for meeting.
While they were there an alarm of fire
was made by the whistles at several
of the collierles and soon the sky to
the west WAS lit up by Il tmes. 1t has
proven TO be the stable at No. 4 Break
er W nich is now burning and will be
an entire loss. the stable was the
property of tho Phlladelpnia Coal CON
piuy. Further trouble il ""p 'c'ed.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26
Vt. ~ M 81 .N3OT - :
ALARM in, CINCINNATI"

A MOB OF THIEVES AND BLACKLEGS
FORCING RAILROAD MEN TO QUIT
WORK AND ROBBING MARKET AND
MILK WAGONS.
The following is portion of despatch
from Cincinnati: 'f..." =
"The situation at this poiut tonight is
alarming. The strike has passed entirely
out of the control of the railroad men,
and the thieves and tramps are in COM
mand. The authorities have permitted
the worst criminal characters in the city
to join with the communist agitators in
exciting disturbances, and Cincinnati is
beginning to reap the fruits. The fact
was amply demonstrated early this morn
ing that the firing OF the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi bridge across Mill creek last
night was not the work of the strikers. -
After the fire at the bridge had been put
out and the drunken rioters had tired of
their work, they repaired to point ON
the river sufficiently remote to secure
them from police interference, and at
early dawn completely gutted all the
market and milk wagons that were COM
ing into the city at that hour. This
morning three of the ringleaders of this
mob were arrested and are lodged in Jail.
The Police Commissioners held an infOr-
NAL meeting at IL o'clock this morning
and completed preparations for any pos
sible emergency. Large numbers of
citizens have been sworn in as special
police"
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26
CAPTURE OF A SHARK.

TUESDAY afternoon the schooner Emma
Tailey OF Chester returned from trout FISH,
ing excursion in Delaware Bay. The crew
had good luck except that they were greatly
iutsriered with by snnrbs which destroyed
much OF the baIt. There Was one unusually
large shark that lay under the boat aud
made himself Very troublesome. At length
an effIrt was made TO capture him. Alter
mucn trouble he was gotten on deck ano
tn mrn de,l,re that he was nine fee
iung and bve feet in circumference The
back bone and jaw were cut out OF III.
monster and brought to Chester. There al,
eight rows oil teeth m th- law.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26
GOVERNOR ROBINSON WARNS
THE STRIKERS.

ALBANY, July 25:-Governor Robin
SOD issued proclamation, in which he
says:
"a l deem it my duty to invite the special
attention of the citizeps of this s ate, and
and especially of such persons as now are
attempting to interfere by unlawful
means with the running of trains, to the
following act, passed by the Legislature
at its last session:
"SEcTloN l. Any person who shall
wilfully place. any, obstluction on any
railroad, or loosen, tear up or remove any
part of a railroad, or displace, tamper or
in any way interfere with any switches,
frogs, rail, track or other part of railroads,
so as to endanser the salty of trains; or
who shall wilfnlly throw any stone or 9TH
er missile at any train OH any railroad,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punish
ed by imprisonment in State prison not
exceeding ten years, or liable to alfine
not exceeding$l 900, or by both such fine
and imprisonment"
| warn all persons engaged in viola
tion af the above law to desist there
from and 1 call On all sheriffs and at
torneys and other civil officers and
upon all good citizens to aid in the en-
forcement of the said law and of the
punishment of all who are gull ty of
It's violation and 1 hereby offer re-
ward of $500 TO be paid upon the
arrest and conviction of each and
every person who shall be guilty of a
violation of said act. The failure or
omission of aoy sheriff district attor
ney or other civil officer to take the
most active steps in his power to en-
force the provisions of this act will be
considered sufficient cause for his re
mOVal
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26

Two or three men and various dogs
having been devoured by sharks off Mel
bourne, Australia, the Government offer
ed reward for the capture of these fish,
and 1000 were caught in one week; but
inasmuch as the reward was at the rate
of OF shilling foot and no reward is
given for sharks under two feet, the fish
ermen threw the "babies" into the sea
until they grow worth catching Some
men have been making from SIS to $40 a
day by shark fishing.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26
NoLOHN THE BAPTIST

A negro Baptist said to his Methodist
mast r: you've read the bihle s'pose?"
"ies," ,""Well, you've re ID In il of0ne J ohm
the Baptist, hasn't you" Eyes" swell.
Methodist, did youp' ''No," "We !. den,
you see, deres Baptsts in the Bible but
dere ain'L no MethOdists, and de Bibles on
my Side,, .#fF o.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26

EaStatistics show that the number OF sui
cides i'll Italy is far greater than in other
countries. During last wear that coun-
try enumerated l ,4S7, against 408 in Eng
land; 500 in Prussia; 165 in Bavaria, 7S3
in Austria, 126 in Sweden, and % in Bel
gium,. Even France fell much short OF
Italy in the number of her people yolun~
tarily re>isning lifr. Sicily, of all the
Italian provinces, was the most profile
in suirides
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26
STRIKERS GAINING THEIR POINT

COLUMBUS, July 2L-The strikers visit
Ell the Bee Line ard this morning 10 see
that the usual freight trains did not Start.
They were shown the official notice LIat
the une scale of wages would be restored.
The strikers Immediately said: "Go ahead
we have nothing more TO say" and the
freight went out All the freights on lh's
road ran a, usual until stopped by men
from other rools, The first passenger tram
ID 20 asst over the Baltimore and Ohio
road since Saturday went about noon IT,
uaY They will run
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26
:" Give us Back Our Old Com man d er.
From the New York World.

ANOW
Mr.. Jay Gould makes no secret of his
opinion that the events in M ary land and
Pennsylvania are but the beginning of u
"great social revolution, which cannot
be arrested until it has led to the destruc-
ton of the republican form of govern
ment in this country and the establish I.
ment OF a monarchy" He said that he
"would gladly give 81 ,00O, 900 to see Gen
Grant in the White House to-day"
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26
STRIKERS REJECT THE
IRAMPS

,T ,,ASIoN, July 25.-This morni np
m ma twenty tramps went to, the
N Nu nousG OF the Central Railroad
o1sd 1,dw Jersey at Philipsbnrg aud
I.eu d TO join the strikers. T6e lat
m onIned their assistance and drove
NJ away. Everything quiet.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26

The ceptre span of the Cincinnati,
Georgetown and Portsmouth Narrow
Guage railroad bridge over the Little
Miami river, ten miles from Cincinnati,
fell yesterday afternoon. Fifteen labor
ers upon 1t were precipitated distance
of nearly fifty feet. Three of them were
killed and eleven injured, one of whom
has since died, while two others are not
expected to recover. A trestle too weak
for the super ,tructure was the cause of
the dihasterl
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26
Mining Operation. suspemi.d.

PorTsvILLE PA, July 24-No coal
trains are leaving this region on account
OF the blockade at Reading. he mines
are blocked with cars. A general sus-
pension of mining operations i'll this re.
gion commenced this morning.
At Shenandoah yesterday the miEerS
of The Phila lelphia Coal Company, Hum-
bering 900 men, struck against a red1c-
ton of wages, ranging from ten to twenty
five per cent.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26

DR.. Erasmus w llSou. Luu Girst authority
in England on cutaueous disorders. has
b.en investigating The number oil h urs in b
square iuch OF tue human head, aud esti
Ia lies that 1t contains on an average abJu
0j6. TAXING the super ficiaI area of the
head at 120 80 lare iuches, this gives about
l33, ,9l0 hairs Tor the entire head.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26
BREEDIN G A FAMINE FOR THE
POOR.

From the N. Y. Herald.
All the necsssaries of life a-e becom-
ing scarce in the centres of the disturb
ance, as dispatches from dozen differ
ent points show. or course the poor,
who keep no supplies on hand, feel the
distress of this first of all. Toe strikers
are thus bringing suffering into thou
sands Of innocent families. Tney are
doing it In violation OF the law, for they
have. blockaded the freight trains.
which would be running but for them.
Remember, workingmen, when your
families suffer from a scarcity of food,
or wher you have TO pay three or four
prices out OF your moderate wages, that
this is the work of men who have law
,lessly blockaded the freight trains. 1t
is not the strike which does this. Every
man has right to strike; but no man
has right to keep Others from working;
and that is what these strikers are doing.
There are plenty of men ready to run
the trains; anxious to do it to support
their families. Toe strikers will not let
them; they prefer to condemn you and
your families to famine Is this rightp
Is this fair and honestP. II man does
not want to work on a railroad let him
stop and go at something else. But he
has no right to prevent any one else
from taking the work he leaves.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-26
From the Phila, Telegraph wednesday,
AGITATORS THRICE REBUFFED,


The Moy ,r r. quested that labor meet
ing called Tor lasI nIgnt, at Kelley's Ell II,
Eighth and Christian streets, should not be
held hut despite this urgent request, tue
organ .rs determined 10 hold it, whereup III
Lieutenant Sshooley, of the Seventeenth
Dlstict appeared on lhe scene with tor Q
ot policeman, aud came up to the front OF
the hall just as an agitator, standing ON
barrel shouted-''l DEFY the Mayor aud his
torce, aud il there is a policeman within the
hearing of my voice, 1 DEFY him to interfere
with u.s." The lieutenant gave the word
"forward," aud the Off oers wit drawn clubs
dispersed that crowd IN twiuk ing. Then
the crowd gathered at another p lint. ut er>
lag threats, ana were charged uponand fl d
A third Tune they massed, aud bird time
they gave way to the Bug baud OF clubs, ana
aud tueu thinking discretion the b-iter part
they sunA into byways or went home.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22
a MYSTERIOUS MISSILE.

Soon after six o'clock Tuesday eve
ming, as the watchmen at Albert Dal-
lev & Co.'S lumber yard was sweeping
out the Office, he was much startled by
blow on the outside Of the building,
sufficient to shake the building and
knock the top from steam heater
sitting near that side of the room yes
serday morning an examination was MADE
OF the building, and it was found that
most terrific blow had been struck by
something and evidently with more than
human power Clapboards and boards
were shattered, a beam cut into the
depth of two or three inches, and pine
knot ground almost to powder. 1t had
struck about four feet from the ground
and crashed down about two feet, eating
it's way in deeper all the way till 1t
brought up against the beam. Here
wns a mystery. What did it, Nothing
could be seen in the vicinity that by any
possibility had any connection with the
blow. Finally an Irishman picking up
an object seventy five feet away, on DY-
er street, exclaimed: +'I've found me-
theor, sure" and unraveiled mystery
No. l. THIS ''metheor" proved to be
segment of a fy-wheel, weighing i've
pounds and a half, with part OF one
| hange attached. One end of the seq
ment was covered with wood partly pine
and partly pine knot, which proved be-
vond a doubt that this is what struck
| the building, the wood sticking to it
! from the force CT the blow.
Now came another mystery, and one
ed. Where did it come from. None of
/ the establishments i'll the immediate
! neighborhood that use machinery had
! lost anything Of the sort, to the knowi-
| edge OF the proprietors, and they would
be likely to be aware of it if any such
thing had happened, for it would have
left it's mark when it went away. The
force with which it struck, and the dis
lance of its rebound (for it was picked
up so early in the morning, seven clock
that there seems little probability Of it's
having been moved since it struck the
street, indicated that it must have come
with great force, and, naturally, from
a great distance The edge OF the fange
had the appearance of an old break, but
the ends of the segment were bright and
fresh.
After hours of wonder the mystery
was solved. The mysterious piece of
iron came from wood saving shop
nearly quarter of a mile away, in a di-
rect line, and was part Of a fiy-wheel
that ran a saw. Tuesday night, just as
work for the day was done, and just as
the engineer had his hand OH the throt-
tie to shut off steam, the wheel broke
into small sections and flew into ali di-
rections. One piece went through a
four by six joist, beside the roof, on its
way ont, cutting the joist in two, and
various holes in the roof indicate the DIFF
erent directions the several pieces took
The wheel was two and half feet in
diameter, and its usual speed WAS $40
revolutions per minute. Ii is probable
it was running at very nearly that
speed at the time it broke. The
cause of it's breaking is unknown.
| 1t is wonderful that no one was serious
| lyIujured by the explosion. -ProUidenc2
! (R. /. } Journal.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22

LAND OWNERS IN GREAT BRITAIN
The total number of land owners IN tie
United Kingdom has already been shown
to be under 200, 900. OF these, 523
peers own between them one-fifth of the
total area of the three countries, exclus-
i've of manoriai wastes and woods, OF
which they may be possessed; 5000 per-
s ,ns own about two-thirds of the whole
area, averaging 10000 acres each and
1O, 900 persons own about three-fourths,
averaging 5000 acres each. Dividing
the owners of land into four classes,
there are 5000 large proprietors, averag-
ing 10000 acres each 1900 medium
sized proprietors or squires, with from
500 to 2, 900 acres each $1,000 persons
owning from 50 to 500 acres each and
100, 900 owning less than fifty acres each.
The proportions of these classes vary
very much in the three countries. In
Scotland more than half the land con
sists of mountain and moor, of very lit
tie agricultural value, and held in I'M
nense blocks. The remaining half is
owned by very small number Of per
sons the classes of yeomen and peasant
proprietors do not exist there. The same
must be said of Ireland, where, notwith-
standing the effects OF the Encumbered
Estates act, under which since 1913 up
ward of one sixth of the country has
been sold, the number of land owners is
most conspiciously small. In England
the number is proportionally larger
than in the other two countries. The
class of yeomen still exists in some parts
of it, and there is also a certain number
of smaller proprietors. These, however,
cannot be ranked as class Of peasant
proprietors. Such class does not exist
in England. The small properties are
for the most part in the neighborhood OF
towns, where they consist Of villas. mar
ket gardens, OF other small plots.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22

ANOTHER REPORTED HUMAN PETRITI-
CAr1oN-On the ODD Of June last j. L.
Rastuer died of abscess of the liver. He
was buried in the Masonic cemetery, in
a wooden coffin, confined in the usual
outer case. On Thursday of last week
an undertaken OF San Francisco had the
body removed in that city. The outer
case, when reached, broke through; but
on opening the coffin the corpse was
found to be perfectly petrified, and re-
tanning, even to the whislers and hair, a
perfectly natural appearance. The
body was in such condition as TO per-
NIT its being raised at the bead and
stood on its feet and handled SIS enc
would a statue. 1t was shipped as
freight, inclosed in common wooden
box, and weighing, box included, 200
pounds. At the time OF his death deceas-
ed weighed 40 pounds, and rs the box
the body was shipped III could not have
weighed over sixty pounds, the body
seems to have lost nothing in weight
during its six months burial.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22
A TRAMPS LUCK.

The Brooklyn Eagle says: Father
Loughlin, OF Flushing, yesterday mar
ried Patrick McGrath and Kate White.
Kate has long been a domestic III the
family Of the late DIR. Sprague, of Flush
ing. She has been in America at least
twenty-five years. From the proceeds
of her many years of labor she succeed
ed in saving nearly 5000. Patrick S
past history is q blank. 1t is only known
that he was tramp when he entered
! Flushing, bound for the county poor
! house on Barnum Island. Re slept in
/ the village jail on the night of his arriy-
81, and next morning stopped at Mrs.
/ Sprague's kitchen door to beg his break
| fast. Kate had never seen him before,
nor had he ever seen her. She invited
him III, and he Jared well, eating at the
same table with her. Patrick Is nos a
/ bad looking Hibernian. Hates features.
though little scared. are not SO ugly
as to be Objectionable 10 commonplace
man. They would have an unusual
| charm for such man as Patrick, then
poverty stricken, when the few thousands
she had in the bank were made part
| Of the consideration. They must hare
/ had pleasant time around the breakfast
table, for when Patrick was ready to re-
I sumo his meaDdering, Kate thought it
would be better for him to remain in the
village. He might be able to find work !;
If not she would not let him go hungry,
and he could sleep in the trainps' qUar-
ters at the hall. Patrick remained
/ 1t proves to have been case Of love
at first sight, at least as far as Kate is
concerned. Patrick next day proposed
to leave town. and she put in another
objection. II he liked, she would pay
his board for a week OF course he had
no objection to that, but he thought no
/ boarding mistress would be likely to ac-
commodate him in his ragged condition.
/ Kate was equal to the emergency. The
: landIady looked upon him as a brother
to Kate, and was profase IN praise OF her
good qualities. From her Patrick learn
Ell of the snag little bank account, aad
fell in love with her on the minute. II
he only had work he would marry her in
ri, boar, bat Il she wolld relnsuoar
hin, and prosperity attended his efforts,
they might soon become one. The ap-
peal went to knte's heart straight as ever
Crees;moor bullet entered bail 9 eye. He
was her ,'dariiut boy from ihat minute
and she prodGced tie necdfal for the
accomplishment of The nnptials. Patrick
changed $13J bill at the clothing store
and purchased the haLdsomest ring the
jeweler could prodnee. That night they
We're man aud wife, inst three days after
meeting. Re is about twenty-five, and
she net less than Ior.y years Oil.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22
A HORRIBLE AND HEARTRENDING
STORY,

The Cincinnati Gazette, referring to
the recent burning to death of Miss Dell
Davis, at Liberty, Ind, gives the fol-
lowing distressing details:
Last Friday morning she was sitting
on the floor in room upstairs, engaged
in making wedding dress, with her
back to an openfreplace. She got up
and went to the window, to look for
some friends from the country she was
expecting to visit her that day, and while
she was standing there she felt the heat
from her burning dress. She looed be
hind her and saw that her dress was all
ablaze, which terrified her that she ran
down stairs and across to neighbor's.
There as no one else at home, an un
fortunately the neighbors were also gone.
She ran TO the pump and yainly endeav-
ored to quench the flames with water.
Her impulses was to run over TO the
next neighbours, but before she gained
the street she was observed by Mr..
James Porter, who was returning home
from town. He tried to catch her, but
she was SO bewildered that she ran away
from him. He overlook her, and with
the assistance of Mrs. Hamilton, sue
ceeded in wrapping her up III wet
blanket Ii was too late, however as all
of the clothing was burned to crispand
her body, except her face, was literally
roasted. When Efr. Porter first saw her
the flames from the abundant oiled hair
shot up two feet above her head. At
the pump the grass was all burned away
and her path around the house could be
tracked by the burnt grass, melted snow
and the burning fragments Of her cloth
ing. She WIS carried into the house,
and DIR. S. d. Keil called. In unwrap-
piag the blanket from her body, large
pieces of flesh came of with it. a piece
OF her corset was found ihbedded in
her flesh, in front, and when removed
The lining OF her stomach was exposed
to view Her hands, in trying TO re-
move her clothing, were fried to a crisp,
80 that three of her fingers had fallen
off in the bed. She lived until eleven
Saturday morning, when death ter
minated her suferings. She was about
nineteen years of age, of small stature
and beautiful, and was to have been
married within the next two weeks. She
was liked by all who knew her, and her
tragic death has cast a deep gloom over
| the entire community,