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The New York herald., 1877-09-23
WAS SHE INSANE2

Mrs. LIZZIE Faon, who is enceinte, was arr ested at
one O'Clock on Friday morning charged with by
onlcer Haysc Of the Tenth precinct In Brooklyn.
Mrs Falon resides at No 164 willoughby street, and
her husband has plumbing shop DeKalb avenue
Brooklyn, bur- as alleged spends a portion
OF his time in lager beer saloons Mrs. Fallon
who IS sober, industrious woman, begged her
husband 10 remain at home, but he would not She
then went as she supposed to his shop, to set 1t on
fire, but instead set hre to the shop OF f. Gil
dor adjoining she proceeded 10 Carrs saloon, at No.
a. Flatbush avanue, supposng her husband TO be
there and after saturatng the door with kerosnc set
II on fre. When taken before Justice Bloome the
woman appeared TO be laborng under q temporary 1t
Of INSANITY, but nevertheless committed to await
the action OF the Grand Jury. She was then sent 10
tho Raymond Street Jail
The New York herald., 1877-09-23
AMUSEMEyTs.
VIrILLICk'S THE1fRE.-REGULXR sEIS0t

AMUSEMEyTs.
LVxLLAck's fhgXfRE.-REGULxKs sEXs0E.
MI wALLAcK begs 80 announce that the opening OF
'1ss aos6I3 ;;6.sS Nj sGHT fff 'sss
s1sn sonsay .s '
the suthor Of London Assurance and other standard
Ss & .qS S ss0aS md att & !. acts
rIME-rHE PRESENT
rhs characters the comedy will be sustained IS fol-
::s ss:S pIa5;sS
Nj. Constant iiis sOn-in-iaw of Mrs. TarSo.:
Nr. fsrsox ai.sSonsSis mother. .Mms fo.isi
Aichibsld Meek. = young gentleman Of large v.,.,.
John Psr.;nmcns. an elderly gentleman.
vSssns. ais oii i4n. ana ts ia:i -
:: s:Ii: ss.: s.s ".s oA..sas
o:phins a'ss .aa.s. SS ps Met.
asysE Rs;i; I'll.
ssttiements-rha Ward in Chancery-Ihs So.
ACT s-rnsss xESDisS i'5rs MORNING. The re.:. q
%saaay on B
ACT y la
ACT by % 3K o1Ai M Rfe' ns wSod Romance
Vs. kealty-The Brides ut akfast-Separa-
tion-A Family Party surprised.
ACT 5-THE FIRST OF THE HONEYMOON: A Partial
Ecpsc-Coniession aud Reparstion-Ihe Head
Of the Family.
POSTSCRlPT-rhe audience assisting at the first nght
will be very kind II they would assemble ~ or
before 3 O'Clock. 1t Is customary on such occa-
sions net to commence the play until the re-
served seats are fairly occupied Any delay
obliges late hours In the fall OF the curtain. Also,
ths entrance OF parties coming late and pass
ins through the audience to their seats distrscts
and interrupts the perform lance. Visitors ON the
hrst night are therefore kindly requested TO &C.
cupy their places vt d, SO that the comedy may
commence punc.uaily VI shat hour and the per-
.ormance may terminate before H.
The office daily she OF Reserved Seats
and Private Boxes Tor the first six nights.
MATINEE EVERY SATURDAY.
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John Braham's superb Orchestra
MATINEE TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
IJALLACK's LYDIA THOMPSON.
w LAST WEEK
OF the brilliantly successful engagement Of the
LYDIA THOMPSON BCKLESQUE COMPANY,
FINAL PERFORMANCES
the 0'SA'' 'kUsISSoN suf "a" cRUsoE s''' ''''''A
ROBINSON CRuSOE,
SThe brightest and best Burlesque ever producsdtn
America"
k0sfSs9 9sffNSs9S GkUs0 Tho Season.
EVERY EvgNiNG DURING THE WEEK,
ALSO SATURDAY MATINEE.
with
New and beautiful Scenic Illustrstions,
Elegant and Unique Costumes.
Charming Music aud Novel Effects,
Pleasing Songs Aud Attractive Dances.
Miss LYDIA THOMPSON.
Last ROBINSON CRUsOE MATINEE Saturday, Sept. 29
FREE LIST ABSOLUTELY SUSPENDED.
Monday evening. october l. commencem OF tho
REGULAR SEASON
and production, for the first time stage, OF
original legitimate Comedy. In i've acts, entitled
MARRIAGE,
BY the author of London Assurance and other comedies
nHE GREAT NEW YORK AQUARIUM BROADWAY
and 35th ST. open daily from M Till 10 r. M.-Only
exhibition in the city Uuequalled Musical AttrAe
tious Grand sacred Concert
THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Magnificent orchestra Of 20 pieces directed BY Professor
Leiboid. Choice elections from eminent composers
Splendid Pscatorial Exhibition.
Rare Fishes, Animals and Marine Plants Wonderful
NvuD
The New York herald., 1877-09-23
TINION SQUARE THEATRE

Mr.. SHERIDAN SHOOK.
............ Mr.. A. VI. PALMER.
PRELIMINARY SEASON.
GEN UINk SUCCESS
Of the engagement Of
Miss MAGGIE MOORE
and
Mr.. J. q. WILLIAMSON,
in their great play
STRUCK OIL
The New York herald., 1877-09-23

10S Will BUY NICE PIANO AND STOOL, II
CC)persct order splendid Traber Piano stool and
cover tor sl25. at 327 Henry ST. Brooklyn CAL from io
NJ
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ENGYPIIAN HALL.
34iH ST. AND SD Av.
rHE ONLY SENSATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA.
AN ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME
THE FEMALE BATHERS.
NEW SPICY BuKLEsQCE
THE BLACKEYED BEAUTY.
The most beautiful young Ladies In this country.
The nnsst formed Women In the W ord In
LlIlsG STATUES.
THE FRENCH MINUET
THE JARDIN MABILLE BY LIME LIGHT.
THIS Is THE PLACE.
EvEkY EVENING AT
MATlSEES
TUESDAYS, THURsDAYs aud SATURDAYS AT 2.
NEW PARK THEATRE, BRookLYX.
IN STUPENDOuS DRAMATIC ATTRACTION.
NIGHTLY, THE EMINENT rRAGEDIAN,
WEDNESDAY, r. c. BANGS,
and in his grand Military Rom ancc,
SATURDAY THE 5OLDIEWs TRUST. Magnificent
MATfNBka Scenery and thrilling Battle Tabesus.
mUEATKE tRANCAIs, 23D ST. AND 6rH Av
estous svs Tucsixvs Thnrsday and Saturday
evenings; a'"'"s' xfS4 81 i5sIt-s"
~, -sg r. NJ TUESDAY. OCTuAtk. ~ e. pnEh !
~ stvss 4 "a L&s5 AK Bon 5$tO 5$O liEssso fDhtx
' s.,. ., ..s:. s%ssE at,ssas s.1ss%p. as
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ADJUSTMENTS.
CILMoRK's CONCERT GARDEN.
~ r. - aso
THIS SUNDAY EvENIXG sEPTEMBkR 2s.
THE NEW YORK SANG NGkRRUNDE
male chorus OF ssventyh five voices
Miss LILLY BARRY,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
GERMAN DISCIPLINE.

The Brilliant successes Nhicfifs have of
late years been gained by the Germans
are, il. is now generally recognized,
mainly to be attributed to the careful
provision with which the organization of
each of the, separate parts, which, when
united, form an army, has sbeenperfected
beforehand. Every detail is arranged
during the years of peace; nothing has
to be improved in haste at the moment
when it iswanted. The invitation, there
fore, which has been recently sent to all
the civilian medical practitioners inBerlin
can only be regarded asa part of thegen-
eral system. Every doctor and surgeon,
namely, residing in the German capital
has been requested through the police to
inform the authorities on the following
points. He is to state, in the first place,
whether, in the event of his country be-
coming involved in war, he will be pre-
pared to serve during the whole cam
paign, or during any periodAof 1t of less
duration than six weeks, in the field hos
pitals of the active army; secondly,
whether, if he is willing to undertake
this duty, he will consent to serve in the
reserve hospitals not situated in the town
in which he resides; or, thirdly, whether
he will be disposed to render medical
service in, reserve hospitals in isPlace
of residence. In the event of his de-
claring himself willing to serve in any
of these ways, the authorities undertake
to consider, as far as possible, any wish
he may express as to the place in which
he would prefer to be employed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
UTAH DIVORCES.

1t will be recollected that, not long
ago, in the case of Hood VS.. the State of
Indiana, Judge Roberts, of Dearborn
County, decided that7Heod, who had OBJ
tanned divorce from his first wife in
Utah and married agaiH,S taking up his
residence in Dearborn County, was guilty
of adultery, and Hood appealed the
Supreme Court. On the trial it was
shown that the divorce was obtained by
a Chicago lawyer, one of thedisreputable
class who obtain divorces without pub
.licity, etc., and that Hood was never a
resident of Utah. The question for the
Indiana Supreme Court to decide was
the validity of divorce granted under
such circumstances. The Supreme Court
has decided that the Utah court had no
jurisdiction. Astatute of that Territory
provides that where person applies for
divorce, if the court is satisfied that
the applicant is resident of the Terri
tory or "wishes to become one," the
court may grant a divorce. The Su-
preme Court hold that this statute is
ultra vires and void, and that a court in
Utah cannot thus obtain jurisdiction of
non-residents.A The decree Of divorce is
therefore void. 1t is believed that this
decision.wiH have the effect of breaking
up the business of obtaining such di-
vorces. OtherStates will doubtless fol
low the example of Indiana in their de-
cisions on this important question.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
CHINAMEN AS WITNESSES

b The admissibility of Chipsse as wit
nesses has been affirmed BY the Criminal
Court of Baltimore, latter consideration
ofa letter BY 8. Wells Williams, afor-
mer resident and official in China. Mr..
Williams says the Chinese are not sensi-
BILE of the obligations of an oath, no
matter in what form it is administered,
but he also says: In general the wit
nesses in native court give as fair an
account of a transaction as they give it
in their common intercourse with each
other; they have learned by experience
that in order to get along in life GER
tain degree of truth isnecessary, but few
or none of them would expect that an
invocation Or oath to or before an idol
would .haye. much weight, or carry a
sanction to make man speak the truth
when otherwise be would lie,r The cere-
'mony ofskillinga cockis rather al i'm
precation of like punishment on himself
than a call on a spiritual being who
knows the heart.and twhom he fears, to
attest the truth Of what he says. Con-
sequently such ceremonies are not gen.
Ieral, for they do not carry much weight,
and YET 1 believe the experience Of con-
sular courts in China is favorable to the
general credibility of the testimony.
Il II
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
A Florida Tornado.

Autumn is the dread season of hurri-
canes in Florida, and at its approach the
inhabitants quake with apprehension.
Tearing through the West Indies, they
often strike the coast with deadly effect.
With scarcely note of warning, houses
are overthrown, sail-boats blown from
the water, and orange groves swept bare
of leaves and fruit. The day may be
bright and beautiful, and all nature re-
joice in the sunshine. Almost imper-
ceptibly the wind may die away. Cries
of terms and water birds fall lupon the ear
with painful distinctness. The mud hens
of the marshes pipe an alarm. Not a
blade of salt grass moves. The blue sky
grows hazy, and the eastern horizon is
milky white. Fitful gusts begin to rip
pie the water and handle the green
leaves. A low moan comes from the
ocean. Smoky clouds roll into the sky
from the southeast, and strong wind
whitens the ruffied water. Every minute
it increases in fury. An ominous yellow
light tinges the atmosphere. The sun is
gone, and great drops of rain are hurled
to the ground. Within fifteen minutes
there is gale, and soon the full force of
the hurricane is felt. Birds, large and
small, are swept through the air, utterly
powerless. All living things disappear.
Tall pines are twisted asunder. The
1.-THE limbs of willows and oleanders snap
like cow-whips. Lofty palmettoes bend
their heads to the ground, their great
fans turned inside out like the ribs of an
umbrella. The force of the wind keeps
trees down until every green fan pops
like a pistol-shot. Orange groves are
ripped into shoe strings. The leaves of
the scraggy scrub OIL the beach are wiped
out, and their stems whipped into little
brushes. The tough saw-palmetto is
blown as fiat as northern wheattield,
and the dead grass of the savannas
lashed into fine dust. Boards in the surf
are struck by the wind, and sent spin
ming hundreds of feet into the air. The
sand dunes are caught up bodily and
sifted through the tops of pine trees miles
away. The foam of the sea is blown be-
meath the houses on the main land, and
comes up between the cracks of the floor
like steam. Sail-boats are torn from
their moorings and destroyedor stranded.
These hurricanes last from seven to eight
hours, even longer. During the lulls
rain falls in torrents. The tide rises to
great height, carrying away wharves
and boat houses, and flooding the low
country for miles. Gardens are de,
stroyed, fences swept away, and the tor.
mented Floridian has three months
work and no pay to repair damages.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
.UnexplOred Africa.

Those who have attained maturity
may recolled seeing upon maps of Africa
a large black space in the center, indica-
ting a land unexplored and unknown.
Of late years explorers have pierced its
mysteries, and ascertained that this region
of great equatorial lakes is one of the
most populous and fertile of the earth,
and that an immense plateau, among
mountains crowned with eternal snow, is
watered by great streams proceeding
from them, and offers climates of various
degrees of temperature. This inviting
land is, however the. abode of savages,
who are at perpetual arwith each other,
and who mutually cause adestruction of
human life computed athundreds year.
At least forty thousand slaves are also
annually captured there, for use upon the
Continent, or for shipment elsewhere.
The International African Association,
headed by the King of the Belgians,
desires to commence the civilization of
the country by establishing stations for
scientific observations and for the use
and protection of travellers; and branches
of the association have been formed in
European countries.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05

A RECENT estimate or calculation
fixes the entire railroad mileage of the
world at 1S3,54s miles, of which ,74,1S
miles are insthis country and sc, ,Sf5 in
Great Britain and her colonies. The
progress made in other leading nations
is as follows: Germany. has carried its
railroad network from Il, ,4OS miles in
1871 to 1882 miles in 1875; Russia,
from 5,579 miles sn 1871 to 1918 miles
in 1876; Austria, from 1858 miles in
1871 to 1922 miles in 1876; and Italy,
from S,40S miles in 1871 to 4,777 miles
in 1876. While Germany, France, Rus
sia, Austria and Italy had thus COM
pleted a6,O64 miles in 1s7I, they had
built So, ,503 miles in 1876. s,-...
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
The Great Wall of China.

Kalgan commands one of the passes
through the Great Wall of China. 1t is
there built of large stone, cemented to-
gether with mortar. 1t tapers toward
the top, being twenty-one feet high and
twenty-eight feet wide atthe foundation.
At the most important points, less than
a mile apart, square towers are erected,
built of bricks. 1t winds over the crest
of the mountains, crossing the valleys at
right angles, blocking them with fortifi-
cations. The Chinese estimate itslength
to be about three thousand three hun
dred miles, but in parts more remote
from Pekin the wall is of inferior con-
struction. There is nothing but dilap-
idated mud rampant, as Colonel Preje-
valsky saw it on the borders of ALASKAN
and Kansu. 1t is said to have been
built upward of two centuries before
Christ, to protect the empire against the
inroads of the neighboring nomads; but
the periodical irruptions of the barba-
rians were never checked by this arti-
fetal barrier.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
Undecided Young Men.
[Terre Haute Mail.l


A world of trouble is occasioned to
young girls by the indecision of charac-
ter of young men. A pretty girl is living
in the neighborhood of half a dozen
young men. She is not only beautiful,
but she is good, well educated, and ac-
eomplished. Perhaps there is not one of
these young men who would not take
peculiar interest in her, for she is gen.
eral favorite, but they observe that one
of their number seems to gave got the
start of them; he is regular and fire.
quent visitor, and his attentions do not
appear to be at all displeasing in the
quarter where they are bestowed so the
others fall back, or turn their eyes else
where. .a-
The young man who has brought all
this about goes on from week to week;
from month to month; it may even be
from year to year, without any definite
plan of the future, or so much as any
clear decision in his own mind of what
he wishes to do. He likes the young
lady; he knows that his visits are pleas
ant to himself and acceptable to her; he
would not like her to receive particular
attention from another; yet he says, not a
word about engagement and marriage, the
end and aim of woman's life. rr
He has gradually won her affections,
until he has become " the ocean to the
river of her thoughts" She could not
bear to break off with him, to be sepa-
rated from him; for she loves him as she
fondly believes, and perhaps truly, as she
can never love another! But how har-
rowing is the state of doubt and uncer-
tainty in which she drifts on?
Reflection should make young men
careful how they win the hearts they do
not wish to wear. They have no right to
monopolize girls society so long as
they are in a state of entire indecision as
to their own wishes and purposes.
But while the fault may lie with the
young men, the folly rests as much with
the young women. They should be early
wise and guard their affections from be-
coming fastened upon young man from
whom they have no assurance and of
whom they know nothing more than that
he is an agreeable companion. They
should beware of young men of indecis-
ion of character, who having once in
gratiated themselves into favor, will
dawdle along, as if it were no part of
their duty to give to the future, and
to the happiness of Others, single
thought.
1t is rarely undecided associations are
productive of permanent good. There
are many circumstances which intervene
in the progress of time, and render them
highly injurious to both parties. As in
the one case the eligible young men keep
their distance for fear of intruding, so in
the other the undecided young man is
looked upon by young girls in the neigh
borhood as partly, if not wholly, en-
gagged; and it is only in the case of a
flirt any attempt is made to draw him
away; but, should his attentions cease
for any cause, he finds it difficult mat
ter, indeed, to reinstate himself else
where.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05

THERE are fourteen thousand four
hundred and forty-one persons in Eng
land members of the Society of Friends.
Last year they numbered fourteen
thousand two hundred and fifty-three,
so that they have slightly increased of
late. Of ninety-fve members who mar
ried last year, forty-nine were united to
persons not belonging to their society,
and these mixed marriages are probably
not favorable to the perpetuation of
Quakerdom. There is one fact respect
ing Quakers, namely, that they are
long-lived race. The rate of mortality
among them is remarkably low-only
eighteen in one thousand for the past
year.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05

As an instance of the scarcity of
money in the Turkish Treasury it may
be noted that for some time it has been
the method of the government to pay its
custom-house officials with portions of
the goods seized. Thus some luckless
officer would find himself the owner of
bunch Of cigafs a se8hg machine,
some, Manchester prints, several gallons
of American lamp oil, which, having no
use for himself, he would be- compelled
to dispose of for what he could get.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05

IT is told of the accident to the steamer
Dean Richmond, that while the female
passengers eyinced but little alarm, and
none we're detnonstrstive, it was very
different with many of the men. Some
were running to and dfro in frantic ex-
citement, others began to pray with We
and not afes solght ID monop-
olize the life preservers, One coward
provided himself with not1ess than three
rome under hin mms onelati his waist,
and the last one on his legs. Had he
got into the water he would and ought
to have been, drowned. fsY e
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
number of shoes made outside would
cost $5. .750- -.s a.-.t--at

THE position of Austria in the present
struggle is one, efsextreme- deIcacy.
With war in progress along large ex-
tent, of her frontier, and a disafected
population within her own boundaries,
there is abundantreason ormoving with
caution. The Lower House of the Hum
garian Diet has been informed that the
government would not occupy Servia or
mobilize the troops, but that no conquest
of neighboring territory would be al
lowed. This announcement ought to
calm the warlike spirit of Prince Milan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05

THE surmise that many of the persons
run over by railroad trains have been
previously murdered is usually not sus-
ceptibIe of proof. An engineer ON the
Louisville and Chicago Railroad, how
ever, applied the brakes so promptly that
the body he saw ahead on the track was
not struck. 1t was found that the man
had been ,robbed, almost, killed, and
then placed where atrain would be
likely.to obliterate all evidence of the
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05

A NEW cause for disappointment in
railway dividends wasreported at meet
ing of the shareholders of the Buenos
Ayres Great Southern Railway Com
pany recently held in London. An ex-
tension of fieslineShad failed to fulfill
the expections which had hastened its
construction, mainly because five thous-
and tame Indians had swept the camps
beyond the Azul of about one hundred
and fifty thousandhead of cattle shortly
before the openingd the extension, and
thus interfered with the proper deYel-
opment of business
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05

The Secretary of the Treasury has al
lowed the claim of the Centennial Board
of Finance for twenty thousand dollars,
which they had advanced to pay salaries
of special customs officers in the early
days of the exhibition. Some other
trihing matters were settled, and the bal
ance of thirty thousand dollars was paid
over, and John Welsh, President, re-
ceiyed a areceipt in full from the Secre-
tary of the Treasury for the s, ,5OO,O 600.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
ran eibMehinnati1 fan.,,,n.rreaill a,

THE Cincinnati commsrcsid1 a says that
the name of the terrible "Mollie Ma
guires" comes from Ireland. Some fifty
years or more ago poor old woman in
Ireland had her cottage pulled down
over her head by her landlord. Her
name was Mollie Mcguire, and she died
of grief and exposure. Thereupon her
sons and some neighbor lads formed
themselves into "a secret band, and
vowed and took fierce revenge son Irish
landlords in general. The band spread
rapidly, and they called themselves the
"Mollie Maguires," and Irish coal min
ers brought the name to America.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05

AN eminent Russian physician n Dr.
Bourganoff,S has tiiseoveted a use for the
cockroach. Upon manipulating the in
sect with suitable cliemicsl resgents, the
doctorh has succeeded in extracting anew
substance, which he proposes to add to
the resources Of the Pharmacentst' 5It
is to be used in dr6psy!a The grasslhop-
per, the potato-bug and the, mosquito
should noKibe hianiPdlafed1 a. .SI
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
TIE first submari66Ia sablssnaA that

laid across the Strait of Dover twenty
seven years ago. 1t parted next day,
and the first working cable was la, d in
1851 on the same route. The net work
of cables has now extended so far that
when Asia is united to America by cab
ling the Pacific the electric girdle around
the world will be complete from east to
west, as it now is between north and
south. -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05

THE employment of convict labor in
Maryland has stirred up the manu-
facturers and workmen of Baltimore to
remOnstranee, and the chances are that
the question of employment or non-em-
ploymentwill be made ar issue at the
next election. Accordingto statement
before recentmeetingof manufacturers
five hundred conyicts in the Maryland
Penitentiary make twenty-three hun
dred pairs of shoes per week,
at cost of 81, 200, and that the same
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05

Mr.. srrriSe Butt thasdevel0ped from
adomesticinto an international nuisance.
He has been the subject of diplomatic
correspondence between Great Britain
and the United States, each government
endeayoring in a friendly manner to turn
him over to the other. y ( A'k'A