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BL00D.STAINED CRIMINALS.
A Farmer and his Three sons Guilty OF
Fourteen Murders.

But few of our oldest citizens do not
know George Brown, who settled on
what Is now known as the Pringle farm,
two and a half miles west of town, in
about the year 1850. George Brown,
during the time he lived in this county,
was a respected citizen and a member of
the Christian Church. He had three
sons -George, Jesse and Josiah-who
were about men when they left
here, which took place in the year 1886
Or whereabouts. From here they re-
moved TO Texas, in which state they
have resided since. They have lately
been arrested upon Il complaint filed
against them by Samuel Boris, who
married a daughter of George Brown, Sr.
From the facts developed since the ar.
rest of Brown, his sons, Boris and 9th
ers we are unable to name, composed
one OF the most daring and murderous
organizations that ever infested the
wllds of a Texan frontier. The com.
plant charges them with fourteen muir
defs OF the darkest and most appalling
nature. The exposure of the Browns
by their confederate and relative was
brought about as follows 1t seems that
Jesse was the chief of the clan, and gave
orders, which were as binding as an oath,
and whatever be commanded must be
done. They were organized under the
p%retence of putting down lawlessness and
crime. Jesse was married, and he and
his wife had a falling out, and they both
went out of nights, pretending to lisent
to the song of the nightins ale, which re-
suited finally in their separation. The
woman (Jesse's wite), knew the secrets Of
tAe lodge or organization, and Jesse (the
chief) said that she knew too much,
and that she must die for the safety OF
the clan.
1t seems that Mrs. Brown and Boris
wife were very intimate and so Jesse
gave orders that she, too, must die. and
proceeded to appoint the executioners Of
the women-one his W wife, and the
other his sister. He appointed this
Samson Boris to take the life of his
(Jesse's) wife and some other member of
the party to take the life OF
Boris wife. But before the time
appointed to take the lives of the
women Boris revolted against being tie
participant in such an ihhuman deed.
50 he secretly sought out the authori- |
ties, made his complaint, and caused the !
arrest OF his father-in-law and his three
brothcrs-in-law.
Recent developments show that they !
were guilty of fourteen murders. Young
has had his trial, and was found
and was sentenced to be hanged,
but has appealed his case to the supreme
court Of the state. George Brown, Sr.,
the other sons are to be tried this
month. They are now in the Cook coun-
ty jail.--Al6any NO. Ledger.
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Douglas JerrOld's Witticisms.

Jerrold was, without doubt, the prince
of English wits in his day. His witt
cisms, generally made on the prompting
of the occasion, surprised every one bv
the quickness with which they were con
ceived and uttered. What made their
freedom from generalization the more
certain, perhaps of but a single word,
which only was sense as taken in connec-
ton with what some other person had
just said.
Douglas Jerrold was a little spare man,
with an oval, pallid face, a Keen grey
eye, and ~resolute mouth, He generally
sat somewhat aside from what might be
called the current of conversation, and
only opened his mouth when he could
cap something with a bon mot.
A tedious old gentleman once meeting
Jerrold on the street, and having stepped
him,rosed himself into a button-holding
attitude, while preparing to grapple.
well, Jerrold, my hoy, what is going
on ?" II am" quo'h the wit, instantly
shooting off along the pavement.
A dull foreigner was INDUCING in a
rapturOus description of the beauties of
Prologue. GAS to one song in parti-
manning the seng) 81 was quite
away" SIS there any body here
that a sing it p said Jerrold.
Somebody told Jerrold that George
the a%uctioneer, was dead. "And,
If course" added the gentleman, "his
business will go to the devil" 30 then
le1l get it again." replied the wit.
A friend was telling, one evening,
he had been dining, and what he
'ot TO eat. There was one article |
ever saw b fore none OF you can guess
1t vas; it was a soup made of
tails. Extremes meet |" was
errold's remark.
He had a theory in the spirit of Caudle
that women rather like that
husbands should stay out late,
.rcssionally at gives them a wrong"
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THE FOREIGN wAU.

The passage of the Danube by the
Russian troops was accomplished at tbrail
on June q. Several army corps crossed at
6alatz, meeting with but little opposition.
This event has been waited for with feverish
anxiety by all Europe, and the prediction
now is that heavy fighting will soon ensue.
Letters from Constantinople state that
the Turkish war department is destitute of
funds. The execution of many contracts is
therefore suspended.
The porte has telegraphed to its rep
feSentatlyes abroad a note begging the eabI-
nets to take cognizance of the destruction
with explosives, of four Ottoman merchant
vessel by the Russians, which is denounced
as contrary to the rules of internationaI law.
During the bombardment of Rustcbuk.
on June 28, the English consulate, which had
a large Union Jack floating, seems to have
been singled out for the concentrated fire
and was completely destroyed. The entire
population fed to the neighboring hills and
villages. Seven hundred shells fell in the
town in one day aud over eight hundred tbe
next The consulates of France, Italy
Greece, Germany, and Belgium were injured
by the Russian fire. 1t is asserted that the |
English consul at Rustchuk, who also acts for
the United States, uuavailipg endeavored to
avert the Russian fire by hosting the Amer.
can flag.
A C~on8tantinople dispatch says advices
rom Erzeroum state that Mukhtar Pasba has
won a great victory and has taken 1000 Rus.
sian prisoners.
III Is positively asserted that no nm
friendly feeling exists between Russia and
he great powers, and that Russia will Low
Keep her promise, and the peace of
is assured. The results of the %
ar from lmperiling it, will but consolidate il !
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FOREIGN

Arrangements have been affected bv
which England, with the consent of the khe-
dive, and not in opposition to the sultan,
shall occupy Egypt.
President Mcmahon has pardoned
eight hundred and forty.four more com.
munists.
The Pope has appointed the Rt. Rev.
Louis NJ. Fink, present Vicar Apostolic of
Kansas, to be archbishop of that state, and
the Rev. James Gobbens, D.. D., present
bishop of Richmond, Va, as the successor
of the Most Rev. James Roosevelt Bailey,
D. D., archbishop of Baltimore.
The French chamber of deputies was
formally dissolved June 25th bv order of
President MacMahon who states that he
will hold office till 1880, and answer for
order at home and peace abroad.
Fears are entertained of an attempt to
blow up and destroy the Suez canal, and the
khedive is taking effective measures to pre-
vent such an attempt on land, while a sea.
police force is being organized under the
command of two English officers.
A complimentary dinner was given to
Mr.. Garrison, by the anti-slavery society of
London, few days since, being attended by
several prominent members of parliament.
BY the explosion of a boiler in the
iron works at TunstaI, England,
week, eight persons were killed and
injured.
Gen. Grant and wife visited Queen
Victoria, at Windsor castle, on June 28.
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The Boomerang.

My experience in boomerangs is mainly
confined to the natives about the Conda.
MN and Its %atluents, where | was fre.
quently In company with natives for
about a year. They had two weapons
one large, for war, the other small. for
game. ] should think the weapon is
seldom thrown in war, since most of their
contests (such as they are) take place in
scrub or forest, where it could not be
used to advantage but | have seen a ma
tive frlghttully cut in the abdomen, and
was told by a native that he had been
struck by a boomerang thrown by the
hostile party. | have seen a few of these
contests, but never saw the BOOMERANG
used in any way. The "waddys' were
thrown freely, the spear seldom. The
game boomerang is thrown among fights
oil ducks and also carrots when conore-
gated on the trees and gathering nectar
Their flowers, and with marked effect.
his have seen several times. There
are two ways of throwing the weapon.
which as | could throw it well at one
time, will endeavor to describe. 1t is
grasped quite at the end by the rirht
hand and raised above the head. the el-
bow being bent, the weapon assuming a
position with its convex edge downward
a nearly horizontal line at right angles
the intended line of fight. The arm
brought swiftly around from left to
right, becoming gradually extended nm
til 1t reaches a line directly in front of
lace, when the weapon is delivered
from the now straight arm with the ION.
edge toward the line of fight. This
: the method of throwing into the air,
dependence can be placed on the re-
OF the weapon within a circle of 90
Yards, though it sometimes returns dam
5erously near the thrower. II it meets
IN obstacle it is either stopped and falls
lead TO the earth, or its course is changed
n either case its peculiar motion is de.
troyed, as must be obvious. In the 9th
n method of throwing the weapon is
leld In the same way, bat delivered near
on line with the hip, aud made to {
the earth about 10 wards in front {
I the thrower, pitching | believe, t
Though 1T is not easy to bserve,) on one
I its horns. Thence it recochets and
les straight away for perhaps 20 or 80 I
ards, keeping a position of about four 7
'et from the earth, and gradually rising :
ntll 1t Is spent. 1t returns verv little Il
at all. In this way only can it be used P
n war, since in the other it begins to
cunt at once, and would soon be above p
ie enemy's head. The weapon is made 81
various woods, a piece with a slight d
being selected. 1t is hardened by o
king. The right form is arrived at by "
as have seen during the process +
manufacture. Those sold to Euro. W
ans are the failures. | had to paw a W
cd price for the two | brought home. st
I they are excellent specimens.--Nat. A
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The president has issued his formal
order on the subject of the interference Of
federal officers with the management and
control Of party politics. The text of the
circular, addressed to every oificeholder in
the country, is as follows.
EXEcuTyEMANsfoS, WASHINGTON, DC,
June 23.-SIR: | desire TO call your atten.
ton to the following par graph in Il letter
addressed b, me to the secretary Of the
treasury on the conduct to be observed by
officers OF the general government in rela-
ton to elections
"No officer should be required or permitted
TO take part in the political organizations,
caucuSes, conventions, or election cam.
paigus. Their right to vote and TO express
their views on public questions, either orally
or through the press, is not denied, pro.
vided it does not interfere with the dis.
charge of their official duties. No assess.
ment for political purposes on officers or
subOrdinates should be allowed" This rule
is applicable to every department of the
civil service. 1t should be understood by
every officer of the general government that
he is expected to conform bis conduct to its
requirements.
Very respectfully, r. b. HAYES,
j. NJ. Heating, editor of the Memphis
Appeal, recently had an interview with the
president, during which the latter said he
was very anxious to visit the south and meet
II th eir homes the leading men Of that sec
ton, He felt satisfied that the spirit OF fra
ternity between the sections was rapidly
gaining strength. He thought the people of
the south should encourage immigration of
people and cnterpriSing men of the north.
The president was DESTROYS of hearing of
facts as to the progress of education in the
south, particularly among the colored people
The president has rendered the Hay
ten mission to John NJ. Laugston, of Ohio.
The secretary of war directs that
subsistence stores be sold to officers and
men on credit, they giving the
proper receipts. The order is issued on
account of no appropriation for the support
If the army having been made. A similar
order to enable them to obtain fuel, etc,
rom the quartermaster's department will be
ssued,
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HOW a PAPER ~ MADE

"Pray, how Is q paper made %
The question IL easy 10 ask,
But to answer II fully, my dear,
Were rather a dificult task
And yet in a bantering way,
As me whlp,pooT-wll " sings in the glade.
10 tell how a paper is made.
y editor sits at his desk,
~ ponders the things that sppepr
Inning the thoughts Of lie world
rppIIns. 'emn, and comic and queer
lnlDgf 70 las hit ON a theme
lie judges il VT. : 70 parade;
He writes, and he ". ar is 81 mn"'i'es,
And that's how q pap, "'"'o'
An editor sits at his desk,
And puzzles bis brain 10 MAXI
4" Photographic" so tquabblcd Al d nh w.
II Is bard to tell what It's sbour.
Exchanges are lying around
While waiting dispatches delayed,
He clips, and he clips, and he clips,
And thats how n paper is made,
An editor out In the town,
In search Of the things that are rev
The things that the people have done,
The things they're intending 10 do
Goes peering and prying about,
For items of many a grade;
He tIamps, and he tramps, and he tramps.
And that's no. n paper is made.
And all that those workers prepare,
OF every Conceivable stripe.
IL sent 70 the printer, and he
FIR, ceedeth h 10 stick it in type.
His lines, NIL respecting his will,
In slow-movlng columns paraGC-
He sticks, and he sticks, and he sticks,
And that's how a paper Is made.
In short, when the type is all set,
And errors cleared up more or less,
IT'S clock in a FORM" MS we say,
And hurried away TO the press.
The presslnan oranges his sheets,
His ink gives the requisite shade,
Then he print and he prints and he prints,
And that's how Il paper is made.
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An lmIukcY Nan.

The unhappy Kentuckian, who bet on
every a C during the week, and lost
every time, illustrates the freaks of for
tune in this respect He had just $50
left, and in sheer desperation cried out in
the crowd that assembled al the hotel
after the races: "Ill bet s50I can name
two men here with twenty-three fingers"
When the bet was taken, this child of
fate continued " Anybody III do. Here,
my friend, I'll take you. have thirteen
fingers, and You have ten, that makes
twrnty.tbree. ! knew there was one bet
| could not lsse." The stranger gszsd at
him a moment with a plying express
sion, and then said, compassionately
I" Well, I'm sorry for you. You have
a hard streak of luck. I had
Of nag n gers shot Oft at Chicka-
maVga"-Nashrae Tenn American.
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Never write with pen or lax. It is al
together too plain, and doesn't hold the
mind of the editors and printers closely
enough to their work.
If you are compelled to use ink, never
nse that vulgarity known rs the blotting
pad. IF you drop a blot Of ink on the
paper, lick it off. The intelligent COM
positor loves nothing SO dearly as to read
through the smear this will make across
twenty or thirty words. We have seen
him hang over such a piece of copy half
an hour, swearing like a pirate all the
time, he felt that good.
Don't try to write too plainly. 1t is n
sign of plebean origin and public. school
breeding. Poor writing is an indication
of genius. It's about the only indication
OF genius that a great many men possess.
Sprawl your articles with your ewes shut,
and make every word as illegible as YOU
cam. We get the same price for it from
the rag.m a as though it were covered
with copper-plate sentences.
Avoid all painstsking with proper
names. We know the full name of every
man, woman and child in the United |
and the merest hint of the name
is sufficient. 1t is a great mistake that
proper names should be written plainly.
Always write on both sides of the
paper, and, when you have filled both
,ides of every page, trail q line up and
Town every margin and back to the top
the first page, closing your article bv
the signature just above the date.
How we do love to get hold of articles
in this style! And how we
would like to get hold of the man who
ends them Just for ten minutes
Alone! In the woods, with a cannon in
'ur hip pecket!-Burtinqton Hqwkeye.
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THE WEST,

AT Davenport, Iowa, during the heavy
gale there on June 22tb, the velocity of the
wlnd reached seventy mil es an hour. At
st. Paul the river had risen "a feet 7 inches
during the preceding twenty-four hours.
General Sheridan, and staff have left
Chicago for the Big Horn country, to look
into the Indian troubles, and to take meas.
ures for their suppression.
Reports OF a tremendous wind storm
IN Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin
OF June "a, reach us, accompanied with
details of severe loss of property.
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international Marriages,

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette. writingfrom New York, V
The London author, Farieon, is ex.
pected here, in due time, on his wedding
trip, the bride being Miss jefferson
daughter of the well known Rio Van
Wrinkle. 1t is an inevitable fact in the
record of the past hat these international
marriages between people of genius are
seldom happy. The case of n. p. Willis
is a ready illustration. He married an
English girl and brought the bride home
that is, his home. not he's. II never
became a home to her; but both are dead,
there is no need of recalling a pain.
ful theme. Edwin Forrest affords another
Illustration. his domestic infelicities
being sufficiently before the world. We
may look, also, at the case of Fanny
Kemble and Pierce Butler, which, in i6s
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"FW HERE'S THE EDITOR"
$50" IA Female Pioneer Corrected IA saa
tranciscO Libel.

Inc solltary reporter at work in the
Mail office yesterday morning sprang tc
his Ieet as if a reversed ~pile-driver had
struck him, for the inquiry was a scream
She Stood in the door, and by eye-meas
urement weighed two hundred and fifty
pounds. Her face was red with rage.
her fists were dug into her sides, and She
was a terrifying figure to behold.
Are We the iditor ?"
Good God, madam, MOI"
Its well fur We yer not" cried the
woman, " fur begob if We was Td have
me mark on that fwhite face av yez.
Dye sec me? Dye see me ?"
Certainly, madam, yes, OF course.
Good Lord .
Lux at me thin, bad scran till We!
Does Oh lux like it? Wud OF let him
do it? Wud OH"
Ono, certainly not"
An me in Californy since ftty.two
me that KEN round the Horn in the
Bloody Buccaneer be the same token.
Wud Oh let him do it? Wud Or
Yah !"
Bless my soul Be calm, madam.
The editor will be in soon. He"
Yah Let me git me claws on him
an, Mil rip the dirty face av him so Oh
will! DO Oi lux like it? Do Oh?
You do not, madam" hastily adj
mltted the reporter clutching the back
OF his chair as the fearful woman threw
her red and black shawl on a table and
began marching up and down.
Me that KEN round the Horn nifty
two me that's married these thirty wear
come August me that's raised a family
av noine, wild foive in Lone Mountain:
two byes and three gurls-the first in
titty-three wild mayzles that was limo
thy Cargo, as foine a child as liver walk
ed. Then in itty-six, Mary Ann broke
down wild whoopin' cough, an in two
days was in her grave. Not MORN two
wakes after John Pathrick was tux wild
the iayver, an was laid besoide her. Oh.
wurra, an, to think that a dirty paper
wud say it, Fwhere is he, the name
diyil? Fwhere is he? Me, the mother
av thirteen an dacent married woman.
dom me own work, an OWN divil A
clint, an wild me own house an lot
bought an paid fur at the Mission.
Whoo, hoo.oo-oo."
Now the reporter breathed again. His
manhood asserted itself in the presence
Of feminine tears.
elem Would you be so good, mad.
I'M, as to tell me what the paper did say
. offend you?"
"Fwhat did it say, is it? Oh, the face
" ye! Dye name to say that We
'aven.t sane 1t, an the whole town
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London.

The register-general, pursuing the
even tenor of his way amid the worlds
exctements, has Just published his report
on the public health of 1876. He tells
us that the area of London (taking the
registration division) is 122 ,quare n les,
with 1900 miles of streets, about 1000
miles of sewers, and 417,7c7 inhabited
houses The population numbered nearly
but taking in the outlying dis
tricts, Greater London" as the regis
trar calls it, contains 1886 97 inhabi-
tants, among whom the births were 1853.
1872, and the Deaths 81, III. Some of
inhabitants live in the Pllnstead
marshes, II feet below, while the jewellers
1t Hampstead are 4i9 feet above high
water mark. These differences of level
imply different conditions of health; but
he death-rate was not more than 2I.3
,er 1000, which contrasts favorably with
he death-rate in other towns and cities
Tithin the kingdom aud in other parts of
he world.--C Chambers Journal.
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dav. afforded 40 much gossip. Men aud
women of a high ora, % + 'a 1eeIins @se and n"
tensely national In the. ieel,nSr, au'
this often mars what ought :" 10 n',n rno
NOUS life. Joe Jefferson has MAJ. aaas
fortune by his profession, and can ''"o'
his daughter in an independent posftio.'
He has been more successful than any
comedian in the history of the drama,
his wealth being estimated at one-third
of a million or more. Hackett. the
American " Falstafi, " presents adiferent
record. He was On admirable player,
and yet he died in debt, and a building
in this city. which he had morigaged, was
sold under foreclosure.
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Of Fundy is unsurpassed. The destruc-
ton of the business portion of the city is
a terrible calamity it is like destroying
the lungs on which the body depends for
It's vitality. The appeal of the impover.
ished people for assistance is a strong
one, and is enforced, by every considera-
ton of sympathy and humanity. New
Brunswick ought to belong to the United
States, and st. John should be the
eastern city OF the union. Her interests
are chiefly American, ana the kindness
of our people teward.her, in her present
extremity, will strengthen the American
feeling which is already strong in her
people.