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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-08-04

The St. Pauls Sabbath school held a
picnic, last week, in the shady lawn on the
Rose Hill farm. 1t is beautifully located
on the Sassafras river. A few years ago it
was celebrated for the beauty of it's sur
roundings; but time has sadly marred its
beauty, yet it still is a very attractive place.
The assembly was large, and was one of
the most pleasant and sociable gatherings
we were ever in. The choir from that
place was present and sang sweetly. Ice
cream, cake and lemonade were in abund-
ance, and was served in liberal manner
At sunset all separated for their different
places of abode, carrying with them pleas
ant and abiding recollections of the day
spent at Rose Hill.
SOMNAMBULIST.
Mrs. Price, worthy lady of this place,
was taken i'll during last Friday night,
and without her own or the family's know-
edge, got up, went down in the garden.
When she awakened to consciousness, she
was surprised to find, instead of her warm
pleasant bed, the cold, wet grass. How
long she had laid there, she could not tell
She has since been very i'll, but is better
now.
THE CROPS.
A number of the farmers are done
threshing, and the wheat turns out better
than some of them expected. Corn looks
well. Peaches are being shipped in small
quantities to Philadelphia market, but the
prices are low.
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RELIGIOUS SERVICES. The Rev. NJ. d.
McDongall, of Philadelphia, who has
preached in Elkton several times recently,
will preach at the Christian Chapel, on the
road leading from the Chestnut Hill and
old turnpike roads-built through the eff
forts of the late Stephen Ott,-on Sunday
tomorrow at 10l o'clock A. NJ. and at 9
O'Clock p. NJ. At o'clock on the same
evening he will preach at the church on
High street. Those desiring to hear the
gospel are invited to attend.
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

SINGULAR PHENOMENON.- few
days ago while Mr.. George Pearsal,
Of Coe township, Rock Island coun,
ty, Iowa, was boring for coal on his
farm in ravine, the surface of
which is probably ten or twelve feet
higher than Rock river, and when
down seventy feet they heard a
heavy rumbling noise, Immediately
followed by rush Of water from be-
low filling the six inch tube which
raised the drilling machinery weighs
ing some seven hundred pounds, up
many feet. On moving the drilling
apparatus, volume Of water was
thrown into the air perhaps twenty
feet and when it spreads out into
Jets like an artificial fountain. 1t is
estimated that it discharges a barrel
of water minute. The water is
pure and cold. A stone thrown in>
to the tube is Immediately hurled
back into the air as is a rail when
forced down into it. This subs
terranean lake or river must be some
sixty feet below the bed of Rock RVS
err. From whence itcomes or where
it goes, or if it is a pent up lake fed
by springs, or an underground river
is unknown.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

A little girl has just exhibited
great heroism in Pictou, N. S. She
was only seven years old, and was
with her brother, aged FIVE years,
locked up by her mother on going
out. Some female wearing apparel
took FIRE from a lamp. Alice, the
little girl, knew that the key was left
in the door outside. She formed the
terrible project of jumping from the
third story window, and thus releas-
ing her brother. Lowering herself
by the arms as far as possible, she
dropped distance of thirty-fve feet.
Her clothes buoyed her up and she
was not mech injured. But when
she rushed up to the chamber door
and opened it her brother was gone.
He too had crawIed out of the win.
dow to see where his sister bad gone,
and fell to the ground. He was
somewhat scratched, but not serious
ly injured. An arm and leg of the
daring girl are hurt, but not serious
ly.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15
ANDY RHODES LYNoHED.

We have received information
from authority which we consider
reliable, that Andy Rhodes, who was
SO we'll known by the people Of
Cherokee county, and who went 10
Texas last winter, was recognized in
some town 10 that State by son of
Rev. Jeptba Smith, who was hang
and shot near Fields bridge, during
the war, by a party who it was sup
posed by young Smith, to consist of
Rhodes and two or three others, and
with the assistance of mob he was
arrested and hung on the spot. II
reports be true Andy had been gull
ty of many misdemeanors, but
through long series of years he was
80 fortunate as to escape punishment
with the exception Of four years
confinement or rather service in the
chain gang. He had been released
from the chain>gang but q short
time when he went to Texas, where
he met with the avenger of blood,
and an unexpected and terrible
death.-Canton Georgian.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

A STRANGE BIRD SToRY.-,L. Page
and son, cutting wood near San Jose,
noticed for several days that a nuns
Der of birds remained constantly up
on tree near near them, some going
and coming from time to time, Up
ON cutting down the tree they dis
covered q limb with hollow cavity,
some two feet in length and three or
four inches in diameter, in which
were two full grown birds of some
goodly sized species. There was a
small aperture through which the
birds were supplied with food from
their mates. The limb was cut and
the birds liberated. They were nei-
Their of them able to fly, having evi,
IDENTIFY never been out of their i'm
prisoDment. 1t is probable that the
mother bird was small, and though
able to make her nest in the hollow
of the tree and rear her young, could
not extricate them, and they did not
gain strength enough to help them
selves until the hollow had so closed
that escape was impossible. Those
who examined the birds think they
are about two years old. They have
been fed from their birth by their
bird fellows through the aperture in
the limb of the tree. A nobler in
stance Of devotion even the human
family never exhibited. San Jose
(CaI) Mercury.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

A FIERY, FLYING SERPENT. Yes.
terday noon the residents Of the east
ern portion of the city were surpris>
ed, and not little terrified at first,
by the appearance in the heavens,
and apparently lowering over them,
Of a fiery, flying serpent of immense
dimensions. Its head appeared a
lurid fame, while its eyes rolled as
if in search Of victims. Its motions
through the air, as it billowed, here
and there, were like the contortions
of huge snake. This monster was
subsequently s:ascertained to be 9
Chinese kite. Its head was red pa
per, with eyes half red and hall
white, which rolled as the wind
found its way through apertures rep
resenting the sockets. This head
kite was followed by others about
eighteen inches apart, made Of tint
ed paper, oblong in shape, through
the centre Of which passed slender
rattans, the tips extending some dis
tsnce on each side and trimmed with
fre-rej paper tassels. Similar tas>
sells along the tail and pendant from
the head gave the whole flying and
fiery appearance truly startling
Virginia (NevadaJ Enterprise.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15
A MURpERER's RBMoRsE AND
SUICIDE.

At the head of Culver canon,
about thirteen miles from Eureka,
Nevada, in a desoIate and forbidden
country, is q tumbled down shanty
evidently built by some coal burners.
Some time ago man in search of
stray stock happened to look into
the shanty, and found the body of .
man dead, in rude bunk against
the side of the cabin, and near 10y,
in book, was written Lee Single
tons confession of the murder of
John Murphy six years since. They
were both feeders to a smelling fur
mace in Eureka; Murphy had in>
suited and struck him, and, being
the weaker IN Singleton had har-
bored his revenge till one night when
they were alone he stunned his ene>
my with blow and thrust his BODY
among the vivid Goals of the furnace.
4 fter the murder Singleton went in>
to the charcoal business, and, accu>
mulating $4,000, he went East and
wandered restlessly about for four
years, when, by an irresistible fasci-
nation, he was impelled to return to
the scene of his crime once more.
There in his old charcoal hut in the
desolato canon the tragedy was com
pleted, and Singleton's minute and
circumstantial confession thus con-
cludes Gas soon as finish writing
| shall take the poison and lay in
the bunk. don't suppose that any
one ever passes this way, and | shall
probably ley here and rot, or the
vermin will feast on me. / cannot
go to worse hell than that which
I've been 10 for the last six years.
IF any one finds this statement they
can verify the truth oft by looking
over the books of the melting com
pany, and they will find mine and
Murphy's name on the pay roll"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

THE moment man is satisfied
with himself, everybody else is dis
satisfied with him.
There are many shining qualities
in the mind of man, but none SO use
full as discretion.
If we do not fatter ourselves the
flattery Of others will not hurt us.
The man who minds his own bus>
mess has good, steady employs
ment.
Never apologize for long letter;
you only add to its length.
He speaks in his drink what he
thought in bis drouth.
True men make more opportuni.
ties than they find.
An angry man opens his mouth
and shuts his eyes.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15
a HORNED MAN KILLED.

The town Of Maple Grove, Wis
consin, is excited over a recent Sum
day occurrence there, The people
we're mostly at church, and in one
house ~ year old boy was the on
ly occupant. During the absence Of
the family. man came to the house
completely envsloped in q beef hide,
with horns, tail, and all complete,
and so fitted nothing else could be
seen. 1t was known in the neigh-
borhood that the occupants of this
house had money, and there was
there ut the time about two hundred
dollars. The object disguised in the
hide told the boy he was the devil,
and that he had come after his mon
ey, and he must give it to him.
The boy answered that he could not
have the money. The devil then
told the boy that he would have him
and kill him if he did not bring out
the money. The boy then stepped
into the house as if he was about to
comply, but instead of bringing the
money he brought gun and shot
the man dead in his tracks. The
boy then ran to the nearest neighbor
and finding only a woman there, told
her that he had shot the devil at his
house. The woman went with the
boy, and found that the devil whom
they had shot was her husband.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

"THE baby has got a new tooth,
but the old lady is laid up with a
cold in the head" remarked a gem
tIeman to defeated candidate. -
"What do / care ?" was the reply.
"Well." said the gentleman, slowly,
"before the election you used to
take me aside and ask me how my
family was coming on, and I've been
hunting you all over town to tell
you, and that's the way you talk to
me. But it don't make any differs
ence, / voted for the other candid
ate anyhow.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

A pious hen crawled in to a
Methodist Church in Jefferson City,
Missouri, week ago Sunday, and
laid an egg in the contribution box.
While the minister was making an
earnest appeal TO his congregation
for foreign missions the hen sudden-
ly left her nest, and presenting her.
self in the chaneel, cackled most en-
ergetically. The deacons discover
ed the egg when they went forward
to get the boxes. The pious hens
contribution was adapted to the do
mestic rather than the foreign field.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15
Tim mbaat o,.an .of cao.o;

The wheat crop of Georgia may
be considered made. In the south
ern and middle counties a portion of
it has already been harvested, and
in the northern position of the State
it has progressed 80 near maturity
without rust that little apprehension
need be entertained. The crop in
nearly all parts Of the State is repre>
sented to be fine, exceeding the ex
pectations of farmers. The only
thing to be regretted is that more
was not planted. Il is to be hoped
that The excellent yield this year, at
time when breLdstuffs are so high,
will encourage all farmers to double
their acreage in wheat next year,
and thus make us Independent of
the West for bread.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

In religious debate, Monday, in
Newark, N. j. between Wheatley,
Roman Catholic, and Whaleu, Pro,
testant, the former knocked the lat
ter down and, at last accounts, was
a Whalen him with q chair. Alas
for the rarity OfChristian charity.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

In addition to the complications
of cholera and plague, to which the
press has already adverted as threat
ening, the combatants in the Russo
Turkish war. the Turkish forces are
reported to be suffering greatly from
scurvy, owing to defective diet
Agre and dysentery are also said to
prevail to an alarming extent, and
cap the climax, smallpox RACES
in Bosnia.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

The Owentovn, KY, Examiner
says: A pair Of shoes, measuring
fourteen inches 10 length and FIVE
inches across tile bottom, were man
ufactured 10 this city last week for a
man in Ohio coanty. They looked
like Saratoga trunks with the tops
smashed in.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

A boy five years of age having
stolen can ofmilk, his mother took
him to task with moral suasion, and
wound up Der discourse by exclaim-
ing, what 10 the world were you
going to do with the milk = 4 was
going to steal q dog to drink it,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

Cooked snails are said to possess
the power of restoring tone to the
coating of the stomach when badly
injured by strong drink. The sale
of snails is source of much profit
to the peasants of Tivoli, near Rome,
Italy, and the flavor is said to be
more delicious than that Of oysters.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

care sister Sal and Nance res
sources, pat No my, son; why do
you ask that question 2 Because |
heard uncle josh say if you would
only husband your resources you
would get along a great deal better
than you do, that's all, pa
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15
LAST Saturday night, about twen-

LAST Saturday night, ABOUT tWen|
ty miles from Marshalltown, Iowa, a
man named John Reklar was taken
from an officer holding him under
arrest, by gang of Iowa "white-
liners" tied hand and foot, gagged,
and hung to tree. They left him
hanging, but the man managed to
disengage bis hands and pull him
self up by the rope, and got his head
out of the moose, No arrests of these
bloody KuKIux has been made.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

The Ohio democracy are exhub>
Grant over the Rope Of carrying the
State 10 October. Their convention
meets in advance Of the Republicans
and they intend to construct plat
form that will sweep everything.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

The happiest moments in a wo~
mans life are when she is making
wedding garmssts. The saddest,
when her husband comes home late
at night aud yells to her from the
front steps to throw him out some
keyholes of assorted sizes.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

The constitution Of Oregon was so
framed that il has been impossible
for that State & run in debt, as oth>
err States have done, 10 flush times,
and the whole State is happy in con-
sequence.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

Bob McCullOugh stole money from
his father, in Louisville, and gam
bled it away ;and when reprovsd
for it, he took . club and broke
Sc, 900 worth Of mirrors 10 his faiths
er's furniture store.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

"Well, boys9 heres for perdi,ion!'
said Aionzo Letter and he coolly
lay down, on barroom floor in Yo-
10, Nevada, ard shot himself through
the head.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

Sheriff P. E. Brown, of Henry
county, went to Cobb county, We'd
nesday, and succeeded in arresting a
man named Curry, who had fled bis
juris diction and against whom the
grand jury be rned true bill
for some gray Bemeanor. Cur
ry was pulled sripe watermelon
bat 81 goO "a for his appear
ghce next term Griffin Nesos.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

By the time n attains his majori-
ty the young Earl of Shire wsbury
will have an income of $450,000
per annum.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

"Talk about the jaws of death ~
exclaimed q man who was living
with his third acolding wife, II tell
you they're no touch to the jaws of
life I"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

There are atureas many artists in
the department Of Washington who
are mostly engaged in drawing their
pay.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

To keep fsls spm smelling Cut
off their noses.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

What manSeuss have his glass be-
fore he can do days work : A
glazier. l
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

Adam missed enc of the Injuries
of life. He coulln't laugh in his
sleeves. "
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

London graz syards, long since
disused for buriAls, are being con-
verified into gardens. .A
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

When is a literary work like
smokef When It risesin volumns.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-06-15

S10 A DAY at home. Agents wanted. Out
pA 9 fit and terms free. TRUE Il CO., Au-
gusta Maine.
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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-04-24
%The puII.Back outdone by the Eel.sklu..

.The PulI-Back 0utdone by the Eel-Skin.-
The 'eel-skinn dress is now the great
rage both in London and Paris. In the
widest days of the tie-back or pin-back
mania there never was seen such
tightness in the matter of skirt as now
prevails. Whatever the paucity of folds
in the pin-back in its frontier part, in
the enormous exuberance of the pannier
or hustle the balance was struck. But
now, not only is the hustle thing of
horror, but even the necessary under
clothing is considered de trop. To
lengthen the waist far beyond its natural
proportions, stiff webbing of elastic is
fastened to the stays to the depth of
half foot, and to this, at first, narrow
skirts were buttoned. But even this is
now abandoned for another scheme TO
acquire slenderness. Mrs. Swisshelm's
and garments made in this way are sold
at the furnishing shops, and patterns of
1t pass eagerly from hand to hand among
lady friends. Some ladies have had
regular stage tights made in thick
webbing, and over these they wear moth
ing but the outer dress, underskirts
being simulated by pleated ruffles of
white muslin, sewn to the edge of the
dress, which is then tied back till the
woman within is shaclSled almost like a
convict in chain-gan No more un-
comfortable fashion ever was devised,
for not only are the limbs confined by
the binding dress, but the wearer must
constantly concern herself about the
condition of the bodice, that portion
being in incessant danger of turning
itself up behind, wrong side out, like an
umbrellain windstorm. The desired
effect of youthful slenderness is gener-
ally obtained by the ''eel-skin,' y but at a
good deal of sacrifice Of personal ease.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-04-24
LIpponcott's Mauazine.

LIpPINooTT's MAGAZINE for May is an un-
usually varied number. OF the illustrated
articles, "Down the Rhine,' the first of o
series by Landy Blanche Murphy, is noticeable
both for the exquisite engraviugs and Its
agreeable sketches of famous old towns,
romantic scenery, and the quaint costumes
and primitive habits of the Alsatian peasantry.
"Parisiam Club-Life" Is described at length
by q. II. Harding, while Chauncey Hickox
discusses briefly some Of Schllemann's dis
coyeries, and gives the welcome intelligence
that the great explorer is about to revisit
America. Walter Mitchell writes musingly
and critically of "Burials and Burial-P Places"
and j. Brander Matthews gives quantity of
theatrical gossip and anecdotes relatives to the
subject of "Damned Plays" OF stories, in
addition to long installment of "The Mar
quis Of Lossie," which has now reached
crisis, we have "The Abbess of Ischia," by
Robert A. Mcleod, which has q tragical
interest a humorous love story, called ga
Superhuity of Naughtiness," by Edward
Bellamy; and GA Queen Of Burlesque,"
which is both odd and pathetic, and is evidently
drawn from real life. There are poems by
Emma Lazarus, Mary b. Dodge, and other
writer's, and the Monthly Gossip contains a
number of short papers on Bulgarian Rose
Harvests," "Sellings a House," and other
miscellaneous topics. The contents are of
thoroughly popular and attractive character.