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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-13

JOHN II. WHIppLE's FAST LEE AND SUI
CIDE.-There seems TO be no doubt that the
body found 10 the Ohio river opposite Louis.
vile, on Wednesday, was that Of John II.
Whipple, son of tho Bishop Of Minnesota. lie
was a very dissipated young man, who had
given the family much trouble An attempt
was made to rob his grave, but the body was too
much decomposed for removal. The Chicago
Inter Ocean says Tho letters found on his
body would seem to indicate that the unfortu.
nate man bad recently been guest OF the Grand
Pacific, and occasionally visited McDonad's s, Oh
Clark street. I1quiry in this connection fails
to substantiatc either ofthcse suppositions. lie
has not registered at the Pacific since October
last, nor is be even Known at THE Store. +"
So far from winning any such sum as So 900,
az was stated 10 the dispatch, he is not known
10 have played at any time at McDonald's game.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-13
Fight With Indians.

GALVESTON. Texas, Aug. IA News
special from Fort Clark states that SIX COW
boys found band of eighty Indians this N orn.
Jog at daylight on the Nucces River, when a
sharp fight ensued, resulting in the KILN of
four Indians and the capture of another who is
now in the guard house at the port. One Of
the boys received q flesh wound in tho neck
and the others bad their clothing perforated
with bullets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-13

1t is lumortd in Washington lhst Attorney
General Owens is to retire from the Cabinet
and be succeeded By Secretary McCreary, whose
successor is not as yet named. There have been
so many false reports Of Cabinet changes that
true one would be agreeable, for variety sake,
If for no other reason.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-13
A Crazy Man Running q Locomotive

CINCINNATI, O., Angus! IA special dis
patch says while a passenger train onthe Spring.
field, Jackson and Pomeroy narrow guage
L. Z. was standing st the Balm bridge, o., station
at noon yesterday the engineer and fireman be.
ing at dinner, Albert People, resident of
CINE from the train pulled the throttle valvuo
wide open, and before any one could interfere
the engine was flying over the rails at the rate
of 30 miles al hour Coming TO short curve
the engine jumped the track and fell on its side
complete wreck. People was manglet IN
fearful manner, and died soon afterwards
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-13
Moves In Prison.

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. 13.-SheriH Harrison
took Benjamin Noyes, who was convicted in
the Essex county courts of conspiracy to do
fraud and Of embCzz.ing the funds Of the New.
ark Mutual Lfo Insurance Company, to the
State prison ct Trenton this morning. Lilo was
taken to the depot 10 the sheriff. private car,
rage, and was accompanied by one Of his sons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-13

A difficulty has occurred with the men em-
ployed at the shops of the Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railroad, at Milwaukee, which led to
nearly four hundred men quitting work, but
the difficulty will probably be settled to-day.
The men were notified that reduction of
about five per cent. would be made to thos,
receiving over So. so per day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-13

MIR. W. ?. Burwell has withdrawn from
the Congressional contest in tho Richmond dis.
trIct, and the indications are that Gen. Joe
Johnston will receive tho conservative nomina-
ton. The metropolitan district has been rep.
resented in Congress by many able and honor.
able men, but in the list of distinguished
representatives to which it can point with jus.
tiGsblo pride, there is no name that shines with
brighter luster than that of the Fabius of the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-13
WASHINGTON AS A GAMBLER.-A Wash

WASHINGTON AS A GAMBLER.-A Wash
iugton dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette says:
Tho army relic of General Washington recent.
~ purchased by an act of Congress from Major
Lewis, of Virginia. was ledger or account
book in which Washington used to place all
items, DO matter how trifiug, Of his financial
affairs. He kept full record of his losings and
winnings at play. One peculiar fact in sonnec.
ton with his gambling, as shown by this ledger,
is that he always lost at Fredericksburg. Va.
The record of his continual losses at that city
grew so monotonous that, in brackets, 10 the
last entry of losses at that place, he wrote the
words. AS usual.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-13

Gao. L. +. H1.icr Layia2, Ike the busy
t.e tried al the h,wars Of Tic Democratic and
republican parties 10 Lia oxo Sta!e, ant extract
I'd from .hen all The swcct. 10 ttc shape Of
1Gc:, i: wsE possible for he bssk to reach, has
fowu away from both 10 the green field and
pastures new 81 the Naliooa-, and expects to Gull
there what Il was u possible FOR him to get any.
where cIss, the prize for which he has been 80
long striving. and bis Aspirations for which have
been opposed BY the best men Of both the old
political parties-the gubernatorial chair OF the
Esy State. As Ills presence 10 Congress il 4
blur even upon The uosighly surface that body
pleseots, as we would not like to deprive Mas
sachuse,ls Of any blessing she may desire, and
as those for whom votes arc cast arc fl. repre-.
sentatives Of those who cast them, We would
not replne were the General, now tho friend Of
Grant, successful But it would be bitter pill
to some Of our Massachusetts friends.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-13

War with Mexico is now hntcd at as meas
ure that would render the administration poI,u
lar, and tend 10 some degree ut least to relieve
the pressure Of hard times. Ir war DO the only
means OF reconclng the people to Il fraudulent
President and reviving tho business CT the
country, then sad indeed is the condition to
which We have fallen. We have just begun 10
reduoa the debt Of the civil war, but If the ex.
penses Of foreign one are now to be added
and that, too, for SO slight cause as that af-
forded by the acts of few Mexican robbers,
even those most Interested in their country
bonor will look upon reputation with less re.
puguance than formerly. The expiration of
the term for which Mr..Hsyes was inaugurated
will be the only condition that will reconcile
the people to his presidency, and VIC must look
to Providence, not to the forty. fifth Congress
for relief from the Htringency of the times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-03-20
Shocking Scene in a Church.

A recent dispatch from Richmond,
Ind, is to the following effect: City
Marshall l.. Schafer, has Just returned
from Knightstown, reports that himself,
Park Page, from Richmond, and Officers
Kehoe, from Indianapolis and Haynes,
of Knightstown, took Harry Foxwell,
the Knightstown saloon keeper, arrested
on suspicion of being the murderer OF
John W. White, to Carthage to-day, and
arrived at the church just as the funeral
services over the murdered man were
completed. They took the prisoner into
the church to look at the corpse. He
evinced such agitation that the murdered
mans sister screamed in alright. In
stantly the crowd in the church made {
rush upon the prisoner, whom they
tried TO force from the officer. Revolver
were drawn, the women screamed, the
preacher leaped upon a chair and ex
horted the crowd to keep the peace, anC
only owing TO his influence were thu
officers able to remove Foxwell from tn,
| church.
Upon the street the mob of sew
eral hundred made another rusl
upon the officers, demanding tine pris
oner, and crying, "Shoot the murder
er," "Hang him." "Stone him l.
death, " and such like expressions. Tn
officers forced their way through tn
crowd with their revolvers, and took tn
prisoner to a Justices Office, privatel
secured hack, drove rapidly from tow
and took the prisoner to RushvillC
across the country nearly twenty miles
Arriving there, they were met by larg
crowd, but had no difficulty in lockin
up the prisoner in Jail. Foxwell is
baltimore rough, and bears a bad repJ
tation. 1t is the general belief that /
is guilty, and he would have been lyncl
ed to-day but for the firmness of ii
officers and a few law-abiding citizer
who anticipated an effort would be maC
J to lynch the prisoner.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-03-20

doing well, and as soon rs he would be
able to bear the journey, to be sent
home, wearing on his breast decoration
earned by his own bravery.
After this there was happy house
hold at Atherton manor. Lady Hargrave
was versed in all the womanly accom-
plishments, and she found Hilda an apt
pupil. y
The squire could hardly show enough
fondness for the gentle girl who had been
80 patient and tender in care of him
through his tedious illness. The sight
of her pretty face bending over her en-
broidery, or engaged in weaving some
delicate crochet pattern, seemed to him
like tangible promise that he was not
to be left lonely old man.
So the days wore on until the pale
young soldier came home. Then there
was quite wedding-the festivities con-
sequent upon the marriage of the heir OF
the manor being reserved until the re-
turn of the bridal pair from heightened
tour in Italy, when it was fondly hoped
that Cyril would be fully restored to
health and strength, so that the tenantry
could be made happy by his presence.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-03-20
A Turkish Assault Four Centuries Ago.

J. w. De Forest has an article in
Hdrper's Magazine on "The Turkish
Wars with the Hospitalers, from which
we make an extract giving an account of
q Turkish assault on the city of Rhodes
the chief city of an island of that name
in the Mediterranean-July 9th, 148O.
Mr.. De Forest says: To prevent the con-
struction of supplementary defenses,
cannonade of twenty-four hours was
hurled through the breach. At sunrise
on the 9th of July came the assault.
The defenders, lying on the inner slope
of the mound of ruins, worn out with
long Watching and continuous uproar,
were mostly sunk in that deep sleep of
utter sweariness 80 well known to the
soldier. Before they fairly awoke and
commenced their battle, groups of Turks
had scaled the ramparts on either side
OF the gap, and were firing down into it,
while body OF some five hundred had
succeeded in f1anking the line and enter
| ing Jew street.
The grand master, conceiving that the
| hour of martyrdom was at hand, unfurl
ed the great standard of st. John and
called upon his knights to follow him to
death. Their first charge broke and
| levers who had penetrated the city.
Next they rushed to the captured RAM
parts; the stairs were choked with rub
bish, but they mounted on ladders, the
Turks meanwhile hurting stones and
pouring in missiles. Twice wounded,
twice pushed down the ascent, D'Aubus-
son was the first to reach the summit,
and the first to drive his half-pike into
an Osmanli. Several others fell under
his thrust, and meantime his companions
were by his side, swiftly regaining the
walls.
Paleologus hurried forward a chosen
body of janizaries to the support of his
escaladers. Twelve of them, bound by
a solemn oath to slay the grand master,
fought their way up to him, and pierced
his armor in three places, His followers,
horror-stricken and reused to franzy,
rushed. on the assailants with renewed
fury, sweeping them down the sleeps
and out of the breach A general rout
followed, bearing away the pasha him
self, and tumbling back the fugitivei
into the Turkish entrenchments, while
the swords of the Christians sprinklet
the way with their blood.
1t was the final effort of the invaders
and the final triumph of the defenders
On the 10th of August, after furiou
siege of three months, Paleologus with
drew his armament, carrying away 10,
600 wounded and leaving 5000 dead. /
grieves one to learn that the renegad
escaped the bow-string of his wrathfu
, master, and was merely punished for hi
I failure with the loss of his dignities an,
Punishment to Gallipoh.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-03-20
The Old squire's Mistake.

"True hearts are more than coronets
And simple faith than Norman blood"
Squire Atherten owned fine place,
and had plethoric rent roll, 30 that
money need not have been an object in
the selection of wife for his only son,
Cyril. va'ir
.i Not being of romantic temperament,
he had given but little thought to the
matter, merely looking upon it as es-
sential, that at some distant time Cyril
should form some suitable alliance, 80
that the name need not die out but
there need be no haste, and fortune
must be among the lady's advantages.
What, then, was his surprise and dis
may, when Cyril came to him one morn
ing and asked his consent to a marriage
with poor young girl, the orphan niece
of a small farmer, who lived some three
miles from Atherton manor.
A stormy scene ensued. They parted
in anger. Cyril mounted his favorite
Madcap" and rode at once to Deep
dale farm. Hilda saw him coming and
met him at door.
The rash young lover had not waited
for his fathers consent to. WOO her, and
they had been betrothed for several
weeks. he Ilt1l leu Illud 70 DollONS
that she would be welcomed to his
home, and given a daughters portion o.
love.
1t was hard to tell her the bitter truth
and in his anger and disappointment h'
did not soften one harsh word his fathel
had said, even to calling Hilda milk
faced doll, whose pearly teeth and brigh
eyes had captivated him in spite OF hi
better Judgment.
"But we'n be married in spite of him
won't we, darlingl He'll come to hi
senses then, I'll warrant. He'll think
all right when he can't help himself"
Hilda's roses paled as she listened t
the eager boy, and the happy hgh
which had made her dark eyes so bri
liant, had died away in somber shadows
but she answered with gentle resolution
"No, Cyril, two wrongs never made
right. It doesn't sound like you to sa
such thing. We are young and we ca
wait until your father changes h
mind.
"That's what he'll never do, sa
Cyril, gloomily. eff he takes notio
an earthquake wouldn't move him.
we wait for such a thing, we'n wait fo
ever.
"Then it will be with clear 90
science. Your father is an old man, a.
it might shorten his life, if you his on
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-03-20
TERMS, $500 A YEAR.
He Didn't Sell.


"I b'lieve I'll soil the farm, Jane Ann, and buy
a house in towns 80
Jones made an offer yesterday-he'l pay the
money down.
He said he wasn't anxious, but he had the cash
to spare,
And reminded me that nowadays cash sales are
very rare.
Thefarm amt worth much, anyway, the soil is
mighty thin,
And the crops It yields are hardly worth the
putin Of them in
Besides, that pesky railroad that they re put
tin through this way
Will cut the old place slap in two-Jones told
me so to-day.
amt afeared Of work, you know-my daddy
alus said,
There amt single lazy hair In Nehemiah 8
head
There want no lazy hairs, know, in that old
head Of his.
For he did the work of three hired men in spite
Of rheumatic.
No, no, I'm not afearod OF work--of that
don't complain :
I've tried to work with wilin' hands in sun
shine and in rain
Aud I've allus wore cheerful face, except at
times, maybe,
When them gddy, hea i-strong steers o mine
would haw when yelled gee!
Perhaps it may be sinful for mortal to find
fault re-
With toiing hard both day aud night, IL he
only makes his salt,
But I've thought while cradlin' rain-lodged oats
on the side-hill over there,
Thatmy cross was most too hefty for a small
boned man TO bear. ..
It's allus been my custom when a-plowin
stumpy soil a.N.
To hum som, good, o'd-fAshioned hymn-it
sorter BASED my toll r.rl
But tell you what, twas pretty hard TO smoth
er the words of sin -frt..t
whene'er a springy root I'D break and whacl
me on the shin.
mention these ere things, Jane Ann, becaus
I'd like to lead
A peace full. blameless kind O. life, from a.
temptations freed, 90
Blu. as IIng as Hessian flies exist aud tatsr
bugs abound
THERE'S be esome tall profanity at times Hoatir
round. Hr rEF
So now il you're agreed, Jane Ann, I'll sci
the farm to Jones'
He'll fni that what it lacks in soil is we
made up in stones
Aud wen owe into the town next week
what's that you're sayn', wife
You'll never leave the good old place as long a
you have life?
Well, there it goes again, yum Go on an
have your say
Your bound to wear the b-eeches in figgeri
tive way;
But you'll find I'll have my way this time, oil
girl, as well as you,
SO il you're bound to stay right here, by grar
nies-Ill stay, too"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-03-20

The man who would like to see ySu-
the blind man,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-03-20
RAVES Of Advof Il'

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices, gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements col
lected quarterly. Temporary advertise
ments must be paid for in advance.
Job work, Cash on Delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-03-20

"True hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-01-18

Prof. Riley regards the migration Of
insects as due 70 their multiplying more
rapidly than their means of support.
The migrations Of rats are attributed 10
the same cause, and similar observations
have been made as to other animals.
Many insects that are not normally Of a
migratory tendency, exhibit il when
pressed by dearth Of food. In these
cases they collect together and migrate
in large bodies. Referring to instances
Of the kind, Prof. Riley, at recent
meeting of the St. Lonis Academy Of
Science, stated that vast flights Of but
tertlies took place at times from the
equatorial regions Of South America.
Migrating swarms have been observed
at sea- and also in the southwestern
parts Of the United States, where the
fact is frequently recorded in local news
papers, especially in September and De-
tober, and occasionally in the spring
months. In every instance where OBJ
servations have been made, this migrat-
ing butterfly has been found to be the
archippus.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-01-18
A W0MANS WISH.

Would were lying in feld of clover.
Of clover cool and soft. and soft and sweet.
With dusky clouds and deep skies hanging
over,
And scented silence at my head ana feet
just for one hour 70 slip tho leasho Of worry
Ia eager haste from Thoughts impatient
neck,
And watch IL coursing in its needless hurry
pisdaining Wisdom's whistles-Duty's
beck
An 10 were sweet, where clover clumps are
meeting
And daisies hidi WI 80 to hide and rest,
No sound except my an hearts sturdy beat
Rocking itself to sleep within my breast.
Just 70 lie there rllled with the deeper breath.
ing
THAT comes o. listening 70 a free birds
song
our souls require az times this fun unSheath-
All swords win rust II scabbard-k kept too
long.
So tired of all my tired hands ind a. dol
yearn, faint, for some Of lifc's free beauty,
It's loose beads with no straight string run.
ming through
Aye, laugh. II laugh You will at my rude
speech
But women sometimes die OF such a greed; .
Die for the small joys held beyond their
reach.
And the assurance they have all they need !
Mary A. Ioscnsend, IA Ne,r York Erening Post.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-01-18

A gentleman from Waxahachie, now
visiting in our city, informs Us that con-
siderable excitement was created in the
social circle Of his town last Wednes-
day, BY the marriage of Mr.. Nicholas
Sims, wealthy farmer Of Ellis County,
aged seventy, to Mrs. Dunlap, an es-
teemcd lady Of Waxahachie, Of some
sixty summers. In the State Of Tonnes
see they had in the days Of childhood
lived together; in youth had loved with
all the fervor Of the hearts first passion,
and when grown, rumor says, phghted
their faith, but the pledge was broken
and the lovers separated. The lover
married another, whose death he MOURN
ed several years ago. The lady twice
bowed at the bridal altar, and twice has
wept over the grave Of departed hus-
band. After forty years they met in
this distant State, and, though his form
has lost its youthful pride and vigor,
and her once rosy cheek and sparkling
eye have somewhat faded, the love Of
former days is aroused from its long
slumber, and at the residence Of DIR.
Sweat, the brides son.in-law, in the
presence Of few old friends, the broken
pledge IL fulfilled. Such remarkable
renewed of an early attachment Is seldom
found, and challenges even fiction for
an equal. Time, we learn, has dealt
kindly with the couple, and they look rs
though they may yet enjoy many happy
days Of welded bliss. Dallas (TeraO
Commercial
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-01-18

| warn't never meant for no sailor,
warn't. but | come Of great nation,
and when chap out our way says he'll
du a thing, he does il. said I'd 20 TO
sea. and went--and thar you are.
said I'D drop hunting and take to min
ing, and thar was; and that's how IL
come about.
You see, we was rather rough ont our
way, where Hez Lane aud me went with
our bit Of tent and pickers, shooting
irons, and ssun-like, meaning 10 make
pile Of gold. We went 10 Washoe,
and didn't get on; then we went TO Fort
Laramie. and didn't get on there. Last,
we went right up into the mountain,
picking our way amongst the stones, for
Hez ses, "Look here, old boss, let's 20
whar no ones been afore. II we get
whar the boys are at work already,
they've took the cream, and we gets the
skim milk. Let's you and me get the
cream, and let some o. the others take
the skim milk"
"Good for YOU" says; and we
tramped On day after day, till we got
right up in the heart o. the mountains
where no one hadn't been afore, and II
was so still and quiet, as II made you
quite deaf.
II was n strange. wild sort Of place,
ike as il one o. them coons called giants
had driven wedge into mountain
and split IL, making place for bit Of
a stream to run at the bottom, and lay
bare the gold we wanted 70 find.
"Thisll do, Dab, says Hez, as we
nut M mr. hit ~ "A fenf on n nlpa4anf
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-01-18

1T il reported in London that, chiefly
through the fundamentally Of the Prin-
cess Of Wales, the Queen has come to
the relief of the Prince, who has for years
had 70 bear costly charges which. had
not his mother retired from active rep
resentation, would have been borne by
her, and has put down 81 ,O00, 900 to dis
charge his liabilities, which became 80
pressing as to cause the sale Of his
Sandringham stock few months ago.
This is probably true, because matters
could not have gone on much longer rs
they had been, and the Queen knows
perfectly well that If the Government
were TO ask Parliament for further as
sistance for the Prince, some radical
members would infallibly want to know
what becomes Of the great sum given TO
her for representation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-01-18

Well, Blister Burphy, what do you
thidk Of the weatherP' asked Mr.. Stun
ker Of his friend as they both stood at
the corner Of California and Montgome-
ny Streets blowing their noses with
much elaboration.
"Oh, its Hide, iddeed, Mr.. Slubker.
guess we'll have raid id tibe. see
you have a code.
:. Yes, was up 10 Sacrabcdto wod
Digit add | aidt got over il yet.''
Bad place for codes that Sacrabcdto.
! thidk Il were you,M Slubker,I take
some gid add sugar"
:" II don't dridk, thadk you.r
:" We'll take some pulbodary bedicide
add 90 to bed"
~ bay, Mr. Burphy, bay. SO lodg!"
$50 lodg!"
And such Is the conversation Of the
period. In foggy weather, "They all
do it."--San Francisco Wasp.