, 1878-07-27

The validity of wedlock, un-
der certain circumstances, with
out a marriage ceremony, has
been affirmed anew by Judge
Ashman of Philadelphia. The
suit was about the $40, 900 that
John Simon, dying intestate, had
left. For thirty-four years be-
fore his death he had cohabited
with woman without having
been married to her, but she had
always passed as his vile, and
she and her children demanded
a share Of the property. The
children by a former wife con-
tested the claim, but have lost
their case. Wisconsin has just
passed a law lcgalizing the mar
riage of any man and woman
who simply agree to live to-
gether as husband and wife.
DRowNED.--Last Sunday forenoon
o young man named F. S. Allen
while in bathing at the Cascades.
was carried beyond his depth and
drowned before assistance could
reach him. Deceased was about 81
years of age. He was a steady, in
dustrious young fellow, and his
death is much regretted. For some
time past Allen has been employed
as laborer on the Oregon railroad
now being constructed at the Cas-
cades. So far as can be ascertained
deceased has no relations living in
this State or Washington Territory.
Any person knowing anything con-
cerning the parents or friends of the
deceased will confer a favor by ad-
dressing the Oregon Railroad Co. at
the Cascades. Efforts have been
made to recover the body, but as
yet without success.--Oregoniam.
The curate of Slapiccia, Sar-
dinia, was not at breakfast on a
recent morning. The door of
his room was forced open by the
police. The bodies of the cler-
gyman and servant girl were
found on the floor. Her skull
had been fractured with the butt
end Of a pistol, which lay beside
her antagonist, whose left hand
was still clutch1ng her hair. In
her hand was a knife, with
which she had stabbed him five
times.
The effects of strychnine,
which is asserted to enter 50
largely into the composition of
the poorer kinds of lager beer.
seem uncertain. In his test
mony at an inquest the house
physician of St. Thomas Hos
pital, London, stated that "a
quarter Of a grain might de-
stroy life, though he believed
twenty grains had been admin
istered to a patient under treat
ment."
Jesse Pomeroy. the boy mur-
derer, is in bad odor at the Con-
cord prison. He was lately al
lowed to work, but wilfulIy
spoiled S75 worth of stock, and
now none of the officers are al
lowed to speak to him, his read
ing permit is taken from him,
and he has to endure solitary
confinement, with nothing to do.
In Litchfeld, Conn, is an old
tombstone with the inscription
"Sacred to the memory Of ines
timable worth of unrivaled ex-
cellence and virtue Mrs. Rachel,
wife of Jerome B. Woodruff and
daughter Of Norman Barber,
whose ETHEREAL parts became a
seraph May q, 1885, in the %
year of her age"
Lewis Swift, the Rochester
astronomer who has just discov-
cred a new comet, keeps small
hardware store and runs a very
effective observatory.
A miner fell into Nevada
shaft, and would have gone
down 400 feet had he not, in the
darkness, CHANGED to grab a
chain after falling a few yards.
A young woman in Sacramen-
to has become q raving maniac
through a single years use of
arsenic for the Improvement of
her complexion.
Neal Dow's latest utterance
on the liquor traffic: "But for
it there would be no vagabonds,
no tramps, no dangerous classes
in the country"
Alexander Dumas figures out
that he ought to have received
s1S0,000 royalty for the use of
his play, "Camille," in the Uni
ted States.
Victor Hugo has SAID yes to
the request of the English