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The New York herald., 1879-08-29
GENERAL CLUSTERS STATUE.

Wilson McDonald's statue of General Custer win
be unveiled at West Point at two p. NJ. tomorrow
Saturday. The steamer Laura NJ Starin will leave
the foot Of Cortlandt street half past A. NJ
aud the foot Of West Thirty fourth street hslf an
lator and return to those piers aftor the
monies. Trains stopping at GArrisons landing will
leave the Grand Central depot ut seven. nine
and eleven A. NJ. The order Of exercises
at the unveiling includes music. addresses by
Mr.. Agernon s. Sullivan. General Banks and Gen.
srsl schohcld. Clusters Last Charge will be re-
cited by Mr.. John Mccullough. The song. Hail
and Farewell to Custer written for the occasion by
Henry Morford will be sung by Miss Ann Boric Miss
Alice r. Lane. Mr.. Charles Thompson. Mr.. Alberto
Lawrence and Mr.. William II. Macdonald. The
funds for tho statue raised by Clara Morris.
Judge Hilton. Lawrence Barrett, John T. Raymond,
Clara Louise Kellogg. the Vokes family and others.
The monument In To he erected at West Point. .
place singulsriy appropriate, and which. II the
General could have been consulted. he would have
chosen above all others.
The figure which the sculptor has made In Q stat
uesque portrait the original in his and fatal
fight. Ii In eight feet in height aud dressed In
colonel's uniform. The pedestal Is to be OF granite.
and Will be nine feet high. which will make tho
whole structure about eighteen feet from the ground
to the top of the head On the four sides OF the die
of the pedestal are three medaions and tablet all
of bronze The front medallion represents General
Custer on horseback. in the characteristic costume
in which he delighted to appear while wsriike
and left sides give buffalo heads with Indian weapons
aud IN lemcnts.
The New York herald., 1879-08-29

DESCRIPTION OF THE LOST CRAFT-HER MIS-
SION TO THE ARCTIC SEAS.
The lost craft A. E. Nordenskj0ld built at
Malno. Sweden. and launched there April % for
the express purpose of going to the assistance of the
Nordenskjold expedition. She left Malta on June
for Behring Strait via the Suez Canal, being fitted
ont It the expense Of M. Sibiriskof. warm friend
and supporter of the gallant explorer whose name
she bore. The Nordenskj0ld was of $40 tons burden
and sixty horse power. She was to pass through
Behring Strait for the mouth Of the Lena. When the
fate of Professor Nordenskjold and his expedition
was as yet undecided and grave fears enter
take practical measures for his relief. and his
steamer was the first fitted out for the purpose.
NJ. Sibiriakof. not content with fitting out
steamer of his own made earnest appeals for
sistance to all quarters where it was likely to be
given. He expressed his joy that the Arctic steamer
Jeannete would be sent through Behring Strait and
stated that in addition to sending his vessel he
would try and his friend. the Professor. by
land. 1t was considered at the time that the Vega
beset in the ice forty miles northeastward
of East Cape at Behring Strait and at considerable
distance from any settlement. The A. L. Nordensk-
j0ld was ordered to seek the missing vessel there.
A despatch published in the HERALD of yesterday
stated that the Nordenskjold left Yokohama
ON the 4th of August ON her way north.
Although the name. Nemona. which is said to be
the, rlkce where the disaster occurred, does not
appear in any gazetteer map. it is probable that
the wreck occurred on the eastern coast of JAPAN
south OF the Island Of Jesse. Innumerable head
lands and capes dot this inhospitabe coast which is
strewn with wrecks. The Pacific Ocean, misnomer
on the shores Of Japan. at certain seasons of tho
year renders highly dangerous for the stout
est craft to be within any short distance OF the rock
bound coast As it would take some time for the
news of the wreck to reach Yokohama it probable
that the Nordenskj0ld had not got further than the
southern extremity Of Jesse.
The New York herald., 1879-08-29
CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING.

Complaint was made before United States Commits
sioner Deuel. yesterday by Special Agent Nevin. OF
the Treasury Department, against Albert Bia Of the
Arm of Roster 4 Bial. charging him with smuggling
warrant was issued for his arrest. and when so in
formed Mr. Bal went before the Commissioner and
gave bail in the OF $4,000 for examination
next Wednesday. The complaint follows seizure
made last week by Inspectors Hussey, Garrison.
Donahuo and Cronk at the residence of Mr.. bial in
West Twenty fourth street. The goods seized con-
sisted of 1O.OIs bundles of Havana cigarettes, 10
packages of French cigarettes and 1856 boxes of RUS
sian cigarettes, all of which are claimed to have
been brought into port without payment OF duties.
TO a HERALD reporter last evening Mr. Bial stated
that he bought the cigarettes from party In this
city and that when he paid the money for them he
was firmly convinced that the duties had been paid
upon them. He declares that he will be fully able
20 dsprove the charge OF smuggling at the sxAmii-
ton.
The New York herald., 1879-08-29
LOSS OF THE NORDENSKJOLD

Loss OF THE STEAMER SENT TO THE RESCUE
OF THE EXPEDITION ON The JAPANESE
coAsr--rnE OFFICERS AND CREW SAVED.
ESPECIAL CABLE DESPATCH TO THE TELEGRAM.
LONDON. August %. 1872
Nows was received in this city to-day at Lloyd's.
dated Yokohama, August 25. that tho Swedish relief
steamer A. L. Nordsnskjold was lost ~ Nsmons.
The New York herald., 1879-08-29

proving complete wreck. and that her crew were
all saved.
MAP SHOWING ISLAND JESSE. AND THE COURSE
TAKEN NoRDESsKJoLD FROM YOKOHAMA
NORTHwARp.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07
Autumn.

OF not upon thy fsding fields and tolls
In such rich garb doth Autumn come to thee
My homel but DER thy mountains and the
dells
His footsteps fall, slowly and solemnly
Nor flower nor bud remaineth there to him,
Save the taint breathing rose, that round the
year
Its crimson buds and pale soft blossoms dim
In iowly beauty constantly doth wear.
Ger yellow stubble lands, in mantel brown,
He wanders through the wan October light,
Still as he goeth slowly stripping down,
Tho garlands green that were the Springs de.
light,
At morn and eve, thiD silver vapors rise
Around his path; but sometimes at midday
He looks along the hills with gentle eye,
That make the sallow woods and fields seem
gay.
Yet something Of sad sovereignty he hath;
sceptre crowned with berries ruby red;
And the cold, sobbing wind bestrews his pcth
With wlthered leaves, that rustic meath lis
tread;
And round him still in m elan choly state.
Sweet, solemn sounds of death and of decay,
In slow and hushed attendance, ever wait,
Telling how all things fair must pass away.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07
AN UNPLEASANT ADVENTURE.

Two soldiers of an Anglo-Indian regi-
ment near Lucknow, left their encampment
to indulge in bath. They had portion
of Jungle to cross, and in doing so, the
foot of one of them slipped into hole.
This proved to be an old elephant trap.
The soldier got his foot Withdrawn from
the trap, though at the cost Of his shoe,
which the closeness of the branches caused
to come off. On looking down to see
whittier the shoe had gone, and if it was
recoverable, he beheld sight which made
him shake from sheer horror. Through the
opening made by his foot he saw an enor-
nous boa-copstrictor, with its body coiled
up and it's head curved, watching the
opening above, and evidently prepared to
dart on the falling prey. Hurrying from
the spot, the two soldiers informed their
officers, who repaired to the trap with fire.
arms The creature was still there, and
had most probably remained in the place
for long time, preying on the unfortunate
animals, great and small, which tumbled
into his den. Ball and swan-shot soon
brought the reptiles life to close, and it
was pulled ont of the hole. 1t proved to be
fifteen feet long, and about the general
thickness Of mans thigh.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07
A Frozen Fishery,
fTruckee (Cal,) Republican.

The recent cold weather destroyed the
trout fishery of |. G. Frazier between True
kee and Lake Tahoe. The trout require
fresh running water, and when it is cut off
it is impossible for them to survive more
than two or three days. On Tuesday night
the temperature was "a degrees below zero.
Solid ice filled all the bitches from the re-
servoir to the fish ponds. Ice covered the
various ponds to great depth, and all the
outlets were choked with massive cakes of
ice. Not a drop of fresh water could reach
The imprisoned fish. When holes were cut
in the surface of the ponds the large beau
tiful trout would leap clear out of the
water in their efforts to get at the oxygen
which the water lacked The fishery was
the finest one on the Sierra Nevada.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07
Wheat I'm Eighty Days.
[San Francisco Bulletin.l

The question has been raised whether, if
we should have only late rains, there
would still be time for a wheat crop to ma
ture in this State. The number of days re
quired for the full maturity of wheat de-
pends somewhat on soil, and more on eli
mate. Some large ranchers in the vicinity
of Grayson, one of the dryest parts in the
State, last year sowed field of wheat in
March. The rains came Immediately after
ward In eighty days from that time the
reaper was running in that field cutting
down wheat which averaged twenty bush
els to the acre. The soil was probably
of light porous character and the heat
was great enough for the quickest growth.
Now if in the last part of March there
should be an abundant rainfall, there
would be time for wheat crop which
would be pretty certain to mature if there
should be later rains. A great deal o.
wheat which has been sown has not sprout
ed, and will not until there is more moist
ure. In some instances fields will need re
sowing, the grain having started and after
ward died out But on the whole, up to
the middle of January the season has no
been more unpromising than for the cor
responding weeks last year.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07


Of paying their rent could be generously
extended. Among the many charities
10 which the Paris Police Department
lends its aid is that OF the House Rent
Fund, which during the past year as
sisted twelve hundred distressed families,
who, being out of work, were unable to
pay their rent For this purpose the
sum of 10000 francs was distributed. 1t
would be happy thought to establish
such a fund in this and every other city,
placing it in the hands of judicious per-
sons who possessed the energy to ferret
out those needy families who with an
honest pride are averse to making their
distress public.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07
THE QUEEN BEE.

Reaumur relates the following anecdote
of which he was witness: A queen bee
and some of her attendants were apparently
drowned in brook. He took them out of
the water, and found that neither the queen
bee nor her attendants were quite dead.
Reamur exposed them to a gentle heat, by
which they were revived. The plebeia1l
bees recovered first. The moment they
saw signs of animation in their queen they
approached her, and bestowed upon her al
the care in their power, licking and rub
bing her; and when the queen had acquired
sufficient force 10 move, they hpmmet
aloud, as if in triumph.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07
o put her through, for Gods sake, or we
are all beggars together = E8

pun Icr thIOu9u, LUZ 1oOp h@AS1 - VIC
are all beggars together
"Just then We passed the next station,
having taken nine minutes for eight miles.
We were now more than half over the road,
but we had lost nearly ten minutes time,
and had left only twenty minutes 10
do thirty four miles in.
II had shut the water OF from both my
pumps, little distance back, when dis
covered what was the matter, and she was
now making steam finely down a slight
grade. From less than one hundred, with
which we started over that ten-mile stretch,
she had two hundred pounds before we
finished it, and, as the gauge indicated no
higher than that, and the valve was tied
down, could not tell how much ever two
hundred pounds she carried, but she GER
tainly carried none less the rest of the
journey. And well might she carry such an
enormous head of steam; for, after passing
over that ten miles in eight minutes, there
lay ten miles of five-feet upgrade, and
fourteen miles of twenty
depression between us and C., and it
was now eleven o'clock and forty-seven
minutes
'Now the engine was hot in earnest
The furnace door, smoke arch, and chin
ney, all were red; while she seemed to fly
onward as if the very Evil One himself
operated her machinery.
six minutes carried us over that ten
miles; and we darted by the last station
that had lain between us and G.. Now
we had fourteen miles to go, and my time
showed eleven o'clock and ffty-three min
utes.
"'H live, said to myself, 7 will make
it. And we plunged down that twenty
foot grade with all steam on. Persons who
saw the train on that wild run, said that it
was SO soon after they heard the first sound
of her approach, when the strange object,
which looked as if it was fame of fire,
darted by, and then the sound of its travelling
died away in the distance, that they could
hardly convince themselves they had really
seen anything. 1t seemed more like the
creature of wild dream than sober
reality.
''And now let me tell you, that no eng ne
ever beat the time we made on those fol- =
teen miles. Those great wheels, seven feet
| in diameter, spun around SO swift that you
couldn't begin to count the revolutions
The engine barely seemed to touch the
track as she flew along; and although the
track was as true as it was possible for it to
be, she swayed fearfully, and sometimes
made such prodigious jolts tn OF it required
considerable skill for one to keep his feet.
No engine could hold together if crowded
to greater speed.
"Well, just as / came to standstin in
the depot at c. the big clock doomed
out twelve, and the steamboat was getting
her steam on. Roberts got en- board in
Time and nothing to spare" y
"And he saved the money, did he?"
asked when saw that my friend had
finished his story.
eyes; he found it hid away in some old
boxes as Aldrich had directed him."
''If you are the passenger for c."
said waiter, 'Athe bus Is ready"
So thanked my friend for his story and
bads him goodbye"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

THERE are many societies for the re-
lief of the needy, but there are not half
enough. Let Charity do her best, which
ever way she may turn her radiant coun-
tenance the gaunt face of distress will
rise up to confront her. And so, though
she may provide food for mouths which
clamor in hunger, and though she may
furnish raiment for bodies shivering in
the wintry weather, there will come yet
others crying for shelter and for homes.
These may not be the utterly destitute,
but they may be those around whom the
hard times have tightened, and whom
lack of employment or other tenn
porary troubles may have deprived Of
the means of paying their rent. Such
people are not persistent pensioners on
charity, and generally they are the very
last to appeal for assistance, so that the
extent of the suffering in this respect il
not widely known; still there are at al
times, and especially at midwinter, wher
the wants of the working cla~ses almos
invariably increase as their means fol
supplying them decrease, thousands o.
families to whom little aid in the way
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

IT GIVES mankind sort of reconcilia-
ton to its infrmities to know that even
George Washington had his weaknesses.
That illustrious man had an alteration
with William Payne, of Fairfax County,
Va, in which the latter gentleman un-
tremendously sent the father of his
country to grass, or, in plain terms,
knocked him down. Washington i'm,
proved the occasion to give the world q
lesson in humility by calling around next
day and apologizing to his doughty ad
versary.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

PATRICK ROGERS and his wife were
arrested in San Francisco at the instiga'
tion of David Mahoney and John Small,
and confined for twenty-four hours in
Jail. They sued the latter for damages
and have been awarded $4,000, which the
defendants are we'll able to pay. A few
more such days in prison would make
Patricks fortune,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

CAPTAIN HowGATE has issued cir
cular explanatory of his contemplated
colony on the shores of Lady Franklin
Bay He proposes that the colonists
shall be detailed from the army and navy
to serve at that point for three years, and
he asserts that provisions and clothing
for the men would not cost the Govern
ment to exceed $4,000 for the whole
period.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

ALDERMAN JONAH, of Chicago, proba-
bly, from hereditary sympathy with the
original Jonah who made marvellous
tramp through the interior of a whale,
has established free clearinghouse for
tramps. In imitation of his illustrious
namesake whose whaling expedition was
limited to three days, the Alderman per-
mits his vagrant guests to tarry within
his dormitory three days, when they are
respectfully urged to move on and make
room for the next. In the month of Jan
uary this free lodging-house accommo-
dated three thousand one hundred and
twelve dodgers, of whom over one thou,
sand two hundred were native Ameri.
cans, the average age being thirty-fve
years 1t is worthy charity and re-
fleets much credit upon the gentleman
who called it into existence.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07
The Cincinnati Star

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subscribers in the City of Cincinnati and in all
important Western cities and towns for 10
Cents PER WEEK, payable to the carrier.
Or the paper will be mailed, postage paid, to
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MONTH, &6 PER ANNUM.
THE STAR is the only STRICTLY INDEPEND-
ENT NEWSPAPER published in Cincinnati.
It is taken and read by people Of all parties and
shades of opinion, and it seeks to present the
news of all kinds fairly and faithfully, with
Justice 10 all and with especial favor TO none.
THE WEEKLY sTAR-s1 PER YEAR, circulates
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

Hon. JOHN A. COBB, of Georgia,
raised eighteen thousand bushels of corn
Oh his plantation last year. Paragraph
ers will please permit this happy relation
between corn and Cobb to rest in peace
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

Kollmsr, Holstsin, has just had the dia-
mond wedding, or seventy fifth marriage
anniversary of two of its !, 400 Pensioners.
Two more such occasions are near at hand,
and during the last fourteen years tan have
taken plscs.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

THOSE lunatics who escaped from the
burning asylum at ST. Joseph, Mo-, are
pretty we'll scattered over the country,
but most of them seem to have engaged
in pedestrian performances in different
cities.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

To A colorcd porter employed in a Lit
tie Rock, Ark, store is due the invention
of new method of theft which would dc
credit to a metropolitan cracksman. The
nickels from the money drawer of the
shop continued to disappear in an unac.
countable manner, and every device re,
sorted to for discovering the thief failed
A pet opossum, the property of the por
ter, had free range Of the place, going
and coming when he chose. One day
the storekeeper observed that the ANNA
was apparently i'll and unable to move
Picking him up he was amazed to see
coin after coin tumble from the natura
pouch with which the animal was pro
vided, and which on this occasion hac
been loaded so heavily as to interfere witt
his locomotion. The secret was out, tht
opossum was decapitated, and the none!
drawer was thereafter unmolested.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

A Kansas temperance reformer has also
on anti-swearing pledge, which is as follows:
81 do hereby promise that will not
swear or take the name of the Lord in vain,
and that will try to influence others to do
SOP" To do what?
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

A young man at Oshkosh was arrested
the other day for stealing four pounds and
a half of sausage from his employer. but he
showed that his employer had contracted to
board him and that he had eaten the saus-
age for supper, and was released.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

LOG CABINS desirably located in Lead
vile, Colorado, rent for $50 month.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

SOUTHERN papers are already begin
ming to cultivate Mardi Gras.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

"To make the generous thought fact
she gave us Caswells Slippery Elm Lozen.
ges for our coughs. For sale by John kee.
shan, Sixth and Walnut.
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CINCINNATI a wEsrwooD MARROW GAUGE.
Daily except Sunday.
Leave c., Il. & D. Depot 2:2s m, Asp In, 6lS
am.
Leave Robb's (westwoodl, 5:43 q m, 7:05 m
| 1888 IN, s:53 p m, 5;3S p N.
4:5S p m, CPS p IN.
Sunday trains
Leave Robbs (Westwood), 1853 m, 2:5Sa IN.
Leave Brighton, s.5s q m. LIS m s:ss p m,
ksl:ss p m, 6:6spn
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R RAILROAD TI,MT
Corrected to Accord With Cincinnati
Time.

CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Depot, corner Mclean ave. and Gest street
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-11
NJ AK RIED.

On the 9Th inst by Rev. John w.
" olfe, Mr.. JOHN A. NRYF, of Nine
raj county, to Miss MARY E. KELLY, of
Allcgany county, Md.
IN'the Presbyterian Church, Charles.
town, OH Wednesday, the End inst, by
Rev. A. c. Hopkins, Mr.. J. p. L. Ma.
THrAs, of Baltimore, to Miss ELIzApkrH
AGNES McCuEDY, daughter of the late
Charles II. McCurdy eff jefferson county.
In Baltimore, Md, on the 3rd inst
MIR. REsEN o. SMITH to Miss MARY f..
HAWKINS. 4 ,ss.- -.... 's' -
AT the residence of BENZ. Yost, on the
9Th inst. by Rev. J. w. Nihiser, MIR.
JACOB PuFFrNBARsBR to Mrs. SAnAHC.
SUGARS, all of Mineral county.
at the residence OF the brides parents.
near Ridgeville. on the 3rd inst, by Rev.
Zimri Umstot, Mr.. JosEpH ROOMS to
Miss JULIA V. RAWLINGS, all of Mineral
county.