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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-14

home on the shannon and seek q new one in this
country. DR.. Rose. who owned an extensive tract
of forest land around the two beautiful lakes. had
built himself there splendid mansion. surrounded
by park and grounds laid out and adorned without
any regard to expense. lie wished to have neighbors
of his own rank and taste and. therefore,, issued
possible paradise Mr.. Griffin accompanied
by his wife and two unmarried daughters,
Mary Anne and Anna. his other children remain
ing in their old home in Ireland. Mr. White had
brought his entire family. wife and five children.
They called their homestead on tue shore of Der
went Lake Fairy Lawn. after that which they had
left behind. Both families dwelt there together.
aud set themselves to work not without success in
making the Fairy Lawn o place to be known
far and wide for its hospitality aud refinement.
Catherine Ann White born there the Goth
OF May 1875. In the summer of 1857 she entered the
novitiate at the Convent OF the Sacred Heart, Man
hattanvie. and was after the necessary time of pro-
baton. employed in teaching tho most advanced
fill to the last year of her life. such indeed was
the Of her labors and such the excellence Of
her lessons that she was forced by the urgent
prayers OF her numerous pupils all over the country
and by the wish OF her own associates to issue her
course OF lectures ia book form. Hence the appear
ance. successfully. of 1.-The Students Mythology"
1.-The Handbook OF Classic Literature and o "Bible
History" just published while tho author was on
her death bed Many other manuscript works re-
main behind to testify to her indefatigube industry
and the conscious thoroughness with which she dis
charged her sacred duty instructress of youth.
friends familiarly called her. was not only
most successful teacher and highly cultivated
,say but ,o woman Of uncommon practical
subjects outside the ordinary sphere of
womanly learning and culture. She was
q wise counsellor and prudent guido. whose advice
eagerly sought by men OF the world and church
men alike. Her pupils. however. her associates and
her most intimate acquaintance all forgot while
with her that she was either learned WISE to love
and revere in her the virtues OF the true Christian
woman-her childlike simplicity her enlightened
faith her forgetfuness OF SELF her untring devotion
to the comfort of others and pioty which made her
set God as the very centre OF her life. She
well accustomed to labor, in spite of all bodily
aches, that she did not perceive till it too late
the fatal progress Of the treachorous disease which
carried her off, Her only grief. she said. was that
she was obliged to give up the classroom The life
which had been devoted with such absolute single
heartedness during twenty-five years to the labori-
GUS duties of her calling yesterday crowned mt
the Manhattanville convent with death that rom
dered the meek sufferer tenfold dearer in memory
to all who had known her.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-14

MISS MARY ANDERSON INDIGNANTLY DENIES
THE INFERENCE THAT SHE ENCOURAGED THE
ADVANCES OF SYLVESTER NJ. HIcKEY-wHAT
SHE KNOWS OF THE SHOOTING.
py TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
CHICAGO, Oct. 49, 1879.
Tho publication this morning of the particulars of
Cincinnatis latest tragedy. which occurred at the
Burnett House Sunday afternoon and in which
woman By the name of Florence Mcdonald and the
dramatic manager, Sylvester NJ Hickey figured, fur
nfshed the sensation of the day. Dragging the
name of Miss Mary Anderson into tho affair
gnvo tho subject an additional relish to
the multitude, who knew nothing OF that ladys life,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-14
HENRY NEGRETTI.

The English mail brings news of the death Of Mr..
Negrotti lot the firm of Negretti l. Zambra). at
Cricklewood. at the age Of g. years. He died from
an affection of the lungs Mr.. Negretti born at
Como. and went to England in 1880. when he was
twelve years old. To the Jealous exertions of Mr..
Negretti. the Italian Pezoni owed his escape after
being condemned to death for murder in Saffron
hill the testimony Of the police of which it
afterwards proved he perfectly innocent.
Mr.. Negretti brought the real culprit to justice
After this public service the late King Victor En-
manuel bestowed the honor of knighthood upon Mr..
Negretti. When Garibaldi visited London in 1854.
amid numerous invitations no accepted the hospi-
taity Of Mr.. Negretti. Tho deceased gentleman was
the warm friend of his countrymen in London. by
whom he greatly beloved.
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WOODSTOCK. W., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 80, 1870.

into play and the monster was reSur'
recied, Then q fresh start was taken
and tons OF snow was hurled on into
tho canyons, rolling dcwn the the
mountain side with n noise like the
rumbling Of mighty thunder AT
length the wreck was reached and c
way had been cloven through from
Alta TO Blue Canyon, The snow
plough was got upon the track again,
aod The engine which IS utterly ruined
u shapcless mass Of iron aud wood
was removed. This cleared the
road, and the workmen who had lab'
cd almost continuously for forty'cigh'
hours, gave vent to their JOY IN loud
huzzas and wild gesticulalions The
battle had been fought aud man is now
triumphant,
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In Memphis, when the tever's dead
" breath first smo,e the city, man,
a stranger, offered his services as a
nurse. They were accepted, and he
begin his duties 10 the hospital. lie
was skilltul, unremitling and atten'
tive in his care of the sufferers. 1t
turned out later that this nan had but
recently been released from prison,
where he had served out sentence OF
ten years. Some Of the physicians
on learning this part of bis history,
regarded him little suspiciously, and
hinted that his attention to the sick
was net without questionable motives.
They watched him sharply. Finally
from the funds sent from the north he
was paid for months service. 1t
was enough TO have taken him out OF
the fever-stricken country had ne
chosen to 60. He was seen to 60 out
of the hospital on the day he received
tie money, and colored policeman
followed him. He hurried along the
streets until he came to the post office
There was d box in which to deposit
contributions to the fever fund. The
ex-convict dropped in every dollar he
had received for the month, and re-
turned to his post at the hospital.
Two or three days later he was missed
from his accustomed place, and 1t was
not until the next week that his body
was found with that of an old negro,
in a miserable shanty. He had gone
to nurse this negro who had been lett
to die alone. and so met his fate, be-
ing himself stricken with the fever.
There was none to offer as much as q
cup of water to him who had tender
" cared for moee than hundred of the
fever victims. This man had spent
ten years behind prison bars. Hi:
crime is no, told. Perhaps a thief,
perhaps he was forger, possibly a
murderer. But however black his
blots upon lite's page, let it be said
that death has wiped them out. 1t
living he had trod only the path OF
sin, his death was at least divine-he
died tor others.
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pleuly Of quadnlles, hut ! had never
feen one with variations hefore' The
duchess resumed her mad career, aud
the rest OF the nobility danced just as
she did Zach sex seemed n have bot
one object In view-to outdo its oppo
ulle In violence OF action and ecccen
tricity of corGucl. These French
people are very Frenchy, u ! had
not known that these people were the
flower of the French nobility, should
have thought tnat they began their
education 10 gymnasium aud sradn'
ated in q circus,
The first time the duchess halted by
my side for moment, ] whispered Ia
her to calm her gushing spirits not to
NEEDLE with her dress, aud, for public
opinion sake, not to step no high
said she could get over just as much
ground at n moderate gate and, be-
sides, the noble grand duke, her father
might happen along at any moment
| might as well have talked to thu
wind. She only laughed that charac
teris,ic laugh of hers, that silvery laLgl
that could recognizc anywhere il
were to the lccward and ,fen, bend
inc little, she grabbed the sides o.
her apparel with both hands, began tc
ierk It to aud iro in violent manner
threw her magnificent head back an'
skipped iuriously away on an lr's'
jig step, all excitement, wild h'lar'ty
distracted costume, irenzied motion
| A spectacle TO seal tie eye-balls anC
TO astonish the soul ola hermit! AM
when she reached the center sh
snatched her cumbering dresses fire.
and launched kick at the hat OF
tall nobleman that fairly loosened tn
scllp on the top oi his head. l fle'
the scene exclalm'ng, "what can sh
mean by such conduct as this ?"
I admire Paris; hut in NY opinion
the ways OF its nobility are not wha
they ought 10 be.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-29

How TO DIVIDE THE PROPERTY
He had been still So long that the
mother expected to find him asleeI
when she looked around and asked:
"Well, Harry, what are YOU think
ing OF"
Ma, are we very rich'" he solemnl!!
inquired by way Of reply.
sin one way we are, she sad, "you'
father says he values me at three
million dollars, you at two million, and
the baby at one.
That closed the conversation on
that subject, but next morning as
Hairy was getting on his overcoat, he
examined the new patch which had
been added and coolly observed:
"Well, l think father had better
sell off about half of you or the whole
Of the baby ard get the rest OF II:
some decent duds TO put on.'-lDe-
troit Free Press.
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WHOLE No. 1000
From the Washington aspubliesn'l
A Wedding or a Funeral.

Mr., Bainbridge II, Webb, as solie'
llor, filed a hill In equity for William
d, soper, brought by his next friend,
William Soper, to annul a marriage
with Anna Metals, alias Anna 30
per, Tho declaration sets forth that
both partie. TO the tuit ore residents
Of this cilyi that the piaintiif Is q
minor. nineteen years OF age, and that
tho defendant IL Of age aud much old
or than the complainant On the
night of the 28th Of last October they
were spending the evening at tho
house Of friend, aud about eight
o'clock the plaintiff escorted Miss Mo-
Falls to her home, on Seventh street,
bstween + and G streets southwest
where she resides with her stepiather,
While talking with her in the sitting
room, the s'epiather, mother and
brother OF the defendant entered and
stated that a marriage license had
been procured, q minister sent Tor and
that he must Immediately marry the
defendant. lie refused to do 20, de-
claring that he was minor and that
such marriage would be extremely
distas,eiul both to himself and parents.
The stepfalher ,hereupon drew a re-
yolyer aud threatened to shoot the
plaintiff il he persisted in the refusal,
while the mother said to him that his
brains should be scattered over the
room unless he Immediately compiled
with the demand. The s'epfather and
brother were laboring under great ex.
citemen: at the time from the effects
Of liquor, and the plaintiff fearing that
they would put their threats into exc
tion, and Will" under duress, con-
sen,ed to the marriage, and the cere-
mony was thefeupon performed oy
Rev. Mason Noble. The plaintiff
further AYERS that Miss Metals had
frequently asked him to marry her,
but he always refused to do so, aud
tha, the s,epta,her, mother and broth
; er conspired with the daughter TO
force him to marry her. He said he
never copsummated said marriage by
cohabtarion with the defendant, hut
after the ceremony Immediately lett
the house. and has had nothing to 10
!. With her since. He asks that the
marriage be set aside and the same be
declared null and void.
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naAUTIas or sIiAKsPEARE.
GRATITUDE " Az OLD SERVANT,


nave h'e sen",ea s's"as ,on, ,.,bs,
Tue 'hin'y nne 'a'e' .sa',,' VIZ. M wr,o,, = dId
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h'o'e a"s' ~. " Nv Hs,a y's '. .'s ,hs dlos hats.
" Wy Wv w ahs - :, ,ows, io,s,sst
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'nsa ,vu ~ "" ''',,s es ..,v.n, ,honsh look ola.
10. mo 70 ,s"' ae,s ..,a "a ,oo,h,ss.
ns'nh , Itv"s ',,,', 80. -, am strone
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@ no' ana 'ep''"vev ' ''a,, ,t'o " ain .,d .og,r
.," "S' eo""'." sa's ~. "I .ns !. la.t winter
- ,.,na an,i,s,v out ~ hair dyoi
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-29
whole Fu miIy IN Heaven.

The following eloquent passage is
from the pen OF the Rev. Albert
Barnes
"A whole family in heaven Who
can picture or describe the everlasting
joy ! No one absent. No father, or
mother, or son, nor daughter are
away. In the world below they are
united in faith, and love, and peace,
and Joy. In the morning OF the res.
direction they ascend together. Be
fore the throne Of God they bow to-
ce,hrr in united alteration. On the
Bank of the River of life they walk
hand in hand and as family have
commenced a career of glory which
shall lie everlasting. There is here.
after to be no separation in the family
No one to die on bed OF pain. In
heaven never is that family TO move
along in slow procession clad in the ha
billmen,s of the tomb. God grant in
his mercy every family may be thus
united"
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The Great Snow Blockade OF 1874.


The following graphic account Of O
snow blockade on the Union Pacific
Railroad in 1874, is OF interest just
nov to those who never read about
or saw anything approaching it in
immensity:-
Here on the very top of the Sierras'
7.l5O feet above the sea, ! am seated
says n correspondent of the New Yo'k
World under date of Summit, March
0, in what was the second story OF the
Railroad hotel, but which is just now
the basement, with snow above, snow
below, and snow all around me. In
to the window Of the second story
basement a feeble CLEAN OF light pene'
,rates down an inclined plane OF snow.
The railroad station, hotel, and all the
shops and houses of the railroad EN-
ployes are built within the snow sheds
which here lines the Central Pacific
road for twelve continuous miles. All
these are literally buried in the sonw.
I walked from the station to the hotel
on plank which is laid twenty feet
above the solid rarth--a step on one
side or the other would literally have
buried me alive-and on either side
the terrible snow was piled above the
sclid bulwarks forty feet high. To a
New Yorker, 10 whom three or four
feet CT the "beau,itul" seems terrible,
this may appear Of the MunchauSen
order. But l assure you ] have not ex'
apera,ed the situation in the least.
it has showed more or less since
the LIST of December, but the great
storm os the season began Tuesday
1t continued through "Wednesday and
Thursday, subsiding at intervals. took
q rest on Friday and part OF Satur-
day, and then began again on Satur
day night with redoubled violence. 1t
is still showing, with no signs OF ces
sation, and the railroad presents a scene
of natural grandeur such as 1 never
expect to witness again. | started
from San francisco in the overland
trair on Friday morning, reached this
point, determined to remain here and
zee the trouble 10 an end. have heen
rewarded in witnessing the battle
wappd between man and nature. !
have seen man conquer only to be con
queled again in his turn. l have seen
the triumphs OF mechanical engineer
ing undone by the g'ander power OF
nature in one short hour, and
finally | have been taught to
rea lize as ! never realizpd before
what it means to run a railroad across
the Sierras--what it means to attack
nature in her own giant strongholds.
SCENE OF THE TROUBLE.
Up to this time during the winter
the Pacific road has been kept toler'
able clean from snow, and the trains
have generally managed to get thro
on time. The snow ploughs have
been constantly used,and have succeed
ed in keeping the track in an available
condition. This last great storm how
ever. has more than taxed the com
bined efforts of ploughs, shovellers
engines and engineers. The greatest
bulk of the snow has been between
her. and Blue Canyon, distance ol
twenty seven miles, all of which is. SO
far as human skill can do it, protected
by long rows Of snow sheds. As
came down the other day, with
eleveu engines aud two soow p!oaghs
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II. D. w Y n n,
M A ACHINIS I IT

Manufacturer Of the "Boss' Jack Screw,
Cider Mil Screws, Wine and Lard Presses,
Hemp and Rubber Steam Psckihs. Scotch
Gauge Glasses, Lace Leather, Cop waste,
Boiler and Engine Supplies on hsnd OF
furnished on short notice.
Machine Jobbipg OF all tinds pTempuy
attended, "a shop n Amsdsu's Buck Depos
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Ifa man ISLANDERS you does it follow
that Won must slander him in return ?
The Old Testament rule is, resent in
kind the New Testament is, resent
is Kindness, 1t does pot follow be-
cause q dog bites you you should re-
turn tie favor by biting bir.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-29

The devil runs an immense manu-
factory ct excuses. They are Of all
sizes and shapes, suited TO every
possible occasion, and such is the de-
maud for them that it is impossible To
oyersiock tho market.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-29

The old adage says "Be man or
a mouse" bit vino would want to be
a mouse, ard hive every woman he
apuroached balance herself on chair
Hartford Journal.
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An Ohio editor who was crowded
in the Nilsson jan at Cincinnati
writes: II thought my wife had the
sharpest knees in Ohio, but she Amt
circumstance to the Cincinnati girls
Que Of them pushed her knee against
nv LEG, and it feels a, il it had been
yaccinated."
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Grave-Stones, Monuments. Tablets: etc.,
etc msnufactured to order, and at satisfactory
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GAGE Ground and whole leaf.
N st.CHARNAN's URUu 6YORE'
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-23
Condensed Te|egramS.

VIM. Kelly, one of the New York
Manhattan robbers, has been sent
up for ten years.
Thos. Neill, a great Chicago cat
tie dealer, has absconded, leaving
$500, 900 liabilities.
The strike of stock-yard hands in
Chicago continues. There are five
thousand of them idle.
Grant was the recipient of an
ovation from the public school chill
dren of Philadelphia, Saturday af-
| ternoon.
James n. Fritz was killed in San
Francisco on Saturday by the blow
ing over of the fence Of the Recrea-
tion Grounds.
An explosion of nitro-giycerine
on the Canada Pacific, near Kat
Portage, killed four men and
wounded three. The foreman was
among the killed. One of the men
holding the can of nitro-glycerine
slipped and fell, causing the explo-
sion.
Defendants have been granted,
by Judge Thornton, twenty days
further time to file answer to the
complaint of John HI. Burke against
the executors of the O'Brien estate,
to recover $26,O00,000, defendants
demurrer having been overruled
three weeks ago and an answer due
yesterday.
r. E. Little, prominent lawyer,
politician and ex-member of the
Legislature of Kentucky, was kill
ed by his brother-in-law, Iames
Harold, Saturday. Little received
four shots and died in few min
utes. The men had quarreled over
some land held jointly in New
York,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-23

but wished Afghanistan to receive
government suitable to its popu-
lstion, so that the country might
form barrier between India and
the Power that might encroach up
on it. He assured his auditors that
the Government were concealing
nothing relative to the situation in
Afghanistan. The Government,
he said, would take measures to
alleviate the distress in Ireland
without pauperizing the popula-
ton; but while careful of the ma
teriaI prosperity of Ireland, it
would, above all, insist upon the
maintenance of law and order, and
would never coquette with any de-
mands for Home Rule, which re-
sponsible statesmen of all parties
know to be impossible.