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Sharp County record., 1879-05-15
Chicago Struck by a Flaming Ne

The Chicago Times of the 10Th T :
An accident of somewhat phenO1, to1 m
nature occurred in the South Divla; ;tb
the city at $50 O'Clock last eve n + Il
At that hour the storm was St- = o,r ~
progress, but not at its height Of Ri
ience, though sharp flashes OF ligh1tbe
were playing uncomfortably near tbe t
heads of people whose business OBJ
them to be upon the streets. M
Col. Henry G. Mutt, whose reS: o,', ~"
occupies the southeast corner OF ~ ~
tv-fourth Street and South PARK ~
nue. had left his home for the pu :: -
of boarding an incoming tram f,,9
Twenty-second Street station. hui':
gone but few PAGES from his =. a :.
when his attention was ATTRACTED ~ -,
report which appeared to emanaa,. i,s .
the upper regions. lnstantans,, !
with this he beheld q flash of pal -
light. There WAS nothing b. " .
about this display. The light Vs''
ceeded by q rush of smoke, whlclf r
remembers it, separated into stree W
that darted away in different dlreS osy
and soon disappeared altogetaa
the same moment the colored Paoge1
of something more tangible than . :
flying through the air, and rolling 1t
the ground. He is positive thanor
missile struck the barn building 70 {
rear of Downer G. Bemis's office pun
other piece rolled across South Ia
Avenue, and, as it did so, appeShg
him more like a bucketful Of ash pl'
ing moved by a gust of wind asai 8
solid substance. Mr.. Davis, WA0l y
at No. 113 South Park Avenue, anlAe
was also on the street at the time ew
occurrence, is positive be saw a ool
strike the corner of Col. Nuts ny
The meteoric stone, or thun&
or whatever it may haye been, Sn
Col. Nutt's house, apparently, Ie !;
the bay windows on the TwentI4obr
Street front. Mrs. Mutt was Jhsl
close to the window, and near Oy ms,
her little daughter and son. All le q
were severely shocked. Mrs Nuiate
still suffering at late hour IastVp IL
from the effects of the concuSSlol 5 sh
glass globes attached to the cn1lhou
were blown across the room anG,sach
ed to smithereens. In the IesSainl
room the plastering was stIlPPe1
the ceilings, the tips were twlStsa w
the gas s-fxtures, the library csIi csIihor
somewhat shattered, and q deers orc ,nu
which occupied 8 place againStw mn
WAS carried by some mysterloni Uav
through the open door and cut Han gyaan
hall some distance. Every so5bor,
the supper-table was broken apsi iaro
tie boy who was eating his supp lad lad
tanned severe shock. CarPSsswo,
and pictures and fixtures, and ln wer
of all descriptions, were more splie
disturbed, some of the things Dsp inc
tirely ruined. The window pau4%. had
front OF the house were all Sl"'' into
atoms. The damage will aD" too
500.
The same phenomenal agencj T
to some furniture stored in the a ON.
Downer & Bemis, at No. 81 oOa~ Ma nta
Avenue, and caused damage y avf m
ing to $50. The alarm was "a Sui
the fire was extinguished before mn m
rival of the engines. .uci be
In the course of the evening IL
and others picked up severM ea'
scoria, which they believedto " ilv
ments of the meteoric stong' RI
fragments were still quite A''
| found.
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saying he had met Miss Ada at Colum-
bus, when employed in the Insane Asy-
lum. On this call he certainly did not
meet Miss Ada. Next day, Friday, in
the afternoon, in the DOCTORS absence, he
drove up to the residence and saw Miss
Ada, and it is supposed presented his
credentials from the Weeks woman, land
invited her to ride. They started, taking
the road toward Maumee. tits suppos-
ed that as soon as alone with him, the
old insanity, nurtured by the Weeks
woman, came on. What happened
is not known, except the journeying of
the pair. The horse and buggy were
left at Maumee, with money to pay the
livery man when he should come for
them, if he ever did. They took q
Wabash train to Fort Wayne, Ind,
where they changed to the jackson,
Lansing and Saginaw, en- route for
Jackson, Michigan, where, it seems,
the young man expected to lind money,
and where they would be married.
When Janesville Station was called,
Miss James said, "Janesville; that is
like my name; let US be married here"
1t was now Saturday forenoon, and the
pair had been travelling most OF the
night. The bridegroom agreed, and
they alighted, and,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12

Frances Williams was lodged In the Third
Station, charged with petty larceny.
The fire alarm telegraph Is reported broken
on Girod street.
Thos. T.. Ford has spent another night In
jail this time for fighting and disturbing the
peace.
A. l.. Charbonet was arrested ut the insti-
CATION of his wife and locked up In the Fifth
Station, charged with being insane.
Officer Riddel was incarcerated In the
Fifth Station. charged with assault and bat.
| terry on Eli Garcia.
Frederick Rum was run Into the sub-Sev-
enth Station, charged with being dangerous
and suspicious character.
Frank johnson was immured In the Sew
enth Station, charged with stealing planks
from Ogden Park.
Wilson Walls was locked up In the Harbor
Station, charged with the larceny OF some
wearing apparel
Benjamin Bassman was lodged In the
Third Station, charged with assault and bat
terry on 3. Meyers.
Thos Glavey, for larceny OF q bundle Of
newspapers from G. G. Haley, was lodged In
the Central Station.
Geo. Batter. roper, was locked up I'm the
Central Station by Aid McDonogh, charged
with being dangerous and suspicious char
acter.
p. Il. Fonke was locked up In the Third
Station, charged with shooting and woundlnp
j. b. Earhardt and also charged with dis.
charging firearms within the city limits.
Ellen Corners, white servant In the en-
ploy OF Manuel Collins, was fncarcerated In
the Seventh Station, charged with the larceny
OF pair Of shoes.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12

England continues to be more and more
dotted with magnificent rural abOdes. Dur
Ing the past quarter OF a century millions
have been expended In building and restoring.
A recent number OF the London Builder dss-
cribes the rehabilitation of Doxford Hall. the
seat OF the Master of,the Northumberland fox
bounds. lt Is OF white sand stone and stands
on q terrace, partly belted by trees, and sit
uated In q pastoral district, with the sea In
the distance on one hand and the Cheviot
Hills on the other. Already large house. re-
cent additions have quadrUpled IL. On the
south front conservatory. fernery. and orchid
house. have been erected before three Of the
drawing room windows. On the west front Ia
billiard room, with bow window. and addi-
tionally lighted by the open tlmbered roof.
This apartment s approached by a corridor
forty feet by nUeteen On the east front Ia a
one1stroried wing OF Kitchens, built with open
timbefered roofs and furnished with n.y.
draulio ranges, and adjoining these are a
dairy, dairy seullery, game larder, pluCklng
room, and bakery. A corridor leads thence
to more offices. over which twenty additional
bedrooms have been built, and beyond this
again are laundries replete with every Ia
b0r-saving convenience. The premises are
entirely gaslit, and elaborate precautions are
taken against sewerage gas The stable are
splendid, and have stalls for twenty horses.
For etghtesn months one hundred men have
been employed daily on the works. All this
palatlal splendor is for an untitled gentleman
Of the most uncommon name OF Browne.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
PRIVATE MARKET LrTfu ALTON.

The Fourth District Court having refused
to bond the injunction taken by the city
against the opening Of the private markets
within radius Of six squares from pub
lie markets, the defendants applied for q
suspensive appeal from the preliminary In
junction. The district court refused the or.
der Of appeal.
The defendants then applied to theSupreme
Court for writ Of mandamus on the district
Judge TO show cause why this suspenslve APP
peal should not be allowed This rule was
granted, and made returnable on Monday,
thirteenth instant, with a restraining order
against the injunction In the meantime.
The recorder Of Algiets ttifth distrioi), com
mitted John u. Glitch, to imprisonment for
five days. for violation of the ordinance.
Judge Abel, to whom application was made
for writ Of habens corpus, was Of the opinion
that the party had ample remedy by appeal,
and declined Issuing the writ
Thereupon application was made for a stls.
penslve appeal In the matter Of the State vs.
John L. GisGh, and the same being granted,
the defendant was released from custody.
This appeal Ia made returnable to the Supreme
Court ON Monday, twentieth instant.
As matters now stand, with large number
OF prosecutions before the several recorders,
fixed for trial In the course Of next week. IN at
tiers are well mixed up.
The private markets. however, will remain
open until further orders. The matter will
be soon finally decided as counsel on both
sides are DESTROYS TO test the matter, without
| for that purpose are mutually extended.
! The city is represented by u. Howard Nc
Caleb and u. II. Farrar, and defendants by A.
n w. VOORHEES,.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following transfers have been recorded
Ii the Conveyance office:
H. W. Montgomery TO Charles Clinton, two
lots and buildings, bounded by Camp. Com
mon, Gravler and It, Charles streets $50, 900.
Frank Staulberg t Miss Annie Myer, two
lots and buildings, b III ded by Tchoupitoulas,
Annunclation, Penn stem and General Taylor
streets, $3.50.
DR. j. A. @. Fisher TO Henry SCHWARTZ. one
lot and buildings. bounded by Camp, Maya
zine, Felicity and st. Mary streets, $4,000.
Bernard Souiie ct ais. TO Widow Eugenle
Lesseps. one tract Of land fronting on the
river. In the Third District and parish Of st.
Bernard. adjoining the Slaughter-house prop
erty, $4,000.
Charles Piston ct ais. 10 Mrs. Mary A.
Roust, one lot and buildings, bounded by
Erato, Thalia. Prytania and st. Charles
streets, $500.
Margaret ingram to John Muller, one lot
and buildings bounded by jackson, Liberty,
Philip and Race streets, $500.
Widow VIM Doyle to Mary j. DeMerrltt.
one lot, bounded by Second, Third, St. Patrick
and St. Denis streets. $500.
Margaret Ingram to Henry p Walton, one
lot and improvements, bounded by jackson,
Howard, Josephine and Liberty street. $500.
20. Tyrrell to Mrs. Dora Langsbaw, one
lot and buildings, bounded by Chartres En-
gbein, Decatur and Spain streets, $3.50.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
ReYenRe I'm IfaIx

Two Engllshmen,, wandering in a boat In
the SUBURBS OF Venice, saw an object In the
water. surrounded by birds. They found it
to be man, yet alive. His arms and legs
were broken and tied, and In order that he
might not sink large demijohn OF glass was
attached to each shoulder, which sustained
the head and neck above water. He could NOT
speak; his tongue hung from his mouth.
His eyes had been pecked out by birds. The
murderers were Luigi Parmaschetti farmer,
and his two brothers. Parmaschetti had a
handsome and irreprochable wife and a
daughter Of eight years. Tetaldo, the murdered
man, was employed by him and well treated.
but becoming enamored Of Nine. Parmas.
chettI, he annoyed her to such degree that
her husband beat him and drove him from hjs
house.. Several days after Parmaschetti
started at midnight. with boat load OF gar
den produce, for Venice. His wife was soon
awakened by steps tn her room. Her door
was locked, but Tetaldo had entered bv the
window, and he stood before her, knife IN
hand. He threatened death II She called for
help, but she defended herself brayelv. In
the meantime her daughter, uEpercieyed Nv
Tetaldo, had crept under the Ied. ana WA
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
THE PROCLAMATION.

We direct the attention Of all good and loyal
subjects Of His Majesty Rex TO the proclama-
ton OF their sovereign, which will be found
In our columns. With words Of affectionate
sympathy Rex addresses our citizens. and
assures them that his coming visit Is intend
ed to dispell all that remains of gloom and
set once more in motion the wheels OF trade.
His Majesty Is always right, and Il becomes
us now to prepare for him grand reception
on Mardi Gras. We understand that the
Palace d'Exposition Is being renovated aud
arranged for the Kings levee. The best ar
tisans of our city are Mt work, the decorations
will be on grand scale surprising in refine
ment and beauty those OF former years.
His Majesty has willing and enthusiastic
followers who are bending every energy to
make the Carnival worthy of the ancient re-
n0wn Of the Crescent City. Let all unite with
them In their good work and make February
Is, 1879, red letter day In the history Of the
King OF the Carnival
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY, JANUARY r. 1879

witness OF the scene. Nine. ParmasChetti
ran round a table, and several times escaped
from Tetaldo's grasp. But he stabbed
her, and che fell In dying condition. Day
began to dawn, and Iet.ldo fled. The child
ing the house, found The woman dead, with
thlriy.two wounds upon her body. On the
return Of Parmashetti, himself and brothers
sought Tetaldo. and found him. Parmaschettl
plunged pitebfork three times into his
breast and held him pinned, while his brothers
broke his arms and legs with au iron bar.
Parmaschetti intended then 10 burn him, but
brother proposed that he should be floated
upon the Adriatic that the birds and fishes
might eat him alive. This was done. The
three brothers were condemned TO ten years
imprisonment with hard labor, but petition
to the King was extensively signed In Venice.
asking for their complete pardon.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
BM EvIruEs.

Mr.. Eckert, the accomplished musician
who superintends the music department 81
Grunewalds, has the DEMOCRATS thanks for
several pieces Of very pretty new music.
At meeting held January Q the following
named gentlemen were elected as officers oil
the San Souci Club: Ed. Klot1, president
| AID. Schwaner, Vice PRESIDENT M BluIne, Jr.,
secretary; b. Gozlnsky, financial secretary
Ed. Danziger, treasurer.
| Another of those pleasant and interesting
seamen's entertainments, for which the. Sea-
mems Bethel, on Fulton street, near jackson.
has become famous, will be given on Monday
night The proceeds will be given to the
Ladies' Bethel Association.
| That gallant soldier and Christian gentle
man, AIvan Il. Read, Esq, OF Baton Rouge.
dropped In upon us for few minutes .yester-
day Mr.. Read is down here attending the
session OF the Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence and we trust his soiourn with us will be
one as sweet as "a lotus eaters dream"
Rev. j. Moynihan, Jr., Of st. Peters Church,
will deliver charity sermon this evening at
o'clock, at the church Of st. John the Bap-
list, Dryades street. collection will be
taken up and the proceeds will be distributed
to the poor through the Society OF ut. Vincent
de Paul.
We understand that Gen. G. Il. Smedes and
Mr.. J. M. Martin have purchased the Beer.
sbeba Springs In Tennessee, and will hold
forth there next season. These springs are
1900 feet above the level II the sea, and the
locality Is said 10 be one Of the loveliest In
America.
Asa sample OF what scientific agriculture
will do here we learn that Mr.. 7. J. Kennedy
has turned in on his place, above the city,
fully $500 pounds Of clear. bright yellow sugar
to the acre, and has now something like rs
acres cut and ready to grind His yield will
be about 1900 hogsheads.
We had the pleasure last evening Of again
greeting that 'canny' artist and spicy cor
respondent, Mr.. Frank H. Taylor. who is
passing through our city on his way to Texas.
Mr.. Taylor, since we last saw him. has been
through the mountains Of Pennsylvania,
the swamp OF Florida and tropical Cuba.
He Is now accompanied by his partner, Mr..
J. W. Maggie, who, by his pen. has made ia
milar many OF our most beautiful Southern
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
CITY HALL NOTES.
nETunNED TO DUTY.

Administrator Chevalley, who has been II
for three days, paid visit to the City Hal
yesterday and attended TO the duties u hlf
office during business hours. We had mol
been apprised of the illness Of the admins
traitor before he informed us Of the fact him.
self
The condition Of Administrator Behan
grows better every day.
M'DONoaH SCHOOL NO. 10.
Yesterday afternoon the Mayor, In com.
pany with Administrators Flynn and Isaac.
son, paid visit to McDonogh School No. 10,
on Baronne street, between First and Second
streets. tp receive the building from the con.
tractor, Mr. Robert D. Connolly. The city
officials were attended by Mr.. WIN. p. Freret
the architect Of the McDonogh commits
siOners.
GENERAL SWEEP.
Notwithstanding repeated notices from the
Department OF Commerce, and the warnings
Of the press. the owners OF ballast and heavy
freight, which have encountered the levee fol
years past, have failed to cause their stuff tc
be removed. Yesterday new orders were
issued requiring the clearing Of the river
landing within fOrty-elght hours after service
Of notice, In default of observing which the
department will remove the inppdiments tC
commerce at the expense OF the offenders.
THE CITY TAXES.
Administrator 1saacson Informs zig that the
tax bills for the year 1879 are made, and that
CITY tax collections will begin on Monday
the thirteenth instant.
THE PREMIUM BOND
prize drawing takes place, according to law
on Wednesday, the fifteenth instant.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12

The ErtrdbldH Of Berlin has an amusing
story about Beaeonsfield. When orders were
sent to secure rooms for him ut the Kaiser
boff hotel, IL was especially directed that his
sleeping chamber should have two beds. This
caused much SURPRISE as II WIS known he was
vtdower, and there had never been an impu-
tatiOn on his private character, The general
impression was that, being IN delicate health,
he might have desired his faithful seoretery,
Montogu CORY, to sleep In his room. The
walters and chambermaids grinned and set
themselves to watch the British plenipoten-
tlary when he arrived In Berlin and took pos
session OF his two-bsdded chamber. They
found he went TO IL all alone, and In the morn
ing came out Of 1t all alone, moving with bent
head and the under lip pursed out as usual.
Then began the betting as to which Of the
beds the illustri0us man occupied. A cham
bermaid stole In, and came out with an aston
ished face. "Bothp It seems that the
weather was very hot, and when the Premier
felt himself uncomfortable from heat In one
bed, he moved to the refreshing ooplness oil
the other, with better chance OF good sleep.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
Cut in the side.

At half past o'clock yesterday, at John g.
street, a difficulty took place between o white
man, formerly in the employ OF Roche.
named James G. CaughliD, and negro In the
employ OF Roche. named Charles Williams.
which terminated IN the negro being stabbed
In the left side by Caughlin and slightly
wounded The accused after COMMITTING the
deed made his escape, but was subsequently,
arrested and lodged In the Second Precinct
Station.
The wounded man was taken to his resi-
denee, NO. 2Q4 Prytania street, where he was
attended by DIR. Monette, who pronounced hia
wound severe though not dangerous. The
difficulty was owing TO the fact that the ac-
cused was drunk, and that the wounded man
Is at the present time occupying the pOs-
ition he formerly occupied
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
Superiority Of Anne rican Nails.

An English workman thus testifes in the
English Mechanic Of November 20, 1878, TO the
goodness Of American wares:
But / speak Of things which know thor
oughly we'll when say that In very many
things our manufactures are not fit to be
shown in the street with American ones and
this not merely In nick-nacks or little inge-
nuities, az to which 1t Is tolerably evident we
have no pretention to enter with any compar-
ison. / only invite any one who doubts my
statements to compare such a rough common,
matter ~ ncut nails.' Our rubbish, with half
OF them split up, which tend 10 turn round In
the wood and split 1t, and with conical heads,
look very poor against the straight, clean
nails, with welcomed heads, which the
Americans used TO send out to Australia, and
which, when had once seen them, prevented
me from ever buying an English nall again
as long as could get American ones.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
EnxI,sh l.. borsrs. wages.

A table has been published containing the
weekly wages paid to English farm laborer 3
from the year 1900 to the present time. the
price Of wheat per bushel during the same
period, the number Of days work required to
pay for bushel Of wheat. and the wholesale
price OF meat. During the thirteenth century
wages were two sbillings-5O cents-a week.
In the fourteenth they had advanced about is
cents, and slowly advanced until they reached
81 81 during the last century, and gradually
mounted from that sum to SO rs, the present
average. This increase has been relative as
well as positive. In the thirteenth CEN
fury, eight and a half days work were
required for the purchase OF bushel OF
wheat. This purchasing power CONSTANT y
Increased, until now two and q half days
labor will buya bushel. though the cost Of
the wheat has increased from 10 cents and
to 81 49, The year 1900, noted for the seanti-
ness OF Its crops and for the distress thereby
accustomed, was q temporary exception
U the decline, wheat having risen TO
ID s. bushel. The price OF meat at
wholesale has risen In six centuries from
e. cents to nearly IA cents pound.
The general conclusion TO be deduced from
the table -presuming It's correctness lis that
II English laborers do not find subsistence
now easier than formerly, it Is because they
are not satisfied to live in the very poor way
with which their ancestors were forced to
content themselves
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
Fires.

At 80 o'clock Friday night the lower floor
OF the house located at the corner of Burgun-
dy and st. Louis streets was damaged by fire
to the amount OF $25. Ihe owners name
could not be ascertalned
At o'clock Saturday morning the kitchen
OF the frame house No. AZ Where street, oc-
cupied by Julia Moore and owned by James
Holtz was damaged by fire to the amount OF
$50. No alarm.
At o'clock Saturday morning Capt. Steve
McLellan's dwelling house, together with an
adjoining warehouse, located on the river
bank, mile and a half below Algiers, was
totally DESTROYED by fire. The cause Of the
fire was defective fiue. The insurance on
the property could not be ascertalned.