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Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-24
A Gooa Iasa in aae Ease Hall Liee.


 President Shsplsy, of the Yalo base ball club, has adopted ths excellent idea Of pro- viding "raiR checks" which will be given to all those attending any game which is broken up by rain before the third inning is con- plstsd. One of thsss chscks will sntitls the holder to admission to any succeeding game to which the same admission fee is charged. For example, if in the match at Hanilton Park this afternoon, between the Providsnoes and the YAlas, rain should fall before the third inning has been completed, each attend ant at the geme will receive check sntitling him to admission to any future fifty cent game played by the Yelss.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-24
Connecticut Bible society,

COnhecL1ctAI bIO1S SOcietJs
 The Connecticut Bible Society will hold it's ssventieth anniversary the 4th of May next, at the Center church in Hartford
 Tho business nesting will convene in the parlor of the church at Il o'clock a. m. Re ports of officers will bs read and actsd upon. Officers for the ensuing year will be chosen ard any other appropriate business will be transacted. At 2:3O p. ID. in the same place a conference of pastors will be hold, at which the methods of the gocisty will be freely dis cussed with aTview to learn the best processes of attaining the important objects sought by the organization. Reports may be ex- pected from pastors and delegates from churches who ha7o had knowl- edge of the work in their own fields. At 7:3o in the evening the public anniversary of the society will be attended in the church, ats which Rev. l.. T. Chamberlain, D. D., of Norwich, will deliver an address on ''The history and influence of the English Bible during the 800 years since it came into use."
 If the orator, standing at the middle point of the first thousand years history of the Eng fish Bible, shall be appropriately inspired by his theme, as hs is apt to be, the occasion will be one of rare interest long to be remem- bered. All arc invited
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-24
Halls Positive Cure.

n
 R. G. H. Hunter, Lake City, Fla, says: "I have used Halls Positive Cure for Corns in my prac- ce and always with eminent in curing Corns and Warts." This remedy is worth it's weight gold for and nfamed joints, hard tumors at the bot tom of the feet and contains otng injurious to the skin clothing, but perfectly safe and clean preparation, it fills long felt want. Sold by druggists at soc bottle. RICHARDSON & CO.,, Wholesale Agents. iyIO ThSakeoWv1v
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-24

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF THE sEc-
 oNp CHURCH. FAIR HAVEN.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23
BRIEF TELRGRAMs.

Toronto: The trial Of Geo. Bennett,
alias Dickson, for the shooting of Hon.
Geo. Brown, resulted in verdict Of
wilful murder. He was sentenced To
be hanged July 23d.
Commissioner Raum has directed the
arrest OF the late Deputy Collector
Boone, Of Brooklyn, n. Y, who, 1t Is
said, Is missing with a deficiency of
$4,000 in his accounts.
Baltimore: George Thompson, the
seaman who murdered Capt. Murdoch,
Captain Milton B. Frank, and cook,
VIM. Gage, Of the schooner Mignonette,
In the James river, was arrested to-day
on the railroad train, disguised in
womhn's dress.
Philadelphia: This evening the gro
cery store Of Hiram Polls, ON Chestnut
Hill, was damaged by FIRE, caused by
the explosion of n barrel Of coal oil.
Nine persons were burned, some of
them severely.
Berlin: Bismarck Is insisting on the
adoption of the church bill; the conser-
vative and the national liberals have
reconsidered their position Of opposi.
tion and resolved that the adoption oi
few notifications would enable them
to support II.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23

New York, June 22.-Frank NJ,
Pixley, now here, told a reporter to-
day that Blaine would have been nomi.
mated at Chicago on the next ballot ex-
cept for the buying of Hale and Frye,
Blaine's managers. Iowa and Maine
were Blaine bulkwark, and had they re-
mained firm the break would have fol-
lowed ut the next ballot from the Grant
men. Pixley is sure OF this and gives
as his authority for the statement no
less person than Senator Cameron.
He also declares that Arthur was not
Conkling's candidate, and that Conk-
ling really opposed him. Pixley re-
CARDS the ticket rs strong one, and
believes 1t will carry the Pacific state.
Arthur's nomination was a surprise TO
him, but he knows he is a splendid
man.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23
sEYMoUH. CANDIDACY.

The majority Of the delegates to tn,
Cincinnati convention seem 10 be in :
peculiar position. They desire To d,
something which seems improbable o.
fuihllment, namely, 10 nominate Hora
ito Seymour for president. Horatio
they think, can be depended upon &c
carry New York state Hendricks has
consented to run as vice president with
Seymour at the head And Hendricks,
the delegates believe, can carry Indi-
ana for the ticket Hence the strong
desire TO nominate these two men.
But Seymour has declined, according 10
under any conditions. Others, again,
insist that he will accept IL nominated.
In this connection it is well TO recall
the words Of Seymour, uttered 10 a
friend Just after the Chicago conven-
ton, when be said: II see that New
York delegat. said in Chicago that
Grant could carry New York over
Seymour. II l wers candidate /
would certainly carry New York. 4"
Again, in reply to Mayor Harrison's
lof chieagol personal query as to
whether Seymour would run for the
presidency II the Cincinnati convention
refused to nominate any other person
but him, he replied: "If It takes that
shape will run IL ii kills me-
These two facts tend TO establish the
thought that Mr.. Seymour will accept
the nomination II offered him.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23
The Mexican Froutler.

Washington, June Secretary
Ramsey received communication
from the department of state to-day
announcing that a cipher dispatch had
been received from the United States
minister in Mexico, which contained
information to the effect that the Mex.
ican authorities declined to sanction
the request Of the United States that
Gen. Hatch be permitted to follow the
Victorio band Of Apaches across the
border into Mexico.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23

Dayton, o., June 22.-This morning
the gauge on the New York, Pennsyl.
vania and Ohio railroad was changed
from the broad to the standard gauge.
Twenty-Five hundred meh were placed
along the line from Dayton to Leavitts
burg, distance Of go miles, and worl
began at u. M, and the last spik,
was driven at $50 a. m. The shortes,
piece OF work of this kind on record.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23

President Lincoln made small cab
met for his own use about fifty years
years ago, and It is still in existence,
being now in possession of an Indiana
man. 1t is of cherry wood, and is as
sound rs new dollar.
General Gariield's mother, plain,
companionable old lady, is living at her
sons house in Washington. She is a
devout Campbellite, and so is her
daaghter-in-law. There is Campbell
ite church ON Vermont avenue, WASH
ington, and both the mother and wife
of the nominee attend regularly.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23

London. June 22.-In the house OF
commons tonight consideration Of
Bradlaugh's case was resumed. Sir
Harding Gifford's amendment forbid
ding Bradlaugh to either take an oath
or make affirmation, was adopted by n
vote of 215 to go. On the announce
ment Of the vote, which has the effect
of unseating Bradlaugh, there was an
extraordinary scene of excitement, the
opposition cheering tremendously and
waving their hats.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23

Deadwood, June 22.-The bondsmen
for County Treasurer Neill notified the
commissioners to-day of their with.
drawal from his bonds. Neill wa.
ordered to vacate the Office instanter
Commissioner Sackett, County Clerl
Mckinnis and Treasurer Neil, who
were indicted by the grand jury, ar,
held in $1,000 bonds each to appear fol
trial. Ex-Commissioners Jones ant
King, against whom indictments wer,
also brought, cannot be found.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23

New York, June 22.-The steamship
silesia, with the German American
turners,arrived at Hamburg yesterday
receiving an enthusiastic welcome from
a delegation OF Frankfort and Ham,
burg Turner societies. Gustav Rietzke,
OF San Francisco. replied to an address.
The visitors will remain in Hamburg a
few days the guests OF the turner's OF
that city.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23
Ra-sr- OF President H.y.. Death.

Columbus, o., June 22.-There was
lively stir among newspaper reporters
last night, on account Of kilograms re-
eeiyed from the east asking il it was
true that President Hayes had died or
been seriously injured during the day
Just how these stories originated is
still a mystery, rs the president is en-
joying remarkably good health.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23
Gambetta'. Great speech.

Paris, June 22.-The republican
papers unanimously approve the speech
Of Gambetta in defense of the plenary
amnesty bill. Newspapers of all shades
Of politics agree that he cannot much
longer abstain from accepting the
premiership.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23
The Great English Remedy

Us u never falling cure
Tor Nervous Ilebility.
Exhausted Vitality,
seminal Weakness,
|Sprfmaiorrhoea Lost
MANnooD. Impotency,
PARALYSIS aud all the
ierrible effects of Self
Abuse. youthful fol-
lies. md cNcesses In
mature years-such as
loss Of memory. Las.
|situdc q. Nocturnal
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23

Cincinnati, June 22.-Cineinnati's ?,
WorcesteI's o.
Chicago, June 22.-Chieago's ),
Troy's 2.
Baltimore, June 22-National's IG,
Baltimore's nothing.
Buffalo, June 22.-Buffalo's 0, Bos-
toms 4; eight innings; game called on
account OF darkness.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23

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by
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-03
Remains OF Gothic Architecture.

a most interesting discovery of beau
tiful vestlge of Gothic artitecture, in excel
lent preservation, has been made beneath
the house at the' southeast corner of Lead
onhall, and directly opposite Aldgate pump,
i'll London. The arches and vaults in the
basement have hitherto been used as q
storchouse for wood and other materials,
but the extreme beauty of the architecture,
particularly the sculpture and grainlng, led
to an investigation. After tho most dill
gent research, 1t was ascertained to be the
remains OF chapel dedicated TO st. Mich
acl, and ID designated by old historians as
"next Aldgate." 1t appears to be of very
great antiquity, having been built by Nor
mau, prior of st. Katherine, of the Holy
Trinity, in the reign of Henry l. and his
Queen Matilda of Boulogne about the year
,llO8, and is nearly 750 years old. The
chapel consists of pillars and arches. Ita
length from north to south is 48 feet, and
its breadth from east to west 16 feet. The
walls is constructed with OblOng blocks Of
chalk, similar to those of Rochester Castle.
The arches are of stone, the keys of which
are beautifully sculptured with knots and
other devices, and exhibit at glance the
akillful masonry of our ancestors. The
chapel has been filed with soil and rubbish
nearly to the capital of the pillars. From
the ground to the crown of tho arches is
10 feet, aud allowing the shafts to be bur.
led % feet, gives Il height of 20 feet to the
interior of the building. The iron hinges
and the easements are still attached to the
walls, from which circumstance it is con.
jectured that the structure originally stood
Oh the surface, but that in subsequent years
the ground outside was raised gradually
until at last tho relic of past ages was com.
pletely buried. At the southern extremity
there Is an appearance of an arched pas
sage in the direction of st Katherine't
Docks, the site of which the priory of st.
Katherines formerly occupied.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-03
Tho Parsees oflndin.

The Parsees are the most energetic busi-
ness men among the natives; they were
first drawn here by the English more than
century ago, on account Of their skill as
ship builders, and soon made Bombay the
headquarters of the fire -worshipping sect,
which had been prosecuted in its own
home in Persia and more or less in other
places. They often anlass great wealth
which they sometimes spend in erecting
hospitals, schools and other buildings OF
public utility, but their charities are always
accompanied by the fgurativc blowing of
trumpets. Perhaps their popularity is tho
manner in which they dispose OF the dead.
On Malabar Hill there are five white washed
structures of considerable diameter but
moderate height, aud open to the sky; they
are poetlcally called the Towers of Silence.
Within them is a circular grating contain
ing three sets of troughs, radiating towards
tho center, The outer set for men, the next
for wo nen and the third for children,
while in the middle is well or pit, the
body being carried through small iron
door by four bearcrs-the only persons al
lowed entrance, and the clothes deposited
IN a smaller towcr-is placed in one of tho
appointed troughs, and tbs said that in
less than two hours the bones are left clean
by n number of vultures, originally i'm
ported for this purpose, and which never
stray from the grounds; in few days the
bones are placed in the central pit. The
Parsces lay great stress upon the alleged
facts that by this method there Is less
chance of affecting the health of the liv-
ing, and that tho rich and poor are on a
perfect equality.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-03
a perllOus Leap.

a lady who was accompanying the re-
mains Of her husband from Florida to her
home in Akron, Ohio, jumped from rap
ldly-moving express train recently Just be-
fore she reached the end Of her Journey.
She was crazed with grief and morbid ap-
prehension that she would be blamed by
his friends for having taken him away to
die. When the train left Cincinnati, she
seemed to be calm, and the family phy-
sician, who accompanied her thought she
would sleep after so much exhaustion.
Worn out with watching and anxiety he
went to sleep himself In a berth opposite to
her. When the train neared Akron, early
in the morning, the physician arose, and,
to his horror, found her berth empty, and
the window open. Search was made all
through the train, but she was nowhere to
be found. When the train stopped the
physician was almost speechless. How
could he give to the sorrowing friends the
dead body of Mr. Phillips, and tell them
that his wife had committed suicide2 The
telegraph was used at once to get tidings
of the missing woman, but it was several
hours before any response came, and then
it was announced then the woman
was lying at house in little village
some distance off the railroad, not far from
Mansfield A train was chartered and
friends fastened to bring her home. They
found her in bed, conscious, but almost
exhausted. The people said that she
knocked at their door little while before
daylight, and when they opened the door
they found her all covered with mud, and
unable to tell her name or anything about
herself. She explained that after she went
to her berth she could not sleep. She
finally opened her window and looked out.
1t was sfaining, and feeling that she was
rapidly approaching her home brought an
indetinable dread and powerful impulse
to escape it. With this feeling she threw
herself out of the window while the train
was in full motion. She fortunately struck
upon a sandbank, and was thus saved from
immediate death, as well as from severe
injury.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-03

has eight eyes, ranged In double row
across bis forehead, like small, shiny, black
skylights, and with them he can soc on
every side at once. Like nearly all in
sects, he has several jointed fingers in the
vicinity Of his mouth to help hold what he
Is eating. His eight feet arc wonderfully
fitted to his wants, for you know he walks
more on ropes than On boards, and he
couldn't hold on unless his feet were tue
right shape. You can see with ALIENS, this
time, that each foot has three claws one
smooth and curved, that answers the place
Of thumb; and the other two are curved
like sickle and toothed like saw, and
shut against several stiff, toothed hairs like
the fingers of hand. Thus he can get
firm hold of the web, and guide tho thread
while he is spinping. But all this while
we are passing by what Is the most curious
part OF this wonderful insect--the spinning
apparatus. In the body Of the spider the
silk, or what afterward becomes tho web,
ls fluid and transparent, like water. When
it is exposed to the air 1t hardens lust az
you have sometimes drawn glue into long
threads by drawing a glue brush slowly
away from some object to which 1t has been
touched. But the spider often wants a
thread in hurry, and to expose the fluid
more completely to tho air, it Is forced out
through great many hundred places at
once, all these fine threads coming together
before quite firm, 30 they stick close to one
another and make what we call spiders
thread. To be sure it isn't very strong, but
some one has calcu ated that it would take
1000, 900 Of these smallest threads to make
rope as large as u human hair. This
thread is used for good many purposes
catching GAME, swinging, floating in the
air, and for building h,u es under water
aud RATS on top of the water. We haven't
said anything yet about tho stock of fine
tooth combs and soft brushes he used for
his toilet, and have left out other interesting
things besides. And all this is only trying
to tell what the spider is; what he docs is
more strange still, but We must leave that for
each one to learn by using eyes and tongncs
IL will pay 10 spend some time with them
too. since very little Is known about them
as yet, and you can, by close watching,
find out much that isn't described in books.
think everybody will agree that they arc
queer little folk, and neighborly little
people too. ....
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-03
On tho Amazon,

From book of recent exploration on
the Amazon the impression received is
not agreeable. The whole of that part of
the South American continent which slopes
to the watershed on the mighty Amazon
offers numerous and easy outlets to the
ocean and no very difficult access to the
interior. For the fall of the rivers is
gradual, and their flow generally sluggish,
although the navigation Is frequently i'll
numbered by snags and now and then OBJ
structed by rapids. Consequently there is
a vast extent of rich alluyial soil in bottom
that might be very easily irrigated and
tho banks in many place are closed with
magnificent forests, which stretch to un-
known distances in the interior. But,
Judging by the little that has been done al
ready, 1t seems unlikely that these immense
resources will soon be turned to profitable
account. All things taken into considcra-
ton, there are greater inducements for
speculative settlers along the course of the
Lualaba, Congo, or Livingstone, whichever
we may please tc call 1t. The climate OF
the Amazon valleys, with their warm
evaporation and scorching sunshine, ener-
Yates inhabitants Of every race AS wo have
said, the people are fond enough of money,
and ready to beg or sometimes steal bur
even the high wages and ample ration
offered by the expedition could not lempl\
sturdy idlers in rags to a short burst of ex-
crtion tempered by excitement. The whites
and half castles herd together in settlements
scattered at immense intervals along the
river banks, over the vast unreclaimed
wilderness. These towns and villages have
a most wocbegone aspect; the slightly
built houses of unseasoned timber have
alreadyth appearance of decay before they
are well finished; and the townsfolk have
so little, notion Of trade, or Of going beyond
the community to look for market, that
in the rare instances where they haye
neighbors within reach, one village may be
in actual want while III re is a superabun-
dance OF produce in the other. The labor
difficulty seems to be almost insurnount-
able, unless it should be solved by whole
sale immigration of Chinese or coolies from
the Indies. The whites cannot work, and
the Indians will not work. Tie lattersup-
port themselves by the chase and by fishing,
or by cultivating patches of ground that
just suffice for themselves. Moreover, they
are inclined to be troublesome and aggres-
siVc.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-03
Poisonous water COlors.

The singular statement appears in the
Neneikcr Zcitung that, IN searching into
tho causes of the death of a young engineer,
there were found in the corpse remark able
quantities of arsenic, attributed to the
colors which the deceased had been in the
habit of using, for, on analysis, II was
found that a specimen of sepia contained
2.OH per cent Of arscniou. acid, one OF
terra di sienna, BID per cont, ana one of
rcd brown 3. 10 per cont. The deceased
engineer having been in the habit OF draw.
ing his brush, charged with colors, through
his lips, 1t is thought not impossible, that
the a,senical colors were absorbed by dc.
grees IN the saliva. Further investigation
Of e.dark colors Of French make showed
the following quantities of arsenic: Colored
scpia LILO per cent, natural sepia y. 90 der
cent. burnt sienna 1.78 and 223, Van
Dyke brown 0. 81, brown ochre O.52, sar
green O. 082, blister 0.G7