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How 10 Shine in European Society.
San Francisco Chronicle,

| am speaking now concerning the ex-
perience of number of delightful Sat
urday nights at Lady HIS once. A gen.
lehman, on ascertaining that | was an
American, became for a time much in
terested in me. Because was an Amer
lean he seemed to take it for granted
that had been under fire, and that my
body was lead mine of bullets. Be-
cause was there alive he also took it
for granted that ! must have killed
some other man who had tried to kill
me. st+st t'
"You have seen some rough times
in Californian said be. sa..# .-.- -
eyes, / had" fsr g.a..f! ..5lt
Good many fghts?' taa "a -.
eyes, some." .us HsF 3
Ever see a man killed in fight?'
"Yes, once" ..s,
"Hah! Well, now my dear fellah, hope
you wont consider me inquisitive, but
really I've great desire to know more
o. the details of these personal enCount-
ers, YOU know, and | hope you'll par
don me now for asking such question,
but-did you ever kill mauP'
Idiot that | was l said mo" He
dropped me almost instantly. fell
far down in his estimation. l was no
longer to him an object of interest,
What he wanted was a red handed
American murderer. He had thought
me one. He had prospected me, and
found no corpse on the ledge. A mere
bank of leaceful, bloodless, barren
clay. PANIED out neither crime, MUIR
der nor blood. could feel, too, what be
thought of me. His face said: "Ihis
man has not improved his early oppor.
tunities. lie has lived in CaliforDia
half lifetime and yer killed q man
or got killed himself" / managed after
wards to regain a little Of my lost
standing in that gentleman's estimation
| told him that was once, in California
on jury that tried Texas Jack for muir.
der. and voted for his acquittal. But
this was mere fushlight compared
to the lustre resulting from killing a
man nJself. Young man, before going
to Europe and-t there encOuntering
Society be sure thatyo have killed
your man. Kill something; kill tram
or an editor if you can do no better
carry then your knife and pistol to Lon.
don; keep them prominently hung up
in your chambers; lay them on the
table at club dinners; talk pistol; fee
absently and hurriedly at times about
your hip as tito know amid the rockets
red glare, bombs bursting IN air, your
Smith & Wesson is still there. 1t pays
My friend Ranehefe Arizona Vaqlero
whose maiden name in America is
Jones, did it, and gained valuable
reputation for desperate smitten with
occasional spasms of remorse for the
seven men whom he vaguely limited he
had shot through the head. A49 a- Il
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FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

THERE were over 200 cases of measles,
in the Soldiers Orphans Home at Nor
nal, H., March LIST. <lAA.L i
MCKENsEs' grist and box mill at Bar
MILL, Maine, burned on the 9TH inst, to-
gether with a covered bridge $50 feet
long. Loss $4,000; partially insured
LEHRK1SD's brewery two miles west
of Davenport, Iowa, burned yesterday,
says telegram of the 9TH. Loss $4,-
600. Insurance $4,000. The brewery
contained II 900 bushels of grain. q
W. III. ~CcMMfxGs.- general western
freight agent of the n wv York Central
railroad, dropped dead at he-Tlfft
house, Buffalo, on the evening of March
3rd. -.-E -. go Is 81 151EyEa
FRED SCHULTZ, who had been missing
for several days from his home in the
city of Milwaukee, was found, on the
End inst. hanging by the neck in de-
serted shanty on the outskirts of the
city. III health is supposed to have
caused the suicide. @..t0 L-L6
DURING a heavy wiad which prevail
ed at Toledo, on the morning of March
5th, chimney on the BUCKEYE brewery
fell in, killing two policemen who had
taken refuge from the storm. The night
watchman ofthe brewery was also severe
ly injured. Cue
4 FIRE at Brinckly, Arkansas, March
Ord, destroyed q large hotel owned by
Gum and Black. The hotel was also
occupied by the Southern Express Com
pany, and the Memphis and Little Rock
railroad company. All the valuable
papers were destroyed. Several COM
Il los hara1R- ecnonnH with
their lives.
AT an early hour on the morning of
.he 9th inst. a terrific gale struck Cleve-
land, and in five minutes incalculable
damage was done. Many buildings
were unroofed, chlmneys blown down,
and glass fronts smashed. The female
seminary was unrooted, but all the occu-
pants escaped unhuri. One man was
kill dby the falling roof. e
THE steamer Alexandria, which arriv-
ed at New York from Mediterranean
ports, March LIST, brings intelligence that
the Wilson Line steamer, Hindoo, bound
from New York for Hull, was abandon.
ed on February 22nd, IN latitude Al, de-
gree so, longitude Al, degree 05, being
on her beam ends with her funnel gone
and decks swept. The first aud second
officers and-a Quartermaster had been
washed oyerboard. The remainder of
the crew and passengers, So in number.
were taken on board the Alexandria and
brought to New YORK. The Alexandria,
also, on FebrUsry 18th, fell in with the
brig Julia, from Porto Cobello for Sc
vansea, in a sinking condition and took
off the crew, eight in number.
ONE of the saddest occurrences ever.
known in this city. saYs La Sale, ILL.,,
dispatch of March End, happened lSatur-
day night, resulting in the death of Louis
Turner and Charles James, both sons of
well known citizens. They went down
the Illinois river few miles Saturday
morning after ducks. Not returning as
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Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, March STEADY and I'M
changed -Wheat-lsteady and-ini good denran d
No. . Chicago spring. at 1875 for seller cash,
March and April; 1.s54 for seller May; Eo.s
Chicago spring, l09Gf10: rejected, 70 Cora
Steady and IN fair demand, fresh at 37fs: regular
s65s for sellero cash 1858 for seller April Z 4o7s
seller May; rejected 35A. oats-Firmer at 3ia
G3lM for seller cash; 81 z for seller April; $50
for seller May. Rye-Easier at 7Sl4@75., Barley
Easier at Is. Dressed Hogs-ABnft and Tower.
Pork Dull and shade lower, 1155 for seller
cash 1.l0111 I9 for seller April; as bid for
seller May. .Lard--steady and in fair demand at
7.1507.14ia for seller cash: 7,2007.22h for seller
April; 500 r seq for seller May. Bulk Meats
steady and in fair demand Whisky--Steady
and unchanged, at 1901 Close: Wheat-Dull
and lower at 1.2414 for seller March and April;
rs for seller May. Corn-buII and a shade
lower. declined i1g9l. oats-steady and I'M
changed Pork-DnlL weak and bower; 11.62 bid
for seller March; -l5o bid Tor seller April.
Lard-Dull and lower; declined 212e. TIE
DrUvers' "a Journai'' reports: gs-Receipts,
"A, 600; shipmants4 800: mere-actiVe and q shade
higher. except for common mixed packing, and
medium at 4.2e1i 40 light, 2oG4.35; choice
heavy 20; closed tame, but fair clearance
iCattleE Receipts. 800; shipments $500;
in good demand and Shade higher; shipping
39005.i5: butchers 90Hf 90 stocsera, and
feeders dem and g&ir: market firm at e0G4 O0
sneep-Receipts .1qg; ahlPments, l,6o0; active
fan prices az I .0eg-5uO
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Brave Mary Owens.

/ An 1ndaunted and brave woman, in-A
deed, was4 Mary Owens, OF oPeunsyt
yanla. She accompanied. says.s cor Z.
respondent of The Philadelphia Press, her Z
husbAridto the army, and fought by his
side tfutff~ he fell 1nortHffy woand etl..''s
Then she quit the amy and returned
homo In full uniform to tell her friends
and neighbors of her strange experience
for woman, and of her5suaeIings and
devotion TO ~ifer -cotintry's flag? ~She
was IN the army over eighteen months,
and Turing that time took part in the
three severe battles. e. In the first en-
gageanent she was wounded by ball
IN tae face and fell on the field. q In
her r3lird battle she was again hit this .
time,in the arm. Herwouods required
her To he taken to the hospital, where
her true sex vas discovered and the
circumstances other being lin thelsrke
mad% known. She had enlisted In the
town of DanYille, Montour county, Pa,
under the name of John Evans. 1t ap
pears that her father was opposed TO p
her marrying her sweetheart, Ovens,
and threatened her with violence if she
did not give him up. The brave girl,
nothipg daunted, married Ovens Sc.
cretly, and then donned the, blue and
went with him 10 theSWn. Her ;hus5
band was with her in the same compa-
ny, aad so heroically did Mary endure
the hardships of the camp and the dan /.
gers 81 the field that no ohc suspected
Ter sex until She was @ounGed, She
saw her husband fall dead by her side.
and then returned home wounded and
q widow. She was young, rather pref
ty, and slight in. form, !. This brave.
wonoan. Seas soi Welsh parentage,- Hbut-a--
genuine Yankee in pluck and spirit. OF
course, she was a long times heroine in
the peighborhood where she lived.
doubt il any woman in America ever
had u more romantic career than brave
and lucky Mary Ovens. - -.
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CABLEGEAMa.

LOWELL, the newly appointed minister
to the court of st. James, left Madrid for
London, March end. -
a CONVENTION was concluded between
Great Britain, and Germany, March 3rd,
securing the cooperation Of war vessels
in suppression of the slaYC traffic. ,-
THE Spanish cortes decided March 4lh
to fixthe standing army for 1880 at 90,-
coo men for Spain, $4,000 for Cuba, 10000
for the Philippine Islands, and 1895 Tor
Porto Rico. ~
GRIssEL, arrested during the last SEES
sion of parliament for declaring that he
could bribe parliamentary Committee,
was brought before the house of com
mons, March 3rd, and read q humble
apology He was then committed to
Newgate.
DURING the official inquiry into the
Tay bridge disaster, March 1st, several
moulders testified that much of the iron
used in the structure was very inferior IN
quality. The columns were frequently
defective, of sune quail thickness and
crooked, and the cracks were filled with
putty aud painted.--Severat=p painters
who were engaged on the job, testified
10 seei15 many bolt holes without bolts,
and other evfdence s:of ebam work.
A DISPATCH, dated City of Mexico,
March LIST, received by way of Browns
vile, Texas, March 3rd, said Generals
Grant and Sheridan reviewed the army
Yesterday morning at 80, and dined
with President -Diaz in the evening.
There was a grand concert and illumina-
ton on the plaza last night. To-day
Minister Foster made his formal farewell
at the palace at IL O'Clock. He VIII
leave for the United States in a few days
Tomorrow General Grant and party go
to the mines at .Paehuca, and will sail
from Vera Cruz for Galveston by the
City of Mexico, ON the 18th inst 4 -
* SAYS a cablegram OF March 1st; II
may be uninteligible to many persons
abroad how the Nihilists succeeded in
doing their work Ia the very residence of
the imperial family Probably no other
than the winter palace: 1t has always
been refuge for numberless ofvagabond
workmen, friends of servants and others,
many without passports, who would
not live with impunity anywhere
else. The imperial ukase OF last
April gave full powers Ito General
Gourko to.search the buildings Of the
palace, but even that severe governor
general could hardly venture. Such is
Russian administration to interfere with
the special authorities of the imperial
residence. There is an old Russian law
which gives the sanctuary 10 criminals
takina refuge within The bHildiBgs of ttite
imperial palaces, so far as concerns the
ordinary police, who have no jurisdic-
ton in suchscases. No fever than 5000
persons have been living In the winter
palace and nobody has ever known the
precise duties ofone :hal fof them.
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:. Coo Ting His Finger for a Bet.

A yeung many named Elmer Sever
ance, who was working at Smith d Car.
tiers camp, bet one or his companions
a quart err that be could place dipper
of cold water on the stove and hold bis
finger in the dipper until the water be-
gan to boil. The wager was accepted.
Severance held lis finger in the dippel
quite white, Tut was obliged to with
draw it before the water had reached g
boiling pitch, hence he lost his bet. On
examination, it was found that the
finger was completely cooked. 1t pain
ed Severance so that he was obliged to
Quit work and come to town for medical
treatment. The probability is that the
finger viii have to be amputated, t.
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CRIME.

Rev. EDWARD CowLEY, eX- a1ager OF
the late Shepherds Fold, was taken to
the Sing Sing penitentiary March End.
BURGLARS broke into Paddoek's hat
store in Cleveland March 4th and stole
81 800 worth of sea!-skin sacques.
The three negroes on trial in Wash
ington, d. e., for tie murder of Geo p.
Hirth, in Januaryllast, were found guilty
of murder in the first degree, on the LIST
inst.
THE governor of Kentucky, on the 3rd
inst, fixed upon April End as the day for
the execution of Chas. Webster, convict
ed of the outrage on little Frances Otto,
on the 18th of Oct, 1878. His compan-
ion in crime, George Washington, was
executed Feb. 21st, 1879 The murderer
Anderson will also be hung on the End
prox.
Two executions took place in Missouri
yesterday, says a St. Louis dispatch of
the 9Th Walker Kilgore was hanged at
Mexico for shooting N. ID. Nottingham
Jan. T. 1879; and JAS Core was hanged
at Lebanon for killing w. Il. King last
September. Both executions were pub
lie and were attended by large crowds OF
people from the surrounding country.
A RAwLINs, Wyoming, special of
March Bird says: The town was, yester-
day morning, the scene of two murder
Gus affrays, resulting in the probable loss
of two lives. In one case m an named
Ed Clarke, returning home about Ga. m,
was shot and MORALLY wounded by his
partner, John Lee, for trif1ing otfense
about attempting to start a fire. Lee es-
capped. The wounded man will proba-
y in Al lnA oil
named Kputh was stabbed and instantly
killed by a teamster named Frank Har
rington The parties quarreled over a
| liquor bill. Harrington surrendered Aim
self and is now in Jail.
A PEORIA, H., dispatch of the 4th
inst says: Last night Joe Cutlitf, a
farmer, living gear Chillicothe, in this
county, shot Frederick Webster, another
farmer. Webster lived through the
night, and died to-day. Cutlif was ar
rested at once, and will have prelimi-
nary examination at ChillicOthe. The
shooting grew out of a quarrel over a
line fence, between the parties, whose
farms adjoined. From meager particu-
lars received here, it seems that Cutlitt
was the assaulting party and had no
ground whatever for shooting. The af-
IdlE HAS CICdlCu CACitShhCbb III
that part of the county.
A CHARLESTON, S c., special telegram
of March 2nd say Saturday last one
armed negro, Louis Kinder. outrageous.
| ly assaulted white woman, named
Bird, residing near George station,
Colleton county. Kinder was captured
about O'Clock Sunday morning by a
white and black posse. He was taken
to the scene of the outrage and identified
by the woman. The posse, by vote, de
cided not to lynch Kinder, who was then
placed in the guard house at Georges
station. Monday morning he was start
ed for Waltersoro Jail with strong
guard. On the way the guard was over.
powered by an armed force consisting
largely of the outraged woman's neigh
bors. Kinder was conveyed to seelud
ed spot in the woods and was again con
fronted by the woman and again icenti
fed. At the last moment he acknowl-
edged the deed and was hung by the
mob. n -
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expected at night, search was made for
them Sunday morning, but without avail.
They were finally discovered in the af-
ternoon by another hunting party, who
were attracted to the spot where they lay
by the groans of Turner, who was still
breathing slightly. Young James was
quite dead. Turner has since died,
never rallying from insensibility, though
every effort was made to resuscitate him.
The death in both instances resulted
from exposure, they having taken no
precaution to protect themselves from
the unexpected and piercing cold of Sat
urday night.
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nanzl, recently opened here in Sonora.
OF scourseshe told us to keep it out OF
the papersbut that caution we find TO
be getting monotonous. Mr.. Snow Is
veryswell known in San Francisco ASIAN
actor of merit, and gentleman w
deserving 8he good fortunes he has
"tumbled to-" Some men are born
rich; others have riches thrust upon
them; but Mr.. Snow has drilted
thorough air and snow right slap up
against pile Of richness that would
make old R1thschild's keen eyes turn
green with envy.
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LOUIS NAPOLEON'S EDITOR.
eassagnac's Services TO the Second En-
.,.s,,evs.na aplre.,
Pail Mall Gazette.


The interesting part of NJ. De Cas-
sagnac's career began when, shortly be-
fore the coup d'etat of1851, he accepted
the function of Notwithstanding TO
Prince Louis Napoleon The founder
OF the second empire placed from the
first great confidence in NJ De Cassag-
mac. The latter had won his renown as
q hard hitter. IN journalism under Louis
Philippe; Waen, through the interme-
diary OF Count de Morny, he was pre-
sented at the Elysee. il Was on the ex-
plicit understanding that he should
place his pen absolutely at the devotion
of the ruler. of France. Napoleon Ill.
and M. De Cagsagnac appear to have
understood each other at once, and
there never arose a difference between
them. All who ever saw M. De Cas-
sagnac could guess by mere glance at
him how congenial the imperial idea"
must have been to such q nature as his.
OF creole extraction, and born in Mar
Unique, he had the face of white ne
gro, with eyes that sparkled remarka-
bly,. He was passionate, imaginative;
he loved finery, hankered after pomp,
ribands, honors, and cared no more for
the liberties Of his fellowsubjects than
q regular negro might have done. A
regime that held France fast gagged
and bound, but which as a set.on, sup
piled the people with splendid court
and dashing army, seemed perfection
to him. Nj. De Cassagnae was not an
orator, but re could work up the ideas
of another man and express them IN
a mastery fashion. He could also aid,
by way Of ornament, hollow but very
brilliant ideas of his own Napoleon's
plans were always far better explained
and defended by M. De Cassagnac than
they could have been by himself. Not
once, but hundred times at least, dur.
ing Napoleon's reign NJ. De Cassagnac
had to endure snubs from the official
',ournal which would have made sensi.
tive man culver with modification
and once or twice the emperor in or
der TO sooth Jealous .ministers-had to
cease receiving or corresponding with
him for months at time. But M. De
Cassagnac knew his masters mind
and Was good courtier enough never tC
notice the Sights that were put upon
him by the court. 1t should be added
that he made a very good thing out o.
his loyalty. An official deputy in the
Corps Legislatif from 1852 to 1870, he
was likewise a commander of the Legion
of Honor; while thes ubsidieS which hi
newspaper received from the civil lis
gave him wealth and enabled him tC
buy a cosy estate in the Gers.
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The report, just published, Of Prof.
Charles V. Riley. of the United States
chronological commission, on the cot
ton worm, shows that the ravages eff the
insect cost thesouth from S12,000,000 to
$3O,OO0O0o annually, and gives much
valuable information regarding the
habits Of the worm and the way to get
rid of it. 1t is estimated that the plant
ers, by following the recommendations
of the report, might increase their crops
100 uer cent.
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FRANcIsoo 0TERo V GONZALES, the Span
ish regicide of Dec. so, 1879, has fair
and healthy countenar re. He is very
little below what might be called middle
height, and his body is strong, muscular,
thick and rather 1eshy. His shoulders
and neck show great strength, and his
face is by no means ugly. The eyes
are brownish, the hair auburn and shag-
gy, the complexion, with few weeks
confinement, is as white and as delicate
as young girls, and forms a contrast
with the big, brawny hands.
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J. l,fnsss i tl,nIsIata NAV 81 reddStd

expenses Of the state may be reduced,
was killed. The assembly bill authoriz-
ing horses, mules, cattle and sheep TO
run at large upon uninclosed lands in
the county of Vernon, was concurred in.
A bill was introduced by the committee
on charitable and penal Institutions, to
provide for the more systematic and eff
cient management of the Wisconsin hos
p;tals for the insane. The bill to increase
ihe.taxgon lie insurmGescompanies was
indefinitely postponed. The bill relating
10 the Black River improvement COM
pany, after being amended, passed.
FRInAY, March 5.-ASsen15ly.-A rcso-
luton was introduced cutting of all
business after March 18th, and providing
that the legislature adjourn sine dte
March sl3th. The bill-to provide that
taxes upon real estate shall be a legal
Offset against mortgages thereon was in
definitely postponed by small major.
ity. This was also the fate of the bill
to provide for the more equitable assess
ment of property for taxation in certain
cases aud also OF senate bill amending
statutes liz relation to admission TO. he
bar. t...a
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The Fisk university jubilee singers
were recently refused accommodation at
hotel in Bridgeport, Conn.,, on account
of color. The singers had no difficulty
IN securingaccommodations at the lead
ing hotels in Europe on their tour in
that country.
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PRESIDENT ELIOT, of Harvard, wrote
the inscriptions for the memorial tablet
of the monuments which have Just been
set up at Crotch to mark the spots
yhereon the Longleys were killed and
the first Westinghouse Of the place
burned by the Indians, and also the site
Of Col. William Prescott's birthplace.
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JOHN DILLON MULHALk of Brooklyn,
an Irish lar ord, owning twenty-four
holdings in Roscommon county, Ire.
land, has emphasized his sympathy for
his furnishing countrymen by instruct
ing his agents there to give receipts
TO his tenants fo- all arrearages of rent
They are in arrears for terms varying
from six to nine months.
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The Pennsylvania supreme court has
decided that note, the date of which
was printed in 1877, but on which the
~" has been altered to an 50 on ac-
count Of the new enumeration now re-
uuired IL not valid.
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PROF. NoRDENsKJoLD thinks that a
voyage along the northern coast of ST.
IBERIA, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
ocean, might be performed by a steam
er specially fitted out, and that the voy-
age would OCCUPY only a few weeks.
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JEFF DAVIS expects to make from 800
to 1000 bales of Gotten on his Mississippi
pi plantation during the coming season.
He is busily engaged on his "Memoirs
of the War;" in which he is assisted by
his wife ard his nephew, Gen. Joseph
Davis
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XERxEs when he crossed the Helles
pont to invade Greece had 100000
foot soldiers, 100000 horsemen and
1900 naval forces; total, 2.3l7 900,
and adds that this was swollen by the
attendants to 100000. What are our
modern armies compared to these?