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Die @rgefecneerte.

Sn ben piersiser Sabren burdreii'te Elm
Srgelptrtuole einen srcBen Ebeil BON
Oentidlanb, unb CAB IN pielen Stdbten
Concerto, bic Bel ben 2unItpertdnbigen
lebbaften 9lnf!ans fanben. Sin 8dlges
treter ben er gum itdnbisen 8ebiiIfen auf
ieiner Gunitreile BEL iid bate, tlnteritaste
ibn. Dieier Bdlsetreter beiab in Besus
auf bic in ben SreeIcpneerten gebptenen
Seiihtneen faum ipeniser &ilnItIeritpl1
alS Der Srgelipieler IeIbit uno renpmnlirte
oft in ben @aItbduiern, no tie einfebrterL
bon ben Goneerten, Die mir ibon ge=
seben uno bic mir nod aeseben
tperben, - 10 bab es bem Mulifer fdlieBz
lid bod 81 bunt ipurbe, uno er ieinem Sc
bulfen ernitli6 pertpieS, fiirber BON elmer
9emein ni6aftIiben &unitleiitung
su reoen. gSer eiebt benn bic Concerto,
bn Doer if p Der Bdlgetreter eripiberte
nthts. Sim anoeren 5age tpar Elm OreeI=
concert in Der Sauptfirbe elmer grDBeren
Stabt ansefiinoigt. 8ie Der 8irtuos ppr
ben Eaten iibt unb eben einen ieelenppu
seineirtten 4ccorb sreift oa, tpas lit
oaS, bilf 5imneI Die 2uft bIeibt Sem Sn=
itrummente aus, feinen Ton LdBt es bers
aug. Dem Sirtuolen Der an bas bum
bertIpaltig se6ffnete DIR ieines anbd6tis
gen BubIitum8 benft itrGuben Ii9 bic
6aare. SersfueifeIt beust er iib btnunter,
na6 Der nrla9e bes BerIagenS su ipGben,
unb Iiebt ba bur6 Die offene 2iife ieinen
8dl8etreter, ni6t adtIam ieiner BIi6ten,
Semiltbli6 Die Sdnbe in ben Soientaf6en
einen S6ritt tpeit BON ben TretbdIgen
itben. 9(uf Die entiebt frasenbe Wtiene
beS Gpncertanten, srinit Der gering ange=
iebene 8ebIIfe bteiem nit freunbli6Item
gluSoruGe entsegen iinb frast gans eelaiz
fen: ySerr OrseIpirtups, tper gibt tpobI
oas @oncert eisentIi9 2" yg9ir, mir
8eibe !" briht es BON ben 2ipnen bes cine
GrlDiitng abnenben &anitlers nit be-
| frie6t9tem Sd6eln tritt lein Gpmpaenpn
in'S 8eibtrr, unb entfelleIt brauit, ipie
eas ieliee Aufatbnen zines besnaoigten
Sunber6or8, bic bebrsfrpbIptenbe SsIutb
Der G6ne bur6 bic fpeite 5alle uno eraieBt
it9 tn oer anbd6tieen 2auI1er entslftes
SerS. = ,,9fit unierm 5eute eeaebenen
Concert baben mir uns ieIbit iiberbpten
Den uns gu EReiI getpOrbenen, sroben 8eis
| faa baben mir bur9 uniere 9eiltungen
reihli6 perbient," renpmmirt Der 8dIee=
treter abenos i'm @irtbssimner, unb Der
tuobl9emutbe &iinitIer IieB cine neue
| 5lai6e BON Der beIten Rummer auffabren,
= felt entI6lpilen riemals tpieber bic
8unitIersGbre ieines seni9tisen Serrn
@olesen ansutaiten.
Westliche blaÌˆtter. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1865-1919, 1881-06-19
amor in Aont.
(aeIObie: Ca Ca ssfsmauist &C.

(@eIoSis: Ca Ca sei@uaiiet ,e.)
&pfum nit gum Soruin,
Eritt sir 8aiiIica berein,
Slid' bih am Tbpr utn
SirS bier ni6t fein2
Mbnft bu Doa @cnne,
EaS unS am IituSbogen trinft,
sSGbrenO bic Sonne
Soberno pertint?
em gplpiialm
Gsbt, tpeiln Die Dunielbsit ertpaGtt.
Setls, bic See, nm,
Segnet bic gta4t
Bdr' ih bod gserp
nnb BIZ Pcppds, Iieber S6at.
Sebr, Q, tpie iebr, .,
BGr' oas am YIat!
Sisr, i,lit I'M Circus,
&ief ih sur Sailerin bid Gus.
Mdr'S aud elm hiricus,
gsa4' Dir yli9ts barausl
Vive ac anna!
Strailbf ltp Oeia SaieH Osm Ssiis9ii,
8iit en Elm 2anla
nno ein 8ansel.
Rai9 lauft bic lIbr I'm,
Gt' nod bas 2eben re4t besan1.
Quid sit futurum,
SEPT ,ns sihts an.
Dolce Peppina,
9a, tpie slibt Mpnre biz I'M Rub!
Roma regina
2cft gum @enub.
Rroncs, benz GpStter,
SieI ieIbit bas gtomerreiH gum Raub
9eut' {inb mir GSttr,
@seaea siis &t6ak
Westliche blaÌˆtter. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1865-1919, 1881-06-19
9lu6 elm StanDpunft.

Sdrbier: unb i6 Jag Sbnsn, Serr
gta6bar, eS 1T erbdrmIid, mas bas fir
i6Ie6te 3eiten iinO. Sebt Iafien fib un=
ter 5ebn Dsdnnern elf gar ni9t raiiren,
unS Der 3tpDlfte raiirt ii9 ieIber
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9rpmpte " ntnprt.

Serr (einen Tai6enbieb abfaienb) !:
Snfomer Spibbube, mas nintrit Gu Dir
beraus?
Dieb (peridpincenp): Sour Sbr
Yprtenpnnaie.
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Mus g a d fen.

Mus Sa1fen.
g.: Seer'n Sc, ba min icb Sic { i6ee=
mes &dthiel ufseben. g is Sic sipeez
.iilbiseS 8prt. Die er1dte SiIbe is 6 See,
Die stpeete enc See unb baS Ganae &eenis
eunssmittei.
s.: . Seeies, Der aIte Gib, bas Is ie
,,Seefe"! Miiien Sic benn aber ppH, tpas
Der llnteridiep stpiidsn SEIZE I'm Seefe
iSs
o.. See, beer'n Sc.
. Nu fGh'n Sc. bic Geife fnern nns
9ause sema6t un be Seefe aus 2oDse.
Das Buben Der Yferhe ipirb neuerz
binss itatt am Nprgen am Nbenb su
pollaieben entpfobIen. Die Bferbe iinp
glbenbs tiihtis gu pusen Diorsens nur su
biiriten. 9sad Der nebersengung eines
praftiiden 2anbipirtbss senieBen bic 10
behanoelten pierbe bes Nadts iiber cine
pollfcmmene Nube, iinb bes anbern
Wtcr9enS tpeit ipeniger Grfdltungen auSz
seiett, ala ipenn Mprsens bur1 frdftises
pusen Sis pDrsn Der 6aat ispr os0finst
ireyosn.
Westliche blaÌˆtter. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1865-1919, 1881-06-19
8 as 8eraeben.

Dame: Serr A1eilor, tpel6es 0erse=
BEN tpirb am milbeiten beurtbeilt?
Iiieiior: Gin Gerseben ppr Sebns
illdt unb 2iebs na6 Sbnen, msine Gnas
bieite.
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Wannigfaltiges.
s m &affeebans.

Sans pom 2an6e: @enn i6 Sc
bitten barf i6eenes SreiIein seben Sc
mer me NBprtipn Sis, BON 8anille, -
tpenn's Iein fann, e biS4en tparm.
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u n n 0 nee.

Seute Na6mittas periteisert 1lriuIa
8IanS S4ubma9erstpittpe, ibre Wtannss
tleipsr.
Westliche blaÌˆtter. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1865-1919, 1881-06-19

Srau SIpra 8eitelIeben (sa
ibrem Gatten) Da lies einmaI, fpie beine
Srau sefalen bat. SD mar bod aeitern
IN meinem bitnten 9ltlasfIeibe, becplletirt,
bein 6artenfeit = ba 1T sIeid cine gsctis
bariiber i'm 2ofaIbIatt.
N ann Qieft): Infer @artenfeit perz
Lief in ilnseitDrter Sarmpnie. Die iippiae
5lora, In bunten Sarben pransenb, erreste
allsemeinen 8eifaa.
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Gan,e Summer SIC.

3 3peibeuttses Compliment
AeItIi9eS 5rduIein: SD iebc
tppbl reht ansesriffen aus BON meiner
Granfbeit, Iieber Dpftor2
8eferenbar: Das finbe it nun
ni6t nteineGndbise, Sic baben gang Sbr
aItes 9lusieben tpisbsr.
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Das taalid)e Uolksblatt

fDet per Roif (Dbut Sonntcesbtatt) s9.2o pss SabE
81 60 bas babe Satr uab $3.50 sas Bsrteliabx. Mtt
sonHtassbiats sifaO per SaRr, $500 saf pabs Sabs
sanb $3.50 Sas gisrtefahr.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-12-17
Taxation and Revenue.
IAlexandria Express. |

plCSs.l
In foreshadowing the coming Revenue
law the N. 0. Democrat assumes that
assessments by local officers will have
no place in it" it will be universally
conceded that the policy of leaving as
says the Democrat. That is just the
there is inequality to a certain extent
under the system of assessments by 10
cal officers, but that cannot be avoided
altogether under any system. And be-
sides, it is fact that land OF the same
fertility is of different value in different
localities. The existence Of a railroad
or water course Cd or near it will en-
nance the value of one tract, while
another body of land in the same Parish
Of equal fertility, remote from trans
portatiOn, ought not to be assessed for
as much.
But if the system of local assessments
is vicious, what must be said OF that
gigantic engine of injustice, oppression
and bribery that is proposed to be con-
structed under the name of a Central
Board Of Equalization, which will be
clothed with absolute authority, whose
only object will be to grind money out
of the people, and whose decision will
be comfortable by the means and APP
planes that rich land owners will have
opportunity to use.
In behalf of the land owners whose
integrity is assaulted by the Democrat
~" whenever citizen feels that his
property has been assessed too high,
he is at liberty to invoke the arbitration
of three of his immediate neighbors
who have authority to modify the as
sessment. Every ueighbor understands
that his property will be in question to.
morrow. Each one does as he would
be done by, &c."-we suggest that
whatever injury may be done by such a
process, it does not compare with that
which will result from the orgy of cor
ruption, bribery and public shame
which will surely follow the establish
ment of a Board whose fat will be alb
solute, and whose individual interests
will be in direct opposition to the tax
payer without any more protection, to
the State than now exists. 1t that
Board shall be established not three
months will elapse before there will be
brokers, whose business will be to OBJ
tain reduction of assessments.
The people Of this State have been
plucked too long and too thoroughly
to be deceived by specious appearances.
The Revenue Bill that has been fore
Swallowed is nothing but perfectly
contrived legislative machine to grasp
the property of the people of this State,
and compel its sacrifice, not for the
good Of the State, but to fill the greedy
nav of public piunderers.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-12-17

FEEBLE LAD1Es.-Thosel anguid, tire
some sensations, causing you to feel
scarcely able to be on your feet; that
constant drain that is taking from your
system all it's elasticity; driving the
bloom from your cheeks that contin-
ual strain upon your vital forces, rem
dering you irritable and fretful, can
easily be removed by the use OF that
reersss rs%fd ogjs Hop e of
system are relieved at once, while the
special cause Of periodical pain is per-
manently removed. Will you heed
this Fl Cincinnati Saturday Night.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-12-17

platinum and iridium is ivory, which
has the further advantage of resisting
moisture and other atmospheric inf1u
ences. Standard weights should, there
fore be kept in glass cylinders, with
ivory caps at top and bottom.
NJ. Dogiels recent researches show
that music affects the circulation and
respiration of animals as we'll as of
human beings.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-12-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
TOTICE.

LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS, La,
December LIST, 1881
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
Clerk OF Court at Opelousas, La, on the 5th
January, 1882: John Turner, homestead No
5627, for the Ell fractional section 10 T 8 E,
Louisiana Meridian, and names the following
as his witnesses, viz: T. C. Chachere, r. Cha
chere, NJ. Carron and James Arnold, of St.
Landry parish, La.
Dec. lost GEO. BALDEI, Register
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-12-17
.M.aSOVIC.

GORDY r. A. CHAPTER No. 80.
.aa zOpelousas, Dec. 10th, 1881. 5
regular meeting of this Chapter will take
at 2 O'Clock P. NJ; at witch time all the regular
business appertaining to the Chapter will be
disposed Of together with the election and
installation of its officers for the ensuing year.
A punctual attendance on the part of the
members is earnestly solicited.
BY order of JAMES RAY, II. F.
r. w JACKSON, Secretary. dec 10
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-12-17
FOR S.aLE. .
rosAz.'

The weather permitting aere will be a
practice Of Hope Hook and LAader Co. No. l.
on Monday evening, Dec. 18th de4 O'Clock P. NJ.
all members are requested @to report at the
truck house at that hour.
e. PEFFERKORN, Foreman.
Dec. 1O-1t
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-12-17
FOR sale.

4 NO /. EXCELSIOR COAL HEATING
Astove, at cost price. Apply at this office.
Dec. lott.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-07-16
Signs Of Longevity.

Lord Bacon is generally regarded as
the keenest observer and profoundest
thinker who has ever lived on this
planet.
He wrote much on the subject OF
Longevity.
The following are his signs of long
life:
little upper part OF the body be very
hairy it is a sign of short life. But if The
thighs and legs be very hairy it is a sign
of long life.
The stature is not very significant
though either extreme is unfavorable.
Those who are short bodied and long
legged live longer than those who are
the contrary. Those who have verv
broad shoulders and are slender down
wards, do not promise as well as those
who are the contrary in their form.
"Leanness where the affections are
settled, calm and peaceable, also a more
fat habit of body with a temper stirring
and peremptory, signify long life. Cor
puiency in youth foreshow short life.
In age 1t is a thing more Indifferent.
III be long and slow in CROWN is a
sign Of long life
Firm flesh, a raw-boned body and
vein lying higher than the flesh betoken
long life.
"a large head is unfavorable, as is a
large, short neck, Vide nostrils are
favorable; likewise q large mouth, a
gristly, not tleshy ear, and strong and
contiguous teeth.
"A broad breast, but not one project.
ing forward, roundish shoulders, a fat
belly, a hand large with but few lines in
the palm, a short, round foot, thighs not
ileshy, are all signs Of long life.
Persons born in winter are likely to
live longer than those born in summer
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-07-16
SATURDAY. JULY l6, 1881.
Goody Good.
Detroit Free Press.

Va ~
"Doan' be too good" said the old man,
rs he crossed his hands under his coat
tails. Il advise you to be good, but not
goody good. When a nan reaches a
sartin line of goodness, he will have de
respect an esteem Of all who meet him
orfuns will bless him, an widdcrs will
pray for him. When he crosses ober
dat line, he will pray fur de poo wild
n hand, an lend money at fifteen per
cent. wild de odder. He will shed tears
fur his naybur's woes, but leave six
inches of snow on his sidewalk fur de
public to wade frew. His chin will
culver when he speaks ofdc poo heath
EN- in Africa, but his own boys will play
baseball in de alley on Sunday. He
will weep ober de need Of more orfun
asyluns, but he won't put down a shil-
lin in money. l daon' want muffin to
do wild a too good man. When / know
a man to be wicked, l know how to take
him. When l know him to be a goody-
good man, my only safety an TO let
him alone. When you meet q man who
am distressed ober de gineral wicked
ness Of lie world, doan' you lend him
any money widout good security. When
you meet a man who says ,ah,' an 'um,
an rubs his hands together, an rolls up
his eyes, doan' challenge him to trade
horses. Find me q man who weeps be-
kase de world hain't better, an | will
show you q man who makes his own
home unhappy. 1t am de belief Of q
man who has put in sixty-two vars oI
life on dis planet dat it am wuss to be
% good dan it am to be too wicked, but
de too good can't be cotched. Gin me a
man who pays dis debts, speaks the trul
il his dealin's, lets whiskey alone, uses
his family right, an takes de side Of de
old an poo an d. young an weak in de
bottle of life. He's de man to lie to, an
ifhe doan' reach hcaben, all odder sorts
o men will stan q mighty slim show"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-07-16
Southern Notes.
From the Pioneer 10.1


Last evening John Rowland returned
from a five days business trip to the
Southern Hills, and gave his experience
and views Of that section Of our country
to a reporter Of the Pioneer who met
him shortly after his return:
Said he, the first place that l stopped
at after leaving Deadwood was Roch-
ford, which is a beautiful little town on
Little Rapid creek, with a population
numbering about POO. Everybody seem
ed hopeful and happy. Among the
most prominent merchants i'm the place
are Messrs. Wisner & Van Vleet, who
carry a large stock of general merchan-
disc, drugs aud hardware. DR.. Wisner
is one Of the Oldest settlers in Rockford,
and is among the most popular business
men in the place.
From Rockford l went to the Little
Rapid placer mines which arc situated
on Little Rapid, a few miles below the
town Of Rockford, where 1 had the
pleasure of meeting Southland Homans,
the superintendent of the company also
Col. Dunklee and ID. w. Fairchild, both
dicectors in the company, Frank Brewer
and c. W. Dryden, the engineers. The
houses and Offices of the company are
built i'm a beautiful little park surround
ed by high mountains, covered with tall
pines and evegrcens. 1t is really one Of
the most picturesque spots in the Hills.
Perhaps there is not in the Black Hills,
to-day, q mining scheme that promises
to be more profitable than this one. In
about two weeks operations will be be-
gun on o most extensive scale. In the
case Of this company the old theory,
that only western men can succeed in
mining, will be thoroughly exploded, AS
will be shown in a very short time. lie
saw nothing %ofgeneral interest at Custer
that is not published in the enterprising
paper published there.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-07-16
Icwa's New Capitol.
Sioux City Journal

ApuA ~ JouIitul'
The first stone Of the new capitol was
laid August ], 1871, The last stone was
laid June Is, 1881, a. 10 o'clock a. m.
There only remains now the central
dome and the Inside W0fK 70 DS-cUmpius,
ed. During these ten years there has
been erected one Of the finest and most
substantial capitols in the union, so
pronounced by experts who have ex-
amined it. The work has all been done
by the day. and the structure is paid for
SO far. When finished the state will
have a capitol costing nearly S3,OOO,OCO,
without a debt on it. To show the per-
lection of work in the stone cutting. n
stone in the cornice of the west front
was discovered to be defective after it
had been placed nearly a year. lis
weight was over five tons. yet it was re-
moved entire and replaced by another
without the least fracture to the abut-
ting wall. 1t will require two years yet
to complete the whole work. The
central dome will be finished before fall.
The windows will be put in and the
heating apparatus arranged at once so as
to dry out the walls. 1t is reported it
will require nearly a year to season and
the walls SO as to put in the inside
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-07-16

1t is the only road hat rms Pullman Sleeping Cars Eonh or Northwest of Chi.
Council BlpHs Denver * Gala Line" "Ninolrt Ninu. & 'en1r lMk. Line"
"Soux City, n Neb x lanktun Line" "ihisgo. st Paul & Nnn.apoiS Iius "
N. IUnmE, Frccport and lmLule Linz ""Nu. Green Bay x Lake superior Linz"
States and trnadas.
Remember TO ask fr tickets ia this road he sure they read over il. and take
one other.
MARVIN HTGTIITT, W. II. STFNNETr.
Zen Manage, Chicago. Genl Piss. Agent Chi AGO
, 1881-05-15
MRS. GARFIELD.

WASHINGTON, D. G., May 1+.-Alrs. Gar
field was slightly improved at i O'Clock this
afternoon. The physicians attending Mrs
Garfield say there is a slight change for the
better, but she IS still III very: critical con-
dition.' She has constanttever not distinct
ly typhuid. but Of that nature, and it will be
several days before the physicians can de-
eide what will be the result They can only
say now they hope for the best. The excite
ment she has been subject to since last sum-
mer reduced her system, and the disease laid
ready hold upon it. She is very weak.
TIE WHITE HOUSE.
Statements having been published that the
sanitary condition of the Executive Mansion
was very bad. and that the illness of Mrs.
Garfield is partly attributed to that cause,
the three Republican members of the Senate
Committee on Public Buildings-Messrs.
Rollins, Morrill,, and Angus Cameron-called
at the Executive Mansion to-day and inspect
ed the building, with view to reporting its
condition to Congress- -
D1: POPE REPORTS TONIGHT
that the symptoms OF Mrs. Garfeld's disease
, 1881-05-15
ORDER. OF HIBERNIANS.

Adjournn1ent0f the Convention at St.
LoHt'-The Next Meoting to Be Held
In Chfcngo-A Recommendation to
Subordinate Divisions to Send Per
Cent Of Their Funds to the Land
League;
Sr. LOUIS. Mo-, May 1.-THE Convention
Of the Ancient Order Of Hibernians ad-
journed this afternoon to meet in Chicago
the second week in May, 1852. The Commit
tee on the State of the Order reported that
the membership embraced some $1,000 Der
sons in the United States, and that there was
S5O0,000 in the treasury. The new officers
were Installed and the following resolutions
adopted:
Reso1red That the Ancient Order OF Htbernt-
ans nus reason to feel proud OF the manner in
which the organization has progressed nuuer-
icaly tl financially, sucially, and politically dur
Ing the past year.
Iesolved, That as Irishrucn, sons Of Irtshmcn.
and as citizens of the United States, having the
welfare OF our native land and the lnnd of our
lathers ut heart. we roiterato the sentiments SO
often expressed by representatives OF this
organization in denouncnY tho English Gov
frnmeat for its conduct towards tho people Of
Kesored, That in the recent land movement in
ireland, the course pursued b. Charles Stewart
rdfnet Michael navltt John Dion md their
ment, and that we :, condemn he ''ti aotion
OF the Government in arrcsttn9 and ia
eie nan df 3 m british oastes The patI
thAt movement and. that as further expression
ot our sympathy we recommend to the various
the funds IN their control lie forwarded br then,
10 the National Treasurer, to be tmmedInteIy
TRANSMITTED by him ~ the Treasurer of the M
nonal Land Lenguc in Ireland. ~'"
-, RESOLUTIONS of thanks to the members of
the Order in Missouri. and to the municipal
officials and citizens Of St. Louis for cour-
tesles received, were also adopted.
, 1881-05-15
presented more favorable aspect, and that
she has passed 4 more comfortable day.
BLUE LAWS.
WHAT INVESTIGATION HAS DONE

oA u IL AkA "
WHAT INVESTIGATION HAS DONE
Speeial Dispatch to Thu. Chicago Trtbun=.
WASHINGTON, D. e., May 14.-An Inquiry
Made by a person opposed to Bob 1ngersolPs
lectures on infi1ellty on Sunday here has
resulted in the opinion from the law officer
Of the District disclosing some curious law
There is no modern Sunday LAW here. The
statutes Of the old Maryland colonies prevail.
Tho penalty for violating the Sabbath is a
hundred pounds of t0bacco. There is no
law to prevent theatres from opening or
A[r.. 1nsersoll from lecturng on Sun
day. There is, however, severe old Mary
land law against blasphe1ny or denial
of the Trinity, and the statute,
il strictly enforced, would prevent the cler
gyn.cn from performing their functions on
Sunday. The penalty for. denying the
Trinity, under the law which Di5tricr-.At tor
Ney Riddle declares is still in force is that
Offenders, for the first otfense, shall be bored
through the tongue and fined E20, and in
case the fine cannot be pail the offender Is
to Imprisoned six months. In the event Of Il
SECOND 0tfcnse, the offender shall have the
letter s. B burned in lis forehead. Rather
serious penalty for Col. lngersolli
, 1881-05-15

ST.. PAUL, Mimi, May II. a terrific storm
OF wind and rain, accompanied by thunder
and lightning, which passed over the city
between and o'clock this morning, awoke
the citizens unpleasantly sudden. The first
Impressions were Of great thunderbolts
hurled, as 1t were, through space. Vivid
lightning surcharged the atmosphere and:
presented at frequent intervals great sheets
OF flame. The rain, while it lasted, was very
heavy, and accompanied BY hailstones as
large rs pea. The rattling Of the hail,
the swinging Of the trees, the ter
ritlc thunder and lightning, ard
the roaring rain combined to make
scene fearful to contemplate. The rain
fall is reported by the signal Office to havs
been over half an inch. The damage outside
the lines is not supposed to be very great,
as far as known there was no DANA ge in th
city. There are reports Of damage by light :.
ming in the rural districts, but the informar
ton is very meagre. The telegraph lines be- )
tween here and Milwaukee, Duluth, and
other points are down. Some of the wires Of
the RAILROAD offices were destroyed, but be-
yond that there Is no loss. Railroad ofia
lines IN good order this afternoon.