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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-29
A Case with Romance and Deep Mystery.


A SPECIAL dispatch from Provi-
n dence Rhode Island, says The
Quaker portion of this community has
been rocked to its very centre over the
tragic death of one of their society,
very pretty little blonde, thirty-one
years of age, and named Elsie Ann
Chace Miss Chace was the only
daughter of Collins and Elsie M.
Chace, and lived with her parents ON
the old Chace farm, near the Pawtuck-
ct line in the northern suberbs Of the
city. Her father died two or three
years ago, and, leaving no will, one
third of his estate went to his widow
and two-t thirds to his daughter After
Collins Chace died, Neil Nelson, a
Swede, was employed by the widow
as a man of all work. Nelson was
thirty three years old, good looking
mild hammered, unobtrusive, of good
reputation, but almost unable to con
verse except in his native tongue
During his engagement as general
utility man about the farm, he became
very much attached to Elsie, who fire.
quently accompanied him into the
field and about the farm, apparently
reciprocating his attachment. Her
mother was much averse to her mar
rying anyone, and being literally un-
der her mothers thumb her life was
anything but a happy one However,
Nelson persuaded Elsie to marry him,
and on October "a, 1880, the two
drove to East Providence, where they
were united by Rev. L. S. Woodworth
of Rumford. Their marriage was a
clandestine one. Elsie met. him at the
trysting place, and going to Pawtuck-
ct they hired team and drove to the
place where they were married. After
the ceremony certificate was asked
for, but as Mr.. Woodwork did not
have any blanks with him they were
forced to return home without it,
though one was afterward sent to
Nelson by the town clerk of East
Providence.
Elsie told her mother of the mar
riage on the following morning, and,
as expected, row ensued For q day
or two Mrs. Chace refused to recognize
her son-in-law, but afterward she ap-
peared to have relented, and Nelson
and his wife maintained anatfectionate
relationship that promised to be last
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-29
Why He Suffered.

After little dissertation ON the
troubles and annoyances of hotel
clerks, San Francisco paper relates
the following anecdote. A recent
visitor from Australia was rather taken
aback the other day by the poiteness
OF the - Hotel, where he had taken
up his quarters The day after his
arrival, which happened to be one of
the windiest of the season, he went
out for a stroll around the streets of
Frisco to see the sights and exhibit
his linen covered hemlet. He return
ed to the hotel rubbing his eyes and
very much disgusted, remarked to
the clerk:
"You have great deal of dust here
in San Francisco"
"Y-a-s, drawled the clerk, II suffer
from it myself
"Weak eyes," inquired the stranger.
"No, sir.
"Your lungs are effected then p
"Not much, yawned the clerk.
SIN what way then, do you suffer
from the dust 2" asked the somewhat
surprised Australian.
''By hearing about sixty times an
hour every fool who comes in here
say, You have good deal of dust
here in San Francisco. "
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-29
Husbands, on Commission

A Chicago merchant accompanied a
Milwaukee gentleman-an old friend
to his home, where he had been
many times guest before. In con
versation with the charming daughter
of his host, he rallied her ON her con
tinuance in a state OF single blessed
ness. She replied that none of the
Milwaukee beaux were to her taste,
and in an Indifferent way inquired if
Chicago had any nice young men dis
engaged. Receiving an affirmative
reply, she remained minute or two
in a brown study, and then brighten
ing up, said in bantering tone:
"Well, you are commission mer-
chant; send me down nice young
man and I viii allow YOU commission
of 10 cents pound.
The Milwaukee girl got her nice
young man in due time. The commits
sion charges were just 1880.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-29
Vision of a Shipwreck in the
Gulf Of Suez.

IN 1869 was in Suez, in command
L of the British steamship Neera, be-
longing to the Bombay and Bengal
steamship company-a company own
ing line of steamers born of the
necessities of the manufacturing world
when the supply of American cotton
was so largely cut off by the war of
the rebellion. The line was under the
management of VIM. F. Stearns, now
deceased, son of the late Professor
Stearns, of Amherst College, man
who, going to India penniless, devel-
oped qualities which enabled him to
rise on the food-tide of prosperity to
colossal fortune and high social posi-
ton, but, as it proved, only to see his
riches float out on the receding tide,
and leave his family but poorly pro
vided for at his untimely death.
The Neera was lying in Suez Roads,
the canal not being yet open, awaiting
passengers, etc, before sailing on her
return voyage to Bombay. The Pen
insular and Oriental company's steam
ship Carnatic was also about ready to
sail for the same port, and only wait
ing mails and passengers. 1t happen
ed that the passengers for the two
steamers came across the Isthmus
together, and that two old friends and
schoolmates met, the one to join the
Neera and the other the Carnatic A
day was spent by the friends, who
unexpectedly met on the Egyptian
desert, in recounting their experience
since they last parted, and, naturally
enough, there was good deal Of
badinage between them as to the com
parative merits of the two steamers,
and as to which should first land on
the ''coral strand" upon which these
''grifins' were to be initiated into their
duties in the "Civil Service" to which
they had been newly appointed
The Carnatic was the first to be
ready, and sailed from Suez in the
morning; the Neera left early in the
evening, some ten or twelve hours
after the mail steamer. The night
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-29
How the Bet Was Settled.

A BARTENDER always takes the
n opposite view of everything. The
other day Mr. Gallagher was in a
Court street saloon and tipped his
chair too far back and went over and
jammed his head into cuspador and
was considerably hurt.
The incident annoyed him, and the
bartender told him he hadn't ought to
swear Gallagher said that under the
influence of sudden pain five men out
of six would swear
The bartender wouldn't believe it,
and the result was bet. Then, for
the test, Gallagher got an ordinary
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-29
Select Poetry.
WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER.

BY A DISPLACED TnREE-YEAR OLD.
Muzzer bought baby,
'Ittle bitsy sing;
Sink mos could put him
Frou my rubber ring.
Amt he awful ugly?
Amt he awful plnkl
"Just come down from heaven"
Watts tib, l sink.
Doctor told anozzer
Great big awful lie;
Nose amt out of joint zen,
Vat amt why l cry.
Mamma stays up bedroom
Guess he makes her sick;
Frow him in re gutter,
If l can right quick.
Cuddle him and love him
Call him "Bressed sing
Don't care If my kitten amt
Got bit of string
Send me off with Biddy
Every single day.
"Be good boy, Charlie
Run away and play"
"Sink ought to love him !"
No, l won't so zare
Massey, crying baby,
Not got any hair,
Got all my nice kisses,
Got my place in bed,
Mean to take my drum stick,
And crack him on the head.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-29

BY A DISPLACED TnREE-YEAR OLD.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-17
Hundreds OF Lives Reported Lost.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.

Special to the Cincinnati Commercial
DETROIT, MICH, Sept. THE
horror which seemed impending
yesterday has already been more than
realized. and at this writing the dis
aster of 1871 seems but a bonfire when
compared with the flaming swath
that has already been cut through
the great woods of Northern Michi-
gan along the shores of Lake Huron,
lying waste towns and villages, and
desolating the homes of the farmers
who have by years of ceasless toll,
given this State much of its wealth.
Reports of destruction and death are
coming in from many parts of the
State many of the details being too
terrible to be true.
AT Port Sanilac, on Lake Huron,
fierce northeast wind sprung up
this morning and the farm houses
which escaped the fury of the flames
yesterday were soon licked up. All
business is suspended and the whole
populace are fighting the fire. In
Foster township many entire families
are missing, and ten persons are
known to have persisted.
The village of Cato was burned
Monday and Richmondville and
every house two miles north are
burned.
| Carson, town on the Port Huron
and Northwestern railway, was burn
ed last night and forty lives are re-
ported lost. Nothing is left of Bad
axe but the court house and one hotel.
Verona Mills has also been des-
troyed. Huron City, Harwood, Vale,
and the entire town of Port Hope
have been reduced to ashes.
A dispatch has been received from
Sapd Beach Station. that ten bodies
had been brought there and that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-17

While the fact cannot be disputed
that the use of intoxicating liquors is
daily on the increase in this country,
and that to it can be truthfully attrib-
uted large percentage of crime,
the consumption of opinion is also a
dangerous habit and one that appears
to be growing with alarming rapidity.
The use of this destroying drug in
our city has largely increased, and if
there is any possible means of check
ing the evil it should be promptly
applied. A distinguished physician
recently contributed to one of our
leading journals an interesting paper
on the subject, in which he declared
the hypodermic syringe the Course
of modern SCIENCE" Once fully &C.
quired, it Appeals to be impossible
for the victim of opium to shake off
the pernicious habit. Many instances
are recorded where the victim of in
temperate habits has had the moral
force to abandon them, but it is
rarely the case that the mOrphia vic.
tim reforms. Statistics on the subject
are necessarily imperfect, but enough
has been ascertained to show that
there are more than quarter of q
million opium-eaters In the United
States, three-fourths of whom are
women, and that the vice is spread
ing rapidly. The subject is one that
demands speedy and practical legis-
lation, unless we are prepared TO
accept opium. eating as custom
among us. The efforts of physicians,
ministers of the Gospel and others to
arrest the habit appear thus far to
have amounted to nothing at all. and
legal measures appear to he the only
means for mitigating or suppressing
the evil. -Bdlto. Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-17
Meeting of the Republican State Gen.
trail Committee.

The Republican State Central Com
mittee met at Concordia Opera House
Baltimore, at IL o'clock Wednesday.
18th. H. Stockbridge. Chairman !;
Messrs. J. Weatherby and w. H. A.
Hamilton, Secretaries. All counties
represented except Garrett and Dor
chester. Fifty-eight members pres
ent.
} Wednesday. October 5th, was fixed
as the date of holding State Conyen-
ton to nominate candidate for State
Comptroller, and Cambridge selected
as the place for Convention to meet.
New State Central Committee will
also meet and organize there after
adjournment of Convention.
Judicial Nominating Convention
for Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, will
meet at Bowie, Prince Georges coun.
ty. Thursday. September 29th, and
that for the Sixth Judicial Circuit at
Frederick on the same day.
The calling of Primaries and fixing
of times and places of holding Coun-
ty Conventions was referred to the
County Committees, and the repre-
sentation in State Convention for
each county was fixed at what it will
be in the next Legislature under the
new appointment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-17
Let Harmony Prevail.

The following from the Frederick
Examiner, will apply with equal
force to the Republicans of this coun-
ty:
1t is sincerely to be hoped. just now
upon the eve of the meeting of the
Republican County Convention, that
the utmost harmony may prevail,
and that no chickering's will enter into
It's proceedings. That every man
who is an aspirant for nomination to
any of the places upon the ticket to
be put in the field, will enter the con-
vention with the determination to
abide cheerfully by its decision, and
heartily and zealously support the
nominees of the convention, and
pledge their friends to do the same,
without regard to personal feeling.
No man is worthy of the considera-
ton ola County Convention who will
ask a nomination at its hands, and
then refuse honorably and willingly
to abide by its decision. Let the
friends and supporters of individual
candidates use every honorable
means in their power to advance the
interests of their fayorltes, but hay.
ing done this let them gracefully &C.
quiesce in the will OF the majority
We do not apprehend that there will
arise any unfortunate dilemma but 8
word to the wise is sufficient.
The Republican party in this coun,
ty has had sufficient experience t.
have learned, that its greatest danger
of defeat lies within itself. and there
fore every precaution should be taker
to prevent if possible any rupture
within the ranks, This can but bt
done by the aspirants themselves
and we trust that no man who is no
sufficiently loyal to the party TO abide
its decision, will attempt to presen
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-17
SATURDAY, SEPT. II. 1881.
Attention, Republicans.

The Republican voters of Garrett
county are requested to assemble in
primary meetings in their respective
districts on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER oath,
at 8 o'clock, P. M, to elect five (5l
delegates from each district to attend
the county nominating convention
at Oakland. on
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th,
TO nominate county ticket ; and also
to elect three delegates to represent
this county in State Convention to
be held at Cambridge, Nd, Oct. 9Th,
for the purpose of nominating a cam
didate for Comptroller. The Con-
yention will also select new central
committee for the county.
The members of the district COM
mittees viii please make arrange
ments for the primaries in their
respective districts.
By order of the cemmitte.
A. G. STURGISS,
Chairman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-17
Bourbon Confessions.

When the result of the late Presi-
dental election was known some OF
the Southeran Bourbon papers con-
fessed their folly. Said the Memphis
(Tenn.) appeal:
The Solid South stands almost
alone for the Democratic principles.
The Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Jou'-
nal said:
The Democratic party, which in
1860 made WantOn attempt to take
its own life, and did precipitate the
country into a costly, bloody, and
senseless war, has been laundering
about ever since without rudder or
compass, selling every expedient.
catching at every straw, all things
by turns and nothing long.
The Charleston Is. CO. Neaos and
Courier said
Since the confederate war ended
the national Democratic party has
been fighting against the logic of
events. 1t has been party of OBJ
struction and negation.
Ana again:
In losing politically the South loses
in pocket and in peace of mind. Will
the South remain on the losing side L?
Said the Richmond (Va.l State:
Virginia occupies II peculiar posi-
ton. She is in the very middle of
the country, and geographically
should be its commercial, industrial.
and political centre; but she is divi-
ded between a question of sentiment
and self.interest. While all her in
terests, commercial, financial, and
industrial, are with the North, yet
she is bound to the South by bond
of sympathy and sentiment which
it is difficult to overcome, and that
is just what makes the Solid South
so solid. II is not interest, but senti-
ment, and the future alone can tell
which will prove the stronger.
Why don't they say so now?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-17

amount insured. An immediate SUI
ply of seed wheat is necessary to
plant, so as to secure a crop for next
year. Every steamer that can be
obtained at Detroit has been pressed
into the service to carry supplies. and
every train over the little narrow
gauge railroad through the country
has been loaded in the same way.
The revenue cutter Perry has also left
with load of goods.
The question of how to provide
medical relief for those injured by the
fire is an embarrassing one. Physi-
clans were not plenty in the district
which has been burned out, anil now
most of them are without medicines
or instruments. Many people who
escaped with their lives have lost
eyes or have parts of their persons so
badly burned that only the best care
will make it possible for them to re-
cover. A temporary hospital has
been established at Minden, where
those who can be moved are taken
when not otherwise provided for.
The scenes here are heartrending.
Many of the sufferers are Poles, and
it is therefore almost impossible to
learn anything from them, Senator
Omar d. Conger, of Port Huron, tel
Agraphed Farther Ernest Vandyke
FOR corps of nurses from the Sisters
of Charity, to be sent to Minden, and
the request was promptly complied
with. The medical colleges of De-
troit have sent corps of surgeons
and supply of medicines to the
principal points in Huron and SAM
las counties.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-17
The news from Long Branch is de-

The news from Long Branch is de-
cidedly reassuring. The Presidents
symptoms seem to be so favorable as
to greatly strengthen the hope of his
recovery. His temperature, pulse
and respiration are nearer the normal
than at any time during the past two
weeks. The parotid gland, whose
tumefaction a short while ago was
considered by many able physicians
as fatal sign, has ceased to be a
cause of anxiety; the local disturb
ance in one of the lungs has almost
disappeared, and there are no present
fears of an abscess there. The fact
that the President felt desire to sit
in his reclining chair, and that the
surgeons thought it proper to indulge
him, is, however, the most hopeful
sign of returning strength. That he
should have sat looking out on the
ocean for thirty-five minutes, and re-
turned to his bed not worse but rath-
er better, is strongly suggestive of
convalescence. No drawback is re-
ported as to his digestion. In view
of these encouraging signs, it is hard
to repress feeling of confidence in
his recovery; but there is a painful
silence as to the condition of the
wound. The ball is believed to be
encysted; but the wound appears
sluggish, and granulation either ar.
rested or going on very slowly.
There is thus still a danger of new
assesses and of blood poisoning.
There is room for strong hope, but
the President is by no means out OF
danger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-17
MARYLAND NEWS.

Governor Hamilton was sixtv
years old on Thursday, which was
likewise the twenty.second anniyer-
sary of his marriage.
The SMALLPOX is spreading in Phil
adelphia. Sixty-two new cases were
reported during the last week, and
thirty-seven additional cases ON
Thursday and Friday last.
John Corrigan, who was run over
and lost an arm during the fire at
Homecoming by the special train with
the firemen from Frostburg, has since
died of the injury. He was sixty
FIVE years old and unmarried.
The fire at Homecoming is now at.
tlibutcd to spontaneous combustion.
originated among the hay in the
loft of Mr.. Tully's stable. Tully l.
Co. will resume business in few days
at the old DetmOld store-house with
an Office at their old stand near the
railroad track.
Cool spring, within the limits of
Easton, has dried up, to the great
discomfort of numerous families who
depended on it t0r their drinking
water. This spring never failed be-
fore, within the memory of the
oldest iDhabitant, and the circum-
stance has caused much surprise, ana
other springs in the neighberhOod
are supplying the usual amount Of
water.
The prospects for complete success
at the gold mines in Montgomery
county were never brighter. Mr..
Morgal. who is experimenting the
mines, mas at work now about twenty
five men, and is getting out about
three hundred dollars worth of gold
weekly. Mr.. Morgal's process is
working with the greatest satisfac.
ton. He has had numerous tempt
ing offers made him for the patent,
all of which he has declined. Gen.
Felix Agnus and others of the COM
pany visit the mines weekly. and are
joyous over the prospects.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-17

quent talk about the growth of the
country and the importance of good
mail facilities. This was Mr.. Brady's
strong point, and under this plea he
remained sole judge of the expedi-
ency of service that cost $500 for
the delivery of single letter. If the
Department had begun five years ago
a system of management upon strict
business principles, without consid.
ering the interests of greedy contrac-
tors, doubtless 1t would now be earn
ing all it expends. and this, too, with
a service just as efficient as the pres.
ent.
AT the rate of increase in the
postal revenues for the past three
years, the total receipts VIII reach
fifty millions by 1885. There is no
need of a corresponding increase in
the expenditures. The fast mails are
already established on the railroads,
and the main lines of coach and
horseback transit in the Territories,
which cost so much and return so
little, are in operation. Future ex.
tensions of mail facilities in that re-
gion will be chiefly in the way of
short lines radiating from these main
arteries. The western agricultural
States, where there are many nom
paying routes, are fast filling up with
people, and their mail system will
soon cease to be a burden. In the
Eastern and Middle States the SER
vice returns surplus growing larger
every year. With fifty millions of
income and no unnecessary leaks the
Department will without doubt be
able to pay its way. Mr.. James has
not therefore undertaken an impos-
sible thing, but with his thorough
business-like way Of going at it there
is very strong probability of sue.
cess.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-17
Attempt to Kill Guiteau.

WAsHINGro TON, Sept, 11.-Another
sensational incident in connection
with Guiteau's Imprisonment occur
ed this evening. AS Sergeant Mason
of the second artillery, which is do
ing guard duty there. was being re-
lieved, he took deliberate aim at
Gniteau and fired. He missed Gui-
teau, however, the ball passing about
six inches from his head. The affair
created the most intense excitement
at the Jail. A couple of hours after
the news of the shooting reached the
city in an exaggerated form to effect
that Guiteau had been killed. Ma
son was thought to be intoxicated by
the officer in command of the guard.
He says he was sober, but having
been sick for some days had taken a
great dealaof quinine, which may
have affected his mind. Mason was
placed under arrest and sent to the
drSeHiti, WHeic Hc was Piaceu III CoH-
finement. 1t is said he threatened
ON several occasions that he would
kill Guiteau the first time he had a
good chance. He regretted to night
that he failed to do so, saying that
he tried hard, but had to shoot at
him through two windows from the
outside of the jail.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-17

himself before the convention to ask
its support. ..ba
It is further desirable, that the
ticket should be composed ofthe very
best and most available men TO pc
found in the party, in order that IT
shall command the support not only
of the party. but also of that large
class of independent Democrats VINO
are heartily sick of the corrupt rule
of the managers of the Democratic
party and are eagerly longing for a
change.
Again we say let there be har-
mony, self-sacrifice. and a first.class
ticket.