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Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02

In the new penal code which went into operation in New York yesterday there is 8 section which says that 'whoever, with in tent to take his own life, commits upon him self any act dangerous to human life which, if committed upon or towards another per son and followed by death a consequence, would render the perpetrator chargeable with homicide, is guilty of attempting suicide" This attempt is next declared to be felony punishable by imprisonment in State pris- on not exceeding two years or by a fine of not more than $ ,OOO, or by both penalties These provisions seem to be of doubtful ex- pediency, though it is alleged that similar provisions have diminished the number of suicides in Germany.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02

MT Alonzo A. Townsend, the present eff cient Councilman from the Ninth ward, and if elected Alderman MT. Townsend will vote so as to maintain non partisan com- missions. Every voter of the Ninth ward who wishes the city government conducted on safe and tried principles not controlled by clique of partisan politicians, should vote for him If you wish to see the present chiefs of police and fire departments set aside to make room for active politicians, vote for Barlow. If you wish non partisan boards working in the interests of no party, but for the good of the entire city, vote for Alonzo A. Townsend
 NINTH WARD TAXPAYER.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02
NONIIN ATED.

Blood will tell ;'' so be careful how you
 make confidants of your relations. Boston
 Saturday Egeninq Gaaettc.
 Someone has made the novel discovery that
 the cat is nowhere mentioned in the Bible It
 is also observable that neither is the boot
 jack.-Bost0na Post
 s'Do not put articles which have held milk
 into hot water," says domestic recipe. Is
 this an adnonition not to drop the baby into the wash boiler ?-B0st0n Commercial BuI-
 letin.
 It was written Good for nervousness is
 a characteristic of celery;'' but the intelli- gent compositor rendered it, Good for nothingness is a characteristic of the clergy" -CH71stian at Vork. very pretty girl in Missouri prevented a collision by waving her apron. Had she re- mained out of sight the result would have been the same, however, as then the engineers
 would have been watching the track instead
 of looking at the pretty girl.-Phtladelphto
 Neaos.
 Canadian minister who found punched half dollar in the contribution box phiIo- sophically said to his congregation 'Let us be thankful that the good brother had this silver coin with hole ir it, for otherwise he might have given only cent "-B0st0n Globe.
 Down quilts can be bought for $50. They
 are so light in weight that on a cold winter 1 night you imagine you freezing until you
 get up and pile all your clothes on top of it :; I then you go to sleep and dream that you have tumbIed down the crater of a volcano and
 can't get .-PhiGadelpti0 Neaos The old judge, who has always been looked upon as the possessor of al iron constitu- tion, calls upon his doctor. ''You here ?' says the physician in astonishment; 'what can be the matter ?" Well, doctor, the fact is that I am getting to be little uneasy about l the state of my health.'' "Ah. And where is the trouble :? In the head? Stomach ?" No, they're all right, but of late have been suffering a good deal from insomna-in court. ."-F1Oao tte F7'e7ach Oh, king of the fiddle, Wilhelmj, If truly you love me just tellmj. Just answer my sigh, By the glance of your eye Be hGnest and don't try to sellmj. With rapture your music did thrillmj, With pleasure supreme did it hllmj, And if could believe That you meant to deceive In,iT nk lmi
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02

Within 8 radius of fifty miles of Boston there are about twenty distinct railroad com panies, owning over 400 miles of track and GOO stations. Each rod has it's own cars, and up to five years ago the majority of lines computed the mileage of cars of other con- panies travelling over their lines by waybill system, involving a most costly clerical staff. But for five years the accounts have been set tied for most of the roads by a railroad clear ing house in Boston, which employs about seventy clerks. At the end of every month the mileage of cars is computed, the debts compared, and the balances ascertained. The clearing house then pays the companies to whom balances are due, and draws on those from whom balances are due. It is proposed to establish a similar organization for lines centering in Chicago.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Professor Brooks, of the Phelps observa- tory in New York, asks for prayers for clear weather on the 9th of December, to enable the astronomers to view the transit of Venus.
 Twenty-three thousand Michigan Republi- cans did not vote at the late election, And it is estimated that more than three quarters of the Prohibition vote came from the Re- publican ranks, and not only defeated the head of the Republican ticket, but also, in some cases, drew off votes enough to defeat Republican candidates for the Legislature who were pledged to the submission to the people of a prohibitory amendment
 Business must be brisk in Texas, judging from the action taken recently by the Meth odist Conference in Austin. The Conference found that the temptations held out to preachers in that State to engage in secular pursuits, and thereby to neglect their duties as ministers of the gospel, are so numerous and so strong that an official warning was needed. resolution accordingly passed pointing out the necessity of drawing the line closely between worldlness and Christi anity.
 The Free Traders of the First Congression- al district of Michigan have issued a circular suggesting that national convention of ad- vocates of free trade be held at Detroit Tor some other suitable place." during the com Ing winter. The purpose of the convention will be to perfect the national organization of the free traders of the United States, and to consider the propriety of forming an 'Inde- pendent Free Trade party" David A. Wells and Thomas G. Shearman it is stated, have promised to attend the convention, which will probably be held during the holi- days.
 The attempt of the clergymen of Troy, New York; to compel an enforcement of the Sunday laws has brought to the surface an interesting question. The section devoted to 1 the subject in the revised penal code of New York is very stringent, and it applies to the rolling mills and blast furnaces as we'll as to , the liquor saloons. The rolling mills keep enough hands at work on Sunday to tend the fires and start the works in considerable force Sunday night The stoppage of labor 1 under the new code over Sunday would en- tail weekly loss of about $S2,OOO The blast furnaces cannot stop without immense loss. .-
 i MT. McVeagh has written letter in which while commenting the recent removals he says "In the strict confidence, however, ir which one writes to newspaper will admit that at this distance from the seat of govern ment one does not clearly see why if 'the off cial atmosphere' of the City Hall was to b, purified Henry was taken and 'Corkhil
 left,' nor if abuse of the prosecutors of th'
 Star route frauds was to be punished, why
 Helm was dismissed from the printing office
 for publishing Brady's Caftic while Gorhal
 is promoted to be editor in chief of the ad
 ministration organ for editing Brady's Rt
 publican. These be mysteries eff
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02

The St. Gothard tunnel and railroad do not promise to be brilliant success as an in vestment. A Genoa correspondent of the London Times points out that the sanguine hopes formed have not been realized yet and asserts that the stockholders, who subscribed 5000, ,OOO francs toward the capital of the new line, are growing less enthusiastic to the profits of their investment The princi- pal reason for the slow. development of Ge- noa as an export port is that the harbor works have been carried on very slowly, and that consequently, the cost of loading and unloading is still much heavier than at Mar seilles. The defective transport facilities constitute a second obstacle to the progress of Genoa and, finally, the elevated railroad tariffs enough in themselves to prevent the development of the port. So long as the French can forward goods by the route from Marseilles via Basic and Mulhouse at cheaper rates than by the Gothard lne the latter will never attain very great importance.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02
BREATHING HER LAST.

Mrs. Slocum' fell without moan and lay motionless. ''Si Slocum" lay in a swoon behind her. The actors were discreetly si lent. As soon as the curtain fell Miss Won Behren was carefully borne to her stateroom. A surgeon arrived immediately. It was no use; she never moaned or spoke and scarce ly moved. In fifteen minutes after the bullet struck her she was corpse. Frayne was also carried to stateroom As soon as he recovered sufficiently he came and knelt down by the side of the almost lifeless girl and pleaded with her to speak. She heard nothing and gave no signs of consciousness. That stage a chamber of death with all it's accompaniments. The actors rushed to their rooms after the death scene and gave way to overwhelming grief.
 Frank Frayne was taken to the station and locked up on a charge of murder. When taken there he said to the officers: Make the charge as severe you can Make it the worst "
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02
WHERE THE BALL ENTERED.

The ball entered Miss Won Bchren's fore- head two inches above the left eye and half an inch to the left of the median line. The apple on her head rested on hat and the bottom of the apple was four inches above makeup of her hair and hat it appeared much nearer. The distance was thirty feet the width of the little stage. The shot vas Frayne's usual back shot, using the mirror The place where the ball struck the girls forehead was directly in plumb line below the centre of the apple. The rife used was 32 calibre breech loading cartridge rifle, made for Frank Frayne and used by him six years in this act.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02
Saturday. Dec. 2, 1852.
CITIZENS TICKET.

IOWn Ou1C6rS.
 For SeIectmen. LOUIS FELDMAN, WILLIAM s. BEECHER, ELIZUR H. SHERRY, HENRY w. CRAWFORD.
 For Assessors. ELIAS P. MERRIMAN, GRISWOLD I. GILBERT, ROBERT E. BALDWIN.
 For Town Clerk, CHARLES R. SPIEGEL.
 For Treasurer, HARMANUS M. WEIGH. For Collector of Taxes, THEODORE A. FUTILE For Auditor of Town Accounts, JAMES M. MASON. For Registrar of Voters, EDWARD F. MERRILL. For Registrar Of Births, Marriages am
 Deaths, FREDFPTHK
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02

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Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02
COMMUNICATIONS.

A Word to the Ninth Ward Republicans. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Last year when Alderman Griffin was a candidate in the Ninth ward he was put be- fore the voters as sort of Independent, and many Republicans voted for him, some on that account and some on account of personal friendship. He owed his election to those Republican voters. When he got into the Aldermanic chamber he became rank parti san and did all that was asked of him to over turn and destroy present system of non partisan commissioners, taking meekly and voting the ballots that were handed him by the bill weather of the flock. This year Mr. John Barlow, Greenbacker. is to be pre- scented as candidate, in the belief that his Republican appropriateness will overlook the effect of his election and vote for him. Mir. Barlow is pledged, if elected, to follow MT. Griffin's example and vote to destroy our present system of non partisan commis- sioners. It is to be hoped that no Republi- can and no Independent voter will permit personal relations to lead them to vote to place MT. Barlow where he can do so much harm to the cause of good local government by placing the three great departments of the city government into the hands of un- scrupulous Democratic politicians.
 For me, I cannot extend personal favors so far, and trust that no Ninth ward Repub- can will lend himself or his vote to the scheme NINTH WARD.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02
FRANK FRAYNE's CAREEI

Frank I Frayne was born in Danville, Boyle county, Ky, in 1840. He made his first appearance on the stage as an amateur at the age of twelve. When quite a boy he was very skillful with the rifle, and cultiva- ting his talent, became excellent shot. At political barbecues ill his native State he used to shoot at and pierce tin cup at fifty or sixty yards distant the cup being placed on a boys head. In 1860 he made his debut as q professional at the Old National Theater, Vine street, Cincinnati. In time he essayed the parts of Hamlet, Romeo, Othello, &c. , but made no mark in them. His forte was sensational melodrama, and for many years past he has acted only in exciting plays where opportunities for exhibiting his wondrous skill with the rifle arc given. With his play, ''Si Slocum,' he has travelled over the Uni, ted States with considerable success. His late wife was Miss Clara Butler, a good singer and fair actress and also a splendid rifle shot He was quite favorite in this city, and his sensational drama, his trained dogs and ponies always secured him large ou6apoaS
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02
Killed on the Stage.

Shocking Occurrence Before an Audience
 in Cincinnati Theater-Frn K
 Erayne's Fatal Shot-Sending a Ball
 Through the Brain of a Woman.
 From the New York Herald.l
 CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 3O.-The play of ''Si Slocum" ended with a real tragedy at the end of the fourth act at the matinee in the Colise- um Theater over the Rhine, this afternoon. Frank Frayne's company was playing, with Frayne as ''Si Slocum," and Miss Annie Von Behren Mrs. Lucy Slocum." The house is new one and has only been in use two weeks. To. day it was crowded with people, all the seats being taken, while the standing room was also filled with spectators. It be- being Thanksgiving Day the people and the performers were in good humor and in ap parently full sympathy with each other. The audience appeared to be delighted and applauded generously and the performers were stimulated to the top of their bent. Everything went off brilliantly till the end of the fourth act, when the villain Markham, who has captured Si Slocum, says, 'I'll have you shoot the apple off your wife's head, and with the backward shot"
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02

s Immediately the manager came out and an- nounced that slight accident had occurred and it was thought best not to give the fifth act, for which reason the play would now end. The audience had up to this time sus- pected that this was surprise introduced into the play and that it was mere fegning. Some had applauded Many, however, suspected an accident, but none seemed to have known it. Up to this time not a moan or cry had been uttered on the stage
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02
THE FATAL SHOT.

Miss Von Behren, who has been perform ing in that r0le since the death of Frank Frayne's own wife, some two years ago, was taking the character of Lucy this afternoon. She stepped lightly to her post, where she stood with the apple on her head looking the very personification of wifely trustfulness and confidence. Si Slocum adjusted his mir TOT slowly. The wife was thirty feet away. His aim deliberate and slow and he was never more steady of nerve. Bang ! went the rife. The apple didn't fall but the girl dropped full length backward with a dull
 heavy thud on the floor and the apple rolled away toward the footlights Her face was partly hidden behind wing of the scenes
 With the flash of his rifle Frayne himself sprang as if he had been shot, and turning toward the prostrate girl in wild, plunging staggering sort of way, till he fell on the floor beside her, with one arm resting on her body. The curtain then fell over all
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02
WHAT THE MARKsMAN SAYS.

He says the spring catch near the breech of the barrel, which holds it down after load ing, broke or failed, and that the stroke of the hammer on the cartridge threw the breech up and depressed the muzzle at the moment of firing so as to throw the ball downward. He also says that with the apple placed as it was a fairly good shot would never miss it except by some such accident as this. He says he always examines this gun as to it's condition before shooting and did day. People in the audience who have seen him perform the feat score of times say his nerves never appeared more steady than they did this af- ternoon. About six years ago, at Woods Theatre, in the same piece, with his wife act ing the part of Ruth Slocum, he shot one of the stage supes in the foot The rife was an old-fashioned Kentucky piece, and the ball before striking the mans foot passed through the apple and also through heavy
 button of oak wood placed behind it to stop it. He then explained how careful he was in examining his rifles on such occasions ana
 how safe 1t was in his hands, and how he used to employ a navy revolver and shoot apples off several peoples heads till the au- thorities forbade it.
 Visitors at the theatre did not learn of the gravity of the affair till nearly an hour after it's occurrence. The feeling here is universal that the law should forbid such a dangerous
 use of weapons in theatrical performances There is much sympathy, however, for Frayne in his present state of mind.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02
Sournal anO Courier.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
 HARRINGTON & CO.,, No. 100 State Street, Courier Building
 JOHN B. oARRNaroN. HOWARD T. oARRINaToN. B.. oABRIN9ToH, Jn
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02
The Ninth Ward Election.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 The election on Tuesday next of an Alder man for the Ninth ward, in which reside and own property, is one of more than usual importance to the taxpayers of the ward, as we'll as to all property owners ill the city. It is pretty well known by many of the voters, but not by all, that the choice of our Alder man will determine the composition of our Board of Public Works and the Boards of Police and Fire Commissioners for the next three years, whether they are to remain as now, virtually non partisan, or are to be made partisan boards, to be managed and di- rected in the interest of political rabal.
 For nearly two years we have lived under the non partisan system with three commits sioners of each party in each board and 1t has given satisfaction to all except the ex- treme partisans. The fire department has maintained it's good reputation, the police de- pertinent has proved itself much more eff i cient than before, and unfavorable criticism l is much less frequent, and the Board of Pub i lie Works has succeeded under n very favora
 ble contract (persistently opposed by the bit i terly partisan Democrats in the Board) ir cleaning streets better and cheaper than eve, before, and has just renewed a contract fol ' still better work on an estimated saving o1 $1O, 900. Now why should all this be changed | to accommodate set of politicians seeking office and plunder? The nominations are no yet maue' put NIT. Jonu DarloW is to De pre-
 sented to the electors of the Nintl ward as $ candidate for Alderman
 He is pledged if elected, to SC
 vote as to make the boards partisan and st destroy the present save system. In a worc
 to make the boards powerful political ma
 chimes, and the police, fire and road depart
 ments an asylum for political ward strikers
 To-day neither party controls these boards
 No business man, no taxpayer, should wisl
 to change it. In order to continue thes
 boards as they are it is necessary to vote fo
 some other candidate than Mir. Barlow
 Opposed to Mir. Barlow will probably b
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02

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Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-02
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

Bingham School has been made a post
office. with II clever friend, G. White,
Esq. postmaster Mail, and passen-
gers will lie put off hereafter at the
school, and tickets will be sold at the
,chool.- Glotaer.
Greensboro Patriot. The Nortt
Carolina members of Congress are a uni
N demanding the total abolition OF The
internal revenue laws. -Ralelgh Is mod
es,ly entertaining, this week. the Metho-
HIST Conference, the Supreme Court, The
United States Circuit court, the GRAND
Lodge and Humpty Dump,y. OuI
Information from Conference Is that Dr..
4. ". Mangum will be elected president
If Trinity o.Iege. and that Co l~ference
iii relieve the institution Of | er luancla
embarrassment.
Mr.. Gladstone has resigned the Chan
celiorship OF the ENchequer and Rlgh'
Hon. Hugh c. Childers has been ap
pointed to succeed him.-Alex
Dockerv. colored. murdered two negr,
men who had been ~crimlnately intlmat,
with his wife. at Lilesvllle. y. c..
Five lives were lost at the great fire a
Kinston. Jamaica: 100 stores III all were
burned: the fire was OF incendiary or.
ON. began on Monday and was not ex
tincuished until Wednesday.--Sixt,
railroad coaches burned at Bay Ridge
y. Y; loss 500, 00O.Iwo arrest
have been made in dublin, Ireland, IL
connection with the murders OF Lor'
Cayendish and Mr.. Burke.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
Spectators Going Crazy

Buffalo, Dee "A special from OleaI
reports the mysterious disappearance oi
Angus Potter aud Potter Manners, tao
men well known in that locality, who
were very wealthy lL.,y were rune
during the recent ~tiurrie, in oil. 1t is De
lieveG they have committed suicide.
John Ford. a heavy operator al PITS
ieid, ha~ become a ratlDg mania
through the loss of his fortune, whles
vas swept away III a week. Ford T..
been taken 10 an asylum. P"y>icia. J:
say his reason is entirely dethroned, ar
there is lttle hope of his recovery. The
disastrous results of the great oil panlC
are becoming more apparent daily. Hun
dreds of persons have been utterly ruined
or seriously crippled. The demoraliza.
ton wrought in western New York ano
north Pennsylvania equals that expert
euced by Jay Cooke 4 COS failure. II
Is estimated that between - 900, 600 anc
50, 900, 900 have been lost during the
craze. Ia some places where the reac
ton has set in business l. para yzed.
Merchants of hitherto good standing
have been bankrupted AID compelled L
close their establishments, while people
generally are put to their wits end &c
obtain fun DIS 10 iiquidate their bills, SC
little o is In circulation.