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D0nHaii EEa5:sed-
LoEDoN. S:IJA -. Dec. Il -eDon-
mel vas hanged at 500 O'Clock this morn
ing. Despite hoisterous and sgualIy
weather. a considerable crowd assembled
at the riiaon at 7o'ociock this morning.
Hundreds uf wur;lmen passing The jail
waited to gaze at the blacl. flge. Among
the crowd Wis O'DouueIFs brother. vino
paced to and fro opposite the flagstaff i'll
the most detected manner. exciting tie
sympathy of all present Ihe hanGman'
arrauseilonts were perfect, AMI the exc
cution occurred without a hitch O'Dou-
nell was calm aud collected, and made
no confession on the scattold.
Willard ;u,i ti,c 9. =. d % Ec q. 4. Go.
New IoEE, Dee. l7.-It is Officially
announced that Henry Willard has le-
signed the Presidency Of the Oregon
Transcuntincntal and Oregon Railroad
and Navigation Compan;ca W Il En-
dicott, Jr., Of Boston, succeeds him us
President Of the Oregon Trapscouiinent-
al Company, and T. Jefferson Coolidge,
of Boston as President of the Oregon
Railroad and Navigation Company.
CGolridge will also enter the Oregon and
Transcontinenta! BOARD of Directors
The reason assigned for The resignation
of Willard IS that he became impressed
with the conviction that it would not be
proper for lin to continue President of
all the company whose management
he has heretofore directed, after thy com
plea II # the Northern Pacific. Willard
soIan wne;:5 a@a nra.a'!y presto G4di-
cott - acr.."s ,he Presidency uf &c re
( goa anscoutiuvai",.
:. syndicate ms taken part OF the
bonds owr5e,; ay the Oregon Transconti-
uen.;.. aruuptiug 70 bo'ween $9,G00,0M
AMI SIoOGl,U06. THIS will relieve the
company OF the larger part ot the debt
of late so buIdeuso!lc. The report dis
TO the condition of the company will be
made in few days. It Is positively as
serted, however, that the report will show
on hand aggregate stock fully equal to
the amount held at the time Of the an.
nual report in June last.
Oregon 'TTnU~ronsineutGI.
Fred Billings has severed his co lnec,
ton Will, The Oregon TransoontineutaI
! Company, and Ralston. of the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company, has been ap,
pointed on the O. T. Investigating Com.
mittcc with Farbre and Endicott.
, 1883-12-20

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, 1883-12-20
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Fort Townsend. Sept. y, is
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11

graph post before he knew it, and hold.
ing up any number of telegraph wires
from two to twenty.
An illustration is furnished by the ex-
perience Of John street landlord, who
was informed in the spring by one of the
tenants Of his store that the roof of the
building had suddenly become leaky.
The tenant added that good many tele-
graph men went up stairs through the
building every day, and that ON one day
he had counted seventeen. The land
lord at once visited the roof, and to his
amazement he found that it supported q
frame carrying twenty or thirty tele.
graph wires, which had been placed
there without his knowledge or consent.
and that the leak had been occasionei
by the damage done to the roof in put
ting it up. Upon inquiry he succeeded
in ascertaining that three corporations
were responsible for the injury, but each
Insisted that he had no proof that the
linemen of tie company we're charge
able with any particular portion of the
damage. All that be could say in re-
Spouse was that the three companies
ought to unite in compromising him for
his loss in consequence of the leak, and
apportion the damages among them
selves. This they declined to do, how
ever. Two of them paid one-third each,
and the other nothing at all.-New York
Guu
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11

force of the blow struck him by a woman
may be estimated when this remembered.
The mother of feeling, a youth imph-
GATED in the rebellion of 1898, vainly be-
sought Of Csstlereagh the pardon OF her
son. Bathed in tears she turned away
from him, saying: "You can not com
prehend my feelings. my lord. I remem-
Der you have no child"
Previous to the outbreak of the re-
bellion Of '98 there was noted prison at
Geneva, in the county of Wexford, into
which tho husband Of one young woman
and the betrothed Of another we're
thrown. The women were permitted to
visit the prisoners. Finally they ex-
changed clothes, and tho young men
escaped. As they were only yeomen,
and their women peasant girls, this act,
identical with the escape of that of
Lavalette in the dress of the countess,
his wife, was not landed to the skies and
handed down in history as wonderful
instance of feminine heroism. On the
contrary, when the girls we're found oc-
cupying the mems cells, the rage of the
soldiers was so great that at court
martial they found the women guilty of
having aided the escape of traitors, and
sentenced them to be tossed in blanket
nude. They tore their clothing from
them, and they we're numerically tossed
amid the brutal laughter OF the soldiers
and the assembled crowd. The married
woman died, also her child, prematurely
born in consequence of the treatment.
The young girl-a person Of great beauty
and refnement-was seriously injured
both in mind and body. This girl had
been offered $1,000 to inform on persons
implicated in the rebellion, but indig-
nantly refused the bride.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11

Piazza Colonna, the widening of the
Corso, the new bridges on the Tiber, the
twenty-one large fortresses, the new ram
parts, or inner circle of defense, twenty
two miles long, tho new drilling and
parade grounds between the Tiber
and the Via Angelica, the new system
of drainage-all these works in course of
execution require the excavation OF many
every one of which may provide sur
prise to the Archaeological. Private houses
are built or rebuilt at the rate of 300 per
annum. The government and the mu-
nicipality keep the strictest watch over
this formidable amount of work and ex-
cavation with fair success, considering
that every guard has to keep AN eye over
1000 CT more workmen. Those who are
always ready to criticise what their
neighbor does, those who denounce to
the world from time to time the disap-
pearance. the demolition of some bits of
Roman ruins, ought to remember that
this immense amount of work, necessary
for the transformation Of Rome into q
clean, healthy, comfortable town, re.
quires some sacrifice. Up to the present
time many have been pleased to consider
the population of Rome as o kind of
main morte" of the scientific world,
whose mission is simply to sit as model
for artists-to whom must be applied
what the gospel says OF the maniac from
Gerasa: "Vestimento non induebatur;
neque In domo manebat, sed in monu-
ments." At any rate, the experience of
these last twelve years has shown that
the interests OF art and archaeology are
not injured or compromised by the ma
terial improvement of the town; that
our antique, medieval, and Renaissance
monuments do not lose particle of their
interest if they are delivered from their
shameful and dirty surroundings. The
building of the new quarters and the i'm.
provement of the old ones are an aston
ishlng source of daily discoveries. The
stock OF the old Capitoiine museum has
doubled in less than ten years; the map
of the ancient town has been traced and
surveyed in regions which were marked
by blank space in Canina's plan. When
the piano regulators of the town was sub.
mitted for examination to committee OF
arch@ologists, they bad only one point
to criticise-the demolition of the bell
tower OF 8. Benedetto in Piscinula!-
and dare say the piano regulstore in
wolves a series of works to the amount of
300, 900 900 lire. This detail shows how
careful we are in planning and carrying
on the improvements of our city, and
how little we need to be taught by hys.
terical women how to take care Of our
monumental treasures.-Corr. London
Atheneum.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11

An incident Of the telegraph strike
veil worthy Of note il the remarkable
admission made in . public speech by
Mr.. James Smith, the chief OF the strik.
ing hnemen.
AFTER We have sneaked on the roofs
Of dwellings," Gays Mr.. Smith. put
fixtures up, driven spikes, stolen rights
of way, climbed walls, and risked our
lives Tor the company. bluhing the prop
srty owners Who attempt 70 interfere
with some story or other, and q! tho
time stealing for the company, they have
now NO better use for ~ than 70 turn ~
over 10 the police"
This u prstsy picture Of the methods
adopted BY the telegraph eompanis: to
secure points Of support for their wires
on private property, and linss Of way
whore they have no right % 80. We
have reason 70 bslisvs that It II no sxag.
gsration. The linsnsn are active end
shFswd in Tie intsrsses Of their en-
ploysrs, and nnany nan II tbs city hes
leund his houss or store ussd - tels-
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11

Students Of Roman art and srch@olo-
gy must prepare themselves for cam.
paign Of unPrsceuted activity and great
Importance. ! do not think sxaggerate
in declaring that no other capital in
Europe can be compared 10 Rome ~
regards the extent and importance Of
pablo works closely followed BY private
enterprise. The embankment Of the
Tibsr. the nov railway station In the
Trastsvers. the military and civil hos.
pitsls, the barracks for three regiments,
the military school, the palace Of the
National bank, The Law courts, The min
istry Of var, Tie monument 10 Victor
Emmanuel, The Via Nasionale from
Piazza di vensxia 10 Ponts d. angelo, The
Viz del Tritons carried - far - The
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11
ovERwORKED.
by RLLA WHEELER.

Up with the birds in the early morning
The dew drop CLOVIS like precious gem:
Beautiful 'ints ia the skies are dswninp
But shes ne yer amoment to look o. mem.
The men are wanting their breakfast early;
She must not lipger. she must not wai
For words that are sharp and looks that are surly
Are what the men give when the meals are late,
Oh, glorious colors the clouds are turning,
But here are the dishes, and here Is the churning-
Those things always must yield tn these.
The world il filled with the wine of beauty,
II she could but pause and drink IL In;
But pleasure, sac says. mus. wait for duty
Neglected work Is committed sin.
The day grows he'. and her hands grow weary;
Oh, for an hour to cool her head,
Out with the birds and winds SO cheeryl
But shs must get dinner and make her bread
The busy men in the hay field working,
II they saw her sttig with idle hand,
Would think her lazy, aud call 1t sinking,
And she never could make them understand.
They do not know that the heart within her
Hungers for beauty and things sublime,
They only know that they want their dinner,
Plenty of IL, and just ION time"
And AFTER the sweeping and cnurning and baking,
And dinner dishes are u | put by,
She sits and sews, though her head Is aching,
Til time for supper aud chores" draws nigh
Her boys at school must look like others.
She says. rs she patches their frocks aud hose.
For the world is quick 10 CO insure mothers
For the least ne gect Of their childrens clothes.
Her husband comes from the field Of labor.
g. He gives no praise to his weary wife;
She's done no more than has her neighbour;
lis the lot of all in country life.
But afner the strife and weary tusse
With lite is done and sne lies at rest;
The nations brain and heart and muscle
Her sons and daughters-sball call her best.
And think he sweetest joy Of heaven,
And the fsiSest crown of ali, will be given
Unto the wsyworn farmers wife.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11
A Cross.Eyed Cats Burial.

The widow Msloney, who lives in o
two story brick cottage on Frankfort
road, near Lehigh avenue, yesterday
buried Thomas cat that was source Of
genuine pride to the neighborhood in
which he dwelt. The cat in question
was bobtailed and had lost one leg in an
election riot. To his other misfortunes,
which were sufficient to bring tears to
the eyes of an old maid, had been added
u total deprivation of one ear and an en-.
tire lock OF hair on the head. The hair
had been swept off in = collision with o
pail of hot water and the ear was severed
BY boy who lived in the same block.
To cap the doleful climax the cat was
cross eyed, had temper that would
have martyred mule, and voice that
extended over seven complete octaves.
As q cross-eyed cat he was an animal
never before seen in that neighborhood.
The cross.eyed Thomas cats that have
been born slice Noah went in the ark, it
is said, can be counted upon the toes Of
one foot 1t therefore happened natur-
ally enough that Tom, which was the
"short" for the name of the Widow Ma
loney's prize, soon after his birth, which
occurred six years ago. got to be the
standard curiosity of Lehigh avenue up
as far as Seventh street, and on Frank
fort road to the old bridge. The perver-
sion of the sight vas heartrending. Both
eyes turned in, so that he bore the con-
tinual appearance OF trying to look down
at his nose.
All tht cat had to do to create holi.
day in that section Of the city was to sit
on Mrs. Maloney's front stoop and settle
his eyes in position. He didn't have to
gaze at anything in particular. That
was an accomplishment he did not pos
sess. He simply wiggled the stump OF
his tail and waited for developments.
The developments generally came in on
the first train, and consisted of small
boys, cats and dogs, men and women.
And the cat would sit there unmoved,
occasionally revolving his eyes into fam
tastic positions, in order to convince the
assembled multitude what sort OF q cir
Gus he really possessed. All night he
uplifted his voice.
He had two voices-a still and small
voice. like that OF Mr.. Tilden declining
the nomination OF 1884, and . large,
whole -souled, expansive voice that sur.
passed the combined effect of thunder
and fog horn. The still, small voice
usually wandered forth into the soft
night Just after dusk. The large voice
did not get abroad until about "a. N.
Then it staid abroad until breakfast
time. Sometimes Mrs. Maloney's
Thomas would experiment with both
voices simultaneously. The effect can.
not be expressed. The final cruise Of
death was q laudsble attempt to pass
under the wheels of q street car while it
was in motion. He Was buried in pine
coffin with q white ribbon around his
neck. The coffin was lowered by the
widows eldest son into q grave three
feet deep, in the rear Of the family man.
sion. Fifty people were present at the
funeral, attracted by curiosity and the
fame Of the wonderful cross eyed cat
st. Louis Democrat.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11
Roll Call.

He had been lying very still for the
past hour, and the weary nurse dozed
and nodded-struggled to keep awake
nodded again, and finally slept in her
chair.
Then the old clock began calling:
click! tack! tick! tack"
The sleeping man moved uneasily, and
the thin, bony hand ON the coverlet was
lifted as if in protest.
"Tick, tack! tick, tack!' called the
clock in louder tones.
The sick man opened his eyes and
stared about him in surprise. His hair
was thin and gray, his face wasted and
pale, and Death had stolen silently in as
be slept and placed his seal on his brow.
"You were SOLDIER" said the clock.
cay! that was" responded the man
as he gathered sudden strength and half
rose up. Company G., fall in! Right
dress! Front! Attention to roll.call!
Adams, Ansil, Artman, Averill, Allyort,
Amsden-"
"They do not answer" said the clock,
as the sergeant paused.
mo; they lie buried in the trenches
at Manassas" solemnly answered the old
man. Barnard, Baxter, Buchanan,
Burton, Bloom"
II do not hear their voices" said the
clock.
II had forgotten-they died at Fair
Oaks" whispered the sergeant. Garter,
Claxtop, Coleman, Curtis"
And what of them?"
1--WE laid them side by side in the same
grave at Malvern Hill. Davis, Denton,
Dougherty, Danforth-"
absent without leave" said the
clock.
absent forever!" answered the SER
geant. 1.-THE green fields at Sharpsburg
drank their life blood. Enright, Eber-
man, Eckliff-"
ION guard" said the clock.
"Then the dead guard the deadw
whispered the soldier. 81 saw them
lying stark and stiff on the field at
Spottsylvania. Fenton, Fairfax, Forbes,
"Dead!" said the clock.
'Dead?" answered the sergeant. ezra
ham, Gorham, Gesport--
"Where?' queried the clock.
"In the thickets OF the sombre wilder
ness! Hurlburt, Hill, Hanford, Hanover,
Halman. Harker, Hooper. Henderson
"And those, tool"
"Ah! They answered no more to roll
call after Gettysburgw
"Your lines are but the shadows OF
the deadr' eaid the clock. The dead
and buried can make no answer. Under
the trees ct Chancellorsville-un the
sod at Fredericksburg-in the meadows
around Winchester-no rou-call can
awaken .them"
"Ingalls. Irving. Isham," called the
sergeant.
"Dead ct Kernstown!" answered the
clock.
"James. Justin, Jordan"
"They sleep at Petersburg!"
Hampton, Ladue, Larkin, Lowering,
Lumly-"
"Call no more! Only when the angel
calls the roll OF the unnumbered dead at
the last Great Day will the dust answer
You alone are leftv'
The sergeant fell back on his pillew
and the shadows marched by the right
flank into the darkness OF midnight.
The nurse started up with Q SILVER,
looked at the clock, and then walked
softly to the bedside and whispered:
Sergeant Grim. awake!"
1T is past timer whispered the clock.
Sergeant Grim, awaken"
ut WAS the Last roll-call," said the
clock, ''and he answered TO his name ct
the gates Of eternity"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11
Judge Blacks OratOry.

We may search the records of Englih
oratory and we shall find few things to
surpass the peroration of Judge Blacks
address before the electoral committee.
LAT present you have us down and
under your feet. Never had you better
right to rejoice. Well may you say,
We have made q covenant with death,
and with hell are we at agreement.
When the overlooking scourge shall pass
through it shall not come unto US, for
we have made lies our refuge and under
falsehoods have We hid ourselves. But,
nevertheless, wait O little while. The
waters Of truth will rise gradually and
slowly, but surely, and then look out for
the OVERLOOKING scourge. The refuge of
lies shall be swept away and the hiding
place of falsehood shall be uncovered.
This mighty and poissant nation will yet
raise herself mp like Q strong man after
sleep and shake her invincible
locks in fashion you little think of
now. Wait; retribution will come in
due time. Justice travels with leaden
heel, but strikes with an iron hand.
Gods mill grinds slow, but dreadfully
fine. Wait till the doodgate 10 lifted and
q full head OF water comes rushing on.
Wait, and you will see fine grinding
then"
The deliberate artifice OF the trained
rhetorician finds no place in this splen-
did torrent OF speech. It 10 the sponta-
neous outburst OF great mind glowing
with the fires of indignation. Daniel
Webster has declared that true eloQuence
does not depend on mere skill in the use
of language, but ON "time, the occasion,
and the man." Judge Blacks diction
was o. remarkable for simplicity as for
its vigor. He disdained the meretricious
aid of Aowery verbiage. and produced
his effects without recourse to trick or
stratsgem. His power lay in the fact
that he became for the time being an eni-
bodiment OF the cause he advocated, and
endowed all he said with the'conquering
charm OF his own robust and magnetic
individuality .-Brooklyn Eagle.
"I'm gettipg tired" sAid An old gen.
tleman the other day, ~ he laid down
his magazine to wipe his glasses, "of all
this preaching and lecturing ct women,
all this ansly zing and picking Of them TO
pieces. Seems to me every young min
later with his head full Of Rachel and
Rebecca and Deborah and Father and
the Queen of Shebs, and every literary
fellow OF tue university typo who's cram
full of Joan Of Arc and Queen Elizabeth
and Semiramis, and in fact everybody
who writes or talks for living, when hc
falls short OF subjects, picks up poor
woman, and blazes eway about her
sphere, and Individuality and 'rels.
tions to man, and 20 on. Always peW-
ging away 1t women, - II they were i'm
beetles, who had TO be watched; or help
less infants vhe have 10 have their steps
directed; or dangerous people, who must
be kept down. Il can't be very pleasant
70 be continually held mp ike buttsrdy
or put on aide under microscope and
criticised and chattsrsd shout - II you J
were rare insect. Or new kind 81 ex-~
plosivs, or come newly discovered AMI
NAL. or IN old relic. Oh! lot up on the
women, ! sAy."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11

the truth is not to be surpassed. A touch
of humor, as in the above description,
seems to be native TO the Irish in relat-
ing any narrative, no matter how tragic.
Ireland's history teens to overlooking
with the deeds of her patriotic sons, but
of her equally patriotic daughters the
record is scant indeed.
Full of tears and smiles would be .
book relating the lives Of the mothers Of
Irishmen. Like bright dew-drops glist-
ening on dying roses shines the devo-
ton Of the women of the Green Isle to
their sons, husbands, fathers and broth
ers, in their dark hours of peril, and of
death. The last on the seaffold-the last
at the grave 10 the mother Of the patri-
otto Irisbman. Whatever other woman
may desert him she is always there-at
his side to tho bitter end.
No Irish woman's name figures in the
long list Of pensions bestowed by Eng
land on informery. No rewards were
ever gained by Irish women for the be-
traysl OF men. Woman Was always the
first TO shelter the hunted patriot, and to
keep secret bis place Of cenoealment
even when threatened With death herself.
Emmet was sheltsred BY . woman, 20
was Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Linked
arm in arm. slowly paced Ms. Bond in
the prison-yard with her husband, Oliver
Bond, heavily mapaclsd-ths oofin in
eight Of all. and the dreadful apparatus
ready.
There was but one vulnerable point in
the cast iron heart Of Lord CastlsrsaGh.
It vas that 10 him was denied ths hsppi-
nees Of paternity.
This vas the only bitter drop in The
cup brimniug Over With al else that vaa
good and coveted BY other men. The
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A Contractsr'a Deal in Beef and
Hay.

-. H. for,er baet aud
.i iauao ae',,.e,1r n H,ll,,. with
frauds il the weight Of hay delivered.
with putting Stones ~ nay ~ iue s,'.,sa,
its weight, ana purchasing g'a'" s s.'
IRON the Coverhmens' iino" P's'oas
charge against me L'e" :,s, s ss"sh
That IL Is Violation c' "''n,ay
tions. iney were interested 'oso'ne' -, "a
his beef contfaet. IVY pfo'''' , , e'''-
zens Of tt's place were Pus una's' Gnu po,,u'
by United states .ol''a'ss'o'sa 1a"p
DELI az fh"h'N' 70 .a .sana.ad atasi - -
n, olp, nc,.nds of (,oyelnment barley at
General Crooks camp ON SILVER Creek.
Insane in Church.
CHICAGO, Augt- ia. 'uoulus' "a,
thursday morning. "n',e mass az u, "e, ~
celebrated a. ,he ca.hearai' W. ~.
fyne formerly ianaiof', oi ne MY oi'y
House, came into ch,'rch ana making nus
way TO the altar, took OH ms coat anu
began 70 preach 10 ehe as'9h'sn o,s con.
greghtion, saying ne was Jesus onr's'
stsnaale he Was aecured and carried to
iail. Mr.. Pyne has lately shown strong
symptoms ofinsanify and has no doubt
lost his reason. He has been known as
an estimable man and his misfortune ex-
cited deep regrets.
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Dnarses naso peen p'e,s.a '.,; lin az, ~.
-. Ia a ~, ~. aJdless 20 the Ia.
parfmeut al the regular intervals pre- :.
scribed. When the Department looks
for him at his known address II finds be
has flown and left no trace behind. The