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Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14
Funeral Of the Late Peter Cooper.
NEW YORK, April 9

NEW iOnh, 1Apili0
The funeral of Peter Cooper took place on
Saturday, and was largely attended. All
the seats in the church not reserved for the
family, friends and delegations were
filed at noon, and many secured
standing-room in the rear of the
church two hours before the services
began. Shortly before three o'clock the
bells began tolling, and the Rev. DR.. Robert
Collyer, the Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby, and
the Rev. Thomas NJ. Peters took their places
in the pulpit. The eulogy was pronounced
by the Rev. DR.. Collyer, and it was followed
by brief address and prayer by the Rev.
DR.. Crosby.
The remains were taken to Greenwood
Cemetery. The bells of the city tolled as
the great procession moved to the ferry,
where 1t was dismissed. 1t seemed as
though the population of New York not in
the procession had gathered upon the side
walks. They respectfully uncovered as the
body was borne past. Only one carriage,
containing the male members OF Nh CoOper's
family, accompanied the body to the ceme-
terry, where it was deposited in the vault.
The remains will be inferred the coming
week
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

In England vigorous measures against
the dynamite fiends continued on the 9th.
All vessels arriving from Ireland were
searched, ex.ra police were being placed
on duty, but no fresh arrests were reported.
The Government bill relative to explosives
provides for life imprisonment for caus'
ing an explosion by which life or property
is endangered. All accessories are to be
treated as principals, and penalties will be
inflicted irrespective of damages actually
done.
The Phoenix Park cases came up in
Dublin, Ireland, on the 9th. The prisoners
were taken to court under escort of a troop
of dragons. Pleas of not guilty were over
ruled and the announcement made that the
trials must proceed.
THE Tewksbury (Mass.) Alms-house
investigation on the 9th brought out testi-
mony regarding the smothering of infants
and inhuman treatment of insane inmates.
HUGH GLADSTONE, cousin OF the
British Prime Minister, committed suicide
in Liverpool on the 9th inst.
NINE buildings were destroyed by fire
at East Liverpool, o., few days ago.
JUDGE MCCRARY, of the United States
Circuit Court, in session at st. Louis, Mo-,
rules that in criminal cases dispositions may
be taken outside the State in which the trial
! is had.
IT is reported from London, Eng,
that it is probable two judges will accom-
pany Lord Chief.Justice Coleridge on the
latter's forthcoming visit to this country.
THE State Agricultural College at
Des Moines, Iowa, has been temporarily
closed on account of the breaking out of
scarlet fever among the students.
THE appeal of the Augustinian So
ciety of Lawrence, Mass, was not re-
sponded to generously, and the society has
decided to file potion in insolvency.
The death Of Rev. DR.. Alfred H.
Partridge, for twenty-seven years rector of
Christ Church, Brooklyn, N. Y, occurred a
few days ago.
JOHN MCGAHEY, a weaver, called the
attention of the authorities to the fact tina,
the Griswold Mills at Darby, Pa, employed
children under thirteen years of age, and
twenty-five of them were discharged. In
retaliation the operatives would boycott
McGahey.
The Society for the Protection Of
Destitute Roman Catholic Children, at Buf
falo, N. Y, has been sued for 5000 dam
ages by Peter Fassett, former inmate, wht
alleges false Imprisonment.
| CURLIr MORRISON, who was arrested
at Luling, Tex, more than year ago fol
marrying negro woman, has been con
victed in the District Court at Lockport o.
miscegenation and sentenced to the Peni
tsntiary for Eve years.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14
THE FOLLOWING LETTERS TELL
THEIR OWN STORY.

VALposra, GEORGIA. July 20, 1882.
81 sold one of your Patent Dust Proof Cases
about ten months ago, and the other day it
came back to me with the request to make it
wind easier. On examination found that the
stem was rusty, and inquired into the cause
of it, The gentleman stated to me that he
was starting some sawlogs, when his chain
caught in a bush and threw his watch into
about twelve feet of water, and he was about
two hours finding it, When he got it out it
was running and he thought all right. In
about three months he found that the stem
was hard to turn and sent it to me.
can say that the watch is all that the Com
pany claims for it, and recommend it to all
railroad and mill men.
B. W. BENTLY."
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14
Clinton, Iowa, April 20, 1881,


81 wish you would send me spring for the
VIM. Ellery Watch $50 BY the way this Ellery
is q watch sold in your Screw Bezel Case to
farmer last fall. The first Of January he lost
the watch in the woods, and found it this
week in about one foot of water II had lain
three months and over in snow and water,
with but slight injury to the watch-only n
handspring. Z. 5. RAYMOND.
The above we're very severe tests, and de-
monstrate beyond doubt, that Tor any reason
able length of time during which a watch
might be under water, it would receive Injury
whatever.
We make these cases in both gold and silver.
and as Perfectly Dust-Proof Stem
Winding Watch Case, Challenge
the World to Produce it's Equal.
For Sale by oil First-class jewelers.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14
Non- Resident Notice
In the Chancery Court at jamestown, Tenn,
Petition for Partition.
James Paul ct ais. Us. Winny Wood ct ats

In this cause it appearing from compliments
bill, which is sworn to, that the respondents
Dudley Wood. Mary E. Wood, - Langtord,
Abigail Langiord, Lou Ann Wood, Matthias
Wood and Jonathan Wood are non residents It
the State Of Tennessee, so that the ordinary
process Of law cannot be served on theIl
1t is therefore ordered BY the Clerk ana
Master that the said non-resilentS be required
to appear before the Chancery Court at James,
town, Tenn. on or before the first Monday
after the fourth Monday in July, 1883, and
make defense to said bill, or the same will hG
taken for confessed aud the cause set for hear"
ing ca parte as to them.
II is further ordered that this notice lie
published for four consecutive weeks in TIE
Plateau Gazette, newspaper, pull lished in
Rugby, Tenn.
This 10th day of March, 1883.
S V. BowDEN, G. & NJ.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

Upon the arrival of President Ar
thur and party at Jacksonville, Fla, the
other day they were received by salute
of artillery and the cheers of ten thousand
citizens.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

The outlook for the harvest in Great
Britain is reported more favorable than it
has been at any previous time the current
wear
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

MICHAEL DAvITT has written a Wig
orous letter to the Young Ireland Society of
Glasgow, in which he says Che dynamite
policy can only have the effect of exasper-
ating the English Democracy.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

JOHN w. DORSEY was on the stand in
the star.route trial at Washington on the
9th. His cross.examination was con-
cluded.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

A CABLE message announces the dis
covery of Darrest's comet by g. D. Hars-
wig, of Strasburg Observatory. The pre-
dicted time of the discovery was about
April %.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

THE death of Brigadier-General
Joseph K. Barnes (retired), late Surgeon
General Of the United States Army, &C.
CURED at his residence in Washington on
the 9Th, of Bright's disease.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

BISMARCK. replying to congratula-
ton from the Crown Prince of Germany on
the occasion of his birthday, declared that
he intended to devote the remainder of his
life to consolidating the finances of the En-
pire
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

The verdict of the Coroner's Jury in
the case of the Braidwood Qll.) mine disas.
ter exonerates the managers of the mine
from blame, and asserts that the accident
was such as might happen at any mine
under similar circumstances"
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

LINDA GILBERT, well-known in con-
nection with her efforts for the reformation
of criminals, has applied to the Mayor of
Brooklyn, N. Y, for grant Of the elevator
privileges at the Brooklyn bridge for nine
ty-nine years, the proceeds to form ''pris-
oncrs' fund"
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.

The Texas Panhandle syndicate is said
have sold its 3,OOO,0 oO-acre land grant to
English capitalists for $10,000,000.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

PRESIDENT ARTHUR, Secretary Chand-
Ter and Mr.. Miller, of New York, accompa-
MED by several newspaper correspondents,
left Washington on the 9th for Jackson
vile, Fla.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

A CINCINNATI CO., Judge has de-
cided that the telegraph company is justi-
fed in Withholding from bucket-shops the
market reports, on the ground that they are
used to decide wagers.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

PosTMAsTERs' orders for stamps and
stamped envelopes from the Post-offce
Department on the 4th were the largest
ever received in a single day, being as fol-
lows: Number of stamps, 2S,0OO, 900; envel-
opes, 1,000,ooO; postal-cards, 100000; ag-
gregate value, $7,000,000.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

BERNARD GALLAGHER, an Irish
American, has been arrested in Glasgow,
Scotland, charged with causing an ex-
plosion at the gas-works. The British police
were hunting evidence against the dyna-
mite operators on the 9Th. More arrests were
being made. At Birmingham and Man.
chester threats had been made to blow up
public buildings, and the excitement
seemed to grow rather than to abate.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

THE English police were busily at
work running down the dynamite plots on
the 9th. The four prisoners had prelim-
mary examination the day before and were
remanded without bail. A bill was to be
introduced amending the law in regard to
the possession of explosives.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

IT was reported from Des Moines,
Iowa, the other day that the horses were
suffering in few localities in that State
from pink-eye, CHAMBERS and kind of ner
vous disease termed by some spinal menin-
Citis
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14
Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, April a.

WASHINGTON, April q.
The statement of the United States Treas
urer shows the gold, silver and United States
notes in the Treasury as follows:
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

RETURNS from the election in Michi-
gan received on the 4th indicated the sue.
cess of the Fusion Democratic and Ma
tionaD candidates for Supreme Court
Judges and Regents of the State University.
AT Cincinnati the Democratic city ticket,
with the exception of Comptroller, was
elected, the majorities ranging from SO to
4,1T. At Cleveland the Democratic ticket
was elected by about 1000 majority. At
st. Louis the Democrats elected four Coun.
Gilman out of six.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

PETER COOPER, the founder of Cooper
Institute and the promoter of many other
benefactions, died in New York on the 4th,
having completed his ninety-second year
less than two months since. Entering man.
hood as mechanic, his inventions and in
dustry proved mine of wealth to him,
and at the time Of his death, although he
had given millions for the good Of his race,
he was possessed of about $5,0oO,000. Mr..
Cooper was the candidate of the Greenback-
National party for the presidency in 1879.
DEVELOPMENTS of most sensational
character were made in Europe on the 9th
inst, Of which Great Britain contributed
her full quota. At Birmingham the police
unearthed dynamite factory which was
being operated upon an astoundingly large
scale. There one arrest was made. In Lon
don four men were arrested, one of them,
named Dalton, having arrived from the
, United States two weeks before. In their
possession were found quantities of ex-
plosive liquid stored in rubber bags, while
in the clothing of one of the four q
large sum Of money was sewed,
part Of which was American coin.
The police claimed to have had
information that agents Of the dyna-
mite section of the Irish Revolutionists had
been dispatched to Windsor, and accord.
ingly extra guards were placed about the
person of the Queen. At Newry, Ireland
an attempt was made to blow up the maya.
zine at the barracks, but without success,
The Danish authorities made descent upon
the Socialist Congress at Copenhagen, and
the foreign delegates were ordered to leave
the country. Four members of the German
Reichstag on the way home from the Co
penhageu Congress were arrested at Kiel
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-14

An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist
now travelling In this country, says that most
OF the Horse and Cattle Powders sold here
are worthless trash. He says that Sherdan's
Condition Powders are absolutely pure and
Immensely valuable. Nothing on earth will IN
MI to pint food. sold everywhere, or sent BY
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-12
SOME FUN.

A young lady being told st 81 recent
fire to stand back or else the hose would
be turned on her, replied, ooh, don't
care. they are striped on both sides any
way"
Those who have lost their money in
Chicago lard can feelingly say that
their fortune has grown "small by de
grease and beautifully less" Pittsburg
Telegraph.
A country girl, being treated to ice
cream for the first time, was asked how
she liked 1t. ''It tastes pretty good, was
the reply, "but | always prefer my pud-
ding hot"
A "neck.tie" party in Arizona is q
gathering where one of the participants
tests the strength Of hemp rope. It's
knotty but it's nice-sor the moral health
of the country.
When Carlyle said that everybody
should have an aim in life he had no
reference to the fair sex. He had
doubtless often seen q woman trying to
throw d stone at hen.
The man who is spending his time
ard wasting his talents trying to discov.
er perpetual motion, should simply
throw down his tools and take out 8
patent on the small boy.
"Don't you think I have a good face
for the stage?' asked lady with his
trionic aspirations. 81 don't know
about the STAGE" replied her gallant
companion, "but you have a lovely
face for buss."
The editors of d Jackson, Miss, pa
per weighs 304 psuuds. It is safe to
say that he is always in when an lrate
individual wants to see 'the man who
wrote that article" His subscribers
invariably pay in advance, also.
A lady in Louisville sued reporter
for publishing that she hailed him and
asked after the welfare of his soul
She naturally would feel ashamed tc
have pub ished her absurd mistake in
supposing that q Louisville reporter
had q soul.
The Detroit Free Press "now we
shall see whether the Chinaman car
fight s4s well as washee." This looks
as if the editor had lost his hero
glyphicaI wash ticket and proposed tC
rescue his laundried linen at all haz
ards.-Boston Courier.
There are forty-tWo different shades
in kid gloves this spring. This num-
Der might be increased by initiating
the shade of disappointment tha
passes over lady's face when she see
| some other woman with prettier pai
than her own.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-12
STARTLING EXPERIENCE.
The Adventures of Il Passenger Train
That had Lost Fireman. Engineer
and Conductor.
Rocky Mountain News.

Rocky Mountain News.
One of the most singular and almos
unexplainable accidents ever recorded
occurred on the Circle Railroad last
evening, not the least singular part of
which was the narrow escape from
death made by several passengers and
employees of the company. Some of
the details and the absence of serious
results from the accident seem almost
incredible. The story, as obtained from
the engineer and fireman, is as follows:
1t seems that few minutes of nine
O'Clock last evening, as the last train
on the Circle Railroad was leaving the
Exposition, with five passengers, En-
gineer Jenkins saw what ne supposed
to be an obstruction on the track, but
not realizing in the darkness what the
obstruction was, he notified the fire.
man and conductor, stepping at the
same time upon the footboard of the
engine, whence he was at once violent.
ly thrown to the ground, The frman
and conductor (named Harris) imme-
diately jumped. the latter, unfortun-
ately, striking q switch plate, breaking
two Of his ribs on the left side just
over the heart. He was taken into
saloon opposite the Exposition build
ing, and DIR. Wright, the physician OF
the Union Pacific Railroad, called in.
The strangest part OF the story re-
mains to be told: The engine, freed
from all restraint, fairly few along the
track with constantly accelerated We
iocity, sweeping around curves and
| over trestles with frightful speed, like
some fiery monster of the night, for
three miles and q half. Two of the
/ passengers jumped from the train, the
remaining three, two gentlemen and
lady, maintaining their positions un-
harmed. In an incredibly short space
| OF time the train reached the Larim er-
street depot, striking with terrible force
an empty passenger-car standing on
the end Of the track and forcing it
bodily through ne fruit-stand in the
northern part of the station, making a
complete wreck of it and It's contents.
and coming to etandstill just as the
| forward end of the car reached Larimer
street, wrccking the car completely
and demOlishing the tender of the en-
glne. The engine itself did not seem
to be badly injured, snd the car which
shared its wilo flight escaped with the
loss Of Its front platform. The three
passengers seemed none the worse for
their terrible ride beyond s. severe
shaking up. Conductor Harris, al
though severely injured, as the train
mlraculously kept the track and met
with no obstacles at the numerous
crossings it was compelled to cross In
its wild flight.
Orders were given to clear the
wreck at once, and traius will run as
usual.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-12
LOVE, GOLD AND DIVORCE.
An Heiress Secretly Married, and Now
Wants to be Set Free.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.

The elite of the state have been
thrown into confusion by the statement
that Miss Diana I'll. Murphy, of San
Jose, or Mrs. Morgan Hill, as it ap-
pears Is her legal designation, has COM
merced divorce proceedings in Modes
ia. The heroine, Diana 81. Murphy,
IS none other than she daughter of the
late we'll known millionaire, Dan Muir
ply, who died at Elko last October.
Diana had been q San Jose belle for
several years, and many were the suit
ors for her hand, as it was known that
in the event Of her fathers death her
wealth would be great. To all, how
ever, she turned a deaf ear. excepting
Morgan Hill, of the firm of E. H. Jones
d Co, of this city, upon whom she
centered her affections, much, how
ever, to the chagrin Of her parents. No
schemes, no entreaties, no threats
proved Of avail, and whenever an
opportunity offered the young couple
met to exchange their vows of mutual
affection.
A change came, however, but in a
way least expected. Just prior to his
death the wealthy cattle dealer, realiz
ing his situation, sent for his children,
Diana and Daniel, Sr. The former ar
rived just in time to receive the pater-
nal blessing, which was coupled with q
last request thatshe would never marry
Hill. The promise was duly made,
and The father died contented, leaving
his daughter heiress Of $800,00O. The
funeral over, an uumistakable change
was noticed in Miss Diana's behavior.
She no longer was the quiet, sedate
young lady of old, but plunged into
amusement with the recklessness of
one VINO had no longer any pleasure in
life. Hills visit lessened IL frequency,
and the rumor that the engagemen
was severed was reported. Dian, not
contented with her old field of con-
quest, attended the session of the leg
lslature, dazzling the law, makers with
her beauty, and the attentions lavished
upon her by a young senator from the
Orange Grove district caused the re-
port thata marriage had been arranged
between them.
Gossip now found more food to feast
upon. 1t was reported that Miss Muir
ply had been clandestinely married IN
this city last July, land though fer long
time no contlrmatOry evidence could
be found, last week it leaked out at
Modesto that the report was correct.
Last July the yacht Nellie left this port
for Santa Cruz, where she remained
for some time. Among the party on
board were Mr., Hill and Miss Murphy,
and the latte1's confident, Miss Matte
George. On the return of the party
the ladies registered at the palace, while
Mr.. Hill remained at his quarters at
the Grand. At the latter hotel on the
evening of July 81, the marriage took
place, the ceremony being performed
by Rev. DIR. Jewell, of the Howard St.,
Methodist Episcopal church. The mar
riage was kept secret and Mrs. Hill re-
turned to her home. Until the death
of her father nothing happened to mar
the blissful conditisn of affairs, but
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-12

The dealers in quack nostrums, who
trust their suggestive advertisements
under the eyes of silly women, are
quite as criminal In their purposes and
and at least as demoraizirg in their in
duence as the Hathaways and other
like villains who practice their more
desperate arts in secret. It is impossible
to overestimate the mischief done by
this whole tribe of pillvenders. No
matter whether their nostrums be
effective or not for the criminal purpose
for which they are designed, it is the
promise they hold out that suggests the
SIM and many women owes ruined
health and blunted conscience to there
foul advertisements who never would
have resorted to the avoWed abortionist.
The postal laws are therefore wholly
right in forbidding the use of the mails
TO these pernicious quacks, and the
officers nave done well in the arrests
they made recently. They should fol-
low up this beginning till they gather
in more of the tribe and suppress the
obscene and criminal publications with
which they food the country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-12
Descendants of the Early Presidents.
Brooklyn Earla.

The descendants of the first of onr
rulers are not numerous now. In Vir-
ginia are few of the Washington fa-
mily Of the Lawrence Washington
branch, and of the Madisons there are
none. Monroe has one or two nieces
and 8 nephew living, and Jackson has
not living descendant. The Adams
family is the best represented of the
six. Jefferson has number of descen-
dants and Mrs. Meikleham is bis near
est living relation. She is the youngest
daughter efhis eldest daughter, Martha,
who married a Randolph, and is the
last of her seven daughters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-12

after that event Hill lost control oyer
his wife and she chafed under the yoke
of matrimony. Hills wish to avow the
marriage was met by flat refusal by
his wife, and ne was unceremoniously
dismissed. He has made no answer
to the bill of complaint filed at Modes
to-