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The Osceola times., 1883-06-02
Fifteen Sisters.

Quite nnmbcr of WASHINGTON society
people attended the wedding, at Fred
erick City, Maryland, Mr.. Donald Me
Lean, q New York lawyer, and Miss
Emily Nelson Richie, daughter of
Judge Richie, one of the leading Demo-
Gratis of Maryland, and at one time Con-
gresham FROM that State. Miss Ritchie
has fifteen sisters, who. like her, have
the reputation OF being the handsomest
ladies in that State. Miss Emily is the
first Of the sixteen sisters who rs mar
rio1
The Osceola times., 1883-06-02
John Rsrlcycorn.
BN,on Post

On recent liquor raid in Maine in
one house the bottles were found in
the well, tightly corked and with strings
around their neck for convenience in
raising. In another the bottles were
under the cooking range in the ash pit
One liquor seller, a woman. had two Hat
bottles hooked toa belt which she wore
under her overskirt, and another dealer
conoealed his under trap door beneath
pile of hay in cockloft.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-02
4 Ntrickcn MidnMer.

.#.NH Charlottesville chr, nicle.
There is a man in the vicinity of
Greenwood-now advanced in life. vet
actively engaged in business-who.
twelve or more years ago, after the death
of his wife, Mayed the hermit for eight
or ten years. He selected a retired SPOT
under projecting cliff in the Blue Ridge,
near Browns Gap, and spent several
years under it, He then planked up the
ends, leaving the front open, where he
built his fires.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-02
A syndicate.
Texas slitings

"Sir." said suspicious-looking indi-
viduai on Congress avenue, accosting a
business nan. an New York eleven men
represent two hundred million dollars
as that so?"
"Yes Now in Austin the wealth is
not quite 50 much concel. traied. We will
assume that twenty. of us represent one
hundred thousand dollars"
Yes"
1--WE will also assume that YOU and are
two of the twenty"
Yes"
well, then, how would it be If ] want
ed TO draw out ten cents from the capital
stock of the syndicate-would yol' let me
have il 2" II.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-02
Debt Collecting.

Captain Starr, while fishing in IN
L6ot's mill pond a few evenings ago, was
approached 10y Amos Keeter, who pre-
sentcd 70 him u bill Captain Starr
deeming it pointed insult, grabbed a
club, and without stopping TO think Of
the consequences fclled him to the
ground and left him 10 struggle alone in
his death aConics. Captain Starr is still
at large and no attempt as yet has been
made for his arrest
The Osceola times., 1883-06-02

for war old men for counsel'-in divorce
cases"
Good day, sir, said the poet.
"Bon jour- replied the horse reporter.
81 don't know what bon jour means but
the literary editor always says ii, and
when it comes 10 talking anything but
United States he is large white daisy
with a yellow spot in the center"
The Osceola times., 1883-06-02
He Couldn't Answer.

do you keep overcoats here" he ask
ed as he stopped in front of a clothing
store.
sOf course-vhalk right in. ! haf der
host assortment in der hull State"
~ want to ask you a plain question,
and / want a square answer"
Cert ainly." .o,
"Hayc you an overcoat far "A %
"Vhell. you see-you--.
"Never mind, now! ! want square
answer to t hat question. Have YOU an
oyercoat for S4?"
"Vhell-',
stop Answer me yes or no."
NV friendt, / can't answer dot yhay.
Jbofsome overcoats for So, und if can't
sell YOU one for SS den maybe | come
down 70 "a. Come in und we shplits der
difference m1d calls it seven."-l Detroit
Post
The Osceola times., 1883-06-02
ZEPHYRS.
TINES REVENGE.

When was ten and she fifteen
All, me how iair ! thougst her'
She treated with disdainful mien
The homage that ! brought ner'
And, in patronizing way,
Would of my shy advances say;
aIt'l really quite absurd. you see
He's very much too you iot me
I'm twenty new, she's twenty
We'll, well how old shes growing
I fancy that my suit might thrive
oppressed again but, owing
To great discrepancy in age,
Her marked attentions don't engage
My young affections for, you see
Century Magazine.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-02
-@ 4 lifted Lover.
A Portussvse Of Knichrs Ferry fell in

love with aprs,ty American girl recently.
He wss cut out however, by two swains
Of his own race, which 50 wrought upon
him that nc became insane. He fanciod
that he was pursued by the two favored
lovers, and in his efforts 10 escape he
swan several slo9ghs and reached a
ranchman's house. half dead with cold
He has been sent 70 an asylum, where
he viii have an opportunity to ruminate
On the inconstancy Of woman.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-02

: writer in Denver paper, the other
day, II describing Colorado Canon at
tempted 10 say, Gaze up and down the
rocky Jaws and YOU imagine the world
has olSned its mouth 10 eat planet and
grind it with mountain molars." AfNer
the Intelligent compos,tor had got in his
work ,hcrc was less boldncSs in the fig
are of spcech. iaaSmuch as the world
was made to ofon its mouth TO cat n
peanut
The Osceola times., 1883-06-02

A ferry-boat is like good rule. be.
cause il works both ways.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-02
A Connecticut woman recently applied

for State aid, and the blank was produced
and the usual questions asked. She an
swcred them freely until it came to
Your age" Have got to tell that p"
she asked. "The blank requires it,
ma'am," was the reply. We'll, then"
she said, Il don't want any State aid l."
And she ilounced cut of the office in high
dudgeon.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-02
SPRING POETRY.
The Horse Reporter Puts a Young Poctess
Through Course Of Training.

Chicago Tribune.
as the real editor In ?"
A fairly good-lookinc young lady stood
in the doorway and glanced around the
apartment in an inqGiring fashion.
I'VE don't keep any supposititious ed
itors on this paper" said the horse re-
porter.
"Wcll, | want TO see the real editor"
continued the young lady zone that has
got authority and can do sometime"
Most any of them can do something"
was the reply, "ifyou let them tell it, hut
about having authority, that's different
they're pretty much all married.
"Who has charge of the poetry" con-
tinued the young lady
"The janitor, mostly, although he
doesn't clean the widnows often enough
to keep the stock .reduced and give all
,he poets fair chance"
~ have written poem which should
like to see printed in the Tribune, be-
cause it's my iavorltc paper; papa has
taken it for twenty years
"Yes, we know all about that" said the
horse reporter. Everybody that comes
along with a spawned old poem has
wild infatuation for this paper, and the
amount of desultory affection that has
been vicariously lavshed ON this power
ful organ of public opinion would make
your head swim. What kind of poem
is this, anyhow Is il something about
I'VE shall never meet again, Arthur,
never meet again, till the bloom is on
the heather, and spring chickens turned
TO hen Y-because if il is we don't want
u, There's more heatberbIoom and see
he rosebud's bursting beauty poetry
around here now than you can shake n
stick at, What we went just now is
something that will jbe with season.
No oh, the merry, merry May-time, with
its wealth of floral bloom, but verse or
two that has a contemporaneous human
interest such As
The Osceola times., 1883-06-02

"well, didut know. You seem rather
Young 10 have saelia n,sponsible posi-
ton.
"You remember wha, Socrates said"
replied the horse reporter; Young men
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

sud gave the T ( i = pleasant, cal.
-Elsar & Trrn-r. FL AiAmauce.
by courtesy Ne->r> :. X. -cott s. Co
Mebauesyllle. 80. 10. -
Mrs Senator David DAVIS. Bloom
ingtou. III. Mar {, -. Ii j. gratifying
to see that this e-iimAble lady has 10,
lost ary Of her attachment for her Car
DINA friend, Notwithstanding the host.
Of nes ones she IA, made from Atlantic
to Pacific Am n. her guests last week
were Judge Iio.r VI c., from the Mar
tinsburg. W. V DIST, and Mrs Hoxe.
nee Mss Mary Somerville. sister OF Mr.
capt. J. :. Battle and Mr.. Rev. Or.
Bronson.
Prof. Chas ID. Mclver, Of the Dur
ham Graded Schoui. rave Us a pleasant
half hour on Monday. en- route to spend
hi vacation with h ; father. VI. II. Nc
Ivcr. ESi at sanford. tie speaks IN
high term, OF Durham and he graded
school. which had some 40 pupils the
past term.
p. r. Massey. Esq a well known
citizen OF Johnston, called yesterday to
hand US three new subscribers. ex-Sen-
ator T. ID. Sneai. Mr. Joseph Fuller and
Mr.. Simeon Massey, all paid TO Sept
20, IS. We ike to add new reader- 10
the good county of Johnston. for much
Of Raleigh : trade thence.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04
The Japan" Chinee Again.

You have no doubt often heard OF
Walker aud Champion, the famous
Frank u county firm, who filed the ru-
raj papers with marvellous tales abou,
their 'liypophosphites; and Con
sumption Spring, and "lespedeza
Strata, or Japan Clover etc. \
government detective arrested Champion
and lie wa tried for swindlng at a re-
cent term Of Federal Court, but Young
Walker got wind OF the RAID, and de
parted iito carts unknown. He wa
supposed 10 be gone west" Yesterday
We received the North Western Far
mer, OF Portland, Oregon, containing
a long letter from North ~Carolina-the
old story about tie "Lespedeza Japa
The American wine plant Is just IN
troduc,d here, and it averages about a
gallon otst >~ceIlent wine to the plant. AMI
that viii less trouble and cost than "A
other ever made here. An acre vii
Yield about 1000 TO > 700 gallons.
Persons de,irtLg To make hay quick
should try the Coucho grass, which can
be sown any time alter frost c,a>c> IN the
spring. II may be sown as ate a. the
lst OF July and make an excellent hay
from two to four feet high, reaching per
ieGt maturation, where il Is desired for
seed, ere frost let's in The contraction
Of pasture lands. by settle nent. vii
probably make a grass Of this kind va
liable III the West IN the near future.
The quantity Of hay that it Yields pr
acre Is simply Rich land,
suit, such as you have III the Willamette
valley. J. ". WALKER
Franklinton, \. G., May 4, Is )
Upon thi, the Farmer comments IL
the April number We printed a lettei
from Mr.. j W. Walker. taken from thc
Southern Puater, on the subject of ia
pan clover. We sent HIM a copy of the
Farmer ana Hungarian cou,aining his
letter, and received the above letter from
hun. This gentleman Is entirely un
uukncwn 10 Us, and we know nothing
about JaTan clover further than what
We have learned from reading his letters.
1t any of our readers desire to give 1t a
trial and should write to Mr.. Walker, we
advise them, if he offers any seed for
sale, not to invest too largely before test
ing it. His story of the wine plant
sounds too Munchausen-hke, and is what
led to these explanatory remarks Cou
chO-grass we know nothing of. Webster
defines couch grass the nearest we
can come to finding the name, as "a
species of grass which extends rapidly
its creeping roots, and is very trouble
some in fields, gardens, etc called twitch
Grass n.Dch grass nufck uraSS yVItnh-
grass, d x grass, aud creeping wheat
grass
MORE. The American Wine Pant Is
probably the common scuppernung.-
Ed. f. 4 NJ
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

BOOSTERS RoCKING THE CRADLE =
The incidents mentioned by our Georgia
,ady-correspondent ton 1st page) calls to
mind the peculiar habits of the ostrich,
Which is the tallest Of the rooster family.
The ostrich rooster, or "cock~bird, as
the Africans cal him. doe. nearly all
the housekoepins. He builds the nest,
collects the TODD, and takes his regular
urn in setting ON the eggs. After the
Matching he takes the Youngsters To the
nearest pool, and trains their young pin
feathers IL wear the beautiful droops and
planes WHICH lakes your sweetheart 5
bonn ct 20 gay. as she Il ltterS along the
side W Xix. But the I'D fellow is a little
ashamed of his family, and always sits
on the nest after night, as il he were
only taking q nay.
In this popularity, the Lon3oH Ftehi
thi Ks the hand of Providence may be
seen, FIR the worst enemies of Tie nest
appear at night, and the coo; being
stronger and drawer, is better able 10 re
sist them moreover. the same authority
concludes that, the feathers of the cock
bei1g black, night sitting does no expos.
him to the exhaustion from the sun
| rays which would en>ue il he sat curing
the day; while at the same time the
gray feathers of the female are les con
-picuous while she sits during the day.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

shelly laroro says: j. w. Rudasill,
place is maxim. his arrangement : to 20
t. Texas III january. He is anxious to
sell.
Raleigh Evening T.itor says: Mr..
Hicks. sun of Mr.. w. J. Hicks, ot this
CITY. has Teen engaged as book-keeper il
Me>sr- Blackwell and Wiley's bank AT
Durham Jacob 5. Allen, Of
this city has purchased a lot in GJldsboro,
aud con,emplates building aud moviu4
his family there Thus, one by one on
most skilled mechanics are leaving Us
twenty working men left this city
Yesterday Cor Georgia and Alabama, to
engage in various pursuits.
General .Jubal A.. Early. according to
the Boston GIobe. recently told a arty
of northern tourists that General Sheri-
dan ought to have been courtmartialed
for not capturing his (Early's) forces in
the Shenandoah valley in 1864, as She
ridan had four men to his one. Early
also says that Sheridan's ride was un-
uecessary.a> General Wright had already
prepared to attack the confederates be-
fore Sheridan arrived. Speaking OF his
raid into Pennsylvania and Maryland,
General Early said: when ! was in
York. Pa, / levied an assessment OF
so much corn, SO much clothing, SO
many boots and shoes, so many bags
of grain and slO0.0 C0 in money. They
delivered everything in accordance with
my requisition. except the 100000. or
that amount the mayor brought mo 81
900 and begged for further time to raise
the balance. | extended the time. but
left early the next morning, and York
still owes me $4,000. York afterwards
established "a loan TO meet this levy IN
and of the southern confsderacy, getting
authority fro II the Pennsylvania leSls-
lature to lay a special tax to pay of a
portion of it each year, and understand
that its citizens are still contributing tn
its l%iduidation. Ii was one OF them |
would raise the point that such a tax is
it violation of article ii, section 1, oil
the constitution of the United States,
which provides that all debts or
obligations incurred in aid ofinsurrection
or rebellion against the United States
shall be held illegal and void
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04
RALEIGH ADVERTISERS.
where 20 Buy Then you Come to
rowr-Scc CARDS in Another
CoIumn--wc hope 70 add TO
the LIST acxt " eek.

DRY-Gt cons AitN. tf-ts
tLoIHINe. -p Ntit
HARDIN NVt. " >t.aN~ l5fLt~ ETc-
Julius Lr0>A t.
CUTLERY. u,Eu~ Ni.s- Er,.-T
III. Briggs \ >sH-
C"RS Mai S>p FORAGE -J"urs
y Powell.
RALIGH t"rrp> oI~ 20. -C a.
Tnunofssi.
DoR, SASH, BLI>I~. The y q.
Car Company.
DKUGGI>TS-FcScud lee y 1s.
>CHooLs.->t. MarN'>.
BOOKSTORE. 4. Williams x 90.
PHoToGRArH~.-I W. Watson.
CLAY CHIMNEG~-Job Osborn.
ALL ABOUND THIK STATE
ToBAcco-rhe Blackwell Go. Du :
ham.
LEAF ToRACCo-par.>h \ ack-
well, Durham.
SAW MILLS-The Taylor M.rg co..
Charlotte.
ENGI>ES.-J {. Witty. New bern.
ROAD ENGINE. Joyner, Frank
linton.
GRAPE WINES-Hon. ". j. Green.
aNetttNIllc.
HoTELS-Ihe Atlantic. Morehead
City. Buniz House. Goldsboro.
BANk~-Messrs. BurgwNn X Co..
Henderson.
Corn AND CorToN CULTIVATION
Harrison. Gully y Co., Cary.
PLASTER AND GYpSUN-Blo>som X
Evans. Wilmington.
Observation-Disclosures Rovd.
at %arreuton Col. Burgwyn III Hen
der>on Thomas III. Battle al Iarboro.
SCHOOLS FOR BoYS-Binghams al
81 ghamsille IIoruer's AZ oxford. Hor-
ncT's At Henderson, Bell, at King
Mountain.
SCHOOLS q GiRI~-Mrs. Or. Chap
mad al Gold~boru Misses NaShN Miss
koiloek at iIill~boro Prot Barnes al
kittrell.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

To Danish contagiou from garments
and linen. disintect with Glenn's Sulphur
Soap.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
From Eminent Wilmer B%rinton, NJ.
ID Baltimore. i" have used Golden S
Liquid Beef Tonic in my practice, n
have been much gratified with the result.
As a tonic in all casesof debility, weak
ness, anemia, chlorosis, etc., it cannot
be surpassed (Take no oher.) VI
druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

Laurinhnrg Exchange saws: Misses
Mamie Wall. Efie Wall aud Belle Spen
Ger, all of Anson county are visiting
friends. Miss Efie McRae is visiting
at Rockingham, and Mi Emma Gill.
Bennettsville. PROT. Lucas is teaching
he Shoe Heel Bink.--Rev. III. q. Hill
preached two eloquent sermons on SIM
day."
Gastonia Gazette says According to
announcement, Sheriff Abernethy sold to
10 the highest bidder last Tuesday the
cotton factories belonging to c. l.. Line
berger & Co. The sale was made in three
minutes. and was knocked down to MI.
j. r Hall of Philadelphia, the Lawrence
mill for $45, 600, and the Woodlawn for
$4,000"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

WASHINGTON GAZETTE ITEMS. -Messr-
nI4iel Sickels and Thos. Wallace, Of
New York, have been in town Tor the
ia | few days negotiating with Col. Can
TOW for the purchase of the HYDE Park
'aulS. lying In Washington, Tyrrell and
Oar counties. This is a large and val
uablc body If land, contain ing SO Oc0
,cre|s.1le Stmr. EdgecomJS lett
Washington Monday morning on an ex-
cursion to our sister town of Aurora.
Tie object of excursion was to organize
the Farmer and Merchants Transportation
Co. Mr.. +. ) Hoyt was elected Presi
i mt, and Mr.. L. q. Sparrow. of Aurora,
Vice-President Mr.. j. u. Myers was cleo
ted Secretary and Treasurer. a board
of Directors were appointed. as follows:
Jorphus Peed ami J. B. Bonner, of Au>
rora; & w. Bonner. Sr., of Durham 5
Cheek; W. J Bullock. Of Pantego: c. A.
Campbell. of Yeate>ville, and 5 Eoyt
and G.. III. Brown, Jr.. of Washington
The subscribing stockholders pa d in one
quarter OF there SUBSCRIPTIONS. 1t was
agreed 10 purchase the Stmr. E,iqecombe
at a valuation of So, 800. The Directors
will meet in Washington on Monday,
july 2ud.
While the Stockholders were in session,
the gent em&nly Capt. Mayo, at the solic-
itation Of Aurora friends, took on board
a goodly number of citizens and c%arri.G
them To the land, and while returning
the little 500 of Mr.. John Litchfeti te
ovrrh ard aud sank to the bottom. The
little boy was standing near his mother,
when he was suddenly taken from her
embrace. Every eff ,rt was male IL re,
III" the lost child, Mr.. Will II. FORBES
and a colored man. with heroic courage,
Jumped from the steamer aud made every
fort Ia rescue the drowning boy, but ali
ere IN vai,. Mrs Litcl,tield tainted
aud came ucouSclous.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

4 Detective Is jn Texas on the trail OF
the deiaulting Alabama State Treasurer,
who Is said to be ranching it out West.
A ten-round girl was born to Mrs
John Ri.sner, red seventy-hve years,
OF Henry county, Tennessee, a few days
since.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

Mr.. W. G. Lowrey. a leading
Merchant in Perquimmons Co., n. Z.
buys DIR. Boykin's NORM killer by
the gross, and says it is the best selling
VermifuQe he can buy. Price only %
cents re- bottle.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

Mr.. j. j. C. Steele, Walkersville. N.
c., says My wife has used Browns
Iron Bitters and she esteems them very
highly"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

WILSON ADVANCE ITEMs.-We are
clad To Know that Miss Lucy Wo)ten, of
this lace, received the German medal at
Peace Institute this year. -W Ill some
of our farmer readers explain why it Is
the editor pets the first cotton bios ON,
but not the first Watermelon? Prank
Powell. Esq, ofthe .Soufhrfmer, has been
Grating to the people If Battleboro on
the subject Of graded schools.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04
The eaitur's Drsk.
WKxKLr AcKSo~LEuS.MESr- ~ CALLs, Coz
EnPo~pEScE AID CA-H R.crIFus.

sa,- TIL bciHg re- set,oa of School
Comm encemeHts. Church C-oHreHt0Hs.
Grani Loiyes. md stmii1r Gssembi1ges
IF ouT mot Intelligent and substantial
peopis. ,ce usually dtircss any extra
copies that We hapDsH 70 hare IN from
our regular edit.oH, ~ prominent persoH-
ages uD and dorn the COUNTRY. Piease
mn anil II yof deem s'ch a paper
UDrth four cents 4 ,reek. the editoT rtH
be giad ~ enroll your name.
sa~ 4ny subscriber rho tcishes a ,rrit-
ten receipt riU please stGte Il "a has let
ter "a ,chich case the Ham- riU not be
printed an the piper. Bit al such re-
ceipts shouid be siyAed by the Editor,
dnd no one else. Ne are continually
hearing Of subscribers tcho pad 10 So
called ,.agents' rho tailed 70 turn Il ORR
f. as. Hence zee prefer 70 PRINT the
names. so the subscriber can see that he
Is property credited.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

ARE THE LOUISIANA LOTTERY DRAW
INGs FAIR? The twp commissioners
who superintcnd The sina number
drawings, when interviewed on tae sub
icct, reluctantly admitted that the nm
ber which were placed in the tubes and
nut IN the wheel were ouhy counted
TWICE A YEAR. They draw the lottery
every month. Is this not Il bare laced
fraud? Their Reuse Is that it would
take ten days labor, with four assistants.
How, then, can any ticket buyer in this
lottery know that the number on his
ticket has a corresponding number in th
wheel? If they desire an honest draw
ing, why do they not, on the day of ami
just before their drawings, allow the tick
et-holder the privilege of calling out hi
number and see that it is placed in .he
wheel So he then can have some chance
IT Its being drawn out with a prize from
the other wheel? Is not the published
tist of winners in their lottery also a
fraud? 1t is very easy, for a few dol
lars, to get persons who are willing Ia
let them use their names as the holder-
Of a big prize. Is it any longer a won
der how they controlled the Louisiana
Constitutional Convention, courts and
legislatures, and a former postofice adj
ministration? Under this system e
drawings it will be no trouble to make
money enough to control and run our
very government. From the Chicago
Inter- Ocean, June 9, 1883.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

A stra Sberry grown b, NJ oh lis! ear
Baltimore, measured 1la inches about it,
greatest circumference.
Mr.. Charles Goodnight has 700, 000,,acre>
of land, located at the head of Red river.
in Texas. He has a herd of &c, 900 cattle.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

genuine tiger has just been s'ain
Ia St. Lanirv Parish, La, which meas
ured nine fe, t from tip to tip.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04

Fiery LIVES l.osT, At a circus in
DerSIO on Lake Como, a match set the
straw on tie.
On perceiving the flames tie Snowman
shouted fire. but the spectators
thought the cry wa merely a realistic
detail OF the show, and remained seated.
Cries Of fire were soen raised outside
the hall. The audience. thinking an al
fray had arisen In the street, barred the
door leading from the hail. They did
not discover their mistake until the
flames burst into he room.
After the fire had been extingui.hed
forty seven charred corpses were found
near the table. including the bodies of
the Snowman and his wife. The greater
number of The remains are those Of wo
uen and children. The wounded were
hurt by leaping through Windows. A
child vas furg out of a window by It's
mother, and fell upon a pic of straw.
This Is the OF ly one present III the hall
not hurt.