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TOO MUCH EVEN FOR a CAT.

IL was n tnv little brd
That sat upCn tree
And warbled frtm her throJbiug throat
Her tr.lling minstrelsy
A crouchIng, creeping Thomas cat
Ga2cd ut her iron bel W.
But she sang on "a q pa Il no heed
Unto her cruel foe.
And nearer crept the Thomas cat.
And then nc IN de n spr ny
The hap esS bird was in n mouth!
but ceased not yet to s,ng.
OF then chaste musjc's holy charm
Itseif made felt ere long:
Th" cat r6 leased the niger. which
SAIL chautcd it, clear song.
All. batficd cat nh, happy bird!
All, muses. woudro rs powcrl
The I'd. though. wa pre- L. tov,
Which, wound up, sang an hOuri
boston Gdzetts.
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In n Critic.Itonltion.

Minister Gust before church servicel-
How is our worthy brother, Deacon Smith,
getting on, Doctor?
Physican-He is in a very critical cOndi-
ton. was at his houss three Shines yes
terday and once this morning.
Minister with conce-n) -Indee0! will
ask the prayers of the consre satac1 in his
behalL-N. T. Sun
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ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH.

He even forgot 90 charge client five
dollars under the head II advice for ask
Ing the time on the steps of the City Hall.
One day the tie cf an old book on an
old bOnk-siand caught his eye" The
Nom. by Biornbog SNijajoghog. the great
Norwegian astronomer.
He purchased tire book. and fell 10 dc
vouring Il like a madman.
suddenly a yellow paper fell to the
ground.
IL bore the following cipher:
Noomeht OF yaw sih 81 idap dna ocaps nI
mws nae Ell. ytivarg la sesol sthgin evif dna
syad ov rof shgual ohw enc ynA'
jacques spent weeks over the riddle
One day when on the verge Of madness
he happened to look backwards at it. All
was clear In a second
The riddle read:
Any ono who laughs for i've da-s
ana nve nishtS losss all Rrnvlty. lie eau
- "A a s.'.ee aud paddle Dss way 10 the
mOsu
II shall succeed" said lie.
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Educa,,o,.i Nate.

An Austin student. VINO attends tire lee
tures at the University of Texas, was go
Ing to ee examined with the rest of his
class. At the dinner table his father re-
marked:
j think, Charles. PIl come around this
afternoon aud see low you stand your ex-
am nation"
.-Dun't do II. pas
why not my son?D
Because 4 you are there when INV turn
comes 70 b examined you vii feel very
much mortified, and that would be very
hunilliating to both OF us.v-1cras SiJf.
iRgs.
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BARBER COUNTY INDEX.
Subscription Price ce...............S2 90 A Year
--.------------------------
A TRIP TO THE MOON.
Jacques Courbeaudocq's Wonder
ful Achievement.
fhe Lovers-The One ConditIon-The Mys-
terions Riddle and Its SoIutiOn-The
JOurnsy-"Savedi Saved! THE
acknowledging Bells
AFTER JULES VERNE.
ll,obGrt ID. Braii. in Texas Siftings1
R COUNTY INDEX
A TRIP TO THE MOON.
AFTER JULES VERNE.
lBobGrt ID. Brat .. in Texas Siftings1
CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER I.
JACQUES Coarbeaudocq was a lawyer.
lie was a criminal lawyer
1t is sometimes difficult to distinguish
which is the criminal, and which is the
lawyer. but let that pass.
Lawyers are men who collect claims on
Eve per cent basis.
You get the i've per cent-the lawyer
gets the rest.
Law ers get more rest than any other
class of professional men.
Jacques had red hair.
1t was 80 frey that the building inspect
or ordered him to wear a lire escape down
his back.
The foregoing statement is poetic license
that -. il is a lie.
Jacques loved u beautcous maid named
JOndiettc
Jondteit"s papa was ~ retired sausage
manufacture from Chicago.
He had been knightcd by the New Orlt
Genealogical Bureau on payment OF forty
dollars. The trinity OF life 10 him was his
pipe, cheese and beer.
Love for .iOudre;te caused Jacques heart
TO beat wildly from morn 10 night
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The Farmers Triumph.

odd you get any diplomas at tire fair. ~
asked Deacon Dogwood Of Farmer Fur
row.
N-n-no, not yet" he replied, with 4
faint effort TO look cheerful; "Pln in a
sort of a bad fix
Why what's the matter?''
wal. had some fine oats on exhibi-
tion, aud the jockeys took 'em for horse
feed; my old woman had crazy quill
there, and the burned rascals used it for q
horse blanket Sal had some OF her best
fruit there. but the judg s ate il ell up OF
course, l kicked up row. and they said
they'd give me a diploma to hush the mat
ter MP. up."-IndidnappIis ScpHnet.
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The Right Hour.

"Phat tonne is Itg" inquired an Irishmm
Of an eccentric Scotchman who carried
watch.
1T ha' jooSt strack wan" replied the
Scot giving Pat thump on the head with
bis cane.
We'll may goodness be praised tha.
didn't mato yea an hour sooner. Z" said Pat
as ho rubbed his head Chtcuyo Lcdoer.
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THE NEXT THING TO 1T.
IL Wasn't Fire or Murder, hut a Catas
trOphe Equally as Great.

1t Wasn't Fire or Murder, but q Catas-
trophe Equally as Great.
A woman ran out of house on Beau
bien street the other day crying "fre %
as loud as she could yell. A pedestrian
who was passing By slrang UP the steps
and into the hail, and, being unable to see
or smell smoke he turned To the gaspng
and excited woman and ASKED:
"Where is the fire? 1 can't see any
signs of one"
Ill didn't mean firel IL meant
murderi' she repl ed.
. Is there man in the hOuser'
'NO, sir"
"WhO tried to murder you?"
"Oh, | didn't mean murder, guess
but the awfu!eSt, biggest rat YOU ever sot
eyes ON chased our cal across the kitchen
and then stool and g-iared at me like a
tiger Ihirsting for blood! ON sir, you d
better turn in a fire alarm and let 'em
kick in all The doors and break In ali the
windows and flood the house. Tie rat
must lie killed before he commits some ter
rible deed ~ Deir0U Free Press
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ALIAS NOTICE

United STATES LAND OFFICE. !
LARSEp, KAs i. Dec. 1s, 1885
franklin Armstrong va. Alice j. Tuylor in
voiVlng q ne /, s-w / ne /, NE NV see
toh ~ twp ~, OF range IL w.
ky commissioners letter &c. :" dated October
o 1879 hearing is ordered IN the above entitled
cnlse, , lnsse1 upon the duly corroborsted afIi-
chgit or Franklin Armstrong, alleging that
stu ADcc THslor never established resi-
oence upon said land, Won therefore sum-
roted 10 appear ut this Office on the first day
fepruary. 1855, ct 10 O'Clock o. m, To respond
tion. w N DpovvITr R.oistsr
irceisnd 4 Doughty, Atty's for Plaintiff.
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Conversationai item.

Judge Pennybunker was walking cn
Austin Avenue. conversing with himself. as
is his habit he bsing a little absent-minded.
Gilhooly came up behind him, slapped him
OIL the back. and said
What are you talking to yourself about,
cid genfenal?''
Go away and leave us alone.''
Leave us aloneY'
''Yes, leave ,Gs alone. Whenever / am
wa.king on ihe street cnnversiny with a
sensible, INTEL, gent gentleman of CT iure
and Refinement, yOn nave to stick yourself
IN netMeen as and interrupt us."-TeEas
Sif3Ugy.
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A. IdI. Youth.

IL think" said C,.one, Fiz:leto2. "tIIat
Johnny is get X TO be too triilng for any
thing. He is tile LATEST boy in Austin"
THAT may he. but he gets up at six
o'c'ock in the morning, l notice." replied
Mrs. FizzIetop.
20, he does that SD he can have more
time TO loaf "-Ttsrqs Siftllln1.
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Notice nf nisrnlnfton

Notice is hereby given that the co-partner.
Snip heretofore existing under the firm name
OF sparks, Br1scoc d Co. composed of X. ".
~ arks. John Briscoe. and Y. Il. sparks en-
grged in general farming aud cattle business
- this day dissolved by DlfIffIaI consent. X. ",
sparks retirfnV. John i,riccoc end II. L. Sparks
VIII continue the business under the firm narns
Of Sparks & Briseoe
II. NJ. sPARKs,
Oh J6HN BRiscOE,
T. r.. SPARKS.
MEDICINE LoDGE. Kan. Dec. 80. lssJ
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Eot,ca of nis.nlntinn.

Notice fs hereby given that the co-parfncr-
snip heretofore existing under the firm ngrne
of Hans N Morga, general blacksinitiis, has
this day been dissolved by mutual consent,
Chas. +. Morga withdrawing. The BUSINESS
Will be continued by Albert Hansen. who will
assume all liabilities and collect all money d.ls
the firm. Signed,
Albert HANSEN,
CRAs. r. MORGA.
MEDIctSE LODGE. Kan. Nov. 30. 1855. 81
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getting this story mixed with next week s
romance and beg the readers pardon for
the mistaken
ION one condition." continued the old
man, with scOrnful laugh.
Name it," said both, In n breath.
THAT you bring me n chunk OF the green
cheesu from which the noon is mads. to
eat with my beer said the old man, with
a hideouS lcer.
Jondrette gave low moan and fell faint
Ing over King Anne rocking chair.
II will do it, said Jacques.
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CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
A glorious full moon throws her splendid
radiance DER the palace of JCudrette's papa
I'm Fifth avenue.
The family bulldog is pouring forth his
soul IN the back yard.
A young man enecls at the feet Of Jon
dretie's papa. lis hand is clasp,d in the
lily-whitr Upper of Joudre tie.
JOndrettc is weeping.
In short space oil time she had shed
four quarts Of tears.
To be- more Nplcit--a gallon.
Nothing would soften the hard heart of
the old man.
In vain they threatened 10 commit sui
eide and other crimes.
"Ntl r'ihiEg move yoa, hard heari?'
gaspcd Jacques.
YES, Monsieur, she is yours-"
Wild cry uf joy broke from the lips ot
the happy pair AMI rang and re-ccho-d
through the awful silence of the dlrl, dun
geOn-nO we mean through the richly-fur-
nished apartment trhe fact is we were
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CHApTFRV

At noon OF the seventeen Fevrier two
agurss were ascending OF the car of the
h.gh elevator AZ Coney Island.
They were Jacques and friend
The friend had had little friendly mis-
understanding with the bank OF which he
was cashier. and gladly consented TO a tour
Tor his health.
The two men had provisions hugo
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Stray Notice.

Stray Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the underfsrned
has On his raDxe. On East Cedar creek. orls
stray Dnll branded and marked rs follows,
as Il torn BY dogI; TIP Gf right horn broken
on On Ihe aforesaid bull has been on my range
recover tine animal by pairing the feed bin ana
cozt Of This advertisement
g ]. y. nAvrs.
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II beat so loudly as to annoy the rest OF
the bOarders.
But b, all means let us avoid turning this
CriEiua romance into n farce.
Il will ask for her hand" said Jacques.
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POSTAL

PustOtiiCc NJ Medicine Lodge open from 4 NJ
~ y PN. Sundays one hour ON arrival Of mail
Money order Oihcc. II. A. MCCLEARY. =. ".
A. :. MCCLEARY, Assistant.
The Mails:
From Attica and all Eastern points arrives
dailv nj pm; leaves daily ats NJ.
FROM Ashland, COldwutcr, Ncscutungn, Sol
dicr Creek, kcd Creek, sun City, Lake CITY
Mingona, kingman, BrOss, New kiowa, arrives
daily.
f. ~, arrives Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
a. ysRtbPM DepartsTucsday Thursduysand
Saturdays ut = NJ
FROM luka, Elm Mills and Sarntogn arrives on
Tuesdays and Fridays nj 3 rM and departs on
Wednesdays and Saturdays at sam.
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OHltlSTIAN.- Preaching cvcry sunday nt
Oll o'clock A. VI. SUNDAY ichool ut ~ O'Clock
a. m. every sunday. 4. ~. MULKEY. Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH - Services on third
sunday Of every month nt Sherlock's hall. NJ
lO;D "A. IN. Sunday school Immediately after
ward. ions H. MCKUNE. Pastor
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DOCroR KESsLER.

onco over Firss National bank bunaiuE.
81 MEDICINE LUDoE. KASs.
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CHAPTER III

For days Jacques tasted nothing.
lie pOred night and day over works on
astronomy.
Memory and appetite alike failed.
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SOCIETIES.

A. =. & A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. u
IA Regular communications, first and
Y AZ third Saturday evenings I'm each
wv month. IT, BLtCKHAnN, w. VI.
HIN tNdHAHAM, Secretary.
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DRESBYTERTAN.-Sc on second AMI
fourth sundays Jf each month. sunday
school ut 10 A. VI. A. AXLINE, Pastor.
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CHURCHES

METHODIST EPISCOPAL.-Services cvrry
N1 sunday nt .O0 n. M. and 30 y. ~. sun
lay school every sunday NJ $500 y. m. Prayer
meeting every "Wednesday evening nt 1:CO
strangers invited. W. II. GILLIAN, Pastor.
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Il ORRATNE CHAPTER, Order Eastern star.
SRegular meetings first and third Monday
evenings In each month
MRs r. L. OBRYAN, w. NJ
Miss DELLA MooRE. secy.
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Democratic Central Committee.
". T.. CARUTuERs. Medicine Lodge.
w n. WILLIAMS, sharon.
\. n. DfCKERsON, Elm Mills.
r. =. PuOtTOR. sun city.
~. ". MASON, Lake city.
=. NJ. SIMMONS. New KiOwn.
" a.. ALrOun, HazrltOn.
T.. a. tWNun. sexton.
LIS. MTHpOtK. Lodi.
THOs. j. DYEW. Cummiusford.
T.. l.. CARUTHERs. Chairman
W. Il. WILLIAMS, SecretIry.
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I. q. ~. r.. Pioneer I.Od
A(H1y\N& No. i71-Rcgular meeting. =.
RA ~ IN every Tuesday evening.N -
NA<~ itinHhrcthrcn in good stand
0D ing cordially invited.
T.. 4. HUBBAUD, y. q.
W. II. HOu4E, Secretary.
ENSIGN ENCAMPNENT No. Gs, !. O. %. =.
Meets frat and third "Wednesday Of each month.
Visiting Patrinrchs cordially invited to attend.
r. VI. BYEHLEY, p. J. l.. NELSON. G.. 7.
X. 4. LORNsH, :. W. W. r. ROUsE,S.
A. 0. u, W., Hsei. HEssli'y erery ES4y' 4Ssr.a7 S% :
night j. W. SINGER. ". W.
L. W. MoonE, Recorder.
y n D ELDRED POST, No. ia. meets
NJ ~ M the Inst Saturday IN each moth
~ the court house Nv Medicine Lodge, nt T.. ".
All comrades cordially invited.
Ell SMITH. Post Commando.
NJ. ~. GtLnEHT, Adlutnnt
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w H. MOORE, n. D,
MKINcKR,

Medicine Lodge. Kans.
Oners his professional services tn the public.
once and Residence az Lindsey a Co.'S. drug
store opp. Grand hotel. Once hours 90 2; 20
hR.m.
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Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF her iitcnti.n
70 make hIai proof Ia support OF her claim, aud
that said proof VIII be made before the Probate
Judge, AT Medicine Lodge, Cn March =. 1885,
VIZ: Talitha Mcclellan. for the e a n-w l.
section IL, twp ~, 5 of range IL W.
She names the following witnesses to pIuye
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of said and viz:
Leroy Hughes, Pcrci+nl RobeSson, Major
Ro0eson, Taylor Gi5s, all of Amber, Barber
county, Kas.
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IF3N4Ni' MIS-. q. y.
Notice Is hereby Civ u that the following
named $ ttler has filed notice ot his intention
70 make hnal proof in support Of his claim
Z shannon, notary pubic. st Medicine Lodge
h5S., o. February 8: 'S6, viz: Arthur l.. TaylnC,
and W = !, section 22 and sc ne / section
2i twp 30, range L. W.
He names the following Witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon and cultifatiou
William Slack. g L Royse. Louis Seriinc. of
AM ''er, Barper Co, kas.. and Ed. williams of
Elm Mills, Barrier CT, kas.
30 - w. X. BROwNLrE Register
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LAND OFFICE AT LARvI

Notice is hereby given that the following.
AarnC settler has fled notice Of his intention
20 make final proof in support of his claim.
'nd that said proof VII be made before
,Tlary Il, 1885, viz: John w KIey, q u : No
"Jl4, for the a sc i section 10, n 4 ne
section 10 twp 81, range Il.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon am cultivation
of said land. viz:
Clarence Blake, J Blake. s Palmer. L
hoesheen, all Of Medicine Lodge. Kas.
30 20 W. K. BROwNLEE, Reoister
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Notice is ht reby given thar the follow,nv
named settler has filed notice uf her intention
70 make hual proof IN support of her claim and
Judge ~ Medicine Lodge, on February 2. 1856.
VIZ; Dora Flint, DS No l0il5 for the n
ne Il. section 10, twp 80. rIiuse Is
She names the following wituesses m nro,a
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said In d, viz:
w Gellett, + Long, Lyman Hobbs I w
Combs, ali of Medicine Lodge Kas.
30 IS " X BROwNLEF Register
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Pc,annnls aud nrier..
TIE Madison Ward Democratic Cllb
will meet tonight in the City Hal.

TIE Madison Ward Democratic Clah
will meet tonight in the City Hal.
Tbefeast beirg conducted at Cersley's
Hall, Manchester, BY Leader Lodge Of
Good Templsrs, will close tonight.
Nr. j. D. X. Sleigbt left ,he city yes
terday for Milton, n. C., whsre he will
address a Sunday. school convention TO-
night.
A meeting of the Democratic voters
Of Jackson Ward is called at RAMS
Hall tonight for tbs purpose Of form
irg a club.
A white man named j. R. Hughes,
from RockbIidge county, was sent 90
the penitentiary yesterday for three
years for voluntary manslaughter.
Sfr. John S. Cooke, flour inspector
Of the city of Petersburg, was yes,er-
day reappointed by Governor Lee. The
new appointment dates from January
/, 1857.
DR.. Holt, Of Surry, and Major
D1ewry, Of Charles City, passed through
the city last evening on their way TO
meet a committee in Washington aud
arrange with President Cleveland for
his coming to the fair.
The American balkentine Henry
Warner, 33l tons, Captain j. Z. Paine,
cleared for Santos, Brazil, yesterday.
with $500 barrels Of -four and 2o0
kegs Of lard, valued st ais, O33 %. The
-four was shipped by the Hsxall-Cren.
shaw Company, Messrs. Dunlop y Nc
Canoe, and Baltimore Mills.
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LYNDON CLARKE's CASE.
Judec French. OF Manchester. Rofascs
TO surrender Him TO tho United
States Auihorifies.

Promptly at 10 O'Clock YESTERDAY
morning Judge French assembled the
bench of the Manchester Hastings
Court. lie had dispensed with the az
ternoon session Of the court the day be-
fore on account Of indispositioa, and
vas both looking aud feeling much bet
ter after his short needed rest.
As soon a. the court was formally
opened Sergeant Fitzgerald announced
TO the Court the surrender OF Mr.. La
don 5. Clarke, and Judge Clopton,
counsel for the prisoner, signided bis
intention to ask for bail.
Observation-Disclosures Page ask
ed that the prisoner be taken before a
magistrate.
lie was at once taken before Justice
Perdue, where preliminary exsminl-
ton was waived.
When the Johnson Y alker case was
discontinued for an hours recess for
dinner Assistant District Attorney
James Lyons, Jr., who had been WAL
ing for some time for suitable oppCr-
tuDity, made application for the pri-
sorer to be delivered 10 the United
States authorities to stand trial in the
United States court for felony. He
held in his hand an indictment found in
December, 1881, charging the accused
with making fraudulent entries in the
check-book Of the First National Bank.
of which be was before that time keeper.
United Marshal overly was pres
ent with a bench-warraut for the sP-
prehension Of the accused.
Judge French refused to deliver the
prisoner to the United States marshal.
Judge Clopton declined to ask for bail
and the prisoner was remanded to Ill.
The two indictments in the Hastings
Court were found July Is, 1881. One
charges that on the 18th Of July, lol9,
Clarke committed grand larceny By
stealing from the Manchester Building
Fund Company the sum Of $50, and al
teripg the correct addition Of his book
of receipts on said date for the purpose
Of effecting the same. The second
charges that during his connection With
said Company as secretary and treasu-
rer, which expired March Is, 1881, he
embezzled 81 900 and altered his books
to effect the same.
MIR. Clarke says no one knows what
he has gone through since he left Man,
chester, six ears ago. lie has travelled
great deal in the West, and has stras'
gltd hard to get along. All this mas
told upon him, and be has grown mucn
grayer. He wanted to come back 70
see his children and the friends OF
former days, and now throws himsei'
upon the tender mercies Of the Court
hoping the law viii not be hard upon,
him. He desires . speedy trial. anu
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StansGeld, superintendent Of the
Tborite Powder Company, near
by, picked up . box full Of rag
Dents Of the dead men. A number
Of others assisted In the work, aud the
remains we're all put in heap to sEiIs
the action Of the coroner. One mao
bad family in Germany, and the others
were said TO be single. Their clothing
was burned to shreds. The main fac
tory Of the Ditmar Works was nearly
wrecked, one end Of the building being
blown to pieces, exposing the interior.
After the explosion the lower timbers
Of the building took FIRE and burned
fercely. A large tree near By
was torn up by the roots, and
number Of other trees were
blown away. The ground for half
mile was strewn with fragments OF the
dead, splinters, packing-psper, &c. The
violence of the explosion shook houses
in Barlow, across the creek from Bay
Chester. Many windows in John FL
liott's Bay View Hotel, at Pelham
Bridge, over one mile away, we're shat
tered. Thomas Denwosdie's black
smiths shop, at West Chester, was
shaken violently, and the windows in
many houses in the same village were
bIokefs This is the second explosion
that has occurred in these works this
year.
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Roy aI.Arch Chapter.

lBy telegraph 10 the Dlspach'
WASHINGTON, September 30.-To-
days session Of the General Grad
Chapter, Royal-Arch MasOns, was a
long one, and a good deal Of business
Of a private character was transacted.
The application Of the Royal Arch
liasons of Austra ALA for representation
in the General Grand Chapter was re-
fused, it Being decided that no chapters
under the American system should be
established in that Jurisdiction.
The following officers were elected ::
Noble D. Lanser, of Washington, gene
raj grand high priest David f. Day, Of
Buffalo, n. Y, deputy general grand
high priest Joseph P. Hornor, Of New
Orleans, general grand king; George
McCahan, Of Baltimore, general grand
scribe. The remsiuder Of the differs
will be elected tomorrow, the election
to-day having been Interrupted by the
necessity Of a5journiog in order to take
a trip to Mount Vernon as arranged by
the local committee.
At to-morrow's session the place Of
meeting for the next session will also
be determined upon. The Chapter in
a body went to Mount Vernon this AZ
terrOon.