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Year: 1869

SUDDEN DEATH-Numerous ac4usintances
and personal friends, who saw Mrs. Nicholas
Duncan. of La Sale, in this city on Tuesday of
the present week, in apparent good health. will
be shocked to learn, that next morning she was
corpse. She lad returned home on Tuesday
evening on the accommodation train in company
with her husband, and retired to bed at season.
bic hour seemingly in her usual health. On
waking in the morning, her husband found her
corpse. She had apparently breathed her last
without a struggle or even motion of the body.
Her sudden death, SO crushing to the family,
cast gloom over the whole city. Mrs. d. was a
lady very highly esteemed by all who knew her,
noted for kindness and liberaity to the poor, aud
for her active sympathy with all classes in dis.
tress.
Year: 1869

DARING AssAuLT.-About 10 o'clocl, last Sun.
day night, as E. G. Lewis, a young lawyer of this
city. was returning to Ottawa in buggy from a
visit to his parents in Fall River, he was as
saulted at the south end of the Illinois river
bridge by couple of desparadoes, whose evident
object was plunder. One Of these seized the horse
by the bride, and the other was preparing to at
tack Mr.. L., when he gave the animal sharp
stroke with the whip, on which it made sudden
spring forward, broke loose from the robber and
moved on. The robbers then attempted to arrest
the vehicle by seizing the wheels, but after one
of them had received vigorous application of
the but of whip over the head, the effort was
abandoned. There has been o good deal of this
sort of rufianism about our streets lately in the
night, and it is hoped people who have occasion
to be out late will take the precaution to go suf-
fciently armed to lay out dozen or two of these
rufians.
Year: 1869

"a dollar saved is dollar made, and another
dollar left to trade And that is why We urge
people to buy their boots and shoes of Child e.
Bro. They have tremendous stock, and are
selling at such prices that nobody is justified in
going shabbily shod when it costs SO little to
wear good and neat article.
Year: 1869

Our facilities for dong all kinds OF job Work. In the va
nous styles Of the art surpassed this section and
we solicit those wishing anything done in this
line TO give Us CALL BY the judcious and liberal use of
printers ink many mans fortuse has been made and tho
field is still open Tryit


Orders by mail promptly attended TO-
Year: 1869

WHAT'S THE USE ?-Why look so gloomy and
discouraged on account Of the dismal weather, as
if every evil did not bring with it compensat-
ing benefit Now see! Reddick 6 Gillen bro't
to Ottawa an enormous stock of the choicest
goods, in anticipation of a brisk summer trade.
The goods can't be kept over. The bad weather
has made trade dull, and in consequence you can
now buy those goods at little over half Of what
you would have paid had the summer trade been
heavy. So cheer up, and busy yourself rich
Year: 1869

IL is well for Congressnen. our city fathers
and property owners on Pennsylvania avenue
that the poor horses cannot make speeches or
cast votes If they could, we fancy that mag
nificent thoroughfare would not be left much
longer in its present disgraceful and dangerous
condition What might easily be made the
nnest drive and promenade in the world is now
really one of the least attractive, and all for
want Of being decently paved. And not only
that; 1T Is uncomfortable for those person,
obliged to use il, unsafe for their horses. and
terribly destructive of their vehicles.


But change in these respects is not all that
would be gained by the much needed improve
ment Every piece of property fronting on the
Avenue would at once be increased i'm value ten
times its proportion of the cost of properly paw
ing the whole roadway. Is it not possible, there
lore, TO get something done in this direction
ana that without further delayl If Congress
refuses TO pay the portion of the cost whiel,
should rightfully be borne by the general pov
ernment, let our municipal authorities the
street railway company, and the property hold
ers obtain the necessary permission, and do the
work at their own expense. 1t would be one of
the best investments they ever made Not ONLY
would IL be returned to them directly i'm more
valuable property, but one of the chief glores of
Washington would be brought before strangers
In such manner that this act would of itself do
more than any single one of which we can
row think toward dispelIing the whole idea of
removing the capital
Year: 1869

The universal suffrage association which
meets weekly in Washington, broke up in a
row at the last meeting. Some brute Of a
man threw in fire brand in the shape Of a
declaration, that the association was com.
posed of handful Of notorlety-seeklng wo
men. This at once brought down the house,
not in the usual way, bnt in q storm of fe'
male indignation. Result as stated.
Year: 1869

Tomorrow the President and members OF
the Cabinet will meet at the navy yard for
the purpose of inspecting the vessels being
fitted out there, as well as the general oper
atoms of the yard. The President will be
received with all of the honors by the Secre-
tary of the Navy.
Year: 1869

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Year: 1869

The system by which fires have been hitherto
officially reported at police headquarters has been
radically defective, il being left entirely to the
discretion or comprehension Of the officer on the
beat where the fire might occur to make such a
report, whether full Incomplete accurate or in.
accurate, as his own whim might dictate. The
consequence has been not only that wretchedly
imperfect accounts have been received of the
confsgrations occurring. but that at times delay
of day or more has ensued in its transmission
to the authorities. This difficulty the superintend-
ent of police has decided to remedy. He proposes
TO do it by detailing an officer whose special and
only duty it shall be to start out when an alarm
bell strikes, visit the scene whence the alarm
comes remain there until the flames are overcome,
and then no matter az what time of the day OF night
report the cause place. time, sufferers, insurance,
in short, everything connected with the fire at once
at the superintendent's office. This special officer
will have authority to organize and direct all po-
licemen at the ires to preserve order, and to pro-
tect property. The system is the result OF con-
sultation, we are informed, with the heads of the
fire department, by whom it is warmly approved.
We think it promises well.
Year: 1869

Rather a singular notice appears in one Of the
New York papers: "The person who left
human leg on the roof of the building No 2f
Irving place, on Wednesday, can obtain the same
BY applying at the above number"
Year: 1869

PoRT HENRY. Sept. q.
The strike among the miners still
continues and frequent attacks are
made upon workmen employed on the
Erie Bed Railroad. Several men have
been severely beaten for working
against orders by the mob. Danger Of
life and property imminent.
Year: 1869

The DARIEN CANAL.-A formidable op-
position to the treaty negotiated by Hon.
Caleb Gushing, for the construction of the
Darien Ship canal, has exhibited itself at
Bogota. The assumed grounds of this dis
satisfaction are, that the treaty is negotiated
in the interests of the Panama Railroad
Company, and instead of promoting the
early construction of a canal across the
American isthmus, it is so contrived as to
prevent one from being built, it can read
lily be seen that French influence, and per-
haps French gold, is being used to prevent
a ratification of the Gushing treaty, and
impede the progress of the United States
on the isthmus. As it is now quite. GER
tain that Napoleon has taken the field ac-
lively against the United States on the
isthmus ship canal. question, we must be
prepared to act promptly, boldly and with
vigor, If the Senate hesitates to confirm
the treaty, or division is apparent upon
the project, we will strengthen the Mos
quera movement in Columbia, and render
a ratification of the treaty problematical
If the new administration means to have a
fixed and determined policy with reference
to foreign interference in the affairs of
this continent, now is.the time to CON-
mence.
Year: 1869

Twenty-one murders have been committed in
Indiana within the past three weeks. In ten of
these cases only were the murderers arrested; in
five Others they were well known to the authori-
ties, but succeeded in making good their escape !;
and in six cases the assassns are not even known,
and all efforts to detect and apprehend them have
been fruitless.


Isn't there some mistake here? Ought
not the scene of these murders to have been
located somewhere in the South, where
civilization and morality are at so low an
ebb? 1t is hardly possible that all this
crime could have been committed in a
State which never was cursed with the Pc
culiar southern institution so prolific of
vice and crime.
Year: 1869

A MAN Frozen TO DEATH.--On Satur-
day night last man by the name of Da-
yid Smith, living with his son, near Will
low Grove, in Kent county, was frozen to
death while returning home in an intoxi-
Gated condition. He was seen at late
hour at night returning homeward, and il
is supposed that after he arrived at the
road leading to his house le got off the
cart to open the gate, which he succeeded
10 opening and shutting, but not being
able to regain his place in the cart sank
down on the ground where he was found
next morning with life extinct. He was
a man about 55 years of age and wild.
over, his wife having died about two
years before.
Year: 1869

The Claim of the widow of Ex-senator
Riddle of this State now pending before
the U. S. Senate is for loss and damage
sustained in the occupancy of her planta-
tion in Virginia by a portion of the Union
Army during the Rebellion. 1t amounts
to between three or four thousand dollars.
Year: 1869

REDUCTION OF ARMY ExPEssEs.-The following
plan for the reduction Of the expense Of the staff
corps of the army s now being considered by the
House committee on military affairs. Gen. Grant
and the secretary of in favor OF the propo-
sition. First-A consolidation of the quarter
bureau Of supplies and disbursements. Second
The consolidation OF the engineers and ordnance
corps, and of the coast survey establishment into
a bureau Of arms, Notifications and surveys
Tbird-The retirement of all supernumsrsry Off
GERS on half pay, until vacancy occur BY which
they can be returned to active service Ii Is esti
mated that saving of nearly fifty per cent.
would be accomplished in the expenses OF the
staff Of the army. by the adoption of the measure
low under consideration ..
Year: 1869

1t is said that when Hosr's nomination to
the Supreme Bench shall be withdrawn tha,
Of the infamous and bloody Joe Holt, Judge
Advocate General, will be sent in. The
Court being relieved of the odium of Stan
tons name, this would place the next
mesuest man in America in his place.
Year: 1869

The government in Washington is in daily


receipt of written returns relative to the all
important matter Of the probable yield Of the


coming home harvest In the supply Of our two
| great national staples, corn and cotton. The
| official deduction, as at present inferred-but


which may be materially altered. by the in


fluence Of six or seven days of UNMARRIED warm,
| rpening fall weather, coming after timely
rains-is te the etfeee. effect the. the. the corn crop will
be generally short, in decline Of the supply as
compared with that Of the past year. Four
teen States-three Eastern, four Western and


seven in the South and Southwest-exhibit the
crop as equal to-, or superior to, that Of 1868


at this date. while it is anticipated that the
produce Of the grain fields of Illinois and
Indiana will range from twenty-five to thirty
per cent less. In the two last named States
the average expanse of acreage under cereals
has decreased, a fact which should be borne
in mind. In the West and outhwest the crop
will, 1t is thought, be below. New York, with
the New England States, are also set down as
promising a deficiency. Texas, Kansas and
Arkansas will, it is thought go far to reduce
the food balance as against the people, a corn
crop largely in excess of that Of 1868 being
looked for in each


The prospect with regard to cotton Is more
cheering, the condition in all tho States in
which 1t 10 grown having improved since
July. The cultivation has been also mnch
more extensive. South Carolina and Ala
bama make the poorest returns, which may
perhaps be accounted for by many existing
local causes. On the whole the appearance
leads to the hope Of crop larger than
that of last year. These facts with respect
both to corn and cotton are very consoling
as evidences of the vast inherent wealth of our
soil and the grand recuperative energy Of our
people--national blessings which, under Gods
providence, will ever maintain our independ-
ence at home and cause the peoples and gov
ernments of the Old World to look to us with
confidence and hope and in wholesome tone
of respect.


The subject Is really vital In Europe. Our
cable dispatches state that the grain crops in
Great Britain are in the most favorable condition
The late dry and warm weather has fastened
the ripening Of the corn, and on the predica-
ton of an early and abundant harvest, much
of which is already gathered, the advance in
prices had been arrested, An attempt is made
in the same dispatches to create the idea that
the grain crop on the Continent Of Europe
generally, with the exception Of the interior
of Russia, promises to be light This canard
Is circulated, of course, In the interest of the
spectators, who want to raise the price Of
grain. We can say that all our newspaper
reports from Europe contain the direct reverse
of this statpmeDt
Year: 1869

GOLD AND THE SPECULAToRs. The insvi-
table tendency Of gold to lower price under
the hattering expectations of large cotton
crop and heavy shipments of produce this foil
has been checked by the ''bulls," who have
made o sortie on the market and bought all the
gold preparatory to corner on the "bears. "
The fact shows that Wall street fluctuations
are nowadays no longer the result of legiti-
mate and natural causes, but of artificial in
fuences originating with the gold and stock
gambling cliques.
Year: 1869

BOY.
Over the fence is q garden fair
How would lsve to be master therei
All that lack is mere pretense,
could leap over the low white fence.


CONSCIENCE.
This is the way that crimes commence,
Sin and sorrow are over the fence.


BOY.
Over the fence I can toss my ball,
Then l can go in for it-that is all
Picking an apple up near the tree
Would not be really theft. You see.


CONSCIENCE.
This is n falsehood-a weak pretense,
Sin and sorrow are over the fence.


BOY.
Whose is the voice that thus speak so plain
Twice have heard 1t, and not in vain,
Meier will venture to look that way,
Lest shall do as planned to-day.


CONSCIENCE.
This is the way that all crimes commence,
Coveting that which is over the fence.
Year: 1869

A Michigan Court has just decided
that suits against railway companies
for the non-fulfilment of contracts for
the carriage of through freights over
several connecting lines, cannot be
brought by the customer against the
last company which should deliver to
him the goods, without clear proof by
the customer that the damage claimed
was sustained through the laches of that
company. In the absence of specific
evidence as to the locus in quo, the GUS
toner suffering damage must proceed
only against that company with which
he originally contracted for the through>
freight. If this decision be law, it is of
much Importance to the trading COM
munity.
Year: 1869

whisky and cards were the cause of the. late
dlsaster on the Mississippi, by which over 200
people were sent to their long home. There isa
temperance lecture in that, which it would be
well for all to head.
Year: 1869

What though before me ii is dark,
Too dark for me TO see?
ask but light for one step more;
IT'S quite enough for me.
Each little humble step take,
The gloom clears from the next;
So, though It's very dark beyond,
never am perplexcd.
And if sometimes the mist hangs close,
So close fear to stray,
Patient | wait little while,


And soon il clears awey.
would not see my further path,
For mercy walls it so;
My present steps might harder be
Did the future know.
1t may be that my path is rough,
Thorny, and hard, and steep;
And, knowing this, my strength might fail
Through fear and terror deep.
1t may be that it winds along


A smooth and flowcry way;
But seeing this, might dtspise


The journey Of to-day.
PERHAPS my path is short,


My journey nearly done;
And might trcmblc at the thought
OF ending it so soon.
Or, if saw weary length


OF road that | must wcnd,
Painting, I'd think, MY feeble powers
Will fail me ere the end"
And so l do not wish TO see


My journey or its length;
Assured that, through my fathers love,
Each step will bring lis strength.
Thus step by step l onward go,


Not looking far before;
Trusting that | shall always have
Light for just zone step more"
Year: 1869

"Instead Of thanking me, she actually
slapped my face, and said, III teach you
to interfere between man and wife.
That's my husband, and we've been mar
ried three days It's pretty hard thing
if a wife can. stop and speak to her hus-
band without having some idiot come
and make O muss about it,


"Now," continued the lawyer, "This
is not only true story, but it is fair
example of the continued trouble that q
man gets into who lives in Chicago and
doesn't know how to hold his tongue.
You may understand why hate Chicago
customs, and why go in for indissolu
BILE marriages. never made q mistake
in asking a man about his wife the whole
time 1 lived in New York, but here I've
got into more awkward places and more
fights than I can count, just because a
man or woman don't stay marri-.
ed more than month at the furthest.''


We drank weak lemonade together in
solemn thoughtfulness, and I parted
from him with the feeling that, bad as
it is to be indissolubly connected with an
unpleasant mother in law, it is better
than to be constantly bothered by
change of wife.
Year: 1869

stantly presented for redemption. To
keep out circulation in those days was
the great aim and effort of Bank officers.
Now the difficulty would be to get it in,
if reauired.-I Exchange.
Year: 1869

THERE is no such thing as perfect rest
in nature. If no alterations occurred
there would be no progress. It. does not
require scientific education to convince
any one of common understanding that
the hills and dales were once under wa
ter On the highest mountain peaks in
Syria between Jerusalem, and Damascus,
the traveller sees marine shells which be-
belonged to q primitive sea- Far inland
on the Atlantic borders of the Southern
States, immense beds and reefs of coral
show clearly that the sea once occu-
pied the regions of dry land where these
tokens of geological changes are found.
How plain it is that the mighty seas
and oceans which cover very nearly two
thirds of the earth's surface are slowly
but steadily shifting their bordersl So
gradual are the movements of the wa
ters that centuries of careful observation
would be required to define the exact rate
of encroachment in some countries. But
snail paced a. it is, the water gradually
creeps over the land. While gaining in
one direction new land is coming into
view in another, bringing on its uprising
crest the remains of the animals and plants
peculiar 70 the wstery element Like q
Spanish fandango, while one side goes up
the other side goes down. Thus every
atom entering into the organization of
this magnificent globe moves and shares
in the never-endiDg motion on which the
stability of this and the whole material uni
verse depends
Year: 1869

Compliant was recently made to the
London authorities by persons residing in
the neighborhood of chignon factory
that the process of preparing human hair
by baking and boiling was an intolerable
nuisance, but the officers did not find any
warrant for proceeding to abste it
Year: 1869

Here Is q funeral speech which a
Paris paper assures us was actually
Dronouneed at MOntmatre, the Other
day. by father at the grave Of his
sOfi, Gentlemen" said the father,
IN voice full of emotion, i" the body
befa.a me was that OF nay son. He
was young man in the prime Of life,
with a sound constitution, which
ought to have insured him hundred
wears. But misconduct, drunkenness
and dsbauehery Of the most disgrace
fui kind Brought him in the flower q
age to the ditch which you see before
yOa. Let this be an example 20 ySu
and your children. Let Us go hence. .
Year: 1869

as term Of contempt ~ now properly
applied to 4 class OF worthless women.
with the casting of Of the word lady
~ vulgarizcd IN our country, and the
general assumption OF the term womah'
would come Il better appreciation
Of her duties. Our daughters and
wives would then DC less disposed to
live as if the perfection Of their being
was to be finely dressed and have
nothing to do.
Year: 1869

FLORENCE correspondence New York Times


Suicide is much more common here
than might be expected, among SO care
less a people. / do not know the per-
centage for all Italy, but it must be
greater than with us. The pistol and the
pool are more commonly resorted to than
liquid poisons and the fumes of charcoal.
Love, loss of property and domestic in
felicity are the common causes but life
is taken for the most trivial reasons,
and by very young persons. Here in
Florence, We have just had three cases
in single day. A girl of seventeen
throws herself from the Ponte Vscchio,
because she is discharged from domestic
service, for some petty detection. The
spectacle was a remarkable one. At
least thousand persons, mostly men,
lined the quay and bridges, and with
mute curiosity saw, for fifteen minutes, a
human creature struggling in the water,
and not a hand or foot was moved to
save.


I A bark, bearing policeman. arrived
very leisurely, and fshed the body from
the bottom, and then an unofficial ply
sician pronounced life extinct, and an
other policeman, in due course, rendered
the verdict. 5s.


Another case was that of young
man, employed in the Government SER
vice, who blew out his brains in the
Gascine, lately become rather favorite
place for suicides. He had written
dozen letters, eaten a meal at trattoria
near by, taken off part of his clothes
and folded them in newspapers, SO that
they might not be soiled with his blood,
and inclosed note requesting that these
and the pistol might be given to the
woman with whom he had been lodged.


The reason given for his selftaking-off
was that he had not been sufficiently af-
fectionate and grateful to his parents.
Thus one sees what are some of the mo-
tives for Italian suicide.
Year: 1869

Without any speclaI comr.aint. EXCEPT a gradual
declination of bodily strength and nervous energy


will find in the BIZ TERS a fountain Of
vitality and vigor, as refreshing and exil-
Grating as pool in the desert to the sand scorcned
and fainting travellers. :