Year: 1879

to fight for the chap who gave them a ride, in lieu of fighting with him for or dering them on board" It may be ob- served, in this conn ection, that differ ent ship owners had different methods of dealing with refractory sailors. Very few would have followed the plan of Capt. Forbes.

 It was believed that almost every thing capable of being canned had served it's turn, but now an enterprising firm has turned it's attention to fish balls. The fish are killed by being stuck in the neck, and are hung up until every drop of blood is removed, and the napes are carefully scraped and cleaned. They are then salted and dried. Butter is used instead of pork fat and after the fish and potatoes are chopped fine the hash is packed in cans and shipped off by the car load. Last May the first fish balls were turned out, and now they are sent even as far off as Turkey, and the business is growing into a very large one. The canning of beef is also getting to be an immense traffic. For this Texas steers are used. The hind-quarters are sold in Chicago market, and all the rest of the animal goes into the pot, is steamed and then salted and sent all over the world as corned beef in cans. The parties en- gagged in the business have great difficulty in keeping up with the orders they receive for their goods.

 While there is but little sympathy expressed for Benjamin Hunter in Phil adelphia, where he lived, there are spontaneous expressions of pity for the family of the man. Miss Hunter, the eldest daughter of the deceased, is teacher in one of the city schools. The Board of Directors passed resolution allowing the lady two weeks vacation, or as long time as she should desire. They also adopted another resolution to the effect that if any scholar should make ? sighting allusion to Miss Hun ter, in connection with her pres ent affiicsion, or do any act to wound her feelin4 in this connection, the pu- pil should be internationally expelled from the school, and not taken back into any institution of learning in the dis trict

 The executions that have taken place lately have been attended with more than ordinary peculiarities. That of the two Molly Maguires at Mauch Chunk, Mcdonnell and Sharpe, was no exception. These two men were con- victed for complicity in the murder of George K. Smith, and sentenced to be hanged. From this sentence there was one appeal-to the State Supreme Court. But the law provides that such an ap- peal must be taken within twenty days after sentence has been passed. In this case the legal limit of time was allowed to expire, and then the counsel for the condemned men began to urge that the law fixing the limit of time of appeal was unconstitutional. They went tc Harrisburg on Monday, the day before the execution day, to ask the Governor to reprieve the men until the Supreme Court should examine the law and de- eide whether it was constitutional. The Governor was in Washington, and the men were to be hanged on Tuesday, a 10.30 a. m., or thereabouts. Finally the counsel saw the Governor on his re turn at one o'clock Tuesday morning and they had audience with him fev hours later. The Governor consented

 to grant the roprieve, and dispatch t

 tho Sheriff was sent from Philadelphi

 at 10.35 a. m., Philadelphia time. Tn

 operators of tho telegraph line did thei best, but the order for the Sheriff t

 stay proceedings reached Mauch Chunl 8 half minute after the men had bee

 hanged.