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Year: 1875

As we anticipated yesterday Taul
Boytons voyage across the English chan
mel was complete success, which has its
practical side us well as its physical tri-
umph. The Contriyance by means OF
which he was able to float on the water
for twenty-three hours and traverse the
whole distance from Cape Grisnez to
Folkestone was simple dress ofindia rub
Der, capable of being inflated ut the will
ofthe wearer. II will thus be seen that 1t
serves all the purposes of lite raft, while
it may be brought within the reach OF
every person going to sea. We can see
no reason why il should not become an
indispensable life saving appliance and


be a part of the outfit of every vessel, in
stead of the clumsy and Intellectual life
preservcrS now carried o. passenger
ships. The simplicity Of the dress and
the ease with which 1t is adjusted are in


themselves strong arguments In favor oi
its adoption, and Mr.. Boy
ton has proved It's practiea.
bility by the ease with which he made


hi, long Journey across the Channel. If
even part of the expectations which
are naturally to be INDUCED on account
OF his success are fulfilled, Shipwrecks
will lose much of their terror in being
stripped of great part of their dangers.


Where a boat or life raft could not live
for n moment, 1t seems quite possible that
n person wearing one of these dresses,


would float until the fury of the sea


should subside sufficiently to allow him


TO be rescued. 1t is not even required
that the wcarer should be able to swim,
/ because the buovancy Of the dress rem
. ders the movements of the swimmer un-


necessary. Perhaps the practical tests to
which the cOutrivanCe must be put In
! less experienced hands than Mr.. Boy
tons may not bear out all
/ these aEticiprtions, but 1t Is
SO simple, 80 inexpensive and


promises such important results hitherto
considered almost unattainable, that we
are disposed TO give it trial that will
test its merits to the fullest extent. If it
is found 10 b0 AS useful in the hands Of
others as Mr.. Boyton has shown it to be
in his own the problem OF life saving
apparatu, for passenger ships may be re-
garded as solved in way that will give


satisfaction as well n insure safety


y. J. Herald
Year: 1875

THr New York Tribune says rivival
Of trade in that city is manifest With
the warmth of spring it declares, "there
has come rapid development of retail
business. and leading houses find their
Gales much exceeding those OF May OF
last wear. In fact the general testimony
is that the spring trade has put quietus
on the crv Ct hard times
Year: 1875

Reassembled At the usual hour to-day.
The Moderator stated that there
remained twenty-five items Of business
to be considered.


Speeches were limited to five minutes.


Resolutions of sympathy Tor the grass
hopper sufferers were adopted and the
Presbytery instructed to extend all aid
possible to the sufferers.


The Committee on Churches made
further a report which was adopted. a
report of the Committee recommending
the transfer of the Presbytery Of Bing-
hampton from the Synod Of Central
New York to the Synod OF Geneva,
created considerable discussion. The
matter was finally referred to a joint
committee of the two Synods, a report TO
be made TO the next Assembly.


The report Of the Committee on Over
lures, allowing churche. to elect elders
for limited period, was adopted.


Recess.


The session will probably close to-mor-
Year: 1875

adulterer to kiss her lips every time he opens


the door in his presence. She forgot that.
She remembered the one kiss which she
could give with stab, being on the last oc-
casion that she ever looked upon the face of
Henry Ward Beecher until she looked upon
it here ; but the rost she forgot. Mr.. Beech
er swore to you that whenever he entered
that house he saluted her and she him, in
the presence of her husband. She is recall
ed to the stand or if not formally recalled,
they tell us what they propose to prove by
her, and we admit it, there is no denial of
that Francis d. Moulton is recalled to the
stand, and although Henry Ward Beecher
had shown that on every occasion when he
crossed that threshold Mrs. MOulton saluted
him with kiss in the presence of her hus-
band, Francis ID. Moulton dare not and
does not deny it. OF course not. Her
father dare not deny it. for he knows that
to deny it would be perjury before God,
Theodore Tilton, who was there at many
and many meetings, and could have denied
it if it were false, dares not deny that the
wife of Frank Moulton saluted the adulterer
Of Plymouth Church with kiss in the pres
ence of her husband, and without rebuke.
Put these things together. What do they
show us of the man p Q am not speaking
of the lady now)-wha. do they show US Of
the man, as to the truth that lies behind and
beneath all these developments
Year: 1875

Carruth. the Vineland On. J.) editor, re-
marks in his valedictory: g Two months
constant wrestle with bullet in our brain
has convinced US that we lack capacity to
develop a lead mine and publish an indie
pendent Vineland newspaper at the same
time
Year: 1875

Major Ben Perley Poore returns from
Mexico in favor of banishing all remnants Of
the manifest destiny" doctrine lie says
oil and water will mingle more easily and
remain incorporated better than the Mexi-
can and American characters. As friendly
neighbors the Mexicans can aid in adyanc-
ing our material prosperity. but were their
soil annexed to the United States they
would prove troublesome element in our
population. The Mexicans spurn the idea
Of annexation or Of parting with an acre Of
their territory, and | am confident that we
can only obtain the coveted northern States
by conquest, and can only hold their inhab-
itants as conquered vassals This would be
a cowardly act on the part Of a great and
powerful Republic toward small and conf
psratiyely weak neighbor, and | trust that
the idea Will never be entertained. We can
secure Mexico as a market without holding
her as a conquered province.
Year: 1875

BURNING OF CATHOLIC cHURcH-sIxTY-sIx


PERSONS BURNED OR TRANPLED TO DEATH.


SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 27.-The French
Catholic church at South Hoiyoke was burn
cd. Thursday night, during the evening SCI.
vice, and sixty-six men, women and children
were burned or trampled to death. The ex-
ercises had nearly closed and a vesper ser
vice was being sung. when the draperies on
the altar caught fire from candle, the walls
being low and the flames streaming up and
the building was set on fire. The audience
numbered about 700. The people in the
body of the church escaped, but on the
stairway leading from the gallery human
beings were packed in dense mass strug
Cling to escape. As the flames reached to-
ward them many leaped to the floor beneath
and were trampled to death. The gallery
one entrance from the front. The scene was
fearful in the extreme, during the little
while it lasted the whole was over in
twenty minutes. Besides the sixty-six dead,
the fatally wounded will carry the total
loss Of life up to sevehty-fye.


FURTHER PARTICULARS.


BosToN. Ilay 2s.-rhe bodies of 50 per
sons burned TO death in the holocaust at
HOlyoke last night, have been identified in
addition to those Of the Is or 20 who were
at once removed to thoir houses last night
by their friends Nearly 20 have died and
some 40 more are more or less injured. The
hero of the disaster was John Lynch, a
brave fireman, who was the first to respond
to the alarm. He describes the scene when
he reached the burning church, a. appal-
ing. Wedged tight and immovable in the
door was dense mass Of humanity from six
to eight feet in height, none Of them able
to stand up right, from the terrible pressure
of the crowd behind. while upon and over
them g sheet of fire rolled like wave,
streaming far out into the open air. With
out moments pause to consider the dan
ger Chief Engineer Mullen rushed into
the flames, spurred on by the pitt
Gus cries, "For God sake come and
help US, >" and began pulling cut the bodies.
4 moment later and a well directed hy-
drant stream from the Mount lolyoke hose
struck the brave reseuers and undoubtedly
saved them from being burned alive. The
first persons drawn out were burning but
they passed directly through the stream of
water and the flames which were deyOuring
them were extinguished. Some OF the poor
creatures fell faintlng on the flight of wood
en- steps leading down to the street and
few were able to walk away. though with
considerable effort.
Year: 1875

Mr.. Garrison was speaking in the Woman
Suffrage Meeting at Boston, and had Just de
elared with his usual vigor that it was a
ialschood to say that women don't want the
ballot, and that because few of them don II,
it Is no reason why they should all be dis
lrauchised, when a voice was heard from the
audience The voice wanted to know
whether Mr.. Garrison honestly and squarely
believed that if every woman in Massaehu
sets over eighteen years of age were asked
the question, "Do you wish female suffrage
or not ?'' the majority would say "Yes, and
Mr. Garrison, after moments reflection,
admitted that he did not
Year: 1875

\ sad incident occurred, this afternoon, in
a Fourth street car. On Kearny street, a
lady stepped aboard the car, having in her
arms a bare some five or six weeks old. The
child was evidently IN pain and moaned and
writhed in the mothers arms. She seemed
to suffer acutely from anxiety for the little
one, whose face was turning rapidly to a
livid deathly color and when she burst into
tears and pressed the infant to her arms and
kissed its cold lips, there was not dry eye
in the car. 1t had died apparently without
any strong srasm of agony. The car stopped
at Mission and Fourth streets, and the weep
ing mother left with the infant body in her
arms.-San Francisco Bulletin.
Year: 1875

years the relative position of different mem
bers of the family is changed some are rich,
Others poor one may become distinguished,
while others are wholly unknown.


But in France such changes are very rare.
Families remain not only in the same place,
but in the same station oflife. The farmers
son tills the ground the mechanics son pur-
sues the same trade. All the avenues of life
are so shut in, the ranks are so closed up,
that it is next to impossible for one to get
out of his place The children remain like
their fathers, neither 7 her nor poorer. No
one is so much above t rest that he looks
down on them with pride or contempt, nor
that they look up to him with envy. The
same equality exists, to great extent, in
the better classes. In commerce and in the.
liberal professions, the son takes the fathers
place, and all keep along about the same
level The paternal roof is the rallying point
for all and when the children group them
selves about the aged parents, not divided
by any great disparity of condition, they are
bound together by common interest as well
as mutual affection.-From Home Skefches IN
France by Mrs. Henry NJ. Field.
Year: 1875

ihV LAhiAo.


have used and shall use strong language
in this case. 1t is not my practice in the or
dinary course of our litigations the cases
are very rare in which we are justified, still
more rare in which We are compelled by a
stern sense of duty to speak of dishonest
men as they deserve. But this is no case for
compromise. If Theodore Tilton's accusa-
tion is false if he has suborned his wife to
false accusation, even without oath ; If he
has made use of a villain in Frank Moulton
for the purpose of doing the common work
of both in the destruction of pure, good,
and an honest man, how can | speak of them
except as they deserve? ?


Tilton tells you that for lour years he was
liar MoHlton tells you that he was liar
for four years but they say they are tell
ing the truth now Because you believe
that they then lied, he insists that you shall
believe also that they now tell the truth.
Very well. If it were a mere question of
the value of rail fence, if it were ques-
tion merely of a right of way, you might
be disposed to accept the testimony Of wit
nesses given under such circumstances. But
when they ask you on testimony like this to
take their avOwal that they are liars and the
truth is not in them, and then ask you to
strike down an h0nored lellow-citizen whose
life has been in the full blaze and splendor
of noon-day, and 50 far without spot and
without blemish-then, | ask you, are you
going to say that you will admit the oaths
of these two liars as against the oath of that
honest man? There Is more than this.
They say they lied then because they had
a motive, but that they tell the truth now
because they have no longer motive to lie.
What motive then to lie p? Moulton says he
lied from consideration and tenderness for
Henry Ward Beecher. Tilton says he lied
from tenderness and delicacy to his wife.
Well. the friendship and devotion, you will
remember, Of Francis d. Moulton for Henry
Ward Beecher grew out Of the fact that Mr..
Beecher had debauched the wife of his most
intimate friend. The tenderness and deliea-
cy of Theodore Tilton to this woman, who
looked to him a. to the Redeemer, and
whom she loved on the terms have read to
vOu-it was the tenderness and delicacy of a
man who could say in the presence Of a
young girl that he was the father of bat
one Of his children, who could bastardize
his own dead boy to crafty his malignity,
his cupidity, his revenge. Bat, gentlemen,
we have something more. We have from
both Of these men the evidence of a present
malice which would induce you to reject
their oaths under any special circumstance
nnless You believed they falsely accused
themselves.
Year: 1875

The fate of Amminie Menier and her lover
was a strange event OF the fire. She was the
organist for the evening, in the absence OF
the regular one, and was cut of from
escape when the church burned. Her lover
escaped, but, finding that she was still
within. turced to rescue her, was overcome
by the flames and persisted with her.
Year: 1875

Not even the huge and unwieIdy
whales are exempt from the sense of
humor as displayed by playfulness. In
Benefits " Whaling Voyage" there is a
short aud graphic description of this
trait of character in the spermaceti
whale, or cachelot, as it is often called:


A large party Of cachalots gamboling
on the surface of the ocean is one of the
most curious and imposing spectaeles
which a whaling voyage affords, the huge
size and uncouth agility Of the monsters
exhibiting a strange combination of the
grand and ridiculous. On such occa-
sons it is not unusual to observe
whale Of the largest size leap from the
water with the activity OF salmon, dis
play the entire bulk OF his gigantic frame
suspended at the hight Of several feet in
the air, and again plunge into the sea
with a helpless and tremendous sall,
which causes the surrounding waters to
shoot up in broad aud lofty volumes
capped with foam. Others of the same
school leap or breach in less degree,
sportively brandish their broad and fan.
shaped hukes in the air or protrude their
heads perpendicularly above the waves
like columns OF blank rock.


Captain Scott, r. n, once told me, as
an example of the hight to which a
cachalot will leap in these gambols that
when standing on the deck of man-of-
war, he has seen the horizon under the
animal before it fell again into the
water. When we recollect that these
whales often reach eighty feet in length,
we may appreciate the force which is ex-
erted in projecting this huge mass to
such hight.
Year: 1875

New York Letter from Jennie June.l


1t has been matter of some surprise
that Edwin Booth has never appeared at
the theater which bears his name since
the failure of bis enterprise broke up his
connection with it. 1t has always been
pretty generally understood that the
failure need never have occurred; it was
only another instance of the error of
judgment which makes an actor man
ager; as Madame Ristori remarked in
reference to lady distinguished in an.
other walk in life, who has made an ap-
pearauce on the stage, I'VE cannot have
too many talents"


The theater was undoubtedly badly
managed---it was i'll constructed in the
first instance, space being so terribly
wasted that, with all its size, every de :
partment was cramped for room. There
Year: 1875

Charles 0Conor doesn't encourage
tailors muchly, and bis hat is probably
the worst hat exhibited on q good head
on Broadway. There is a tradition among
the New York lawyers that Mr.. 0Con.
or hat was presented to him on the day
of his admission to the bar, and that he
has been wearing it and sitting on il
alternately every since. The story is
rather tough, but they say that the hat
is fearfully and wonderfully mellow.
Year: 1875

II suppose can buy everything in
New York" said a Chicago woman to
an acquaintance she met in Broadway.
"Oh, no! you can't find some things even
in Paris. For instance, / arrived at the
dignity Of a grandmother yesterday, and
at once went out to get an old lady s
bonnet but no such article was for
oala
Year: 1875

The Inaugural Addresses of the Gov
ernors of Delaware do not suit the Com
nlercial, and it says a hardship that
befalls US every four years is the neccs-
sity Of printing long message from the
Governor that goes out, and long ad-
dress from the Governor who comes in. ."
The Commercial, no doubt, does this of
its own choice we are quite sure none
Of the gentlemen who have occupied the
gubernatorial chair in Delaware have
ever asked it to publish their State
papers. The Commercial would perhaps
have the term for which our Governors
are elected extended and tho practice Of
their sending messages TO the General
Assembly abolished. This might suit
its ideas, but it is no more likely to be
gratified in this than it has been in its
wish to supply our people with Govern.
ors that would change the tone" Of
inaugurals to suit its fanatical politica
sentiments.
Year: 1875

JOINT SEssIoN.-The Legislature COM
pleted the formal reelection of Hon. T..
F. Bay ard to the U. s. Senate at noon.
to-day, in joint session. We need only
add that this is in entire accordance with
the unanimous wish of the Democratic
party, and the desire of nearly the whole
people of our State. Gentlemen of oppo-
site politics have been frequently heard
to express their wish to see him returned
to tine Senate; while many Republicans
here have recently said they knew nc
Democrat whom they would prefer tc
see in the Presidential chair. And thii
is the feeling all over the State.
Year: 1875

ForR hundred and forty men with
herses and carts very numerous, still
drag themselves slowly along the banks
0f the new basin. Last week hundred
and fifty were discharged whether any
have been taken on since or not We do
not know.
Year: 1875

: IAN extraordinary feat in mov-
ing buildingswas recently successfully
accomplished in New York. The five
story brick wall Of a livery stable
was found to be intruding eighteen
inches on the adjoining property. The
building was cut away from the wall.
and the wall successfully moved to its
proper position without injury and
reunited to the stable, from which
eighteen inches had been cut away.
The wall was FIVE stories in height,
and weighed 250 tons.
Year: 1875

-Englishmen are growing tired Of
salt meat as a staple of their diet, but
the scarcity of fresh beef makes it
luxury beyond the reach of the poor
and lower middle classes. The un-
necessary severity Of the laws against
the importation of diseased cattle is
largely responsible for this. If one
sick animal is found in a ship-load,
the whole load is condemned and kill
ed. On two successive August days,
two Rotterdam ships brought $3.50
sheep to London. There was one
slightly sick animal on each ship, and
the whole 1880 were consequently
condemned, killed, and kept out Of
the market. This looks like class
legislation in behalf of English land
owners. Itamounts to levying pro-
tective duty for the benefit of cattle
breeders. The importers have FORM
ed an association to secure the amend
ment Of the obnoxious laws and to
promote the importation of fresh beef
on the hoof from the United States.


Speaking of the striped stockings
Jennie June says, with great good,
sense: A lady may wear, as many
do, the finest Of silk, the most delicate
of thread, she may match the tints of
ner dress, and thus harmonic every
portion of her toilet with perfect pro-
priety; but when she wears hosiery
only fit for harlequin and shortens
her dress in front to vulgar extreme,
to show it, there is very little of mod
esty or womanhood left that would
not be sacrificed to vanity and love
of display.
Year: 1875

q Reaper.


'(Elk River News)


On the morning of the Sd inst. Patrick
kilmartin, an old and respected farmer
of Livonia, accompanied by his son and
hired man, commenced reaping field Of
oats, Mr.. Kilmartin seating himself on
the reaper and driving, while the others
bound the grain. It seems that the off
horse Of his team Jagged i little and Mr..
kilmartin in stopping obliquely forward
to urge him up BY the whip. was struck
by the reel Of the machine ard knocked
of his seat, turning somersault and
striking in front Of the sickle, which
took effect just below the right temple,
gouging out piece Of flesh two inches
square, including about one third Of the
ear, and at the same time partly severing
the temporary muscle Of the jaw on that
SIDE. Passing downward to the base OF
the neck it penetrated to within less than
a half inch of the carotid artery, cutting
off small artery. The team halted at
this point, and the hired man, Meal
lister, who had not noticed the
accident, but had been attracted by the
smothered outcry from the wound.
ed man, came to his assistance,
approaching. the horses from the front, and
reached them just as they were about to
star: forward. Mr.. Kllmarti,.'s head was
lying concealed under the sickle bar,
while the sickle WAS at his throat, and
the least move forward by the horses
could not have failed to have at once sew.
cred the carotid artery and prccipiteted
a sudden and inevitable death. The
horses were quickly backed up, Mr.. K.
taken to the house by the hired man, and
the son, embarrassing one of the horses.
came 20 town, = distance of nine miles,
after the doctor, who was on the spot in
side of two hours after the occurrence of
the accident. The doctor regards it as
probable that tho patient will recover if
no untoward circumstance intervencs, but
it will take some time for the wound to
heal, owing to his advanced age. The pa
tient showed vast amount of cool COM
posure under the circumstances, and made
a facetious sllusion to the expeditiousness
of the Doctors arrival as he entered the
room where he lay, and after his wounds
were dressed he would have walked across
the house but was:not permitted without
assistance.
Year: 1875

Considerable excitement WAS mani.
tested recently among the Norwegian res
idents Of Vernon and Canisteo towns in
Dodge county, growing out Of the fact
that certain railroad lands which are now
occupied and worked by them had been
purchased by I. 0. Hall and A. Hotter
man. The lands had been in the market
several years, but had not been secured
by the occupants, who had nevertheless
gone on to till them. The excitement
Consequent on the purchase grew out of =
rumor that the purchasers intended to
hold the crops or demand an extortionate
rent for the use Of land for the few days
which had .lapsed since tho transfer .!
title.
Year: 1875

New CASTLE Aug. ..
The end OF the coal wharf WAS blasted on Sat
uraay afternoon and will he blasted again to-day
The amount of powder put under tho wharf is as
much as two mon can carry
Our city was unusually quiet on Tuesday most
of the people having gone of to camp at Red
lion.


Two arrests since Friday both for drunken
ness.


small boy, (coloreD belonging to Samuel
Watson was kicked in the sds.a few days ago
while tending some horses


The stone works will be commenced IN n teW
days OH the Government pier.