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Year: 1877

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-The Eyening Post
furnishes the following: The scene of the
great fire at Thirty-ffth Street and Tenth
Avenue yesterday was this morning vast
wilderness of ruins. The burned area be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh Avenues extends
from the middle of the block on the north
side of Thirty-fourth Street to the middle of
the block on the north side of Thirty-sixth
street. In addition, a number of buildings
were damaged on the west side of Tenth
Avenue.


considerable number of spectators as
sembled to-day, but they were Kept at dis
tance from the ruins by the police. The
ruins resemble those of burned town.
The blackened walls still stand at irregular
intervals, the spaces between covered by
immense piles of bricks, fragments of iron,
large and small, twisted and warped out of
all resemblance to the original beams, Cir
ders, or machinery, of which these are only
relics.


Only one eng inc was atwork to-day, close
by the remains of the engine which the fire.
men were obliged to abandon Yesterday.
Near by lay the front wheel, tires and few
| other relics of new hose carriage
abandoned with the engine.


The lack of water yesterday was due to the
small size of the mains in the neighborhood
which were laid in the days of hand engines
and are only six inches in diameter.


This morning the hydrant furnished only
abouthve pounds pressure apiece, instead OF
twenty or twenty-five. Among the relies
were the remains of a cart, and the back
ened skeleton of horse, in the yard Of
Hunts pickle factory. The team was al
Year: 1877

A peculiarly shocking accident oc
cured in Philadelphia few days ago,
by which iagman employed at one of
the railroad crossings in that city lost
his life while trying to save that of a
drunken man. The fagman's name was
Stout, and just as the train was about
entering the depot he observed a man in
an intoxicated condition staggering
across the track. Seeing that the man
was in imminent danger, Stout called to
him to get off the rails, but no attention
being paid to the request, and the cars at
that moment running down rapidly to
the point, he sprang on the track and
catching the stranger by the arm en-
deavored to push him into a place of
safety. Then ensued a thrilling scene.
The man turning fercely seized Stout
with vise-grip, and a struggle began.
For second or two the men swayed back
ward and forward, and the stranger, be-
ing the more powerful man of the two,
dragged the flagman to the ground, and
fell himself just as the cars reached
them. For an instant there was sick
ening sound of crushing bones, and then
the mutilated bodies of the two victims
were seen covered with their blood.
Both were shockingly mutilated, and
both expired in short time. When the
man first grappled with the aagman the
spectators called to Stout to let go of
him, but the grip of the miserable man
was too deadly.
Year: 1877

By the falling of a house on Longworth
Street, Cincinnati, on September 8, two
men and one woman were instantly buried
and killed in the ruins, and four others were
seriously injured. The Gazette says that
the building crumbled in an instant, sinking
down in one heap of brick, mortar, plaster
and fragments of woodwork, leaving no
trace of what it had been, and sending up
cloud of dust that looked like dense vol
umes of white smoke mounting from great
conhaSration. Some of the passers by
say they saw the walls fall, saw some of
the frightened women going down with the
mass, and then were blinded by the dust.
For quite time nothing could be seen
through the heavy volume of dust resting
in the air, and when this settled there lay
only the confused mass of rubbish. The
cause of the accident: a new cellar was be-
ing digged adjoining the house that fell; ;
the foundation wall of the building was
endangered, and Thomas Coughlan, of the
Chicago House Raising Company, was en-
gagged to shore it up. Mr.. Coughlan had pro-
gressed so far in the work as to make hole


in the foundation, place. heavy beam


therein, and fix q fulcrum. Under the pro-
truding end of this beam a jackscrew had


been set, but not tightened. 1t is said that
the west wall of the wrecked building was


considerably bulged out before Mr.. Cough


Ian began his labors, and that he had been
called too late to save it. Nevertheless he


was doing the best he could under the cir
cumstances. Just as the wOrkmen were en-


gagged in tightening the jackscrew the gravel
slipped from under the foundation wall OF
the i'll fated house, and the west wall went
with crash into the excavation for the new
cellar.


| Some laborers engaged in the excavation


at the time escaped without injury.
Year: 1877

A special dispatch in the Gazette of Sep
tember announced the lynching of negro
named Glenn Garnett, from the Oxford Jail,
for an outrage upon Mrs. Kingery, a white
woman living near College Corner, the
shooting of the culprit and his rescue single
handed by Village Marshal Kyler. On the
morning of September 5, the mob was in
creased by mob of farmers, who went to
the calaboose, where the prisoner was con-
fined, battered down the doors, pressed in
and shot the shrinking, frightened prisoner
in his cell. Four shots were fired, each one
of which lodged in some vital part of the
brain or body, and he died almost instantly.
The body was then brought outside and left
on the street for about an hour, when it
was taken back to Jail by the Marshal, who
summoned Coroner Spencer at Hamilton.


A jury was impaneled, an inquest held,
and a verdict returned that the deceased
came to his death from the effects of pistol
shot from the hands of mob, to the jurors
unknown. The body was afterward taken
the home of the deceased, near College
Corner.


A peculiar feature of the character of the
mob was the fact that it was led by frst-class
farmers, nearly all of whom are friends of
the injured woman. Notwithstanding the
terrible character of the affair, the SYM
pathies of the whole community appear to
be with the mob. The demonstration was
confined to the former class, and when no.
torious rough named Jim Ham attempted
to lead the crowd he found no followers.


After the shooting on Sunday, and the
failure to kill, the mob became dissatisfied
The doctor who examined Garnett reported
slight wound to the left of the spinal col
umn, which would not necessarily prove IA
tai. The failure to kill aroused the crowd
to further and successful effort. The
trouble, too, in fastening the crime upon
Garnett exasperated him. He tried to
prove that he was at the depot at the time
the rape was committed, but this was clearly
disproved, and their action appeared to
them the only legitimate outcome of their
honest indignation.
Year: 1877

Mr.. CocKERELL, editor of the Cincin,
natl Enquirer, adds to our enlighten-
ment upon foreign hostelries by writ
ing letter to his paper from Shumla,
from which We clip the following:


The only hotel in the place is kept by
a Greek, who runs sort of brewery in
connection with his hostelrie. His inn
is bad and his beer is execrable. His
cook has no idea of cooking beyond
stewing mutton in rancid grease, though
he has once or twice essayed a fancy
dish in the shape of native rice wrapped
in grape leaves and boiled in oil. l
have found some entertainment in study
ing cluster of old mills which grace
the hillside back of the hotel The
ancient wheels are propelled by noun
tain stream which does service as a
sewer for one section of the town. They
pound away, all the while turning out
coarse barley flour for the army, and the
daily yield of each is about equal to that
which lusty man could furnish with &
mortar and pestle.
Year: 1877

The British youth, says a cores
Pondent, is the perfection of physical
manhood, as handsome as Apollo, as
strong as Sampson, as swift as an ante
lope and as enduring as iron. Prior OF
eighteen he is a callow, shame-faced
youth, with enormous feet, ill fitting
jackets and plug hat. After passing
thirty he grows beefy and stout. At
forty he is paunchy, with nose that is
growing bulbous. At fifty he short
winded; he measures forty-fve inches
around his chest and ninety-fve around
his waist; his nose is pitted and bloom
ing as strawberry; the top of his head
Is as white and as cleaning as billiard
ball, and he suffers from twinges in his
big toe.
Year: 1877

INABILITY to get credit is often en-
phatically blessing in disguise, for the
would-be borrower, besides escaping an
embarrassing load of indebtedness, gen.
orally contrives to bridge over his tenn
porary distress, and frequently learns.
from his hard experience, a salutary les
son in thrift and industry that benefits
him the rest of his life. Not only does
tins hold true with regard to private in
dividuals but also with respect to public
corporations. The Southern railroads,
Tor instance, whose poor credit saved
them from contracting great mortgage
debts during the era of expansion. are
now the most prosperous of those in anv
section of the country. So far as the
future is concerned, therefore, it sbould
often dispirit rather than discourage a
man to find his path toward the slongb
OF Indebtedness blocked by a firm re-
fusal to credit.
Year: 1877

ready to be driven away at the time the fire
cut off the means of escape.


NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-The Board of Alder
men to-day voted to investigate the causes
of the fatal West side fire. The Commits
sisner of Public Works was authorized to lay
larger mains in the vicinity OF the fire, as in
the opinion of the Aldermen much of the
loss of life and property was due to the in
sufficient supply of water.


NEW YORK, Sept. mo bodies have yet
been found in the ruins of the fire at Thirty
fifth Street and Tenth Avenue. The latest
estimate places the losses at $350,000, and
the insurance at $4,000.
Year: 1877

WHAT we know of the South Pole is
simply this, that nobody has got within
seven or eight hundred miles of it; that
icy barriers are met with quite eclipsing
anything known in the North Frigid
Zone; that mountains have been seen
Zone shooting forth volcanic fames)
loftier than any discovered by northern
explorers; that all the land is covered
with snow at all seasons; that no human
being has been met with beyond So of
latitude; that no vegetable growth ex-
cept lichens, has been seen beyond $50
of latitude, and that no land quadruped
is known to exist beyond 6S0 of lati-
tude.
Year: 1877

THERE is considerable business now
done in the west in drying eggs, which,
when properly done, are said to retain
their original flavor and other character
istics. They are heated to uniform
consistency and poured in thin layers
upon polished iron plates, when they are
placed in current of hot air and dry
rapidly. They are then put into hermet-
ically sealed cans for future use.
Year: 1877

THE proprietor of forge not remark
able for correctness of language, but
who, by honest industry had realized a
comfortable independence, being called
on at social meeting for toast, gave,
"Success to forgery"
Year: 1877

IT is suggested that postal cards may
be made the vehicle of the most conf
dental communications by writing them
in "magic ink. A solution of nitrate
OF cobalt, chloide of cobalt, or chloride
OF copper, mixed with a little gum
or sugar makes an ink that is invis-
ible until it is warmed, but which is
plainly visible when the heat of candle
or match is applied to it. Or an ink may
be used that requiresa developer to bring
IL out.
Year: 1877

A GOOD book and a good woman are
excellent things for those who know how
justly to appreciate their value. There
are men however, who judge of both
from the beauty of their covering.
Year: 1877

THE CoLE-BEAN CAsE.-The decesion of Judge French, in the suit tried at the Au- gust term of the District Crurt entitled Wm. Cole vs.. Mary NJ. Bean and Curtis c. Bean, involving the ownership of one fifth of the Peck and Occident mines, was filed this morning in the office of the Clerk of the District Court. The opinion upon which the judgement is based is quite lengthy as are also the findings, and as there was a great deal of interest manifested by the attorneys on each side. and others interested We could only sec the final judgement tor moment, which reads as nearly as We can remember that ''the deed given by Cole to Mary NJ. Bean is void and Cole is entitled to everything prayed for in his complaint" or words to that effect.

 This being the most important suit ever tried in the Territory like all great questions, has two sides tO il, and each side has its adheTents and itS opponents, who are elated or disappointed as their sympathies happen to be. II Is not the province of a newspa- per to pass upon the legality of questions in court, the Judge is there tor that pur- pose and his unrcversed decisions are the law Of the land. The case will undoubtedly he appealed tu the Supreme Court where if

  will be reviewed andt corrected by the trib- unaI of final resort. In the mean time we trust that nothing will be done to impede the progress of the work at the mine and mill, as should that be stopped as conse- quence of this decision, whatever might be the effect on the parties litigant, it would be a calamity tO the people of this county equal to famine.

 Since the above was written, we have read the Judges opinion, findings of facts and conclusions of law. The opinion and findings are too voluminous for our space, and we can only copy the principal fact in the findings, as follows:

 That on the 9th day of November 1875, the date of the execution of the Deed, from Mir. Cole to Mary NJ Bean, the plaintiff, Wm. Cole, was, from the effects of long debauch anG extreme drunkenness, deprived of his reason to such an extent that he was incompetent and incapable of transaciing business inteihgcntly, and that his mind had become enfecbicd from the effects of said drunkenness: that he was unable to comprehend fully the nature and effect of the transaction of the deed etc. The defendant. C. C. Bean, did not, at any time during the plaintiffs drunken de- bauch, conSpire, assist, or cause the plaintiff, Cole. 10 become intoxicated or drunk from the effects of intoxicating liquors, but that he was fully cOgnizant of the plaintiffs con- dition before and at the time of making the deed ,o tue defendant, Mary II. Bean.
Year: 1877

John R able, of the Pacific Brewery, is erecting valuable addition to his Brewery, in the sha pc of room 1SXlS to be used as kiln for drying malt. The drying capacity will acco immediate the working of 2,500 lbs at one t'me- The improvements are of a substani ial character and will add much to the valu of the brewery.
Year: 1877

Things at the Reservation are represented to he quiet. The Indians, we learn, from a letter received to-day. written by the MINER $ Correspondent are well fed and perfectly contented with their new Agent, MT. Hart to whom they are becoming much attached ou account of square dealing something un- known to them prior to his taking charge of shc AreDcV
Year: 1877

We learn that the owners in the Black Warrior Mine have contracted with Murat Masterson for the working of a large num- Der of tons of ore at his new mill, as soon as completed, which will be about the 10th inst
Year: 1877

Mir. Kethro, the owner of good station on Turkey Creek, has rented his premises for a period to a gentleman recently from California. The new proprietor is spoken of as q first rate landlnri
Year: 1877

ToNTo BAsIN-Thc locators of the famous mine which we had occasion to mention q few days since, have quite recently discoy- cred another lead, probably unequaled for size and richness in this or any other country One of the principal owners is NIT. Hope, the discoverer of the Hope mine, in Moiavc County. Over one hundred assays have been made of the ore from various parts of the ledge, and the least assay shows the ore to be worth over $500 to the ton. Our infor- nation comes direct, and from a reliable source. This portion of our county which has always been looked upon as only valuable for its timber and grazing worth, is about to put on the robe of rank, and de- clare to the rest of the Territory that Tonto Basin Is chief in minerals. X large number of miners from Globe district have gone to the New Eldorado, and the greatest excite ment prevails over the "millions in sight left by Big Rump to hls white brethren, in payment for several hundred scalps taken from the heads of the American pioneers. who died through the treachory of the red viii lains, that prowlcd around the mountain fastnesscs until compelled to sue for peace by Gen. Crook and his brave followers.
Year: 1877

t0,reailZe that ~ is lnltiateti ana Vila'
Gods hand that initiated it is point
ling toward its triumphant end.-


And though her march must often
be painful and fearful one, like


Yirgil's in Inferno-must sometimes
be over the heads of the poor weary
sisters" that have fallen by the way,
she must still go on. And when So
ciety shall have adjusted itself to the
laws of Divine Order, she shall find
herself standing like Daniel, "in her
place." and shall not need to be told
what her sphere is any more than
the earth needs to be tod in what
orbit to fly round the sun. Mean
phile, ah, yes, meanwhile, society is
so like a pack of cards that have just
been shufIied, and the said Divine
Order is so much a thing of the far
future, that makeshifts are necessary.
Women who differ from this disar-
rapgemcnt of things must bring help
to themselves and their sex by cross
ing the charmed line TINT has hith-
to confined them within its limits,
and invading, for purposes of spoil,
the far wider and freer space that
man has hitherto held exclusively
his own. If man binds himself to
his responsibilities toward the half
angel, half.slavc of whom he boasts
himself the natural protector, what
is she to do? Is she to starye on the
barren pedestal to which he has e&-
alted her? or Willingly bend her back
to the burden that he chooses to as
sign her? She does not propose, /
.opiner1a- do hin. .thhtiaipsticas sShc
says, "God has given ND heart
strong to endure and quicl; to hope.
Whether welcomedo or not, IwnEtake
my place at his side and work at
whatever my hands can find to do
He shall see my courage and energy,
and shall respect them. Wherever
| go will carry light and higher as
pirations; Twill meet him on his own
ground and there decide the vital
question whether | am created to
minister to his carnal or spiritual
whether my presence is to
drag me lower, or drift him higher.
Ny prophetic soul tells me that I
shall lift him higher, that this is my
true mission, and the answer to the
great riddle of my existence"


What woman needs most is a sense
of her true value, not as a mere min
lister to a mans external comfort,
nor even to his sense of the beautiful
though both of these are good and
worry missions. He should be able
to recognize her as the daily inspir-
er of that higher nature of his, that
but for her, would be mostly dormant
in him, that spiritual sense that but
gropes after the truth without the aid
of her single chronological Jour
nal
Year: 1877

RaAking in peace in the warm spring sun,
South Hill smiled upon Burlington.
The breath of Mayl and the day was fair,
And the bright motes danced IN the oalmS alrs
And the sunlight CLEANED where the restless


breeze
Kissed the fragrant blooms on the apple trees,
His beardless cheek with smile was spanned.
AS he stood with carriage whip in his hand.
And he laughed as he dotted his bobtail coat,
And the echoing folds of the carpet smote'
And she smiled as she leaned on her busy mop,
And said she would tell him when to stop.
So he pounded away till the dinner bell
Ga,e him a little breathing SPELL
But he signed when the kitchen clock struck
And she said the carpet wasn't done.
But he lovingly put in his biggest Hicks
And pounded like mad till the clock struck slx'
And she said, in dubious kind of way,
That she guessed he could finish it up next day
Then all that day, and the next day, too,
The fuzz from the dirtless carpet flew.
And she'd give it look at eventide,
And say: Now beat on the other side"
And the new days came as the old days went,
And the landlord came for his regular rent
And the neighbors laughed at the tireless


broom


And his face was Swallowed with clouds OF


gloom


Till at last one cheerless winter day;
He kicked the carpet and slid away
Over the fence and down the street,
Speeding away with footsteps feet,
And never again the morning sun
Smiled at him beating his carpet drum.
And South Hill often said, with a yawn:
Where has the carpet martyr gomez
Years twice twenty had come and passed,
And the carpet swayed in the autumn blast
For never vet, siene that bright spring time,
Had it ever been taken down from the line.
Over the fence gray-haired man
Cautiously clim CLONE, elem, clum, clamo.
He found a stick in the old wood pile,
And he gathered it up with sad, grim smile
A flush passed over his face forlorn
As he gazed at the carpet, tattered and torn,
And he hit it a most resOunding thwack,
Till the startled air gave his echoes back.
And out of the window white face leaned,
And palsied hand the pale face screened.
She knew his face she gasped and sighed:
"A little more on the under side.
Right down on the ground his stick he throwed
And he shivered and said: well, am blowed!
And he turned away with heart full sore,
And he never was seen not none no more.


Burlington Hawkeye.
Year: 1877

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We have been generally disposed
to regard Mrs. A. J. Dunniway, of
the NeO Nwthrest, as an intelligent
and liberal-minded woman, though
we are hardly prepared to indorse
all she says about the advantages to
nc ,rne to society from investing wo-
men with the freedom of the ballot.
At the same time we cannot say so
much for Mrs Coburn who manages
the paper during her absence. No
tice the animus of the annexed para
gram:


A panic in Catholic Church in
New York, on the night of the 9Th.
resulted in the crushing to death of
seven women and one bov. The
panic was caused by the fainting of
a young woman in one of the gal
leries. who was overcome by the de-
scriptlon of purgatory and the tor
tnres of the damned. to which the
priest was regaling the vast audience
of women and children. The priest
repaired damages by offering solemn
requiem mass for the dead, and
prayers for the speedy recovery of
the wounded. in the same church on
the day following the catastrophe.
His arrest for murder has not vet
been chronio1ad


The woman suffrage movement is
one that must disarm prejudice. not
pander to it. But what sort of preju-
lice-hunting is the spirit of the
above extract? We are no Catholic,
nor is there one of onr family that
ever espoused that belief. But we
believe that is this Republic was
founded upon a basis of civil and
religious liberty, open alike to Jews,
Christian and Mohamedans; and as
long as a man is good citizen. it
makes no difference whether he be-
lleveS In one God or a dozen. The
Northeast willnot make many con-
verts to the Susan B. Anthony busi-
ness by its present course.


To blame that priest for the death
of those people is as absurd as'what
once happened at Benicia, California
The steamer Chrysopolis was leaving
the wharf and swinging by her stern
line. The line parted and struck a
man in the stomach, injuring linn
severely. AS court was in session at
Fairfield, the grand jury presented
an indictment against the Captain
for assault with a deadly weapon
There is as much sense in that as in
the Nortirest's charge of murder
| against that priest.