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Year: 1874

A RoMaNCE.-Romance is not con-
fined altogether to populous cities. A
beautiful incident has lately transpired
in a neighoring village, the particulars
of which are worthy to compose a first
class story. During the cruel, bitter
days of the late war, private soldier
who was stationed i'll this county, ap-
preached an unpretending farm house,
and asked for something to eat,-lt was
readily given, and on leaving, the SOL
dier offered to pay for his meat, but the
good host refused compensation.


The farmer had good looking lass,
with bright eyes and rosy cheeks, and
the soldier could hardly tear himself
from her charming society. As he was
leaving the premises he shook her hand
and gave it a gentle squeeze, as much
as to say 81 love you" which was ans
wered by a blush that told short but
sweet tale. Before another interview
the regiment was ordered to the front,
and amid the din and carnage of war
he did no: forget the lass from whom
he had parted. The war closed, and
found the soldier cripple.-The old
love still fingered, but his condition un-
fitted him to take charge of family,
therefore he had never sued for the
hand that was so dear to him. But a
few weeks ago a relative passed over
the flood and left the young man q We'll
stocked and valuable fran. He took
possession of the farm with proud
heart. His only dread was concerning
the Washington county girl, whom he
feared was beyond his reach as the wife
of another. He accordingly jumped On
a train and visited the section in which
his ideal lived. Upon inquiring he
learned tha. she was still alive and un-
married; that her father had died; that
the old farm had been sold; and she,
with her aged mother, was living IN
the village. lie at once sought her
presence, promptly offered to her bis
heart and his home, a1d to the mother
a comfortable refuge for her last days.
the girl remembered the soldier and
accepted the civilian, and few morn
ings since the Cumberland Valley train
took the happy little family to their
western home. Our hope for happy
life cheerfully follows them.-Hagers-
topn Daily News.
Year: 1874

The bodies of the Siamese twins have
been delivered to their sons. They
deny the report that the family intend
to make speculation of the remains by
exhibition. So deeply do they feel in
the matter that they inquired anxlously
if the embalming process could not be
undone and the bodies allowed peace
fully to decay, and on being assured
that the process could not be reversed
and that decomposition must be by a
very slow process, they expressed evil
dent regret. They also sdoke strodgly
about the report that the commission
went south with large sum of money,
and that the transfer was the result OF a
business bargain widows of the twins
They desired Drs. Pancoast rnd Allan
to give them formal written denial OF
this rumor, to be shown to the people,
and, if necessary, to be published; which
request, OF course, the commission at
once complied with.
Year: 1874

writing the remarkable chapter from which !
have quoted.


The growth of these great cities is indeed
but the index TO the growth of the entire
country. With territory nearly rs large as
the whole OF Europe, we have succeeded in
bringing its extremes together in the easy in
terchange of trade and friendship; we have
built and are operating 10000 miles Of rail.
way-more than they have In Europe and all
the rest Of the world beside; we have in
creased our agricultural products until the
crops Of a single year are worth more than
$1,000, 900 in gold coin; we have multiplied
the number Of our handicrafts and our power
of machinery until we are one of the foremost
manufacturing nations Of the world; we have
pushed population away beyond what but
yesterday seemed the most distant frontier, or
indeed until there is no frontier left save that
which is washed by the waves Of either great
ocean.


With n population so widely extended, with
local interests so greatly diversified and often
in seeming conflict, 1t Is not TO be expected
that so great a Government as ours can at all
times be administered with perfect satisfaction
to every section and every citizen. But we
daily grow to know more Of each other, and /
am sure it will he found Of the East and OF
the West, OF the North and of the South, that,
the more intimately they become acquainted
and related, the better they will like each
other, and the less VIII appear the differences
that sometimes divide them. Tariff and cur
rency, internal improvement, and cheap
transportation are all susceptible OF fair set
tlement after full discussion; and, In the final
arbitrament Of a wise statemanship it will be
found, In regard to these questions and all
others Of like magnitude, that the interest of
one section is the interest of all, and that the
"more perfect Union" which our fathers
sought TO establish viii be fully and finally
realized when each section is unwilling TO en-
Joy an undue advantage over any other, and
when all sections are alike ready to be gov
erned, in what they ask and in what they
give, in what they demand and in what they
concede, by that spirit of patriotism which
always obeys the "authority of principle" and
always yields to the "despotism Of duty"
Year: 1874

az ALWAYS make myself at home every
where!" says Mrs. A. 81 don't want
people to put themselves out for me! |
am free and easy wherever ami"


Now these ''free and easy" visitors
are, of all other kinds of visitors, the
most thoroughly disagreeable.


They will inflict themselves upon you
at any time and expect to be always cor
daily welcomed because they are SO
free and easy and so 10th to put anybody
to trouble. They will come before break
fast, or just as you are sitting down to
dinner, and draw up their chairs quite
like one of the family.


Early in the morning they delight to
run in" and they will come right up to
your chamber to save you the trouble of
coming down, and there they will sit
and watch you make your toilet, and
comment on how gray your hair is get
ting, and inquire the cost of the lace on
your petticoat, and wonder if you are
not great deal stouter, and redder in
the face than you used to be.


Free and easy visitors will hunt over
your writing-desk after paper to write
notes, and they will read the postmarks
earth you know in Dingtown, or Cat





find time to write lettersl


They will bathe their foreheads in the
contents of your cologne bottle and seem
their handkerchiefs with your expensive
extract of Pond Lily, and scatter youl
Night Blooming Cereus, at two dollars {
bottle, profusely over their flounces anC
fringes, and declare it is delightfull
They will brush their hair with your
brush, and put their feet on your sofa
and open your various boxes, and inquire
what kind of toilet powder you use, anC
tie knots in the fringes of your Paisley
shawl, and help themselves to your glas
of lemonade.


They will go to your pantry after I
lunch-they came out so early they didn't
eat half a breakfast-and in all probabil
| ity they will stay to dinner, and sugges
that you have boiled salmon and pickleC
ovsters-they are so fond of them!


They will exclaim over the way yol
manage your children, and tell you abOu
the wonderful children of Uncle Isaa
or Cousin Sally Ahl if anybody coul,
have children like them it would be
positive comfort to have twenty of them
Yes, indeedl


Your free and easy" visitors drop Il
upon you very often ut meal-time, an
when invited to partake they invariabl
tell you they are not hungry, the
wouldn't eat a mouthful-they had n
idea it was so near dinner-and then the
:" sit up" and they eat as much as an
healthy laborer could do who had bee
at work ON the Hoosac Tunnel since il
commencement


We can abide "genteel" visitors, an
stuck-up" visitors, and begging visitors
and visitors who make us glad twice, bu
from free and easy" visitors good Lor
deliver usl-Kdte Thorn, ta N. Y. Weekl
Year: 1874

THE SUMTER COUNTY CONSPIRACY CASE POSTPONED


RELEASED ON THEIR OWN RECOGNIzANCEs-DEM-


OCRATIC NEGROES MALTREATED BY COLoRED


REPUBLICANS.


MOBILE, Oct. 26.-United States Commissioner
Gillette refused hear the arguments in the Sumter
County conspiracy to-day on account OF the pres
Of other and further proceedings were post
poned until Nov. week after the election. The
prisoners allowed to 20 home their own recog
Dznces and this is probably the last that will be heard
OF it, II the whole proceeding had not been so serious
an affair to the who have been arrested on such
frivolous accusations brought long distance from
home and subjected to great expense the ending
that he could do nothing but dismiss the case and to
postpone the odium that must come upon the Admins
traton the result of the persecution of innocent per-
until after the election ths proceedings nave Decn
arrested Before postponng the trial the Commissioner
suggested that counsel each side present their argu
in writing and after considering the argu-
ments in connection with the testimony, he would rem
der decision but counsel for the defense objected


Republican negroes pgerously beat two men OF their
own race in this city Friday night for attending
meeting OF the coored Democratic Club One OF them
was upon by gang he was attempting TO escape
from grocery where he had taken refuge. and would
AVE been killed had he not been rescued by the police
The other was called OF his house after midnight Dy
the same gang and beaten severely that he now lies
In the hospital In o very critical condition. Warrants
are out for the rngeaders OF the rioters who have as
serted that they will kill every Democratic nigger In
the city before election day.
Year: 1874

From The N. y. Commerctl Advertiser.


On Saturday last Henry j. Furber was
elected President John H. Bewiey, VicePresldent and
Geo. l.. Montague Secretary Of the North American
Life Insurance Company OF this city, in the place OF its
old officers resigned.


This change secures addition to its assets amply
sufficient TO meet the requirements OF the most rigid
laws of any OF the States therefore in the inter
ests Of the insured.


The new officers of the North America. from their
welKnown reputation successful life insurance man
ayers cannot fail to enlist the confidence OF its policy
holders being weknown gentlemen of tired integrity,
reputation and personal responsibility
as well as experienced life underwriters


1t is intended that their acceptance OF the official
management Of North America shall not interfere
with their duties officers Of the Universal Life whose
affairs they will continue TO conduct with the same
yIeor and admitted executive ability which has made
that Company prominently conspicuous among our
most trusted life insurance institutions The increasing
business of the Universal would have made 1t necessary
ere long TO seek more commodous offices than those at
present occupied by 1t.


This event is we believe, to be provided for by re-
moving the business of that Company to the extensive
and elegant offices the building Of the North America,
which are abundantly large for both Companies


While the two Companies will be under the same man
agement we are assured that nothing of the nature of
the reinsurance Of Company by the other is contem
plated except far the policyboders OF one Com
pany may desire to change to the other


This is the most important event that has happened
for some time in life insurance affairs and to us
to indicate the very best method ret suggested to meet
the evils resulting from keen competition IN the
life insurance business combined with the unavoidable
expense resulting from multiplying of offices and
Year: 1874

1t is q solemn, very solemn thing
indeed, to get married-to feel that
henceforth through life the mild.eyed
girl at your side is to be the only female
in the wide world duly licensed to throw
fat irons at your head.
Year: 1874

Now is the proper season Of the year
to get up donations for your minister,
and carry him few pounds of dried ap-
pies, a bushel Of potatoes, and three
yards Of cotton, and damage his house
to the extent Of twenty dollars.
Year: 1874

Truth being founded upon rock, you
must boldly dig to see its foundations,
without fear of destroying the edifce !;
but falsehood, being laid on the sand. i f
you examine its foundation you cause it
to fall
Year: 1874

warranted not to cut in the eye--not a head
ache in hhds. of tit is no sooner in your
belly than IFS on your back in pound object
and it carries bead like necklace; for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1874


Not q sous had he got, not guinea or note,
And he looked confoundedly hurried,
As he bolted away without paying his shot,
And the saloon keeper after him hurried.
We saw him again at the dead of night,
When home from the club returning,
We twigged the fellow beneath the light
OF the gas lamp brilliantly burning.
An bare and exposed to the midnight dews,
Reclined in the gutter we found him,
And he looked like gentleman taking snooze
With his Marshall cloak around him.
sThe youth is as drunk as the d." we said,
And we managed q shutter to borrow.
We raised him, snd sighed at the thought that


his head


Would "consumedly ache" on the morrow.
We bore him home and put him to beds
And he woke the house with laughter,
But late next morning we called and gave
Him red herring with soda-water.
Loudly they talked of his money that's gone,
And his sister began TO upbraid him,


But little he reeked, so they let him snore on
Meath the counterpane just as we laid him.


Slowly and sadly we all walked down


From his room in the uppermost story,
rushlight we placed on the old hearth stone1
And we left him alone in his glory.
Year: 1874

"You ask why hate that woman
should think you might see for youself


She has a better complexion than mine,
aud | hate her for that. Her hair is two
feet longer than mine, and i hate her fer
that. Her face is fresher than mine, and
there is another re ason why hate her.
Her jewelry is finer than any have, and
that is even enough for me to talk about
her. She lives in better style than do,
and l hate her for that. She has new
bonnet every month, ana have only six
in year, and | dcspisc her for tat
She has beautiful dresses and they al>
ways fit her so we'll, and that is another
reason why bate her. She minds her
own business and never says mean things
about any one, aud woman who does
that should be hated by every other wo-
man. Her husband is more prominent
man than mine, and hate her for that.
She never goes about grumbling and tel
ling things to make others feel mean and
uncomfortable, and hate her on that ac'
count. She will not lerd me her jew
erly, and | feel above any woman who
will not cheerfully lend her best clothes
and jewelry. Then, her diamonds are
real, while mine are paste, and | hate
her for that. Hate her? l should think
l had enough to hate for. She caresing


and l can t,and l hate her for that. Wber
| offered to tell her half dozen lies tha


| heard, and twelve more that | made VI
about her, and she would not hear me
was mad enough at her to bite her heat
ofC-the stuck up. deceitful thing. When
give her advice she pays no attention L
it and hate her for that. When | try
to tell her Of something about her hus


band that will make her hate him as


hate mine, she will not even listen TO me


and bate her for that. When | woul


tell what somebody OF some other bod
Year: 1874

has said against her, she says she does not
care what other folks say, so long as she
has her husbands devoted love and a
clear conscience, then l bate her more
than ever for throwing out slurs against
me. Her breath is sweeter than mine
aud bate her for that. And I'll hate
any woman who is happier or getting
along better than I am. .'-Pomeroys
Democrat.
Year: 1874

Marshall's japanese Troupe at
tracted another large audience to
Turn-Verein Hall last night. The
performance passed off with its usual
success, the interest which was
aroused at first being not whit
abated by the third repetition. Many
new tricks were introduced into the
programme, and the best of those at
first brought out were repeated. With
out doubt this company Is one of the
best which has ever visited Southern
California or any other country. 1t is
difficult to conceive how the art of
leger-de-main, balancing and rope


walking could ever be brought to a
higher degree of perfection; and, if
such were possible, the Japs alone
could do it. The last performance of
this troupe in our city will be given
tonight and they will then seek other
fields to conquer. Owing to their inn
mense success in Los Angeles their
stay swill be thus prolonged one
evening after the expected time.
Year: 1874

We were told a few days ago that GER
tain Individual, who has figured with the
Independent party of Placer county is am
bilious to get the nomination for a certain
county office on that ticket next fall, and
would like us to give him little hoist at
some convenient time. The gentleman Civ
ing us the informal on we have regarded as
a friend, but we arc indeed sorry to think
that any friend of ours should entertain a
Lope that we could be induced to foist on
the people Of Placer county man whom we
have rs.sons to believe would not be wholly
acceptable to them. We may make mis-
takes, we may not talk to suit everybody.
and we may offend some would-be friends,
but one thing is certain we will not support
man nor give countenancc to IA measure
which looks not to the interests of the peo-
pie, let the man call himself wha; he will, or
let the measure come from what source it may
We have but one object, and that is to help
promote the interests of erybody, aud es-
pecial!y the poor. The interests st the poor
can be best subserved by elec,ing competent,
honest and faithful men to office. Men who
by their energy and ability will ins, spirit
into public enterprise, and thus help devel-
ope the country; but most of all, men who
will administer the affairs of government
economically, thus reducing taxation and
consequently tightening the burdens Of the
taxpayer. And we would say, as it will
soon be the time for office seekers to begin
70 put in an appearance, it is hoped they will
come up ID this standard, otherwise they
need not apply.
Year: 1874

The tool says we 'get up on our dignity
and refuse to answer its questions We
don't know what questions it has bocomngiy
asked, that we have not fully answered to
its shame and apparent satisfaction. But
we do know that it is no trouble for fools to
ask questions that wise men can not answer
Year: 1874

The musicians are keeping alive their

 ardor by weekly practice of Elijah. The steady drill on Mendlessohn is showing its results in the more accurate rendering of severe minor chords, and. more trying discords with which this music abounds. no one who have never tried it has any idea of the difficulty choir has with Mendelssohn's music.

 On Monday as Watson Sanford was walking along the road with scythe oyer

 his shoulder, he tripped over stone and fell across the scythe which cut lengthwise

 through his third finger and nearly sever ing the fourth finger from his hand. The wound was dressed by Dr. Brown. -Our roads arc in frightful condi- tion. A great deal of work is needed on them and having is just beginning when it is almost impossible to get such work done.

 On Thursday night, the evening

 freight train ran into pile of empty milk

 cans on the side track and mashed half a dozen of them with noise like that of an l'extremely handy clap of thunder. The building committee are ill treaty with builders regarding a contract for the new Hall.

 The June price of 2 cents for milk sent into New York, makes the producer feel trife solemn. Still he hopes for

 better things soon. MT. Sherwood is making some of the surplus milk that is glutting the New York market into but ter, with fair results.

 -Messrs. Ford & Logan are busy man. ufacturing cigars at their warehouse and intend soon to increase their force and push things.

 Baker & Brinsmade are pushing their large addition rapidly to completion.

 The building Mir. Gum has been

 making of tho old Academy and the old

 district school house will quite 8 convenient dwelling house. The Acade- my moved next the Ford House form a two story front, while the old seat of elc- mentary learning, with basement below and a third cIapped above it, forms the three story rear building the slope of the ground requires.

 Rev. Wm. l.. Peck preached at St, Johns on Sunday last.

 1.-The Gunnery Nine played another game with the New Prestons on Saturday last. This latter club seems to include several good players but the organiza- ton is in need of practice and in spite of their heavier muscle were beaten by the Judeans. We did not see enough of the game or take notes of what we did see, so that we cannot undertake to estimate the respective merits of the players. Chapin, the Gunnery short stop, caught half dozen or more flies; and We saw Cameron, short stop of the New Preston's, make @ neat double play and catch several fies We should judge that the New Prestons were in special need of swift, even pitch CT. The smaller Gunnery chaps were very eager and appreciative spectators, and bet ''sodas" on the home club with conf- dence inspired by frequent victories. The following is the score:
Year: 1874

THE AHHY


The sonate Appropriation Committee partially
considered the Army bill to-day. There seems
to be an awakening in the Senate to the fnct
which haa been SO apparent to the House, that
the demands Of the people for ret1enclment are
not merely idle clamo1, and the amendments
'suggested by the Committee to the bill arc but
few, and Of m iu1material character. The proba-
bi!ities arc that the bill will be favoraby report
Cd to tbs Senate in nearly the same shape as it
passed the House. The Senate have not becu
understood as acquiescing in the desi1o to re.
trench, in tie belief that it is necessary, and
tnis decided indication OF an economical frame Of
mind on their part is very gratifying.
Year: 1874

The reports from every direction bring the
startling intelligence that destructive fires
are raging in almost every part of Indiana,
and in case rain does not come soon it is i'm
possible to say where the losses will end; nor
is the destruction confined to this state, as
the forest fires, from all accounts, are burn
ing over greater extent Of country in Ohio
than in this state. Along every line of rail-
way entering here, there are more or less de-
structive fires raging, while on the Pan Han


die and Bee line the damage in Ohio is re-
ported much greater than on the western
part of those lines. Along the l., C. and L.


road there are fires at frequent intervals, and
the low swamp lands near Fairland are re-
ported as having been burning fiercely for
the last two days, and last night fires were
burning close along the track. Near Acton
the telegraph-poles were burned off at the
ground, and in places hanging over the track
supported by the wires. On the Bee Line
the fires rage along the entire line, beginning
at Crestline. At this place the woods and
fields west of town are burning, and have
been on fire for the last two days. Night be-
fore last the citizens, who turned out and
fonght the fire desperately, had hoped the fire
Year: 1874

There is "a Wisconsin editor who, when
seized with desire to sneeze, never permits
himself to deliver more than one volley, but
the effect is so prodigious that it has been
rather POLITICALLY compared to the explosion of
coal mine.
Year: 1874

WHAT ACorToN BALE CONFERENCE.-The
Macon (Ga. Telegraph tells this: "a couple
bales of cotton werelreceiyed from Arlington at
one of our warehouses, few days ago, which
upon being sampled were discovered to be wa
ter packed. They were sold for what they were
worth, and the buyer took them to cotton
press in the city to have them repacked. Upon
unpacking them, ore of the bales were found
to be in a worse condition than could have
been produced by water, for in the centre of it
was found an iron gudgeon, and old sausage
grinder, pair of hinges and four pieces Of iron
tie, each foot and half in length. The
whole of the iron contents of this bale weighed
eighteen pounds. The original shipper Of the
bale will be notified that the articles are here
subject to his order