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Year: 1867

The London Lancet says:-"A good ilIustra-
ton occurred a few days since of the strength
man in his last illness was admitted into one
of the metropolitan hospitals. He was without
relatives, friends, or apparent means OF sub
sistence; but when undressed and put into bed
round his neck To this he clung with tenacity,
refusing to part with it TO any one, and wearing
il about him by day and night As his end
approached, the treasure became matter Of
anxiety to those tending him; for the sum was
evidently large, and it was feared that it might
offer temptations to some patient in case the
moment of his death should be unobserved. At
length the hour arrived, and when death had
apparently claimed him, a nurse gently un.
fastened the string and removed the bag. AT
the same moment the old man opened mis- ewes
and ielt instnciyely for his treasure, which
was no longer in its place. He uttered the
word Gone = and died. The money, which was
found to amount to 9l74, was handed over to
the hospital authorities
Year: 1867

Reform Petition Movement Abandoned.


LONDON, January 10-Noon.-The leaders of
the Reform movement have decided no: to make
the proposed demonstration upon the meeting
of Parliament, by the introduction of mass petit
tions, but will adopt the less turbulent course of
permitting it to come up in the usual course of
LEGISLATION.
Year: 1867

MAN THROWN EIGHTY FEET INTO fHE
AIR-HIs HEAD AND SHOULDERS CRUSHED.
The Appleton Crescent gives an account
of the killing of Christian Trusse'l in the
woods, in Dale, Outagamic county, by the
most singular and terrific accident az fol-
lows:


81 1t appears that a party of men were in
the woods with him cutting a fallow, and
where they were chopping, two large trees
had been felled-one across the other-the
one on top balancing nearly. The man who
was killed was chopping near these trees,
and another party having large tree about
ready to come down, hailed him to look out
when he ran and stood ON the top of the
balancing tree 10 see the other come down.
The men then brought the tree to the ground.
which struck the other end of the tree on
which Trussell was standing, and the ire
mendous weight of it coming upon the spring
lever, threw him like shell into the air nm,
ward of eighty feet. In coming down one
of his legs from his knee to his hip was
shattered to atoms, and the back of his head
was stove in. He came down head first
He was taken up with some life in him, but
soon expired.
Year: 1867




The Detroit Union relates the following
rich incident:


1t is seldom that the disciples of Lothario
or Don Juan, in their attempt at intrigue,
get Oft scot free We have few facts for
readers to-day which are in every way wor
thy of perusal In spite Of the most desper
ate attempts of the victim in this case to
hush the affair up, it has leaked out, the
lady heroine thinking it decidedly " too good
to be lost"


About ten days since public ball was
held in the Seventh Ward, at which fair
domino attended. The attention of one of
the irrehressible of the other sex, who, OBJ
tanning her-consent, danced almost the en-.
tire programme with her, and under the
influence of a few glasses of lager, became
violently and amaterially enthused. When
the s. wee short hours ayont the twal' ar.
rived, the lady suggested the propriety of
seeking the paternal home, and as the sweet
and hallowed talk seemed to present an op-
portunity for the declaration of his absorb
ing passion, the gentleman accorded with
the suggestion. Frequently was the attempt
made during the journey to place his arm
around his fair inamorata's tapering waist,
but at each essay the courage oozed out at
his fingers ends. AT the gate the lady dis
mlsseu ner escort, thanking MIN Tor MS COM
pany but he declined the discharge, assert
ing boldly that he should not leave till the
door closed upon him and his charge The
front door was tried, but found to be bolted;
the lady then went to the side door, and
without her knowledge her adoring Juan
followed. While she was disrobing herself,
inside the room, of her street apparel, he
pushed the door in and put in his head, de-
termined to die in the last ditch" in the
effort to procure from her an acknowledge
ment of the probable return of his devour-
ing passion. And now comes our sorrowful
sequel. Just, when his neck was favorable
for the movement the lady banged to the
door, holding the luckless wight close be-
tween the door and the jam, and seriously
impeding the free passage of the breath of
life. He yelled and howled, begged for
mercy in stentorian tones, but the lady
would not relent. His screams aroused the
paternal progenitor, who arrived upon the
scene, and seeing the situation of affairs, told
his daughter to hang on to the scoundrel,
while from the outside he applied some most
efficacious arguments made up of thick sole
leather. The punishment continued till the
infictors were exhausted and the recipient
half dead, when he was permitted to depart.
Year: 1867

His MoDEsTY SHocKED.-An American
visitor to the Italian opera in Paris has
been shocked. He writes SIT is where
the ladies come to lounge, prattle, see and
De seen. The toilette is forced to the ex-
IRENE. One might easily fancy himself in
the topics If he should awaken from
cream. l am not so fastidious as to object
70 lady's unbosoming herself to me, par
t.icuiarly If she has any crushing weight on
her chest; but | confess to a want of taste
IN preferring to deny myself the pleasure
OF peering down lady's back
Year: 1867

This charge will be the same as at the Mint-a
half of one per eent.-and which is paid by us tc
that institution. But there will be no charge il
future for making fine gold OF silver bars from
bullion refined by
Year: 1867

A CORRESPONDENT of the Lacon I'LL J
Home journal writes that there is living in
the vicinity of Spoon River, in that State,
child which was born and has lived five
years without head He states the facts
of the case as follows: Mrs. the
mother, is the widow of soldier, formerly
living in Marshall county,, who enlisted in
the sixty fifth or Scotch Regiment, and was
killed at the battle of Lexington, Mo- She
was standing beside her husband during the
engagement, when cannon ball carried
his head completely away, his body falling
into her arms and covering her with blood.
The shock affected her greatly, and when,
seven months afterward, her child was born,
there was not the semblance of head about
it. The limbs are perfectly developed, the
shoulders where the head and neck should be,
smoothly rounded off. But the most sur
prsing thing of all is that the face is sit
uated in its breast. OF course, there being
no neck, the power of turning its head is
wanting, except as the whole body is moved
but this difficulty is overcome by the singu-
lar faculty it possesses of turning its eyes
in their sockets, enabling it to see quite as
well on either side as those more perfectly
formed. While the upper portion of its
body is white as the purest Caucasian, from
the waist downwards it is blood red This
strange creature, now an active boy of five
years old, as if to compensate for its de-
formity, possesses the most clear and bird
like tones ever listened to, singing with
singular correctness everything it may hear,
and its voice at this early age accomplishing
two octaves easily. Its health is uniformly
good. At the time of my visit it was Just
recovering from an attack of the measles
Mrs. is a very quiet and ladylike
person, living entirely alone with her boy,
cultivating a small garden, and supported
by pension and an income derived
from government securities. Very few in
the immediate vicinity have seen her child,
or even know of its existence-it being only
through the interest of personal friend
that obtained the privilege, reluctantly
granted, Of making this statement"
Year: 1867

to cry aloud for mercy. Neither her tears
nor her agony could destroy her beauty, but
as the crowd admired it, it was imputed to
her as crime, and called forth the grossest
insults.


She was borne up amid her shrieks and
struggles by main force in the arms of four
men. On the scafold, it is said, she recog-
nized the strange prophet who had foretold
the various phases Of her history. but this,
of course, is mere conjecture.
Nine. du Barry, on the scafold, was wild
with terror she appealed to all around her ;
she implored even the mercy of the people,
but in vain. Seized and bound, che was
held down by main force, and in the midst
of a wild, despairing cry, the axe descended,
and all was over She was the only woman
who died like coward, for she had neither
love, virtue heroism nor religion to support
her vice, and the atmosphere Of luxury and
vice in which she had existed, had debased
her woman's nature, and as she had dis
graeed the throne, SO she disgraced the
scahold.


HAsTY MARRIAGE OF A DIVORCED HUS-
BAND-HIs FORMER WIFE Acrs AS BRIDES
MAID.-We yesterday announced the mar.
riage Of one DR.. Wight to a Miss Cham
berlain. At the last fall term of the Floyd
Circuit Court, this man Wight made appli-
cation for a divorce from his wife, the prin-
cipal witness against the wife being the
woman Chamberlain. Judge Bicknell heard
the evidence and refused to grant the di-
vorce, administering to the man Wight a
severe and merited reprimand for his pro-
ceedings in the case,


Wight, however, determined to marry his
swift witness Chamberlain, again sought a
divorce in Huntington County, where he
obtained it, the Court hearing but one side
of the testimony-that given by the woman
Cham berain. Having his divorce in his
pocket, Wight and the Chamberlain were
married yesterday.


Wight's wife is hopeless invalid
Wight married his first wife when she was
young, beautiful and in good health. She
is yet possessed of good looks, notwithstand-
ing the Affections which have lowered over
her. She was of good family and reputed
wealthy at the time of her marriage. But
after serving Wight for thirteen years she
was put away by divorce, because she was
an invalid.


At this wedding yesterday this divorced
wife stood beside the woman that was to
usurp her place-stood there like living
corpse-like smitten, withered fower-as
bridesmaid-the bridesmaid of the witness
against her in the suit for divorce; the only
witness. If she stood there volun tarily, we
have in her an example of woman's devotion
such as we never before heard of. If she
stood there through compulsion, the curse
and blight of the Almighty will follow the
husband and his new made wife formerly
his divorced wife's nurse) to avenge the
wrongs of the wretched woman.


Wight and his wife and his divorced wife
left the city in company together yesterday.
If the husband and the wife have any feel
ings of humanity left this injured woman's s
pale face will haunt them like spectre
wherever they may travel.-New albany
Ledger.
Year: 1867

FIRE At CAVE VALLEY.-On Wednesday
OF las week the public house Of Mr. Farms
worth At Cave Valley was consumed by fire.
The fire caught from The kitchen stove pipe
aboul O'clock in the day. The male por.
ton # the family were absent at the time,
and two women were at home who we're unit
able to make much headway against the
conhagration. The house was burnt up en-
tirey and abont 1900 lbs Of dried fruit.
Nothing was saved but small portion OF
bedding. The loss is very heavy on the
family.
Year: 1867

DUTCH FLAT, June 11th, 1867.
MEssRs EDlroRs:-T good time so long
promised is coming at last. is near at hand.
The clouds are moving and darkness that has
so long cast it's sable mantle over the land is
about to be dispelIed. Constitutional liber-
ty once again to resume its seat and fanati'
cism scattered TO the four winds. The still,
small voice has done the good work, and to-
day the principles Of democracy possess the
hearts of the people. Will lead them on TO
the act, TO reclaim the land from thradom's
sway, and prove at last that right will tr'
umph.


Who that loves bis country does not wish
this timel Who that has with pain wit
messed the obliteration Of these ancient land
marks, until there is scarcely a sembance
left Of its former self. can fail to consider il
his duty to come up and help to rebuild that
noble old edi6ce which those good men Of
old erected as an enduring monument. but
which modern vandalism has we'll nigh de-
molished.


Discord, and contention exists at last, and
where once harmony prevailed within the
ranks Of these destroying angels We now wit
ness them quarrel over the loavss and fishes.
The foe is losing his hold, the corrupt have
become more corrupt They have consumed
the fat, and are now shaking in their bones.
Their stronghold begins to weaken and con-
fess the victory they forced in ga was only
gained ty leading captive untbinking demo
Gratis by their dazzling display of power.
Now we again witness that might does not
make right.


The Oracle (.Sac. Union) has at last decided
that they may be called upon TO choose be-
tween our nominee and their own. What
change! What condecension! Remain where
you are-ws want you not-wallow in your
mire and drink deep Of the poison you have
SO freely scattered, and soon you will find
yourselves marching on with your sainted
Brown.


Democrats to the rescue! not a man falter,
be steady. firm, yield not an inch until the
coed old flag once again waves over the en-
tire length and breadth Of the land. Until
Justice has regained its temple; and, until
Peace and good will cemen,s US more closely
as band Of patriots, who love our country
for our country's good. Rally! work! and
victory is ours forever. YANK.
Year: 1867

Will continue the practice of his profession in
Lincoln and vicinity. He may be found at all
hours OF the day. at his Office in the N E. corner
of Rood's building opposite the Logan Hoqs
and at night at his residence, first house west q
depot


Lincoln June 5th 1861
Year: 1867

FATAL ADclDENr-At about one o'clock
on yesterday morning young man named
Gustsve Abcrs, who has been boarding al
Halling's, on Second street, near Brown
fell out of the window ofhs room on the
second floor Of the building, and received
such severe injuries 10 the chest and lungs
that after lingering all day in . situation
devoid Of hope. he expired At ten o'clock at
night. 1t is supposed - Saturday evening
was very warm. that he had seated himself
on the window ledge 70 enjoy the fresh air
previous to retiring, and falling asleep. had
lost his balance The noise of the fall Was
heard by other inmates Of the house, and
whom they went outside he was lying upon
the Sidewalk apparently dead. Albcrs was
a native Of lIostein, and had been in this
city but two weeks.
Year: 1867




We have probably all of us met with
instances in which a word heedlessly
spoken against the reputation of a
female has been magnifed by malicious
minds until the cloud has been dark
enough to over-shadow her whole ex-
istence. To those who are accustomed,
not necessarily from bad motives, but
from thoughtlessness, to speak lightly
of ladies, we recommend these "hints'
as worthy of consideration;


Never use lady's name in an i'm
proper place, at an improper time, or
in mixed company Never make as
sertions about her that you think un-
true, or illusions that you feel she her
self would blush to hear. When you
meet with men who do not scruple to
make use of woman's name in a
reckless and unprincipled manner, shun
them, for they are the very worst
members of the community-men lost
to every sense of honor, every feeling
of humanity.


Many good and worthy woman's
character has been forever ruined and
heart broken by a lie manufactured by
some villain, and repeated where it
should not have been, and in the pres
ence of those whose little INDIGNANT
could not deter them from circulating
the foul and Dragging report. A
SANDER is soon propagated, and the
smallest thing derogatory to woman's
character will fly on the wings of the
wind, and magnify as it circulates, un-
til its monstrous weight crushes the
poor unconscious victim. Respect the
name Of woman, for your mother and
sisters are women, and as you would
have their fair name untarnished, and
their lives unembittered by the SANDER
er's bitter tongue, heed the i'll that your
own words may bring upon the mother,
the sister, or the wife of some fellow
Year: 1867

We extract the following we'll timed
words from the Aurora Beacon, of this
week, on pitching In =


"But the worst kind of pitching in Is
that we so frequently find in the news
papers-quarrels in public between RI
walls in business, ambition or black
guardism. Pah! how disgusting! And
then there is class of editors, who are
nothing If not pitching in turning
their columns into mud-batteries, firing
filth at each other, or at some unfortun.
ate object of their peesonal malice OF
displeasure. This is cowardly business
-unmanly, disgusting and disgrace to
journalism. When will the time come
when fools shall cease to attempt to
make editors of themselves, when all
newspaper men shall have learned that
the true mission Of journalism is to en-
tighten and elevate the public sense,
and when they will be able to keep
their personal passions and grievano es
out of their editorials? The editors
pen is dangerous weapon in the hands
of either foolish or bad man. A mad
bull in a china shap is not more danger
Gus or out of place than is malicious,
reckless or conceited man, who lacks
balance of judgment or heart, welding
the pen of the editor Of q public journal.
We might cite examples, but that would
be personal, and we must practice what
we preach.
Year: 1867

One Of the most characteristic speech
cs ever made by the late Viscount Pal.
merston was denunciatory Of the care.
less style Of penmanship now in vogue.
The great Premier, whose wonderful
success in life was attributable to the
fact that he was thorough in everything
he undertook, and believed that III q
thing was worth doing at all it was
worth doing WE'LL" very properly main
tanned the necessity OF persona cuitivat-
ing . neat, egible handwriting, from
the fact that it was useful in business
and pleasing in private correspondence.
Thers are many psrsons In the protes-
sions who arc Of the opinion that scYawl-
Year: 1867

melted like wax before the fire, without
a single exception.


For the last thirty years this same
class Of croakers have been crying, "You
can never overthrow slavery!" 1T Is
wrong, but you can't do anything"
And now that it is destroyed, root
and branch, they seem not to know
where they stand, or what they have
been doing ali their days. Yet they are
just rs fresh and confident a. ever, that
no power In earth or heaven can over
throw intemperance! Wonderful phi
losophers! II they are in sympathy
with our cause at all, they are destitute
alike Of faith In truth aud In God. Aud
for this reason they are not only force
less In temperance action, but absolute
ly dead weights and hindrances to our
casase.


The right arm of power in all temper
ance measures Is ,nshaken faith in the
success of truth and the triumph of right.
Error and wrong are powerless in legiti-
mate struggle with eternal justice. God
and his truth are to win the field sooner
or later; and the army he takes to win
h clad with the invincible armor of faith
and persistence. IFS anything too hard
for the Almighty?" Is alchohol more
than match for Omnipotence? Are
the armies Of the Lord Of hosts to be
conquered by horde of drunkards and
drunkard-makers? Such Is not the
faith Of the mighty cohorts now muster
ing on this glorious moral battlefield.
II the Gospel is not a fable, inebriety /.
to recoil 1t wherever the Church of God
addresses Itself to that work. Nufiona
Temperance AdyOc0te.
Year: 1867

6en WaQe among the h0OelS.


The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Journal gives the following in
regard to Ben Wade among the rebels:'
A good thing, and a verify, is told Of
old Ben Wade. He was, as you know,
one Of the Congressman who made the
Southern tour during the holidays. He
made speech at Memphis which had
the heavy ring of Northern opinion in
it, as well as tolerable judgment Of the
future course Of Congress. An eminent
statesman and ex-rebel Major General,
In speaking of it, said to me, 'Wade
made a bold and manly speech. His
language 10 forcible, unmistakable if not
elegant. It Is like him, honest, open
and above board in fact It is very much
like our secesh songs were, mighty fine
words but devilish bad ideas.' Well to
my story. Wade had made the entire
trip to New Orleans, and every man he
met avowed q strong attachment to the
Union. Not one of them claimed to be
. rebel, or acknowledged ever having
been one. The Crescent City, however,
(famous for great sights and doings)
showed him several Of that genus homo
A party Of these men waited upon him
at his room, and introduced themselves
to him, whereupon the following colo
guy occurred: "Mr. Wade, personally
we are unknown to you, but we are glad
to meet you. We are rebels-rebels at
the beginning, and during the war, and
are rebels to-day. We believed the
South was right in principle, and still
believe SO; but we have respect for m
honorable-minded foe to our cause. We
are defeated; our cause is lost but we
have faith in you."


Wade jumped up and exclaimed,
Gentlemen, l am glad to see you. You
are the first rebels I have met since
l left Washington, and 1 have been
wondering seriously how In HI you
kept up such long internal war with
90 few rebels In the cOuntry.D
Year: 1867

The negroes near Monterey,
Texas, have been drilled recently
by white man, until they are
quite proficient in the use of arms,
which have been furnished them.
They are spelling for a fight with
the whites, and frequently threat
en- to clean out that unfortunate
branch of creation. Not long
since they fired upon a white man
from the bushes, wounding him
seriously, without provocation on
his part. The citizens of the vi
cinity have arrested fifteen of the
ringleaders and turned them over
to the military authorities. All
were discharged but three, who
were retained for the semblance
of trial. Such is the progress
made by the colored race in Texas.
Year: 1867

I The President and Directors of
the Lincoln County Agricultural


and Mechanical Society make this


last appeal to the liberality of the


citizens of Lincoln and adjoining


counties, to assist us to make oul


Fair what it was before the war.


All that the Society possessed,
even to the last piece of plank,
has been swept from us during
the war. Notwithstanding all
this, by a strong effort and con-
siderable outlay of cash, we have
purchased a beautiful lot adjoin-
ing Fayetteville, for permanent
Fair Ground, where we are now
erecting handsome improvements,
where we propose holding a Fair
commencing on Tuesday, the 22nd
of October, 1867, to continue du-
ing the week. We are well aware
that the stock-raiser, the planter,
and the mechanic, can not show
such specimens as they did in OIL
den time, but that was q control
ing reason in getting up the Fair.
We wish to make the country
whatit was in prosperous times,
and nothing is SO we'll calculated
to stimulate all classes as these
annual exhibitions of the products
of the country. Therefore, we
do hope and trust that every man
that has the prosperity of his
country at heart will come up to
the good work, and if you have
nothing as good as.you, wish to
show, come alongwith what you
have, and be encouraged to do
better next time. And the Ia
dies-we want them all to come
bring your specimens of Jeans,
Linseys, Blankets, Needle Work,
anything, and everything. We
want to know what you have
been doing since the war, and
above all we want you to cheer
and encourage us by your presence
and approving smiles. Unless the
ladies encourage, we can not sue
caed,


The Society regrets that they
have not been able to offer more
liberal list of premiums. We do
hope, however, that all things con-
sidered, it is as liberal as could
reasonably be expected in view of
our limited means, and the short
time we had to prepare for an ex-
hibition. With proper encourage
ment, we promise to do better in
the future, Then we say again,
everybody come along. You can
make the Fair a perfect success.
Will you do it? We think you will.
The proceedings of each day will
be so diversified as to make it in
teresting to all.


L. L. STONE, President.