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Year: 1875

Columbus Index.l


He wore white pantsloons, and he was
enveloped in a horrid black robe that
trailed at his feet He was clearly agi-
tsted his lips kept moving in prayer.
He looked around as they we're piAion-
ing his hands and feet, and being asked
what he wanted, mentioned the name of
Colonel Meek. Colonel Meek came for
ward, and Green Henry bade him adieu.


The cape Of the black robe was drawn
forward over the doomed mans head at
20 minutes past IL o'clock, noon.
Quickly the sheriff and his attendant
stepped from the platform; a deputy
jerked the lever that supported the scat
fold from its fastenings, and gave the
scaffold kick.


An unearthly groan arose from the
thousands of negroes who thronged the
adjacent walls and vacant places.


The scaffold fell with an awful sound ).
Green Henry dangled an instant in the
air, and then fell full length on the ground
beneath the balcony Of the Jail. Every
body was Mortified; the sheriff could
scarcely move. A surgeon felt the pulse
of the fallen man and said he was alive.
The colored deputy and assistant raised
Henry, carried him back to the balcony
and removed the black cape from his
face. His brow was covered with per-
spiration, though he did not appear
frightened He was alive and perfectly
conscious, and continued to murmur,
Jesus, save mel" There was a slight
abrasion on his neck, and he was splitting
blood. At this point a telegram came
from Governor Ames, whom Col. Meek
and others had been importuning for
Green Henry's life Itsai1: cannot
interfere; show this to Mr., Meek and
Others"


By this time the knot had been retied,
and Henry was assisted to rise. His
feet pinioned, he advanced as well as he
could to the center of the platform. AS
the sheriff adjusted the moose, Henry
said, Don't choke me" The sheriff
loosened the knot, and Henry asked,
Got it tied right2" "Yes," said the
sheriff, and he asked doctor if it was
not right. The doctor directed the knot
to be placed further TO the rear Of the
ear, which was done


The sheriff stepped back, the deputy
touched the lever and Green Henry
swung into the air at 39 minutes past
IL o'clock,


A thrill or horror ran through the
multitude, anda number Of negro women
tainted.


The body, after the drop, was con-
vulsed several times; the shoulders
shrugged and feet were drawn up The
neck was broken; the skin of the throat
was torn and small stream of blood
trickled down his breast The drop was
four and half feet


After six minutes doctor felt Henry's
pulse; he still lived. He hung fourteen
minutes, and then at eight minutes to
one clock the doctors said he was dead.


The sheriff cut the rope, and the body
was taken by the deputy and his assist.
ant into the hall of the jail and laid on
the floor. A large crowd of whites and
blacks hocked in to see the corpse, and
the Index reporter, after glancing at the
CLASSY eyes and open mouth of the dead
man, withdrew from the Jail, sick and
oppressed with horror
Year: 1875

There's an old antiquarian who has
been travelling about the country for
twenty years, looking for a rock from
which, according to some story, an In
dian maiden and her lover didn't throw
themselves when pursued by vengeful
tribe. He hasn't found such a rock yet,
and is getting very old and very hope
Year: 1875

She stepped into the car radiant with
youth, and looking cool and bright in
her hower-trimmed hat and speckless
suit of linen. Four young men i'm
mediately offered her their seats; she
accepted one with an enhancing smile
and instantly gave it to a poor, wan,
little old woman who had been standing
for ten blocks. Whereupon the young
men did not know whether to get up
again or not, anG tried their best not to
look foolish.
Year: 1875

The Gallatin Examiner of last Friday
said that rain would never fall on the
day whose morning saw spider webs
woven across the tops of the grass-blades
The Louisville spiders accordingly set
to work in the front yards on Saturday
and got up their little webs, but by nine
o'clock another exasperating shower was
in full progress. Hereafter our insects
will look exclusively to the city press for
information.
Year: 1875

6 In addition to the cases mentioned in
Clauses and q, the seqnestration is removed
as regards individual recipients who give a
pledge to the Government to obey the laws of
the State in manner prescribed in Clause g
The Government is also empowered to remove
the sequestration as regards individual re-
cipients if they manifest by their conduct an
intention of obeying the laws of the State. If
such persons afterwards refuse obedience to
the laws OF the State the sequestraton is again
imposed.


z. The renewal of payment dates in every
case from the first day of the quarter in which
the sequestration is removed.


9. With regard to the application of the Sc
questrated funds as far as they not appli-
cable, according to the general resources of the
State, as saving of expenditure or are not
otherwise applicable, their mode of disposal is
reserved. The Minister of Worship is empow-
cred, in the event of a commissarial manage
ment of the episcopal property, under the law
tinuance of the payments for the endowment
of the Bishop as far as is necessary for the
purposes of such management aud the expenses
thereof


8. The enforcement by the Executive of dues
and payments to the Bishoprics and the in
situations attached thereto and the clergy is
suspended In any diocese as long as the seqnes-
tratlon Is Ill operation. In the event OF the
State payments being cesumed to any recipient
under Clause &, the enforcement of dues and
payments is also med, ard also with
regard to dues and payments to those priests
who have nothing to draw from the pIblc
Treasury, if they bind themselves expressly OF
tacitly TO obey the law of the State, SO long as
they conform to that engagement.


IL. ANY person revoking the written pledge
under Clauses and 6, or who, contrary to
his engagements attacks the laws of the State
or the measures taken under it within legal
competency in documents connected with his
Office. is to be dismissed from his office by
judicial sentence.


10. Dismissal from Office involves legal in
capacity for exercise of office, the loss of
official income, and the voidace of the Office
The suspension of State stipends and of the
enforcement of dnes is also resumed. The
Minister of Worship is empowered to decree
he representation upon the prosecution being
instituted, and in the event of acquittal the
money thus withheld is to be paid over.
-. The Royal Court for Ecclesiastical AZ
fairs is to hear and decide such cases. The
prosecutors are to conform to he provisions of
Part of the law of the 18th of May, 1873, on
Ecclesiastical Discipline and the Rules of the
Royal Court for Ecclesiastical Affairs.


IA. Whosoever exercises his functions after
dism issal from office under Clause IL of this law
is punishable with il fine not exceeding 800
marks, and, in the event of repetition, not
ceeding 30O0 marks.


10 The Minister of Worship is charged with
the execution of this law.
Year: 1875

AT the irqnest, one customer testified that,
upon teriug tho store, he called for sbadines The
grocer had none, but represented he had Ocean
Trout which were the Sbadinesi but the wit
ness doubling the grocer in order convince him,
opened the box saying he wasn't afraid and tasted
he immediately fell, when the witness much excited,
stripped the mourning lR from the box tied it to the
outside dOor-knob, and wentfor the doctor.


The jury at brought in their verdict in accord
ance with the Above testfmonyt
Year: 1875

TIN habit Of looking on the bright side is
invaluable. Men and women who are ever
more reckoning up what they want rather
than what they haye-counting the difficult
ties in the way, instead Of coniriyng means
TO overcome them-are almost certain to live
on corn bread, fat pork and salt FISH and
sink TO unmarked graves. The world is
sure to smile upon a man who seems to be
successfuli but let him 20 about with a
crestiailcn air, and the very dogs in the
street viii set upon him. We must all have
losses. Late frost win nip the fruit in the
bud, banks will break, investments will
prove worthless, valuable horses will die and
china vases will break. but all these calami-
ties do not come together. The wise course
to pursue, when one plan fails, is to form
another when one prop is knocked from uu-
der ms, to fill its place with a substitute, and
eyermore count what is left rather than what
is taken. When the final reckoning is made,
if It appears that We have not lost the CON
sciousness Of our internal rectitude; if we
have kept charity toward all men; if by the
various discipline Of life we have been freed
from fo!Iios aud confirmed in virtues, what
ever we have lost, the great balance sheet
viii he in Your favor.
Year: 1875

There is growing up in England a large
class of women who do not marry. who do
not wish to marry-but who apparently wish
not 20 marry. They deliberately devote
themselves to literature, to teaching, to some
trade. generally to an artistic one-at any
rate to some occupation that gives a lv4li-
hood and tends to culture-and this they
choose for life The marrying instinct
seems dead on rather, never to have been
born in them. | have known at leaat ono
such person in This country They do not
seem to be thought of as ont of place hut,
on the contrary, they move into places in
the great societal organism. easily and nat
urally, and are accepted without remark.
A late article in one Of the leading papers
in our own country remarked that an al
most entire change had taken place in this
country, IN current speech, concerning un-
married women who are past thirty; that
whereas, twenty years ago, and always be-
fore they were called sold maids" aud the
phrase was term of reproach, now il was
rarely ii ever used, and the reproach, which
used to be east upon such persons. has al
most entirely passed away.
Year: 1875

NRruE IN WmsrLNG.-An old farmer
once said 10 rs that he would not have a
hired man on his farm who did not habitu-
ally whistle lie always hired whistlers.
said he never knew whistlmg laborer to
find fault with his food, his bed, or com
plain Of any little extra work he vas asked
to perform. Such man was generally kind
to children and 10 animals in his care. lie
would whistle chilled lamb into warmth
and life, and would bring in his hat full Of
eggs from the barn without breaking one OF
them. lie found such a man more careful
about closing gates, putting up bars and see
ing that the nuts on his plow were all prop
erly tightened before he took il into the
field. lie never knew awhistling hired man
70 kick or beat COW, nor drive her on a run
into a stable. lie had noticed that the
sheep he fed in The yard and she'd gathered
around him as no whistled without fear.
lie never had employed whistler who was
not thoughtful and economical.
Year: 1875

princes who now threaten to chastise the
insolence of the United States in having
dared to express sympathy for the poor
white seris and black slaves of Cuba.
We do not anticipate anything important
to this country will grow out of Don Car
los proposal for truce. There is neither
magnanimity nor wisdom in Spanish
counsels, nor has there been anything like
either for more than three hundred years.
The princes, grandees and priests have
ridden rough shod over the poor, ignorant
peasantry. They have denied them the
advantages of free schools, and held them
in submission by means of the sword, the
dungeon and the inQuisition. 1t will be
blessed chance for this poor, oppressed
people if the storm Of wrath now raging
between the two Bourbon claimants of the
throne can be turned into truce for any
purpose whatever. We doubt this being
done, however, on account of want Of
enlightened statesmauship.
Year: 1875

open at all seasons. The estimate of the ac-


tual cost imposed upon city by an attack
ofepidemic disease should cause the people


of New Orleans to reflect upon the cost OF


even false reports of epidemics every sea-
son. We are aware that our rivals for


trade or travel assert or leave to be in


ferred that there is always prevailing at


New Orleans during the summer some


terrible malady which is certain death to
all who visit the city at such sea-
son, and that it is even unsafe to
order cask of whisky or a hogshead
of hams from this greatly slandered city.
These facts should induce our authorities
of police and health to execute the most
stringent measures for the prevention or
extinction of any epidemic disease. 1t
should also induce the taxpayers to sus-
tain both authorities in these measures.
Cost what they may, they will be found
cheap if successful. 1t is very probable
that quarar tine may mislead the people
and authorities. Relying upon this from
tier defense, there may be a relaxation
of diligence and sanitary discipline at the
centre To prepare a city for the possible
invasion Of epidemic becomes the most
certain mode to diminish its danger and
consequent cost.


We might add the cost OF our political
epidemics, which periodically terminate
all business relations between the oppo-
site ranks and render all financial tran
sactions more or less uncertain of con-
summation. This with the possibilities
of stray ball, which a stranger may in
tercept on his way to make collection or
an investment, tends to diminish our CON-
merce and turn it to other cities, where
the casualties of street fight never fig
ure in the columns of mortality.


Sanitary care, and the maintenance of
public order, are then, in one sense, ele-
ments of commercial value, and any city
which does not cultivate both, is liable to
an appreciable loss of money from that
cause. We do not choose to impair the
effect Of these comments by citing any
special examples of their correctness, but
commend the subject to our merchants,
property holders and others, as worthy of
sedate reflection.
Year: 1875

pear. The recruiting fund repealed, the
politician would disappear, for neither
himself nor his followings would have any
further motive for revolution, than the
commercial anarchy and annihilation of
Our city
Year: 1875

Avoid barber who was brought up to
hold plow in his young days, one who has a
heavy hand and will rub your throat in one
place while an entire circus procession is
passing the door, giving you as it were an
unconscious lathering and an absent-minded
ruhhinp
Year: 1875

There are generally more or less thieves
following in the wake of circus, and it
will be we'll to search the trunks of the
elephants before they leave town. The
camel should be approached gently, as he
is liable to get his back up on the slightest
proyocation.
Year: 1875

Bad as the ordinary form of April
" fooling" is, it is capable of being out
done. For several weeks, the residents
along the banks of the Delaware, Sus-
quehanna, and other rivers, were kept
in a constant state of fear lest the break
ing up of the ice should result disas-
trously to them. The women and chill
dren trembled for their lives at the
least alarm. Each day that went by
without bringing the assurance that the
danger from the gorges was over, rem
dered the position of the watchers more
and more trying. Most of the women
must have been reduced to a pitiable
condition-to a condition, in short, that
none but the most brutal of human
beings would have had the conscience to
trife with. 1t is to be regretted that
Kingston, Penn, has the misfortune to
contain "a few persons who answer to
this description. On the night of the
LIST of April, just as the poor women had
gone to sleep with their little ones, they
were awakened by the ringing Of bells,
and cries of "The water is coming"
The fact has not been stated in so many
words; but it is reasonable to infer that
at the first alarm they rushed out of bed
and into the streets without waiting to
clothe themselves. 1t is stated that the
confusion was very great, and that the
terror was general. Luckily fos Kings
ton, it happened to possess one man who
had sufficient presence of mind to mea-
sure the depth of the water flowing past
the town. He soon discovered that the
people had been deceived by 1st of
April joke. We have not yet heard
that many of the women tainted and
had to be carried to their homes, or that
any of them dropped dead with fright;
but it would not surprise us in the least
if, under the circumstances, such had
been the results.
Year: 1875

A story is told of Sam Ward, the
noted lobby king: A measure, full of
money, had passed the United States
House and made its appearance in the
Senate toward the close of busy session.
The sufferers were collected the night
before the last day, and were full of
trouble. If some other measure could
be gotten up to occupy the time it would
save them. But no, the appropriation
bills were to be passed yet, and nothing
could be got up that would provide dis
cussion. Gentlemen" said Uncle
Sam Ward, one of the afflicted, 81 be-
heve 1 can save you y and sitting down
wrote to Charles Sumner


"MY DEAR SUMNER You will forgive
an intrusion that in others would be an
impertinence, but from lifelong friend
and admirer you will take it kindly I
know. am but now from Boston and
New York. In both places 1 have been
panied to hear uni ust criticism on your
course. You have taken no part in the
affairs of the country during the session,
and this is attributed to your growing
Indifference to the grave affairs of gov
ernment by some, and by others to your
loss of influence. A few hours remain.
1 trust they may not be lost to you, to
your country and your friends. Among
these / have the honor to subscribe my
self, ever, SAM WARD"


There was no answerto to this note other
than the appearance next morning of
Sumner, armed with pile of documents.
He took the floor and drove the anxious
Senate wild by an elaborate argument.
The appropriations got through by q
shave, but the obnoxious measure was
not voted on. A fee of $4,000 was Sam
Wards reward.
Year: 1875

1t was on Saturday, says the Reading
(Pa.) Eagle, that the first real gypsy
woman of the season put in an appear
ance. She was the color of an old cop
per cent, and her hair was black, coarse,
and very straight. She was dressed in
cherry -colored clothing, and her eyes
were black and piercing. Her people
were encamped outside of the city limits,
having arrived in this section from Ches-
ter county. She gave her name as Bar
bara Gomez, and, although she was but
thirty-five years of age, she said she was
the mother of fourteen children. She
was born near the foot of the Pyrenees
mountains, in Northern Spain, and was
married at the early age of fifteen, when
she removed to the north of England.
Five years ago they came to America.
They wintered in Alabama, and left
there about month ago for the North,
travelling by wagon and railroad. The
woman said that Pennsylvania was their
State for business for the entire season,
from April until November. Her hus-
band with his brothers and their fami-
lies travel together. The men deal in
horses while the women tell fortunes
and sell trinkets. In this way they gain
livelihood, and the woman was very
emphatic when she said it was an honest


livelihood. The gypsy woman was ask
ed her opinion of the Ross abduction
case. She gravely shook her head and
replied that she had heard of it and had
contemplated it in great sorrow. Then
she flew into passion and condemned
the people for blaming the gypsies. In
broken English she said that gypsies
generally had enough children of their
own to take care Of without stealing
those belonging to other folks. After
the woman had been paid for her time
and her opinion, she drew from the
depths of her pocket small piece of
dried root. "Take this" she said,
"and keep it about you. There will be
many trials and troubles in the land be-
fore long, both by sickness and misfor-
tune. This root of the wild flower will
do you no harm" And with great cere-
mony she handed the charm to her visi-
tor, just as if its power to protect was
actually as great as she represented it to
be. She prides herself on her great
power to tell fortunes truly, and she
said that she averages $40 and $12 day
in the pursuit of that business. She
said she was a real gypsy, and had ac-
quired her knowledge at the age of four
teen from her great-grandmother in
Spain. Finally she became sullen and
cross, and with shrug Of her shoulders
she departed without saying another
word.
Year: 1875

A stranger entered Detroit clothing
store the other day, carrying a good
sized paper parcel. He selected a
thirty y-five-dollar suit of clothes, and re-
qussted the clerk to tie it up for him.
This being done, he discovered that he
had nothing but check with which to
pay for it, SO he asked that the package
containing the clothes might be laid
aside for him until he could go around
to the bank and get the check cashed.
The obliging clerk complied, and the
stranger departed. Several days after,
as he did not return, it was thought
best to open the package, and replace
the clothes in stock, when it was dis
covered that the stranger had dexterous-
ly exchanged bundles-both being in
the same colored paper-and that the
clerk had been saving for him suit
of worn out, ragged clothing, too poor
even to give away.
Year: 1875

One of the evil effects of Fools Day
practical joking has been shown in the
report of the burning of the Overlook
Mountain House, in New York State.
During the absence Of the lessee, who
occupied it all winter with his wife and
children, fire broke out, which rapidly
spread until the hotel and furniture were
consumed. When the alarm was given
at distance of few miles, there was
no movement made to render assistance,
all who heard it being of opinion that
some "sharp' youth was trying to
"fool" them. 1t was only when the
flames shot through the roof that they
were convinced of its truth, aud then
it was too late to render assistance. 1t
was a fortunate circumstance that the
fire occurred in daylight, or the conse-
quences might have been Of shocking
nature. As it was, the hGtel-keeper S
wife and children succeeded in getting
out of the building in safety.
Year: 1875

Colds this year seem to have a pecu-
liar tendency to develop themselves in
the form of pneumonia. In such cases
the substance of the lungs is affected,
the air passages become filled up, and
breathing is difficult. There is also q
tendency to cough and fever, and usually
a deep pain in the chest. Pleurisy,
which is an affection of the membrrne
covering the lungs, is generally first
manifested by sharp pain in the side,
attended with difficulty in breathing,
rapid pulse, and high fever. If one is
attacked with either of these diseases,
and physician cannot be Immediately
procured, the best thing to be done is to
induce free perspiration by hot foot
bath, warm drinks, and warm bed.
Painful breathing is frequently relieved
by sweet spirits of inter, taken in doses
of half teaspoonful every half hour.
Year: 1875

We are glad 10 perceive that our
repeated calls upon the Council, in tho
GAZETTE, to stop the wastcful mode OF
doing the public work, has aroused
public opinion, and caused demand
for committees TO examine into mat
ters and report at a future meeting. 1t
ia possible this committee may be in
the interest of the controlling party,
and make whitewashed report, but
that will not stop inquiries, as the feel
ing of the people is becoming aroused
TO the necessity of putting some check
to the extravagant expenditures. With
a hundred thousand dollars in the trca-
sury, Council is now trying to borrow
a hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars more. The pay roll now Is
enormous, yet we are told the work
proceeds very slowly. There is no
spirit in the operation, and the cost
will be fully double what such work
would cost if done by an energetic
man by contract. The heads of the
Water Department know nothing prac'
tically about such work, and yet they
refuse to give it out by contract. AS
it is progressing, if it is botched and
has to be done over, the expense will
all fall on the city; whereas, if it were
done by contract and not done Droperly
the contractor, or his securities, woul(
have to make good the loss. We shal
anxiously await the report of the com
mittee,