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Year: 1877

family, and five minutes more and it
would go out. For an instant l stood
paralysed, when l saw that inside of
of two minutes more she would be
there.


"Seizing the lantern with one hand,
| struck the last match, and bending
down, l laid it carefully inside the
straw, and then / dashed forward
waving the the red light. The glare
from the head light shone down on the
track, and the engineer saw me, but
did not notice the red light-the sud-
den waving put it out-only screeching
he came straight on. When the train
was almost on me, l jumped on one
side, and Singing the lantern over my
head, dashed it on the cab. The en-
gineer saw the lamp as it broke on the
floor, and seeing the red glass and the
battered lantern, whistled the danger
signal and tiled to check up.


"Looking down the track l scream
ed from excitement. The last match
had found dry spot, and the straw
was blazing up bright. The train
came to stand-still. She was saved !;
that's all remember.


"The next l knew | was in the bag
gage car. They said that they had
found me lying in a dead faint, and
excuse me, we are going to stop now"


"StamfOrd p he sung out. The train
stopped and the writer went home, sat
isfied that a brakeman's life is an ex-
citing one.
Year: 1877

V A young lady clerk in a Phila-
delphia dry goods store tainted, and in
the presence of a pitying circle of Gus
toners the sympathetic proprietor sent
for a carriage and had her taken home.
Her weekly wages were six dollars, but
that week the envelope contained only
one. The explanation given in reply
to her question was that the other five
went to pay for the carriage.
Year: 1877

Mayfair has a most excellent story
about the manager of an aquarium. His
wife induced him to go to church, where
he fell asleep. The minister was read
ing the first lesson of the day, which
happened to be the first chapter of the
Book of Ezekiel. AS he proceeded in
the description of the wonderful beast
which the prophet saw in the land of
the ChaldeaDs, by the river Chebar, the
aquarium manager moved uneasily in
his seat. every one had four faces,
and every one had four wings" The
aquarium manager rubbed his eyes, and
the preacher went on: "And they had
the hands of a man under their wings
ON their four sides, and they four had
their faces and their wings" The
aquarium manager was now wide awake.
GAS for the likeness of their faces, they
| four had the face of man and the face
of lion on the right side, and they
four had the face of an OK Oh the left
side. They four also had the face of
an eagle" The aquarium manager was
now standing up, his wife vainly pulling
at his coat tails. ''Name your own
price," he cried; ~ will take the thing"


Mrs. Stuart, the widow of the late
|


Gen. j. E. B. Stuart, suffers the slings
and arrows of outrageous fortune, like
too many Southern women she will
teach in girls school at StauntOn, Va,
next session.


London has really gone wild over the
wonderfully beautiful woman who drop
ped down all of sudden from one of
the Channel islands. This is the way
Louis j. Jennings goes on about her in
his last letter to the New York World,
describing Lord Houghton's reception
of Grant: He is the lion of the season,
sharing the honOrs with lioness who
has suddenly appeared in the London
world and about whom everybody raves.
The lioness, my worthy editor, and had
you been there you would have made
chase after her just as all the rest of us
Year: 1877

REMOVAL OF THE HOPE INSURANCE Co.-By
q notice elsewhere in these coluwcs will be
that this popular Insurance Company has moved it's
oEce to 81 Camp street. near Common The building
has been Elegantly fitted up for its accommodation.
Year: 1877

THE Chicago Inter Ocean, disgusted
with Hayes because he removed one of
its editors from office, has kicked itself
out of the Republican party, and now
sits on the fence long ago erected by
the New York Sun on account of a
similar "mistake'' which Grant made.
Year: 1877

THE two and one-half cent tax on
every drink of intoxicating liquor sold
in Virginia and the half cent tax on
each glass of beer, it is estimated, will
this year amount to one million dollars.
The tax has had the effect to cut off the
sale of drinks on tick entirely.
Year: 1877

TILE LEADER earnestly requests its
friends in all parts of the country to
send in the news. Write often, give
us all the news and keep us posted in
all matters of progress and develop
ment. When in the city our friends
are invited to call at this Office and fur
nish us with any information they may
possess.
Year: 1877

A correspondent of the Virginia Chron-
icle, writing from New York August Sd,
says:


Last week visited some new furnaces,
erected for the purpose of cesulphuriz-
ing and roasting ores, which may be Of
interest in your section of the country,
as understand your circulation is large
in what may be termed the mining re.
gion. This is simple process for ex-
tractng tho sulphur and Il. the same
time reducing the ore to a state of rot
teness, SO that it may be easily ground
into powder, when there is no trouble to
extract the mineral When visited it,
it rod sSsn in operation something over
week, and after the first few hours no
fuel of any kind has been added, and
sllli 1t was roasting at the rate Of four
tons in every twenty-four hours. There
were ten furnaces, but to all appearances
/ should have supposed there was but
one, and each of these, be it understood,
would easily run through four tons a
day. [ made minute inquiry, and
found the cos. of erecting the ten did
not exceed $500, and the cost OF oper.
ating was three men labor. This same
person erected twenty furnaces for a
nckle mining company in this State six
years ago, and the fire has never been
out unless extinguished for repairs. He
is now in ths State of Virginia, where he
has contract to erect twenty for large
mining company, after full examin-
alton on their part Of those in operation
here, 1t might be well for your miners
to Investigate this, and especially if you
are troubled with sulphite to any great
extent. l casually mentioned there fur.
naces when on visit to the assay office
in this city, and the officers there are oil
the opinion that a revolution in roasting
will be the result il generally introduced
The inventor is an old English work.
man, who has spent thirty-tive years in
erecting furnaces for making vitriol
acids, sulphur. ETC., and whose expert
ence has brought about this happy
result. I may take occasion to speak Of
these more fully at some future date, il
al opportunity presents for further ex
animation. II you should want to heal
more on the subject meanwhile, yor
have my address, and have but to re
quest and l will place you in a position
TO gain every point desired.
Year: 1877

A letter from Siberia says: "Our din
ncr-party in the cvcning-and it was real
ly dinner party-was extremely merry.
Each one laid his stores under contribu-
ton. Some brought out frozen bread,
others frozen caviare, others frozen pre-.
serves, others again sausages, which could
not be bent, even if you put it across the
knee and pulled with the strength of
both arms. Can you imagine without
laughing the appearance presented of
seven half-famished people sitting at a
table with thirty different dishes befo: c
them, and unable to touch one except at
the risk of breaking their teeth? Moth.
ing could be done except to wait patient
ly for the various dishes to be thawed
Gradually as each article of food softens
faces brighten, and when at last a knife
entered one Of the dishes, there were
shouts of triumph, which announced the
beginning Of the meal. At the close o1
the dinner we ate excellent fruit, which
had been kept frozen. Throughout 81.
IBERIA, as soon as very cold weather sets
in, all fruits are placed out OF doors with
a northern exposure that the sun NAV
never touch them. They are frozen
through and through, and retain thei1
flavor as completely as if they had Just
been plucked from the tree. Whcr
placed on the table they are as hard a:
wood, and when they accidentally fell or
the floor they make the same sound F,
wooden ball would make. The heat o
the dining-room gradually softens then
and they resume their original form
While eating some game one day I asked
out of curiosity, how long it had bee
killed, and was told over two month
ago. When cold weather sets in ever
butcher kills all the meat he will nee
during the winter. Fish becomes so soli


that in all the markets they are see


standing against the wall on the tails, n


matter what their length or weight ma
! be.
Year: 1877

A heavy rain storm, on the 4th, did
considerable damage to the interior depart
ment. The entire north hall, occupied by the
patent Office was flooded Onc-half of the
marble ceiling OF the portico Of the patent Of
Acc, north side, fell but nobody was hurt. The
damage to the Ninth and G street wing of the
patent Office from heavy rain is very great,
many records and public papers being thor
oughly saturated. Water flowed into the
Ninth street rooms and hall 50 rapidly that it
was found necessary to cut hole through
INC immense wall Of the building to let it out
1t is now feared by many that the damage by
the flood may prove nearly as great as that of
the late fire.
Year: 1877

The State central committee of the
grccnback and united labor parties Of Penn
sylvania have agreed to unite for the purpose
of conducting the present State campaign,
and be known as tho united greenback and
labor party. ~: 81
Year: 1877

A Berlin special says an imperial
ukasc sanctions the conversion Of the share
capital OF five principal Russian railways from
the mctalic to paper standard, at the same
time reducing the states guarantee OF annual
receipts to the same standard. The measure
intlicts serious loss on the shareholders and
creates apprehension that the measure is to
be extended to other lines and even to gov
crnmcnt bonds. It is said the shares sub
scribcd and in foreign gold will not be ex-
c.nptcd from the operation of the ukasc.
Year: 1877

Briefs. There is a protracted meeting
going on at Mount Zion church, in the
county, conducted by Messrs. Hughes and
Windoll.


Captain Lipscomb's force is still at work
on the streets.


The Manchester Grays will compete a,
the State Fair for the medal to be awarded
to the best-drilled company in the State.


Mr.. Dillon had his hand badly injured in
machinery in your city yesterday, and was
removed to his home here in the city ambu
lance.


The grass now growing in the streets o
the city is not particularly ornamental.
Year: 1877

TIE HESRICo SHOOTING CAsE.-Daniel +.
Ward, who stands charged with shooting.
on Sunday morning last, negro boy named
Gaines at the old Fairfield race course, ap-
peared before Judge E. c. Minor yesterday
ut his office on writ Of hdbeaS corpus, sued
out by Wards counsel on an application for
bail. S. NJ. Page, counsel for Ward, raised
the point in the outset that the accused was
improperly held; that the city OF Richmond
did not have jurisdiction in the case; that
the warrant under which his client had
been arrested was issued by William Single
ton, Justice OF Henrico county, and that
warrant required that the prisoner should
be brought before him or some other justice
OF the county, and that he had been ar
rested by captain Of police OF this city.


Mr.. Wise said that no officer OF the county
had ever arrested Mr.. Ward, and that Cap
tain Peasants arrested him not by virtue OF
the authority OK the warrant sworn out by
4 county magistrate, but because the fact
that felony hSd been committed came to
his knowledge, and it was his duty in such
a case to arrest the party so soon as he was
made known to him. He further contended
that the authority that had possession OF the
prisoner had the right to try him. SO far
as be was concerned, he didn't care where
ne was lfieu. nc appealeu Only III tue
|habeas-corpuS case as to bail. 49,


Judge Minor said there was no doubt
about the law-no doubt about the county
and city having concurrent jurisdiction in
the case-but he was Of opinion that the
case was properly before the city courts
and ought not to be remanded to the county.


On the application for bail, DR.. Crane,
the attending physician, was examined as
to the wound and condition of the injured
party. The Doctor stated that four shot
(smalD had entered the abdomen, but he had
fears of only two. He had seen the wound
ed boy about O'Clock yesterday morning.
and his condition was improved, but very
slightly so. 1t would take about nine days
to say what the result would be. II the
two shot do not produce inflammation he
thought that the chances were that the boy
would recover. ~.


In view Of this evidence and the slightly
improved condition Of the boy, Judge Minor
baied MIR. Ward until September Gth-the
time set by the acting Police Justice for
preliminary hearing Of the case. The amount
fixed was $4,000, and Messrs. W. II. Brauer
and Wash. jenkins went his security.
Year: 1877

The market quotations from bo h
the Western and Eastern cities exhibit nc
special life or excitement. CORN holds
up better than was generally expected,


though present prices are nervous COT
TON is dull and stupid. LIVE sT0DK-
it is impossible to quote inteiiigently
Good conditioned cattle and hogs are in


lively demand. The dullness Of the gen
eral market is due to the supposition of
immense crops. and not to money strin-
gency. The market quotations on our
4th page is about as correct as can be
given at this date. /,
Year: 1877

Some little bows are ia the habit Of
collecting at the depot, jumping on and
of the cars when in motion, AMI running
up and down the track while trains are
being mate up, v hich Is extremely dan
gerous- One little fellow would have had
both legs cut off on last sunday, on, for
the timely assistance Of gentleman
and another would have certainly been
killed outright. Parents, should posi-
lively interdict their boys from going
about these trains. The railroad officials
10 everything in their power to prevent
,he boys from such risk, and desire pub
Tic warning to be given that they can not
be responsible for accidents Should any
happen.
Year: 1877

ALBANY, JAM IL, 1877.
II is provided In bill offered by Mr.. Baker IN the
Legislature that tho salary OF tho superintendent Of
Public Works shall be $4,000 year and necessary
travelling expenses, and that no shall hold office for
the same term as the Governor by whom he may be
appointed.


Mr.. Hayes bill relative to the Brady Pneumatic
Railroad provides that the company shall construct
As the first section OF the road that portion from the
Battery 10 q connection with the New York ana Har-
lem road and when II sis satisfactorily shown to the
Board OF Engineers that the company do this they
may 60 aud construct It,


RESOLUTIONS


On motion Of Mr. Baker. the use OF the Assembly
Chamber granted to the State Agricultural So
cIcty on Wednesday afternoon next.


BY Mr. Fish, calling on the Secretary OF State for in
formation to the expense OF the census thus far
Adopted.


Adjourned to Monday evening at eight o'clock
Year: 1877

man who got on a Third avenue car al Canal street
last evening startled the passengers by announcing
that he was John the Baptist and that he had been
permitted revisit the earth Tor the space Of three
weeks TO warn the Inhabitants Of New York that a
great calamity was about to fall upon the city, and that
th,s was to followed the second advent OF Christ
The man seemed perfectly harmless, and Is doubtless
lunatc cscaned frum confinement.
Year: 1877

You can't most always sometimes tell
how to please a prospective father-in-
law, as the reader shall learn from Pc
rusal Of the sad experience of a young
man. He went to ask his prospective
father-in-law for his fair daughter. and
the prospective fathcr-in-law said to him:
Young man, trif1es are the most infal-
hble indicators of character. I have
long kept my eye upon you, hoping, for
Emma's sake, that you would display the
amount of energy, grit, and git-up-and-
git which infallibly enter into the COM
position of every successful business man.
My hopes, however, have been disappointed.
Whenever you go to any social gathering,
have observed that you have invariably
come away with another mans hat,
" But, sir,"' pleaded the unfortunate ,roung
man, these accidents will happen at the
best-regulated party or ball where the
check system is not introduced" II
know they WILL" replied the old gentle
man testify; II know they will, but what
1 blame you for is not for coming away
with another mans hat, but because the
hat you come away with is poorer than
that you took with you. There is lack
OF acuteness about such a course Of pro-
cedure which is most sadly signifoart.
If were to trust Emma to you j should
live and die under the conviction that
some day or other you would be buried at
the county's expense, and she would have
to take in plain sewing for a living. No,
no. When you have Termed a correct
idea of ones duty to oncs self in the mat
tiers OF everyday life, tken may consider
your propos;tion.' The young man
went away very sorrowful, but a bright
idea struck him, and the next time he
went out IN society to dinner party he
went away early, selected the best hat on
the rack, and left in its place a con-
demned tile that wouldn't fetch three
cents gross. The next evening he called
on his prospective sfather-in-law and
tull him that he had turned over a new
leaf, and hoPed hereafter to lead a better
life unde: the discussion, recounting his
experiences the night before. "It was a
hat. hey?" queried the old man, and the
young man described the hat at length.
Indeed" he added, II have it out in the
hall, }" and hustled out and returned with
his acquisition. "You internal, slab
sided, tallow-hcaded idiot - roared the old
man in a voice of thunder; "that's nv
hat, and you are the fendish thief that
took it. Out of my house this instant, or
I'll call a policeman and give you in
charge for embezzlcmcnt under false pre-
tenses," and with his stalwart foot he pro-
pelled3 that haeless young man out of
the front door, and halfway across the
street. The young man received next
morning note on scented paper from the
old mans daughter to say that she had
been mistaken in him, and since that his
esteem of and respect for her did not
suffice to keep him frorn pcrpctrating low
and vulgar practical jokes upon the
author of her being, it was, perhaps, bet
ter that they should part, and learn to
forget each other.
Year: 1877

At late meeting of the executive COM
mittec Of the Cuban league in New York, IN
address to the people Of the United States Was
adopted, together with q resolution that the
inhabitcnts Of large cities form Cuban leagues
for the purpose OF exerting moral influence
upon our own and other civilized governments
In favor Of the suppression Of the inhuman
war waged against Cuba for the last eight
years, and invoking the aid Of the president to
demand her recognition as a belligerent.
Year: 1877

AT the second days session in Milwau~
kee Of the National Board Of Trade, resolu.
tions were adopted almost unanimously,
favoring new reciprocity treaty with the
Dominion of Canada and memorializing Con-
gress for a modification of the bankrupt law
Resolutions were also adopted recommending
that the signal service Bureau be enlarged cx-
tended and made permanent
Year: 1877

Suats Tor Damages Done by the Rioters.


The committees of the board of direc-
tors Of the Philadelphia railway company and
OF the Maritime Exchange, have had con-
sultation relative to the adjustment of the
losses incurred at Pittsburg during the strike
An agreement was arrived at by which suits
will be brought against Allegheny county, Pa
and it is understood. that after the necessary
data shall be prepared the claims Of the mer-
chants will be presented prior to those OF the
railroad company, who will assist the business
community in the suits. Statements arc now
being prepared to show the amount Of fosses
sustained BY the merchants of Philadelphia
by the destruction and delay of their goods in
transit.
Year: 1877

RAILROAD ITEMs.-The me chanics now employed by the Southern Pacific Railroad at Will mington. have been ordered to report for duty in this city, on Monday. February 18th, when they will commence work in the new shops in this city. The num- Der of men employed will also be largely lncreased.-L. 4. Star.

 There can now be scarcely any doubt as to the purpose of the Company 10 adopt the Yuma cross ing. The movement above referr- ed to commits the road to that crossing, in fact. Castle Rock is about three miles from Dos Pal mas. It is a remarkable elevation in the basin of the Colorado desert; and is evidently what was once a small island in the inland sea that existed there in ages past. The line of high water is plainly mark. ed around its base. The rock rises to an elevation 250 feet above the dry salt lake, and has an area of about twenty acres on top. The Southern Pacific track, running by that point, cannot strike at any other crossing of the Colorado than that at Fort Yuma. -S. D. Union.
Year: 1877

SQUARE STEAL.-ThiS is the best fitting name that can be giv- en to the action of the Legislature in passing over the Governors ve- to the bill for building the Mari copa county wagon road at the ex- pense of the Territory. Yavapal and MaricOpa might as we'll have made the rest of us help pay for building court houses and jails for them. or for keeping their dltches in order, just because they held majority Of legislative vo- tes and could have done it. The appropriation is too small to build the road anyhow; it will not build one end of it; the Territorial bonds will be sold for less than par and the proceeds will just be-eh |? And this was done by the high toned moralists, who were shock ed at seeing a "nigger" in the railroad bill. We hope some pub- lic-spirited taxpayer, by eDjoin. ing issue of the bonds, will restore to the shrinking form of our Ter ritorial integrity the mantle of decency So grossly torn away bv these rural politicians.
Year: 1877

PINAL.-About six weeks ago valuable discoveries of silver were made near Willow Springs, about 15 miles south of the Silver King mine in Pinal County. Work done since has developed some large ledges giving big assays. A rumor reaches us of the recent discovery in that county of a large ledge enormously rich in gold. We also hear of big strike made last week in the South extension of the Silver King. Our friend Jaeger confirms the reported sale of his interest in the Athens mine. He got a large sum. but not near the value of the proper ty. However it was in cash, which he required for developing other properties.