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Year: 1874

The details of the accidental shooting of
Capt Bourne, Of the Brooklyn police by
John c Pollock. reporter Of the Brooklyn
Argus, reveal another sad instance @; the
careless use Of firearms Pollock had 0b-
tanned small cartridge from the pistol
with which Van Brunt killed MoSher, and


in his enthusiasm exhibited it to the Cap
tain, who noticed that il was the same size
ball that his pocket pistol carried lie
pulled from his pocket 4 silverplated D,r
ringer and while Pollock held it in hl7
hands admitting it he raised the hammer
and snapped it without aim, supposing
that il Was not loaded Capt Bourne threw
up his arms, tumbied over on the floor,
and with quick jerk Of his body from head
to foot luy dead, shot through the heart
Pollock was terrified beyond description,
and cried, My God. I've killed him" An
officer went to Capt Bourne's house and
broke the news to his wife. She was yet
in mourning for the infant child which she
had buried week before. ald when she
heard OF the additional sorrow she could
scarcely bear up under il Capt Bourne
was an exceedingly popular officer. He
had the police jurisdiction CT Plymouth
Church, ard when there was rush to
hear Mr Beecher he was always in front
OF the church with his men. On the night
that the Plymouth Church Investigating
Committee reported the result Of their
labor, Capt. Bourne was their to preserve
order and had occasion to display his
skill in protecting Moulton from the mob
which attacked his carriage.
Year: 1874

FRUIT Alone LINE FENCES. The Court
Of Appeals of New ork State has 81 recent.
ly decided that man has no right TO the
fruit growing upon branches overhano;no Tng
his land where the trunk Of the tree stands
wholly upon the iand ct his neighbor But
the law regards the oyerhanging branches
as nuisance, and they may be removed
as such, or the owner of the land shaded
may remove them, if he is careful not to
commit any wanton or unnecessary de-
struction in SO doing. Where the trunk of
tree stands on the line, they have Joint
ownership in the tree and fruit, and neither
one has the right to remove it without the
consent of the other. This question, which
has been the source Of much litigation and
many personal quarrels, is now finally set
tied by the Court of last resort, ard inter
ested parties can now know their rights,
and also their remedies, in all such cases
as may arise in the future.
Year: 1874




A TRAIT OF THE PRESENT ACE Within
the present centuary there has been
throughout the world q marked det0ria-
ton in the quality of ordinary plain work
Not TO speak of the extent TO which the
adulteration of foods a1d fabrics goes on.
one must recognize tendency towards
slight and fimsy fabrication, toward paint
and gloss as the cover for what is intrinsic
ally Of little worth; in this respect it is Ger
tain that the world has gone backward.
Something Of insubstantial and tictcious
in the product of labor has become a
trait of the present age; there is an ex-
penditure of industry to make things look
better than they are, and sell for more
than they are really worth Of which it is
more self-deception TO say that the like
and to the like extent has been seen in all
ages.


Carlyle took young friend to sec two
houses in his neighborhood, the one two
hundred the other ten years cid. The
bricks at the corners Of the former were
still sharp as when they left the mould.
and the mortar was hard and smooth. like
polished rock; the new house scarcely
had corners, the brick was 50 worn away,
while the mortar was crumbling and could
be picked out with the finger. There are
in London miles Of neW-built houses that
are but gilded traps to catch tenants in.
The English law seems expressly designed
to favor the process 1t requires the tenant
TO leave the house in as good repair as he
found (which commonly means, such
being the quality Of the work, rebuilding
it in part, and may mean rebuilding entire
Ot the latter example: A London carpen-
ter hired house OF bishop, and one day
it literally tumbled down over his head
Luckily escaping alive, he wrote to the
bishop, and acquainted him with TIE event,
supposng that the latter would, Of course,
hasten to build the house anew No answer
was retulned, and he wrote again, saying
Il am paying house rent, with no house
will your lordship please attend to the
matter at once? ?n The bishop now re-
piled, and the response was, 'lt the house
has fallen down, you are to rebuild It, not
|. Please do so promptly, and see that
the work is properly done" The astonisf-
ed carpenter took legal advice, found that
the law indeed required this Of him, and
had to expand the earnings Of his lite to
the last penny in complying with its de-
mands. I'd. A. WATSON, in North Ameri-
can Review for October.
Year: 1874

That was singular accident that hap
pened to William Owen. at Nantucket,
the other day, He was returning home to
Siasconset in dory from the shoal with
his fare OF fish, pulling at powerful rate
Of speed when something snddonly struck
him in the back of the neck, knocking him
senselessi in his boat When he recovered
his senses he came to the conclusion that
he was hit by a spent ball from the gun OF
some sportsman, but on looking around
he found that duck had flown directly
against his neck, striking with such force
as to kill the fowl at once, for it lay in the
dory dead.
Year: 1874

The farmers of Orange county New
York. and Sussex county, New Jersey
who supply the great bulk of the milk
sold in New York and the ncighboring
cities, are forming combination to con
troll the market All the dairymen are
entering the movement, and the Gran ges
which are enlisted in it have a large
membership. The farmers complain that
the producer is now under the control Of
the dealer, and the business is not as GER
tain or profitable as it should be
Year: 1874

In the second-story front room Of the
house at 825 North Tenth street, the cabi-
net was placed in such position that it
stood about eighteen inches from board
ed-up window. As already described,
this window was arranged in such way
that with the sash taken out there was
room tor person to stand between the
boards on the inside and the shutters on
the outside, One of the boards was ap-
parently fastened by screws, but thev
were only dummies In reality it swung
on pivots, and was held in its place by a
stout button on the inside a board in the
back Of the cabinet was similarly ar
ranged. Before the seances began Katie
King took her position in the window and
fastened herself in. The space between
the cabinet and the wall was then con-
cealed by q door, which a first glance APP
peared as part of the cabinet table
covered with musical Instruments was
showed up against it, and the guests who
were always received in downstairs
room were invited to ascend A dark seance
always opened the entertainment, during
which Kate would descend from her
perch, and making her way into the cabi-
net, take a position in her corner, where
she could not be seen when the cabinet
door was opened. MI Holmes would then
enter the cabinet, and between the two
the usual manifestations We're produced


The numerous faces shown We're nothing
but rubber masks, so made that they could
be blown up into different sizes at the
same time produce different appearances.
Mt Holmes could conceal halt dozen
Year: 1874

BE FAITHFUL man cannot afford to
be untaithful under any circumstances a
man cannot afford to be mean at any time :;
man cannot afford to do less than his
best at all times, and under all circum-
stances. No matter how wrongfully you
are placed, and no matter how unjustly
you are treated, you cannot, for your own
sake, afford to use anything but your bet
ter self, nor to render anything but your
better services; you cannot afford to cheat
oheater; you cannot lie to liar; you
cannot afford to be mean to mean man !;
you cannot afford to do other than deal
uprlghtly with any man, no matter what
eXlgencies may exist between him and
you. No man can afford to be anything
but true man, living in his higher nature
and acting from the noblest considerations.
Year: 1874

1t was damp, cheerless day, and Percy
LennoX was sitting alone in his dismal


little sitting-room. The fire burned dimly
in a rusty CRATE, Uttered with ashes and
scraps Of paper; and chill river breeze
blew in at the open window and rustled


the leaves Of melancholy elm tree which
grew in a court without. The table was
Uttered with lot of untidy-looking manu-
scripts and small piles of cigar ashes and
the hard little horsehair sofa bore the sim
pie decoration OF bedroom pillow, not
entirely without holes, and bearing the
recent impress Of head Indeed the oc-
cupantaof the room, white and thin from
illness, and leaning back in rusty arm
Year: 1874

must tell you of Mary's fate. Ii
was fate entirely real. 1t was dur
ing the Christmas holidays of 1869 that
I first saw Mary Crawford. 4 large
party Of us We're invited to gathering
at the house of an old friend on the
Hudson. left town on the evening
train, and an hour later We were in the
vestibule of Mr.. Ramsay's house. We
had scarcely crossed the threshold
when | was struck with the unusually
lovely face and figure of young girl
standing in the doorway of the conser-
vatory, Immediately before us. She
was apparently awaiting some arrival,
on the lookout for some one in whom
she was interested, and, as she stood
beneath an arch of evergreens and
flowers, the picture was perfect.


"What a very lovely face"' whisper
ed the friend with me. Lovely indeed
it was, of type which some years since
promised to become thoroughly Amer
lean in its frequency, but which is more
rarely seen to-day, when German and
Irish and other races are pouring in
upon us by tens of thousands, bringing
other blood and other outlines with
them. Hair and eyes were Of a deep
warm, features perfectly regular, COM
plexion delicate and clear, but neither
fair nor highly colored. The counte-
nance was charming, and the figure
full Of delicate grace.


In another moment the young girl
had vanished, but | had afterward the
pleasure of watching her through the
evening as she fitted about in the hap
py gayety Of sixteen.


81 see you are lost in admiration of
Mary Crawford" said our hostess, as
he observed me following the graceful
movements Of theyoung girl in dance
'She is ward Of ours, Southern
girl, sent to New York to finish her
education. She has won all our hearts.
You must make her acquaintance"


Soon after Mrs. Ramsay brought the
young lady to the corner where | had
placed myself out of the way of the
dancers, and we were introduced
young ward and the old friend Of the
family; and ere long it became evident
to my quiet observation that this beau
tiful Mary was likely to become some
thing nearer than ward. That bright,
Year: 1874

WE had call yesterday from the
Hon. JOHN II. ATKINSON, Of Hancock
county. He tells us that Hancock will do
her duty next Tuesday and give GoFF
and LOGAN good square majority Of at
least one hundred. A citizen Of Brooke
informs US that we need not be surprised
to see that staid old county give GoFF and
LOGAN majority. The battle ground Of
the Senatorial District is here in Ohio
county, and anybody who walks the
streets and listens to the conversation to
be heard on every hand can see that the
opposition to the Ring are full Of hope,
determination and zeal in regard to the
result next Tuesday.
Year: 1874

Dr. LOGAN Is mum on the question ol
supporting FOREMAN for the United
States senate.-RegiSter Of yesterday.


The trouble with the Doctor Is that he
has no editorial guardian to come out and
speak for him on the Senatorial question,
and tell who he is going to vote for, and
therefore like Genl. PANNRLL he modest.
ly declines TO say anything over bis own
signature.
Year: 1874

The Springfield (Mass.) RepuJHceus
concludes an editorial under the above
head, as follows:


We have no right to be surprised
that the Southerners don't love us any
better; the wonder is that they don't
hate us ten time worse. We outfought
them, reduced them from wealth to
poverty, quartered the scum of our
population on them, enfranchised their
ex-slaves, DISTINGUISHED their states
men. We have since undone part of
our work, it is true, and are now will
ing and anxious to undo more. How
ever the case may stand with the pol
iticians who cling to war memories
and passions as their only stock in
trade, the people of the North, as a
mass, have nothing for the people of
the South but a hearty good will-wisli
them nothing worse than to be Wei
gers and on the high road of prosper
lty. 1t is not strange, however, all
things considered, that the Southern
ers should be little slow III believing
i'll this good will and good feeling.


These are fair words indeed, and if
the acts of the Northern people were
in accordance with the tcords Of the
more moderate, tie feeling between
the sections would be qnite different.
We see such kindly words from many
quarters, bat when the time to vote
comes, the whole North, with wonder
ful unanimity, elect men to the Ma
tional councils, who vote to continue
the rule of the "scum" of their popu-
lation over us. They elect Presidents
and Senators and Representatives who
fasten the "clutches of the carpet-bag-
gers" still more firmly upon us. The
talk of 'sgood will and good feeling"
comes with a bad grace from those
who send Edmunds and Butler and
Hoar and Conkling to Congress. and
who applaud the disgusting impudence
of the negroes Elliot and Cain, for the
very license with which they are per-
mitted to abuse the white people of
the South


The South is little distrustful of
the good feeling which exists at the
North towards us, for we judge of the
sentiments of the people by their cho
sen and honored representatives.
Year: 1874

About three weeks ago General F.
E. Spinner, Treasurer of the United
States, before his departure for Florida
received a letter requesting the re-
demption of an inclosed twenty dollar
Confederate no e, or Information as to
where redemption could be attained.
General Spinner grutiiy told his clerk
to TIL the man to go to the chief of a
very warm place. The clerk put this
in very polite but distinct language,
aud General Spinner signed the letter.
The other day an answer came 1t was
to the effect that the owner of the note
had done as requested, and that Pluto
had redeemed it with promptness. He
added that as he was leaving Pluto's
banking house that dignitary inform
ed him that the Treasurer of the
United States was well known there as
a partner in the concern, and the infiu-
ence of any recommendation he would
make was sufficient to secure its adop-
tion. The wag goes on to say that
Pluto spoke very highly of his friend
Spinner.
Year: 1874

We extract the following remarkable
facts from a lecture by Mr.. w. p.
Groom, editor of the New York INer-
ca1ttitc Journal, and they cannot fail
to be of interest as illustrating the
rapid increase of capital when well in
vested:


Many men carelessly conclude that
three per cent. is just one half of six
per cent. But this is not the case, as
will be seen from the following state
ment5 of facts:


If one dollar be invested and s4he in
terest added to the principal annually,
at the rates named, We shall have the
following result at the accumulation
Of one hundred wears:
Year: 1874

A friend at our elbow asks: "HoW
would our Western friends like to have
the Carolina Central Railwsy Company
take charge of the Western North
Carolina Railroad and complete it to
Tennessee and Western connections
with the same life aud active energetic
effort that they are using in compiet-
ing their line to Charlotte? The only
road that has not ceased operations of
construction during the late financial
panic.'


We are assured that if the consolida-
ton plans fail to make a great Rail-
way to the West this new and live
company will do it, if the line can be
secured from Salisbury to Old Fort at
fair price and no change of gauge
will be made, but the old North Caro-
lima gauge maintained, thus giving the
Western trader and farmer the choice
Of markets TO the seabO2rd.


We see no reason for retaining the
power in the Consolidation Act to
change gauge at any time. Should the
Directors see fit to exercise it,
the entire system of North Car
olina Railways is disconnected or
what? To connect with the system
OF Tennessee. We are informed tha5
the Kentucky Railways, those running
from Louisville to Lexington, with di-
rect line to Cumberland Gap, are the
same gauge as the North Carolina
Railroads, and as all the tendency now
is to a uniform gauge, the lesser must
come to the greater. AS nine-tenths
Of the roads are four feet eight and a
half incles gauge that will ultimately
become the gauge of the country.


AS an evidence of the good feeling
towards the old stockholders of
the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruth
erford Railroad, we are assured
by one who knows that stock
in the Carolina Central Railway
Company will be issued to them equal
in amount to the stock they owned in
the former Company. This will give
our pc, pie some interest III this Com
pany and make them feel that they
have not been turned out in the cold
by the act of foreclosure, as certainly
the new stock will be worth as much as
the old was before foreclosure


We venture this fact in justice to a
corporation that has been looked upon
by some of our people as ''foreign and
alien to our interests"


That such is not the fact, we have
evidences in many ways. Recently by
a subscription to the railroad to the
seashore, the President of the Carolina
Central Railway subscribed for one
hundred shares of stock subjec: to the
approval of his Directors. The facts
We have stated, and the much more
important one, the desire of this Com
pany to pnsh its line, if the people will
aid but little, to Hickory and Cram
berry, and if they can buy the line to
Old Fort, to open connection with
Cincinnati and the West.
Year: 1874

One Of the perils of being wealthy
and powerful, says the Augusta Con-
stituti )raalist, is the perpetual attem pt
OF the needy and the individually weak
to get share of the spoil and to hum
BILE the proud. When properly ap-
piled, this antagonism is not unwhOle-
some, for it teaches the rich that money
is not the supreme good, and it admon-
ishes the noble that their titles are
among the unstable and evanescent
things of the whirligig OF time. Wien
ever capital grows too exacting. there
is always danger of its loss, for the
people who grow poorer as the few
wax richer may be jackasses in some
respects, but, like jackasses, they can
kick very hard betimes and roll their
riders in the dust when they seem most
secure in the saddle.


When Louis Philippe deemed him
self most firmly fixed, he was really
treading on thin crust of ashes which
hid the slumbering volcano. When he
boasted that, like Pompey of old, he
had but to stamp his feet and mighty
armies would spring up from the earth
he was really about to be deserted
by even his personal guard.


In England, the most vociferous
war-cry of the Radicals in the elections
is, "down with the subsidies of the
Royal family" The following list of
amounts raised by taxation and voted
away to the Queens prolific brood is
conspicuously paraded.
Year: 1874

On Tuesday last, a young man, o
citizen of Brunswick county. while
out hunting near Wayman Church, in
that county, discovered through his
dogs, the dead body of a colored wo-
man. She was apparently about 40
years of age and bore marks of vio-
olence on her person. The Coroner
was notified by the young man and an
inquest was held, resulting in a YER
dict that deceased came to her death
from injuries inflicted by some or per-
sons unknown to the jury.
Year: 1874

A Hundred Volumes have been writ
ten abo It the teeth, but one bottle o. Fragrant
SozOdont Is worth them all! Its an elixir that
will keep the enamel sound brilliant, and
spotless, for q lifetime.
Year: 1874

The present unprecedentedIy mild weather
hos on many kinds Of produce very detrimental
effect. Especially is this the case with poultry,
vsnison and the like, and nowhere more than at
different markets and among the retail dealers
in these srticlesis felt the effect Of the contiu-
ued dampness and mildness Of the atmosphere
The larger dealers. who have very large stocks
on hand, generally do not experiences any loss
from this cause being provided with capacious
"free7ers" On the smaller dealers, however, who
are not provided with such accommodations.
the loss from these causes weighs and IS con
sequence, salerstus is in very great demand to
give the poultry fresh appearance by washing
it with salaratns water;the practice can be easily
detected by rubbing the finger on the poultry
and then tasting it az the sAlsratus hss n very
marked taste.
Year: 1874

trail crosses Green river, and where an
emigrant outfit had long before been
plundered, the cmigrants themselves mur.
dered, and the wagons thrown into the
river. They here procured the front
wheels of one Of the wagons, and placed
the poles On this, instead of the pony thus
easing the carriage OF the sufferer. All
that night and the next day they proceed
ed as before, with occasional stoppagos
for rest and doctoring. The next nieh,
the journey was continued only until nine
O'Clock, when a halt was made until
morning. About the middle Of the af.
ternoon tho party rode into Fort Bridger
and Bell was taken to the hospital, and
put in charge Of the post surgeon An
examination Of his injuries was made,
when the surgeon said to Bill, "He eau
never get we'll" Instantly came the
FIRST words Jesse had spoken you are
liar if you think won't. Truth was
there, for Jesse is alive md well to-day,
still following his favoritc pursuit Of hunt
ing and trapping. Such is true history
Of the famous Jesse Bells bear encounter
with its fight Of unparalleled forocity, its
long journey wonderful for the endurance
of the sufferer and the attendants and its
remarkable elimination in the complete
recovery Of the injured.
Year: 1874

One cannot easily get away from the
effect advertising If faman adyerli,s.
that his stock is fresh and fashionable, II
is difficult to believe that he has not re-
ally finer stock than those VINO do net
SO advertise. This influence Of AdyerIis
ing affects the natural qualities Of hu.
man being, and may be safely appealed
Year: 1874

between the United States and the British pos
sessions from the Lake of the Woods to the
Summit of the Rocky mountains is herewith
transmitted. am happy to announce that the
field work of the commission has been corn
pleted, and the entire line, from the north
Year: 1874

and on the other side to belittle them or justify
them? If public opinion could be directed to a
correct survey of what is, and 10 rebuking
wrong and aiding the proper authorities
In Furnishing, n better state of feeling would be
fnculcated and the sooner we would have that
peace which would leave the states fee, indeed,
10 regulate their own domestic affairs. l be-
Year: 1874

is the great agent of education over our vast ter


ritory. The rapidity with which new sections
are being settled up, thus increasing the carry
ing of mails in o more rapid ratio than the in
crease ofreceipts, is not alarming. The report OF
Year: 1874

of that city, which it seems is kept by the
sister of Mr.. Field and two men, which one
Of whom she claims as her husband, being
matter of doubt. - z r, - =


1t was evidently no place for a young
boy. From talking with the boy we find
that he was led away by promises of pres
ents, span ofponie, s&c. He was evident
ly petted and humored during his detention,
yet he seemed cheerful and glad to get back
home, and says that he does not want to
60 to Wisconsin again.


Ralph is nine years old, and is very
bright and intelligent boy, and we can
readily credit the statement that they were
making him useful at the Mansion House,
where he was kept, when we consider
his quick, intelligent and fine appearance,
and the fact that for child he is remark
able in his performance on the piano. He
was at this house some three weeks. and his
rescue from such a place and such associa-
tions is doubtless rescue from life Of
shame.
Year: 1874

CONCERT SEASON OF 1874-5.-We
learn that the first concert Of the season
will be given at Music Hall about the 9th
of December, and from the number Of sing
ers interested, we predict good entertain
ment as we'll as large audience.