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Year: 1873

HE TRIES TO KILL HIS WIFE AND CHILD, AND


THEN CUTS HIS OWN THROAT.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The cry of " murder"
attracted attention OF the police about a. IN. to-
day. and on proceeding to tenement in Thirteenthst
they found with his throat cut from ear to ear
and also his wife and child suffering from loss Of blood
The woman Of the house. in answer 10 inquiries said
''The gentleman Mr.. HardgrOye, is my brother from
Nelson County Va. DurngGen. Shcridan's raid he lost
everything being burned out. Since then he has been
embarrassed and found il difficult to get along. Being
ont Of employment, he to this city short time
ago trying TO get something to do and not succeeding
he has been in a melancholy mood for some days. He
was evidently insane, for he asserted the other day
when reading report Of the Wharton trial that he
the one who poisoned Van Ness and not MrsWharton
thought the remark strange at the time, though
nothing thought of it until this unfortunate
affair" on examination by physicians it was found
that the wife and child not very seriously injured
but that the condition Of the critical with but
faint hope OF recovery He has four young children the
Youngest being the cut. No is assgnabe for
the rash act except depression Of spirits On beng ques
toned as to the cause he replied, "Oh I've just been
shedding little blood"
Year: 1873

foreman Of seeteaning 10 each district shall patrol
be nominated b the captain Of the precinct approved the
BOad shall be personally all supervs


the performance Of their labOr ani shall report al viola


Of usi the captain OF each precinct VII be Ld
cleanlT condition Of the ttreets . bis
precinct and thorough and regular removal Of dirt and
while patrol dgtg


se general supervision Of the work Of setsnng IL their pre-
ne Of the paEen assigned to dur foremen reporting the
Of precinct who shall report promptly the Superb
tenden Street Csning When practicable all orlers from the
Superintendent Of SeetCeanng foreman be
the captain Of bic precinct when 10 Of Igeney shall
not be practicable thereafter conveniently be cone
Year: 1873

It is amusing to see democracy roll
ing like q sweet morsel under their
tongue, q comparative list of expendi-
lures about the White House during
Lincoln and Grants administration
It is very easy by including items OF
expenditure in the one not included in
the other, to make up I showing that
appears bad, whore the full facts show
all to be right. This is just what il
the matter with the showing wc refer
to, q trick that democracy is continually
at But what makes the thing ridicu-
lous Is that democracy should under
take tocorrect Grant by taking Lincoln
as : standard, aimee ~ . party and
through their press, without . solitary
exception, they have stigmatized the
late President Lincoln with every
evil name and every crime known to
the vocabulary Of Billingsgate, and to
statutory o. common law offcnses. A
large part Of the democratic press
keep y up to this day.
Year: 1873

The press of this country is quite
universally criticisiDg the Hon. Charles
Francis Adams for the wrong done by
him to the memory of Abraham Lin
coin in his Seward oration. 1t is folly
to say he did mot know better. We
cannot thus do injustice to the mans
brains; tho fault must have been with
the heart. TWAS in this regard very
sorry oration for Mr.. Adams, and one
from which the dead Secretary, had he
been alive, would have quickly elm
mated that portion disparaging and
belittling the transcendent services
and ability Of Mr.. Lincoln.
Year: 1873

The Hon. James Brooks, democrat
10 member Of Congress from New
York, and who was very noted in the
late Credit Mobilier investigation, died
yesterday morning at his residence in
Washington, in the 63rd year Of his
age. He was gentlemen of much
ability and ranked as one Of the lead
ers Of the democratic side Of the Low
or House Of Congress.
Year: 1873

II s.
Speculation has been rite since che
commencement Of the work Of build
ing the Northern Pacific railroad, q to


what particular point on Puget Sound
would be the terminus Of that road


The Sound has ct least : dozen good


harbors upon Il, that would accommo-
date the navies Of two or three Of the
greatest naval powers upon the globe.


Each one Of these, is in the opinion Of
thousands Of the good people of Wash
ington Territory, TO be the terminus


of the road, and It IL said that every


man, woman and child In the Terrific
ry, has an interest in real estate at one
or more Of these natural hafbors, vary
ing in quantity from single town lot
to tens Of thousands Of acres. We are
informed that the people are, as It were,
crazy upon the subject, and that q
company has been formed which has
laid out . city at some dozen Of these
harbors, and has disposed Of . great
portion Of the lots to the people Of the


territory, and . good many to nom
residents; very many buying lots ct
all these places, believing that the ter
minus must be At one Of them, and that
having land at all Of them they will be
sure to hit the right place.


At present the terminus Of the road
is at Olympia on the extreme southern
end Of the Sound. About sixty miles
Of the road IL completed and running
in the direction Of Portland, Oregon,
and to the Columbia river. From this
point Portland is reached by running
up the Willamette river thirty miles.
From Olympia the road is located up
along the Sound pretty near to Bel
lingham Bay, which is not over forty
miles from the 49th parallel, the boun-
Diary between the territory and the
British possessions. Tho road gets
ope-half the land on each side of il,
Within strip of forty miles wide, ~
subsidy from the government and,
consequently, If for no other reason, it
is likely tho road will be built along
the entire face Of the Sound, but back
from 1t several miles. Good judges
think the terminus will be ct some
point on Bellingham Bay, and this
looks to us altogether probable.


This road when built is expected to
be the great route Of communication
between this country and Asia, and
over which the immense commerce Of
the great China and japan empires
will flow.
Year: 1873

st. Louis, Mo-, on the 18th inst, to
devise ways and means to cheaper the
transportation of Western products to
the seaboard, and increase the facili-
ties for doing so.


Such an assemblage, if it shall go to
work diligently, devoid Of gas and
buncombe speeches, aud embody into
tangible and practical form some
measure or measures that would BEN
eft the great West, il enacted into law
or put in operation through other
channels, and which measures shall at
the same time be just to the whole
country, 1t will be well that 1t assem-
blcd; but If parties shall meet to give
themselves or their particular sections
an airing and undue prominence by
much speaking and boasting, or If
old political issues shall be introduced,
such as the tariff question, then will
they not agree wrangling and noisy
defamation will be the order Of the
day, and they will not only not effect
anything for good, but an absolute in
jury to the interests of the West, by
giving rise to bitterness and want Of
harmony among our representatives
in Congress. Sober, earnest business,
unstimulated or befogged by sparkling
champagne or whisky straight, is
what is wanted; and II it is found on
the assembling of the convention that
this is not to be the case, the convcn-
tion better at once be resolved into a
!. grand blowout, and no attempt made
at real business.


We win not undertake to suggest, but
one subject Of discussion that we think
means business, and that is that the
question be thoroughly discussed, how
produce can be brought and laid down
the cheapest upon the banks OF the
great national thoroughfares, viz: the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and
thence to the markets. OF the world.
We are satisfied a grievons wrong lies
In the discrimination in charges made
upon railroads for the purpose Of pre-
venting produce from stopping at these
great water lines. North and south
limos of railway can very profitably to
the river traffic, be given good round
price, or at least, remnnorative price
for transporting produce to the river,
and still the rates upon the river nay
handsomely. This can be done by 4
sort Of com bination between tho
north and south railways and the
steamboatmen, SO as to carry freight
TO the seaboard cheaper than through
lines Of railway across the country can
possibly do. But it may be answered
that the east and west lines Of railways
are now the owners or are rapidly
purchasing and controlling the north
and south lines; grant It. But cannot
this be prcventedp It seems 10 us II
can and shOuld be, III sonae wsy. The
very reason why they are being 90
purchased, Il because The east ma west
iinss tear Just the result we speak 81
Year: 1873

When the bill passed, it received @ votes. There
is a good deal Of excitement here among the
extreme Temperance men over the veto, and they
say it will have the effect of forcing the temperance
question prominently into the arena OF politics.
They say that there are two secret temperance Or
ganizatOns in the State which contain over 100000
voters who viii hereafter vote solidly together ON
this issue. They have already issued a call for a
convention Of temperance men to be held in this city
June %, to consider the situation and determine
upOn future action.
Year: 1873

MR.. THOMASS CONCERTS.


For several years Mr. Theodore Thomas has
devoted Thursday evenings at his Summer garden to
performance OF a higher class Of than that
which forms the staple entertainment other nights
OF the week and bis plan has met with very decided
favor. This year he Will pursue the course, aim
Ing however at still better things than before and for
this purpose the orchestra Thursdays will be in
creased and slight addition will be made 20 the usual
price OF admission novelties be produced
from time to time We cannot doubt that this announce
will be received with general gratification and
that the class OF cultivated people who have at
tended the Thursday heretofore will be at
tracted still strongly that the orche stra has
gained so much in finish and in reputation.
Year: 1873

Haunting The huBDauu "uO DlSLeS


gaTded his Solemn Vow Never to


Marry Again.


A German OF good standing up town
lost his wiIc by death about a year ago.
On her death.bed the wife exscted SOL
emn promise from her husband that he


would never marry again. Hc was sin
cere OF the time and fully believed thathe
was willing to remain mourning widow
er the rest Of his days. A few months
ago, however, he began 10 feel warm
affection for lady up town. In due time
he proposed, and was accepted. The
promise to the dead was disregarded in
his affection for the living, and the man
was made sensible ot his broken promise.
His sleep was disturbed and haunted
with unpleasant dreams. Nightmare, or
the Accusing presence Of his spirit vile,
brooded oyer him, until the approach Of
night was TO him the sure coming OF ter
ror. His appetite failed him, he wasted
away In flesh, and his spirits sunk below
zero standard. Sill be persisted In his
inclination to wed, with all these premo-
nitions OF evil staring him In the iace.


The marriage day was settled, and the
man made the necessary prepa'
rations. He ordered from the contectiOn'
cry wedding cake OF size and quality
commensurate with the occasion. The
baker was cogniZaut oi the mans cireum-
stances and warned him against his con.
templaied step but all to no avail. Wed
he would. The baker made the cake.
1t contained the usual quantity Of In
digestion, and was as elegant an article as
could be desired. When 1t was done he
put it carefully away in another room
with q number of other nightmare'pro'
voking cakes, covering It with glass
protector. The door was locked and the
baker retired.


This was Thursday night, and the mar.
riage was TO take place on the day follow.
ing. The man who would marry met his
brotherhood and his friends in the even
Ing, and was married. The cake was sent
Ior. The baker, with professional pride,
opened the locked door and entered for
The cake, when 10 the cake lay strown
about the floor, the glass case was shiv.
cred to pieces-and yet not thing had
entered the room In his absence. The
news added q new ghostly feature TO the
yroom's unhappy surroundings. His su.
Dersticious neiGhbOrs say that the ghost
of the departed signilled her disapproba'
ion OF the second marriage by ruthlessly
destroying the wedding cake, and the
honeymoon Of the determined widoWer
vas turned into gall and bitterness.-L0u'
Soilk Ledger.
Year: 1873

The Newark AdUertiasT, Of the 18Th,
says. a little fellow, thirteen years Of
age, attracted much attention in different
parts Of the city by drawing chalk
sketches on the sidewalks, and every
where he went crowds Of pople focked
around him, watching his movements
with great interest, and expressing sdmi'
ration for the talent he displayed In the
execution Of his drawings. The best Of
these Is q large picture Of knight, in


full armor, drawn on the sidewalk in
Broad street, Just above Grace Church.
The pose oil the figure Is excellent, and
the expression of the eye very clear and
good, although the different parts Of the
figure are not well proportioned. There
is On unmistakRble indication Of genius
in everything that the young artist does.


1t Is quite amusing to see the little lel-
low work. He seats himself upon the
tagging, and, working diligently at his
picture, pays no attention to the crowd,
except 10 turn round TO them now and
then, as they press upon him too closely,
and say to them in pleading terms, please
to fall back there, please" and then re-
sumes his work, hardly ever glancing up,
except to repeat his request or TO observe
the effect Of his work. At times he will
rise 10 his feet, throw his head back, and
take a step or two backwards, scanning
his sketch with the air of a Raphael or
Titan. Occasionally a mischieVous boy
will rub out part Of the little fellows
work, when tho latter will, without
word Of complaint, Immediately replace 1t.
On finishing sketch, he passes his hat
around and takes up q collection.


He says that his name Is james Carlin,
that he Is thirteen years Of age, q native
oil Liverpool, and Is an orphan. He also
states that he never had any instruction
in drawing, but says that 1t came 10
him like" he writes a fine clear hand,
which he says he acquired in school in
Liverpool. he has been in this country
a yeGr, and Is the same boy who attracted
so much attention In New York by draw.
ing on the side walk in front Of the Sub.
Treasury in Wallstreet. He will remain
in this city about a week. The little tel.
low says that three dollars day is q
good sum for him to make.
Year: 1873

WASHINGTON, July 17.-Delano leaves for
Ohio tomorrow. -,.t


On Tuesday General Howard visited the
Office of the Inspector-General OF the Army,
in the War Department, and requested from.
an officer attached to that branch Of the
public service information as to what
charges he could be tried upon should the
Department see fit to order court-martial
in his case. He was informed that he could
be tried for neglect of duty in allowing his
subordinates to misappIy money belonging
to the Freedman's Bureau, or under the
thirty-ninth article of war, for embezzle-
ment. In conversation had with the OH
GER upon the subject of his troubles 1t
was suggested to him that he had the
privilege to demand court of inquiry,
and inasmuch as the charges had become a
matter of public notoriety, it might be to his
advantage to request an investigation by q
military court. Howard replied that with
the feeling towards him by many officers IN
the United States army he did not think ne
would get Justice, and hence had thus far de-
clined to ask for a trial BY such a tribunal.
Year: 1873

THE CHURCH HILL TUNSEL.-The Church
Hill tunnel can now be trayersed from one
end to the other. The finishing touches
will probably be put TO it in August. The
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company is
doing the work itself, and will lay double
track through the tunnel.


The most difficult part of the work has
been completed long ago, and the arching is
now progressing rapidly. When the track
is laid through the tunnel it will enable the
company to remove some of the many freight
cars to the tracks along the wharves. The
ears now occupy the numerous side tracks
which are being put down almost daily in
order to accommodate the increase in the
rolling stock.
Year: 1873

NEEDS ATTENTloN.-The opening to the
culvcrt extending from Twelfth street at
foot of French Garden Hill needs atten-
ton. 1t should lie covered over at once, or
the city may have suit for damages to con-
tend with and pay. An expenditure of $40
or so will doubtless be sufficient to do the
necessary work.
Year: 1873

THE NEW POSTAL CARDS-yery useful for busi-
ness purposes. Cards or announcements Of any
kind printed them will pass through the mail for
one cent. Printing for these cards neatly and
cheaply done at this office
Year: 1873

THE NEW POSTAL CARDS UNDER THE LATE POS
TAI law-useful, serviceable. and cheap. The adj
verliser can fill the back of the cards with any
printed announcement he may wish to make public,
aud send them through the mail for only one cent.
Can be printed ut this office at low rates.
Year: 1873

Orr HoMEs.-There exists q very
beautiful ideal of what home should
no but somehow men and woman have
fallen into the habit of showing the
world their best side; Of exerting
themselves to be amiable and agreea-
BILE to people who care the least for
them while to those to whom their
interest, honor and happiness are of
vital concern, they display all Of their
most unholy and disagreeable traits.


Some en- use their homes as es-
scape. valves for al the ill-humor gen.
Grated by friction with the world.
1t will not do to storm and fume at
that, but at home-ah, there one has
a right to do as he has mind to 1t
is his home, and he is bound to have
his own way there, which be undoubt-
edly could-only there happens to be
one or more others there intent upon
the same thing. And, by the way,
this "having ones own way" is very
difficult thing in Q world like this,
where every life is so linked with every
other life.


There are women, too, set down in
the calendar of the world as patterns
Of amiability, whose home temper is q
sad commentary upon the wisdom of
the worlds Judgment There are
softly modulated and lady-like voices,
the charm of the social circle, which in
the privacy of their houses break out
in irritating taunts and angry retorts.
There are "very nice women" who de-
stroy all the sweetness and blessed
ness of their household by loud and
continual scolding, frettings, and fault
findings. There are brothers who are
chivalrous and devoted to other peo-
Piles sisters, but who at home tease
and trouble their own. There are
charming young ladies, fancied by
some infatuated young men to be an
gels, who are stubborn, self.willed and
indolent at home, where they should
be most agreeable. The true meaning
of home is not place to 60 only when
you feel hungry and cross where you
can wear your worst coat and your
worst temper.


The home is undervalued, and its
sweetness and sanctity highly desc
Grated; it should correspond with the
beautiful ideal one, which we all ven-
crate, where all baser passions are
subdued and controlled by sweet affec-
ton, tenderness and patience. 1t is
where the wife prefers to stay above
all other places (; a place that is never
lonely to her, for the innumerable
blessings that hover around it where
the shadow of solitude is lightened by
the halo of quiet love; where the
hearth is always bright, and the rooms
tidy and cheerful, and where the wife
spends her afternoons" and the hus.
band his evenings" These are the
shrines to which the absent and weary
will turn with longing for rest and
peace.
Year: 1873

THE STANDARD DICTIONARY is an
indispensable book. No family should
be without it, no teacher can we'll do
without it. and every lawyer, pbysi-
clan, and every other man ought to
keep one on hand. One copy will
last you life time. Write to Messrs.
Brewer and Tileston. Boston, Mass,
who are the publishers of Worcesters
Standard Dictionary, and have it sent
to ysu either by mail or express.
Read the advertisement in another
column.
Year: 1873

LOVERS OF Music are invited to
read what is said of the Silver Tongue
Organs in our advertising columns
to-day. The manufacturers of these
Organs offer liberal inducements, to
any who will undertake the Sale of
their instruments, and as we have no
agency of the kind in this vicinity,
some one of our readers might find
the undertaking quite remunerative.
Write to the manufactures for terms,
Year: 1873

Young beginners in life's morning.


Don't forget the rainy day;
Sunshine cannot last forever,


Or the heart be always gay.
Save the dime. and then the dollar,
Lay mp something as you roam
Choose some blooming spot OF beauty,
Some fair lot, and ''Plant home
You. too, who have babes around you,
Coming mp to take your place;
Give them something 10 remember
Homestead memories let them trace.
Would you feel the pride of manhood
Let the sun your dwelling greet
Breathe the blessed air Of freedom,


Own the soil beneath your feet.
You, too, who perhaps have sqnandered
Life. fair morn'-'tis not too late
Start at cnce to WOO bright Fortune,


Rail no mere at so-called "Fate.
Sow the golden seeds of saving


In the rich and quickening loam;
Spend your last days not with strangers
Enter Heavens gate from "home J!
Year: 1873

For towns must grow, and trade increase,
By nerve and enterprise.
And they who'd live must have the pluck
To risk and advertise.
There are men in our town


Who do not advertise:
Good customers 60 past their doors,
The CHEEKY cash likewise.
And when they post their books at night
They're the saddest men in town,
And ever and anon they moan:


The place is gcing down.
Year: 1873

A PRoposIrIoN-We propose to advertise
land for sale, with this understanding II the
land owner will give price and terms, and
if no sale, no charge, and if sale he will
nav us 10 pei cent of thepurchase price, out
of the cash payment
Year: 1873

nea. SHAVING FOR MoNEY.-We
pity the man who wears out his ener-
gies in the accumulation of riches,
which, when amassed, he will have
lost the capacity to enjoy. lie finds
himself at the end Of his labor, a guest
at his own feast, without an appetite
for his daintics. The wine of his life
is waited, and nothing remains but
tho lees. The warm sympathies of
his ..eart have been choked by the in
explorable spirit Of avarice, and they
cannot be resuscitatcd. The fountain
head Of his enthusiasm is sealed he looks
at all things in nature and in art with
the eye of calculation; hard matter Of
fact is the only pabulum his mind can
feed on; the elastic spring Of impulse
tho poetry of existence is gone.
The only rational way to live is to mix
labor with enjoymcnt-a streak of fat
and streak of lean. There is nothing
like strcaky life-apleasantmixtu
of thankfulness, love, joIlity, and re-
pose. The man who slaves for riches
makes a poor return to that God who
took the the trouble Of making him for
u better fate,