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Year: 1871




Shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday
morning William L. Porter was shot
and killed on Union Dock by George
Phillips, the driver of one of Oler's ice
carts. The deceased had the reputa-
tion of being river thief, and the
stealing of ropes from vessels in the
harbor was his chief employment. At
the time above indicated Porter had
procured boat on the soulh side Of
the basin and started on his nightly
raid He had been seen several times
during the night by private watchman
Willing. and watching an opportunity,
he ran his boat between the two YES
Ea1s living near the foot of West Falls
avenue. Geofge Philips had gone to
the wharf for the pttrPdss OF Loading
up his wagon with ice, preparatory to
going on his route, and the watchman
communicated to him what was going
on. They then started together down
the dock, and Phillips, got over fence
and on pile OF lumber, when Porter
was in full view. He called to him
s8TT8fAl times to stop; and, Porter hav-
ing paid no attention to him. fired at
him with q navy revolver, that he had
taken from the hands of the private
watohman. The shot took effect III the
back OF Porter, and near to the spinal
column, and it is supposed caused his
death soon after. He was subsequent
ly found in his boat, with several
pieces of rope he had stolen, together
with two case knives, which he had
Ealen from the house of his mother.
Phillips was arrested. Porter, the de-
ceased, had for years led the life OF a
river thief. HIS mother was aware OF
his propensity, and had frequently re-
monstrated with him, but to no effect
It appeared to be mania, and he could
not resist the temptation to deprecsate
upon the property of others until his
life paid the penalty.
Year: 1871


Safe by the freight hear the winds blow,
Out of the window are wild wastes OF snow;
Here as 1 sit by the freight alone,
See the drifts glitter. and hear the WINDS moan,
CbiIdrep's fair races look in through the night.
One and another, the pale and the bright;
Dear TO nv soul while it loves viii they be, --.
But when they called Mother, they did not caIme
One fell asleep on the fields OF the West,
A soldiers blue jacket wrapped over his breast
No more those dark eyes will brighten for me,
Never again that keen smile shall see,
Never be clasped in the arms OF my boy.
Yet is he mine beyond death to destroy,
Mine in the love that knows future nor past
Mine while the pulses of tenderness last
Living or dying my child be win be,
But when he called Mother " ho did not call me.
One wears a shadow across her fair brow
But the shadow is brighter than sJlnbearns now
Her brilliant face softens, her roses grow pale,
In the glow of its whiteness-her new bridal veil.
NJ Iovliest baby ! God keep thee as pure,
While thy lips and thy love shall endeavor endure,
AS the first hour held thee, asleep in my arms,
Serene in the halo of babyhoods charms.
God send thee sweet children to stand at thy knee,
who when they say " Mother, " shall say it to thee.
Two little faces with glittering hair
ALI the long daytime hang my chair;
Faces watched over morning and night,
Eyes that once blessed me with deepest delight,
Voices that thrilled to the depths of my soul,
Shake it with lOngings [ cannot control,
Oh if those dear lives should falter and fail,
The veins of my heart at their would quail
Life would fOrsake me, though dea b should forget
All that have on their being is SET
Dearer than living or loving can be;
Yet when they call Mother " they do not call me.


From, the GALAXY.
Year: 1871

The Panama Star tells the following
story Of canine sagacity; When the
dog wishes to cross river where ALI
gators abound, he goes ap the stream a
good way and barlzs with all his might,
the aliigators go there, and wait for
him, getting in to swim across. The
dog knows intuitively what he is about
when he sees from the number of snouts
above water that his enemies have all
gathered to the feast, runs down the
bank as fast as he can, and swlms
across before the alligators are aware
of the trick that has been played upon
them.
Year: 1871

Mr.. Homes Latest Achievements-NIid


Air Suspensions.


Lord Lindsay sends the following ex-
traordinary story to the Spiritualist


"On the evening of the 18th of July,
| was showing some experiments in my
laboratory to Lord Adare, Mr.. Berghe-
i'm, Mr.. Home, and my brother-in-law
It occurred to me to try if Home was
able to see a magnet in the dark. This
is an experiment which [ believe was
made by Reichenbach, and although,
like myself, he was never able to dis
tinguish the light, yet he found num-
Der of persons who did see it under
test conditions. [ asked Mr.. Home,
and he expressed himself willing to try
the experiment. I then took into one
of my rooms, which was totally dark, a
large permanent magnet, and having
removed the arInature, [ placed it on
the floor near the wall, at considerable
distance from the door. Mr.. Home
was then brought into the room and
remained standing near the door for
some moments


He then said that he saw some sort
Of light on the floor IN the corner ofthe
room, and Immediately said to me
" Give me your hand, and [ will show
you exactly where I see it. % He then
led me straight across the room, and
without the least hesitation stopped
down and placed my hand on the mag
net. | have been trying for more than
two years to get a satisfactory result i'll
this experiment., but hitherto with only
doubtful success. The instrument
used was a large compound magnet
capable of sustaining weight of twen-
ty pounds. [ may mentien that on an
other occasion [ was sitting with Mr.
Home and Lord Adare, and cousin of
his During the sitting, Mr.. Home
went into a trance, and in that state
was carried out of the window into the
room next to where we were, and was
brought in at our window The dis
tance between the windows was about
seven feet SIX inches, and there was not
the slightest foothold between them,
nor was there more than twelve-inch
projection to each window, which serv-
ed as ledge to put flowers on. We
heard the window IN the next room lift
ed up, snd almost Immediately after we
saw Home floating In the air outside our
window. The moon was shining full
into the room, my back was TO the
light, and I saw the shadow on the wall
of the window-sill and Homes feet
about six inches above it. He remain
ed in this position for few seconds,
then raised the window and glided into
the room feet foremost and sat down.
Lord Adare then went into the next
room to look at the window from which
he had been carried. It was raised
about eighteenincnes, and he expressed
his wonder how Mr. Home had been
taken through so narrow an aperture.
Home sald( (still in trance); " I will show
you; and then, with his back to the
window, he leaned back and was shot
out of the aperture head-frst, with the
body rigid, and then returned quite
quietly. The. window is al out seventy
feet from the ground L very much
doubt whether any skillful tight rope
dancer would like to attempt feat of
this description, where the only means
of crossing would be by perilous leap,
or being borne across in such man
ner as [ have described, placing the
question of the light aside.
Year: 1871

Old City Sales Of the Common Lands in the
Vicinity Of the Central Park-How the Prea-
ent Suit Came About and All About IT.
Some Curious Real Estate Reminis-
cences from the Beginning Of


tho Present Century Up to


tho Present Tine.
Year: 1871

The Times publishes long letter from
Mr.. George Potter, in which he endeavors
to account for the spread of Republicanism
among the working classes. Mr.. Potter
says:


The way to account for the demand for
Republicanism, which is beginning to be
heard in England, is to remember that mil
lions of our fellow-countrymen have I'M
satisfied want, and are bowed down by
unjust burdens, and therefore the upper
and middle classes cannot be astonished at
such a demand being made by portion of
the working classes. 1t is against nature
for the poor to be in love with-a costly adj
mmistration of public affairs. The COM
parison in this respect between England and
America is so favorable to the latter, that
the wonder is that English workingmen
should have remained so long content to
admire the advantages of Brother Jonathan,
under a Republic, without desiring to share
in them.


The constitutional monarchy under
which we live has fallen upon comparative
ly happy times. BY character, conduct,
and domestic experience the Queen has OBJ
tanned place in the hearts of the people,
WITHOUT at any tilile cScltlng leeimSS OF
distrust, still less of hostility. 1t remains
to be seen whether the her-apparent will
be wise enough to follow her example.
Could we fix the court where, morally con-
sidered, it now is, there would be Strong
and general disposition to give the limited
monarchy longer trial. As it is, Eng
land throughout the present reign has pre-
sented SO pleas NJ contrast to most
European States that great many of us
who are Republicans in theory will be con-
tent to remain loyalsts in fact so long as
no oyermastering motive shall arise for
perfect popularization of our national insti-
tutions.
Year: 1871

THE project Of tunnel under the straits
of Dover, to connect England and France,
is by no means abandoned. Engineers as
competent as are to be found in Europe
have reported upon it favorably time and
again, and the prospect that the work will
be soon entered upon is better than ever
before. Indeed, the French government
was quite prepared, before the late war, to
grant concession to any company that
would tunnel the straits, and that was all
that company already formed was waiting
for. Now it is expected that the conces-
sion will be given very shortly. The origi-
nal estimate of the time necessary to finish
it was nine or ten years. Now it is said
that a hole through can be made in one
year, and that in two or three years more
it can be open to travel.


A similar reduction has been made in
the estimate Of the cost, originally set at
ten million pounds sterling. The biologists
report that the tunnel will run through gray
chalk for the whole distance, and that can
be scooped out as easily as Dutch cheese.
The plan looks so feasible, and the cost is
set SO low, that it is now seriously in con-
temptation to construct two tunnels instead
of one, so that trains shall never be run
ming in opposite directions through the
same tunnel. The ex-Emperor was the
first to suggest this great work, but he will
get only small share of the credit if it
shall be carried out, unless the wheel of
fortune should take another turn in his
favor
Year: 1871




SPECIAL RATES made at counter, OF by
contract, with regular patrons


For RENA.-This notice we find in n
number OF papers published elsewhere in
the State, but when found in those of Rich
mond, we almost invariably see them at
tached to such houses as are bevond the
means of ordinary incomes. The great
want of Richmond is small houses. tbot
can be procured at moderate rents-say
rom twelve to twenty dollars q month.
One may walk from one end of the CITY to
the other for a week, without finding a
house suitable for laboring or poor man
TO live IN, while numbers of our large
houses, even on Main street, are found
with their upper stories vacant. We have
not yet been educated to tenement houses.
and until we are, these large and costly
building must remain idle.


Still there are number of vacant lots in
many portions of the city, upon which
should be erected at once the class of
houses so much in demand, but until those
able to build, learn that every CITY needs
the services of laborers and Door men as
well as the rich, and that tiley must he
PROVIDED with homes to conform to their
means, we must expect these lots to remain
vacant, or have erected upon them such
buildings as are beyond the reach of poor
men.


Let some individual, able to do SO. but
take the initiatory in this matter. and we
may soon expect the example to be rapidly
followed.
Year: 1871

? Err o N A L.-Captain Charles Z.
Ganter, of gigantic proportions, for
merly of this city, and now an
officer in Washington city, has returned
here for the purpose ofregistering and help
ing us in the approaching canvass. We
want all the help of this kind we can cet
and we commend the example of Captain
Ganter as well worthy of imitation by
every Republican.
Year: 1871

WHO WILL TAKE II "A gentleman
OF this city proposes to bet So, 900 that the
Republicans carry sufficient number of
counties to give them working majority
IN the House of Delegates-that is, if he
had the money. Who will take the bet I?
Year: 1871

Cows now in full flow OF milk
absolutely require salt, without which
their milk will not be perfect. It's not
only because COWS are fond OF salt tnat
it should be given to them, but also for
the fact that il they are deprived OF it,
either the yield Of milk will become
diminished or the quality deteriorated:
Further than this, salt is an assistant
to digestion, and % such is conducive
to the health of animals. ~
Year: 1871

New YORK, August l6.-The Cor
oner's jury in the case OF the Westfeld
explosion find that the accident was
caused by defective boiler apd a care
less engineer, and that the company are
responsible for both.


The Coroner has issued warrant
for the arrest o! the President, Super
intendent and other officers Of the Ferry
Company.
Year: 1871

New YORK, January PA severe
snow storm ragged throughout yester-
day, and last night a fierce northeast
wind steadily swept over the city and
the surrounding region. The ther-
mOmeter stood, for many hours, with
in ten degrees of zero. This morn
ing the snow is at least a foot deep and
it still continues to snow. The con-
tinuatiOn Of the driving snow, intense
cold, and relentless gales, made the
storm unusually severe for those COM
PEELED to face it. This morning, but
few street cars are running. The
trains are all behind time,
Year: 1871

ST. LOUIS, January PA bill to
restore the ballot to all persons dis
franchised in Kansas by reason of
their conduct during the late rebellion
is before the Legislature Of that State,
and will probably pass.
Year: 1871

FREE.-Persons receiving papers with mark
across this paragraph are to understand there
by that ii Is sent with a hope that they may
become subscribers. All being thus served
who will send us Sl25 by or before the lst Of
November will be credited with one years sub
scription. No one need fear being charged sub
scription for papers thus sent them unless we
are ordered to continue. All papers sent
without orders are free.
Year: 1871

Mr.. and Mrs. Goodcll are still at work
in the New Art Gallery, just east of the
Court House, making pictures for all
who desire. They are now prepared to
make any kind or size, from gem up to
large photograph for framing They
warrant their work, and those wishing
pictures should give them call during
their two months stay. al2
Year: 1871

'WANrEp, at this otice, an editor who
can please everybody, and foreman who
can so arrange the advertisements as to
give every advertiser the best place in the
paper"


We take the above from an exchange.
The man who originated it had good idea
of the wants OF =. local newspaper The
TRIBUNE will give steady employment to
such sa editor and foreman as described
above, Salary no object,
Year: 1871

ToR durability and elegance Of finish, the
wagons and carriages manufactured by
QHilleash n Kneal, of Linden, are equal to
any in the west These mechanics invite
close examination of their work, and of
their prices
Year: 1871

NOTWITHSTANDING the advance in Gotten
and WOODEN goods. Deler is still selling at
old prices which are less than the same ar
ticles can he bought for ut wholesale in
New York to-day.
Year: 1871

attempt 70 6t the coat 70 himself We


hsve observed people on jobs which should


have been done in one day, prolong them


for two and three DAYS. We have felt a


twinge of pity for the pocket of their en-


ployers, who would be called upon TO pay
for one or two days' labor, unnecessarily.


Can 1t be doubted that the next time they


feel impelied TO repair or improve their


premises, they viii have lively remem-


branoe both Of the tediousness snd eN-
pense of the jobs which they have seen 50


long delayed?


There Is another way in which public


spirit Is frequently developed in this


town; The streets are certainly not very


wide, yet gentlemen not only do not give
any room when they are building, but
take the opportunity 10 load the side


walks with goods and other distractions,
50 much 50 in some instances that II
would warrant one IN thinking that the In
diyiiual had an idea that be owned the
street In one notable instance, lately.
where the Crown Commissioners had re
leased lot on Merchant Street. with the
condition that wooden building should
be retired 70 form the street. in order that
they might put fine concrete pavement
IN front, the lessee complied with his
agreement, but the persons holding un-
der him concluded 10 cut a door in the
end where none had been before, and
occupy the sidewalk thus made with steps.


One of the difficulties under which we
labor Is this: That almost all the foreign
ers resident here consider themselves. as
It were, encamped An ordinary expires
sion heard Is, - am here to do business =
Il Is true that they may live here till they
die, and their children may possibly live
here after them, but they do not think 50.
Many have q well-iefned object in view.
to acquire money and then leave; more
have a thought that were they to die,
their widows and children would leave
and JOIN their friends in their native
country; and nearly all have an iudlstinct
idea that at some future, underlined time.
they viii enjoy the sweets Of civilization
in some other country. Hence, we too
hear men setting forth what
others ought to do, or, +" how much they
would do if they were so and 50.
Year: 1871

A ONE and half story house, centrally located
IA and in good repair Hard and soft water on the
premises. This property will be sold at a bargain if
applied for soon. Enquire at 20 Cedar st. jy14tf
Year: 1871

LOVE AND CoNsrANcY.-A California
paper relates q remarkable tale Of love
and coustancy. A young man 10 the
East wished to marry the daughter OF q
prosperous merchat, but had no money
with which to push his suit lilo was
therefore declined as a son.in law, and SO
he went to the Pacific coast to seek his
fortune. lie sought gold everywhere,
but found little, und at last, after years
Of labor and hardship, determined to
return to his old home. lie engaged hi.
passage from San Francisco, when he en-
countered his carly love, now near middle
age, who, with her brother, had gono in
quest Of her old lover. Her parents and
all her near relatives had disd, save her
companion. She was wealthy and only too
happy to give her fortune with her hand
and heart, to the man who had struggled
valian,ly and failed to earn the need Of
toll. The twain we're welded, and re-
turned to the East with the dream OF
love as bright and fresh to them as it had
been years before. Even this practical
age cannot extinguish the poetry Of affec.
ton, de votion and romance.
Year: 1871

From the Missouri Republican


The usual quiet and staid village OF
McLeansboro, Hamilton county, Illinois,
was disturbed in most extraordinary
degree on Wednesday evening The
cause Of the excitement was the killing
of an invalid by, it is alleged, Frank
Hall, conductor on the east-bound pas
senger train on the st. Louis and South
eastern railroad The facts in the case
are stated to be as follows: Hall, who
who was conductor on the train which
left East St. Louis on Wednesday eve
ming, had had q. difficulty with man
who was on the train, either at some
previous time or on the way out. The
individual left the cars at the junction
of the Shawheetown Branch to get his
pay-check signed. When the train was
at the depot at McLeansboro, Hall see
ing the sick man, is supposed to have
mistaken him for the man with whom he
was at enmity, and seizing him, is al
legged to have thrown him from the cars,
sprung out upon him, and began to beat
and kick him in most brutal manner.
The unfortunate invalid was too weak to
OilcT lCSlolhuCcf VI tNCu DiOlCCo hlihoCiit
and he expired within very few min
utes.


The murdered man was q stranger in
the place, and was on his way to secure
proper medical treatment for malady
from which he was suffering.


When the news Of the tragedy spread,
the people of the town became greatly
excited, and arming themselves with
guns, pistols, clubs and other weapons,
turned out en- masse, and rushed toward
the depot, vowing vengeance against the
conductor. Meanwhile Hall gave the
signal to the engineer, and the train
moved off before the excited throng Of
citizens arrived at the scene of the
tragedy kilograms for the arrest of
the fugitive were Immediately forwarded
to Carmi and Evansville, but it was not
definitely known yesterday evening that
his arrest had been effected. The name
of the murdered man had not been
ascertained at McLeansboro at three
0 clock yesterday.
Year: 1871

Genius and common sense are best
together. Genius alone runs much to
rashness, and common sense by itself
not seldom hides behind caution.
Consequently genius frequently is out
at elbows, and common sense just as
often remains only comfortable when
it might get rich. Genius invents a
thing and constructs an expensive mod
el, and secures q patent before ever
making working, drawing or fully
deciding upon the proper arrangement
of the parts. Common sense shivers
before the expense of model, machine,
and patent, and lets well-enough alone,
until go-aheadativeness grabs the
idea, walks off with it, and leaves COM
mon sense out in the cold, neither
poorer nor richer than he was before.
This is metaphorical way of starting
solid truth. There is probably not
township in the country in which
two inventors might not be found, one
a genius daring every thing and losing
all, the other priding himself on his
common-sense, running ne risks and
making nothing,