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Year: 1870




A shocking case of suicide was reported
at the Coroner's office yesterday morning,
which, according to the facts developed,
might possibly have been prevented had the
victim been sent to that institution which
was founded to meet the requirements of
the case. 1t is certainly painful TO part
with dear relative, but sad experience
has demonstrated the danger of allowing an
insane person to be at large. On receiving
notice, the Coroner's Clerk, O'Brien, re-
paired to the dwelling house, 127 Turk ST.,
near Jones, and found that woman nam
ed Annie Schneider had terminated her ex-
lstence during the night in a frightfnl-
manner. After retiring to her room last
evening, she had procured a razor, and
made deep incision in each wrist, an inch
and half in length. She then came down
TO the foot of the stairs, laid herself on tie
floor, and bled to death. No unusual noise
was heard about the premises during the
night, and the first knowledge of the tragic
affair was the discovery of the poor woman
lying stitf and cold in a pool of blood.


The deceased left long letter in the
German language, in which she stated that
her sutferings had been almost beyond en-
durance for three months past, and her
mental condition so weak that a mere child





could make her nervous. She was Sc years
old, and never committed any wrong act
yet felt that some one was prosecuting her;
and she prayed God to relieve her of his
presence. She complained of not under
standing the English language it was
great bar to her happiness in this country.
She wished to be buried beside a daughter
who died some time ago, and leaves
her watch to her son Martin, chain TO
Wilhelm and buckle and pin to Annie.
The letter states further, that she is not
afraid to die, and does not wish her name
mentioned after death. Reference is made
IN several cases to the cause which led her
to commit suicide, and in one place she
says that in this nineteenth century men
are not punished for perpetrating crimes,
and there is man trying to kill her. Mrs
Schneider was widow, and has been crazy
for the last three years, but never attempted
any deed of violence before. She has sew
eral married daughters and som residing
in this city, and one of the latter has been
staying with her for year past. The cor
oner will hold an inquest in the case.
Year: 1870

A Row FOR LIFE. Last Friday evening,
between eight and nine o'clock, young
man IN the employ of Taber, the we'll
known boatman ut Black Rock, started
from Chippewa in a light wherry, to come
across the river. He seems to have miscal-
culated the strength of the current, for his
boat was taken rapidly down the stream,
and here his attention was drawn to his
danger, he was near the head OF the mill
race, within a very short distance of the
rapids, and speeding onward toward the
Falls As soon as be eOmprended the
situation, however, he piled himself vigOr-
ously to bis oars. and although he was
obliged to work for nearly an hour to ac-
complish two or three rods OF headWay, he
finally reached tie shore and landed with
the firmly established impression that he
had experienced what is generally termed
a narrow escape The fortunate fact that
this young man is one of the best oarsmen
in this vicinity probably ayerted a fatal
catqstrophe.-BUfdlO Express, Sd.
Year: 1870

CALL AND GET YouE MONEY The Jurors
who served at the last term of the circuit
court are now being paid off by the sheriff,
at his office, corner Main and Twelfth
streets. We learn the amount to be paid
out js about $500.
Year: 1870

New YORK, September 6.-The Tn.
Juse correspondent had an interview
with Bismarck at the King S headquar-
tiers, near Sedan, on the 2d; In re-
sbonse to his inquiry as to what were
likely to be the conditions of peace de-
demanded by the King of the Prusslan
Government, the Count replied that
there are three ways Of stopping an at
tack on the Rhine provinces


First. We might make Alsace and
Lorraine neutral State like Luxem-
bourg or Belgium, extending from the
former country to Switzerland, and so
separating France and Prussia by
group of neutral States But confess
it appears to me that the neutrality OF
the existing small States is already so
difficult to protect, and is at every mo-
ment capable of so many and so much
dangerous complications that | do not
think it would be worth while to make
more neutral States with new duties
and dangers.


Secondly. We might annex Alsace
and Lorraine and hold them as con-
quered territory, but | am sure that
this would not be looked on favorably
by majority OF my German fellow
counrymen. We are all most anxious
to complete our unity, but we do not
want any people among US who are un-
willing subjects of the German nation:
That A sltians would be most disloyal
subjects Of the King Of Prussia, in spite
of great majority of them speaking
the German language and being OF
Teutonic origin, there can be no doubt.


Thirdly. Their remains to us, then as
third course to take Metz and StraS-
burg, and to keep them. This IS what
we want for the protection OF South
Germany, which is at the mercy of the
French army, so long As France pos
sesses Strasburg. Nowit would be very
unfair il we were to leave our South Ger
man brothers unprotected, after they
have fought so bravely and so well, by
our side in this campaign Then again,
by holding Strasburg we could always
prevent anv movement on the Rhine
we should be able not only to move an
army by the valley of Metz on Paris,
but to stop French army from march,
ing on Mayence or Cohlentz in the front
or rear, so we have besieged Strasburg
vigorously and when we have got the
old German town back again, we shall
make Gibraltar OF IT,
Year: 1870

THE HOWARD INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
this morning continued the examination Of ID


L. Eaton, formerly manager of the Building
Block Company, who produced before the com
mittee the books of that company for examine
Year: 1870

THIRTY YEARS


Have elapsed since the Introduction Of the Pain
Killer to the public and yet the present time ii Is
more more popular and commands larger sale than ever
before Its popularity Is not confined to this ceun
try alone all over the world its beneficial effects in
curing the ills that nesh is heir to, acknowl
edged and appreciated, and 8 a PAIN KILLER its
fame is limited to no country, sect, nor race.


THIRTY YEARS fs certainly a long enough time to
prove the efficacy Of any medicine, and that the PAIN
KILLER is deserving Of all its proprietors claim for
IT, Is amply proved BY the unparalleled popularity
has attained. Ii IN SUR and EFTECrIvE remedy.
sold by all Druggists. = ap37 colin
Year: 1870

The Stock Market closed very strong.


The money market continues remarkably easy, and
money has been offered freely, call to-day at per
Governments, while mixed collaterals it is
obtained at per call Commercial paper remains
unchanged and cash continues to be paid generally for
Purchases the very small supply OF paper on the mar
kct indicates.


Governments continue steady with very considerable
home demand for investment The following the
comparison of the highest prices Of the Government
bonds the days OF the week named at the sales at
the Government Stock Department Of the stock Ex
Year: 1870

The Milan Times says: "Our Tonnes-
see exchanges, whose editors once belong
ed to the old Wing party, are taking their
stand with the Democracy, and oppose the
formation of the new party in our State.
Every old Wing in the State knows that
the formation of a new party is buta new
dodge of the leaders of the Radicals as the
last hope of an utterly disorganized party
who, unable to cope alone with the De-
mocracy. are seeking to wheedle a respec-
table number of sterling Wings into a new
organization to give it ballast. They
know that these old Wings would disdain
to unite with them as ayowed Radicals,
and the pill is coated with little sugar
to destroy its bitterness. Under new
name and new banner, and with new
song in their mouth, they hope to revive
the Radical party in our State"
Year: 1870

The Democratic majority in Kentucky
will exceed Fifty thousand. The Radicals
have not carried a single county in the
State. With all their efforts-with the
aid of the independents-with the acqui-
sition of the negro vote-with a perfect
organization againsta party whose strength
has made it weak at least in discipline
they have been able to achieve nothing.
They had the eager, undevelOped assur-
ande of new hope to inspirethem. They
had body of census.takers in every
neighborhood to instruct them, They en-
oountered divided and undrilled antag-
onist. The resultiis an overwhelming
victory for the Democratic party.
Year: 1870

The sunfower is very useful for many
purposes. There is no seed that chickens
will fatten on so quick as that of the sun
flower 1t will speedily cure coughs,
colds and cramps. 1t is the best thing
ever fed to horses to give them bright
and glossy appearance; and given to a
foundered horse will Immediately relieve
him. Give horse q small handful at
each feeding, and he will never founder
The stalks also make very good substi,
tute for bean poles while growing.
Year: 1870

THE TEHuANTEPEC SHIP CANAL SoHRME.--
We publish on another page the letter
addressed by the Mexican Minister of Public
Works to the Congress Of Mexico relative to the
scheme for ship canal through the Isthmns
Of Tehuantepec. 1t is pleasing to know that
the Mexicans have thought the matter worthy
Of consideration. Indeed, the latest news from
there might lead to the belief that revolution
was the only consideration for which the
Mexicans had any thought. The Tehuantepec
scheme, although it does not entirely dispel
that idea, yet leaves room for the belief that
the case Of Mexico ia not altogether hopeless.
Year: 1870

PRINCE PIERRE BoNAPARTE is to be placed
on trial in France on a charge of homicide
through imprudence." It is to be hoped that
our criminal defence lawyers here will not read
this. If they do the ''moral insanity" plea
will be effaced from their briefs immediately,
and the French one substituted. The streets
of New York will then be filed with gangs Of
the most 'imprudent" poor fellows in the
world
Year: 1870

cised by Congress under the power to estab-
lish and regulate post roads. And If the
people allow themselves to be ridden over by
such huge monopolies as the Camden and
Amboy Company 1t is their own fault in not
sending proper men to Congress. An air line
route from New York to Washington is an
imperative necessity, and all the powers Of
the Jarsies should not be permitted to delay
or obstruct its speedy construction.
Year: 1870

THE SPANISH RIGHT OF SEARoH.-By our
ship news we are informed that on the I'd
instant the schooner Gertie Lewis, bound from
Ragged Island to Baltimore, while off Morse
Key, Bahamas, was made to heave to by a
Spanish man-of-war firing across her bows,
subsequently boarded and her papers
demanded for examination by the Spanish
commander. These being found correct the
vessel was allowed to proceed on her journey.
Now, this boarding of American vessels by
Spanish cruisers on the high seas is little too
much of good thing. We know of no treaty
in existence which authorizes it. Morse Key
is in the Bahamas, and not in Cuban waters.
The action of the Spanish commander was
clearly an outrage upon the flag of the United
States, and it is humiliating in the extreme
that there seems, from the past policy Of the
administration, no prospect of the honor and
dignity Of this government being vindicated as
it should be, and as it would be did not the
pro-Spanish sentiments of Mr.. Fish control tho
action of the President.
Year: 1870

THE ASSEMBLY has agreed to pay the ante
war debt of the State in coin. The discussion
developed the fact that some of the members
consider the Supreme Court of the United
States rather small potatoes.
Year: 1870

A STRANGER who visited the midday prayer
William streets yesterday was assaulted and
put out Of the church by the sexton because
he persisted in praying aloud more than the
I'VE minutes stipulated in the rules. "Be not
weary in well doing" is the Scriptural iniunc-
tion the stranger was trying to fulfil, but he
did not calculate on wrestling with the Lord
and the sexton too.
Year: 1870

The appearance in the Legislature Of propo-
and to remove the Police Commissioners seems
to indicate the course that is to be taken by
the democratic opponents Of the new Charter,


and points to the opening Of fight that the
people ought to understand very clearly. The
viler elements of the democratic party-that
is to say, the ex-convicts. the dogfghters, the
gamblers the bruisers and the repeaters-dis-
approve of the new Charter, and will not have
it il they can possibly help themselves They
fear that under the operation Of such law
their occupation would be gone, or, at least,
that their several spheres of activity would be
does not answer their purposes, and so they
make war upon it, ana on account of it they
make war upon the knot of Tammany leaders
that is now the only restraint upon their wild
instincts. These leaders are certainly the
respectable portion Of the party as it now
term in or been sentenced to the State prison.
Not one of them has ever been known to cut
any ones throat, or even to lead riot for the
destruction of property and indiscriminate
murder Of the citizens. We believe it cannot
be charged thai any one of them has
ever even fought prize fight On the
contrary, they are men Of decorous demeanor,
some general culture, and some of them Of
fair legal ability. Their innocence before the
law is their crime in the eyes of the assailants,
No - o1o1g ~G


and their respectability and culture is the great
distinction between them and the party men
who open the fight under the lead of Sheriff
O'Brien, John Morrissey and kindred spirits.
The war is to drive out of the democratic party
the last elements of decency that remain in it,
so that there may be no restraint whatever
upon the party tactics of plunder and free
murder. With the repeaters, bruisers, bullies
and July rioters in this onset are some of the
silk stocking democrats, like Samuel j. Tilden.
These men have been thrust from power in
ordinary party warfare, and are willing to
regain power, even in association with the men
who now rebel against the last title OF party
decency. Our interest in this matter is great
whether the man or the bear came out victor.
If the Tammany leaders win, and we get the
new Charter, it will improve the government Of
the city, and we shall be glad Of that; and il
the other party wins affairs will soon become
so unspeakably bad here that the people will
arise some day and put the politicians in
tight places, and we shall be very glad OF that.


CoNenEssIoNAL BLuNpERs. The Congress
sional committee In making their report in
regard to the decline Of American shipping
Year: 1870

CONGRESSIONAL BLuNDERs. The Congress
sional committee in making their report in
regard to the decline Of American shipping
committed couple of blunders which were
hardly to be expected from such source and
upon 80 important matter. The committee
state that there is semi-monthly line of
American steamers from this port to Rio
Janeiro, whereas the line runs but once
month, aud the steamers of the line to Aspin-
wall do not stop at Havana at all, as alleged,
nor have they for three or four years past. If
these Congressional committees would bestow
q little more care upon their reports they
would save the country from great deal Of
unnecessary trouble and themselves from the
consequences Of their ignorance. The impress
sion that the committee propose to readmit to
American registers vessels that abandoned
the flag during the war is erroneous,
Year: 1870

The NEW JERSEY GRABALL RAILROAD
MONOPOLY have achieved another triumph in
the defeat Of the National Air Line Railroad
bill in the State Legislature. The Camden
and Amboy monopoly still ring tho changes in
the lobbies at Trenton, and carry their points
with scarcely murmur from any quarter.
The business Of running railroads through tho
different States belongs to and can be exer-
Year: 1870

general character, lying between the Rocky
Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, and known
rs the Great Basin, abounds, as Fremont
expresses it, in evidences of Fracture and
violence and fire."


We are informed that the general direction
of this latest earthquake at San Francisco was
from the southeast to the northwest. This
would indicate that it was an offshoot from the
main volcanic gulf stream if we may so
express it, which flows under Sonora, Arizona
and the Great Basin, from Mexico and Central
America As the crust of the earth, however,
judging from the surface, is from four to five
thousand feet thicker, even in the valleys of
the Great Basin, than at San Francisco, that
city, even in side movement from the main
volcanic continental current, is liable to suffer.
Accordingly we abandon our effort to show
that San Francisco is in no danger, and can
only commend the citizens to build no more
four story houses and no more brown stone
fronts, and to sleep down stairs convenient to
the front door for four or five years, and mean
time to 60 ahead with their business affairs,
trusting in Providence that after their late
earthquakes they may be exempt from such
dreadful disturbances for many years to come.
Year: 1870

With rapid shoot Of purple wings,
Like crescent arrOw-heads, they fly,
And cut the soft blue deep ~ if


To them belonged the endless sky.
Now high and soaring near the dome
That spreads in azure down to earth;
Now low along the river wide


That mirrors all the Summers mirth;
Now skimming over meadows rich


With waving crowds of golden flowers;
Now STOPPING close, moments rest
On lichened rail in orchard bowers.
Then up and swift again they hunt


Through deserts of the air and light.
Where blueSt space and yielding breath
Stretch wide around their utmost flight.
o who can e'er such gladness know


As that which fills the swallows breast,
When all the land in morning hes,


And skies above the sun hath dressed
Or who with such reckless dive


The sea immense Of Heaven would dare,
And rush ON fearless wings to taste


The glorious freedom Of the AIR
Year: 1870

A JOKE on WILMINGroN.-The author of
"Quill Sketches in the .Suadry Dispdtch.
gets off the following on TIE young men in
Wilmington


Down in Wilmington, some time AGO. an
old man who was very feeble was helped across
a crowded street by youth of twenty. A
month afterwards the old man died, and as an
expression of his gratitude he left the youth
forty thousand dollars. And now no old man )
life is safe in Wilmington All the young lel-
lows have had their ambition excited, and as
soon as any venerable man appears on the side
walk dozen chaps rush at hm, grab him hy
the trowScrS and the collar and the back hair.
and try to carry him across the street, whether
he wants to 90 or not. When he gcts there a
lot more iasten ON to him and set him back
again, and then present their cards. So the
old men in Wilmington are having Evclvtimc
now, and they have got to tack up the street
whenever they go out for walk. Thus far
very little cash has been evolved; but all the
young men study the obituary advertisements
carefully, and when they see the words " Az
the age of seventy-six" or "Sixty-six," or
anywhere in that neighborhood, thov hurry
down to the office of the Register o! Wills and
pore over the last testament Of the deceased
II this goes to show how much distress one
incOnSiderate action will cause If that first
old man had left as that forty thousand dollars
this foOllshness might have been prevented.
Year: 1870

The election on Tuesday, on the question of a
loan of $4,000 to pay city Indebtedness. result
ted in favor of the loan by large majority. The
returns are given among the council proceedings.
The vote will enable the city to gather up its
floating Indebtedness and put it in such shape
that city orders hereafter, though bearing no
interest, will go at par, while at present orders
bearing even ten per cent. interest, are worth
but 30 cts. on the dollar.
Year: 1870

GRAND STRAwBERRY AND CREAM FESTIVAL.
The ladies of the Social Temple, Live Oak
Temple of Honor" will give grand entertain
ment at their hall, ,Cheever's Block on Thurs
day evening, May Goth


They cordially invite all to come and take the
first dish of strawberries with them. The pro-
ceeds will be devoted to the good of the order.
The object is noble one. Let everybody and
his wife go; and those who have no wife, take
somebody y's-daughter. Weexpect crowd there
Year: 1870

FREEZE Cr.-These awiully hot days the
best thing to do is to go to Tislers and get
glass of that cold, ice.cold Chicago Beer. He
can make it cold enough to freeze you up, if you
desire it.
Year: 1870

the bulk Of their breadstuffs and western pro-
visions, and be enabled to ship direct to Eu-
rope from the cheap harbor like Portland or
Portsmouth upon the open sea. 1t is 80
miles from Oswego to Portland by direct
line. and 100 miles by the lines ofraiway now
projected, which it is piopoeed to organize in
to single company during the coming
mouth.


The city of Chicago favors this line, and the
intelligent merchants Of Chicago and other
western cities are moving for great freight
railtoad to The Atlantic sea-board, and the ex.
traordipary facilities for the shipment OF
grain which can be furnished at Portland har.
Dor. has l. d them to indicate their preference
'or Portland as the proper terminus of the
great 're'sht railway from the West to the
sea; ana we expect to see upon the organiza
tion OF the Company concentration of ipfu-
ence In its favor from the West. that shall
give Portland the advantage, If this effort Is
suitably followed up at home.


The connection of this line with the Tran,
continental railway project aAording the most
direct possible route from the east to The west,
deserves more space than we venture a. this
time to give to it, bu. we hope ere long to
be able to point out the certainty of success
on the part of the friends of this measure BY
its indispensable connection with the great
questions OF International and Inter Oceanic
communication, which have been forced upon
the attention Of the Commercial world by the
simultaneous completion of the Pacific rail-
road upon the western continent and of the
Suez canal. =.
Year: 1870

Then the spell of thirty years being bro
ken, she arose from her bed, took Iip the
thread of her active, speaking existence.
at the point where it had broken in I84O.
and nearly threw her husband into
apOplexy by the spectacle of her restora-
ton. This woman, they say, was in
sane, while the Chautauqua iady's si-
le1lce is allOwd to be a result Of any
thing but Iunacy.


'Great wit to madness closely is allied.
and thin partitions do their bounds di-
vide; , but why is it not possible that
the silent wife of Michigan has been
quite as sound in calculating wit as her
rival in this State? Worn almost to a
skeleton by household drudgerv and the
care of young children, she must have
been worked into an earlygrave if she
had persevered. By, taking to bed at
the critical moment, and battling medi-
cal interference by resOIutely holding
her tongue, she at once escaped from a
killing bondage, gained no end of rest,
was rid of all the perpleXity and trials
of managing the marriages Of her child
ren, and still left open toherselfa chance
of walking and talking again whensO-
ever those recreatiOns could be INDUCED
without accompanying overwork.-
There's method in such madness as
this IN Y World.