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Year: 1875

Sharon.

 FRIEND PHASE. During the heavy thun, der shower on the afternoon of July 18th, the house situated on Sharon Mountain and occupied by MT. Wm. Bownes, was struck by lightning and considerably damaged. The fluid passed entirely through the house, knocking off large pieces of clustering and mixing up things generally. Mrs. Bownee and their granddaughter Laura, and young man that dropped in while the shower last ed, were considerably paralyzed. but not seriously injured. The old lady was fixing the wash boiler at the corner of the house when ball of fire of intense brightness came down the conductor and parayzed her so that their near and kind neighbor, Mrs. Hopkins, was instantly summoned, and by free use of camphor and other res toratiYes she was soon restored 10 con- sciousness. The old lady said to me that for some time the house was SO full of sul- phurous smoke that she could not realize whether she was yet on the earth or in that other place that is all fire and birthstone Mrs. Bownes said that after all she did not care much about it, only it was too bad to have the lightning knock a hole In her boiler and otherwise unsolder it so as to let out all her water when everything was so dry. There is good lightning rod on the house, and in good order, but the lightning did not seem to be much attracted by it.

 Yours, P.Js
Year: 1875

very gratifying to the friends of the pro- ject to sec it move along with SO much promise, and we are sure they will assign 10 little credit to the Rev. Father Lynch, for his untiring and jealous labors to bring it about with SO much despatch.

 Clark at the F'ire.-Clark of the West field Mass. Tunes lost off his specks at the time of the alarm of fire in that city recent ly, and being blind as post without them, went struggling about the streets in search of somebody or something to run into. He attempted to shake hands with a wooden Chinaman, whom he mistook for report CT of the Springfield Republican, and imag- ming himself insulted by the extraordinary indifference of the supposed representative of the self styled greatest paper in New England" he determined at once to get even with him in some way. and "went for" him accordingly, laying him parallel with the sidewalk. He afterward knocked himself down with lamp post, and after being run over halt or three-quarters of an hour by the people in their excitement at the fire, gathered together as much Clark as he could find. and felt his way over to his office, where he spent the rest of the night writing up bull fight. The lamp post had SO seriously disturbed'his ideas,h he tan- cied he had been to sham bull fight and had taken part in the exercises, he personating the bull. He said he knew he knocked down one man CD in the encountre. We formerly lived in Westield, and although not personally acquainted with the man O he alluded to, we have often seen "him. " He is generous fellow, and stands from morning till night holding box of wooden cigars. (which he offers without money and without price to all passers by. It was the most ungrateful and ungentlemanly act we eyer knew Clark guilty of, to knock down sHeh man.
Year: 1875

The Peoria Rerie'9 says: Ifanybody
has seen a black-and-tan dog, answer
ing to the name Of @Judge," going
down the street with a hard-shell
turtle that won't 'tanswcrto anything,
and certainly won't answer to tackle
as the dog will tell you, if you can
only get him to stop long enough
please to halt the cloping pair, as
they are the property Of the editor
of this paper. We are fondly attach
ed to the dog on account of his vag-
abondish, Bohenlianish habits. He
knows every dog in Peoria by name,
and is on speaking terms with nine
tenths of the dogs that come in un-
der the wagons, and he knows more
of the inhabitants of the city than
the tax collector does. The turtle is
more recent acquisition. 1t was
placed in the back yard yesterday,
and the dog spent an hour and half
trying to induce it to come out CT its
shell and be comfortable. The old
iron-clad maintained his reserve,
however; till the dog ornamcnted his
nose against the forward part and
commenced to sniff The pair SEEM
ed to come to some understanding ct
once, for the dog made an impetuous
remark on a very high key, and then
they both started on trip together.
The dog was last seen sauntering
along like a whirlwind, the turtle
staying right by him. We should
be very sorry to lose the dog now, as
he has acquired another important
and valuable quality. He knows
more about turtles than any other
! dog in this part of the country.
Year: 1875

To ALL, particularly invaids, spring is trying
season. Indications of sickness should ut once be
attended to. Fatal diseases NAV be caused by al
lowing the bowels to become corstipated, and the
system to remain in a disordered condition until
the disorder has time to develop itself. An ounce
of preventive is worth pound of cure, is an old
and truthful saying. Therefore, we advise all who
troubled with the complaints now very prevalent
headache, indigestion, disordered liver, want Of
appetite, uausea, feverish skin, to take without
delay, Schenck's Mandrake Pills. We know of no
remedy so harmless and decisive in Its action. 1t at
strikes at the reot Of the disease and produces
a healthy tone to the system. People never need
suffer from any disease arising from disordered
condition Of the liver If they would take this excel
lent medicine when they feel the first indications
of the malady. Families leaving home for the
summer months should take three four boxes of
these pills with them. They have an almost in
81. ntaneous effect They will relieve the patient Of
headache in one or two hours, and will rapidly
cleanse the liver OF surrounding bile and will eec
tually prevent a bilious attack. They are sold by
all druggists
Year: 1875

used with the secre whatever be- and therefore was


the time On honest expression Of Mr. Beeehes feelings hhe
had been innocent man, do ink he would yoiun-
tarly have written such letter a. Mat 70 MI
hoaltonf II he had been Innocent man do you mink
that he would have deliberately sat down and written
such a letter as that, Why no; II he had wanted 10
have seen Nouhon he would have seen him. bet III
innocent he wond have written such letter az thaA
And IN all the letters he has written during the four years al
the conversations that he has had in writing 70 houon e's
never one inmaon that be fearful of fase accusation
being made ntmaon that Every letter and every act


oaeed upon the theory Of great committed Dy
him. and not intima,on anywhere in any written
70 tird party, his devoted friend TO him BY
God az he saysnot inmaon any those letters that
he fearful Of false accusation being made against him.
Why, gentlemen, is necessary upon such facs this 70
dweHi An innocent sitting down and writing such letter
that friend and that friend In whom he placed i'm
pbcit unbounded anquestonng faith without sung 10
the fact Oil would said Prank this too bad
know this faise-that this charge false too
bad that should su IN consequence of that Stop your
friend stop him." Mouton-he knew that this charge was


true he knew that Mr. Beech believed that
Mr.. Mouton knew whether II false or not DID MT
Beeche suppose for that Mr. Moulton did not know
whether the charge false Do you ppose that


his mind hesatng upon that point that he didn't know
whether Mr. Mouton Of the truth faty OF the
charge and that he would have informed Mr. houton OF
the aetf It's evident that he supposed that Mr. Mouon knew
or believed the charge be and he supposed that Mr.
houlson believed the charge to be true, and false why
ddnt he undeceve him Why didn't he say, "Moulton You
are hborng under Interpretation here You believe that
TINS charge true II IL false II 10 false ~ No he says
nothing OF the kind but he proceeds upon the assumption that
the charge and that Mr. Mouton knows TO be true,
and he ts down and he writes such letter that voluntarily
to him. ask you gentlemen again do you any further
evidence Of the truth Of the charge that bring against hr
Beeeher than that letter with the surrounding circumstances
under which II was written
Year: 1875

The abruptness with which the actual work in the
ease was resumed the Beecher rai yesterday indicated that
the Court does not intend that any shall be unnecessarily
wasted Almost instantly the falling Of Judge Nelson's
gave exudge Morris took up the thread Of Lis address but
MT precise pon where he rested the night previous
First he referred points which he had omitted in the sub
divisions Of hs subject already treated.
Year: 1875

just here, that affecting epidemics are
almost unknown among us.


9. Compared with Minnesota we might
almost say we have no cold weather at ALL
every once in a while we will pass a
whole winter without reaping enough ice to
fill one ice house. We have II small share
of cold weather however


10. OF course we want new comcrs and
give them a cordial reception. This is just
what we do want. Our railroads hold out
special inducements to settlers and give
them transportation at reduced rates.


Our people have quit being fools oven
politics. and do not bring that question into
| the account any more. when a stranger
settles among US. an that died out Will
the asperitics of the war, and the individual
who would be silly enough to put that a.
test question any more would subject him
self TO ridicule.A We are really surprised
that this question should he asked abou
| Delaware
Year: 1875

Az OrTcASr.-A girl Of L.. named Mary
Thomas. died in Wilmington last week.
from the effect, Of arsenic administered by
her own hands. 1t wa, a most determined
suicide She was a srryan, girl, rather nice.
looking ,hcr parents live in Cecil co., Md.
and was intimate with Il lad Of about her
own age named McNeal She left her
place Of service: took II walk on the Bran
dywinc with her lover; told him She had
been accused of theft and would have then
drowned herself if he had not twice caught
her before She lrapri into the watry. \
day or two afterwards she returned again to
the Brandywinc with novel and two
bottles. Of laudanum. but the bottles were
taken from her by two men who saw her in
the act Of drinking the contents OF one.
Then she returned to the city and begged
enough money to buy the arsenic with
which She terminated her life She lived
two days after taking the fatal dose, and
informed the doctor that one reason She
wanted to die was that She had been
accused of theft by the family with whom
/ She had lived. At one time she lived in
the family of Rev. Mr.. Stubbs, of this town,
when he resided in Wilmington. She
seems to have been driven from home by
her parents. and having to face the world
as best She could this home was given her as
much as anything to be a guido to her feet,
but her unreliable course WAS soon dc
vcloped
Year: 1875

Has made the most Astonishing Cures .
so quick, so rapid are the changes the
body uudergoes under the influence Of
this truly wonderful medicine, that
Every Day an Increase in Flesh and Weight


Is Seen and Felt.


The Great Blood Purifier.
Year: 1875

A meeting OF the laboriDg men OF this
city and vicinity was announced to take
place at the Fountain Square this morn.
ing, but up to noon to-day the indications
were that such would not be the case.
Mayor Johnston was also summoned to
appear, but it seems the summons re-
mained unheeded.


About 8 o'clock this morning scat
tered crowd of laboring men, numbering
in all about 800, were observed standing
around the different corners of the Es-
planade, and, upon inquiry, many of
them were ignorant ofthe object Of the
meeting, and stated that they had come
merely in answer to summons through
one OF the German dailes OF this city.


One of them who seemed to be more
enthusiastic than the others was inter-
viewed by reporter OF The STAR, and
stated that the purpose OF the meeting
had been to consult among themselves
and inquire into the most effective means
Of obtaining employment, He also init
mated that their speaker, whose name
was unknown, had issued this summons,
but as yet had not put in an appearance.
A number of laboring men apparently
strangers to the city were also present.
Year: 1875

T CITltIII IIltI n TlIT VUNtIN u


a monster devil fish was caught under
the New York steamship wharf on Monday
afternoon. He had in some way got under
but was unable 20 mad mis- way out from


aruOyrs tho PtIinE. some men at work upon
the wharf heard the splashing which he made
and fired several shots at him, but as they
seemed TO have no effect, a harpOOn was OBJ


tanned and his capture effected, Efteen men
being required TO tow him to the shore. The
! blood which escaped from him cOlOred the


water for about ten feet on either side. He
was sixteen feet IN width and fifteen Ill
! length. His fins were about four feet long
ana his tail about the same length, and no.
much larger than persons finger. His mouth
opened TO the width OF two feet and was
eighteen inches in length, anu projecting
from each side Of it was feeler about one


foo wide and two feet long, which he rolled
up and unrOlled at will. SO lar as can be aScer-
tained, there has been only one Of these sin.
gular fish caught in this region before this
one. Previous TO the war Que larger than this
! one was captured near Center street wharf.
Year: 1875




About three or four weeks ago there
was a sounding of trumpets that this
gigantic proposition to make said canal
was no humbug but an actual reality,
and after a speech from the engineer,
two carts were actually put to work on
an out of the way place along the swamp
on the farm of Colin Ferguson about two
miles and q half from here, and just as
the people began to look out for the
line of battle ships, heavy merchantmen
bearing the flags of all nations, to say
nothing of smaller vessels, pass through
from the Chesapeake to the Delaware,
this tremendous force of five negroes,
two horses and two carts, five shovels
and three picks pack up and move off, it
is said, to the Head of Sassafras, wheth-
cr to go into Summer quarters or finish
up that end first my informant did not
state. From mere curiosity took one
OF my nelghbors in my carriage and
drove down to that wonderful work and
found hole or pit dug out about fifty
feet long, thirty feet wide, and three
and half to four feet deep. At this
rapid rate OF improved science in canal
building, with two old horses, two carts
and five negroes, it will, 1 think, take
some thousands of years before this gi-
gantic tide-water ship canal will be
made. Reverdy johnson will have to
make another speech to keep the canal
spirit alive, for it would never do now
to let the great undertaking fail after
Its having been commenced under such
favorable auspices.


SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
Townsend, Del, April 13, 1875.
Year: 1875

Even out West, with fertile and cheap
lands, and generally good markets, they
are discus sing tle question, Does farm
ing pay P' Ii it does not over six mil
lion people in these United States are
badly off-for that is the number en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits. Now, no
Turner gets suddenly rich. That is q
fact conceded. Moreover, of those who
DO make money, the majority, especially
in the West, make it more by the steady
increase in the value OF land through the
lnaux Of population, than by the sale OF
agricultural products. There is one
thing certain, land will not run away; il
rightly used, will give a kindly return;
will support family in comparative
comfort, and to do this must be owned
outright. no mortgages or.borrowed cap
ital; must be small and manageable.
kept in good heart, and the owner must
work, and know what he is working at:
make no bills; buy and sell for cash; do
without what he does not want; allow no
time to be idle, but at all seasons make
things move, for when farm stagnates,
winter or summer, it deteriorates. And
with all this, six farmers out OF ten will
make living, nothing else.
Year: 1875

The general safety of life in ocean voy.
ages is remarkable. The disaster to the
Schiller only brings this out in more pre-
wrecks which occur nearly all are due to
the carelessness of those in charge Of
the ship cast away; If Captain Thomas.
of the Schiller, had used the precaution
of casting his lead during the time OF the
fog he would have found himself in grad
ually shoaling water for four hours. He
died bravely at: his post. and his death
ment can be made. But the fact re-
mains that not only the Schiller but the
Amerique and every one of the ocean
steamers OF late years wrecked have
been lost, not by the ordinary perils OF
the sea, but by the incapacitylor reck-
lessness Of their officers. 1t is note
worthy thing in this connection that the
oldest limo (the Cunard), which IS aiso
one of the best oficered of those sailing
from New York, has never met with
loss.
Year: 1875

Milk punch is now recommended asa
cure for diptheria. 1t has always been
considered good for the throat.


How sweet is perfect understanding
between man and wife! He was to
smoke cigars when he wanted them, l,an
but he was to give her ten cents every
time he indulged in one. He kept h s
word, and every time she got fifty cents
ahead the loving husband would bor-
row it and buy cigars. And SO they
We're happy.


People who have striven in vain to
decipher tho signature OF the refining
Treasurer of the United States on
their greenbacks will not talnk tnat SO ne nhta has
at last been stricken with remorse.
It is now asserted that he has resolved
to devote the whole of his declining
wears to the improvement of his hand
writing. ..
Year: 1875

TRUE PoLITENEss- YoUR HEART
IN THE RIaHT PLAcE.-One cannot be
polite and well-mannered without kind
feelings and q good heart. All the
rules for etiquette, all the hand-books
and Guides to Society" are worthless,
if you have nothing within your soul
which teaches you to do unto others as
you would have them do unto you.


You may learn to bow and to shake
hands according to the best rules of
department; you may pay calls at ex-
actly the right time, and understand
the corners of your visiting cards
thoroughly; but if you have spite in
your heart, and envy in your soul, you
will never be truly well-mannered.


If you desire to boast, to be conspic-
uous. to monopolize attention, to hurt
the feelings of innocent people. and to
SOW dissention between friends, you
cannot make lady or gentleman of
yourself by any number of airs and
greces. 'i


If you are kind and good, and wish
people we'll, and prefer to say pleasant
things when you can, you will be polite
without trying to be, aud only silly
people will criticise any hearty form Of
welcome, any effort to make them COM
Portable, that may occur.


Or course you may learn much by
observation and by associating with cul-
tivated people; but true politeness can
never be learnt by one whose heart ia
not in the right place.
Year: 1875

SE When we consider the prevalence
of the custom to dub everybody who
went to the wars with the title Of Cap
tain, Colonel, General, &C., there is
peculiar appropriateness in the follow
ing resolution, which was introduced
at meeting Of Confederate soldiers at
Atlanta, Ga, the other day: Resolved,
that the President appoint committee
OF one to inquire into the matter Of
whether there were any surviving pri-
Yates of the late war. -.
Year: 1875

A Ten THOUSAND DOLLAR DAUGHTER.
On certain day, on Pennsylvania
railroad, belle of o thriving Pennsyl-
vania town, the daughter of q wealthy
lumber merchant, was travelling in the
same car with q shrewd old citizen of
her native town and ON agreeable gen
tleman from the West, who tells the
story. .ts @ ,.....r. M


The latter had been talking to the
belle, but as the night drew on and the
young lady grew drowsy, he gave up his
seat to her and placed himself beside
the somewhat cynical Pennsylyanian.
The latter began conversation by point
ing to o high mountain. past which
they were whirling, and said:


" You see that mountain? Six or
eight years ago it was covered with %
fine forest as ever grew, and worth
ten thousand dollars and upward. Now,
without tree, covered with stumps.
the land is scarcely worth q continental.
The net produce of that mountain lies
over there in that seat" and he pointed
to the recnmbent belle, "that is nv
calculation. 1t has just absorbed all
OF that lumber, which her father owned.
to raise and educate the girl, pay for
her clothes and jewelry, bring her out
in society and maintain her there.
Some of you young men, If you were
given your choice between the noun
tain yonder, as it now stands, and the
net produce on that seat, would take
the net produce; but as for me, give me
the stumps." )" " 11
Year: 1875

On Sunday George A. Lincoln, Of 30
Greenwich avenue, was shot In his bed, and the
police reported that he had attempted suicide.
Yesterday Lincoln made an ante-mortem deposit
tion to Coroner Croker, denying that he had
shot himself, but he did not know who shot
him. lie said he was awakened by the report Of
a pistol close to his head and the pain Of a
wound In the forehead. There was no one In
the room himself. He cried out, I'm
shot I'm dying What does any one want TO
shoot me forT' Then he ran into the hall, and
nndng his slster-in-law near tho door, asked her
TO 20 for doctor. He said be had not owned
pistol for nve years, and had never seen his wife
have one. He acknowledged, however, that no
and his wife disagreed at times She had frequent
ly told him that he was too Jealous OF her, but he
could not swear that she had ever threatened to
take his life, or he hers. His wife had also fire.
quently said that he was insane.


ON the other hand, Mrs. Lincoln told Sergt.
Wilson that her husband had frequent nberrl-
tions OF mind, and at times was violent In tho
house. Sac was in bed at his side, was awaken
ed by the report OF the pistol, and gave the
alarm.


The police theory is either that Lincoln shot
himself, or that his wife shot him. An out
take effect that did without entering the
room and walking around the bedstead. More
over. the pillow near Lincolns head was burned.
showing that the shot was fred at very short
range. Lincoln's wounc is not likely 10 prove
fatal.