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Year: 1871

A Two THOUSAND MILE CHASE AF-
young wife, named Christiana Nelson,
carrying two-year-old child in her
arms, was brought to the central station
from the Detroit and Milwaukee depot,
to have the chief of police see to getting
her railroad pass to Lawrence, Mass.
The wife was poorly off for clothing, the
infant was haggard and pale, and the
wife had sad story to tell. She was
factory girl at Lawrence, and was mar
ried to Nelson about three years ago.
The man had good reputation for re-
spectability and industry, and the cou-
pie lived comfortably and happily until
about six months ago, when Nelson be-
came infatuated with young girl, and
gradually grew morose and sullen.
Three months ago, in company with the
girl he fled from his home, leaving Mrs.
Nelson without a weeks provisions or
dollar in money. Much against the ad-
vice of ner friends, the wife determined
to pursue the pair and win back her hus-
band. By selling off al her furniture,
she raised about $50 in money, and
passed through Detroit in April, having
heard thai Nelson was in Chicago. She
remained in Chicago several days with
out getting clue of his whereabouts. and
then received notice that her husband
was in jackson, Illinois. She at once
proceeded there, and found that she was
on the right track. He had gone for
ward into the Missouri border Her
money being nearly exhausted, Mrs. Mel
son set out on foot, carrying the child in
her arms, and did not pause for even u
days rest until reaching Livingston
country, Missouri, always few days be-
hind the pair, who were making for a
relative OF Nelson residing near Downs,
in the above named country. Mrs. Nell
son arrived to find that the two had de-
parted the day before for Kansas, and at
this point her courage gave out. She
had been without money for week, her
clothing was soiled and torn, her food
and lodgings were the gift of farmers,
and she made up her mind not to follow
the husband further. Failing to be pro.
vided for otherwise, she took the child on
her arm and started for jackson, walk
ing every mile of the way, begging food
and place to sleep. At jackson she
was forwarded to Chicago by the post
master, and the same official in Chicago
forwarded the pair to this point. The
shoes on the woman's feet were worn as
thin as paper, and there were dozens of
blisters on each foot, going to show that
she had walked great distance. The
child was barefoot, and had hungry,
weary look. which excited every ones
sympathy. The woman was duly pro-
vided for, upon furnishing proofs that
her story was true, in the shape of sew
eral certificates, and upon returning to
the depot again a purse of Sc or 81 was
made up for her, and resident of ber
own state, Just returned from trip West,
made agreement with her in the presence
of dozen passengers that he would give
her place in his family as servant as
long as she desired to siay.-Detroh Free
Press, June 16.
Year: 1871

DIVORCES AND WEDDINGs.-lt Is
wonderful to find how often husband
discovers his wife to be incompatible,
offensive and good-for-nothing, when
some younger or more attractive woman
has taken his fancy. 1t is no less sur
prising to observe how often wife dis
covers for the first time, suddenly, that
her husband is drunken, british or
fiendish," when another richer or more
prosperous man stands ready to marry
her if her husband were but out of the
way. If the law should offer to grant
divorces freely, tenfold more freely than
now. and at the same time should forbid
persons from marrying again, does any
one believe that there would be one di-
vorce asked where there are hundred !?
Years ago legal gentleman, who had
procured large number Of divorces in
his earlier practice, and had afterward
renounced the business absolutely, in
speaking to us on the subject, said "ln
all my experience never found divorce
asked for the sake of being unmarried ;
a divorce was always the preliminary to
a wedding. and with women quite as
much as with men. Tile Charehmdn.
Year: 1871

Special to the APPEAL.


OXFORD, MISS, June 27.-The Rad
icaI account of the difficulty in the
Federal Court here is grossly false.
Colonel Lamar asked the Judge of the


United States District Court to put
man, who was a witness for the United
States in the Ku.Klux cases, under
bond to keep the peace, upon the
ground that he was threatening peace
able citizens. Whilst Colonel Lamar
was stating the facts to the Court, the
man arose and advanced toward him
in very threatening manner, with
one hand under his coat, as
if about to draw pistol.
Colonel Lamar asked the Court to
require the man to take his seat until
he finished his remarks. The man,
without waiting for the interference
Of the Court, continued to advance
and Colonel Lamar drew chair upon
him. The man then fell back and
took his seat. Great excitement and
cries from the District Attorney and
others for the arrest of Colonel Lamar
and for the soldiers to come into the
bar, ensued. Colonel Lamar said: 81
have committed no disorder.
/ have done nothing to justify my ar.
rest" Just then the US. Marshal, with
soldiers following him, approached
Col. Lamar, and as he was about to
lay his hands upon him Col. Lamar
struck him with his fist. The Judge
was all the time endeavoring to
restore order, and very soon order
was restored. When everything
became quiet, Colonel Lamar
apologiZed in a very handsome and
ample manner to the court for strik-
ing the Marshal, the Marshal having
disclosed that he did not approach
him for the purpose of arresting him.
The Judge accepted the apology and
the Marshal declared himself satisfied.
Public opinion here, and the entire
bar, are in full sympathy with Colonel
I aOar
Year: 1871

CHICAGO, June 2.-The town of
Frankfort, Illinois, is greatly excited
over what the citizens regard as
clear case of witchcTaft, recently de-
velOped in that vicinity. Two young
ladies, daughters of James Williams,
are the victims. 1t has been thought
by neighbOrs for some time past that
something was wrong with the girls,
and few days ago a physician was
called to visit them. He failed to dis
cover the difficulty. Since that time
immense crowds have visited the
girls, avarsging from 90 to 100 each
night. They are perfectly sane during
day, but at the approach of night they
become frenZied and uncomfortable,
performing feats that would put first
class acrObats to shame. Sealing the
house they will dance and gyrate on
the comb of the roof with perfect ease
and impunity, uttering at the same
time the most hideOus and frenzied
screams. Very frequently while per-
forming such feats they fall perfectly
rigid with spasms, but they never fall
of, however near the caves they
may be. During the day, at Whicn time
inCy diE pCAlCCblJ BduC, luCy
seem modest and reserved. The spell
comes upon them both at nearly the
same time, generally during twilight.
when they both break into a run, and
they always run north in the direction
of the house of lady, who, they say,
has beWitched them. They say these
spells are put upon them on ac-
count of their telling something she
forbade them, and she and her care
with them in their house top dance.
Their conversation when labOring I'M
der these spells is in an unknown
tongue. They catch and eat all flies
they can get hold of, until nausea is
produced, when they both vomit at
the same time. What one does, the
other does at the same time. They
seem to be moved by one controlling
power.
Year: 1871

BRUNSWICK, June 27.-The Pull
mans express train for Boston was
thrown off the track near Freeport
yesterday afternoon by breaking of
the axle of the tender. Two baggage
and four passenger cars were badly
smashed. The baggage master and a
brakeman were killed another brake.
man had his leg broken. None of the
passengers were injured.
Year: 1871

A Washington man ignorantly dis
played a Confederate flag among some
bunting which he borrowed to deco
rate his house with in honor Of the
POpe's anniversary. It caused some
excitement, and he hurriedly took it
down.
Year: 1871

LINCOLN, CepruaIy otn, Ao'A.


Editor Herald:-Thinking your many
readers would like to hear from our quiet
town, I send you few lines. The farmers,
as you well know from your intimate ac-
quaintance with them, are in fine spirits. A
very large amount Of grain is sown and is
looking well, consequently the business Of
the place, so far as money and trade are con-
cemed, is fair As for excitement or rather
enjoyment, we have had our share. Miss
Anna Morrison, on Monday night delivered
lecture on "Woman's Rights and her
Sphere" On Tuesday night she delivered
lecture to large and appreciative audi
enee,--in opposition to Woman's Suffrage.
On Wednesday night she delivered tenn
perance lecture, and on the same night we
had four handed fight and robbery. !
do not mean to say that the lecture culmina-
ted in fight and robbery, but after the lee
ture some Of our irrepressible citizens who
did not appreciate it, or at least did not feel
inclined to follow the advice and admonition
of the lecturer, but had imbibed rather free
ly Of fighting whisky, became rather pugil-
istic. At the same time, it being near China
New Year, some of eur celestial friends
being in needy eli cumstances made a raid
upon the depot at this place by cutting a
hole through the door and raising the bolt
and going in and helping themselves to such
articles Of China goods as was required to
celebrate the New Year in proper and be-
coming style. 1t appears from the manner
of the robbery that they were knowing cuss-
Is, az they did not touch George d. .Aldrichs'
goods, of which there was at least thousand
dollars worth in the depot, but they took a
candle and deliberately sought out packages
marked to Cinnamon in Virginia, and took
off one whole box and broke open three more
from which they abstracted a part Of the
contents.


As for the lecturess, Miss Anna Morris
son, she is worthy Of the patronage of any
community. She lectured here three nights,
and the lectures were we'll received-the
audience was small the first night, double
on the second, and doubled again on the
third night, and could she have stayed long
er the whole community would have gone to
hear her, but she had made arrangement
to 20 to Roseville and Rocklin and was COM
PEELED to leave here this morning to meet her
other appointments.


Political feeling is all one way here for
Governor. Give us II. H. Haight, and we
will give him three-fourths Of the votes of
this precinct. BROTHER CHIP.
Year: 1871

The Placer county Stockholders in the
Ophir Mining Company have good thing
Oh the last assessment. The Office is illegal
ly in San Francisco, the notice Of assessment
is unlawful and the advertisement Of sale is
void.
Year: 1871

DEATH OF MEMBER OF THE LAST LEGIs-
LATURE.-A telegram received last night
member of the last Legislature from the
county Of Charlotte. He WAS young ne
gro Of little education, but of great popu-
larity with his race, and was not au ultra
Radical. BY introducing IN act to provide
for separate railroad cars for the use Of CO.
lored people he incurred the displeasure of
the leaders Of the party, but was confident
of denomination.
Year: 1871

New DISTRICT IMPRoyEMENTs.-Im
mentS on the streets in the new district are
being rapidly pushed forward. Where any
permanent improvement is made the own
ers of adjacent property are required to
withdraw their fences wnere any encroach-
ment has been made, and the street is given
its full width.
Year: 1871

PAINFUL ACCIDENT.--A oolored man in
the employ Of the box factory corner OF
Twenty fifth and Main streets, yesterday
met with severe and painful accident by
his hand coming in contact with small
circular saw. 1t struck him about the
knuckle Joint of the first finger and passed
dfugonally across the hand.
Year: 1871

Good whitewash, well applied to fences,
rough siding, and the walls and ceilings of
buildings, has highly sanitary influence,
as well as being in the highest degree pre-
seryatiye in its effects. To be durable,
whitewash should be prepared in the follow
ing manner Take the very best stone
lime, and slack it in a close tub, covered
with cloth to preserve the steam. Salt
as much as can be dissolved in the water
used for stacking and reducing the lime
should be applied, and the whole mass care
fully strained and thickened with small
quantity of sand, the purer and finer the
better IT,


A few pounds of wheat -four mixed as
paste may be added, and will give greater
durability to the mass, especially when ap-
piled to the exterior surface of buildings.
With pure lime, properly Stacked and mixed
with twice its weight of fine sand and sifted
wood ashes, in equal proportions, almost
any color may be made by the addition of
pigments. Granite, slate, freestone and
other shades may be initiated, and without





any detriment to the durability of the wash.
This covering is often applied and with
good effect, to underpinning, stone fences,
roofs, and the walls of barns and other out
buildings. Probably the pure whitewash
is more healthy than the colored as its aka
lescent properties are superior, and when
uesed in cellars kitchens, and sleeping
apartments, produces salutary results


| No person who regards the health of his
family should neglect to apply coat of it
every Spring. Country places, especially
farm out-houses, fences, &C., are greatly
improved in appearance by an annual coat
of good whitewash, and will add to their
permanency much more than many would
imagine. 1t is cheap and easily applied, so
that neither expense nor labor can be
pleaded against it, ,,. ss d.
Year: 1871

. 1t is sad to spend long years in perfecting
an invention only to have it fall when put to


a practical test. But if any thing can add
to the bitterness of such failure it must be
to have it announced in such an unfeeling
paragraph as the following: ''rhe inventor
of new fire-escape tried it at the Astor
House last week, and in about the time that
a fire would have destroyed block of hous-
es reached the sidewalk, with all his wear
ing apparel, except his boots, drawn up
around his neck" ,,es
Year: 1871

A Portland paper is publishing extracts
from diary kept by Hawthorne when a
boy of ten years, of which this is a sample:
''This morning the bucket got off the chain
and dropped back into the WELL Iwanted
to go down on the stones and get Mother
would not consent, for fear the well might
cave in, but hired Samuel Shane to go down.
In the goodness of her heart she thought
the son of old Mrs. Shane not quite so valu-
able as the, son of the widow Hawthorne.
God bless her for all her love for me, though
it may be somewhat selfish d
Year: 1871

s A Newark husband got out of bed the
other night and went through a trap door
to the roof, in his night clothes, intending to
frighten his wife ,bysthrowing bricks down
the chimney. He threw, and remained on
tho roof all night, she having fastened down
the door of the trap.
Year: 1871

A long article in one of the city papers on
the subject of rich mems committing sui
eide SO much, shows conclusively that if a
wealthy man does not give away lot of
money, he is almost sure. to cut his throat
sooner or later. Il If any rich man feels as
though there is danger of his committing
suicide, and he wants to keep on living, all
he has got to do is to send some of us a
check for a hundred thousand or SO, and be
saved. Office hours from ten to six; or they
can call at the house at any time of night.
Year: 1871

Some, music teacher once wrote that ''the
art of playing a violin requires the incest
perception and sensibility of any art in tho
known world Upon which an editor com;
ments in the following manner: "The art
of publishing a newspaper and making it
pay; and at the same time making it please
everybody, beats fiddling higher than kite
Year: 1871

Just now they have a joke out West
which is neat way of locating a story with
exactness-on a composition who set up the
toast, 'sWoman--without her, man would
be a savage" and got the stops in the
wrong place, and produced, "Woman-,
without her man, would be a savage. y They
say that3hi wife, who was helping read the
proof, discovered the mistake right away.
Year: 1871

PLANTATIONS UNDER WATER.-A SCENE
OF DEsoLATIoN AND RUIN.-The New Or
leans Times, describing visit to Bonnet
Care crevasses, says Within about five
miles of the crevasse we came upon what
was an apparently valuable plantation, now
covered with water to the depth of ten feet.
The sugar house. negro quarters aud dwell
ing house are all standing in the midst Of
water, desolate picture saddening to be-
hold. At Bonnet Care huge volume of
water rushes through the gap 1900 feet
wide, foaming and seething, while the an
CRY roar impresses a sense of fear on the
listener. Near the break is small collec-
ton of houses, back Of them plantations,
and further removed is line of forest,
through all which the food pours resist
less force. From the village all light of
life is fled. Deserted houses, with open
doors, tell too truly the painful story.
Year: 1871

Registerl-We appeal to our people moi
to neglect this important duty to-day.


The safety of our city may depend upon one
vote, and no man can vote who does not re.
gister.


We again repeat that the redistricting oil
the city requires the rs-registeripg of every
enc.


Register the first thing you do on Monday.
Do not delay it, sickness or some unforeseen
accident may deprive you of the opportunity
altogether.


No Republican, who is unwilling to see this
fair city given up to the misrule and oppres.
sion which has marked the course of the pre-
sent Council should neglect to register on
Monday.


Register yourselves, and see that all your
friends and neighbors do likewise.
Year: 1871

eaters may occasionally indulge in the
luxury of mercy, and be loatbsome still,
but neither their sorrow-smarting or mercy
are Of any value, or priced by any body,
so long as they have the power to tax
mercllessly and squander wastefully.


The penitence. sorrow and confessions
Of these unjust servants, who have carried
the public bag for the last year, is particu-
larly suspicious at this time, when we OBJ
serve the zeal, energy and activity with
which they are all or nearly all laboring to
secure reelection to the places they have
SO disgraced in the past. IF they are
honest and intend to reform, it is best to
remove them from the temptations that
overcame them in the past but If, as we
believe, they want another term of office,
to cover up their past defalcations and for
the accomplishment Of new enterprises in
the future as disgraceful to themselves and
as expensive to the public as those already
accomplished, they should be hurled from
their places and consigned to the contempt
and infamy which their misdeeds deserve.


The public good demand two things,
first the instant and irrevocable dismissal
of the guilty plotters now in office, and
then the substitution in their dsgraced
seats of honest men who will honestly ad-
minister public affairs. The great danger
is that in the excitement and universal joy
felt in thrushing these wretches out, some
miserable tools of theirs may sneak in.
Our motto then should be, TURN THE
RoaUEs OUT. AND PUf HONEST MEN IN.


We have suspended for one day the
itemized statements of the peculations and
waste Of the Council, to be resumed to.
morrow.
Year: 1871

The Opera To-night,-The Opera of the
bohemian Girl will positively be presented at
the theatre tonight, and the perform ance pro.
mises to be grand success. The lovers of
good music will no doubt fill the building to
overfowipg to hear this effort of the Richmond
Amateur Operate company, whose perform.
ance heretofore have been Of high order and
given much satisfaction. The sale of tickets
have been quite numerous, and those desiring
to attend should secure them during the evening
to avoid a crowd at the box office to- night
Correct editions of the librettos of the opera
can be had of John Marsh, at his music store,
9l8 Main street.
Year: 1871

The Enquirer of this morning ia noti-
cling the collections made by Collector Burgess,
says that ii costs heavily to be citizens of this
great and glorious Union. The little cost you
speak of. neighbsr, was brought upon us BY the
extreme folly of your party, and we are in
on your part to keep mum. Don'tirritate your
wounds.
Year: 1871

The Troy Times tells this story
Of Col. James II. Hooker, an eccen-
trio character, who died in that
city some twenty years ago: "a re-
markable man was Col. Hooker, and
very eccentric withall. At times he
would fairly boil over with passion,
and was very violent in his speech
and action. Yet he was a just man,
and directed his fury against only
what he believed to be wrong and
rascallity. 1t is related of him, that
having a dispute with one of his
clerks, the latter would not Weld
the point in issue to him, whereupon
the Colonel undertook to put his
stubborn employee out of his Office.
But the clerk was too much for the
irrate Colonel, and in the melee the
old man was laid upon his back, and
his countenance rather unpleasantly
tapped. Rising from his position,
he proceeded to wash his battered
countenance, brushed his clothes
carefully, and, seating himself, asked
the victorious clerk to come to him
and report. Said he: "a pretty
thing you've done, Sir; got yourself
into a bad scrape; committed as
sault and battery; licked your en-
ployer. This shows that there's
stuff in you, you miserable sinner,
and now, you internal scamp, 1 am
going to pay you for it. You are
discharged from the desk you now
hold, and tomorrow morning want
you to take a place next to me, and
hereafter act as my confidential
clerk, with your salary increased
$3.50. That's all; now go about
your business" The clerk thus
promoted held the confidential posi-
ton assigned him many years dur.
ing the remainder of the ColonePs
lifetime, and never had to whip his
employer again to get an advance
of salary"
Year: 1871

A lady florist says that a pretty
house vine is the sweet potato plant.
Put tuber in pure sand or sandy
loan, in hanging basket, and water
them occasionally. It will throw
out tendrils and beautiful leaves,
and will climb freely over the arms
of the basket and upward toward the
top of the window. Not one visitor
in a hundred will know it, but will
suppose it to be some rare foreign
plant-Maryland Farmer,
Year: 1871

A curious and beautiful effect
was produced by one of the ice ma
kino machines built lately is Phila-
deI6bia. This was a cake of man
nfactured ice, in the center of which,
completely inclosed by the trans
lucent material, was a bouquet of
fresh flowers. Every leaf and flower
was perfectly visible, while the bril-
liancy of the colors was enhanced
by the refraction through the ice,