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Year: 1873

FATAL AcciDENr-During the forenoon of Friday, the 10th inst, Mir. Richard Cellers came to hts death from the accidental discharge of his own gun, at a point in the hills between town and the Burnt ranch. The acting Coroner, Judge Fleury, was notified of the fact and at once pro. cccded to the spot and caused the corpse to be brought to town, when an inquest was held, and from the proceedings of which we glcan the fol lowing flcts Mir. J. Goldsteln and Mir. Cellers had started, in light wagon, for Williamson valley and when a short distance this side of the Burnt ranch, at bad place in the narrow road, they met a freight train, and 1t necessary that they give the track to the heavier wagons Mir. Gold stein jumped out to speak to the freighters and Cellers turned the wagon from the road and was scarcely of tue track when the report of the gun was heard, and upon examination it was found that the ball had struck him in the head, entering the right cheek and coming out at the top of the head left side, carrying his hat with it some twenty. five yards. The gun, a splendid Sharp's sporting rifle, was found on the ground with stock, trigger guard and other iron work broken square off most likely having been caught in the wheel The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon. MT. Cellers was raised somewhere in the West and had been here about three years. He was well thought of by all who knew him.
Year: 1873

IT the demand for Agricultural Implements the coming harvest the Rural Press likely correspond with the increased number Of under cultivation tere will be lively times among the San Francisco dealers in such Implements during the Several firms, it is under stood have anticipated this demand and have prepared themselves accordingly by early shipments II is said t!at one single firm (freadwe Co, who still occupy their old and well known stand have contracted for above twenty-five loads of their harvesting chines thus early n the season. low rtes be sides large amount of smaller Implements lt would st ths with what shipments they probably have already made around the Horn, and with the stocks of other houses that there ought o be enough Good judges in such matters however still predict that the supply will not equal the demand sep6m3
Year: 1873

We are informed that several ladies sand gen tlemen of Fort whippie and vicinity are storing away the words of play, which they propose rendering for their own amusement, as soon as 1t is mastered We have not doubt of their ability to please themselves and "act well their parts in public or private. and would like to sec them peTform,
Year: 1873

SELLING AT CosT.- Attention Is requested to the advertisement of Messrs Campbell X Buffum, who, in order to close partnership, will, from this on, sell their immense stock Of almost every kind of goods at cost. It is scarcely necessary for us to state that the goods to be disposed Of are first class.
Year: 1873

WILLIAMSON VALLEY - Upwards of 50 men and great many teams are "doing" the hay crop in this valley. The place is so lively and the pco- pie so pious that Minister Reeder thinks they ought to have Q church.
Year: 1873

She lived Till the beauty of youth was around
her,
She lived Till the roses Of life were in bloom
Then died, and the hearts that so lovingly


crowned her


with truest affection, are shadowedin in gloom
You tell me, my friend, at my sorrow and sigh


ing;


To wish her not back to this cold world again
That she Is now blest, and she found but in


dying
All no. Is rose which the feverish summer
Has scorched from existence, more blest than


the one
That lived, and with beauty delighted each


conner,


And budded, and bloomed in the showers


and sun?
That hourlshed and grew, that was fair. and


and with never
scent but of balm in Its eloquent breathi
That blossomed to age, was Joy forever,
And langulshed, at last, in the pleasure Of


death?
Yet-it may be all well-and her young dreams


thus broken


Be finished in Heaven,-yet my grief is SO


deep,
That though angels exult in treasure un.


spoken
Imust turn with regret, must deplore 1t and


weep,
Year: 1873




AFFECTION OF MONKEYS From
James Forbes's Oriental Memoirs,
the following interesting account is
extracted: One Of a shooting party,
under q bannan- tree, killed female
monkey and carried it to his tent,
which was soon surrounded by forty
or fifty of the tribe, who made great
noise, and seemed disposed to attack
their aggressor, Tbeyretreated when
he presented his fowling-piece, the
dreadful effect of which they had wit
messed and appeared perfectly to un-
derstand. The head Of the troop,
however, stood his ground, Ohattering
furiously; the sportsman, who per-
haps felt some little degree of com
Function for having killed one of the
family, did not like TO Ere al the crea-
ture, and nothing short Of firing would
suffice to drive him of. At length he
came to the door Of the tent and find
ing threats Of no avail, and the
most expressive gesture seemed to
beg for the dead body. It was given
to him; be took il sorrowfully in his
arms, and bore IL away TO his expect
ing companions. They who were
witnesses Of this extraordinary scene
resolved never again 10 fire at one Of
the monkey race.
Year: 1873

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The Davenport Gazeiie Of Thurs.
day vouches for the absolute truth
of the following, though from OBJ
yious reasons all names are suppress
ed; One Of the leading citizens OF
North Davenport had an only daugh-
ter who was betrothed to q young
man of fair promise, clerk in q
leading commercial house at Ou-
buque.


His visits to that city were regular,
and arrangements had been made
for an immediate union, when the
bride elect was stricken down by
typhoid fever, and in spite Of all
which medical skill and care could
do, died. The Gazette reporter says,
"We saw her in her coffin, dressed
for the burial Of death, not for the
consummation Of an earthly love.
We witnessed the agony Of her lover
as he bent in speechless, fearless abb
Estraction over the satin lined burial
case"


After the melancholy journey to
Oakdale, the young man returned to
Dubuque. Nervous fever set in and
peculiar hallucination seized him,
that his lost one was present in the
same room, ever present, draped in
the same garb which had enveloped
her in her clay. All remonstrance
was in vain. He minutely described
her dress, her appearance and her
position in his chamber, even when
his parents or friends would sit or
stand where he declared her to be,
he saw her glide away and take an
other place. This went on for weeks,
and the patient was gradually sink
ing under physical and nervous ex-
citement, when a friendly ruse was
tried to cure him of his ecstacy.


Coming to Davenport, his mother
found that the funeral garments were
purchased at the store Of @. & M.
and made by Mrs. B. She purchas-
ed the material, had it made up in
fac simile and returning, a young la
dy as near in height and appearance
as could be found, was dressed to
resemble his deceased love, and dur
ing one of his fevered and brief
slumbers was introduced into the
room, quietly taking her seat in Q
shaded corner,


His awakening was anxiously
watched, and sanguine hopes of re-
moving his hallucination were ia.
dulged in. He woke at length, and
turning his eyes in the direction of
the pious fraud, stared with fixed
eyeballs for few seconds, then rais-
ing himself almost upright in his bed,
flung his arms aloft, and shrieking in
an unearthly voice. "My God, there
are tsco Of them" fell back and ex-
pired.
Year: 1873

BUFFERS CHANoEs.--A Tribune
special from Springfield, Massachu-
setts, says Butler is developing more
strength in some quarters than was
expected. His chances of carrying
the Convention have improved within
few days; still no intelligent and
partial canvass has yet been made
that does not leave him in minority
Of at least 100. His friends did not
do so well in Boston as then expected,
nor in Newburyport. Their caucus
in Lowell and Lynn was conceded
The result now chiefly depends on
Buffers success in getting any con.
siderable portion OF the rural dis
tricts. He has been manipulating
them very industriously, though So
cretly, through the State-house lobby
and Federal office-holders, but there
is no reason yet to believe that be can
carry enough of them to give him q
majority. The contest is growing
very warm, aud there is much excite
ment throughout the State. There
certainly will be a bolt if Butler car
ries the Convention, and another Re.
publican candidate run. If he is
beaten his boiling is doubtful, but be
is evidently making ready to do SO If
he dares.
Year: 1873

A broken.hearted young girl writes
as follows:


"About three years ago I became
acquainted with young gentleman,
and, although he never paid me any
particular attention, he would often
accompany me to and from church,
&c. But lately / noticed a great
change in him, He avoids me as
much as possible, and starts if / ad-
dress him. Can he have ceased to
love me ?-for l know he did, though
he never said SO, If l thought he
had it would break my heart"


Perhaps we ought not to interfere
in this matter; but as we know ex-
actly what should be done with the
young man, we feel as if we ought to
speak out. Do not attempt to reason
with him, or oajole him, or pacify him.
The next time be calls take a monkey.
wrench, fasten it securely upon his
nose, lead him off to the dining.room,
and ask him in firm voice what he
means If he won't answer, twist the
wrench three or four times, and butt
his head against the stove or mantel-
piece until his gloom is dispelled. If
he says he has ceased to love you, let
your fingers daily with his ringlets
lovingly for few minutes, and then
suddenly lift out couple of hand
fuls, and have an Irishman at hand to
come in and sit on him awhile, and
knock out his teeth, and jump up and
down on him, and be sociable. Then
let him go and commence your ar
rangements to rope in a fresh man.
You cannot afford to waste your
young life upon such wretch as this;
and where heart will not throb to
heart, or soul respond to soul, the best
thing to do is to confuse the nose at
once. s..-
Year: 1873




The Belgium newspapers give the
following account Of dreadful trag-
edy that occurred three weeks ago in
little village near Brussels. A
farmer and his wife had plotted to
murder their neice during her sleep,
to rob her of 1.S00 francs that she
was taking'to her sick mother. In
order to foil the future search of the
police, they, previously to perpetrat-
ing the crime, were engaged in dig
ging large hole in their garden, SO
as to bury the body in it, when the
young girl, who, not being asleep,
had heard her terrible sentence,
rushed out by the window and ran to
the police station, distant one mile
only. But as soon as she was out
the daughter Of the wicked farmer,
who was not expected home that
night, came back, and, not wishing
to awaken anybody in the house, went
noiselessly into the bed where her
cousin had been lying few minutes
ago. She soon fell asleep, and thus
her mother, not being aware of the
Year: 1873

DANISH PRovERBs. All wish to live
long, but none to be called old.


Take help from many, advice from
few,


He who builds according to every
mans advice will have q crooked
house.


God gives every bird its food, but
does not throw it into the nest.
He who says what he likes must
hear what he does not like.


Empty wagons make the most
noise. @ al
If God bids thee draw, He will
find thee a rope; if he bids thee ride,
He will find thee q horse.


Better suffer for truth than pros
per by falsehood. y
Year: 1873

A PAPER published at BonhaIn,
Texas, says that a few days ago, and
short distance from that place, q
man "saw something resembling an
enormous serpent floating in a cloud
that was floating over his farm Sew
eral parties OF men and boys, at work
in the fields, observed the sarno thing,
and were seriously frightened II
seemed to be as large and long as 8
telegraph pole, and was of a striped
yellow color, and seemed to float
along without any effort They could
see it coil itself up, turn over, and
thrust forward its huge head ss If
striking at something It is a pity
that lager beer or some other mild
liquid could not be substituted for tho
beverage now in use at that place.
Year: 1873

The "India-rubber bustle"is is again
heard from. This time it was q
Brooklyn young lady who was thrown
from her carriage coming down the
hill from Prospect Park. She made
ninety-seven and half bounces in
all, and was finally rescued by ahook
and ladder company from tho top Of
telegraph pole, where she had stuck
in attempting to complete the ninety.
eighth bounce.
Year: 1873

81 .
The following marriage maxims are
worthy of more than hasty reading
Husbands need not pass them by,
for they are designed for wives; and
wives should not despise them, for
they are addressed to husbands:


"The very nearest approach to do.
mestic happiness on earth is the cult.
yation on both sides of absolute un.
selfishness.


Never talk at one another, either
alone or in company.


Never both get angry at once.


Never speak loud to one another,
unless the house is on fire.


Let each one strive to yield often.
est to the wishes of the other.


Never find fault, unless it is per
fectly certain that a fault has been
committed, and always speak loving
ly.


Never taunt with a past mistake.
Never make a remark at the ex.
pense of another, it is meanness. o.
Never part for a day without Low.
ing words TO think Of during absence.
Never meet without loving well
come.


Never let the sun go down upon
any anger or grievance.


Meyer let any fault you have com.
mitted go, until you have frankly con
fessed it and asked forgiveness.


Never forget the happiness of earth
ly love.


Never sigh over what might have
been, but make the best of what it is.
Never forget that marriage is or
dained of God, and that His blessings
alone can make it what it should be.
Never let your hopes stop short Of
the eternal home.
Year: 1873

The Milwaukee & ST. Paul Rail Road
Conn any ba~ declined the acceptance of
the grant made TO them by the last Leg
islatrre. after having used every means
to Obtain the same through their agents
last winter at Madison.


That this action Is most coniemptibie
and downright insult to the members
of the Legislature and TO the whole State
in their constituents. will be felt by every
one Can it be possible that Il is com-
rany used over half the time of an entire
State Legislature to raise by its enact
ment the stock of that company and
thus throw into its treasury a million or
two of money? o. did that company
obtain the grant for the purpose of pre-
venting or at the least delaying the
building of the proposed roads ard per-
hars thus canse the total loss of the
land grant tn the State?


The excuses of the Rail Road Com
pany for their nefarious action are TO,
lame almost to deserve any notice a rich
company like the NJ Il s. p. can always
command what money they want in any
common undertaking and certainly
much more so. where such a rich grant is
connected with it. The company's blame
of the Governor fer injuring their pros
rects by his decision in the case Of the
Central. is contradIcted by the sudden
rise of their stock as soon as the grant
was made to them and the companv's
complaint that the requirements from it
bv the Legislature are too hard 70 be
horne is the most contemplate excuse
of them all because the companv's own
Attorney drew the bin passed by the
Legislature. himself.and it was sanctioned
at that time by the managers of that
cnrrnratinn.


We are anxious TO learn whether the
VI. & S. y Co cannot he made res,on-
sihle for such a swindle in the loss of
time by the legislature and the possible
subsequent loss of The entire Land Grant
to our State
Year: 1873

hardly right to ratify my friends senti-
ment at the expense of justice.


Our great national experiment stands
to-day in peril. Every heart must sink
at the frequent manifestations of cor
ruptiOn in high places as well as low.
In our largest commercial city, in our
halls of Congress, proof piles on proof
that there is rottenness at the core. |
see but one hope. Before it is too late
we must learn our errors. We must be
what we are vainly striving TO seem.


/ believe in a Republic, but not in
name which is lie. We are false,
when we call this Government by so
grand name, and it is a falsity which
is eating away our NationOl life. We
need to ponder well CicerO's noble words,
''Sine summa justitia republican geri
nullo mOdo posse" Without the high
est justice republic can in no way be
carried on


The pressing necessity Of our cause is
not only the work of the platform, but
of the homes. Not only should we Use
logic, or write essays all that has been
done and done again. What do we
learn by it? that women have
brains ? Men knew that before. What
is needed is a race of women who are
willing To testify tliaL lhey doli ilAe
slavery, who find in their souls some
thing which rebels against mastership
enforced by law. We want souls at
white heat with this love of liberty.
Such souls alone wOrthily praise God
for the boon Of existence.


Women have heen falsely trained to
consider that their duties and their in
terests ended with the care of the family
and the culture of self. From this We
are gradually recovering. The appeal
to woman now Is, not to hold her best
powers out of the reach of humanity.
1t is not enough to lift the heart in as
piration. The helping hand must be
reached down to the humblest.


1t is the glory of our Age that more
than any other, it is seeking to lay all
that i high and noble at the feet OF hu-
manity. This is the very spirit Of
Christ, who did not cherish his virtues
aloOf but showed them TO US under q
crown Of thorns, who were then not rs a


kingly robe, but made them the shining
drapery of the cross.


With His purpose may we take up


our rwork. Into His spirit may we be bap-
! tiZed
Year: 1873

The financial and business situation, though
it cannot be considered encouraging is still
sufficiently 80 to make it possible for the
country to tide over very dangerous crisis
without lasting injury. The wen-known dry
goods house of H. b. Clahin & Co. is reported
greatly in excess Of its liabilities, and if the
worst comes to the worst an extension on the
part of the creditors is all that will be re-
quired to save it. The same thing is true Of
the Spragues but unfortunately in their case
they are said to be pressed by rival comb-
nation, which seeks their ruin at whatever ex-
pense to the operatives in their mills and the
mills Of other manufacturers. The Clearing
House statement yesterday was favorable to
the banks, which is worth something at an un-
favorable moment for business. A number Of the
Buchu railroads notably the Kansas Pacific
Burlington and Cedar Rapids and Chesapeake
and Ohio-failed to pay their November in
terest yesterday, and they, and others like
them, are likely to fall to the level to which
Buchu always falls in the end. This was
practically the situation at the close of the
week. But the danger is not past, and even
with the succor Of the houses of Clafin Il Co.
and A. Il W. Sprague tho danger will not be
past What is required more than anything
else is spirit Of mutual helpfulness. In
case few great houses like these we have
mentioned are allowed to fail even this may
prove Of no avail; but at the present time 1t is
still possible to avert general calamity if oil
help TO bear each others burdens.
Year: 1873

The LAST OF THE MoDocs are near their
destination, which is the northwest corner Of
the Indian Territory-a perfect paradise COM
pared with their desolate lava beds Of Oregon.
The tribe is thus exterminated, in being abb
sorbed among the numerous remnants gath
cred into the Indian Territory of various
tribes otherwise extinct. So far the retribu-
ton against Captain Jack and his warlike
band is complete. The places which have
known them will know them no more forever.
But what shall we say of the preservation and
exhibition in public museum Of the head of
Captain Jack as trophy or as curiosity?
We are constrained to say that this thing is o
disgrace to the government, bloody, savage
and treacherous murderer as was the Modoc
chief.
Year: 1873

There was some anger and threats of legal
proceedings but the matter was forgotten by
the people in the excitement of new murder
trial The Buchu mind, however, was supe-
rior to the panic of anger and detraction.
finally saying 'that nothing is more popular
than injustice why should the officers of
this company be blamed? Did not every
body know the secretary was living on fifty
thousand a year and that he could not find
that amount Of money in the leaves of his
prayer book? Did not every railroad man
know that the County Treasurer was
backing the Wildcat and Red Dog Rail
way. and that he could only find money
merchants on the directors list had all the
advances they wanted by not asking ugly and
impertinent questions? And did not old
Buchu himself buy up control of the stock,
so that he might clean out the concern? The
stock cost half millicn-the loan he received
was two millions And if you go to the
courts, to make him pay his loan you will see
Buchu judge on the bench, telling indecent
stories, who will pocket your papers. Is any
one to blame, after ALL but ourselves? If we all
do business on Buchu principles, why turn
and rend our neighbors who happen to be un-
fortunate? When o pursuing wolf on the
Russian SHOWS is wounded the pack stop
until they have devoured him; but they keep
up the chase. Just now we are bowling and
leaping over the body Of this poor brother of
the Buchu trust; but tomorrow you will find
us again on the way
Year: 1873

Since beautiful feelings are particularly
desirable on the Sabbath we cannot allow
to-day to pass without expressing our appre-
citation of the heartiness with which our recent
appeal in favor of Mast has been responded to.
Even as we write contributions continue to
come in. Now it is lead pencil and now an
old dlapidated coat This moment it is ten
cent piece the next it will be two dollar bill,
and afterwards British shilling All right !;
let them come We shall apply them all to
the purpose for which they are sent, and we
only hope that the general bulk will be too
generous for Mr.. Mast to disdain to accept


Meanwhile the letters which we have pub
lished, and which are selected from an inn
mense mass of communications, numerous
enough to fill quadruple sheet of the
HERALD, will evince the feeling of the people
towards this repressed Hogarth. The gene
rosity of the American public has been often
appealed to. and never in vain. That public
is sometimes accused by those who do not un-
derstand it of being Indifferent to deserving
merit but the iberality with which our exor-
dium has been responded to ought to silence
that accusation forever. 1t will plainly not
be the fault of the American people if it is
ever said of Mast that ''chill penury repressed
his noble rage" A nation of dyspeptics who
became cured by laughing over the exquisite
lucubrations of his genius will evidently have
no occasion for self-upbraiding should it ever
be written of him that destiny 'sfroze the
genial current of his soul" We are sorry to
detect in certain quarters, however,
disposition to attribute satirical un-
dercurrent to the sympathy which
the HERALD has been the means of eliciting
in this great Hogarthian caricaturist's favor.
Our own course of conduct would be our ex-
culpation were exculpation necessary. We
are not accustomed lightly to yield to merely
individual claims the support which we have
80 impetuously accorded in the present in
stance. But the regret we cannot help feeling
at being here and there misunderstood is more
than compensated by the homogeneousnes of
sentiment among so many different classes of
readers that we have been the medium of
giving expression to. That deep feeling should
take so practical a shape in an hour when
every sphere of society is groaning under
financial depression is the highest compi-
ment that could be paid to the genius of an
artist who, as he piled his wearied round from
city to city, must frequently have sighed in
anguish as he gazed upon his blackboard and
his piece of chalk, and reflected that they
were all that the gratitude of nation had
put it in his power to possess.