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Year: 1873

Yesterday morning an inmate OF the Hansa
Hotel was discovered dead in his bed shot through
the head and heart, the bed and room being
covered with blood. revolver lying beside the
unfortunate man showed that he lad committed
suicide. Deceased had arrived by the steamship
Rhefn hve days previously, and registered his
name as A. Moman. or Vienna.


The passenger list, however, represented his
daily, seldom returning before three O'Clock next
morning. Yesterday morning he retired as usual
and nothing further was known OF him till he was
found dead. In his possession were drafts and
cash to the amount OF $4,000 and papers and
pictures, which establish 1t clearly that he was a
painter


No cause can be assigned for his act, except that
he may have met with reverses during his nightly
stays In New York. County physician Buck made
q post-mortem examination, and gave permit
for burial. Deceased was saow compile xioned
man, thirty-six years old, with black hair, whskers
hotel, and Dr. Buck hold the effects In sale keep.
ing.
Year: 1873

An unknown man was run over by coach in
the Bowery last evening. and received injuries
rom the effects OF which he will probably die. He
was about five feet six inches In height


wore light tweed coat. light cassi


nero pants, Scotch cap, white shirt
drawers and socks gaiter boots, and had a cross
tied around his neck. He was apparently about
twenty-0ne years Of age. After having been re-
moved to the Fourteenth precinct station house an
ambulance was sent for and he was taken to Belle
vuo Hospital. John Sullivan, the driver OF the
coach. was arrested, and wiz be held W await the
Year: 1873

There is a report current in democratic circles
that the republicans intend to import large
number of repeaters from Philadelphia to help
carry the election next week. thousand is the
NUMBER expected, and II each one polls twelve
votes the total will be good round number. The
democrats are AFRAID that by the arrangement OF
giving three inspectors Of election out OF four In
each district OF the 500 election districts In the
city to the Apollo and republican combination they
will be cheated especially after dark, when the
counting OF the votes will be done in many places
by the aid OF q lantern.
Year: 1873

Man Who Laid Down to Die ON the
Beach.


NEWPORT, r. l., Oct 2s 1878.
The mystery Of Scituate beach, as will be seen by
the following letter received tonight by Captain
Hammond Chief Of Police OF this city, will doubt
less be revealed. The melancholy affair is known
very extensively throughout the country, and the
following letter will undoubtedly prove the iden-
tlty OF the corpse:-


LAWRENCE. Oct 2s 1873
To THE CHIEF POLICE, Newport X. T.


DEAR SIR-l saw O notice OF the body OF being
found Scituae beach the 24tn OF October. have
reason to think It was the body OF person known to
VIII you please send the description OF the body also
the clothing II could see the shawl think should
know Please tell the title of the book. Was
copy OF Byrons poems Please answer Immediately and
greatly oblige MARY ADDIE YOUNG,


No. 33S Haverhil street Lawrence, Mass
From the important facts OF the above inquiry in
regard to the shaw Will prove that the party is on
the right track, as q shawl and q copy OF Byron's
poems were found among his effects. The affair
creates intense interest here, and much specula-
tion IS INDUCED in as to the relation OF the above
lady to the unfortunate man, who calmly laid down
to die among the sand upon the hills OF the beach,
To the shame OF the authorities OF Mlddletown be
1t said that the corpse has been buried with the
shawl above mentioned around him, and together
with rude pine box not even stained, are now
beneath the sod IN the Potters Field. The corpse
also renamed one night after IL was found upon
the beach, and no one remained by 1t to pay to it
the respect OF civilized people, Their action is Sc
verey condemned, and the authorities OF the town
will probably be indicted by the Grand Jury.
Year: 1873

telegram dated in London at five O'Clock
this morning goth inst) reports to the
HERALD that Sir Henry Holland, the
well known author and physician, Is dead.
Sir Henry Holland was spectator in 1868 OF the
great civil war then raging In this country, and at
the headquarters Of the federal army In Virginia,
with the advanced division en- the Rapidan, In
front OF General Lees army he saw warfare on Its
largest scale Of action and devastation.
Year: 1873

meeting OF the Sixth District Liberal Republi-
can Assembly Convention was held at No. 451
Grand street last evening Daniel F. Crowley was
declared the nominee for Member OF Assembly.
Year: 1873

'Do you see this lock of hair" said an
old man to me.


"N-es; but what of it? tits, suppose,
tie curl from the head of child long
since gone to God.n


at is not. 1t is lock OF my own
hair; and it is now nearly seventy years
since it was cut, from this head.n


"But why do you prize lock of your
own hair so much ~


at has a 4 story belonging to it, and 4
strange one. ] keep it thus with care,
because it speaks to me more of God and
OF his special care than anything else
possess


'I was little child of four years old
with long curly locks, which in sun, or
rain, or wind, hung down my cheek un-
covered One day my father went into
the wood to cut up q log, and went with
him. / was standing a little way be-
hind him, or rather at his side, watch
ing with interest the strokes of the
heavy AK as it went up and came down
upon the wood, sending Off splinters
with every stroke in all directions.
Some of the splinters fell at my feet, and
I eagerly stopped to pick them up. In
so doing l stumbled forward, and in q
moment my curly head lay upon the
log. / had fallen Just at the moment
when the AK was coming down with all
its force. IL was TO late to stop the
blow. Down came the AK. / screamed
and my father fell to the ground in
terror. He could not stay she stroke, and
in the sudden horror caused, he thought
he had killed his boy. We soon recOy-
ered--I from my fright, and he from his
terror. He caught me in his arms and
looked at ME from head TO foot, TO find
the deadly wound which he was sure he
had inflicted. Not drop of blood nor q
scar was To be seen. He knelt upon the
grass and gave thanks to a gracious God.
Having done so, he took up his ax, and
found hair upon its edge. He turned to
the log he had been splitting, and there
was a single curl of the boys hair,
sharply cut through and laid upon the
wood How great the escapel It was
/ rs an angel hand had turned aside the
edge at the moment It was descending
on my head. .


! "That lock lie kept all his days rs q
memorial of Gods care and love. That
( lock he LEFT to me on his death-bed.
keep It with care. II tells me of my
fathers God and mine. 1t rebukes un.
belief and alarm. 1t bids me trust IL i'm
[ forever. / have had MANY tokens o
| fatherly love in my threes-core years an,
ten, but this speaks most plainly to m,
heart. 1t is the oldest and perhaps til,
most striking. 1t used to speak to m,
fathers heart it now speaks to mine.
Year: 1873

From the New Orleans Christian Advocate


Mr.. EDITOR: In your issue of the six
teenth of October, A. D. 1873, | see
an article written by the Rev.
r. H. Rivers, D. D., on the Sin Against
the Holy GOhst, which to my under
standing of the Scriptures is not agree
able to it's teachings on that subject.
His idea, as stated, is that it is the last
sin committed before the, day Of grace
IS passed by the impenitent sinner, and
may sometimes be one sin and some
times another, thus making all who sin
away their day of grace commit the sin
against the Holy Ghost. Now it is clear
to my mind that it is specific sin, and
that there is but one class of persons
who commit it.


/. 1t is a specific sin from the follow
ing passages of Scriptures. In the
twelfth chapter of Matthew the Savior,
in reply to the Pharisee, who said that
he cast out devils by Beelzebub, the
prince of devils, says: "All manner of
sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven I'M
to men; but the blasphemy against the
Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven,
neither in this world nor in that which
is to come" In the twelfth chapter and
tenth verse of Luke is this language:
But unto him that blasphemeth against
the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven
In the tenth chapter and twenty-ninth
verse of HebrewsP Paul uses this language:
"Of how much punishment, suppose ye
shall he be thought worthy who hath
trodden under foot the Son of God, and
hath counted the blood of the covenant
Wherewith he was sanctified an unhOly
thing" From the foregoing passages,
and some others that might be quoted,
it appears that attributing the miracles
which he performed to the power of
evil spirits, or rejecting him "a the
promised Messiah and setting aside his
atonement, was the specific sin, which
sin cOuldnOt be forgiven from the fact
that they denied. the only atonement by
virtue Of which sin Of any grade could
be forgiven, thereby crucifying him
afresh' and putting him to an open


3. That there is but one class of per
sons who cannot commit this sin, name
ly:- those who were once enlightened
and had tasted the good word of God
and the powers of the world to Gomez
those who not only had demonstrative
evidence of his divinity and power, so
far as their senses were concerned, by
miracles which he performed, butin ad-
dition to this their minds being enlight-
ened by the Holy Ghost, and by his
agency experiencing the divinity and
virtue of his atOnement, they knew him
and the power of his resurrection, and
by the Holy Ghost they could call him
Lord


Having received this knowledge of
Christ by the Holy Ghost, and then
rejecting him as the promised Christ of
God to man, is the sin in question
against the Holy Ghost. With due
Difference to the opinions of the learned,
the above is my understanding of the
Scriptures on this subject.


J. H. W1NBoRNE.


MAGNOLIA, Miss, Nov. s, 1873.
Year: 1873

A writer in the London Field gives
the following as his method of ridding
his fowls of vermin,. He says "Dur-
ing the past season / have found COM
moi. paraffine to be a most effectual cure
for house and birds. For the former,
simply spinkle it about the building
severy other day or so, until they have
disappeared; then a good plan is to
keep q can of the same in the house
with the cord out. For birds with a
common small paint brushl apply it
from neck to tail on the back, and
again under the wings; this viii kill
them all in an hour or so, and not hurt
the birds.n ~
Year: 1873

Can the leopard change his name,
was NOrval of the Grampian hills he
loved not wisely but too many cooks
spoil the breaking waves dashed high
low jack and the game of Brag is good
but HOldfast is better late than" never
too old to learn the luxury of doing
goodbye sweetheart and George
Washington was the father of his native
land; good night.-[J. Billings.
Year: 1873

a paper has found out why persons
cannot sleep. It is because there is an
in the organism of the
products of oxidation, mainly of car
bOnic acid, that accumulation being
favored and controlled by reflex action
of the nervous system, which thus pro-
tects the organism from excessive Oxi-
dation, and allows the organism to
its normal functional activity
succeeding rhythmic
nerind y
Year: 1873

A young man who knows all about it
states that his experience has taught
him that a f1irt is fool, who delights in
fOOling fools, and the fool who is fooled


by such a fool is the foOlishest kind of
Year: 1873

Henry Ward Beecher, in speaking of
the moral strength which culture gives,
says: I'm the great conflict between
Germany and France, it was the school
house which oyerthrew France. There
were ninety eight per cent. of the Ger
man army who could read and write.
There were but forty eight per cent. Of
the French army who could read and
write. Of course they went down.
Year: 1873

The undersigned in returning his sincere
thanks for the very liberal patronage with
which he has heretofore been favored, would
respectfully call the attention of all needing
anything in his line to his


LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
OF everything belonging to the Drug Business.
orders solicited.


Prescriptions will receive particular attention
at all hours of the day or night.


CLAUDIUS MAYO,


PharmaePutiSt
Year: 1873

Now We proceed to another count
against Noyes as Probate Judge. It is
one in which the widow and orphan were
affected. In this, as we have done in 9TH
Aer cases, we quote the record ,--1
Year: 1873

The man most to blame in the salary steal
Is President Grant. He was the immediate
representative Of the whole people, and to him
they looked for she special guardianship OF
the Treasury. His supposed efficiency and in-
tegrity In this direction was the main argu-
ment Of his supporters before the people, and
did more than anything else to secure his 70.
election. His action upon the salary bill ends
STRANGE from him would have prevented the
passage Of the bill, and after its passage his
veto, or even the refusal Of his signature
would have killed it. Instead of preventing
the iniquity, he hastened to cOnsummate IL, y
as 70 make sure Of a hundred thousand dollar
additional into his own pocket.
Year: 1873

Report of the Committee to whom was re-
ferred the subject of the Minnesota Farm
ers' Mutual Fire Insurance Association
was read and report accepted.


Sirs and brothers: The Committee to
whom was referred the matter of Mutual
Insurance, by the State Grange at its last
session, beg leave to report:


We are satisfied that all that is necessary
for the farmers Of our State to become ac-
quainted with this Company to have the
fullest confidence in it. There are no quib-
bles or quirks to get out Of paying honest
losses. The rules are plain, simple and
easy understood, which is more than can
be said of other companies, whose policies
contain so many ifs and ands, it is difficult
to tell whether person is insured or not.
The Farmers Mutual insures only farm
property. This Of course is an advantage
to the party insured, as it makes the rate
of insurance much lower. This is not a
stock company, but every person insured
has voice in its management and election
of directors, who in turn elect the officers.


Their officers are paid fee according
to the amount of work performed, which
secures prompt and faithful attendance
to business which salary fails to accom-
plish. Every person pays membership
fee Of five dollars, this pays the Agent and
Secretary and incidental expenses. Each
member pays his proportion Of losses
while he may remain member, and to Sc
cure the payment of this he has to deposit
in bank two per cent. on the amount he
has insured. For instance, person in
sures in this company for one thousand
dollars; he first pays five dollars member
ship fee and deposits twenty dollars, max
ing in all twenty five dollars, and if he in
sures other property or renews at the ex-
piration of policy, he does not pay men,
bership fee but once. Ifyou sell property
insured, your money is refunded or the
insurance put on other property, but in no
case can the policy be transferred to per-
son not member Of the company. If the
losses make it necessary to draw upon the
deposit it does not lessen the amount for
which you may be insured as long as you
have one Per cent. on deposit. :.
= The money deposited is in the name of
tho party insured, and every precaution
is taken to prevent dishonest practices or
the accumulation Of money for the benefit
Of the officers, or any but those insured.
Year: 1873

"a On looking through the various
stocks of goods kept in Red Wing we find
an endless variety, and safely, say, that the
stocks and stores of Red Wing. are not
second to any in this or any other State.
In visiting the various institutions we are
greatly surprised to find such an endless
variety in any one store ss we find at
"A. ). CLARK'S new store corner Of Bush
ana Thlrd streets. It would seem almost
impossible to call for anything in the Drug,
Grocery, or Fancy Goods line and be dis
appointed in not getting it. We alss found
Dr. u. ". Boutwell, in charge Of the Medi-
cal department, with everything on hand
to attend to the wants Of such % are in need
Of medicines We can safely say there 10 no
more complete store in the State than this.
Il will pay you to 60 and examine goods
are sold very reasonable.
Year: 1873

Tho Walworth trial has renewed the discus
sion as to the proper treatment OF insane crlm-
jnals, and correspondent, in letter which
We print this morning, puts some pertinent
questions which we suspect tho average jury
man would find it difficult to answer. The
practice of our courts has apparently been to
disregard the plea of insanity when there Is
basis of evidence for it to rest upon, and to
accept it when there is no foundation for
it at all. 1t is hard to say how Tar
this plea may have influenced the jury
in tho Walworth case. The defense was a
highly ingenious presentation of various con-
alterations upon which the jury might have
based verdict either of acquittal or OF guilty
in some Of the minor degrees, and the plea OF
insanity was one of them. Probably it did not
exert a very great influence upon their minds,
but it was so prominent i'll the course OF the
trial that it has naturally excited remark.


Judge Davis was very strict in his ruling
that the Jury were not to consider the possi-
BILE impairment of the prisoners will in con-
nection with tho commission OF the criminal
act and yet he pronounced it repugnant to
common sense, common humanity and
common decencyn that an insane man
should be tried for crime. The law of the
State Of New York, however, does try insane
persons for crime; it defines tho degree OF
insanity which shall be accepted as an
excuse; but every man whose mind Is un-
sound is properly speaking insane, and
no general law can possibly determine
in what particular instances the excuse ought
TO be accepted. Insane persons are capable OF
restraining themselves-except in some rare
instances-and are deferred by fear of punish
ment. Though they may not always distin-
guish between abstract right and wrong, they
generally know the difference between what
ia lawful and what is forbidden; and that is
enough to make them responsible. We must
draw broad line between sin in the eyes of
God and crime in the eyes of the law.


tr ~. ~ hear in mind the purpose of legal


-. ~ have less difficulty in solv-
ing the problem suggested =. ~ o". SC..Y.pU ma"n"a
ent's letter. That purpose is not W ,,N'"-Ve'
but protection. We hang and imprison Grim
inals not because they have deserved it, but
because it is necessary for the safety of society
that they should be restrained and that other
criminals should be deferred by the spectacle of
their punishment. If the imprisonment of an
insane man will have these effects, why, pray
should not an insane criminal be imprisoned
We shall probably come to this in the end,
and there arc indications that we are coming
to it pretty soon. The new law of MURDER
which facilitates convictions in the second de-
gree, will probably put stop to the scanda-
lous acquittals on pretense of emotional in
sanity. and when We have got that far We
shall doubtless carry the reform farther.
Year: 1873

The alarm which Sen atOr West hinted the
other day at the prospect of political union
of colored men and white refOrmers in Louis
lana is now sounding all along tho line.
While somo of the Administration journals
content themselves with doubling the sin
cerity of the Beauregard resolutions, others
denounCe them as a nero device for the in
jury Of the Republican party, lure to draw
away the freed people from the support of
the Kelloggs, Caseys, ClaytOns, and other
bulwarks of liberty, upon whom the safety
of the nation is supposed to depend.
"Codln's the friend, not Short,n is the
warning of these interested advisers, who can
sec nothing but evil in combination
which may possibly rescue the Southern Sta tes
from the grasp of Republican adventures and
carpet-baggers. No matter if these adven-
turers are disgrace and damage to their
party; no matter if honest and patriotic
friends of the Administration are compelled to
bear the Odium of their rascalities; no matter
if the South lies PROSTATE under their mis-
government, society disOrganized, industry
palsied, enterprise discouraged; it is better,
say the newspapers, to bear all these evils
than to imperil the regular party machinery.
The truth is the regular party machinery
has only been kept running of late years by
fomentjng distrust and antipathy between the
whites and the negroes. No rational voter of
either color, could have deliberately sustained
the buresques upon government which we
have witnessed in Louisiana. in Arkansas. in
the CarOiinas, and elsewhere, unless passion
and prejudice had been deeply enlisted In tho





by which the Carpet-baggers could keep them
selves in power, and that was by purchasing
the help of the national administration on the
one hand, and on the other organizing with
its aid distinctively negro party. 1t has been
clear from the start that the only hope Of the
South was in genuine, hearty reconciliation
of the two races, and if the Southern people had
been left to themselves a reconciliation would
have been effected long ago. The antagonism
has been kept up under the Ostensible sanction
of the Republican party; and yet it would be
unjust to hold tho party entirely responsible
1t is one Of the penalties Of success TO be sur
rounded by parasites; aud the despicable crea-
lures who have been thieving and cheating so
long at the South under the Republican colors
would be blatant Democrats tomorrow if the
Democracy held the bag. The Republican
Administration made terrible mistake whom
it consented to support these mon and to shut
its eyes to their iniquities in consideration Of
the help they could give it at election time !;
and some of the wisest and stanchest leaders
of the party now perceive tho mistake, and
are willing to correct it.


We do not know that the conditions are yet
favorable for the change which is attempted
" Louisiana, We ste not certain that tho
Year: 1873

whites "a body are yet prepared to
nut away inveterate prejudices, or that the
colored people have yet sufficient education
and independence of character to disregard
the mischievous lessons taught them during
the last eight years. But we do know that a
great change for the better is approaching
steadily. though perhaps slowly, and we look
upon the proposed unifcation' in Louisiana
as one of its most cheering indications Inc
political horizon is Frightening. There are
good signs in all quarters-slight, but signlt-
cant. The last weeks of Horace Greeleys lie
wero spent in teaching to the South the great
lesson of brotherly union, charity, confidence
and forgiveness and the country is beginning
to understand that he spoke then not only as
a Christian but as a wise and far-scelng states