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Year: 1873

The marriage of Miss Rothschild daughter of Sir
Anthony Rothschild and the Hon. Eliot Yorke son Of
the Earl of Hardwicke has created some sensation
in England, in consequence of section of the clergy
of the Church of England lodging caveat in the
the diocese court at Ely against the wedding being
allowed to proceed in the parish church at Wimpole
the bride being u Jewess. The court, however
wisely declined TO interfere. and after a civil mar
rage before the Register General, the second cere
mony took place at the Wimpole church, in the
presence of a crowded congregation.
Year: 1873

Boston has so lately suffered from one of
the great fires of the century that the news
OF another considerable disaster of that sort
caused some excitement, yesterday, in this
city. The fire seems to have been confined to
the block in which it broke ont but the loss
of life which is reported is a sad feature of
the affair. 1t is quite possible that Boston, as
well as New York, needs more stringent regu-
latiOps concerning fire-escapes.
Year: 1873

"Now, Aunt Sallie, do please tell US
why you never got married. You re-
member you said once that when you
were girl you were engaged to min.
ister, and promised you would tell us
all shout it some time. Now, Aunt,
please tell us.R


"Well, yon see, when ! was about
seventeen years old l was living in
Utica, in the State of New York.
Though say it myself, was quite a
good looking girl then, and had sever
al beaux. The one that took my fan
cy was a young minister, very prom
isipg young man and remarkably
pious and steady. He thought a good
deal of me. and l kind Of took fan
cy to him, and things ran on until We
were engaged. One evening he came
to me and put his arms around me,
and kind Of hugged me, when 1 got
excited and some frustrated. II was u
long time ago, and l don't know but
what | might have hugged back lit
tie. ! was like any other girl, apd
pretty soon l pretended to be mad
about it and pushed him away, though
1 wasn't mad q hit. You must know
that the house where lived was on
ene of the back streets of the town.
There were glass doors in the parlor,
which opened right over the street.
These doors were drawn to. Istepped
back little from him, and when he
came up close 1 pushed him back
again. / pushed him little harder
than l intended to; and don't you
think, girls. the poor fellow lost his
balance and fell through one of the
doors into the street.


ooh, Aunty! Was he killed ?"


"No. He fell head first, and as be
was going l caught him by the legs of
his trousers. / held on for minute
and tried to pull him back; but his
suspenders gave way, and the poor
young man fell clear out of his panta,
looms, into a whole parcel of ladies
and gentlemen passing along the
street,"


"Oh! Aunty Aunty LordyW
There. that's right, squall and gig
gle as much as you want to. Girls
that cant hear little thing like that
without tearing aroand the room and
he.heing in such way don't know
enough to come home when it rains.
A nice time the man who marries one
of you will have, won't he. Catch me
telling you anything again"


"But, Aunt Sally, what became of
him2 Did you ever see him again ?"
mo; the moment he touched the
ground he got up, and left that place
in terrible hurry. l tell you it was
a sight to be remembered How that
man did rum He went cut West,
and l believe he is preaching out in
Illinois. But he never married. He
was very modest, and / suppose he was
SO badly frightened that time that he
never dared to trust himself near q
woman again. That, girls, is the rea-
son never married. | felt very bad
about it for long tine-for he was a
real good man, and I've often thought
to myself that we should have been
very happy if big suspendsrs hadn't
given way"
Year: 1873

When / was employed by Gen.
Harvey last summer to take charge
temporarily of the Indians that we're
gathered near Fort Randall, Decotah
to form new reservation, one day
guide and trailer came into the gener-
ais headquarters. l told him to be
seated.f He sat down on the floor,
bracing his back against the wall.
The general saw this, and in vexation
cried out, "My God. why don't you
take chair, when there are plenty
here not occupied ?"


The man arose and seated himself
in chair, but in so awkward and un-
comfortable a manner that he looked
as if he might slip from it at any mo-
ment. But when thjs upcouth per-
son came to transact his business with
the general, he turned out to be a
man of ordinary abilities. His de-
scription of route he took as guide
aud trailer for the Ogallalahs in bring
ing them from the Platte to the fort
was minute, and to me exceedingly
interesting. Every war party that
for the season had crossed his trail, he
described with minuteness as to their
number, the kind Of arms they had,
and stated the tribes they belong to.
In these strange revelations that he
made there was neither imposition,
nor suppcsition, for he gave satisfactory
reasons for every assertion he made


| have reae several hundred miles
with an experienced guide and trailer,
Hack, whom l interrogated upon
many points in the practice of this art
Nearly all tracks saw, either old or
new, as a novice in the art, question
ed him about. In going to the Mo
brara rive; ne crossed the track of an
Indian pony. My guide followed the
track q few miles ana then said. ';It is
a stray, black horse, with long bushy
tail, nearly starved to death, has
split hoof on the left fere fost, and
goes very lame, and he passed here
this morning" Astonished and ID
credulous, | asked him the reasons
for knowing these particulars by the
tracks of the animal, when he replied:


1T was a stray horse, because it did
not go in direct line, his tail was
long for he dragged it over the snow; /;
in brushing against bush lie left
some of his hair, which shows its col
or. He was very hungry, for in going
along, he has nipped at those high,
dry weeds which horses seldom eat.
The fssure of the left fore foot left, al
so, its track, aud the depth of the in
dentation shows the degree of his
lameress; and his tracks shew he was
here this morning when the snow was
hard with frost" st


At another place we came across an
Indian track, and he said; "It is an
old Yankton, who came across the Mis-
siouri last evening to look at his traps.
In coming over he carried in his right
hand trap, and in his right lassU
to catch pony he had lost. He re.
turned without finding the horse, but
had caught in the trap he had out
prairie wolf which he carried home
on his back and bundle Of kinikinic
wood he used for staff for support,
and catching Welt also shows that he
had traps" "But," ! asked, show do
you know it's wolf; why not fox or
a caYote, or even q deer 2" Said he,
"Ifit had been fox, or cayote, or any
other kind of small game, he would
have slipped the head Of the animal
in his waist belt and so carried it by
/ his side and hot ou his shoulders,
Year: 1873

A C9llinsville mother gave a five-dol-
lar ring to a worrying child, and, hav-
ing quieted itself with it, the child
generously gave it to an uneasy dog,
who promptly swallowed it. Any one
finding ring in his sausage will please
return it to the lady.


"Pretty bad under foot to-day"
said one citizen to another, as they
met in the street. "Yes, but it's fine
overhead" responded the other.


True enough" said the fret, "but
then very few are going that way"


A camel and an elephant belonging to
a circus were tied to a tree near Fish
kill Landing. the other day, when the
express train came along, The camel
tainted away, but the elephant started
Of with the tree.
Year: 1873

The West Chester PA. Record
says liver since the hanging OF George
Grant at the Chester county prison some
time ago, Alfred Chase, a colored youth
of thirteen summers, son OF Alexander
Chase. whose family mansion is located
near Seger's mill in Pocopson township,
has had great desire to know and
feel the sensation OF hanging. Several
times within the past few weeks he has
told his mother and sister that he
would like TO know Just how il felt to
be hung" and we think he has had his
ambitions gratified, at least he has not
exhibited any longings that way since
Monday last. On that day his mother,
before leaving home, corrected him for
his misdemeanor and snid he ought TO
be sent to the House of Refuge. This
rebuke the lad thought severe, and
soon after his mothers departure con-
cluded to experience the hanging SEN
sation. Procuring n rope he slipped
out OF the house, got upon chair,
fastened one end Of thcrope to clothes
line hook in the side OF the house,
secured the other end around his neck
and swung of. Some time after he was
missed from the house, and his sister, on
looking up his whereabouts, found him
hanging as above described-his feet
barely touching the ground. He no
doubt "felt just how it was to be
hung" much sooner than he had antici.
pated, as he had " scratcl gravel y
considerably in his Efforts - get back
upon the chair. In order to get " q
good feeling" Alfred did not depend on
the ordinary slip knot, but, after loop
ing the rope around his neck, gave it
two extra wraps, and luckily he did, for
this no doubt saved his life, as it pre-
vented tho loop from slipping and
choking him TO death. When discover
ed life was nearly extinct. He was
taken down and physician sent for.
When DR.. r. G. Smedley, of West
Chester, arrived. Alfred was still insen-
sible, his wiudpipe compressed, his
lungs congested with blood, his jaws
set, and it was some time before any
medicine could be administered, and
then only by prying open his mouth.
At last accounts he was getting along
very we'll If there are any others who
would like to know "iust how it feels
we would advise them to call on this
youth and first get his experience.
Year: 1873

You will seldom pass country vii
la., e without seeing a graveyard IN its
vicinity; but the old grounds in which
slate has not been displaced by white
marble are the only picturesque objects
OF this kind. Our ancestors selected as
their burial place quiet spot not far
from the village, and did not plant 1t
with trees because it was surrounded by
them. Their intention was to preserve
the relics of the dead by returning them
to the dust, and to commemorate their
life by simple record of their name
and age. The custom of making the
graveyard pleasure ground is of mod
ern origin. At the present time these
old Enclosures are shaded by few trees
that came up there without planting.
The most common are the locust, the
! wild cherry, the velvet sumach and the
Lombardy poplar; and we have learned
by habit to associate their rugged and
homely appearance with the venerable
objects that accompany them.


You can hardly conceive how much of
the beauty of these ancient resting pla-
ces of the dead is due to the slate that
forms the gravestones. Being OF dark
color it harmonizes with nature; it is
sober, but sombre, and unlike marble,
and has no offensive glare. These are
our only "rural cemeteries" Modern
burying grounds are but conservatories
of sculpture and other works of decor
stive art. The use of white marble, be
it ever so plain and simple, is inc N


patible with any idea of the epicturesque.
But when it is carved and embellished
in the highest style of ornate art, We
look upon the monuments as expressions
of the vanity of the living under an os-
tentatious display of reverence for the
dead. Woods and By Ways Of Neu
| England.
Year: 1873

Foolish GIRLs.-About the checklist
operation on record has just been
brought to light at Auburn, Me-, where
two Lewiston girls have been camping
out for ten days in the house OF a gen.
tleman who is spending the winter at
New York. They entered through a
stable, end so skillfully obliterated
their tracks that for more than week
they sat in purple and fine linen from
the wardrobe and cooked ihe first It'd bits
from the we'll filled larder, without de-
lection. The chance visit of neighbor,
however, who kept the key to the house,
finally spoiled their little game.
Year: 1873

A BRAVE WoMAN.-The courage Of
a Boston woman during the smallpox
scare is worthy of special note walk
ing along the street one day, she felt
that she had. received the infection from
a passing person, and wrote a note to
her family stating the trouble and that
she was going to reside at an unoccupied
house until the danger was over. She
received two attendants, took possession
of the house, in ten days was. taken
down with the disease, passed through
the various stages, recovered, and Is
now at home, happy that her family
have escaped the disease through her
brave devotion.
Year: 1873

A New York dispatch of the 22d says
President Grant, Secretary Richardson, aud
Gen. Babcock were in consultation in New
York yesterday with the leading banks and
business men of the city to devise some means
of relieving the financial condition. The prop
ositions of the New Workers. which were sub
mitted in writing to the President, all urged
very strongly the issuing of the so-called
green-back reserve to the amount of forty
millions of dollars. Reverdy johnson rein
forced their appeals by a written opinion, in
which he said that although the action pro-
posed was unconstitutional, it was demanded
by public policy, and if he were President he
would not hesitate to take the step. Secretary
Richardson's opposition to this movement was
very strong, and the President stoutly sup
ported him. The Secretary said, in very vigor-
Gus slang, that he would never consent to it,
as it was none of his funeral. The result of
the conference was an order from the Pr esl-
dent that the Assistant Treasurer at New York
buy bonds on Monday to any amount offered.
How much relief this will afford does not ap-
pear Government bonds were drug in the
market on Saturday the National Trust Com
pany, which had nearly million of them in
it's possession, being unable to raise dollar
Herewith to save itself from suspension"
Year: 1873

We publish in another column q call
from the merchants of st. Louis upon
those Of all the cities Of the Mississippi
valley to unite with them in their exer-
tions 20 procure from the government
such aid as may be necessary to deepen
the channel Of the river and keep it in q
navigable condition all the year, from
It's source to its mouth, and also such as
may be necessary to construct the Fort
SLPIillips canal. We urge this call upon
the attention of the merchants Of Men,
pais as one the importance of which
cannot be msgnified. The banking and
the political capital of the east are being
used to prevent the west and southwest
from realizing the full benefits of the
water-courses in competition with rail-
roads, and it is only by the combined
efforts of all the communities interested
in cheap transportation, and the restora-
ton Of trade 70 its natural channels, that
anything can be done against so formid-
able combination. Let us, then, unite
with st. Louis, New Orleans, Cincin-
natl, and Louisville, and, by making
the improvement Of our great river a
common cause, force a remedial measure
through the next congress. We hope
the chamber Of commerce, at its next
meeting, will take cognizance Of this
eau by St Louis, and answer il promptly
by such resOluii u- As will express our
determination ia liie matter.
Year: 1873

The business before the general coun-
Gil yesterday, a full report Of which will
be found on our fourth page, it will
be seen is more than ordinarily inter
esting. The claim OF Brown, the
Nicolson pavement contractor, was
put in train for settlement, assessors
and registers were appointed, the wrecks
in front of the city were ordered remov-
ed, city dispensary is TO be established,
the tender Of sale TO the city Of the wa
terworks was sent in by tho mayor,
Councilman Grant explained himself
IN regard to Inspector O'Ban-
non, and the sanitary regulations
proposed by the board Of health
were ordered printed with a view 10
the more thorough information Of
members OF the council. We regret
that il was not adopted. The council
had plenty Of time, since it was pre-
pared, to have had it printed and to
have studied it carefully with view to
its passage. Il was due the public, as
well ss the board Of health, that this
should have been done. But better late
than never. We viii have to live amid
another ten thousand barrels Of Offal
and filth, and breathe unknown guam
titles of stencil until the twenty-fifth
instant, when the council meets again,
and Dadg-shall we say sCRk-adOpt II,
and permit the board OF health to enter
upon their work With proper facilities
for its execution and authority to en-
force its edicts.
Year: 1873

The San Francisco Morning Call gives an amusing account of @ "tub rsce |" which recently came of near that city, for which three brave mariners entered themselves, and entered their washing utensils. Undeterred by the recent disaster to the Atlantic, they dared the crinkled waters of the bay minus boots, vests, and coats but one of them had no sooner settled himself in his tub than he slid gracefully therefrom into the water, while the tub hopped merrily away, bottom up, upon the tide, amid the enthusiastic cheers of the crowd. The tub was recovered the dripping mariner was reinstated ; and at the word "go," the sculls were dipped in the water, and the trace" began. The excitement at this point was tremendous. About fifty persons were crowded upon q balcony attached to Costa's saloon, directly over the waters of the bay, about four or five feet deep, and ere long the whole assemblage found itself foundering in the water amid the frag- ments of wrecked balcony. The scene was 1udicrous in the extreme. A colored citizen, dressed in the height of fashion, was seen emerging from the mud and youth suspended from derrick filled the air with frantic shrieks of "Save me save me l" But worst of all, one fellow had the misfortune not to provide himself with suspenders, and in the fall of the balcony his baggy pantaloons were ruthlessly torn off him by the falling timbers. He had not the presence of mind to remain in the friendly water, but grasped beam and drew himself up. The effect upon the crowd was immense. The young mans person was net symmetrical, and it was the general opinion that the bath he had just had must have been the first for many months. As he hung from the beam, his shirt waving in the breeze, and his limbs writhing with their owners efforts to climb to place of security, he was a fearful sight for a Sunday afternoon in civilized community. A man of a Fallstaffian contour evidently thought that he had fallen into about sixty feet of water, and struck out des- perately for land. He had swan but a few yards when cramps of fright disabled him, and he sank with @ cry of despair, apparently believing that he had seen the last of this fair world. When he found himself 1n about four feet of water, he came scrambling ashore, the most sheepish-looking individual ever seen. After the momentary consterna- tion caused by the disaster had sub sided, the crowd on dry land nearly died of laughing, and had barely strength to assist their drenched fellow citizens out of the mire. When all had been extricated, it was found that abraded noses and spoiled clothes were the most serious casualties.
Year: 1873

The water fairly boils with sharks, says a Florida correspondent, writing from St. Augustine. I counted one hundred and twelve within the space ot an acre, none of which were less than eight feet long. Indian river people say that they have seen them twenty feet in length. saw one that measured over seventeen feet. They would fre- quently break under the bows of our twenty-one foot sail boat, careening her to one side and at times half lifting her from the water. They fiocked about the boat by dozens, and cast hungry looks at the huge yellow dog on the forecastle. At one time I struck a twelve foot fellow over the snout with 8 heavy boat pole. He made great swirl through the water as if surprised, but saucily darted back to the craft to see what had hit him. Occasionally boatmen plunge lily irons into them, and are lowed about the river against wind and tide for miles. Some of the natives declare that they are man-eaters, while others deny it. Jim Paine, of Fort Capron, told me that he had stood in the water for hours while these big sharks were nosing about his legs, but Dr. Fox, my guide, seemed afraid of them, and declared that he had known them to pull an estimable young lady from Savannah out of boat while she was dragging her hand behind the stern. She was cut into mince meat in five seconds. During the war, it is said, that boat containing fourteen men was upset in Jupiter Inlet, about twenty feet from shore. There was a foaming of the waters, and in half a minute twelve of the fourteen men dis appeared The water tinged with blood marked the spots where they had been drawn under. Two of the sailors got ashore, but so bitten and in shreds that they died soon afterward.

 was told another story of four men who started to walk up the beach from Cape Florida to St. Augustine. They managed to get across New Inlet upon an improvised raft, but on arriving at Lake Worth Inlet they attempted to swim across. Three of them were gob- bled up by sharks. The fourth reached the shore, and travelled on to Jupiter Light, where he told of the fate of his comrades. These reports certainly show that many of the sharks are man eaters. The most of them are of the shovel-nosed variety. As they are more lively and voracious in the summer than in winter, it is probable that they would attack man in July or August when they would not touch him in De- cember or January.
Year: 1873

The Danbury NeaOs says: It is little singular how well pair of boots can be made to fit at the store. You may not be able to get your foot. only part way down the leg at the first trial, but that is because your stocking is sweaty, or you haven't started right, and the shoe- maker suggests that you start again and stand up to it, and he throws in little powder from pepper-box to aid you; And so you stand up, and pound down your foot, and partly trip yourself up, and your eyes stick out in an unpleasant manner, and every vein in your body appears to be on the point of bursting, and all the while that dealer stands around and eyes the operation as intent 1y as if the whole affair was perfectly new and novel to him. When your foot has finally struck bottom, there Is faint impression on your mind that you have stepped into an open stove, but he re- moves it by solemnly observing that he never saw a boot fit quite as good as that. You may suggest that your toe that some of the bones in the side of the foot are too much smashed, but he says this is always the way with new DOOG, auO UudG GI10 GIOuUlO WILL OlOI1S1y disappear in few days. Then you take the old pair under your arm and start for home as animated as relic of 1872, all the while feeling that the world will not look bright and happy to you again until you have brained that shoemaker. You limp down town the next day, and smile all the while with your mouth, while your eyes look as if you were walking over an. oyster bed barefoot. When no one is looking you kick against post or some other obstruction, and show 8 fondness for stopping and rest ing against something that will sustain your weight. When you get home at night you go for those old boots with an eagerness that cannot be. described, and the remarks that you make upon learning that your wife has disposed of them to widow woman in the suburbs, are calculated to immediately depopu- late the earth of women and shoemakers generally.
Year: 1873

DEAD OR A11vE.-There is a rumor current in London that very wealthy baronet, long of unsound mind, and represented to be still living, really died years ago, but that some affection ate relatives, to whose care he was com mitted by the legal authorities, have in vented, with the view of retaining the ample allowance made to them for talk ing care of him by the Court of Chancery, lay figure, an admirable likeness of the deceased gentleman, which, seated in an easy chair and covering over the fire, they show to the official inquisi- tors, with the intimation that Sir H. can't bear to be approached or disturb o1