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Year: 1871

A man named Mcdonald, wagon
maker at Shepherdsville, who lived on
the opposite side of Salt river, started
to walk across the bridge from that
point, which is very high, with rocky
bottom beneath. In crossing the bridge
he stumbled and fell between the ties,
but, fortunately, managed to grasp a
tie with his hands, and there hung
dangling, with one hundred feet of
sheer fall beneath him. He was una
BILE to regain the top of the bridge, but
hung on with death-grasp until his
cries brought assistance from the end
of the bridge. They lifted him from
his perilous position and led him off
the bridge.


Upon reaching the shore he sat down
for few moments, and seemed some
what overcome by the terrible danger
through which he had passed. When
asked if he was hurt, he replied that
his leg was hurt little, and that he
would go home and put some hnament
on it. He got up, walked few steps,
and fell to the ground dead. It was re-
ported that he died from the effects of
injuries to his breast received in the
fall, but such it seems was not the case.
The physicians who carefully examined
his body, say that there was no bruise
or wound sufficient to disable him,
much less cause death, and express the
opinion that his death was caused by
fright. .-L0uiSr55te Ledger.
Year: 1871

ces, in saying thatthe payment of these
bills by the Comptroller and the rails
ing of bonds by the Board of Appor-
tionment authorizes me to say that they
are entitled to the confidence of the
court so as to permit them to go on
and spond more money. Having failed,
in consequence of omission, if not of
commission, it is my duty, and pain
ful duty, not to allow another dollar to
be paid from the treasury, OF another
bond to be issued till such time as there
shall be some alteration in that Board
Applause.


It may be said that in consequence
of granting this order the city and
county governments will be disorgan-
lied. [ have nothing to do with that. I
have a plain duty to perform-not a
pleasant one, but one which I cannot
avoid. Whenever proper case is pre-
sented for an mi JUNCTION, it is my duty
to grant it. It is said that there is &
remedy for the purpose of trying the
charges against the Comptroller. I
know of no such legal remedy, and
where there is no remedy against the
robbery of a community, it is the duty
of the bench to enact remedy; and,
if none existed, the court would be
justified in resorting to any means in its
power to prevent a continuance of that
state of things discreditable to the city.
We all have the credit of the city at
heart; whether aged men wishing to
give their offsprings an inheritance, or
middle aged men willing to provide for
their children, or the little infant in its
cradle. We are all interested for it.
The injunction is granted. Frantic
applause.


In reply to O'Gorman, his honor said
he did not include the issue of the pre-
sent bonds payable for property-own :
ers for local improvements.
Year: 1871

The united railway directors of Ger
many met recently at Berlin, and hav-
ing completed their deliberations, gave
themselves grand dinner Long be
fore the guests had become merry with
wine, the walters exhibited hilarity
at variance with their natural demure-
he S, and the waiting became somewhat
slack, if not grotesque. In short, the
guests were not seated many minutes
when it became but too patent that the
whole waiting personnel was dead
drunk. But instead of temporizing
with the merry crew until they had
quietly been got away, one of the rail
way magnatee, accustomed to rule, vio-
lently demonstrated with one of the
worst offenders, and the latter answer
ed by terrific box on the directors
ear. This scandal, of course, was not
to be borne the whole company arose
like one man, crying for vengeance,
while the rebellious walters took their
darling colleagues part. Blows fell
thick and fast, and the skirmish was
not terminated until a posse of consta-
bIes came to rescue the millionaires
from the host of walters.
Year: 1871

Then all at once thought came into
my head, just as if somebody had
whispered it to me; and shook the
floor, so that they flew this way and
that way. The rogue, fearing, no
doubt, that some of them might get
lost, pounced upon them to pick 'em
up, putting down his pistol, just as /
thought he would. But the minute he
loosed hold of it [ snatched it up and
lshot him dead on the spot.'


. My driver gives q hoarse, chuckling
/ laugh of intense enjoyment; while the
starosta, paused for a moment in order
to heighten the effect of his last SEN
tence, handles the captured pistol with
belligerent air.


"Well done put in 7, e:you had
! tricked him very nicely. But what did
the other two do Ran away suppose. y


6 You may say that, , replied the mar
rator, with louder grin than ever
g they were gone almost before I could
turn around. Well, when I found my
self safe again, and the field clear, I
felt SO dazed that I almost thought I
should have tainted; but I knew that
there was more to be done yet, SO I
dipped my head in a pan of water, to
clear it a bit, locked up the house, put
the key in my pocket, and ran away as
hard as could go tot the 'kvartalni, dis
tr1ct police Inspector But when I got
there, he was not at home. They said
he had gone out more than an hour be-
fore, and hadn't come back yet; so
there was nothing for it but to go on
to the next station, across the river
yonder, and tell the kvartalni there.


The minute he heard what had hap
pened, he clasps on his coat, calls three
or four Of his men, and away we all
went back to my hut, where we found
the dead fellow lying on the floor just
as [ had left him. The kvartalni's men
pulled off his mask and who should it
be but the very police inspector had
been looking for And the other two
robbers, as I found out afterward, were
the village postmaster and the priest
And now, BARN, here's your place ready
for you; and may heaven send you
good nights rest
Year: 1871

The mesquit bean crop Of Western
Texas, it is reported, is very large this
year, equalling the great crop of 1860.
At present every tree and bush is bend
ing under the weight of the beans,
upon which the horses and cattle are
feeding with great relish. This mesqult
bean makes excellent winter food Tor
stock, and many persons are collecting
them for that purpose.
Year: 1871

silent on the subject" Whilst such men as
Frank Blair declared them, unconstitutional,
null and void" others were ready to accept
them. So with negro suffrage. Whilst Sauls-
bury, Garret Davis aud others are declaring it
fraud and uSurpation, the address was so
worded as to accept it. No wonder the out-spo-
ken papers in the party are dissatisfied. The
Easton Star thus reflects the views of the dis
satisfied ones. 1t says: From reading the
paper, it appears to us that the Democrats in
Congress are afraid to denounce the Radical
party as it deserves to be denounced, and as
they know the Democracy of the country ex-
pect them to denouuce it, The address is in
no wise calculated to arouse a listless people to
an appreciation Of the perilouS condition of the
times"
Year: 1871

FROM the manner in which the Gazette tries
to cast reflections upon Mrs. Lippincott for as
summing her literary title whilst on literary
tour, we infer that it would take malignant
satisfaction in maligning her character if it
could have found sufficient grounds In literary
lite her name is Grace Greenwood, just as Mrs
JAS. Partunis Fanny Fern or Saln'l L. Clemens
is Mark Twain, but in private life she is known
and addressed by her real name-or at least
she was here. What she said about us was
doubtless through misconception; what the
Ga@ette tried to intimate about her was little
short OF wlIluI malice. and while we repudiate
the former we earnestly condemn the latter.
vi the two, the latter was the more injurious
10 the character Of the State
Year: 1871

"GRACE GREENwooD" has seen fit to offer
some amends for her reflections in what she
calls her humorous little sketch " of her
visit to this State, which may or may not be
satisfactory to others than herself We think
she has forgotten the amount of attention she
did receive,-but the least said the soonest
mended, and if there had been nothing said
there would have been nething to mend. See
her letter elsewhere.
Year: 1871

The reduction of Paris, says the New
York Evening Post, after a siege of four
months, with comparatively small loss
to the investing army, and the unspeak-
able humiliation of the French people,
teaches very impressively the folly of
fortifying large cities against assault,
The ultimate surrender of any beleag-
ured town, however strongly fortified
was considered, even in the days of
Vauban, foregone conclusion, assum-
ing that the means Of attack are unlim-
tied. With much more confidence may
we count upon surrender now that war
has been reduced almost to a question
of the heaviest artillery and sieges to
the resistance Of earth and masonry to
projeetiles. H


But in the case of large capitals the
matter of food intervenes and upsets the
calculations of military engineers. To
defend Paris with its garrison alone to
feed was one thing, to defend it with two
millions of people within its walls, was
quite another. A garrison may sustain
a bombardment, under the protection of
classmates and with regular rations, for
a long period, but halfstarved popula-
ton of women and children, startled by
falling shells and clamorous for bread,
may well perplex the plans Of the ablest
generals.


To fortify q capital and make it the
citadel of the nation is simply to invite
attack in the case of hostile inva-
sion. The objections to such policy
we're most forcibly stated and most
feebly met by NJ. Theirs in the French
Chamber of Deputies when the fortifica-
tions of Paris were begun under Louis
Philippe, and the capitulation to the
Emperor of Germany has furnished the
proof of their validity.


1t was the end of the war, in the very
nature of things, whereas, if Paris had
been without its Rosny and Mount Val
eriau, the occupation of it by the Ger
mans would have been by no means con-
elusive of the contest.


All this is quite apart from the i'm
policy, not to say the wickedness of sub


ecting a vast population to the horrors
of famine and the perils of a cannonade,
and from the reckless and indefensible
exposure to destruction of great libra
ries, and architectural triumphs and
priceless works of art. Whatever may
be the fortunes of France in the future,
we cannot believe that she will ever re
construct the Notifications of Paris in
the hope of relying upon them for the
protection of her capital.
Year: 1871

1t possesses the very great advantage
of carrying the work in the natural way
from left to right-which enables the
operator to handle the work more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operatorrequlre
an inclination Of the body forward (detri-
mental to healthy and are hard and tire
some to use.
Year: 1871

Why NOT get rid of that red, rough, and
frecse complexion when be easily exchanged for
and marble purity BY the Of HAGASs MAGNOLIA
charming why not and soften your hs which
certain to be done you Lror k,rHsos the best
dressing In The world
Year: 1871

Fractured SkuIl-Wns 1t Murder Elm.


vestigation by Coroner Younx-Post.m NOR


tenn Examination.


The case OF James Burning, the haclman who
oied In Bellevue Hospital, as was supposed, from
the effects OF intcmpcrance, proved to be more
serious than at first believed, he having received
fracture OF the SKULL lie was found lying on the
pavement corner OF Fifty third street and Third
avenue, early on Tuesday morning, in state
OF ntoxicaton, aud taken 10 the Nineteenth precinct
station house by the police, as previously re.
ported IN the HERALD. 1t has been stated that 1t
took Two or three Officers to remove deceased to the
lock up. but whether he was violent and disordery,
and quieed by the too free applications OF the locust
to his head does not appear. The coach and horses
OF deceased stood near where ne was found and 1t
Is possible burning may have fallen from the seat TO
the pavement and struck on his head.


Notwithstanding the brother OF deceased believed
the latter had died from the effects OF violence he
was bitterly opposed 70 opening the body, and made
the performance OF a duty which was imperative.
and only by doing which the cause Of death could


PosT.MoRTEM EXAMINATION.


DR.. F. 7. I. Marsh. Deputy Coroner made post
abrasion on the lcft side OF the forehead and on
the bridge OF the nose. Beneath the scalp,
stance OF temporal muscle, same side a large
amount OF extravasated blood was found On
examining the skull assure OF the right parietal
distance OF four inches. on examining the upper
section OF the skull large clot OF blood, measuring
-four inches In length three inches In width and
one inch in thickness, between the dura
mater OF the skull, was found COMPRISING the
middle and posteriOr lobes OF right hemisphere
brain corresponding 10 seat OF injury was
laceratcd; there were also two small clots on the
left hemisphere OF the brain, are situated on the
anterior lobe, the other on anterior portion OF
middle lobe. on examining the skull after re-
moving the brain the assure was found to extend
through the right temporal bone across the middle
base OF toe SKULL


Death, IN the opinion OF Dr. Marsh. was due TO
n of
blood from the fracture OF the SKULL the result OF
violence.


Whether the fracture was tho result OF an acci-
dent or from injuries purposely inflicted must be
determined by rigid examination, which VIII be
Instituted before Coroner Young.


The Coroner has requested Captain Gunner. Of the
Nineteenth precinct, to work up the case, and when
all the witnesses have been secured the inqusition
Will be proceeded with.


As q matter OF course the officers who found de.
ceased lying on the sidewalk and TOOK him to the
station house VIII be sworn and thoroughly ex-
amined.


Deceased who lived at No. Great Jones street.
had been drinking TO great excess during the last
four months.
Year: 1871

AFFRAY AT CHIoo-On the evening of the I'd
instant, an excursion train was run from Marys-
vile to Chico by the Republicans, who desired
to attend Republican meeting which was to be
held in that city, At Gridley's station party
came on board and went with the rest to Chico
On the arrival of the train at Chico, they were
met by the Chico club and escorted through the
principal streets to the speakers stand. When
the speaking was over, the Republicans, in pro-
cession, started for the cars on their return,
when the rear was attacked by some Democratic
roughs. Phillip Rupert was killed, and several
other Republicans were injured.
Year: 1871

Coop YIELD.-The Yreka Union of September
I'd says


We learn that Chris McNulty, whose place is
just below town on the road to Hawkinsvile
got Szo ousheis OF grain from little patch of
ten acres-volunteer crop at that He saws that
he is certain if he had not turned in some cattle.
which be did, he would have had 900 bushels
at least. And it is not very good season Tor
grain either.
Year: 1871

AFFAIRS in Mexico going to the bad. The
churcbmen and Imperialists, taking advantage
of the division among the Republicans, are every
where melting revolution and confidently count
ing upon the election by Congress of man OF
their choice.
Year: 1871

The French Government has appointed a COM
mission to investigate the circumstances connect
ed with the several army capitulatons during
the late war The commission will begin its
business on the 10Th instant
Year: 1871

SEoTs AND CREEDs DEFER bui there are no
dissenters from the general principle, that
great medicine is great blessing. We have
many of these bl blessings, but among them all, in
the province to which it belongs, no greater
than


Tarrant's Effervesoent Settler Aperient.
column would not suffice to enumerate the
ailments for which it is prescribed by physicians
of the highest standing 1t does not belong to
the class derisively termed patent medicines,
but is an article based on scientific analysis, and
will stand the test of the sharpest and most
rigid medical criticism as a cathartic n stomach
ic, an ant-febrile preparation, and an admirable
remedy for all bilious complaints. Let there be
no mistake. Secure the genuine article only.


SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Year: 1871

Tamperiag With the Jury In the Black


Friday Case.


Before Judge McCunn.


The jurors in the Black Friday suit who testified
on Saturday 10 having been Improperly approached
with view to influence their minds were in attend
ance at noon to-day 10 have their testimony read
revised ana sworn to. This being done-which took
some time, the testimony being voIuminous-the
Court ordered copy OF the same to be sent to tile
Grand Jury, another copy to District Attorney Gar
win and retained copy for Itself. The next step in
the programme, following the argument set down
for to-day In the Special Term OF the motion to set
aside the verdict IS TO bde patiently the action OF
the Grand Jury IN the premises.
Year: 1871

Coroner Keenan, yesterday held an inquest in the
case OF the lad David Wilde, fifteen years and six
months OF age, late or 17e Division street, who was
killed on the 9th inst. by being run over on the
Bowery, near Houston street. by 1863 OF the Third
avenue line. Young Wide attempted to jump from
the front platform OF the car while 1t was in notion
and In doing SO, slipped ana fell before the wheel
which passed over ana crushed his left thigh. In
their verdict OF accidental death the jury said, land
we urgently recommend the railroad company be
requested 10 have gates put on tho front platform
OF their cars to prevent the possibility OF such Rcci
dents occurring IN the future.
Year: 1871

A goat is stronger than a pig and
gives milk. He looks at you. So
does the doctor, but a goat has four
legs. My goat bunted Deacon Till
inghast in bad place, and a little
calf wouldn't do 50. A boy without a
father is an orphan. The goat don't
give so much milk as a COW, but more
than an OK. 1 saw an OK at a fair
one day with a card tied to his left ear,
and we went in on a family ticket
Mother picks geese in the summer, and
the goat eats grass and jumps on box
Some folks don't like goats, but as for
me, give me mule with a paint.
brush tail. The goat is a useful ami
NAL, but don't smell as sweet as nice
bears oil for the hair. III had too
much hair 1 would wear a wig, as old
Capt. Peters does. l will sell nay goat
for three dollars, and go to the circus
to see the elephant, which is bigger
than five goats.
Year: 1871

Bnnaparte once said to Madame de
COndorcet, widow of the philosopher,
and a noted politician of her time :
81 do not like women who meddle
with politics." To which impudence
she instantly replied "Ah! mon
general, as long as you men take Il
fancy to cut off our heads now and
then, we are Interested in knowing
why YOU doit.7
Year: 1871

A party of hunters in Styria, Austria,
lately found q whole family of wild men
concealed in q mountain cave It consist
ed of q man, woman and three children,
who were utterly naked, but covered with
dense hair. They could not speak, but
only uttered unintelligible sounds; the
cave they inhabited was in an almost inae,
cessible part of the mountain; they must
have lived there many years. They were
taken to a neighbOring town; aud efforts
are being made to improve their condition
Year: 1871

They tell of a spring in Michigan
so strongly magnetic that man vino
had drank from it and went into a
blacksmith shop found the anvil on
which he. set stuck fast to him, aud
had to have it amputated.
Year: 1871

OUTLAwRY seems to be on the in
crease rather than on the decline in
Kentucky. Scarcely an exchange
comes to US that does not chronicle
some new outrage. Defenseless per-
sons are assailed by masked bands at
midnight, dragged from their beds
and murdered in cold blood. Houses
are burned above the heads OF their
occupants, and countless other crimes
are committed with lmpunity in near
ly every section of our State. The gov
ernOr goes through the farce Of issuing
his prOclamatiOns and offering rewards
for the arrests of the law-breakers in
every instance but, while the latter
course still adds, to the already on
erous burden of our democratic debt,
we have yet to hear Of a solitary in
stance in which the criminals have
been detected and brought to punish
ment. It cannot with truth be said
there is no law to reach this class Of
offenders. The law is ample, and the
fault lies. alone in the officers fOr not
enforcing its provisions.


Perhaps Knntucky is to-day the
worst governed State in the union. A
correct public sentiment seems to have
been paralysed in many sections, and
while the people do not indorse the
action of the Ku-Klux- Klans and
midnight assassins, they are afraid for.
their own safety to denOunce the spirit
of diaboIism which reigns supreme.
The law is not enforced, and without
its strong arm to back them, individ-
uals are powerless to oppose organized
bands of murderers. No one man.
will dare suggest a counter revolution,
for he knows not but his neighbOrs is
member of the Ku-KIux, and that
their vengeance may be visited upon


him. Law is a high sounding but
empty name, legislation is a thread
bare farce and democratic government,
10 Kentucky at least, is gorgeous
/ humbug.
Year: 1871

By this table the age of any person from
1 to 63 can be told. Let the person whose
age is to be Gold, tell in which column of
figures the mum, Der representing his or her
age is found, then. add the .irst number OF
each of the said columns designatedj and
Year: 1871

A New York millionaire who was
an intimate friend Of the late Admir-
al Farragut, and who was with him
in the last moments, tells the follow
ing story A few hours before Farra-
gut died he told bis wife that he would
like to see a clergyman. There was
an Irish servant girl in the room at
the time, and before Mrs. Farragut
had time to comply with the Admir-
ais request the servant girl had a rO-
man Catholic priest at the bedside Of
the dying Admiral. He entered the
room unobserved by the Admiral,
and proceeded to perfOun the services
peculiar to his church. The Admiral
suddenly opened his eyes, looked
steadfastly upon the priest, waved his


hand, and said in a clear voice, "Go
away; sir you ara not my pilot"
Year: 1871

Some of the Galena ledges, the Union, Champion, Morgan and others contain from fifty to one hundred and fifty dollars per ton in silver, while the lead is about 60 or 70 per cent.

 These ores would pay to ship, but the par ties owning them prefer to reduce them on the ground, as wood Is abundant and easy of access; already preparations for erecting a smelling furnace have been made.
Year: 1871

The following anccdo,e was recently
published 10 an English magazine


1t appears that the ship "Briitan-
MIA" which struck on the rocks of
the coast of Brasil, had on board a
large quantity Of Spanish dollars Us
freight. They were packed in barrels
and as soon as the saip struck, nun.
Der of these barrels were brought on
deck, in tho hope that some Of them
might b. saved; but soon it was dis
covered that the vessel was sinking
so very fast, that tho only hope for
the crew was in taking at onco to the
boats. The last boat was about to
push of, whom . midshipmau rushed
back to see if any ono was still on
board. To bis surprise, there sat a
man on dock with hatchet in his
hand, with which he had broken open
several Of the. casks, the contents OF
which he was now bcaping up about
him. ,...


What arc you doing p shouted
the youth, Escape for your lifo
Don't you know that the ship is fast
going to pieces 2"


Tho ship may said the man 81
have lived q poor wretch oil my life
and | am determined TO die rich


In vain tho other called him a mad
man, an idiot He was only answer
ed by a flourish of tho Ratchet aud q
satisfied nod toward the glittsrine
heaps.


~ tell you the ship cannot hold to-
gether another moment - screamed
the midshipmau, looking back at hiu
from the vessel's edge. "Quick, yo'
can yet bo saved !"


"Not without leaving my gold y
roarsd back the man, glaring wildly q
him. go ysur ways" W.


The boat-loid would wait no longer
and be was left to his fate, In . fo'
moments no ship was to be seeO--on
lly the great dark waves Of the ocean
rolling sutisnly over the poor rich sail
or and his gold.