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Year: 1872

LAST night, Dr. j. T. Mcmillan, young
dentist of this place. who was returning
from a visit to North Middletown, small
country village of this county (situated
about ten miles northeast from here), was
found by a negro man employed by Mr..
Frank Ford, and who was returning
home from Paris, about half past nine
O'Clock, in an insensible condition, and
almost frozen to death. We give the
doctors own account of his journey, and
his miraculous escape from the icy
clutches of the grim monster:


II started from North Middletown at
61s o'clock, with sufficient wrapping, as
thought, to protect me from cold. After
having proceeded about three miles on
my journey, my feet became very cold.
By stamping my feet upon the floor of the
buggy imagined | was perfectly warm,
as my feet troubled me no longer, and
the cold sensations through my body
ceased. I, however, felt dull and sleepy,
like man who is drunk. l didn't care
for anything. At this point 1 believe l
began to freeze, and ought to have known
it, but felt so comfortable that l did not
examine my situation. After had driven
about, three miles further my hat was
blown off, but. being in hurry to reach
Paris, did not stop to hunt for it. When
| had proceeded perhaps mile further,
letting the reins lie in the bottom of the
buggy, and paying no attention to my
driving, my horse SHE'D off the side of
the road and ran upon rock pile. i
then attempted to get the lines
and pull him of, when I discover
ed l had lost the entire use
of my right, and could barely use the left
hand; with this one I attempted to pull
him off the rocks, but, the buggy wheels
being locked, could not do it. then
got out of my buggy, and in doing so
struck the bridge of my nose across the
wheel and cut it severely. 1 then went to
the head of the horse, took hold of the
bit and attempted to pull him round, but
he would not move. l then commenced
to unharness him, with the expectation of
pulling the buggy off the rocks myself,
feeling all the time very sleepy. When 1
had almost completed the task of unhitch-
ing the horse from the buggy the desire
for sleep became so great that I could
bear 1T no longer, and laid down upon
the rocks by the side of the horse and
| went to sleep. I must have lain there
some fifteen or thirty minutes, when I was
aroused by the boy who found me. Upon
his asking me where he should take me,
told him to Paris, still not being aware of
my critical condition. Upon arriving in
Paris my feet were put in cold water
which entirely, think, cured them, as
they do not hurt me this morning My
left hand does not give me much pain, and
think will be all right in a few days;
but my right hand was badly frozen, moth
ing seemed to dositany good, and L am
afraid l shall lose three, if not all four, OF
my fingers. Last night when arrived in
Paris, could give no account of myself,
but this morning / remember every Incl,
dent."-Par5s Ry.}s Cor. Csncinnati In
Year: 1872




Among the many really pleasant and conye
nient suburbs surrounding Chicago, Englewood
aeems to be peculiarly favored in having Sc
many railroads Leading directly into the heart oi
the city, which are obliged, on account Of croBs-
tngs to stop all trains at that point, and which
take passengers to and from the great business
centres- The It qid rising from the ashes OF the
parn1 district Is, perhaps, no more striking il
4ustratlon Of the lndomitable perseverance, and
future promise Of Chicago, than the suddennesa
WIN which so many OF our suburbs have sprung
INTO existence Less than four years since,
the pupils in school at Englewood numbered
elxty,-now they number over 45O, -Four
religious organizations hold regular ser
wees each Sabbath, and several lit
erary and Social clubs are usually
aourishlng together with Lodge both Of Free
Masons and Good Temp1ars. About 150 build
ings have been erected the past season. with the
prospect OF as many more the next. Mr. Beck
ia e1pending large amount Of money in beau
tHJlng his park adjoining the school grounds.
He already has an artesian well flowing in the
park, and contemp1ates making it one Of the
most desirable resorts in the county. This park
mus form valuable adjunct to the county
property, not only as offering pleasant and at
tractlve feature to students, but by enhancing
the value Of the land belonging to the county
During the past season real estate has advanced
about IS to 40 per cent, and property that was
purchased four and five yeara since at from
three to five hundred dollars per acre, is now
selling at S25 to S35 per foot. The school
seems to be decidedly prosperous, the list of
Students for this term numbering 1875 in the Nor
NAL Department proper, while in the preparatory
and training departments connected with the
Normal, there are about as many more. Already
the school has obtained an enviable reputation,
and largely from it's thoroughly organized train
ing department, where the methods Of teaching
and mental development are carried to @ degree
Of perfection not e1celled by any institution in
the country, save, perhaps, the Normal School
st Oswego, N. 7.


The best evidence Of the quality Of the work
being performed consists in the demand for the
graduates, the class which is to graduate the
coming month being already largely engaged in
advance. In fact, so great is the demand that
aeyarl Of these are already teaching, and expect
10 return and pass examination at the close Of
the term.


The people Of the district seem alive to the
value Of an educational reputation, and possibly
the very opposition they encountered in securing
the Normal has proven Of value to them in this
direction. They are occupying three rooms in
the County Building, for which they pay rental
of one Thousand dollars year. In one OF these
they have established High School which has
obtained more than q local reputation, as it
numbers somg80 students, half Of whom are
from out of the district, and are paying nomi-
nal tuition fee, besides undergoing some expense
and inconvenience in getting back and forth.
Year: 1872

WASHINGTON, October There is said
to be disposition on the part OF the
friends OF the James River and Ksna-
wha canal to solicit Congress for gov
ernmeut aid in behalf OF that enter
prise the coming winter. |, is thought
that $40 100000 will complete the work.
and give to the West an uninterrupted
water communication to the seaboard.
1t is considered that in view OF the TACT
that the West is now suffering from
both deficient transportation and exor-
bitant charges for freight and is cIamor.
ing for passage to the seaboard by
way of the ST Lawrence, that q great
many votes can be secured from that
section to vote the desired aid.
Year: 1872

SciAtica is a pain beginning at the hip,
and follows the course of the scistic nerve,
and is generally purely neuralgia or ner-
Vous pain. To cure, use Renne's Pain
Killing Magic Oil on the painful parts, and
also in the hollow Of the foot. If the blood
be in low state, preparation of iron must
be given at the same iime-but the Magic
Oil alone generally cures.
Year: 1872

The great cause of SO many young people
being gray headed is on account of their
having used the vile compounds which have
flooded the market so long. NATURE's
HAIR RESTORATIVE is sure remedy for this
Clear as crystal; no poison; perfectly street,
cte.n and reliable. All druggists sell IT,
See advertisement.
Year: 1872

comPlished at Geneva than Is generally al
lowed in public. At the next meeting of
the Arbitrstors it will be announced that
the question of indirect claims is settled.
The Arbitrators will then proceed on other
points"
Year: 1872

to speak their minds. Nothing can exceed
the severity of their censure of the Ledger
reporters conduct in writing up the affair


The Commercial regards the publication In
the Ledgsr as an "indiscreion." '''The ar


icle, it says, reflected upon the manhood
and gentlemanly qualities of Harvey, and
very naturally he was highly incensed at it,
and in u moment when his passions were
aroused he so far forgot himself as to seek
the destruction of a comrade. The Courier
Journal is more pointed in its denuncations.


1t says the Ledger's publication was inexcu-
sable-that it could do no good--and init
mates the writer, in thus tampering with the
sensitive nature of a Kentuckian, as guilty
OF murder For our part, we are free to
admit that we bold different views from
those of the respectable press, and sympa-
thize with the disreputable Ledger. If in
this day and generation two young bloods
choose, TO make asses of themselves, it is not
only the right but the duty of the press to
chronicle the fact In combating the alb
surd 'tCode of Honor there is no weapon
SO potent as ridiculc, and it should be used
unsparingly. The publication in the L6tSger
was right Although il may possibly have
cost human life, the good it will do in
breaking down the barbaroIs public senti-
ment which prevails in kentucky will more
than compensate for the cost. 1t is high
time that the young men of that benighted
Commonwealth should learn that there are
attributes more precious than personal
courage" and that an expressed doubt of
mans readiness to WELD the flashing bowie
knife, or finger the derringer's trigger, is not
an Offense SO heinous as to demand the i'll
Simultaneous blowing out of brains. ..-y,;l,
Year: 1872




In comparison with the loss Of wife all
other obereavements are trifies. The wife !;
she who fills so large q space in the domestic
heaven, she who is so busted, SO unwearied--
bitter is the tear that falls on her clay. You
stand beside her grtive and think of the past !;
it seems an amber-coloretp pathway, where
the sun sh0nn upon flowers, or the stars hung
glittering overhead. Fain would the soul
linger there. T.. No thorns are remembered
above that sweet clay, save those your own
hand may have unwillingly planted,Is Her
noble, tender heart lies open to your inInost
sight. You think of her as oil gentleness, all
beauty and purity, But she is dead. The
dear head that SO often laid upon your bosom,
now rests upon pillow of clay. The hands
that ministered so untiringly are folded,
white and cold, beneath the gloomy portals.
The heart whose every beat measured an
eternity of love, lies under your feet And
there is no white arm over your shoulder
now no face to look up in the eye of love
no trembling lips to murmur, ''Oh, it is so
sad" There is SO strange a hush in every
room. No smile to greet you at nightfali.
And the clock ticks and strikes and ticks--it
was sweet music when she could hear it.
Now it seems to knell only the hours through
which you watched the shadows of death
gathering upon her sweet face. But many a
tale it telleth of joys past, sorrows shared,
and beautiful words and deeds registered
above You feel that the grave cannot keep
her. You know that she is in happier world,
but feel that she is often by your side, an an
gel presence. Cherish these emotions; they
will make you happier. Let her holy pres
ence be as charm to keep you from evil, In
all new and pleasant connections, give her Il
place in your heart. Never forget what she
has been to you--that SHE has loved you BE
tender to her memory. .,.,,.... .'rg.-
Year: 1872

T., 1t makes one hOmesick in this world to
think that there are so many rare people he
can never know and so many excellent peo-
pie that scarcely any one will know, in fact.
One discovers friend by chance, and can
not but feel regret that twenty, or thirty years
OF life may be, have been spent without the
least knowledge of him. When he is once
known, through him an opening is made
into another little world, into circle of cul-
ture and loving hearts and enthusiasm in
dozen congenial pursuits, and prejudices
perhaps. How instantly and easily the bach
elor doubles his world when he narries, and
enters into the unknown fellowship of the
to him continually increasing company which
is known in popular language as. .'all his
wifes relations" Near at hand daily, no
doubt, are these worth knowing intimately


And when one travels he sees what q vast
material there is for society and friendship,
of which he can never avail himself. Car
load after carload of summer travel goes by
one at any railway station, out of which he
could choose score of lifelong friends, if
the conductor would introduce him. There
are faces of refinement, of.quick wit, of
sympathetic kindness, interesting people,


travelled people, entertaining people, as you
would say in Boston, mice people you
would admire to know" whom you con-
stantly meet and pass without a sign of re-
cognition. many of whom are no doubt your
iong-iost brothers and sisters. You ,an see
that they also have their worlds and their in
terests, and they probably know. a great
many nice" people. The matter of per-
alliking and attachment is d good due TO
the mere fortune of associations. More fast
friendship aud pleasant acquaintanceship are
formed on the Atlantic steamships, between
those who would have been only indifferent
acquaintances elsewhere, than one, would
think possible on a voyage which naturally
makes one as selfish as he is indifferent to
his personal appearance. I. The Atlantic is
the, only power on earth I know that can
make d woman Indifferent TO her personal
appearance al 2,Ii --s fh:GI 'rn.tttIai T7aF
Year: 1872

1t is the emphatic claim of every Dem
ocrat who supports Greeley that the en-
tire body of that party will vote for him,
They'll insist that the fierce opposition
said to exist in Democratic ranks against
him is nowhere to be found except in the
minds of the supporters Of Grant. And
yet here is reliable report from one
county in this State, from a person who
must be accepted as good authority. Mr..
Merrill, editor of the Prairie du Chen
Courier, in announcing his unalterable de
termination not to support Greeley says


In the first place we know there are
over FIVE hundred Of our readers in the
County of Crawford alone, who do not
wish to vote for Greeley. They are true
Democrats-have stood by us many years
-ani now we intend to stand by them.


Fire hundred Democrats in one coun-
ty who will not swallow Greeley And Il e
statements is made since the Democratic
National Convention.
Year: 1872

IT is confidently claimed by tie SYM
pathisers with the Greeley movement
that the colored element will so for that
ticket in a solid body. We think il
there are any colored people who have
meditated supporting Greeley they will
be apt to change their minds on reading
Sumner reason for not endorsing him.
He replied to a delegation that tried
to pump him as TO his views:


Icannot see my way clear to cooper.
ate actively with party that would
never accept the principles of my civi
rights bill Last winter when J with
some of my associates, were battling
the Administration, and my civil rights
bill was pending, [ went over to the
Democratic side of the Senate Chamber
and appealed to them there to vote with
me, so as to give me a chance to &C
with the new movement so that | couic
support it, confidently feeling that the
rights of the colored race would be saft
with the new party. But, in spite O
my appeals and reasons, no one of the
Democratic Senators would vote with
me- Now my only difficulty in joining
actively in the effort to elect Greeley j;
this refusal of his Democratic friends
to give me the least assurance tha
the rights of the colored rien would be
reSpected
Year: 1872

/ sFrom the New York World


MIR. Greeleys nomination. is SIMPLY
the victory of the baser elements OF the
Democratic party over its better elements.
lie is not elected to re epfeseat any Demo-
cratic principles but to give places to


Democrat politicians. 1t the party vote
for him, 1t Is not professedly to change
the policy of the government in regard
to any prominent question. la fact, the
Democrats offer him to the country at
a pledge that they will not undertake
to introduce any important changes on
those points where they have differed
most widely from the majority. On the
other hand MIR. Greeley will not be
supported out of admiration for his pub
lie character, for no one of his support
ers who cares anything at all for public
character can admire it. There is not
indeed one single motive of character
to be frankly confessed by a voter-not
patriotism, OF pride in a..public man or
genuine party pride, that can invite
Democrat to vote for Greeley There is
nothing to impel to that course but
slavlsh partisan obedience and greed of
public plunder.
Year: 1872

The Bloomington Rantagraph says


I'VE have been assured within a few
days past by at least dozen Democrats
that there are several hundred indcpend-
ent Democrats in this city who have not
aud who will not unoer any anergency
vote the Greeley thicket. They did not
propose to vote for Grant but they do
propose to form an independent Demo
cratic Club, the cardinal principles of
which, after endorsing the old Democratic
platform, will be reputation of the by
brid movement gotten up by the petty
office-seekers of the party. One of them
says to US: These selfconstituted leaders
may sell US out at Baltimore, but they
cannot deliver our votes in November.
We lave over a thousand men In Nc
Lean country who will never vote for
Greeley any sooner than for Grant, and
If we can't get better candidate than
Greedy we will not vote at all. "
Year: 1872

SOMEBODY writes to the Golden AGE
to see if Greeley is in favor OF paying the
Confederate war debt The editor $ ans
wor is: The fools are not al dead yet.


The reply is somewhat ambiguous, but
the natural inference is that Tilton thinks
Greeley is just fool enough to favor such
a scheme The probability is that he
would e1 least surround himself With a
class of .nen who would favor the pay,
Year: 1872

As there was no possible reason for
nominating Mr.. Greeley at Baltimore
except the b 'pe of obtaining patronage
why should my respectable Democrat
who needs n, patronage and desires none
vote for him now that be is nominated.
Year: 1872

Weather was made for conversation-indeed
it is its chief necessary.


A calculation has been put forth by an
eminent actuary that three out of every five
conversations open with a remark on the
weather. He was engaged two years, in all
weathers, in collecting data for this computa-
ton. His sufierings were greatest in the bad
quarter of an hOnr before dinner


The ancents thought much of the weather.
The Greeks had a Temple of the Winds, an
anticipation of the Meteorological Bureau,
and their most popular comic author called
one OF his dramatic pieces "The Clouds"


One OF the most remarkable phenomena
connected with the weather is the number of
persons Who fare constantly endeavOring to
raise the wind. They are more numerous
than that Othsr class OF people-a consider
able 'One, no doubt-who are always looking
out for rainy day.


Many persons are so much taken up with
the weather that they are continually in the
clouds.


With all the discoveries science has made
we are yet very far from knowing what the
clouds exactly contain, so many things are still
in nubibus


There are two kinds of dew. The one pre-
walls in the early morning, and leaves its
traces on the feet; the other makes is an
pearance mostly at night, and affects the
head. There is difference of opinion among
philosophers about morning dew, but a re-
markable unanimity as to mountain dew.


Music has been composed on the weather:
for Instance, the well-known glee, ''Hail.
Smiling Mornp' Mote the sly allusion to
the fickleness of our climate.)


There are four quarters in the wind. conse-
quently there ought to be two halves, but
nothing is known of them at Washington


Every information about ice can be obtain.
ed OF any eminent confectioner or fishmonger.


There is want in hterature-there is no
good biography of the Clerk of the Weather.


No poultry show can be considered COM
plete without collection of weathercocks.


In Northern countries they call their dane
es in the winter suow-bals.


The weather was very dismal in the Dark
Ages.
Year: 1872

Prince Bismarck travels in a luxurious
deadhead railway car, SO constructed that it
can be made to run over any line of rails,
and which has the right to circulate freely
over any railroad in Germany. 1t may be
attached to any train, or drawn to any sta
ton that the prince may indicate, and carry
as many passengers as he may choose to ac-
company him. 1t was a present from the
railroads of the empire.
Year: 1872

The convicts in the Michigan State Prison
are to be subjected to course of lectures,
unless some competent tribunal shall protect
them by deciding the proposed scheme to be
''cruel and unusual punishment" and hence
prohibited by the constitution.
Year: 1872

A Paris correspondent relates a story which
may be taken as an illustration of sublime
impudence. He states that gentleman
walking with a little boy on the banks of the
river, the child slipped over the bank into the
river, and would certainly have been drowned
but for the courage of man who was fishing,
who jumped in and saved the boy. The
father thanked him cordially, but asked him
if he would add to the obligation, as he was
already wet through, by swimming for the
the boys cap.
Year: 1872

In BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN,


July 81, 1872
ORDERED, That this Board will discontinue the
" outfall laid out for the Sewer in Commercial
street the foot of Center street. and will lay out
an Outfa for from Commercial street the foot
OF Center street running on the present line of the
present sewer near the same to the present outlet
and thence on line parallel with the line of Center
street or nearly So to the Harb0r Commissioners line
at the foot of Cener street. on Saturday the tenth
day OF August next at four o'clock in the afternoon
provided the Board shall then adjudge said laying
out necessary, and that the City Clerk give seven
days notice hereof advertisement in two daily pa
pers OF this city, and by posting the in pub
lie places In this city, and also the said proposed
outall, said notice to contain copies of this order
Read and passed. -


Attest-H. 1. ROBINSON, Clerk.
Year: 1872

CHILDREN whose brain development is unu-
sualy large in comparison with the body, are
fieouently singled out for a premature final
resting place. Why is this? Simply because
the functions of the body are too frail to sup
ply the waste going on in the brain consequent
upon active intelligence. Fellows Compound
syupof Hypophosphites is so prepared that it
imparts the vital principle dire city to the brain,
while it assists in developing vigorous and ro-
bust body aug 3-ded&wlt
Year: 1872

An Ohio paper puts the credulity of its
readers to the test by telling them of hog
that was imprisoned under haystack for
nine months without food or water, and yet
came out alive and squealing.
Year: 1872

A BLUNDER.-A few days


ago a boy in the employ of
some Boston teamsters, was sent
by his employers to Stone wharf,
on Federal street, witha horse to
assist some teams that were
hauling stone. Instead of go
ing to that wharf, he wandered
on to Porter's wharf, which is
occupied as a temporary depot
TOR dead horses, and as the
youth made the statement that
the horse was to be left there,
the employees about the prem
ises took the proceeding as a
matter of course and killed the
animal, preparatory to trans
porting him to Spectacl, Island.
As the horse did not arrive at
the Stone wharf, word was
sent to the stand to know why


he did not come, and the youth
was sent to find his lost charge.
He soon returned with the bri-
die of the defunct animal. The
firm valued the horse at $500.
Year: 1872

THERE'S to be a .,Cmcinnati Ex-
position" in 1878. A CINCINNATI
Exposition is a big show, ia which
the shopkeepers and manufacturers
remoYe5their stock to barn, and,
invite all the people of the region
round about to come in and pay
for the privilege of looking at
what they can See for nothing at
any other lime. The arrange
ment works so well that the won.
der is they don't run it ull the
time. They have a building that
accommodates al the business men
Of the town, and by keeping it
open The year through they could
save rent on separate stOrts.