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Year: 1870

The plans for the mammoth Coliseum, In which
tne monster and musical festival Of the New
York Amusement Company Is to take place, were
commenced yesterday. The building Will be con-
structed above Fifie.h street, but the negotiations
for site are not yet completed. The STOCK OF the
company Is selling very rapidly several OF the agents
beng obliged to repenisn their stock OF shares early
on Saturday morning.
Year: 1870

Ellen Fitzgerald was yesterday taken to the
Twenty-nrst precinct station house with cut
on the head inflicted by her mother, Catnarine. at
their residence In ForIeth street. near Second
nue.. She declined TO make complaint against her
inhuman parent and was sent home.
Year: 1870

KNIIE lfatteaacGn Herald says that just in


4 the outskirts of Poughkeepsie lives a
man by the name of Warren, who, for
years, has enjoyed plurality of wives, to
the dis gust of the neighborhood Warren
many years ago married young lady and
for years they lived in perfect harmony, but
one day she sickened and she and her
friends supposed she would die.


At this crisis she became anxious about
the welfare of her husband and busted her
self in selecting her successor, who was to
share with Warren the joys of matrimonial
bliss. This difficulty she at last overcame
by selecting woman she thought worthy
to follow in her footsteps.


Once settled in her mind, she desired the
twain to be made one flesh, even before her
death, that she might be made happy in her
last moments. They were accordingly
married by her bedside, and the sick woman
having her hearts wish gratifed turned
over to die, but it was not so to be, for she
much to the aston ishment Of all parties,
rapidly grew better, and soon recovered her
health, only to find her husband given to
another.


This was more than the woman bargain
ed for, but the two females fixed up the
matter, and it was agreed that they would
live in harmony in the same house, and
thus they lived for years. Both women
raised family of children one had six and
the other five. Some of these children are
grown up men and women at the present
time


About six months ago the wo men quarrel
ed and the husband was called on to settle
the difficulty, and he espoused the cause
of the youngest wife and it was determined
on by the two to get the old wife out of
the house, which has speedy accomplished,
and she is now doing housework in the
neighborhood while the second wife enjoys
the bed and board that was once hers.
Year: 1870

A recent French paper records an ex-
traordinary punishment inflicted by horse
on its master for an act of brutality by the
latter towards one of the animals stable
companions. A carrier named R, at
no time tender in his treatment of his four
footed servants, returned one night in a
state of semi-intoxication from Moamant
to Givors. The mans natural barbarity
was at this time aggravated by the drink
he had taken, and being dissatisfied with
the efforts of one of the horses-a poor
hack which had almost served its time-he
decided that the animal was no longer
worth his feed, and resolved to put an end
to it, For that purpose he tied the poor
brute to tree, and taking massive lever
used in moving goods, he struck the animal
several violent blows on the head, until the
unfortunate brute sank to the ground in
sensible.
Year: 1870

IS 60 II say" replied the other en-


~ phatically "weve too good a
thing here to be blowed on if we can help
it."


20 You are right there, jim but let us go
down. The rest of the boys will be along
SOON"


held my breath as the two villains pass
ed along to the cellar door, which / had
leaving the old kitchen again in total dark
ness.


What was their erand below? l asked
myself this question, and at once resolved
ly / glided out from the closet and felt my
way along the cellar door, where l paused
and listened. A faint light came up from
below, and the hum of distant voices.


Silently descended the stairs. When
reached the bottom / found myself in to-
tai darkness. The light had disappeared,
and the hum of voices had ceased.


What had become of them? 1t seemed
as though the earth had opened and swal-
lowed them up.


Suddenly heard q sound above my head
Others of the gang were crossing the
kitchen floor towards the entrance to the
cellar, and in moment more they would
be coming down upon me.


Hastily ] crept in beneath the stairs,
knocking over the basin of paint, with one
hand and dashing its contents over my
hands and face, Once under the stairs
there was plenty of room, and drew my
self up into as small compass as possible
against the wall, and with my hand upon
my revolver, waited for what the next mo-
ment would bring forth.


Tramp, tramp, above my head, sounded
the footsteps, and by them / was assured
that three more had entered the cellar, and
were cropping their way about in the dark
ness. Suddenly voice exclaimed impa-
tiently


"Why don't the boys show the light p
l shall break my neck over something that
may be lying about here"


"Give the signal and they will show it ?''
said another.


A sharp, short whistle cut the air like a
knife, and it had not died away before a
door in the wall, which had escaped my no
tice on my previous visit, was thrown open
and bright light flashed out revealing a
room of considerable dimensions beyond,
in which were tables and benches ranged
about. The light was too brilliant to pro-
ceed from tallow candle, for it lighted up
the cellar without, revealing the forms OF
the three men distinctly; had either of them
CHANGED to have turned their heads they
must have seen me crouching beneath the
stairs. But as luck would have it they did
Year: 1870

what had discovered of their hiding-place,
but l refused to do it. Then they told me
that l should never leave the place alive un-
til had taken the oath, and that they
would starye me to do it or to death. So
they bound me and left me there till YOU
came"


Then, in return l told him of what had
witnessed, and by that time we were at his
mothers.


1t was past midnight, and the good wo-
man was fearfully frightened Tom had
come home sooner than he had promised,
and had gone at once to the haunted house
for me. She had watched anXiously for
our return, and when, at last we did pre-
sent ourselves, she was frightened more
than ever Toms face and clothes were
covered with blood, which had flowed from
the wound in his head while presented an
equally CORY appearance on account of the
red paint with which was plentifully be-
sprinkled


Leaving Tom to acquaint his mother
with the details of our adventures, I made
my way to the village, and soon had the
proper officers alert to their duty; for I
knew if we wanted to make a haul we must
do it before they would have chance to
return to see their prisoner. Quietly we
that which l had expected to find namely
tools, plates and presses of a gang of coun-
terfeiters, and large amount of spurious
currency, which they had already to send
to their agents in various parts Of the coun-
try.


1t was near morning when we got round
to call upon my old friend the driver, and
it must be confessed that we somewhat sur
prised that worthy when we accommodated
him with pair of bracelets. When he
saw me he was convinced that | was in re-
ality a detective, and that 1 already knew
all so he made clean breast of it and
implicated all of his companions, whereby
we were enabled to secure the whole gang
and thus break up q combination which
extended over large area of territority to
which no clue had before been obtained.


1t was daylight when got back to TOMS
mothers, and 1 found that neither of them
had been abed, SO anxious were they to
know how it all turned out, and when had
told my story they were Of one mind, that
I had done good nights work, which con-
clusion also concurred in.





stayed at Wicklow until the villains
had their examination and had been
carried away to Jail, and I was all the lion
l had imagined l should be. Old ladies
would stop to look at me in the street, and
so would the boys but the young ladies,
I must confess, though it hurts my vanity
to do so, only gave me look, and then
their eyes followed some other better-look-
ing fellow who CHANGED to be going by.


hear from Tom quite often now. He
says the ghost no longer walks in the haunt
ed house, and that the blood-stain retains
its dark hue from one years end to anoth-
er. When it changes it's spots again will
make another trip to Wicklow.
Year: 1870




Wayne County, says;


"At or near Beach Pond, this county,
there lives German who may safely claim
to be the champion wretch of this vicinity
His wife died some time since, and he made
her a coffin himself of rough hemlock
boards. in which he placed some straw,
upon which he placed the corpse, entirely
naked, then dug grave and carried his
dead with as little ceremony as one
world dog A few weeks ago little
son of his four or five sears old, died, and
lie inferred him in the same manner.
! Some days after he was buried pair of
shears was missed from the house, and
could not be found. Finally this monster
rememembered dropping them in the straw
of his little boys coffin while he was work
ing at it, and he forthwith exhumed, open
ed it, found the shears, and cody re-inter-
red the box and it's decaying contents p


The above is pretty hard to believe, but
as it is in print we are bound to believe
that it is true if it is strange.
Year: 1870

To MAKE LITTLE BOYS Trousers
LAST. When you make suit of clothes
for them, finish the coat first, and, by so
doing. you will make their trousers, last.
1t is the only way the thing can be done,
Year: 1870

THIS HOUSE is the most commodious in the
State newly furnished. and it will be tbs
endeavor of the Proprietor to make his gueste
comfortable. Nearest Hotel to the steamboat
landing.


1ss- The Concord Coach will always be four
at the landing, on the arrival of steamships
river boats, carrying passengers and their bag
gage TO and from the boats free Of charge.


House supplied ,rih Patent Fire E.etingnisherS.
Year: 1870

Green corn should always be boiled
on the cob, with the inner husk on it.
To prepare it turn down the inner hnsk,
cut off the upper end, wash the corn.
and replace the huskS. Boil it half an
hour in water sailed to the taste. 1t
should he cooked IN just enough water
To cover it.
Year: 1870

An eXchage says: Housewives who
are annoyed with muddy water Oh wash
days, might do well to remember that
a piece of alum as large as a walnut
will clear, as bright as crystal, whole
hogshead of turbid water,
Year: 1870

The authorities of Strasbourg no
longer permit strangers to ascend the
steeple of the cathedral because the
movements of troops on both sides can
be seen from that point


The number Of volunteers enlisted
for the war is $1,000.


Many ladies offer their services as
nurses for the wounded. While in the
service they win wear costumes similar
to that of the sisters of charity.
Year: 1870

Please announce DANIEL :. THORN
BURGH as II candidate for the office OF
Assessor for the country district, subject to
the decision OF the Democratic County
Convention, and oblige


MANV lurIuENS
Year: 1870

An ACT to grade I street north, from Twenty


seventh street west TO Rock Creek.


BE tendcted by the Board Of ALDERMAN and Board
cf Common Council Of the City Of Washington, That
the sum of one thousand dollars, or SO much
thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is
hereby, appropriated out of the funds Of the
First Ward to grade street north, from Twenty
seventh street west to Rock Creek. The work
to be done by days work, under the superin-
tendence OF the Commissioner of the First
Ward. [Approyed, December IL, 1869.
Year: 1870

FIRK.-The alarm sounded about o o'cIocl
.ast night Was occasioned by the burning Of q
Island The origin Of the fire was from an ash
eoi placed in the kitchen by q servant The
Fne Department. we're promptly on the ground
The house is the property Of John Martin.
Year: 1870

Tom thought it looked very smart tn
carry his money loose in his pocket, and
take out his quarters with an air which
said, q have thousands IN my pocket.
He always crumpled his bills into shape
bit for gun wadding, and apr Iarently took
no possible care of his money. 1t was
not that money was so abundant with
him but he wished others to suppose
that il was; that it was quite beneath
his genius to care for such triting
amounts.


Do you suppose Tom deceived anybody,
or made any one respect him on this ac-
count? He might make stable boys stare
occasionally, but ali people accustomed TO
handle money knew at a glance that he
was possessed of a very shallow purse and
shalOwer brains


No business man ever desires such a
boy about his establishment. No gentle
man but would aish nis boy TO shun such
an associate. "Straws tell which way
the wind blows" and the wsya boy takes
care of his money pretty surely foretells
bis future fortune.


Successful business men did not carry
their money loose in their jacket when
they were boys. They were prudent of
even the pennies.


Some one asked Mr. Astor, in his old age,
to tell him the secret of his great success
in making money.


Very willingly" said the old gentle
man. "Just draw up your chair, and we
will pvt out the lights, as We can talk just
as well in the dark"


90, / see !" said the man. The Sc
cret is unraveled Ycu became million
aire by saving what others waste"


les, the way to gain million dollars
is to begin by saving the cents They will
soon turn into dimes, and the dimes TO
dollars"


If you desire to become a millionaire,
buy you a good strong purse large enough
to hold the pennies, and let trugality fur
nish you a pair of strings for it. Then
with industry and perseverance, you may
soon be able to make a good beginning for
comfortable fortune.-.Sch0oI-day Vts-
it0r
Year: 1870

GRACE GREENWOOD writes as follows


At the Land Office, the other day, Mr..
Wilson, the Commissioner, who has col
lected a remarkably curious and valuable
cabinet and museum, showed us a singu-
lar trophy of Indian warfare-a head
dress of the most frighttul and diabOlical
description. 1t was composed of buffalo
horns and skin, adorned with wampum
and tinsel, and long, wild tufts of buffalo
hair. Depending from it was a tail of in
ordinate length, also tinseled and tufted,
with small sleigh-bells running all the
way down it. This unique accoutrement
was once the property of Tall Bull, a
CHEYENNE Chief, who was killed in fight
with the United States Fifth Cavalry and
their Pawnee auxiliaries, under General
Carr, some time last summer When this
chief, who was a gigantic savage, raw that
the day was lost, he put his wife aid child
on pony, and sent them within tur lines,
telling them to surrender to the whites.
The Indian fwOman, who was kindly re-
ceived, said that when her husband told
her she must give herself up, she urged
him 10 go with her, but that he covered
his ears with his hands to shut out her
entreaties, and rushed back into the fight,
which was the last she ever saw of the
lamented Tall Bull. He was speedily
killed, and these are his remains In this
same engagement, another Cheyenne wO-
man, young and remarkably handsome,
came dashing into our ranks, with two
children strapped to her pony. Bat she
did not come to surrender. She came like
fighting fury, armed with n long knife
with which she struck frantically right
and left. At last, seeing herself about to
be captured, she stabbed 70 the heart first
one child, then the Other, then herself
and SO perished-a Medea whom there is
no Euripides To immortalize.
Year: 1870

ernOr Curtin, and a score or two of others
1t is somewhat rusty now, the old wood
cut is but the owner clings to it with un-
alterable affection, and the first time any
body does any thing alarming, 1t will 90
in again with new sketch. This won't
make so much difference now, because the
block is very much worn, and when the
picture is printed YOU can't tell, to save
your life, whether it was intended for 4
mans face or for a study of a m0slem III
the Desert of Sahara Boston Netos.
Year: 1870

Gen. Schenck declines re-nom nation for
Congress, and gives his reeson for so doing,
That the expense incurred to serve the
Government at Washington is so great that
the salary of a Congressman will not suffice
to meet it. This resolution Of General
Schenck is to be dcplored as he was ac-
corded by both parties the honor of being
the ablest man in the House the last ses-
sion.


The complaint is becoming universal
that the expense of living at the Capital,
and occupying the position of public man
is so enormous, that it requires private
fortune told by hundreds of thousands to
stand the pressure upon the purse. The
salaries are but a I" flee bite" toward de-
fraying the expense. The Judges of the
Supreme Court are represented as living as
mendicants on their salaries, while no man
can afford to be a Cabinet officer who has
nothing but the salary of the Office to SUP
port him. This is monster evil which
threatens, at no distant day, to make our
Government a class of wealthy men, before
which merit, patriotism and popularity
must all give way.


The extravaganza and display in the best
Washington society is rivaling the Courts
of Europe, and if some bold mar of the
people, in the Presidential Chair, does not
head Il reform in this matter, Fashion,
Folly and Wealth will corrupt our simple
Republican Government, and lead it toward
that dangerous vortex, the aristocracy of
wealth, and the imm oralities of Partisan
life.
Year: 1870

We publish an essay on Public
Improvement, this week, by a correspond
ent, whom we would be pleased to hear
from often. His observations on Public
Roads should elicit attention from proper
ty owners in all parts of the county, who
should aoitate the matter till general
Interest is taken in the improvem of
onr public roads. Were all our m ain roads
good turnpikes, it would add vastly to the
material wealth Of the farms, as well as
other property of the county. While we
have political roads, however, we may
expect nothing better than the mud holes
of the past.


When system of roads is devised, and
those who are appointed to make and mend
them are put under bonds to do certain
work i'll certain prescribed manner,
with the eye Of a competent inspector to
examine and approve or reject the work,
then an era Of public improvement will be
inaugurated, which will give quickenng
impulse to the business of our county,
never before known.
Year: 1870

The consumer can only be brought to
the side of the producer by means Of di-
versified industry, and for this reason it is
that the farmer is so greatly interested in
the protection Of American industry.
Year: 1870

IT is the duty Of young men to do all
they can to elevate society.
To do this they must be honest, indus
trious, gcntlemanly, and charitable.
Honest as this is the only way TO live
happily. This has been proven by the
experience of many men; SO, If ever
tempted to do dishonest act, that time
honored maxim, ("Honesty is the best
policy,") should enter our minds with ten
fold force, and we should cast from us any
thought or implication of dishonest inn
port.


Industrious: because it is our duty 10
do something towards our own support
although we may have kind parents, who
will provide us with the neccssaries of life,
vet, we should try To improve our time in
some manner, so that we may benefit our
selves and those around us. In the ami
NAL and vegetable kingdoms, on this globe,
we see the young of either class provided
for, but, when they arrive at suitable ages
they are required 10 provide for them
selves. This is true, with the exception
of few domestic animals which me n pro-
vides for, but, by providing for them, he
finds their value increased beyond what II
would be if they were in wild state, and
he thus receives compensation for his
trouble.


If this is true of animals and vegetables,
why is it not the duty of young men to do
something towards their own support


We do not pretend to say how this shall
be done; but every young man should
choose some occupation, suited TO his taste
and labor indusiriously in that occupa-
ton.


Gentlemanly: as by so doing we I'M
prove ourselves and in the same degree,
that we improve, those around Us over
whom we have any influence, be 1t ever
so light, will improve.


Charitable: for by being charitable we
can help many people over the hills and
rough places in life; it is not always ne
cesSary to extend charity in the form OF
worldly goods, but, be charitable in spirit !;
have "A feeling of sympathy for others IN
their Affections; though, if charity in the
form of worldly goods is required, do not
give begrudgingly, but give what you can,
remembering that Bread cast upon the
waters shall be returned again. - Western
Year: 1870

A CLERGYMAN in Lexington, Virginia.
who served as a chaplain in the Confeder
ate army, from the beginning TO the end
OF the late civil war, sends us an account
of the following strange incident, which,
he assures us, may be depended on as
strictly true:


Among the Confederates wounded at
the battle of Antietam, who fell into the
hands OF the Union forces, was a Young
private OF good family, named r, from
the mountain region of Virginia. He was
boy at school when the war broke out,
and abandoned his studies to shoulder a
muskct in the army of General Lee. He
was shot through the lungs at Antietam,
and, after lying for a long time on the
field, was carried to a Union hospital, and
tenderly cared for by Maryland surgeon
attached to the Northern army, under
whose skillful treatment the young Nir-
ginian soon became convalescent The
Marylander conceived strong liking for
his patient, and, procuring his release on
parole, took him TO his own house, where
he remained in comfort and security until
he Was exchanged, when he returned to
the Confederate army.


Some time late in the war, the Mary
land surgeon, while with his regiment in
Virginia, got separated from his comrades,
and, being cut off from joining them by
Early's cavalry, took to the woods to
avoid capture, and wandered for several
days among the forests and mountains
until he became utterly exhausted with,
fatigue and hunger. In this desperate
strait, he resolved to apply for help at the
first house he should come to, even at the
risk of being arrested and consigned To a
rebel prison. He soon reached a dwelling
of the better class, in which he found at
home an intelligent-looking lady and
several small children. He made himself
known as a surgeon in the Union army
and asked for food and shelter. The
lady replied that a Federal surgeon had
been very kind to her son while a prisoner
of war, and for his sake she would do
what she could for the stranger This
remark led to mutual inquiries and cXpla-
nations, from which the Marylander
learned that the house to which he had
thus accidentally wandered was the home
of Young p, his patient from the
field of Antietam 1t may easily be i'm
agined that he was warmly welcomed to
its hospitalties, and provided in due time
with the means of regaining the Union
lines in safety.-1pplet0E's Journal.