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FIRE IN GRETNA. The Crescent City O11 Works IRe duced to Ashes. lThe Oil.Tanks Saved-A Gallant Fire man's Pluck- True Employes- The Fire Still Smoldering. At about a quarter past 1 o'clock yesterday a most destructive fire, caused by an over heated journal in the hulling and ginning. room of the Crescent City Oil Works, broke out and destroyed the entire works (excepting the oil tanks), together with the two large ware houses. To describe the extent of the confla gration it is necessary first to describe the sit uation and the different compartments of the various buildings. The factory, situated in Gretna, takes up an entire block, and is bounded by First street in front, Derbigny street on the left. Copanlu Avenue on the right, and Second street in the rear. The building is a two-story brick edifice, and is divided into ten different compartments, as follows: On the ground floor is the main engine-room. the presd department the boiler deoartment, e hulling-room, the donkey entgine-house. the refinery and soap works department the im mense department containing the oil tanks a vacant lot, and the department known as the tasometer department, whore the gas is manu faotured. On the second floor, just above the press-room, is the hulling and gin room. On the tight of the fact jry, fronting on Der bigny street, just to the rear of the main engine room and running as far back as Second s'reot. was the two-story brick warehouse, well filled With Gotten seed. Just in front of the factory, situated on the levee and bounded by First street in the roar, he river in the front, Derbigny street on the eft and Copanic Avenue on the right, stood the immese Iron warehouse, flled with cotton seed oil cake and sacks in bundles, The property descrlb-d was all destroyed save the department containing the oil tanks hip were saved by the strenuous efforts of te First street Babcock. The fire broke out in Ie hulling and gin room aid spread with such earful rapid'y teat Mr. Hoffman, the only per pn in that department at the time, had barely tme to escape. Before an alarm could be sounded the fire shot across First street and communicated to the combustible stock in the rgpn warehouse. When it reached this opnnt the alarm wns sounded and was responded to by the fire de . rtment of Gretna anit hib- tugs Charlle Weod, o mmanded by Capt. McKay Ida, Capt. Wm. r ntenz; Wasp and P'rotectur. he tugs and the Il.epartment immediately brought their streams ' b Oearon the burning buildings. The f e had seized on such combustible material and had gained such headway that the efforts of the are lighters were t seless. At one time the heat of the fire became so In tense that all the tugs, together with the Pro. teeteor, save the Wasp and Wood were forced to back out into the stream. The Wood and Wasp at o d the heat and fought the element, although Sithout any effectual result. Both boats were badly scorched. .y this time the iron warehouse was red-hot all over and looked like a huge mass of ignited -oal; shortly thereafter it fell with a terrible erash and set fire to the wharf. When the W~harf took fire three barges loaded with cotton ,- eed and oil that were lying in the river, in front of the warehouse, became heated, but were saved from destruction by the captain of e tug Wasp, who towed them into the hyt engine David Crockett. in order to get to Wharf, and when the wharf took fire she was in * very perilous position and was momentarily threatened with destruction, tue engine being SO poletely surrounded by a sheet ut flame. The only man that stood by h r was the resident, Mr. Fred Strailey, who. imitating e renowned Jim Bludsoe, siz 4d the nozzle of e hose and started to fight the flame, as it reatened the destruction of his engine. The re was too hot for the gallant fireman to stand up. but he lay on his bel y and manfully fought the fire,and saved the machine but not until he himself was severely burned about the hands and face, and ev then he would not have escaped death had not the man who had charge f the hose of the Charlie Wood turned them on him and drenched him through. During all this excitement the fire was fast destroying the far'ory and to attempt to save it was useless. At 3 o'clock Chief Thos. O'C nnor put in an t appearance with engines Ns). 12 and 18 from I thl side, and they immediately started to :ump on the factory, but it was all useless. At 3:80 o'clock the tront wall of the factory Oý tve way and fell with adsafeniogcrash, filing lstatreet with the debris. Shortly afterward t:e front wall tell and a portion of the wall on 4Jopanlic Avenue gave way , . . Considerable credit is due to Mr. Parker. the engineer of the factory, and his assistant, Mr. Pike Land. As soon as the fire was discovered t these two gentlemen Igor the factory's hose to Work. and never quitted their post until it was I Im ossiblo for a human being to have re mained longer on the spot. By 4 o'ciock all that was left of the factory and the two immense warehouses were three bedsof smoldering ashes. Oapt. Kalineki. with his salvage wagon. ren dered valuable service in saving some of the out-baildings and preventing the flames from t destroying small houses on the opposite side of the streets bounding the fie. After the fire flend had done its work and people had somewhat got over the excitement a reporter Intervl-wed some of the emrploye of the building. The first man he met was the foreman of tue iron warehouses. Mr. Philip t rumm. who stated that he was in the ware mouse atthe time of the fire and could tell 1 nothlng about Its orlagin. Mr. Hoffman, who was in the room where the c fire originated, was equahly lignorant regarding the fire's origin. Mr. J. H. Duggan, the secretary of the cornm pany, stat d that t.e loss woul I1 exceed $125 00o, but was covered by a125.000o in the foll ,wing ComDpanies: Factors and l'rader-'. New Orleans uMatual. Bun Mutual, Liverpool and London and Globe. Meohniccs and Traders'. and the Merchants' Mutual. Mr. David McOan, the pro i lent of the cornm ay. made a statement to the reporter, that he ought the fire was an accident, and cor obo rated the statement of Mr. Duggan regarding the amount of the loss and the insurance. He further stated that he had been running the factory night and day, and this catastruhR would throw about 200 men out of emoloymepnt. Had the wind been from the west instead of from the east the greater portion of Gretna would have been destroyed. The mostremark able feature ot the fire, and the one that struck terror to every one that heal d it, was the ex plosion of the gasometer. Fortunately it did no damage. The tugboat Wasp. Capt. A. Queant, was the last of the boats at work on the fire to with draw from it, and then the hea: had become so intense that the wl, hdrawal bad to be a hasty one, so hasty indeed, that it was found neces sary to abandon a large quantity of the hose of the boat. Several persons around and about the fire received slight irjuries; some were burned on the hands, while others were struck with pieces of brick. At 9 o'clock last night the debris of the fire was still burning. Plain and fancy candies of all kinds at low prices at Miller & Dieimann's. THE LAUREL BOYS' SCHOOL. We have received the following communica tion relative to the Laurel Boys' School exhibi tion, and cheerfully publi-h it: NEW ORLEANS, June 22, 1879. As none of your reporters were present at the exhibition or the Laurel Boys' School, and as the teachers and pupils are d serving of more than a passing notice, I will give you a few items of obeervation. The exercises en, recita tions commenced and continued without inter mission therefore all was over stoner than usuaL Messrs. Rogers and Lusher, with the other members of the board, visited the school and ave tesllimonials to the great pleasure of all. Pieces were selected suitaole to the future Drotesalin of boys-descriptions of maohinery. cotton gins shipping business, lawyei s' plead ings, burleques and comic songs, descrip ions of the various pursults in a city, and pieces by small children, all well said, and gave general salisfa,.tton. .The corps of teachers is able and experienced Miss Tan,. first assistant has bhen favoraslye knowni as a teacher or some time; also the princ.pa' Mr. Lome, who is mt auch lso te and faithful to his trust In h respected nnotie i the lower depart ment we ntled Miss L. R Lambor. , who has been lahoring assiduously in teaching boys pd has rendered herself Popular among all. ae who have to manate boys certainly de tevr sepecial commendation. In her dep rt o .ent we n ticed some oexellent drawings of '.lp executed by one of her pupils-one fine ship in full sail bearing the name of Superin tendent W. O. Rogers. Miss Tank and Miss Lamborn enlivened the proceedings by line music between the recita tion (,f vieces. This school is prosperous and teachers most worthy. Yours, respec'fully, PARENT. ANOTHER BEER MEETING. On the twenty-first of last month we pub lshaed a report of the meeting of the executive commiltee of the Society for the Suppression of Monopolies in Beer Consumption, at which session a resolution was adlopted that the com milttee should wait d dly (or oftener, if neces sary) upon the beer sellers to force them to come down squarely and peaceably to a reduction of prices. Parsuant to the call of A. J. Rosenberg, the presidetu, over 200 members were assembled yesterday. The president explained that the object of the meeting was to receive the report of the committee of the whole, appointed to wait on the beer sellers. In breathless silence the president (ex-officio chairman of the said com mittee) read the report. The committee, reviewing at length its labors for the past month and its patient researches, reported progress. Already two establishments hav.e caught the s .se of the union, and have flaunting to the breeze the ensigu of "reform" larger glasses and lower prices. One firm has enlarged its ' eeehers," another gives a "chopine," equal to two glasses, for five cents. and we confilently await the time when a "ban dltli" can be quietly sipped at the moderate price of anlckel. The report was received with unqualified ap probation, and the meeting adj',urned to a neighboring lager beer saloon to inquire if the size of the glasses were the same as the day be fore. ST. JOHN'S DAY. Yesterday was the feast of St. John the Evan gelist, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ. "the disciple whom Jesus loved." He is the author of the three epistles of St. John and of the Book of Revelations. St. John died on the Isle of Patmos at a very advanced age, and was the only one of the apostles who died a natural death. His festival was observed in ancient times, but now the Church makes no special services for the occasion. A few years ago the advent of St, Jbhn's Eve was eagerly hwaited by the people of this city. It had been set apart by that weird and extraor dinaryorganization of colored people, the "'ou dous." as a time for wild and strange orgies. Why they had chosen that particu'ar eve for their strange festivities is unknown. Every year, the ''Voudous" were wont to assemble in a secluded spot near Ih , lae., on the line of the Pontchartrain Railroad, and Indu'ge in the most extraordinary and fantastic dances, wind Ing up in the wildest orgies. Of late however the custom seems to have been abandoned, and the Voudous' observance of St. John's Eve will soon become a tradition. SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY We are pleased to hear Ihat Capt. Wmin. Pierce is authorized by the Soul hyrn Historical Society to act as agent for enrolling members in Louis iana. Alabama and Mississippi, and securing subscribers and advertisements for the South ern historical papers, Gen. Johnstr n, during his late sojourn here, had al ready done good work for the association, but tte field is not all harvested yet, and if any one can follow in his footsteps and glean where he has worked, it is 'urgenial and ent-r rising friend who commands the Continental Guard.. Himself-a part of the history for whose records he is canvassing, as witness his glorious limp ing walk that modestly and silently exclaims: "Quorum pars magna fui." It is a duty incumbent on all who have a re spect for the past and wish to see the history of the South truthfully written, to give their mite toward helping th publication of the Routhern historical papers, and we hope that Cipt. Pierce will have an easy time in collect ing his list of sub4cribers. ----+*+rte Duplicate photographs may be had from neg atives made at Washburn's twenty years ago. A MUSKET'S MISCHIEF. A Woman Shot and Seriously Wounded. At 12 o'clock yesterday, on Hancock, near Claiborne street. a negro named Henry Wil liams successfully put a load of bird shot in the face of a negro woman'named Rachael An derson, and seriously wounded her. After committing the deed he suc-cssfully made his escape. The woman was placed in bed, when it was found that a portion of the load had en tered the face and head, while two shot had penetrated her left eye. Dr. Renehaw exam ined the wounds and pronounced them pain ful, though not dangerous. It appears that Willitams was in love with Rachael, and she would not have him. Yester day he called on her, and, after they had talked for awhile, Rachael became insulted at some thing Williams said, and seizing a musket that was in the room attempted to striae him with it. He wrenched the weapon from her hand. and, leveling it a- her. put the contents of the barrel in her face. POLICE BOARD. The Board of Police Commissioners met last night at the Central Station, Mayor I. W. Patton in the chair and a quorum of the commission ers present. Patrolman Wm. Butz. for deserting his beat, was fined one day's Day. Patrolman D. J. Mullen, for neglect of duty. two days' pay. Patrolman A. Abadie, for sitting down on his beat, was fined one day's pay. Patrolman W. Stratzmeyer, for disobedience of orders, was dismissed the force. Patrolman F. Belcher. for a like offense, was fined ten days' pay. Patrolman L. Avrelle. for being absent with out leave, was dismissed the foroe. Patrolman J. Anstarle, for neglect of duty, was fined one day's pay. Patrolman S. Chaux, neglect of duty, one day's pay. Patrolman C. S. Clancey. conduct unbecoming an officer, one day's pay. ANOTHER FEAST. The Now Louisiana Jockey Club give another of their splendid entertainments on Friday next. The members of the club in so doing de serve the sincere gratitude of the community. for they are really doing what many newspa pers and other public institutions have, up to the present time, only attempted to do, supply ing "a want long felt." In fact, bef,>re these en tertainments tad been inaugurated, our pleas ure loving society was reduced to the alterna tive either of dancing in rooms overheated by gaslight or of flirting in obscure corners with nothing to inspire. Now, thanks to the Jockey club. we may periodically depend upon sweet music, mellow ltebts and a select gathering in the gardens of tht club. Caution is again given that invitations should be signed and must contain the name of the invited guest. THE LAST OF CONDON. He Dies from the Effects of His Wound at the Hospital. John T. Condon, who was shot at 2 o'clock on Sunday. the eighth instant. died from the effects of his wound at the Charity Hospital at 7 o'clock last night. His body was removed to his late residence, No. 65 Delord street, where the city physician will to-day hold an autopsy. John ,ibson, Frank Foley, Dan Sullivan and H. Burke, wno are charged with being im plicated in the shooting of the deceased, and who were out on bonds, have all surrendered and are now locked up. POOLS ON THE RACES. For the great match between the Albertine (Susie S.) and the Lady Emma (the Brown), which is to come off at Mississippi City on Saturday next, pools will be sold on Friday next at the Crescent Ball, and at Mississippi City on the day of the race. Ten different kinds of very old California wines at low prices at Miller & Dielmann's. BREVITIES., The M. W. Eureka Grand Lodge of Louisi ana gave a grand Masonic festival yesterd. y ev ning at Oakland Riding Park in honor of St. John's Day, OPERA PINAFORE AT SUMMIT, Miss.-Sings away on Friday evening next. A special Pina tore excursion train, via Jackson road, goes out on Friday at 7 a. m. Tickets only 5s for thi round trip, good till Sunday evening: now fot sale under the City Hotel. Did you ever? No Hardly over. Don't forget your cousins, aunts sisters, or your mother-in-law. THE COURTS. Superior Criminal Court. CONVICTED. 1. Forgery. 2. Publishbin and uttering as true a forged order.-Ben Berkery. charged with forging the name of L. MoIliere on a card for an order for twenty rolls wall raper. pas-lng it or E. Ratelle on May 20. anO obtaining thereon the goods; guilty of both counts. The prisones asked for immediate sentence, withdrew, how ever. this, stating that ho would have some mo tions filed in a day or two, First District Court. PLEADED GUILTY TO ASSAUILT. E. Lazar-Assault and battery. NOLLE PROSEQUI. Jeff Grant-Larceny. Now information filed, ACQUITTED. W. B. Phillips-Assault and battery. Second Recorder's Court. Francis Bonchon, for violating the market ordipnance, was fined s$2 or thirty days. Belle Chrisman, alias Belle Anderson, alias Mabel Burbank, for obtaining goods under false pretenses, was sent before the First Dis trict Court under bonds of $2i0. Her husband. charged with the same offense, was discharged. H. Maradon, carrying a concealed weapon, was sent before the Superior Criminal Court under bonds of $25e. Anatole Penegay. for stealing a horse and buggy, was sent before the BSuperior Criminal Court under $1500 bonds. Jim Davis and Peter Holmes, alias Jumper, for burglary and grand larcenv, were sent be fore the Superior Criminal Court under i3o0m bonds each. The MoGlenner Inquest. Coroner Markey yesterday concluded the in aueston the death of the negro woman Mary McGlenner, who was struck on the jaw on the third of May with a rock by Jerry Beals, and who died from the effects of her wound a few days ago. The jury, after hearing the testi mony. which was the same as published in the DEMOCBAT on the morning followinE the death of the victim, returned a verdict that the de ceased came to her death from a blow from a rock in the hands of Jerry Beals, now at large. Recovering Stolen Property. Sergeant Rowley and Corporal Danto yester day recovered from Joseph Lefevre, house No . 7 St. Ann street, and fr m Mr. O. Papinet, No. is St. Ann street. a lot . re of the articles stolen from Mr. H. Menagle , rug store. The persons from whom the pro,. rty was recovered have identified the negro Arthur Fortier, alias Mute, as the person from whom they purchased them. Another Smash-up. At a o'clock last evening a hors ' attached to a buggy containing a lady namel Mrs. Mary Cleigh, together with her servant and child, took fright at the corner of Ninth and Magazine streets and ran away. Mrs. Cleigh was thrown out and slightly injured. The servant and child escaped uninjured. The buggy was demolished, A Boy Injured. At 9 o'clock last night, at the corner of Boll var and Gravier streets, a boy named William Kennedy was run over and slightly injured by a man on horseback. The boy was removed to the residence of his parents. 428 Gravier street. Chew Jackson's best sweet navy tobacco. 1t air FOR OTHER CITY NEWS SEE SEC OND PAGE. THE CONGRESS. Another Dull Day in Both Branches. THE SENATE. WASHINGTON, June 24.-Mr. Jonas submit ted a memorial from the Convention of Louis lana, praying for the establishment of a ma rine school at New Orleans to prepare young men for the merchant marine service with West Indian ports. Referred. Mr. Bayard submitted a resolution author izing the Secretary of War to print all the papers in the Fitz John Porter case. Adopted. A resolution fixing the date for final ad journment of Congress on Wednesday, June 25, at 5 o'clock, was recommitted to the Com mnittee on Appropriations. On motion of Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, Mr. Beck submitted a resolution authorizing the appointment of a joint committee, consist ing of five Senators and seven Representa tives, to take into consideration the best means of collecting the revenues, with au thority to set during recess, and be paid out of the contingent funds of the two houses, etc. Placed on the calendar. Mr.Davis called up a joint resolution to pay the clerks and employees of the Senate and House the usual Senate days' extra sal ary. Anoamendwent was adopted paying the female clerks in the treasury for thirty days extra. Mr. Ingalls moved, as an additional section, all the late little judicial bills, except the political rider. Mr. Wallace moved to amend, by adding the political rider. Without further action the pending bill, on motion of Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, the Senate at 2:10 p. m. adjourned. THE HOUSE. Oziotion of Mr. Cox, of New York, the House non-concurred in the Senate amend ments to the bill in relation to the pay of letter carriers, etc., and a committee of conference was requested. Mr. Hawley, of Connecticut, from the Com imittee on Appropriations, reported a bill ap propriating $8600 for the purchase of the stereotyped plates of the final report of the Centennial commissions of the exhibitions of 1876. Passed. The House then proceeded to the considera tion of business on the Speaker's table, and took up and passed the bill of the Senate granting pensions to the widow of Gen. Shields and to Mrs. Caroline Webster, widow of Fletcher Webster. Pending consideration of the bill to amend the Revised Statutes in relation to vessels not propelled by steam or sail (canal boats), the House at 3:45 adjourned. WEATHER PROBABILITIES. WASHINGTON, June 25.-For the Gulf States, southerly winds, warmer, clear or partly cloudy weather, occasional rains, sta tionacy barometer, possibly to be followed in interior Texas by cooler northwest winds. A $55,000 Fire in Massachusetts. BOSTON June 24.- The steam power build ing in Webster, Mass., recently purchased of H. H. Bixby by the Steam Power Company, was burned this morning, involving a loss of $55,000 and throwing seventy-five hands out of employment. Insurance, $17,300. Sinking of a steamer in the Ohio. CINCINNATI, June 24.-The steamer Gen. Lytle, on her way up the river, sunk this morning at Fern bank. No particulars have been received, but it is understood no lives were lost. LOUISIANA. There are but three policemen on duty in Shreveport at a time, and they succeed in preserving the peace. Calcasieu and Cameron parishes always raise more sweet potatoes than they can har vest, and the crops this year will be larger than ever. The rice crops in and around Pointe-a-la Hache may be considered safe, unless salt water rises in the back bayous, which would destroy all crops.-[Plaquemines Observer. A good size rain storm visited our parish on Sunday afternoon, which was cheerfully welcomtd by nearly everybody.-[Carroll Conservative. Horse-power pumps are erected all along the coast. Since our last issue pumps have been erected by Meosrs. Amedee Ragas, Saivador Hingle, Vincent, Robert Wil hams and others.- [Plaquemines Observer. Mr. Titus, of Buras Settlement, parish of Plaquemines, has invented a pump which will enable farmers to flood their rice fields to the extent of from sixty to one hundred acres in two hours. In the mass meeting held here on Thursday a there were but three persons who dissentec e from the resolution passed by the meeting They were Judge Graham, J. J. Neilson, Esg. and Wmin. Harper. Judge Graham and Mr Nellson, however, agree that the majority o the Committee on State Debt are right in thet; resistance to the payment of the fraudulen portion of the State Debt.-[Lincoln Sentinel The reports from the cotton fields through out the parish continue favorable. The plan is not large by any means for this far ad vanced In June, but it is vigorous and wel limbed for its size, and is making as fast at ° could be wished, blooms and young bollk showing up well. Corn is good, and the yieh will be abundant. The plantation work is a being carried on satisfactorily; here and there r an occasional Kansas growl may he heard but the work still goes on.--[Carroll Conserva tive. For the last week or ten days the weather has been most favorable for our planters The late showers that have swept over the entire parish have given a new impetus t. the crops, so much so that those of us whc had seen them a week ago would hardly credit the change they are said to have under. gone. We have had occasion to converse re cently with a number of our leading planters from whom we were happy to learn that at nc time since the war have the crops been mor" promising than this year throughout the entire parish. They report the acreage is sugar and cotton, but priniopally in corn rice and potatoes, larger than ever before. II the large and valuable crops now growing In the parish can be successfully harvested taxes for next year diminished, the State debt reduced, a new regime of retrenchment, econ omy and reform inaugurated by the new or. ganic law being framed, 1880 will dawn upon a general prosperity not inferior to that ol our ante-bellum days.-[Iberia Journal. AMONG THE WICKED MEN. Uneasy lies the man who has already been caught at it once or twice.--[Popular Science Monthly. The rag business is picking up.-[Sclentific American. And the old bone business is going to the dogs.--[Popular Science Monthly. New England's dead, New England's dead, on every hill they lie.-[Old Poem. Same way with the living New Englanders.-[Boston oest. The house flies held their regular annual convention all over the country the first of the month, and unanimously resolved to adopt last year's platform without any changes. [Oshkosh Christian Advocate. "The only real bitter tears," says some one, "are those shed in solitude." You may bet your life that philosopher never saw a ten year-old boy coming out of the wood shed in company with his father and a skate strap. [Ralph Waldo Emerson. We don't believe these spots on the sun have any influence on the weather at all, we don't care what the astronomers Pay. We be lieve they are pasted on the sun just like the liver-colored spots on a cloud-blue meat hound, for ornament and variety.-[Sclentific American. "Well, how do the fish get along this weather?" Gov. Gear asked one of the Iowa fish commissioners. "Oh, swimmingly," was the cold-blooded reply. And now an intelli gent people rise up and demand the instant decapitation of that oflicial.-IN. Y. Times. A new exchange, the Centerville Videltle reached us the other day. It faces the world with the startling motto, "Ce n'est quo le pre mier pas qui couts." And would you believe it? The paper is so small they have to issue a supplement to print the motto on.-[S. F. Chronicle. Kate Claxton is going-. But perhaps it will be just as well for a man of our weight to ascertain how far away from Burlington is Mr. Kate Claxton before proceeding with any family jokes. It is all right, but that man has such an unsociable temper.-lNew York Times. They are pointing with pride, down in Ken tucky, to a farmer who appropriates the yearly produce of one acre of his farm tobuy ing reading matter. Yes, and puts nearly every foot of the other 149 acres in tobacco the animal that he is. A nice example, thai Is, to boast of.-[Temperance Journal. There are 212 fire insurance companies in Massachusetts, and when a man's house catches fire in the old Bay State, he runs as hard as his legs can carry him and retains a lawyer before he gives the alarm. "Why?" We didn't say why, we only said he did it. [Insurance Record. "Are sulphur matches popular in this coun try?" asked the young man from the East, sneezing and coughing as he lighted his cigar. "Well, no," replied the native, "not very. They might be, but the champion, down stairs, is so far ahead of anything else that there don't app-ar to be any use for any one else training against him. Hasn't been a sul phur match played out here since I've been in the country. '-[Herald and Presbyter. The Mikado is introducing the old-fash ioned, regularly ordained lager beer into Ja pan, and is trying to teach his people to adopt it as a "temperance" drink. And next to the pleasure that must be afforded by hearing a Japanese hold up two fitgers and yell " Zwei!" as fiercely as though he were yelling for a bowl of poison for his dearest enemy, will be the convulsing happiness of hearing him, two or three hours later, try to shout, thickly but cheerfully. "Sem 'em mup pagin !"--[Temperance Journal. LOVE'S MILODRAMA. Act one, they meet, as in a vleasing dream; Act two, he'll troeat to soda and tee cream: Act three, his cash. alas! Is nearly played; Act fur, his girl grows cold, sedate and staid. Act five,. jusHt as his love is ripe and mellow His girl is sporting with another tellow. -Joaquin Miller. Act one, he meets her at the crounet ground; Act two, to see her at the house he calls; Act three, most r-gularly he comes around; Act four, head over ears in love he falls; Act five. his manly passion he declares And for an after piece, pa kicks him downstairs. -T. B. Aldrich. "Certes," quote the honest farmer, pausing in the midst of his hay field, "the world is for all of us sufficiently broad," wherefore could he not see whereof a bumble bee only so large se a thimble, being alone with the farmer in a twenty acre field, should of all that roomy solitude find for himself no abiding place, save only up the inside of the farmer his trousers leg. And it was so that when the bumble bee got himself well fixed up there, and pulled himself wide open and began to work both sides with a full head of steam on, and the cylinder cocks open, that the world it was hardly broad enough for the farmer to flour ish that one leg around in. And he was sore vap.t a.nt| awnru hi tt. rla (Oahkrnah r.hrinf) ln THE SKEET. He comes; the fierce invader comes; His only cry is "blood. be-lood I" Into the drowsy ear he hums And he laughs at slaps that fall and thud. He wriggles through the wire-screen door, Beneath the canopy he crawls; He gluts his greedy thirst for gore. Ere he gets pasted 'gainst the walls. "You cannot shut me out." he cries, "Through cracks and keyholes in Icome." And round the darkened room he flies. And softly asks, "Are you to hum?" When slumber holds your wearied frame, And all the world is dark and still. He 'tends to business all the same, And liquidates his little bill --[idney Lanier. The Springfield (Ill.) Journal thus sums up the results of the judicial election in that State on the second instant: "The Supreme Court remains unchanged, all the old incum bents being re-elected. Of the forty-four cir cuit judges chosen in the thirteen circuits of the State and Cook county, twenty-nine are re-elected and fifteen are new men-except that Judge Baker in the first district, retired from the circuit bench to which he now re turns, a year ago, to take the place on the su preme bench made vacant by the death of Judge Breese. Politically, the supreme judges stand five Democrats to two Republi cans, and the circuit judges, twenty-six Re publicans to eighteen Democrats, though -party lines were not drawn in the election of the former, and in only a few circuits in the choice of the latter.' The man who sits in the back row and ap plauds the loudest, and seems to enjoy the performance more than anybody else, is the manager of the company.-[Chicago Times. M. SCI WA1RTZ & BRO., 149 TO 169 MAGAZINE STREET, AGENTS ]F'OR DEI'S PATENT STEAI FIUMI The attention of the public is particularly called to the GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES i This reduction is possalble on account of the decrease in'the cost of labor and mater.il, noe by any lowering of the quality of either. Notwithstanding the previously acknowledged SUPERIORITY OF THE DEANE PUMP, It has been the constant endeavor of the manufacturer to render it still more worthy of thefvyor with which it has been received, by such IMPROVEMENTS IN DESIGN AND DETAIL As will simplify, strengthen and perfect it for the many uses to which it is applied, until it i now admitted to be The Most Perfect Steam Pump Made. Each PUMP is subjected to a rigorous test before leaving the manufactory, and every Pamp. is guaranteed. We obligate ourselves to refund the purchase money in case any Pump should fall to pep. form the work for which we warrant it. We have constantly on hand a large and complete assortment of PUMPS FOR VACUUM, SYRUP, TANKS AND FEEDING BOILE&. KELLY STEEL BARB WIRE. KEZY mEE BARD FENCE WF.E STEEL BARB FENCE WIRE. With the invention, manufacture and use of BARBED WIRE dawned a NEW ERA IN 70. ING. Previously all fences of wire or wood had to be made of sufficient strength to resist the brute force of the animal to be restrained and it depended upon the strength and activity of the animal as to whether the fence could be broken down or scaled; hence, fencing had become very costly. and, in many cases, almost impossible to be obtained, thus making a great drawback to the settlement of some of the finest portions of our Continent. THE EASE AND COMPARATIVE CHEAPNESS With which BARBED WIRE can be transported the small amount of time and labor to put it up, its wonderful efficiency as a fence, and its Comparative Cheapnes made for it a most wonderful and remarkable success. The amonnt of saIes have been unprecedented, and though little was beard of it four years ago. it is now known all over the civilized world, and used in all the States and Territories of the United States. We are Prepared to Execute All Orders, Small or Large, Promptly and at VTlr Low Prices. FRIEDMAN'S INJECTORS AND EJECTORS. The special attention of manufacturers, mill owners, and other parties using steam,s0 ea to the great economy of employing Injectors as a mea',s of supplying water o steam boleras. In most cases these Injectors may take the place of Steam Pumps to great advantage.aat. even where the latter have been set up and are now in use. it would be a matter of economy tro apply one of the former also to your boiler, for the following, among many other reasons euaBP i pertinent, that might be given: The Best of Pumps Will Sometimes Get Out of Order, others frequently, in which case much valuable time is lost while making repairs. Here. u such circumstances, is a comparatively inexpensive machine, always in order and ready to at a moment's notice to take the place of the disabled Pump and allow the work to gjo'on as 1I no ingunusual hnd ccurred. Then again it may beu'e't to great advantage in repleniushing fie thie r during the nigld,time, so as to be in a good condition to get up a full head of steam without delay i the morning, effecting by this operation alone a Great Saving in Fuel, and Wear and Tear of Boilers. The Steam employed in working the Injector is returned to the Boiler with the Feed l*&9, thereby raising its temperature, and preventing the unequal expansion so disastrous to DoUW' Plates, caused by Dumping in water at a low temperature. The Feed Water enters the Boiler through the Injector in a continuous stream, which is a great advantage over the unavoidable intermittent supply produced by all kinds of pumps. These Injectors are warranted to work with the most perfect regularity and when promped applied, according to the instructions given, guaranteed to work to the fullest extent of thbilr capacity as laid down in our table. They will also, if desired, be sent on trial to responsible parties for thirty days; to beO cepted if found to work as represented. otherwise to be returned free of expense except fart transportation. DEALERS IN JUDSON AND ALLEN GOVERNORS, Shapley & Wells' PORTABLE ENGINES AND BOILERS. STEAMBOAT, CHURCH AND PLANTATION BELLS. Bar, Hoop, Sheet and Boiler Iro,. WHITE LEAD, I Machine and Carriage Bolts, Packers' Rachets 1 Nuts, Washers and Nailsl Hand Bolt Cutters 3 Steel Blacksmith Tools of all drscriptton, Eclipse Fan Blowers. SFiles, Band and Emory Paper Emory Cloth Spencer Fine Brushes, Bugar-House and Railroad Lamps and Lan- Portable Forges S terns, Iron 1oCt Putnam's Polished and Pointed Horse Shoe Single and Double Trees, Nails. Chains and Anchors, Worcester Self-feeding Upright Drills. Revolving and Plain, Morse Patent Twist Drills, Road Sera .iS Tank. Coopers' and Boiler Bivets, 1MORRIS TASKER & CO. Lap Welded, Steam and Gas Pipe, STEAM AND GAS PIPE FITTINGS, Steam and Gas Pipe Tools of all KindS. Brass and Iron Globe and Anale Valves: Brass and Iron Full Opening Valves; Brass and S-O Safety Valves; Brass and Iron Horizontal and Vertical Check Valves; Brass and Iron Steam and Vacuum Gauges: Steam and Service Cocks; Brass, Air, Cylinder ani GauCe Cocks: Brass Gongs. HOLLAND & THOMPSON COMPOUND, For Journal Boxes. Engines. Shafting, for Blow and Fast Motion, we claim will save FIFTY CENT over the use of oiL NATHAN & DREYFUS' HYDROSTATIC A DSELF-ACTINLI LU ICATORS All OILERS. MACHINIST AND BLACKSMITH TOOLS OF ALL KINDS* SHOVELS AND SPATE Anvils. Vises and Bellows; Dirt, Garden and Iron Wheelbarrows; Rubber Hose. Belting and Packing of all kinds; New and Second.Hand Portable and, Stationery Engines, Boilers, Shafting and Pulleys. SRAILROAD AND MILL SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS. Estimates for New Boilers Furnished on ApplUeStf Parties desiring to purchase will save a Large Percentage by calling on us before. pDl ,' elsewhere. Send for our Revised Catalogue. M. SCHIWARtTZ & BRltO., 149 to 169 MAGAZINE STREET.