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WICHITA, SEDGWICK COTJNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1876.
NUMBER 37
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m. nunDocK. n. r. xcuDocr.
MURDOCK & IJROTUEIt,
riTBLISIIERS AND l'ROPKIETOKS.
TWO DOLLARS VHP. YEAR, IX ADVANCE.
irv:risT3 sates eats is:tc ca appikateh.
MAILS.
astern Mall rvla Wichita A Southwestern It.
t J Mall and Express No. 2 departs 1.15 a. si.,
Mall A Ejqiri6 No. 1 amvesdally at 10.30 r. x.
Augusta and Douglas departs dally at 1 r. u.
Arrives daily at 12 u.
trkanais city, Cildnill, Wlnflcld. Wellington
Xinnctcah, Littleton, Oxford, llclleiilaln, Chicas
pifl, fcurancr City and London Amies daily at 7
r. si Departs dally nt 7 a !.
Clear Water, Ohio Center and Rolling Green
Arrives Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4 o'clock
r. m Departs Tuesdays and Fridays at a o'clock
A.M.
On and after date the postofllce vilL lie open for
he delivery of letters and the sale of stamps from
7 A. M. to 7 r. it. Office open on Sunday mornln j
from 9 to 10 a. x.
Mails going east and south close prompt at 9
r M. M M. Ml-kdock, 1. M.
CHUItClIKS.
I lrst Prcsuytcnan Church J l. lUitscv, pas
tor. Services in Iljnttst Church every SabbaUi at
II o clock a. M. and "H r. u.
M. K. Church I T llunnu, pastor. Servitee
every Sabbath at 10 ) o'clock a. m snd7r. x.
I'raycr meeting on lliursday evening.
St. Aloyslus' Catholic Church Reverend J. A.
Sciiuitz, pastor. Services on the 2nd and 4th
Sundays of every month; hicu mass at 10 A. M.,
r espers at 7)i P. M.
ItaptUt Church, W F.File, pastor, scrviceslO,1;
c 'clock a si , earh Sabbath. Church corner ot
First and Market Strict
M thodist German Kcv r. w. Maltnacl, pas
tor. Si r tecs at the school bouse at half lust 10.
Sunday school at !) o'clock. A. Fuhrman, hu-
perlnlendent
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Judge Thirteenth Judicial District W. 1".
CaMI'UELL.
State Senator II C. St Clair.
Representative John Kelly.
Uo.irdofCunty Commissioners J. M. Stkilk,
O. U. Jacohs, J. A. Nelsov.
County Treasurer L. N. Woodcock.
Countv Clerk John Tcckkr.
Sheriir II W. 1ICNMVO.
Clerk District Court G. W. Rckvus.
Frobatc Judge Wji. C. LtTTLK.
Superintendent Public Instruction J. L.
Ziuuxi.uaN.
Register or Deeds Milo 11. Kellooo.
Oounty Attorney W. E. stanlkt.
County Suneyor. II. L. jACKtof.
city omcrjts.
Mayor .1. G lloi-K.
City Attorney . IUldwit.
l'ollce Judge J M. ATwood.
City Treasurer E. U WmoiiT.
Marshal Mikk Meagiieii.
City Clerk Fked. &ciiatt.eii.
of the Teacc D. A. Mitchell, E. M.
lllSSEU.
Constables C. II. Jones and D. X. M illiams.
Council Firit Ward A. W. Ohveu and M.
ZlUUEUI.Y
Second Ward C. M UAimisoxandJousFoiiKV.
Third Wurd Cuaulls sciiattnbii and Jay
KiariNSKT.
Fourth Ward J. C FiiAkin and C A. Walkeh.
Board or Education First ard . R, Smi ni
andU. F. lUucis. Second Ward J. . Wiv
GAnuandll. L. Jacesov. Third Ward D. 1'.
Alexander and A. A. Hyde. Fourth Ward
A. II. Fauuique and W. E stajiley.
Treasurer bcliool Hoard Rev. J. r. iiahsex.
LODGES.
W1C1IITAEXCAMPMESTNO.20, 1 O O.F.
meets on the 2d and 4th Saturdays of tach
month. W J. UORsON, C 1'.
W . A. RICIIEY, Scribe.
IO. O. V. Wichita Lodge, No. 03, meets ev
. cry 'Ihursday night, at 7 o'clock, at their
hall, out the First National bank. All brothers
In good standing are invited to attend.
W. A. RICIIEY, N. G.
W. 1". STEM, R. S.
A.
F. A A. M. Meets on the firtt and third
Mondajs of each month.
T 51. Tkickey W. M.
Wit 1IITA CIIA1TER, It. A. AI. Meets on
the -econd and fourth Fridays In tach
month Geo. r. Hauuis, H. I.
Milo R. Klllogo, Sec'y.
SAUU.VT1I SCHOOLS.
ThcM. E. Sabbath school, W. E. Stanley, su
perintendent, meets tt the church at i; o'clock
p. m.
The Presbyterian Sabbath school, Lcc Nixon,
Superintendent, meets at the lliptijt Church, at
a o'clock p. m.
The Raptist Sabbath school, A. R. Armcnt, su
perintendent, meets at the Raptist church etry
Sunday allernoon at2i o'clock.
U. S. JLAXD OITICE.
DOUGLAS AVE., COMMERCIAL RLOCK.
II L Tailob, Register; J.C. Redfield,
uecclvtr Olhce hours from a to 11 a. m. and
irom 1 to jr. 21.
COUNTY ftjUltVEYOlt.
II L. JACKSON.
C BOUNTY SURVEYOR. Leave your orders at
J the county clerk's ofilec, or call at the West
Yt ichita postouicc." 4G-ly
ATTORNEYS.
r. D. JEWETP,
.A.Ta?o:K,:isr:E-x- .rr x,jl-w,
WICHITA, KANSAS.
SLUSS, STANLEY & H ATTON,
A TT'ORXEYa, Wichita, Kansas.
Pi. 4-tr
AVosiiAnms. kos. iiauuis.
HARRIS A HARRIS,
A TTOItXEYS AT Law. Wichita, Kansas.
f. OUlcc in the buildingoccupied by the U. s.
Laud Olhce. Loans Negotiated on improved
luids in Sedgwick and Sumner Counties, nt ten
Ier cent interest- ith privilege of paying ojf at
uny time Commiaslon reasonable. Abotracls
lurnished and papers executed vi ithout charge.
35-
U. S. ADAJIS. GEO. It. ENGLISH. H. G. UCCGLES.
ADAMS, ENGLISH A RUGGLES,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
Wichita, Kansas, will practice in all the
courts of the 13th Judicial District.Sunrcme Court
or tho State, and the United States District and
Circuit Court or Kansas. I4-tr
J. M. RALDERSTON,
ATTOR.NEY-AT-LAW, Wichita, Sedgwick
county, Kansas. Oaicc In Ccntemal Rlock,
over Aley'sShoe Store. apJO-ly
J. F. LAUCK,
A TTORNEY-AT-LAW, first dor south of V.
r S. Land Office, In Commercial Rlock.
Wichita, Kansas, Special attention given to all
kinds of business connected with the U.S. Land
Oflice. 15-tr
W. R. KIRKPATRICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kansas. 4S-tr
PHYSICIAN'S.
DR. McKINNEY.
BOTANIC rllYSlCIAX A OBSTETIIICI AN.
Lsjiecial attention gUen to Chronic Diseases
01 uoth male and ftmale. Also Chronic Rheum
atism and scrofula Charges reasonable. Office
on Donglas avenue . Residence corner Mead are.
and Second street, Wichita, Kas. 2i-tf
DRS LONGSDORF & STIPP,
HOMO:OPATII1STS. Office on Slain street,
over J. II. Black's store, Wichita, Kas.
T H. SHANNON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON-tl Main street,
near First, W ichita, Kansas. 5-15-17
DR. C. C. FURLEY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OBlce, Doug
las avenue, entrance east of Main street, up
stairs (o er Allen A Tucker's Store ) 12-tf
R. E B. ALLEN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office Centen
nial Rlock, Wichita, Kansas. 3-
DR. HENDRICKSON,
(U. S. Examining Surgeon)
)IIYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office No. 24,
Main Street. 4-2-ly
DENTT&TS.
C. DEAN,
TvENTIST Office Donglas Avenue, opposite
I J Steele A Levy's Lan 1 Office.
s-tr.
DR. W. L. DOYLE,
DENTIST Office over Matbew'a Jewelry store,
Centennial Rlock, Wichita. 41-tf
VETERINARY.
C. G. THOMPSON,
VETERINARY SURGEONS. Will treat all
horses intrusted in their care in the most
sclentillcmnn(.r. Office in "itar, Lhery and bale
stable, cornT Market and Douglas Avenue,
Wichita, Kansas. 13.
HEAL ESTATE.
G. W REEVES,
(Clerk of the District Court)
I EAL ESTATE, INSURANCE and Collecting
1 Agent, Wichita, Kansas. Collections made
and taxes paid. AH business entrusted to my
a ire will receive prompt attention. 41-tf
JNO. EDWIN MARTIN,
"QROKEIl and dealer in Real Estate, Notary
1J Public and Conveyancer, Agent State Line
Steamship Co , Abstracts Furnished, Taxes paid
Loans Negotiated Office at the Red Oval Sign.
wo.70MainSt.,LockBox304. Wlcuita, Sedg
Nlck county KansW. 24-Cm
C. M. GARRISON,
Manufacturer and Dealer In
Harness and Saddlery,
No. 87 MAIN ST., WICHITA, KAN.
Established in 1870.
Defies competition in lb75.
'Large Stock, Quick Sales, Small
Profit," la Mr motto.
Good goods, and prices low;
Cash in hand, or no go! 21-tfJ
Hedge! Hedge! Hedge! Hedge!
Six IIC.VDIIED 1U0U3ASD
FIRST- CLASS HEDGE PLANTS!
Rnscd on his farm on Chlsholm creek for sale by
43tf nENHVSCHWEITER.
OIT1T STABLES.
CON NELL & BASLEY, Prop's,
Market Street, South of Douglas Avenue.
Single and Double Teams furnished on short
notice and on reasonable terms.
Corral and Cook Room
For the accommodation of frcishtors. Special
attention given to transient custom. Satisfaction
guaranteed. 41-ly CONNELL ARASLEY.
Thi Enemy of Duttue! The foe of Pain to Man
and Heatti
-Is the Grand Old-
MUSTANG LINIMENT,
Which has stood the test of forty cars. There
Is no sore it will not heal, no lameness it will not
heal, no ache, no pain, that affiicts the human
body, or the body of a horse, or other dome. tic
animal, that docs not yield to its magic touch. A
bottle costing 25c., 30c. or 81 00, hasollcn saved
the life or a human being, and restored to life and
usefulness many a valuable horse. 1-ly
O. SI. ABBOT,
Architect, Contractor and Builder.
Scroll work, stair railings, and fancy work of
mi .inus none 10 oruer and on snort nonce.
Architectnal Designs (the latest works) on ex
hibition. 1 employ none butflrit-cla-smechanics
and refer to the work already lnn t this and
other cities as an earnest of our capacity.
Shop, Lawrence Ave., Wichita, Kan.
E3 Reliable estimates made on contracts or
loses by Are 25-t
Wagon and Blacksmith Shop
O. BJEAIDIL.Eir.
To my customers I wish to say that I have open
ed a new shot on the corner of Douglas Avenue
and Market Mrcet. south side, where I propose
to do all kinds of blacksmi thing and wagon mak
ing on short notice and Srst c.ass stj le. 17-tf
WILLIAM A. DAILY.
Agentfor A.,T. & S. F. Railroad Lands,
M0UJ7JI0PZ, SEDGWICK C0.,KAXSAS.
These lands are among the choicest owned by
this company, and parties desiring hons should
sec them belorc purchasing. Long credit at low
rates or interest. No trouble to show lands. Let
ters of inquiry promptly answered. I-
TVrC)"NI V !"V On well improved Farms
TO
LO-AJtT!
on Ore years time, or less
t 10 per cent. Interest Com
mission lower than else-
where.
J. R.
WATKIN A CO.
W ichita, Kansas.
Odce with Register of Deeds. 2C-tf
RICHEY HOUSE. No translcr, no bns rare nt
the depot. Have refitted, refurnished np
reduced fare to 81.50 per day. Good stable ac
commodations in connect! )n w ith the house.
50-tr RICHEY 11ROS.
BRICK! BRICK I
BRICK In any quantity for sale at my yards, on
the Little Arkansas Ricr, north of Wichita,
kinds of brick work done on the shortest no
tee. tlS-tfl -I. W. PHILLIPS.
WICHITA HOUSE,
CORNER DOUGLAS AND LAWRENCE AVE.,
WICHITA, ICA.3STS.
Livery and Feed Stables in connection with the
house.
C. G. THOMPSON. J ,,,,,.
2-tf G. H. HILLARD, 1 I0V "
THOMAS fc GARRETT,
House Sign and Ornamental Painters.
WICHITA,
- KANSAS.
Orders left with Murphy A Reilly will receive
Srompt attention, shop over Murphy A Reilly's
tore, Douglas Avenue. 3-tf.
REESE & SAWYER
Carpenters, Designers and Builders
.Vo. 15 Main Street, near corner Douglat Av.
All work executed In the most durable and mod
ern style, and warranted to give satisfaction.
Plans and specifications furnished. Joobmg of
all kinds done to order. my31-ly
MILLINERY AND DRESS MAKING I
MISS L. ISlAHKHAM.
On Main St, South of Douglas Avenue.
A large and well selected stock of Goods
always to be found.
tJ-Miss Jennie Soult has charge or the dress
making department, and will guaranty satisfac
tion in all cases, e-tf
2sdr03STE3"2" TO IjO-AJtST I
On Improved Farms or Desirable
City Property,
Parties desiring Cheap Money on short notic
should call on or address
N. J. BURDICK,
N'EWTOXj KlSBAS,
-tf
TABLE OF DISTANCES
FHOM TUB
-tv i. J XX ill X XX O U S E,
Different Towns and Post Offices in
Sedgwick, Sumner, Cowley
and Butler Counties.
SEDGWICK COCSTY.
To ililn.
Afton, sofw IS
Rlendon 18
nuTLIB COUSTT,
To Milti
Augusta, c 20
Benton, ne...
Clarion, ne 14
Clearwater, w of s.. .18
Delano, w 1
Eldndge. nw.... . 18
El Paso, cor s 11
Fayette, nw 20
Garden Plain, w . . 17
Grand River, s of w. 20
Greenwich, n of c 15
Marshall, w 20
Iowaiillc,sc 1G
Jamesburg, n of w 10
Rrownlown.e....
Bryant, sof e....
Cave Springs, sc..
Cornhi
ii, e. ..
Dougltss, ol c.
Eldorado, ne.
Freedom, a or c.
Holden,ne
Indianola. e
Littlo Walnut, e.
Lorcna, s ore...
Medona, sofe...
Pendie. ne
...30
...23
...23
...It
...23
.. 14
.. 17
.. 13
...37
...35
Minncna, c s
MountHope, n w... 28
Morton, s of w 23
Ohio Centre, s . 1G
Pontlac, ne
Quito, ne ,
RosclIlll.se
IS
Park City, nw 10
Richey Ranch, w... 21
Valley Centre, n 11
Waco, s 13
SL'UXEK COCXTY.
Alton, s so
Argylc, s 21
RellePlaine,s 22
Caldwell, s 55
Chlcaskia, w of s .. 48
Gulph, cofs 45
Hesswllc, 8 40
r-ittlcton, c ol 8 24
London, s 18
Lingfelter Ranch, a 30
Milan, b 35
Oxford, e of s ... 33
Rolling Green, s . . 23
Rome, s 3s
SaltCitv, e ofs 4P
South Haven. 8 .... f
Sumner City, s .... 25
Wellington (C.I1.) 8 30
Ycagcr's Grove, s 30 j
Sycamore Sp'gs, ne. 50
Towanda, ne 20
Walnut, sc 24
Whitewater, ne.. ..30
COWLEY COUKTY.
Arkansas City, se. 58
Ilnlttmn.. . Mf
uniuuiuir. BV. ....... -tu
Cabin Valley, se... C3
Cedarvalc, se
Dexter, se
Grouse Creek, se.
Lazettc.ee
70
C5
CO
53
Little Dutch, se..
Maple City, se....,
NcwSalcm.sc.. ,
Ninncscab, e of s
Otio, sc
Polo, se .
Redbud, se. .. .
Rock, se
Silver Dale, se
Tisdalc, sc ....
Vcrnon.se
...3j
.. CD
. 43
30
'.. 33
.. 28
.. 33
...CS
.. 53
.. 3S
...45
mnlleld, sc..
EJOur House Is located nearthe Depot, avoid
ing the transfer of baggage and bua fare.
All baggage transfered free.
Good stables with the House. Free corral for
o.ir patrons.
Farmers trade a specialty.
The tables are furnihed with the best the mar
ket affords, the beds excellent, and the proprie
tors alwajs found trying to please .at the low rate
01 01.au per any
Riohey Bros. Proprietors.
Kansas, November 30, 1S7C. 35-tf
Wichita,
JACOB HEIL,
Honulacturer of
CIG-ARS,
And Dealer in
CHEWING
AND SMOKING
TOBACCOS.
SNUFF,
PIPES,
SMOKERS
ARTICLES,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
24 Main Street, Wichita, Kansa3.
20-tr
BBBWBBT.
A. T7EIGAND & CO.
The largest and best established brewery south
orTopeka.
We are prepared to supply the city and country
trade with the best Ale and fieer on short notice.
Bottled Recrand Ale for family use.
BEER DEPOT, DOUGLAS AVE.,
Between Main and Water St) eels,
WICHITA, 3CJk.3r.
H. A. WHEELER,
a- jezj o o :e :r,i
GREEN FRONT
Douglas Avenue, - Wichita, Kansas.
rre-emlnently Farmers' Supply Store. Ruya
all kinds of Produce, paying thereto the Highest
Market Price. Goods sold at bottom figures.
Everything Guaranteed. 11
x. r. jacxsoy.
joint wssrof
THE BONNER LIVERY STABLE,
JACKSON & WESTON.
N. r. Jackson, who rornurlv kept a reed stable
in West Wichita, and John Weston, or the Ex
change stable in Wichita, hare mrmed partner
ship and are now transac tng a livery and reed
business In the Bonner Stable, formerly occupied
by Basley A March. They wish their patrons to
call anil spo thpm where Ihev ran lie Well ace m-
modated with anything in their line, at as low
raies as any place in town.
Immediately opposite the stable is the old and
well-known Daily House, now occupied by 1.
S. Muncer fnrmerir of the Emmre. where wl'lbe
lound good boarding and lodging at verw Iw
raies. --
ID. IB. IBIMIIiyCEIHT,
(Formerly Receiver or Public Moneys,)
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
e:m3:xiLsi.::r,
mcnjA, ZISSIE.
Especial attention given to practice in the local
Land Oflice and Interior Department. Also to
collection of claims, conveyancing and payment
of taxes for non-residents. J5-tf
WANTED.
JOBS OF CARPENTER AND JOINER WO.SK
in the city of W ichita and surrounding country
Farmers' Jobs a specialty. All work done with
neatness and dispatch. I guarantee to do ail
work at 20 per cent, below present prices, for
cash. I reside In the fourth block south orDoug
las avenue, on Mjiin street, east side, last house
in the block. Day work fumlshedat lowest
rate. P8, K. B. LA.WBKKCE.
the shadows on the wall.
A 11BVERT BY A. F. CALLAIUS.
Tho iigbt from the lamp is waxing dim,
And fitful rise and fall,
Like phantom spirit, ghostly and grim,
The shadows ou tho wall.
The lamp goes out with a lingering flare,
And glowing coals are all
That gild with solemn and gloomy glara
The shadow on the wall.
Alone I sit in my weary chair.
Watching the glowing coals ;
Watching a scene that's pictured there,
Far back on mem'rj's rolls.
There's a beaut'ous face as e'er did grace
l'ahce, cot or bower ;
A iorm that clasped in fond embrace,
Sweet as budding flawer.
There's a lovely form as marbl cold,
Whose pulses now are still :
There's a new made grate among tho old
A mould bensath yon hill.
'Mid the willows droopingo'er the spot,
Sports sunlight rich and rare.
Hut the scene remorseful wakes tho thought
'"Twaa I who sent her there."
Alone, alone, In the gloomy flare,
Of yonders mould'nng grate,
Knguifed by shadows as they glare
Alone I Such is my f ite.
The feeble coals grow obscurely dim,
And ttramrelr rite and fall.
Like wicked spirits fierce and grim,
These shadows on the wall.
I view no more the shadows tossed,
The embers d)ing sheen,
I am brooding o'er a lifetime lo-t.
A past that might hate been.
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MuEunies Converted into Faint.
Few persons aro aware that verit
able Egyptian mummies aro ground
up intopaint3. But in this country
and in Europe mummies arc used for
this purpose tho asphaltum with
which they are impregnated being of
a quality Btiperior to that which can
elsewhcro be attained, and produciug
a peculiar brownish tint when made
into paint, which is prized by dis
tinguished artists both of this and
other couutries. The ancient Egypti
ans, when they put away their dead,
wrapped in clothes saturated with as
phaltum, buildcd, as it were, better
than they knew, and could never have
realized tho fact that ages after they
had been laid in the tombs and pyra
mids along the Nile, their dust would
be used in painting pictures in a world
then undiscovered, and by artists
whose languages wcro to them un
known. That a portion of one of tho
Pharaohs, or a Potiphar, or oven of
tha historic Mrs. Potiphar, may even
now be on the canva3 of a Vcrnet, a
Millais, or a Church, who may ques
tion? JKasAtncfon Gazette.
The Eighty-One Ton Gan.
Thero was crcat excitement at Shoe
buryncss, England, when tho trials of
the new eiguty-ono ton gun tooK piace
last mouth. The alarm of the inhabi
tants over the possible dreadful couso
quences suggests that felt by our peo
ple regarding the explosion of Ilcll
Gate. The eighty-one ton gun was
fired with a charge of 370 pounds of
powder behind a shot weighing 1,700
pounds. Notico had been given to
the inhabitants to open their doors
and windows, yet when tho first ox
plosion took "place windows itt the
vicinity were broken, ceilings fell,
crockery was smashed, and there was
general confusion. A grocer's plate
glass window, five ntindred yards
from the gun, was smashed into bits,
and the barracks had their sashes,
locks and doors broken. Tho shot
was sent 6evcn miles. Yet in the
great explosion of 50,000 pounds of
nitroglycerine and its preparation at
Hell Gate tho damage was very slight,
and windows and china in the vicinity
suffered scarcely any injury. The rea
son of tho difference was that the Hell
Gate explosion took place under a
heavy cushion of water, whilo that at
SboeburynesB was in tho open air.
The eighty-one ton monster is a suc
cessful experiment in gun manufact
ure. Mons. Baudrillart, in his lately pub
lished "History of Luxury," says that
the French (of'the middle ages) wero
much less delicate in their eating than
at present and enjoyed swans, storks,
crows, hcrous, bitterns, and hedge
hogs. The last unsightly creature was
an especial favorite of King Charles
the IX. The flesh of whales, seals and
porpoises was also enjoyed. Frogs
wcro a luxury, and also snails, but
oysters did not acquire until tho sev
cutecth ccutnry the reputation they
obtaiued among the ancient Romat.s.
Hayes' majority iu Florida is report
ed at 903,
A Model Loye letter.
JIvers vs. Hams. Una was ouo of
thoso rare and peculiar cases breach
of promise of marriage and occupied
the greater part of tho forenoon. Tho
parties both lire in or near Onan
dago, N. Y., that Harri had been a
frequent visitor for about ttvo years
and a halt at the house of the plaintiff
a widow woman nearly thirty vears
of age, with Ihrco children. It seems
to havo been tho opinion of tho friends
of tho plaintiff (and no doubt sho
thought so herseli) that Harris would
marry her ; but ho (Harris), from somo
unaccountable cause, a low mouth3
ago, suddenly discovered that ho lov
ed another young lady better,and ver
ified that belief a short time sinco bv
marrying that other young lady.
Ueuco this action was brought by tho
plaintiff to recover damages, to apply
as a salvo to her wounded affections.
The following tender epistle, sent by
the loving swain, is recommended as
a model lovo letter:
My Dear Mrs. M. : Every timo 1
think of you ray heart flops up and
down like a churn dasher. Sensations
of unutterable joy caper over it like
young goats on a stablo roof.and thrill
through it liko Spauish needles
through a pair of tow linen trowscrs.
As airosliiitr swimmcth with delight
in a mnd puddle, 60 swim I in a sea of
glorv. Visions of ecstatic rapture
thicker than the hairs on a blacking
brush,brighter than tho hues of a hum
ming bird's pinions, visit mo in my
slumbers ; and borne on their invisible
wings, your image stands before me,
and 1 reach out to grasp it, like a
pointer suapping a blue bottle-fly.
When I first beheld your angolic per
fections I was bewildered, and my
brain whirled around like a bumble bee
under a glass tumbler. My eyes stood
open liko cellar doors in a country
town, aud I lifted up my cars to catch
tho silver accent of your, voice. My
tonguo refused to wag, aud in silent
adoration I drank in the sweet infec
tion of love as a thirsty man swallow
eth a tumbler of hot whisky punch.
Since the light of your face lell upon
my life, I sometimes feel as if I could
lift myself up by my boot-straps to the
top ot the church steeple, and pull the
oeil-ropc lor singing scitooi. Jay anu
night you are in my thoughts. When
Aurora, blushing liko a bride, risos
from her saffron-colored couch ; when
the jay-bird pipc3 his tuneful lay in
the apple tree by tho spring-home;
when the chanticlcor's shrill clarion
heralds the coming mom; when tho
awakening pig arises from his bed aud
grunteth,and gocth forth for his morn
ing refreshments wheu the drowsy
beetle wheels to droniug flight at noon
tide; and wheu the lowing herds como
home at milking time, I think of thee;
and like a picco of gum clastic, my
heart beems stretched clear across my
bosom. Your hair is like the mane of
my sorrel horse, powdered with gold ;
aud tho brass pins skewered through
your waterfall fill ma with unbounded
awe. Your forchoad is smoother than
the elbow of an old coat. Your oyes
aro glorious to behold. In their liquid
depths I aco legions of little cupids
bathing like a cohort of ants in an old
army cracker. When their fire hit mo
on my manly breast it ponctrated my
whole anatomy as a load of bird shot
through a rotten apple. Your nose is
from a chunk of Parian marble, and
your mouth is puckered with sweet
ness. Nectar lingers on your lips, like
honey on a bear's paw; and myriads
of unfledged kisses arc there, ready to
fly out aud lito somewhere, like
blue birds out of their parent's nest,
your laugh rings in my cars like the
winJ-harp's strain, or the bleat of a
stray lamb on a bleak hill-side. The
dimples on yoar checks are like bow
ers in beds of roses; or hollows in cakes
of home-made sugar.
"I am dying to fly to thy prcseuce.
and pour eloquence of my love, as
thirty housewives pour out hot coffee.
Away from you I am as melancholy as
a sick rat. Sometimes I cau hear tho
Juno bugs of despondency buzzing in
my cars, and feel tho cold lizards of
despair crawl down my back. Un
couth fears, like a thousand minnows,
nibble at my spirits and my soul is
pierced with doubts like an old cheese
is bored with skippers.
My lovo for you is stronger than the
smell of Coilcy's patent butter, or the
kick ef a young cow, and more unsel
fish than a kitten's first caterwaul. As
a song bird hankers for the light of
dav, the cautious mouse for fresh ba
con in the trap, as a mean pup hankers
for new milk, so I long for thee.
You are fairer than a speckled pullet
sweeter than a Yankee doughnut fried
sorghum molasses,bnghtcr than a top
knot plumage ou tho head of a Mu3
covv duck. You arc candy, kisses rai
sins", pound-cake, and sweetened toddy
altogether.
If fhese remarks will enable you to
seo the inside of my soul, and mo to
win your affections,! shall bo as happy
as a woodpecker ou a cherry tree, or a
stage horse in a green pasture. If you
can not reciprocate my thrilling pas
sions, I will pine away like a poisoned
bedbug, aud tall away from a flourish
ing vino of life, an untimely branch :
and in tho coining years, when tho
shadows grow from the hills, and tho
philosophical frog siugs his cheerful
evening hymus, you, happy in anoth
er's love,can como aud drop a tear and
catch a cold upon the last resting
place ot yours affectionately, II.
Verdict for plaintiff, and $500 dam
ages. Girls as Accountants.
"My daughter keeps my farm ac
counts, sir, aud sho is as lystcmaitc
and particular as ever my son was,
who kept thom before ho left homo. I
tell vou it does girls (and he might
have added boys also) good to give
them some responsibility and set thom
to watching things about the farm aud
household. They learn, I find, econo
my by it, and soon discover that their
father is not necesanly a crabbed old
curmudgeon because he doesn't loosen
his purse-striug whenever thoy seo
something they happen to lancy, for
they discover the real reason why the
purse should not bo opcued." So said
a progressive farmer, a kind, appre
ciative and proud father, and a big
hoarted mau on general principles.
Too Much Conscience.
A well-to-do farmer, living near
Guthrio, went to tho Centennial some
weeks ago, taking with him his little
boy, whom he sqeczed through at in
fant rates ou the railraads tho most of
tho way there and back. But after
havingaccomplishedthat much to save
a few dollars his conscience hurt him
so that ho went to Mr. Clark, the tick
et agent at Guthrie, and purchased a
half-fare ticket to Philadelphia, say
ing to Mr. Clark, "Now, if 1 burn this
ticket, will thoso roads get their
money?" Upon being told yes, he
threw the ticket into tho stove aud
went home. The railroads ought to
pass that, man freo to the next Centen
nial. Bowling GreenKy.) Democrat.
A very singular accident happened
to Mr. Brook Smith, of Crownwood,
Texas. He was walking along the
principal street of tho town, when
suddenly feeling a stiuging sensation
in his right hand, ho raised it from his
side, and found the forefinger gone.
He was horrified. Hi3 hand was blecd
iug; tho dismembered finger lay on
the ground at somo distance from him.
He naturally was very much at a loss
to account for tho mishap. Several
persons went to his assistance, among
whom was a physician, who stopped
the flow of bloou aim aressea tno
wound. It was ascertained that a man
who was examining a rifle' in a gun
store several hundred yards distant
accidentally discharged "the weapon,
and the ball did the mischief.
Thrilling Adventure on a Texas Road.
San Jacinto County. Nov. 1. See
ing an item about leopard cats in tho
paper, I am reminded of a recent littlo
adventure of my own, tho story of
which I haven't before told in print.
It happened in the spring.
I was riding with a friend, whom I
wair call P., from Willis, on the great
Northern railroad, to Wavcrly, iu this
county. About one hour betorc sun
down just as wo had ascended from
a little clear running branch to the
top of a small hill, my attention was
attracted to the queer actions of my
horse (a small, active fellow, in good
keeping), who was evidently worried
by something iu tho rear. P. was on
my left, aud his horse a littlo behind
mine. I looked back, and saw coming
into tho road from the bushes on onr
left and back of us both, an animal the
species of which I did not at first re
cognize. It camo ou in a line with P's
horse (which it did not seem to notice
at all) and until it could pass just iu
front of and under the horse's nose,
wheu it filed suddenly to the right, in
creased its speed to a trot, the body
slightly depressed, and whon within
about eight feet gathered its linibs to
gether and made a spring, lighting on
tnv ho.ot. o hock. It sank ouo claw in
to" tho pony's flauk, and reached the
other up, attempting thus to clamber
up behind mo to a scat a la pillion.
This was all done in much less time
than it has taken me to tell it.
I daro to say that no more aston
ished aud thoroughly frightened horso
ever lived than was my Dalton when
that creature tried to make a ladder
of his leg. Such pitching t such kick
ing 1 such running 1 such squealing I
You may well believe it required all
my skill in horsemanship to keep in
tho saddle. Moved by instinct, the
horse endeavored constantly to get in
to the thick woods outside of the road.
But if that increased his chance of get
ting rid of his enemy, it exposed to
inn il.inirnr of either being dashed
Hjr.iinst a. tree or of being dragged off
by an overhanging limb. Tho attack
was made at a point where tho new
road, in which wo were traveling, and
tho old road, which had been aban
doned, separated, but ran nearly par
allel for some distance. Iho nrst
spring the horso made took him out of
the new into tuo oiu roau, mo bucouu
across tho old road and into the edgo
of the woods. But by this time I had
got enough control of him to bring
him back into the old road and turn
his head in tho direction I wanted to
go. All this timo the cat wa3 losing
his hold and catching again. Being
wholly unarmed, not so much as a
pocket knife or even a loaded riding
whip, there was nothing that I could
do. Finally the kicking, struggling
and plunging of tho horso became so
terrific that the cat was dislodged and
received such a parting kick as sent it
tumbling over and over in tho sand.
From tho moment the animal sprang
upon the horse I had seen nothing of
it, all my attention being absorbed in
managing tho horse and keeping my
scat. But now I stopped and looked
back to sec what pussy wa3 doing.
It had just recovered itself, and, look
ing around, it espied Dalton aud me
sonic fifty yards off. To my great as
tonishment, it started toward us again
in long, loping strides, evidently dis
posed to try for a second ride on horse
back. I put my little horse to his mot
tle, aud was soon out of danger.
What hat become of my friend P. all
this time? Somo people sneer at
special providences. P. is a cripple
from birth, has no use of his lower
limb3 at all, his body is large and
heavy, his legs short, and his seat on
horseback a very insecure one. I told
you at the beginning that the leopard
came into the road behind P.'s horse,
passed along his cntiro leugth, and at
tacked me. Account for it as you
please. I choose to believe that a gra
cious Providence protected the poor
helpless man, who could not have
helped himself. Front first to last the
beast took no notice of him.
Tho next morning some young peo
ple went into an old plumorchard,not
a great distance from the scene of the
adventure. They found there a leop
ard cat, dead, but evidently not very
long dead. On its side, over tho ribs,
tho hair was rubbed off and the skin
greatly discolored. Cor. JV. Y.Sim.
Casting a Bronze Statue.
The lower half of Conrad's statuo
of a soldier, to be erected in Hartford
was cestui bronze in Fischer's foundry
Forsvth street on Saturday. Tho up
per half has been finished. Iho ligure
is heroic in size, and renrcsents a
voung Union soldier in uniform, in
eluding overcoat, aud carrying a mus
ket. The casting of a largo picco of
bronze is a delicate operation, requir
iug care and artistic skill. The mat
ing of a plastor mold from the origi
nal model, then a plaster figure from
that mold, and finally from tho figure
a sectional mold into which to run the
metal, required many weeks of skill
ed labor. The clement of luck enters
largely into to the culminating at
tempt to cast, as flaws in tho metal of
ten causes failures, imposing weeks of
additional labor. Uonscquentiy tno
dozen workmen employed on Satur
day wcro visibly anxious, anu a Knot
of spectators employed tho cntiro af
ternoon in interestedly watching the
process.
The largo box called a -'flask," con
taining the mold, clampcu nrmiy wnn
iron, wan let down with a crano into
a cavity, and flowed over, so that only
a funnel protruded. This was close
to a great brick furnace, in which the
bronze was heating over a great, roar
ing fire. The metal, as it was slowly
couvcrted into liquid, was closely ob
served by the foreman. X glimpse
through an aperturo showed it boil
ing furiously like water, and so hot
that an iron bar stuck into it became
red almost instantly. When the iron
could bo withdrawn without any
bronze clinging to it, tho compound
was deemed ready. An immense metal
bucket, attached to a powerful crane,
was swung under tho spout, the lur
nacc was tapped, and a molten stream
ran out. Sparks flow in every direc
tion, faces were shielded hastly from
the heat, aud tho dtuty plaster images
of Franklin, the Vauderbilt bas-relief
and relics of previous jobs wero made
to glow. The bucket was nearly filled,
a turn of the crano took it over the
flask, and tho liquid was. by tipping
tho bucket, poured into the mold, from
which the suddenly heated air rushed
through vent pipes with a noise like
escaping steam. Some of the brouze
slopped over aud set the wooden floor
on fire, and the water that quenched
the flames made so much steam that
nothing else could be seen for five
minutes. The casting was perfect.
2Tew York Sun.
England Desires to Undo its Winslov and
Gray Acts.
Tho extradition treaty between the
United States and Great Britain is not
known here to have been revised, as
stated iu a London dispatch. Our
Government adheres to its former po
sition on the subject expressed in tho
correspondence with Lord Derby.
There is, however, reason to believe
that the force of the treaty will be re
vised by tho action of tho British Gov
ernment itself, the first step towards
which has been the re-arrest of Brent,
tho Louisville forger, and warrants
for tho arrest of Winslow and Gray.
Tho delivery of these men to the
United States will accomplish all this
Government has asked with regard to
them. Iu other words, it appears that
the British Government now desires
to undo its act discharging tho fugi
tives, thus restoring tho former valid
ity of the treaty.
Rnssia on a War Footing.
That tho warliko speech of tho Czar
was not an talk, is snown Dy tno
prompt and energetic manner in which
the uovernmetit is putting its army
upon the war basis, and preparing for
tho emergency which may follow tho
closo of the conferenco, in case its de
cision shall not bo acceptable to Rus
sia or tho Porte shall not accept the
Russian conditions. Iu point of fact,
the Government is proceeding as if
war wcro actually declared. The force
which will threaten Turkey from the
Bessarabian frontier i3 already mobil
ized, amounting to 195,29:2 infantry
armed with the Amcrican-Bcrdau rifle,
26,783 cavalry, aud artillery armed
with 02 1 breech loading cannon, ana
ono contingent of this force is already
ou its way, having left St. Petersburg
for Kischenotl, a lew nulc3 nortnwest
of Odessa aud near the Pruth, tho
scene of so many historical battles.
Tho next year's contingent of recruits,
amounting to 200,000, has already
been called upon, instead of waiting
till April, the usual time. The export
of horses from western and southern
Russia has been stonncd. The Gov
ernment has taken possession of all
the railway lines, the freight traffic
on the Polish frontier lines southward
has also been stopped, and hospitals
are being rapidly established. All
this indicates war, and with such cer
tainty that evett Lord Derby has be
come alarmed, and is ou the point of
addressing a note to the Powers in
protest.
The imminence of war makes the
fighting strength of Russia a matter of
interest. We have already given the
military resources of Turkey aud tho
Sclavic" -provinces iu very complete
detail. By a ukase issued in 1874, and
still in force, the armed forces of tho
Empire consist of a standing army and
a militia, and every Russian subject
who has reached the age of twenty is
liable to service. Last year tho
strength of tho army was officially an
nounced, as follows: Regular army
on the peace footing, 457,672, on the
war footing, 808,670; army of first re
serve ou the peace footing, 180,740, on
tho war footing, 227,923; army of sec
ond reserve on the peace footing, 207,
812, on tho war footing, 276,561. This
would givo as the total of the Russiau
army proper, on tho war footing, 1,
213,257 men. But in addition to these
there are iu military service 129,000
Cossacks of the Don, 200,000 Cossacks
of tho Orenburg and Siberian lines,
and a small contingent, which Fin
land is required to lurnish, making al
together an army of 1,500.000 mou.
The navy consists of two great divi
sionsthe fleet of the Baltic and that
of the Black Seas, besides tho smaller
fleets of tho Caspian, Aral, Siburian
and White Sea fleets- The total com
prise 108 men-of-war, 1,177 officers.and
7,217 seameu. The iron-clad fleet of
war comprises one mastless turret
ship, the powerful Peter tho Great,
eight frigates, three corvctts, fourteen
turret monitors, and thrco floating
batteries, a total of twenty-three ves
sels, carving 184 guns. Thi3 was the
naval strength as officially given at
tho end of 1875, but since that time
two circular-shaped monitors have
been launched at Sebastopol, and im
portant accessions have been made to
the Black Sea fleet. Counting all the
smaller vessels in tho service, tho en
tiro fleet consists of 225 steam vcs3cls,
with 521 guns, of a total tonagc of
172.501, and total horse power of 31,
978. The administration of the navy
is in tho hands of the Minister of Ma
rine, assisted by an Admiralty Coun
cil, but the supreme command of the
fleet is vested in the Grand Admiral,
now the Graud Duke Constantino,
brother of the Czar.
The main strength of this vast mili
tary forco will be concentrated at two
poiuts. Tho first army is already
gathering about Kicknev, in the vicin
ity of the Pruth, which divides Bes
se'rabia from Roumania. Across this
river her forces will sweep down
through Roumania into Bulgaria,
threatening Constantinople on the
left. To meet this force the Turks arc
about concentrating 200,000 men in
Bulgaria. They are also strengthen
ing Widdin and other Danubian fort
resses, and reinforcing tho fleet on
that river. The second army will have
Tiflis as its bae, on the trans-Caucasian
side, and operate in Armenia,
which is friendly to Russia. Trebizend
and Siva, threatening Constantinople
on the right. A powerful army is al
ready concentrated at Tiflis, with no
corresponding Turkish army to meet
it, so that the principal lighting, if
war should be declared, would be in
European Turkey. Whetner that war
will take place depends upon the wil
lingness of the Porte to grant the Rus
siau ultimatum, which is tantamount
to complete Sclavic independence.
There aro two very good grounds for
supposing that the Porto may refuse
to grant tho conditions; first, becauso
the Turks aro in tho very flush of their
victory over theServiaus; and second,
bocauso the ill-timed speech of Lord
Bcaconsfield ha3 given the Porto fresh
encouragement to hope for help from
that quarter, notwithstanding tho em
phatic declaration of tho London
Times that "tho Porto must be con
vinced that, if it stubbornly refuses to
givo guarantees, it will stand alone."
Chicago 1'ribune.
Bovs are boys oven so far away as
Madras. Somo of the students of tho
Doveton Protc3tant College at Vepery
recently cut out tho bottom of the
acting principal's chair aud replacing
it iu its frame rather ingeniously by
means of a lew pieces of rattt.ii. When
the worthy gentleman ascended the
platform and seated himself in the
chair the bottom fell out, aud ho was
forced to assume a most angular and
awkward position. As soon as tho
boys recovered from adelirumof con
vulsive emotion, the good man set to
work to discover the offenders, but
was astonished by the density of igno
rauco which was manifested at every
desk. lie finally decreed that there
should bo no Saturday half holiday
until the mischief-makers wero dis
covered. Whet: Saturday came thirty
of the senior boys absented themselves.
On the following Monday tho princi
pal, with lire in his eyes, gave every
one of the truant's a tremendous
thrashing.
There has beeu some talk among
Democrats of impeaching Presideut
Grant. The occasion for this is his al
leged military interference with the
organization of the South Carolina
legislature. There is no telliug what
Democratic Congressmen may not try
to do, but wo guess they will not be
foolhardy enough to venture on
that
impeachment business.
Thev were husband and wife, as they
stood before the soldiers' mouument in
Detroit Bhe asked: "What' that fig-
ger ou top ?" "That's a goddess," he
answered. "And what's a goddess ?"
"A woman that holds her tongue," he
replied. She looked sideways at him,
and then began planning to mako a
peach pic with the pita iu it for tho
benefit ot his sore tooth.
When the King of Siam scut his ex
hibit to tho Centennial, he gave it to
the United States government. Switz
erland has also given tha government
the entire exhibit of her engineering
department. Sweden has donated her
agricultural, piscatorial, aud mincra
logical exhibits to tho Smithsonian In
stitution. On November 11, the day following
the closing of the Centennial Exhibi
tion, there wcro 15.425 paid admissions
to the ground. The dismantling of
the exhibits had commenced, yet thero
was plenty for tho visitors to see.
P3ident Grant at the Whits Honse.
To any ono who happons to know
the President of the United States, the
portraits which have been drawn of
him during tho last fewycars must
seem wild aud savage caricatures. No
stranger would be prepared to find
this "cruel and dangerous traut" a
vary simple aud unassuming man, de
lighting much in a little quiet talk
with a friend, dotcatiug uoise, publici
ty and fu3S, and never so contented as
when he is at home iu the midst of his
family. Day aftcrday he may be found
at his duty iu ono of the uncomforta
ble houses at Washington.
Assuredly it was not with a view to
the encouragement of luxurious habits
that the White House was provided
by a generous ncoplo as a home lor
their Presidents. "A frontiersman fresh
from his lonely log hut might perhaps
be impressed with the outward ap
nearancc of the nlace, but if ho were
made to live in it for afewmonth.even
he would be glad to return to his soli
tary dwelling, with its pictures from
Harper's or Frank Leslie's ou tho rude
walls. In the Whito House there is
not a single room which can be asso
ciated by the greatest 9trctch of imag
ination with the itlea of -'home." One
might as well set up one's household
goods in a huge barn. The rooms are
liko naked gaping vaults with not
otie snug corner to be found through
out the length and breadth of them.
Thoy aro intended only to look "big,"
aud to provide space for the crowds of
persons whom the President i3 expect
ed to entertain, for the credit ot his
country at his own expense.
From the upper wiudows thero ia,
indeed a striking view to be obtained
southward, where the eye wanders at
this season of the year over the bare
woods aud fields of the estate which
onco belonged to General Lee, upon
the blue hills of Virgiua in the dis
tance, aud tho broad swift Potomac
rolling between. Ou the other side of
tho house the chief object which at
tracts the attention is a statue of Gen.
Jackson, remarkable for the skill with
which a sculptor has enabled a horse
to perform the difficult feat of balanc
ing himself upon his tail. A little to
tho right their stands the house in
which on the night of Lincoln's assas
sination a party of men found tho late
Secretary Seward lying disabled with
a broken" arm, and stabbed him about
tho faco and body till they believed
him to bo dead. In a long room where
visitors generally wait, President Lin
coln used to wander up and down for
hours, weighed down with that melan
choly which nothing could dispel, aud
anxious sometimes to escape from oth
er troubles beside those relatitig to
public business. But even the histori
cal associations of the Whito llouse
are few and uninteresting, and a moro
cheerless place of abode no man could
choose, altheugh it must be admitted
that there are tens of thousands who
would exchange all that they possess
ed in tho world for tho right to live in
it. In ono of tho chambers of thU
melancholy house the visitor will find
a rather short, thick-set,round-should-ercd
man, busily engaged with a mass
of papers and letters, which lie spread
out on a long table before him. Two
or three years ago it would have been a
very uuusual thing to have come upon
when he was not smoking; but now
the sixteen cigars a day aro reduced to
two or three. London World.
Mr. Disraeli, just before his eleva
tion to the peerage, was asked how
clergymen dangerous to tho Church
should be disposed of. "Make eccles
iastical dignitaries of them," was the
reply "bishops, if possible. Look"
said'he, "at Bishop Temple, When he
was plain Dr. Temple, he was a model
of heterodoxy; now that he is bishop,
there is no more harmlessly orthodox
man in the Church."
A Mr. Ficld3, of Crawford county,
was fatally injured whilo walling a
well a few days since, by being hit up
on the head by a stone, which was al
lowed to roll into the well by the man
unloading.
There is no hour of peaceful rest to
earthly mortals given.
APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE IN BROOKLYN,
NEW YORK.
The Paek Theater Buhs3 to the Gboijhd,
While Filled With a Laeqe and Fashion
able Audience.
No Way of Escape and Wnole Families Porisa
in tha Conflagration.
Over Tnreo Hundred Bodies Taken from tie
Smouldering Rains.
The number of bodies thus far re
covered from the ruins of the Park
theater is about seventy-five, and it is
believed as many more are still iu the
ruins. They aro mostly thoso of the
occupants of the family circle.
The fire originated in the flies,which,
blazing, fell on top of the scenery. One
of the actresses camo to tho front of
the stage and said : "A small accident
has occurred, but don't bo alarmed,
only a piece of fly on fire." On men
tion of fire, tho audience arose to their
feet and made a wild rush for the
doors. The smoke 60on became suf
focating, and women fell fainting in
tho aisles, and were trampled over.
Numbers jumped out of tho windows
and were severely injured. Three
were picked up and sent to Long
Island College hospital, and are not
exnected to live. A young mau, who
jumped out of a window, says auother
man was wnn mm aim got 10 me win
dow, and, while holding on with his
hands aud endeavoring to get out, be
came overpowered with smoke, fell
back, and must havo been consumed
in the flames. Dresses were torn from
ladies while lying in tho aisles aud on
tho sidewalk outside. A large pile ot
dresses so torn from their back', aud
picked up by the police, were in the
police station next door to the theater.
All the theater company got out safely
execot a fly-man named Cumberson,
who wa3 badly burned and threw him
self out of the window, lie will die.
Dieter's restaurant i3 badly damaged
by water, but not, as first rcportcd,do
stroyed. The loss is mostly cohered
by insurance
"New York, Dec. 6. The fire iu the
Brooklyn theater Ia3t night was at
tended'by an appalling los3 of life,and
it is thought not less than one hundred
persons wero killed in the rush to the
exits or burned to death, being unable
to escape. The lire broke out during
the performance of the last scenco of
the "Two Orphans," in which Miss
Claxton playes the heroine on the
boat-house floor. Iu five minutes
more tho audience would have been
dismissed, and thero would have been
nothing more serious than a destruc
tion of property. Tho house was about
two-thirds filled, those below sitting
well forward toward the stage. For
those in the family circle, dress circle
and galleries thero was no way of es
cape except on Washington street.
The panic stricken people rushed pell
mell toward aud down the stairways.
The maiu exit became immediately
choked up and a scene of terror, con
fusion and distress ensued which beg
gars description. Just above the land
ing place of the stairway a woman, iu
the crush, had her foot pushed between
the banisters and fell. The crowd be
hind, pressed by the terrified people
still farther behind, fell over her aud
piled on top of each other, four or five
deep. The police from the station
house next door were promptly at the
scene, but owing to tho manner in
which the people wero piled ou lop of
each other and massed together, they
could extricate comparatively few,and
thc30 were all bruised, bleeding and
maimed.
Tho firemen got to work on the ruln3
shortly after daylight this morning.
They succeeded in getting a3 far as the
dress circle, where they tound a (rest
uumber of bodies and immediately be
gan the work of removal, and up to 11
o'clock sixty-five bodies had bien re
covered, and what appeared to be
twenty or thirty moro were seen in
tho basement, "into which they had
been precipitated by the falling of tha
burning floor. At tho polico station,
adjoining the burned theater, the
names of cighty-3ix persons missing
from their homes haye beeu registered.
Kate Claxton, at the preliminary in
quiry of Dro marshal, said that at tho
beginning of the la3t act, "just as tho
curtain went up, I heard a rumbling
noise on the stage, and two minute-
after I saw the flames. The fire seemed
to be all on tho stage. Mrs. Farren,
myself, Mr. Studley and Mr. Murdock
were ou tho stage at this timo. We
four remained there anil endeavored,
a3 best we could, to quiet the audi
ence and prevent n panic. I said to
the people : 'Be quiet, we are be
tween you and the fire. The front
door is" onett, and the pas3ajre3 are
clear.' Not one of the audience jumped
on the stage. Tho flames wero then
coming down on us. I rau out and
jumped over several people. Mr. II.
S. Murdock, after endeavoring to calm
the fears of the panic stricken people,
went to his dressing room to get his
clothing and must havo been suf
focated." The work of identifying tho dead
will be difficult, for most of thom aro
burned beyond recognition. The on
ly mode ot identifying will be by per
sonal property found nttached to tha
bodies. Thtii far it U only evident
that the 11 lines made common havoc
with men, women and children. Short
ly before nine o'clock Rev. Futher Han
ley visited tho theater, and among the
bodies recognize the brother of Rev.
Father Kj lie. Father Kylie was pre
sent and recognized the body of hi a
brother. A body was taken from tLa
ruins, charred and blackened beyond
recognition. In the breast pocket of
his coat wore a number of cards bear
ing the name of Abraham Burnett iu
German text.
Bodies are cou3tanIy being removed
from the ruins aud are taken to tlu
morgue as fast as possible. It 13 ru
mored that a number of tho attached
of the theater aro burned. It seem
certain that Charlc3 Lott and his sou,
who were stationed in tho gallery, arc
among tne lost. Tho actors aud ac
tresses escaped front the stago into
Johnson street.
J. W. Thorp, stage manager, states
that the fire occurred in this manucr:
A drop was ignited from a border light
by some means inexplicable, as ono
was guarded from the other. He im
mediately directed the stage carpenter,
Mr. Weaver, and two supernumeraries
to endeavor to extinguish the flame,
but the difficulty was to reach the part
ok fire. The stage carpenter with tho
supernumeraries essayed to e fleet the
object by lowering the drop, but in so
doing added fuel to tho flames. Tho
scene the hut iu the play embraced
a ceiled apartment, audlheiustant tho
burning drop came iu contact with tho
inflammable ceiling it served to spread
the flames in a flash, as though powder
had previously been scattered about
the scenery. Tho entire propertic3
were iu a blaze. The usual avenues of
escape were thus summarily closed at
the rear, aud cxit,if ntall possible, had
to be made by the way of tho boxen
trance. All, except one or two, thii3
escaped. It h now bcltvcd that tho
uumber of the dead will bo about one
hundred and twenty-live.
Brooklyn, Dec. 6. Tho courts ad
journed this morning without trans
acting any business. There is intouso
excitement iu the city, and busines3 is
partially suspended. Park theatre has
been cloied torn week. Wagon loads
of rough boxes are arriving in front of
the theatre. Corpses arc placed in
them, and covered with tarpaulins and
carried to the morgue. Tho scene
grows more terrible every minute.
Men and women are crowding around
tho station-houe and theatre or en
trance making inquiries for missing
friends. In some instances whole fam
ilies have perished. The bodies pre
sent every form of contortion, just a
thev stiffened iu that last agony when
the floor gave away and they plunged
down in blinding smoke and flames.
Amsand leg3 are bent and twisted iu
every way; hands arc clenched anu
reached out as ! grasping for help.
The Evening Posta.yi that at about
11 o'clock a horriblo discovery was
made. In the middle of what was the
lobby of the theatre, lay an immense
pile of rubbish smouldering beams,
fragments of girders, aud other things
this heap was nearly opposite the
main entrance to the auditory of the
theatre. Beyond it was another heap,
marking the place where the stairs
where the stairs which led to the gal
lery fell. Under the heap first mention
ed a dead body was found, aud tho
firemen diligently prosecuted their
search iu that direction. With much
labor some of tho heaviest timber was
removed, a horrible sight was reveal
ed. Beucath that mound corpses lay
in rows heaped ono upon the other,
packed together with fearful solidity,
which told of tho great pressure to
which they had been subjected. How
many lay there, what their sex or age.
uo man could tell, aud at noon only
guesses could be made. Another ac
tor, Claude Burroughs, is now report
ed missing. Thus far, but three
corpses have been identified, thoso of
Hugh S. Eovcr and Nicholas Keily of
No. 117 Tillorv, and John Woods of 11
Fleet Place.
NewYokic Dec. 6. The Brooklyn
Argus states that up to one o'clock 91
bodies had been taken from the ruins
aud others were still visible lying in
layers four deep. The morgueis com
pletely filled, and the bodies arc now
carried to the old market building in
Adam3 street. They can't bo recognized
At two o'clock 115 bodies had been
recovered, and there are probably as
many more within the ruins. Somo
persons assert that none in the upper
gallery of the theater escaped. The
last man that left the stairs says that
behind him was a helpless, half suffo
cated crowd.
At four p. m. 175 bodies had been
taken from the ruins of tho theater.
The ruins arc still burning, making
the work of removing the bodies very
difficult. Flags are at half mast
throughout the city aud the theaters
arc draped mourning.
Horror upon horror accumulate as
the day advanced. Corpse after corpso
charred and blackened, was passed
out, and still tho pile of bodies in the
cellar did not seem to dimish. As the
number mounted up to 150 and 160 tho
belief that the number would reach to
200 grew into a certainty, and finally ,
at half past four the two hundreth
body was removed. Some were found
with limbs and hands burned off, and
nothing left but ghastly blackened
trunk.
At 5 o'clock the number had reached
220. Twenty bodies were taken out
iu half an hour. A look iuto the pit
at this time still showed a considera
ble number of corpses lying cro3swiso
liko sticks of wood, aud there wcro
apparently fifty or sixty more.
This was in the cellar under the ves
tibule, from where all the bodies taken
out to-day were removed. They lay
in a pile, apparently where thoy had
beeu pitched into the cellar when the
floor and stairway gave away,
At a late hour to-night 235 bodies
had been recovered. The fire marshal
who has made an examination of the
circumstances attending tho fire, is of
the opinion that at least 350 persons
perished in the flames.
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