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.UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, THURSDAY MOHNING, JANUARY 21, I860.
NUMBEft 10
r.
M'KELLY, &HOYT,'
i TTOBNEY8 AT LAW, Upper SandnsVy,
Ohio. Offloe In M'KeUy's Block. upstairs.
noia'60-tr
H- A. Hovt.
Biain street.
It. M'KXLLT
,dr. g. t. Mcdonald, . ,
PHYSICIAN' & SUEGEOJT. OIHce with Dr
Cretslnger, over Boery's Store. Will at
tend promptly to all professional calls. ' '
A. Kail
ill
T. K. fteiseu. - - , - - .... .
CRISELL & KAIL.
Attorneys & Counselors at Law,
1 Upper Sandusky, O.
Orrica : 2d Floor, lleerys' Block.
J. D. & C. SEARS,
ATTORXEV8 AT I-AW, and Claim Agents.
Claims for back put. bounty and pensions
carefully and promptly attended to. Office up
stairs over the First National Bank, Upper
Sandusky. Ohio. ti
r. SCHAKPKB. ' O.O. WHITS.
: SCHAEFER & WHITE,
ATTORN E Y and Counsellors at Law. Par
ticular attention paid to Notarial and In
surance business. OUlce, Piersou block, up
stain. " ' julS-ly
- ' DR. A BILLHARDT.
DEALER IX DRUGS, Medicines, Faints,
Oils, nooks,' Stationery, Wall Paper, etc.,
In Post Office Building. Upper Sandusky, O.
JOHN PAUSCH,
JEWELER, and dealers in Silver Ware
Watches, Clocks, Cutlery and Fancy Goods.
No. 3 Boberts' Block. .
, DR. D. W. BYRON.
PHTStCIAN AND SlTtGEON, office at his
residence on corner of Fourth St. and Wy
andot Avenue, Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
MACK'S HOTEL.
riAREY.O.
v Formerly 1
David L. Michails. Proprietor.
r proprietor Shade House. Attica.
Ohio.- Good stabling attached.
W. A. WEIDMAN,
i WARPOLE HOUSE,,;;
JW. GERTIG Proprietor, Main st.Ex
. cellent accommodations and reasonable
terms. An excellent stable attached. ,
OLIVER & pfisterer;-1-
MERCIIANT TAILORS, and dealers in Gen
tlemen's Furnishing Goods, No. 8 Becry's
Block, Main street. -
. .' JERE c. GROFF,
TtKALER IN FAMILY GROCERIES,
A' Teas. Coffees. Sugars, Molasses, Syrups,
Spices, Fish, Wooden und Hollow Ware, and
Vegetables. Main St., Up. Sanduskv, o.
A TTOtsTEYS AT LAW, Marlon, O.
- in iam;'eirs mock, Main street.
ne.44 atteiiiied to promptlv.
TXkH FLEET. .. , 0. W. SMITH,
VAN FLEET & SMITH.
Office
Busi
Hava for tilp Clfl .
O00.0UO worth of Real Estatf. consisting of
irnw. i.aniis ana i own l'roperty in Alarion
and adjoining counties, and tho western States.
II. FLACK & CO.,
CLOTIT.IERS, and dealers in all kinds orFiir
nlshing Uootls for gentlemen's wear. Boom
No. S Ayers' Block, opposite the Court House.
. , , DR. R. N. McCONNELL, ' A
PHYSICIAN 4 SUEGEON, oiTers his profes
sional services to the citizens of Upper
Sandusky and vicinity. Office south room
M'tConners lllock. seoond strr.
O. FERRIS,
pnYSrcrAN SURGEON. Office In BecrVs
J- idock, second floor, lntheoflicefiormerlyoc.
cup ted by Ferris A Byron.
MILLER & SNOVER,
The highest price
TVEALEBS IN FAMILY" GROCERIES of all
fJ kiwis.
Roberts' Block.
paid for country produce
BRUNNER, McCONNELL & CO.,
TARUGGISTS, and Dealers in Books, Station-
s-'arv. r anc
' j. .-...5 , n-- ! !
ONE YEAR AGO.
, BT. BABBIET BEXCBER STOWS.
One year ago a ringing voice,
A clear bl ne ey e
And clustering curls of sunhy half,
Too fair to die. "
Only a year no voice, no smile, ' 'f.
No glance of eye,
No clustering curls of golden hair,
,' Fair but to die. y -. -
One year ago, whalioves. What schemes
fur iiiw iiioi f v
jea. Wr
WD
what high resolves.
NOBODY KNOWS
WHO WILL
OOMFOSEI
GEN. GRANT'S
What joyous hou
nat generous siriiei . ;
The silent picturdon the wall, '
The burial stoue. . '' "
Ot all that be.iuty, lUe and joy ' '
Kemaiu aloue I
One year, one year, one little year," , '
And so much trorie-t - - --..;.'. ;
And yet the even flow of life
Moves calmly on.
I The grave grows green, the flowers bloom fair
I Above tue neaii;
No sorrowing tint of leaf or spray
says ne is ueau.
No panse. or hush, or merry birds
That sing above,
Teli us how coldly sleeps below
ine lorm we love.
Where hast thou been this year, beloved?
What hast thou seen?
What rising fair, what glorions life ; .
Where hast tbou been? .
The veil, the veil) so thin, so strong!
'Twixt us and thee;
The mystic veil ! when shall it fall.
xnac we may set-r
Not dead, not sleeping, not even gone.
. iut preseni. stiii.
And waiting for the coming hour
ui uou s sweet win.
Lord of the living and the dead.
Our Savior.dear !
l We lay in si.ence at Thy feet
xnis sau, sau year:
CABINET.
From the Atlantic New Era, December 21.
General Long's tree t's Views.
Below we publish a letter ad-
BUT
DOES KNOW
THAT
W.A. WIDMAN
KEEPS
'iclues. No.
' Goods. Notions and Patent Med-
! McKelly's Block.
WYANDOT COUNTY BANK,
CPrEB 8ANmTSKY OHIO,
TUT and sell Government Securities. Ex
AJ change, Gold, Silver and Uucurrent Money.
Deposits received, and a general banking busi
ness conducted. Collections made and prompt
ly remitted. Interest paid on time deposits.
i. W. Beekt, Pres't. J. A. Maxwell, Cash.
; STOCKHOLDERS;:
H. BEERT, . i J. A. MAXWEJ.L,
. w. BEcsr,
L. B. H ARRIS, NEW TOKK.
SPLENDID, v: STOCK
r, , .. FRED. ELLSWORTH S
1"T IVERY A FEED STABLE. Horses and ve
AJ hlcles to be bad at any hour of the day.
Stable In rear of Van Marter House. ml6-6m
Notice to Teachers. .
' "' TheBoardof School Examiners of Wyan-
dot county, Ohio, -will hold meetings
ix the examination of teachers, in the
town of Upper Sandusky, as follows: On
thje 1st and 3d Saturdays of September,
October, "Voveiuber. March, April, May and
, the first Saturdays of all other months.
Ho eertifiaate will be granted except
t a Tegular meeting, Dor will any be
. granted, unless the "applicant appears in
1 rerson and submits to an examination.
Written testimonials of Moral Character
. will be required of all apDlicants and
those who have taught will be required to
present testimonials, showing their Rueeess
in teaching, and signed bvth Local Diree-
tors of the school in which the applicant
was .toss engagea. , , ' - j-
.. Examinations to commence at 9 o'clock,
A.K., at the School House in said town,
r- Applicants are requsUd to be punctual, as
i none will be admitted into the class after
i tue examination has commenced.
i'.c ' Bj order of the Board of Examiners. , ,
-Wif-d-na J. H. MYERS, Clerk.
rifiJrj 18, 1869. tf. ,, !..
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES,
AND VESTING?,
Ready Made Clothing,
Notice in Partition,
lanhy.' Morgan and Alexander If.
Thomson, her guardian. Emily S.Mor-
jfau, jonn i.,txoK and Ueor?ianaCook
nis wire, h'rank Ji. Morgan.. Rush Mor-
.IaBXouI N. Morgan. Jos. Monnrjoy
and Penina E. Mountioy his wife. Jef-
-- ferson Morgan, Charles Morgan. Grace
Ann Morgan and James Morgan, and
John R. Large, guanliar of- the en id
Charles Grace Ann and James; Daniel
Fflruson.Ernily Weaver. Henry Weav
er. John M. Ewing and Sarah J his
Wire, Smlttr Keller and Mary hiu wife,
James A. Ferguson, John M. Ferguson.
j&orge W. Morgan. Elijah "B. Martin
And Marv E. his wife. John Paiillin and
ifanny F. his wife. John Morgan. Maud
aiorgan. Hianche a. Mornn and
iFlliah B. Martin, sruantinn of t.lm aid
fJohn.Maud M.and Blanche B.Morgan;
tSobert A. Morgan. Sarah E. Morgan
nd John Paullinr. guardian of the said
Itobere W, and . Sarah K. Morgan, will
take rfotice that a petition was filed
against them on the 8th clajt of Decem
ber, A. 1868. in'tbe Court of Com
mon Pleas of Wyandot county. Ohio.by
Jam., tf A.M h An1 la . ji
,..,, ' f,uu .iiu ,q nun JJt 1 1 1 1 1 1 " ,
wherein the said James Morgan de
mands partition of the following real
stsutev to wjttsTh west half of the
Tnorth-west quartet of section levenlll
inTftwTwhin threft3, southfif Range
fourteen 14Mist, la eald county ot
Wyandot, containing eijrhty acres, and
J "Jthat at the' next term of said Court ap-
nllnatlnn vlrill h tniarla hvh.
a" . . . . ... - ,,t via,
organ tor an order that Partition may
up uinue ui said jiri"iiii8es',-
'Deeember 10th, 1868. -s " K- 1 !
.f , - J. D. 4 C. SEARS,
" 4-6 Attorneys for Petitioner.
CIRCULi ARS and
csntile Printiag neatly
Fionixb Job Ofitee.
all kinds of Mor
executed at th
LETTER HEADS and Envelopes
neatly aad promptly printed at the Piorsn
ffisnif untt
CONSTANTLY
HAND A
AND
GENTS' FURNISHING
;;; iS-.ri ;-. , ? -, . :
Of every style and description, -which he
is offering at the very lowest prices
Custom Work
Done to order in the latest
proved style. :
The public is most .respectfully Invite
to call and examine the stock and prices
Remember the place, ' ""' ; ;
JutcConnell's Block,'
Upper Sandusky, Jan. 1, 1869
-;.) ;.v:
dressed by General James Lou
street to a citizen of this State, in
which the "war horse" of Lee's
army calmly and clearly set forth
his views upon political matters
We hope our .readers will peru$e
the letter carefully that they may
fully understand the precise views
entertained by' this renowned and
much abused gentleman.
'Ltnchburg, Va.s Nov. 24,1868.
"My Dear Sir: Your letter of
the 2uth ult , after following me to
various points, reached me. Now,
I am glad to hear from you, and to
learn that 3 our mind is prepared to
accept opinions that are most likely.
in tlieir application, to develop and
advance the interests of the people.
Many of our Southern men seem to
have lost sight of the fnndamental
doctrine the interest ofthe.people
iu tneir zeal to: maintain their ideas
of consistency, which consists in
adhering to oid truths whether they
vors lor weal or woe.
I regret that I am not better pre
pared to meet your wishes for in
formation in regard to the future
policy of, our new 1'resident. Al
though I have had the pleasure of
several interviews with him within
the last few years, I have not sought
ON to learn his appreciation ot political
questions of the present or of the
future., I regard his past course
and decided character .as the surest
guarantees , of , his course. . The
floating idea that has attached itself
to the minds of the many, that he
may yet prove to be a Detiocrat, is
like manv other speculations that
gain circulation and creJence, but
only, serve to deceive those who
are credulous enough to indulge
them. : it we recall to mind the
events of the last two years, we
shall remember that Gen., Granfs
position, at one time, was such as
to lusure his. nomination for Presi
dent by the party "that he might
choose: as, most iu accord with his
views of public policy; and subse
quent events indicate that his per
sonal popularity is such as to have
turned the balance in his favor. It
seems to: me unreasonable, there
fore, to expect to find him, at this
late day, seeking alliance with the
old party His antecedents clearly
mark him as a national man, and as
sueh he gives assurances of his ad
hesion to the party whose basis is
the Union, and that the influence of
his administration will be applied to
its complete ana prosperous restora
tion.'
A fair-minded people must know.
however that no individual, unaided
can accompiisu tins great purpose
He must needs have the assistance of
the North, of the South, of the East
and of the West. Havinsr assur
ances of co-operation from other
parts ot the country, he only wants
that of the South to complete the
combination which will give to his
fifli"in& I administration a happy advent, and
cuujiui uauie anticipation 01 salutary
progress
1 hat the . people of the bonth
desire practical reconstruction there
can be no doubt; but it seems to be
difficult to develop that sentiment
wv-a-to produce practical., results,
Drifting along in the channel into
which chance seems to have thrown
me, 1 begin to hnd mvselt. like
DO?! ' many others, ready with arv theory
As it may interest you, I give 3'ou a
concise statement of it. If you find
that you can make it useful, you are
at liberty to do so : -
The wealth of the South lies in
Its Boil.
If this proposition is true, its
sequents are equally so
1. Labor, is essential to make
that wealth available.
2. To command ', labor, laws
must encourage and protect it.
Also their co-sequents :
To encourage and invite labor.
evidences - of protection must be
made manifest. through the opera
tion of law upon the labor that we
have. ' :' " ' ' .
Hence, it appears that the value
otCHir.lands depend upon our labor,
our labor upon the , law, and the
1-y llaw upon us. .. . A failure upon
our part, therefore, to enact and to
enforce broper laws, will lie as fatal
to the Interests of the owners of
real estate as confiscation. ; And
yet, all that Congress asks us to do
is-to avail ' onrselves of the only
means by which wo may avoid
serious depreciation of our material
interests. That is, this will be the
practical result of reconstruction,
under national legislation, upon
our interests, lhe moving cause
of that legislation, probably, was
'security for the future.' Here, we
trrsfy discover the line that should
mark our connection with recon
struction. It begins and ends in
our care for homn interests. It will
be time enough to ' begin to Hok
into the future when we have pro
vided for the present.
The politicians of the old school
seem anxious to impress upon the
minds of our young men the im
portance of rejecting all proposi
tions coming from the Republican
party, or else they dishonor their
own bl)od and the' blood of their
fallen comrades. Bnt gentlemen
should remember that they only
dishonor their comrades when they
dishonor themselves, and that there
can not be dishonor in ready obe
dience to law, and a proper care for
our own welfare. On the contrarj',
to discard the law and expose our
selves to unnecessary . difficulties, is
near akin to dishonor. It is true
that many worthy persons are dis
franchisee! under the law, but the
readiest and surest means of relief
are through the law. .
I conclude, therefore,that interest,
and duty, and honor demand that we
should place ourselves in a condi
tion to support the laws of Con
gress. When we have done so we
shall receive abundantly of help
from the Executive and from the
other members of the Govern
ment. -
I remain, very truly yours,
James Longsteeet.
Mr. Jchn H. Dent, Cave Spring, Ga,
.u;
A
im; "!'
and most ap
Roman CatUolic Supremacy
Father Hecker, a Roman Catholic
clergyman of powerful oloquence, is
going through the country lecturing
n the "Religious condition of the
country. ' Father Hecker is trank
in his utterances, and says tnings
hich a more cautions propagand
t would consider it prudence to
conceal. In his lecture at Chicago
he said :
The increase of Catholic popula
tion over that 01 others is 1UU per
cent. He believed the dominant in
fluence of the country, at the close
f the century, would be on the side
f Catholics. Tbey stand in. this
country as a Juacedonian phalanx
bound together by truth, while frot
estanism is disintigratmg itself and
windling away, lhe result, he
predicted, was founded on figures
and logic. This great Republic is
bound to be a great Catholic nation
There will be no reason to fear Cath
olicism if it does predominate;
will not be inimical to intelligence
It is educating more people than
any other denomination. There will,
be no danger to our liberties, be
cause the Catholic Church is found
ed on the natural order which ob
tains in a republic. Catholicism will
refuse a religious enthusiasm ; into
the energies of thd people. 1 h
question is now pressing on the
American people of determining
their religion as the fathers proclaim
ed its determined deutiny. In a few
short years it will proclaim irselt
Catholic.
Here is something for Protesants
and politicians to ponder over. Fath I He was a wealthy orphan
er Hecker lias tue impruaens zeai ,
and frankness of most converts, but J
it is very improbable that he speaks
without warrant when he makes so
startling a declaration as that the
Roman Catholic Church aims at po
litical supremacy in this country.
He merely proclaims what his coad-
utors hope aud labor lor in silence.
He predicts that there is, ere long.to
be a State religion, in mis country,
and that State religion is to be Ro
man Catholic. His statement that
there will be no danger to our liber
ties, and that Roman Catholicism is
founded on the natural order which
obtains in a Republic, will but ex
cite a smile in those acquainted with
the political history ot that church
in the past half dozen ceuturies. If
so foutided, the builders of the su
perstructure departed widely from
the original plan.
Unhappily Father Hecker is not
wide of the truth when he says that
the adherents of the Roman Catholic
Church in this country stand as a
Macedonian phalanx, while Protest
autism disintegrated : and cherefore
at a disadvantage. Not only are
Protestant churches at war with, or
secretly jealous of, each other, but
there are influences at work within
the ranks of Protestantism inimical
to Protestantism itself. Whether
intentional , or not, Ritualism is
breaking down the defences and
making an easy path for the assaults
of the Roman Catholic Church. 1 '
Against Roman Catholicism as a
religion we have nothing to say.
We believe in libertypf conscience,
and hold that a man has as much
right to be a Roman Catholic as to
be a Presbyterian Unitarian. But
when it is openly proclaimed, by a
leading Champion of the Roman
Catholic Church, that the purpose is
to convert it into a political power
and to make it dominant in the at
fairsof this country, it is time to
call attention to the dangers that
menace us. C. Herald. t , , ;
"How long can a fool live?"
asked a lawyer of a witness that he
was examining. '
"I don't know, I'm sure,' Sir.
How long have you lived ?" was the
answer. ; , .
A sailor in attempting to kiss a
pretty girl got a box on the ear.
"There," he exclaimed, "just my
luck ; always wrecked on the coral
A First-Class Romance in Ohio.
Not many miles from Xenia re
sides a wealthy landholder, or rath
er a model farmer. His-; prosperity
uring the last twelve years has
often been: the comment of his
neighbors, and obseiving ones have
wondered from whence he has ob
tained the means with which he had
added farm to farm and acre to acre,
until he holds upward of two thou
sand acres of the best land in the
whole State of Ohio.
Seme ten 3-ears since, we have
lately been informed, there appeared
at the farmer s door, a young and
stalwart youth who asked, and read
ily obtained employment. Although
gnorant at hrst ot the duties on a
farm, he applied himself, and in a
hort time became an adept larmer.
He took as much interest in the
affairs of the farmer, who engaged
him as did the farmer himself.
When the month of December
came, the hrst one alter nis advent
on the farm, he informed the family
that he would absent himself during
the winter, but would return in early
spring and work another 37ear. He
brought two trunks when he came
there the preceding spring, the con
tents of which had never been dis
played. These he left with the far
mer, with xizs simple precautionary
remark, ttf "never allow them to be
disturbed, or. at . least, unless I
should be absent two years. If
gone longer they were at libert3r to
open and appropriate their contents.
He carried nothing away with him
except the suit he had on, nor did
he accept his summer s wages when
tendered by the farmer. He took
his note, payable in hve years, and
left.
April of the following year came,
and the wonder of the family over
the 3Touth'8 strange proceedings was
still fresh, when one pleasant morn
ing they were all gladly surpriped
to see their help again. He brought
a large trunk, similar to. one of the
two- ho had left there during the
winter. The 'ensuing year the
3'onng man and the farmer become
greatly attached, in August trie
farmer purchased an adjoining farm,
and paid for it in cash.
When the year s work was com
Dieted, again were the incidents of
the preceding year repeated. The
young man took another note, left
his trunk, and went away. He only
cautioned the farmer s family,, as
before, regarding his three trunks.
Vv hen April came round again
our hero returned. In May follow
ing the farmer r urchased another
adjoining farm of one hundred acres
and paid for it in cash. J he going
away and returning continued for
the last ten 3-ears tip to the present
December. Each year the farmer
purchased more land. Every 3-ear,
in December, the farmer's help left
him, taking the farmer's note, and
everv following April he returned
He never took trunk or bf
awav. but always brought more
when he returned.
Last week the help, now grown
to manhood, strong and sturdy in
mind and frame, left the farmer
took awav his accumulated baggage.
and returned the several notes the
farmer had given him made apres
ent of them to a child of the farmer,
The evening before his departure he
infromed his friends, who had all
learned to love : him, of the secret
which he had long kept to himself.
Doctors
had told him, at the age of fifteen
that he could not live to become
age. He at. once left an Easter
boarding school and came -out here
to the farmer's home. He returned
and studied during the winter, be
came interesied in seeing the farmer
increase his domains, and donated
the money with which the additions
were made. The trunks contained
the fashionable clothing he wore
during the winter months. Secresy
regarding the money received
him had been enjoined upon the
farmer during all the ten years;
now he is released to do, or tell, all
or little, as he pleases.
The promised consumptive was
saved ; the aggravations of diseaes
dispelled ; and, having grown to be
healthy, and robust was satisfied
with the ten years' effort to prevent
his becoming an invalid for life. It
was almost useless for the farmer
to attempt to express his gratitude,
unbounded as it was, to our hero.
He thinks of him now as a benefac
tor and son, and looks on his broad
acres and can hardly realize that
they are his. Were we to give the
name of the young man, many of
our readers would at once be con
vinced of the truth of the above.
This we are forbidden to do for the
present. Xenia Gazette 29, th.
Taking: it Coolly.
Old Squire Hopkins was a per
fect picture of meakuess and sim
plicity, and his stuttering seemed
the effect of bashfulness rather than
an inherent physical defect. One
da3T a neighbor came to buy a yoke
of oxen of him. The price was
named, and the animals made a sat
isfactory appearance.
"Arethev breachy?" asked the
buyer. ,
"N n-n-n n-ever t-r-o-nbled me,
was the, repty.
The other paid the price and took
the yoke. In a day or two he came
back in a towering passion.
"Confound these critters, Squire
there ain't no . fence that will keep
'om! They will break through a
stone wall, or jump over the moon.
What the dickens made you tell me
they wasn't breachy ?"
"I-I didn't say n n-no such thing."
. "Yes 3'oii did ; you said , they
cever troubled you."
"Oh, well, neighbor,", said the
Squire, "I d-d-ont let such a th-ings
as that ever trouble me"
The buyer sloped.
What came of a Christina spree.
A certain boarding house on- the
West side was the scene of a small
sensation on Saturday evening,
which promises to find its way into
the courts, where the aggrieved par
ties may have an opportunity to set
tle their differences, and set them
selves right with one another. It
seems that there' are, among other
boarders at the place in question, a
Mr. and Mrs. Adams and a Mr. Hen-rj-Newhouse.
This latter individu
al is a mason by trade, and having
orked steadily all summer, was
plentifully supplied ' with funds
when winter came on. On Christ
mas night, being convivially inclin
ed, he sought several companions
similarly situated, and they set out
for a general spree, which lasted un
til the -'wee sma' hours" of the morn
ing of Saturday, when Newhouse
started for his boaidmg house. It
appears that he occupies a room ad-
jomg that of Mr. Adams and wife
and being considerably muddled.
when he got home,entered his neigh
bor's room instead of his own, and
began to disrobe himself:' Unexpec
cted business had detained Adams
later than usual, so that he bad not
et arrived when "Newhouse came
in. Mrs, Adams, supposing that it
was her husband who was -;n the
room, began to lecture him strongly
for being out so late, and in no very
amiable terms demanded the cause.
Poor Newhouse, his senses drown
ed in liquor, knew not what to make
of the fact of their being a woman
in the room, but finally managed to
ask her if she hadn't made a mistake
and got into the wrong bed. ' The
voice was not that of her husband,
and alarmed at the presence of s
strange man in ner bed-room, otter
ed scream upon scream, which arous
the house-hold, and in a very short
space of time a dozen or more boar
ders congregated about her room
door, all anxious to know the cause
of the disturbance. She could only
point to Newhouse, sitting in a chair
near the door, and partly undressed
He, poor fellow hardly,. knew what
to make of the whole affair, but the
lights, which were speedily brought,
revealed to him that he had got into
the wroug room. Just then Adams
came in, and seeing him there and
crowd around the door, jumped to
the conclusion that his wife had been
caught in flagrante delictu with New-
house, and at once proceeded to
give that individual a severe pum
mehng ending by kicking him out
of doors. Adams then returned to
his wife and demanded an cxplana
tion which she of course, could not
give, and he prepared to transfer his
wrath at Newhouse to her.
The scenes though which the
victim had passed tended to sober
him, and, returning, he attempted
to explain his intrusion upon th
lad3T's privacy. The husband, knew
Newhouse quite well, and a3 th
explanation was tenable and reason
ble, became mollified, and excused
his wife , from participation in any
wrong act. Newuouse, whose eyes
are blackened, and : who naturally
feels sore over his thrashing, sajTs
that he will have satisfaction if it
can be had through the intervention
of the courts, so that it is quite
probable that the mistake of the
unlucky .Newhouse will result in
somethiugr, more ' serious. -Cleveland
Herald.. " '
WONDERFUL. DISCOVERY.
The Largest ;;; Skeleton.- Ever
Found The Exhumation of an
Antediluvian Human Skeleton.
. From the Sauk Rapids Sentinel, 18th.
. Day before yesterday,1 while the
quarry men employed by the Sauk
COLD-BLOODED MURDER
IN MEMPHIS, r -
Rapids Water Power Company were
engaged in qnarr3-ing rock for the
dam which is being erected across
the Mississippi at this place,' they
found imbedded in the solid granite
rock the remains of a tuman being
of gigantic stature. About ' seven
feet below the surface of the ground
and about three feet and a half be
neath the upper stratum of rock,the
remains were found imbedded in the
sand, which had evidently been plac
ed in the quadrangular grave vihich
had been dug out of the solid rock
to receive the last remains of this an
tediluvian giant. The grave was 12
feet in length, four feet wide, and
about three feet in depth, and is to
day at least two feet below the pres
ent level of .the river. The remains
are completely petrified, and of gi
gantic : dimensions. - 1 he - head is
massive, and measures thirty one
and a halt inches in circumference,
but low in the o frontts. and verj'
nat on top. 1 he femur measures
twenty six and a quarter inches, and
the fibula twenty five and a half,
while the body 13 equally long in
proportion. From the crown of
of the head to the sole of the foot
the length is ten feet nine inches and
half. The . measure around the
chest is fifty nine and a half inches.
This giant must have weighed at
least 900 pounds when covered with
a reasonable amonnt of flesh. The
petrified remains, and there is notic
ing left but the naked bones, now
weigh 304i pounds. The thumb
and fingers of the left hand, and the
left foot, from the ankle to the toes
are gone ; but all the other parts are
perfect. -Uver the sepulchre ot the
unknown dead was placed ; a large
flat limestone ' rock that remained
perfectly separated - from - the sur
rounding granite rock, c
These wonderful remains of an
antediluvian, gigantic race are in pos
session of a gentleman who had
started with it to his residence East.
This gentleman, it is said, will send
the remains to Boston, and possibly
we may hear all that can be said on
the subieet by the learned in these
things. It is snpposed by some 01
our ablest men, among whom is
General Thomas, that many more
skeletons wffl be found during the
process of excavating the granite
rocks in this place. Some think
that these remains were deposited
in this sarcophagus prior to the for
mation of the present strata of rocks
that now abound here; but this is
mere conjecture.
A Gambler's Terrible Revenge.
Memphis, January 8. A shootinir
affray occurred at 10 o'clock this
morning, at the corner of Second
and Market streets, resulting in the
death of Edwin Whitfield, of the
firm of Moore & Whitfield, cotton
factors, by O. H. Doran, a gambler.
Doran rentid a house from Whit- .
field's father, and kept such disrepu
table company that an attempt was
made in the courts to eiect him.
iJoran, this morning, published a;
card in the Avalanche, denouncing
both the Whitfields as thieves, liars
and poltroons. Edwin Whitfield
and Major Moore went to the house
for the purpose, it is supposed, of
chastising Doran. On knocking the
door was opened. Whitfield entered
and the door was slammed in Moore a .
face and locked.. The shooting,
commenced simultaneously with the
locking of , the door, when , Moore
and a crowd attracted by the fifing;,
nurst the door open, and VV bitfield
was found lying on the floor d3'ing,' ' '
and Doran and two women were
standing in the center of the room
Doran cried out that he surrendered.
He and the women were taken to
jail. Whitfield's pistol was found
on him, never having been drawn.
He was shot through the body five
times, and beaten ; over the-iiead
with a pistol- There is strong talk"
of lynching Doran. Whitfield , was.
an exemplary young man, and . but
recently married. Durring the war
he served on the staff of General
Dick Taylor.
President Lincoln's joking 'pro
pensity is notorious. The following
capital hit is worthy of publication 1
A gentleman from Boston who was '
a graduate and an office-seeker, cal
led, on Mr. Lincoln foran appoint
ment; 'and was sustained by all influ
ential 'politicians of his State, as all
such men are. After having preseu
ted his claims-am luitverlastiug I
string ' of -names, . the genltenrartr
wished to to turn the conversation,
a moment and asked ' the! President ,
at what college he gradutaed,: , "I ,
never graduated at any college, sir :
while in this world we never gradu
ate, it is one life-long school."" 'Oh
says the graduate, "you are a self
made made man." "Not at all,"
said Mr. Lincoln, "I believe God
made man." .
The Bostonian saw the point and
left without his credentials. .
From the Atlantic Monthly for January.
: . Consumption Infectious.
of
A Novel Wager. :
The Chicago Tribune tells of
three 3'oung men residents of that
city, one a salesman on South Water
street, another, a machinist emplo3red
in one of the largest manufacturing
establishments on the , South . Side,
and the other an engineer in one of
the late transportation steamers,
plying between there and the lower
lakes, who came to the conclusion
that by committing matrimony they
would be happier and have some
dear little creature to love and cher
ish and provide for. In order -to
settle question as to who should be
the first, a game of euchre, ten points
up was proposed, the conditions De
ing that the one losing should be
united in wedlock before next De
cember such a length of time be
ing allowed in order to give him an
opportuniry to make a selection
and if he failed to secure a wife, he
was to support the other two thro'
the winter of '69 and'70 giving
them the comforts of a home or
leave this country and renounce his
rights as an American citizen. The
game came off on the 'ifth instant,
in the presence of a few friends of
the parties concerned, and 1 termin
ated in the defeat of the machinist.
The salesman magnanimously offer
ed to relieve him of the responsibil
ity for the consideration of 8500.
Whether this proposition has been
excepted or not. is yet unrevealed.
The successful gentleman- was well
known through out the city, and a
speedy consutnation is anxiously
looked for by his friends.
Girls, don't all speak at once.
; i A young fellow was tailing
sleigh-ride with ,a pretty girl, when
he met a - minister, who was cele
brated for , tying the matrimonial
knot at" short notice.' .He stopped
him. and asked, hurriedly: '
. "Can you tie a knot for me ?
: "Yes." said Brother B r , "I
guess so; when do you want it
done?"
"Well, right away, was the re
ply. "is it lawful, , though, ' here in
the highway ?"
"Oh. ves; this is as good a place
as anv as sale as the church it
self." . v '
"Well, then, I want a knot tied in
rav horse's tail, to ' keep it ' out of
t,h. snow !" shouted the wicked
wag, as h drove rapidly" awsy.
" BY DR. HENKT BO WDITCH. -
It was our fortune to attend a
man slowly dying . ot consumption,
who, while hopelessly and helpless
ly ill, was devotedly cared for by his
wife, who at the time felt herself,
and seemed to be, in perfect health.
Years after her husband s death,
and when biavely battling against
the disease, which commenced its
insidious attacks immediately subse
quent to his death, she related to me
the following tacts, but only on my
definite inquiries as to how inti ,
mate her relations had been .With
him during his illness. It seems
that often, in . wintry nights, that
faithful woman would arise Trom
the side of her husband, who was
lying with his diess drenched with
the chilling sweat, ot. increasing
disease, and would persuade him to
take her warm clothing aud to lie
down in the dry warm place she had
just left, while, simply throwing a
blanket over it, she would taKe tue
spot previously occupied by him.
Upon our expressing a norror at
the thought of the danger she had
run, and which apparently had told
with so much power upon her, she
quietly remarked that she knew at
the time the danger she was incurr
ing. She had no thought of danger
to herself, and only of her husband's
comfort. "But." added she, "I then
got what I never recovered from."
A certain vitality seemed to go out
of her ; and though her nature con
tended for many years against the
incroachments of; the disease, she
fiualiy died, always believing .that
she had taken , consumption from
her . husband, but with a certain
martyr-like joy that such.' had really
been the fact. ; ";. ; i ...
r We have now in our mind other
and analogous cases, as, for example,
husbands having their first cough
when ..inhaling the breath of their
sick wives, while ministering to
their necessities. We have known
dauo-hters and sisters, who, full of
apparent helth and strength, when
consumption has seized a mother or
sister, have continued to sleep with
the invalid and to breatto the same
closed-up atmosphere at night, and
to watch all day without, perhaps, a
moment of healthful out-of-door
exercise. And we have been dis
tressed to find not a few of sucii
healthy young persons gradually
beginning to suffer with Indigestion,
flfihilitv. and finally cough, and all
the svmptoms of consumption. In
some instances, in fact, the attendaqt
has died before the life of the orig
inal patient has ended. These facts
are verv significant, and although
wa are well aware that, in some of
them, other elements of disease may
have had their fatal influences, still
the cases have been full of sugges
tions as to the encessities of greater
precautions thau we, in this country,
have usually taken in tuis matter.
The Kill of Science is situated on
the beautiful; plane of civilization,
an " on its golden heights trees of
knowledge are growing in the puro
air of virtue, bearing the luxuriant
fruit of human happiness. On' Its
sacred sumit stands the eternal city,
with gates of pearl and walls of Jas
per. The inhabitants linger beside
the life-river, whose crystal .waters
gleam in purest light, and flow front
the fountains of unending joy. Im
mortality is the crown of . its glory;
and the Infinite holds over it tue
sceptre of love. Happy is he who
is camping at its base, that he may
ascend on the morrow and behold.
from its lofty range, the suminer
land of eternal rest beyond. . 1 '
The Yankee, Who has not heard
of the Yankee ? His name is sound
ed in all the world. But from whence
came this strange character? He Is
a nondescript "among the - nations,
and 3ret the reflex of them all.' He
is a translation from other national
ities ; a resurrectio n from the ruins
of the past.
When we talk of the wit or the
Irish, we behold the Yankee his peer.
The firmness of the Briton is more
than equaled. : The endurance of
Norway, the integrity of Scotland,
and the politeness of: the French
man, are beautifully eombined in his
character.. . Thus he stands forth in
the march of civilization as the elec-
tic man.
.- Let us have Peace.1
What it Costs to Lead In Fash
ion. The Princess de Metteruich
has for a few years past been gradu
ally gaining upon the Empress Eu
genie as a leader of the fashions at
Paris. Her toilettes have been the
efcvy of the Empress and the Impe
rial Court, but the triumph has been
a costly one to the Melternich pair.
The extravagance of the Princess
has made serious inroads upon their
income of 8300,000,- several heavy
mortgages have recently been enter
ed on their famous estate of Johan
nisburg, and the . Rothchilds have
just notified the Prince that be has
overdrawn bis account with them to
the amount of $120,000, and that
the deficieucy must be made good
without delay. - . 1
HA little three-year-old was con
siderably excited ; the other day by
seeing the cat kill a mouse. .The
next day she asked her mother, sud
denly s ...
'Who made the birdies?"
"God made them, my child.
. i" Who feeds the birdies, mamma ?"
J "God feeds them." ' '
, "IMamma, who made the mices ?"
she continued.
"God made them."
The little one was thoughtful A
moment, and then asked, energet
ically : -,
"Does God keep a cat ?" ' '
.The toother told her she would
tell her all about it when she got
older, but for the present she had
better go play with her India-rubber
m : . , v
"I'll Tiring you down to the hard
pan of truth, Sir !" said a lawyer
to the "opposing counsel." "Very
well," was: the reply; . "that's the
pan I suppose, that you just flashed
In!" '-'- :- v. , .......
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