| NEWS ~AL Inwood Station, near Plymouth, {ndiana, on the 9th, a wagon driven by John Wymer, a young farmer,and con- wining his wife and two little daugh- Ars, was struck by a train while cross- ng the railroad. Wymer and one of he children were killed, Mis, wd the other child were mortally in- ured. Wymer had been cautioned ibout the danger of crossing. ~The Nova Scotia Assembly on .0e Bth discussed a resolution favoring eparation from Canada. The reso- ution was finally carried by a vote of Oto 6 —Frank Benoit's tarm ith, and his three children, aged from rne to five years, perished in the flames, th, killing the proprietor and mor- ally injuring two other men, —A lire at lestroyed eight overing sixty acres of quarter, About 8000 persons made homeless. The loss is estimated pt $1,500,000, the insurance at $230- "00. Two lives were lost, . --1t is believed that the great fire in dull; Ontario, on the 9th was the work of an incendiary. “It appears that Alderman Laindrev, on the roof of whose bakery the flames were first dis- covered, made not a few enemies in the discharge of his Aldermanic and other duties, and it is alleged that some one pf these did the } —A tornado passed through Wayne rounty, Indiana, on the evening of the bth, levelling houses and everything plse in its path, and destroying many thousands dollars’ worth Two men and a woman are reported to bave been killed. A ne in Burling- ton, lowa, was struck by lightning on the afternoon of the 9th, and one man was killed, another being severly in- jured. A violent thunder storm did damage estimated at $15,000 in Osca- loosa, Iowa, on the 9tl squares of buildings, the Chinese mischief. § # sev ld Ol Ol SULOCK. use LANE ULE, in the doing — Two breaks have occurred levee at Louisiana, great damage in and around the town. —All the railroads in Chicago re- sumed operations on the 10th, the strike of the freight handlers having collapsed, Work was resumed on the 10th in all the principal sash, door and blind fac- tories in Chicago on the basis of eight hours’ work and nine hours’ pay. Work was also resumed in all the north ana south side lumber mills on the old basis of ten hours’ work for ten hours’ pay. The great lumber yards, planing mills and box factories in the west livision of the city, however, remain closed. These combined interests em- ploy 8000 men and boys. A fire in Gainesville, m the 10th, destroyed all the be on the south side of the square, causin # loss of $560,000. David Little's cigar factory, at Strasberg, near Lancast Penna., was destroyed the 10th by an incendiary fire. — Frank Slipp, letter-carrier, was ar- rested in Buffalo on the 10th, on the charge of robbing the mails, and held in $5,000 bail un 3 --Mrs, J. Stramann attempted to kill her daughter in West Denver. Colorad by on the 10th, and then killed herself. She is believed to Dr. Frederick N, Palmer, a well-known homeopathic physician of Boston, aged 73 years, while on the way to Pertland on the 10th, jumped from the steamer into the sea with four-year-old grandson in his arms. The bodies were not recovered, have been insane, Lis Joh —John Baum, alias Johe Hugg. ar- rested for the murderous assault upon George Co-, Jr., at Englewood, New Jersey, has made a confession. now exvected to recover. —A tornado at Leavenworth. Kan- sas, on the 11th, damaged three large buildings, one of them a school house, No one was injured in the school house, but =» man was langerously injured in another building. Eight barns were demolished and two bridges washed away a short distance from the city. —Charles J. Bguschke, furnit manufacturer in Chicago, on the 1 attempted to arrest a striker who was one of a grou; had returned Bruschke, as his wen, had policemen, A scuflle Coe is ure i i0 Work in his factory, well as a number of Deen sworn in as special followed, Struggling to his knees, he fired at four men who had assaulted him, se iously wounding two of them, named Adler and Wagseller. The latter is not expected to recover ~An engine on the Albany and Sus- quehanna Railroad exploded at Che- nerus, New York, on the 11th, killing James Gleason, the engineer, and injuring the fireman. ~The stables and out-houses on the farm of Elizabeth Eshleman, in Eden, township, Lancaster county, Penna. , were fired by lightning on the 9th, with six head of stock. Loss. $5000. —Rabbi Isidore Kulish died on the 11th in Newark, New Jersey, aged 70 years. He was author of many works of Hebrew literature. Josiah W. Pres. ton, a well-known member of Chicago Board of Trade, who bad been twice its President, died on the 10th. ~Mrs. Kline, two of her children, and ber brother, named Cox, drowned in tre Neosho river. near Parsons, Kansas, on the 10th, by the upsetting of a ferry boat. ~-A violent storin swept along the Conemaugh Valley in Western Penn- sylvania on the 10th. Near Cone- maugh, a number of empty freight cars, standing on a siding, were blown over upon the main track. A west. bound freigt train of 25 cars, going at a speed of 30 miles an hour, dashed into the obstruction at midnight. All the cars were smashed up, and Conductor Thomas Connors, Engineer Thomas Mowray and Fireman Michael Myers were killed almost instantly, The rest of the crew escaped with slight inju. ries, All trains were delayed twelve hours, A fearful storm of wind and rain prevailed on the 11th in Kansas City, Missouri, from 11 o'clock until noon. The Court House, the Lathrop School building, an over-all factory and two or three other buildings were part- ially or wholly demolished, Twenty- four persons are known to be killed— twelve at the school house, six at the factory and six elsewhere, The injured, as far as ascertained, number about 30, several of whom canuot recover, — During a camp meeting in John- | son county, Kansas, on the 9th, a large | tent was blown down, Three persons ~Mr. and Mrs. Jackson and their in. fanl—were killed and many were slightly injured, Reports have been received at the t hood of Cincinnati, All wires {down in that region, and the { at midnight was inaccessible from any | point, communication by loss of wires. A | telegram from Chicago savs: **All the { been badly demoralized to-night by storms at Lafayette, { atl a cyclone is reported, i has cut the city off from telegraphic { communication on all sides.” A tele- place was visited at half-past eight | o'clock on the evening of the 12th | by one of the severest storms ever | known there. “A deluge of rain, { thunder and hail inundated the earth. The thunderbolts were deafering and | the electric display unparalleled. A circus tent was blown down during the performance and a number of persons were injured, three dangerously, -A tornado at Odell, Ilhinos, on the evening of the 12th, unroofed seven stores and a hotel, nearly destroying another building and buried {we i debris, Terrible wind are reported at } Chill- under the and hail storms Indiana, and Streator and Illinois, T upon Odell was seen gathering at tiac by a railroad train whieh left that point, ard the cloud following the train struck Odell just as the train entered the place. A later despatch says the train resumed its journey, put before it | left several persons were | Killed and injured. A violent storm. lasting fifteen minutes, passed over Winchester, Virginia, on the even of the 12th. “Two clouds of greenish cast, hanging low, one from the north- east, the other from the southwest, met and burst immediately over the city. The wind attained a great velocity, and hailstones the size of walnuts fell to the depth of from two inches to three | feet, Trees stripped of their foliage, and the rain fell in torrents. filling the streets and cellars, Every house with a western « the window glass destroyed. were to the brisn UIC Pon reported were posure had all srriages overturned on the ds leading rity, the occupan narrowly escaping with their lives.” -—A very severe storm of wind, rain and lightning, visited Evansvilie, 1u- diana on the evening of the 11th. The Alrican papust couren, a large building, was + unroofed and OTICR were 3, trees and chim. neys levelled, 55€8 On property are believed aggregate $200,000, Two men were drowned In a skiff and a man was killed by a f; The portion of Vichey Sg i » * v1 1 $ Ar 4 TeCKed, stores fence to hing tree, greater twelve mile was destroved by the storn Most : SLOTes were No were were injured. Osage City and Missouri, were flooded by the and at Sedalia one house was demolished and several others were unroofed. railroad bridges were demolished in the vicinily. At Mortonville, Kan- sas, the Breck block and a bank were demolished by the storm of the 11th. Hailstones, some of which were eleven inches in circumferencé, fell at Mineral Point, Missouri, on the 11th. A colt was killed by one of the | hailstones. Hailstones ‘as large goose eggs’’ fell at Bonne Terre, Mis. | souri, on the 11th, doing great damage to the crops and smashing glass, “The iron roof of the boiler house of the St. Joseph Works was riddled as if by grape shot,”’ ~(harles Murray and Thomas Shaw were killed by indians 25 miles south- | west of Tucson, Arizona, on Monday. | Geronimo’s ban is supposed to be in | that vicinity. Two hundred troops are | in close pursuit, ~In the U. 8. Cirenit Court at Chi. cago, a verdict for $116,000 was ren- dered in favor of the United States against Gen. John A. McArthur and his seven bondsmen. The suit was to recover money of which McArthur was short when, as Postmaster of Chicago, he surrendered his office in 1875. The defence was that McArthur deposited the money In the Cook County National Bank, which soon after went into the | hands of a receiver, who failed to give | credit for the amount deposited on sc. count of the United S.ates, nortl Of Lue dwellines and demolisiied o1 ost. but lives four i WO as with $10, 00 for work done on Gov- Francisco, The jury allowed $3000 of the alleged offsets, -The Police Department of Chicago has made an official report of the bomb- throwing affair in that cily. It shows that during the not 66 police. men were wounded, 5 of whom have died and 10 returned to duty, leaving 57 still laid up with their wounds. Two of the latter MeNuity { and Henson, were in a dying condition on the 13th, ~An attempt was made by some unknown villain to burn the Madison Street Theatre in Chicago on the 13th. Fires were started in two places on the stage, but the dampness of the sur roundings prevented their rapid spread, and the firemen extinguished the flames after about $200 damage had been done, - A series of fearful storms of rain and wind swept over Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and portions of Iowa, Wiscon- sin and Missouri, on the 12th. There was a great destruction of property, and a number of people in various o- calities suffered death or injury, but the worst visitation was at Xenia, Ohio, Here a **cloud-burst’’ caused appallin ruin, sweeping away a number of dwe Up to the of the 11 lings and their occupants, | evening of the 13th 25 bodies drowned had been recovered, and persons were missing. - FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. SENATE. In the United States Senate, on the 10th, Mr. Frye introduced a bill “to limit the commercial privileges of ves- sels of foreign countries in the ports of { the United States to such purposes as | are accorded to American vessels in the | ports of such foreign countries.’”” The bill is intended to meet Canadian seiz- ures of American fishing vessels, Mr. { (This is Mr. Ingalls’ bill.) The Inter- State Commerce bill was until adjournment. discussion went to-day, Messrs, Cullom, Ed- The Faithful Housewife, I see Ler in her home content, The faithful housewife, day by day; Her duties seen like pleasures sent, And joy attends her on her way. Bhe cares not for the loud acclaim That goes with rank and social strife, Her wayside home is more than fame; She is its queen-—the faithful wife! When summer days are soft and fair, And bird-songs fill the cottage trees, She reaps a benison as rare As her own gentle ministries. Peace shirines itselt upon her face, And happiness in every look; Her voice is full of charm and grace, Like music of the summer brook. In winter when the days are cold, And all the landscape dead and bare, How well she keeps her little fold How shines the fire beside her chair! { The children go with pride to school, The father's toil half turns to play, So tenderly she moulds the day. { Let higher stations vaunt their claim, Let others sing of rank and birth— | The faithful housewife’s honest fame Ia linked to the best joys on RR SCAN. earth ate completion, and Messrs. Kenna Miller and others urged further consid- eration The bill was finally ordered to be reprinted as amended and, failing to arrive at any conclusion as to when the vote should be taken, the Senate adjourned. In the U. =, Mitchell, of irrent resolution, 0 the Commi leclaring it to be Senate on t 1h the which was Foreign Relations, if Longieg: be the 12 h, Mr. Oregon. i it eC i ieee on by nited St with a view securing such modifications of present treaty with China as may result in stopping the coming of Chinese to this country, except in the case of dip- lomats and their servants, and exe ept also in the case of persons at sea driven to seek a place of shelter, The State Commerce bill was passed —veas y Nays 4—and to the House, hie Sspate then adjourned, In the U, 8, Senate on the 15th, a number of bills were taken from the calendar and passed, among them one creating a Judicial Circuit of the United States. On reaching Mr. ’latt’s Executive Session that Senator said he would be glad to have it disposed of he viel that % ile discuss negotiations s entered between the 1 Governments 1 fg ariel dies anda lo .3 wie wr * i te nier- 47 Foes y i 1 d I'entl ith resolution, once, but several Senators thoroughly, a: had been arranged 1 cuss it when the P bill Moines River veto and the B bill had been dis eral Peasion } atl rstood sired to understood §t 1 ing which Live sess Army ered, per lourned. the house on the 104 ills were Introduced Among them was on Main, exactly similar troduced Mr. Fry Pending consideratios Columbia busin House adjourned. In the House on the 11th a bill was for the appointment of a commission to ascertain and settle private land claims in the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona and the State of Colorado. An amendment of - fered by Mr, McAdoo, of New Jersey was agreed to, providing that no alien Or person not a citizen of the United States shall acquire title any land, 4 L - : » unuer LiL ES, giey, of by the Of ae ha said Bravidirne PaEseq providing to subject to the decision of the commis- sion, unless his right to the same is clearly provided by one of the treaties referred to in the bill, Mr. Perkins, of Kansas, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported back a Senate bill granting the right of way through the Indian Territory to the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Rallroad eom- pany. The Army Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole, pending which the House ade journeo, In the House, on the 12th. Collins, of Massachusetts, from the Judiciary Committee, reported a bill extending the jurisdiction of the Court of Cluims for the use of patents and patented inventions againgt the United Mr. ing for indemnity to certain Chinese diction of the United States, The res- i the Whole. vocated by Mr. Belmont, Messrs. row, of California, favored it, resolution was also favored by Messrs, | Rice, of Massachusetts, | the committee rose. The Army Ap propriation bill was passed. | sular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was considered, pending which the !| House adjourned, In the House, on the 15th, Mr. tice, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported back a resolution re- questing the President to inform the | House what steps have been taken by | him to have the seizure of the “David J. Adams” investigated, and to come municate at the earhest practicable day what were the circumstances under which the seizure was made. The res. olution was adopted. The Chinese In- demnity Joint Resolution was consid. ered, and was advocated by Messrs, Rice, of Massachusetts, Mr. Creery, of Kentucky, and Clements, of Georgia. Mr, Carey, of Wyoming Territory, moved to amend by inserting after the the words “or s0 much thereof as may be necessary,” on the ground that the appr lation was eotirely too large. Pending action the morn. ing bour expired, and the resolution was relegated to its place on the cals endar. The Consular and Diplomatic passed. Ad- Appropriation bill was | journed, UNDER THE MOON. Woking over Lhe Pontel to-night I can not Lelp recalling tl Sitting bere alone, moonlit waters of Lake artrain 2 LK $ fellow’s pale face and sunken have tried again and again to shake o the the sad Impression this memory create but without avail. an hour | y watched those two schooners come 0 view from « of the distance, and slowly int darknes ' go saibing by until now they patches of haze far off to mere Lhe westward, It may be the wave volces as the water plashes against the piles of the wharf, or the faint thromming of that guitar in one of the fishermen’'s ca 5 inshore that has so vividly re-awakened this sad That night, 100. a recollection. rip- # pling sea made derisive music the wharf timbers, and somebody was amongst playing a guitar in the distance, We had been boys together, had grad- uated from the university in the same class, and separated only when he went This was cine to France to study med for Hrst meeting Fr Crithne Ls sbsence from Lhe ci me from |} affair. knew als i upon a well-su ntia- ¥, Lo wlhich his moods wr... * rel atliections, and 3 air of proba in the minds » who knew a $v FONE WAL me, and as the ! e could walk it to the end of the wharf where we would We bad inished of these rare gastronom- it compositions the cooks of be alone, a dinper at Boudro’s, one those davs ¢, and I Can knew so well how to prepa i @ it : f those HO They $ th Nes aaa even now sift the flavor « seemed He mirth quet de Aroma cigars {0 bw had even been boisterous in his remarka- better than those of lay. during the repast, something ble for ham, and had talked so that had 1 not known he had partaken of but little wine, I might have volubly thought his spirits were enlivened by the choice vintages, Then we walked ani sat down the very out here—1 believe this 1s The moon was up then about where it is now, and by its light I noticed t remarkable change had come over his countenance genial had disappeared, and his eyes had lost their merry twinkle, Whether it was the moonlight or my imagination 1 could never tell, but his face assumed a blood: less pallor that was most unearthly, and his voice became deep and husky, He looked inquiringly about to see that no one was near and sat on the edge of the wharf, his feet hanging over the water. Before commencing he played nervously with his watch charm. [I could see in the moonlight | that it was an amethyst heart. 1 also spot. hat a The smile and anbuttoned his collar in order to breathe more freely, It was an amber silk cravat and its ends fluttered rest. | Jeasly in the wind, ‘I am telling you this,’ said he, “be cause [ can not live without telling it to somebody. I know I ean trust you, | and it will relieve me of a burden that is killing me to confess all. I know that no judicial action ean be taken now, but it will be a satisfaction to know that to one person at least I have told the whole truth, not saving myself in the slightest degree. You under. stand that!” He knocked the ashes from his cigar and they dropped into the lake. “When I returned from France and began the practice of medicine here, you know I was very well off. My mother’s place on Bayou Lafourche which she left me had netted me a handsome sum during my absence, and sugar then brought, good prices. | Was never extravagant, as you know, and never indulged in strong drink, None of our family ever did. But that has nothing to do with what I want to say. To tell you the truth, the nearer I approach the subject the more timid | | become, Please keep me froth wander. ing away from it, Hold me downto it. Understand?” Light another cigar! “Well, I began practice aud devoted all my time to my studies, By some peduliar affinity I became enamored of ‘ay naturally, and 1 gave this would lead to. Understand? My A man with a limited acquaintance is sentiments and direction of a passing sail, and was si- could from the mction of the muscles of his neck that he was endeavoring to swal- low. To an old expression, “his heart had come up in his throat.” “I met and loved neau;’’ another long silence, As he tried to go on his Bee L156 Natalie Latour- other cigar. as if in great pain, her; but we Understand? 1 “My God, how I loved will not talk of that. He sentiment against Don’t lose He the the me, Theu we came between us, set up his paltry my adoration. The Foliow me, please, fooll patience, : } bes 2 3 $o ¥ 11 vain, boasting, flattering gallant of salons, thought to take from me the on was dearer than an eon o } » }” 4 in her, he brought He brou rh i Berlin wught in America, in Pa ibus with the Rio Janeiro. you jos ih man you tl 5 you gel into the same omn {ividnal 11 § vv ord va aned \ individual you imagined in Railroads and steamships have reduced circumference to a mere We! too crowded. I the ruatter } e the earth's band’s span. re To would ; ) pothing else, was what A tremor passed ‘hat was it. Can garden the scent Was Lhen shie r baie { It father’s wish she should marry § «11 f4 Als is already asked he was her her father’s wish was law. } *That’ KENow, ved i ould ever r should rive 1 rr frarmniat t myself to work formulat- “Then Lg my plas He glanced inquiringly at me to see the effect of hi “Yes, ights and days; the result man who I gave yOu see $s words, 20 18 nig here,” striking his breast, *'a has accomplished his purpose and 18 now fre ®, frees as yourself “1 must confess it, ishment of the law, 3 Tos % wus death I fearad the pun. The dread ignomi al the hands of an executioner was a nightmare to ms, To avoid this all my intellect was con- centrated. The thought came (0 me as a flash illumines the darkness, 1 com- menced, with a zeal a desperate man only can know, the study of insanity, ts causes, its pathology. 1 digested Virchow, Pinel and Esquirol. Dr. Heinrich Schule’s Handbuch der Ger steskrankheitenl devoured, Von Zeims- sens Works were my daily pabulumn, of an and Mandsley I read in Pritch.- first symptoms of psychological depths, made my way clear. ard that one of the this disease was an indifference to so- cial considerations, apathy and neglect of the personal and other duties, dislike his was my starting point, “1 will not now weary scientific description of my course. | I wanted to leave not room witnesses who would be willing to come forward to testify, when I might com- mit the deed, that my reason was and had been gone for some time. Po not turn away from me hike that, The demon jealousy it was that led me on. If I did not regret it I would not now be talking here to you--under- stand? **1 commenced cautiously, changed my babits of life, gave up my club, took apartments in a hotel better to be ob- served, became absent-minded, talked to myself. 1 soon saw that my friends observed the change and I chuckled. | left my office for days mysteriously, and as mysteriously, without explanation, I walked the streets alone late at night, and gradually became more violent in my temper, I disturbed an audience at the theatre by loudly interrupting the actors, and was ejected. My friends began to talk. smiled at them when alone. What stupid idiots! They His questions I answered evasively,and gave him sufficient evidence to set his poor head shaking ominously, He felt my pulse. He did not know I had ac- his visit. He said was out of order, my a moment before system four months I pursued my systematic growing slowly and slowly 1 overheard a conversa- tion between some old friends. 1n which it was suggested that it would soon be- come their duty to confine me in That the proper armed myself and waited, Ome asylum, satisfied reached ne. poini. In the open street, at noonday, was the time, Mad. 80 I took the open, bold course, Un. hig met His eyes were flashing now, and Tr fingers worked convulsively. “1 hin at the postoffice, With a loud brother from Hindostan. The crowd looked surprised, and laughed. I told them he was He a wild amimal; to away. looked astonished, at fear expressed gre him, and then—'" He had risen, and to the moonlight. trickled Leiow, * Li and plashed, tir uber 3 IC not give her to me! ntered my brain, He was g was my love. She would never look My brain in the old jail, and 0 ne again, Teeied, they inner £1} 4 ng the i inquest in the yard bel | you know of. ruelly dashed wat I wanted Cin or + 4 X dohral vaio ngers and sepuichral voice. that be need never hope for He would never ‘ too holy, too divi him ove again. That ntiment was 3 ine, for such souls. Repentance and religi alone were left to He turned his Wes upon and shaking his head muttered, “Yes, I know it. love will never brighten my days again, Weak, weak fool that 1 wax.” He took a from Lis vest pocket and swallowed it carelessly. “1 am ng to travel, said he, “and I want to carry with me pleasant recollections only. You wiil al- ways remember me Kindly? Think of me as a poor boy that loved well, won't you? Ithink I need a change of scene, and 1 wish’ A ine Fok 3d 1 Capsule Ro: {too He w his arms up wildly and fell backward on the wharf. Th apsule was his cough medicine, but prussic acid, the most deadly of poisons. This is why as I sit here in the moon light, looking over the walters of Lake Pontchartrain and listening t« that guitar inshore like an unpleasant dream, his face again returns, -—-—- tht u not ont Cruelty to Poor Actors, he opportunity of witness I ¥ 1 * i scene, LOE New opera did the people, and they did nol express their diapprobation The « at The i $634 * wv ve 5 in A very signiicant manner, wer ture was repeatedly laughed characters, although supported by singers, clef i who evidently were § { doing their utinost ir the success of {8 true that every now and then hearts cheers were evoked by fine singing. but in the midst of the most pathetic lov openly mimicked and jeered at. 1} was they had to sustain, for them to do jus he pie e it one part of the opera the hero has to ap as a ghost in armor. The blue ghost stepped forward a second or twe before it was proper to give him a prop erly supernatural appearance. Shout of contemptuous laughter broke from the audience. 1 have seen such ace: dents in England, but they have always evoked more sympathy than ridicule The Neapolitans, usually so amiable and tolerant, appear downright s AVAges in thelr cruelty to actors. At the end of an act, where the heroine and her faithful slave had beer. obliged to retire amid murmers of discontent amounting to insult, the girl turned round and seizing ber companion’s hand ran to the front of the vast stage with a little, ap. pealing, imploring smile on her face, which made me tremble Jest they should again be hissed. But her pluck was re. warded ; there was a general and sym- pathetic cheer, .
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