CONKLING DEAD.
HE EXPIRED AT L560 THIS
MORNING,
A Change For The Worse
Morning—His Last Hours.
NEw York, April 18.—Mr. Conk-
ling died at 1,50 this morning.
NEW YORK, April 17.—When last
night the lights were turned down in
the hall of Senator Conkling’s apart.
road tO recovery.
With the coming of the day the con-
dition of the sick man seemed to
change. It was not for the better
however. At 11.30 A. M, Edward
Stokes, who feared from the first that
the Senator's illness would be fatal,
entered the house, He said when he
came out of the sick room: “1 ad
think there was some hope yesterday,
but I do not to-day.”
made his visit at 3.25. $
house sume twenty minutes, When ke
made his reappearance great drops of
looked completely broken down.
said, sadly. *‘Mr. Conkling
clined since 12.30 o'clock. His puise
is very rapid, and is increasing. He
has been approaching dissolution since
o'clock, Edema, a of
the as set in, and he
"
no
La.
12.50 settling
blood on lu
cannot live till morn
From 4 o'clock
BES,
until 5 the bulletins
hat ceme from the sick room were all
of the same tenor. **Mr. Conkling 1s
dying, and seems to be gradually grow-
ing weaker,”' they said. At 5 o'ciock
Dr. Barker again called. He did not
ay long, and when he appeared said;
“He cannot last long.”
At 8.25 considerable excitemenl was
caused by a premature rumor that Mr.
Conkling was dead. At 9.30 Dr. Tar-
ker came out of the dying man’s room
after another call on his patient. He
st
Mr. Conkling’s system is falling fast
He will not last through the night
Roscoe Conkling was born at Albany,
New York, (October 30th, 1820,) where
he received agood education and began
the study of law, adopting it as a pro-
fession. In 1846 he removed to Utica,
of which city he was elected Mayor in
1835 At the close of the same year
he was elected: a Representative from
New York, to the Thirty-sixth Con-
gress, serving as a member of
Committee on the District of Columbia.
fie was re-elected to the Thirty seventh
Congress. serving as chairman of the
committee on a Bankrupt Law and also
as chairman of that on the District of
Columbia, Mr. Conkling again re-
ceived a re-election, the Thirty-
ninth Congress and served on the
mittee of Ways and Means and
struction, being t
end of the term as a Bepresenlaliy
the Fortieth Congress, but in Jauu
7 he was sen a Senator it
for the term endin
the Comm
Judiciary,
ng. Ile was
¥2 sur } "egy
AeDUIICAL
the
10
Com-
Re-
the
con re-elected at th
1 Vy
i Cu
Pus
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ne
iil il
tien
the
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ti
“ti,
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receiving a Ie
1 4
the term end
Chal
vision of Laws
resigned Lhe |
gir
Ian ol the n Lhe
ti
States
May 21 he
sition as Unit
nator. and in the succeeding year hw
also declined the office of associate
justice of the United States Supreine
Mr. Conkling was at one Lime
considered the most pleasant and so-
eiable gentleman in Congress, and his
oratorical abilities have proven him to
be a brainy man of much cousequence.
e
Court.
FOREIGN.
OTHE WORST FEARED.”
KAISER FREDERICK
CONDITION —ALL HIS
SUMMONED TO HIS BED-
8IDE.
BenrLiN, April 16. —Emperor Fred-
erick passed a bad night last night,
The fever and the symptoms of bron-
chitis bave increased.
BerrLiN, April 16.—Last night the
Emperor slept only after sedatives had
IN A CRITI
FAMILY
AL
dict another bad night.
The attack of bronchitis is supposed
urday in a cool northeast wind,
AN OFFICIAL BULLETIN,
The following bulletin was
this afternoon:
“CHARLOTTENBERG, 3.30 P,
The Emperor did not pass a good
might, bronchitis baving supervented
yesterday, accompanied by high fever
and shortness of breath.
MACKENZIE,
“WAGNER,
“KRAUSE,
“HovELL.”
SUMMONED TO THE BEDSIDE.
BERLIN, April 17.—At midnight all
the members of the Imperial family
were summoned to the Emperor’s bed-
side. The worse 18 feared.
THE PHYSICIANS IN CONSULTATION,
Benin, April 16,—The conference
of the Emperor's doctors, which was
held last evening, resulted in the unani-
mous decision that the fever and bron-
chitis from which the patient was suf-
fering had undergone no change. Dr,
MacKenzie suggested that the presence
of an abscess 1n the vicinity of the
trachea was the cause of the excessive
fever which had theretofore baflled the
skill of the physicians to aecount for,
This morning Dr. MacKenzie expressed
his belief that the end wus nearing
and, upon imparting his fears to the
Empress, the latter sent an
urgent summons to the members
of the royal and imperial family
to the bedside of the Kaiser. Crown
Prince William was the first to arrive,
be baving ridden on horseback at top
speed from Berlinimmediately upon re-
celving the message, Empress Augusta
and the other members of the house-
hold quickly followed Prince Wilham,
and Prince Bismarck, the last to ar-
rive, was at the bedside within an
hour. There is a’markedly increased
excretion of bloody mucus from the
Emperor's throat, and the swelling
making
ward,
BerrLin, April 17 (1
A. M.)—The
Prince Bismarck, accompanied
terview with the Emperor. last even-
ing, when Lis Majesty signed an order
his representative,
Professors Leyden and Senator were
the Emperor's condition. Prof Senator
Prof, Leyden will arrive to-morrow
from Weisbaden.
ties on internal diseases, carefully ex-
amined the Emperor's chest, and re-
matter into the lung spaces.
of the resplratory system.
The general public were ignorant of
til the evening papers appeared, Unter-
The Emperor does not feel as sick as
he really is, He wrole several letters
in ted to-day.
FRE IMPERIAL FAMILY
CHARLOTTENBERG,
P. M.-The Emperor's condi-
tion remains the same, The fever has
abated. Prince Henry, his son,
arrived from Wilhelmshafen atl an
early hour this morning. All the fam-
iy of the Emperor are now assembled
at The Crown Pri
and had a lor
ference thi
A
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ALL 71
035
not
h
t
ariottenberg.
Prince Bismarck
with the Emperor
nee
3
noon.
yw .
bode *
a higher
M.—The Emperor {8 now
state of fever, and there 18
improvement 12 his other symploms,
A DECIDED IMPROVEMENT YESTER-
DAY.
12
Berrin, April 17.-
erick felt better to-day.
the witliout any
breaks. He arose shortly after 11, and
afterwards appeared at the window of
his bedroom. The fever abated and
his appetite improved His respiration
also improved, A more hopefu) feel.
ing 18 beginning to prevall,
The consultation of physicians
morning is reported to have resul
an agreement that there 1
mat of the lungs, and
i ichitis is abating. In
that there is a divergence
i on among the oe le as
whether bronchitis has red at all,
or whether the fever and ths difficulty
bie Lo ar
tue latter
able ti
+
t
- Emperor 1
He slept half
rar}
night
Lion :
Mol $
f
1 Ol
OoDnln
sal
is to
not traced
¢ trachea, If
the case is considered pr
the crisis In the Emperor’
be overcome.
The Emperor yesls
lose of antli-pyriue
decreased a dey
yn after mide
nperature
in ot i
abscess in to 18
; ut
it iL
1
O10
i
ok
al
fever
and to-morrow |
suit
who have been engaged
It has been decided
the specialists shall atte:
consultations, The Emperor's
increased toward night, Otherwise
there was no change in his condition.
Loxpox, April 17. A
from B n to the Exchange Telegraph
Company, says it is learned from a
direct source that the physicians, at
their consaitatiog to-day, agreed that
the Emperor's malady was approaching
the last stage. This news has been
guardedly conveyed to the members of
the royal family, it being intimated to
them that the Emperor requires the
utmost care, though, for the moment,
there is no immediate danger. The
Empress has postponed her contem-
plated visit on Thursday to Lunenberg
and Wittenberg. :
JERLIN, April 17, midnight,—The
Emperor has hid two hours of refresh-
{ing sleep. Dr. Krause remains with
the patient at the special request of the
Emperor and Empress, There no
ground for apprehending immediate
| danger.
f all
OF Kil
£31
: i
*
in
MOROUCO,
ARBITRATORS TO SETTLE THE DIS.
PUTE WITH THE UNITED STATES,
| TANoIERS, April 16.—The following
| arbitrators have been selected to settle
| the diffleulty between the United
| States and Morocco; Hadj Mohammed
| Elkabbaj, of Fez, and Hadj Avdelkeim
| Ghemmija, of Tetuan, with one vote
| nee, for the United States, and a for-
| clen Minister at Taogiers, mutually
| agreed, to be umpire. Mr. Lewis has
preposed the Italian Minster, Count
Romeo Cantogalll, for umpire, Kirby
Green having been objected to,
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
~A despatch from Winona, Minne-
sota, says the Mississippl river has
never been known to be so high there
in April, The water is creeping over
the railroad tracks at (he ferry landing.
At the west end everything is afloat.
The lake is rising and the water is
running over Huff street and backing
up into the rear of Mark street,
The water 1s still rising. A heavy wind
and rain storm at Salivas, in the Mex!
can State of Potosi, recently killed
6000 sheep, and did great damage to
vegetation. Fe
and Obio Rallroad, exploded at Rock-
wood, Pa,, on the morning of the 16th.
go (obaugh, Fireman Dayton
and two others were slightly injured,
Coaugh and Dayton were blown into
r » my 3
~Jotm J. Hazzard, teller of the Fort
Pitt National Bank, of Pittsburg, ab
sconded on the 14th, after making out
for $5000 and collect-
Alleghiehy
note ac-
's check
He left a
had appropriated $1000 of the Fort itt
Bank funds. His pondsmen paid the
sum. The lodge and dormitories and
two private rooms at the Shattuck
Academy, in Feribault, Minnesota,
of the 16th, the inmates being
chloroformed, The thieves secured
$3000 in jewelry and money. J. CG,
sole and French vendetta in Hazard,
and Nicholas Combs,
member of the Eversole faction, were
killed by unknown parties in ambush
on the afternoon of the 15th.
—Major Erastus 'W, Everson, who
At
one time he’ was State Librarian of
South Carolina. Coming North he
entered the serviee of the New York
Times, and later was identified with
other newspapers.
—B. F. Asken, of Magnolia, Arkan-
sas, was bitten by a mad dog on the 14th
and terribly lacerated about the face
left France,
0 be treated by
for Paris,
the occurrence t
Dr, Pasteur.
- Captain the
Four Brothers, of Iacine, was knocked
overboard by a boom and drowned while
the vessel was entering Manitowoc,
Wisco:
Yay 31 f
Ruscn, of
fe ts *
8in, On Lie
Governor Beaver on the
pointed George C. Fahy
Lancaster City, ’a. This of
ointed under 1
a BDeCiad
tves for ten years.
17th ap-
i 31 -
cer
act, and he
3
Wiscon-
there |
ies have been
The Ulin-
—A despatch from Alina,
sin, says the Missiasippl river
80 high that twenty famil
driven from thelr hi
niska boom has gone out, and 2,600,000
feet of logs have carried away.
The damage to property is estimated at
£50,000, Logs to the valus of $100,000
have been swept away. A man, named
Deland, was drowned whils ing to
save his The mile
south of Grand Lake, gave
WAY on and waler ran
with terrific force,
A crevasse 1s also near Eanice, Arkan.
es,
Deen
ff ry
lnyes
One
Arkansas,
BLOCK.
1 Yi4
the 16th, the
th wind
e 17th in
- A heavy Snow
from the south, set in on
Northern Michigan, The snow Was
two inches on a level at East Tawas,
and still falling in the afternoon.
storm, wi
th
wid
— Ephraim George Squier, the
known explorer died in Brooklyn, New
York, on the 17th, in the 67th year of
of his age. Samuef G. Barnard, a law-
yer in New York, fell in City all
Park, the afternoon of the 17th,
ad soon after being admitted to a
Cerebral hemorrhage was
A
ry
on ©
- Thomas
M.
dealer
OO 'Hean
(rreen’s
noOwWn
named Joseph
“Tony! Thom
Manning, beight
Glenwood
nornin
trouble
g of t
over
W. H. Hawley
of vanbury, Connect
fatally ded his brother
il Bdaranm, on 15th
Wg Was
The
Wo?
the }
the result f a
families
James
Frapkiin,
y about
5%
quarrel,
Watts and
near New
guarreiled recent
On the 15th, while Smothers was re-
pairing a fence broken by neigh-
bor's cattle, the wife of Watts stole up
behind him and killed him by discharg.
ing the contents of a shotgun into his
body. F. GG. Perry. one of the new
Burlington engineers, was sel upon by
a crowd in Aurora, lllinois, on the
| evening of the 16th, He drew his re
vo.ver and wounded Christian Hester
one of the strikers, Perry was arrested,
Dante! Brasset, the Chicago and Alton
watchman who was shot
April 3, by tramps who were stealing a
ride, died on the 17th. C. E. Kreigh,
Brassel's companion, was killed, There
is no clue to the murderers,
7am E. Grifliths, one of the
officers of the Central National Bank,
in New York, committed
the 15.5, by shooting himself,
been ill lately, and became very despon-
dent. His accounts are believed to be
| straight. He was about 50 years old.
Mrs. Mabala Ellingwood, 47 years of
| age, shot and mortally wounded her-
thair
his
morning of the 18th, She had been
despondent since ber husband’s death,
six months ago,
terests of Winona, Wiwonsin, by the
| floods 1s estimated at $100,000.
| valued at $150,000. The river is four
miles wide at that place,
Indians were endeavoring to drag a ca-
and all were drowned. An engine and
six cars ran Into a washout at Dodge,
Wisconsin, on the 18th, and were pre-
eipitated into thirty feet of water. No
lives were lost, At Fremont, Wiscon-
sin, on the Wolf river, ten million feet
of fogs were released by the collapse of
a boom, The logs were earried into
Lake Poggan and ¢an be recovered but
at heavy expense. A gale on Lake Pe
pin, Minnesota, on the 17th, piled the
up High on the west shore, At
King-Cooley the Milwaukee track was
covered with ice piled from ten to twen-
ty foet high, Lt had to be taken away
2
18th that a man In Calhoun county
| who was away gelling eattls, on re-
| turning home late on the eveniug of the
| 18th in company with a peddler, dis
| when he looked in saw his wife and his
| three children lying dead on the floor,
| He also saw four men in the room. The
peddler drew Lis revolver and was told
| to make a noise at the back of the house.
| The men inside rushed out and three of
| *Yem were killed outright, the fourth
| being badly wounded, It is impossi-
i ble, at present to verify the story, but
| the man who brought it is considered
| reliable,
i
~The separator of a creamery, in
|
| Hazleton, Kanscs, exploded on
boy in the rooin,
| —Henry Basch, who was drunk, shot
| and fatally wounded his wife, at their
| home in Cleveland, Olio, on ths 18th,
| because she refused to go to a saloon
|for beer. At Henley, Idaho, on the
17th, Mrs. J. L. Smith, **driven to
| desperation by her husband’s drunken
| cruelty, placed her little enes behind
| begged him to desist from threatened
| further persecutions, and when he,
i shiot him dead.”
—An elderly widow named Yaine,
and her daughter, aged 45 years, at-
tempted to pat out a brush fire at thelr
farm, near Gloucester, llhode Island,
the The daughter's clothes
caught Oi and was burned to
! death,
—rA
killed
near
:
on 18th,
re sie
named Ferris
McGeeh, at his res
1NOIS, the
husband
nian
M. C,
anton, 1
Ferris was a former
McGeeh, hut several Ago
were divorced, and the woman mari
again. W, W. Reynolds, a pri
the jail in Trimdad, Colorado,
charge of murder, on the 19th, struck
Jaller Johnson over the head with an
yn bar and then attempted Lo escape.
Johnson recovered and shot Reynolds
dead. The jaillor’s recovery is doubt
ful, William A. Davidson and James
{| Confer on the 10th, surrendered thems
selves to the authorities in Cleveland,
Ohio saying that they were wanted in
Beaver Falls, Pa,, for the murder of a
man named Boyle, who was shot ina
disreputable resort in that eity, They
were ed up. body of
Albert Hiltz was found in Arensdor(’s
brewery, in Stoux City, lowa, on the
afternoon of the 15th, Hitz was one
of the watchmen duty
Prohibition Hadd
assassinated. Hiitz's
revolver of John Arensdo
cused slayer of Haddock.
— A otcurred in ng
365 East Third street, New York, oc-
by Charles Harley as a rag
warehouse, on the morning of the 19th,
Fifty women and 15 men were at
A y every window of
floors one or more women st
ily fo slp. The
ders, and the work
} red
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On
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i
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QLeEr in
on a
ie
‘ i
it i
4
ire iF
WwW
lock ‘he dead
1 he nloeht
On oe gus
K was
Bi iay Lhe
ri, the
Minister
By
$
:
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ie
Acs
the be
are build
i eupled
IAT
ily firemen
1
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wi
i
y
ITAV-
t 210.¢ Mh,
. a : ' y 5 ’
isiness p jon of Monm
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Maine,
fs + .
ALWTNO0N
was destroyed
of the 1
despatch from Porlage, W
ts “1 v rs} ¥ ¥
eaK 00K urred on the morn.
line, A cre
0 feet wide occurred seven miles
Fart wded and
The agricultural sea
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are o
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Me mona o
John Joice, of Brookly: Ne
York, left his bed the morning of
tl Oth in a sompambulistic slate
1 hie reached the stairway be missed
and fell to the boltom
neck, He was 73 years old.
Station, louisiana, on the
18th, a locomotive turned over and
killed George Woodward, the fireman,
and E. F. Brownell, the engineer,
jase Kirkpatrick and his wile,
colored, were taken from their cabin
near Gallatin, Tennessee, on the even-
ing of the 18th, by a mob. The woman
was banged and the man shot. The
woman was suspected of setting fire to
| the residence of John Kerley. It is
supposed the man was shot because he
recognized some of the party, Peler
O'Neill, who recently shot and killed
his wife and then shot himself, in
Pittsburg, died on the morning of the
19th in the county jail, His death was
really caused by persistent refusal to
take nounshment,
~The Bethel Home in St. Louis was
barned on the evening of the 19th, The
fire broke out about 10 o'clock, and the
sleeping inmates rushed out in their
night clothes. Two of them were
severely burned, It is feared that
several of the inmates were unable to
get out of the building and perished, A
w
on
Whe
Whe
his fooling
breaking hi
At Bogee's
taken from the ruins,
= Edward Cossar, a colored man of
means, returning home
at Sardis, Mississippi,
bler there, and shot him dead.
| «A. G. Owings, shot by Richard
| Hunf at Owingaville, Kentucky, on
the 7th inst, died on the 19th, from
the effect of the wound. The ball
from a 38-oalibre pistol struck Owings
in the forehead between the eyes and
penetrated to a depth of five Inches.
Owings felt solittle inconvenience that,
thinking the ball was only below the
skin, he did pot send for & doctor 0
cut it out until the 16th. Tn probly
the doctor extracted about a spond
of brain, but dd not find ball,
still, Owings felt but little pain, ate
and slept as usual, and attended to his
work nntil the morning of the day be
died. He then, after a sleep, sank
into a stupor, In which he died.
«The dwelling of Frederick Stoker,
in East Portland, Oregon, was burned
five-monthe-old baby were severely
burned. The baby d'ed on the mormn-
ing, of the 20th, and Mrs, Btoker died |
in the afternoon of the 20th from an |
overdose of morphine administered
by a physician. Miss Dertha Evans,
teacher 1m a country echool near Fort
Wayne, Indiana, was sitting near the
18th, when
Ler dress caught fire and she was burned
to death.
—Mrs. George Miller was arrested at
| her litle son by a former Marriage.
in the crime, has disappeared,
— A despatch from Embarrass, Wie.
i
wife and three children, were drowned
there on the evening of the 10th by the
| flood. ‘The family lived on the bank of
i the Wolf river, and there Houses Was
| surrounded by water. In attempling
| to get a dry spot they were carried down
| the stream. The Mississipp: river at
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, 18 within
| a few Inches of the flood of 1889, and
| part of the town Is submerged.
In tearing down a five-story build
ing in Chicago, on the 20th, the work-
men piled the bricks fourth
floor. The flooring gave way, CAITying
the other floors with it to the
Vatrick O'Malley, Patrick
on and Patrick Nees were
y injured.
on the
Hii
cellar,
Fullert
Yeiel
Bp
ho
( ‘hristiar gs of age,
drowned NEw
Haven, Connecti been
bets 1 and robbed by a man she
EVEL Bll
loved.
id
Herseil
50th CONGRESS.—First Seszion.
SENATE.
Mr.
granting a
o the widow
He said the
should be
as Lo pen-
ssidents of the
Riddleberger
on the 16th,
master Bas!
1 itt
Committ
» United States Senate on the
’ bill was srted authori
the President to appoint and
Jochn C. Fremont as a Major
in the army. Mr, Hoar offered
lution. which was referred,
that the official reporier
admitted to report the proceedings
5 the F treaty
the rej or part of it to be published
if the Senate so order. The South Da-
kota Admission bill was resumed, and,
after debate, the bill Was passed, yeas
26. nays 23 —a party vote. The Senate
then adjourned,
HOUSE
In the House, on the 17th, bills were
reported to provide for the recovery of
duties erroneously assessed in certain
cases: to establish a light ship, with fog
signals, at Sandy Hook; to create
| boards of arbitration for the settlement
of railroad strikes, and probibiting the
| froportation of convict-made goods,
On motion.of Mr, Mills, of Texas, the
House went into Committee of the
Whole on the Tariff LIU, and Mr.
Mills spoke at length in advocacy and
explanation of ihe bill, He was fol-
lowed by Mr, Kelley, of Pennsylvania,
in opposition. When Mr. Kelley had
finished, the committee rose and the
House adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, Mr,
Belment introduced a bill to prohibit
the coming of Chinese laborers into
the United States, and it was referred.
reps go
relire
General
a reso-
providing
shall be
of isheries
sesgian on
.
OTs
the bill for a joint conference between
thie United States and other American
nations, A conference was ordered on
tte Paris Exposition bill. The bill to
establish a Department of Labor and
the bill to provide for arbitration in
railroad strikes were passed, Ad-
journed,
in the House on the 10th, at the
| suggestion of Mr, Mills, of Texas, an
understanding was had that the day
should be yielded to the appropriation
bills, that the 21st should be given to
the Homestead bill, and that the de-
bate on the Tariff bill should be re-
sumed on the 24th, The Indian Ap-
propriation bill was considered In Com-
mittee of the Whole, but pot disposed
of when the House adjourned, :
Inthe U. 8; House of Representa-
tives onl the the Senate amend
ments to the Military Academy bill
were concurred in, The Indian Ap-
propriation ill was passed. A bill
WAS Te placing General W, F,
(Baldy) Smith on the retired list with
the rank of Major General. The Pen-
sion Appropriatios ll was considered
in Qotuities ol the YW hold, reported
to ouse passed. It appropri.
ates $80.290.000, The Houss aga'n
went into committee, and fhe liver
and Harbor bill was considered, Pend
ing debate the committee rose and the
House took a recess until] egening. The
evening session was devotell to private
pension inils
--——
MAKRKRIAGES | ITALY.
Many Formalities Atl nd and the
Bride's Dower is Indispensable.
iid a traveler
“Marriages in Italy,
the Mediterranean to a reporter, ‘are
unlike ours 1n every partis The
ceremony there 1s performed only in
the church, After two lovers have be-
come engaged the parents of the bride
repair to the dignitary, who corres
ponds to the mayor in this country,
The bride and bridegroom in
writing and in the presence of at least
half a dozen wilnes unify their
intention marryl jate of
the wedding 18 then designated, but
place
Immediately af
hig
¢
of ng.
1
to Lake
within three months.
ter departing from u
the friends of the co
are notified In person of
nuptials, and in
only is it advertised in t
but written not.oes are posted ©
second post of the town.
“The mayor, ol
rects his clerks to send a1
the intention to ali the cf
city and vicinity, 1
names and ages of the ¢
tered in a big book Ww
keeps for that purpose. NN
1 by the clergyman wi
Boe
Fieg
signified Lis
months before. As
enters the church the
man in charge examines
person, If he falls! d
ister of the intention he 1
K
Or hel
Tey
Lhe auxious pail
marries is ec titled
parents must eonfer
the most part the brideg:
s dower, and my a
alled to several who |!
take the bride without
of the dower depends en
financial status of the gi!
The poorer ones generally |
complete manner the dwe.
: Srntmavida to His
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14
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i
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forks, knives, 8|
and other houseboid |
hich the bridegroom’s
illing to bestow
COUTSe
rN
BpOOnSs,
upon
there
md
i iat
ac Far
AS Tal
Yost
ascertain there were ceriain
tions, The newly married
go on a honeymoon, the uuives
vom being to allow them 9 TRL al
me for eight days, Ab the «xp!
tion of that time the cardsare ge!
I'hen there is merry-Iaking. I
wre (ew cases of elopemients.’
“Does not this cMAPLILOTY |
nrevent many marriages?
“yes, it dees, Still there #¢
affairs even in Italy ang
joesn’t expect a dower f f
ves of a poor orphan wo
In this country but few 1!
their country’s custom,
in the wisdom of receivicy
'and church’s approbatl
general rule the dower a
are entirely disregarded.’
ems o——
Bob and the Pig's id
IVE
Lor“ Dompy,” as I's
i, Was one of
never
aii
Slows
ry
abashed at
WHO
Let
th
vit
.
were : thing.
up his mind todo a
g and he would go through wilh it,
[Ie was
bald
» West,
m once make
“if it took a rib.”’ as be =a
a rotund but strongly bait |
pated bachelor, a jolly son ol t
wilh more circumference 1
Dumpy and several of lia
miners, took their meals at a private
boarding house, the mistress of which
merited more renown for her grinding
economy than humane, mMolbery cater-
ing to the palates of ber boarjers. Une
Monday morning this excelent
lady cooked a large pig's ad — with.
out removing the ears or LLe eve At
noon, this savory dish appeared before
he miners for the first Duampy
and his companions seemed b oe
a sudden fear of trichinm, for ! Ap-
petites quarantined against meal forih-
with. '
Three times a day for a w! week
that ghastly, staring head giacing (7)
the center of the table on » Lug lat
| ter, gazed at the men.
“Boys,’’ said Dumpy one day at
{ table, *‘shan’t 1 help yer plates !
of the head ?"’
On all declining his offer,
markad: “Yer appertites must
the wane, pards. Er maybe ver
fur to purify yer sysiens
Adventists who're a preachin
the Fork.”
This suggestion provoked u
| laugh, and at the mines it was
| again, and the‘embryo Adven
| targets for all
Dumpy soon regretted baving made
| hits friends the butt of every joke,
like the pig's head, they were soon
stale. He suddenly formed a resolve to
| banish the objectionable head ani turn
the joke elsewhere.
| Monday, Dampy walked in to dinner
| and before the boarders and the lapd-
lady, he addressed the veneiably
cooked, defunct pig’s bead as follows:
“How do yer do, sir! I ought to know
yer; yer face looks familiar, but dang
wy taller ef I kin call yer nase,’
The head vanished, and Bob bad a
vote of thanksand free cigars for a
full month,
f “ it
Ly Liglguis.
her
1
AnG-
5,
Linge
SIL
the
y SOe
he re-
be on
tryin’
1e the
up at
vearth
told
A Were
In describing a new compound en
gine Zron says that the steam chest is
placed between the two cyludlers, thus
ing the heat of steam batter than
is done in the steam chests which are
generally placed on the outer sides of
the cylinders. This position also ad
mits of a more compact arrangement of
valve gear automatic governor,
and allows the fly-wheel or driviog-
lley, as the case may be, to be
ugbt up close to the bearing.