VOL. 47
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[From the American Working People, July, 1872.]
Ireland Then and Now.
Fruitful our soil where honest men starve,
Empty the mart and shipless the bay;
Out of our wants the Oligarchs carve,
Foreigners fatten on our decay.
Down-trodden old Ireland is destined to
rise from the subjection of centuries into
independence and power. Scholars tell
us that for ages she was the chief seat of
learning in christian Europe, and that the
most distinguished scholars who appeared
in other countries were mostly either Irish
by birth or bad received their education
in Irish schools. It was customary for
Englishmen of all ranks. from the highest
to the lowest, to 'retire for study and devo- The blood of every true Irishman is people were turned out of their mills and Ihe earn,. a livelihood. That system is
Lion to Ireland, where they were all hos- stirred at the remembrance of the degra- shops, the spindle and the loom were stop- Protection
pitably received and supplied gratuitously dation to which his native home has been pod by the officers of the law. j Every Irishman who votes for free
with food, with books and with instruction. reduced. Little by little the blooming Men began to ask what they would do. trade or for men who favor it is an enemy
Another writer tells us that the Hiberni- gardens and rich fields of Ireland were Women began to weep and children to cry to his native land, and is undeserving of
ans, who were called Scots, Were in the blighted. Year by year the wealth of the for bread. Hovels now arose where before the benefits of a free country. Every
eighth century lovers of learning, and were people decreased, and the volume of taxes 1 were comfortable homes. Irishman who aids free traders only aids
cultured in the sciences beyond all other upon their spare earnings increased. The May Pole Inn was deserted. When England to tighten her rivets df oppress-
European nations, traveling through the Ireland was oppressed by legislation that spring time came the people's hearts were ion upon his native land.
most distant lands both with a view to im- England might grow. Her people were too heavy to congregate as aforetime to Irishmen, labor is what you have to sell.
prove and communicate their knowledge. starved that England might have plenty. sing the songs of former days and record If the people who live in England and
They filled the highest positions in the They were not permigecl to make anything the memories of sweet olden times. The Scotland and Wares sell their labor to the
Universities of France, Germany and Italy. which might or could be made in England. memory of stern landlords, of rapacious people of this country you cannot sell
Centuries ago Irish wool and woolen We present a true picture of Ireland as tax collectors, of tyrannical laws, stood be- yours. Protection is the lash which will
-gad& found _ready saleinevery port of she was and is. Her comfortably housed fore them. The very land their fathers yet make the British lion roar. Learn
Europe. and chfahea --Pt'"Pl-.---once met annually once-cw.rnuttia-nov-theirs. Their ships are to use it for your own power,
ght gowtr.
[Published by Request.]
A Beautiful Hymn .
There is a epot to me most dear
Than native vale or mountain ;
A spot for which affection's tear
Springs grateful from its fountain.
'Tie not where kindred souls abound,
Though that is almost heaven—
But where I first any Saviour found,
And felt my sins forgiven.
Hard was my toil to reach the shore
Long tosed upon the ocean—
Above me was the thunder's roar—
Beneath, the waves' commotion.
Darkly the pall of night was thrown
Around me faint with terror;
In that dark hour around my grave,
Ascend for years of error!
Sinking and panting as for breath;
I new not help was near me,
And cried, "0, save me, Lord, from death,
Immortal Jesus, hear me."
Then quick as thought I felt Rim mine,
My Saviour stood before me—
I saw llis brightness round me shine,
And shoqted "Glory, Glory !"
0, sacred hour, 0 hallowed spot,
Where joy Divine first found me—
Wherever falls my distant lot,
My heart shall linger round thee—
And when from earth I rise to soar
Up to my home in heaven,
Down will I cast my eyes once more
Where I was first forgiven.
?le Alori-Zdier.
Taming a Ruffian.
AN EDITOR'S EXPERIENCE.
THE scene was in Sacramento street, in
front of a well known hotel. It was twen
ty-two years ago, and San Francisco was
in her infancy.
Quite a Crowd had gathered on the
street, and the centre of attraction was a
big fellow, who stood with a newspaper in
his hand, raving and cursing.
"What's the matter, Wolf ?" asked a
new-corner, who was evidently familiar
with the irate man.
"Matter 7" returned Wolf, for that was
his name, "matter enough, an' rough
enough it'll 'be for some folks. Them
young whelps that prints this paper has
go'ne and published something about me.
0, I'll fix 'em ! They'd better never ha'
been born ! They'd better go and kill
themselves after ten minutes ; it'll be an
easier death fur 'em."
LEGAL BLANKS,
Wolf was a noted desperado, who, it
was said, had killed more than twenty men,
and but few knew him who did not fear
him. He was at that time chief of a gang
of loafers and gamblers that were nearly
always to be found lounging in the vicini
ty alluded to, and disturbing the peace of
the whole neighborhood daily, with riotous
conduct. If there was any law in those
days it was seldom executed against such
characters, and in the full consciousness
that they were feared they did pretty much
as they pleased. •
The newspaper which had given deadly
offense to Wolf was a little weekly journal
and its office was in the second story of a
building on the same street with the hotel
I have mentioned, and only a few rods dis
tant. It was published by two young men
—or, I might say, boys, for they were only
eighteen and twenty years old, respectively
—named Darrell and Haynes. The paper
and its youthful proprietors were already
well known in the city of San Francisco.
PAMPHLETS,
The article which had excited the wrath
of tho ruffian Wolf was a bold denunciation
of himself and his crowd for their lawless
conduct, and it particularly mentioned him
by name, characterizing him as a bluster-
When the power of England was estab- around the decorated May pole to celebrate
lished over them a change began. The in song and dance the return of the spring
London merchants complained that Irish time. They were happy days then, and
manufactures interfered with English man- the music of fiddle and flute filled every
ufaetures, and petitioned that. they be up- Irish heart with joy. The memory of
rooted. This policy was pursued for cen- their fathers was still green. No tyranni
tunics. Every legislative device was re- cal legislation, no foreign imperious master,
sorted to to repress Irish manufactures.— no odious tax gatherer, no enforced teach-
The island was parcelled out to English ers dictated to them—they were free to
landholders who exacted oppressive rents live in all the happiness their industry and
from the real owners. An army of officers frugality could bring them.
were placed over them and every form of I Happy homes and smiling farms covered
tax was imposed. The manufactures de-
the Isle, busy ships filled her ports, and
clincd, and the people, unable to buy, were prosperous merchants filled her cities.
reduced to great poverty that England and I Such scenes as this were common one
her trades-people might thrive. hundred years ago; but the thrifty race of
IRELAND AS IT WAS
in.' bully." It was the work of young
Darrell, a fearless boy hailing from Ohio.
Before leaving his home he had acquired
a fair education, so that he could at least
edit a newspaper in those early days; and
he possessed, besides, that courage and
daring which may be natural in the first
place, and which are more thoroughly de
veloped by exposure to dangers and hard
ships. Young Keynes was quite a differ
ent kind of person in point of courage,
being of an unusually timorous nature.
To return to the scene on Sacramento
street. Working himself up into his very
worst mood—and his best was bad enough,
heaven knows—Wolf tore the papers to
atoms and started for the publication office.
He was followed by a curious rabble, most
of whom were elated with the prospect of
a murder, though there were some present
who would have remonstrated with the
evil-hearted man, had they dared.
"Jest you watch," said Wolf, as he
reached the door, "if ye want to see their
bloody carcasses tumble out of the winder!
It won't be long. I don't spend much time
on gel' fellers." It was the intention of
the cruel-hearted man actually to cut the
throats of the two boyish journalists and
throw their bodies out at the window, for
the gratification of the crowd and the fur
ther exaltation of his already fearful name.
So, the mob on the street awaited the is
sue with feverish expectation, as Wolf,
ilourishinr , ° his knife and revolver, entered
the rude frame building and rushed up
stairs.
All unconscious of their danger, the two
young editors were busily pursuing their
usual work in their primitive office. If
they had heard the noise without, they paid
no attention to it, supposing it was merely
a street row such as they were accustomed
to hearing every day. Darrell was sitting
at a rude table writing, and Keynes was at
the counter arranging some papers for the
mail.
They heard the clatter of heavy boots on
the stairs, but supposed it was some rough
miner coming up to subscribe for the paper,
or, perhaps, to see a 4awyer who occupied
a couple of rooms on the same floor, for
the building was only a two-story one, and
the second floor was occupied exclusively
by them and an attorney—their rooms be
ing separated from his by a narrow hall
that was reached by the flight of stairs
alluded to.
"Ah ha! I've got ye, my young imps!"
exclaimed the desperado, bursting in.
Kaynes recognized him and turned pale.
Being at the counter, which faced the door
and extended across the room, he was nat
urally the first mark for Wolf's vengeance.
"Ye young devils !" he hissed, scowling
like a madman, "ye'll never write nor
print nothing more about me !" Here he
flourished his knife and revolver about his
head. "I've got a sure thing on both of
ye !" Saying this he looked about him,
with a careful scrutiny, to see that there
was no means of escape for the quiet youth
at the table, who, of course, would- not
dare to jump over the counter and try to
pass him, but would cower down in a cor
ner and take his turn at being killed; then
he reached across the counter and seized
Baynes by the hair, which was unfortu
nately very long.
Coiling the terrified young man's locks
around the great coarse fingers of the left
hand, Wolf laid his revolver upon the coun
ter without the slightest apprehension that
his youthful adversary would snatch it up
and use it on him, as he might have done
had he possessed the nerve; then flourish
ed his big gleaming knife, deliberately,
with pure devilishness, prolonging Haynes'
terror and pain.
"Now say yer prayers, d—n yer," he
hissed, "you've got a couple of seconds or
so left—just while I'm clippin yer ears
HUNTINGDON, PA., JUNE 26, 1872
AND
off. I'll take 'eni first, clean and smooth;
then I'll cut yer throat an' throw yer out
of the winder. D'ye hear that ?"
Such was Wolf's reliance upon the ter
ror his name everywhere inspired that he
never dreamed of resistance. He simply
intended to butcher the two young men,
and such a thing as an obstacle to his will
was not to be thought of. Had Darrell
possessed no more nerve than Keynes there
can be no doubt they would both have been
murdered then and there, in exact accord
ance with Wolf's programme.
"Time !" he said, grinding his teeth in
an ecstacy of rage, and drawinr , Baynes'
white face closer to his own repulsive coun
tenance. "They're a waitin' to see yer
carcass drop down into the street." Here
he flourished his knife and selected his
mark. "The right ear first. Watch how
clean and smooth I'll take it off. I won't
even touch a hair."
• Kaynes bawled for mercy. " 0-0
don't !" the poor fellow shrieked, trembling
with terror. "Oh don't, Mr. Wolf. I
didn't write that, upon my soul!" and he
whined like a school boy.
"None of yer lyiu' said Wolf, fero
ciously. "Ye both wrote it, and ye'll both
pay for it." Here he executed decided
circles with his flashing knif'e, having ap
parently prolonged the torture as much as
he desired. "Here goes ; look out when
I count three!" The knife was ready to
descend. "One—two—"
He stopped and stared. He had not
observed the movements of Darrell during
the last few seconds, and just as he was
upon the point of clipping off Kaynes' ear
in the polished manner he had discanted
upon, he found the muzzle of a rifle thrust
almost into his fhce.
It was a loaded rifle which, luckily, a
friend of Darrell's bad left in hi:. keeping
that very morning, while he went out to
make some purchases. It had stood in a
corner of the room near his table, and Dar
rell had seized it, cocked it and leveled it
with such dexterity that he had Wolf cov
ered before he had obeerved his move
ments; and he stood motionless as a stat
ute—his cool eyes glancingover the sights
and a steady finger on the trigger.
"You great bully," he said, "drop that
knife instantly. Mind, I come from a
country where they shoot squirrels only
through the eye. 1 can bit any hair of
your big bead that you will mention, at a
hundred yards. Drop that knife !"
The ruffian was fairly paralyzed. He
released his grip on Pcor Kaynes, who
sank fainting upon the floor, and his mur
derous knife fell on the counter. So un
expected was the bold attitude of Darrell
that Wolf was more startled than he would
have been if s dozen of the roughest men
in California had assailed him.
There stood the boyish editor, motionless
as the wall, and the muzzle of the rifle did
not move the breadth of a hair. Darrell
held the desperado's life in his hands.
"You cowardly bully !" he repeated con
temptuously, "don't you dare to move; I
can send a bullet through your eye-ball
without touching the white. Don't move
an eighth of an inch or I'll do it, and throw
your filthy carcass out of the window."
Wolf glanced at his revolver, lying upon
the counter within two feet of his eyes, but
he did not venture to reach for it.
" Dare to touch that revolver, or so much
as look at it again," said Darrell, "and I'll
make a red picture upon the wall there be
hind you. You came up here to murder
two boys, because you thought it an easy
task, and now you are pale and trembling
with fear. I would kill you in your tracks,
but that I don't. want your dirty blood on
my hands. Go now. Turn instantly.—
Leave your knife and revolver where they
are. I'll keep them. Go down to your
friends on the street and tell them that a
idle, their mills are closed, their merchants
are ruined, commerce is prostrated.
Here are the fruits of it : a family, re
duced to poverty, unable to pay the taxes
imposed upon them by English land own
ers, stand and see their only meagre sup
port driven away from their door. How
many times this has been a reality ! What
can the idle and starving family do with
out these animals. What can willing hands
do under such a cursed system of oppres
sion.
America opens her arms to all. But
she asks one thing. She asks that every
Irishman be true to the country that gives
him a home and to the principles by which
IRELAND AS IT IS.
boy whipped you—disarmed you, and then
kicked you down stairs. Do as I tell you.
If you hesitate you will never see the set."
Wolf, trembling from head to foot, glan
ced once more at his revolver, but did not
dare raise his hand. His face was pale
and his lips were dry.
"Do you hear me ?" demanded Darrell,
sternly.
"Yes, yes, don't shoot," said Wolf, turn
ing about, as commanded. He was thor
oughly cowed.
-Do not turn your ugly face this way
again," said Darrell, "or you will pay for
it with your life. Move !"
Tamer than a whipped cur, the ruffian
walked toward the door, and Darrell,
springing over the counter, was at his
heels in an instant.
"Don't look back, or I'll kill you."
Meekly obeying the imperative orders of
the youth, Wolf moved slowly out of the
room into the corridor.
"Be careful ; don't—don't let that gun
go off," Wolf stammered, as he reached
the head of the stairs.
At this moment the clamors of the im
patient crowd below arose with terrible
distinctness, and one shrill voice was heard
to say:
"Hurry up, Wolf, why don't you throw
them fellers out ?"
Exasperated beyond measure, he was
on the point of turning back, at the risk of
his life ; for after all his braggadocio how
could he face those below, disarmed and
chased out of the building by one of the
puny boys he had intended so terribly to
chastise ?" But Darrell was after him,
and with one vigorous kick sent him
bounding down the wooden stairs, with a
thundering clatter, and rolling over the
doorsill, the defeated bully actually tum
bled out upon the street before he could
recover his equilibrium.
"Hello ! how's this ? What's up ?" ask
ed a dozen voices at once, as the dreaded
man re appeared in this indignified shape,
without having sent any corpses down
from the window.
"Why, I simply kicked him down stairs.
—that's what's the matter," responded the
boyish voice of Darrell at the top; "aud
if he comes up here again I won't let him
off so easy. Do not be afraid of him ; I
took all his weapons from him."
Wolf struggled to his feet, and present
ing such a ludicrous appearance that he
was greeted with loud jeers and bursts of
laughter. So completely had he tumbled
from his lofty eminence in the eyes of
those who either admired or feared a bold
murderer, that they who an hour ago
would have dreaded to offendhim by word
or look, now regarded him only with con
tempt—laughed at and derided him.
Never before had the rough crowd seen
a man with an established reputation 'Ake
Mr. Wolf thus suddenly fall to such a
depth of degradation. All his name, fame
and prestige, melted away like a mist, and
he was no longer feared—no longer res
pected by the low thieves and cut-throats
around him--only despised. Yes, despis
ed by the meanest of creatures, whom he
had oftentimes bullied as though they had
been hounds.
The dread which had surrounded his
name seemed to vanish like a mist. "Lick
ed by a boy !" "Kicked down stairs!"
"Cot his barkers took from him !" were
the murmurs of the crowd. At length a
voice boldly taunted hint with "Where's
your knife?" and another proposed "Three
cheers for the boy that licked him."
Looking very little and pusillanimous,
he slunk away toward Montgomery street.
Such was Wolf's mortification, when he
came fully to realize what a pitiable figure
he had cut, that he left San Francisco and
was seen in her streets no more. The fatal
ity which had apparently thus far shield-
ed and assisted him in his murderous deeds
suddenly deserted him.
He was destined never to commit an
other murder, but was himself shot dead
in Sacramento within but three weeks af
ter the events narrated.
I do not know what became of Baynes,
or whether he is still alive; but I know
that Darrell, the brave boy whose coolness
and courage saved them both, is to-day a,
gentleman of position, residing in a flour
ishing city of Nevada.
eftnitiug fvr the illizat
The Elephant Romeo.
Tunneling a Live Elephant with Red Hot
Crowbars—The Old Warrior Succumbs.
[From the Ch:eago Time*, June 7.J
The most colossal surgical operation ever
performed upon a living creature was wit
nessed by a select few in this city on yes
terday morning. Everything about the
affair was on a must stupendous scale, as
the subject himself is the largest bit o
flesh and bones now in this country. Ot
course, this means the elephant Romeo,
now pertbrming in this city.
Romeo is getting old ; his flesh is slow
to heal ; and a lack of knowledge how to
treat elephantine sores, coupled with many
misapplied remedies, soon placed the old
hero in a sad plight. The wounds fester
ed, bad became worse, until now his legs
resemble the catacombs of' Rome, being
mere receptacles of corruption. When
the menagerie reached the city, it became
painfully evident that Romeo could not
well go any farther unless some relief was
afforded, and s Chicago is famous for the
quality just now, it was determined to take
advantage of the respite afforded from
travel during a nearly two weeks' stay,
and place the great hulk on the stocks.
AN ARRAY OF MEDICAL TALENT.
With this purpose in view, Mr. Fore
paugh called upon Dr. H. W. Boyd, pro
fessor of surgery and anatomy, of the Chi
cago Medical College, who has had con
siderable experience in elephantine sur
gery. Under the direction of Prof. Boyd,
Dr. Withers cut, gouged, tunneled and
chiseled into the poor beast, each time
cutting away or digging out a pound or
two of putrid flesh, and each time the
knife or other tool was withdrawn the
blood flowed copiously after it. Like a
practiced miner, the doctor only prospec
ted for a while, feeling his way to the
crevices. Soon he laid bare a member,
and then entered upon a task that sicken
ed the stoutest saw-bones present.
Tunneling his way along by means of
scrapers and chisels, his arm would enter
the animal's leg to the elbow until the
sound flesh was reached. It was not long
before the explorer discovered that what
sound bone or flesh there was in Romeo's
forelegs wasn't worth speaking about, and
the only wonder was that the animal was
alive and able to stand on his legs.
After a full hour spent in
SLASHING, GOUGING AND SCRAPING,
during which the poor beast was rid of
fifteen or twenty pounds of putrified mat
ter and flesh and a pound or two of bone,
the surgeons concluded that sufficient for
a day might be the evil thereof, and de
sisted from that part of the operation to
enter upon another tenfold more painful
and harrowing.
CAUTERIZATION.
While the excavations had been pro
gressing, men were busy at the furnace
heating huge soldering irons, several
inches in diameter, to a white heat. These
were now brought into requisition to re
move the proud flesh. When Dr. With
ers approached the animal with the first
glowing iron a shiver ran through his
frame, and he was disposed to resent any
further aggression, but being convinced
by the pointed arguments of his keeper
that it was all for his good, he issued an
other low thunder, which was echoed from
every cage, and straightened his trunk,
and braced himself for further martyr
dom.
THE RED-HOT IRON
was run into tunnel No. 1 the length
of about a foot, and a hissing sound, fol
lowed by dense volumes of fumes and an
intolerable stench, issued from the-open
ing. The poor brute shook like an aspen ,
made a slight effort or two at resistance,
but soon settled into quietness again.
Another red hot iron was introduced,
again there was a quiver of the whole
frame, but this time he only drew up his
back and changed his position a trifle.
THE BLOOD
now began to flow from the caverns in
copious supply, a sight that made all the
animals of the cat species desperate, and
lions, tigers, leopards, hyenas, panthers,
wolves and others of the innumerable
horde whose cages formed a circle about
the martyr joined in low growls, which
were intensified to roars and shrieks as the
fumes of the burning flesh filled their
nostrils.
When the din and noise were somewhat
quieted, the operation was proceeded with,
and during the two following hours about
thirty red-hot irons were thrust into the
poor brute's carcass. When the surgeons
finally desisted, it was not because they
believed their task completed, but because
the caverns had assumed such dimensions
that the two-inch irons proved too small
to be further effective. Besides, Romeo
was evidently weakening and getting a
little "groggy" from loss of blood.
The openings were then thoroughly
washed with lotions and afterward care
fully bound up.
The old fellow has always displayed a
strong predilection for candy and other
sweet things. After the operation a nice,
big stick was proffered him, but he de
clined it with a solemn shake of the head.
When the animal's naturally vicious
temper is taken into consideration, his
NOBLE BEHAVIOR
during the painful operations can only be
accounted for on the hypothesis that, with
an elephant's proverbial sagacity and fine
instinct, he was convinced that it would
redound to his good. Otherwise he would
have strewn his tormenters about like
"the leaves on the strand," and might,
controlled by a pious inspiration, have
knelt on one or two.
The gentlemen who operated upon
Romeo express strong hopes for his re
covery.
[Romeo subsequently died from the
effects of his disease and its treatment.]
Mits. Smrrn observes that scolding is a
woman's sphere. Mrs. Robinson retorts
that "it is no woman's fear" to scold her
husband—provided he deserves it.
NO. 26.
Letter from the West.
OKAHA, NEB., Jane 13, 1872.
Dear Journal: We left Sioux City on
June 6th, on the Missouri Valley Rail
road for Grand Junction, on the Illinois
Central, and from that point to Des
Moines City. The Missouri bottoms are
sixty miles in length and twenty miles
in width; on an average the finest and
richest valley I ever traveled through.—
The soil is from four to five feet deep, and
a large proportion tillable, yet it is very
thinly settled. This valley offers great in
ducements to those who wish to emigrate.
Land can be had from five to six dollars
per acre, within five miles of the Missouri
Valley Railroad. Des Moines is the capi
tal of lowa, and is situattd at the junction
of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers;
population, 15,000. The city occupies a
sort of qp amphitheatre shape, the bluffs
rising gentle en all sides, the level portion
large enough to accommodate the business
of a large city. They are building a new
State House with white limestone, from
Joliet, and when finished, fr-om its present
appearance, will be a magnificent structure.
There are here the U. S. Court House,
costing $250,000, a Baptist College, and
three public school houses, said to be the
handsomest in the State, and decidedly the
finest your correspondent has seen thus
far in his travels. We next visited the
Apiary of the Italian Bee Company, own
ed and managed by Mrs. Savory and Mrs.
Tupper. We found this one of the lovliest
and coziest homes in Des Moines. There
we found the hillsides covered with colo
nies of bees, numbering between four and
five hundred. What a kingdom and busy
little realm—and presided over by two la
dies, who have formed a co-partnership to
prosecute the business of apiarists, and we
saw no evidence of disagreement, but all
was order and peace and concord ruled
throughout all their borders'. They told
us that each colony (or bee-hive, as we call
them,) yielded from 200 to 250 pounds of
honey, making some five or six tons a sea
son. They never suffer their colonies to
swarm, but always divide them, before
they are ready to swarm. They raise the
queens for sale, and send them by express
to all parts of the United States- We
next visited B. F. Allen's fine residence
one mile west of the city. He is reported
to be worth between four or five millions,
and is the wealthiest man in the State a.
His residence and location cost between
$300,000 and $400,000, and is not unlike
those owned by the lords and dukes of
England. The surroundings are beautiful,
composed of parks, with deer roaming,
flower gardens, fountains, lakes, vineyards,
Ize. Ho also has a telegraph to communi
cate with his banks in the city, as well as
with the outer world. In his dwelling he
has a large fan worked by a steam engine,
to air and ventilate his rooms. A singu
lar and sensible contract was on last
Thursday entered into, between a gentle
man and lady in this city, and filed for
record, with stipulations, that in case of
any troubles arising after the union, com
pelling a separation, whether by divorce or
otherwise, there should be no allowance
granted for alimony. The preamble pro
ceeded to state that the reason for making
such an agreement, is that experience
teaches, that from the fraility of human
nature, there are many unhappy marriages
and that if the one now to be consummat
ted should prove so, each party should have
their right to the control and possession of
his or her share of the joint estate. The
parties have since been united in the holy
bonds of matrimony.
We left the city of Des Moines, on the
12th inst., for Council Bluffs, on the Rock
Island and Pacific Railroad; distance one
hundred and twenty miles. The wheat
crop promises a larger yield this season,
than for many years back, in this State,
and the corn crop looks well, and an un
usual quantity planted. We reached
Council Bluffs, on the 13th inst., and stop
ed at the Wyoming House, kept by a good
old Pennsylvanian. Council Bluffs is sit
uated amid the bluffs of the Missouri riv
er, and extending along to its banks some
three miles, and has a population of 12,-
000. This place is, the location of the
State Deaf and Dumb Asylum. A coun
cil was held here with the Indians by
Lewis and Clark, in 1804, hence the name
of the city. It is the county-seat of Pot
tawatomie county. Last fall nearly all of
the city was submerged by a heavy rain,
and the overflowing of Honey creek. The
street cars runs from this city across the
river, to Omaha, a distance of four miles.
We took the cars and crossed over to
Omaha, and spent a day there. This city
is the terminus of the Union Pacific Rail
road, and has a population of 15,000, and
is connected with Council Bluffs with a
new iron railroad bridge, at a cost of one
and one-half millions. The city has a
much finer location than Council Bluffs,
and is situated on the west bank of the
Missouri river,
about fift y feet above high
water mark. County seat of Douglass co.
There is four times the business done here
than in Council Bluffs. The United,States
Barracks are three miles from the city,
and several thousand troops are stationed
there. They boast of having the finest
High School building in the State, and is
situated on the bluff overlooking the city,
and cost $225,000. It is 175 feet long
and 100 feet wide, and can accommodate
fifteen hundred pupils. At this place we
saw the representatives of several tribes of
Indians, among them was Little-ka-ha,
Chief of the Pawnee tribe.
This Western country is a great coun
try. Dolly Varden has been all through
it. The ladies not only dress in Dolly
Varden style, but they give us Dolly Var
den pudding for dinner, and everything is
on the Dolly Varden style.
We leave in the morning for Leaven
worth, Kansas. L.
Sewing Machine Statistics
We give belowthe number of the vari
ous Sewing Machines which have been
sold during the year 1871. If the num
ber sold of any one Machine be a criterion
of its merits, the Singer carries off the
palm
-Sold 181,260 Ma'g
" 128,526 '•
" 50,838 "
" 39,635 '•
THE SINGER MFG CO..
Wheeler & Wilson Mf'g Co.
Grover & Baker S. M. C 0...
Weed S. M. Co
Howe Machine Co. [Jan. I, to
July I,]
Wilcox & Gibbe S. M. Co
Wilson S. M. Co
Amer. B. H. O. & S. M. Co
Original Howe S. M. Co.
Florence S. M. Co
Gold Medal S. M. Co
Davis S. M. Co
Domestic S. M. Co
" 34,010 "
" 30,127 "
" 21,158 "
" 20,121 "
" 20;051 "
" 15,947 "
" 13,562 "
" 11,568 "
" 10,397 "
7,1139 "
" 4,720 "
" 4,557 "
Finkle a Lyon Mfg Co.
/Etna S. M. Co
Elena S. M. Co
" 4,555 "
" 2,965 "
2,056 "
Elliptic S. M. Co
Empire S. M. Co.
Parham S. M. Co
—New York Daily Standard.
AN Illinois ehild7led to death from
biting his tongue.