INDEPENDENT" Live ana Let Live." 1.00 a Year if Paid in Advance. H. V. Morthimee, Proprietor. LEIIIGIITON, CARBON COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1877. Single Copies, 3 cts. VOL. VI., No. 2. Railroad Guide. N 'OltTlIPENNA.UAlIiROAD. J.-1 T...n rrer. forPhlladelohia Will leaVO LChlgh. m!. vi Ji. V. arriyo at Phlla. at 0: a. m. r.'tla ni. TUUV. " 1 UK'S a. in. ii-07o m.TiaL.V. " " 2:10 p.m. ? 5 1 m. wa I V. " VsS0 m- RMuTntag, leave depot at Berts ana. Ainerl- an St. PallV, at 8:15 ana .5 a.m.i 2:15. p.m. Jan. l. 18777 KLLI8 CLARK, Agent. plIlbA. to KEAU1NO HAIMIOAU. Arrangement of Passenger Trains. NOVEMBER, ISTIt, I8T7. Tratna leave ALLENTO WN as followai- IVIA PBEKIOMES DBiNCH.) .for Philadelphia, at. 8.60, U.M, a.m...H ana a ( p. m. SUNDAYS. """"vaTisvpaNsi.BBiscn.1 or Reading, t 2.. S.50. v.US a m 12.15. 2-10. 4.30 t" n?rftS. 2.2) S 50. 9.05 a. m.. 12.15. 4.30 TMLtneaiter and Columbia, 5 50, 1.05 a.m. and J0p,m. tDoet not ran en Monday. SUNDAYS, JorBeaainn.2.30a.m.and05pm. or Uarrlaburg, 2.30 a. m. and u 05 0. m. Tralna FOR ALLENTOWN leave as follows: (VIA rBBKIOUB UBAKCfl.) Leave Pnllaclelpnia, 7.M a. in., 1.00, "1.30 and 5.15 p. uu SUNDAYS. Lve Fhllsnelphlii, s.nii a.m. (VIA BAST PBNNA. DttASClI.) taava Heading, 7.M. 7.45, 10.13 a in., 4 00. e.10 and Leave flarlUburf, S.00, 7.0 a. m-. and 1.40, 1.30 p. tn. Leave Lancaster, 7.10 a. m., and 1.25 p. ra. biave Colombia, 7.2(1 a. m . and 3.15 p. m. SUNDAYS. Leave Heading. 7.20 a.m. Leave Uarrlabarg, 5.20 a-m. , .. Tralne maiked thus (j ran to and from depot tb and Green streets, rhlladelpula. otbor ulm to and trom Broad street depot. Tne 8.50 . n and 5.55 p. m. tralna from Allen n, and tne7.J0 a-m. and 6.15 p. ni. trains trom Philadelphia, have tbrongh cars to and arem PbUadelpbla. J. H. WOOTIEN. General Manager. O. Q. nANCOCIt, Gn't Ticket Agent. HENRY A. PETER, (Succoswr to C. W. Lsstj), Bank Street, Lebighton, Fenn'a, Offers to tbe pnblio a fall line of Pure Drugs and Chemicals, PATENT MEDICINES, Horse and Cattle Medicines A Complete Asssortment of Wall IPsais!?, Tret tbe Caeapest Brown to tbe finest a lit. Fancy Toilet Articles, sponges, chamoise skins, Plain & Fancy Stationery, Aa a variety of noUSEnOLD ARTICLES toouunie-roastooroeation. all ot which he lsoffettnc; at TEBT REASONABLE PUICES ! PURE WINKS and LIO.UORS for Medicinal Ml sacramental purpose. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS csrefoliy Kma. s-ceurately compounded by AIYSELF, at avli hours et the day and nigbt. Patroaage Invited. n. A. PETER, Leuckcl's Block. March 24, 1877. 100,000 READERS ARE CALLING 10 It The ORIGIN and HISTORY OP TIIE RUSSIAN atSed TURK, And tbe GREAT CONTEST now WAGING BUTWKKN THhil. OorRUSSO-TURKISII WAR HOOK Is tbe most Reliable. Accurate anil Comprehensive, and with tia 300 HLb.QA.ST ENGRAVING. MAIM and PLANS, tbe most snowy, desitable and usetul book now pabllslud. 6000 Active Agents Wanted ! Tbe.e desiiing Territory on thu work Bhould avail themselves of an eat ly appucattou. Also, 1000 AGENTS WANTED ou our GranD CombinatioN Prospectus, KHritE4ESTI.N0 150 DlKTINCT PCBLICATIONS Or nnlversal Interest, Including Agrlcnltnre, Uloirraphtcal. Historical, Religious unil Mlscel laneous Works, sales made from tbis Prospeo tua wben all single Hooks fall. Alto on our nearly 100 stylos ot PREMIUM FAMILY BIBLES, SNGLI-tH and GERMAN, PROTESTANT and CATHOLIC. Awarded Superiority over all otbera, fur their Invaluable AUU aud tiitnerb Itindinga, at toe UltAND CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, 1870. Particular, free. Address JOHN, fOTTEK A CO., Publishers, PHILADELPHIA B.st.i, mi II. S.W'DEIl, DEALEB I Lad ies' Fancy Drss Goods Dry Goods, Grocorios, &o. . n 1 t- Prlcea as low as elsewbere, and goods war- Profitable Employment, ssssst INO OIIURCII." Tbe rremiuiu KieelEnirrav. fng, 2 f eet x 2 leet 6 lncbes, " Tbe Finding 01 the snbsortber. far only 11.25 per year. TUis picture It uolveraallv admirtxl aud should bn 111 everr houiebold. Extra large casb commissions paid to Agents. Write for terms and A geut'a outfit. Working Clinrch Pub. Co., Bept.t9ml 7 & 0 WABUEK St . New York. Piano and Organ Taught. Visa LYDIA P. FINOlIER, of Eat Mauch Cbunn, will give LESSONS to I'Ul'Il.a on (be TIANO or ORGAN, at thir Residences 111 LEIlinnTON or WEISSPORT.Two liavsiu MsbWwk. FuturUieTparUeulirs.ei quireat CARDS. T..i.i.ltiii.A Var.hnuie. V. Sctiwirt J, Hank street, dtalf in oil kin ill 0 furniture. Cojflnt made 0 oratr. Hoot mill Shoo Makers. Clinton Ilretney, in Levan't building, hunk street -411 arderspromptliJtUeit-'WOrk warranted, Attorneys. F 1. L0NGSTKEET, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Noxt door to tbe "Carton House.' BANK STREET, LElUOHTON. PA. December 1C-8m. TT- M. HAPSIIBK, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Rank Street .LKUianf ON. P. Kesl Estate and Collection Autucy. Will nuy and Sell IUal Estate. Conveyancing neatly done Col. laxflan. nrnmnllv mjtde. fettllnir EststeS of De cedents a specialty. May be consulted In English ndusrmsn. JAS.H. STUUTllKUS, ATTORN ZY AT LAW, 3- Office : 2i floor of nboad'n.IIall, Mnurli Oil llllk. I'rt. All business entrusted to blm will be promptly atteuded to. May 27, ly. J-JANIKI, ICALiUFUS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSfiLLOR AT LAW, Matuoli CliuiiK, Fa. yOice, above Dolon's Jee,'ry 8lore, Broadway JNO. . MEUTOLETTE, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Orricx Corner of Susquehanna and Hroadway. MAUCII CHUNK, ra.li. Can be consulted In Qerman. Julv 24 187 p j. aiKiiiiAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Next Door to First Natloual Bsck, MtICII CHUNK, PA, 4arCm he consulted In (lerman. fjan9. Justices and Insurance. A. BEbTZ, JUSTICE OF TIIE PEACE, Obert's Bulldlns. BANK-St.. LunlonTOX. Conveyancing. Collecting nod oil other bust, ncss connected with tbe oulce promptly attend ed to. Also, Agent for tbuPui chase and Salo of Real Estate. April lVrl rjllIOMAS S. UHCIi, JUSTICll OF THE PEACH, HANK Street, LEIIIOIIT0N, Pa. Conreysnclnir, Collecting and all business con necieu witu tue omce promptly atienaea to, .AK,ub lur iiiMinn .u.uruiivo v.ui,i,Miiit.., snd Risks of all kinds taken ou the mot lllieral terms Jao.0. 1S75. TIrO MAS KUIMHRKU, CONVEYANCER, AND GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT The fullowlDK Companies are Represented: llEBAN JN MUTUAL FIRE, READING MUTUAL FIRE, WYOMING FII1U, FOTTHVILLK FIRE. LEHIGH FIlll:. ondtheTRAV ELERs ACCIDENT INSURANCE, Also Pennsylvania and Mutnnl IIocbo Thief Deteotlyn and InuranLO t'ompanv. Marcn 2,1873. T110S. KEMERER. Physicians and Dentists. yyy a. uuuiia.uisU, ji.d., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Sperlal attention paid to Chronia Diseases. Ofllee: South Esst corner Iron suit 2nd sts.. Le hlshlon, Pa. April 3. IhTS. J-Jll. s. II. HIiUKIt, PRA0TICINQ PHYSICIAN AND SUROEO.N, Office, Uadx Strert, next door above the PostolBce, Lehibton, Pa. Oftlce Hours Parryville each day rora 10 to 12 o'clock; remainder of day atofllceln Uhlzhton Not-23. '72 yry- a. m siiii'i.K, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Next 10 E. It, snyder'a store, Dane St., I.EI1I01ITON. PENN'A N.B. Special atteLtlon given to tbe Careot salt Hbeum. Jte. Jon i3 y J I? II A NIC I. IN I.ICS1I, PHYSICIAN AND hUIlOEOS. .tatt Resident Vhytician of lUrriihurg Hoipital). OITICE 1 Next door to the Union Church, WEI3-PORT, PA. Special aiiention eiven to the Di.pasei of Women, on.nlutiou lu English and Uerman. Auir. 18. 1877-Cm JJlt. KUWAIID HHOU'N, SURGEON DEN'IIST, Of the Pennsylvania Dental College. Pblladel pbla. has ooenid an ofllco In LEIIIGIITON, on BROAD STREET, ncit door tn Snyder's .tore. All work warranted astlstactory. LAUUHINO OAS usod for the palnlcs. ex. traction of Teeth Aug. 1 1, lS7i-yl Hotels and Saloons. 0.4KHOX IIOIISU. Corner of BANK AND NORTH bTflEETS, LEIIIGIITON. PA. CONRAD bElPLE, . . . rnorBlnoK. Excellent Accommodations for Permanent olid Transient Boarder-. Couiraodloust-t.iuliug attached Terms iiioderate. octl3k N ATI I . i IV KUUU, At bis SALOON, next to Clitts Tillnrlnir EstabiKbmeut, keeps tho Colebiatcd Philadelphia Lager Beer Constantly rn lap I e alo kei.s a full .upolv of Pare IERMAV WI.MJ-, 1 holce I'IGAllS, Prime Kre-li OYSTEIIS. and nther Eatabiv. The pat ousge ut tue public n viry re'ievt folly invited. NATHAN KRl'M. Don't forget 1 be plac : Nex ooraboveT.D. Claae',l)AKaiUi)alLel.lgblc4i, Ocll New Advertisements. Store Stand & Dwelling AT PUBLIC SALE. Tho nnderBl-tncd will offer at Pub'io Pale, on the premises, on SECOND STREET, 2nd door irom tne corner 01 iron mroi, in tne uoi ougu of jjEiiiuiiTUiN, uorDon county, i'a.. on Saturday, January 5, 1878, commencing at TWO o'clock P.M., all that cer tain LOT OF GROUND. Bltnated as aoove, Irouttni; ou aald SECOND Street 6$ feet, ana continuing of that width, betweon painllel lines, noli feet to an Alley, upon which is erec ted n lurgo and commodious 'Ihroo btory frame Store and Dwelling House, 27 feet front bv 50 feet deep, with Ficnch Roof coveied with Tin and Slate, and all nccepsary Outbuilding-i. 1 ho store room lsadaotod to the DiyGoods Grocery or lb loct almost nnyother kind of mercantile business being very ceutritl VI located on ouo of Ibo best business street in mo tuwn. Tbe terms and conditions will be made known at time aim p aco or sale or 1IENJ F. KLEPriNGElt, Nov. 10, 1977-t.H. Summit Hill, Pa, DMINISTnATOIt'S SALE Of Valuable Real Estate. Theundeisimiod. AOmlnletrator of tho Estate Or UAV1IJ ISNYUJJU. latO Ol LOA'Klt TOW A aMKNSISn Townahm. nnThrtn I'onTitr. lrtiTi'ii. dec d, will hell, ut Public Hale, on tlio premiaen. Saturday, December 8, 1877, Commencing at 2 o'clock P. M., all those Two -.etuiiu a luce.ur LOTS OF GUOUND SimateJ In tho VILLAGE of noWMANR. VILLIC. Lower Tow amen sin township nfore- "" i Ajuuuuru uiiu iicouuueu ua lunows. 10 wit ! T.OT'n t nonfalnm-s It. )... r. 11 ...-. ... s. ) feet, ii ud extenomg In cieptli. bet ween puailei unoci at llplit onules is f.cttu Lehigh street ; bounded in tho north by White street, ou the east, uy ,ob .o t, on tne south bv I.phiiih utteet. uuu uu iiio weut vy lanuoi josian 110 win au. TUo laJvioTcments thereon are a DLACKSMITII SHOP 18x20 feet, btablo, Wagou he(1.2"x13ftct 1 and un-.iory (jarpeniersaiiop, viz 1 foct. ALSO. Lot No. 25. fmntmir nn Whltn atfnnf ft feet, undextenuluK m deutti ot tli.;t wintli.ro tween pmaliel Hues. 13 leet 10 Apple alien bounded on the south by White etieet. ou the east by Mill street on tho north by Apple ulley andon tho weotby Inndof JohiiIi 11 0 win an. 'J he xmuiuvriuuins nrouz tsiore iTanio STORE HOUSE 38 feet front and 41 fi ot in depth, and other out bullduirs. Couimlon will be made known at tbo time and piuou ui caiu, uy HENRY BOTE Ft, Administrator or Estate ot David Snyder, dee'd, November 17 W3 s TIIEUIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a writ of fli-rf facial, issued out Of tbe C'uurt Of Common l'ln-int fr-irlion f 'ntin. tv nnd to modirectel, ttiere will tin exposed nt J.-UUHU en.,-, lu mo imvi'mnp OI Jl.llio in, uai bjn county, stutoof l'eimaylvauia, ou tbe pie mi&cs of Maitlu bebcrer, on londay, December, 10, 1877, at TWO o'clock P. M., tbe following Real Es tato describe! at follows, to wit i All tll.lt icitalll TlIAkT Hit PIECE OF L.WD, situate in 1Ii.hiiinngTonu.hlp Ciirbon cotintr, nn.i Slnto of Pennsylvania bounded nud dcscttbul a follons, id wit s lleginulugut aposi, theuio by laud of Oliver Mussulman, south evcnty-tliro" degrees, west fi riy six iur. chesioaiHisi,- lbenco by land ol Reuben 1'icil eilck, eoulh forly eix deyiera east lllty twu per clns i toonoe by the siiuie. south forty-eight do giees wost four peichea nud seven tenths i thence Muith lorty Cegitcs cast oigiilceu nir clies ; tbeiieo south tueniy-seven nu.l one hull degrees cakt four nercliis nud ono half to a cer tain cuuior theiu'0 by other lands lata ut J. A Horn, north firty-to and ono-l.alf.df sriccs u.ei, eight penbes and two tenths tu a ulme o.i : thinco bv lailil ot Jacob l.'tmier. imril, r.iitv.Jv durees west two netchea ton stonot thence by nttv-ellrht ncrchea tn thH ti in-,, ,r l,-.lr, ,.. containing EIOHT ACrtE-1 AND ONE HUNDRED AKD more or loss. The Impi ovements thereon consist of a BONE MILL, U ty 31 Feet, with Shed attached 10 by 31 feel, and a valuable WAT tit POWER. Alau, a one aud a ball story FRAME D ELLINO HOUSE, 13 by C4 feet with a one storv Tflte.tien nt,.i,eh.i librsi r et j a Stable, U by si leet and neces sary Outbui.ulugs. Alotot Choice Fruit Tieee Pe'xed onrt taken into evM-nli-.n n, HiAn-nn. erty of Maitlu beberer, a d io bo sold by J. W. IIAUDJ.NUU8H. Sheriff Sbenffa Office, Mauch Chunk. Nov. 21, ls;7.it At Private Sale. a-IIE UNDERSIGNED offers at Private bale a Vaiiihhle Fuimlng I'trberiv. ,itu- . -,, uu,- tuf.. ami- houingTowu -hlp.CaroooCou ty. Pa , 2(j miles trrinl hliin',-. r-t,,,nl. n .... 1 . . . ton, containing 18 Acies.anout 5 mtesot wiicb are ciearisi and undir a high eta.eof cu.tlvu- Ion, the balance bilna Timber Laud Tbelm. provoitieuia thereon are a i story Framu Dwe . lug Itone ibx-4 feet, w.th Kitchen att-icbed. one stable end nihtr uecesur. Ontouiliiluesi alo. OiclUHl loitaiuina about 10. Clolce t rait Ireea couiprldng A pale, Pe.ir. Peach jnd Lherry 'ireeaoMarloua kiuila .bis propi-itr, being Uluatcd near Mauch -.--. ion, -voiim luskoiiaue-riia- tile place for auy tie wishing o eng.tee lu no trait bu-Jncss the demai.d tor tiuck In the aboie pljces be nn amnvsi-ood and leniliing , --- ..uu vltlC. U-ITT. UllUUgll tliepiop-rty. luant lierfon wi.hlng to Invest in Real Es ,1 tuloff-'1" "u oHKiuuniti seldom to be m a omce. or to ibe owner ou mo preml-e. Sept 1, 1877 linos. E. F. LUCKENBACII, Two Doors lli low the "Broadway House," MAUCII CHUNK, PA. Dealer in all Fattcrnaof P.ain aLd Taney Window Shades, Paints & Painters' Supplies, . AT LOW1.8T CASH PI.ICE9. .n. 57-y TWan orl tooofoacaseotCatanhlne-o YV Clil LCLL neiirhborln.iMl. with nr. T..--,,. S-"'!;,'' ". ml trod.ieolt. tiiupletreo. J, C lutwn, Pittetrorgu, Pa. MvM-inl Our New York Letter. New York, Nov. 30, 1877 A very romantic scandal is being men. tioncd gingerly by tho press regarding Councilor Stoughton, minister appointed to Russia, which presents many etrango nnd dramatic features. This gay butterfly, who is tho admired of all admirers in fashionablo circles, met in 1804 at tho Boarding Houso of lira. Young, In 12th Street, a charming Southern woman whoso husband was then fighting In tho Confederate armies. An equivocal Intimacy continued for five years, ho paying tho fascinating lady's expenses, Stoughton'a relatives, however, objected to tho liason nnd had tho lady conveyed to tho Dloomingdalo Lunatic Asylum on a falso charge of being insane. Sho was released, but tho lato Jutlgo Dowling kidnapped her ono day on Broadway nnd sent her to Black well's Island. Sho managed to get out and brought suit against her quandom admirer for $100,000, employing Edwin James, an English lawyer of questionable reputation, who enmo hero under a cloud. James wcedlcd her out of tho passionate tropical lovo letters written by her ardent admirer,. and on receipt of a heavy feo from tho de. fondant, abandoned tho case. The late Councillor Jenks of Brooklyn, took up tho case but it was settled by an injunction speci fying that the suit should be iiermnnentlv abandoned, which injunction was obtained nt a corrupt secret star chamber held by Judge Cordozo. When tho State Senate Investigating Committco examined tho re cords of this disreputable Jurist ho was dis missed from the bench. Tho lady's poverty, though not her will, compelled her to accept a compromise. Last week sho catno to New York and meeting tho Judge in a china shop; addressed somo casual remark, llo rushed out and jumped into an omnibus, sho following him like his evil genius. Ho only remarked, "What's in tho wind ?" Sho said nothing, but on Friday last there Was a Romance in tho columnsof tho Exprcss.giv ing a detailed account of tho afldir but with holding tho names. Tho injured woman is appealing to tho President, and the Judgo may possibly bo requested to postpone his mission to Russia indefinitely. Mrs. Car, tho'lady in question, who resides at Balti more Is Alio mother of two of tho most beauti ful women in'a city whero the most fascina ting beauties is tho rule and not tho excep tion. Now that Libby O'Brien has escaped from tho Catholic Protector', to which sho was sent somo timo ago, people who livo on French Tlats -and nearly all of us live that way who do not livo in Boarding Houses had belter see to it that they do not leave their dresses and valuables laying about carelessly. And why? I can hear tho far away reader ask. I will tell you. Libby O'Brien, who is only thirteen years of age, wjro is pretty, and has blue eyes, and who sings pathetic ballads, is tho most expert sneak thief in tho country. I forgot now whether I told you about it or not, but when sho was sent to tho Catholic Protectory alwut a month ago, thcro were at least one hundred robberies entered against her name. Last Wednesday, when they counted heads at tho Protectory, Libby's was not there. Sho is evidently in New York city at this writing, placidly pursuing tho pursuit of tho electric bell, that time-eaVing contrivance of the Flat system, which allows tho servant girl in tho fifth story to open tho street door by merely pressing a knob set in the wall. Libby walks in and has tho range of tho house. Cut tout. There was an awful crush the other eve ning at tho Vanderbilt-Twombley wedding, and so far as cxtctLrapjiearanecs were con- j ccriieu, mo entire anair was like a rareo show. As a matter of fact tho vulgar public was attracted to tho church simply becauso the bride was the grand-daughter of the many times millionaire whoso character, habits and body are being cruelly dissected in the contested will case. I regret to stato that a family with so much money as the Vnndcrbills possess, is not looked upou in New York with any degreo of restiect. Wo are such a parvenu oily that we know a par venu on siglit, and, as is generally tho case, we dislike the class. Tho GrapAie, tho otli er evening, spoke of tho Vaiulerbilts as be ing coaree, nnd the last number of Pnrita clever German-English satire- tho English edition of which is brilliantly edited by Syd ney Roscnfeld, our journalistic D'lsraeli.has a series of com les by Keppler, showing in the most scathing way tho dust-licking at titude of William II., when in dealings with tho Commodore. Batteby. Our Chicago Lt'ltir. Ciiicaoo, Nov. 29, 1877, The excitement occasiuuod by the sensa tional euieiJoof Mr. Coolbaugh has passed away but it was not without results. There sprung up tho usual crop of servile imita tors, of small fry who Were mightily pleased with tho way in which ho disposed of him self, and funeied, possibly, that they could get n little notoriety by following his ex ample. So an cx-jioliceman who had do- j meetio difficulties in a small way, who had i been soolded by a oantakerous wife marched ' out into a little Mirk, put a little pistol to bis 1 bead and tried to blow out his scanty brains. But ho had not the steady hand of hit ex sinplar, and bee probably failed in the job. Then thero was a man doing business in a small way who likewise brooded over Mr, Coolbaugh's fato and his own domestic woes, his wifo applying for a divorrc and under took to separate soul and body.with a pistol. But ho could not havo been 60 very sadly in earnest becauso ho gavo fair notice to his ncighbors,and they, after thinking tho mat ter over, decided to interfere, and took his weapon away. - But tho most serious result of Coolbaugh's death was tho failure of tho Third National Bank, an old Institution which was onco very prosperous, but was badly hit by tho firo and tho panic. Its directors decided somo weeks ago to settle up affairs, trusting at that time that they would get back their capital and loso only tho surplus. Mr. Coolbaugh had mado arrangements to take charge of tho bank nnd liquidate it, but his sudden death put an end to that schemo and it was found impossibta to get other banks to give any help. So it shut up, owing $1, 000,000 and with assets nominally worth 1,800,000 but really worth only about two thirds of that. But back of all this is tho personal responsibility of the stockholders all but ono of whom aregood,nmountingtoa million and a half. It is possiblo that tho bank might havo lived if it had had better management, but tho President had an un happy mania for1 dabbling In real estate speculations, and by persisting in holding ou to dirt which had ceased to havo any value, brought himself and tho bank to tho ground. Ho has turned over a lot of stuff to secure his indebtedness, but it is that kind of property which may not bo disposed of for years. Among the stockholders and di rectors arc Mr. Georgo M. Pullman of tho Sleeping Car Company, and Mr. Joseph Medill editor and proprietor of tho 2Vi6imc. It had been so long expected that this bank Would go up that there was not tho consternation which an unexpected failure would have had, but nevertheless tho smash had its results. Tho Central National Bank, a comparatively small concern with a capi tal of $200,000 gavo up tho ghost Friday morning. It had been carried by tho Third for some months and fell when tho supiwrt was removed. It will doubtless pay all its depositors, tho chief trouble being that it did not do enough business to make it profitable to keep tho institution alive. Ono or two other National Banks are 6haky but it is hoped that they will manage to pull through. A suit on a life-insuraiico policy .involving some interesting ini-its, has just been begun against the -S orthwestern Montreal, of Mil waukee. A year and a half ago a wealthy resident of this city took out a policy for $15,000 in the Company, paying tho first year's premium. At tho end of the twclvo months, ho was called on and asked for tho premium for tho next year. This ho failed to pay. Nearly two months elapsed nnd ho was taken very ill. About half an hour be fore ho died his clerk called around at tho Company's office, and tendered tho prem ium. The agent declined to accept it. Tho weeping heirs and wife, though feeling in tensely over tho death of their beloved fa ther and husband, yet did not feel inclined to lose $15,000 and checked their lamenta tions long enough to send the book-keeiier of tho deceased -ho had been dead half an hour then on another trip to the officers of the Company, to again oiler tho premium; again niako an cflbrt to revive that lapsed policy. Hut tho agent knew something con cerning Mr. Store's condition and jiercmp- tonly refused to take the money nnd henco tho suit. Tho deceased was a sharp business man, and it is jnssiblo that ho would havo been so pleased with tho business-like con duct of his children as to havo pardoned them for their apparent absence of all-ab sorbing grief over his loss. Possibly tho Comjiany will presently proposo to compro inUo for a few thousands, and that will bo tho end of tho suit. A marriago of rather a romantic nature took placo hero a couple of weeks ago. A western man was in town for tho purjioso of distwsing of a lot of mining property which ho owns in tho Black Hills. While hero ho took it into his head to get a wife. Ho had been married onco before, in Denver. He had seen a pretty girl running a sewing machine in a shop, had marched in and asked her if sho would havo him. Sho con sented; they were wedded, and in six months sho got a Utah divorce. But ho was not discouraged by this, and went to a clair voyant, and asked her to tell him where to find the woman whom Providcnco had se lected as his wife. If she put him on the right track, he would give her $10,000. So sho advised him to go to a certain largo shirt manufactory, nnd among the girls employed there ho would find his fate. Ho wenttheie, and asked the proprietors, to let him look through their establishment. They consent ed, and ho went into the sewing rooni,whero a doien or more girls Were employed. Pres ently one of them struck his eye; ho went up to her and said, "I did not come- hero lo look at the place, I came to find you. I want you to bo my wife. I can glvo you good referenoos. I havo been married once, but havo been divorced, and havo a copy of the decree, iso that is all right." 6he looked at him, saw that he was not badly dressed, and was reasonably good-looking, and said, "Yes, I will marry you." They were wed ded, and are now living in great happiness at one of our- hotels. The clairuoyant, ing Iho notice of tho marriage, rushed off to her customer, anddunned him for that $10, 000, He admitted his obligation, but said that sho would havd to wait until ho sold his slock in these mines, and then ho would pay up. In tho ineantimo sho would havo to bo satisfied with $5 on account. Sho took it, and is still waitibg for tho remaining $9,995, Chic. Ho NeTcr. Not long ago,on an English steamor, four days out from Liverpool, a small boy waa found hid away behind tho cargo. Ho had neither farther nor mother; brother nof sister, friend nor protector among either: passengers Or Crew. Who was ho 7 Whero did ho come from 1 Whero going 7 Only nino years old ; tho poor litllo stranger.with ragged clothes but a beautiful face, full of innocence- and truth ; of courso ho Was car ried before tho first mate. " How came you to steal a passago on board this ship 7" asked tho mato sharply. " My stepfather put mo in," answered tho boy , " ho said ho could not afford to keep mo or pay my passage to Halifax, whero my aunt lives. I want to go to my aunt." Tho mato did not believo the story. Ho hod often been deceived by 6townways. Al most every ship finds, one or1 two days out at sea, men or boys concealed among tho cargo, who try to get a passago across tho water without paying for it. And this is often troublesomo and expensive. Tho mato suspected somo of tho sailors had a hand in tho boy's escape, and treated him pretty roughly. Day after day ho was questioned about his coming, and it was always tho samo story nothing less, nothing more. At last tho mate got out of patience, as mates will, and seizing him by tho collar told him unless ho confessed tho truth,iu ten hnnutes, he would hang him on tho yard arm a frightful threat indeed. Poor child, with not a iriend to stand by him I Around him were passengers and sail ors of tho mid-day watch, add before him tho stern first officer, with his watch in hand, counting tho tick, tick, tick of tho minutes as they swiftly went. There ho stood, palo and sorrowful, his head crcct-and tears in bis eyes j but afraid 7 -no, not 0, bit) .Eight minutes were already gone. " Only two minutes more to live," criect tho mate. " Speak the truth and save your life, boy." " May I pray 7 asked tho child, looking up into tho hard man's face, Tho officer nodded his head, but said nothing, Tho brave boy knelt down on deck, and, with hands clasped and eyes raised to hcaven.rcpeated the Lord's prayer, and then prayed the dear Lord Jesus to tako him homo to heaven. Ho could die j but lie never I All eyes were turned towards him, and sobs broko from stem hearts. Tho mato could hold out ho longer. Ho sprang to tho boy, told him ho believed his story, every word of it. A nobler sight never took place on a ship's deck than this a poor, unfriended child, willing to faco death for truth's sake. Ho could dio ; but lie never I God bless him I And tho rest of the voyago you may well think ho had friends enough. Nobody owned him before j everybody ivas now ready to do him a kindness. And everybody who reads this will uo strengthened to do right, come what will, by tho noblo conduct of this dear child. Fashions oOIoifrning- mid Disposing- of tlio Dead. Almost tvery barbarous tribo has its own recipe for disposing of the relics of mortality. Tho Hottentots basket them. Tho Kaffirs uso them as ground bait for Hons. Tha Orincos placo them whero the flesh is nib bled from tho bones by hungry fishes. Somo South American tribes grind tho skele tons of their dead, with which they pepper their food. Tho New Zcalanders stretch dead bodies on lofty platforms, and lcavo them to tho crows and buzzards. Tho Hindoos burn their dead, aud do not even caro to save their ashes. Civilized individuals, too, have their littlo eccentricities In relation to tho post mortem lisposition of tho human clay. One would keep tho worms from their food with metal Bheathings. Another considers a rosewood coffin, with silver mountings, indispensable. third would have his tlead embalmed. A fourth prefers a spacious vault to thq 6extou's dark pit A fifth thinks that tho fittest posting place for tho body, When its toils aro over, is a narrow bod under tho greens ward, and a sixth has faith in cremation. Tho fashions of mourning for tho dead havo been and are as various as tho methods of putting them away from among tho llv- ig. The old Romans bottled their tears and nit them into the tombs of tha deceased. The Greeks mourned tho departed in white, Tha Egyptians mourned In yellow. In ancient Jewry the relatives of the dead tore their gabardines and poured ashes' Sh their heads, and w'a beliove tho strict He brews do tho same now. Vermillion is the mourning tint of tho Chinese. The Turkish women grieve for their lords in blue. It is only in the most enlightened lands that black is worn in memory of thorn, who are supposed to havcjiaesed to'a bright er world.
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