ADVERTISINOR 'ATEB 31 I . mo. 3 moe. 8 mos lyr. Otte/guar. . . 1.40 1.75 3.1,0 0.80 12.0, . &CO 3.50 6.80 9.0(1 20.0). gr ' 41 1 11r147.11. . . 4.811 0.23 9.00 17.00 25.0 0 _ Squares, . . • 11.50 17.00 25.00 48.11- 1 Quarter Column. 13.80 v. co 40.00 00.CP . Half Column . . . 27.00 47.00 00.00 110.0 0 Oas Coinum ; . , 30.00 60. 00 110 00 200.0 0 Protimilonal Cards 11.03 per 110 e par year. Admintstrator'm and Auditor's Notices, 033.00 City Notices, 20 cents per line Ist insertion 10 mute per Ina each subeequent insertion. Ton Ilia s state eortatitute s square. ROBERT IREDELL, JR., PUBLISHER, ALLENTOWN, PA Coat anb lanthir. A WILBERT. B. OTTO. IT. E. OTTO. 0. W. MULL FILBERT, OTTO d MILLER, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER, W L LIAMS PORT, PA MILL ON CANAL, WEST OF E M MAYNARD STREET OFFICE AT TIIILL W F CRANE AmorA JAB. M. RITTER, CRAB. W. ABBOTT. OWEN RITTER JORDAN STEAM PLANING MIL! , SASH, DOOR, AND BLIND MANUFACTORY, Union, Street, near Jordan Bridge, Allentown, RITTER, ABBOTT & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Rash, PoOre. 0110 fife Blinds, !wade Blinds, ifould . ings, Biackets Balusters, Pickets, Stair Rail ings, Window Frames, Door Frames, Glazed IVindotoe, Black Watmg( Mouldings, &c. BCROLL SAWING TRNINO. PLANING 3tAtcniNo. FLOORING oral RIPPING = ALSO. STAIR BUILDINU done and HAND RAILINO made to order. Having now had al neat threo year,' poxneesion of the refurnished It almont wholly with new and improv• ed machinery, and honing non., but ex verb...cl work men, 'roar° prepared to defy competition from nt home and abroad, both in price nod work Inatothin. Doyou contemplate building Call at our Factory and satisfy yourself with a pernotal examination. Drawing, for bililditim brackets, pattern, for °ran mental work, ncroll. for porch,. ran be seen at 101 limo, by calling at our MSc°. Any infurn“tion to tile builder furnialted cheerfully and (redly, ot the Manu factory, oil Union ntreet, at Om Jordan Bridge, Allen town, Pa., or by letter 11,011101 the pmd 11111 co. ones -1y) RITTER. ABBOTT A CO IVEIVIVAL The •uhecrlbere having 'clotted the "Old Hope Cold Yard." would reeppetfully announce to the citizens of Allentown and the public In general, that they Lavejuht got • • superior assortment of COAL BUCo CK rteWing of Stove, Syjr, S. Cheetnut and Nut from the MOUNTAIN MINE Orders left with A. A. il'aper, Sieger A liottnnateln, nt the Eagle Hotel, Hope Rolling AM. or Um Yard will be attended to In a BUSINESS like manner. Orders for Coal by the car flied at short no lice the lowent prison. Always on hands largo stock of BALED HAY, which will bo mold of tho lowest market prices L. W. KOONS & CO., at Ow" Old Boa° Coal Yard. " Iton Street, corner of Lehigh Valley Retinal], V= L. o W. Home t 4 Carppt3 anb Oil Clot. RIM AND ELEGANT CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &C S. C. FOULK. NO. ID E. SECOND ST., PIIILA., (Filet Carrot Store below Atorket, End at4o.) Invitex attention to hie splend'd lasortment of Imported and American CARPETS, which will h.) Hold at a very small advance. Goods warranted an represented so that . all can buy with confidence and antisfaction Spcctacics. SPECTACLES! SPECTACLES!! EYE GLASSES, &e. A lnrgn and corn tote ar cort noel of all k lode o Bpocta ec, Eye Uloeeoo. Ac., nt CHAS. S. 'MASSEY'S, NO. 23 EAST HAMILTON STREET, 41 , 14CNT0TV24, pe Sp having d busevoted n f or great great ose deal of rare and attention to the iness lent few yearn. I find that my bushier, In that lino has ',weaned., n nett that I hove de termined to moire it a SPECIALTY. There In uo article manufactured in which there is g. much deception prac• tined an there It In Spectacle Ulu/ism Knowing that the public have been frentwittly lintsbn :reed by parties pre tending to have a superlor article of lilsf.•es. ud charging exorbitant prices for them, thereby I raffleing Ulmn the tie. amities and Infirmities of age, 1 hart, taken palus to se lect a Urge and complete ebtortmeut of the finest and next Glasse. ever manufactured, thus u fording nit persons needing Spectacles an opportunity of parchssing at rea sonabie prices. Persons having any difficult). In being gulled elsewhere will do well to give rue n evil, at I feel confident that no one will fail to be suited. llonsendlor the old stand, No. Zi bast llumilton street, oPPosite the iler• man lido; tried Choral, Allentown, l'a. juu TI ifs tf etotbiug, MNiM=3l NEW FIRM ! NEW GOODS! CLOTHING ! CLOTHING GRAND SPRING AND SUMNER OPENING. GREAT REDUCTION LY PRICE: ! Oti,\ lUN & CO., .71,cceatiorsio 31ctzgar S 03:7:1111 BARGAINS GREAT CLOTHING EMPORIUM IN REIMBII'u BUILDING. NO. 605 HAMILTON STREET, ALLENTOWN, PA We would inform the eitirons of Allentown and Om our rounding country that we aro prepared with a largo stock of goods for FALL AND WINTER WEAR, and offer them to thepnlollc at resettnable price,. To Mcrae who buy their Clothing ready-made, they are prepared to offer BAROAINS. WHOLE' SUITS ]LADS TO oRDERI COATS, PANTS AND VESTS Cut end mullein the latearsty le, end by the best workmen. 01:18 STOCK OP CLOTHING, CLOTHS AND CAIRHAIERES i ve t r a ct o b r ie h L a t Pl i tVg n oriirie ' gr w ciiet n u t f:4 , The ° l a n! al of our low purchases• 0 Teat quantifies and • 'Hello. of 4ppicTiE9, cuFFs, cgLT,,kris, JIDd eVerYISIpa In Me Ilno of GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS, HEN'S, YOUTHS', BOYS' and CHILDREN B READY-MADE CLOTHING, =I Don't forget the' place, No. OMllton eareet. Mira door above Sixth street. 7. m osr 2 n 4 s t . f JACOB 11. SCROLL MARTIM Ly)s CONSHOHOCKEN MILER AND COIL WORKS, JOHN WOOD, JR., TUBE. 'FLUE AND CYLINDER BOILERS, BAT!! AND STEAM CIRCULATING BOILERS. All klodt of Wrought Iron Celle, P Tuyere for Blast Po, nice, Oaeomotort, Smoke Starke, 13Itst o mes B . Iron W heel harrowa, and everything In the oiler nd Shwa Iron line. Alto, all klub of Iron and Steel Forpogn and Ilitcketulth •work, Miners' Tools of all kinds. Hoch St Whom Burton, picks, Urllle, klallott, tiladgon, At. Tinging a gloom Hammer nod eel of tools of all kinds and tkllled workmen, I latter linYeir OW I con torn out work with promploets and dispotch, all of which will ito warranted to he Patching Boilers, and repairing generally. atrlctg i v. ended to. . p*NCOAST .1:111AULE, • THIRD AND PEAR STREETS, PIIILAD ELPIIIA, PLAIN AND GALVANIZED WROUGHT IRON TUBES, Lap-welded Boiler Tubes, • Oral. gpd Iron VOires otrld Oork•; Fittings for OA.. Steam ied. Weise t" Rough V1111.1.e.1 Brittle Work; Gee Awl Steam Valera' Tools etc. Oath Tuba add Enke. Bulb Boilers. gnate4le.l Wal.h Mende, etc.. Celle of Tube; Steam Kettles • etta.TTer... Pipe' of all Sizes fitted to Sketch. Bacceseors to MORRIS, TAMER & Co.. ne CONTRACTORS For the fleeting of Building' of ❑l Clatteee with Stente Hot Witter, by the molt approved methods. Eetimates Furnished Grafi( fehl•ly VOL. XXV THE MEE Kr icier t., V y G D S • , To be found in the City embracing the Latest and Newest Novelties of the Season,ndapt R. E. •DONAVOIIHT. DEMI "UNQUESTIONABLY THE BEST SUSTAINED WOIU OF TILE KIND IN TILE WORLD." HARPER'S MAGAZINE There oro few lurellicent American famillea in which ll•npuit l s MAOIZIAm would not to on enpreciat.il arm Habil lyeironie guest. There le no monthly Alnanaine en Intelligent family min I ty. htror.l In without. Many magazines., lice otintla e , . IlAilrgu's In edited. There is not a 31.. g. flue ilmt i• printed w Melt 11110Wa mole iutellig• at pals.. co en lie articles and • erhanlcal execution. Thero not a he.,por Mogatine publinhed. There dly 0 mofe popular /lingual:lc in the world.—A - . 1:71 g Mt 111 r A ITP...a 01 hit , gently hod bistorr. Iltoratoro. science, and nit, um•qualed hy other American Pa , - Ilration. • • • Tho volumes ,re vittunble ea a work of refer. err:.. any cyclomedin we can place In on 11AligEn'n NlAoAginu ton record or travel every plo r.• nine.. the hour 1,1 est tldishlnent Idglng• taunt. owl 6tiedon unonlng In Arrlc t, Strain oniong the Ande• ond Ito.. Ilr.owne In the toot, Spoke on the Nile an I M.lCl',Ol . .below—lndeed, all roceu:tlngellers of note 11. A, ,I,llntat important over lee repro• dared the. , mices• 110.1 or our younger and many our °ld,llllll hero Illetory id , grard.y Our 0011.10. e.• oho bon( thin genius and the ino•t enduri..p.u•lttoom of their k in trio. Magitaino.—.T.l'. Wand , . . IMEIM II i• "to.K thn • jit,,r . ”,l cumog• r114..it O. II Nitti.,n, N. Y. ; - -.' , 1:11-:C1111' I IONS.--1872 TEiLmi. HAHN:II's M one year . , frilh r the MAi,AZINV., W1,r.1 Y, 11• vr:rtiv f•r• vory ; "I . Snr Ntor witho,tt extm rt ropy. Idmion I.IC, MA,AZINr, WEEKIY,IIIfi ller rp. rt one. "ad re no, fur oil, 7, Ft r. 47 Rack .5, .n IL .1 oily A ectii o .r.',. 11.51E1'111C, 5. Ina \ nu • nc. ....in inling.Nl IP • ~111 by ex- T . 42 2) nor VIII 01/.1). r , art,ratt. 11) in lS km, paid jal IC. Cloth 21 cc. a Lear. ll',' 11.1n1'1.1t 111:.)ellEliri. Now Y.. L. "A ItT.:pm:lll'4v or FASHION, FLNASUItE,AND INBTRUCTION." t i t 1 ril I I , ••‘I 11111111 lbr I o I I ' 11/61..kr. .1 , IP , /I •, • it it itill.o,i ..111. • .04 r t.. r- It In 111.• in• Ill 1.1,1 .11.11 1% 1,, it... , 1 it.t• II iltVI. air .1.. t. iig v. I Orin dot , n:i i y .•.. 1. •1..!o talinut 1.1 I:. 41r1•1 .1•1:11 tri1u.11:.•1. ,,,, t th, g . • : v. .r. The Nell ("1g . 13Aznit, tele year A • r AVrI:IO.V. or ,i , / gra/ ix for ri (lido to , lirr , ~t 4.1 t , i ; Six Rrpi .n for o.drer r, Salr pi...N. 1,, .1 . a Ii ~t. , .rr a , . r 1 h ' . r i a, i r nti il/i7AI:. ~ /.I fl.itirr•S Wir, 4111 01; Harp , r tli , ~,,, SP for irni Mirk C.1111 , ...11.i.1 , rd • . . The I,mr p - oI itht of II BAZAR. for the it est,. 'OS, '71,• I,autly loom? Its ttrio•o hooro st ro cl o th, will Ih• toll by ',too it 0141.1 ittohnhi. far 47 tit each. The thi- , ttEti 1 1 / 1 2All 1.121 Chits It ytht,r, which sts.l Ise pi id nt tho ti4 , riSt••• • B post-001,0 Addrrih :.it•W York. "A COMPLETE PICToIIIAL HISTORY OF Till • TIMES.', "The beat, cheapest. and moat successful Fami ly Paper in the Union." • The Monti. NywArttrrn of oar country. Complete In all the 001 , atlionnte 01 on AmeriCein Faintly Paper, 11An• N • eiiß'.r Ile etruell for iteelf u right to lie fitle. ••A Jo Iron) of Clvlliyatlon. "—Note York Evening Pool. The h eel publtratlon of Its 01000 In America. tool se tar abead thor Weekly joutnolo tto not to pertnlt of ono . .c•ontootoot It•••tre , fl It Una any of their number. Its eel' elltitlllll the Mo. .( eolleetlnno of re tdlug•ttuttler Mot ore printed • • • It• lllti•tratlono o'n 1111Illen..11• and IteAntlfttl. It. log fortd•hett by the chief artiste of the eenntry.—lboton Trisect , r 1iA1.1.1 . 1C14 WEEKLY le the tort end meet Interentlen Il• lustreted newspaper. Nor duen at , vain° depend on Ito Illootettlono alone. Ito reading-matter is of a high order of Iltero-y te.trlt—vorled. Inotractlvo, entertAlulng, and anexceptlonyble.—N. T. Sun. 11,110'1:WS IVERKT.T. one year I.rtree ropy of rlthrr M AnAZlng, WI . EKLY. or (loot,: Malt, •vi 21,0 l jr mit t fel, ry 1.1)11, „! Fey Kr her It of 41 tlol , lch. In lllle r• nittftruce : or, Six Corks for 4241 .0, milli , . let e.rra ropy, ..f , sertprionix lo 11 /111PEICel'31•11•ZINK. WEEKLY. n/1/I IIAZ•11, r.i.e mbl rt. for one war. 41 1 0 DI: Or bra qr Tharp , r'et fr.,(4. one ettletrree /Of onell ,, r. Bark Number., eau be our plied of nu y. , ime • TI,. A 144,44,1 V 4 ,144444... 4.f ItrEll'A WEEKLY. In nod lluW 11.4141144 44. 10111 11y rsr root. free of expense. f.r 47 .10 e .rh. comp/. It Set. compd.!. Ft/teen rot. 0ne5..1.111 o Ole rat.. of 61 25 par vol., /rill' I,rr rxirenAr purples r. Thu 1,4.4.... on 111441.14 it rn yr 1. 20 cent . a year, wlileh I. 11,t li t poll at 4114. nb. , ,11,rr' s 11.1.1-I.lllxo, Add,. U tit B HANT{ HOIIIEIIB, New York. DRS. JORDAN A: DAVIESON, Gallery of Anatomy and Museum of Soience, Tlitvojevt palillahed it note elitlou of their lecturov.ron• lathing moo vulnublo Inform olou on the CAliren, Zon.• gnenr.. and Iton4o.•1Al Of 41-macs of the reproductive avetern, 81.11AORS ONlbi. flatollll or 31AN11.011, With toll lortructiope It' c 00 0' 14 • 1, ; alb° n chapter oe VEMEItit•l. to• rail' 'nor. 'mud it.e tunas opLel the most com• rnrailm•ir lO r (0,1110 litn .. a ert over rot ia 1 , 9 1 ! 11 . 1 . 0,, , ropriFiug pukes. Sloth trio to 001 MILLICSIS for TN - 4•411-aVP Vnitn. Address Dl's. JORDAN & DAYIESON, 1625 Filbert Street, Philadelphia •er d A NT CLEAR S FOR Al']) WINTER FALL OP' 1871 T. WITH ONE OF THE LARGEST AND CHOICEST STOCKS OF able for Ladies' and Men's Suitings, guaranteed to lie sold at BOTTOM PRICES Notices of the Press PEICS 11AZ R of .711,fr-.1.1.1. NVI/I 11, \V 1.11.• la ly it+ .ror .1 ..'" nIJII,II I:r r VI•1 . 11 I , st .t y .11 tot, IIIII••• the 11, I I • 'l7 lS a .1,1.: 11111171. 11.1,1,CA TLicm•• : $4 00 HARPER'S WEEKLY =I A - otters of the Press SUBSCRI PTIONS-1872 ME i'roPrietors of tho' SO7 CHESTNUT ST., VILMA I= be Vebigh TRACK ! the Field 1 1 .1 1 E Nctu Abbcrtrscntento "W IDE AWAKE Se FAST ASLEEP." a $lO.OO pair or Koper', French OH Chrotnon—subj.cto LIFE SlZE.—oxgololto ho of Original oil Paiutiogel, IJIVEN AWAY to every tub,. iber to Henry Ward Beecher's . • • GREAT LITERARY, RELIOIOII4, WEEKLY NEW - PAPER. Agent., having great enece.. ! One took LITO tattoo , . la 3 11.11 1 / 1 • another 672 tu 21days: another 1181 u ono We- k ; 011•• 47 in one day. and tuy others equally Well. Honking from 4.5 .161 410 to $lO per au day. Taken on otitis I Au old agen. who knoll. aeya : •• I think It tho best Gusinrss for en nenssrr, re, offered. Sorry I did not eauttue moo better than any book Hearey. t. Med, 1 / 1 01Ity. LOCAL AGENTS {{'AN'TED. Intorlarnt men and wo•ven tr.nvn t everyirhoro. If roll kh 1 ,, I 00,110 for . ovular nod tenon'!J. rout, s ; , I' .roc Place, N. Y.; II Ilro.onflobl et ; 3Si %Vt , t JM.ldinuu St , CIA ie AGENTS %%ANTED kOlt • Tllli YEAIt OF BATTLES ! T,,.111-lory of 'no Wm }'roue., und llornisny. violo.to.nd do, I'llll- utolor 1 . .onnotoo: t'@ lin+tra tion• ; ; 50.0d000p,0s dlrood, sold. 1 los nly nivloto rk. Nothing “g , Lals sell m t o; lO lot, por month now. In Ilnrll.lt und , rutflt $1 . 2" , Address 11. S. (30110S1'EED s CO.. 37 Par k Coo, :too York $1 00 W 0 evory •r Morr u• ,elna. T.,le Ihquocr etc., Which Is :=7771.7=11 pup=y. n. iot 5 . 5 I'l 5 LI 51 It * II i. , 0,... , 11,E-clot. peroolleAls for the U. on. AN. y to. tililllll, oqually t It orlo .•u lib J..... .I,ot:ow*. 4,77 Attire , . s WOOD, NON, 1777, A. • E vil j a ft y FAIIAI ER , t ,I I. titol r , e •.v. , rna- I Pori , ' a r.q.). =MEE ,t311.:111t.IN FARM J(II:ItNAL. Tno ,„..t tho 11., and ul...app-t Illu•trated PV r 1-1 tito,l I)- 7:icvatx 1.0121,1; 1 • . so:ielto 1 I.y 711 1 11. 71 S. CO., Pub• FAT 1, ,•r• 8, ...li , "/• it., r, nn, 37 tka.,- tt••••40 •14,• Y• • 4 :‘•,' r a titt•ltl• 1•• t ..4141,, I'.t t•t t: ;WI itnctionti .t% t .:.Leilt I' I.: , tt A Lat. v•.t It tt t 'ltt' St ts' ii.l t• t II M. , I M wt. - .t.tl t'tt ttltlattllng l'.tt a t tit. I t, ttl Irt i ~ i v y✓ .v ,~ :27/';' 14,1 reliable IL , or obi:titling a t.dar.m.ka. . . ria-1 . . at , a., 100.1i0,a moo - I t.trutootit. For Inf.ontatiori rite for a circular to P. DUPE' at SONS, Pittsburgh, PA The CONGRESS ARCTIC. si ., The BEST ivinter OVERSHOE! Z;,, NO BUCKLES to break! NO TROUBLE to put on! Neat, Genteel, Stylish! ASK YOU! SHOE DEALER FOR IT! A GENTS WANTED.—!!getas make more Li money at work for wt than at anything elm. light and itorin want Particular+ fru•. U. time- BON Si Cu., Fine Art Puidig/mmt, Portland, Main 3. Q 4 9M. A•NIONTIII florae furnished. Ex - / - rit...l , ream , raid. 11. B. SIIAW, Alfrml,Blaloo AVOID QUACKS.—A victim or eprlv in: diecrellen,caueing eery°us floialily. de. car. etc., leaving tried lo vain every ad verii , ed Lux discovered a simple meant+ or pelf•cure,WDlCll DO well eaand tee bin foilow•euiferors. Adam. J. 11.1tEEVe.b. 78 Nasenu. St.. N. Y. A CARD A Clergy nun, while rent dug in S mai America no Misnlonar ii , ncovered a nate nod %Defile remedy for the Cure .it Servo°. Weakness. Early Difray, Dineanes of the Urinary and 'endue! Organ.. and the wholo trnin ..f die o teen brought on by linnetui end •icioun habit• Gloat nthe. ht no been cored by title noble remedy. Prompt• eel by xi desire to benefit the afflicted end unfortunate, I tell' need the recipe for preparing and uniug thin medi cine, in a mewled envelope, to any one who node It, free It/charge. Addrenn Jon. T. louse. Station D, Sible I mine, N. Y. (illy. $4 00 LIQUIDATION SALE OF DITHMER IMPORTERS OE Toys, Ilolli,China and Fancy 15 Park Placa, near Broadway, New York. On acroont of the xndden.liath of Mr. it. Dahmer the whole k lota toll,' sold oaf at cost petrel f ife Janu ary. Ina Jobbers nod Retailers trill hod it lu do, le lei toil to 1. ;amino the clock beforo • el iliWlteroi Sample lioxelf at IRA 9111 end Co. .e.t C. 1 .. 11.. to ..y part of the country. [sePlB.2.aailim FANCY DYEING ESTABLISHMENT J.& W. JONES, • No, de!, North Front Strut, Philattflphifi, Pit. littANeti Orr Coll. 11l II AND Visa. Dye Silk.. Woolen 111111 Valley Gonda °revery deertiP• lion •1 herr pai priority it Dyeing Iraillen' Did tientel fittrineptet 14 widely known. Crepe and Merin* Slot wit, dyed the lut.t broth., arid plain coloor. Crape null Merino Shawls cleattaed. I lopk line new. Ale°, (total. Inpu'r. ApYart.l, nod Curio in, 1 1 11 1 .1111,11111re•dyed. Kid dilt.nO•cittto.pti or d)ed to Oink Ilk , on-eau and look at our work defore ;odor elpewitere. rug 21./Ind w ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1871 A FIGHT IN TILE WOODS. Some years ago, while In the northern part of Maine, I spent the month of September and a portion of October, at a "hay farm" on the borders of Chamberlain lake—lake Apsnoo gengsmook, the Indians used to call it. The whole region was almost an unbroken' wil derness. Game was plenty, and by way of recreation from my duties of assistant engi• neer, I had set up a " line of traps" for mink and sable—"saple," as old trappers say—along a small but very rapid, noisy stream called Bear Brook, which comes down Into the lake through a gorge between two high, spruce clad mountains. Huge boulders had rolled down the aides, and lay piled along the bed of the gorge. ,The brook which was the outlet of a small pond, pent up among the ridges above, foamed, and roared, and gurgled down among rocks shaded by thick, black spruces, which leaned out from the sides of the raving. It was a wild place. I had stumbled upon It one afternoon while hunting a caribou (a kind of deer) some weeks before, and knew it must he good trapping ground ; for the rocks, and clear black pools—in short the whole place had that peculiar, fishy smell which be spoke an abundance of trout ; and where trout abound there are sure to be mink. My traps were of that sort which hunters call " figure-four" traps, made of stakes and poles, with a figure-four spring. Perhaps some of our boy readers may have caught squirrels in that way. For bait I used trout front the brook. I carried my hook and line with me, and after a"tting a trap, threw in my hook and pulled out trout enough to bait it. My line extended about a mile up the gorge, and comprised some twenty five or thirty traps. After setting them, I shot a number of red squirrels for a drag," and thus connected the traps together. Perhaps I should explain that a drag is a bundle of squirrels or partridges newly killed, and from which the blood is dripping, which are dragged along by a white from trap to trap, to make a trail and sccnt,so that the mink and sable whl follow it. It is customary to visit mink traps once in two or three days. But as I had plenty of time just then, I went to mine every after- noon. During the first week after setting them I had excellent luck. I caught eleven minks and three sables—about, fifty dollars' worth, as I reckoned: t. My hopes of making a small fortune in the fur business were very sanguine, until ono morning I found every trap torn up. The poles and stakes were scattered over the ground, spindles were broken to pieces, and at one or two places where there had been a mink in the trap, the head and bits of fur were lying about as if it bad been devoured. At first I thought that peritapasome fellow who bad intended to trap there had done the mischief to drive Me away (a very common trick among rival trappers); but when I saw that the minks had been torn to pieces, I knew the destruction was the work of some animal —a fisher,. mostlikely, or as some call it a "black cat." I had never seen one of these creatures, but had often heard hunters and trappers tell what pests they were—following them on their rounds, robbing and tearing up their traps at most as rapidly as they could set them. In deed, I had read in Baird's —I believe that it was Baird's—Works on Natural History, that that the fisher-cat, or mu.stein canadensia, is a very tierce, carnivorous animal of the weasel meat detormilwri flvhtor than a match for a common fighter. Well, I had nothing to do but set the traps again, a task Which I did in the course of the day, really hoping that the beast had merely paid the place a transient visit, and gone on upon his wanderings. But the next morning showed my hopes were vain, for he had "gone through" my line again and every trap was upset. IL really seemed as if the "varmint" had taken a mali cious delight in tearing th2m to pieces. At one of the traps a fine sable had been caught, and as if for very mischief, the marauder had turn the beautiful skin, which was worth ten or a dozen dollars, to shreds. Surely, if there is a business in the world that demands patience and perseverance, it is trapping. At least it took about all I could summon to go resignedly to work, make new spindlas, catch fresh bait, and set the traps again, especially with the prospect of having the same task to perform the next morning. went at it, however, and by 11. o'clock had ietn all set save one, the upper one, where the sable had been caught, when, nn approach ing it through the thick spruces, I saw a large raccoon gnawing the sable's head. Seeing me at the same instant, he caught up the head, and, before I could unsling my gun, scuttled away out of sight. Was it possible that a 'coon had been doing all this mischief? I knew them to be adepts. at a variety of woods•tricks, but had never heard of their robbing traps before. Here was one caught gnawing a sable's head in the vicinity of the broken traps. Circumstantial evidence, as they say .in mind, waa strong against Win. I determined to watch--that trap at least Going over to our camp on the lake, I took a hasty lunch, and putting a fresh charge Into my gun, Went back to the ravine. A few rods froth the place where I had surprised the coon, there was n thick clump of low spruces. Here I hid myself and began,my watch. The afterribon dragged away. Cows and hawks cawed and screamed ; and squirrels chickered and ehirred ; but no ani• mal came near the traps. The sun was set ting behind the high black mountains, and twilight began to dim the narrow valley. Thinking I had had my labor for my pains, I was about crawling out of my hiding•placo, when a twig snapped in the direetioll of the traps, and turning quickly, I saw the 'coon coming up the bank of the brook, the same one, I was sure, that I had seen before, be cause its unusual size. With a glance arrund, to see that there was no danger near, it hambled along to the spot where the sable's head had been, and began sniffling at the shreds and bits of fur which lay about. Wishing to see if ho would touch the trap, I did not stir, but watched his move• ments. After picking up the bits of skin, ho walked round the trap several times, with his queer, quizzical lace askew, examining it. Then happening to scent one of the sable's legs which lay at a distance, he ran to it, and be gan to eat it. I could hear his sharp teeth upon the bones. Suddenly he stopped, lis tened, then growled. Very much to my sur prise, there was an answering growl. Then another ant another response. In a moment more, from behind a great rock in tue bank, there stole out a large, black animal, an ob- STEW ART'S Marbleized Slate MANTELS. Very !Knee anw.rtaient luclatline a great eaglet of eleg..nt. new ha originaldralfplia. T. IF. t; I'FV ART sr co 00 SlXth Avenue. be , Oil and Nita Weal Now Turk. (ME= T 1 ED EMANN ject of the 'coon'sutter abhorrence, evidently. Fresh growls greeted the appearance of the intruder, who came stealthily forward. Ile was a wicked-looking fellow, and had evi dently .hostile intentions. The 'coon rose to his feet, lifted his back like a bear or a cat, and growled all the while. The newcomer crouched almost to the earth, but continued to steal up to the 'coon until within a yard or two. There they stood facing each other, getting more angry every moment, and evidently in tended to have a big " setto." I had no wish to interfere, and was content to remain aspen tor. The two thieves Might settle their quar rels between themselves. I wasn't nt all cer- twin to which of them I stood indebted for my extra labor, and concluded to keep my charge of shot for whicheter of them survived the fray. The growls rose to shrieks ; the fisher, .for such I Judged it to be, wtiggllng his bit& tall, and the 'coon getting his back still high,r. Then came a sudden grab, quick as a flesh, and a prodigious scuffle. Over and over they rolled, grappling and tearing ; now the gray tail would whisk up in sight, then the black one. The fur flew, and that strong, disagree able odor, sometimes notieml when a cat spits, was wafted out to my hiding-place. It was hard to tell which was the best fighter. Gray fur and black lot — seemed to be getting torn out In about equal snatches. Sud denly, the 'coon got away from his antagonist and running to the foot of a great spruce tree, standing near, want like dart up the trunk to the lower limbs. There he laced about. The fisher followed to the tree and looked up. Ile saw his late foe, growled and then began to crawl after him. He was not so good a climber as the 'coon, but scratched his way up with true weasel determination. The moment he came within reach, the rac• coon jumpedat him, regardless of the height from the ground, and fast, ned upon his back. The shock caused the fisher to lose his hold, and down both animals dropped with tremen-. dons force, sufficient to shock the breath out of them, I thought. But they clung to each other, and dug and bit with the fury of man iacs. 'Coons are noted fighters; and es,. for the o llashers, they never; give up while the ; breath of life is in them. Presently the 'coon broke away again and and once more ran to the tree, this time going up its trunk, out of sight, among the branches at the top. It looked as if he was about get ting all the tight he cared to have. . Not so with the big weasel. Ile instantly fidlowed his antagonist, clumsily clawing his way up the trunk. It took him smile time to reach the top, but he got there at last. An other grapple ensued among the very topmost boughs, and they both came tumbling to the ground, catching at the limbs as they fell; but grappling afresh, thep rooled down the steep bank to the edge of the water. Meanwhile it ban grown so dark that I could but just see their writhing forms. The growling, grappling sound continued,. how ever, and I could • hear them splash in the water. Then there came a lull. One or the other had "given in," I felt sure. Which was the victor? Cocking my gun, I crept to the bank. As nearly as I could make out the situation, the fisher was holdtng the 'coon by the throat. I took a step forward. A twig snapped un der my loot. Instantlp a pair of fiery eyes glared up at me in the gloom; and .with a harsh snarl the fisher raised himself. But the 'coda didn't stir; he was dead. It seemed almost too bad to shoot the victor of so desperate a fight; but thinking of my traps, I hardened my heart and fired. The fisher reared up, fell over, then recovering its legs, leaped at me with all the ferocity of its blood.thirsty race. But the heavy buckshot had surely done it work, and, with another attempt to spring at me, the animal fell back dead. I had no more trouble with my traps A Scone in an Editor's Sanctum The Philadelphia Dispatch condescends to perpetrate the following : A. week or two ago one of our reporters had oocasimi an n onl!0.• 11. nrrinn whim. we will call Hannah Smith, as a denizen of the Tenth Wiled. A (lay or two afterward a huge man entered the office with his brow clothed with thunder. In his hand he carried a fearful club, and at his side trotted a bulldag whom hunger evidently had made desperate. \% lilt that quirk apprt elation of the situation which is creditable to the superior intelligence of educated men, the editor of this paper and the proprietors darted to the window, climbed outside, and slid down the lightning rod, and went across the street to watch the bloudy fray through a spy-glass. With the fearless ness of conscious innocence, we sat still, merely inserting our legs in two sections nt stovepipe, to guard against misapprehension of facts on the part of the bulldog. The man with the club approached. "Are you the editor?" he asked, spitting nn his hand and grasping his club. We told him the editor was out; that he had gone to the North Pole ss ith Captain Ilan, and that la would not return before 1870, in time for the centennial celebration. I= "Are you the proprietor?" asked the man. We explained to him that wo were not ; tho. Oho proprietors were also out ; that they had gone to South America for the purpose of in vestigating the curative' properties of cundm range, and they expected to remain thero tut several years. " Well, whoever you arc,'' exclaimed the warrior, "my name . is Smith !" We told him we were glad; because, if there was one thing better than the possession Mille none of Smith, it was the privilege of know ing n man of that name. "But Smitlb" we said. "Why this battle array? It is absurd for a man to put on the panoply of war, and frisk into an editor's sanctum fumbling a a club and accompanied by a disheartening bull-dog, simply because his name 'happens to he Smith." Ile said he had called in to burst the head o he man who had insulted his sister. "It is impossible, Smith, that such a thing could have been dime by any one In this office." "Is. but it was though; and her name was published, too. 31iss Smith—Miss Haulier Smith." • " May we be permitted to inquire, Mr. Smith, what was the precise character of the affront offered to Hannah ?" " Well, you see," still Smith, " the Wack nard said she was a denizen, and I want you to understand," exclaimed Smith, becoming excited, and brandishing his club in a wild manner, while, the bulldog advanced nud commenced to iP niff up and down our stove pipe, " I want , you to understand that she is a decent young woman with a good character, and nene of your_ denizens and such truck. ,The man who says she is a denizen is a black• guard and thief, and I'll smash him over the nose if I get a chance. They may say what they please about me, but the man who abuses my sister has got to suffer." And Smith struck the table in a violent manner with his club, while the bulldog but his fore• legs on the back of our chair. We pacified Smith with a dictionary. We pointed Out to that raging warrior that the Websterian definition of the word "denizen" gives such a person an unoffending character, and deprives the term of everything like re proach. Smith said he was satisfied, and he shook hands and kicked the bull-dog down stairs. The editor and proprietor, seeing that all was safe, immediately climbed the light ning rod and soon appeared at the window, where they were introduced to Smith, with the remark that they had returned from the North pole and the clime of the cundurango somewhat unexpectedly, in order to surprise their relations. And now we suppose Smith will be mad because we told this story about him, and lie will be coming down to interview us again in war's magnificent array, with a fresh bull dog. But it will be In vain. We have rented an office in the top of the shot,tower, and have planted torpedoes and spring guns all the way up stairs. Wu warn this incendiary, Smith, to bemire. TRIED AND TRUE foother Trite Moog of C li[noo in Lip In the year 1851 there were among the early American .:eiih•r: r,i`i'o , n‘a two brothers named h N . , og come thither from an eastern S'atc ;it the hegioning of the gold excitemytd, thr, o gents Ilelore, and la bored coot rattly for t h e 111, , P• ;:enerous favors of fortune, without c.molo.ii, ,, ,lrrte result, de cided at last to svparai, for a time; the one to go to the mines and wollt for the fraternal partnership, while the other rcomined in the city rind inivroved such chanc , s as ordinary business should offer. By such au arran r tement Its o promisim:ll. tds would he worked at once, • its wisdom was equally obv,ous to both young men ; but. when it came to the question Of which should assume the hard,hips and perils of a miner's life, neither exhibited an alacrity to name himself her the adventure. To decide titiß delicate point they drew lots, by which formula of fate the elder Thompson was doomed to become the miner, and accord• ingly procured an ..mtit and prepared to leave the city. Before taking ti n latter step, how ever, the nil err tiled chose tit bring a little ro mance of hie California life to a climax by wedding a young eastern woman, who, like himself. had leit home to woo fortune on the con-t, and, although he could not take icr with him into the wild, coinforCess life of he wind, the sati,firtion of feeling that he iad at least secured her for himself, and had a adored Mother in whom care he could leave ter gave him tome courage and inspiration for pis departure limo might Intv'e been possible to him as a bachelor. We hie Ihe was, then, and after a 11011.511mm' or heroic brevity he consigned lie bride to the protection of his brother, and ; rawly marched away with pick and shovel to the gold fields of the North. Eager as he naturally was to dig his prize from the earth and hasten hack to the greater prize left behind, he tea.; yet tit ruby rc,,olved to deny himself wife, ling In•ii and home, until he could indeed be the bearer of some share of wealth_ So, when his lint essay in the mines did not prove wholly satisfactory, he went sturdily onward into flu Indian country and, amongst the red men, ad de I hunting and trapping to his mining pursuits. Thence still moving further northward, It.. reached Fraser River, when the excitement ab ant the aurife row; yield of that locality was at its height,and there succeeded in digging no less than "100 ounces of the precious dust, which he at once sent to his wife and d b rother in San Francisco. From them he had thus far heard nothing on his travels, Gar it had helm it,.reed that they toula not write until he should he in sumo lace reached by regular mails ; but now he was impatient to learn Mrs they regarded his present, and felt sure that they would devise some means for fowarding their written con. gratulation. The feeling was vain, however, no letter came ; :mad, after months of waiting, no finally intlLmant Thompson wrote to a Hem! in San Fr.inchie n with invirics respect- the silent s 'The answer came that they had recently disappeared faun the city together, having apparently in their posseAsion n considerable sum of money, obtained no one knew exactly how. The miner of course knew whence the Oncy ; 1 . 111 t melt int.lligt . ooe Or PS .curing effect upon those wlnno he had held - ,nrest in the world appeal...tato his apprehdn• on in a most sinister sense. lk believed ea he was doubly betrayed ; that his wife ad his brother had bas. ly and heartlessly riot the blackest tr. achi.ry against him, - •• ' •h ' •Inth.n. neyond his reach. llearthrok..n nail despe rate the poor fellow thaught no more of any goodly fortune for himself, but cared only fur such wandering, wild adventure and savagery, us should divert him from all retrospective iunl tender thoughts. Ile joined anexpelition, to the areal Salt Lake, as it Is called, aml renatined in the wildernesr; beyond re telt of mail or Ine:isonger for several years. I 'eturnin.r littally to Ticto. Ha, or Fraser river, l twat \\ld' sinner ex pedition to Idaho, and there :in.l in Montana was List until as Into as ISM. From the latter year until 1.863 Wai a resident of Salt Lake Uity, going twin thence to the once famous White Pine tutees of Nevada smiled not npon generally listless efforts; he had a lite of comfortless vazabondage, and the twenty years of hi at,sette from San Fran• cif,co wrought sae) lines in his face and white ness in hts hair as forty happier ones could not have produced. Some two weeks ago the broken and hopehss and etnYttered man visi ted a mining camp tiot far from the- town of Eureka, Nevada, for the purpose of joining a company fitting oat fn a trip to Arizona, and there says tip. Eureka Sentinel, telling his story, he was fated to In delivered at last from the delnsion of tivemy m's.rable years. In the expedition preparing tor Asir; nn was was minting' man named Thompson; w 11(), though neither recognized or recognizing at first, proved to be no Muer limo our Miner's recreant brother. When the pair vagabond discovered this, despite bis wrongs, .het fell upon his brother's neck and cried like a child; and not only dill that brother receive and re turn the caress without simile., but he took theyarliest opportunity to reprove the other for leaving his wile and 1.0E:7 to suppose, for nearly n score of years, that he was dead. The gold had been received, but without address, or a line to tell whether it came as a living man's gift or adi al legaey. No letter from the miner hail reached wile or brother, though they had sent late to him. The a•if'e had at last felt obliged to conclude that her husband wa dead ; the gold seta her had been his dying gift, and with the money she bought a valuable farm near Situ 'Jose, where, wearing the in vas of wi,lowliand, she tilill , As for the brother, he spent portions of the last flit , en years in pnrsitit of ,note trace of the miner, hoping ut least to find his grave and sanctity it with a traterthil tear ; hut now that he actually saw the living man before him nothing was left for them but a rushing Jour ney to n certain valley farm near San Jose, where the best, tritest and staunchest, would at once become the most surprised nnd hap piest little worm❑ in the world. " Ere this," concludb s the story, " there has liven a meet• ing." The decline of life will pass in ease, comfort and happiness for a man who for twenty years believed himself the victim of a woman's perfidy. Tin: October exports of the port of Phila delphia furnish a gratifying exhibit. They bring $2,607,740 against $1,712,732 last year., a gain of $894,088 for the the month. And while $172,129 of this increased export was gained by foreign tonnage, the residue, amounting to $522,8590 r $50,730 more than half of the whole increment, was won by American ships. The gain or this last month is 'equivalent to half of all the business a year. ago, and the gain of American tonnage is pro• portioned to the net gain. The arrivals were 137 less, but there were 29 more front foreigh ports, with larger tonnage to compensate the momentary decline in coastwise bus:ness. In ships, steamships and barks alone the last mouth reported 48 arrivals against 21 In 1870. The cause and result of this increase is the fact that the petroleum export up to the cur rent month has amounted to .19.587,243 gal. lons, worth $11,234,221, nu Increase of 5,138,- 670 gallons over last year, and 21,002,800 over 1809, and of $731,039 and $3,011,149 iu value. The shipment of breadstuth and provisions was nearly n million dollars. • Surface Movements of the Earth. The old geological theory that from time to time the surface of our earth has been chang ed by grand catastrophes, which, destroying plants and animals, were, on an immense scale, similar to the local catastrophes produced by volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, has been abandoned by reason of our more correct knowledge, founded on careful observations which investigators have been making for many years. These observations have proved that sudden catastrophes are always merely local ; but that all the great changes in the surface of the earth, as the upheaval of moun tain ranges and the depression of valleys and their ultimate change into lakes an'l oceans, are gradual and go always on, even at the present day. The mountains bordering the Pacific Ocean—in fact, the whole coast of Cal ifornia—are perpetually rising, and have prob ably been doing so for half a million of years, while all the land containing in its bosom our great American lakes is slowly sinking, with • a probable corresponding upheaval of the State of Kentucky, of Southern Indiana and the surrounding countries. Geological inves tigations prove that once our lakes had their outlets south, till by depression at the north a new outlet was first formed about forty thou sand years ago, through Niagara to the St. Lawrence river. The division line of the water shed of the lakes and the Mississippi valley has been slowly traveling southward since that time; and when the city of Chica go recently turned the waters of Lake Michi gan up the Chicago river into the Mississippi valley, she simply re-established time old state of affairs, which if the motion in question con tinues, will be more difficult to maintain in the future than it is now. Fortunately, this mo tion Is very slow, and only a very remote pos terity, some thousands. of years hence; will meet with the difficulties we now foresee, when the bed of the Chicago river becomes lower and lower at its junction with Lake rill- chigan. It appears, further, that the State of New Jersey is sinking. and this 'seven participated in by the city of New York, Brooklyn, Long Island, &c., at the rate of some sixteen or seventeen inches per century. This is insig nificant, to be sure; but let it only go on for a thousand years and it is some fifteen feet,so that the new stone docks now commenced in New York city at that time will be totally submerged ; but then they will probably •not last so long, and the soil of the lower part of the city niav be very easily raised half a foot every thirty years. It is evident that the most Correct data may be obtained at the seashore, as t'le main height of the ocean possesses a perfect stability. This main height Is, of I course, obtained by continual observation of the tides under different circumstances, and if anywhere the highest tides reach a higher , level than they did one hundred or two hun dred years ago, it is proof of depression or sinking of the land. This depression is going on along the coast nt• Nothern France, Belgium, Holland and Nortliwtst Germany, while the coast of Swe den, along the Baltic, is slowly rising, Includ ing the capitol of Sweden, the city of Stock• holm. The latest scientiillc journals report to very striking contemporary upheavals In Spain, entirely authentic. M. de Botello describes them In detail, and the most`curious fact is that the short time of scarcely a quarter of a century was sufficient to produce an effect which has surprised every inhabitant who ob served the circnmstances formerly. and corn puma meat witn inn L en nu ;mu. In the province of Jamora, It is observed that the village of Valet. don Diego, it is now pos. to see the upper half of the church-steeple of lleniftuttes, in the province of Valladolid; whereas, twenty-three years ago, the summit of this steeple could only just be perceived. The same thing occurs to the same degree and under the sam.. circumstances in the pro vince of Alava, where, from the village of Salvatierra, the whole of the village of Saltine nade can now be seen, while in 1847 the vane of the church steeple could hardly be perceiv ed. These four points are on a line parallel to the system of the Sanserrols mountains, while the extreme points are 140 miles- apart. All the movement we speak of here have nothing to do with volcanic eruptions ; they are, of course, caused by changed conditions of the Interior of the earth's mass, which by these facts is proved not to be solid, the opin ion of some moders geologists notwithstand ing; the earth, if not liquid inside, must at least be soft and plastic, in order to make depressions in one place with simultaneous elevations in another. One other interesting fact we must mention in this connection ; it is that the highest mountains arc not the oldest, as one would naturally suppose, but belong to the systems Last elexrted ; so time high Swiss Alps are much younger than the lower Jura, and the Cat skills younger than the lower Shawangunk mountains.—The Manufacturer and Builder. Opinions of the New York Journals =1 By a common utilizing of honest and patri otic men this city was yesterday redeemed run the sway of an oligarchy of thieves, and front the system of fraud and robbery which threatened to destroy our free institutions al together. The good work was achieved by a combination of citizens hitherto identified with opposing political parties, joining to. gether to save the Republic. This great im pulse spread through the State. Fro/A the Standard.) The election yesterday resulted in an over throw of Tammany Hall. That powerful or ganizaqon, which seemed invincible, has been destroyed by the will of the people. The elec tions yesterday show what New York can do when once aroused, and we have a fair vote. As it was, the vote was unusually large and practically fair. Terror reigned in the minds of the lawless men who bare been accustomed to debauch the franchiee and arrange the can. vass to suit their own base will. They saw that New York, generally so cold, apathetic and dormant in the presence of crime, was disposed to be offended. The great city was angry, and many of them knew .from expert ence what a great city in its anger would do. They remembered San Francisco. t From the Herald.) The election is over and the citizens of New York, native and adopted, • have achieved a substantial victory over the ruling dynasty of Tammany pall. It Is probably too much to say that they have administered a proper re buke to municipal fraud and corruption when one of the principal peculators has been elect ed by a tremendous majority to the State Sen ate, and another has been fighting on the win ning'side and claims the highest honors of the triumph. (From the Times.) • The people have nobly responded to the ap peals made to them. We have gained a grew• ter victory than we dared to hope for. Once more can we be proud of our city and State, and rest in perfect security that the long reign of rascals and outlaws Is over. :From Me Tribune) The people of this city and State, in their election of yesterday, proclaimed their adho• slon to the Divine mandate thundered from Sinai—" Thou shall not steal I" This Is the meaning, this the moral of the verdict. At Hartford a water rat had a fight with a pigeon. RORER T IREDE - L7, JR Plain anD .ffancp 3ob Printer, No. 608 HAMILTON STREET, E8M333 LAIEbT STILES Stamped Checks, Cards, Circular., Paper Boob% Cone tritione and Dr.Larr% School Catalogue% DIII Hestia Envelopes, Letter tirade Allis of Lading. WI Dill., Tage and Shipping Cards Poster s of and ire, etc., etc., Printed at:Short Notiee• NO. 45. GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP Cincinnati has garroters. The corn-huskers aro busy. - Havana gave $lO,OOO to Chicago." The charity angel still soars around. The Alexis squadron Is not very "fleet." Detroit ladies are going to give up corsets Chicago wants stoves. Bananas arc to be cheap. Eternity has no gray hairs. Indiana has just 899 convicts. Newborn wants a board of trade Apple-peel is Indigestible to step on The crocus is a native of Switzerland. Twenty miles an hour is Immense trotting, Algiers is tranquil. A riot has occurred in Dublin. Small-pox is on the Increase in Now York. 'Preparations aro making to organ lie a Grand Lodge of Masons in Utah. The staple of the Social Science Congress —Yarns. A Richmond negro has taught a hen to sing. New York belles carry neat little Russia leather betting books. The Sheriff formed an attachment for Lisa Weber at Louisville. Are acrobats unprincipled men because they try to poise on each other? Californians arc going to try raising sun flowers as a substitute for potatoes. The French are investigating the conduct of the late war. A nine-hour movement has been started at Birkenhead, England. It is said to be true that false diamonds are almost the only ones worn now. When one weds for gold the marriage bells keep up a great tintln abulation. ?,!any deer are seen, and many more 'are herd in Illinois, this season.—(N. Y. World. Offenbach and Strains areTald to have lost all their money by unfortunate apeculatione. In Utah the "saints" are often identical with the sinners. A San Franciscan cowlildcd a young girl for playing on the piano. The presiding goddess over "the Devil's picture-books"—Miss De'il. " Give us a rest," said the Boss. And they gave him arrest.—[N. Y Globe. The police of Louisville interfered to pro tect a henpecked husband from a scolding. Oysters are said to be going up. They have been going clown ever since summer ended. Brigham Young is seeking a milder climate. And yet Salt Lake had become rather hot for him. That Vermont girl who splitsa cord of wood daily, will be wood by lots of fellows when she grows up. Count Von Beust, the Austrian Premier, has resigned ; his successor will probably be Herr von Lonyay. On Sunday last, a negro man, arrested near Windsor, Missouri, for attcmpting to outrage a woman, was hanged by a mob. It is the proud boast of a Fayette 'bounty, Ind., man that he had been whipped twice by the same woman. A Wisconsin man reported that he couldn't find a word in the dictionary, "because the blasted book hadn't any index." The Piutes stoned to death one of their uedicine•men who failed to cure two invalid MEM It is said that Brigham Young was anxious ) run from his wives as from the U. S. of. ficiale Good Template in Kentucky, aro expelled Cram fallnw Rhin if 11.00 lawn-anainat nn nnl3lo tree. A. Cattaragus county boy saw a tree falling, and in his fright ran directly under it, and was killed. One of the most distressing features of the Chicago lire is the number of poems written concerning it. Nantucket is being threatened with an in vasion of whales. Several have been Been and caught there recently. Mr. Dazine, a New Orleans civil righter, smoothed his wife's dying pillow with a mils. cularly-w ielded fiat-iron. The fishing schooner Fitz E. Riggs of Glou tester has foundered on the Grand Bank, all hands being lost. A diplomamatic conference Is to be held at Dresden, looking to the suppression of the Internationals. The Bohemian Diet, having refused to elect delegates to the Reichsrath, has been closed by the Imperial Government. Mr. Cornelius Desmond, aged 40, commit• ted suicide in Boston, by hanging himself to a cell-door lu a police Station. Marsh Renfro of Manry County, Tenn.,was killed on Monday in an affray with Mr Weeks. The latter was mortally wounded. A wealthy Belgian, who had the bad habit of going to bid with a lighted 'cigar in his mouth, did it once too often and burned him• self to death. Two pretty school girls wore mistaken for female minstrelS by a Norwich man and ad dressed as such. Ills medical adviser says the symptoms are hopeful. A. curious item occurs in the Swiss- war ac counts, appropriating . two cents daily for the support of three cats who act as guardians of the corn stores of the Confederation against rats. Iligney's store and railroad depot, at Cal houn, ti hio. were destroyed by fire on Sun day night. • LOBS on store, $1,000; Insured for $5,000 in the Phenix, and $5,000 In the Man hattan Insurance Company. A system of free schools and compulsory education will shortly be established in the Department of the Seine, France. Baron Boil!eau has been a e pointed Minister to *mil: log ton. • The Daily Republican, of Savanah has been sold by the sheriff of that city, and was pur chased by W. A. Reid, formerly of the Macon ((3a ) Telegraph. The establishment.will be immediately refitted. • Gov. E. J. Davis' proclamation declaring martial law in Freestone and Limestone coun ties, Texas, has been disapproved of by the Texas House of Representatives by a vote o 7 44 to 33. So says an Associated Press des patch. Advices from Hannibal, Missouri, state that the election for directors of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, in that place, resulted in the triumph of the Toledo, Wabash and Wes. tern, Lake Shore, and New York Central in terests over the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and Boston interests. A Washington correspondent of the Tribune says—Correspondents are busy with denials of the statement of this correspondence to the effect that Secretary Fish's resignation was practically if not formally In the President's hands, and that his successor had been selected. It Is barely possible that some. one may have authorized, on some technical ground, a denial of thls ; but the fact remains substantially as stated. Gov. Baldwin of Michigan has appointed Nov. 80 us Thanksgiving Day. In his proo latnation he says: "While we have enjoyed much happiness and been blessed with abun dant mercies, we have also been permitted to , see the uncertainty of earthly possessions in the devastating tire which has brought &septe t-) so many families, and suddenly deprived many citizens of the rewards of industry and toil. Let us thank God for the earnest sym pathy and charity which has so largely allevi ated the suffering oronr afflicted people." =1 NSW DESIONB