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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
PERSONAL ITEMS. 
George Washington Is the name of one of the 
rte chiefs now seeking to thrash the country of 
which his Illustrious namesake was the father. 
While looking at the big trees in the Yosenilte 
Valley a few clays ago, Senator Morgan, of Ala¬ 
bama, fell from a boulder and broke Ills collar¬ 
bone. 
Captain 1‘ayne, whose creditable service In the 
rte country has won him admirers, Is a younger 
brother of General William IT. Payne, or Warren- 
ton, Virginia. 
The editor of the Paris (l’exaa) nan nor said In 
print that Lawyer Bonner was a murderous ruf- 
ilan, and Bonner proved tho Justness of the char¬ 
acterization by shoot ing him dead in the street. 
Miss Lillie Ayer, daughter of the dead pill-maker, 
is reported to be engaged t.o the impecunious 
grandson of Dorn Pedro, of Brazil, Prince Phllllppe 
Louis Marie do Bourbon. She will furnish $5,000,000 
capital for the new Arm. 
John .1. Bailey, who married a daughter of the 
late Governor Ford, of Illinois, and who was for 
many years elilcf librarian of tho st. Louis public 
school collection, was arrested In St. Louis the 
other day tor pocket-picking. 
Mr. N.C. Meeker, the agent of the rte Indians 
In Colorado, wlio was killed the other day, gained 
considerable reputation a few years ago as 
the founder of tho town or Greely, Colorado. 
When that enterprise was undertaken Mr. Meeker 
was the agricultural editor of the New York Tri¬ 
bune. 
Tho heirs of Mark Hopkins, the California mil¬ 
lionaire, are surplsedto find that Mr. Hopkins neg¬ 
lected to mention a little sum of *5,000,000 in 
rlilted stales bonds and $:mo,ooo in gold in the In¬ 
ventory made by him ol ids property, 't his little 
stun was hidden away in the Treasury at Wash¬ 
ington. 
Heed and Pell, the British Commissioners to ex¬ 
amine American agriculture, are highly pleased 
with the Northwestern states and Territories. 
They say that. Minnesota’s climate is a luxury and 
her soil unsurpassed, her only need being people 
and trees, which will come in good time. They 
are now on a tour through Nebraska, Kansas and 
Texas. 
Charles A Paw bey, a general service clerk In Ad¬ 
jutant General Wherry’s office at West Point, N. 
Y., has been court-martialed (or attempting to 
black-mall a cadet, found guilty, dishonorably dis¬ 
charged, stripped of all pay duo and coming due, 
and sentenced to two yearn’ Imprisonment In a 
military prison. 
There Is peace In the Mormou Zion again. Eme- 
llne A. Young and the other heirs of the late Brig¬ 
ham who sued .John Taylor, the present head of 
the church, and Ids co-executors in the manage¬ 
ment of Brigham Young’s estate, have settled tho 
suit for $75,000. The charge was fraud or breach 
ot trust, and this compromise looks us if it was not 
as easy to set up a good derensc as to buy off the 
complainants. 
Hon. George Vlckors, ex-l nllcd states Senator, 
died at his residence, in chestertown, Md., on the 
Mh Inst, of heart disease, lie had been in pub¬ 
lic life fora number of years, having served sev¬ 
eral terms hi the State Legislature, during tile lust 
of which ho was Speaker of the House. A tier- 
wards he was elected .Slate Senator, and subse¬ 
quently, at the expiration of Ids term, lie was sent 
to the t idied suites Senate, where he served two 
terms, his successor being Senator Dennis. 
Charles Young whipped his wife at New Phila¬ 
delphia, Ohio, within a week after their marriage. 
She had been a popular belle, and a parly of young 
men. probably Including disappointed suitors, de¬ 
cided to avenge her wrongs. They seized Young 
In the street on a dark night, carried him to the. 
gas works, and pumped warm caul tar on him un¬ 
til, the substance cooling, he was coated several 
inches deep. Thou they took him home, placed 
him against the door post,, and rang the bell. 
Senator A. Douglas, of Illinois, and Ids brother 
Hubert M., of North Carolina, sons of the “Little 
Giant,” have recently come Into the possession of 
$200,000-the court of Claims having awarded them 
that amount for cotton belonging to their father, 
which tlie federal troops confiscated in Washing¬ 
ton county, Miss., during the war. (Senator Doug¬ 
las came Into po session of slaves through his nrst 
wife and they raised the confiscated cotton on 
James llultoh’a plantation In Washington county. 
Mr. Gladstone Is lobe the guest of the Karl of 
Koseberry at Delrneny Park'during his canvass 
for Midlothian against the Earl of Dalkleth, tho 
sonahd heir or the Duke Bueeleueh. Though the 
canvass will not fairly begin till the end ot No¬ 
vember, the preliminary contest has already 
been opened with spirit at Edinburgh by a meet- 
big held on the -lth Inst,, at which the well-known 
advocate, Mr. c. L. Guthrie, made a dashing 
speech in support of the candidature of Mr. Glad¬ 
stone. 
Dr. Julius Loifioyno, one or the leading advocates 
of cremation In the I oil ed states and designer and 
builder of tho cremation furnace at Washington, 
Pa.» died there this week aged si. Yes; lie was 
cremated In his own furnace, lie was quite wealthy 
aud Is said to have disinherited a son who refused 
to penult a dead child of hlscobc disposed of In 
this way. Ills also reported that In his will ho 
cancels any' bequest made to any of his legatees 
who refuses to sign an agreement providing lor 
the cremation of hla own laxly after death. 
P. P. Hoots, a resident ol Went Point., N. Y.» 
whose shrunk shank is no reproach, for he has 
walked through seventy-two Octobers, got it into 
liis head that he needed a good, plump, peachy 
wilo. Being a man of business, he advertised for 
such a person. Now, down among the prickly 
pears of Texas there wilted the Widow McMullen, 
uged forty-live years, and three thereof without a 
mate. The Widow McM. answered her distant 
Hoots and fixed upon Fort Madison, Iowa, as tho 
trysting place. On the lth Inst, the two met at 
the place appointed, and in one hour the Rev. Mr. 
Powell had joined them. 
Five years ago Alderman Oradoff, of Virginia 
C’lty, Nevada, and Farmer Treadway, of Carson, 
Nevada, made a wager ot $100, the one that he 
could within live years breed a bull-pup the weight 
or which should be seven and one-half pounds, 
anil the other that he could cultivate a cabbage 
that should weigh forty-five pounds. Each man 
deposited his money In the 0arson Hank. Both 
went to work on scientific principles. Now. at the 
expiration of tho time, Alderman Orndoff has re¬ 
duced his dog to seven pounds and Mr. Treadway 
lias sent his cabbage up the scale to foi l)-eight 
pounds, and both cabbage and bull-pup will bo 
presented to General Grant upon Ida arrival in Vir¬ 
ginia City. 
Mrs. Mary Eddy lluntoon la a sister ot the Eddy 
brothers, whose Spiritual materallzatlons used to 
draw 80 many visitors to spirit Vale, Vermont, she 
went into the same business lately; but people 
would no longer go to her home to pay for seeing 
the supernatural wonders, and she waa compelled 
to make fours. She went to North Adams, a few 
days ago, and excited a great deal of interest 
among the credulous part of the population. Editor 
Mabbett of the Transcript and t he Rev. I)r.Osborne 
of the Baptist church, resolved to expose the fraud 
by main strength. Mrs. Hun toon’s seances usually 
closed with the appearance of a materialized In¬ 
dian, who bounded out of the closet, in the ghostly 
light, with a yell that curdled the blood of tho 
assembly. The editor and the clergyman chose 
this Juncture for action, the understanding being 
that the former sUoukl grab the Indian, while the 
latter held Webster Eddy, who was constantly on 
guard. The Indian hud no more than yelled before 
Air. Mabhett grappled with the figure, and In an 
Instant they were rolling and tmnbllng on the 
door. Eddy attempted a rescue, but Dr. Osborne 
wrestled with him vigorously. The melee con¬ 
tinued until somebody turned up tho light, 
exposing Mrs. lluntoon as the peisonatorof the. 
Indian, she said there waa no humbug; the spirit, 
withdrew as soon as touched by the editor, leav¬ 
ing the material of the medium; but the feathers 
and other toggery could hardly be explained away. 
Hereafter, she subsequently declared, she will arm 
lieiseir with a knife, and further attempts to inter¬ 
fere with her will be attended with serious conse¬ 
quences. 
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One Pair ot boots or shoes saved every year by 
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New Operas! 
Cai HIGH# opera by Bizet..gH.uu 
Carmen is an Opera that has gradually ami surely 
won its way to a great popularity. Although the 
book is large, iu fact what one might call a •• four 
dollar book” it is got Up iu elegant style, with music 
uud all thu words, English and foreign, for $2.00. 
FcltinitZR;. Opera by Kuppo..$2.00 
Splendid now Opera that Is a decided success. A 
large, tine bonk, With English and foreign Words, and 
the opera In every way complete, for a low price. 
Doctor of Alcantara. By 
Eichlsirg. $jjiu 
A funions opera, now brought, by the popular price, 
within the reach of all. Orchestral parts $l5 
Bells of 
1 iunqUotte, (nearly ready i ... 
A great Miieeess. This, with the 
Corneville. Bi 
....$1.60 
- . ”Doctor" aud the 
Sorcerer uKl.oo) are well worth adopting by com 
piimcs who have, finished Pinafore, (still selling well, 
for 60 cental and w ho are looking out for now aud easy 
opcrai). _ 
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