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THE MERCHANT AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. circulates ln.rgely 1n the Townshtps of Darling ton, Cl~rke and Cartwright It 1s a common pl.itform, open to thtl free d11~cuss1on of all quest10m; 111 which the gene1a.l pubhc are concerne<L WEST DURHAM Stea.m. Job'Printing Of!ice KING STREET , BowMA NVILLE TEn:us. fcventy £H ccrts rn 211 in ind v.inoa. ver,' $2°00On a ~olumu IIalf do Qua.rter d'. The 'Merchant' and 'Obser· R:tTES OF ADV .t'.RTIBING. 45 pe1 annum 25 'c AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. VOLUME VII Havmg sold out my UABINE1'& UNDER'£AKDIG liUSINESS to Mn W P PnowrcR I would 1espcctfully recommend him to the J>ubhc who have favored ine \\ith their patronage fur tht' la.st 'l'huty years, aa a Geutlema.n v;cll qualified to meet their wants in the above huo of trade, a.nd behe fe th t.t h~ will Cl\ e tho utmost sat1sfa.ct10n to t1Jl \\ho fa'f or h1m with their pat lOllRiS~ . J5 'l'ranstent a.dv0rhsen1ents,5 cts pe1 hne first 111Bertion, and 2c per line, each subseauent one POSTERS, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, .BILI, HEAD S CHEQUES , NOTES, HANDBILLS, LABELS, CARDS, TICKETS, &c , ..~c , c.'\!c , BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO FRIDAY, DECEM'ER 17, 1875 "l mode my way to tho lower deck, and fle1v around hvely We had no boll to go toui1d m) self 1n the for~ ard cabin It was down to you 1u, so we JUst fastened sorue LIFE. very dark, and I groped aronnd for the weights to mi leet, and ropes to my arms. door"ay, knowing that once in the mo.in 1 took n rubber mouth-prnce between my COltPOl'-l~O DY A DI l~D MAN J~ AKnON, OHIO saloon, the deck hghta would enahle me to teeth, and dropped overboard. The ~ ater J,1fe 1a cl1eckorcd light ttnd shE..de, see mote d1.shnct'y oppressed me 11:arfully, ancl I couldn' t hale Each follov. s fa.st the other "Clearing the rubbt~h anU dr1ft1nrr sand stood it more than a few minutes In that Calm and storm t}u~ heart pervade, fro1n about the doorway, I bnret itn open, few- m1nute15 I found you, old lellow,caught Aud hfe to death is brother a.nd wns about to enter, when I paused, to you ln my arms, and a1gnalled them to Grief and JOY er.r:h other chase, sum1non c0urage before entering. I put haul ue up mighty quick, I couldn't have Like waves in qt11ck snccesg1ou, my back to the door, ehoved it back agamst stood it much longer, dear boy, tor 1t was Frowns a.nd smiles creep o'er the face, the waters, and resol1.1tely entered. An killll1g me '" J,1ke clonds acrosB the vision awflll s1lcnce was upon everytlnng-a s1.. ' I took his dear hands in mine, and rrcari; of joy, like summer sho,ver1, Jenee as of death I was alone, at the looked mto his good, honest eyes. W1th a Come often to refreFth 1u, bottom of the sea, rn tbe saloon ot the swellmg heart I told him rn auch words as 'l'eare qf gnef hkc v;inter honrs, The heart finds often p1ec1oui'J Oonquero1, and close about me "ere pos· I could,ol my gratitude for bis heroic efforts tured, hke gnm sentinels aet to '\'atch tne when he come down through the water. at Liie 1s contral:lt like the roi;aIt bas ita thorns and flowersin my work, t11e ofhcera and crew of two the usk of his own hfe to saYe mine." rmn with plea~ure often goes, hundred 1 ~.\nd 1:1weetness often sour11. CAREER OF A VILLAIN. "Yes, there v;ere the ill-fated men, as Church and Jail stand side by side, they stood "hen death overtook them on The swords rest on the Bible, the awful mg ht, when they wei e hurried The news has been received of the arrest Vice to vn tue oft is tied from their berths on the a1arm thnt they in Ohio of a scamp on the complicated charge And peace hangs oo. tb1:1 nfle were s1nk1ng B~fore they could reach the of b1 garuy, seduction, and e1ubezzlement It:i...,,ti and riche1:1-walk the strett, gangway, the 1111ghty water had rushed 1n The career of the man in questionJ 1!althew AnJ. hut and palace shade it, upon thew, an<l they died where 1t hon B Van Ostrand,1s one of the most extraorKmga aud beggars often meet, niet them at the thre~ L.oltl d111ary and audaciotia in the annals Qf crime, And with theu bones they grade it. 'The edd.} ing waters cnrrted them here and may be related a.s follows Chru1t aud crime hangs on the cross. am! there througb the cabrn, but ·till so Y·n O;trand is about tl;irty five years of And good and evil m1ngle 1 close were they one to another, that I had age, and wao born · few miles from tins 'l'rut11 1s often nn xed "«1th dros<i, to part them now and then to reach the vlace. II1s relatives are iJ..moug the mof!lt But God alone ts single after cabin, and more than one turned, as I respectable people in the county Heu a slo.#y passed along, nnd followed m the graduate of Lafayette College and a man of LITERATURE. wake I made bhmd me Their lnces were ·plendi<l pbysiqne, wrnnmg address aud THE DIVER'S STORY. often close ngamst my helmet, and it horn· ·uperior culture. In 1865 Van Ostrand h To be c1J.ught ;;-;: tight place, with fied n1e to notice that they all \\ore upon ~as ma.rned to Eila Penny, a daughter of one of the most promment and wealthy twenty fathoms of water above, and a ottll· t h eir features t h e 1mpress10n a f t h e t error th d tl farmers in this section, the owner of a large d L area of the ricbei)t dairy farms in the vic1n~ ness as of death, about you, a slender cord r t at ha coine upon em in ea 1' Your only means of commnnicahon ·with j 'You niu::.t not th1nk mr. heQ-rtless 1f I 1t.} o f "-'"arw1ck, Orange county, N Y. , ... an those above-to be cangbt m a tight pince, say I went at once to .nv wor Ir · f or we d l· , h 1 h I 0°trand "1th capital fnrnlShed by his own under these c1rcu1ustancea, is about enough vers constant~y got roug I sue scenes , a.nc and h1~ \\1fe 1s relatives, enibarkcd largely ll h b f l t d k l new "e en'Jug e ore wen O\~ ll to crozo a man outright ! I can tell J au, that they wt1e awa1t1na n1e there I felt in the dairy business, aod e11Joyed the cons1r 111-and the old diver leaned back 111 hls fid f tb 0 f h Ib h it as keenly as yon \\Ould, sir, but I '\\RS ence 0 armers ln t c ne1g1 or ood chair, and thoui:(htfully fixed his e) es on to su h le t th t I f sent down to do certn1n things, and I had to c an t:X. n a arKe sutus o nloney the roaring fire before which \\C were seat wer 1 u t ;i t h b tb h l b ti 0 start about it at once Shll, I was glad e en.r s eu ITU Y em, is< ue- 1 ed -" I can tell you, sir, il'a often a tose of b i d d l h , enough when I stood again on <lt:ck, really e ng consi ere anlp e aecunty t ert!1ore. Ab t t t· h d 'h a penny with us, \\.hen \Ve once get in to go above with my first re pot t, n.n<l I gave f ou 11, 0 J ears 9. ~er e was rnarrte , e a1nong th Et hmbers of an old ""reek, if we a good strong pull ou the signal rope iuled in bus1nese>, involving lua former ever cotne to the surface again 1 patr n d f1i I " '.\. 1non1e11t pa.s~ed and I \\as terufied atJ ons in llWP.Ious 1 cu ties " I remember a pretty tight fix I got I · ' I recer~1ng no ree.ponse from n. secon<l or thud 'IHE I:o;DlGNA.TION OF THE I'FOPLE into w hen we v; ere (I Lv1ng 1u t o ti1e Con 1 queror, up the Sound, off the Oounect1cut i s1gual '"Lo 11atl trusted lnm-h1s fa1lnre bc1ng cond "I pulled the rope agam Holentl1-wait- s1dered u ver} quest10nable tran,.ctwna tore SIie was coming 1n f ron1 th e "I a e 1' terr.inean after a three year's crnisa with ed-still no repl'/f 1 W\J.S so great that to escape the puu1ehrnent . a ga 1e 1n "Great Heaven, what d1d 1t oll 1ncou 1 he tuerited he Jied to Cunada His wife ' tlle ·mi dd 1eE1, , an d wen t d own In Had they forgotten me 1 Were they to lollo .. e<l bun thither For some t1me9hts a1g ht o f home, v.: 1th every sou 1 on b oard I J was young th en,an d anxious t o b e ·b " e fi rs t leave me there at the bottom of the sea, 1 tuenus contmued to back lnm largely m his sen t d own in t o h er1 for ti1e i!a k e o f th e repu with that l1ornble crew l [ no sooner ren.1- busineas transact1onE1, y, hen his reckleaa cent a t1011 2t wou ld give tne, , lOr repu t a t ion 1zed my pos1t1 pn 1 than an nncontro11ab1e duct and dlshouest management causeJ them mean t money , nn d , money, , you see, wa11; terror took possf!as1on of me, while borr1- to withdraw their support, be having squandered nearly 1;;\100,000 of tlmr money ti ie on 1y reason .J: N e tt 1e rincl I 1 rn.<Ifor d efer· hledouhls and lrnrs came crowdrngrnto mv ~ 1 Menntrme, h1a treatment of hlS If/fa and brarn Surely they would not desert me t d Y d ring our mnrrtnge ou cun un era IHJ how attere stood, and how glad I was - .:inrely thev hnd not fonzotten me 1-1 two childreu becanie such that the former whe/in receipt of orders to make the first pulled stend1ly nt the cord once more, a11d was compelled to leave them, and rn 1868 glancing up perceived that there waa aonla- abe retllrned with her children to ht:r fathere. dive into the oJd man-o! war. " The sea was runmng pretty high, as I thrng stearlily resisting my efforts from the It " s·>d !J;.at dnrmg the latter part ot b!O ve career Ill Canada he habitually brought to bis 'fM was earned down 1n my bea~y · aro1or 1 ma,t,head ah NUMBER XII EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS STYLE On Skates. POETRY. Respectfully yours, R. S MANNING GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY! Train.! will leave Bowmanv1lle Stnt1on 1 8owmanv1lle time, as follows: OOJNG WEST GOING EAST. CHANGE To the Public: of l\iiu R S ~fAN.NING, OF BUSINESS! Ila.' mg bought out tho antl which I purpose cari:v1ng <in at tha I Local* 7 20, a..m. I Express 8,30 o. m, Kxpress !J 30 a 1u ; Mixed 4 20 p w Mnc:ed 2 20 p.m l Local .· 7 50 p m Express 9 00 p m 1 Express 9 00 p m ·This tra.111 runs every n:ff ung of week, Mondays vxcepted, OABINET .BUSINESS 1 Drs. Reid & Boyle. SURGERY---SILVER ST. :Bowman ville, Aug ZO, 1870 Old Stand, King Street Bowmanville, I beg to say that I will Ande&\'Or to k"ep eveiyth1ng on hand tl·at H! needed in the Furniture Line Havmg had TEN YEARS experience in the Bowmauville }"urn1ture }'act<.iry, and be1ng app01nted Agent to sell for the Company m Bowmanv1lle, the Pubhc ca.n depend upongettmg the , ' GltFr1endsh1p, \DU1\TE Baxter JS ew York. of I Prof. J. Ruse, Un1vera1ty of Music 41 ly BEST FURNIT-URE IN THE PROVINCE, at Moderate rates, by gn1ug me a call OF 'Al,.L KINDS I intend to · l~rofits. S1'~LT..1 an aged, bnt beloved old man, named Roberts. He had long mmistered to the spmt ual wants of bi.~ flock, and for son1e ~ e1ua had expressed a deeire to retire Crom th~ pu1p1t1owing to 1ncreaa1ng 1nfirm1t1ea Van Oatraud, a.has the Rev AmoaR.}eraon, v;aa not long 1n ga1ning the affection of his rural flock of believers, and occas1onally offiC>ated for lhe old preacher 1'he result ol th10 was ·h·t the Rev Mr. Rob.1>rte ·uggest ed that the cbmcb accept b10 reS1gnat1ou and call the young and brilliant Ryer.011 to the charge Tb10 was done, ond the Deleware Presbyterian coug1egation was the envy of other churches for miles around The old parson was well to do in the world's goods, and his daughter Ellio was· com1dered the handsomest gul m the village .Between her and the new pastor an 111tln1acy sptung np which reRulted in their ruarrage m October, 1874 The young couple lived happily for some month·, when the love of the husband seemed to grow cold, In Aug· uat last the ~'J'AitrLING .l'OR CASH, making but Sma.11 DISCOTES.Y Compos1t1on, &c Darlin,,-ton, July 16th, 1874 'l'eacher of Piano and Organ, cultivation Voice, S1ng1ng, Thorou.gh J3aaa, Har muny REPAIRING DONE, AND CHARGES MODERATE. R R LOSCOMBE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, ;;OLICITOR IN CHANCERY, tic from the celebrated a.s II.AVIN8 BOUGHT A N:EW HEABSE, ~Iessrs a.11 outfit unsu.t passed in any City m the Province Armstrong's, ot Guelph, I am prl:'pared to furnish Fnnera.11 with 0F'l!'I0£,-0ver McClung'e Storo :.a.me flat I keev on bandJ a Splendid lot of Coffins, Shrouds, etc , which can be 15ent out uuon one J Bnma.comb's Dental Romns. hour's notice, at any time, thus meeting tho want tha.t emerienc1cs aotnetnnes ca.use to Brise, lll Bowmanville, Oct. 27th, 1868. ly the country. MARRIAGE LICENSES. 1\trR JOH]). H EYNON, Lot 7, 6th Con lll Darltngton, fnen.r B~thesda Church] 1s duly authorized to issue Marriage J~1cenow.s. DatlllJgton, Nov. 19, 1874 m8-tf. Bow11mnv1lle Sept 91h, 1875. Yours, etc., W. P. PROWER. I D. E. McMillan, A1'TOJlNEY AT LAW, SOLIOI1 OR IN CHANCERY, COl'/VEYANUER, &e, 'J · NEWCAS'I'LE. ONT. N ew_J:astlc, Oct 8th. 1870 m51-tf. A U C T I 0 N E.E RS li'o1· the Township of Dwr/Nngton. H. T. PHILLIPS, able terrns HAMPTON Prompt att<.ntion given to sales, &c, on reason· ~ale8 . 'WJ:D.. Barton, ENffISKILLEN p101nptly attel}ded to on reasonable term~. ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. - Liverpool London, and Glasgow 1875. CASH. 1875. 1 CASH. Fon 'l'1ckets, or Jnf<.rmation, apply to 80, HO! W. A. l'\l!:ADS, Avent Bowma.nv1lle 1 .Tune 9th, 1871. tf 30 Gentlemen of Fashion. ---NOT SO FAST. I ha.ve written these ft!'w lines ... t\.nd all I haYc to say, 'l'hat yon can find 1ne still at hotne ; So all my kind old fnends ma~ come· And all tho young ones too And get their garments n1cely mad<> In fa.sb.1.ous tlui.t are new Where old an<l young <leht fne.ndreE, tneet A welcome greeting by R PEA'l'E Bowman ville. June 19th 1873, 1 a.in not go11e awa:y , W. BUNNEY, BUILDER, ETC. Begs to return tha.uka to bl.El fuends for the s.up pvrt he has received the past two years? an<l hopes, by continued f'tuct personal attention to bmnness, and working at the n.ost reasonable prices, to enrure a. continua.net of public patron 11.ge W B. JB prepared to build houl'es, etc , ' on the most moden1 atyle of arch1tcetur~. Jobb1n,; p1omptly attended to. Plans and specdi cations got up on application, on the n1ost real!lonabJe terms, and of 8\ ery desonpt1on Office and Shop, Onta.no Str eE"t, nearly opposite Mr T Bow<len'a BowmanYill~ Dec 24th, 1874~ la-ly. New 'l'a,ilor shop, OOWLR, begs to in gen~ra.llyJ that he has c01nmenced business in the Shop next to the EYpress Office, one door east of ~r. Milne's Ha\ mg hnd several years oxpene1.1ce in the trade, he hopos to satisfy all \Vho may favor - hh!l ..u 1tli a call. WITH 1" L ATE form the pubhc JOHN Y HEAL, GOOD.FITS GUARANTEED Bowmanv11le, Sep'"4th, 187~ ·---"- -- -- - -- m49 tf N eiv Pa1·tnership I Morris & Wa,tson GENERAL GON'l'R.AG'l'ORS AND BUILDERS. Manufacturers of Sash.Blinds Doors, Mouldings, and Window Frames, Wtth or unthout Oasvn.g With or 11"tihout Band Mould.II }""'ROl\if Planing, Planing & Matchmg, sawing and Turning, - -- 01·namental Pockets, in eve1·y variety, cmd Scroll Sawing, of every description CNE half buried where she lay, m the driftrng NOTICE. eand, her sparn and top-masts crushed upon her decks ; her sails and riggrng haugmg over the stde and restrng upou the broken bops on Liberty Street. North of the The Sprmg lmpo1 tations only having been completed a few weeks, th0 bulwarks. Eastern House, Bowmanville. "G1eat caution \Va.<J neccssar.y lest I St cK 1s very la1ge and "ell assortBd As it must be soh' within a 4Mf Bowmanville, July 9th, 1874 ·hould become entangled among the ropes given time, or caught under lhe shdt1ng timbers, and makrng my way !lowly to the crmpan1onFour way, I sent up th1~ s1~nnl have this d·y ·ppo~ted C BARKER Credit on appi·ovad note.o. "' 3- '- ' 23- '-' 7 - ' (' I ttm a Lout the .Exclusi-i;e agent fo1 the aale of my YUL· The Tailoring ln Order· Ii Work, will be continued as usual, dunng the Sale, to enter the 'easel 1- ' l shall be 1n dun· CANIZED P~NB for Bowmauv11le, Ont JOSl·PH MASON,P.P. F. F McARTHUUR ger 1- ' }.,lay out rope freely, and g1Ta me J. J JACOBS Bowmauville May, 1875. plenty of 1ur ' m-tf. Dowmanvill·, llept.loth,1!!74 ORDER, on the SHORTEST "Wni:i 1t some rnonster who ..:was playing w1th n1y rope 1-sorne great fish who was boldrng 1t m bis Jaws 1 In mv desperation I threw my whole weight on it, and-it gave way, am! Jell slowly, silently on tho deck at my feet The ragged, fraJ ed end!=!, wh1ch had become entangled 1n the T1gg1ng, were in my hnnrlfl, and the upper half of the roves had floated far away with the tide, "I \Vaa"alone n.t the bottoin ot the sea,,, 1th no n1eans of s1gnalhng my du:tTess 1 The Indian rubber tu he, wh1ch was my only means at hreath1ng, wiui ryet left to me , but as soon a~ they should begin to wind in the rope· and tubes,on some supposed Hgnal cbases from me, 1t would FtJBp 10 two, and the The benefits wb1ch will iesult to ou1 customers under this system am a pleasant smile he closed the glnss door be- waters, nould coine 10 upon nle mamfeat, not only shall we be able to buy our goods considerably cheapei fore my eyes, and fastened over it the pro "I need not tP.11 youf of the 'Wild terror wire nelt1ng Id under the advantages referred to, but much smalle1 ptofits then we1e techng H They bore mP up 1n th1;i1r arms to the \\ hich took posseeaion me ' you cou ap· neccssiuy under the old system, will suffice. s1de uf the float "here the hungry \\aves predate it I knew the men were close to "' e .tre deteunined, tlus season, to push om lmsiness with ienewcd , 1 were 1eap1ng up, as t I)OUg li p;reeu1 y open- me-only th1rty 1 ardEi above-yet I must ene1gy, and shall endeav01 to excel m every department Our anange- ing their foannng, frothy JUWS to receive die because 1 could not reach them 1 I ra.v· ments are such that no estabhshmeut cttn undersell us. Remember, then, me. ·Cl like a mad man, and tned te tear mv that the right place for cheap goods is "I dropped into the wa.\·es "ith a splaeh, armor fr·m tne, but,tts iron rivets Leid me srnkrng rapidly down through the brJ!lmnt fast . 1 shouted p1teously 1 uselessiy,through sun lit waters, wbicb, though rough anJ the stlt:nt waters, my cry golng no further bmsterous at their surface, suddenly gre\\ than the wall 01 my hem let I """'besHle Bowmand.le, Sept. 1st, 1871'. calm as I passed below I glat1cet.l up at myself in my awful terror I tned to pray, the sun, wh1cb appeared J.B a great b111l of but I could not control my maddened fire, but, iTO"ing smaller and smaller as I bram. '· sank lo~·er and lower, it finally i;ieemed " I ftll on the deck at Inst, exhaustedhke a ttny red spark of R candle, and then in an ominous stupor-a sullen dispalrfaded from sight I noticed that the wate1s and sank into unconsciousness When I were ht with a pale greemsh haze, much recovered, I was calm-prayer came to my hke the clfect of rnoonhght m a hght, lip·, and witli it· peace and resignatwn to drifting fog ; but the1::e obaervat1ons were my heart cut abort by my rtal1z1ng that l was near ' 1 closed my eyes quiet1y,and waited for the bottom, and lookmg below, I found the deat!i I was powerless to deter Waited for 1t \\1th my head on my arm no I used myoell over a oank of tall, thick sea weed. b d ld d to s1eep in t e ear o uys at 11ome ' " Knowmg that 1f I were once entangled · . · l tl Id b a ld me th ere 1or ever, W a!trng for its com mg, praying God that 1t ltl t 1e1n, iey wou T pu11 ed 11ie e1gnal rope vio Ien ll y, anrI my might come upon mo gently, and aekrng d t h k d t t t h d that I might fall mto unconsciousness when escen was c ec e JUS ~s my tee ouc e it wa.s close nt band the h·encherous grass. r:I. be tide bore me "Was I cra~ed 1 Was I mad, or was this slowly along end past tham, turn1ng tne a new torture for me in my last moments 1 round aga1n and again in the eddtee, and I had laid quiet hut a moment, when I makrng me so giddy that I was heartily started up in terrQr, utter1ng: a cry-a v.:eak glad when I deared the bank and stood at m1serable cry, which died on my hps e.s I last on the bnght oandy bottom The shells sank nguin on deck and closed my Pycs to and gravel on the bed at the waters were EL teruble sight before n1e most dehcate and beaut1!ul 1n formnt1on "I had left the cabin door open, nnC ar.d ex.qu1~1te 1n dec;1gn 1 but so tender that freed the lln pr1eone<l dead naen One of the even the sbe1ls crnmhleJ at my touch. clend smlors bad floated up to the dcck,nnd, " I hurried 011 with the current until I saw before me whnt I J ndged to be the great by eorne horrible chance, the tide bore him directly to»ards me Was T to die sur wooden walls of the Oo11q11eror, but on rounded once more by those ghastly sennearrng it, I found it to .IJe a 1eef of rocks trnels as a death-w·tch I fancifully hone~ com l)ed from end to encl, "1-Ie was borne slowly along on the curand m and out among the httle a1cbed bails of the fern coverecl cham be1s the fish rent, his eyes wule open in an awful stare, were chasrng each other playlully, or hang- lus arn1s outStretchetl,as though to embrace me, welcoming me to the unknown world. ing idly in the \\'aters. has dee1Jccl to go out of the Drv Goods business, :ind will commence " Passing arouuJ t hcse rock C;l' I came I fell prostlate on the deQk m my terror,but the upon u rnnss of taagled r1gg1ng, and n. few be floated ou slo" ly, the tide cast1!1g bun st<ps farther brought n::e to the man of "ar, up ngamst me, "hen he fell at my Slde. from the deck of the steamer to the float alongside, where the ropes by wh1cl1 lo haul me up ag111n were fastened on ; the 1n<l111rubber tube, through which I was to be ·upphed with air, was ndJnsted, and I stood 11sten1ng to my final inalrue.hona before he· ON and A]'TER the first day of Oct, 1875, cur business will be mg put overboard cor ducted on a CASH basb We have, after duly cons1deting the mat" ' Now. toy clear ho.} 1 ' said my old ter, concluded to abandon the Cmmn SYS1EM and to sell our goods f01 friend and instructor, Lott, the famous ready money, or its equivalent It 1s unnecesrn1y to 1esort to argument or explanation to show that, in these clays, the C1ed1t System rs inJmious dcep·sca diver, who came tor ward to close n,bke to seller n,nd purcj111se1 , and it is umveisally admitted to he an in- the glaM rn my helmet, ' take good care of justice to those who buy for cash. So therms no apology necessary, on yourself, and don't ·lay long below. The currents are swift and treacherous about otu pai t. for making the p1oposed change \ - This new method will enable us to take every udvantagc of the mar- here , and keep an eye to your iupea, or they'll get taogled Now then, good bye, kets, and place within our 1each laige trnde discounts on cash pm- old-fellow, and good luck to you,' aod with ~i°CL UNG BROrl HERS CASH CIRCULAR. 0 I house women ofnoto110!1s character, mainta1n1ng them for days nt a time, and com pellrng his "1fe to act rn the capacity ot servant to them After 111· lne'lis refused to be responatble for hun, and his wife had left hin1, being t.hrov;n upon h1a O\.\n resources, he Ueserted Canada,leav1og 11eavy cred1tora there,and took up hlS quarters ID Lockport HIS reacl;r addiess and numerous qnahficatioua soon opened the doors of the best society HIS OJ. PTt: fill in the place to \ T au 0dtrand 1 and secured Toe 1n1l1atory step m the plan adopted hun the confidence of leachng bns1ne.:is men He was given a pos1l1on oJ trust iu a fioan· waa for the young lady to appear to soften She fa.1Jetl to meet c1al 1netltullon of the place, and becao1e the towarU \7.in o~trand him, but rnotead sent h1·0 the lollowrng accepted lover of 'l'EIE '1'/:IEN t\Cl\.};OWLEDQF.lD was wade that three voung ladies, members of leadwg fam1hes of the village and of tho Presbyterian church were destmed to be· come mothers at no distant day, and that they each charged the young pastor as hav· tng cau!!!~d their ruin. The CJenaat1011 tb.at followed thrn revelation is said to be mde·cnbablc. A strong elemrnt of the church and town bdd to the rnnoe<nce of the pastor, but his unceremonious departure from the place rn the night, pendrng legal rnvest1gat10n, dispelled thia faith, and the popular 1nd1gnation was universal. One of the y0ung girls died rn g1 vmg bntb to lier child, accor<lrng to the story received here, and anothor fled from her ~e place and 1s leading a hfe ol shame in"lJinc1nnati. From Deleware the aud1:1c1ous ecoun<lrel Van Ostrand 1<ent to Sprrngfield, Ohio, \\here he resumed h1a own name Jie "us not long there before he W1lo the aftc<ctrnus of a wealthy Joung w1do·· of the place, and, on the 27th ol September last, rndoced her to elope with and marry him They returned to Sprmgfidd m a fo1v daJ· and were hvrng rn great style there, when the news of Van Ostrand'a do1nga Jn Delaware village m ·ome way reached Springfield, followed Ly an olllcer from that pince "1th a warrant tor his arrest Again the v1lhun managed to elude arre·t The friends of Ills last v1ct1111-wbo was rendertd insc1.ne bj thb e:x:posure of her supposed busban<l 's ·rue character-and the friends ol his du~es rn Delaware, co1nb1ued together in the d~ttr· minat1on to bring him to Jtlst1ce 1n aon1e \lay, and detectives were put on l11s track He wtts trnced to 1udsor, Canada. A \\atch wna set on lus movements and 1t 'vae discove1ed that be bad already con1meuced l:iyu1g Lis plans to ensnare another victim, m the per.on of a young French m1lhner named Jean Du bo1s foq uiry made by the detect1~es ehc1ted the foct that an acquarntance existed between the nnlhner and Van Ostrand, but that she had repelled any intimate relations. rrbe situation of attaus warranting the move, u detectn e procured an 1nterv1ew \\1th hi1llc Dt1bo1s, 1n \\hich he revealed the history of ·van Ostrant.l,aud aucceeded iu en hating the co·opt:rati in of the m1lhner m 'V 'You see,' sn1d lll) friend Reglet, ae Le cut a 1 pigeon's \\tug' on the glassy sui lace at the rink, "ent vft on one foot nnd came ctrchug aroutirl on th1· other--' you see it 1s an eiercise winch bungs all the n~u s clea: mto play, acd must be healthy In fact D10 Lcwrn eays it 1s ~etttr than ridrng on · horseback 1 It lookeJ ao eas) and so mce th"t T "mk· ed at the boy who had skates to lend and be came over 'That's rixht, old hoy 1· call ed lleglet a· he eailed a.rounJ with a haudaon1e girl on each arm and a loHly blorde hoiugrng to bis cuat-tml- ' I'll bet a hundred dollars you'll learn nil the flourishes ~ itb1n n.n hour.' I \\as highly gratified at this expression of confidence m my aLihty and I ke pt hurryrn!' up the bo) as he fastened on the ekates The impndent suuce box said l 'J better strap n p11low on the baj k of my head before I started out, but I pas<cd the u1s1nnnt1on by in e.iltnt contC>mpt 'Now then,' aai<l Regl et, c1rcliug up witb a dozeu l:'rencli flonrisheR, 'the nHuu thu1g 1s to have confi<lcn£c in ~ onrseH. Stnke right Otlt, hke a pioneer, gettn1g """Y from a troop of wolves, and I'll bet & hundred to one ) on'll n1ake a skater ' I struck out I struck 1n ~ever~tl other directions besirles ont. One fJot ~ent to the lt::ft, the other to the r1ght, and I y,; lnrled around and sat down T be blo1 do young lady came up nn<l eaid thal I bad made a capital hit, and the other two sa1tl tbat I waa certruo to com b1ne gracti "'ith mudcula1" effort when I gut fauly sta1te<l I didn't fetl] mud1 hke starting out aga1u. but I ha<l to do it lteglet helped me "l'· said. that he coul-tl. already see an improvement 1n n1y LealLh, and he \\ ur ucd me to shO\ e Ill) teet as I sa~ h'm d o I obe)eil. The left foot shot out, leaHng the righ~ some rods 111 the rtt.H vnd n1 trJ 1ng to e\ en up the lace .t little son1eth1ng struck th~ ice It" as lll)Self The buck of my Lend struck first, and there were five d1 13 t1rict ehocks before ·he ~hole ,,f D·Y body got down Reglet sailed up nnd so1J he never saw thut beaten, t\lld the blonde decl ared her beht:f that I wa~ aJJ old ehaker, and v. as J uat playing oft on thl 111 1 he r111k clanctcl rouud and rot1n<l aH I ~at up, and t he srrull boy who was gunning at 1ne appeared t o rny v1s1on hkc e1ght or n1r:e ~ iu a ll boys and e1~ht or ntoe gr1na 'Come, old boy i tlns exe1c1se \\ill bri~bt. en your chek until, your o\\u \\1fc \Von't kno" l ou,' called lieglet ofTerrnu to help 1 me up I wanted to go home and Slt down behind the coal stove and pondt'r and r t- fl eet, ~IlY, Bl!lLLE Of' TBF.l note - · ' 1 liy fuer.J~ are watching iue an<l sus· ° a ~ltss Tucii:cr Arter a r"'!'lldeuce of a few 'months HJ Lockport he was 1narr1ed to tins young lady They had hved together but a few weeks when his anteceden·· tn some l,.o:l way became kno" n, and to escape arrest he fled the pince, takfng with lum a consider· able sun1 of money belonging to one of h1a patrons From Lockport he went to Ohio and settied m Columbus, the capital of the State, _ i\.s l\1as the case in Lockport, he was not long in ga1n1ng n. pronunent poa1t1on in tbl! society of Oh10 city and the confidence of the Iea.d1ng inen He became the asaociate of local capitahsts in extenstve real estate an d ot h er speculations, bis aerv1ce berng accepted as ample offoetts to the money of the others. He was looked upon as a. r1s1ng and prosperous young man, and professing the strictest morahty antl piety, soon came to be held up a· A M~DEL pect me I ~o to Cle,·el·nd next week to purchase good· I Wlil meet you at the UL1ted ~late. Hotel thete on Mondai. '\\~1~Dison, JEAN, Nov. 18" M°CLUNG BROS. The bait look aud Van Ostrand replied that he would be m Cleveland as requeeted It is unnecessarv to say that Jenn Dubois did not go to Cleveland, hut V au o.tranrl d1rl Ho wao met by the detective., taken into custody, and carried to Sp11ngfield and lodged in Jail 'l,be news ot h1a capture waR greeted wuh universal Joy, and a little fan mng of the popular feelmg »ould have re suited 1n hts unceremonious lynching .Ile will be brought to trial at an early day, and there is not the ahadol'I' of a doubt that he will receive the full 'lxtent ol the law'~ penalty, l\h1ch 1s, doubtless "at its wori:t" tar too hgbt to meet the case of th" un paralleled v1llam "A Well Dressed Woman" A wnter m the Gala~y describes what be calla a" well dressed woman,, The woman Jn th1s lllatance, so 88 thus paragraph ]llJ concerneJ, is of httl~ a~count , it ie the dress we are constd ering, ood wt th this we are qmtt m love It was a simple loose ROWn high upon the shoulders, girdeJ closely but not tightly at the wu1St, and Jailing m hght easy folds, not to the ground, but nearly to the ground be hrnd and not so low before so that as the won1fln walked not even the bern of her garments'" ept the sidewalk There was not a flounce, 0r a ruffle, or a plait, or patch of trimming of any kind upon the dress, the skirt of which was ninple enough to aflu1d perfect cruse ot molten and. to be graceful ~ut not lull, was not t ed baok, did not hang over a bustle, and there wus no Jversk1rt The matt!r1al Y.as muslin, or some cotton stutt and-ob, rnadarn r read, maik, !!Lnd inwardly d1gest-1t was noi starched. It did not stand slltt, or break up into patches or make a rusthng and crackhng as she wjlked It \\as soft in tf'xtuie, soft 10 its out- but he dragged me to m~ feet, and the blonde wanted to know if I \\ouldn't plensc give tht!m 'the Pnuce ot Vlalea flonr1 s h' 1 glancl:'d at Ler a.nd ha t.:d to sn11le 1 and they all edged l' ff to gtvc inc o. ia1r F-how 'Come, dart right off,' yell ed ltegl et, and I carefully darted nly fet:!t out on an explo11n~ voyage Tha' ha<ln 't travelled OVl!l ~tx. inches befuro they got ahQad of iny body I reached out for t1om~th111g tu sup· port me, clawed erour1d 1 and lhtj back of 111y head n1ade a bole in the ice. l thought tLe roof ot the rrnk had fallen 11·, and that twenty-eight tons of boards aud shingles had struck 1ne in a bellp, but I \\BS dect>t· ved 'Yo·i struck an au Lubble, or yon cl have nlade a splendid shoY. ,' sa1tl ReglrL, al:! he pulled at me The blonde said tbat I bad come \\1thm a hair's breddlh of cut.ting one of the grand· est flounebes kriO\\ u on ice, and they wanted me to try oncu xnore . I told 'em I had got to go to n foncrnl, and that I would be back m halt an hour, bnt 1t was no use 'Sec how enr;:y it t\' exclaimed Reglet as he pushed out 9.nd swung one l('g around I pushed out nnd swung one lep, I couldn't pnll 11 back I trml to aud I yelled to Reglet that I'd gl\ e him fitty dollars to grab me. He "as too late I claw· ed and waved and tottcr1:::d antl fell, antl Y.hen [ came to rny se11ses oga1u Rt'glet sa1<l tl1at it I "oulJ go through ihe '"me pe1forinance evc1v d-'} Jor l\l; o 1nonths he ti. watrant me that I l'uuld eat a hnudred Lot bieeu1ta per Ua) a1 d uever have o touch of tbe d; spev·ia I an1 in bed yet 1 au<l n friend baa · wnttcn this from J1ctauon 'I be doctor say!'! that two ribs on my left side are fraclured, the colla1 bone ta brokeu, the hones of ono ell>ow sn1ashed an<l the spinal colun1n is three inches out of tl ut>, but he 1s labourr ing away in hopes of n1end1ng 1ne np by spring -M. Quad, in Fire SidtJ l1'1ie11d The PrlsPner of the Vatican. The pr<soner ot the V allcau 1 But ho is self im1unrtHl He JS at lull 1 htrly to go through Rome, or a11J where else, as any other Inan. The prisoneroftl..Je Vatican' And wbut 1a thut I I venture to say that oo one who baa not in p erson explott.d lt, can Jann uny thing hke an udequate idea. ot wl1at the place really is Alter all t!iat I had read unJ. heard about it, L it::!t, AB l \\ enl th1ough its almost uulatlio1nalJJe rooms, und corn .. dor.:i, and ha.Ile, arJd \0,1.d~B, Jike exclaiming with the Queen ol Olh< ba, 'Behold tbe hall was not told rue ' The truth 1s, I be \~at1can Hi t ·ri.1 g n 1fi .. cent nis in vrhe \V1th1n It are t\\O heautJ .. Jul gardei1a, one ot "Inch ~ at eet tin1e!'l, 1s open to the pubhc, wLlie t11e other, Rn<l for the larger of the t\\ o. w1th which 1~ nleo connected quite a little Jorest of trees, JS rc eerlc<l for tbc Pope h1nu~clt, and those that are associated \\Ith him ft 1s ns lnrpE\ I have been told, aR the whole city of 'l'unn ~ ns up to the ee.tabhshn1ent of the prei:cent klngrlohl of TtulJ. It contoins eleten thonsand apai:tlnents <d \ar1ous si zes As a .sp8'Y1mcn, the co1 n<lor of the l11br11ry is ot:1e thonsund a.nJ. sevcnty rt\.\o fee.t long Such booke. pa1nt1ng~, i:culpture, curiosities as are stored up Jn its nmph~ roon1::i 1 I '1s1ted it after I had exanuned some of tho oth· er treasnrf\ palaces and churches of the bapt1zed pagan city, and \\llh all that I bad seen wonder struck n e as l cros1:: cU its th1esholJ, and grew upou me as I wandered from room to room. For four buurs a iJa; a part of thJB palace· city 1a thrown open tu v1.itors Then the Pope abandons tha~ part , but when it " closed to ouUitders he cau en JOY himself there111 Beautiful walks 1 Gor~eous hall· 1 M1~hty rooms 1 I ham ben told, too, that rn the portion" Inch 1s net thrown open to public \isl tor~, six or acvcn thou· sand of his retarners live with him He has aloo three hundrrd Swiss Gu'lrds } R their gaily colored dressrs, fifty of tl· e :K O· tional Guard,nnd one hundred gen s d' a1 ms And tbuo ~nd here :poor Pms is o )Jris011 er' · FOR THIC YOUTil 0 I RETIRING THJ~ CONTEST! To be Sold without Reserve, at less than Wholesale Prices. $2(),000 WORTH OF GOODS F. F. M:oARTHUR cm · 20th of lllay, 1875 ot the 01ty Ile won the affect1ons of Miss Georgie V1ul, the daughter of one of h!S wealthy bus1neas associates , ancl was to have nu1rncd her in, 1870, gr~at preparations having been made for the ceremony. A few days before the weddrng day another of Van Ostrand's business nssoc1at<'s made the as· tound1ng discovery that hl" :11\d forged the latter's name to nolea to the amount of $5,000, and had negotiated them A thorough mvest1gatwn of the matrer provmg that there""' no d0ubt of tho g111lt of Yan Os· tr ind, he was ar:rested For the tttne, great indJgnatlon \\as man1fc&ted by \tan Ostrnnd'a friends at what they termed the outra.ge on their favonte, and his proepectne father inlaw becamt! secn11ty for the accused for h1a appearance at court Eefore the trial Jt waa d1scovered that Van O;trnud had perfectetl lus plans for running away fron1 the cny, nnd he wns at once dehvered into custody by his bondsman. 11" "as tried on the charge of forger,r, und the evidence ~aa so conclua1ve that he was convicted anU sentene<l to FOUR YEARS ra. A Grand Cleari:ag Sale of his Entire Stook. I A CA:RD. --- - A. Tre:m.em.dou.s Bed'l!lletio:n. 'Will. be :m.ade. TERMS OF SALE :-Under $50, Cash; oi·ei· $50, months 0 llc served two years and wo.s: th~li pa.rdon-ed by the Governor of the St·te The young lady to "horn he yas to have married died of gnef an~ shame during the first year of his imp·taonroent. A!tet lno discharge from thel Columbus Pnson, Van O;trand went to tl;,, nllage of Dclewarc, Ohio. He represented htmsolf * * "'\Ve saw what was ·w roug right away there as the Rev. Amos Ryerson, aiid pro· dear boy,' he said to me afte1ward, 'when duced papers ccrtlfymg that he was ~tlly _ ACCI\l:lDITED :UI~ ISTE;R OF 'rHEl GOS PE~' the ragged ends of your ropes floatecl to the aurface. There wa· only one way of reach- o! the Prnsbyte11au faith It chanced t!iat ms you, old fellow, and I con tell you WO the pastor of the church m Deleware w · "I caught him m my desperat10n, to flmg him from me, but bis arms closed llght about rue in an iron embrace, an<l his face was close to mum-the lace of old Lott, t jjj diver, who had come down through the \vat.er to save me, and 10 whose stout arma l was borne up, and ca.rr>ed insensible to the boats above ·11' Tl-llJ SI Arb PIUSO:S 11neli!, and no1selees Httd it no ornament at all J Yes rndeed. Around the Lottom hem and at the "rist! and at lhe throat, there waa a narrow figured bor<ler of blue, beautiful rn design and color, which gave the dress a perfect fimah and was attraoll\ e m itself, without being at all obatrnaive Over this drcos, she wore 0 short, hght garn1eut ot the sa1ne tno.ter1al, sleeveless and falling to the hip' Tho coatume might have been worn by a Greek ~oman, Aspas1a herself, to tho Jehgbt of P<1icles, and yet there WP..S nothing about it which see d me outrt or even litrllnge, etcept Hi umple ele· ganco * * o " l " l ; r - I --- - -