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buffalo express vol xxiv saturday august 28 869 no 8065 english festivities an ml silk mattel's hut rrinualy for it in well to lie mriou occasionally niagara falb n a bout n inyable place of resort the hotels an a ili-iit and the prioci dot at all eiorbitant the oppnrtnnitiea for tiahinf an sot aw paueil in too coaatry in fact tk»y an in even n,iiai!ed elaewhere hacsnw w otber inralitirjiirrtain pla«m io theitrram am much better than others but at niagara on pb>c is jurt m good as aaothcr forth r-wmlhat thefi.h d not tite anywberr n4 an tker is no nae in your walking livt miles to hah whan you can dopead on uin j.irt as uiunooesaful nesrer home th ad vantages of this state of thing have ni-ver hwctofore been properly placocl before thq blic iilneit mmhmhi vii n :!. the weather is aoaj in sur-mcr n.l thr »»!«• and ilrivtw are ll pisasaat i»l noiu f them fatitpiin wkaa h.ii tirt out to lo the kails you llrnt.lnvß itmt alp.mt • mil anil pay a mall mini for th n ji.ee ot waking down from a bbssaaiaa int't the narroweat part of the niagara rhwr a rail way cot through ahill would 1 .•>. , iim l]r if it hail the nj;ry river inn.l.linf und foawnng through im h..ttoiti tm aw 4e»oend a rtatrcapi here n baaswwd nd fty feet down and glmal at the i->lj;e at the water after you have wawa it yon will woßd^r hy you did it hut it hi then t too late thn mil explain to yim in hia lilor.l ur.lling way how he aw uh little htramir maid of the miat ileaoend the fearful rapid how first tne c paddls-boi was out of ighi li hind the i raging billows and then the other ami at » what point it wan that her imokeatack ' c toppled overboard and where her planking ' c began to break and part axunrier and how i a she did finally live through tlw trip after ' h acuonpliahing the incredible feat of tray ' i if'i with the unremembering dust there is no actual harm in making niagara a back ground whereon to display one's marvelous insignificance in a gm«l strong light but it i requires a sort of superhuman aeif-cosnpla ency to enable one to do it further along they show you where that adventurous aas blondin crossed the ni itgara river with his wheelbarrow on a i tight rope but th satisfaction nf it s marred by the reflection that he did cct itrnak his neck a ihsmai kmekikx tt w i'll y , i i . ■examined th stnperv ! ink horso slioo kail till you are satisfied j ' you cannot improve on it you return to , america by the now msfmmssßi brid and j follow np the bank to wh-r they exh.bit the cave ol the winds ll t r e 1 followed inntrnctiorm and diveuutl my.iclf of all my clothing and pat on a waur-proof jack ndoverall thiscostume is|nctnrc^que,bit not beautiful a guide sihiilarly drcsued led the way down a flight of winding stair which wonm and wound and still kept on windio long after the thing eemed to wa novelty and then terminated long before it had begun to lie a pleasure we were then well down under the precipice but still considerably above the level of the river we now began to creep along tlimny bridges of a single plank our persons shielded from perdition by a cra/y wootfon railing to which i clang with both hands—net be cause 1 was afraid but because 1 want to presently th dueocnt became steeper and the bridge mimsicr and sprays from the american pall began to rain down on asj in fastincreaning sheets that soon be came blinding and after that our progress was mostly in th nature of groping now a furious wind began to w.li out from itchind the waterfall which softnt^l determined to swoop ns from tho bridge and aeattor lis on tbe rocks aud among the torrents btilow i rt-marked that 1 wanted to go home but it ' was ton lata we were almost under the monstrous wall at water thundering down from sliove antl speech was vain in the midst of such a pitiles crash of aonnd in another moment the guide disappeared be i hind the grand deluge and bewildered by j tho thunder driven helpls-wly by the wind { and smitten by the arrowy tent-pest of rain | i followed all waa darkcess nuch a mad storming roaring and bellowing of warring wind and water never crazed my ears before i bent my head and seemed to rocsive the atlsntic on my back the world aeemed going to destruction i could not sss anything the flood poured down so aavagely 1 raised my head with open month and the moat of the american cataract went down my throat if i had aiming a leak now i had baen lost and at this moment 1 diaeovcred that the bridge had censed and we m.iat trust for a foot hold to the alippery and precipitous rocks i never was so sensed before and survived it but we got through nt last and emerg i 1 into the open day where we could tand in front of the laced and frothy and ' seething world of descending water ' look at it when 1 snw how mnch of it | there was and how fearfully ia earnest it ! was i was sorry i hsd gone behind it x said to the gnids : son did yoa know what kind of nn in fernal plan this waa before you brought me down here f yes this was su-lit-ient ha had known all ding ereawtu miles in six minutes or six de >■btwteen minutes i have really forgoftun which bat it ww very ertraor binary anyhow it is worth the price of dmiam to hear the gnide teh the story nia tiam u anoteationto different parties md smvot bum a word or liter a sentence oragastnra tbea yon drive orer the snspraston bridge and divide yonr misery between the cliaaoat of amafthiag down two hundred feet into the river below and the chance of having the railway train overhead mutt ing down on to you kitfeer possibility ii discomforting taken by itself—bat mixed together ttiwy amoant in the aggregate to p sitive unhappineu on the canada side you drive along the chasm between long ranks of photographers standing gnard be hind their casawraoy ready to make an osten tations frontispiece of yon and your decay ing ambulanoe and your solemn crate with a hide on it which you are expected to re gard in the light of a horse and a dimin ished and itnini(mrtant background of sub lime niagara n>l a great many people ismm tli'-in<ffis ffrontory or the native do privity t aid an<l nbet this sort f rrtet any day in the hands of these ph:)t«;raphfm you may see stately pictures o mi<n n.l mamma and johnny and fvub an'l sis or a onnple of country cons ins all fnnltng mffwtjf and all dinpo-sed m studied an-1 tiii<'..uifvrubl attitudes in their rarnay aafl 11 looming up in their gaud tnd weinh|.ini im^m><:ility bf fore the snulilwi in-l fhmininhed pre i.tnjrnt of that inoji l 1 ■pre*f n » h nuuiaurmg spirits aro the rauiljomn mhose voice is the thunder wbnm awful front is veiled in lou'l who wan monarch here dead and forgotten jp before this hack full uf iinall reptiles wan deemed temporarily nec c-*wy to fill a crack in the world's unnoted myriad and will still be monarch here ague and decades of ages after they khali have tfatherwl themselves to their blood re lationh th ntli«r worm and bepn mm the horror of the rl*r nd yot he brought me there ! regarded it aa delilwrate arson i then destroyed him bbibji p—hvhwa 1 managed to nd ivy way back alono to the place from whence i had started on this foolish enterprise and then hurried over to canada to avoid having to pay for the guide at the principal hotel i fell in with the major of the forty-second fasileers and a dozen other hearty and hospitable knyli.t-.mei and they invited me to join them in celebrating the queen'a birth-day i said i would be delighted to do it 1 said i liked all tha v.n^iahmen i had ever happened to lie acq-iainted with and that 1 like all my country men admired aod honored tjie queen hut i said there waa one ins rable drawback i nevor drank anything atreng upon any occasion whatever ami 1 did not see how i waa going tt do proper and ample justice to anybody's birthday with the thin mm u n generous leverages 1 was accustomed to the major sors'ched his head nod thought over the matter at conaiderahh length ; but there seemed to lie no way at master.ug the di.ticulty and he was too much of a gen tleman to buggrat even a temporary aband n ment of my principloh but by-and-bye he " i have it drink coda water as long aa you never do drink anything more nutn tiotis there isn't any impropriety in it aud ao it was settled wo met iv a large parlor handsomely decorated with haga and evergreens and seated ourselves at a 1-oard well laden with creature com forts both solid and liquitl the toasts mmm happy and the speeches were good and we kept it up until long after midnight i never enjoyod myself more in my life i drank thirty-eight bottles of soils-water but do you know that that ia not a re liable article for a steady drink ? it is too pmf when i got up in the morning i waa full of gas and as tight a a balloon 1 hadn't an article of clothing that 1 could wear except my umbrella a f terareakf ast 1 found the major making rand preparations again 1 asked what it rvas for and he said this was the prince of vales's birth-day tt had tg be celebrated hat e\ening wo celebrate it much igainst my expectations we had another bji-bbbal time we kept it up till aome lata after midnight again i was tired of a-da and so 1 changed off for emonad i drank several quarts yon may consider lemonade better for a steady drink than soda-water but it isn't ao in the morning it had aoured on my stomach biting anything waa out of the question—it wss equivalent to lock-jaw 1 was beginning to feel worn and aad too shortly after luncheon i found the major in the midst of some more preparations he said this was the print-jea alice's birthday 1 concealed my grief who is the princess alice i asked liaughter of her majesty the qneen the major said 1 succumbed that night we celebrated the princess alice's birth-day we kept it up as late as usual snd really i enjoyed it a good deal bnt i could not stand lemon ade 1 drank a couple of kegs of ice water in the morning i hsd tooth ache and cramps and chilblains and my teeth were on edge from the lemonade and 1 was still pretty gnssy i found the inexorable major at it again " who ia this for 1 asked his lloyal highness the mm of i'd inburgh he said " son of the queen t yes " vnd this is his birth-day yon have'nt made any mistake f no—the celebration comes off to night i bowed before the new calamity we celebrated the day 1 drank part of a bar rel of cider among tbe first objects that met my weary and jaundiced eye the nut day waa the major at his interminable preparations again my heart was broken and 1 wept whom do we mourn this time t said the princesß p-eatrice daughter of the queen here now i said it ia time to be gin to enquire into thia thing how lonj is the tuern's family likely to hold out who comet next on the list tbeir royal highness anne mary eluateth gertrude angusta wiui**n simon ferdinand irene sophia susannah socrates samson —" hold there it a limit to hnauuiendu rance i am only mortal what man dare do i dare—but he who can oelebnte this family in detail and lire to tell of it is less or more than man if 70 hire to go thwit/h tmi every year it m a n*arey [ was born in america for 1 haven't cnaotttatioa enough to be an eogliwhman i shall have to withdraw from this enterprise i am oot of drinks out of drink and thirteen more to crte brute ' ut of drinks and only just on the outskirts of the family yet as you may say [ am sorry enough to have to withdraw but it is plain enough that it has to be don iam full of gas and my teeth are loose and i am wrenched with cramps and aihtcte'l with scurry and toothache mea slex mumps and lochaw and the ciuer latt night baa given me the cholera gentle men i mean welt but really i am not in a condition to celebrate the other thirteen • live us a rest i find now that it was all a lreani one avoid mhj h rtisstpatiira by being asleep mam twain ntaiiara as \ b\iki;b(h'nd i i_j —:*». i.i t ■, . ... " i thkw i>e9trovfi him cable news gkzat britain partm i laks w ths bwut a £ th bastamm h nearly tiirek miu the kekkvt ikjibtless owinfi to fttijkik mtmq u\kk-thainkd the times un bm latest hh lalltl'atlun hi k her of miss tinnb am attendants by thkiii akah sskvjtvul ijonikjn aug 27 the excitement to uy ove the great international boat race has kin itite.nse the l>;«il»a of the thames have beeu lined with spectators nince an early hour thia morning the city lias been almost deserted and business unite neglected vehicles of u descrip tions l.ra'mip th harvard and oxford colors and heavily laden with people crowded the roads leading to the course and during the entire day the roads in the vicinity of putney hammersmith t'his wick barnen mortlak et wrre thronged with pedestrians i he railway companies found themselves almost unable to provide cars kuhii'ient to carry the vast numurs in watting at the depots it is no exaggera tion to state that probably a million of people witnessed the race thi nwr the harvard crew won the toss for posi tion and chnse the middlesex side—the outside of the semicircle both boat started at 5 oelock 14 minutes 6 seconds the tide at the start waa l^gjjiflti bua a light sovtfcvrtfl meeze prevailed vith mootii water the uarvards were first to catch the water and took the lead gaining rapidly upon their opponents and making forty-five strokes per minute against the oxfords furty at p«hop jr«ek thtee furlongs from t*"1 hhsr toe uarvards led ha!f r length i.aining headway they in creased their lead as they passed the wil lows their pace was subsequently slack ened and the oxfords pulled u but the karvards were still three-quarters of a length ahead at crown point three-quar ters of a mile from the start oxford now went on with a steady drag hut the americans rapidly increased their lead and at crab tree a mile and an eifrh from the aqueduct were a cotlple of lengths ihead geycnd this point the harvard were taken wide and the oxfords quiken ing their speed reduced the gap at the soap works a mile and a half from the start to half a length the harvards now pulled up with a magnificent burst to ham mersmith bridge a mile and three quar ters but in shooting the bridge lost the distance they had rained opposite the middle mall the oxfords spurted and came up gradually to the harvards bat when opposite the dovea the boats were found to be to clone together and the harvards gave way and at cbiswick ait two and a half miles the boats were level af ter proceeding rifty yards further the oxfords began to gain though tem porarily and the harvards again got eren with them oxford gained rapidly at biswick where it became clear that the pace apparently told on the harvards who were rather wild at thia part of the race krom this point the oxfords drew rapidly ahead and in a few strokes obtained a lead of two lengths the harvards rowing pluckily held them there for half a mije when they fell astern and oxford at thirty eight strokes per minute shot barnes bridge si miles three lengths ahead along barnes 11each the harvards refreshed their stroke mr loring with river water thereby retarding tbeir boat the americana then tried to spurt but found the effort ineffectual aud the oxfords getting more of a lead evantually won the race by four lengths easing up in the last few strokes and pulling up fresh the oxfords arrived at thu ship at 5 o'clock 36 min utes and 47 seconds making the four and * half miles in 22 minutes and 40 seconds the americans were well received at the iinish and returning landed at barnes the race was a good oue and excited a degree o cnthusiam along the banks of the ri or ut terly unknown in former races tiik dointis ok fisk jr the tim t in an article on the erie rail road says we need not point out the darkest side of the story the prostitution of justice the utter contempt tor its adminis tration it is plain would he impossible if the violators had not had good reason to believe frum past experience that the legislature is as amenable to corrupt influences as the ju diciary these facts are well known in the states we are not without hope that con sciousness of existing evils will lead to the ouly way of correcting them ram of as matmmam rmitv ws has been received from tripoli that miss tinnc and two attendants wt-re mur dered by their own camel drivers while traveling on the abergonsh road between murznk and lhal the continent napoleon's health improving the em raaaa sails from sbbtmbi c_w mt m the portiicrtmm cortes dbbbm 01 the 8188 paris aurnat 27 the official journals denounce as falsehoods the reports that the health of the emperor is wor-*e on the contrary it is much improved though not completely restored the empress hss embarked st toulon to-day for the east i eneral prim has arrived in paris fortugai j lisbon august 27 the session of the i portugese cortes closed yesterday thi king in his speech from the throne assured the members that tbe government was taakiag every effort to restore the linancial equilibrium and revive the public credit tho ministers would consider how to augment the revenues from the imports and diminish the expenditures of the ad ministration he concluded with the de claration that the independence of portugal would be aedoloualy preserved bbbmbbbs astwebf august 27.—henry leys the srtist died to day aged tifty-four years south america tbe allies sinsbuum liiiiisii t.op-7 at villa fiica losdos aug 27.—the mail iteamer from rio janeiro baa arrived she bring aa naft tie dakt of saxe aad fait wife and tbe prinoeaa leopoldioe and fam ily tha laarrt advisee boat tha eeat ol war in paraguay chow that a battle wa immi nent the land and naval for.cc of tha nlliea t in titton official ililfelrbn received at the braail ian war ba_-t-h-t mmmmm that cmnml portinh had mammmam hia march on \ uu rica and the brarilian iron-clad fleet waa teaming np the tebienary to upport the i army and aatiat in the attack on \ ilia 1 bita advioee from fawgoayu karui con tradict the official reports received from 1 io janeiro the raragnayans ill that the allied forces arc not strong enough to attack the positions of lopez in the cor dilltras and that they have remained in a state of complete inaction since they ap peared in front rumors were carrent ra paraguay that a revolution waa imminent in the argentine provinces against the policy of president oanniento who is ac cused of aacriticing tbe republic to brazil cuba caitire 11f a blockade rch-teh after l,imhng her cargo of warlike stores rjavaka aug 27.—during the months of july and august no vessel of war of the i uit*d states has touched at the port of havana i iitolliinmoe received hare from saa tunis is tithe effect that col benegaai with hia convoy had reached that town in safety a schooner in the service of the insor hcnt government recently landed a cargo of am s at seviua bay in the southern part of the ( eastern department the hpmniah troops soon after captui«d the schooner anil at last aecowts were hnntu.g lor the arms which bad been takes into the tie villa i mountains adjacent to the bay washington oflbx sentbr t call a session of the oli legislatvre - johnson and co oct wittei imi'oktant call on hie na tional hanks vai-.hii.uro aug 27 parties who have reached here direct from fort smith arkansas rejfoh the in i-..1 tril.tr iv that vicinty as very quiet and iuduitriouflly engaged iv fanning operations generally the crops tn that section of the state are in the most flourishing condition tht cotton promiaes an unnaually large yield the indians on ths fort smith i use rv * tion are said to be well pleased with the substitution of the military for civil official to ouadttut th bti"i**tc"s of the government wi*^h them national banks the comptroller of the currency hst r.-p-.rcd a circular to cashiers of national banks requesting a detailed statement of the itema of which their coin or specie so count ia composed the information is de tmtms for g*e**"*jr-tl er statistical purposes and not with any reference to the condition of the banks in this respect ths state meet is required from the morning of sopjembcr bth next rractional ( urkkn v about trtmh in fractional currency was received at the printing bureau from the hank note companies yesterday and 20 • 8oi to-day thk drht from present appearances the fntirth coming monthly debt statement will make a vt.ry favorable showing notwithatanding the heavy payments of the government du ring the current month lt is now thought that the reductions wih reach at least **_-, is>o.<*ni advices received here this afternoon from tenaessee say it has become known that i aaa senter intends to call together early iv september the old legislature which ia republican to ratify the 15th amendment the con**ervatives throughout the state hay become thoroughly convinced that the legislature recently elected wonld reject the amendment instead of ratifying it and have therefore appealed to gov senter to convene the old legislature and thus defeat the object of andrew johnson bailie pey ton and other who expect to control the new members and have them defeat the ratification mm m new york matt bxdcll l'ndku arrest on anutukis mka v raakgk off swindling ksjw york august 27 in the finance congress to-dsy the report of the commit tee ■d claimants to represents tion gave rise to a long discussion it wai declared that circfes uot in good standing shall not be represented but that circles may be re stored to good standing by the congress and illowm representation another swindler aaothcr charge has been made against the notorious matt liudell fur swindling m uway nelson ft co of chicago out oi i worth of hour it is auugod that f bcil 1i admitted tho charge to the agent of the company who visited him in hucell but sjiyg he has bewn umlo a tool of hy others the eclipse i>l_-.ekvat]t)ns in thbhk'ii i.atitcdes san f__anfi**n.o aug 27.-—a special dis patch to the san francisco alta t'aujorniuh team victoria says the lchpso expedi tion of the u s coast survey left sitka july 15th in avail boats for chilkah river and in consequence of bad weather it was eleven days in reaching a proper position on the river in latitude.j longitude 135.58 only twenty miles from the central path of totality it was fouud impracticable to cany the instruments and provisions over the irou mountain range for the determina tion of the latitude and longitude and mag netic variation obtained before the date of the eclipse the 7th of august was the cloudiest day experienced but s break in the clouds enabled the party to watch the different phases and the beginning of the totality waa accurately noted liatantly after the observation the rose colored tlaincs were visible with the unas sisted eye and their extent position eleva ting and proximity measured on the sou-.beast and southwest parts of the snn's limb the corona was risible over a part of the laud only and the whole picture was magnificent the end of the eclipse was not,seen the phenomena of coming dark ness and growing light were very marked along the course of the valley seward and party visited professor david son's camp and watched the phases of the eclipse and saw all the phenomena of the ros-a colored tlames of the corona a party on the steamer active at the mouth of the river had the best view of tbe totality clouds broke and the large clear space enabled them to see i lames ami corona also the planet mercury and stars of the fourth magnitude at sitka tbe eclipse was not qnitc total and was watched through the broken ; clouds at fort wrangle the v/eather was dense ly cloudy at fort tongas the weather was favor i able and the officers observed the time of the beginning anda-ending of the eclipse i he indians were fearfully alarmed and bid ; themselves in their houses or took to the i bush miscellaneous telegraph i 1 items of general interest ram bmvmbbbrt points a gentleman of st l--***__is recently re oeived a letter from chief justice chase in which he says iam out of all future political contests and none need be jealous of me hereafter one of the channel spans of the bridge over the ohio river at louisville ky three hundred and seventy feet long was completed yesterday this ia the longest span of a truss bridge in the country the whole bridge will be finished early in no vember goldsmith maid and american girl will ! arrive at lancaster pa next moadny and go into training for tha raos over the lnn j caster county pnrk a sbs-matina course sept ist for 2000 seats an provided for 4000 and tending room for 15,000 persona miss emma gardner daughter of col henry w i*ardncr of providence r l was terribly burned thursday night nt the bay house xayatte point by her ball dress taking firs from a lamp oa v tioor in her dressing room her recovery ia doubt ful wm lake proprietor of the i_ahs circus at granby newton connty mo was ah on the 21st instant by a man name 1 ifl yon and expirsd in a few minutes k...j on refused te pay for admiaaion to the circus sod waa ejected by lake soon afterwards killyon retnrnnd and seeing lnhn naar the entrance waj drr w a revolver nod shot him through the body near the heart in th sxcitement ttillyon scaped a regard of i flobu is offered far hia arrest the residence of isaac waikea in ureen bnsh bear albany was robbed yesterday morning of a gold watch ladies wearing apparel silver ware etc to the vaiae of several hundred dollars leon hydarkht a wealthy german chem ist of sr.hagtn-t iiaaaasillail suiade on wejnsadatbf takmg morphia david hogs a foreman ea taw railroad was killed at ponghqaag near poaghkeep aie yeaterday by a premature blast lie leaves a wife sad two children pnnce arthur waa entertained yesterday on board the french frigate setclratcis by rear admiral meguet and hia office the ship waa splendidly dwooratad and it was a most select and enjoyable reunion the prince goes to charlettetowa prince edwarda island to-day where a grand re ception awaits him frkom ragterdat amsxool's sdrnoxa i washington mr gflmbtm peaholirs iiunifitence a mx ik)nation washington aug 27—the thousand dollars that mr peabody recently donated to general lee's college in virginia is said to consist of a certain number of old state bonds which were lost on the arctic while in mr peabody's possession and for the re insue of which he rainly petitioned the state legislature sereral years ago if this is true the donation will not iw of much benefit to washington colta anna krrbatt's htsbakd toney who married anna surratt has it is said refused a position offered him by judge advocate general holt mid haa ac cepted a lucrative position in kansas the biblisuambtkketv toe english diipatches by war of hong kong announcing the refection of the bti linganie treaty with tk united states by the chinese government pql>liahed to-day is not believed by the authorities it is evidently made np in the interest of the english merchants at treaty ports who have all along been bitterly hostile to the new policy represented by the hurlingame embassy oxfrod victorious ihe liarvarh tiikee lengths in the rear by six second loniton i 40 p m august 27.—oxford won the race by three lengths the har vards were six seconds behind pb-bm t'ommksts the tete-jritjik eulogises the elliott boat as light fast aud graceful we do not ex pect it says that harvard can win the race bat changes made byjthem bring the crews more on a level on the whole we think it will be a capital race and that the oxiorda will defeat their gallant adversaries with out difficulty if otherwise the harvards must have an ovation to show that we are not ashamed to be beaten by oar excellent cousins the daily jkmsß acknowledges to the full extent the obvious and inevitable disadvan tage the harvards have to contend against the river and everything else were strange and unfamiliar and masters as they were of the science of rowing they had to study it almost like the alphabet of a for eign language the bridge at putney has been completely barred and no boats ex cept those of the umpire and press will be allowed to paas betting is vo to one and seven to four on the oxfords lt is reported that several american gentlemen now here staked 1000 on the success of the harvards last even ing london aug 27 the harvard crew won the toss and chose the middle-sex side the outside of a semicircle both bosta started at 5 o'clock 14 minutes o*l seconds the oxfords arrived at the ship first three lengths ahead at 5 o'clock 30 minutes and 47 seconds time of race __*__ minutes 40i seconds the weather was line and hot there was some wind bat the water waa in a good condition before the race tho excitement was intense the river banks had been lined with apectatora since morning cars were almost unable to carry crowds waiting at depots a miottt tbl.ft aphis tho oxford boat arrived at the slip at martlakc at 5 o'clock ti minutes and 43 seconds the news of the result was re ceived by means of the english cable st the associated press office in this city nt 1 o'clock and 4 minutes just 2.3 minutes and i seconds afterwards the messenger was obliged to carry the despatch three-quarters of a mile on horseback to the nearest tele graph station at martlakc , mm mm new york ix years required to complete the ea_,t river mmmm activitt in nava battf.r new ynbk august 27 in the esse of mrs i-ofina l*_l*tt whose death was sup k>3ed to have been esused by j-owders giv m her by dr wm plainer a verdict was rendered yesterday exonerating him and leclariog that she died from natural causes obn scan's obbb n during the examination of gen egan's rase yesterday an attempt was made to im peach the character of one of the principal government's witnesses the decision will be given in the case on monday next jirman democrats the german democratic general com mittee held a meeting last evening at ger mania hall the u-mbolijt festival the report of the special committee on the humboldt festival was received and j adopted and after some debate on german ichools in the city the meeting adjourned mortality repobt the sanitary superintendent in his re port for the current week attributes a large decrease in deaths as compared with those of former years so the improved condition of the streets the total deaths were 597 140 less than in 1868 fast river bridge the surveys for the east river bridge are now finished and the line of the bridge and approaches located the caissons npon which the piers are to rest sre to be of yellow pine and 800,000 square feet of lumber will be required to complete the work timber is now lying bt red hook ready to be bolted together and sunk in position in consequence of the immense height of the towers nearly three yean willelapce before the cables can be stretched across the river and nearly akx years before the bridge can be thrown open to the pub lic st-uaas there are n large number of strikes now in progress in this city all of which are be ing obstinately oonteatod on both sides deuubttul sport engine company new 6 of brooklyn hat been auapended neeaaao the sbsnabors chose to wash out a negro ten sane nt en pearl street as a joke one of the tenants nar rowly escaped being drowned hy the deluge of water in her room till navy yakfi work at the xnvy yard in brooklyn in extrasnely brisk at mmmm nearly 900 workmen being fjdsyod a wholesome rale has been prsai£atad by the vary do psilmma mmmmmmwammmat forataa mstsls or civilians will he dloared to iiiapiat special in i bßbbßb without the ■*■—_% of the da pail si i at steam wns rawed ea the flagship severn vsateeday fer the names of tmmmt mm boiler and bbbnam the vessel will hs plnosd in sommamiim to-day the monitor dictator is ati-j in the dry deck nndsrgoing repairs sad nltstnaiean in her steering asmarntas bxpbttbd nr roar the stenm frigate powhatten commo dore mcdonaal 18*017 nag-ship of tbe sooth pscific sqnndron is expected to ar rive at this pert boob bctti-tg on the rat**e 1 letting office wss opened yesterday in wall street for the great boat race ignorant cigab dealer several cigar dealers charged with sell ing cigars eoatrary to law wan before i comuuamoatr shields yesterday they , pirad ignorance and wen discharged on paying costs th wool s«»rrr measn w brown ft 00 bald tkasr reg ular aff sals of wool ysawsrday ana sold stt.ho pouasla at aatiafactory uncea ranging from 11 to 90 cents per pound before the race m e\lt-anati»rt letter pmtau owe of the harvards to the mmum tim-9 new york aug 27 — smallcy last night telegraphed f_*o=i ihaalna to the tn i'm*-as follows the following letter has been sent to the london tiua-m and will appear to-morrow sir—after it has been asserted for the last three weeks that the harvard fu*ir arc endeavoring to oonform their style of row ing to that of the gentlemen they hope to meet oa the river to-day yon will permit me tossy in advance of the contest that such an assertion is groundless we believe our style to be exactly that adopted by as in each of onr last three ann.iaf jaew at^'ntft yale our stroke onr is aware of no change the men who follow stroke are aware of none nor haa there been any variation in our method of training or instruction it is said also that the americans will row in aa english boat that is equally in correct they will row a boat built of spanish cedar by an american builder the frame of which he brought with him from home and the lines of which are identical with those on which the boat we rowed last year waa constructed if we may judge by the stress 1 lid on these matters in the lnglish journal they are deemed as they appear to us of some importance antl wc aak leave to place our selves rii ht io regard to them so that whether we are to win or lose tho merit of onr victory or blame of our defeat may fall where it belongs iqnedj ****** ».--*-'--•.. _ v secretary harvard club the crews have done little work to-day both resting for to-morrow's struggle the harvard men finally decided not to leave whttehousc as loriiig dreaded the effect of the change of climate and diet the ref eree question has been settled mr hughes remaining in that position while chitty consents to serve as umpire for oxford and mr gnlston of the london rowing club acts in the same cspichj f*_t harvai-d tbe choice is a good one , the preliminaries have now been ar 1 ranged and the harvard crew have carried , all the points upon which they insisted to-day they look perhaps a trifle over trained on account of fee intensely hot ' weather there is every prospect of a clear day for the race and smooth water the police arrangements are perfect and every one in lloth lß.il._al that there hall be ' a fair race and that the best men shall ' win ' california heavy pamaoeby the i'acii'k r r fiiie i a is ton uoildek across the trat'k twelve miners ml kpkued bl the j blaokfeet j san rßanciwo aug 27 the damage ' to th pacific railroad by the fire ia greater that at first supposed trains will prob ably not pass the burned district before saturday the fire waa undoubtedly the , work of an incendiary . ] a train was delayed last nu;ht this aid ' of cisco by a boulder weighing at least ten ' tons which rolled down the aide of a moun tain and lodged on the track it was re moved by blasting me petreochment committee are stop , ping nt trochee northern advices report a light between the blackfeet and kootinay indians on the cpper columbia in which twelve of the latter were killed and a large number wounded ' twelve miners en route from montana to ' koolinay were also killed by the black ■feet indians ' ■**-*! ammm j items by telegraph the national land company at st louis i completed a sale on thursday for the kan j i_as pacific railroad company of 2,i>oo acres of land on which 1301 english families will settle < hermans k co bankers of cincinnati < luspehdcd yesterday their liabilitiee | amount to £ 1*25 ltd a—et sr-all ' philip yareham the supposed murderer of david kirbv at the cincinnati hamil ton k dayton depot wednesday night and two men said to lie implicated named r h hunt and newton estahrook were brought ' to cincinnati from dayton thursday and j are now in jail an excited crowd awaited mmm at the depot the officers with diffi ' culty saved their prisoners from being lynched the wife of rev mr center of bidde ford me hnng herself thursdsy cause despondency or insanity there is much excitement in all the western cities over the internaucilal boat race and butting runs high if the har vards win there will be many a demonstra it j-a friday night in honor of the victory a denver dispatch states that since the recent reports of indians prowling around near denver the country has been thorough ly scouted by cavalry but no traces of in dians found a aeon ting party left yester day in quest of indians depredating between san jose and santa fe b w wilbur has been confirmed as deputy collector and inspector lloyd g thompson ss deputy collector and wm butcher as inspector at rochester secretary rawlins had recovered suffi ciently this marning to visit the war de partment for a short time the firemena muster at great barring ton mass to-day was attended by eight companies the tint prise of 200 cnah was won by edmonds no 1 of hudson tlie play waa 190 feet the second prise of 100 caah was won by water witch of lee they threw a stream of 166 feet 5 inches the third prise of i 0 cash was won by forest of lee they mm a stream of lt>2 feet horizontally through 2.j0 feet of hose m m respect for the sabbath fn.in the alb-iny argon a friend of ours an albanian who is very proud of his old scotch prefix mac recently visited the land of his forefathers and among other calls made one opon a scotch cousin an old gentlcmau of seventy four nclergyman of the batabliahed chnreh die presbyterian at liberton three miles from edinburgh the minister invited his yankee scotch i consul to dins with him the next day which happened to be sunday our modest friend who knew from the traditions of his ances ton that their sabba day need to be kept in a very strict manner in scotland thought that hia kinsman had forgotten the day in giving the invitation and ao intimated to him the old gentleman at once broke out " it's all right moo ; we are no as strict moo ss we band to be i mind weel since when i was far younger awhile i wm studying for the ministry at , awa up ia the heilaa.l we war wont a minister several cam along to preach on trial and baring ithers one who preached a right quid sarmoa that greatly pleased the pssylß as tha i sad elders told him when he cam dooa from the pulpit but oae of them n mow who was sour and crabbed and always finding fault at aonae thm'.saad ** mister ye hae a very clean faoe how oft do ye shave v the minister rep-lied : * avry day * did ye there this morn t * ' aye said tha minister the deacon shook hie bend knowingly and wen anting the people and said flris mon srio nne do he brake the sabba day ; he shaved this morn 1 and so he wss not hired a bit after anithcr minister cam along who perhaps had heard the story of the ither's failure ; and he pßmahnd bjßßj aad pleased the people right wed but when ii cam doon from the pulpjt one of the tddeia said to him minister do ye think it right to gang into the pulpit of tha lard'a house am a sabba day wi aaa dirty » tarn mye hent the minister replied ays man j i agree wi ye me face is nas that clean au | over ea it sheald be ; but last aicht 1 had barely iniahr me sanaon whea i be thought me that i was nse shaved aad i iampcd np and i got jost see far as ya see when the clock struck twal sad i stopped far 1 wodld aat bnk the sabba day • thk toon they airid w he isspechet the sabba day after thia atory onr friend accepted the iavitetiea aad dtaod well with his scotch em am » ■an engl_na napa fa-ports the iavaation of a afluto hmmdem mmmt ether is a mere bagatelle thia is a knife which cute ao rapidly that the pstiant has ao tj*ao aa faei it the idea waa undoubtedly borrowed iro_i ttb l*>brated atnry at the nun who had hia head cut off wttfc rach naataesa and dispatch that he did not know it until he eneered it was repotted that the new iuetniseent was triad npsa a rub bit which went ea rnwaly eating its din ner in front while it waa being cut into ribbons in the roar the inventor doctor richardson explains however that this was not exactly the cess he litis lirl te try tbe experiment not upon a rabbit but upon hia own person when unfortunately the knss t'toh rt the yery last moment it can be mended and then a *!**% tb ingenious gentleman will be able to eat his dinner in front and be out to ribbons in the rear with all imaginable relish aad aat io fac tion mmmm am vannekbilt wbiwino.—the gallant bridegroom whose aummers are seventy sis wss dressed in plain blank wearing in his shirt diam-nd studs of intense brilliancy and great value he is a noble looking gen tleman erect n figure active in moveeaeat intelligent in c * prvsa-00 -*■.«■■") almost courtly in bearing as may be supposed from the fact of his years his hair and whiskers are wwfce but he is so well preserved even 1 amid all the cares and responsibilities of . his position that he looks to be not more . ammmm at&ay-one or sixty-b j-cnae old his . bride is comparatively young u-i*ag i thirty year-i of age she is of medium height and symmetric***1 flgara weariag always asingnlarly-happyexpressionof face which is one of gentle beauty she waa dressed in simple traveling costume and wore b blue veil on her bonnet which was not lowered the ctabbbminm and his bride are second cousins ooiulon oint pttper a ibbhib abortionist at spolysay in hungary confessed the other day that she hsd killed in th conrse of a few years two hundred and thirteen iniantfl that she had performed abortions for fifteen years past and had al ways had a very large number of customers the name of the old harridan ii fabri ahe is sixty years of bbs seaae time since bur o"**ri s-.-n had to thiv-i-tea that he would shoot her in nler to prttsnt her from murdering his baby the lady who accidentally discovered the misdeeds ol the old abortionist had to hee from the neigh orhood where she had been living inas much as the relatives of women on whom abortion had l-een performed threatened to kill her __ m hoori_and\sgerman medicines—which bear the endorsement of the judge of the supreme court of pennsylvania nave an other witness to their efficacy in the person uf his honor the mayor of our city ba ulrica ) ibiiimss june mm 18 i i have used hoodand's german bitters and tonic in my family during the past year and can recommend them aa an excel lent tonic imparting tcne and vigor to the system their use has been productive of decidedly beneficial effects w f rogers mw&fdac msyor of buffalo ma m cofstitutiow watbr is a certain cure for diabetes and au diseases of the kidneys for nale by all druggists dao du sage's catarrh remedy u b8 fatent medicine humbug gotten up to dupe the ignorant and credulous nor is it represent ed as being '* composed of rare and precious ■bubetanoos brought from the four corners of the earth carried seven times across the great dssert of sahara on the backs of four teen cawels and brought across the atlan tic ocean on tffl mampl *».*■» bmp-b mild soothing pleasant remedy a perltct specific for chronic nasal catarrh " cold in the head and kindred diseases the proprietor dr lt v pierce m d of kuffalo n v , offers 500 for a cans of i-atarrh he cannot care for sale by most iruggiata everywhere sent by mail poet mmmtor sixty cents address the proprie tor at im main street buffalo n y _ wasdac thk microscope shows the color of the ttaii due to a deposition of the pigment in ite substance when the hair glands be come enfeebled this pigment ails one af ter another the hairs become white or fall out producing baldness baldness is easy te prevent but hard to cure afar hair vigor stops it even restores the hsir som times always restores ite color lmmr . rliate renovation is at once visible aeftnea freahneas and the gloss of youth thia great ornament should be preserved since it can be by ayer's hair vigßr which is be»n*ifullv clean and free from anything injurious to tilt babv~-flsaaana spnaspuue x y tat as aa thk great dental discovery of the a.je was made when the bark of the soap tr te of the chilian mountains wss incorporated with tbe ither vegetable materials of fra grant hozodont ts i*nametjat srresting decay and n ***■iting discolofitlo vi in silks muslins ac first suggested ite uss aa a purifier and preeervntive of the dental enamel and its effect as associated with other antiseptic vegetable substances b*a proved one of the happiest results of roc i srn experiments ■— m m da wlhtab's balsom of wild cherry is a combination and a fori indeed forhe ing and curing diseases of the throat innm and cheat it cures n cough by loosen tg and cleansing tbe aama mad allaying irri v tarn thus removing tha cnane iaatendui drying np the oough aad leaving the dis ease behind oa . the beet and original tonic of iron it-st phoros and calisaya known as csows i mack & co a ferro-l*hosphnted wixir at calisaya bark tbe inn loalcirec oolo to the blood the phosphorus renews waste of nerve tissue and the calisaya gives a nstu rsl sad health v tone to the digoativ organs thereby making it ipplinkli far ijßpu|ißßi in its various forma wakefulness aamal \ debility and depression of epiri one pint contains the virthee at mm ounoe of cali aaya and one tssapussrfnl a grain at iron end phosphorus caswell hazard ft co new york sole manufacturers for eale by all druggists k24tksdecly died itoesfer—aut 25 at bat cammu mich , ani.n j , ahl-t-t-a htifht-t f j and c r/---t of tbfe city ta ninaral w_n take planeon vhtoax mttenx-on at s clock f*"-t th rt-h-triit uf her parent n ms | nufßtßft brfanatamsasaatekn-nai ara re-pact i lullv tnrited to attend 1 smith anr m after a abort o\ne , usaa h i lnvtd child of c'has l aad luc,lie hi:u»t-i m hmlth arerl 5 yrn and 6 montha faaar-j n bandar afta-woou at 4 ek fi-t-at m j paul hiirr.i friend aad n.*nu*iint-_i -; - i pectfnfly inrl m to aite-vd } she - aesa bi jam " | the buffalo expbess rtsuauso bt thb express pklvrinil lu so ii c swan stbe-t term rntuf mm y«-r fio or kvemat " « n *>**•>. " i m thk rvebinu i.xpkesb two edition at 2 sod * i m , delivered to city siilss-rihers at mxtkkk t-sot r wr-blr * m m buffalo jotbess j job printing office < os evir storked mh the vkry wtst material in au im satiety is rrpared m eaecute awery bmb*mma of b">k card snd job i-r no 14 east swan btkitft pbbbbi flrwr mm rau-nar n i i-1 ,«, as*_a ra^-sw ■uaa sraasaa k^a_ai tataj at lh^m)tmmmmm7^^mmfml ******* a as-_l hl*m or flmit stt tin i haas m !__. i---i kasr praaa aa.asa am lam uui t»kkta !_«■-* o^lg ir ma at m utji m mmmm m.v mast *^~ laf-rsnaalaf tllcaaapaair door sao aaa mat ataaatasv-t.r b mill m mm tmmm •**-«. oamupa aav ata kiln drirt dana olsasi sal imtaju bda aad ttamls wm b tad wladoa mmm alao la-tat saatap aa tur»h of start sarsiialna aaaa lo mtm sa akart autha aad aitli lafafcj mm ba-tafp t_nasl»la treat wars mmmm irsa mais la iff fratt * lb-ob tron_ll«ass-h-a ttsss mmmnam lo.ll t aaarlkal rtra laaartata l*"r*sj ■— harlfaaat rtra lasataaai ua«*s *—*>— tmsivil t brown bnfl-baaa baflua b t pkaaat m*itea imßraaaa ca-naaaay i f^aggf 4 bmwa-a b-ldmfa trnmlo it t yiltauaa » bm thomas cljl-11 saecsssor to clark * avowa rati-.las tlkllhii,sera s-wt__la,«-t sad frnw mmm r?.s.li,a atlillat.r aad daslatja mfcfc r-at-m-tf asateia has n_*a-sti mammm rsii j «. b-j-cttl hsmsrtl at uaa tork aaa aa saatsat i sstlliit a tft ■. * staw osaam awa as ass ta maw *__» *■*»•» tmmm mmmmmmma ut 1-tw lag hat raal as,,rlsn la aattssma sat •_-• iks i i i,!~-fcw__.*-»*-itic3 t ehs asa as aaaa at ks adtaa at ■» mt hast -*-*- — jaaaar-s hair tnale aaal btaatarauve raa mmhbb*ba*b mmmm try it—b ae***ar iwuii thia tasßaraaoa atofs tha hah mmag tart mmi in n-aila a sbbbbm gawmth uhbmiii tha scalp of 4anrln__f and randan ib fcß hi ««» t-*__7 ll uunssmansiamßm.aaisrsf baa m hh a oioria avar baaa amgaad ssptaaly tot maagslj aa kali 7 sa aaaa anj ftfm bottta p«m«ltov 4-bibbm aaaaaa m jmm at plmslatlsa as part*ersfcls tha una of adam beulrum tt whiting i ir-meteed this day by mutual oonaeat ab nan tea hat tr t-lalni afainm tha ann ara harafcp nut-sad to praaent them at once for eett_enie.it and all vmrtie ind*..*-*.i to tl.e •****« ara raqueaad to aaata baawdiau pay ment r b adab buffalo abr is 18m i b wihtiso mttee the mi *...■-.-*•*•* will ci.limu the btn-oeeaof wh.ile ■•*).' aj-d retail t-**lerx in ilr oods uuder tbe arm tin of at i tun tf t-.-*-r--i*i a co and hope to merit a vitinuan i>l the vary liberal ps-mmmb haatowad a the late firm r b *■■£"■• buffsi a-v-ia 14th ism i sb ba dlaeolatlaa aff capartaanßlp the co-[*artrac>*ihip hervtofora exialna antler the firm aaaa al il.^brook d«b a ca axpirad by litni t ui.*n en the lint day of july lam au panona in lebted to che lata sna ara raqaeoed to pay the ant io either of the audefatfnra _ edwlff a molbbook hekbv o t>kr william m deb fnffaln.joly 24,1m9 cepartaeraaipa the ut_derh||bad have thi day formed a ct-|>artn*r hip under tlte itamw tt b o a w h l*-ae and v the auceaa-of-iof bolbrook dcs a co will ooutin iit the ttrv r-oc'i htwinea at 178 bain i thankftil for bm bmaal mbmsaas batmanara bbbabv il to thr 1.1 firm we aoilclt a continuaace ol the m»i hbbrt o dbb wiluab 11 dee buffalo july l wo cmjtf mamh»*nfthf*h connelisville coke maxi kact-red by tiie pitttiwin a wbbuiiyiu.e coka company g 11 wilson & co luvlna b«aa ai-pnu.md areot_t for the nale '*! thin elahrated ofike ate pr.p*r*n-_l to furnish it iv quan tities to mil parthaarn rm cam or d**liven*d at the bim ma-feet prw coal and coke webster & frederick litici and taro ji-erie-t to cfht ilip a'ill aell pinu.a ladtawana bcrslrtoa pitu um.an atkst hard cnal abo rlasod ctara laa bast ssft toss boaabarfh mh sut and atoak l_r atssn parftms *• kl *""** saakst pttat.akmk mibsaatasa-daaddsl-ratsrl ajaoadaaadltkat la nunttttsa to ault i-irchsaora amm oavs ho 9 t saaa m aims » r»rflf aasats mmm ammam a g aamamsm mf ' ""^ "* anthracite coal co root or ttoaaaa tt il-hl aatlha-la-t aaaa tt-^stslitislil saalt n tas fco-*_if srlass aar toa sf ssm iks aalssrst ki msmtlim.mtm,msm saaaasst amsk s r|.^-a___ul-r.»v tsa tits fiaa i.ljn iitu bu 574 oram i*l 20 270 a tat ft m its tova ww i-is *» oksstaat »» *»• l lanaaatrictltotak wkss m-ttst akorob daiiit aitast ln g jwj 1861 coal 1869 j t hoolk * co *>■■« ho tk dirlaion at was e n^ar^l sawm t«sra tor ik ksat mmmt ltita slblbr ai labnai w wm a-ri msa aaa^j — ssgst tka w . „_, r*a ts laa-tan i»s . a»->>>s*>alw l»rr?/i-_lts.sa-shtiit w-laka adh shsssaatll ho stall tar lastfi . _, t to , too | tim tms tl*b •*«" "•'• v 10tt ft _* 2 7 t£7 10 s * » * t kallasl 10 is «» 1 aa tsa t7i > *» hi^trtit@»ss taaaa gpttje&lm \ tmmm mmm aanta am aad pmrimt t i av-b sarar aat loa rata oar fahih-aa mr r^mmm.^mm t mm m 000 l sat aaasr mmi aad « . mmm.u aolktt jj iat ***• » u in-ajtaoil to r lackawa nkajcoal tb bui b ill kbb ttlli a wll iy**ai_**»n l '>•***-•* i-arsaaaka saaiitat aaal-f t ssst a**afc mil iill ssslaa----sala ,_-___. as sat fm-_aa_a s*sßsßta»^a|__-tos a tsa at ms t-bamaaral ahms sas mtm mts aw at mmm am tt-a »»*» mt mm am tn »;. v *» a -, , **» •» »•• ijl.v.-:::.:::fs 15 is ■mam*mimm _ ___,-,_, ab wiuwa • 0 . mgmtm mmm bada-w loala wlala a & t * lamill it ii u tv cm ' tmmm «... aa mad.and 10 salt at iks toasm s«*-<t ***°" oehcikb acb-tw-t-rha ma-_aa»aa »-_• fcotala all 111 an i mtmrumittn a eaa afc ids qcbbn clty t-oal yabo ge-*---b iiomc asb aan caitat all t*l rs_r_v?_ss lino *»_* jd aaa tmrm v am i«a iub^^sort 00a1 i livtt auout-n a aeaaaaa taasau-ag nasds a couplets sshttaaaai at sss-ssk-t mmm bcitalo mo - kjfiho biiirb lit mala l.aaaarlas mask m m ' — dtssaltattaai a-capaiftls-ilp tas i-taltaasskl hsta-'dnta sats-ar mmm tka linn tu a corwia *(>.,•_. dlaaolrsd an ta id :■!»-. , 1 atatas c n irt .■.«■*«. m w c oqh>i isaac wwiim cmsstmsuhsu thr imdrnlesad «* kerssf-r er tks s uaw at rain li s i.r mtm aa aa«aat rarrbd oa by cor * co jt-ta bss htrnt baa ,.*___».«. r t*r*a tr m7xmm^m'mm^s am b.oobvoi at a idß-as aaa tki-k-m i tt — _ l___***__*"t a naittl-fa-*asttaa-»a-lnslss._a .]-! 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| Title | The Buffalo Express, 1869-08-28 |
| Description | Buffalo, Erie County, NY, and region daily (except Sunday and occasional holidays) newspaper, 1866-1878; both preceeded and succeeded by the Buffalo Morning Express. |
| Subject | Buffalo (N.Y.) -- Newspapers; Erie County (N.Y.) -- Newspapers; Twain, Mark; Clemens, Samuel. |
| Location | New York (State), Western; Erie County (N.Y.); Buffalo (N.Y.) |
| Contributors | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910; Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 |
| Publisher of Original | Express Print Co. |
| Date of Original | 1869-08-28 |
| Type | Text |
| Language | English |
| Format of Digital | TIFF |
| Holding Institution | Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society; Buffalo State College |
| Publisher of Digital | Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society; Buffalo State College |
| Digital Collection | The Buffalo Express |
| Library Council | WNYLRC |
| Notes | Buffalo Express Vol. 24 No. 8066 |
| Rights | There are no known copyright issues associated with the Buffalo Express microfilm. |
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| Title | The Buffalo Express, 1869-08-28 |
| Description | Buffalo, Erie County, NY, and region daily (except Sunday and occasional holidays) newspaper, 1866-1878; both preceeded and succeeded by the Buffalo Morning Express. |
| Subject | Buffalo (N.Y.) -- Newspapers; Erie County (N.Y.) -- Newspapers; Twain, Mark; Clemens, Samuel. |
| Location | New York (State), Western; Erie County (N.Y.); Buffalo (N.Y.) |
| Contributors | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910; Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 |
| Publisher of Original | Express Print Co. |
| Date of Original | 1869-08-28 |
| Type | Text |
| Language | English |
| Format of Digital | TIFF |
| Identifier | 18690828_001.jp2 |
| Holding Institution | Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society; Buffalo State College |
| Publisher of Digital | Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society; Buffalo State College |
| Digital Collection | The Buffalo Express |
| Library Council | WNYLRC |
| Notes | Buffalo Express Vol. 24 No. 8066 |
| Rights | There are no known copyright issues associated with the Buffalo Express microfilm. |
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buffalo express vol xxiv saturday august 28 869 no 8065 english festivities an ml silk mattel's hut rrinualy for it in well to lie mriou occasionally niagara falb n a bout n inyable place of resort the hotels an a ili-iit and the prioci dot at all eiorbitant the oppnrtnnitiea for tiahinf an sot aw paueil in too coaatry in fact tk»y an in even n,iiai!ed elaewhere hacsnw w otber inralitirjiirrtain pla«m io theitrram am much better than others but at niagara on pb>c is jurt m good as aaothcr forth r-wmlhat thefi.h d not tite anywberr n4 an tker is no nae in your walking livt miles to hah whan you can dopead on uin j.irt as uiunooesaful nesrer home th ad vantages of this state of thing have ni-ver hwctofore been properly placocl before thq blic iilneit mmhmhi vii n :!. the weather is aoaj in sur-mcr n.l thr »»!«• and ilrivtw are ll pisasaat i»l noiu f them fatitpiin wkaa h.ii tirt out to lo the kails you llrnt.lnvß itmt alp.mt • mil anil pay a mall mini for th n ji.ee ot waking down from a bbssaaiaa int't the narroweat part of the niagara rhwr a rail way cot through ahill would 1 .•>. , iim l]r if it hail the nj;ry river inn.l.linf und foawnng through im h..ttoiti tm aw 4e»oend a rtatrcapi here n baaswwd nd fty feet down and glmal at the i->lj;e at the water after you have wawa it yon will woßd^r hy you did it hut it hi then t too late thn mil explain to yim in hia lilor.l ur.lling way how he aw uh little htramir maid of the miat ileaoend the fearful rapid how first tne c paddls-boi was out of ighi li hind the i raging billows and then the other ami at » what point it wan that her imokeatack ' c toppled overboard and where her planking ' c began to break and part axunrier and how i a she did finally live through tlw trip after ' h acuonpliahing the incredible feat of tray ' i if'i with the unremembering dust there is no actual harm in making niagara a back ground whereon to display one's marvelous insignificance in a gm«l strong light but it i requires a sort of superhuman aeif-cosnpla ency to enable one to do it further along they show you where that adventurous aas blondin crossed the ni itgara river with his wheelbarrow on a i tight rope but th satisfaction nf it s marred by the reflection that he did cct itrnak his neck a ihsmai kmekikx tt w i'll y , i i . ■examined th stnperv ! ink horso slioo kail till you are satisfied j ' you cannot improve on it you return to , america by the now msfmmssßi brid and j follow np the bank to wh-r they exh.bit the cave ol the winds ll t r e 1 followed inntrnctiorm and diveuutl my.iclf of all my clothing and pat on a waur-proof jack ndoverall thiscostume is nctnrc^que,bit not beautiful a guide sihiilarly drcsued led the way down a flight of winding stair which wonm and wound and still kept on windio long after the thing eemed to wa novelty and then terminated long before it had begun to lie a pleasure we were then well down under the precipice but still considerably above the level of the river we now began to creep along tlimny bridges of a single plank our persons shielded from perdition by a cra/y wootfon railing to which i clang with both hands—net be cause 1 was afraid but because 1 want to presently th dueocnt became steeper and the bridge mimsicr and sprays from the american pall began to rain down on asj in fastincreaning sheets that soon be came blinding and after that our progress was mostly in th nature of groping now a furious wind began to w.li out from itchind the waterfall which softnt^l determined to swoop ns from tho bridge and aeattor lis on tbe rocks aud among the torrents btilow i rt-marked that 1 wanted to go home but it ' was ton lata we were almost under the monstrous wall at water thundering down from sliove antl speech was vain in the midst of such a pitiles crash of aonnd in another moment the guide disappeared be i hind the grand deluge and bewildered by j tho thunder driven helpls-wly by the wind { and smitten by the arrowy tent-pest of rain i followed all waa darkcess nuch a mad storming roaring and bellowing of warring wind and water never crazed my ears before i bent my head and seemed to rocsive the atlsntic on my back the world aeemed going to destruction i could not sss anything the flood poured down so aavagely 1 raised my head with open month and the moat of the american cataract went down my throat if i had aiming a leak now i had baen lost and at this moment 1 diaeovcred that the bridge had censed and we m.iat trust for a foot hold to the alippery and precipitous rocks i never was so sensed before and survived it but we got through nt last and emerg i 1 into the open day where we could tand in front of the laced and frothy and ' seething world of descending water ' look at it when 1 snw how mnch of it there was and how fearfully ia earnest it ! was i was sorry i hsd gone behind it x said to the gnids : son did yoa know what kind of nn in fernal plan this waa before you brought me down here f yes this was su-lit-ient ha had known all ding ereawtu miles in six minutes or six de >■btwteen minutes i have really forgoftun which bat it ww very ertraor binary anyhow it is worth the price of dmiam to hear the gnide teh the story nia tiam u anoteationto different parties md smvot bum a word or liter a sentence oragastnra tbea yon drive orer the snspraston bridge and divide yonr misery between the cliaaoat of amafthiag down two hundred feet into the river below and the chance of having the railway train overhead mutt ing down on to you kitfeer possibility ii discomforting taken by itself—bat mixed together ttiwy amoant in the aggregate to p sitive unhappineu on the canada side you drive along the chasm between long ranks of photographers standing gnard be hind their casawraoy ready to make an osten tations frontispiece of yon and your decay ing ambulanoe and your solemn crate with a hide on it which you are expected to re gard in the light of a horse and a dimin ished and itnini(mrtant background of sub lime niagara n>l a great many people ismm tli'-in |
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